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Voices/Letters Trapping, renewables and Addrien Marx................................................4 The Week in Review St. Pat’s shakeup, mischievous squirrel and Club Moderne........6 Briefs Ducks, drugs and remembering Lorilee Evans-Lynn............................................6 Etc. Oh, deer!...................................................................................................................7 News “White Power” shirts prompt protest at Polson High............................................8 News Conflicting stories underlie scheme to nullify city gun ordinance .......................9 Opinion Sex column kerfuffle reveals issues with Supreme Court candidate .............10 Opinion How the GOP’s first presidential candidate mirrors the current one............11 Feature Faces of medical marijuana..............................................................................14
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STREET TALK
by Alex Sakariassen
Asked Tuesday afternoon at Break Espresso Missoula City Council is considering adding ducks and quail to the chicken ordinance. How do you feel about the possibility of additional neighborhood fowl? Followup: What’s the most unusual pet or livestock you’ve had the pleasure of sharing space with? Brian Thabault: I’m all for it. If people want to have animals on their property, that’s fine. It’s not like they’re any louder than chickens. Neighborhood stray: I lived in a house with 10 roommates and we had a cat that didn’t belong to any of us. It would be gone for months and then someone would just let it back in.
Carly Fuglei: I live in an apartment so I’m not really affected, but in theory I’d support it. I think neighbors can suck it up. Bumbling Fido: Nothing too exciting. Just really dumb dogs. And dumb owners. I haven’t lived with any really weird animals.
Shannon Corsi: I would say yes. Quail eggs are delicious, and sustainable farming is a plus. Unless the ducks have to have a pond, because standing water is good mosquito nesting. Jail break: I grew up with an assortment of turtles, but they were pretty mellow. Worst thing they’d do is try to escape the pond. They’re not as slow as you think.
Tyler Hoff: I’m well in support of it. The more livestock we can raise in the city, the more we can locally source our food, the better. The menagerie life: For a while I had a big setup with black widows. Had 12 of them at one point and they all had eggs. I’ve lived with sheep in the yard, pigs in the house, ferrets, rabbits, guinea pigs. I’m young, but I’ve done a lot. Jordan Bruursema: As long as it’s not a rooster, I don’t see a problem with it. I’m all for sustainable farming, and if people want to raise their own chickens and ducks and quail to support their families, that’s great. It’s Missoula. The yearling: I’m from southern Montana, and we lived about 8 miles in the country. We had this elk whose mother had died and we took care of it. It slept on our deck and we fed it, so yeah, little baby elk.
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No excuse As a young boy, living on the edge of the Pintlers, I had the unique opportunity of spending time with my grandfather hunting and learning to trap and run a trapline. I would not trade that time spent with a great man from a different time for anything. I continued trapping into my late teens. I loved the excitement and dreamed about living off the land in an earlier age. As I aged and hopefully matured, the treasured memories of my grandfather started to separate from what I did and saw on that trapline. Memories of hearing the animals whimper in fear, confusion and pain as I approached the still distant trap set. Bloodsoaked snow in a circle that represented the chain length. Sometimes finding nothing but a torn or chewed off leg of an animal that was soon to die. Often just the remains of a trapped animal eaten by another because it had no chance to escape. I look back on this with great regret. My grandfather trapped out of necessity. I had no such excuse. I was destroying in the cruelest manner the things I loved the most. I can fully understand the resistance to Initiative 177 but if you could see and hear what I have, you would not hesitate to support it. This is no longer the age of trapping.
and river otter join the imperiled list due to trapping. Trappers say they have to trap bobcats because they are nocturnal predators. This is patently insincere, because trappers trap bobcats to sell their pelts, nothing else. Bobcats eat rodents, helping keep disease in check. A bobcat pelt goes for $260. All-terrain vehicles and thousands of miles of roads mean trappers penetrate farther and faster than ever before, raising the unchecked slaughter exponentially. We should be able to enjoy our public lands without fear of dangerous devices that maim and kill indiscriminately. Please vote “Yes” on I-177. Chris Henry Missoula
“I am a very good trapper and I still lost 11 laying hens to a fox.”
Mark Bennett Anaconda
Yes on I-177 Cornered by common sense that would restrict commercial and recreational traps to private lands, trappers shout outlandish claims, like taking credit for the recovery of game species. The truth is trapping takes a huge toll and has nothing to do with recovering anything. Beavers were trapped out of Montana in less than 20 years. By 1847, they were gone, causing severe drought in eastern Montana. After reintroduction, trapping them was outlawed for a century. Hunters, not trappers, saved game species. Hunters outlawed commercial take of wildlife and restricted hunting, but trappers continue to commercialize wildlife and refuse even mandatory trap-checks, showing no such responsibility. Instead, they lace our public lands with an unlimited number of traps, taking any and all animals, and throwing away those they don’t want—dogs, cats, endangered species, migratory birds, livestock, even fish. Trappers have had many opportunities to self-regulate (checking traps more frequently, marking traps to warn other public lands users, etc.) but have singularly failed to. Pine marten, swift fox and fishers were trapped out and reintroduced at taxpayers’ expense. Now, lynx, wolverine
No on I-177 In response to Amy Greer’s letter (see “Not very sporting,” Sept. 22), I agree that public land is for everyone to enjoy. So which minority would be banned next? If trapping is so bad on public land, why isn’t it bad on private land? If you think this ban will stop on private land, it will not. I am a very good trapper and I still lost 11 laying hens to a fox. When I trapped the fox I was not being very sporting. But I only have two hens left, so if you have a couple, feel free to give me a call. Mike Dey Missoula
Marx for HD 92 Addrien Marx is blessed with the background and skills that make her the ideal representative for Montanans living in House District 92. Addrien knows what it means to be a mother. She knows firsthand the challenges of running a Montana business. She has backpacked in the “Bob.” Her teaching experience makes it easier for her to understand and assist others. She has success-
ful experience helping folks with differing viewpoints find win-win solutions. She helped build a shooting range. Addrien has served the Historical Museum at Fort Missoula, Open Lands Advisory Committee, Seeley Lake Community Foundation and is one of four founding members of Seeley Lake ROCKS, an organization working to expand outdoor recreation. Addrien values our industry and our wildlife. Addrien appreciates our schools and our public lands. Addrien has a vision for Montana’s future that builds on what Montanans treasure most about our state while keeping an open mind about changes that may enhance long-term prosperity. Addrien will see that opportunities are addressed effectively, while strengthening the best of Montana. Vote for Addrien Marx to represent Montanans in House District 92. Lee Boman Seeley Lake
Writing on the wall The writing is on the wall for fossil fuels. Public pressure and market forces have already forced the scheduled closures of two of Colstrip’s four coal-powered generators. To prepare for the inevitable closure of the other two generators, NorthWestern Energy has proposed spending $1.3 billion on 13 new gas generators. Natural gas is often touted as a “bridge fuel” to clean energy, but the amount of methane—a highly potent greenhouse gas— released during natural gas mining makes it just as bad or worse for the climate than coal. Gas is a bridge to climate disaster, while the cost of clean energy sources like wind and solar have dropped so much that they are competitive with fossil fuels. And Montana has these clean forms of energy in abundance. Nonetheless, NorthWestern Energy is making it increasingly difficult for clean energy projects like rooftop solar to be economically viable; at the legislature last year NorthWestern called rooftop solar a “cancer” that must be stopped. Hundreds of Montanans will be gathering in Butte on Oct. 10 to send a message to NorthWestern that we want an immediate pivot toward renewables. NorthWestern Energy enjoys a state-sanctioned monopoly. It should serve its customers first, and shareholders second. Please join Montanans from across the state in Butte next Monday to make sure the company remembers this. Visit the 350 Montana web page for more information about the event and the issue. Ari LeVaux Missoula
missoulanews.com • October 6–October 13, 2016 [5]
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WEEK IN REVIEW
VIEWFINDER
by Amy Donovan
Wednesday, Sept. 28
U.S. Sen. Steve Daines announces a $1.2 million grant will fund the National Indigenous Women’s Resource Center in Lame Deer and further its work in addressing domestic violence.
Thursday, Sept. 29 Attorney General Tim Fox announces the state is receiving a $2 million grant from the National Sexual Assault Kit Initiative to test a backlog of 1,400 rape kits. The Department of Justice estimates it will take at least 18 months to test all the kits.
Friday, Sept. 30 Providence St. Patrick Hospital announces CEO Jeff Fee will leave at the end of the year, and his position won’t be replaced. Providence cites “budget pressures” as the deciding factor. Chief Operating Officer Joyce Dombrouski will take over Fee’s duties.
Saturday, Oct. 1 A squirrel’s misadventure causes a power outage for thousands of residents in Missoula’s Westside neighborhood, according to NorthWestern Energy. Westside brunch destination Burns Street Bistro is forced to close up shop early.
Sunday, Oct. 2 Former Griz standout and current Tennessee Titan Marc Mariani returns four kickoffs for a total of 99 yards in a 27-20 loss to former Kalispell quarterback and current Houston Texan Brock Osweiler. Mariani’s returns give him 100 with the franchise.
Monday, Oct. 3 A fire of unknown origin destroys the legendary Club Moderne in Anaconda, and one firefighter is treated for smoke inhalation. The iconic bar was decorated in Art Deco style with furnishings original to its construction in 1937. Road trips through Anaconda will never be the same.
Tuesday, Oct. 4 UM launches a supply drive in support of the North Dakota Standing Rock Sioux as the tribe prepares to protest the Dakota Access Pipeline into the winter. UM is collecting donations in the University Center Game Room.
Titan Killam, 3, watches as the Flathead High School band marches down Higgins Avenue during Saturday’s annual University of Montana Homecoming Parade.
Drugs
Antidote access expands It’s been a little more than a year since national drugstore chain CVS announced a new program to provide an opioid antidote drug over the counter in several states, including Montana. Since then, CVS chains throughout the state have stocked naloxone, a life-saving medication that reverses the effects of opiate-based drugs, such as Oxycontin or heroin. But it’s unclear whether it’s getting to the people who need it most. “It would be our ideal that if someone’s here and they indicate that they’re at risk, that we have naloxone to give to them in that moment,” says Christa Weathers, executive director at the Missoula Open Aid Alliance, which provides a syringe exchange and harm-reduction services. “Unfortunately for this lifestyle and all the other things going on in a person’s life when you’re trying to maintain a se-
vere addiction, going to get naloxone is not No. 1 on the list.” That said, Weathers has heard from syringe exchange clients who’ve had a simple enough time finding naloxone at the CVS Pharmacy locations in Missoula, though it can be expensive without insurance. At the CVS in Target, pharmacy manager Kris Ellison says they stock Narcan, the brand name of naloxone, in a nasal spray format. Two doses of Narcan cost $145 out of pocket. “I have not personally seen anyone ask for it here. It’s something new for us since we became CVS,” Ellison says. Target and CVS merged pharmacy services in late 2015. Walgreens is also getting in the game—in February, the chain announced its own plan to begin distributing naloxone to 35 states by the end of the year, including Montana. About 118 Montana residents died of a drug overdose in 2014, the most recent year data is avail-
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able, according to the state Department of Public Health and Human Services. Native Americans are twice as likely to die of an overdose as Caucasians. Weathers says the OAA and other groups are planning to push for action from the 2017 Montana Legislature to require all first responders throughout the state to carry naloxone. Most other states in the nation have already passed naloxone access and 911 Good Samaritan laws, which protect people from prosecution if they help an overdose victim get treatment. “We’re confident there’s going to be legislative action, we’re just not sure what it will look like,” Weathers says. “There’s a strong precedence, it’s a relatively bipartisan issue.” Regardless of legislative action, Weathers is trying to work out an agreement with a pharmacist to come do on-site visits at the OAA’s office to directly distribute naloxone to opioid users. “Other states have bigger networks, whereas
[news] here it’s just us and some programs on distant reservations,” she says. “We’re a much quieter voice, but we’re trying to be loud.” The Harm Reduction Coalition, a national advocacy group, estimates that naloxone has prevented more than 26,000 overdoses nationwide between 1996 and 2014. Kate Whittle
Literature
Community mourns its teacher The Facebook page for Lorilee Evans-Lynn is filled with eulogies, some from local writers and many from current and former Big Sky High School students. One post written by local poet Mark Gibbons reads that Evans-Lynn was “the pushiest and broadest of all the great pushy-broads aka best-teachers-you-ever-had-in-your-two-bit-life.” Another says, “She asked all the right questions and pushed her students to do more than we ever would have done alone. She made coming into the classroom at 8 a.m. on a Sunday feel like coming home.” Evans-Lynn died Sept. 23 of cancer, and the news hit Missoula’s education and literary arts community especially hard. She taught at Big Sky for 30 years and notably served as the advisor for the school’s two award-winning literary magazines, Aerie Big Sky and Aerie International. By the time she retired in 2014, she’d earned a reputation for teaching students to create meticulously curated publications. Aerie’s annual fundraiser garnered attention in western Montana, but also across the world. Last year, Aerie International received 500 submissions from students all over the U.S. and as far away as Iceland and Cambodia. When Evans-Lynn retired, she continued to help the publications by mentoring her replacement, Rebecca Carson. “She was in on a weekly basis, doing two jobs,” Carson says. “First, convincing me not to quit mine and, second, helping with the structure of the class. She runs everything out of this brain of hers that’s always three steps ahead. So there were no written directions on how to do this job.” High school is often treated like a rehearsal for real life, but Evans-Lynn didn’t see it that way, Carson says. She’d studied under the famous Montana poet Richard Hugo and, though she was known as a fun and animated teacher, the standard she held for her students was as high as any college workshop.
“She would do anything it took to get the magazine done and to bring kids wherever they needed to be in their writing,” Carson says. “Some kids will fondly come back and talk about how they worked through 70 drafts of the same poem when they were a junior in high school.” Next February is the deadline for Aerie International’s 10th edition. Carson’s class plans to pay tribute to Evans-Lynn during their April fundraiser. “Aerie International started as this dream in Lorilee’s head of, ‘Hey, wouldn’t it be cool if we had art and writing from high school kids all over the whole world in one magazine?’” Carson says. “It was such a big idea at the time and she moved it from an idea to reality because that’s the kind of person she is. And that’s so far outside your job description as a high school teacher to bring something like that off the ground. Now, she’s got 20-plus years of kids who are going to miss her a whole lot, but she’s effectively left a really cool legacy.” Erika Fredrickson
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Pierce ended up paying an $85 fine and found a legal loophole that lets him keep his ducks, though he prefers not to discuss it on the record. But for other residents who might be facing the same kind of fowl trouble, Pierce reached out to his neighbor, Councilwoman Michelle Cares. The Ward 6 representative agreed that ducks should be allowed, and she’s now sponsoring an amendment to the city’s urban chicken ordinance that would include ducks and quail under similar restrictions. She personally keeps chickens, but has never raised ducks. Chickens were a controversial topic in Missoula in 2007, when city council went through a six-month process and lengthy public debates over Urban livestock whether to permit residents in the urban core to keep hens. Cares is aware of the history, but she What the duck? Except for the stray “quack” occasionally ringing thinks ducks and quail will go over without much through the air, it’s unlikely that passersby would notice fuss. She’s heard from people who’d like to include turkeys, geese and guinea fowl, as well, but those the ducks trotting around the backyard of a South go a feather too far for her. Fifth Street home. That’s where Kevin “No bird farms,” she says. Pierce keeps his two Swedish blue Cares’ proposal limits each liduck hens, along with four chickens. cense holder to six ducks, six “They’ll bond and imprint on chickens or 10 quail. Residents of you, and they’re as friendly as single-family homes are eligible, dogs or cats,” Pierce says. He as well as multi-family aparthasn’t officially named his ducks, ment renters as long as they get though. He admits he usually permission from all residents just calls them something like and the landlord. Cares is also “Wiggles” and “Waddles.” suggesting reducing the $15 anWiggles and Waddles ran nual cost of bird licenses to a oneafoul of the law when an anonymous photo by Kate Whittle time-only fee. caller reported Pierce to Missoula AniAt a committee discussion Sept. 28, mal Control last fall. Urban livestock regulations permit residents to own up to six female most other council members expressed support for chickens, but not any other kind of domestic egg- her measure. “From what I’m seeing, it’s fine, chickens are not layer, as Pierce discovered. He says almost everyone ruining our town,” Cares says. “Hopefully this will he encountered thought the duck citation was funny, except for the animal control officer who wrote the also continue to improve our town.” Council’s public hearing for the duck and quail ticket and the city attorney’s office. “They acted like I was some kind of criminal,” proposal is set for Oct. 17. Kate Whittle he says. “I mean, it’s just a couple ducks.”
ETC. You’ve probably already heard how Todd Orr spent last weekend. The Bozeman resident hiked into the Bear Creek area to scout some hunting spots. He reportedly took all the necessary precautions—hollering “Hey bear! Hey bear!” every couple minutes, carrying bear spray and a holstered pistol, knowing the terrain—and still ended up being brutally attacked by a sow grizzly. Twice. We know all this because, after hiking 3 miles back to his rig and before driving himself 17 miles to the hospital, Orr posted a bloody video to Facebook— “So be safe out there,” he warned fellow hikers at the end—and emerged shortly thereafter as a viral sensation. It may go down as one of the most hardcore status updates ever recorded. Orr’s dash of luck, however, occurs on the heels of a troubling new report. When it comes to animal confrontations, Montanans, more than residents of any other state, are less likely to be social media stars than just another statistic. According to data collected by the Centers for Disease Control and recently compiled by Man vs. Beast, Montanans have a 1 in 674,600 chance of being killed by an animal. That puts us tops in the U.S., well ahead of the next closest state, West Virginia, which comes in relatively safe with odds of 1 in 751,213, and Alaska, which ranks fourth at 1 in 887,788. (If you’re wondering how Montana stacks up globally, here’s a little perspective: Africa leads the way with 1 out of 2,221 people dying due to an animal, mostly mosquitos, and even Australia, thanks to the Box Jellyfish, carries odds of 1 in 402,750.) Montana’s No. 1 U.S. ranking comes courtesy of an animal familiar to Missoula residents: deer. While mountain lions, spiders, rattlesnakes and, of course, bears certainly contribute to the state’s overall numbers, the most common culprit is actually Bambi. More specifically, collisions with the white-tailed menace. Deer are responsible for 120 deaths in the U.S. per year and, in a separate study, 1 in 58 Montanans were projected to hit a deer this year. This narrative doesn’t exactly fit the gory, Revenant-like, man-against-animal showdowns Montana is known for, nor does it make for great Facebook posts. But it’s just as worthy a cautionary tale as Orr’s gruesome adventure.
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Racism on the Rez “White Power” shirts prompt protest at Polson High by Derek Brouwer
Homecoming seemed to take over Polson on Sept. 30. Main Street shut down at 2:30 p.m. so high school students could parade down it in their floats and fire trucks and sports cars as onlookers, all wearing purple, the school’s color, cheered and tossed candy. When the post office closed at 4:45 p.m., the man trotting down its two front steps turned to a young child on a bicycle and asked the only question that typically occupies such an evening: Headed to the game? But away from the crowd filing into the Polson High School football stadium, below the parking lot tailgate, a group of mostly Native American students and activists was asking a different question. Why, even on their own reservation, during a time of celebration, were they made to feel unwelcome? The gatherers were responding to images circulating online that showed Polson High School juniors donning racially charged slogans the previous day as part of a Homecoming “color wars” tradition. The Caucasian students had scrawled “White Pride,” “White Power” and “Trump 2016” on their T-shirts. The most disconcerting photo shows them posed alongside dozens of other juniors in a class picture. They all wore white clothes— their assigned color—giving the appearance that the school spirit event had been transformed into a Klan gathering. Though Polson is located inside the Flathead Indian Reservation, the high school is 64 percent white. The school district moved quickly to clarify that the images weren’t entirely as they seemed, issuing a statement that the district does not tolerate discrimination. Only two students, a boy and a girl, had worn the offensive shirts, and, Superintendent Rex Weltz said, they were made to change clothes as soon as a school administrator learned of the situation. “It wasn’t a racist event by any means,” Weltz says. Less clear is how long the “White Power” shirts were visible during the school day. Weltz says staff acted on a student complaint in the morning, before the scheduled “color wars” event in the gym, but the shirts were nonetheless visible in photos shared from the later event, during which staff were present. Weltz says concerns for student privacy pre-
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vent him from describing the timeline in further detail, but notes that the students used “poor judgment” that day. Josh Crumley, a freshman, says he felt disappointed after seeing the students wearing the shirts during a break between classes. “I thought kids here would be a lot more open about things like that, but they’re really not,” he says. Crumley was among those gathered outside the high school Friday night to rally during the football game. The event was organized on short notice by Missoula ac-
photo by Derek Brouwer
Demonstrators rallied outside the Polson High School homecoming football game and chanted “No more hate!” to protest a racist display at the school the previous day.
tivist Dustin Monroe, of Native Generational Change, after he says he received calls from members of his youth chapter on the reservation. The rally grew from a handful of people making signs to more than 50. A few non-student tribal members who participated in the demonstration expressed frustration that even on their own reservation, racism is a part of daily life. One drew up a sign that read “CSKT Tribal Member & Proud.” Police spoke to the group as they prepared to march toward the stadium, cautioning them against disrupting gameplay. After Polson Police Chief Wade Nash listed his concerns, he paused, then hugged Monroe.
“I respect you,” Nash said. “I admire you for standing up and speaking out.” Demonstrators weren’t allowed inside the stadium without each paying the entry fee, but the spectacle attracted scores of onlookers to an outer fence as Monroe, Crumley and others spoke into a megaphone. Not everyone supported the demonstration. A group of high school students yelled across the fence, questioning why they had chosen to protest during the game based on the actions of two students. “We’re not here to divide anything,” Monroe said. “We’re here to unite and talk about this, and that’s how change starts, with actually talking about the root of the problem, and the root of the problem is ignorance.” Monroe was echoing the words of Polson junior Michael Vergeront, a white student who exited the game to mediate between the demonstrators and the rest of his classmates inside the fence. Vergeront says the incident spurred a heated debate during one of his classes earlier in the day. While most students seemed to agree the shirts were inappropriate, Vergeront recalls, they were more divided over whether it warranted the level of attention it received online and in the media. Caitlin Borgmann, executive director of ACLU Montana, says peaceful demonstrations like the one outside the football game are an important way to push the community to have difficult conversations about race, including the difference between “White Pride” slogans and expressions of solidarity with communities of color. The ACLU issued a statement in response to the images noting that it intends to investigate the incident as well as the school district’s policies and practices for addressing racial discrimination. The conversations were taking place even before the football game ended. During the demonstration, Monroe compared the Polson activism with the Standing Rock protests in North Dakota that have drawn thousands in recent weeks. Two young girls, both white, looked on through the chain-link fence. “What’s Standing Rock?” one of them asked. dbrouwer@missoulanews.com
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Finger on the trigger Conflicting stories underlie scheme to nullify city gun ordinance by Derek Brouwer
The first shot against Missoula’s new scribed “fervent Second Amendment ident of the Montana Shooting Sports Association, says he wasn’t surprised to hear of gun background check ordinance was guy” to get involved. taken only an hour after city council ap“I’m concerned about the slippery Knudsen’s involvement because the two proved the measure. It came from a Cul- slope here,” he says. “I’m concerned had discussed the initial countermeasure many months ago. bertson home some 500 miles away, about the camel’s nose in the tent.” where Speaker of the House Austin KnudAs Knudsen tells it, he first learned of No one is more active in Montana sen was reading Facebook in his pajamas. the then-proposed ordinance last fall gun advocacy and lobbying than Mar“I was literally laying in bed,” Knudsen while at a Helena function, where a cou- but, and his deep ties can prompt swift ple of Missoula residents mentioned it to action by conservative lawmakers. Marsays. He saw the news while scrolling him. “But I honestly don’t remember but says Missoula state Rep. Brad Tschida was the person who forthrough his social media feed, and mally asked Knudsen to request an by 11:35 the same night he pubopinion, since they felt it more aplished a post about it to his campropriate for a local legislator to paign page. In doing so, Knudsen make the ask than Marbut. (Tschida set into motion a legal maneuver did not return a call for comment). that gun rights lobbyists expect will prove a quick kill shot to the “Everybody understood that the trailblazing local regulation before plan, the first domino, would be kicked it even takes effect. over as soon as city council adopted the ordinance,” Marbut says. The ordinance requires background checks for most gun sales With Fox heading the Departand transfers inside Missoula city ment of Justice, Marbut is “close to limits. certain” the opinion will land in his favor. After all, Fox’s office issued a Knudsen, in his Sept. 26 Facepress release opposing the ordinance book post, pledged to request a when it was introduced almost a year formal legal opinion from Attorney ago. Marbut says he didn’t request General Tim Fox on whether the the attorney general release the origordinance comports with Montana inal statement but says he was exlaw, effectively giving the state’s top changing emails with Fox’s staff elected Republican the chance to photo by Amy Donovan around that time or shortly after. void Missoula’s ordinance with a (The Indy has a pending records repen stroke. Gun lobbyist Gary Marbut, above, says he Attorney general opinions are discussed a strategy to oppose Missoula’s gun quest for office communications rea longstanding, if occasionally ordinance with state lawmakers last fall. But lated to the ordinance.) used, way for public officials to Montana Speaker of the House Austin Knudsen, Missoula City Councilman seek guidance on legal questions R-Culbertson, claims he approached the attorney Bryan von Lossberg, who sponsored general on his own, out of concern the measure that have not been addressed by a could spread to other cities. the ordinance, says he anticipated court, University of Montana law the maneuver and doesn’t believe it professor Anthony Johnstone says. The their names,” he says. “I’m not even sure will doom the measure. Fox could also opinion carries the weight of law unless what function it was.” No one asked decline to write an opinion altogether, later overturned in court, making it a par- Knudsen to use his speaker powers to re- particularly if his office concludes the ticularly efficient tool. Fox has issued four quest an AG opinion, though; he claims issue is destined for litigation either way, opinions during his first term. the idea was his. notes Johnstone at UM. “No, this is something I’ve been Regardless, Marbut sees Knudsen’s The attorney general can’t issue such opinions unless requested to do so, and keeping an eye on on my own and de- move as the quickest route to quashing only certain public officials are empow- cided to do on my own volition,” Knud- the ordinance. A thrifty one, too. “Don’t you think it makes sense?” he ered to request them. Attorneys for the sen says. city weren’t about to solicit gun control The state’s foremost gun rights lobbyist, says. “The other alternative is a lawsuit. guidance from a conservative AG like however, paints a different picture—one Attorneys charge by the hour. I don’t have Fox, but Knudsen says the issue’s that suggests the effort to undo Missoula’s thousands of dollars to throw at it.” statewide relevance was grounds for the ordinance is more carefully coordinated. dbrouwer@missoulanews.com Eastern Montana Republican and self-de- Gary Marbut, a Missoula resident and pres-
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[opinion]
Judging Juras Sex column kerfuffle reveals issues with Supreme Court candidate by Dan Brooks
Last month, adjunct law professor and candidate for the Montana Supreme Court Kristen Juras revived a seven-yearold argument with a student sex columnist. She did not do her campaign many favors in the process. Back in 2009, when Juras was an assistant professor in the University of Montana’s law school, she objected to the “Bess Sex” advice column in the Kaimin student newspaper. Juras wrote a series of letters to the editor before asking thenUM President George Dennison and thenjournalism school Dean Peggy Kuhr to shut the column down. Dennison and Kuhr declined, perhaps because they had no authority to do that. After the Montana Cowgirl Blog brought up the issue last month, Juras took to Facebook to tell her side of the story. In a post dated September 19, Juras wrote: “The column was discontinued after the United States launched a comprehensive review of the university’s handling of sexual assault and harassment complaints, including a review of student education efforts. Can’t find copies of the columns? That’s because all of the major newspapers refused to publish them.” In that telling, at least, her side of the story alternates between false and just misleading. “Bess Sex” was discontinued after its author, Bess Davis, graduated in 2009— three years before the U.S. Department of Justice launched its investigation of the university. As for the claim that “major newspapers” refused to publish the column, that’s probably because it was never offered to them. It was a Kaimin column. By the same reasoning, I could say that major chefs refused to eat my breakfast. Both of these weird claims show poor judgment on the candidate’s part. It’s hard to imagine what Juras thought she would gain from coming out hard against a column published in the student newspaper for one semester seven years ago. And yet she persists. After Davis (now Pallares) suggested Juras was drawing a false connection between the column and rape, Juras doubled down.
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“I don’t think her column encouraged rape,” Juras told the Missoulian. “She did not expressly say that. I do think the column promoted what I would call a hook-up culture at a time when I was concerned about sexual assault escalating on campus.” See, you just did it again. Whatever “hook-up culture” is—probably Juras means the new trend of college students becoming very interested in sex—observ-
“Juras is less entertaining if you imagine her deciding whether you will spend the rest of your life in prison.”
ing that it’s happening at a time when you’re concerned about sexual assault implies a connection between the two. I don’t think leaving sweets around encourages fat men to come down the chimney, but I am concerned that you left out cookies at a time of increased visits from Santa Claus. Such weaseling has become the glum standard for partisan politicians, who make it their business to twist reason to predetermined ends, but there’s
something unsettling about hearing it from a candidate for the Supreme Court. Justices are supposed to be impartial. In principle, at least, they are chosen for their clarity of thought. Juras’s willingness to deny saying something even as she says it again suggests that her thinking is a product of her decisions, instead of the other way around. That’s an alarming quality in a judge. Here, though, we should point out that Juras is not a judge and never has been. Although she was a lawyer in private practice for years, her experience stops at the bar and does not reach the bench. Her opponent, Dirk Sandefur, has been a District Court judge for 14 years. But Juras sees this difference as an argument for her candidacy, since her election would bring diversity to a Supreme Court in which judges are overrepresented. “A diverse court is a better court,” she told the Missoulian. “That is lacking and has been lacking on the court, and it would be a gap I would fill.” I agree. That’s why I employ a diverse team of dentists, consisting of six doctors of dental science and one guy who just whacks my teeth with a hammer. And you should see the diverse team of architects I hired to convert my attic into a bedroom, my porch into a gazebo, and my garage into a woodpile. Their diversity inspires me almost as much as the crew on my former submarine, god rest their souls. We’re having fun now, but Juras is less entertaining if you imagine her deciding whether you will spend the rest of your life in prison. Regardless of how you feel about undergraduate sex columns, her public remarks over the last month marry a cynical approach to argument with a willingness to bend the truth. If I were looking for a lawyer, that might appeal to me. But it should give pause to any Montanan looking for a judge. Dan Brooks writes about people, politics, culture and the danger of unsupervised sex among college students at combatblog.net.
[opinion]
Wild Westerner How the GOP’s first presidential candidate mirrors the current one by Allen Best
As we stagger through this year’s uninspiring presidential campaign, it might help to look back at the election of 1856, when, for the first time, the West yielded a presidential candidate. His name was John Charles Frémont, and he was a big name in his day. He still is: From Colorado to California, we have rivers and mountains named Fremont as well as towns, counties, parks and streets. Besides being famous, he was daring, and not unlike today’s presidential candidates, deeply flawed. Frémont led four expeditions to the West in the 1840s. He had married well, partnering with Jessie Benton, the daughter of Missouri Sen. Thomas Hart Benton, who ballyhooed westward expansion. Boosted by his father-in-law’s influence, Frémont in 1842 launched his first expedition with mountain man Kit Carson as a guide. It was a partnership based on ambition: Carson needed Frémont to make him famous, a favor he returned by keeping the tenderfoot mostly out of trouble as they explored the region. In a 2001 book called A Newer World, the superb mountaineering author Michael Roberts chronicled the lives of the two men, principally through the lens of these expeditions. Roberts says he admires Kit Carson, but his praise for Frémont is more reserved. You understand why after you’ve read Roberts’ account of a climb in what is now Wyoming—a mountain that Frémont thought was the highest peak in the Wind River Range. Frémont refused to share the glory of that first ascent with Carson; instead, he permitted a lesser light of the expedition, Charles Preuss, to accompany him to the top. And yet Frémont and Carson crossed the continent together repeatedly. A pivotal year was 1846. U.S. troops were dispatched to defeat Mexico and, in the process, secure the Southwest for the expanding American empire. Ulysses Grant, then a lieutenant serving in the Mexican-American War, described that conflict late in his life as “one of the most unjust ever waged by a stronger against a weaker nation.”
But while Grant dodged bullets in Mexico, Frémont defied orders and lingered in California. Finally, at Los Angeles, he got in on the conquest. The Mexicans had no wall to protect them against Northern invaders. There’s a shameful asterisk in the tale of Frémont’s bold ambitions for Americans’ manifest destiny. The Americans seized three Mexicans near San Francisco Bay. None of them were fighters; they just happened to live there. Kit Carson inquired as to what should be done with them.
“Besides being famous, he was daring, and not unlike today’s presidential candidates, deeply flawed.”
“I have no use for prisoners,” Frémont said, according to first-hand accounts. “Do your duty.” Carson, who had recently wed his beloved Josefa Jaramillo, a Mexican resident of Taos, followed orders and shot the three Mexicans. Later, in the 1856 presidential election, the executions became an issue. Frémont, according to Roberts’ account, disavowed any part in the killings. The worst was yet to come. Frémont’s father-in-law had in mind a rail-
road that would cross the West on the 38th parallel. So Frémont set out in the winter of 1848 to scout the route. His timing could not have been worse. The route was bewildering—across the steepest, most rugged ranges in the Rocky Mountains, now in today’s Colorado. After crossing the Sangre de Cristos, Frémont and his men then faced the huge San Juans. They literally got in over their heads in snow. Reading Roberts’ book, the word “idiot” comes to mind. Why didn’t Frémont’s men mutiny instead of traveling ever deeper into the range, which climbs above 12,000 feet? When Frémont finally turned back, his men were left to crawl, snowblind and starving, driven first to eat mules and then each other. Ten of them died. But once again, Frémont ducked responsibility. He blamed his guide, the fur trapper “Old” Bill Williams. Unlike Harry Truman, the buck never stopped with Frémont. Yet Frémont, by then living in San Francisco, became the Republican Party’s first presidential candidate. He faced a former president, Millard Fillmore of the Know Nothings, a party that opposed the immigration of people like my relatives, Germans dodging the draft in Prussia who came to America to clear forests in Illinois, and Catholics, of any origin. The eventual winner of the presidency was James Buchanan, who favored expanding slavery into the West. Frémont, even with his checkered past, condemned the expansion of slavery, and because of that principled stand, lost the election. Frémont was an egotist and he was reckless with other people’s lives. But here’s what perplexes me: From my safe perch 160 years later, I think I might have voted for the despicable scoundrel. If you see parallels to this year’s election, here’s something to keep in mind: Four years later, we got Abraham Lincoln. Allen Best is a contributor to Writers on the Range, the opinion service of High Country News (hcn.org ). He writes in the Denver area.
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FOUL-FEATHERED FRIENDS – In September, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, noting a recent uptick in cases of “live-poultry-associated salmonella,” repeated its earlier (apparently largely ignored) alert that people should not be kissing chickens (or ducks or turkeys). CDC noted the recent popularity of urban egg farming, but reminded “hipster” farmers and faddish pet patrons that cuddling the animals, or bringing the little darlings into the home (even those that appear clean and friendly), can spread dangerous bacteria for which humans are unprepared. SUSPICIONS CONFIRMED – A recent working paper by two Louisiana State University economists revealed that the state's juvenile court judges dole out harsher sentences on weeks following a loss by the LSU football team (among those judges who matriculated at LSU). The differences in sentences were particularly stark in those seasons that LSU's team was nationally ranked. (All sentences from 1996 to 2012 were examined, for first-time juvenile offenders, except for murder and aggravated-rape cases.) The NCAA's two-year probation handed to Georgia Southern University's football program in July included a note that two football players were given “impermissible” inside help to pass a course. It turns out that even though GSU's former assistant director of student-athlete services stealthily wrote five extra-credit assignments for each of the players, still, neither player was apparently in good enough shape to pass the course.
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AWKWARD – A paramedic with the St. Louis Fire Department discovered on Aug. 4 that his car, in the station's parking lot, had been broken into and was missing various items. Minutes after he filed a police report, the station received an emergency call about a pedestrian hit by a car, and the paramedic and crew rushed to the scene. As he was helping the victim, the paramedic noticed that his own gym bag and belongings were strewn about the scene and concluded that the man he was attending to was likely the man who had broken into his car. The paramedic continued to assist the man, and police told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch that they would arrest the man as soon as he was discharged from the hospital. Raylon Parker, doing his duty in August on a grand jury in Halifax County, North Carolina, listened to a prosecutor lay out a case, and to Parker's apparent surprise, the case was against Raylon Parker (for assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill). Still, he voted on the indictment, which passed (though, due to grand jury secrecy, we do not know which way he voted). One possibility: He voted to indict, assuming a judge would toss it out, tainting the prosecutor's case. However, Parker's judge said the indictment –signifying “probable cause” – was still valid and that she would not inquire how Parker had voted. BRIGHT IDEAS – Business is booming for Lainey Morse, the owner of No Regrets Farm in Albany, Oregon, and the founder of “Goat Yoga” – an outdoor regimen of relaxation carried out among her wandering goats. “Do you know how hard it is to be sad and depressed when there are baby goats jumping around?” she asked, proudly noting that she is booked up right now, with a waiting list of 500. One problem has surfaced, though (as she told a Canadian Broadcasting Corp. reporter): Naive baby goats try to eat flower designs on yoga mats, leading Morse to permit only mats of solid colors. Wesley Autrey, 42, was arrested by Scranton, Pennsylvania, detectives in September in a drug bust with five bags of heroin and four of cocaine (along with $3,083 cash) and charged with dealing. Autrey (street name, for some reason: “Newphew”) wet his pants during the arrest, which police said he did under the mistaken impression that heroin would dissolve when exposed to urine. EAU DE TOILETTE – Although India's sacred Ganges River remains ridiculously polluted, it retains holy credibility for Hindus, who consume and bathe in it regularly for salvation. Since reaching the Ganges can be difficult for India's poor, the country's postal service (with 155,000 offices) began recently to offer home delivery of the Ganges, in bottles, for the equivalent of about 22 to 37 cents. (Tip: Water bottled in the small town of Gangotri, which is near the origin of the river, is likely cleaner; the other bottler, in the city of Rishikesh, which is holier but located farther down the river, likely presents worshippers a stronger test of faith.) “Clitoris activism is hot in France right now,” reported London's The Guardian in August, highlighted by the introduction in school sex education of a 3-D model of the organ – demonstrating, by the way, that it more resembles a “wishbone” or a “high-tech boomerang” than the “small, sensitive bud” of dictionary description. French clitoris scholars emphasize that most of the several-inch-long organ is internal and just as highly excitable as its male counterpart, and their wide-ranging societal campaign includes a magazine whose title translates to “The Idiot's Guide to the Clit.” Thanks this week to Rob Boyden, Michael Brozyna, Russell Bell and Edgar Pepper, and to the News of the Weird Board of Editorial Advisors.
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rom inside the frosted windows of Bobby Long’s downtown Missoula storefront, the steady stream of curious pedestrians appear as mere silhouettes. They stop momentarily to study the molecular designs on the glass or read the business description printed in black lettering on the door. A sign out front advertises an upcoming First Friday show Oct. 7. Occasionally someone will lift a hand to the handle and attempt to enter, only to find the door securely locked. Long watches these moments from his perch behind the front counter of Flower. He moved into the Higgins Avenue space in early August, relocating from a basement suite just down the block beneath the old Dark Room. Over the last two months, he’s transformed the interior into an attractive, tranquil home for his business—antique wood shelving, blue paint with gold trim, a pair of wall-hanging fireplaces. A small plastic rack near the counter holds a set of custom Bic lighters with the business name and logo. The only thing missing are customers. For that, Long needs Initiative 182 to pass on Election Day. “I’ve always thought it was important in cannabis therapy to provide a professional, relaxing atmosphere,” Long says. “There’s a reason there’s tea and honey on the side, there’s a reason why there’s a little fireplace with flames, there’s a reason why we play soothing music in here. It’s all to create that environment for patients where they feel comfortable, because it’s sort of a hostile world out there in Montana right now.” Long is one of nearly 100 medical marijuana providers statewide who were
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longer providing medical marijuana to the patients who have relied on him for years. But as the industry entered the twomonth purgatory between implementation and Nov. 8, when voters will decide on the less restrictive rules proposed in I182, Long began to fill his new street-level digs with dialogue. He rushed to get a show up in time for September’s First Friday art walk featuring photos of eight of the marijuana strains he’s cultivated, a project he titled Cannabis Expressions. The side windows in Flower’s entryway were left unfrosted to allow passersby to view the art at all times, and he’s hosted four-hour open houses in the store every Friday since. His goal is to force the public to face head-on the issue they’ll vote on in November. The first phase of the project focused on the plant, Long says. The next will focus on the patients. On Oct. 7, Long will unveil a series of photographs called Patient Expressions that challenge visitors to look directly into the eyes of those recently denied access to medical marijuana. He’s spent weeks working in a makeshift studio inside Flower to capture images of many of the people he once provided for—patients battling cancer, multiple sclerosis and chronic pain. He says it’s a huge thing to ask of people whose medical conditions and cardholder status are protected by law. “Certainly it’s not something that any of us want to be doing,” Long says. “It is a little awkward asking someone to expose themselves, to talk about their protected private medical history, to ask them to volunteer that information to the public. But not nearly as painful as it was to watch
WITH THE FUTURE OF MEDICAL MARIJUANA IN MONTANA UNCERTAIN, ONE MISSOULA PROVIDER HAS TRANSFORMED A DOWNTOWN STOREFRONT INTO A HUB FOR DISCOURSE by Alex Sakariassen
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forced to shut down their operations Aug. 31. Under a slate of new laws, those providers had a choice: limit themselves to three patients or remove their names from the state registry. The restriction put providers in an impossible position both ethically and financially, and left 11,850 patients statewide without a source for the substance many of them simply call “medicine.” Flower’s doors are locked, and Long, who also works as a commercial and advertising photographer in Missoula, is no
them lose access entirely. That was the part that really sucked.” As Long edits photos for the show on a recent Thursday afternoon, one of his photography subjects rolls into Flower in a wheelchair. Levi Ortivez, a U.S. Army veteran and graduate gemologist from Ennis, wasn’t actually a patient of Long’s. He’s been a Montana cardholder for five years, he says, even before his muscle spasms and the shooting pains in his limbs were finally attributed to progressive multiple sclerosis. Ortivez met Long when curiosity
prompted him to stop by one of Flower’s open houses last month. He’s come by repeatedly in subsequent weeks just to chat with Long, and their banter indicates the two have quickly built quite a rapport. To Ortivez, Flower is bright, comforting, out in the open—everything he feels the industry can and should be in Montana. “I’m proud of a place like this,” Ortivez says. “He’s not promoting bad things. He’s only for medical, not recreational, and he’s standing straight up. He’s not hiding. I’m not hiding from nobody. Why should I hide? I should be honored. I should be holding my head up and be able to tell my story.”
“We’re just keeping things alive and then waiting for the thing to come back around.” Even with the unorthodox move, Long had to destroy the bulk of his grow. That included a high-cannabidiol, or CBD, strain he’d been experimenting with for nearly two years. CBDs, Long says, are particularly effective in relieving seizures stemming from conditions like epilepsy. His hope was to cross-breed the strain to produce a product with high CBDs and lower levels of tetrahydrocannabinol, the psychoactive substance in cannabis commonly known as THC. In the end, he chose to save the “tried and true” strains
Long wound up marrying the girl from that date, Kate, and Superneau—who became Long’s first patient in 2009—attended the wedding. Superneau’s still convinced it’s all thanks to her recipe. “If we needed help putting a shrub out in the front, he’d be there to help you,” she says of Long. “It’s not just medical marijuana. He’s just a down-to-earth good person and would do anything for the people that he cares about.” When Long explained to Superneau why he wanted her to pose for a photograph in his new store, she instantly agreed. Superneau turned to medical marijuana to alleviate the pain and frus-
the black market or transporting legal recreational marijuana from nearby states. Superneau isn’t keen on the former; medical marijuana actually helped her dial back her dependence on painkillers, though she’s maintained her prescriptions. Nor is the latter option very appealing. Montana is treating medical marijuana patients “like criminals,” Superneau says. “What our government is doing to the patients of this state, they’re taking us all out in a boat, dumping us in the middle of Flathead Lake without a life jacket and saying, ‘Okay, swim if you can,’” she continues. “Those that can swim will. Those that can’t are going to drown.”
photo courtesy of Bobby Long
photo by Alex Sakariassen
Over the past month, medical marijuana provider Bobby Long has transformed his downtown storefront into a space for discussion on Initiative 182. He felt a need to raise public awareness of the issue before Election Day.
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ong faced a tough decision as the state’s new medical marijuana restrictions loomed. His knee-jerk reaction was to simply shut down his business, rather than go through the pains of selecting just three patients to continue with. But as he considered the long-term loss to genetics in his inventory, he realized he had to do something to keep a few plants alive. Medical-grade cannabis is difficult to come by, he says, and for every strain on his shelf, there have been “10, at least” over the years that haven’t made the cut. Long picked his three neediest patients, those with the lowest incomes, with the stipulation that he would not be flowering the plants he saved or providing any marijuana until after Election Day. “That allowed them to be able to retain their card where they otherwise would have gotten revoked,” Long says.
his patients have long relied on at the expense of future potential. “I had to make some hard choices,” he says. Pam Superneau empathizes with Long’s situation regarding his patients and status as a provider. Even though he’s no longer supplying her with medication, she still refers to him as “family.” Superneau recalls a day several years ago when she plucked zucchini and green tomatoes for Long from her garden, after Long told her he had a big date that night. It was early on in his days as a provider, back when he was still making house calls for patients, and he’d stopped by her Missoula home to drop off her latest prescription. She handed Long the veggies and instructed him to fry them up with garlic and butter and melt hot pepper cheese on top. Serve that, she said, and the girl would be “hooked forever.”
Long traded a month-to-month agreement in favor of a “committed” lease for Flower’s new street-level digs. He hopes improvements he made to the space will help him quickly transfer the lease in the event I-182 fails.
tration stemming from her muscular fibrosis, a condition she developed after a workplace accident and a series of failed surgeries. Over the years her legs have permanently stiffened, preventing her from engaging in the activities that were once a daily part of her life. A framed photo on her living room wall of her skiing at Montana Snowbowl is evidence of the loss that has also fueled anger and depression. “I used to ski every day,” she says. “I was a heavy equipment operator, I was very outdoorsy ... Not to be able to do those things anymore is really frustrating and medical marijuana helped me with that, to come to grips with my anger over all those issues.” Now Superneau and thousands of others like her have been forced to decide whether to seek relief from pharmaceuticals or secure the medicine they’ve come to rely on through illegal means, such as
If I-182 does pass, Kennley Inman will be coming up on his third year as one of Long’s patients. The 26-year-old from Polson has been using medical marijuana for six years, first to relieve severe chest pains and body aches and later to alleviate the side effects of radiation and chemotherapy used to combat his T-Cell Lymphoma. At one point during radiation treatment, Inman says, his entire mouth was a blister, and he was on a liquid-only diet for nearly four months. His weight dropped from 210 pounds to 137. Eventually, medical marijuana helped him regain his appetite, soothed the pain and freed him from the cocktail of pills he’d been prescribed. “If I didn’t have cannabis, I’d be stuck taking at least four to six different pills for my symptoms,” Inman says. “Then I’d have to worry about 10 to 30 different symptoms coming up just from one of those pills … I’d rather worry
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about getting the munchies and falling asleep for four hours. It’s safer.’” Inman’s participation in Long’s photography exhibit stems partly from a desire to stand up and fight for a medication that’s allowed him to lead a normal life with his wife and two sons. But he also considers it a show of solidarity with Long, who he realizes has risked a lot in the hopes of ensuring Montana doesn’t slide backwards on medical marijuana.
Zabawa’s initiative failed to gain enough signatures to qualify for the 2016 ballot. He promptly launched a statewide opposition campaign to I-182, spending tens of thousands of dollars on billboards and television ads. In late September, backers of I-182 responded with a campaign practices complaint against Safe Montana claiming it had failed to disclose the purchase of those billboards. Safe Montana fired back with a complaint of its own, alleging Montana Citizens for I-182 had conducted “deceptive dark money funding practices.”
he’s wary of I-182’s chances and worried about voters’ continued perception of the industry. In fact, the motivation to turn Flower into a forum for public discussion came from his sense that the real message about medical marijuana hasn’t reached enough Montanans yet. “It started to sink in,” Long says of Flower’s increased presence. “‘Wow. I have this really powerful platform. Maybe I can keep doing something.’” To a degree, Patient Expressions could also be viewed as Long’s story as a
Lyme disease, Crohn’s and epilepsy—to show up and share their tales in person. Throughout the month of October, he says, he’ll be leaving his photography studio set up at Flower and open the doors one day a week for any other patients, his or otherwise, to come in and be photographed as well. The whole idea behind the show is to empower those who have been denied their chosen form of medication, to share their stories with a larger audience. They’re difficult to hear at times, he cautions, but they need to be heard.
“They realize the importance, that this is the time, this is the moment in which Montana is going to move forward on this issue or backwards.” photo courtesy of Bobby Long
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ot shops on every corner. That’s how Steve Zabawa, I-182’s chief opponent, characterized the ultimate outcome if the initiative succeeds. Zabawa launched a countermeasure this year in the form of Initiative 176, which aimed to completely repeal medical marijuana and conform the state with federal law. His organization, Safe Montana, has attributed its opposition to the Montana Marijuana Program to a litany of concerns, including the addiction issues they claim can arise from marijuana use and the potential spread of “Colorado Craziness” to the Treasure State.
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Portraits of Kennley Inman, left, and Pam Superneau will be among those on display for Patient Expressions, which opens at Flower Friday, Oct. 7. Long says he chose to photograph the patients without shirts partly to symbolize the stripping away of their rights by the new laws implemented Aug. 31.
As the back-and-forth continues, Long hopes Flower will stand as a testament to the professional, above-board manner in which Montana’s medical marijuana industry can conduct itself. When pressed, he’s reluctant to picture what Flower might look like fully operational. He knows he’ll have smell-proof packaging, child-proof containers for edibles and not a single pot leaf displayed anywhere in the store. But he doesn’t get too far ahead of himself. Despite upgrading to a street-level downtown storefront,
provider. He originally entered the program as a patient himself in 2008, when he turned to cannabis to alleviate longterm back spasms and pain incurred from a skiing accident in his 20s. But he says seeing so many other patients with various conditions benefit from medical marijuana prompted him to start providing for others. Superneau hopes to attend this month’s First Friday event. Inman also plans on being there. Long has invited the other participating patients—patients with
“I have to commend the patients that were willing to do this because they do face negative consequences from this,” Long says. “But they realize the importance, that this is the time, this is the moment in which Montana is going to move forward on this issue or backwards. We are not going to stay the same, and honestly after all of these years of dancing around in this gray area, I am thankful for that.” asakariassen@missoulanews.com
how montana got to this point On Aug. 31, a new set of laws governing the Montana Marijuana Program went into effect. These laws have been the subject of intensive litigation since 2011, when they were passed by the Montana Legislature as part of Senate Bill 423, sponsored by then-Sen. Jeff Essman, RBillings. Providers are now limited to only three patients, and while patients did have the option of becoming their own provider, many were left without access to medicine. According to the latest data from the Montana Marijuana Program, there were 12,730 patients enrolled as of
Sept. 14, and 11,850 of those patients have no provider. The figures are a stark contrast to what state officials recorded the month before the new restrictions started. In August, Montana had 13,034 enrolled cardholders and only 2,808 of them were without a provider. The total of providers in the state has also dropped notably in that time, from 512 in August to 457 in September. To counteract these developments, the Montana Cannabis Industry Association and other medical marijuana advocates gathered 27,550 signatures to get Initiative 182
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on the Nov. 8 ballot. The initiative would repeal the threepatient limit on providers, allow providers to hire employees to cultivate, dispense and transport marijuana, and add post-traumatic stress disorder to the list of qualifying conditions. It would also revise the language in Montana law to address manufacturing and use of marijuana-infused products and remove law enforcement authority to conduct unannounced inspections of medical marijuana facilities. For more on the specifics of I-182, check out the Montana Secretary of State’s elections page at sos.mt.gov/Elections.
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[arts]
Decent world Filmmaker Charles Burnett talks art house films and the importance of being passionate by Erika Fredrickson
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n 1978, Charles Burnett made a black-and-white feature titled Killer of Sheep for his UCLA graduate thesis. The fictional story depicts a neighborhood of working-class black families trying to make a living—the main character works at a sheep slaughterhouse—dealing with day-to-day ups and downs of childhood, marriage and poverty. The film is so lyrical and beautifully shot, it has become a touchstone in film school programs across the nation. And the story, which Burnett tells through the lens of Watts, the Los Angeles neighborhood he grew up in, is a study in social justice art that’s just as relevant today as ever. Burnett’s name might not be familiar, but the Chicago Tribune has called him “one of America’s very best filmmakers” and The New York Times wrote he’s “the nation’s least-known great filmmaker and most gifted black director.” Killer of Sheep went on to win the 1981 critics prize at the Berlin International Film Festival and became one of the first 50 American films deemed worthy of permanent preservation by the Library of Congress. Burnett has gone on to make other works, including To Sleep with Anger, starring Danny Glover, and several documentaries. He visits Missoula this week as a guest of the Montana Film Festival (Thu., Oct. 6–Sun., Oct. 9). In advance of his appearance, we spoke to the director about Killer of Sheep’s staying power and how art’s simple acts effect social change. Film classes still show Killer of Sheep as an example of great filmmaking. What have you heard from people as far as why it’s so enduring? Charles Burnett: I know it’s taught in film a lot and in classrooms but I’m trying to remember what conversations I’ve had with people. Some people have said it opened their eyes to a new way of shooting film and some have said it was because of the film they got involved with filmmaking. I was surprised the film did what it did and is doing what it’s doing because it was a student film.
Are you working on anything right now? CB: Yeah, I’m trying to finish up this documentary on integrating hospitals. It’s a part of the civil rights movement people don’t really know about because it was very quiet but essential and probably one of the most important movements in American history. So we’re working on that and we’re almost done with it.
Charles Burnett’s 1978 Killer of Sheep depicts life in the mostly black neighborhood of Watts in Los Angeles.
What did you set out to do with this film? CB: It was a protest against certain kinds of films that were being made at the time. And it gave an impression of what the community I lived in was about. I didn’t want to do it as a conventional story with a beginning and middle and end. I wanted to let people get some insight into the problems in the community. It was all part of an era where film and social change was a big issue … but it was supposed to get at it in a holistic way … Also it was able to demystify filmmaking in the community because kids from the neighborhood worked on the film. They recorded the sound and helped with the lighting. You said it was in protest to other films being made at the time. Hollywood films? CB: It was that, and it was that films were still not capturing what black lives were like. It was all stereotypical. And then black exploitation came along and that was another distortion in some ways because it focused on superheroes and drugs and things like that. And the kind of people I grew up with, they were just trying to eke out a living. They were just
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trying to maintain a certain moral perspective and raise their family and [maintain their] work ethic, so those are the people I wanted to celebrate and honor in the film. At the time, people were still suffering from the results of Birth of a Nation. That’s where a lot of people got their ideas, I suppose, about the black community, about who we are as people. So the group of us who came to the film department, our goal was to make films that reflected the reality of the community—to help make social change. And we made the films because of the love of it. The music you chose was wonderful— Paul Robeson, Faye Adams, Dinah Washington’s heartbreaking “This Bitter Earth.” But you had to wait a while to get the music rights. Why was that important to you? CB: I listened to that music when I was younger … and I really liked it at a certain point, to a point where I wanted to preserve it, and I used the film as a means of doing that. The music lends itself to the emotion of certain elements of the story, and because it was a student
film and you didn’t have to have the rights because there were no plans of screening it commercially, it wasn’t an issue. Then when Milestone got involved and they wanted to distribute the film, they had to get the rights to the music. And we all wanted to keep the music that was sort of married to the film so they had to work very hard to come up with the money and buy the rights. What were you reading or seeing in film that did inspire you at the time? CB: I had taken a lot of creative writing classes and I had a really wonderful teacher … when I was a junior in college. The books and poems she recommended were really helpful in many ways. I started reading a lot because of that—Dorothy Parker, William Carlos Williams. But I think the main thing was, international films were a part of the scene. There were a lot of foreign film and art houses where you could see all these wonderful films being released here basically at the same time they were being released in Europe. Los Feliz Theatre was a big showcase for art film and so we were always at some place like that.
With movements like Black Lives Matter, do you think there’s more art addressing social change? CB: I hope so. Ava DuVernay’s film 13th, a documentary film, opened the New York Film Festival and it got great reviews. It’s about the 13th Amendment and how it was used to imprison people and continues slavery in the states, just in a different form. It’s incumbent on artists to talk about these things. Somebody has to do it. And if you want to live in this world and make it decent there are certain things we have to be passionate about to make change. But sometimes the simplest things, the things that don’t seem to have a political stance, create change even more. I noticed that with Killer of Sheep. The social issues are there, in the background, but what makes it powerful and easy to empathize with is that it’s about very specific people. CB: We grow up with Hollywood films and propaganda films where they distort other nations and cultures. I remember watching how they treated the Japanese in those films. But when I saw a movie made by a Japanese filmmaker I was so amazed at how human it felt. Propaganda films limit your scope on humanity. And so it was seeing foreign films and having their voice told by themselves—not by someone else—that was really an eyeopener for me. To Sleep with Anger screens at the Roxy Fri., Sept. 7, at 6 PM. Killer of Sheep screens Sat., Oct. 8, at 7 PM. Each screening is followed by a Q&A with Charles Burnett. Visit themontanafilmfestival.org for ticket and schedule info. efredrickson@missoulanews.com
[music]
Feel the thunder Ghost’s live theatrics usher in the season If you are trying to get into the Halloween spirit and that pumpkin latte isn’t doing the job, stay calm. Ghost is coming to town. The peculiar Swedish metal band features six anonymous members: lead vocalist and Satanic priest Papa Emeritus, and his five Nameless Ghouls. They are spooky as hell, but also super fun. Ghost has a classic, comfortable metal sound, with no frills and no apologies. You will be able to sing along to the chorus of each song by the middle of the first listen, and the band’s crisp, technical riffs and progressions should feel like home for any lovers of the genre. “I can feel the thunder that’s breaking in your heart,” Paper Emeritus sings on the band’s latest single, “Cirice.” It’s so metal it hurts, but it all works.
Also in the metal tradition, Ghost thrives live—they won a Grammy this year for best metal performance. The masked Ghouls wear matching costumes as the band’s lead and self-declared antiPope performs in skeletal facepaint and robes. Lest you get too frightened by this description, know that both the band’s sound and performance has a self-aware, theatrical, almost goofy feel, like if KISS got a modern reboot and converted to Satanism as a gimmick. It’s debatable whether Ghost has added anything noteworthy to the metal scene, or whether the band is fueled mostly by nostalgia. But it’s hard to argue that throwing on a creepy costume and rocking out at the Wilma this weekend wouldn’t be a really good time. (Sarah Aswell) Ghost play the Wilma Sun., Oct. 9, at 8 PM. $29.50. All ages.
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Joyce Manor, Cody As a pop-punk band, Joyce Manor is extraordinarily of its genre. The vividly recorded new Cody is the essence of sentimental, mid-tempo power pop. Singer Barry Johnson holds a plaintive note slightly off-key as a guitar chord fades. People have fake IDs and want to take you away, in their rooms. They wish they could stop feeling this way. They wish they had something to do. They say/ something brief/ then a longer phrase for the turnaround/ and that’s/ how they reach/ the guitar. [Guitar.] Whether this adherence to generic convention is delightful or infuriating depends on how you listen to it. From a jaded perspective, Cody sounds like The Mr.
T. Experience without the humor, or Weezer without the dynamic range. But you could also say it sounds like youth, when everything is new: the relationships, the drinking, the ennui and even the music. Joyce Manor will sound familiar to anyone who has listened to California punk in the last 25 years. But if you haven’t, or if you want to revisit it, they’re a serviceable time machine. It’s good to think this narrow genre of music still speaks to people—even those who might have been conceived to it. (Dan Brooks) Joyce Manor play the Badlander Mon., Oct. 10, at 9 PM, along with Hotelier and Crying. $15/$13 advance. All ages.
CCR Headcleaner, Tear Down the Wall I’m a big believer in good band names, and I’m also interested in where bands are from. I know caring about both of those things in the internet age kind of dates me, but I don’t plan to change. There’s a lot of power in a name, and I’m always interested in the context around a band and the other bands they call friends, the venues they play and the stuff that gives them local color. Bay Area (via Georgia) band CCR Headcleaner’s name hit me hard the first time I heard it—both the weirdness of the CCR part, the greatness of the Headcleaner part of it and, together, the psychedelic weirdness it all carries. It’s nonsensical, but also kind of menacing, druggy and a little hard to understand. In other words, it’s as near to perfect as you get in a rock band. I still haven’t read anything about why they chose that name, but I like the mystery of it.
The music on Tear Down the Wall, from In the Red Records, is a heavy psychedelic rock deal. The guitars are well up front in the mix, and mostly-tuned with a kind of blown-speaker rattle throughout. The drums are borderline inaudible, and the vocals take me to listening to Seattle bands during high school; they kind of have a Mark Army quality about them, with some whine. It’s a great combination, especially if you’re sick of a too-muchperfected carefulness in your tunes. I think I was under the impression that bands like this didn’t exist anymore, and hearing the meandering, blasting riffs and vocals of “Peace Dub,” “Dream Sweeper” or “Moonsnow” all made me think of Brett Netson, who fronted Caustic Resin in the ’90s and early ’00s and now plays with Built to Spill. Netson’s a classic crank and weirdo, and so is CCR Headcleaner. (Josh Vanek)
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[books]
Unhook your eyes Megan McNamer’s debut looks between the spaces by Sarah Aswell
The central image in Megan McNamer’s Children could feel her heart beating,” McNamer writes. “It and Lunatics may be a moving train, flowing through made her entire body move, slightly, like a tree stirred Missoula like a river. The trick is not to look at the by the breeze.” In this world, a heartbeat is physically train, but to look straight ahead, focusing on the moving, and the reader feels it just as deeply as the empty places between the cars so that you can see characters do. The novel’s biggest weakness is closely tied to its through to the other side: a street corner, a yellow fire hydrant, a beauty parlor’s OPEN sign flickering strengths. There are moments when the reader, much like the characters, can become lost in and confused like “a start-stop movie” as the cars clank by. These instructions on how to look at a train might by time. As the two women dip into their swirling be the same instructions for reading the book itself. memories, for a sentence or a paragraph or a chapter, the reader returns with them, McNamer has linked dozens of sometimes losing their way in short, concrete moments here, the process. It creates an uncreating a progression that gains moored feeling that is vital to the imperceptible momentum with moods and themes of the book, each turn of the page. But what though it can also generate unis happening between the segcertainty about basic facts and ments, in the white space, is what plot points. The ambiguous endallows us to see across to the ing to the book leaves the reader other side—an entirely different something close to frightened view of the same people and the and disturbed–both by what is same places, flickering before us. understood and what is left frusThis is the debut novel for tratingly unclear. the award-winning Missoula Of course, it’s possible that writer, though her work has apreaders confused by the swirl of peared in publications such as connected images and strange Salon, Sports Illustrated and The encounters are just looking at Sun. Children and Lunatics, the train rushing by instead of which won last year’s Black the spaces between the cars. Lawrence Press Big Moose Prize, Children and Lunatics The novel is, at its center, about follows two unnamed female Megan McNamer looking past the everyday accharacters as they navigate life in paperback, Black Lawrence Press tions that make up your life and the early 21st century: cellphones, 175 pages, $16.95 glimpsing the dark things that prescription drugs, school shootings, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The first char- lurk directly behind. One of the women–the woman whose heart acter is an aging woman, seemingly without family, who seeks comfort in small things like buying a coin beats so perceptibly as she breaks into a house–is purse at a secondhand store, walking incessantly desperate to let us know: “If you kept your eyes open around town—and imagining the lives of the people and fixed, things would come to you. Look! Unhook whose houses she passes. The second is a portrait of a your eyes. Unhook your eyes from the pull of the stereotypical suburban mother, juggling neighborhood train. Let the train flow slowly by, then faster and friendships, a somewhat clueless husband and a faster, each car just a blur in a steady procession that teenage son on the edge of rebellion. As the story shifts would evaporate if you kept your eyes on the other between the viewpoints of the two women, and as side, the emerging image, the street lamp, the beauty their paths converge, something sinister and desperate parlor, the forgotten light of the OPEN sign, faster arises out of what first seems mundane and harmless. and faster, there, the OPEN sign, left on.” The answers arising from this process are starThe book is a quiet page-turner, a quiet mystery and a quiet thriller, if there can be such a thing. Mc- tling: What happens in your home when you are not Namer’s greatest strength is capturing the impor- there? Who is your neighbor, really? Who sits at your tance of small moments and small things–and of spot at the lunch counter before you arrive and after capturing sensations: a certain feeling, an odd smell, you leave? What is your dog barking at when he seems a beautiful moment in the weather. Although the plot to be barking at nothing? Who is the lunatic? Megan McNamer reads from Children and seems at first to lack action, every activity is written so largely that its significance comes across clearly, as Lunatics at Fact & Fiction Fri., Oct. 7, at 5:30 PM. when one character rings the doorbell of a stranger’s empty house before silently letting herself in. “She arts@missoulanews.com
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[art]
Necessary misses Best Fail Ever celebrates artistic blunders by Tess Haas
Last summer, artist Halisia Hubbard set out to prove a point about vanity. She spent hours walking around downtown Missoula and local parks, taking pictures of Missoula dogs— huskies, Boston terriers and beloved mutts— and rendering their likeness on paper via colored pencil. She called the project Best Dog in the World and hung the pictures on the walls of Sweet Peaks for a First Friday exhibit. The concept was simple: She hoped when people saw their dog among the multitudes of other dogs, the proud pet owners would realize neither they nor their dogs were that special. But to Hubbard’s dismay, that’s not what happened. Instead, when people saw the drawings, they remarked on how cute they were. Part of the problem, Hubbard says, is she didn’t draw enough dogs to create the crowd effect. To make matters worse, her great-grandmother pointed out that her experiment had the same premise as the Christopher Guest movie Best in Show. “So, fail,” Hubbard says. Hubbard tried to forget about the dogs, Courtney Blazon’s piece on Caligula is part of Real until last month when Real Good Art Space, Good’s First Friday show Best Fail Ever. known for its eclectic exhibits, put out an unusual call: It wanted to show a First Friday exhibit prized horse. As such, she wanted to draw oversized of failed work. Hubbard submitted one of her dog penises into the piece—but something stopped her. “I couldn’t commit myself to drawing the penises portraits. The idea for Best Fail Ever emerged when Jessica on the actual drawing, since it was going to hang at Vizzutti, a former coworker of Real Good’s owner, a gallery,” Blazon says. She was worried the venue wouldn’t want someJack Metcalf, approached him about the exhibit. Now an employee at the University of Montana’s Curry thing so explicit. And, at that moment, she says her Health Center, she sees the physical and mental toll work became a sort of failure. “It was a failure of courage on my part to stand stress can have on students. “Sometimes students feel like they have to do everything perfectly, and we want behind my work and let it speak for itself,” she says. Blazon is a successful artist whose work often apthem to know that isn’t the case,” Vizzutti says. “We want UM students to know failure is okay and com- pears in galleries. Her exhibit A Year Without Summer is currently showing at the Missoula Art Museum. But pletely normal.” Metcalf, who is an adjunct art professor at UM, Blazon admits failure is a crucial part of being an artist sees the pressure students face, too. Together, he and because it forces introspection. The penis work, which Vizzutti decided to create an exhibit that celebrates will appear in Best Fail Ever, speaks to that idea. “I think failure is integral to being an artist because failure as a necessary part of life. Students were invited to put examples of their failures on campus graf- you can only really grow and move forward through discovery,” she says. “And discovery can be ugly and painful, fiti boards as a way to lead up to the event. Metcalf says artists submitted some pieces that but hopefully leads to some revelation about the work.” As for Best Dog in the World, Halisia Hubbard adhad been rejected from past exhibits. They also submitted personal rejections—a failed gift to a lover, for mits revisiting her failed work has its benefits. “It taught me to research my ideas more, and that instance. But many of the pieces, like with Hubbard’s I really need to prepare if I want my work to land,” she dogs, were considered failures by the artist because says. “So, in some ways, it wasn’t a failure at all.” they didn’t live up to the artist’s standards. Real Good Art Space hosts Best Fail Ever Fri., For Courtney Blazon, one particular failure began with penises. The renowned local artist was Oct. 7, from 8 to 10 PM. working on a project last September about Caligula, arts@missoulanews.com the Roman emperor rumored to be intimate with his
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[film]
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Always Shine Least favorite camping experience.
The second annual Montana Film Festival showcases several narrative gems, including Always Shine. The feature begins with an epigraph that may be a tad misleading: “It is a woman’s birthright to be attractive and charming. In a sense, it is her duty… She is the bowl of flowers on the table of life.” The quote comes from a book about poise, personality and beauty, written predictably by a man. After that we see the introduction of our two main characters, a struggling actor with a fiery temper named Anna (Mackenzie Davis) and her timid, more successful friend Beth (Caitlin Fitzgerald). We see Beth in a close-up doing screen tests for a movie in which a couple of men are telling her all about the extensive nudity the role requires while they call her beautiful and sweet. You will throw up. Then we see Anna losing her temper with a mechanic who’s overcharged her. The mechanic tells her she should “be more ladylike.” At this point, I’m worried: Is the whole movie going to be a heavy-handed lesson in feminism, where the men are unequivocally awful and the women are victims? But then the two friends head to an isolated home in Big Sur for a weekend of soul searching, and thankfully, the film (based on a script by Lawrence Michael Levine) takes a series of strange and satisfying turns. I wonder if director Sophia Takal is deliberately messing with us. The women are unlikeable in different ways, but not without redemption. Always Shine chronicles them in a superficial industry controlled by men, but at its core, the film is a lot more about the women’s complicated relationship with each other. They’re jealous, and they don’t know themselves—it’s a dangerous combination that can’t help but culminate in violence. This is a David Lynch-inspired distortion of reality. By the end, nothing is certain, especially not the moral agenda I thought we were being fed at the start. Always Shine makes for an absorbing, entertaining and surprisingly deep cinematic experience.
In the short film Thunder Road, also screening at the festival, a young police officer gives the eulogy at his mother’s funeral. More than brilliant, it’s unlike any short film I’ve ever seen. Jim Cummings directs and stars as Officer Arnaud, who goes through all the feelings of grief in front of a subdued, likely scandalized audience. The film, which won this year’s short film grand jury prize at Sundance, is shot by cinematographer Drew Daniels in a single 12-minute take. It begins with a woman speaking familiar, trite words into a microphone with that characteristic reverb so common in church services. The real show begins when Officer Arnaud takes the stage with a pink boom box in hand to deliver his rambling speech. His mother was a saint and he was an ungrateful son. He stutters, says inappropriate things and cries. He threatens to perform Bruce Springsteen’s “Thunder Road” for the crowd (his mother’s favorite) and then, God help us, he does. It’s an exciting film first of all because Cumming’s performance transcends space and time with its veracity. He’s at once funny and heartbreaking, made all the more impressive because we know he did it in a single take. Secondly, I can’t get over his police uniform. Thunder Road comes to me at a pivotal time. In the wake of so many high-profile instances of police violence, I find it harder and harder to accept a police officer’s humanity. But we were all babies in our mother’s arms once—even mean cops who are drunk with power and shoot from the hip. Officer Arnaud, his pink boom box and his plainly human grief serve as a healthy reminder of that inescapable fact. Always Shine screens at the Roxy as part of the Montana Film Festival Sat., Oct. 8, at 6 PM and Sun., Oct. 9, at 4:30 PM. Thunder Road screens Sat., Oct. 8, at 8:15 PM, along with other shorts. arts@missoulanews.com
[film] Stars the voices of Andy Samberg, Katie Crown and Jordan Peele. Playing at the Carmike 12 and Pharaoplex.
OPENING THIS WEEK THE BIRTH OF A NATION The story of Nat Turner’s famous Virginia slave rebellion comes to the silver screen. Rated R. Stars Nate Parker, Armie Hammer and Aja Naomi King. Playing at the Carmike 12.
A STRAY A young Muslim refugee in Minneapolis crosses paths with a stray dog. Not Rated. Stars Barkhad Abdirahman, Fathia Absie and Faysal Ahmed. Playing Sat., Oct. 8, at 2:15 PM and Sun., Oct. 9, at 7:30 PM at the Roxy.
THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN Taking the train to work every day is usually pretty boring. Maybe Emily Blunt can jazz it up by getting embroiled in a murder investigation. Rated R. Also stars Rebecca Ferguson and Lisa Kudrow. Playing at the Carmike 12 and Pharaoplex.
SULLY Who would have thought crashing an airplane would be the best thing to happen to him? Rated PG-13. Stars Tom Hanks, Frank Marshall and Allyn Stewart. Playing at the Carmike 12 and Pharaoplex. TANNA Running away with the man you love is always a difficult decision. It’s even harder when you’re from rival tribes on the same island. Playing at the Roxy Thu., Oct. 6, at 7 PM and Sun., Oct. 9, at 2:15 PM.
MIDDLE SCHOOL: THE WORST YEARS OF MY LIFE When your principal is as bad as the one at Hills Village Middle School, maybe a little insurrection is in order. Rated PG. Stars Griffin Gluck, Andy Daly and Retta. Playing at the Carmike 12.
“Did I leave the oven on!?” The Girl on the Train opens at the Carmike 12 and Pharaoplex.
QUEEN OF KATWE Sometimes all it takes is a good game of chess to get you out of the slums of Uganda. Rated PG. Stars Madina Nalwanga, David Oyelowo and Lupita Nyong’o. Playing at the Carmike 12.
CERTAIN WOMEN Small-town life frames the interconnected stories of three different women. Stars Lily Gladstone, Michelle Williams and Laura Dern. Rated R. Playing Fri., Oct. 7, at 8 PM at the Roxy.
NOW PLAYING THE ALCHEMIST COOKBOOK Suffering from delusions of fortune, a young hermit hides out in the forest hoping to crack an ancient mystery, but pays a price for his mania. Not Rated. Stars Ty Hickson, Amari Cheatom and Fiji. Playing Fri., Oct. 7, at 5:15 PM and Sat., Oct. 8, at 7:15 PM at the Roxy. ALWAYS SHINE Taking a weekend trip with your best friend sounds like a good idea. I mean, what’s the worst that could happen? Stars Mackenzie Davis, Caitlin FitzGerald and Alexander Koch. This film is unrated. Playing Sat., Oct. 8, at 6 PM and Sun., Oct. 9, at 4:30 PM at the Roxy. (See Film.)
DEEPWATER HORIZON Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the water, the oil strikes back! Rated PG-13. Stars Mark Wahlberg, Kurt Russell and Kate Hudson. Playing at the Carmike 12 and the Pharaoplex. FIRST GIRL I LOVED Seventeen-year-old Anne just fell in love with Sasha, but Anne’s best friend Clifton does his best to get in the way. Not Rated. Stars Pamela Adlon, Tim Heidecker and Dylan Gelula. Playing Sat., Oct. 8, at 4:15 and Sun., Oct. 9, at 8 PM at the Roxy. KILLER OF SHEEP (1977) Working at the slaughterhouse puts some real strain on a family. Not Rated. Stars Henry G. Sanders, Kaycee Moore and Eugene Cherry. Playing Sat., Oct. 8, at 7 PM at the Roxy.
THE BRAND NEW TESTAMENT (LE TOUT NOUVEAU TESTAMENT) God’s daughter reveals the date of death for everybody in the world. Her pop is not pleased. Not rated. Stars Benoît Poelvoorde, Yolande Moreau and Catherine Deneuve. Playing Sun., Oct. 9, at the Roxy. 7 PM.
THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN Beleaguered townsfolk enlist seven outlaws to defend them from a corrupt industrialist in this remake from the director of Training Day. Rated PG-13. Stars Denzel Washington, Chris Pratt and Ethan Hawke. Playing at the Carmike 12 and the Pharaoplex.
BRIDGET JONES’S BABY Bridget Jones is 43, single and pregnant. Is the father McDreamy or Mark Darcy? Rated R. Stars Renée Zellweger, Colin Firth and Patrick Dempsey. Playing at the Carmike 12 and Pharaoplex.
MASTERMINDS He stole a cool million dollars, but still couldn’t afford a decent haircut. Rated PG-13. Stars Zach Galifianakis, Kristen Wiig and Owen Wilson. Playing at the Carmike 12 and Pharaoplex.
THE METROPOLITAN OPERA: TRISTAN UND ISOLDE Robert Wagner’s seminal opera comes to life as a live broadcast plays at the Roxy. Sat., Oct. 8, at 10 AM and Tue., Oct. 11, at 6 PM.
THEY LIVE Reaganomic aliens have infiltrated our planet. Now it’s up to Rowdy Roddy Piper to kick ass and chew bubblegum, and he’s all out of bubblegum. Rated R. Also stars Keith David and Buck Flowers. Playing Wed., Oct. 12, at the Roxy. 7 PM.
MISS PEREGRINE’S HOME FOR PECULIAR CHILDREN Being the new kid at school is always tough, especially when all the other students are a little peculiar. Also some of them are literal monsters. Rated PG-13. Stars Eva Green, Chris O’Dowd and Samuel L. Jackson. Playing at the Carmike 12 and the Pharaoplex.
TO SLEEP WITH ANGER Vagabond Harry pays an unexpected visit to an old sick chum who accepts the aimless man into his home, despite the fact that his household is already overcrowded. Rated PG. Stars Danny Glover, Paul Butler and Mary Alice. Playing Fri., Oct. 7, at 6 PM.
PHANTOM BOY A bedridden 11-year-old who can astral project and a courageous detective must save New York from a disfigured gangster in this animated tale. Rated PG. Stars the voice talent of Fred Armisen, Vincent D’Onofrio and Jared Padalecki. Screens Fri., Oct. 7, at 7:30 PM at the Roxy.
TOWER (2016) On August 1, 1966, Charles Whitman brought a rifle to the University of Texas and opened fire. The first mass school shooting in America is recreated by combining archival footage with rotoscopic animation in this provocative documentary. Not Rated. Playing Fri., Oct. 7, at 4 PM at the Roxy.
THE PRINCESS BRIDE Six-fingered jerks, giants and Rodents of Unusual Size all stand in this stable boy’s way as he fights for his true love. Rated PG. Stars Carey Elwes, Robin Wright Penn and André the Giant. Showing as a free outdoor screening, part of the Hip Strip Block Party, at the Roxy Sat., Oct. 8, at sunset.
TRACKTOWN A young, talented and lonely long-distance runner twists her ankle as she prepares for the Olympic trials and must do something she’s never done before: take a day off. Not Rated. Stars Alexi Pappas, Rachel Dratch and Nick Symmond. Playing Sat., Oct. 8, at 4 PM at the Roxy Theater.
SHORTS The Roxy Theater hosts an evening of hot new short films as part of Montana Film Festival. Thu., Oct. 6, at 7:15 PM, Fri., Oct. 7, at 6:15 PM and Sat., Oct. 8, at 8:15 PM. (See Film.) STORKS Instead of delivering babies, these storks find themselves delivering packages for a giant online retailer. Rated PG.
Capsule reviews by Charley Macorn. Planning your outing to the cinema? Visit the arts section of missoulanews.com to find up-to-date movie times for theaters in the area. You can also contact theaters to spare yourself any grief and/or parking lot profanities. Theater phone numbers: Carmike 12 at 541-7469; The Roxy at 728-9380; Wilma at 7282521; Pharaohplex in Hamilton at 961-FILM; Showboat in Polson and Entertainer in Ronan at 883-5603.
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These pets may be adopted at Missoula Animal Control 541-7387 MAYNARD•
Maynard is a 1 1/2-year-old male Pit Bull mix. Maynard has been through some unfortunate experiences, which makes him rather slow to warm up to new people. He was brought in by a Good Samaritan who watched him run from people who were throwing rocks at him. Maynard is quite the athlete and is not only able to jump 6 feet in the air, he can also climb chain link!
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ELLIE•Ellie is a 4-year-old female Pit Bull.
She loves the water. Her favorite game is chasing the spray of the garden hose. Ellie is a deva and wants to live the spoiled life. She doesn't think she should have to share it with any other pets or children. If you think you have what it takes to give Ellie the luxurious life she dreams of, come visit her!
2420 W Broadway 2310 Brooks 3075 N Reserve 6149 Mullan Rd 3510 S Reserve
GINGER• Ginger is a 3-year-old female Orange Tabby. She spends most of her day lounging in her cat bed. When she wants your affection, Ginger has the most adorable habit of standing on her hind legs and reaching up to meet your hand so you can pet her. Ginger thinks the shelter is too busy of a place for her and only comes out of her shell when foot traffic is minimal. AUGUST• August is a 4-year-old male LongHaired Tuxedo. He is a very gentle and easy going cat who loves to sit up high in his cat bed and take it all in. August is a very social boy who would enjoy curling up in your lap for an evening movie date, and keep your pillow warm while you're away. He'd make the perfect companion for a book lover, a movie buff, or anyone who loves to lounge about on the couch.
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EMILY• Emily is a 4-year-old female Dilute Tortie. She is a fun loving girl that is eager to follow you from room to room, keeping up on the latest gossip and trends of the household. Emily is a social butterfly and wants to be part of everything, but she's not overly pushy with her demands. She is a very gentle cat and doesn't get too worked up during play time.
RUTHIE• Ruthie is a 13-year-old female Border Collie. She is a sweet old girl who loves belly rubs, leaning against people's legs, and going for walks. Ruthie is looking for a retirement home where there will be no contest for attention or affection. Come meet this sweet old girl and see why they are called the golden years.
These pets may be adopted at the Humane Society of Western Montana 549-3934 SALLY• Calling all hound fans! Sally may just be your girl. This pretty girl is very excited to get hiking all over Western Montana, and would love to check out all the trails with you. She's a blank slate and would love to bond with her new person by taking a class or private lessons. Learn more about Sally online at www.myhswm.org
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HECATE• Hecate is a friendly, independent and playful long-hair Tortie. This 7-year-old beauty is looking for a home where she can be told how pretty she is and sometimes sit in your lap and be held . She’s lived with other cats and dogs, and is ready to find a comfortable home in Western Montana. Come visit Hecate at the shelter 5930 Highway 93 South in Missoula.
STEWART•This 2-year-old Aussie mix is a very active guy. He would love an adult family who can keep him busy! Whether it’s a long walk/hike or learning new skills in a Humane Society basic manners class, Stewart would like to stay occupied. Come visit Stewart at the shelter: 5930 Highway 93 South in Missoula.
SPENCER• Spencer is a shy guy whose favorite spot is hanging out in his cat tree and catching a bit of sunshine. This gentle cat loves his toys, being held, sleeping and hunting. He is ok with older cats and basically ignores smaller dogs. Come see if this active, independent guy is the kitty catch for you.
AUDREY•We’re still looking for a home for sweet Audrey who’s been at shelter since February. This young German Shepherd has some livelong medical needs, though it doesn’t slow her down. She loves people and gets along great with other dogs. Learn more about the kind of home Audrey needs by visiting us at 5930 Highway 93 South in Missoula. Open Sundays starting October 2 at noon.
LEAH• This one-year-old gal was out exploring Western Montana on her own, but decided she wants a cozy place to crash this fall and winter! Is her new home with you? Learn more about Leah on our website www.myhswm.org or visit her at the Humane Society of Western Montana. Open Sundays starting October 2!
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Tia’s Big Sky goes way beyond tamales by Kate Whittle The new Tia’s Big Sky restaurant features an eclectic menu. Expect big fat tamales filled with things like chili-spiced pumpkin or shredded pork. Expect organic rotisserie chicken. Expect chewy chocolatechip cookies. Expect thick handmade tortillas, tinted a dusky orange with paprika. It’s a menu that reflects the travels of its co-owner, Kim West, and it builds on the reputation of the Tia’s Tamales truck she started four years ago. “People see us gringas in the kitchen and they’re like, ‘I’m from New Mexico, give me a tamale,’” West says. “And I start rapping to them in Spanish and they’re like, okay, maybe it’s okay.” West, an exuberant woman with a shock of blonde hair, came to Montana in the most roundabout of ways. She grew up in Los Angeles, spent time in New Zealand and lived on a sailboat in San Francisco before setting out to sail around the world in the early 1990s. She didn’t make it all the way—it turns out in a sailor’s life you’re either “super excited or super bored”— and she stopped in Costa Rica where she lived for about 20 years. She opened two restaurants in towns situated in the Central American country’s tropical mountains. She recalls making Costa Rican staples like gallo pinto (beans with rice) or grilling papayas with potatoes. Her daughter, now 16, was born in Costa Rica. But West wasn’t done traveling yet—around 2002, she decided to pack up and moved to Montana. “I met a man,” she explains, and laughs. “But we won’t go into that.” The relationship didn’t work out, but she stayed in Missoula. Using her culinary background, she launched the Tia’s Tamales truck and championed the Tuesday night summer food-truck pod on Scott and Toole. A few years ago, West saw an opportunity to try to create a similar neighborhood attraction—and set up a place for food trucks to park in the winter—in the former Big Sky Drive-In space on West Broadway. “When we did the Scott and Toole Street gig, we had everybody in the neighborhood walking down on Tuesday nights,” West says. “And we don’t have that much on the Westside in the way of that. We have lots
WHAT’S GOOD HERE of breweries now, which is great, but no places to get food and hang out.” Her friend Kari Brittain, a landscape designer and farmer, joined in as a business partner. Renovating the 50-year-old drive-in took longer than they expected, and the location itself presented some challenges. Brittain points out how the front patio is paved with several decades’ worth of asphalt layers, so to her dismay, she can’t plant anything in the front of the building. Next spring, she hopes to set up hanging planters and garden plots in the back. “Rhubarb and gooseberries and grapes and peppers and mints,” Brittain says, counting off a list. “Things that we use in the kitchen.” In perhaps the oddest twist, they’re also renting out space in Tia’s parking lot for other food trucks, like Sonny’s Original Cheesesteaks. West acknowledges that it might seem weird to invite competition, but she thinks it will help draw more customers out to the up-and-coming section of West Broadway. It helps that Imagine Nation Brewery is nearby, and Western Cider is slated to open on California Street next year. “You do way better when you have a lot of food around you and you have a variety,” West says. “I just think the more you have, the more you attract people.” Tia’s Big Sky quietly opened in mid-September, and West and Brittain are still figuring out their plans for a grand opening; ideally one with a big dance party and local art. Ultimately, West hopes Tia’s and surrounding food trucks will foster the kind of laid-back, social atmosphere she loved in Costa Rica, where she fondly remembers being able to drop by friends’ houses and end up staying all day. “You crave a spot in the neighborhood like that,” West says. “The biggest thing here is the brewery. But it’s not just about the beer, it’s the social hang-out spot where you can go anytime. You just go, even by yourself, and hang out and meet people and talk. Yeah. So if we can create that...” kwhittle@missoulanews.com
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[dish] Asahi 1901 Stephens Ave 829-8989 asahimissoula.com Exquisite Chinese and Japanese cuisine. Try our new Menu! Order online for pickup or express dine in. Pleasant prices. Fresh ingredients. Artistic presentation. Voted top 3 People’s Choice two years in a row. Open Tue-Sun: 11am-10pm. $-$$$ Bernice’s Bakery 190 South 3rd West 728-1358 Gotta love Missoula in October and gotta love Bernice's! Piping hot cups of carefully crafted coffee or espresso compliment the fall chill. For breakfast (or after your morning workout) think of Bernice's as the perfect stop for tummy satisfaction. Handcrafted bran muffins, quiche, garlic hummus, jalapeno-cheddar croissants or pumpkin pound cake are just the tip of the iceberg. And don't forget that Halloween and Day of the Dead are Bernice's favorite. Come by and see what we have designed as you grab your sweet treats October 27 – November 2.xoxo bernice. bernicesbakerymt.com $-$$ Biga Pizza 241 W. Main Street 728-2579 Biga Pizza offers a modern, downtown dining environment combined with traditional brick oven pizza, calzones, salads, sandwiches, specials and desserts. All dough is made using a “biga” (pronounced bee-ga) which is a timehonored 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. $-$$ Bridge Pizza 600 S Higgins Ave. • 542-0002 bridgepizza.com A popular local eatery on Missoula’s Hip Strip. Featuring handcrafted artisan brick oven pizza, pasta, sandwiches, soups, & salads made with fresh, seasonal ingredients. Missoula’s place for pizza by the slice. A unique selection of regional microbrews and gourmet sodas. Dine-in, drive-thru, & delivery. Open everyday 11am - 10:30pm. $-$$ Burns Street Bistro 1500 Burns St. 543-0719 burnsstbistro.com We cook the freshest local ingredients as a matter of pride. Our relationship with local farmers, ranchers and other businesses allows us to bring quality, scratch cooking and fresh-brewed Black Coffee Roasting Co. coffee and espresso to Missoula’s Historic Westside neighborhood. Handmade breads & pastries, soups, salads & sandwiches change with the seasons, but our commitment to delicious food does not. Mon-Fri 7am - 2pm. Sat/Sun Brunch 9am - 2pm. $-$$ Butterfly Herbs 232 N. Higgins 728-8780 Celebrating 44 years of great coffees and teas. Truly the “essence of Missoula.” Offering fresh coffees, teas (Evening in Missoula), bulk spices and botanicals, fine toiletries & gifts. Our cafe features homemade soups, fresh salads, and coffee ice cream specialties. In the heart
of historic downtown, we are Missoula’s first and favorite Espresso Bar. Open 7 Days. $ Doc’s Gourmet Sandwiches 214 N. Higgins Ave. • 542-7414 Doc’s is an extremely popular gathering spot for diners who appreciate the great ambiance, personal service and generous sandwiches made with the freshest ingredients. Whether you’re heading out for a power lunch, meeting friends or family or just grabbing a quick takeout, Doc’s is always an excellent choice. Delivery in the greater Missoula area. We also offer custom catering!...everything from gourmet appetizers to all of our menu items. $-$$ Good Food Store 1600 S. 3rd West • 541-FOOD The GFS Deli features made-to-order sandwiches, Fire Deck pizza & calzones, rice & noodle wok bowls, an award-winning salad bar, an olive & antipasto bar and a self-serve hot bar offering a variety of housemade breakfast, lunch and dinner entrées. A seasonally-changing selection of deli salads and rotisserie-roasted chickens are also available. Locallyroasted coffee/espresso drinks and an extensive fresh juice and smoothie menu complement bakery goods from the GFS ovens and Missoula’s favorite bakeries. Indoor and patio seating. Open every day 7am-10pm $-$$ Grizzly Liquor 110 W Spruce St. 549-7723 • grizzlyliquor.com Voted Missoula’s Best Liquor Store! Largest selection of spirits in the Northwest, including all Montana micro-distilleries. Your headquarters for unique spirits and wines! Free customer parking. Open Monday-Saturday 9-7:30. $-$$$ Hob Nob on Higgins 531 S. Higgins • 541-4622 hobnobonhiggins.com Come visit our friendly staff & experience Missoula’s best little breakfast & lunch spot. All our food is made from scratch, we feature homemade corn beef hash, sourdough pancakes, sandwiches, salads, espresso & desserts. MC/V $-$$ India Grill & Curry House 400 E. Broadway 926-2021 facebook.com/indiagrillandcurryhouse Experience Missoula’s only authentic Indian restaurant! Try our unique, daily vegetarian or meat combos prepared with house-made curries and spices imported directly from India. Served with rice, naan bread, salad and dessert all served on traditional Thali-style plates. Also try our house-made Chai, Mango Lassi or our special Lemon Juice. New menu items and combos daily! Special orders and catering available. Mon-Sat - Lunch 11am-3pm / Dinner 5pm-9pm. $-$$ Iron Horse Brew Pub 501 N. Higgins 728-8866 ironhorsebrewpub.com We’re the perfect place for lunch, appetizers, or dinner. Enjoy nightly specials, our fantastic beverage selection and friendly, attentive service. Stop by & stay awhile! No matter what you are looking for, we’ll give you something to smile about. $$-$$$
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[dish] Iza 529 S. Higgins 830-3237 izarestaurant.com Local Asian cuisine feature SE Asian, Japanese, Korean and Indian dishes. Gluten Free and Vegetarian no problem. Full Beer, Wine, Sake and Tea menu. We have scratch made bubble teas. Come in for lunch, dinner, drinks or just a pot of awesome tea. Open Mon-Fri: Lunch 11:30-3pm, Happy Hour 36pm, Dinner M-Sat 3pm-close. $-$$ Liquid Planet 223 N. Higgins 541-4541 Whether it’s coffee or cocoa, water, beer or wine, or even a tea pot, French press or mobile mug, Liquid Planet offers the best beverage offerings this side of Neptune. Missoula’s largest espresso and beverage bar, along with fresh and delicious breakfast and lunch options from breakfast burritos and pastries to paninis and soups. Peruse our global selection of 1,000 wines, 400 beers and sodas, 150 teas, 30 locally roasted coffees, and a myriad of super cool beverage accessories and gifts. Find us on facebook at /BestofBeverage. Open daily 7:30am to 9pm. Liquid Planet Grille 540 Daly 540-4209 (corner of Arthur & Daly across from the U of M) MisSOULa’s BEST new restaurant of 2015, the Liquid Planet Grille, offers the same unique Liquid Planet espresso and beverage bar you’ve come to expect, with breakfast served all day long! Sit outside and try the stuffed french toast or our handmade granola or a delicious Montana Melt, accompanied with MisSOULa’s best fries and wings, with over 20 salts, seasonings and sauces! Open 7am-8pm daily. Find us on Facebook at /LiquidPlanetGrille. $-$$ Missoula Senior Center 705 S. Higgins Ave. (on the hip strip) 543-7154 themissoulaseniorcenter.org Did you know the Missoula Senior Center serves delicious hearty lunches every week day for only $4 for those on the Nutrition Program, $5 for U of M Students with a valid student ID and $6 for all others. Children under 10 eat free. Join us from 11:30 - 12:30 M-F for delicious food and great conversation. $ The Mustard Seed Asian Cafe Southgate Mall 542-7333 Contemporary Asian fusion cuisine. Original recipes and fresh ingredients combine the best of Japanese, Chinese, Polynesian, and Southeast Asian influences. Full menu available at the bar. Award winning desserts made fresh daily , local and regional micro brews, fine wines & signature cocktails. Vegetarian and Gluten free menu available. Takeout & delivery. $$-$$$ Korean Bar-B-Que & Sushi 3075 N. Reserve 327-0731 We invite you to visit our contemporary KoreanJapanese restaurant and enjoy it’s warm atmosphere. Full Sushi Bar. Korean bar-b-que at your table. Beer and Wine. $$-$$$
Orange Street Food Farm 701 S. Orange St. 543-3188 orangestreetfoodfarm.com Experience The Farm today!!! Voted number one Supermarket & Retail Beer Selection. Fried chicken, fresh meat, great produce, vegan, gluten free, all natural, a HUGE beer and wine selection, and ROCKIN’ music. What deal will you find today? $-$$$
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Pearl Cafe 231 E. Front St. 541-0231 pearlcafe.us Country French meets the Northwest. Idaho Trout with King Crab, Rabbit with Wild Mushroom Ragout, Garden City Beef Ribeye, Fresh Seafood Specials Daily. House Made Charcuterie, Sourdough Bread & Delectable Desserts. Extensive wine list; 18 wines by the glass and local beers on draft. Reservations recommended for the intimate dining areas. Visit our website Pearlcafe.us to check out our nightly specials, make reservations, or buy gift certificates. Open Mon-Sat at 5:00. $$-$$$ Pita Pit 130 N Higgins 541-7482 pitapitusa.com Fresh Thinking Healthy Eating. Enjoy a pita rolled just for you. Hot meat and cool fresh veggies topped with your favorite sauce. Try our Chicken Caesar, Gyro, Philly Steak, Breakfast Pita, or Vegetarian Falafel to name just a few. For your convenience we are open until 3am 7 nights a week. Call if you need us to deliver! $-$$ Sushi Hana 403 N. Higgins 549-7979 SushiMissoula.com Montana’s Original Sushi Bar. We Offer the Best Sushi and Japanese Cuisine in Town. Casual atmosphere. Plenty of options for non-sushi eaters including daily special items you won’t find anywhere else. $1 Specials Mon & Wed. Lunch Mon–Sat; Dinner Daily. Sake, Beer, & Wine. Visit SushiMissoula.com for full menu. $$-$$$ Taco Sano Two Locations: 115 1/2 S. 4th Street West 1515 Fairview Ave inside City Life 541-7570 • tacosano.net Home of Missoula’s Best BREAKFAST BURRITO. 99 cent TOTS every Tuesday. Once you find us you’ll keep coming back. Breakfast Burritos served all day, Quesadillas, Burritos and Tacos. Let us dress up your food with our unique selection of toppings, salsas, and sauces. Open 10am-9pm 7 days a week. WE DELIVER. $-$$
Westside Lanes 1615 Wyoming 721-5263 Visit us for Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner served 8 AM to 9 PM. Try our homemade soups, pizzas, and specials. We serve 100% Angus beef and use fryer oil with zero trans fats, so visit us any time for great food and good fun. $-$$
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What it is: A passport where you can document your visits to all nine Missoula breweries and all three Missoula distilleries. It includes a map of the drinking trail with spaces for stamps from each location and it features local tips on food trucks, happy hours and award-winning brews. Where it originated: Former Bay Area residents Brice and Lisa Ginardi built the website and have been test running the booze trail for the last five months. Kettlehouse bartender Ryan Weingardt recently relaunched it and will continue to update the site and Instagram account. “I’m trying to be a source of information for craft beer and spirits,” Weingardt says. What you win: Once your passport is full, you can send it to Weingardt at P.O. Box 8411, Missoula, MT, 59807. Checking off all breweries gets you a stainless steel pint glass. Checking off all distilleries gets you a stainless
steel shot glass. Or you can get both if you’re a true lush. How to do it: The Spirit and Ale Trail is for locals and tourists alike, so approaches vary. Anyone can rent the 15-seat Thirst Gear bike-like contraption for groups that want to really make a dent in the trail, while the free bus system offers a cheaper option. But there’s no rush: If the burgeoning craft alcohol industry is any indication, this trail isn’t disappearing anytime soon. More info: Visit missoulaspiritandaletrail.com to print out a passport or stop by a local brewery or distillery for further details. —Erika Fredrickson Happiest Hour celebrates western Montana watering holes. To recommend a bar, bartender or beverage for Happiest Hour, email editor@missoulanews.com.
$8.00 Sushi Lunch Combo with miso soup and green salad It will get you through the day!
406-829-8989 1901 Stephens Ave Order online at asahimissoula.com. Delicious dining or carryout. Chinese & Japanese menus.
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WED | 8 PM | ADAMS Orange County's Common Kings bring the thunder and lightning to the Adams Center for a raucous, feel-good time Wed., Oct. 12. Doors at 7 PM, show at 8. $20.
SAT | 10 PM | TOP HAT
FRI | 8 PM | WILMA
Folk singer-songwriter Sean Hayes rambles into the Top Hat Sat., Oct. 8. Doors at 9 PM, show at 10. $20/$15 advance.
Nahko & Medicine for the People play the Wilma Fri., Oct. 7. Doors at 7 PM, show at 8. $22–$27.
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THU | 10-13| 10 PM | TOP HAT The Scott Pemberton Trio give every other guitarist a run for their money at the Top Hat, Thu., Oct. 13. Show at 10. Free.
FRI | 10 PM | TOP HAT Soundslikeagoodshow. The 4onthefloor play the Top Hat Fri., Oct. 7. Doors at 9:30 PM, show at 10. $10/$8 advance.
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The miniNaturalist Pre-K program at the Montana Natural History Center engages youngsters in the exploration of the natural world through fun hands-on activities, games and play. 10 AM–11 AM. Head to montananaturalist .org for registration and more info.
nightlife The Montana Film Festival is four days of film and fun. For more information and full lineup head to montanafilmfestival.com. This month’s Climate Smart Missoula’s meetup focuses on green building, energy efficiency and conservation. Imagine Nation Brewing. 5 PM. Singer-songwriter Eryn Bent returns to Bitter Root Brewing for an enchanting night of music. 6 PM– 8:30 PM. Free. Thursdays are stupid. Make them better with beer and the music of Andre Floyd at Draught Works. 6 PM–8 PM. Free. Whenever I hear their name, all I can think about are those fat cats and crooks in Congress. Sorry to get so political. Be enveloped by Thievery Corporation’s electronic sound at the Wilma. Doors at 7 PM, show at 8. $48/$44 in advance at thewilma.com So you’re telling me Rosemary was a red herring? Well, cumin to Fact & Fiction where author Leslie Budewitz reads and signs Killing Thyme. 7 PM. Free. Unleash your cogent understanding of the trivium at Brooks and Browns Big Brains Trivia Night. Get cash toward your bar tab for first place, plus specials on beer. 200 S. Pattee St. in the Holiday Inn Downtown. 7:30–10 PM. Dead Hipster Dance Party is so cool even I don’t know about it. The Badlander, 208 Ryman St., with $1 well drinks from 9 PM to midnight. 21-plus. Homegrown Stand-Up Comedy open mic at the Union Club. Sign up by 9:30 PM Show at 10. Free. Start spreading the news! There’s Karaoke today! You don’t need to be a veteran of the Great White Way to sing your heart out at the Broadway Bar. 9:30 PM. Free. Tahj and Sweatshop Sneakers creep into the Top Hat Lounge for an evening of social conscious hip-hop and next-level beats. Joined by Partygoers, the show kicks off at 10 PM. Free.
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Stevensville celebrates the first friday of each month with music, food and art. For more info visit mainstreet stevensville.com. Featuring movies, workshops and ninja training, Hootenanny is Missoula’s festival of serious kids stuff. Kick things off at the Roxy. 7:30 PM. Free.
two great tastes are making one great evening. 6 PM–8 PM. Free. David Horgan and Beth Lo provide the soundtrack to Ten Spoon Vineyard. 6 PM. $8-$10.
You spin me right round, Tom Catmull, right round. Join Missoula’s radio static impresario along with Chris Cunningham and Matt Strachan at the Crystal for Songwriters In the Round. 8 PM. $12.
You don’t need a dance floor to bust a move. The UM Dancers take their steps to the streets with a living, breathing dance routine. UM Mansfield Mall. 5 PM–7 PM. Free.
They really do take their name seriously. Band in Motion make their way to the Rustic Hut in Florence. 9 PM. Free.
The Montana Film Festival is four days of film and fun. For more information and full lineup head to montanafilmfestival.com
The Montana Innocence Project celebrates its annual open house with special guest defense attorney Dean Strang from “Making a Murder.” UM law school 5:30 PM–7:30 PM. Free. Look, I know you love the awesome music of Larry Hirshberg. I also know you enjoy a cold one at Missoula Brewing Co. Luckily for you
Puppet, obey your master by seeing Metallica tribute band Blistered Earth at the Palace. Doors at 9 PM, show at 10. $8. Monk’s Fishbowl Friday brings you the best music and the best art. Dance to the music of Dubsfeld, 3MC and Stano while enjoying the art of Amberlina Kurzenbaum. 9 PM. Free.
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Megan McNamer and David Cates read and sign copies of their books Children and Lunatics and The Mysterious Location of Kyrgystan at Fact & Fiction. 5:30 PM.
when Mr. Strang stops by the Dennison Theatre to discuss the Steven Avery Case. 8 PM. $25.
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Missoula’s radio static impresario, Tom Catmull, joins Chris Cunningham and Matt Strachan at the Crystal. 8 PM. $12. The Trail Head’s 13th Annual Women’s Night features fun and fundraising to help support breast cancer awareness. 5 PM. Free for women, $10 for guys. Suck it, Patriarchy. Nahko & Medicine for the People work towards bridging cultural gaps with music. Help build these bridges at the Wilma. Doors at 7 PM. Show at 8. $22–$27.
The Country Boogie Boys boogie on down to the Eagles for a night of foot-stompin’ music. 8 PM. Free. You probably know attorney Dean Strang from the Netflix Documentary “Making a Murderer.” You also probably know that our criminal justice system is a weird miasma of broken rules and systemic failures. These two things come together
Drop Culture is back with another First Friday installment, bringing all sorts of high-energy dance music to the Badlander. This month’s DJ lineup includes residents Mark Myriad & M-AD. Doors at 9 PM, show at 10. Free. 21-plus. Gladys Friday brings the funk every night of the week, but tonight they’re doing it at the Union Club. 9:30 PM. Free. Soundslikeagoodshow. The 4on thefloor play the Top Hat Lounge. Doors at 9:30 PM, show at 10. $10/$8 in advance.
First Friday The 1815 eruption of Mount Tambora was so powerful it lowered global temperatures, leading to a worldwide epidemic of crop failures. The Year Without a Summer inspired artist Courtney Blazon to create her new drawing installation at Missoula Art Museum. 335 N. Pattee. 5 PM– 8 PM. Be one of the first to see the unveiling of Chuck Jarasek’s public mural at Imagine Nation Brewing. 4 PM– 8 PM. 1151 W. Broadway. Nancy Erickson’s The Lynx explores the world of our furry feline friend. Gallery 709. 709 Ronan. 5 PM–9 PM. Father and daughter artists Dan and Rachel Agosto team up for a new gallery show at Berkshire Hathaway Homeservices. 314 N. Higgins. 5 PM–8 PM. Joe Smith turned the tree bark in his garden into whimsical carvings. See the final results at Bernice’s Bakery. 190 S. 3rd. 5 to 8PM.
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Patient Expressions is a photography series which features the patients, providers and plants in the Montana Medical Marijuana Program. How’s that for alliteration? At Flower, 133 N. Higgins. 5 PM–9 PM. (See Feature.) It’s time for all good monsters to go to bed. The ZACC closes out the Missoula Monster Project with one last hurrah. 235 N. 1st W. 5 PM–8 PM. Tim T. Thorton’s fascination with cinematic icons and pointillism comes together for the Astral Project at Clyde Coffee. 610 S Higgins. 5 PM–8 PM. The top teams of creators give a sneak peak at the items they created during Spontaneous Construction 2016. The Florence Building. 5 PM– 6:30 PM. Need to loosen up a bit? Inner Harmony Yoga offers a donation-based class at 5:15, live music and the art of Katie DeTemple. 214 E. Main. 5 PM–8 PM. Art is a family affair for the Briney family. No really. 4 Ravens Gallery
showcases work from five members of this creative family. 248 N. Higgins. 5 PM–8 PM. Leave the kiddos at home for this one. Please Don’t Tag My Dad collects the obscene, the vulgar and the distasteful at Betty’s Divine. 509 S. Higgins. 5PM-8 PM. Slither over to Rattlesnake Creek Distillers to see the photograhpy of Adam Birely. 128 W. Alder. 5 PM– 8 PM. Bone beetles, DJs, good friends and drinking. These aren’t just a few of my favorite things, but also what you’ll see at Taxidermy Menagerie at Moksha Aerial Studio. 1200 Shakespeare. 5 PM–8 PM. (See Spotlight). Amity Parks’ 40 nights in Bruges is the inspiration for The Artists’ Shop’s new exhibit. 127 N. Higgins. 5 PM– 8 PM. Helena’s Sky Angove brings a bit of subtle chaos to his opening at E3 Convergence Gallery. 229 W. Main. 5 PM–9 PM.
Saquoia Penelope explores the beautiful side of fear in Your Nightmares Fall in Love at Butterfly Herbs. If my fears fell in love I’d have to attend a wedding for Commitment Issues and Sexual Inadequacy. 232 N. Higgins. 5 PM–8 PM. First the beetles cut tunnels into the wood. Then Larry Evans paints it up. See the breathtaking results at Lake Missoula Tea Company. 136 E. Broadway. 5 PM–8 PM. See a comprehensive retrospective of Mary Beth Percival’s artistic career at Frame of Mind. 1706 Brooks. 5:30 PM–9 PM. Clay Studio of Missoula showcases its permanent collection of work from past artists-in-residence, workshop artists and regional artists. 1106 Hawthorne. 5:30 PM–9 PM. Real Good Art Space shakes things up with a whole exhibit about failure. See the biggest goofs of over a dozen artists. 1205 Defoe. 8 PM– 10 PM. (See Art.)
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Saturday Missoula’s Farmers Market is located at the XXXXs at the north end of Higgins Ave from 8AM–12:30 PM. The Clark Fork Market is under the Higgins Bridge from 8AM-–1 PM .
Certain Women star Lily Gladstone, Blackout director Alana Waksman and local director Brooke Swaney present a live table read of Waksman’s newest script, Cheyenne Is Burning. The Roxy. 12 PM. Free. What a foreboding name for such a fun event. The Children’s Harvest Party at the Daly Mansion lets the kiddos enjoy some fall fun with pumpkin painting, cider pressing and seed collecting. And if this is some sort of ruse by HE WHO WALKS BEHIND THE ROWS, I’m really sorry. 1 PM–4 PM.
Los Angeles Times film critic Kenneth Turan, Oregonian film critic Mark Mohan, and our own arts editor Erika Frederickson discuss the state of criticism at the Roxy. 2 PM. Free. The Mississippi Valley Delta Devils invade Washington Grizzly Stadium for a football match for the ages. I personally love flying Delta and don’t get what all the hate is
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about. 2:30 PM. The Hip Strip is the place to be for the best block party this side of the Clark Fork. Kinda on the Clark Fork, actually. Pretty darn close to say the least. Festivites include a carnival, mechanical bull, and a free outdoor screening of The Princess Bride. 4 PM–10 PM.
nightlife The Montana Film Festival continues. For info go to montanafilmfestival.com Catch the singer-songwriter John Floridis at Missoula Brewing Company. 6 PM. Free. I’m telling you the truth! Malarkey is playing Ten Spoon Vineyard. 6 PM– 8 PM. $8-$10. Back at the brewery, the Letter B bring bass, beats and beautiful bedlam to Draught Works. 6 PM–8 PM. Free. Wailing Jennings, Curbside Couch, New Old Future and Rotgut Whines come together for a musical benefit for the Zuleger family at Stage 112. Doors at 7 PM, show at 8. $5. Kirko Bangz is joined by Flex Gang,
Levi Miller & Christian Twite, Timmy Montana, Dex Eastwood and Chez at Monk’s to discuss how they’ll defeat Superman. Or, maybe for music. Either way. $20. 8 PM. 18-plus.
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Once she collects the pieces, inGrowing up in Montana, artist Nichole “Neeko” Page saw freezers cluding from alpacas, impalas and full of game animals everywhere she large beetles, she removes any rewent. But it wasn't the meat that struck maining bits of flesh by soaking out her interest. It was what was leftover. any residual detritus from the Feeling that no part of an animal scraps in water and natural bacteshould go to waste, Page decided to ria in a process called maceration. turn the remains into art. The process, She then finishes them off with a peroxide however, was bath. Then not a speedy Page assemone. “It's taken WHAT: Taxidermy Menagerie bles the bones two years of WHO: Nichole Page and, using a slowly tinkering variety of difto acquire all WHEN: Fri., Oct. 7, 5 PM–8 PM ferent medithe inventory I ums from oils have today. It's WHERE: Moksha Aerial Studios to inks, crenever-ending.” HOW MUCH: Free ates one-of-a she says. Page kind art. The has never specifically sought out any of the re- result of this work is the subject mains in her work. Rather she uses of a new exhibit, Taxidermy whatever she can find. This way the Menagerie, opening this Friday. art comes from what's on hand, and —Charley Macorn not from her own preconceived ideas.
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Sunday Filmmaker Andrew Smith gives you an early sneak peak at his newest film, Walking Out, at the Roxy Theater. 12 PM. Free. If you think the two-step is impressive, just wait until you see my new sevenstep. Game changer. The Rustic Hut welcomes everyone to dance the night away for the Five Valley Accordion Club. 1 PM–4 PM. Free. Five newly written 15-minute plays by local writers are given a staged reading using local directors and actors at the Masquer Theatre. Catch
the 5 on 5 Play Slam at 2 PM. $5. The monthly LGBTQ Spirituality Group meets to discuss queer perspectives on spirituality at the Western Montana Community Center. 3-4 PM. Give your four-legged friends a paw up by helping the Bitter Root Humane Association with a fundraiser at Bitter Root Brewing. 4 PM–8 PM.
nightlife You don’t need a dance floor to bust a move. The UM Dancers take their
steps to the streets with a living, breathing dance routine. UM Mansfield Mall. 5 PM–7 PM. Free. Two Eryn Bent performances in one week? What a time to be alive. Catch the music at Draught Works. 5 PM–7 PM. Free. The Montana Film Festival is four days of film and fun. For more information and full lineup head to montanafilmfestival.com The 18-piece Ed Norton Big Band is taking a break from annoying the Ralph Kramden Orchestra to put
Monday The University of Montana celebrates Indigenous Peoples’ Day with three days of celebration. Visit umt.edu/uc/student-involvement for a full schedule of events. Spend Monday morning exploring the fall foliage around Missoula before relaxing with a hot beverage with Coffee Walks. This week explore the North Hills Cherry Gulch. Meet at Currents Aquatics Center. 9 AM-12 PM. $5. Sip a fancy cocktail for a cause at Moscow Monday at the Montgomery Distillery, 129 W. Front St. A dollar from every drink sold is donated to Blackfoot Challenge. Bring the family! 12 PM–8 PM.
Rebecca Durham and Catherine Lacey read from their newest work at the Badlander. 6 PM–9 PM. Free. Ghost is a pretty great name for a heavy metal band, but based on their theatrical costuming, they should really just go by Skeleton Pope. Mosh your way to the Wilma
for an out-of-control show. Doors at 7 PM. Show at 8. $31.50/$29.50 advance. (See Music.) Sundays are shaken, not stirred, at the Badlander’s Jazz Martini Night, with $5 martinis all evening, live jazz and local DJs keepin’ it classy. Music starts at 8 PM. Free. Two jam bands for the price of one! Vermont’s Twiddle teams up with Bozeman’s own Kitche Dwellers for a show that’s not to be missed. The Top Hat. Doors at 8 PM, show at 9. $15/$12 advance.
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some swing in the month’s second Sunday when they play the Missoula Winery, 5646 Harrier Way, 6–8 PM. $7. Polish your steps with $5 swing lessons at 4:45 PM. Visit missoulawinery.com.
nightlife I think it’s highly suspect that Brooklyn rockers Highly Suspect don’t have an alibi. Keep them under surveillance, gumshoes. The Palace. Doors at 7 PM, show at 8. $20/$18 advance. 18-plus. Open Mic Night at Imagine Nation Brewing. Sign up when you get there. Every Monday from 6–8 PM. The press release says indie rockers Glass Animals are from England. I just assumed they lived in a Tennessee Williams play. Regardless, come down to the Wilma for a fantastic show. Doors at 7 PM, show at 8. $30.50–$35.50. Bop on down to Shakespeare & Co. to hear Joe Anderson read from his tale of sex, drugs and rock and roll. 7 PM. Free.
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University Center Open Mic. Music, singing, spoken word and more. 7 PM–11 PM. Free. Helping Parents Heal, a new support group and healing group for bereaved parents and families, meets at Unity Church of Missoula. This group allows for an open discussion of spiritual experiences and afterlife evidence. 7:15 PM. California punks Joyce Manor came up with their name while drunk at Disneyland. The best idea I had while drunk at Disneyland got me sued for copyright infringement. Joined by The Hotelier and Crying, the doors open at 8 PM, show at 9. The Badlander $15/$13 advance.(See Music.) Aaron “B-Rocks” Broxterman hosts karaoke night at the Dark Horse Bar. 9 PM. Free.
Engage with history! See some of most fascinating items from Mansfield Library’s Archives with 20in20. 5:30 PM. Free. Email library.archives@umontana.edu to book your spot. Enjoy a puzzle and a pint at Missoula Brewing Co. Teams of 3 to 5 will work different sets of puzzles while enjoying a cold one. 6 PM– 9 PM.
nightlife Public Lands are all around us. See how they affect our lives when a cadre of storytellers celebrate our natural heritage at the Top Hat with Wild Stories. 6 PM. Free. Get those thumbs limbered up! The Official MPL Gamers Club meets to play Wii and Xbox 360 in the YA dept. at the Missoula Public
Library. Ages 13–19, 6:30 PM. Show off your big brain at Quizzoula trivia night, every Tuesday at the VFW, 245 W. Main St. Current events, picture round and more. 8:30 PM. Free. Our trivia question for this week: Which gem is the only North American gem in the Crown Jewels of England? Answer in tomorrow’s Nightlife. Don’na ongaku ga sukidesu ka? Japan’s Shonen Knife have been rocking for over 30 years. Now they’re stopping by Missoula for a night of punk rock at Monk’s. Doors at 9 PM. Show at 10. $15. Mike Avery hosts the Music Showcase every Tuesday, featuring some of Missoula’s finest musical t a l e n t . A t t h e B a d l a n d e r, 9 PM–1 AM. To sign up, email michael.avery@live.com.
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Wednesday good time. Doors at 7 PM. Show at 8. $20/$15 students.
Head to Missoula Winery for lawn game madness every Wednesday through the summer. Croquet, bocce and petanque (that’s French for bocce) from 4–7 PM.
I too used to be a Cold War kid, but only because my parents had a super weird relationship. Indie rock bands Cold War Kids and The Strumbellas play the Wilma. Doors at 7 PM, show at 8. $35/$25 advance at thewilma.com
nightlife Catch the country music as Blacksmith Brewery welcomes Jessica Lynne for a night of music. 6 PM. Free. Wait, is this the one with the pod people? Michael Hodges reads and signs from his book The Invasive at Fact & Fiction. 7 PM. Win big bucks off your bar tab and/or free pitchers by answering trivia questions at Brains on Broadway Trivia Night at the Broadway
Get up onstage at VFW’s open mic, with a different host each week. Halfprice whiskey might help loosen up those nerves. 8 PM. Free.
Cold War Kids play the Wilma Wed., Oct. 12. Doors at 7 PM, show at 8. $35/$25 advance at thewilma.com Sports Bar and Grill, 1609 W. Broadway Ave. 7 PM. Trivia answer: Yogo Sapphire.
Get your yodel polished up for rockin’ country karaoke night, every Wed. at the Sunrise Saloon. 9 PM. Free.
Orange County’s Common Kings bring the thunder & lightning to the Adams Center for a raucous, feel-
Kraptastic Karaoke indulges your need to croon, belt and warble at the Badlander, 9 PM, no cover.
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clude the date, time, venue and cost. Send to Cal-eesi, Mother of Calendars c/o the Independent, 317 S. Orange St., Missoula, MT 59801. Or submit your events online at missoulanews.com.
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Thursday Nicky Phear, program director for UM climate change studies program presents Climate and Culture Deep in the Mekong Delta, at the University Center. 12 PM–1 PM. Free
nightlife Any word on if their guitars, drum kits and oboes got caught in the rain? Good thing they had their Basses Covered. Boom. Perfect joke. Catch the show at Draught Works. 6 PM–8 PM. Free. Questions about the Federal Reserve? I know I do. Like, what is it? Spend an evening with Neel Kashkari where the Federal Reserve Bank president speaks about his initiative to end “Too Big to Fail.” 7 PM. RSVP at hs.umt.edu/hs/rsvp. Slayer is joined by Anthrax and Death Angel to strike the unholy hammer of thrash metal at the
Wilma. Doors at 6:30 PM, show at 7:10. $49.50–$65 at ticketfly.com. Unleash your cogent understanding of the trivium at Brooks and Browns Big Brains Trivia Night. Get cash toward your bar tab for first place, plus specials on beer. 200 S. Pattee St. in the Holiday Inn Downtown. 7:30–10 PM. Dead Hipster Dance Party is so cool even I don’t know about it. The Badlander, 208 Ryman St., with $1 well drinks from 9 PM to midnight. 21-plus. There’s Karaoke tonight at the Broadway Bar. 9:30 PM. Free. I’m not saying Scott Pemberton sold his soul to be the avatar of guitar music on Earth. I am definitely not saying that. I’m just saying no human can play guitar like this. See for yourselves at the Top Hat. Doors at 9:30 PM, show at 10. Free.
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Agenda According ot UM’s website, a study looking at the diversity gap in children's books from 1994 to 2014 showed that of the thousands and thousands of children’s books published in the United States, only 10 percent contained multicultural content. Furthermore, of the 393 books published about people of color in 2014, less than half were actually written by people from that culture. And these are just for children’s books. Adult publishing likewise faces its own issues. Eighty-eight percent of books reviewed in The New York Times are written by white authors. For an increasingly diverse nation, these statistics are troubling. What can be done, and who can do it? Poets Ruth Ellen Kocher and Carmen Giménez Smith have worked within this system for years. The duo speaks at the UM Liberal Arts building about the inequalities they faced, as
well as what can be done to make publishing more welcome and open to voices we don't hear. —Charley Macorn Ruth Ellen Kocher and Carmen Giménez Smith give their presentation in room #103b of the UM Liberal Arts building Fri., Oct 7, at noon. Free.
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Painful inflammation and stiffness of the joints can interfere with everyday tasks, but those living with arthritis can find support at Summit Independent. The Arthritis Support Group holds meetings every first Thursday of the month, from noon-1 PM.
The monthly LGBTQ Spirituality Group meets every month to discuss queer perspectives on spirituality at the Western Montana Community Center. 3-4 PM.
This month’s Climate Smart Missoula’s meetup focuses on green building, energy efficiency and conservation. I used to live in a completely green house. All it took was a coat of paint. Imagine Nation Brewing. 5 PM.
FRIDAY OCTOBER 7 The Women in Black stand in mourning of international violence every Friday on the Higgins bridge from 12:15–12:45 PM. Visit jrpc.org/calendar to learn more. Folks with disabilities can get creative at Art Group, every second and fourth Friday of the month at Summit Independent from 2-4 PM. Call 728-1630. The girl’s youth group, ARIELS, meets every first Friday of the month at Summit Independent Living Center, 700 SW Higgins, from 3:30-6 PM. Check out summitilc.org. The Montana Innocence Project celebrates its annual open house with special guest defense attorney Dean Strang from “Making a Murderer.” UM law school 5:30 PM–7:30 PM. Free. The Trail Head’s 13th Annual Women’s Night features fun and fundraising to help support breast cancer awareness and help fund screenings for local women. 5 PM. Free for women, $10 for guys. Suck it, Patriarchy. You probably know attorney Dean Strang from the Netflix Documentary “Making a Murderer.” You also probably know that our criminal justice system is a weird miasma of broken rules and systemic failures. These two things come together when Mr. Strang stops by the Dennison Theatre to discuss the Steven Avery case. 8 PM. $25.
Give your four-legged friends a paw up by helping the Bitter Root Humane Association with a fundraiser at Bitter Root Brewing. 4 PM–8 PM.
MONDAY OCTOBER 10 The Missoula Brewing Company donates 75 cents of every Bockand 50 cents of every other pint sold between 5 PM and 8 PM to Glacier Ice Rink! The University of Montana celebrates Indigenous Peoples’ Day with three days of celebration. Visit umt.edu/uc/student-involvement for a full schedule of events. Sip a fancy cocktail for a cause at Moscow Monday at the Montgomery Distillery, 129 W. Front St. A dollar from every drink sold is donated to Blackfoot Challenge. Bring the family! 12 PM–8 PM. Find out how the Garden City grows at the weekly Missoula City Council meeting, where you can no doubt expect ranting public commenters, PowerPoint presentations and subtle wit from Mayor Engen. Missoula council chambers, 140 W. Pine St. Meetings are the first four Mondays of every month at 7 PM, except for holidays.
WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 12 Help your children gain empathy, greater self-esteem and better relationships with the Circle of Security. This free, six-week class gives you the skills to help with school readiness. Mountain Home Montana. 10:30 AM–12 PM. Nonviolent Communication Practice Group facilitated by Patrick Marsolek every Wednesday at Jeannette Rankin Peace Center. 12–1 PM. Email info@patrickmarsolek.com or 406-443-3439 for more information.
AGENDA is dedicated to upcoming events embodying activism, outreach and public participation. Send your who/what/when/where and why to AGENDA, c/o the Independent, 317 S. Orange, Missoula, MT 59801. You can also email entries to calendar@missoulanews.com or send a fax to (406) 543-4367. AGENDA’s deadline for editorial consideration is 10 days prior to the issue in which you’d like your information to be included. When possible, please include appropriate photos/artwork.
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ome of my favorite memories from childhood involve sitting with my grandfather, listening to him recount his lifetime of adventures exploring the forests of Pennsylvania. From coming face to face with a grizzly bear to swimming a quarter mile after his fishing boat capsized, every story was full of wit, humor and excitement. A lot of Montanans can connect to this. Our public lands surround us. We hike, hunt and ski them year-round. And because of our bold and courageous nature, we end up with exciting stories to pass on, just like my grandfather. On Tuesday, the Montana Wildlife Association hosts Wild Stories at the Top Hat—a night dedicated to celebrating natural tales. Local storytellers, includ-
ing Caitlin Piserchia, Melissa Mylchreest and Eliza Hazen, take the stage to recount their own moments of solitude and thrilling wilderness undertakings. When my grandfather passed, my father, brother and I took his ashes to the mountains he loved. As we shook out the plastic bag holding his remains, a gang of elk crossed a ridge and walked towards us. A sudden gust of wind picked up Grandpa’s ashes, sending them twirling into the herd. The elk all began sneezing. I left that mountain as witness to my grandfather's last wild story —Charley Macorn Montana Wildlife Association hosts Wild Stories at the Top Hat. Tue., Oct. 11 at 6 PM. Free.
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THURSDAY OCTOBER 6 The miniNaturalist Pre-K program at the Montana Natural History Center engages youngsters in the exploration of the natural world through fun hands-on activities, games and play. 10 AM–11 AM. Head to montananaturalist.org for registration and more info.
Expand your nature journaling skills by exploring different natural history topics in pen and watercolor at Nancy Seiler’s Studio. 1 PM–4 PM. $50, plus materials. Email nancy@nancyseiler.com for more info and registration.
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The Backcountry Hunters and Anglers Club offers a program on waterfowl hunting and calling strategies at the UM Forestry Building. 6 PM. Free.
The Missoula marathon running class is designed for beginning to advanced runners. Meet every Sunday morning at 8 AM, Run Wild Missoula in the basement of the Runner’s Edge, 304 N. Higgins. $100.
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Celebrate Montana Natural History Center’s silver anniversary with a night of auctions, dinner and nature at the UC Ballroom. 5 PM. $60.
Spend Monday morning exploring the fall foliage around Missoula before relaxing with a hot beverage with Coffee Walks. This week explore the North Hills Cherry Gulch. Meet at Currents Aquatics Center. 9 AM-12 PM. $5.
Join other pedalers for a weekly ride to Free Cycles Missoula and back to UM. Meet at the Grizzly statue. 12:30–2 PM. Free. Contact Sandra Broadus at 406-243-4599 for info. Tarantula feeding at the Missoula Butterfly House and Insectarium at 4 PM. $4 admission.
If you’re interested in the ecology of Irish birds and related culture (and who wouldn’t be?) check out Five Valleys Audubon’s next meeting at the UM Gallager Building with guest Terry McEneary. 7:30 PM–9 PM.
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You’ll be bright-eyed and bushy-tailed after Run Wild Missoula’s Saturday Breakfast Club Runs, which start at 8 AM every Saturday at Runner’s Edge, 325 N. Higgins Ave. Free to run. Visit runwildmissoula.org.
Join the Montana Dirt Girls every Tuesday for an all-women hike or bike. Find locations at facebook.com/MontanaDirtGirls. 6 PM.
Get ready for hunting season with Site-in Day at Deer Creek Shooting Center. Visit wmfga.org for rules, restrictions and more info. 10 AM– 2 PM.
The Missoula marathon running class is designed for beginning to advanced runners. Every Wednesday at 6 PM, Run Wild Missoula in the basement of the Runner’s Edge, 304 N. Higgins. $100.
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By Amy Alkon LOAF ACTUALLY I'm a 35-year-old woman, and my boyfriend of a year is 43. Sadly, my friends and family don't like him. They think he's "not good enough" for me. Their argument: He doesn't have a full-time job with benefits (like me), plus he smokes pot to relax; therefore, he is lazy and will live off me and my retirement money. (Sorry, but enjoying retirement alone isn't my idea of a "secure future.") He has a part-time job he likes, makes enough to pay his bills in a (small) house he owns, and saves for things he wants. He is loving, has my back to an unreasonable degree, and says he's pretty sure he used up all his luck getting me. Unfortunately, all minds are made up; there's no explaining what a deeply good man he is. I feel awkward bringing him to gatherings or even mentioning him. The worst, though, is my nagging question: Could they be right? – Torn –Torn There are people who chase their dreams, and there are those –like your boyfriend – who just chillax on the couch, smoking a doob, waiting for their dreams to be in the neighborhood and maybe knock on the door. He does sound like a good man – which doesn't necessarily mean he's a good man to make a life with (which is why everybody's campaigning for you to ditch him). Maybe you're thinking, “Okay, so he's kind of a laid-back dude. It's 2016; can't the woman be the breadwinner?” Well, yes...but his lack of drive is likely to be a problem – at least eventually. Evolutionary developmental psychologist Bruce J. Ellis explains that there's this notion by some social scientists – called the “structural powerlessness hypothesis” – that women only go for powerful men because they themselves lack power. This, Ellis writes, is “directly contradicted” by research – on feminist leaders, for example – that finds that “high-power women (want) super-powerful men”" They aren't all, “Well, I make plenty of money; I think I'll marry Hot Julio, the pool boy.” As for why this is, Ellis explains (as I often do) that ancestral women who went for mover-and-shaker men were more likely to have children who survived and passed on their genes. “Over evolutionary time,” he writes, “evaluative mechanisms” were built into female psychology to push
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women “to detect and prefer males” with a “willingness and ability” to provide for them and their children. A guy doesn't necessarily have to be rich for you to get your “man with mate value!” box checked. What seems to matter is potential – that he is ambitious and has a reasonable shot at achieving what he's going after. Now, maybe you went for your sweet underachiever as a reaction to jerks in your recent past – or because it's supposedly “shallow” to want a partner to be, say, at least a certain height or making some kind of mark in business. But, using the height example, if you really aren't attracted to shorter guys, getting involved with one is basically benevolent cruelty. Sooner or later, your libido's going to be all, “Okay, so you got drunk and went home with the garden gnome. But enough is enough.” It is possible that you and LaidBack Larry could live happily ever after. But ask yourself some questions: Where do you see yourself in five years? Could you count on him to put down the bong and go make money if you got sick? Will your friends and family come to accept him, or will you end up unhappily isolated? And finally, do you want kids? If so, consider that you can downscale your lifestyle but you can't downscale your kid from needing dental care or hand him makeshift forceps to take the toy truck out of his nose. Sure, this guy would probably be the ideal stay-at-home dad. But consider – in line with what Ellis explains – that a number of studies find that women married to a Mr. Mom often end up resenting and losing respect for him, and those marriages are more likely to end in divorce. You probably need some time to figure all of this out. Because people read the words in letters (instead of yelling over them), maybe write one to your family to ask them to be kind to him at family functions –for your sake. And finally, try not to be so dramatic about your options. You're 35. The fertility train might be leaving the station pretty soon, but it's not like this guy is your last chance before “Marriage is between a woman and her cat!" and "P.S. Snowball and I are registered at Bloomingdale's and Petco.”
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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY By Rob Brezsny ARIES (March 21-April 19): At a recent party, a guy I hardly know questioned my authenticity. “You seem to have had an easy life,” he jabbed. “I bet you haven't suffered enough to be a truly passionate person.” I didn't choose to engage him, but mused to myself, “Not enough suffering? What about the time I got shot? My divorce? My five-year-long illness? The manager of my rock band getting killed in a helicopter crash?” But after that initial reaction, my thoughts turned to the adventures that have stoked my passion without causing pain, like the birth of my daughter, getting remarried to the woman I divorced, and performing my music for excited audiences. I bring this up, Aries, because I suspect that you, too, will soon have experiences that refine and deepen your passion through pleasure rather than hardship. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): It's the Frank and Focused Feedback Phase, Taurus – prime time to solicit insight about how you're doing. Here are four suggestions to get you started. 1. Ask a person who loves and respects you to speak the compassionate truth about what's most important for you to learn. 2. Consult a trustworthy advisor who can help motivate you to do the crucial thing you've been postponing. 3. Have an imaginary conversation with the person you were a year ago. Encourage the Old You to be honest about how the New You could summon more excellence in pursuing your essential goals. 4. Say this prayer to your favorite tree or animal or meadow: “Show me what I need to do in order to feel more joy.” GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Many of my readers regard me as being exceptionally creative. Over the years, they have sent countless emails praising me for my original approach to problem-solving and art-making. But I suspect that I wasn't born with a greater talent for creativity than anyone else. I've simply placed a high value on developing it, and have worked harder to access it than most people. With that in mind, I invite you to tap more deeply into your own mother lode of innovative, imaginative energy. The cosmic trends favor it. Your hormones are nudging you in that direction. What projects could use a jolt of primal brilliance? What areas of your life need a boost of ingenuity?
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CANCER (June 21-July 22): Love wants more of you. Love longs for you to give everything you have and receive everything you need. Love is conspiring to bring you beautiful truths and poignant teases, sweet dispensations and confounding mysteries, exacting blessings and riddles that will take your entire life to solve. But here are some crucial questions: Are you truly ready for such intense engagement? Are you willing to do what's necessary to live at a higher and deeper level? Would you know how to work with such extravagant treasure and wild responsibility? The coming weeks will be prime time to explore the answers to these questions. I'm not sure what your answers will be.
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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Each of us contains a multiplicity of selves. You may often feel like there's just one of you rumbling around inside your psyche, but it's closer to the truth to say that you're a community of various characters whose agendas sometimes overlap and sometimes conflict. For example, the needy part of you that craves love isn't always on the same wavelength as the ambitious part of you that seeks power. That's why it's a good idea to periodically organize summit meetings where all of your selves can gather and negotiate. Now is one of those times: a favorable moment to foster harmony among your inner voices and to mobilize them to work together in service of common goals.
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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): The coming weeks will be one of the best times ever for wrestling with God or tussling with Fate or grappling with karma. Why do I say that? Because you're likely to emerge triumphant! That's right, you lucky, plucky contender. More than I've seen in a long time, you have the potential to draw on the crafty power and unruly wisdom and resilient compassion you would need to be an unambiguous winner. A winner of what? You tell me. What dilemma would you most like to resolve? What test would you most like to ace? At what game would you most like to be victorious? Now is the time.
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PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): In one of your nightly dreams, Robin Hood may team up with Peter Pan to steal unused treasure from a greedy monster – and then turn the booty over to you. Or maybe you'll meet a talking hedgehog and singing fox who will cast a spell to heal and revive one of your wounded fantasies. It's also conceivable that you will recover a magic seed that had been lost or forgotten, and attract the help of a fairy godmother or godfather to help you ripen it.
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PUBLIC NOTICES MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Cause No. DP16-165 Dept. No. 4 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF EVA M. BAIR, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named estate. All person having claims against the said decedent are required to present
their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to Laura E. Bair, Personal Representative, return receipt requested, c/o GIBSON LAW OFFICES, PLLC, 4110 Weeping Willow Drive, Missoula, Montana 59803, or filed with the Clerk of the above-named Court. Dated this 15th day of August, 2016. /s/ Laura E. Bair, Personal Representative By:
MNAXLP /s/ Nancy P. Gibson, Attorney for Personal Representative Montana Fourth Judicial District Court, Missoula County Cause No.: DV-16-744 Dept. No.: 3 Notice of Hearing on Name Change In the Matter of the Name Change of Jamie M. Goldsberry, Petitioner. This is notice that Petitioner has asked the District Court for a change of name from Jamie Marie Goldsberry to Jamie Marie Walter. The hearing will be on
10/13/2016 at 9:00 a.m. The hearing will be at the Courthouse in Missoula County. Date: 9/8/2016 /s/ Shirley E. Faust, Clerk of District Court By: /s/ Darci Lehnerz, Deputy Clerk of Court MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 2 Cause No. DP-16-159 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF JAMES R.
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[C6] Missoula Independent • October 6–October 13, 2016
WROBEL, deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Lisa L. Venuti has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the deceased are required to present their claims within four (4) months after the date of the first publication of this Notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to Lisa Venuti, Personal Representative, return receipt requested, 1615 S. 4th St. W, Missoula, MT 59801 or filed with the Clerk of the above Court. DATED this 19 day of September, 2016 /s/ Lisa L. Venuti, Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No.: 1 Cause No.: DP-16-175 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF: JOANNE DEBRUIN, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned have been appointed Co-Personal Representatives 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 DANIEL ERNEST DEBRUIN and DAVID CARL DEBRUIN, the Co-Personal Representatives, return receipt requested, at c/o Bjornson Jones Mungas, PLLC, 2809 Great Northern Loop, Suite 100, Missoula, MT 59808, or filed with the Clerk of the above Court. DATED this 19th day of September, 2016. /s/ Daniel Ernest Debruin, Co-Personal Representative /s/ David Carl Debruin, Co-Personal Representative Bjornson Jones
Mungas, PLLC By: /s/ Craig Mungas, Attorneys for Daniel Ernest Debruin and David Carl Debruin, Co-Personal Representatives MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Probate No. DP16-167 Dept. No. 2 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF: DOROTHY MARION RAHDERS, 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 Christy Lee Bergstrom, Personal Representative, return receipt requested, in care of Douglas D. Harris, Attorney at Law, PO Box 7937, Missoula,
CLARK FORK STORAGE will auction to the highest bidder abandoned storage units owing delinquent storage rent for the following unit(s): 24, 103, 142, 152, 266 Units can contain furniture, cloths, chairs, Toys, kitchen supplies, tools, sports equipment, books, beds, other misc household goods, vehicles & trailers. These units may be viewed starting 10/17/2016 by appt only by calling 541-7919. Written sealed bids may be submitted to storage offices at 3505 Clark Fork Way, Missoula, MT 59808 prior to at 10/20/2016 at 4:00 P.M. Buyer’s bid will be for entire contents of each unit offered in the sale. Only cash or money orders will be accepted for payment. Units are reserved subject to redemption by owner prior to sale, All Sales final.
Montana 59807-7937 or filed with the Clerk of the above-named Court. DATED this 26th day of September, 2016. /s/ Douglas Harris for Christy Lee Bergstrom, PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Probate No.: DP16-177 Dept. No. 4 NOTICE OF CREDITORS IN RE THE ESTATE OF OSWALD F. BLOCK, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Donna F. Tyler 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 Donna F. Tyler, the Personal Representative, return receipt requested, in care of Reep Bell
MONTANA STREET STORAGE will auction to the highest bidder abandoned storage units owing delinquent storage rent for the following unit(s): C & L. Units can contain furniture, cloths, chairs, Toys, kitchen supplies, tools, sports equipment, books, beds, other misc household goods, vehicles & trailers. These units may be viewed starting 10/10/16 by appt only by calling (406)880-4677. Written sealed bids may be submitted to manager at 1522 Montana Street, Missoula, MT 59808 prior to 10/13/2016 at 4:00 P.M. Buyer’s bid will be for entire contents of each unit offered in the sale. Only cash or money orders will be accepted for payment. Units are reserved subject to redemption by owner prior to sale, All Sales final.
PUBLIC NOTICES Laird Simpson & Jasper, P.C., P.O. Box 16960, Missoula, Montana 59808, or filed with the Clerk of the above-entitled Court. DATED this 20th day of September, 2016. REEP BELL LAIRD SIMPSON & JASPER, P.C.. /s/ Lance P. Jasper, Attorney for Personal Representative STATE OF MONTANA) :ss County of Missoula) I declare under penalty of perjury and under the laws of the State of Montana that the foregoing is true and correct. Signed this 20th day of September, 2016. /s/ Donna F. Tyler NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 08/19/04, recorded as Instrument No. 200424029 BK-738 Pg-684, mortgage records of Missoula County, Montana in which Milton A. McAdams was Grantor, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. was Beneficiary and First American Title was Trustee. First American Title Insurance Company has succeeded First American Title as Successor Trustee. The Deed of Trust encumbers real property (“Property”) located in Missoula County, Montana, more particularly described as follows: Lot 24 in Block 7 of Wapikiya Addition No. 1, a platted subdivision in Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded plat thereof, except that part described as follows: Beginning at the most Easterly corner of said Lot 24; thence Northwesterly along the lot line common to said Lots 24 and 25, a distance of 63.20 feet; thence Southwesterly at right angles, a distance of 5 feet; thence Southeasterly at right angles, a distance of 63.20 feet; more or less, to the South lot line of the said Lot 24; thence Northeasterly along the South lot line of said Lot 24, a distance of 5 feet, more or less, to the point of beginning, On file and of record in the office of the County Clerk and Recorder of Missoula, County, Montana. Recording Reference: Book 369 of Micro Records at Page 674. 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 Current Beneficiary has declared that the Grantor is in breach of the terms and conditions of the obligation secured by the deed of trust. The nature of the breach is Grantor’s failure to pay, when due, nonpayment of taxes and/or insurances under the terms of the Deed of Trust together with all subsequent payments, costs, advances, attor-
neys’ and trustee’s fees and costs accruing until the date of sale, full satisfaction, or reinstatement of the obligation. As of August 13, 2016, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $194,517.69. This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $187,955.30, 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 27, 2016 at 11:00 AM, Mountain Time. The sale is a public sale and any person, including Beneficiary and excepting only Successor Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding at the sale location in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by trustee’s deed without any representation or warranty, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis. Grantor, successor in interest to Grantor or any other person having an interest in the Property may, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, pay to Beneficiary the entire amount then due on the Loan (including foreclosure costs and expenses actually incurred and trustee’s and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred. Tender of these sums shall effect a cure of the defaults stated above (if all non-monetary defaults are also cured) and shall result in Trustee’s termination of the foreclosure and cancellation of the foreclosure sale. The trustee’s rules of auction may be accessed at www.northwesttrustee.com and are incorporated by the reference. You may also access sale status at www.Northwesttrustee.com or USA-Foreclosure.com. McAdams, Milton A. (TS# 7023.116795) 1002.288281-File No. NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on December 1, 2016, at 11:00 AM at the Main Door of the Missoula County Courthouse located at 200
MNAXLP West Broadway in Missoula, MT 59802, the following described real property situated in Missoula County, Montana: TRACT 6H OF CERTIFICATE OF SURVEY NO. 1863, A TRACT OF LAND LOCATED IN THE SOUTH ONE-HALF OF SECTION 28, TOWNSHIP 15 NORTH, RANGE 21 WEST, PRINCIPLE MERIDIAN, MONTANA, MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA Verlene Dolly Stewart, as Grantor, conveyed said real property to First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Mountain West Bank, N.A., as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust on December 18, 2007, and recorded on December 24, 2007 as Book 810, Page 1112 under Document No. 200732784. The beneficial interest is currently held by Nationstar Mortgage LLC. First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., is the Trustee. The beneficiary has declared a default in the terms of said Deed of Trust by failing to make the monthly payments beginning August 1, 2015, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan. The total amount due on this obligation as of July 22, 2016 is $291,000.57 principal, interest at the rate of 6.00000% totaling $18,464.55, late charges in the amount of $491.65, escrow advances of $4,676.44, and other fees and expenses advanced of $4,121.22, plus accruing interest, late charges, and other costs and fees that may be advanced. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary, the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust. Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds of this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation. The sale is a public sale and any person, including the beneficiary, excepting only the Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close
of bidding in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by Trustee’s Deed without any representation or warranty, including warranty of Title, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis, without limitation, the sale is being made subject to all existing conditions, if any, of lead paint, mold or other environmental or health hazards. The sale purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th day following the sale. The grantor, successor in interest to the grantor or any other person having an interest in the property, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, may pay to the beneficiary or the successor in interest to the beneficiary the entire amount then due under the deed of trust and the obligation secured thereby (including costs and expenses actually incurred and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred and thereby cure the default. The scheduled Trustee’s Sale may be postponed by public proclamation up to 15 days for any reason, and in the event of a bankruptcy filing, the sale may be postponed by the trustee for up to 120 days by public proclamation at least every 30 days. THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Dated: July 12, 2016 /s/ Rae Albert Assistant Secretary, First American Title Company of Montana, Inc. Trustee Title Financial Specialty Services PO Box 339 Blackfoot ID 83221 STATE OF Idaho)) ss. County of Bingham) On this 12 day of July, 2016, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Rae Albert, know to me to be the Assistant Secretary of First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., Successor Trustee, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same. /s/ Shannon Gavin Notary Public Bingham County, ID Commission expires: 01-19-2018 Nationstar Mortgage LLC vs STEWART 100682 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on December 5, 2016, at 11:00 AM at the Main Door of the Missoula County Courthouse located at 200 West Broadway in Missoula,
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JONESIN’ C r o s s w o r d s “One 800”–freestylin’ for puzzle #800!
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PUBLIC NOTICES MT 59802, the following described real property situated in Missoula County, Montana: LOT 28 IN BLOCK 3 OF LINDA VISTA TENTH SUPPLEMENT PHASE I, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN THE CITY OF MISSOULA, MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF. Shayne D Spence and Tina A Spence, as Grantors, conveyed said real property to First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., a Montana Corporation, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. (“MERS”) solely as nominee for Guild Mortgage Company, A California Corporation, as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated on November 14, 2013 and recorded on November 15, 2013 as Book 922 Page 171 under Document No. 201322205. The beneficial interest is currently held by Guild Mortgage Company, A California Corporation. The beneficiary has declared a default in the terms of said Deed of Trust by failing to make the monthly payments beginning March 1, 2016, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan. The total amount due on this obligation as of July 1, 2016 is $238,120.61 principal, interest at the rate of 4.25000% totaling $4,203.43, late charges in the amount of $515.51, and other fees and expenses advanced of $679.45, plus accruing interest, late charges, and other costs and fees that may be advanced. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary, the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust. Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds of this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation. The sale is a public sale and any person, including the beneficiary, excepting only the Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding in cash or cash
[C8] Missoula Independent • October 6–October 13, 2016
equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by Trustee’s Deed without any representation or warranty, including warranty of Title, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis, without limitation, the sale is being made subject to all existing conditions, if any, of lead paint, mold or other environmental or health hazards. The sale purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th day following the sale. The grantor, successor in interest to the grantor or any other person having an interest in the property, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, may pay to the beneficiary or the successor in interest to the beneficiary the entire amount then due under the deed of trust and the obligation secured thereby (including costs and expenses actually incurred and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred and thereby cure the default. The scheduled Trustee’s Sale may be postponed by public proclamation up to 15 days for any reason, and in the event of a bankruptcy filing, the sale may be postponed by the trustee for up to 120 days by public proclamation at least every 30 days. THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Dated: July 26, 2016 /s/Rae Albert Assistant Secretary, First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., a Montana Corporation Trustee Title Financial Specialty Services PO Box 339 Blackfoot ID 83221 STATE OF Idaho)) ss. County of Bingham) On this 26 day of July, 2016 before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Rae Albert, know to me to be the Assistant Secretary of First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., a Montana Corporation, Trustee, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same. /s/ Shannon Gavin Notary Public Bingham County, Idaho Commission expires: 01/19/2018 GUILD vs Spence 101787-1 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on January 10, 2017, at 11:00 AM at the Main Door of the Missoula County Courthouse located at 200 West Broadway in Missoula,
MNAXLP MT 59802, the following described real property situated in Missoula County, Montana: THE NORTH ONEHALF OF LOT 1 AND THE NORTH ONE-HALF OF LOT 2 IN BLOCK 14 OF BUTTE ADDITION, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN THE CITY OF MISSOULA, MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF. RECORDING REFERENCE: BOOK 705 OF MICRO RECORDS AT PAGE 789 JOE LONG, as Grantor, conveyed said real property to Title Services, Inc., as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. (MERS), as nominee for American Brokers Conduit, its successors and/or assigns, as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust on October 11, 2006, and recorded on October 16, 2006 as Book 785, Page 371 under Document No. 200626757. The beneficial interest is currently held by LSF9 Master Participation Trust. First American Title Company of Montana, Inc, is the Successor Trustee pursuant to a Substitution of Trustee recorded in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Missoula County, Montana. The beneficiary has declared a default in the terms of said Deed of Trust by failing to make the monthly payments beginning June 1, 2011, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan. The total amount due on this obligation as of May 12, 2016 is $153,441.43 principal, interest at the rate of 2.00000% totaling $15,994.57, late charges in the amount of $1,472.40, escrow advances of $9,274.15, and other fees and expenses advanced of $9,940.59, plus accruing interest, late charges, and other costs and fees that may be advanced. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary, the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust. Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds of this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and
has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation. The sale is a public sale and any person, including the beneficiary, excepting only the Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by Trustee’s Deed without any representation or warranty, including warranty of Title, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis, without limitation, the sale is being made subject to all existing conditions, if any, of lead paint, mold or other environmental or health hazards. The sale purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th day following the sale. The grantor, successor in interest to the grantor or any other person having an interest in the property, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, may pay to the beneficiary or the successor in interest to the beneficiary the entire amount then due under the deed of trust and the obligation secured thereby (including costs and expenses actually incurred and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred and thereby cure the default. The scheduled Trustee’s Sale may be postponed by public proclamation up to 15 days for any reason, and in the event of a bankruptcy filing, the sale may be postponed by the trustee for up to 120 days by public proclamation at least every 30 days. THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Dated: August 25, 2016 /s/ Rae Albert Assistant Secretary, First American Title Company of Montana, Inc Successor Trustee Title Financial Specialty Services PO Box 339 Blackfoot ID 83221 STATE OF Idaho)) ss. County of Bingham) On this 25 day of August, 2016, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Rae Albert know to me to be the Assistant Secretary of First American Title Company of Montana, Inc, Successor Trustee, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same. /s/ Diana Reese Notary Public Bingham County, Idaho Commission expires: 07/29/2022 Caliber vs LONG 101487-1
NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on January 5, 2017, at 11:00 AM at the Main Door of the Missoula County Courthouse located at 200 West Broadway in Missoula, MT 59802, the following described real property situated in Missoula County, Montana: LOT 7 OF RIVERWOOD MEADOWS, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF. Jeff Bretherton and Julie Bretherton, as Grantors, conveyed said real property to Charles J. Peterson, as Trustee to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. (MERS), as nominee for Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., its successors and/or assigns as Beneficiary by Deed of Trust dated on October 26, 2006, and recorded on December 14, 2006 as Book 788 Page 1263 Document No. 200631994. The beneficial interest is currently held by THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON FKA THE BANK OF NEW YORK AS TRUSTEE FOR THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERS OF CWMBS, INC., CHL MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH TRUST 2006-19, MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 200619. First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., is the Successor Trustee pursuant to a Substitution of Trustee recorded in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Missoula County, Montana. The beneficiary has declared a default in the terms of said Deed of Trust by failing to make the monthly payments beginning November 1, 2015, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan. The total amount due on this obligation as of August 16, 2016 is $498,489.30 principal, interest at the rate of 6.62500% totaling $28,877.99, and other fees and expenses advanced of $3,884.18, plus accruing interest, late charges, and other costs and fees that may be advanced. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary, the amounts or taxes will be added to the ob-
PUBLIC NOTICES ligations secured by the Deed of Trust. Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds of this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation. The sale is a public sale and any person, including the beneficiary, excepting only the Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by Trustee’s Deed without any representation or warranty, including warranty of Title, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis, without limitation, the sale is being made subject to all existing conditions, if any, of lead paint, mold or other environmental or health hazards. The sale purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th day following the sale. The grantor, successor in interest to the grantor or any other person having an interest in the property, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, may pay to the beneficiary or the successor in interest to the beneficiary the entire amount then due under the deed of trust
and the obligation secured thereby (including costs and expenses actually incurred and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred and thereby cure the default. The scheduled Trustee’s Sale may be postponed by public proclama-
MNAXLP tion up to 15 days for any reason, and in the event of a bankruptcy filing, the sale may be postponed by the trustee for up to 120 days by public proclamation at least every 30 days. THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT
PURPOSE. Dated: August 26, 2016 /s/ Rae Albert Assistant Secretary, First American Title Company of Montana, Inc. Successor Trustee Title Financial Specialty Services PO Box 339 Blackfoot ID 83221 STATE OF Idaho)) ss. County of Bingham) On this 26 day of August, 2016 before me, a
notary public in and for said /County and State, personally appeared Rae Albert, know to me to be the Assistant Secretary of First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., Successor Trustee, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowl-
edged to me that he executed the same. /s/ Shannon Gavin Notary Public Bingham County,
Idaho Commission expires: 01/19/2018Shellpoint vs Bretherton 101834-1
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RENTALS APARTMENTS 1315 E. Broadway #7. 2 bed/1.5 bath, close to U., coinops, carport, pet? $850 Grizzly Property Management 542-2060 1547 S. Higgins #4. 1 bed/1 bath, close to UM, coin-ops, offstreet parking $725. Grizzly Property Management 542-2060 2 bed, 1 bath, $650, N. Russell, coin-op laundry, off-street parking, storage, HEAT paid NO PETS, NO SMOKING. Gatewest 728-7333 2 bed, 1 bath, $750, near Good Food Store, quiet cul-de-sac, DW, coin-op laundry, off-street parking, HEAT paid NO PETS, NO SMOKING. Gatewest 728-7333 2 bed, 1 bath, $750, Ronald & Connell, DW, AC, 62 & older community, coin-op laundry, onstreet parking, storage, basic cable, HEAT paid NO PETS, NO SMOKING. Gatewest 728-7333 2329 Fairview #1. 2 bed/1 bath, close to Reserve Street, shared yard, off-street parking $725. Grizzly Property Management 542-2060 Garden City Property Management. Voted Best Property Management Company in Missoula for the past 9 years. 406-5496106 www.gcpm-mt.com
REAL ESTATE DUPLEXES 1 bed, 1 bath, $595, Southside 4-Plex, coin-op laundry, off-street parking, storage. W/S/G paid. NO PETS, NO SMOKING. Gatewest 728-7333 1269 S. 1st St. West “A”. 2 bed/1 bath, W/D, DW, central location, all utilities included. $1100. Grizzly Property Management 542-2060 1424 Toole Ave. “B” 2 bed/1 bath, upstairs unit, fenced yard, close to shopping $625. Grizzly Property 542-2060 1630 Defoe St. #2. 2 bed/1 bath, Westside, W/D hookups, yard $750. Grizzly Property Management 542-2060
524 S. 5th Street E. “A”. 3 bed/2 bath, two blocks to U., W/D, yard $1300 Grizzly Property Management 542-2060
HOUSES
210 South 3rd West. Lease space available by the Hip Strip near Bernice’s Bakery. Shannon Hilliard, Ink Realty Group. 2398350 shannonhilliard5@ g m a i l . c o m
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No Initial Application Fee Residential Rentals Professional Office & Retail Leasing Since 1971
1535 Liberty Lane. Centrally located professional office space in energy-efficient building on the river. Rochelle Glasgow, Ink Realty Group. 728-8270 glasgow@montana.com
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1907 S. 14th Street West 2 bed/1 bath, central location, storage, shared yard. $625. Grizzly Property Management 542-2060
Since 1995, where tenants and landlords call home.
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3 Bdr, 2 Bath, River Road home.
4 Bdr, 3 Bath, Riverfront home. $430,000. BHHSMT Properties. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com 5 Bdr, 2.5 Bath Lower Rattlesnake home. $525,000. BHHSMT Properties. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 2396696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com 5 Bdr, 2.5 Bath University District home. $625,000. BHHS Montana Properties. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com Centrally Located 1815
ceilings, open floor plan & large windows provide an open & bright interior. Amazing deck, fenced yard & underground sprinkler system. New roof & deck in 2015. Great school district, close to shopping, parks & downtown.
"Let us tend your den"
211 S. 4th St. East #1. 3 bed/1 bath, near U, shared yard $1050. Grizzly Property Management 542-2060
235 McLeod. 5 bed, 2.5 bath University District home with study, fireplace & large fenced backyard. $499,000. Pat McCormick, Properties 2000. 2407653 pat@properties2000.com
$320,000. BHHSMT Properties. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com
601 High Park Way, Missoula This move-in ready home has 3 bedrooms, $312,000 • MLS # 21607248 2.5 baths & updated kitchen. Vaulted
Grizzly Property Management
205 ½ W. Kent. Studio/1 bath, shared W/D, all utilities paid $600. Grizzly Property Management 542-2060
MOBILE HOMES
PUBLISHER’S NOTICE
1001 Medicine Man Cluster. Stunning custom-built 3 bed, 3.5 bath with 3 car garage. $1,150,000. Shannon Hilliard, Ink Realty Group. 239-8350 shannonhilliard5@gmail.com 10955 Cedar Ridge. Loft bedroom, 1 bath on 20+ acres with deck, studio & sauna. $275,000. Shannon Hilliard, Ink Realty Group. 239-8350 shannonhilliard5@gmail.com
COMMERCIAL
Lolo RV Park. Spaces available to rent. W/S/G/Electric included. $495/month. 406-273-6034
HOMES
Leeza Cameron Finalist
Finalist
Main Street Realty (406) 493-4834 leeza@mainstreetmissoula.com
REAL ESTATE Hollis. This home is in great shape and the minute you walk in, it’s love at first sight! 2 bed 1 bath. $236,500 KD 240-5227 porticorealestate.com Fidelity Management Services, Inc. • 7000 Uncle Robert Lane #7, Missoula • 406-251-4707. Visit our website at fidelityproperty.com. Serving Missoula area residential properties since 1981. More than 35 years of Sales & Marketing experience. JAY
GETZ • @ HOME Montana Properties • (406) 214-4016 • Jay.Getz@Outlook.com • www.HOMEMTP.com Sweet Bungalow 120 Strand Ave. This little bungalow is about as sweet as they come! 1 bed 1 bath $230,000 KD 240-5227 porticorealestate.com Trail Street 2144 Trail Street. 2144 Trail Street- PRICE REDUCED! This 3 bed 2 bath wellloved home is ready to move into! $265,000. KD 240-5227
porticorealestate.com We s t s i d e / N o r t h s i d e 1635 Sherwood. It’s a little bit ‘’quirky’’, it’s a little bit ‘’funky’’, it’s a little bit ‘’homey’’- conveniently located on Missoula’s popular Westside/Northside. $140,000 Andrea 370-2238 porticorealestate.com
HOMES Pinnacle Townhomes. Modern 3 bed, 2.5 bath with private fenced
#214 at The Uptown Flats • Offered at $174,900 2 bedroom, 1 bath, 852 sf CONDO. Located at 801 N. Orange St. within walking distance of Downtown Missoula, St. Pat’s Hospital, Farmer’s Markets, Clark Fork River, Ball Park, etc.
yard & double garage on Charlo Street. $289,900. Shannon Hilliard, Ink Realty Group 2398350 shannonhilliard5@ gmail.com
with all the amenities. $210,000. Anne Jablonski, Portico Real Estate 546.5816. annierealtor@gmail.com
LAND FOR SALE
info call Mindy Palmer @ 2396696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com
The Uptown Flats #105. Ground floor condo offers extra large south-facing patio. 1 bed, 1 bath. $161,900 Anne Jablonski, Portico Real Estate 546.5816 annierealtor@gmail.com
The Uptown Flats #303. 1 bed, 1 bath with all the amenities. $159,710. Anne Jablonski, Portico Real Estate 546-5816 annierealtor@gmail.com
14.9 acre building lot in Frenchtown. Borders public lands. $180,900. BHHSMT Properties. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com
4.6 acre building lot in the woods with views and privacy. Lolo, Mormon Creek Rd. $99,000. BHHS Montana Properties. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com
The Uptown Flats #214 . 852 sf CONDO 2 bed, 1 bath plus bonus room with all the amenities. $174,900. Anne Jablonski, Portico Real Estate 546.5816. annierealtor@gmail.com The Uptown Flats #301. Large 1 bed, 1 bath plus bonus room
MANUFACTURED
HOMES
2 bedroom, 1 bath double wide, two porches, with large storage shed in Missoula. $32,000. Qualified buyers only. 406-2395705
1201 South 6th Street, Missoula Modern Condo Unit #204
$259,900 • MLS # 20157047
2 Bedroom 3 Bathroom Unit, 1,496 sq ft. The Factory Condos Complex is possibly the ''Greenest'' Building in Missoula. High Efficiency Lighting and Energy Efficient Gas Boiler with H2O Baseboard Heat. Unit consists of 2 levels with 10 Foot Ceilings on Main Floor and 9 Foot Ceilings on the upper floor. Bamboo Floors throughout the Main Floor Highlight the Open Kitchen which has Butcher-Block Counter Tops. Fresh Interior, Brand New Appliances with Natural Gas Range. Living Area has a New Gas Fireplace Master Bath with Tiled Floors and Counter Tops.
18.6 acre building lot in Sleeman Creek, Lolo. $129,900. BHHSMT Properties. For more
NHN Old Freight Road, St. Ignatius. Approximately 11 acre building lot with Mission Moun-
1535 Liberty Lane Suite 110D
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Tylor Trenary Main Street Realty (406) 544-3310 tylor@mainstreetmissoula.com
Central Missoula location with 10 offices, in-space conference room, server room and cubical area. Lots of open space with outside decking and use of large community conference room and break area. Designated parking as well as off-street parking for employees and clients. Energy efficient building with low utility costs. See LA regarding lease terms. For location and more info, view these and other properties at:
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Rochelle Glasgow Cell:(406) 544-7507 • glasgow@montana.com
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REAL ESTATE
tain views. $86,900. Shannon Hilliard, Ink Realty Group 2398350. shannonhilliard5 @gmail.com NHN Weber Butte Trail. 60 acre ranch in Corvallis with sweeping Bitterroot views. $800,000. Shannon Hilliard, Ink Realty Group 239-8350. shannonhilliard5@gmail.com NW Montana Real Estate. Several large acreage parcels. Company owned. Bordered by National Forest. Water. Tungstenholdings.com. (406)293-3714
South Frontage East, Alberton. 37 acres with multiple building sites. $49,000. Pat McCormick, Properties 2000. 240-7653 pat@properties2000.com
lished bulk spices, herbs, teas and gifts. All products, furnishings and equipment must be moved. Turn-key. 406-8223333
sq.ft. home on 37+ acres in Rock Creek. Bordered by Lolo National Forest on 3 sides. $1,400,000. Shannon Hilliard, Ink Realty Group. 239-8350 shannonhilliard5@gmail.com
COMMERCIAL
Martin’s Clean All. Successful power washing business includes truck & equipment. $80,000. Pat McCormick, Properties. 2407653 pat@properties2000.com
3 Bdr, 2 Bath, East Missoula home. $200,000. BHHSMT
3106 West Broadway. 20,000 sq.ft. lot with 6568 sq.ft. building with office, retail & warehouse space. $795,000. Pat McCormick, Properties 2000. 2407653 pat@properties2000.com Business For Sale Estab-
Properties. For info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-x6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com 3 Bdr, 2 Bath, Huson home o 5.5 acres. $447,500. BHHSMT Properties. For more info callMindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com
$188,500 Spacious and wonderful 3 bedroom, 2-1/2 bath condo! Amenities include a master suite with a 3/4 master bath, a fenced back yard, central air, a covered front porch, and a detached double garage.
122 Ranch Creek Road. 3294
235 McLeod • $499,000 U District 4+ bed, 2.5 bath with arched doorways, study, fireplace & spacious fenced backyard.
Homes
Townhomes/Condos
The Uptown Flats #301 Large 1 Bed + Bonus Room.................................................................................$210,000 The Uptown Flats #105 First Floor Unit With Extra Large Exterior Patio ......................................................$161,900 Uptown Flats #303 Third Floor South Facing 1 Bed 1 Bath..........................................................................$159,710 Burns St. Commons #10 Affordability, Quality and Beauty-That Sums it Up................................................$130,000 The Uptown Flats #214 NOW IS THE TIME TO BUY AT THE UPTOWN FLATS! 2 Bed 1 Bath .......................$174,900
Land
215 Spring Street, Hot Springs Located in a beautiful mountain valley, Hot Springs is home to a magical place called Towanda Gardens...................................................................................................$145,000
Featured: 5614 Gharrett St. Wonderful views of Lolo Peak and the Bitterroot Mountains! Expansive 4 Bed 3 Bath over looking the South end of Missoula Valley $329,900 Liz Dye 531-4508
1635 Sherwood St. This is a great investment opportunity! It’s a little bit “quirky,” it’s a little bit “funky” and a little bit “homey.” 1 bed 1 bath $140,000 Andrea 370-2238
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Hot Springs 215 Spring Street, Hot Springs. A charming
building reminiscent of an Old West store front with attached greenhouse are useful additions to this beautiful land. $145,000 Call KD at 240-5227 for more info or it out online at porticorealestate.com
2138 S 6TH ST W UNIT B
OUT OF TOWN
1815 Hollis St. The Minute You Walk In, It’s Love at First Sight! 2 Bed 1 bath................................................$236,500 120 Strand Ave. This Little Bungalow is About as Sweet as They Come!.........................................................$230,000 2144 Trail Street Right on the BikeTrail! Price Reduced! ...............................................................................$265,000 1635 Sherwood St. This is a great investment opportunity!...........................................................................$140,000 21778 Spike Lane Own your piece of Montana! An excellent opportunity to appreciate life in the woods. ...$170,000 5614 Gharrett St. Expansive 4 bedroom,3 bath home overlooking the South end of Missoula Valley .............$329,900
4 Bdr, 2 Bath, Clinton home on 1.5 acres. $312,500. BHHSMT Properties. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com
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