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Josh Quick is being sawn in half by the woman he loves. The mouth of a giant hippie is about to engulf him. He’s being followed by the devil, who’s about to destroy the world. He carelessly leaves his stove on and sets Missoula ablaze. Those are all ways in which Quick, an illustrator and comic artist, has depicted himself. But if he Cover illustration courtesy of Josh Quick were to draw himself realistically, you’d see a lanky, russet-haired, 34-year-old Montanan with a big grin, sitting at his desk with a 5 a.m.-strong cup of coffee, populating worlds with his red Col-Erase pencil.................14
News Letters Streaking is a sex offense? You can’t be serious .............................................4 The Week in Review The bear comes back, the Griz eke one out ............................6 Briefs UM students click through classes, Montana Actors Theatre dims ..................6 Etc. Can UM play tough with a streaker without being hypocritical? .........................7 Up Front Will a new non-profit cab company make it in Missoula?...........................8 Up Front The Philipsburg Valley goes green to save shekels......................................9 Ochenski Homeland Security is coming for your wilderness ..................................10 Writers on the Range A very, very, very bad bill perverts “access” .........................11 Agenda The Writers’ Fall Opus. .................................................................................12
Arts & Entertainment Flash in the Pan How to deal with fall’s abundance................................................19 Happiest Hour Fourth D Alano Club of Missoula ....................................................20 8 Days a Week Now where did I put that polar fleece? ...........................................22 Mountain High Moving Planet Day...........................................................................33 Scope A young painter comes into his own ..............................................................34 Noise Idiot Glee, Paul Baribeau, Greg Brown, sigh, Wild Flag .................................35 Books James Lee Burke’s master weaving class ........................................................36 Film Drive, not for the squeamish, is a hypnotic thriller..........................................37 Movie Shorts Independent takes on current films ...................................................38
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STREET TALK
by Steele Williams
Asked Sunday afternoon, Sept. 18, on the sidewalk outside of Red’s Bar.
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Full monty A man ran completely naked around the football field at the Griz game on Sept. 10. How should the streaker be punished? Follow-up: When was the last time you were naked in public? Tanner Babcock: I didn’t even know there was a streaker, but he shouldn’t be punished, because it’s not like it hurt anyone. Bareback: Twelve years ago. We went to the pool behind Sentinel High School and took a bike rack, used it as a ladder to climb up the building, jumped in the pool, and then played “Horse” naked until the cops came and rudely interrupted us. Can you make sure that you specify that when I say “Horse,” I’m referring to the basketball game?
Amalia Mckee: I don’t think he should be punished at all, it’s just entertainment. It’s not like he was trying to wrong anybody. A little booty never hurt anyone. Staying cool: The last time I was naked in a public place was last month. I went skinny-dipping with my friend Kaylae at Maclay Bridge. We did it just for fun; it’s a good way to cool off after a long day.
Sam Pollington: That guy must have been extremely intoxicated to think that was a good idea. He should have to go in front of a jury butt-naked. That would help teach him to take responsibility for his actions. Drop top: I don’t think I’ve ever been fully naked in public, but I did go topless at the Rocky Horror Picture Show. It was terrifying but also exhilarating. Yes, I would do it again. David Linzmeyer: I think it’s more about how he wasn’t punished. The Griz football players should have tackled his ass. If you want to be a drunken idiot, keep it to yourself or save it for the afterparty. Peer pressured: I recently went skinny dipping in the Clark Fork near Brennan’s Wave. It was late at night after we got done at the bars and it sounded like a good idea at the time. The gals we were with said, “Let’s go skinny-dipping”—who’s going to pass that up?
Spencer Frye: I vaguely know about it—was it just one person? I personally think it’s bringing back the old school, so more power to him. It’s good to see some good old-fashioned fun for Griz football. One with nature: Last time I was up at Glacier I had a full-on nude shower under this sick waterfall. I was just keeping it real with nature, bro.
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I feel compelled to respond to a letter printed in last week’s Indy penned by Susan Campbell Reneau (see “Not cute”). In all of my 17 years of reading the Indy, I have never read a more judgmental, hate-filled and ridiculous letter as hers. I would like to say a few things to Mrs. Campbell Reneau. My understanding is that you were not even present at the incident in question and your heinous opinion was crafted through second-hand information. Obviously, you have no personal knowledge of the student, Daniel Thew, and neither do I, but for you to pass such incredibly negative judgment on a person based upon a single choice that he made is very narrow-minded and unfair. To demand that he should be charged with a felony and have to register as a sex offender is amazingly offensive to actual victims of sexual abuse. He streaked across a football field. While immature, this is not a sex crime last time I checked. I empathize with your trauma experiences at the hands of a drunk driver, but to try to equate drunk driving and streaking is not only a huge leap, it makes you look like the one who needs counseling. By the way, I laughed out loud when I turned the page in last week’s issue to see a partially edited, and fully naked, Chad Harder photo of Daniel Thew, with the crowd going wild behind him. Nice work, Indy staff. Mark Rothman Missoula
Defending Keystone XL As a lifelong Montana resident, I feel the need to write concerning the approval process of the Keystone XL Pipeline project. As I am sure you are aware, this project is awaiting presidential approval for the pipeline to cross the U.S.-Canada border. I am a 30-year pipeline constr uction worker and Montana taxpayer. I am tired of sending our wealth to countries that use the money to attack our way of life. With the supplies now available in Canada, it makes perfect sense to purchase as much oil as we can from our friendly neighbors to the north. I have personally witnessed the precautions and safety measures that TransCanada upholds to construct and operate their pipeline systems and I can
honestly say from a safety standpoint, they are one the best pipeline operators in our country today. With over 13,000 construction jobs and 118,000 spin-off jobs hanging in the balance and an estimated $600 million dollars in new tax revenues for the communities, it makes perfect sense to construct the Keystone XL now. This pipeline comes at a time when we need jobs, friendly oil supplies, and private sector investments into our country.
“To demand that Daniel Thew be charged with a felony and have to register as a sex offender is amazingly offensive to actual victims of sexual abuse. He streaked across a football field. While immature, this is not a sex crime last time I checked.” TransCanada has pledged to transport up to 15 percent of this pipeline’s capacity with U.S. oil production to be picked up along its proposed route. This means that Montana and North Dakota oil producers will be able to send their products to market at a more favorable price than they now have. I understand that as a country we need to look at as many environmentally friendly approaches as possible. I am for reducing our carbon footprint by choosing natural gas powered vehicles, wind power, solar power, and nuclear energy, but we cannot get there overnight. From where we sit today we are committed in the near future to oil. At the present time it make perfect sense, even common sense,
to approve the Keystone XL Pipeline, and purchase oil from our friendly neighbors to the north, and put America back to work. J.T. Born Corvallis
Rehberg and roadlessness Montana is having a natural resource identity crisis. With Rep. Denny Rehberg’s endorsement of the Roadless and Wilderness Area Release Act (HR 1581), this state has plunged into a public lands conundrum. Last year marked the finalization of the Montana Legacy Project, an effort that succeeded in buying back from Plum Creek the checkerboard lands in the Swan Valley and elsewhere. Now, with the introduction of the bill by California Rep. Kevin McCarthy, the opposite has been proposed. As a cosponsor of the bill, Rehberg wants to release undeveloped roadless areas throughout Montana into the eager hands of developers. Access, says Rehberg, is the driving force behind releasing these lands. Montanans, says Rehberg, deserve to access these lands. But Montanans, and Americans across the country, already have access to these pristine lands, and it is their purity that makes them worth accessing. These are the lands that outdoorsmen have been using for generations. More roads of any kind would severely diminish these natural areas—not just aesthetically, but functionally as well. Habitat is fragmented and reduced, streams are clouded and crippled, weeds are introduced and spread. The problems that Montanans are already fighting would only become worse in these natural areas if they were released. Without these wild places, hunters have no wildlife to hunt, anglers have no fish to catch, and recreationalists have no space to roam. The things Montanans value most are lost, and lost things aren’t accessible once they’re gone. Extinction is forever. There is such a thing as loving something too much. Montana’s land is Montana’s future, and by releasing these areas protected under roadless legislation, Rehberg is robbing my generation of something valuable to call our own. As a member of Montana’s future, I oppose HB 1581 and encourage others to do the same. Luke Allgeyer Missoula
etters Policy: The Missoula Independent welcomes hate mail, love letters and general correspondence. Letters to the editor must include the writer’s full name, address and daytime phone number for confirmation, though we’ll publish only your name and city. Anonymous letters will not be considered for publication. Preference is given to letters addressing the contents of the Independent. We reserve the right to edit letters for space and clarity. Send correspondence to: Letters to the Editor, Missoula Independent, 317 S. Orange St., Missoula, MT 59801, or via e-mail: editor@missoulanews.com.
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Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks biologists capture and kill a 370-pound, 4-year-old male grizzly bear that had developed a taste for pet food, garbage and chickens, near Whitefish. The agency had captured the bear last month and relocated it near the Canadian border—but, clever bear or not, he found his way back.
• Thursday, September 15 The U.S. Postal Service, which is running multibillion-dollar annual deficits, announces that it’s considering closing mail-processing centers in Missoula and Kalispell, two among 252 centers—more than half of those remaining nationwide—that are on the chopping block.
• Friday, September 16 The Hellgate Rollergirls host a knockdown, drag-out double-header at the University of Montana’s Adams Center. Missoula’s Dirt Road Dolls cream Helena’s Hel’z Belles Roller Derby Grrlz by nearly 200 points, and the Brawlin’ Mollies take out Ellensburg, Wash.’s Rodeo City Rollergirls.
• Saturday, September 17 A Washington-Grizzly Stadium record crowd of 26,066—with no streakers among them—watch as the University of Montana Grizzlies pull out a hardfought, 17-14 win over Big Sky Conference rivals Eastern Washing ton, the defending Football Championship Series champions.
• Sunday, September 18 Tibetan prayer flags flutter above partygoers at Caras Park as the Jeannette Rankin Peace Center hosts its 25th annual Peace Party. Do-gooders bid on donated services and handmade items. Proceeds are used to further the center’s mission of building a socially just, non-violent and sustainable community.
• Monday, September 19 Missoula Mayor John Engen is among the first in line to give blood at the American Red Cross City-County Blood Drive, in front of City Hall. Engen says he’s hoping to inspire others to donate as the Red Cross says it faces a critical blood shortage.
• Tuesday, September 20 The Missoula City-County Health Department says air quality has improved to “Good” with the weekend weather system having cleared wildfire smoke from the valley. But it warns that smoky days are in the offing with the 41 Complex Fire, near Hamilton, still actively burning.
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Six hundred runners got down and dirty on Marshall Mountain’s 6K course during Missoula’s first-ever “Mad Mudder” on Saturday, Sept. 17. The fundraiser for CASA of Missoula, a group advocating for children in the judicial system, challenged racers with military-style obstacles, a mud pit and at least two Sasquatches while raising nearly $20,000.
UM So click-ish University of Montana senior Carly Hagert carries her hand-held iClicker in her red backpack these days. The clicker sends an infrared signal that silently conveys and records her answers to questions asked by her professor of cellular and molecular biology. It’s also used to instantly tally attendance in classes too large for a quick head count. “You’re forced to go to class,” Hagert says. iClickers have been used to poll audience members on television game shows such as “Who Wants to be a Millionaire.” Now they’re transforming teacher-student interactions. “To some extent all they’re doing is automating what you could do 20 years ago, which is raise your hand if you don’t understand,” says UM Associate Provost Arlene Walker-Andrews. iClickers first appeared in classrooms in the late 1990s. According to the manufacturer, nearly two million students nationally now use them at more than 1,000 institutions. The UM bookstore started selling iClickers in 2009. Since January, it’s sold 2,500 of the lightweight, slender contraptions. iClickers enable students to anonymously
answer questions posed by professors. Only the teacher is privy to responses. Anonymity is a selling point. Everyone participates, not just a minority of students confident enough to raise their hands. “There are people that just don’t want to ask questions in class, because they’re shy,” Walker-Andrews says. “There are people who just don’t want to be humiliated, because they don’t know the answer. This just provides that degree of anonymity.” Answers are broken down into a bar graph and displayed at the front of the classroom. UM accounting and finance professor Ron Premuroso says if too many students answer a question incorrectly, that’s his cue to elaborate on the spot. “It just makes our jobs as teachers more efficient.” In Premuroso’s accounting classes, participation counts for 15 percent of student grades. That provides extra incentive for students to stay engaged. “It keeps them awake, frankly,” Premuroso says. As for Hagert, she’s not thrilled about being under increased pressure to attend class. But she begrudgingly acknowledges that the iClicker isn’t all bad. “I don’t know if (students) like it,” she says. “But I think it’s good for them.” Jessica Mayrer
Theater One dims, another’s reborn September marks the beginning of the theater season. If the schedule is looking a little bare, it’s because the Montana Actors Theatre has pulled out of Missoula for at least the 2011-2012 season. Artistic Director Jay Pyette says the Havre-based non-profit needs to “reorganize” and “regroup”— and find a way to stay afloat financially. “We’re by no means leaving Missoula, but for right now, we are scaling back,” he says. Pyette laments that MAT’s absence leaves a void in the local theater scene: “As far as regular community folks being able to do riskier, more cutting-edge work, that opportunity really isn’t there without MAT.” He says he hopes to resume MAT-Missoula next September. Meanwhile, the Crystal Theatre finds itself without its primary tenant. The small Hip Strip theater, which opened in 1972, housed MAT-Missoula over the course of its three-year run. “It left us with some choices [to make],” says Dave McEwen, who owns the Crystal with his wife Shirley Juhl. “If MAT had continued on, that would
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have been what it would have been. But now that they’re gone, we’re given this space back, so now we’re like, ‘What are we going to do?’” McEwen says he and Juhl are “patrons of the arts” who are committed to maintaining the Crystal as a venue. For the last couple of weeks he’s been improving it—painting, fixing the lighting system, among other things—to prepare it for a new era that’s less focused on theater. Drag and comedy shows and dancers and drummers are all on the schedule for the coming week. “The last few years with MAT in there, and [Montana Rep Missoula] before that, the Crystal kind of went in the direction of being strictly a live theater house, and got away from music—which was okay with us, but we miss the music and everything,” McEwen says. Adds Juhl, “We’re just giving back the Crystal to the community to do whatever they like.” Matthew Frank
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The cost of relocating bison to Spotted Dog is estimated to be the highest of any site proposed— $1.16 million upfront and $139,644 annually. FWP released an addendum to the EA earlier this week outlining specific expenses, and extended the public comment period to Oct. 19. Several additional factors could also complicate Spotted Dog’s consideration. Establishing a herd there would require FWP to close hunting access on 5,200 acres of the management area. And a resolution passed by the Powell County Commission in January declares that all bison in the county be managed as domestic livestock, though the EA says state law would trump the resolution.
Bison Move ’em along Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks released a long awaited environmental assessment last week analyzing four interim relocation sites for as many as 150 Yellowstone bison. And while the inclusion of the Fort Peck and Fort Belknap reservations on that list put to rest concerns that the state would exclude tribal lands from consideration, a different host of critics has surfaced. State Sens. Rick Ripley, a Republican from Wolf Creek, and Gene Vuckovich, a Democrat from Anaconda, blasted the EA just hours after its Sept. 15 release. Vuckovich chastised FWP for its proposal to relocate bison to the Spotted Dog Wildlife Management Area, near Avon. The state acquired the 27,000-acre complex last summer, allocating $16.6 million for the purchase. Gov. Brian Schweitzer defended the purchase at the time, calling it “an extraordinary opportunity to protect the permanent interests of the people of western Montana.” Neither the state’s purchase agreement nor the management plan for Spotted Dog drafted last year include any mention of bison. The purchase agreement allows the property’s former owner, the Rock Creek Cattle Company, to maintain livestock grazing rights in the area through 2012. But the agreement also stipulates the state may fence off as much as four sections of Spotted Dog—roughly the amount of land mapped out for proposed bison grazing in the recent EA.
The EA is a win for Fort Peck and Fort Belknap, which have invested considerable time and money on infrastructure with no guarantee that they would receive Yellowstone bison. The relocation is only temporary while the bison complete a monitoring phase for brucellosis through 2015, but each reservation could receive—and, pending future assessment for permanent relocation, keep—as many as 40 of the 150 bison proposed for relocation from Ted Turner’s Green Ranch and the state’s quarantine facility in Corwin Springs. Alex Sakariassen
Wolves The Bitterroot bares its teeth In late August, a landowner northwest of Hamilton shot and killed two four-month-old wolf
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pups he noticed near his sheep. State biologists suspected they’d been orphaned five weeks before when an adult female was killed while eating a freshly killed lamb on the same spot. Less than a week after the two pups were shot, a third was struck by a car on Highway 93 south of Darby. That’s just a sampling of the wolf stories to emerge from the Bitterroot Valley over the past few months. And now the frequency of sightings and conflicts near residential areas has the Ravalli County Commission snarling back at wolves. The commissioners have been compiling reports from locals for nearly two months with the intent of presenting their findings to Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks. Commissioner Suzy Foss has so far led the charge, going so far as to submit a personal letter to FWP stating that her community is “under great duress” from wolves. “Families no longer allow their children to play outside unattended and never in the evening hours,” Foss wrote. “Pets are disappearing from front porches.” FWP wolf management specialist Liz Bradley says she understands the concerns voiced by hunters, ranchers and private citizens in Ravalli County. What’s more, the latest population numbers she’s compiled reveal a high density of wolves in the Bitterroot watershed—an estimated 14 packs with 80 to 100 wolves. Bradley says she recognizes a very real problem for folks living and working in the wildland-urban interface. “We are having some increased conflicts, especially on the west side of the valley. There’s a lot of people that live in the Bitterroot…People are living pretty close to wildlife.” Bradley says she isn’t sure of the reasons behind the rise in wolf activity. It could be that some wolves are “moving into marginal habitat, trying to squeeze in and not surviving.” She expects this fall’s wolf hunt to reduce the number of wolves living in close proximity to people, pets and livestock. Still, Bradley believes fear isn’t necessarily the most constructive response. Wolves are “new for a lot of people,” she says, and it’s smart for people to be cautious with children and pets. But state officials “don’t want people to live in fear all the time…Part of the process of learning to live with any wildlife species is learning a bit about the species itself.” Alex Sakariassen
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People flown into the Bob Marshall Wilderness by Chinook helicopter Sept. 19 to search for missing Iraq vet Noah Pippin. A group of Boy Scouts recently found scraps of clothes below the Chinese Wall that may have belonged to Pippin.
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There were roughly 12,500 penises at WashingtonGrizzly Stadium Sept. 10. One was exposed. Nearly two weeks after the Griz’s Cal-Poly game, a picture of Daniel Thew trotting nude in the midday sun before flustered parents, gawking children and giggling teenage girls is still vivid in the minds of many Missoulians. Thew didn’t just flash the audience: He danced. The pink-cheeked, 19-year-old even smacked his butt by the end zone. Egged on by choruses of “Dan the Man,” he did a rhythmic if impaired bump-and-grind just before security hauled him off the field. Thew said in an interview with 96.3 The Blaze that his boxers came off in the spur of the moment. His friends, he said, told him streaking was a good idea. “Everybody was chanting, ‘Dan the man, Dan the man’…I couldn’t turn them down, that many people?” After the game, an apparently red-faced UM official said the teenager from Milwaukee would be suspended or expelled. The university is now mum on whether it will fulfill that threat. Meanwhile, Thew pleaded guilty last week to minor in possession of alcohol and disorderly conduct charges. On Sept. 14, the Missoula City Attorney’s Office also charged him with obscenity. Yet somehow, despite the misdemeanors and the threat of expulsion, some locals aren’t satisfied. Editorial pages and online comment boards are brimming with the opinions of community members who say, among other things, that seeing Thew’s junk scarred kids. One Indy letter writer said, “the Missoula Police Department should charge him with child abuse for streaking in front of so many small children...” Child abuse? Really? Thew’s behavior wasn’t dangerous. And it stands out against a host of truly destructive—and illegal—recent activities of UM students. We heard nary a murmur of outrage from school officials or the public when more than one Griz player was charged with DUI last summer. Nor did we see locals up in arms after UM student Michael Ream fired a gun on campus, shooting a student in the hand. Law enforcement charged Ream with negligent endangerment. UM reprimanded him and placed him on probation. Thew might not have been the brightest guy in Washington-Grizzly Stadium Sept. 10, but the furor doesn’t match his actions. And it makes us wonder why some members of our community seem to fear nudity more than drunk driving or gun-toting students. It was, after all, just one small to medium-sized penis.
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Ticket to ride Start-up cab for bar-goers detours around PSC by Matthew Frank
About five years ago, when Kevin Sandberg drove for Yellow Cab, he says, a man stumbled out of a downtown bar and waved Sandberg down. Sandberg told him the fare would be $12.50, but the man only had $8. Instead of taking the taxi home, he walked to his car. “I sat there,” Sandberg says, “watching the guy try to put his keys in his car, and I said, ‘Dude, come on. I’ll give you a ride.’”
accepted comments on the finding through Sept. 9, and PSC attorney Jim Paine says it will issue a final order “in the near future.” “Being a non-profit entity, that’s the key,” says Sandberg, a scruffy redhead with a mustache. On a recent morning, he sits in a coffee shop wearing an Anheuser-Busch hat and a Philadelphia Eagles jersey. A pen’s tucked behind his ear, and he’s brought a stack of papers that detail the beginnings of
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The next day, Sandberg says, the man went to the Yellow Cab office to pay what he owed—and then some. That Sandberg had let the man pay a partial fare didn’t sit well with management, but the incident gave Sandberg an idea, one he’s been mulling over almost ever since: launching a non-profit, donation-funded cab company dedicated to driving home would-be drunk drivers. Start-up cab companies in Missoula seldom make it up the on-ramp, because the Montana Public Service Commission, which regulates motor carriers in the state, lays out spike strips in the form of burdensome requirements. But Sandberg, an on-and-offagain roofer, trucker, and cab driver, appears to have found a workaround. By incorporating as a non-profit, Sandberg’s service might skirt PSC oversight. In June, Sandberg’s attorney asked the PSC to clarify whether it has jurisdiction over entities operating as non-profits under the Internal Revenue Code. On August 12, the commission issued a memorandum stating that it does not. The commission
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Ucallus, his non-profit. He says he hopes to have it up and running by Oct. 1, which is the University of Montana’s homecoming, when Missoula bars will be packed. “Let’s say you’re sitting in the bar and you’re eyeing that pretty girl at the bar who thinks you’re cute,” he says. “You go down and buy her a drink and she orders a Long Island iced tea, and there goes all of your cash flow. Then she disappears out the door with somebody else, and now you’re broke, going, ‘Damn, this sucks.’ And you’re drunk, too. Well, we’ll give you a ride home anyway. The next time you see us, you pay it forward.” Sandberg says Ucallus won’t charge passengers, but it will accept donations. He says passengers should pay whatever getting home safely is worth to them, which he thinks will be enough to support the venture and its employees. He’s also soliciting donations from area bars, trying to collect enough upfront money to cover Ucallus’s insurance. He lists about 10 Missoula bars that have already contributed. One is Red’s Bar, on
Ryman Street. Its owner, Mike Helean, says the existing cab companies aren’t meeting the demand for transportation on Friday and Saturday nights. The lack of a reliable ride home, coupled with DUI crackdowns, “definitely has an effect on my business,” Helean says. “I’m a believer that people should be able to go out and have a little fun if they have a safe ride home…I think people are way less likely to get in their cars and drive if they have an option for a ride home.” Ucallus joins other local programs intended to curb DUIs, such as Home Safe Missoula, through which bar patrons can receive taxicab vouchers for a ride home. Respondents to a July survey conducted for the Missoula County DUI Task Force recommended, above all else, that the city needs more alternative transportation options at night. Not everyone supports Ucallus. Victor Hill, the owner of Yellow Cab, is probably Sandberg’s biggest critic. Sandberg, Hill says, “hasn’t found a way to skirt PSC regulation—he’s going to try to slide in between the law, and it’s not going to work.” Hill has fiercely opposed attempts by would-be cab companies to enter the Missoula market, and his perspective matters: two of the PSC’s requirements of motor carrier applicants are to prove that “existing motor carriers cannot or will not meet the public need” and that “existing transportation services (including motor carriers) will not be harmed.” It appears Hill won’t have such sway over Ucallus, and he finds that irksome, since he fired Sandberg years ago for a range of what he claims are unscrupulous activities—all of which Sandberg denies— and still disdains his former employee. Hill says Sandberg’s non-profit will ultimately be undone by liability. “Inevitably, something goes wrong. When something goes wrong, that’s when everything catches up to you. You can skate for six months or a year or two years, but sooner or later, something’s going to happen…When that happens, his little DUI service is going to go tumbling down the river like all those other illegitimate serves that people try to start up.” If legitimacy is at all a function of ambition, Sandberg might prove Hill wrong. He’s already looking to launch Ucallus in Billings, Bozeman and Great Falls. “All of these places have the same problem that we have with the PSC,” Sandberg says. “Now that we have the exemption from the PSC, we can expand to every major city.” mfrank@missoulanews.com
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Green acres Renewable take hold in Flint Creek valley by Alex Sakariassen
there’s a bunch of solar down there, as well as the biomass boiler.” Philipsburg isn’t the first Montana town that springs to mind when you’re talking about renewable energy initiatives. Throughout the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the area teemed with the kind of large- and small-scale mining activity that shaped much of western Montana. Thousands of individual prospectors and mining company workers descended on the Sapphire, Anaconda and Flint Creek mountain ranges, searching for everything from gold and silver to manganese and copper. The hills along the Pintler Scenic Loop are dotted with ghost towns and abandoned
biomass boiler at the Philipsburg Public Schools, which Lesnar believes is a highlight for people on AERO’s tour. But the $500,000 venture, funded by the Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation’s Fuels for Schools program, is largely a matter of cost savings according to boiler operator Duane West. West says the school goes through an average of 24 tons of woodchips a week, and typically runs the boiler eight months out of the year. Despite the price of woodchips and transport from Drummond, he says the investment has so far paid off. “It saves us $10 an hour, 24 hours a day,” West says. “[Those numbers] may have to be updated. Initially we were getting it for $4 a ton. Now it’s like $8 a ton.” The smaller solar ventures around Philipsburg, of which Solar Plexus has installed four, have a much lengthier return rate. The average cost of a private solar project is currently around $12,000, Tavenner says. But he adds that with the grants available through NorthWestern Energy, along with tax credits from the state, the upfront investment is only Photo courtesy of Solar Plexus around $3,200. Five years ago, such projects came with a Solar panels on the Sugar Loaf Wool Mill much heftier price tag. Often ing the southwest corner of their mill’s mine shafts, making the area a prime tourist all an area like the Flint Creek valley needs rooftop. Sue, not one for a long explana- destination. Philipsburg was named is a push from someone like Solar Plexus to tion, sums up Sugar Loaf ’s solar water heat- Montana’s first Tourism Community of the start a local trend. “It catches on,” Tavenner says. “One ing system: “It saves a lot on propane.” Year, in 1998. Ed and Sue James aren’t the only ones Yet as far back as the mid 1980s, eyes in person sees that someone else has got it, along Montana Highway 1 to recognize the Philipsburg had begun to turn toward they get interested and that makes it grow. potential financial benefits of green technol- renewable energy. Lee Tavenner, who owns Same with the hydro. The hydro makes the ogy. More than a dozen ranches south of the Missoula hydroelectric and solar instal- town of Philipsburg realize that they can do Drummond now utilize solar-powered lation company Solar Plexus, credits the their own power, then there’s pride in it, water pumping stations. Residents generate area’s rising interest in alternative energy in the town gets into it. Now the sheriff wants their own electricity with small-scale solar the past decade to the city’s municipal to do something, so he puts in solar.” Solar Plexus recently helped the systems. The Philipsburg Public Schools hydroelectric operation. Since the plants installed a biomass boiler in 2004, and the went online in 1986, the town has shown its Granite County Sheriff ’s Department install town of Philipsburg sells electricity locally citizens that it’s possible to generate one’s a solar array at its office. And the sometimes-contagious nature from a pair of municipally owned hydro- own electricity. It’s not solely about saving electric plants. Renewable energy has the planet, Tavenner says—it’s also about of renewable energy initiatives isn’t restricted to a single valley. Perhaps inspired by carved out a niche in the area. saving money and gaining independence. Sarah Lesnar, the energy program man“There’s a lot of people that are doing Philipsburg’s longstanding dedication to ager for the Helena-based Alternative it for the environment and to be independ- running a hydroelectric retail operation, the Energy Resources Organization, recently ent, but sometimes those are really differ- city of Whitefish announced it would refurrecognized that niche. She was putting ent,” Tavenner says. “Some people want to bish a defunct hydroelectric facility and together a string of public energy tours in be independent but couldn’t care less about begin generating its own electricity. “Everybody in rural Montana realizes western Montana and Philipsburg quickly the environment.” That desire for energy landed on the list. autonomy has given rise to what Tavenner we need to cut costs so our bills can be “There isn’t a lot of hydro around the calls “preppers,” or survivalists, people on lower,” Duane West says. “We’re not state, especially on that scale, and it’s kind the political far-right seeking to shed their opposed to any way to save money.” of unique that the city owns it,” Lesnar dependence on utility companies. explains. “I looked around and found that There’s a clear green element to the asakariassen@missoulanews.com When Ed and Sue James first established the Sugar Loaf Wool Mill in 2000, near Hall, they were spending $600 a month on propane. The mill uses 700 to 900 gallons of hot water a day to wash raw wool. The cost of propane at the time was around 80 cents a gallon; it’s rocketed to roughly $2.30 a gallon in the subsequent decade. Were the Sugar Loaf mill still relying on propane to heat its water, the bill now would be over $1,700. But nine years ago, the Jameses saw an opportunity to cut their propane use by nearly two-thirds. These days, they pay an average of $575 a month. The rest they leave to an array of solar voltaic panels lin-
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What a steal Why not just give Homeland Security everything?
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Many of us remember when Jon Tester won his Senate seat. We hoped to see him fulfill his campaign promises to repeal the Patriot Act, end the wars and bring some sanity back to Washington, D.C. But then, to the surprise of many Tester supporters, he began to talk about the supposed dangers of “Montana’s porous northern border.” It was, in the finest tradition of Congressional pork, merely a tool to bring Homeland Security funds to Montana. But now, Tester is reaping what he sowed in the form of new, extremely radical legislation— H.R. 1505—that gives the Department of Homeland Security authority over all federal lands, including national parks and wilderness areas, within 100 miles of international borders. It’s co-sponsored by Tester’s Senate challenger, Rep. Denny Rehberg, and Tester is opposing it. Before going into the details of this nightmare legislation, former Independent reporter John S. Adams deserves a tip of the hat for bringing it to the attention of Montanans in an article in the Great Falls Tribune this week. H.R. 1505 is, like so much legislation in Congress in recent years, facetiously titled to appear to do exactly the opposite of what it actually does. According to the Library of Congress, the purpose of the “National Security and Federal Lands Protection Act” is “to prohibit the Secretaries of the Interior and Agriculture from taking action on public lands which impede border security on such lands, and for other purposes.” In plain language, that means stopping the Departments of Interior and Agriculture, which would include the Bureau of Land Management, National Park Service and Forest Service (among others), from fulfilling the missions of their agencies. Hard to see how that could be interpreted as “protecting” federal lands, but Congress seems perfectly happy to ignore such Orwellian titles these days. The bill exempts the Department of Homeland Security from some 36 existing laws, including the National Environmental Po l i c y A c t , t h e C l e a n A i r A c t , t h e Endangered Species Act, the National Park Service Organic Act, the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, the National Historic Preservation Act, the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, the Archaeological Resources Protection Act, the Safe Drinking Water Act, the Noise Control Act, the Solid Waste Disposal Act, the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (Superfund), the Antiquities Act of 1906, the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act, the Farmland Protection Policy Act, the Coastal Zone Management Act, the Wilderness Act, the Federal Land Policy and Management Act, the National Wildlife
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Refuge System Administration Act, the Fish and Wildlife Act, the Administrative Procedures Act, the California Desert Protection Act, the National Park Service Organic Act, sections of the National Parks and Recreation Act, the Arizona Desert Wilderness Act, the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act, and even the Multiple-Use Sustained-Yield Act. Besides exempting Homeland Security from the nation’s foundational environmental and historic preservation laws, it specifically states that “the Secretary of the
How ironic is it that under this draconian piece of legislation that’s supposed to “protect” our lands, the Department of Homeland Security could... decide to cut a road right through the middle of the Glacier-Waterton International Peace Park?
Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture shall not impede, prohibit, or restrict activities of the Secretary of Homeland Security on land under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture to achieve operational control over the international land and maritime borders of the United States.” Regardless of the impacts to any and all who use and treasure these federal lands, the legislation gives Homeland Security “immediate access to any public land managed by the Federal Government (including land managed by the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture) for purposes of conducting activities that assist
in securing the border (including access to maintain and construct roads, construct a fence, use vehicles to patrol, and set up monitoring equipment).” How ironic is it that under this draconian piece of legislation that’s supposed to “protect” our lands, the Department of Homeland Security could, without permits, environmental analysis, or anything else, decide to cut a road right through the middle of the Glacier-Waterton International Peace Park? The agency could also put up towers with lights and armed guards, fly and land helicopters or run ATVs in wilderness areas, or even construct a fence if they so chose, with absolutely no recourse for citizens to challenge their own government’s actions, except on constitutional grounds. You read that right: HR1505 also exempts Homeland Security from any judicial review except for constitutional challenges. It’s likely even that would be exempted, except that it would destroy the checks and balances upon which our government is founded and would itself be constitutionally prohibited. Apparently, Rep. Rehberg didn’t have the time or imagination to consider the problems such an act might cause. He told Adams, “The simple idea of the bill is to provide the border patrol with the same access on federal land that it currently has on state and private land. There is nothing about this bill that creates any new authority to intrude into the lives of Americans.” Speaking of irony, Tester, who first cried wolf over the “porous Northern border,” told Adams the act was on par with the Patriot Act and REAL ID in terms of granting the federal government unprecedented and overreaching powers, adding, “I just can’t see how any lawmaker would think it’s a good idea to allow the Department of Homeland Security to make sweeping decisions about our land and ignore our rights without any public accountability.” Tester’s absolutely right on this issue, and I guess we can be thankful for that. This kind of legislation shows how totally out of touch with reality the hyper-paranoid Congressional Republicans have become. Canadians, after all, have been our friends and allies for more than 200 years. H.R.1505 should never become law. But even if it doesn’t, let’s remember Rehberg’s co-sponsorship of this horrendous bill at the voting booths a year from now. 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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Access of evil Bad legislation could fence you out by Ben Long
America’s national forests belong to everyone, and all Americans deserve and rightfully demand access to this national birthright. Such access is like oxygen for hunters and anglers, but beware: Industry barracudas and their pals in Congress are trying to hoodwink sportsmen into supporting bad legislation by promising more lenient access. Today’s case in point is HR 1581, the socalled Wilderness and Roadless Release Act. It’s sponsored by a Southern California representative who claims he wants to “improve access” to public land. What does this mean? For the oil and gas industry, access means gaining the opportunity to drill. For folks overly fond of their quads and dirt bikes, access means license to drive motorized vehicles wherever and whenever they wish. There are many ways to access the land—on foot, by horse or mule, mountain bike or motorized vehicle. All of them are appropriate in some places and inappropriate in others. In Montana, the Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks has a successful access program called Block Management. It offers ranchers incentives for allowing hunters to access their private land. Hunters come by the thousand, but they come on foot. They park where the rancher tells them to park, and they walk in. Likewise, Plum Creek Timber Co. is the largest private landowner in the Treasure State. The company allows hunters access to their land (I’ve shot several whitetail deer on Plum Creek ground, so I’m grateful), but hunters may only drive on roads deemed open by the company. Still, thousands of acres in Montana are accessible by foot, game cart, mountain bike or packhorse. As most Westerners can tell you, the biggest threat to national forest access is the moneyed people who buy the surrounding land, then shut down the trails and roads leading to the public land. Unfortunately,
HR 1581 does nothing to solve this problem. No, the backers of HR 1581 seem to have breathed too many of the D.C. fumes to remember the smell of pine needles. A handful of Beltway gun and sportsmen’s groups are in on this act. Melissa Simpson of Safari Club International even testified for
In election years, most politicians try to warm up to the voting hunters and anglers, not slap them in the face.
H.R. 1581. In her letter to Congress, Simpson used the word “access” nine times. It sounded good, but what would the bill actually do? It would peel back existing conservation provisions on tens of millions of acres of roadless areas in national forests across the West, including 6 million acres in Montana. These areas are often the most secure big game habitat—the places thousands of hunters go to seek trophy elk, muley bucks, bighorn rams or just some peace and quiet. And they are also the source of clean water used by trout, salmon and steelhead (and their pursuers) far downstream. These areas already have ready access, generally by foot, stock animal, mountain bike, and, in some places, off-road vehicles. Roadless areas are critical to providing ordinary hunters and anglers opportunity in the
modern world. That is why sportsmen’s groups including Trout Unlimited, the Theodore Roosevelt Conser vation Pa r t n e r s h i p , R o c k y M o u n t a i n E l k Foundation and Backcountry Hunters & Anglers are opposed to the legislation. I am puzzled why some Western Republicans, like my own Rep. Dennis Rehberg, trumpet their support for this bill. In election years, most politicians try to warm up to the voting hunters and anglers, not slap them in the face. Yet HR 1581 is bound to lead to shorter hunting seasons, more restrictions and reduced opportunities for hunters. And this is being twisted into “pro-access” rhetoric. What is really going on here? Draw your own conclusions, but keep a few facts in mind: Before she went to work for the Safari Club International, Simpson worked for a Washington, D.C., lobbying firm. One of her clients was the oil and gas industry, and one of her assignments was to counter the concerns of sportsmen’s groups, which had voiced concerns about oil and gas exploration running roughshod over America’s hunting and fishing grounds. The sponsor of HR 1581 is Rep. Kevin McCarthy of Southern California. There’s not much hunting country in his district, but he does brag that his district produces more oil than all Oklahoma. And, according to opensecrets.org, the oil and gas lobby is one of his biggest campaign contributors. There are lots of wolves out there. Some live in the woods and have sharp teeth. Others live in the city and carry briefcases.
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Writers shine up like pennies. Maybe you don’t believe me, but I’ve seen it. Think of all the swanky parties Fitzgerald and Hemingway went to, with the pearls and high heels, and the cummerbunds for the gentleman (or however it is men accessorize). The Writers’ Fall Opus is that caliber of classy, and it’s being held this Friday in the Governor’s Room of the Florence Building, to benefit the University of Montana’s Creative Writing Program. Did you know I am a recent alumnus of said program? Maybe you’ve heard me mention the glory days. They were a few months ago. This is the third year for the party. I’ve never been, because I always considered myself too poor, which is exactly why students like me need people like you to attend. For real, Montana’s creative writing program adds a lot to this community. We say hilarious, poignant things at parties and we pick the best songs on the jukebox, songs that don’t just
entertain, but really speak to the mood and situation on a primordial level. When we graduate, we serve you the best coffee. And struggling sucks! Our program needs your help. Tickets are $35 per person or $60 dollars per couple, all inclusive. You have to be 21 to attend, although university policy prohibits me from telling you why you need to be 21 to attend. Take a guess. I’ve heards legend that the variety and richness of the refreshments are worth the price of admission. —Molly Laich
THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 22
Habitat for Humanity wants to seriously gross me out with a Hot Dog Eating Contest, 3 PM at the Rhino, 158 Ryman St. Come watch 25 contestantscompete to eat as many hot dogs as they can in 10 minutes. Donations will be accepted as well as a 50/50 drawing. Eh.
Join the Missoula Indian Center in an observance of National Recovery Month, 5:30–8:30 PM at 830 West Central. Call 829-9515. 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. 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.
FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 23 We’re against this, I assume. See a discussion of the issues at Human Trafficking: Abroad and at Home, 12–1 PM at YWCA Missoula, 1130 W. Broadway. Free. OUTlaws and the Women’s Law Caucus are hosting a Drag Queen Karaoke Gong Show at the Crystal Theatre on the Hip Strip, 515 S. Higgins Ave. from 7-11 PM. $10/$8 if you come in drag. 50 percent of the proceeds will be donated to the Missoula AIDS Council. It’s a war-torn month, it seems, as evidenced by John Dower’s lecture, Cultures of War: Pearl Harbor/Hiroshima/911/Iraq, 8 P M at t h e University Theatre on the UM Campus.
SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 24 It’s true, the planet does move. Moving Planet Day is all about reversing climate change and helping out on a local level, with events around Missoula from 11 AM to 2 PM at Freecycles, PEAS Farm and elsewhere. For a complete layout of the land, call Bob Clark at 549-1142 or visit mtaudubon.org. (Also, See Mountain High in this issue.) On “Free Spreech Corner” (Higgins & Front St.) Check out 100 Thousand Poets for Change, an International event in hundreds of cities all over the world. Poets. You know its.
The Writers’ Fall Opus takes place on Fri., Sept. 23, from 6:30–10 PM in the Governor’s Room of the Florence Building, 111 N. Higgins Ave. Tickets are $35 or $60 per couple and can be purchased at the door. 21 and older only. To RSVP, call Karin Schalm at 243-5267.
SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 25 Take a run around the block with a purpose at the Rockin’ Race for AIDS Awareness, starting at 500 N. Higgins Ave. around 9 AM at the XXXX’s. It’s $25 for 5kers, $30 for 10-kers, children 12 and under run free, and it’s $60 for families of 3 or more. To register and get more race facts, go to missoulaaidscouncil.org. The 3rd Annual Out of the Darkness Community Walk at 1 PM is a fundraiser for the prevention of suicide, which will meet on the UM Oval. Visit outofdarkness.org to learn more.
TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 27 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.
WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 28 Just saying, man, those buildings came down pretty tidily. At FIlm Experts Speak Out on 911, presenters will present evidence of explosive demolition of the WTC towers on 9/11, 8 PM at Coffee Traders, Grange Hall, 5810 Hwy. 93. in Whitefish. AE911Truth.org. Free.
THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 29 Citizens are invited to a celebration of the five year anniversary of the Open Space Bond, 6–8 PM at City Council Chambers, 140 W. Pine Street. Learn how China affects us here in Big Sky country at the talk, Environmental Issues in China and Montana: Shared Experiences, 7 PM at the Stensrud Building, 314 N. First St. W. Call 243-2988.
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Curious but true news items from around the world
CURSES, FOILED AGAIN - When Chicago police investigating reports of shots fired stopped a car that Shandra Kidd, 22, was riding in, she bolted. After an officer caught her, she stuck a gun in the officer’s chest and pulled the trigger. The gun didn’t fire. She tried again, but again the gun didn’t go off. The officer then shot Kidd in the buttocks and arrested her. Investigators explained Kidd’s gun was empty because the cylinder opened while she was fleeing, and all the bullets fell out. (Chicago Sun-Times) Authorities investigating a spree of vehicle fires in El Paso, Texas, identified Edwardo Ramirez, 25, as the culprit because he left footprints that led to a nearby home, where he was found burning clothing in the backyard. The police report added that gold and silver spray paint on Ramirez’s hands were the same colors as fresh graffiti near the burning vehicles. Also, a tattoo on Ramirez’s stomach matched some of the graffiti. (El Paso’s KVIA-TV) DETACHED ATTACHMENT - Two British security officers assigned to place an electronic monitoring tag on Christopher Lowcock, 29, were fired after officials discovered the device had been attached to Lowcock’s artificial leg. According to the Ministry of Justice, Lowcock wrapped the fake limb in a bandage and then talked an agent of G4S, a security firm the government hired to tag offenders, into installing it over the bandage. Whenever Lowcock wanted to go out, he unattached the monitored leg and left it home. The second agent was fired after he went to inspect the monitoring equipment but failed to notice it was attached to an artificial leg. Managers discovered the ruse when they went to check on Lowcock a third time, only to learn he’d left home and been taken into custody for driving illegally. “Procedures were clearly not followed,” a ministry official acknowledged, noting, “Two thousand offenders are tagged every week, and incidents like this are rare.” (Britain’s The Telegraph)
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LITIGATION NATION - The Washington, D.C., city attorney general’s office filed a suit against convicted drug kingpin Cornell Jones, who founded a nonprofit organization when he got out of prison that received grants to fund a job-training center for people with HIV/AIDS. Instead, the suit says, Jones used $329,653 of the grant money to turn a 14,000-square-foot warehouse into a popular nightspot that advertises “five-star dining” and nude dancers. (The Washington Post) John H. Gass filed suit against the Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles for revoking his driver’s license after its $1.5 million antiterrorism computerized facial recognition system misidentified him as another driver. Gass, who drives for a living, said he had to spend 10 days dealing with bureaucratic indifference to prove his identity and correct the error. “There are mistakes that can be made,” Registrar Rachel Kaprielian conceded, but insisted protecting the public far outweighs Gass’s or anyone’s inconvenience. “A driver’s license is not a matter of civil rights.” Kaprielian reminded. “It’s not a right. It’s a privilege.” (Boston Globe) NON-USER FEES - AT&T began charging its landline customers who don’t have long-distance calling plans—most rarely, if ever, make long-distance calls—a $2 a month “minimum use” fee. AT&T’s Holly Hollingsworth said the charge is necessary to cover the company’s cost “to provide customers with basic long-distance service, including account maintenance, even if no calls are made.” (Cleveland’s The Plain Dealer) JUSTICE IS BLIND - After Julia Sullivan, 16, failed three tryouts for her high school cheerleading squad, her parents asked the Aurora, Neb., school board to correct what they called “scoring errors” during her third tryout. Following school administrators’ advice to evaluate all participants the same, the three judges gave Sullivan, who cheers from a wheelchair and was born without legs and with arms that stop short of her elbows, a low score in the jumps/kicks category. (Omaha World-Herald)
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by Erika Fredrickson Josh Quick is being sawn in half by the woman he loves. The mouth of a giant hippie is about to engulf him. He’s being followed by the devil, who’s about to destroy the world. He carelessly leaves his stove on and sets Missoula ablaze. Those are all ways in which Quick, an illustrator and comic artist, has depicted himself. But if he were to draw himself realistically, you’d see a lanky, russet-haired, 33-year-old Montanan with a big grin, sitting at his desk with a 5 a.m.-strong cup of coffee, populating worlds with his red Col-Erase pencil. You’ve seen Quick’s work around town. You’ve probably spotted his concert fliers. He also designed the Open Road bicycle shop sign and the Big Dipper Ice Cream’s yeti mascot. He’s devised T-shirts, posters and stickers for KBGA. Perhaps you saw his recent posters for Hempfest and Sunday Streets Missoula, and you probably have one of his bookmarks from Shakespeare & Co. His work is on the label of Black Coffee Roasting Company beans, he designed T-shirts for the Poverello Center and he does illustrations for the Missoula Art Museum’s monthly Artini and the Zootown Arts Community Center’s Teen Open Studio Night. Quick works at a metal desk that he extracted from a dumpster at the Missoulian, where he works as a layout designer. He
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stationed it in his home studio, in a hip, green-built apartment complex on the Northside, where he lives with his partner, Tricia Opstad. The desk was a serendipitous find. It was the daily’s comic station for years, and on the front drawer it says “comics” in small raised letters. Commissioned illustrations are Quick’s bread and butter, along with his graphic work at the newspaper, but his biggest passion is his weekly comic strip “Camp Sleep Over,” a sometimes humorous, sometimes philosophical take on life in Missoula that he posts online (quickjosh.blogspot.com). His oddball “Sleep Over” characters navigate issues of temptation, honesty and miscommunication in ironic and playful ways. And, often enough, the story behind the story is personal. One recent episode is about a guy talking to himself. “It was exactly what I was doing all last week and I don’t know why,” he says, laughing. “I was talking to myself so much in public, and I rarely ever do that. So the character is basically me, and he says, ‘Do you talk to yourself?’ And he answers, ‘Yeah, I talk to myself all the time.’ And in the third panel, he goes, ‘You’re crazy.’ And in the fourth panel, he says, ‘I’m not crazy, you’re crazy.’ So it’s the concept of having that dialog external as opposed to internal.” On paper, Quick lives in a mad, mad world.
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From blood and guts The Quick family spent summers in Ninemile, at a cabin that parents Kathi and Ed Quick built together. Kathi is a ceramacist and carpenter and Ed is a physician who also takes photographs and translates German poetry. The couple tried to encourage their children’s creativity. When they weren’t at the cabin, they’d take Josh and his older brother, Troy, backpacking in the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness. For Troy, Montana summers in the outdoors offered free-roaming opportunities to burn off energy. But Josh would sit still for long stretches, sketching blood-soaked scenes inspired by X-Men and other comics. “He had a little coffee can full of crayons and pencils and some of his toys, and he spent hours drawing half-pipes and skateboard parks and G.I. Joe guys, and then some scary things that a mother worries about,” Kathi recalls. So she asked a psychologist friend to take a look at Josh’s drawings. The psychologist assured her that it was normal for a little boy to draw blood and gore like that; he’d grow out of it. That psychologist was half right. Kathi laughs talking about this, in part because she grew up doing scary things, too— she liked to melt wax to watch the wax drip, and there was always the potential of burning down the house. “But my mother was always really good about it,” she says. “She would say, ‘Well, if you’re going to do that, dear, you need some foil underneath.” During the school year, Josh frequented Missoula shops Garden City News, The Joint Effort and Freddy’s Feed & Read, where comic books could be found among the candy, tobacco and newspapers. “My folks were really openminded,” he says. “They let me read whatever I wanted—not pornography, but anything else...that was awesome for me growing up.” Troy, who is seven years older, recalls that he and Josh shared an interest in alternative culture, including magazines such as Thrasher, with art inspired by punk rock and skateboarding, particularly cartoons that he thinks sparked Josh’s interest in art. Troy, now a carpenter who calls himself the jock of the family, says he spent most of his young adult life skating and snowboarding. He drew sometimes, but mostly he just copied what he’d seen in the magazines. Josh was different, Troy says—he was more serious about it, more dedicated. And he worked to perfect his own creations. “He was always drawing,” Troy says, laughing— “and drawing really late at night, at really odd hours, past our bedtime…He’s always drawn some kind of comic.” Superhero comics were king until Josh discovered Robert Crumb, whose “Keep On Truckin’” strip was an underground commix fixture in the 1970s, and the satirical art in MAD magazine. “It was the introduction of those comics that totally set the stage for me,” he says. “Not just superhero comics, but alternative comics, adult comics…They had alternative ways of looking at the world, and so I would…try and draw like those guys.” Peter Bagge, who managed Crumb’s mag Weirdo, was part of that underground scene and an influence on Josh. His 1980s “Comical Funnies,” about a dysfunctional family, inspired a 1990s offshoot, “Hate,” about a twenty-nothing slacker. Quick devoured them. At the same time, he also liked that epitome of mainstream comics, “Peanuts.”
“I think it’s really easy for people to forget about what an intelligent guy Charles Schultz was, because he’s been in the popular culture for so long,” Josh says. “But he was phenomenal.” Josh graduated from Sentinel High School in 1996 and enrolled in the fine arts program at the University of Montana. Almost immediately he knew it wasn’t for him. He wanted to see his work out in the world in a commercial way—on bookmarks, across coffee mugs—or as art in service to community events and non-profits. “I’m not a megalomaniac, but I love the idea of a particular piece of mine being given a bunch of different homes,” he says.
When Josh changed his focus from fine art to graphic design, says Ed, “I realized this was what he was going to do.” His parents helped fund his transfer to the Seattle Art Institute, where Josh got a degree in illustration and design. Then he went to work at Cranium Games, which hired him to create and revise game boards tested on kids. He was floating along in the job just fine, he says, still unclear about what he ultimately wanted to do, when Gary Baseman, the artistic designer for Cranium, showed up at the office one day. A renowned illustrator, Baseman had coined the term “pervasive art” as a way to blur the line between fine art and the sometimes-pejorative term “commercial art.” His passion for cheeky pop surrealism made an impression on Josh. “That day,” Josh says, “I knew: ‘I’m going to be an illustrator.’”
Satan’s Big Gulp Quick uses an Ellen Forney comic book as a mousepad so he can absorb her spirit. The I Love Led Zeppelin book, by the Seattle artist, features some of Forney’s work from The Stranger, the L.A. Weekly and Bust. She’s one of Quick’s current comic idols, along with the Hernandez Brothers and French illustrator David B., who wrote a comic about his epileptic brother. On Quick’s bookshelf is the “Russian Criminal Tattoo” series, featuring striking imagery rife with sex and whimsy, religion and violence. On the
top shelf are his deities: the 1980s pro-wrestler action figures Junkyard Dog and Boris, which he got at a flea market, and a religious statue of the Virgin Mary from his 1992 trip to Mexico. None of these things feature prominently in Quick’s work but they’re all part of aexploration of symbology and style. And, as is the case with pro wrestling, they might help in figuring out how to establish a narrative. “I love professional wrestling from the ’80s because those were the ultimate narratives: good versus evil, creating a storyline,” he explains. “Sometimes I’ll listen to the old professional wrestling commentary to give me ideas.” Quick’s first professionally silk-screened rock poster was done at Garage Tees for local new wave rockers the Volumen. He was thinking about adolescence at the time and he’d bought old high-
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school yearbooks from thrift stores to get a sense of how to draw a variety of hairstyles and facial images. It also helped him develop a narrative for the Volumen poster. “I just drew a bunch of kids that looked like they were having a tough time, that were dealing with hormones and growing up,” he explains. “Some of them have acne, one of the kids has a KISS shirt on, one of the kids has a high forehead, and one has a weight issue…it looked like a page out of a yearbook, and then it says, ‘Volumen.’” Quick says he avoids narratives about alcohol or drug abuse or sexualized people, despite the fact that some of his comic-artist heroes have made much use of those themes. “There’s already so much bullshit in our culture that I don’t need to put that in my art,” he says. That doesn’t mean his style is bland or teetotaler-esque, although some of his illustrations seem more benign than others, like the purple spray painted poster for the KBGA Endof-thon with two raccoons on bicycles who’ve stolen a bunch of loot and are having a night on the town. Or they’re a little devious, like the one he did for The Lazerwolfs’ Judas Priest tribute show, in which Priest singer Rob Halford rides a motorbike, flanked by Satan (as a goat) sipping a Big Gulp soda. And some of his ideas seem to come from nowhere, with a narrative that showcases Quick’s hilariously weird viewpoint. For his Vampire Weekend poster, he decided to show someone listening to sad music and lost in a sad thought. When he tried to think of the saddest idea in the world, he thought of a burial at sea. “For me, burial at sea is a totally sad thing,” he says. “So I drew a woman sitting in her living room listening to a bunch of records, and you can kind of see in [her thought bubble] a burial at sea…It’s just a little simple image and then boom! ‘Vampire Weekend’ in big letters. And that’s what I’m trying to do. I’m not trying to get anybody’s goat. I’m really trying to create an aesthetic for people and a small narrative for them to think about.” Quick’s ideas have led to other funny images, such as the Secret Powers poster where all the band members are passed out, not from alcohol, but from being poisoned, and an apartment full of monsters that represent Quick’s vision of the sounds he hears from his neighbors. His attempts at a narrative that will engage his clients don’t always work out. The poster he did for one of Wilco’s shows at the Adams Center had all the elements for an interesting narrative—a deadman’s curve in the Bitterroot where a ghost is haunting a driver whose passenger is a camel—but at the last minute, the band’s manager cancelled the deal. A friend of the band had offered to make the poster instead, and Quick was pushed out. And then there was the band Clutch, which commissioned Quick for a poster and let him come up with a theme. Quick listened to their music. The word “rebellious” came to mind, so he tried to think of a rebellious scene. But this is Josh Quick. He wasn’t into the stereotypes. Not motorcycles or James Dean or tattoos. He needed something off-the-wall. And then he had it: whalers. “So I drew these guys harpooning a whale and taking the blubber…And I get contacted from [their manager]. He goes, ‘Josh. Can you do something else?’ And I had put all this time in, so I said, ‘What’s wrong with it?’ And he’s like, ‘To be honest with you, I love it. But the band is insulted right now. They really love whales.’”
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Eaten by a zombie Shepard Fairey used a Russian constructivist propaganda style for his “Andre the Giant Has a Posse” sticker, which went viral in the early 1990s, but his work became mainstream when he created the Obama “Hope” poster that ended up on cars and walls and everywhere else during the 2008 elections. It then became controversial when it was revealed that Fairey, without permission, had relied on an Obama photograph taken by an Associated Press freelancer. Borrowing styles is part of the deal (T.S. Eliot wrote it as “Immature poets imitate and mature poets steal”—which goes for comic artists, too), and if it’s done in the right way, Quick says, there’s nothing cynical about it. When he was first illustrating in Missoula, he tried different styles including inserting a female luchador à la Jaime Hernandez into a band poster. He also gave his characters noodle-y, no-elbow arms—something he got from Peter Bagge, and which he carries on today. Still, there’s borrowing styles and then there’s the question of rights to an artwork, which might be where the line blurs for Quick. Commercial artists often find themselves in a mess, and, though Quick doesn’t like to shed negative light on anyone, least of
local brewery, Quick started seeing his art on items he says he didn’t agree to. The Kettlehouse, he says, claims that they bought the image from Quick. But Quick says the image is his, and that they didn’t have an executive agreement to use it liberally. So he took legal action and the brewery ended up hiring another artist for the job. “My theory is that these guys are going to go national in the next year or so,” says Quick. “And that’s part of the reason I got on this right away. I’m not going to be like the guy that designed the Budweiser logo and got $150 for it. And that happens to artists all the time.” Quick tells this tale because it’s a good lesson, but he hates this story, too, because he still loves the Kettlehouse for the very fact that they do employ local artists. Both Kettlehouse owner Tim O’Leary and Quick say there are no hard feelings at this point. “And I was to blame, too,” Quick says. “I was young and inexperienced back then. I was so bummed that our relationship had to turn into that. But I’ve learned from this to be upfront. I don’t want to be a dick, but I don’t want to be ripped off
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tect your copyright and be honest and fair with the clients.” This is Quick’s optimistic spin, but he does have a dark side. And sometimes, between the light jokes and his surreal banter, he occasionally draws a dark comic that he squirrels away for safekeeping. “They’re really dark,” he says. “It’s typically because I’m having a bad week or maybe I’m just feeling really emotional and the only catharsis I have is to draw it.” During the recent winter, the one that seemed to go on and on, nothing but dark illustrations were coming out, and Quick had to change them before he sent them out into the world. “I would take the stuff out of the speech bubbles,” he admits. “I was kind of self-censoring.” One example: An artist is selling his stuff for next to nothing to help out a charity, and in the last panel he’s abruptly eaten by a zombie. “Maybe one day— and I will get published one day, I’m sure of it—I’ll put out a book of my dark comics.”
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all local businesses, he’s had his issues. He designed the first set of cans for the Kettlehouse Brewery, which he proudly displays on his office shelf. That relationship soured when, after signing a contract with the
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either, and it’s really hard sometimes to explain that to other people, because they really believe they bought the image from you, when they didn’t. I’ve talked to a lot of other artists about this: protect yourself, pro-
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Quick had a friend named Gary with whom he often disagreed. “Trisha loved him, but he drove me crazy when we hung out with him. He was so confident it was annoying and I think he triggered my insecurities.” But even after Gary moved away from Missoula, Quick found himself drawn to Gary as a muse. He started drawing a comic strip he called “Gary Blast-Off,” and he put his Gary character into all kinds of predicaments. He didn’t really think about the consequences until he and Opstad visited Gary in Minneapolis. “I must have done 20 comics of this,” Quick says. “And I realized I hadn’t told
him about it. So we’re hanging out and I was like, ‘You know, I gotta tell you, I’ve been doing this thing.’ And Gary said, ‘What is it?’ So we went online to my blogspot and I showed him. According to Quick, Gary put his hands to his face in shock and said, “Oh my gosh!” over and over again. He was overwhelmed, and then, as Quick tells it, he warmed to the idea of being the star of his own comic strip. Quick uses people he knows and conversations he has for inspiration, so if you live in Missoula, you might be his muse, too. “Sometimes people will be like, ‘You squished my head.’ And I’m like, ‘Get over it; it’s a cartoon!’ A lot of people will be like, ‘Is that me? Are you putting me in there?’ But it’s usually not them, it’s usually an amalgam of people.” There are a few real Missoula people whom Quick draws more than others including Charlie Beaton, the owner of The Big Dipper, and John Fleming, owner of Ear Candy Music. He draws Fleming over and over, he says, “and I don’t know why…I don’t know how he feels about it; I’ve never asked him. And I’ll duplicate Charlie. Charlie means a lot to me, too. I don’t think he feels either way about it.” Beaton says he commissioned Quick to design Big Dipper items because his style is unexpected. “I’ve been in Missoula for a long time, since ’88, and I’ve been friends with his brother Troy for a long time. I remember Josh as a little kid and then discovered him later as an artist. For us it’s just a little departure from some of the branding we’ve done, in that we can just do some playful things that seem to fit well with ice cream…I like pieces that are quirky and odd, and Josh has a crazy creative mind.” But did he realize he was one of the frequent subjects of Quick’s comics?
“Well, I didn’t really know that,” Beaton says, laughing. “I know I’ve been in maybe one or two things, but I’ll have to keep my eye out for more.” If there’s one person who understands how much Quick uses his interactions with people in his work, it’s Opstad, his partner. A few months back, they went through a rough patch in their relationship. Opstad had just graduated from UM’s speech therapy program and they were about to move into a new house together. “Our relationship was growing a lot then,” laughs Opstad, putting it diplomatically. When it came time to draw a poster for local band Sick Kids XOXO, Quick created a series of scenes with a guy and a girl hashing out their frustrations. The girl’s getting shot out of a cannon and blasted through a hoop of fire by the guy. The guy is being put in a box full of spikes and sawn in half magician-style by the girl. “I’m trying to show the tension of a relationship,” Quick says. “It’s the best kind of catharsis because I don’t even have to think about it, it just comes out.” “I’m totally willing to be shot out of a canon,” adds Opstad.
Sometimes the little mistakes make for great fodder. On Opstad’s birthday, Quick got her an expensive German chocolate cake from Bernice’s Bakery. The thing is, s h e d o e s n’ t l i k e German chocolate cake—Quick does. “I thought, ‘Oh my God, I’m an idiot!’” he says. The incident showed up in a “Camp Sleep Over” episode, with the conversation about German chocolate cake played out by two men hanging from a clothesline over New York City, for no other reason than that Quick relishes the absurd. Opstad teases Quick about his love of pro wrestling and the way he gets lost when he’s working on comics. When he says they moved into their new Northside apartment a few weeks ago, Opstad laughs, saying, “It was three months ago.” But it’s easy to tell she enjoys his creative nature. “The other night I asked him what he were thinking about,” she says, “But I don’t even need to ask, I know. He’s always working through a shape or idea, always occupying his mind, creating something.”
Pebble-sized people Two years ago, Disney bought Marvel Comics. This summer, Spider-Man died. The comic world seems to be in upheaval. “It breaks my heart that Stan Lee doesn’t own Marvel anymore,” says Quick, “but these things are always evolving. As for Spider-Man, they did the same thing with Superman. And they broke Batman’s back. In the comic uni-
verse, they want to keep us in suspense. That’s why the do it. They’ll bring Spider-Man back. They have to.” The world of Josh Quick is evolving, too. A few weeks ago he got word that one of his comics was chosen to run along with the work of 43 other graphic artists in Minneapolis’ alt-weekly City Pages, for its annual commix edition—a contest in which the paper asked artists to predict the future. “I freaked out,” Quick says of being picked. “I jumped around. It was awesome. It’s only happened a couple times before where I actually jumped up and ran around the house.” His prediction for the future is a goofy but somehow poignant four-panel showing a time-traveler who arrives in 2525 A.D. and finds people are the size of pebbles, in order to mitigate overcrowding. It’s typical Quick: a commentary on the seriousness of overpopulation coupled with a funny and optimistic solution. He has a couple of new ideas brewing in his head. One takes place in Custer, Mont., where a cosmonaut plummets from space, causing radiation that keeps all the townsfolk from growing old. He’s also thinking about doing one about a fishing village where the water dries up due to an environmental disaster. “It’s meant to be humorous and funny, but it’s also kind of heavy, too,” he says. “I love the idea of the after-effects— how people have to change their perspective and re-see everything. It’s sad, but at the same time human beings have to move on and survive. I love the idea of that. That’s a story just waiting to happen.” . efredrickson@missoulanews.com
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When I want to store large amounts of basil, I don’t make pesto. Instead, I prepare a bare bones mixture of pureed basil, olive oil and salt, which I freeze in jars. If I want to make pesto at a later date I can always add pine nuts, cheese, and garlic. But I can’t remove those things from pesto if, in the middle of winter, I decide I want homegrown basil in my Thai coconut green curry. By keeping it simple I keep my options open and minimize my time commitment—a good thing when there are so many other things to do. “I have abundance issues,” a farmer friend of mine in Montana confessed. Like many market farmers during the heart of harvest season, he almost always takes leftover produce home, even if he had a great market. In a perfect world he would preserve every scrap of leftover produce, freezing the green kale, broccoli, and beans, saucing or sun-drying his tomatoes, and pickling his peppers. But in the real world, an abundance of distractions prevents that from happening. He gets sucked into an endless grind of restaurant deliveries, cooking dinner, fixing the tractor, and a “honeydo” list stretching all the way to town and back. Consequently, his chickens eat better than most people. People like my farmer friend are why I often find myself prowling farmers markets near the closing bell, looking for growers with abundance issues like my friend’s. If somebody has a lot of something I think I can work with, I’ll ask how much for that whole box of basil, or the bushel of sweet corn. The basil will go into storage with salt and olive oil. I’ll turn the corn into Pueblo Indian-style chicos. I try to show up at market with at least $50. If it’s a good market I’m like a sailor in a strip joint, and I don’t ever want to see that cash again. Knowing that every last cent will get spent helps dull the pain of the individual transactions. Spending can be a joy if you know your farmer. But while I enjoy spending the money, I want to take home as much food as it can buy me. The window will soon close on market basil, since the first frost will leave the leaves black and limp. Meanwhile, the basil plants are starting to
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There are many ways to make chicos, but unless you have a mud horno oven and New Mexico-caliber sunshine, I recommend the following method: Pack whole ears of sweet corn like sardines into a baking pan. Cover with foil and bake three hours at 350. This kills enzymes and bacteria and halts the ripening process. It also produces a lot of fragrant smoke from the husks, which adds to the chicos’ flavor. Remove the ears from the oven and allow them to cool. Pull the husks back and use them to tie the ears together in pairs. Hang the paired ears on a clothesline or in some other well-ventilated location to finish drying. Alternatively, pull the husks off entirely and dry the ears on racks. If you wish, drape them with cheesecloth to deter the flies. If the weather is overcast and the drying is dragging, don’t hesitate to remove the husks and finish the chicos in the oven at 200 for a few hours with the door cracked. When the kernels taste like extrachewy mini candy corns, they’re almost ready. When you start breaking teeth, they’re done. They’re great in soups, Photo by Ari LeVaux with red chile, and baked with beans. Toss those with the stems. I wash and dry the leaves and Chicos can be stored on the ears but are usually buds, add half a cup of olive oil to the food processor, rubbed off the cobs and stored in bags or jars. A typical homemade chico will need about 15 pack it loosely full with basil, and start whirring. (Use a mortar and pestle if you want old-school storage basil). minutes of cooking in high heat and humidity to Once the initial load of basil is reduced to green rehydrate. You can cook them with rice, quinoa and slurry, keep adding more leaves and flowers until other grains, or soak them in water and fry them with the food processor has about two and a half cups of garlic and butter. Once you get the hang of cooking what looks like pesto. Add garlic if you wish, and add with chicos, you’ll start seeing ways to use them in salt a little at a time to taste. Spoon it into containers everything. The word chicos means “small ones,” and indeed they shrivel up pretty good. But the sunny flaand freeze them. For centuries, people just mixed olive oil with vor packed in those golden kernels is muy grande. Like Mediterranean-style basil in oil, New mashed basil to preserve it. But now we know that preserving food in oil carries a botulism risk. That’s Mexican chicos are a simple food storage form that has contributed to the regional cuisine. Both recipes why we freeze our oiled storage basil. Chicos, dried kernels of sweet corn, practically evolved thanks to seasonal periods of brief abunstore themselves once they’re properly processed. dance, when massive quantities of food had to be processed into a form that could last months. If the No freezer or fancy canning techniques necessary. Corn is expensive these days, thanks to corn ancient civilizations that created these delicacies ethanol’s use as a gas additive, and commercial could solve their abundance issues so tastefully, we can too. chicos are hard to come by this year.
flower. And once basil flowers, its market value drops and it often goes unharvested. This can result in rows of beautiful basil plants languishing in the fields, awaiting the mower. So if you’re friendly with any basil growers, ask about the possibility of stopping by their farm and cleaning out their bolted patch for an extra bulky deal. Take your own bags. What I do is similar to French pistou, the only difference being I skip the garlic, which I can always add fresh at a later date. I pull the leaves and flowers off the stems, which are woody this time of year. By flowers I mean buds, but not the six-inch flower towers that will eventually form.
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Old World Artisan Breads or Parker House Rolls. Having a party? Someone’s birthday? Falling in love? Never forget Bernice’s has the best, made from scratch, cakes in town. Xoxo Bernice. www.bernicesbakerymt.com.
Bagels On Broadway 223 West Broadway (across from courthouse) • 728-8900 Featuring over 25 sandwich selections, 20 bagel varieties, & 20 cream cheese spreads. Also a wide selection of homemade soups, salads and desserts. Gourmet coffee and espresso drinks, fruit smoothies, and frappes. Ample seating; free wi-fi. Free downtown delivery (weekdays) with $10.00 min. order. Call ahead to have your order ready for you! Open 7 days a week. Voted one of top 20 bagel shops in country by internet survey. $-$$
Biga Pizza 241 W. Main Street 728-2579 Biga Pizza offers a modern, downtown dining environment combined with traditional brick oven pizza, calzones, salads, sandwiches, specials and desserts. All dough is made using a “biga” (pronounced bee-ga) which is a time-honored Italian method of bread making. Biga Pizza uses local products, the freshest produce as well as artisan meats and cheeses. Featuring seasonal menus. Lunch and dinner, Mon-Sat. Beer & Wine available. $-$$
Bernice’s Bakery 190 South 3rd West • 728-1358 School is back and Bernice’s is kickin! Try us for a rockin’ cup of joe and a pastry at 6am. At noon hop on over and dig into lunch! At 3pm take a walk by the river with a cupcake and afternoon pick-me-up of iced tea in your hand. Dinner? Try our Blinkies,
Big Sky Drive In 1016 W. Broadway 549-5431 Big Sky Drive In opened June 2nd 1962. We feature soft serve ice cream, shakes, malts, spins, burger, hot dogs, pork chop sandwiches and breaded mushrooms all made to order. Enjoy our 23 shake and malt flavors or the orange twist
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ice cream. Drive thru or stay and enjoy your food in our outdoor seating area. Lunch and dinner, seven days a week. $-$$ Black Coffee Roasting Co. 1515 Wyoming St., Suite 200 541-3700 Black Coffee Roasting Company is located in the heart of Missoula. Our roastery is open Monday – Friday, 7:30 – 2. In addition to fresh roasted coffee beans we offer a full service espresso bar, drip coffee, pour-overs and more. The suspension of coffee beans in water is our specialty. Blue Canyon Kitchen 3720 N. Reserve 541-BLUE (adjacent to the Hilton Garden Inn) www.bluecanyonrestaurant.com We offer creatively-prepared American cooking served in the comfortable elegance of their lodge restaurant featuring unique dining rooms. Kick back in the Tavern; relish the cowboy chic and culinary creations in the great room; visit with the chefs and dine in the kitchen or enjoy the fresh air on the Outdoor Patio. Parties and special events can be enjoyed in the Bison Room. Winter Hours: 4pm - 9 pm Seven Days a Week. $$-$$$
the The Bridge Pizza Corner of S. 4th & S. Higgins • 542-0002 A popular local eatery on Missoula’s Hip Strip. Featuring handcrafted artisan brick oven pizza, pasta, sandwiches, soups, & salads made with fresh, seasonal ingredients. Missoula’s place for pizza by the slice. A unique selection of regional microbrews and gourmet sodas. Dine-in, drive-thru, & delivery. Open everyday 11 to late. $-$$ Butterfly Herbs 232 N. Higgins • 728-8780 Celebrating 39 years of great coffees and teas. Truly the “essence of Missoula.” Offering fresh coffees, teas (Evening in Missoula), bulk spices and botanicals, fine toiletries & gifts. Our cafe features homemade soups, fresh salads, and coffee ice cream specialties. In the heart of historic downtown, we are Missoula’s first and favorite Espresso Bar. Open 7 Days. $ Claim Jumper 3021 Brooks • 728-0074 Serving Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner 7 days a week. Come in between 7-8 am for our Early Bird Breakfast Special: Get 50% off any breakfast menu item! Or Join us for Lunch and Dinner. We feature CJ’s Famous Fried Chicken, Delicious Steaks, and your Favorite Pub Classics. Breakfast from 7am-11am on Weekdays and 7am-2pm on Weekends. Lunch and Dinner 11am-9pm SunWed and 11am-10pm Thurs-Sat. Ask your Server about our Players Club! Happy Hour in our lounge M-F 4-6 PM. $-$$$ Cold Stone Creamery Across from Costco on Reserve by TJ Maxx & Ross 549-5595 Cold Stone Creamery offers the Ultimate Ice Cream Experience. Ice Cream, Ice Cream Cakes, Shakes, and Smoothies the Way You Want It. Come in for our weekday specials. Get Gift Cards any time. Remember, it's a great day for ice cream at Cold Stone Creamery. $-$$ Doc’s Gourmet Sandwiches 214 N. Higgins Ave. • 542-7414 Doc’s is an extremely popular gathering spot for diners who appreciate the great ambiance, personal service and generous sandwiches made with the freshest ingredients. Whether you’re heading out for a power lunch, meeting friends or family or just grabbing a quick takeout, Doc’s is always an excellent choice. Delivery service within a 3 mile radius.
to change the color or shape of your teeth. Veneers are used on teeth with uneven surfaces or are chipped, discolored, oddly shaped, unevenly spaced or crooked. Farm to Family 241-6689 Farm to Family MT is a local food delivery business in Missoula. Through convenient online ordering we bring you fresh, local and regional groceries right to your door. We offer community supported agriculture shares, local produce, Bernice's and Le Petite breads, Black coffee, Lifeline cheese, grass-fed beef and more. Deliveries occur on Wednesdays. Find out more: farmtofamilymt.com. Flathead Lake Brewing Company of Missoula 424 N. Higgins • 542-3847 www.flbcofmissoula.com Known for their “Bar Burgers” a masterpiece of deliciousness; Flathead Lake Brewing Co. of Missoula is unfiltered sophistication atop the skyline of Missoula Montana. Downtown or Uptown, any way you look at it, Flathead Lake Brewing Co. of Missoula is your best destination for great food, wine and spirits. Come on in and join us. We can't wait to see you. Cheers!!! $-$$ Food For Thought 540 Daly Ave. • 721-6033 Missoula’s Original Coffeehouse/Cafe located across from the U of M campus. Serving breakfast and lunch seven days a week. Also serving cold sandwiches, soups, salads, with baked goods and an espresso bar till close. WE DELIVER On Campus & to the area between Beckwith, Higgins & 5th Street. Open Mon.-Thur. 7am-8pm, Fri. & Sat. 7am-4pm and Sun. 8am-8pm. $-$$ Good Food Store 1600 South 3rd West • 541-FOOD Our Deli features all natural made-to-order sandwiches, soup & salad bar, olive & antipasto bar, fresh deli salads, hot entrees, rotisserie-roasted cage free chickens, fresh juice, smoothies, organic espresso and dessert. Enjoy your meal in our spacious seating area or at an outdoor table. Open every day 7am - 10pm $-$$
Family Dental Group Southgate Mall • 541-2886 What are Veneers? Veneers are thin pieces of porcelain or plastic placed over the front teeth
Hob Nob on Higgins 531 S. Higgins • 541-4622 Come visit our friendly staff & experience Missoula’s best little breakfast & lunch spot. All our food is made from scratch, we feature homemade corn beef hash, sourdough pancakes, sandwiches, salads, espresso & desserts. We also offer catering. www.justinshobnobcafe.com MC/V $-$$
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“Fourth Dimension”: Bill Wilson, an AA cofounder, supposedly dabbled in LSD when searching for a cure for his alcoholism, which might help to explain his quote on the club’s website: “We have found much of heaven and we have been rocketed into a fourth dimension of existence of which we had not even dreamed.” How to find it: 450 West Broadway, on the corner of Broadway and Owen Street. —Matthew Frank Happiest Hour celebrates western Montana watering holes. To recommend a bar, bartender or beverage for Happiest Hour, e-mail editor@missoulanews.com.
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Holiday Inn Downtown 200 S. Pattee St. • 532-2056 Enjoy Happy Hour every afternoon from 4 to 7 pm on the Patio at Brooks and Browns. Microbrews or margaritas are $3.00 or enjoy a Micro pitcher with friends for $9.00. Our full menu runs the range from homemade Chips and Salsa up to a 16 oz. Ribeye steak with Bistro fries. You can bring your family, too. It’s a perfect spot to play Bocce or Croquet. Pastimes are family times, so enjoy time with yours in Bess Reed Park 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. 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. 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. $$-$$$ 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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Korean Bar-B-Que & Sushi 3075 N. Reserve • 327-0731 We invite you to visit our contemporary Korean-Japanese restaurant and enjoy it’s warm atmosphere. Full Sushi Bar. Korean bar-b-que at your table. Beer and Wine. $$-$$$
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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. $$-$$$ 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. 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. $-$$ Paradise Falls 3621 Brooks St. • 728-3228 paradisefallsmissoula.com We’re the place for all things Griz! Tailgate with us and catch a ride to and from every home football game! Join us every Tuesday for the Coaches Show, broadcast live at 6pm. Chat with the coaches and have a pound and a pitcher for $12! $-$$ 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. $–$$. Pearl Café 231 E. Front St. • 541-0231 Country French specialties, bison, elk, trout, fresh fish daily, delicious salads and appetizers. Breads and desserts baked in house. Three course bistro menu with wine $30, Tues. Wed. Thurs. nights, November through March. Extensive wine list, 18 wines by the glass, local beers on draft. Reservations recommended for the warm and inviting dining areas. Go to our website Pearlcafe.us to check out nightly specials and bistro menus, make reservations or buy gift certificates. Open Mon-Sat at 5:00. $$-$$$
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Pita Pit 130 North Higgins Avenue 541-PITA (7482) • pitapitusa.com Fresh Thinking Healthy Eating. Enjoy a pita rolled just for you. Hot meat and cool fresh veggies topped with your favorite sauce. Try our Chicken Caesar, Gyro, Philly Steak, Breakfast Pita, or Vegetarian Falafel to name just a few. For your convenience we are open until 3am 7 nights a week. Call if you need us to deliver! SA WAD DEE 221 W. Broadway • 543-9966 Sa-Wa-Dee offers traditional Thai cuisine in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere. Choose from a selection of five Thai curries, Pad Thai, delicious Thai soups, and an assortment of tantalizing entrees. Featuring fresh ingredients and authentic Thai flavors-no MSG! See for yourself why Thai food is a deliciously different change from other Asian cuisines. Now serving Beer and Wine! $-$$ 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. $-$$ Second Street Sushi 322 S. 2nd, Hamilton 363-0600 JOIN US at Second Street Sushi, Sunday October 2nd for “A Taste of Europe”, a 7-Course European Wine Pairing Event. (5 European wines will be featured.) 7 PM. $75 per person. Please call ahead for reservations. The Shack Restaurant & Catering 222 W. Main • 549-9903 Voted Best Breakfast in Missoula again and again, a Missoula favorite since 1949. Extended summer hours all day from the time the rooster crows til the cows come home. Tues.-Sun. 7am - 9pm, Mon. 7am-3pm. Fine wine & beer selection, weekly specials. Sidewalk dining in good weather. See our complete breakfast, lunch and dinner menu online at www.theshackcafe.com. The Sunrise Saloon & Casino 1100 block of Strand • 728-1559 Every day is a great day at the Sunrise Saloon! Enjoy two happy hours daily, plus daily drink specials. Wednesday is Ladies night. Missoula's only dedicated country bar with live country music Thursday Saturday. Play our liberal machines while enjoying great entertainment and friendly service. 21+ only. Open daily 8 a.m. - 2:00 a.m. NOT JUST SUSHI Sushi Hana Downtown offering a new idea for your dining experience. Meat, poultry, vegetables and grain are a large part of Japanese cuisine. We also love our fried comfort food too. Open 7 days a week for Lunch and Dinner. Corner of Pine & Higgins. 549-7979. $$–$$$ Taco Del Sol 422 N. Higgins • 327-8929 Stop in when you’re in the neighborhood. We'll do our best to treat you right. Home of the Famous Fish Taco. Crowned Missoulas best lunch for under $6. Mon-Sat. 11-10 Sun. 12-9. Taco Sano 115 1/2 S. 4th Street West Located next to Holiday Store on Hip Strip 541-7570 • tacosano.net Once you find us you'll keep coming back. Breakfast Burritos served all day, Quesadillas, Burritos and Tacos. Let us dress up your food with our unique selection of toppings, salsas, and sauces. Open 10am-9am 7 days a week. WE DELIVER. Ten Spoon Vineyard + Winery 4175 Rattlesnake Drive 549-8703 • www.tenspoon.com Made in Montana, award-winning organic wines, no added sulfites. Tasting hours: Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, 5 to 9 pm. Soak in the harvest sunshine with a view of the vineyard, or cozy up with a glass of wine inside the winery. Wine sold by the flight or glass. Bottles sold to take home or to ship to friends and relatives. $$ 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.yowaffle.com Grand Opening! Come join us Saturday, October 1st. Guess the weight of your purchase and it's free! Free mini cones and samples. 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. 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, WiFi, Loyalty Cards, UMONEY.
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Arts & Entertainment listings September 22–September 29, 2011
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Look, it’s the good old days. See Cody Beebe and the Crooks play Americana, Thu., Sept. 22, at the Top Hat, at 10 PM. $5.
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The MiniNaturalists Pre-K program lets 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. Learn more at MontanaNaturalist.org. The 38th Annual Montana History Conference, “No Ordinary Time: War,
Resistance, and the Montana Experience,” runs Sept. 22–24 at the Double Tree Hotel, 100 Madison St. Visit humanitiesmontana.org for the run-down.
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 “self health” book, 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 Floridis’s live acoustic set at Brooks and Brown starting at 6 PM, with Bayern beer pitchers for $7 and great food specials all night, 200 S. Pattee. Free. end your event info by 5 PM on Fri., Sept. 23, to calendar@missoulanews.com. Alternately, snail mail the stuff to Molly Llama c/o the Independent, 317 S. Orange St., Missoula, MT 59801 or fax your way to 543-4367.
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East Meets West: A Yoga Workshop for Teachers and Students of Yoga with Serena Early and Laura Marx This one-day class focuses on: - the relationship of Yoga to Ayurveda - the exploration of body mechanics - Pranayama breathing - Restorative poses
Saturday, October 15, 9 am-5 pm Course cost: $95.00 fee includes vegetarian ayurvedic lunch For more information or to register, please contact Kathy Mangan at 406-721-0033 or rwlcmt@gmail.com. For a complete listing of our classes, please visit www.redwillowlearning.org. Sliding scale fee available. Red Willow Learning Center, 825 West Kent Street, Missoula
Meet me in the red room. See Camille Bloom play on Fri., Sept. 23, at 7 PM as part of The Sloped Lawn Concert Series, 5920 April Lane. Visit camillebloom.com for ticket info.
Singer-Songwriter Danielle Oliver explains it all, 6 PM at the Bitter Root Brewery, 101 Marcus St. in Hamilton. Free. (See Spotlight in this issue.) Surely this Anxiety Workshop with Francoise white is in the service of alleviating and not exacerbating your symptoms, 6–7:30 P M 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 g e t y o u ! S t a r t i n g a t 6 : 15 P M , 3 10 8 C l a r k S t . E m a i l bridge@montana.com or call 239-1240. 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
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the UM University Center starting at 7 PM. Donation based and open to the public. 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 kcgt27@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 PM for $5, 235 N. First St. W. (See Noise in this issue.) Montana Rep Missoula presents D i r e c t , d i r e c te d b y G r e g Johnson, 7:30 P M at the Masquer Theatre’s PAR/T V 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 243-6809. 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 Noise in this issue.) Toy Soldier Productions want to show you a ski movie called Set Your Sights, 8 PM at the Wilma for $13/$10 advance at Backountry Racks & Skis. toysoldierproductions.com. You’re the only one with the idea to sing Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believin’” at karaoke by Solid Sound Entertainment, 8:30 PM at Westside Lanes Bowl Dog Lounge, 1615 Wyoming St. Free. 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. Get down with the Soul City Cowboys, bringing you country music with a little rock & roll thrown into the mix, 9 PM at Sunrise Saloon, 1805 Regent St. Some of KBGA’s finest ladies— DJs Mermaid, Hana Mt, and Emily Newton John—bring you a signature mix of new wave, disco, dance-punk, rock, and future classics, 9 PM at the Union Club. Always free. 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.
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Honor unique culture all day long at the American Indian Heritage Day, on UM’s campus at the Payne Family Native American Center. Call Salena at 243-5834. Harvest wine, beer, and the lost art of growing stuff is the subject of the Bitterroot Valley FarmFest, with events spanning Sept. 23-25, including a Harvest Wine and Beer festival, a farm tour, and a pasture to plate dinner. Learn more by calling 363-2400 or online at bvchamber.com.
Holy cow or cat or dog or whatever, AniMania is opening their new location at 1530 LIvingston Ave., 10 AM–6 PM, with all sorts of festivities. Come on down for free. animeals.com. We’re against this, I assume. See a discussion of the issues a t H u m a n Tr a f f i c k i n g : Abroad and at Home, 12–1 PM at YWCA Missoula, 1130 W. Broadway. Free.
nightlife I’m told there’s something for everyone at the Bitterroot Trout Unlimited Banquet, 5 PM at the Bitterroot River Inn, 139 Bitterroot Plaza Dr. for $45. Call Greg at 363-0033.
Come get your Blues Fix at the Blue Bison Grill with Three Eared Dog, in Stockmans on 123 W. Front St. from 7 to 10 PM.
Hip Strip, 515 S. Higgins Ave. from 7-11 PM. $10/$8 if you come in drag. 50 percent of the proceeds will be donated to the Missoula AIDS Council.
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 243-6809.
OUTlaws and the Women’s Law Caucus are hosting a Drag Queen Karaoke Gong Show at the Crystal Theatre on the
Montan Rep Missoula presents Direct, directed by Greg Johnson, 7:30 PM at the Masquer Theatre’s PAR/T V
The Greg Brown show at the O’Shaughnessy Center at 1 Central Ave. in Whitefish is sold out, but thanks for playing! It
SPOTLIGHT got found
Here’s a unique chance to see Aniruddhan Vasudevan, a Classical dancer from India in a Bharata Natyam performance, where she’ll perform both classical and experimental pieces, 5 PM at the Open Space in the PAR/TV Center on the UM Campus, with a reception to follow. Take a light-hearted romp through War Torn: The Art of Ben Steele, paintings and drawings from the Bataan Death March, which runs in the UM PAR/TV Center Sept. 23–Nov. 19, with an opening reception today from 5–8 PM. Visit umt.edu/ montanamuseum. Help out the greater Missoula writing community and live it up with fancy food and beverage at the Writer’s Fall Opus, going down in the Florence Building, 111 N. Higgins Ave. $35/$60 for couples. 21 and older, please. (See Agenda in this issue.) The Sloped Lawn Concert Series presents Camille Bloom, 7 PM at 5920 April Lane. Visit camillebloom.com for ticket info. Get the stories of ranch women not quite from the horse’s mouth, but something like that, when Wendy Woollett’s show, The Montana Monologues, hits the Roxy Theater, with music by Paul Kelley, directed by Gretchen Spiess. Shows are Sept. 23–24 and Sept. 30–Oct. 1, at 7 PM. $18 door/$15 general/$10 students/seniors. 718 S. Higgins.
Whitefish native Danielle Oliver grew up speaking German and listening to operetta. But, then again, her ski instructor parents met in Aspen, Colo. so she also lived in a household wild for John Denver. She spent a lot of time in Austria—her mother is a musically adept Austrian and her grandfather was a professional Austrian musician. And when she was an angsty youth she caught the tail end of the grunge movement, so she got into Alice in Chains and Soundgarden. But the talented musician, who recently released her debut album, Sun for Snow, found her niche with singer-songwriters like PJ Harvey and Tori Amos, and you can hear that influence in her work. The last few years she spent in Los Angeles, but she recorded Sun For Snow at Snow Ghost Studios in Whitefish, while staying in Hamilton. The EP is a collection of songs she’s written over the years. “It’s a culmination of a lot of years of work, so I didn’t just sit down and write it,” she says. “I went back and siphoned through.”
WHO: Danielle Oliver and other local bands WHAT: KBGA Birthday Bash WHEN: Friday, Sept. 23, at 9 PM WHERE: Badlander/Palace HOW MUCH: $7, 18+
My favorite, “Adrienne,” has a tone similar to Blitzen Trapper’s “Furr,” even though it’s not about becoming a wolf. (Though both songs do mention snow). It is, however, about losing oneself. Oliver wrote the song in 2003 in Austria after her father died and during a time in which she was experiencing a torrential downpour of songs. She sings: “Bricks for bones when I was nine Skinned up knees but I paid no mind ‘Til dad cheated with disease Moved in with death and company Mom got lost in a movin’ box I got lost, I got lost.” It was cathartic at the time, but these days the dark sentiment of that song has evolved to a brighter one. “It’s still my song, and I get it,” she says, “but it was challenging trying to go back and remember what I was feeling and do it justice.” Oliver is on tour and will play at a handful of Montana venues this week (Hamilton, Whitefish and Missoula. Check our calender for details) and she’ll play KBGA’s Birthday Bash this Friday. She’ll be joined by local bands The Boxcutters—who recently won KBGA’s band contest— as well as The Fat Cats of Augusta, The Thug Nasties, Tidal Horn and Squalora. KBGA knows how to throw a party—photo booths, birthday cake, raffle tickets abound. —Erika Fredrickson
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starts at 7:30 PM if you’re going. Cut a rug, whatever that means, at the Missoula Winery for their Dance Party, starting 7:30 PM, 5646 W. Harrier. $5. missoulawinery.com. It’s a war-torn month, it seems, as evidenced by John Dower’s lecture, Cultures of War: Pearl Harbor/Hiroshima/ 911/Iraq, 8 PM at the University Theatre on the UM Campus. Bring the kids with you for the Top Hat’s Family Friendly Fridays at 6 PM, this week with The Josh Farmer Band. Free. Get ready for this one: we’ve got a “Hoe Down” in the Badlander with The Box Cutters, Danielle Oliver and The Fat Cats of Augusta. and a “Show Down” at the Palace, featuring Squalora, Tidal Horn and The Thug Nasties, as part of KBGA’s 15th Anniversary Party starting at 9 PM. $7/$9 ages 18–20. (See Spotlight in this issue.) Spookiest band name ever at an equally spooky venue. Check out Voodoo Horseshoes at
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the Dark Horse, 1805 Regent St, let’s guess around 9 PM? The show is free and they’re doing a $1 raffle for tickets to the Further show. It’s your favorite band, Russ Nasset & The Revelators, playing at your favorite night of drinks and dancing and music, 9:30 PM at the Union Club. Be there. 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. Bring on the noise and the funk with 20 Grand Funk and Mars Retrieval Unit, 10 PM at the Top Hat. Cover TBA.
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Everybody’s working for The Workers, who are playing the Blacksmith Brewing Company, 114 Main St. in Stevensville. Visit blacksmithbrewing.com. 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. Help clean up the Rattlesnake as part of National Public Lands Day, which meets at 9 AM at the Main Rattlesnake Trailhead. Bring water, snacks and weatherappropriate gear. Call 728-2720. Since it’s just a number or w h a t e v e r, w h y n o t a t t e n d Change Your Age, an introductory with Kimberlee Carlson, Certified Feldenkrais Practitioner, 9:30 AM–3 PM at the Downtown Dance Collective, 121 W. Main St. $50. Call 5417240 to register. Do that weird, bleeding thing in your chest a favor and attend the Missoula Heart
Real estate agents by day, psychedelic rockers by night. See Furthur with the surviving members of the Grateful Dead on Tue. Sept. 27, at 7 PM at the Adams Center on the UM Campus. Tickets are $45 and available at umt.edu/griztix.
Walk and 5k Run, beginning 10 A M a t U M O v a l . Vi s i t missoulaheartwalk.org. You’ve been waiting all year for National Public Lands Day, I’m sure. Join them for festivities and a barbecue for volunteers starting 10 AM at Tower Street Open Space (north end of Tower Street off of Third Av. West). Call 552-6271. Give a little bit at MUD’s Volunteer Work Day, 10 AM to 2 PM at the MUD Site, 629 Philips St. This month’s projects include stuccoing, painting, and weeding! Lunch will be provided to all volunteers. The Missoula Indian Center invites you to Celebrate Native American Culture, 10 AM–4 PM in Bonner Park, with a 3-on-3 basketball tournement, stick game, beading, a tipi assembly demonstration and so much more. Call 8299515 for questions about the tournament or to get a ride to the party. All free. Get by with a little help from your friends at the 10th Annual Missoula Buddy Walk to help promote awareness about Down Syndrome, 11 AM at Play Fair Park.
Seek and you’ll find a reason to go to the Founders Day Celebration 11 AM on the grounds at St. Mary’s Mission on the West end of 4th Street in Stevensville. It’s true, the planet does move. Moving Planet Day is all about reversing climate change and helping out on a local level, with events around Missoula from 11 AM to 2 PM at Freecycles, PEAS Farm, and elsewhere. For a complete layout of the land, call Bob C l a r k a t 54 9 - 114 2 o r v i s i t mtaudubon.org. (Also, See Mountain High in this issue.) Freestone Climbing is celebrating its Grand Opening 11 AM–10 PM. climbing will be only $5, there will be music, slacklines, slideshows, food and beer, and it’s the last day to take advantage of signing up for membership without an initiation fee. It’s going to be a rad day. the Top Hat and Missoula Zoograss are bringing you a Pick and Potluck event, 12–4 PM, with the Alley Cats and the Rocky Mountain Bluegrass Association, free and open to all ages. At Traveler’s Rest State Park, outdoors fans will gather to cele-
brate in the name of Hunting and Gathering: The Tradition Continues, Noon to 4 PM, 1/2 mile west of Lolo in U.S. Highway 12. Call 273-4253. Free. On “Free Spreech Corner” (Higgins & Front St.) Check out 100 Thousand Poets for Change, an International event in hundreds of cities all over the world. Poets. You know its. Everyone but me and a few other pansy vegetarians in town should enjoy the Bacon & Brewfest, Noon to 5 PM at the 4-H pavillion at the Western Montana Fairgrounds, 1101 South Ave. W. with bacon, beer, and music by Mick Croon and others. $3. Take care to remember the good old days were actually pretty harsh at the Public Dedication of For t Missoula’s Alien Detention Center Courtroom, where foreigners were detained in 1941, 1 PM in building 322. Free. The Homestead Fall Gathering starts at 1 PM, features all manner of partying and comes highly recommended by reputable sources. It’s a potluck, so bring a dish. $5/$10 family. Call 728-9269. The Moon-Randolph Homestead is at 1515 Spurlock Road.
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Habitat for Humanity wants to seriously gross me out with a Hot Dog Eating Contest, 3 PM at the Rhino, 158 Ryman St. Come watch 25 contestants compete to eat as many hot dogs as they can in 10 minutes. Donations will be accepted as well as a 50/50 drawing. Eh.
At Missoula Zoograss 2011 From 4 PM to midnight, the Top Hat is offering a wide array of zoo grassy bands, starting with 907 Britt, The Slow Falls at 5 PM, Richie Reinholdt and Friends at 6:30, Cold Hard Ground at 8, and Dodgy Mountain Men at 10 PM, for
$9. It’s a steal. (See Spotlight in this issue.)
nightlife Take in all the wine tasting, biergarten, dinner, music and whatever else you can catch at Oktoberfish, a fundraiser for
SPOTLIGHT bad men
The Dodgy Mountain Men look and sound real authentic to me. They are varying degrees of bearded and dreadlocked, which is what a Dodgy Mountain Man should be! I don’t want to cast aspersions, but have you seen the photo of Further, the remaining members of Grateful Dead we ran this week in support of their upcoming show? Where is the tie-dye, Further? They don’t look anything like they spent the last three weeks beleaguered on a tour bus, taking bong rips and sleeping with hippy women. Maybe you can’t live on free love and psychedelic mushrooms forever, but come on, Further. Lie to me. Listening to the Dodgy Mountain Men makes me happy. They look like they spend their days tapping
WHO: Dodgy Mountain Men WHAT: Missoua Zoograss Festival WHEN: Sat., Sept. 24 at 4 PM, music starts at 10 PM WHERE: the Top Hat HOW MUCH: $9 MORE INFO: dodgymountainmen.com/ reverbnation
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their feet and drinking moonshine out of big jugs that double as musical instruments on rowdy nights. Their music is on the one hand, traditional—it sticks to the basic elements of bluegrass and folk—but it doesn’t sound crusty or old-mannish. The sound is layered and sophisticated and rich with what I can only assume is live improvisation. At the end of their live recording of “Down That Road,” someone in the band says, “It’s been sooo much fun!” Oh, you know how much I love a band who plays with heart! The Dodgy Mountain Men are just one of several groups playing at this weekend’s Missoula ZooGrass Festival at the Top Hat. They go on around 10 p.m., which is appropriate. They deserve a bright-eyed, bushy-tailed and maybe slightly inebriated audience. Let’s meet the band! Dodgy Mountain Men are Eric Bostrom “on his Git” (I don’t know what that is, but it’s pretty), Jed Nussbaum on mando and electric guitar, Scott Howard on bass, and Clyde Netzley on the tablas. (Again, I don’t know what a Tablas is.) Their songs tell stories of men gone wrong with the law, women and other complications in between. “Hell Through a bullet Hole” is as surly as it sounds and “Jackie” was a real bad man. Go see The Dodgy Mountain Men and other Missoula ZooGrass greats to find out the how and why of it. —Molly Laich
the Stumptown Arts Studio, 6–11 PM at 145 Central Ave. in Whitefish. $50. Oh, the jazz keyboard and vocal stylings of Bob Athearn, they never let us down, 6:30 PM at Ten Spoon Vineyard + Winery, 4175 Rattlesnake Dr. Free. Get the stories of ranch women not quite from the horses mouth, but something like that, when Wendy Woollett’s show, The Montana Monologues, hits the Roxy Theater, with music by Paul Kelley, directed by Gretchen Spiess. Shows are Sept. 23–24 and Sept. 30–Oct. 1, at 7 PM. $18 door/$15 general/$10 students/seniors. 718 S. Higgins. Bang the drum or watch someone else do it at a special concert with Manimou Camara and Djebe Bara, 7 PM at the Crystal Theater, 515 Higgins Ave. $5. Call Courtney at 880-8035. It’s a Contra Dance in the Bitterroot, 7–10 PM at the Rocky Mountain Grange, 1436 S. First St. in Hamilton with Celtic Knots, $5/$10 family. Please be fragrance free for the chemically sensitive. Call 642-3601. Montan Rep Missoula presents Direct, directed by Greg Johnson, 7:30 P M at the Masquer Theatre’s PAR/T V 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 243-6809. Oh no they didn’t. They did. It’s the Missoula Symphony Orchestra’s Season Opening Concert, a “Gypsy Serenade” featuring award-winning violinist, Ilya Kaler, and music director Darko Buturac, 7:30 PM and again on Sun., Sept. 25 at 3 PM, at the University Theatre on the UM campus. Visit missoulasymphony.org. Viva La Salsa means “live the salsa,” the dance, starting 8:30 PM at the Elk’s Lodge. $7 gets you a dance lesson. 112 N. Pattee St. 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. 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. Bounce music (which encourages you to bounce, I’ll bet) plus electro and hip hop will be provided in spades when the Palace hosts Dirty FKN Dancing II, with DJ Tigerlilly, D J Ta r a I n c o g n i t a , M C Linkletter, MC G Spot, plus dancing with local dance crews the Soledout Crew and the MissouBootyKrew at 9 PM, with visuals by V3R. $50 cash prize to any dance crew who wants to battle. Bring it. Free. Lots of chances to catch the High Holiday Services at Har Shalom, 3035 S. Russell St. Note the Sat., Sept. 24 candlelight service at 9 PM, a Wed. Sept. 28 Erev Rosh Hashanah at 7 PM, a 9 AM and 10 AM service on Thu., Sept. 29, and a Kabbalat Shabbat 6 PM potluck on Fri., Sept. 30 at the Greenough Park picnic shelter. Donation based. Visit har-shalom.org.
Round out your full day of festivities at the Top Hat’s Zoo Grass After Party with Moonshine Mountain, starting at midnight, $5.
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Take a run around the block with a purpose at the Rockin’ Race for AIDS Awareness, starting at 500 N. Higgins Ave. around 9 AM at the XXXX’s. It’s $25 for 5kers, $30 for 10-kers, children 12 and under run free, and it’s $60 for families of 3 or more. TO register and get more race facts, go to missoulaaidscouncil.org. 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. Yet another opportunity to peruse and purchase local crafts and produce hits Missoula dur-
There’s an okay moon a-rising when Russ Nasset & The Revelators play the Full Moon Saloon in Stevensville at 9:30 PM, 207 Main St. Free. The Saturday Night Shuffle concert series will kick off at 9:30 PM with a singer/songwriter night at Sean Kelly’s, 130 W. Pine. $3 donation at the door. Check out some local music this and every Saturday night at the Union Club when Chele Bandulu plays, 9:30 PM. Free. 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.
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ing 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 Caras Park Pavilion. This week’s music is by Fiddlin’ Farmer John. Visit carrousel.com/carousel-sunday-marketand-fes. The 3rd Annual Out of the Darkness Community Walk at 1 PM is a fundraiser for the prevention of suicide, which will meet on the UM Oval. Visit outofdarkness.org to learn more. Nothing’s changed since high school: the dance still claims a whole weeks worth of events. Go to Southgate Mall Clock Court from 1–3 PM for the Homecoming Week Kickoff Celebration. UM’s drumline, Spirit Squad and mascot Monte will be at the event. Visit grizalum.org. Go with the jam when The Rocky Mountain Grange Hall, 1436 S. First St.
south of Hamilton, hosts a weekly acoustic jam session for guitarists, mandolin players and others, from 2–4 PM. Free. Call Clem at 961-4949. We can do it! This and every Sun. through October, come to Ladies’ Night at Freecycles from 2–6 PM to learn to build and fix bikes plus hang out with other chicks, 732 S. First St. W.
nightlife Oh no they didn’t. They did. It’s the Missoula Symphony Orchestra’s Season Opening Concert, a “Gypsy Serenade” featuring award-winning violinist, Ilya Kaler, and music director Darko Buturac at 3 PM, at the University Theatre on the UM campus. Visit missoulasymphony.org. 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 Melissa Mylchreest and Deirdre McNamer. Free. Kick off the latter hours of your day of rest when the Badlander’s Jazz Martini Night welcomes saints and sinners alike. This week features the Donna Smith Trio and $4 martinis as always, beginning around 8 PM. Free. Don’t not see folk troubadour Greg Brown live in concert, 8 PM at the University Theatre for $27. Get tickets at umt.edu/griztix. (See Noise in this issue.) The Missoula Winery presents the banjo loving Tony Furtado with KVD Trio, 8–10 PM, 5646 W. Harrier St. $10. Visit missoulawinery.com. Jazz luminaries Squid Pro Quo plan to take you on a musical journey every other Sunday at the Badlander, starting 9 PM and always free.
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Help yourself by attending a signing of Roberta Swartz’s “self health” book, Me, Myself and Mind: Reclaim Yourself, Your Health, and Your Life, 11 AM–1 PM at Rainbow’s End Natural Foods, 910 N. First St. in Hamilton. Call 375-0446. Free.
nightlife Get some much needed spiritual guidance at Between the Worlds, 205 W. Main St. in Hamilton at their Spiritual Discussion Group every Monday and Wednesday, where a rotating cast of spiritual advisors will lead the talks. Call 363-2939 with questions. See why this guy gets voted Best of Missoula time and time again when
Tom Catmull plays 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. Kick off your week with a drink, free pool and a rotating cast of electronic DJs and styles for your booty during Milkcrate Monday’s with the Milkcrate Mechanic and Friends, 9 PM at the Palace. $6 pitchers of PBR, yo. Free. West coast rappers always breezing through town telling us how it’s done, I tell ya. LA’s Aceyalone are visiting the Badlander, along with Opio, Equipto, Z Man, DJ True Justice and locals Shaymlusly Elliterate and Traff the Wiz, starting at 9 PM. $10/$15 ages 18–20.
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Nous Parlons Francais (I think that’s right) at French Social Hour, 5:30 PM in the Florence Building, 111 N. Higgins Ave. All levels are welcome. Cancer, Courage and Creativity is an 8-week workshop for men and women experiencing the effects of cancer, 5:30–7:30 PM this and every Thu. at the Living Art Studio, 725 W. Alder #17. Free. Call 549-5329. 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. The Northern Rockies Rising Tide has weekly meetings this and every Tue. at at Free Cycles, 732 S. First St. W. at 6:00 PM, where participants fight climate change through g rassroots resistance. 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 Brown, 200 S. Pattee. Free.
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. The surviving members of the Grateful Dead, Further, want to take you on a psychedelic journey, starting at 7 PM at the Adams Center on the UM Campus. Tickets are $45 and available at umt.edu/griztix. Eat up or something at Fact & Fiction downtown, when James Lee Burke will read from and sign copies of his book, Feast Day of Fools, 7 PM for free. 220 N. Higgins Ave.
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by Roger Hedden
Sarah's Key Nightly at 7 & 9 Sat at 1 & 3 The Guard Nightly at 7 • Sat at 1 NO show Fri 9/23 or Thur 9/28 Devil's Double (R) Nightly at 9 • Sat at 3 NO show Fri 9/23 or Thur 9/28 www.thewilma.com
Beer & Wine AVAILABLE 131 S. Higgins Ave. Downtown Missoula 406-728-2521
September 22-24, September 27-October 1 7:30 pm
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FOR TICKETS, GO TO www.montanarep.org OR CALL 243-4581 TICKETS ALSO AVAILABLE AT THE UMArts box office 10 am-6 pm, M-F (located in the PARTV Center), AND AT THE BOX OFFICE THE NIGHT OF THE PERFORMANCE.
Singers rule the night as part of the Faculty and Guest Artist Series, 7:30 PM at UM’s Music Recital Hall, which features soprano Maria Jooste and mezzo-soprano Kimberly Gratland James. $10 general public/$5 students and seniors. Visit umt.edu/music. 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 243-6809. 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? Multiple choice. How did my Friend Sarah Break her foot? A. Rock Climbing. B. Bear. (See answer in tomorrow’s nightlife.) Jeremiah Nelson was a bullfrog and/or is playing live music at the Flathead Lake Brewing Company of Missoula, 424 N. Higgins Ave. at 8 PM. Free. 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. The Badlander is calling this an Unofficial Furthur Afterparty (the Grateful Deadish show) but as far as I’m concerned, if I’m listing it, it’s official. Locals Red Carpet Devils and the Blox are playing, 9 PM, free. The psychedelic rock outfit known as Voodoo Horseshoes really scares me for some reason! I think of the headless horseman. Anyway, they’re playing 10 PM at the Top Hat for $5.
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See the fine music of Ritchie Reinholt at Blacksmith Brewing, 114 Main St. at 6 PM. Visit blacksmithbrewing.com. Pizza and trivia go together like two things that don’t necessarily but could at Front Street Trivia Night. Note the move to Wednesday night, (because of football) 7 PM at the Mackenzie River Pizza, 137 W. Front St. Free.
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Lots of chances to catch the High Holiday Services at Har Shalom, 3035 S. Russell St. Note the Sat., Sept. 24 candlelight service at 9 PM, a Wed. Sept. 28 Erev Rosh Hashanah at 7 PM, a 9 AM and 10 AM service on Thu., Sept. 29, and a Kabbalat Shabbat 6 PM potluck on Fri., Sept. 30 at the Greenough Park picnic shelter. Donation based. Visit har-shalom.org. P u b Tr i v i a A n s w e r : A . R o c k Climbing. Plant ecologist Nan Vance will use science, humor and macro photography to answer the question, Friends or Robbers: Plant and Pollinators of the Columbia Basin, 7 PM at the Montana Natural History Center, 120 Hickory St. $4 suggested donation. MontanaNaturalist.org. Get some much needed spiritual guidance at Between the Worlds, 205 W. Main St. in Hamilton at their Spiritual Discussion Group every Monday and Wednesday, where a rotating cast of spiritual advisors will lead the talks. Call 363-2939 with questions.
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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 243-6809. Light yourself up a cigarette and strap shoes on your feet for Badfish: A Tribute to Sublime, 8 PM at the WIlma Theatre. Tickets are $18 day of/$17.50 in advance, available at Rockin’ Rudy’s, by calling 877-4FLY-TIX, or online at TicketFly.com or KnittingFactory.com.
Just saying, man, those buildings came down pretty tidily. At Film Experts Speak Out on 911, presenters will present evidence of explosive demolition of the WTC towers on 9/11, 8 PM at Coffee Traders, Grange Hall, 5810 Hwy. 93. in Whitefish. AE911Truth.org. Free. 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 DJs Dre, Jboogie and Coma. Free with 25 cent pint beers which go up 25 cents every half hour. John Smith invites you to his solo acoustic show with a supporting act as yet unannounced, 10 PM at the Top Hat, $3.
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The MiniNaturalists Pre-K program lets 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. Learn more at MontanaNaturalist.org. Help yourself by attending a signing of Roberta Swartz’s “self health” book, Me, Myself and Mind: Reclaim Yourself, Your Health, and Your Life, 10 AM–1 PM and 4 PM to 7 PM at The Women’s Club, 2105 Bow St. Call 7284410. Free.
nightlife Hang out at the Fort Missoula Native Plant Gardens for a day of Creating Landscapes for Play. Its a chance to talk to landscape designers, community professionals and outdoor education specialists. 5:30-7:30 PM. Free, with snacks and beverages. Lots of chances to catch the High Holiday Services at Har Shalom,
3035 S. Russell St. Note the Sat., Sept. 24 candlelight service at 9 PM, a Wed. Sept. 28 Erev Rosh Hashanah at 7 PM, a 9 AM and 10 AM service on Thu., Sept. 29, and a Kabbalat Shabbat 6 PM potluck on Fri., Sept. 30 at the Greenough Park picnic shelter. Donation based. Visit har-shalom.org. Margaret Johnson is coming at you with a celebration signing for her book Drama Teacher’s Survival Guide, 5–7 PM at Fact & Fiction Books, 220 N. Higgins Ave. Free. Citizens are invited to a celebration of the five year anniversary of the Open Space Bond, 6–8 PM at City Council Chambers, 140 W. Pine Street. 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 PM, 3108 Clark St. Email bridge@montana.com or call 239-1240. 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 Blue Gold: World Water Wars in the Gallagher Building, Rm. 123, starting at 7 PM. Donation based and open to the public.
These guys are alive and well. Check out Badfish: A Tribute to Sublime, Wed., Sept. 28 at 8 PM at the Wilma Theatre. Tickets are $18 day of/$17.50 in advance, available at Rockin’ Rudy’s, by calling 877-4FLY-TIX, or online at TicketFly.com or KnittingFactory.com.
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Learn how China affects us here in Big Sky country at the talk, Environmental Issues in China and Montana: Shared Experiences, 7 PM at the Stensrud Building, 314 N. First St. W. Call 243-2988. Take a little time for some devotional s i n g i n g , 7 – 8 : 30 P M a t 6 07 B Grantsdale Road in Hamilton. Live music, led by Brian Vayu Jameson whose gentle nature and humor encourages the shy singers. Contact Brian at 381-0617. The Klavier Konzert at Free United Methodist Church offers Baroque music for a broke society, with sonatas, chaconnes and gigues by Handel, Mozart, Beethoven and all the other greats, 7–10 PM, 300 E. Main St. $5/12 and under free. 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 kcgt27@gmail.com. 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 243-6809.
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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. Tom Catmull is playing acoustic alone but never lonely on the Brooks and Brown patio with $7 Bayern pitchers all night long and great food specials, 200 S. Pattee. Free.
Oh Alt-country Americana, you harsh mistress, you. See Ellensburg Wash.’s Star Anna and the Laughing Dogs, with locals Fiancee and the Boxcutters, 9 PM at the Palace for $5. Nate Hegyi, lead singer/songwriter of Wartime Blues, keeps the folk and 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. So we have the ambient, down tempo sounds of Bluetech, followed by the disco, psychedelic rock of Boombox, and maybe a sandwich f o r a f t e r ? 10 P M a t t h e To p H a t . Logisticalone will be there, too. $16/$14 advance.
Here’s my calendar crisis for the week: There’s the Shahs show at Zoo City this Thursday with my very special friends, and then there’s Paul Baribeau, whose album I reviewed this week, whose sultry song writing I grew to love, playing at the ZACC on the exact same night. What to do! It’s hard being so popular/delusional. But on to the matter at hand. Please send me your event info by 5 PM on Fri., Sept. 23 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 543-4367. Find me also on 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.”
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MOUNTAIN HIGH M oving Planet Day is a worldwide event designed to encourage communities to think about and advocate for solutions to climate change. This year’s festivities take place this Saturday, Sept. 24, from 11 a.m. to 2-ish, with different events at various locations around Missoula. Participants will meet at the River Market Downtown (by the fish statues, I’m told), and then from there, will scatter to the wind. Alternative forms of transportation are encouraged. It’s fortunate that just about everywhere in Missoula is bike-able. Feel free to walk, run, bike, carpool or skateboard. Organizers are also offering a free shuttle bus, or you can take advantage of the Mountain Line bus system. At FreeCycles, you can get together and build bikes. No experience is necessary; volunteers will show you how. The people at PEAS farm are planting trees and
shrubs, plus pulling weeds. You can help make the Tower St. Conservation Area nice with trail reconstruction, weed pulling, tree planting and trash clean-up. Finally, at the M Trail Stewardship on Mount Sentinel, volunteers are coming together to do trail rehab and prairie restoration work. You may want to bring gloves, weeding tools and shovels if you have them. By the end of the day, you’ll have contributed to your moving planet, hung out with friends in your community, and in all likelihood, gotten your hands dirty. Moving Planet Day is all about reversing climate change and helping out on a local level, with events around Missoula, starting at River Market Downtown on Sat., Sept. 24, from 11 AM–2 PM. For a complete layout of the land, call Bob Clark at 549-1142 or visit mtaudubon.org.
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THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 22 The MiniNaturalists Pre-K program lets 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. Learn more at MontanaNaturalist.org.
FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 23 Harvest wine, beer, and the lost art of growing stuff is the subject of the Bitterroot Valley FarmFest , with events spanning Sept. 23-25, including a Harvest Wine and Beer festival, a farm tour and a pasture to plate dinner. Learn more by calling 363-2400 or online at bvchamber.com. I’m told there’s something for everyone at the Bitterroot Trout Unlimited Banquet, 5 PM at the Bitterroot River Inn, 139 Bitterroot Plaza Dr. for $45. Call Greg at 363-0033.
SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 24 Help clean up the Rattlesnake as part of National Public Lands Day, which meets 9 AM at the Main Rattlesnake Trailhead. Bring water, snacks and weather-appropriate gear. Call 728-2720. Do that weird, bleeding thing in your chest a favor and attend the Missoula Heart Walk and 5k Run, beginning 10 AM at UM Oval. Visit missoulaheartwalk.org. Give a little bit at MUD’s Volunteer Work Day, 10 AM to 2 PM at the MUD Site, 629 Philips St. This month’s projects include stuccoing, painting, and weeding! Lunch will be provided to all volunteers. Get by with a little help from your friends at the 10 Annual Missoula Buddy Walk to help promote awareness about Down Syndrome, 11 AM at Play Fair Park.
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Freestone Climbing is celebrating its Grand Opening 11 AM–10 PM. Climbing will be only $5, there will be music, slacklines, slideshows, food and beer, and it’s the last day to take advantage of signing up for membership without an initiation fee. It’s going to be a rad day. 935 Toole Ave. At Traveler’s Rest State Park, outdoors fans will gather to celebrate in the name of Hunting and
Gathering: The Tradition Continues, Noon to 4 PM, 1/2 mile west of Lolo in U.S. Highway 12. Call 273-4253. Free. The Homestead Fall Gathering starts at 1 PM, features all manner of partying and comes highly recommended by reputable sources. It’s a potluck, so bring a dish. $5/$10 family. Call 728-9269. The MoonRandolph Homestead is at 1515 Spurlock Road. Take in all the wine tasting, biergarten, dinner, music and whatever else you can catch at Oktoberfish, a fundraiser for the Stumptown Arts Studio, 6–11 PM at 145 Central Ave. in Whitefish. $50.
SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 25 Take a run around the block with a purpose at the Rockin’ Race for AIDS Awareness, starting at 500 N. Higgins Ave. around 9 AM at the XXXX’s. It’s $25 for 5kers, $30 for 10-kers, children 12 and under run free, and it’s $60 for families of 3 or more. To register and get more race facts, go to missoulaaidscouncil.org.
WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 28 Plant ecologist Nan Vance will use science, humor and macro photography to answer the question, Friends or Robbers: Plant and Pollinators of the Columbia Basin, 7 PM at the Montana Natural History Center, 120 Hickory St. $4 suggested donation. MontanaNaturalist.org.
THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 29 The MiniNaturalists Pre-K program lets 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. Learn more at MontanaNaturalist.org. Hang out at the Fort Missoula Native Plant Gardens for a day of Creating Landscapes for Play. It’s a chance to talk to landscape designers, community professionals and outdoor education specialists 5:30–7:30 PM. Free, with snacks and beverages. calendar@missoulanews.com
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Blue-collar bold Francis Switzer’s gift for color gives him a voice by Skylar Browning
Nobody is talking to Francis Switzer, and that’s okay. Never mind that art patrons fill the Dana Gallery for its 15th anniversary celebration, or that dozens of Switzer’s largescale oil paintings are featured in the gallery’s current exhibit highlighting promising young artists. The 25-yearold Switzer stands in a corner, dressed in shorts and a short-sleeve button-down shirt, holding a cup of Liquid Planet coffee that he never bothers to drink. Alone, and mostly anonymous, he looks as comfortable as could be under the circumstances. Comfort doesn’t come naturally to Switzer in public settings. He’s admittedly awkward in conversation, but always respectful, deliberate and grateful for any interest in his work. He takes his time answering questions from potential buyers and other artists, studying the floor for the right words, looking up at the end of each thought, and then looking down again to assess what he just said. He often finishes with a nod, and silence. Maybe a second nod. “I’m getting better at this part of it—being in the gallery, talking,” he says without making eye contact. “At first, I didn’t like it at all. But I realize it’s something I have to do.” Switzer is one of the rare artists who can literally let his work speak for itself. Ever since he dedicated himself to painting full-time at 18, he’s racked up an
impressive list of mentors, buyers and admirers. His father, Scott Switzer, is an accomplished painter carried in galleries throughout the Northwest. Francis spent four years as an apprentice for renowned landscape painter Robert Moore, living in the artist’s former studio in Idaho. For the last year he’s been working out of a studio in the Dana Gallery’s basement, and has become one of the downtown gallery’s most indemand artists. During the anniversary celebration, an iridescent Bitterroot Valley landscape was marked as sold for $3,800. “Things don’t have to sell to make great art, but the range of people who respond to his work is just remarkable,” says Dudley Dana, the gallery owner who first heard of Switzer from Moore. “What I think about is how many well-known artists are fans. There’s Robert Moore, of course. George Gogas calls him his favorite artist in the gallery. Bob Phinney has bought his work.” Switzer’s appeal has a lot to do with his use of color. While he says he’s still learning—“my edges, composition, shapes; there’s a lot I need to improve”— his work has always maintained a realistic and alluring light, the type that draws a viewer deep into a painting. His 30-by-40 oil painting titled “Autumn Day” bleeds the burnt red and rich yellow of the season, looking similar to one of Moore’s signature aspen scenes. His
versatility comes through with another 30-by-40 painting titled “Houses on the Flathead,” where the homes seem to shimmer in the blues and yellows of a summer heat wave. “He has an innate ability to mix color,” says Dana. “It’s a gift.” Whatever shortcomings Switzer deals with in social settings, he makes up for with strong pedigree and a workingman’s approach to art. Switzer remembers his father taking him and his brothers along for paint outs when they were young. Dad would hand the boys some brushes, a dab of paint, and blank paper to occupy themselves while he worked. The family grew up in Billings, but moved to Alaska in 2000 “to get away from everything,” says Francis. He continued to gravitate to the arts and won a Congressional Award in 2002 that resulted in one of his paintings being put on display at the U.S. Capitol. By the time he was 18, he decided to try and make a living as an artist. “I wasn’t having a good time,” he says. “I was getting into trouble. I don’t want to get into that, but I had a choice: I could continue to work construction, or I could dedicate myself to this. It was an easy decision.” Scott, his father, had formally studied art in Los Angeles before dedicating his life to the craft at 21. One of his best friends during school happened to be none other than Robert Moore. When Francis made the decision to pursue art, Moore emerged as the perfect mentor. Francis spent his days working for Moore and painting. In return, Moore would critique his work and make suggestions. “I don’t know much, but what I learned, I learned from Robert and my dad,” says Francis. To his credit, he’s taken those lessons and combined them with his own blue-collar style. Before galleries represented him, he sold his paintings through eBay and supported himself with the money he made as a stonemason. He says he paints for 10 hours a day, sometimes more. He doesn’t paint from photographs, instead preferring to study light and the landscape in person. Dana says the young artist practiced for weeks before the gallery’s annual plein air Paint Out so he could “do as well as the old guys.” Dana makes a point of explaining that many artists put in the time to develop their craft, but Switzer is different. “He takes what he does very seriously and part of that is spending a lot of time in the studio,” says Dana. “He’s also very hard on himself, which is both a blessing and a curse. I mean, you wouldn’t believe the paintings he’s tried to throw away.” Switzer doesn’t know any other way. Just as he searches for the right words in each sentence, he painstakingly hammers away at the details in his paintings. He’s not satisfied, he says, until he feels the same connection with a painting as he does with the land. “I treat it like my old construction job. I get up every morning and do my work.” He pauses. Nods. Then, while looking down, adds: “This is my job. I may be young, but I’ve put my time in. I work hard.” Francis Switzer’s paintings are featured in the Dana Gallery’s exhibit, The Young and the Restless, which continues through Thursday, Oct. 20.
Francis Switzer’s painting of the River City Roots Festival is on display for the Dana Gallery’s The Young and the Restless exhibit.
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Scope Noise Books Film Movie Shorts Idiot Glee Paddywhack Moshi Moshi
If I woke up to the sound of “In the Sadist’s Garden” I would be terrified. Not because of the song’s title but because the song is the sort that demonic ghosts put on record players to haunt the living. It makes my skin crawl. James Friley, the solo artist from Lexington, Ky., sometimes sings in a drone that evokes Calvin Johnson in Dub Narcotic, only not quite as forcefully affected. Friley gives his newest album melody that could be mistaken for a 1950s pop song at a slow dance. But, again, it’s just ghostly enough to feel like something is amiss. It’s sugar laced with arsenic. It’s an a cappella choir with a murderer in its midst.
Paul Baribeau Unbearable self-release
Unbearable is a stripped down, mostly acoustic, oneman show, dripping with feeling, but more than that, it’s about the monumental effort it takes to express those feelings. And this, I think, is the most unbearable thing. “If I knew how I felt I would tell you,” goes the first track’s plaintive cry. I believe him. But then again, later, he admits, “I’ve had a bad feeling for most of my life,” and now we’re getting down to it. You’re either going to go for the earnest songwriting at work here, or you’re not. His voice is hon-
Greg Brown Freak Flag Yep Roc Records
Most musicians would have a meltdown if confronted with the situation Greg Brown found himself in: He’d written, recorded and finished an album, when suddenly, FZZZT!!! Lightning struck— literally. Everything fried and gone. But, Brown saw an opportunity: He sat down and wrote a whole new album, titled Freak Flag (the one song he managed to salvage). A reluctant yet prolific folk icon, Brown sticks pretty close to home with this, his 24th album. Spare instrumentals, that lackadaisical, deep voice, and lyrics that contemplate the everyday: laundry, furniture, love, the moon, the quagmire that is America. A waltz here, some stripped-down blues there. He
Wild Flag Wild Flag Merge
Two terms torque me off: “indie rock” and “supergroup.” The internet is quite busy merging these terms and creaming its pink panties over Wild Flag’s debut. With good reason, I suppose. After all, the band is made up of ladies one could describe as “cool aunts”—Carrie Brownstein and Janet Weiss of Sleater-Kinney as well as Helium’s Mary Timony and The Minders’ Rebecca Cole. I really wanted to love this album, like read and
It’s also a playful album, like if the television musical “Glee” was directed by David Lynch. I can see Nick Cage singing “I Want the Night to Stay” with a smirk on his face and the log lady dancing in the background. Or it’s like if “Grey’s Anatomy” did another musical episode where a coma induces visions of singing doctors. Paddywhack is a fun album to listen to, especially if you’re a late-night artist—danceable but mind-altering, sparkly if you want to hear it that way, dark if you listen closer. (Erika Fredrickson) Idiot Glee plays Zoo City Apparel Thursday, Sept. 22, at 9 PM with Shahs and Modality. $5.
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est, but not exactly pretty. The lyrics alternate between vague and concrete longing. “How many horror movies have we sat through? How many Sour Patch Kids, and how much Mountain Dew…” And sometimes, girl, Paul Baribeau still feels like he doesn’t know you. Paul wrote this album to make me fall in love with him, which is a mean trick, because the internet says he’s in a relationship. (I checked.) “I am broken, bleeding wide open everywhere” is an open invitation to come along and put him back together again. Sounds messy, Paul. (Molly Laich) Paul Baribeau plays the Zootown Arts Community Center Thursday, Sept. 22, at 7:30 PM with Tyson Ballew, The Scribblers, The Whoopass Girls and To/From. $5. covers tunes from two of his favorite ladies—his wife Iris DeMent’s “Let the Mystery Be,” and “Remember the Sun” by his daughter, Pieta—and rounds out the album with nine of his own. Fans of Brown will be searching for the next priceless gem, the next “Poet’s Game,” the next “Spring Song.” None of these tunes leap out on a first listen, but don’t be disappointed. This is a subtle collection, written in the aftermath of a storm, with reflections on life’s inevitabilities: “The world may be endin’, but I’m still plantin’ seeds.” (Melissa Mylchreest) Greg Brown plays the University Theatre Sunday, Sept. 25, at 8 PM. $28/$25 advance at GrizTix locations. re-read the liner notes under the covers with a flashlight love it. I tittered as the wicked bomp-bomp of guitars and the hey-hey of Brownstein’s voice kicked off “Romance.” Hooky circus keyboards. Slippery guitar leads. Energetic backing harmonies. A pretty, catchy chorus. “Romance” is how you introduce yourself. Too bad it’s an “A+” track on a “C+” album. Since the gals are bona fide music nerds a “C+” is heartbreaking. Guitars and drums drive the album and Timony’s sulky voice is often submerged by them, like on “Electrical Band.” Brownstein’s vocal hiccups and guitar rocking don’t always save the day. But the final track, “Black Tiles,” reminds us that these chicks are super-talented rock musicians. The kind we might judge too harshly because of their pedigree. (Jason McMackin)
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Impulse control Burke’s Fools sprouts strong characters by Azita Osanloo
Like most of Burke’s novels, Feast Day of Fools doesn’t stop at the main plot arterial. The investigation leads Hack to a somber yet unforgettable array of characters: Anton Ling, the mysterious Chinese woman dubbed La Magdalena, who is known for her aid to desperate illegals (and whose grace reminds Hackberry of his dead wife); Cody Daniels, a self-righteous minister whose involvement in the bombing of an abortion clinic leads him to desperate measures; Josef Sholokoff, a diabolical Russian porn dealer; and, among others, Temple Dowling, the son of a former Texas senator, who reminds Hack of former days he would just as soon forget, if only he weren’t so filled with guilt. Unlike many other detective novels, the sprouting threads actually work, bolstering instead of splintering the novel (Raymond Chandler once famously quipped that even he didn’t fully understand what happened in the convoluted Big Sleep). Burke certainly accomplishes the necessary: He weaves the storylines together until they coalesce into one. To accomplish this, Burke concentrates on the inner lives of his characters, focusing primarily on the reasons why grifters become virtuous and the godly turn dangerous. In this world, events—fortuitous and otherwise—don’t just happen, they are caused by the carefully delineated impulses of characters. And then there’s the return of one of Burke’s most unforgettable villains and perhaps one of the most enigmatic evildoers in all of literature: Preacher Jack Collins. Presumed dead at the end of Rain Gods, Collins is an James Lee Burke reads from Feast Day of Fools at Fact & even more startling paradox. Fiction, Tuesday, September 27, at 7 PM. Free. “Who are you, Jack?” asks the frightened escapee whom Collins Lorca witnesses a man tortured to death and reports helps through the desert. “You don’t want to know.” it to Hack, and to Pam Tibbs, the chief deputy many The reader gradually realizes that this novel is as decades Hack’s junior with whom he’s resisting a much about Hackberry Holland as it is about the case romantic entanglement. James Lee Burke has never shied away from reveal- that goes across the border (and back again) and as far ing the evils of what one human can do to another, and back as the youths of its key players. Taking into account all the Hackberry Holland books, this is the one where Feast Day of Fools is no exception: Hack has reached his enlightenment—though he would “The fingers scattered up on the slope went one never admit it: at a time,” reports Hack’s stoic coroner on the vicHackberry Holland had come to believe that age tim’s remains, “The toes were next. My guess is he died from shock. He was probably dead when he was a separate country you did not try to explain to was scalped and taken apart, but I can’t say for younger people…If age brought gifts, he didn’t know what they were. It had brought him neither wisdom sure.” nor peace of mind. Hack soon learns there was another intended We don’t want to see this one come to an end. victim, a government agent, whose narrow escape in the middle of the night saved him from being sold to Al-Qaeda. arts@missoulanews.com In his 30th novel, James Lee Burke returns to the dust-swept Texas town, just across from the Mexican border, where Hackberry Holland humbly reigns as sheriff. We last saw Hack in 2009’s Rain Gods when the contemplative hero came face to face with the gruesome murder of nine women buried in the desert. That same desert serves as the setting for another murder, when alcoholic ex-boxer Danny Boy
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Violent defender Drive kicks action noir into high gear by Dave Loos
The hypnotic pacing and development—all To the two women exiting the theater at the end of Drive: I don’t make a habit of eavesdropping, but against the backdrop of wonderfully kitschy “Miami couldn’t help but hear one of you lament to the Vice”-style synthesizers and ’80s music—succeeds other in a hushed tone that “I just don’t care for vio- even as cracks emerge in the story. When Irene’s lence in movies,” to which your friend replied with husband Standard (Oscar Isaac) is released from prison, it’s not long before Gosling is offering his an ashen look: “I did not like that.” driving expertise for a Ladies, my symparobbery, ostensibly to thy in this situation runs keep Irene and the son only so deep. I’m not safe from retribution. sure what you were The logic of our driexpecting from an Rver’s motive here to rated film billing itself as help out a thug he just a dramatic heist thriller, met runs counter to especially if you watched what we know of the the previews that make it character, though I pretty clear that the consuppose the “things flicts in Drive will not be we’ll do for a woman” solved with peaceful adage trumps all. negotiating and handThe quick job shakes. Then again, it’s doesn’t turn out to be somewhat understandso simple, and able that you might not Gosling’s worlds begin have expected indie to collide as the numhero Ryan Gosling to ber of people who make the leap here to want him dead grows full-fledged action star as larger from scene to the intense, mysterious scene. Not coincidenand occasionally violent tally, the violence dial unnamed protagonist. gets turned up a few And it’s definitely undernotches as the poststandable if you weren’t robbery fallout begins expecting funnyman throughout Los Albert Brooks to steal Angeles. For a man scenes as the sadistic who doesn’t like to bad guy with a penchant The casual and the furious. carry a gun, the driver for knives. Drive is dark, violent and memorable in a way proves to be adept at killing bad guys in a wide varifew films are these days. It proceeds at a pace that ety of ways, from drowning to stomping to, yes, refuses to cater to today’s ever-growing attention- plain old shooting. As the women exiting the theater deficit audience, and is all the better for it. There are would tell you, the scenes are at times intensely nods to the pulp movies and television shows of yes- gruesome. Playing career criminal Bernie Rose, teryear, yet never to the point of parody, and never Brooks is a particularly malignant fellow disguised to the point where it feels like we’ve seen this by his suits and mellow demeanor, and the comedibefore. And despite a plot that revolves around a an is very good here playing against type. Also memsecretive wheel man (i.e. the hired getaway car driv- orable is “Breaking Bad” star Bryan Cranston as er), The Fast and the Furious this is not. There are Shannon, a sad sack small-time criminal who probaprobably more frenetically edited quick cuts in one bly should have chosen a different profession. The coincidences pile up as the story unfolds, scene of the latter than in all of Drive. For some, this but given how wholly original Drive feels, it’s a forwill take some getting used to. It might also take some time to adjust to givable offense. I keep replaying scenes in my Gosling as leading man in a mainstream film, but head—like the one in an elevator where Gosling this is no sell-out role ( John Cusack, are you listen- must protect Irene while taking down a bad guy— ing?). As a movie stuntman by day and criminal by and can’t remember if it was shot in slow motion or night, our anonymous driver lives a reclusive life by not. I think it was, but even the scenes that aren’t choice, speaking only when necessary, and some- feel so deliberate and meticulous that you can’t help times not even then. His entire relationship with his but be transfixed. There is confident filmmaking at next-door neighbor Irene (Carey Mulligan) and her work here and a wonderful film noir feel that peryoung son evolves mostly with body language, meates most shots, especially those on the streets of smiles, and long stares as opposed to, you know, L.A. Drive is a smooth action thriller done right. Drive continues at the Carmike 10 and the words. Somehow director Nicolas Refn keeps this man-of-few-words angle from regressing into Village 6. silliness, with credit also to Gosling for playing it arts@missoulanews.com straight without a hint of irony.
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Scope Noise Books Film Movie Shorts OPENING THIS WEEK ABDUCTION Taylor Lautner (you may know him from “Team Jacob” fame) stars as a dreamboat/physically gifted young adult who discovers he was kidnapped as a child. Now he must uncover a web of lies! Lily Collins and Alfred Molina are also there. Village 6: Fri: 4:30, 7 and 9:25. Sat: 1, 4:30, 7 and 9:25. Sun: 1, 4:30 and 7. Mon.–Thu: 4:30 and 7. Pharaohplex in Hamilton: 7 and 9, with Sat. and Sun. matinees at 3 and no 9 PM show on Sun. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: 1:05, 4:05, 7:05 and 9:45, with Fri. and Sat. shows at midnight. THE DEVIL’S DOUBLE Dominic Cooper plays both Uday Hussein (Saddam’s son) and the man who is forced to become his body double in this creepy, horrifying cautionary tale about excess, greed and all manner of unpleasantness. Lee Tamahori directs. Wilma Theatre: Nightly at 9, with a Sat. matinee at 3. Will not show Fri. or Thu. (9/28.)
mission. Spoiler alert: It’s aliens or something. Gonzalo López-Gallego directs. Village 6: 7 PM, with an additional 9:15 show on Fri. and Sat. 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: 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, 4:50, 7:20 and 9:40, with Fri. and Sat. shows at midnight. Mon–Thu: 1:05, 4, 7:20 and 9:45.
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 ring. Will they fall in love? John Michael McDonagh writes and directs. Wilma Theatre: Nightly at 7, with a Sat. show at 1 and no shows on Fri. or Thu.
KILLER ELITE Trained assassins jump through windows, leap from building to building, screech tires and duck and roll with firebombs exploding all around them on a mission to save someone from something and also kill people. Robert De Niro, Jason Statham and Clive Owen star. Carmike 10: 1:30, 4:30, 7:30 and 10. Mon.–Thu: no 1:30 show. Village 6: Fri: 4, 7 and 9:15. Sat: 1, 4, 7 and 9:15. Sun: 1, 4 and 7. Mon.–Thu: 4 and 7. Entertainer in Ronan: 4, 7 and 9:15. Mountain in Whitefish: 1:45, 4:15, 7:15 and 9:30. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: 1:15, Action! Killer Elite opens Friday at the Carmike 10. 4, 7:05 and 9:45, with Fri. and Sat. shows at midnight. COWBOYS & ALIENS Plastic hasn’t even been invented yet and already MONEYBALL Brad Pitt and Jonah Hill have a computer logarithm aliens are invading the Old West. It’s always someand a vision to turn the Oakland A’s into a winning thing! Will Harrison Ford and Daniel Craig triumph? team. Nobody believes in them and everything John Favreau directs. Carmike 10: 7:15 and 9:50. goes wrong, but then the music changes and Stadium 14: 1:05 and 6:55, with Fri. and Sat. maybe they will win after all? Aaron Sorkin (The shows at midnight. Social Network) has a writing credit! Carmike 10: CRAZY, STUPID, LOVE 1:10, 4:10, 7:10 and 10. Mon.–Thu: no 1:10 Like How Stella Got her Groove Back, but with show. Pharaohplex in Hamilton: 6:50 and 9:10, Steve Carrell, this comedy explores what it is to be with Sat. and Sun. matinees at 3. Mountain in a man looking to charm a woman in these weird, Whitefish: 1:30, 4, 6:45 and 9:15. Stadium 14 in difficult times of demasculinization, or something. Kalispell: Fri.–Sun: 12, 3:05, 6:20 and 9:20, with Ryan Gossling, Julianne Moore and Emma Stone Fri. and Sat. shows at midnight. Mon.–Thu: 1:10, also star. The Oxford comma makes a rare cameo, 4:30 and 7:30. also. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: 1:20 and 6:45, with Fri. and Sat. shows at midnight.
APOLLO 18 The reasons we never went back to the moon are revealed in this sci-fi envisioning of the Apollo 18
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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: Fri: 4:30, 7:15 and 9:50. Sat: 1:30, 4:30, 7:15 and 9:50. Sun: 1:30, 4:30 and 7:15. Mon.–Thu: 4:30 and 7:15. Mountain in Whitefish: 1:45, 4:15, 7:15 and 9:30. Stadium 14: Fri–Sun: 12:50, 3:55, 6:50 and 9:25, with additional Fri. and Sat. shows at midnight. Mon–Thu: 1:25, 4:05, 6:50 and 9:25. FAUST Faust is a bleak, opera about a man who trades his soul for knowledge, and this film of it will be playing one time only: Wed., Sept. 28 at 12:15 PM at the Carmike 10.
DOLPHIN TALE This inspirational saga of a boy who builds a prosthetic tail for a dolphin and teaches everyone around him to love again is family-friendly and heartwarming. Pardon me, I’m not made of wood. Morgan Freeman and Ashley Judd star. Wait, it’s in 3D. I take it all back. Carmike 10: 6:45 and 9:15. in 2D: 1 and 4. Mon.–Thu: No 1 PM show. Pharaohplex in Hamilton: in 3D: 6:50 and 9:10, with no 9:10 show. in 2D: Sat. and Sun. 3 PM only. Showboat in Polson: 4, 7:15 and 9:20. Mountain in Whitefish: 1:30, 4, 7 and 9:15. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: Fri.–Sun: 12:45, 3:45, 7 and 9:40, with Fri. and Sat. shows at midnight. Mon.–Thu: 1:15, 4:05, 7 and 9:40.
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Nazis, secret agents, betrayal and subterfuge. Directed by John Madden. Village 6: Fri: 4:30, 7:15 and 9:50. Sat: 1:30, 4:30, 7:15 and 9:50. Sun: 1:30, 4:30 and 7:15. Mon–Thu: 4:30 and 7:15. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: 1:10, 4:10, 7:10 and 9:40, with Fri. and Sat. shows at midnight.
THE DEBT Helen Mirren, Tom WIlkinson and Jessica Chastain star in this intense international thriller involving
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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 and 4. Mon.–Thu: No 1 PM show. 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. 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. 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 2 kids at home every day. Carmike 10: 7 and 9:35. Stadium 14: Fri–Sun: 12:25, 2:40, 4:55, 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, 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: 1:20 and 4:25. Mon-Thu. 1: no 1:20 show. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: 3:45 and 9:30. 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, with Sat. matinees at 1 and 3. 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: 4:10 and 9:20. 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: 2:30. Mon–Thu: 3:40. 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 “aromascope” somehow, a feature you probably had no idea you wanted or needed! Directed by Robert Rodriguez. Village 6: 4 PM, with additional an additional 1 PM show on Sat. and Sun. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: Fri.–Sun: 12 and 5. Mon.–Thu: 1 PM. 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: Fri: 4:15, 7:15 and 9:40. Sat: 1:15, 4:15, 7:15 and 9:40. Sun: 1:15, 4:15 and 7:15. Mon.–Thu: 4:30 and 7. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: Fri.–Sun: 3:30, 7:20 and 9:45, with Fri. and Sat. shows at midnight. Mon.–Thu: 3:55, 6:50 and 9:30. 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 cagefighting 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: 12:30, 6:15 and 9:15, with Fri. and Sat. shows at midnight. Mon–Thu: 1, 6:25 and 9:20. Capsule reviews by Molly Laich. Moviegoers be warned! Show times are good as of Fri., Sept. 23. 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 0 . Showboat in Polson, Entertainer in Ronan and Mountain in Whitefish–862-3130.
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THIS IS WHERE YOU DRAW THE SPINE My boyfriend lives in Germany, and I’m in Switzerland (a one-hour plane ride away). His close female friend is getting married, and I’m not invited to the wedding. Last spring, when we were broken up for three months, he had a fling with the bride’s friend. As a courtesy to the fling woman, I’m blacklisted. Last summer, when we got back together, I asked that he clear up things with his fling immediately, which he agreed to do. Our relationship grew stronger for a couple weeks, and then I learned he was going on vacation with her. (He had already booked the trip and didn’t want to cancel!) Fun fact: He wrote me a postcard while away with her. I was incredibly hurt. Only when I screamed at him afterward did he muster the courage to break up with her. Since then, he has been nothing short of wonderful and tells me I’m “the one.” I love him, but I’m feeling humiliated by this wedding situation. He has promised to try to persuade the bride to invite me but feels he shouldn’t miss her wedding. —The Girlfriend What kind of man sends his girlfriend a postcard from his sex vacation with his fling? Well, probably one who got to the gift shop too late to buy her an “I Cheated On You At Euro Disney” snow globe or an “I Had Sex With Another Woman At Lake Lucerne” bobblehead. Happily, you report that the guy’s been “nothing short of wonderful” post-vacation—save for how quick he was to throw you under the wedding bus “as a courtesy” to his ex-sex friend. Your boyfriend— let’s call him “Werner von Bendover”—is a suckup of legendary proportions. As hurtful as this has been for you, he probably isn’t driven by malevolence, just a crushing need to be liked. This is tough to overcome because it typically traces back to parents who gave conditional love (“I’ll love you, you rotten kid, if you dry the dishes”). He has no problem saying no to you—probably because he feels secure that you love him—but for everyone else, it’s “Shall I lick your boots or just use my toothbrush and a little soapy water?” A people pleaser is an emotional chameleon, constantly transforming himself into the person he thinks other people want him to be. If your boyfriend ever had values and opinions of his own, they’re probably so long gone that he has no idea how to find them. (Too bad you can’t look them up on Facebook like an old school chum: “Hey, whassup?!”) It was only when
you made some squeak of objection about the vacation plans—letting old Werner know he’d displeased you—that he flew into action. He wasn’t about to cancel and disappoint “the other woman” and his travel agent just to preserve the dignity of the woman he (supposedly) loves. But, he did loop you in with a postcard: “Gerta wore her milkmaid outfit today. Wish you were here!” Don’t you think you deserve a man who treats you more like “the one” than the one he sells out first? If so, the only German you should be with now is a German shepherd—one you borrow to help you search for the word “dealbreaker,” which seems to have been kidnapped from your vocabulary. Likewise, if you find this man “wonderful,” it’s because you’ve downgraded your idea of wonderful, and you’d best take a long, wonderful bath in raw sewage so you can contemplate how you’ll keep yourself from engaging in anything so wonderful ever again.
WISHFUL FINKING A woman I ran into mentioned an affair she had with a man we both know and revealed that he’s had many affairs with different women over the past five years. This man’s wife is a friend. (We teach at the same school.) Do I tell her about her philandering husband? —Disturbed The average wife doesn’t snoop through her husband’s cellphone history because she has a funny feeling that he’s got three other families in three other states or that he’s a weekend serial killer who dresses up as a clown. But, the possibility that a husband might cheat has to cross every wife’s mind. Although a whole lot of wives would want to be told, don’t assume that of all wives. If this guy is having serial affairs, he’s probably leaving serial evidence—or at least some evidence. Maybe for this wife, the most comfortable sex position is “head in the sand.” Avoid setting yourself up as the cheating husband news agency unless you know her pretty well—well enough to know whether their marital arrangement is the traditional “Forsake all others...” or “Forsake all others except on Tuesdays when the EconoLodge has a really good deal.”
The Flathead County Animal Shelter is having its fall Open House on October 1, 2011 from 11:00 AM - 4:00 PM. Rabies vaccinations will be offered, at no charge, to the first 500 cats and dogs due to a generous donation from The Global Alliance for Rabies Control (with the assistance of Pfizer Animal Health) to the Animal Shelter and Flathead Shelter Friends, Inc. Because the shelter’s major focus is on returning lost pets to their owners, this event will also kick off an increased effort of microchipping as many Flathead County cats and dogs as possible. Micro-chipping will be offered at this, and future events. The price for chipping is $25.00 per animal. All pets must be under restraint and dogs must have proof of current license to receive rabies vaccinations and/or microchipping. Licenses will be available for purchase at this event. The importance of microchipping can be viewed at http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id
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enable Flathead Audubon to buy needed materials for Owen Sowerwine projects. Meet at 9 a.m. at the Montessori Elementary School at 349 Willow Glen Drive, Kalispell for a short orientation session, then break into small groups and head out into various parts of Owen Sowerwine to work under team leaders. Bring work gloves, wear sturdy footwear and dress for the weather—rain or shine. Bring loppers and pruners if possible. Some tools will also be available for those who can’t bring their own, and other necessary equipment will be provided. Work will finish by noon. Call Linda Winnie at 7551406 or Richard Kuhl at 257-5793 for further information.
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ARIES (March 21-April 19): “I have a simple philosophy,” said Alice Roosevelt Longworth, a self-described hedonist who lived till the age of 96. “Fill what’s empty. Empty what’s full. Scratch where it itches.” That’s not an approach I recommend you pursue all the time, Aries, but I think it could be both wise and fun for you to do so in the coming weeks. Given the upcoming astrological omens, you have a mandate to find out where the most interesting action is, and dive in with the intent to generate even more action. The catalysts need another catalyst like you.
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TAURUS (April 20-May 20): A guy on Reddit.com posted a photo that made me think of you. He had been out walking in the wilds of Ontario, and found a single ripe peach growing on a scraggly, skinny tree in the middle of an abandoned quarry. There were no other peach trees in sight, let alone peaches. I suspect that when you find beauty and sustenance in the coming days, Taurus, they will be in similar situations: unexpected and unlikely. That doesn’t mean they’ll be any less sweet. (See the peach: http://bit.ly/lonelypeach.) GEMINI (May 21-June 20): If you’ve ever been to a flavor-tripping party, you’ve eaten “miracle fruit”—berries with the scientific name Synsepalum dulcificum. They coat your tongue with a substance that makes all subsequent foods taste sweet. The effect lasts no more than an hour, but while it does, lemons, radishes, and pickles may as well be desserts. Be alert for a metaphorical version of the miracle fruit, Gemini. There’s an influence coming your way that could temporarily make everything else seem extra delectable. As long as you’re aware of what’s happening, it will be a quirky blessing.
CANCER (June 21-July 22): Born in Austria, Susanne Wenger became a high priestess of the Yoruba religion in Nigeria. When she died in 2009 at the age of 93, she had devoted the last 50-plus years of her life to protecting and beautifying a sacred forest in the Osogbo area. It’s hard for most of us to imagine loving a place as much as she did, but that’s what I’m encouraging you to do. According to my reading of the astrological omens, you will accrue unforeseen benefits by becoming more deeply connected to a special patch of earth. To do so will awaken a dormant part of your soul, for one thing. It could also advance one of your lifelong quests, which is to feel ever more at home in the world.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): “Personally I’m always ready to learn,” said Winston Churchill, “although I do not always like being taught.” You may soon find yourself sharing that paradoxical state of mind, Leo. It’s time for you to receive the new teachings you have been unconsciously preparing yourself to absorb. But at least in the early stages, these useful lessons may get on your nerves or make you squirm. Stick with them. Keep the faith. Sooner or later, your crash course will become enjoyable.
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VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): “Our job is to become more and more of what we are,” says poet Marvin Bell. “The growth of a poet seems to be related to his or her becoming less and less embarrassed about more and more.” Whether or not you’re a poet, Virgo, I would like to apply this gauge to your own growth. The way I see it, your power to claim your birthright and fulfill your destiny will ultimately hinge to a significant degree on your ability to shed all residual shame about your true nature. And guess what: There has never been a better time to work on that noble project than right now. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Your theme for the week comes from travel writer Stephen Graham in his book The Gentle Art of Tramping: “As you sit on the hillside, or lie prone under the trees of the forest, or sprawl wet-legged on the shingly beach of a mountain stream, the great door, that does not look like a door, opens.” I can’t wait to see the expression on your face when a portal like that appears for you sometime in the near future, Libra. I expect your mood will be a mix of surprise, humility, vindication, joy, and a pleasant kind of shock. By the way, you won’t necessarily have to be out in nature in order to become aware of the opening door. But it will probably be crucial for you to simulate the state that nature evokes in you. That’s why I suggest you rev up your aptitude for innocence and make sure your sense of wonder is turned on full blast.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): More than a 100 years ago, a team of British adventurers led by Ernest Shackleton trekked across Antarctica, attempting to reach the South Pole. They ran out of supplies and had to turn back before reaching their goal. In 2006, modern-day explorers discovered a cache of stuff Shackleton had been forced to leave behind, stashed in the ice. It included two cases of whiskey. Some of the century-old liquor found its way back to England, where it was quaffed by a few daring souls eager for an exotic taste. I suspect you may soon stumble upon a metaphorically similar curiosity, Scorpio: something like old spirits preserved in ice. My advice: Try a small sample and wait a while to see what effect it has before imbibing the whole thing.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Punk musician Wesley Willis was fond of greeting friends and audience members alike with a head butt. So prolific was he in employing this ritual that he developed a permanent callus on his forehead. Now would be an excellent time for you to make this tradition your own, Sagittarius. Just think of all the affection you’ll generate and all the great conversations you’ll stimulate by ramming people! JUST KIDDING! I was exaggerating a bit. It’s true that now is an excellent time to ramp up your friendliness and expand your social reach. But you probably shouldn’t engage in full-tilt head butting unless you’re extroverted, gregarious, and so extravagantly charming you can get away with it.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): In Japan you can buy Vaam, a sports energy drink that contains hornet saliva. It acquired a legendary reputation after Japanese marathon runner Naoko Takahashi said she used it to propel herself to a gold medal at the 2000 Olympics. Vaam’s creator, biochemist Takashi Abe, claims there is scientific evidence that it works as well for humans as it does for wasps, which fly as much as 70 miles a day. According to my reading of the astrological omens, the cosmos will be infusing you with a metaphorical version of hornet saliva in the coming weeks, Capricorn. You’ll have the power to go further and be stronger for longer periods of time.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): I gathered together a panel of renegade astrologers to investigate your imminent future. By a unanimous vote, they designated you, out of all the signs of the zodiac, as the one “Most Likely to Exceed the Boring Limitations of Good Taste,” as well as “Best Candidate to Slap the Conventional Wisdom Upside the Head.” That sounds fun. I hope you make good use of the freedom that those roles entail. By the way, the general consensus also suggested that you are primed to find valuable stuff in out-of-the-way borderlands or in off-limits haunts where no one else even wants to look.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): You’re on course for a warm, wet, soft collision with the enigmas of the libido. I urge you to give yourself fully to the exploration, even if it stirs up feelings you have no names for. In my opinion, the best way to use your intelligence right now is to undertake a rigorous investigation into the heights and depths of your passion…to experiment with new guidelines for your instinctual nature…to make yourself extra receptive to the spiritual teachings available through erotic communion.
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PUBLIC NOTICES CITY OF MISSOULA NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING 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 a resolution amending the annual appropriations for the City of Missoula, Montana, as set forth in the fiscal year 2011 budget and capital improvement program that increases the total City budget by $18,427,671. For further information, contact Brentt Ramharter, Finance Director, at 552-6108. If you have comments, please mail them to: City Clerk, 435 Ryman, Missoula, MT 59802. /s/ Martha L. Rehbein CMC, City Clerk CITY OF MISSOULA NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING 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, on the Tourism Business Improvement District budget, work plan and a resolution levying annual assessments on the hotels located in the Tourism Business Improvement District of the City of Missoula for fiscal year 2012 in the amount of $1 per occupied room night in accordance with 7-12-1132 MCA. For further information, contact Marty Rehbein, City Clerk at 552-6078. If you have comments, please mail them to: City Clerk, 435 Ryman, Missoula, MT 59802. /s/ Martha L. Rehbein, CMC City Clerk CITY OF MISSOULA NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING 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 hear public comment on the City of Missoula’s Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG Vlll) award. For further information contact Mark Muir, Police Chief, at 552-6320. If you have comments, please mail them to: City Clerk, 435 Ryman, Missoula, MT 59802. /s/ Martha L. Rehbein CMC, City Clerk MISSOULA COUNTY INVITATION FOR BID Dental Digital X-Ray Equipment Partnership Health Center, a 501(c)(3) Federally Qualified Health Center, is currently soliciting sealed bids for digital x-ray equipment. The proposal should include delivery, installation and training on the second floor at the Partnership Health Center Clinic located at 401 West Railroad Street, Missoula, Montana. Each proposal shall specify each and every item as set forth in the attached specifications. Any and all exceptions must be clearly stated in the proposal. Failure to set forth any item in the specifications without taking exception may be grounds for rejection. Partnership Health Center reserves the right to reject all proposals and to waive any informality. Proposals must be accompanied by security in the amount of ten per cent (10%) of the amount bid and must be in a form specified in MCA 18-1-201 thru 206. The security is subject to forfeiture if the successful bidder does not enter into the contract within 30 days of bid acceptance. Bids will be accepted at the office of the Missoula County Auditor, 200 W Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802 until 3:00 PM, Monday, October 17, 2011, at which time bids will be opened and read aloud. Bids must be sealed and marked “Proposal for Partnership Health
Center Digital X-Ray Equipment.” Interested firms may obtain a complete project description on Missoula County’s website at http://www.co.missoula.mt.us/bi dsandproposals or by contacting Barbara Berens, 406-258-3227 or bberens@co.missoula.mt.us. If you have any questions relating to Partnership Health Center and its operations, please contact Dr. Joe Byington, Dental Director at byingtonj@phc.missoula.mt.us, 406-258-4172. MISSOULA COUNTY NOTICE INVITING PROPOSALS Notice is hereby given that sealed proposals will be received at the MISSOULA COUNTY PUBLIC WORKS, 6089 Training Drive, Missoula, MT 59808, until 10:00 o’clock a.m. October 6, 2011 at which time the bids will be opened and read in the conference room at Missoula County Public Works for the purpose of purchasing of FOUR HUNDRED FIFTY (450) tons of LIQUID DEICER. Specifications and bid procedures for this purchase can be obtained at Missoula County Public Works, 6089 Training Drive, Missoula, MT 59808. Proposals must be accompanied by a certified check, cashier’s check, bank draft, or bid bond in the amount of ten percent (10%) of the amount of the bid as a guarantee that the successful bidder will enter into the contract. The Board of County Commissioners of Missoula County, Montana, reserves the right to reject any and all bids. Proposals shall be sealed and marked “Proposal for Liquid Deicer – 2011” and addressed to: Missoula County Public Works Attn: Jeff Seaton 6089 Training Drive Missoula, MT 59808 MISSOULA COUNTY NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE Notice is hereby given that the following described public property will be sold to the highest bidder for cash or certified funds: 1.) 1 1995 GMC Sonoma 4x4 (119,410 miles) Minimum Bid: $1,129.00 2.) 1 1999 Ford F150 4x4 (131,426 miles) Minimum Bid: $1,841.00 3.) 1 1999 Chevy 3/4T Suburban (93,419 miles) Minimum Bid: $2,540.00 4.) 3 1989 Henderson 4.8 CY Sanders Minimum Bid: $400.00 each 5.) 1 1978 Vanmark Paint Striper Minimum Bid: $3,800.00 6.) 1 1975 John Deere 500C Backbone Minimum Bid: $8,500.00. Sealed bids will be accepted until 3:00 p.m. Thursday, October 6th, 2011 at: Missoula County Public Works, 6089 Training Drive, Missoula, MT 59808 TERMS OF SALE: Bids must be submitted in a sealed envelope and legibly labeled “Missoula County Bid Sale of Surplus Equipment, Opening 3:00 p.m. October 6th 2011” content of the envelope must include the Item Number, Item Description, Bid Amount, Method of Payment, and Name/Address/Phone Number of the bidder. Bids received after the time set for the bid opening will be rejected. Missoula County reserves the right to waive any and all informalities, to reject all bids, accept any bid deemed to be in the County’s best interest, and to negotiate terms with the bidders on item. The sale is on an “as is, where is” basis. No warranty is expressed, implied or is being extended by Missoula County or any of its representatives to prospective buyers. Missoula County assumes no responsibility for the item(s) after the purchase or liability associated with the use or sale of equipment after purchase. Any costs associated with the
removal of the equipment from Missoula County premises are the responsibility of the successful bidder(s). Payment of any and all equipment shall be completed within five working days from the date of the sale and all equipment shall be removed from MIssoula County premises no later than 3:00 p.m. Thursday, October 20th, 2011 MISSOULA COUNTY PUBLIC NOTICE Notice of Application for Air Quality Permit pursuant to the Missoula City-County Air Pollution Control Program. Evan & Vertin, LLC, d/b/a Garden City Funeral Home, 224 W. Spruce, Missoula, MT 59802, will file on or about September 30, 2011 an application for an air quality permit from the Environmental Health Division of the Missoula CityCounty Health Department. The applicant seeks approval for the operation of crematoriums at 1705 W Broadway, Missoula, MT 59808, Section 17, Township 13N Range 19W. Any member of the public who wishes to review the application, obtain a copy of the application, or who wishes to submit comments should contact the Department at 301 W. Alder, Missoula, MT 59802-4123 or phone 258-4755 prior to October 22, 2011. The Health Department will make a preliminary determination on whether a permit will be issued and provide notice to the public for comment on the determination. The notification will contain the date when the Department intends to make a final decision. The address and phone number at which interested persons may obtain further information or obtain a copy of the proposed permit will also be included with the preliminary determination. MISSOULA COUNTY NOTICE OF CLOSE OF REGISTRATION Notice is hereby given that registration for the Municipal General Election to be held November 8,2011, will close at 5:00 P.M., on October 11, 2011.. All qualified registered electors of the City of Missoula are entitled to vote at said election. Persons who wish to register and who are not presently registered may do so by requesting a form for registration by mail or by appearing before the Election Administrator in the Courthouse Annex, 2nd floor. If moving has made a change of precinct, it is necessary to have your registration transferred to your new address. NOTE: If you miss this regular registration deadline, you may still register for the election by showing up at the Missoula County Fairgrounds building 15 starting October 12 through November 8, 2011 until close of polls at 8:00 p.m. Dated this 20th day of September, 2011 /s/ Vickie Zeier Election Administrator Missoula County MISSOULA COUNTY Western Montana Fair Request for Proposals (RFP) The Western Montana Fair, a department of Missoula County, is seeking proposals from qualified stock contractors to produce 4 days of rodeo, bull riding, or mixed rough stock events at the annual county fair during the second week of August. The proposed contract term is three years beginning in August 2012 with two one-year optional renewal periods. Interested parties may obtain full proposal details from Barbara Berens, Missoula County Auditor, 200 W Broadway, Room 212, Missoula, MT 59802, 406-258-3227, or by emailing bberens@co.mis-
soula.mt.us. The full RFP is also available on the County’s website at http://www.co.missoula.mt.us/bi dsandproposals/bidandproposals.htm. Interested parties are asked to submit four (4) copies of their proposal to the County Auditor’s Office by 5:00PM, Friday, October 14, 2011. No late proposals will be accepted. Envelopes must be sealed and marked “RFP – WMF Stock Contractor”. Missoula County reserves the right to reject any and all bids. 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 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 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 MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT Dept. No. 3 Probate No. DP-11-166 Dept. No. 2 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF ERIKA CAMP, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the decedent are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of this notice, or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to Thomas H. Camp, the Personal Representative, return receipt requested, c/o Milodragovich, Dale, Steinbrenner & Nygren, P.C., 620 High Park Way, PO Box 4947, Missoula, Montana 59806-4947, or filed with the Clerk of the above Court. DATED this 7th day of September, 2011. /s/ Thomas H. Camp, Personal Representative 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 above-named estate. All persons having claims against the decedent are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of this notice, or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to 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 VO0RHIES, 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
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DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 2 Cause No. DP11-158 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN RE THE ESTATE OF MARGO A. KIDDER, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Raine J. Kidder has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the decedent are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to Raine J. Kidder, Personal Representative, return receipt requested, c/o Timothy D. Geiszler, GEISZLER & FROINES, PC, 619 Southwest Higgins, Suite K, Missoula, Montana 59803 or filed with the Clerk of the above Court. DATED this 29th day of August, 2011. GEISZLER & FROINES, PC /s/ Timothy D. Geiszler, Attorneys for the 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-111 5 2 ) D e c e a s e d . ) 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 examined 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 Public Hearing The Homeword Board of Directors will hold a public hearing at their monthly meeting on Tuesday, September 27, 2011 from 4-5pm at 127 N Higgins Ave, Ste 303 regarding a resolution authorizing an application for City of Missoula Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds and a commitment of matching funds. For further information, contact Kellie Battaglia, Homeword Operations and Program Director, at 532-4663 x12. If you have comments, please mail them to: Homeword, 127 N Higgins Ave, Ste 307, Missoula, MT, 59802. 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 GovertsenGreer, 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 par-
ticularly 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, 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 (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, 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 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. #7023.95792. 1002.200960-FEI 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 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,
PUBLIC NOTICES 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 OneHalf 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
Notice of Public Hearing The City of Missoula Design Review Board will conduct a public hearing on Wednesday, October 12, 2011 in the City Council Chambers, 140 W. Pine Street, Missoula, at 7:30 p.m. to consider the following application: A request from CTA Architects for Special Signs; Review by the Design Review Board, Chapter 20.75.100B.5, Building Graphics . The subject property is located at 101 E. Front St. (SEE MAP E).
Your attendance and your comments are welcome and encouraged. E-mails c a n b e s e n t t o hkinnear@co.missoula.mt. us. Project files may be viewed at the Missoula Office of Planning and Grants at 435 Ryman St., Missoula, Montana. If anyone attending this meeting needs special assistance, please provide advance notice by calling 258-4657. Missoula County will provide auxiliary aids and services.
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. 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
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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.
JONESIN’ C r o s s w o r 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 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
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
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)
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 12/19/2011, 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 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 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. TX2-9840407, Richardson, TX 75082 T.S. NO. 11-0065564 FEI NO. 1006.141662 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 01/06/2012 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 CLARK G. ANDERSON as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to STEWART TITLE as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., as Beneficiary by Trust Indenture Dated 05/25/2007 and recorded 05/31/2007, in document No. 200713508 in Book/Reel/Volume Number 798 at Page Number 594 in the office of the Clerk and Recorder Missoula County, Montana; being more particularly described as follows: LEGAL DESCRIPTION: LOT 2 OF TOWER LOTS, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF. Property Address: 1125 TOWER STREET, Missoula, MT 59804. The beneficial interest under said Trust Deed and the obligations secured thereby are presently held by THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON FKA THE BANK OF NEW YORK, AS TRUSTEE FOR THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERS OF CWABS, INC., ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2007-12. 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 09/01/2010, 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 $194,451.04 together with interest thereon at the current rate of 3.02% per annum from 09/01/2010 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: 08/23/2011, RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A., Successor Trustee, 2380 Performance Dr. TX2-9840407, Richardson, TX 75082 T.S. NO. 11-0085495 FEI NO. 1006.142564
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"Juggler's Blues"–so much can go wrong.
by Matt Jones
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Stand up to Protect Housing By Diane Beck, 2011 MOR President Regardless of your political persuasion, we all can attest that the actions of the past 10 years will create a lot of hazards for the citizens of the United States of America in the future. When facing a recession bordering on depression, billions were committed in deficit spending that now must be paid back. One of the items on the table to raise those funds is the Mortgage Interest Deduction (MID). The irony of that option is that the economy cannot recover until the housing market has stabilized. By removing this benefit to ownership, the market would actually destabilize further since many buyers need the MID in order to purchase. The MID allows an individual to deduct mortgage interest paid on mortgage debt of up to $1 million. The deduction is available for interest on mortgages for a principal residence and one additional property. Individuals claiming the MID also must itemize their taxes. The ability to deduct the interest paid on a mortgage can translate into significant savings at tax time. For example, a family who bought a home this year with a $200,000, 30-year, fixed-rate mort-
gage, assuming an interest rate of 4.5 percent, could save nearly $3,500 in federal taxes when they file next year. According to the most recent IRS tax return data available, 65 percent of families who claim the MID earn less than $100,000 per year. “Home owners already pay 80 percent to 90 percent of U.S. federal income tax, and among those who claim the MID, almost two-thirds are middle-income earners,” said NAR’s Chief Economist Lawrence Yun. “If the tax break is modified or eliminated, home values could fall 15 percent nationwide, as buyers discount the value of the MID in their purchase offers.” Reducing or eliminating the MID is a de facto tax increase on homeowners—not to the mega wealthy, but to middle class families. Yun said the share they pay could rise to 95 percent if the MID is eliminated. I often use this message to inform you regarding housing statistics, and other tips for homeownership, today I felt that I would be remiss if I didn’t encourage you to participate in the fight to defend housing. Throw aside any preconceived notions about what REALTORS® stand for because the REALTOR® Party is a
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All real estate advertising in this newspaper is subject to the Federal and State Fair Housing Acts, which makes it illegal to advertise any preference, limitation, or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status or national origin, marital status, age, and/or creed or intention to make any such preferences, limitations, or discrimination. Familial status includes children under the age of 18 living with parents or legal custodians, and pregnant women and people securing custody of children under 18. This newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate that is in violation of the law. Our readers are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised in this newspaper are available on an equal opportunity basis. To report discrimination in housing call HUD at toll-free at 1-800-877-7353 or Montana Fair Housing toll-free at 1-800-929-2611
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Missoula Independent Classifieds Page C9 September 22 – September 29, 2011
REAL ESTATE HOMES FOR SALE 10250 Valley Grove. Fantastic Value $229,000! Log Home on 1.83 lightly wooded acres close to Missoula. Call Anne 546-5816 for showing. www.movemontana.com 117 Dallas, Lolo $174,900 MLS # 20115608 Great 3 Bed 2 Bath home on the hill in Lolo. This home features a spacious living room, large backyard and nice deck, great views of the mountains, and huge family room in the basement. Perfect home for RD financing. Call Betsy Milyard for more info 880-4749. 1531 S 11th St W: 3 bed, 1 1/2 bath, 2 Car Garage. Turn-key home on a large lot with a double detached garage, privacy fenced yard and one level living! This home has a great floor plan and was remodeled in 2007. $213,900 - MLS # 20114611. Call Shannon Hilliard at 2398350 today! 1531 S 11th St W: 3 bed, 1 1/2 bath, 2 Car Garage. Turn-key home on a large lot with a double detached garage, privacy fenced yard and one level living! This home has a great floor plan and was remodeled in 2007. $213,900 - MLS # 20114611. Call Shannon Hilliard at 2398350 today! 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. This 3 bed, 2 bath home features one level living with a beautifully landscaped fenced yard. Lot is zoned commercial so you could run a small business out of the separate office with attached 3 car garage. 101 Boardwalk, Stevensville. MLS# 20116174. $320,000. Janet 240-3932 or Robin 240-6503. riceteam@bigsky.net. Montana Preferred Properties. PRICE REDUCED! 2 bdrm 2 bath manufactured home. Addition for possible den or office. Shop & extra space in dbl garage. Zoned for multifamily or commercial. NOW ONLY $104,900. MLS#906610. 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 5465816 for showing. www.movemontana.com 3bd/3ba Home for Sale Located on 34th and Russell this home 2200 sq. ft. with modern updates including wood floors, air conditioning, fresh paint and new windows. Large backyard with room for RV parking and a carport. $186,000 Priced below market value. Call 406549-5345 8169 Lower Miller Creek $244,000 MLS # 20113133 3
bedroom 2 bath Very well kept manufactured home on five productive acres in Upper Miller Creek with several outbuildings including 2 storage sheds, a detached double car garage and a separate shop/garage. Call Betsy Milyard for a showing today at 880-4749. 860 Haley, Florence $550,000 - MLS# 20115636 5 bedroom, 3 bath, 2 car garage home available. Over 5000 finished square ft. Tons of space, game room and its own movie theater - perfect for living and entertaining! Your own private movie theater comes with 55” LED 3D TV, seven theater chairs, and an awesome sound system. Call Betsy Milyard for more info 880-4749. AMAZING PANORAMIC VIEWS OF THE BITTERROOT MOUNTAINS. 3 Bdr/2 Bath Stevensville area on on 10 acres. Gorgeous, open floor plan, beautifully landscaped, great patio and deck with hot tub. $489,000. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit... www.mindypalmer.com BEAUTIFUL LOLO AREA CUSTOM HOME ON 1.65 ACRES. 5 Bdr/4 Bath, soaring cathedral ceilings, hand-peeled log, exposed beam, and stacked stone accents, gorgeous kitchen and master, amazing deck, and much, much more. $525,000. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 2396696, or visit... www.mindypalmer.com 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, 3278787 porticorealestate.com Did you find the perfect place? Now plan your perfect weekend at MissoulaEvents.net Farm Houses w/land in Missoula, these funky farm houses boast lots of land to spread out and do your thing, Development potential. 231 & 211 Grove, 327-8787 porticorealestate.com GORGEOUS HANDCRAFTED HOME ON 3.3 ACRES ON PETTY CREEK. 3 Bdr/2.5 Baths, Main floor master suite, great room, gorgeous kitchen, hardwood floors, heated double garage, with guest quarters, and great views. $425,000. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 2396696, or visit... www.mindypalmer.com
home offers a fantastic floorplan, 2 family rooms, large deck and nice backyard for entertaining. 300 Central, 327-8787 porticorealestate.com 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 Megan Lane, Frenchtown, $199,900 MLS: 10007166 BRAND NEW 3 BED, 2 BATH HOME ON 1 ACRE. HOME TO BE BUILT SO YOU CAN PICK YOUR COLORS AND SOME FINISHING TOUCHES. GENEROUS $2000 APPLIANCE ALLOWANCE AND $1300 LANDSCAPING ALLOWANCE. Call Betsy for more info 8804749. 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... www.mindypalmer.com New 3 bed, 2 bath, 1792 sq ft. home. Nice open kitchen/dining area & main floor utility room with laundry sink and cabinets. Upstairs family room is plumbed for wet bar. Shared well and septic is pressurized. RV hook up. 2 wooded acres suitable for animals. $239,900. MLS#20113189. Janet 2403932 or Robin 240-6503. riceteam@bigsky.net. Montana Preferred Properties. Landscaped corner lot. 3 bdrm, 2 bath, 2 story, top of line Frigidaire stainless steel appliances, fenced yard, UG sprinklers, 10 x 12 storage shed, 12 x 20 Trex deck in back, covered front Trex deck, 3 blocks from
Immaculate Rose Park Area Home, This light filled
and laundry, great deck and more. $216,000. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696 or visit... www.mindypalmer.com
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... www.mindypalmer.com
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... www.mindypalmer.com
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... www.mindypalmer.com
SPECTACULAR HORSE PROPERTY ON THE BITTERROOT RIVER. 4 Bdr/3 Bath, 10.4 acres, cross-fenced, 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... www.mindypalmer.com
SINGLE LEVEL LIVING CLOSE TO THE BITTERROOT RIVER. 4 Bdr/3 Bath single-level Stevensville home. Great, open floor plan, incredible mountain views, next to public park, walk to Downtown Stevi or Bitterroot River. $219,000. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696 or visit... www.mindypalmer.com SPACIOUS PLEASANT VIEW HOME PRICED TO SELL. 3 Bdr/2 Bath, double garage, corner lot, open floor plan, cathedral ceilings, main floor master
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Jennifer Taylor 1710 Mullan Trail | $307,000 w w w. r e a l e s t a t e s h o w s . com/557622 “Good Cents” 5 bd, 3 bath home. Large Trex deck, paving stone paƟo with hot tub! Geothermal system, Dbl Gar. Awesome yard! mls#20111290
Super Location Near River Trail– this mid-century 4 bdrm, 2 bth home has a ton of potential. It sits in a beautifully established old neighborhood. 603 1st St., 327-8787 porticorealestate.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
buy your own place? This sweet new, green-built development may be your ticket. 1400 Burns, 327-8787 porticorealestate.com
4025 Rodeo News | $269,900 w w w. r e a l e s t a t e s h o w s . com/567514 5 bd, & 3¾ bath, brick fireplace! Situated on 2.49 acres this mulƟlevel home has a fruit trees in the back yard. Double garage. mls#20112405
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301 O'Connell Dr., Lolo
8169 Lower Miller Creek • 3 Bed, 2 bath Well kept manufactured home on five productive acres in Upper Miller Creek. • 2 storage sheds, a detached double car garage and a separate shop/garage. • Only be 5 minutes from town. • $250,000 • MLS # 20113133.
“FAMOUS NINE MILE HOUSE” • Purchase the restaurant/bar, the house, outbuildings, & 4 trailer spots for • Dynamite investment for the right person with great potential for income from the rentals and the restaurant. • $449,000 • MLS # 20113100
$208,500 • MLS# 20113289
860 Haley, Florence • 5 Bedroom, 3 Bath, 2 Car Garage • Over 5000 Finished sqft. Amazing home with gorgeous views, & paved road access. Tons of space, game room and its own movie theater - perfect for living and entertaining! • $550,000 • MLS #20115636
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Large corner lot, fenced, 3bd, 2bth. Updating done. Landscaping with shrubs, perennials. Shop & garden.
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Handsome, Spacious Home on Prime Upper Miller Creek Acreage, 5+ bedrooms, with out of town living on quiet cul-de-sac, and acres. Rodeo Rd. 327-8787 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, 3278787 porticorealestate.com
Hellgate Elementary School, $20/mo HOA dues. $227,000. MLS#20111249. Janet 2403932 or Robin 240-6503. riceteam@bigsky.net. Montana Preferred Properties.
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Missoula Independent Classifieds Page C10 September 22 – September 29, 2011
117 Dallas, in LOLO. $184,900 • 3 Bed 2 Bath home on the hill in Lolo. • Spacious living room, large backyard & deck, great views of the mountains, and huge family room in the basement. • Perfect home for RD financing.
REAL ESTATE
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 5465816 for showing. www.movemontana.com
$89,900. More property under $1,000/acre. Close to Roundup, Billings & Lewistown. The best elk and deer country! Call 888-361-3006
LAND FOR SALE
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.movemontana.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
Huge Price Reduction! Beautiful building site with a 40x72 Agricutural Building. 20.78 Acres. $230,000. MLS#20111015. 10900 Crystal Creek Road, Clinton. Janet 2403932 or Robin 240-6503. riceteam@bigsky.net. Montana Preferred Properties. MONTANA RANCHLANDS MUST SELL 20 ACRES w/utilities. Was $49,900 - Now $19,900. 170 acres Borders BLM was $299,900 now
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10250 Valley Grove Fantastic Value $229,000! Log Home on 1.83 lightly wooded acres close to Missoula MLS Number: 20112917
NEW LISTING 650 Colorado Gulch, Msla $429,000 â&#x20AC;˘ MLS# 20115612 4 Bed, 2.5 bath, Double Garage Well Established Brick & Stucco Ranch home in Grant Creek on 2+ acres.
1725A Park Place, Msla $147,900 â&#x20AC;˘ MLS# 20111197 3 Bed, 1.5 Bath, Garage Fenced yard with Patio
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