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News Voices/Letters Money, politics and parks.....................................................................4 The Week in Review Water workers, beer and plagiarism...........................................6 Briefs Rollergirls, wolverines and DJYRO .....................................................................6 Etc. The death of Disco Bloodbath ...............................................................................7 News Heated Missoula County sheriff ’s race gets even hotter.....................................8 News Plans take shape for sustainable, mixed-use development .................................9 Opinion Supreme Court candidate VanDyke hides the full story ..............................10 Opinion Shooting down a certain type of target practice ..........................................11 Feature Being John Lewis ...........................................................................................14

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STREET TALK

by Cathrine L. Walters

Asked Tuesday, Oct. 14, along Higgins Avenue. Which general election race are you following closest? Follow-up: What has been a deciding factor for you in the upcoming elections?

Alison Zmud: LR-126. I think it’s totally discriminating. Rocking the vote: I feel like everybody has a right to vote and we shouldn’t allow a party to discriminate against low-income, rural or new voters who might want to vote.

Joanna Pocock: The Jim Rice and Amanda Curtis races. They are both people I hope to see win. Feeling green: The environment, and the public lands issue in Montana is a big one for me.

In response to “Money matters” by Jessica Mayrer (great article!), I find it curious that over the past five years, while most of us have endured one of the worst economic downturns in recent history, that city budgets, spending and taxes continue to increase at a steady pace. Average workers and families have had to endure radical cuts to our wages, spending habits and personal budgets, while governments continue to spend our hard earned tax dollars. Are we Missoulians, citizens and tax payers really that complacent to allow this to continue? Apparently so, as voters continue to re-elect bureaucrats that disregard the plight of so many adversely affected constituents. City workers are enjoying benefits and retirement packages that private sector workers cannot even imagine. Kudos to Adam Hertz for having the courage to stand alone in the wasteland of fiscal abuse. Shame on us. We get the governments we deserve! Torin Dixon Missoula

Cassie Stone: The Parks and Trails bond is what I’m most passionate about. Green acres: Making sure Missoula is a good place to live—and making more green space is a big part of that.

Beth Shirilla: I think the sheriff ’s race. I’m interested to see if the Josh Clark write-in campaign will garner support. Waiting to exhale: In the wake of the scandal the sheriff ’s department has had in the last couple year, I’m interested to see if there will be change or if the status quo will continue.

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“I’m 19 and this is my first time writing a letter to the editor. And I am proud to say that today was my first

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Dave Berkoff: Probably the Senate race. I think control of the Senate is going to be crucial in the midterm elections. Gridlock: The lack of cooperation between the parties and that nothing gets done in Washington. No matter what your political affiliation is I think the majority of people are frustrated.

hancement of the lifestyle of our community. In the years to come, we will be delighted to know that young parents are enjoying an enhanced parks and trails system with their children, just as we have with ours. And of course, we hope to be running, hiking, skiing and playing on those same fields and trails well into our 80s! We’re voting “yes” on the Parks and Trails Bond and we urge others to do the same! Ashby Kinch Missoula

Our family is among the many families in western Montana who have settled here for the scenic beauty, the excellent opportunities for recreation and physical exertion and the strong sense of community. We have never been disappointed, as Missoula is a place like no other. Our family has hiked, cross-country skied and biked along the trails in Missoula since our children were newborns. As they have grown, we have watched them play on playgrounds, both in our own neighborhood and throughout the city. Our children have played soccer in our parks, and we have played both soccer and rugby in adult recreation leagues. We firmly believe that parks and trails are the best possible investment in the future health of our community. The Parks and Trails Bond provides our community an important opportunity to “pay it forward.” Just as previous generations have preserved and enhanced the recreational opportunities available to Missoula residents of all ages, we have a chance to vote to support a major en-

time voting!” Off-putting politics I recently received an invitation to a fundraiser for Matthew Lowy, candidate for Justice of the Peace. I was extremely frustrated that the list of sponsors or hosts included virtually every well-known Democrat in Missoula. Haven’t these people learned that elections to the judiciary, and that includes Justice of the Peace, are supposed to be nonpartisan? How can we expect to have an independent judiciary when political parties get involved in electing judicial candidates? What’s further frustrating, and disappointing, is that many of the names on the invitation were officials who were elected on nonpartisan ballots. No wonder voters are “put off.” If the people elected to run our government don’t understand the process, how can we expect the average citizen to understand it? And if the average citizen does understand it, it’s easy to un-

derstand why they have given up and don’t bother to vote. As for me, I’m voting for Marie Anderson. Jean Bowman Missoula

Cost of growth Missoula has asked for public comment on its growth policy. One thing that should be evaluated as part of growth policy is that growth can impose environmental, financial and social costs in its pursuit of benefits. Missoula’s growth policy shouldn’t ignore any of these three major costs, especially when a long history of growth has shown that costs of growth can exceed benefits. Missoula won’t have to start from scratch in determining these costs. A simple Google search will show that “costs of growth” have already been studied around the world. It’s even possible to look at each of the three costs, for instance, with a search for “social costs of growth.” Lance Olsen Missoula

First timer I’m 19 and this is my first time writing a letter to the editor. And I am proud to say that today was my first time voting! As a freshman at the University of Montana, I feel hopeful about all the opportunities me and my generation have to make positive changes in the world. One person who made a big impression on me is Cynthia Wolken, who is running for state Senate. I am impressed that she has taken the time to talk to me about issues that are important to me, such as the rising cost of college and making sure I can find work in Missoula when I graduate. I have always thought of elected officials as not being concerned with younger people, but Cynthia Wolken was so open to having a conversation with me and took an actual interest in my perspective. Ms. Wolken explained a little about the state Senate and how it was important to her to support our education and bring jobs to Montana, especially in green energy, tourism and health care. It makes me really encouraged for our future. Whom you vote for really impacts our future and the future of the entire state, and I hope you will vote for Cynthia Wolken, too! Caitlyn Patel Missoula

etters Policy: The Missoula Independent welcomes hate mail, love letters and general correspondence. Letters to the editor must include the writer’s full name, address and daytime phone number for confirmation, though we’ll publish only your name and city. Anonymous letters will not be considered for publication. Preference is given to letters addressing the contents of the Independent. We reserve the right to edit letters for space and clarity. Send correspondence to: Letters to the Editor, Missoula Independent, 317 S. Orange St., Missoula, MT 59801, or via email: editor@missoulanews.com.

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WEEK IN REVIEW

VIEWFINDER

by Cathrine L. Walters

Wednesday, October 8 Three male juveniles are identified, interviewed and charged in connection with the Sept. 25 attempted burglary of a Sentinel High School teacher’s computer. All three suspects admit their involvement.

Thursday, October 9 Gov. Steve Bullock and Montana Department of Commerce Director Meg O’Leary announce a $600,000 grant to the city of Missoula to help provide down payment and closing cost assistance for low- and very low-income households.

Friday, October 10 The U.S. Army War College revokes Sen. John Walsh’s master’s degree and status as a graduate after reviewing allegations he plagiarized parts of a 2007 research paper. In a statement, Walsh says he accepts the decision “with great humility.”

Saturday, October 11 An estimated 2,500 people attend the sixth annual Montana Brewers Fall Festival in Caras Park, where Flathead Lake Brewing Company’s American Sour Ale beats 136 competitors to win Best of Show and Best of Festival.

Sunday, October 12 Missoula police respond to reports of an explosion in a University of Montana housing complex. Officers find an apartment with its windows blown out and arrest Patrick Wayne Austin, who is suspected of causing the blast while making hash oil.

Monday, October 13 The employees of Mountain Water submit a letter to Mayor John Engen and the Missoula City Council in which they reject a stipulated offer of employment and ask the city to end its effort to acquire the utility.

Tuesday, October 14 Paul Anthony Emrich appears in Missoula County Justice Court and pleads not guilty to a felony charge of aggravated assault for allegedly twisting and breaking his wife’s arm during a Sept. 12 argument.

Ice clings to tamarack trees above Carlton Lake on Oct. 12, after one of the season’s first snow storms hits Lolo Peak.

LGBT

Planning a wedding Hours after the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals last week struck down gay marriage bans in Idaho and Nevada, Angie and Tonya Rolando of Great Falls began planning their wedding. “It’s like a kid waiting for Christmas,” Tonya says. The couple met in 2009. Tonya legally changed her name to Rolando in 2010. In May, they joined three other same-sex couples and the Montana ACLU in filing a federal lawsuit against the state to overturn Montana’s gay marriage ban. Tonya, 33, and Angie, 37, grew hopeful Oct. 6 when the U.S. Supreme Court declined to address lower court decisions that found same-sex marriage prohibitions in Virginia, Oklahoma, Utah, Wisconsin and Indiana unconstitutional, effectively legalizing such unions in those states. When the Ninth Circuit followed the next day by striking down marriage bans akin to Montana’s in Nevada and Idaho, stating they “impose profound legal, financial, social and psychic harms on numerous citizens of those states,” the Rolandos started to believe their relationship would finally be legally recognized. Montana ACLU Legal Director Jim Taylor says the organization this week is asking the judge presiding over

Rolando v. State to issue a judgment in the plaintiffs’ favor. “Now’s the time for this to happen,” Taylor says. Taylor notes that on Oct. 12 a federal judge in Alaska lifted a ban on same-sex marriage and Arizona looks poised to follow. To date, 30 states and the District of Columbia have legalized the union. “We’re the only state now in the Ninth Circuit that isn’t recognizing same-sex marriage,” Taylor says. Up until now, the Montana Attorney General’s Office has fought the ACLU lawsuit, maintaining in a July legal filing that the state’s gay marriage ban “does not constitute or impose an unconstitutional stigma or second-class citizenship on persons in same-sex relationships.” In the wake of the Ninth Circuit’s decision, it remains to be seen if the attorney general will continue fighting. Representatives for the office did not respond to requests to comment for this article. Following recent legal developments, the Rolandos believe it’s only a matter of time before they become one of the first same-sex couples in Montana to have their union legally recognized. “To actually know that that’s coming for us, it’s so humbling,” Angie says. “It’s an amazing thing to be a part of.” Jessica Mayrer

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Inventions

A physical smartphone Ben Bloch’s image is being beamed, via Skype, from a cabin near West Yellowstone to a computer screen in the second-floor living room of Glenn Kreisel’s modernist Missoula home. Together, they are trying to explain their new invention: the DJYRO. It’s an iPhone app, plus a spinning plastic disc with a cradle that the phone or an iPod can slip into. Working in concert, the “dumb” technology of the turntable and the “smart” technology of the phone allow the user to record sound and video and then to manipulate it like a DJ would, moving the disc back-and-forth at various rates of speed, altering how the recording sounds, looks and plays back. It’s a relatively simple concept, but it emerged from an ambitious desire to alter how people interact with technology. Bloch, an artist, and Kreisel, an entrepreneur and software engineer, wanted to push users to do more with their phones than touch their screen and talk into their receivers. The sensor technology built into smartphones means they are capable of much more than existing software allows for, Kreisel says. “They know their 3D position, they know their rotations, they know their di-

[news] rection relative to north, they know their direction relative to gravity, they know all of these things,” Kreisel says, “but no one really has taken advantage of the phone as this physical sensor device, with all these different abilities to detect all that.” Bloch’s and Kreisel’s first idea was to invent a ball that smartphones could be slipped into. The phone’s sensors would then detect what the ball was doing— accelerating, bouncing, rolling, hitting something— and convert that data into an interactive interface, allowing the ball and phone to become something like a Wii but without the screen and controllers. When that concept seemed too complicated, Bloch and Kreisel decided to try something more “refined and distilled and precise,” Bloch says. Hence, the DJYRO. For now, the turntables are churned out—very slowly—on a 3D printer in Kreisel’s house and sold online. However, Bloch and Kreisel are actively shopping the concept to large companies, including Hasbro, and hoping to reach consumers on a mass scale. Depending on how it’s marketed and modified, they say, the DJYRO could be a toy for kids or a tool for deejaying house parties. “The limits are the imagination,” Bloch says. “The hard part is actually educating people that this is possible.” Ted McDermott

Development

Rollergirls need new home After learning that developers are planning to renovate the Toole Avenue warehouse where the Hellgate Rollergirls have practiced for nearly five years, the derby league is scrambling to find a new space. “We’re losing our lease,” says the Rollergirls’ Jessi “Taco Truck” Brock. “We are actively looking for a new home, which is a big challenge.” It’s a challenge because the league needs a lot of room. The league’s track alone consumes more than 4,500 square feet. Brock says Hellgate needs 14,000 square feet to accommodate the entire operation, which has grown since a handful of aspiring female roller derby players launched it in 2009. The league now includes 60 players, including new recruits and juniors, and draws crowds of more than 1,300 fans to its bouts. “This definitely throws a wrench in our progress,” Brock says. On Sept. 22, the Missoula City Council granted the building’s owner, Zenith Holdings, an encroachment permit. The permit constitutes one of several requirements Zenith must fulfill before it makes the new development a reality, says Zenith’s Greg Nemoff.

“If it all comes together,” Nemoff says, “we plan to add two stories to the building.” In the building’s ground floor, Nemoff hopes to house retail and culinary offerings. The second and third floors are slated for residential use. Nemoff sees the development as an outgrowth of recent changes to Missoula’s Westside. Since 2011, Draught Works brewery, Freestone Climbing Center and Summer Sun Garden and Brew have all opened on Toole Avenue, down the street from Zenith’s warehouse. The result has been a transformation of a once-blighted stretch into a thriving thoroughfare.

“The neighborhood is hot,” Nemoff says. While Nemoff hasn’t given the Rollergirls a firm move-out date, Brock says the league has been told to be ready by the end of the year. She says the nonprofit league would be happy to share a new space and, as a stopgap measure, could make a temporary home of 10,000 square feet work. “We definitely need to get this figured out as soon as possible,” she says. Jessica Mayrer

Wolverine

Three suits better than one Environmental groups hit the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service with back-to-back lawsuits this week challenging the agency’s refusal to extend Endangered Species Act protections to wolverines. Earthjustice and seven environmental organizations filed the first on Oct. 13. Defenders of Wildlife dropped its own suit the next day. And more than a dozen other groups led by the Missoula-based Western Environmental Law Center plan to file a third next week. The suits, while separate, all revolve around one core allegation: that FWS, in withdrawing its listing

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2.25 million Visitors to Glacier National Park through Sept. 30, surpassing the park’s previous record of 2.2 million visitors set in 1983. proposal for wolverines two months ago, ignored not only the best available science but the views of its own scientists that climate change poses a long-term threat to the species. Earthjustice attorney Adrienne Maxwell argues the withdrawal didn’t hinge on any new scientific findings. Instead, she says, the agency simply raised doubts about the data presented, poking holes in the arguments made by its own people. “It’s a troubling way for the science to be treated,” Maxwell says, “sort of injecting this uncertainty that we would argue is not material to the listing decision.” FWS officials declined to comment on the issue, citing pending litigation. Among those recommending listing prior to FWS’s final decision was the agency’s Montana Field Office. A spring 2014 memo—cited several times in Earthjustice’s complaint—makes reference to a peer review of the listing proposal in early 2013, in-depth discussions with state wildlife officials later that year and a two-day workshop in April 2014 gauging the opinions of nine panel members on the strength of the listing science. The Montana office concluded not only that the wolverine should be listed as a threatened species, but also recommended that a separate proposal be considered to establish an experimental wolverine population in Colorado, New Mexico and Wyoming. “While we recognize there is uncertainty associated with when population effects [due to climate change] may manifest themselves,” the memo reads, “any conclusion that there will not be population effects appears to be based on opinion and speculation.” Noah Greenwald with the Center for Biological Diversity—one of the groups suing alongside Earthjustice—feels the agency’s decision not to list stemmed from political pressure from Montana, Idaho and Wyoming, all of which submitted comment opposing listing. He adds the current cases look strong given how abruptly FWS reversed its stance. “I feel like it’s fairly clear that the science was going all points in one direction and the agency went in a different direction,” he says. Alex Sakariassen

ETC. When Logan Foret planned the first Disco Bloodbath in 2010, he only expected 400 or 500 people to show up for the all-night Halloween rave. When 4,000 arrived, he and his fellow organizers were blown away. They had to turn back 2,000 costumed partiers from what is now Montgomery Distillery but was then just a big, empty space on Front Street. Those who got in still talk about one of the more unexpectedly epic parties in downtown’s recent history. Over the last four years, the Bloodbath has had its ups and downs. It grew to some 4,000 people in 2011, moved outside Missoula city limits in 2012 and limited attendance back down to about 2,000 attendees last year, when it was held at the Wye for the second year in a row. Along the way, the Bloodbath’s reputation wasn’t exactly unblemished. An undercover sting in 2012 turned up two alleged drug dealers and led to a University of Montana football player pleading guilty to felony possession of dangerous drugs after he was spotted buying MDMA at the party. Officials claimed that was just the tip of the iceberg in regards to illicit and dangerous activity at the event. According to an Oct. 7 email from Deputy City Attorney Susan Firth to Foret, city agencies “received multiple calls regarding underage drinking, drug activity, and over doses [sic] or overly intoxicated persons” during the first four Bloodbaths. For those reasons, as well as other safety and security concerns, Firth explained the city would not sign off on the necessary permits for Disco Bloodbath 5. Foret says he bent over backward to try to accommodate the city, offering to limit attendance and even host a silent rave, where attendees would listen to music via earbuds. Ultimately, however, he had no choice except to cave and cancel. It’s hard to argue with the city’s rationale. Disco Bloodbath became a victim of its own success—too big not to be noticed by authorities, let alone fully policed by its well-intentioned organizers. The result, however, leaves a couple thousand Halloween revelers searching for somewhere else to howl at the moon. And if we’ve learned anything over the years in Missoula’s often suppressed but never silenced nightlife scene, it’s that something else will emerge—underground, outside city limits, whatever. Maybe even the Bloodbath will come back from the grave. After all, on a night that celebrates the living dead, it’s hard to imagine city officials truly killing off one of the year’s biggest parties.

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Days after announcing his write-in lated campaign finance law. Specifically, soula law firm. He adds that since the pricandidacy for the Missoula County sher- Motl’s report stated McDermott’s campaign mary, Clark and other administrators at iff ’s race late last month, current Under- had, among other violations, failed to dis- the sheriff ’s department have been sheriff Josh Clark released the first in a close an in-kind donation from the Missoula “asleep at the wheel.” Ironically, the few things the candidates string of attack ads aimed at his opponent, law firm Datsopoulos, MacDonald and Lind Detective Sgt. T.J. McDermott. It was a valued at $1,338.02 relating to a spring do agree on are the fixes that need to take personalized strike claiming McDermott fundraising event hosted at the firm’s down- place within the department. When asked was “repeatedly delinquent” in property town office. Motl recommended that his of- about the issues, both immediately mention taxes from 2009 to 2013. Another ad fice and McDermott reach a settlement in overcrowding at the Missoula County Deposted to Clark’s campaign Facebook the matter, which, he said, could involve an tention Center and the need to bolster the number of deputies. page the same day accused Domestic violence, DUI McDermott of conspiring to enforcement and acviolate the constitutional countability to the rights of some 200 sheriff ’s community are all high office employees. The tone on the list for Clark and of his campaign has only McDermott alike. Their grown darker since. approaches may not be Just a few months ago, identical. In regards to most locals thought this race the jail, Clark’s first suga done deal. McDermott degestion is to explore feated Clark by a nearly twobuying the state out of to-one margin in the its detention pod, Democratic primary. With no while McDermott is foRepublican candidate on the cused on alternatives to fall ballot, the departmental photo by Cathrine L. Walters incarceration, particudrama that had characterized the primary seemed destined Presumed sheriff-elect T.J. McDermott has been taking a victory larly for inmates with to be resolved. Then came lap since his victory in the Democratic primary in June. But the mental illnesses. But Clark’s campaign finance tense campaign battle resumed this fall with the announcement they are in lock-step of Josh Clark’s write-in candidacy. when it comes to the complaint against McDermott need to sit everyone in in early September alleging acceptance of illegal corporate contribu- apology to Clark and the Missoula commu- the office down on day one and, as McDertions. Some, McDermott among them, pub- nity, the filing of an amended report and a mott puts it, usher in “a healing period for licly declared the complaint a sign that Clark proposed protocol stipulating a “fixed arms- our department.” “One thing I want to take care of was unable to move on. Clark said he was length relationship” between the firm’s merely standing up for accountability. The lawyers and McDermott should he be first,” Clark says, “is to meet with all the elected sheriff. A footnote in Motl’s com- staff, sit down and say, ‘Okay, it’s been a battle had officially recommenced. Clark insists he was undecided about plaint added that the matter lacked a “sys- long, hard race. People have their opina write-in candidacy even when he filed tematic, planned, unreported illegal ions and that’s fine. But I want to remind everybody that we’re professional, we’re the complaint. People were discussing the corporate money scheme.” “I take my responsibilities very seri- going to move forward and our job is to option shortly after the primary, he says, adding, “I was not that enthused about it, ously,” McDermott says, dismissing the vi- serve the public.’” Neither Clark nor McDermott are opand it took a lot of thought and discussion olation as a simple accounting error by his with my family, especially in the last campaign. “It’s unfortunate that the mis- timistic about their future position in the month or so. I filed on the deadline, so it take happened, and I look forward to … department if their opponent wins. Both was a tough decision, but I felt it was the working with the commissioner to correct insist they’ll be happy to talk openly with right decision. I felt that the Missoula pub- my paperwork and make sure every- the other about that position if they win. Win or lose, Clark says he’ll have just two lic has a right to have a choice in the gen- thing’s all good.” In just two weeks, the sheriff ’s race words on his tongue for McDermott: “It’s eral election and I think they ought to has become even more negatively charged over.” Yet the attacks keep coming, and for have a credible choice for sheriff.” McDermott isn’t convinced. He says he and personal than it was over the sum- McDermott at least, who thought himself was “disappointed” when Clark announced mer. Each candidate appears intent on the winner as long ago as June, the end the write-in campaign, but believes it was emphasizing the flaws in his opponent. can’t come soon enough. “It just gets us so much further away Clark’s intent since his primary defeat. “I Clark makes repeated references to Motl’s understand that’s his right,” McDermott decision, saying it shows McDermott is from the healing that needs to take place says, “but really I think he’s just someone “comfortable with breaking the law, bend- to get this office back on track,” he says of who’s had a hard time moving forward and ing the rules, as long as it benefits him.” the race’s negative tone. “Hopefully the McDermott points out that Clark had to voters will make it official on Nov. 4 that this appears to me to be sour grapes.” Adding to the narrative last week was a file an amended finance report with I’m the next sheriff, and all this other stuff decision from Montana Commissioner of Motl’s office after it was discovered that can just end.” Political Practices Jonathan Motl affirming his campaign had likewise failed to disClark’s complaint that McDermott had vio- close an in-kind contribution from a Misasakariassen@missoulanews.com

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Pollinating the Hive Plans take shape for sustainable, mixed-use development by Ted McDermott

Lizzie Juda sits in front of the four-acre housing, plus a mini-golf course and a able. That means she can’t only be guided by her idealism. To aid with the hard work lot she recently bought at 800 S. Third St. sculpture garden weaving through it all. Juda says the project is the culmina- of turning her dream into reality, Juda has W., talking to a visitor about her ambitious vision for developing the property, when tion of 30 years of dreaming and doing. enlisted the assistance of architect Steven During that time, Juda spent 10 years Adler and of project managers Allie and a man rides up on a motorcycle. “I had an idea for this place,” he says. opening and operating a center for cre- Kevin Depuy. Together, she says, the four “You could turn it into a motorcycle race- ative and healing arts called Wild Ground of them are trying to decide which proand 12 years starting and running the Mis- posed ideas are feasible. track.” “What I love about it is, it’s based on Juda laughs, and the motorcyclist soula branch of Turning the Wheel, a nonrides off. When he’s gone, Juda says, “It’s profit that she describes as doing ideals,” Adler says. “So don’t take it out of context, but it’s kind like this every day.” of like religion. If you What Juda means is that believe in something she receives all kinds of that’s broad and geninput about what she eral and guides your should and could do to life, you still have to transform what was, until bring it down to everyrecently, a huge ProBuild day actions. So even lumber and building supply though you have outlet into a socially conideals here that we scious, environmentally rewant to make sure we sponsible and economically implement and exemviable mixed-use developplify, at some point ment called the Hive. Some the rubber has to meet of the input, like the motorthe road, too. It’s got cyclist’s, has come unsoto be a daily, practical licited, but much of it has decision.” been offered through a seAs the project ries of weekly potluck meetmoves toward impleings, where everyone is mentation, the deciwelcome to come and sion-making process “share ideas and thoughts photo by Cathrine L. Walters will have to be streamand dreams,” Juda says. This collaborative and With community input, Lizzie Juda is working to turn a four-acre lined—and some ideas open process began soon site on South Third Street into a socially conscious, environmen- will have to be omitted. “The downside of after Juda purchased the tally sustainable and economically viable development called the Hive. a really huge, open$1.75 million property on June 23. Ever since, Juda has been “col- “community building through the expres- ended community brainstorming process lecting all of that [input] and kind of get- sive arts.” Juda hopes the Hive will further is that most of those ideas can’t be conting shaped by it and letting the space that work by creating “a community cen- tained within the constraints of the projshape me.” The result is a rather grand, if ter that teaches essential life skills and is ect,” says Jenny Mish, director of the somewhat tenuous, plan for the site and a place where we fill ourselves up on Sustainable Business Council. “So there’s its approximately 28,000 square feet of in- being in community, and on making going to be people who wanted somethings and on eating together and making thing to happen that’s not going to hapdoor space. In the former ProBuild showroom art and music and community together.” pen…And it remains to be seen how Gwen Hoppe, who has lived near skillfully that pent-up desire for creative and administrative building, there will likely be offices, communal work spaces, what will become the Hive for some 13 outlets is handled, as the Hive develops.” For now, however, those involved music studios, a commercial kitchen, a years and has attended many of the student-run cafe and a rooftop garden, potlucks, thinks Juda is probably the best with the project are thrilled by the among other possible functions. In one possible developer of the site and appre- prospect of creating an alternative to the half of the massive lumber-storage build- ciates her idealism. However, Hoppe also status quo and turning their dreams about ing, Juda envisions “an indoor adventure hopes the relatively mundane concerns of urban agriculture, communal living, susspace” that’s “like an art installation that the quiet, residential neighborhood—such tainable business practices and commuyou can climb on and slide on and jump as noise, traffic and landscaping—aren’t nity development into a reality. “We have four acres in teeny little Misand swing and fly—and, again, a really in- forgotten. “I just hope that they keep in mind soula,” Juda says. “Let’s see what we can spiring, wild place for, especially, young people.” In the other half, she envisions that it will impact the neighborhood,” do here. Because we could be going an event space. In the almost empty 2.5- Hoppe says, “and to check with us and get down the toilet—we probably are; who acre lot behind the buildings, Juda sees some feedback from the neighborhood.” knows—but at least we’ll have some fun Though Juda spent inherited money and make some goodness and at least try “kind of a village square” taking shape, with a 3,000-square-foot greenhouse, a to buy the property and plans to invest something.” “communal workshop,” a row of tiny more in its development, she says the Hive homes and a “rounded structure” with has to generate income in order to be vitmcdermott@missoulanews.com

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Bench politics Supreme Court candidate VanDyke hides the full story by Dan Brooks

Lawrence VanDyke’s campaign slogan is “following the law, not politics.” That’s a gutsy choice for a man endorsed by the Republican Party in the first election since a court struck down Montana’s longstanding ban on party endorsements of judicial candidates. But VanDyke’s whole campaign has been defined by the difference between what you can say in court and how things actually are. VanDyke is not a Republican. Earlier this month, however, the catchily named Republican State Leadership Committee Judicial Fairness Montana PAC bought $100,000 in airtime to run ads supporting him against incumbent Mike Wheat. Disregarding how much it cost to produce the ad itself, this single media buy from a national Republican organization exceeds VanDyke’s whole campaign fund by 20 grand. That’s perfectly legal, thanks to Citizens United v. FEC. The U.S. Supreme Court has determined that corporations can spend as much money as they want to influence elections, as long as they don’t coordinate with candidates. And the Republican State Leadership Committee has nothing to do with VanDyke’s campaign when it spends a fortune telling Montanans to vote for him. Fun fact: VanDyke used to work for the law firm of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, where his colleague Theodore Olson argued for the plaintiffs in Citizens United. Olson gave VanDyke’s campaign the maximum individual contribution allowed by law: $320. But his work on Citizens United made it possible for the Republican State Leadership Committee to spend 300 times that amount to get him elected. It was the least Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher could do, since working for them nearly cost VanDyke his candidacy. The Montana Constitution requires that candidates for the Supreme Court be “admitted to the practice of law” in Montana for at least five years before Election Day.

[10] Missoula Independent • October 16–October 23, 2014

VanDyke was admitted to the Montana bar in 2005, but he went on inactive status between 2007 and 2013, when he lived and practice in Washington, D.C. In April, a district court judge found that VanDyke did not meet the five-year requirement, since he could not legally practice in Montana during the years he was on inactive status. But in July, the state Supreme Court determined that “admitted to the practice of law” really meant

“From start to finish, VanDyke’s candidacy hasn’t been about what’s true. It’s been about what you can prove.” admitted to the bar, and VanDyke went back on the ballot. To recap: VanDyke is nonpartisan, even though he has been endorsed by the Republican Party. That party’s State Leadership Committee is not coordinating with his campaign for the Montana Supreme Court, even though it spent more than his entire budget on an ad telling people to “elect Lawrence VanDyke to the Montana Supreme Court.” And he has been admitted to the practice of law in Montana for seven years, even though he was legally prohibited from practicing law in Montana for five of them. In all of these particulars, VanDyke is following the law. It’s a good thing he doesn’t follow politics, because if he did, he

might realize he was a pawn of the GOP and get sad. But really, the efforts of the national Republican Party to get him elected to nonpartisan office in Montana have nothing to do with him—at least not under the strict legal terms his former coworker and current campaign contributor successfully argued before the U.S. Supreme Court. VanDyke is not a politician. The Republican State Leadership Committee says so. To believe otherwise, you’d have to think its ad was speaking some kind of political code when it said this: “[VanDyke is] an avid sportsman from Bozeman. Lawrence VanDyke will defend our constitutional rights, protect our property rights, and enforce strict punishment for violent criminals. Lawrence VanDyke: no politics, no agenda, all Montana.” Sportsman, tough on crime, constitutional and property rights—no Republican buzzwords there. He may be endorsed by the state Republican Party and funded by the national one. He may be running against an incumbent endorsed by the state Democratic Party, whom another PAC—run by Jake Eaton, former executive director of the Montana Republican Party—called an “activist judge.” But Lawrence VanDyke is not a politician. Montanans may find that difficult to believe. But you can say it and, more importantly, you can argue it in a court of law. From start to finish, VanDyke’s candidacy hasn’t been about what’s true. It’s been about what you can prove. There’s what’s right and there’s the law, and never the twain shall meet. VanDyke intends to follow the law, not politics, and the Republican Party loves him for it. We should probably think about that before we install him on our Supreme Court. Dan Brooks writes about politics, the law and distinctions without difference at combatblog.net. His column appears every week in the Independent.

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Explosive situation Shooting down a certain type of target practice by Wendy Beye

I was reading the newspaper at my desk when a huge explosion rattled the window of my home office. I leaped several inches off the chair, sure that my husband, who was working on our camp trailer, had been blown to smithereens by a propane tank explosion. I ran to the front window and was relieved to see that my husband was standing intact next to the trailer, which had not been reduced to a pile of rubble. But our mules were galloping wildly down the pasture toward the safety of a gully. Inside, one of our dogs was cowering under a table, and the other was barking furiously at the window. The cows were bawling in the corral by the barn. The cause of all this ruckus? A neighbor’s visiting relative chose to use our rural area for a little target practice—and decided to enhance the experience by firing a rifle at an exploding target. The resulting boom alarmed residents for miles in all directions. At the time, I’d never heard of anybody shooting deliberately at something that was, essentially, a bomb, and didn’t know that exploding targets are available online and at many sporting goods stores. But I did a little research and found that people are using these so-called “targets” to blow up old refrigerators, trees, empty beer kegs and televisions. Some enterprising thrillseekers attach them to helium balloons to enjoy an aerial explosive display. I also found out that in the droughtstricken West, exploding targets have set at least 16 major wildfires, resulting in fire-suppression costs exceeding $33 million. The U.S. Forest Service has imposed a one-year ban on detonation of such targets on national forest land and grasslands in its intermountain region. Scofflaws are subject to a fine of $5,000.

Montana’s Department of Natural Resources and Conservation is considering adopting a similar ban after determining that a late-season wildfire was set by such a target. That fire received national notoriety because firefighters ordered a helicopter bucket-drop to douse a flaming log under which two tiny mountain lion cubs

“Montana’s Department of Natural Resources and Conservation is considering a ban after determining that a late-season wildfire was set by an exploding target.” cowered. The cubs later made a celebrity appearance on the “Late Show with David Letterman.” A fine from the Forest Service might be the least of a perpetrator’s concerns, though. A woman in Ohio nearly lost her hand while she was taking a cellphone video of a man blowing up a refrigerator more than 150 feet away. Hand injuries seem to be the most common result of stunts gone wrong, but in 2013 a Min-

nesota man died when shrapnel severed one of his major arteries. Each explosion creates a fireball as well as shooting out debris in all directions, especially when the target is tucked inside a metal container to increase the excitement level. Ammonium nitrate and aluminum powder are mixed together to create the explosive compound. If they come into contact with a heat source prematurely, an explosion is liable to happen. One might ask why these devices are not regulated by the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. The reason is that the ingredients used to make the target are not explosive until they’re combined. The chemicals are packaged in separate containers, in quantities up to 50 pounds —enough to blow up a vehicle. Hazmat shipping regulations do not apply. Once the fuel and oxidizer are mixed, federal law prohibits storing or transporting the concoction. Most users explode it immediately, although one man carefully saved some of the compound to help start a fire at his campsite. (He’s now missing a hand. Don’t try this at home.) As risk-takers keep coming up with stunts designed to go viral on the Internet, new and creative tricks featuring exploding targets are bound to multiply. It may take a catastrophic loss of life to convince authorities that it’s time to do something. Certainly everybody in my rural neighborhood, including the dogs and livestock, would be glad to see these dangerous and useless devices taken off the market.

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CURSES, FOILED AGAIN – Security guards at a Seattle department store had no trouble spotting a shoplifter. She was carrying 23 purses and handbags. When confronted, the woman dropped the items and ran. Police said the suspect re-entered the store by another entrance and grabbed eight more handbags and purses. A security guard stopped and handcuffed her when she tried leaving by the same door as the first time. (Seattle’s KOMO-TV) Surveillance video showed two men breaking into a tattoo parlor in Frederick, Md. One man had a large, distinct tattoo on his forearm that the storeowner recognized as one he had done a month earlier. The customer was Max M. Goransson, 20. He refused to give a DNA sample, but police got one from water bottle they gave him after they arrested him. Goransson’s DNA matched that found on a flashlight the suspect left at the scene. (The Frederick News-Post) FUTURE FRIEND – A robot designed to read and respond to human emotions will be sold at Sprint Corp. stores in the United States by next summer. Marketed by SoftBank Corp., the 4-foot-tall humanoid, named “Pepper,” dances, tells jokes and estimates human emotions based on observed expressions. SoftBank chairman Mayayoshi Son said the company is investing in robotics to boost Japan’s domestic production, adding that he expects to replace 90 million jobs with 30 million robots. (Bloomberg News) SECOND-AMENDMENT FOLLIES – George Byrd IV, 31, denied shooting through a neighbor’s window in Middletown, Pa., but then told police he did fire the gun, but only because he was unfamiliar with guns and thought firing it was the only way to unload it. (Bucks County Courier Times) A restaurant in Port Allen, La., began offering a 10 percent discount to customers who bring their guns with them. “If you have a gun on you, I’m going to give you a discount,” Kevin Cox, owner of Bergeron’s Restaurant, said, hoping the move will discourage robbers. “As long as everybody has a gun, we’re all the same size.” (Baton Rouge’s WVLA-TV) SECOND AMENDMENT VS. FIRST AMENDMENT – A firing range in Hot Springs, Ark., banned Muslims. “This is not a coffee and doughnut shop,” Jan Morgan, owner of the Gun Cave Indoor Firing Range, blogged. “People are shooting guns in close proximity to each other, so my patrons depend on me and my discretion regarding who I allow to shoot beside them. Why would I want to rent or sell a gun and hand ammunition to someone who aligns himself with a religion that commands him to kill me?” (Little Rock’s Arkansas Times) MISSOULA NORTH 721-1770

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hey call it “The Floatinator.” Nearly every time John Lewis charges the basket at the Helena YMCA, he executes an underhanded toss that starts at the hip and sends the ball in a tall arch next to the rim. And nearly every time, the ball descends with a soft swish through the net. Anyone who’s been playing noonball long here will tell you it’s been his signature move for years. Height-wise, Lewis falls somewhere in the middle of today’s entourage. His bald head doesn’t set him apart either, and while, at age 36, he’s not the youngest regular, he’s also far from the oldest. His build, his dress, his habit of high-fiving after successful plays— nothing really distinguishes him from the two dozen other locals gathered for a bit of informal lunch-hour basketball, except, maybe, The Floatinator. If it weren’t for the television ads and media stories spreading his face across the state, you could easily confuse him for the neighbor down the block you nod to occasionally when he’s mowing the lawn. No campaign stuff on the court. That’s one of the most stringent rules Lewis has carved out for himself in his bid for Montana’s lone U.S. House seat. This dingy basement gym has become his respite from the rigors of a statewide campaign. Most of the guys here didn’t even know he was running at first; it’s only a month before Election Day and the presence of an Indy reporter and photographer still attract a few puzzled glances. Even Lewis’ communications director, Kathy Weber, admits this is the first time she’s set foot on the sidelines at noonball. “The minute John gets the ball in his hands, he’s on it,” I’m told by a stocky fellow with yellow-lensed sports glasses. A few minutes later, he smacks his hands together as Lewis scores again. “Oo, you see that?” he shouts. “The two-handed Floatinator.” Noonball is played on a continuous loop of 10minute games, and with seconds left on the clock in the first, Lewis is already dripping with sweat. He attempts a shot from just inside the half-court line, misses and dashes in for the rebound. He shoots again. The ball twirls around the rim twice, dropping through the hoop just as the buzzer wails. Most Montana voters have only recently gotten to know John Lewis. His first ad aired in late August, and the first televised debate between the Democratic hopeful and his Republican opponent, Ryan Zinke, went down just two weeks ago. For the better part of the last year, Lewis was primarily known as “the Baucus guy” because of his work as a past aide and state director to former Sen. Max Baucus. Sure, he won a staggering victory over former Public Service Commissioner John Driscoll in the Democratic primary, but Lewis himself acknowledges that his biggest breakthroughs in name recognition have occurred in the latter months of the campaign. “I wasn’t counting on them being such big dudes,” Lewis says as he strolls to the bleachers, referring to today’s opponents. The defense was tough out there, he continues. He sits out the next two games, giving others the opportunity to jump in. Pickup basketball games offered him a similar outlet while working for Baucus in Washington, D.C. Lewis even played games with Sen. Jon Tester. “He doesn’t shoot much, but he can rebound,” Lewis explains. “You’ve seen him. He’s a big guy. He just stands under the basket and rebounds. He’s like the Charles Barkley of the Senate.” Later, Dylan Osterhout, the Helena real estate agent who sold Lewis his home and also turned him on to noonball, offers his brief take on Lewis. “A regular guy,” Osterhout says.

[14] Missoula Independent • October 16–October 23, 2014

Here on the court, everyone seems to know him as such. Just a guy in running shorts and sweat-stained Adidas, a solid player, the father of The Floatinator. But the House race only started permeating Montana living rooms and mailboxes this summer, and has since been overshadowed by a controversy-plagued Senate contest. After two terms as a state senator and a failed bid for lieutenant governor alongside Neil Livingstone in the 2012 Republican primary, Zinke is a fairly familiar name across Montana. For many voters outside this YMCA, the biggest question on the 2014 ballot may well be: Who is John Lewis, and what does he stand for? •––––––––––• A week earlier, a reporter asked Lewis if he had an aversion to neckties. He’d just finished walking in the University of Montana Homecoming Parade, and the question prompted the kind of chuckle that says, “You caught me.” Every ad, Facebook photo and public appearance up to that point had depicted Lewis in either a T-shirt or a button-up with the sleeves rolled just below his elbows. As with Tester or former Gov. Brian Schweitzer, spotting Lewis in a tie seemed somewhat akin to solving the tricky back pages of a Where’s Waldo book. Lewis promptly confessed that, prior to going to work for Baucus, he didn’t even know how to tie one. He was forced to look up the technique online when he started his job in D.C. “They’re uncomfortable,” he said, “and I don’t see a lot of Montanans wearing ties. I am who I am.” That last phrase has become something of a mantra for the Lewis campaign. Talk to supporters and you’ll hear summations like “authentic,” “polite,” “cooperative,” “a family guy.” Lewis has painted himself as a sort of Montana everyman, the kind who isn’t quick to brag or, for that matter, talk much without reason or provocation. He’s not a frank-talking farmer like Tester or a bombastic showman like Schweitzer, and his five years working in D.C. hardly qualify him as the Beltway insider many felt Baucus was after his six terms in the Senate. In other words, Lewis is something Montanans haven’t seen on the ballot before. “We’ve got a chance to win,” Lewis said after the parade, his arms stretched out along the back of a couch in the University District, his jacket hanging open to reveal a maroon Griz shirt. “It’s not appearing to be a great year for Democrats nationally, but in a red state we’ve put this seat in play and we have a great shot to win it.” Lewis, while born in Billings, spent the bulk of his childhood in Missoula as the youngest of seven siblings. His backstory isn’t much different than that of most folks in these parts: building forts up Pattee Canyon, eating clam chowder at Worden’s Market, buying CDs at Rockin Rudy’s. In seventh grade at Washington Middle School, he shaved Ws into the side of his head. He played fullback for the Sentinel High School football team but doesn’t sugarcoat the fact that they went 1-26 in three seasons. When he was a senior, his parents bought him a guitar, which he learned to play in the dorms at Western Washington University. He’s a classic rock guy, and keeps up with the latest indie bands including The National and the Black Keys. Throw in his love of Nintendo NES—he’s got a particular fondness for “Contra” and “Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out!!”—and he could be any mid30s man on the street. “I almost drowned in the Blackfoot once,” he says, referring to his teenage years working for Missoula lawyer Bob Mullendore at the Greenough Cattle Company, now Paw’s Up Ranch. “We were swimming across

Most Montana voters have only recently gotten to know John Lewis. The Democrat considers himself a regular Montanan, coaching his sons’ soccer team and playing pickup basketball at the Helena YMCA. He often returns to Missoula, where he grew up playing football at Sentinel and where his mother and stepfather still live.

the river at Clearwater Junction and my body just gave out halfway across. Nobody really noticed at first, so I managed to float to this rock in the middle of the river. I hung out there for five, maybe 10 minutes until my strength came back.” Lewis still spends one week a year fly fishing local rivers with his dad, though the campaign has kept him from fishing much this year. It’s those sorts of ordinary connections to the land that make Lewis such a staunch advocate for public access. He’ll come around to the issue gradually, but when he does, his demeanor changes slightly. Not to one of angst or frustration, but rather one of perplexity. He simply can’t understand why anyone would talk about transferring federal lands to state management, as so many politicians on the far right are now suggesting. “That idea is just a terrible idea, and I just can’t believe Montanans would let that happen,” he says. “But I don’t want to play defense. Let’s get passionate about public lands. Let’s further strengthen public lands … There’s 1.9 million acres that are inaccessible. The Land and Water Conservation Fund has created a lot of the fishing access sites—Johnsrud and others—and it’s un-

derfunded. If we fully fund that, we’ll get more fishing access sites.” Fully funding the LWCF is just one of the many planks outlined in a comprehensive public lands plan Lewis rolled out this month. Other recommendations include protecting Farm Bill funding avenues for block management-type programs, defending hunters and anglers from over-regulation when it comes to lead-based fishing tackle and bullets, and granting states greater authority to establish shooting ranges on public lands (Lewis received an A rating from the National Rifle Association; he also has an endorsement from Montana Conservation Voters). Lewis stresses the urgency of passing three major bills out of Montana: the North Fork Watershed Protection Act, the Forest Jobs and Recreation Act and the Rocky Mountain Front Heritage Act, all three of which are currently stalled in Congress. When it comes to the third, Lewis somehow simultaneously takes partial credit for Baucus’ sponsorship and gives full credit to the ranchers and conservationists who created it. “I worked very hard internally to push [Baucus] to support that, and it’s because I did a bunch of meetings with the ranchers, with local wilderness advocates,” he

says. “I recommended to him very strongly that this is a great piece of legislation, this is a ground-up type of collaboration that people want. And it’s regional.” That’s something else you’ll note about Lewis. Even when he’s in a position to talk himself up, he’ll simply give someone else the credit. •––––––––––• After noonball, Lewis gets down to brass tacks over a mushroom burger and a Diet Coke at the Windbag in downtown Helena. There’s no denying this is a tough year for Democrats. Congressional approval ratings are at historic lows, political enthusiasm is in the toilet and, in Lewis’ eyes, voters are directing the blame at both parties. Montana is traditionally a red state, 2014 is a nonpresidential election year and after a record-breaking 2012 cycle that saw some $50 million in political spending on the Senate race alone, voters seem exhausted. But Lewis is nothing if not an optimist. “I kept my integrity this whole race,” he says. “I’m proud of that. I have no regrets. I’ve done it the right way. I said at the beginning, I’m not changing who I am. I’m not taking Rogaine with Minoxidil. I’ve got a family

to raise, too. I’ve got those responsibilities, so I think that gives you a unique perspective to do what’s right.” In Lewis’ world, “what’s right” includes raising most of his campaign cash from Montanans, a task that’s required him to travel the state as much if not more than he did in 2011. Back then his tour was on behalf of Baucus, during which he visited all 56 counties and met with all but 11 of Montana’s mayors in person (he connected with those 11 by phone). The trip was punctuated by a few pheasant-dents in his front bumper, a speeding ticket and an episode where he ran out of gas outside Rexford. His tour was political, but the details smack of everyday Montana. Despite the positives of the campaign—his grandfather’s status as an original member of the Warm Springs Tribal Council in Oregon meant he was greeted “like an old friend” while attending a half-dozen powwows this summer—Lewis has had to weather some attacks of late. Two in particular get his ire up, though he goes 20 minutes without actually mentioning his opponent. The first is the insinuation in a recent Zinke campaign ad that because he’s only 36, Lewis is somehow less qualified for office. At first Lewis laughs it off, mocking the ad’s lan-

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photo by Alex Sakariassen

During the House debate in Bozeman Oct. 4, Lewis contrasted himself as the “workhorse” to Republican candidate and former state Sen. Ryan Zinke’s “showhorse.”

guage by pointing out that when Zinke was assigned platoon commander of SEAL Team One in 1988, he was beating Super Mario Brothers for the first time. But it’s been a long, hard race, one that’s kept Lewis from spending much time with his 6-year-old son, Jackson, and 8-year-old daughter, Kate. He gets a little steamed thinking about the ad, and recalls a moment after his first speech on the campaign trail when state Sen. Jim Keane, D-Butte, walked up and told him people cared less about his past than what he plans to do in Congress. “What we were both doing in 1988, why is that relevant to how you feel about issues, what your stance is on issues, what you’re going to do in Congress?” Lewis says. “That is not relevant. And there’s lots of ways to serve, there’s lots of experience. I think my experience is more relevant than his for what we’re trying to do here.” Lewis’ experience cuts to the other attack that fires him up: A claim in another Zinke ad that Lewis helped draft the Affordable Care Act, commonly referred to as Obamacare. Again, he initially finds humor in it, chuckling to himself that in spite of the agebased attacks, the ad still depicts him writing Obamacare on a typewriter. The chuckle subsides as he points out that he had already moved back to Montana when the bill was drafted, that it wasn’t in his purview. Zinke will later walk back the attack at a debate in Bozeman, admitting when pressed that he doesn’t feel Lewis “wrote all of it,” before claiming in his closing statements that a vote for Lewis is a vote for the policies of “Barack Hussein Obama.”

The Obamacare ding does afford Lewis a seamless transition into the topic of health care coverage. The ACA “made some steps in the right direction,” he says, “but did it fix our health care system? No.” Lewis does see the bill as an important move toward insuring the millions of Americans who are currently uninsured and alleviating the burden of uncompensated health care that’s been driving up coverage rates for years. It guaranteed coverage for individuals with pre-existing conditions and it’s made the insurance market more competitive in some places, including Montana. Competition is one of the key points he hammers on the issue. “People are paying 8 percent less in insurance premiums in those 22 states that have [a health insurance] co-op, because that co-op is providing competition to the private insurance company,” he says. “We have three companies in Montana offering insurance on the exchange: Blue Cross, PacificSource and the co-op. The co-op, let’s be honest, it’s an insurance company, but it’s a nonprofit insurance company that elects a board, like a credit union. Wyoming has one insurance company offering insurance on the exchange. Highest insurance rates in the country.” While Lewis has run a positive campaign through much of the race, he did finally take a swing at Zinke this month. His third ad of the year took Zinke to task on the public lands transfer issue, claiming that Zinke intends to sell off those lands to the highest bidder. The Montana Democratic Party has leveled similar attacks at both Zinke and Republican Senate candidate Steve Daines, and it appears that a once-fringe effort by Utah

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lawmakers and the American Lands Council has officially become a wedge issue in 2014. Zinke’s counter argument has been that, while he does support states taking over management of federal lands, he isn’t in a rush to sell those lands to private interests. If noonball wasn’t exhausting enough, talking about the attacks leaves Lewis looking a bit deflated. He acknowledges the race can cause stress, that missing time with the kids is “hard.” But he and his wife, who’s been the family’s sole revenue stream since he started his campaign, made it their motto early on to take it one day at a time and not look back. “You can’t sit there and stress about the outcome, get too far ahead of yourself,” he says. “Then you’re hostage to winning or losing. Just do the best you can every single day, and my wife has been great because there are some days where I’ve been like, ‘God, today sucked. This is really hard.’ And she says, ‘Snap out of it. We don’t have time for getting down. We don’t have the energy for that. Tomorrow’s a new day. It’ll be better.’” As if on cue, two small children rush past the Windbag followed by a blond woman in a black coat. The kids are Jackson and Kate; the woman is Melissa, a government relations consultant whom Lewis met in college and later proposed to up Pattee Canyon on New Year’s Eve 1999. “John, there’s your family,” Kathy Weber says, pointing. “What…?” he replies, staring out the window with a mixture of confusion and joy. He knocks on the glass and the children turn, reflecting the same look back at him.

“I promise that’s not staged,” he says. •––––––––––• Pat Williams likes to joke that he’s been trying to get Lewis to D.C. for nearly four decades. When Lewis was just “a little guy,” Williams approached his mother, Ginny Tribe, about coming to work on Capitol Hill. Tribe, now a well-known professional facilitator in Missoula, was with the U.S. Forest Service at the time and had drawn Williams’ attention as “one of the most effective people in her job … that I’d ever met.” Tribe “wisely said no,” Williams says. And while the former U.S. congressman became impressed with Lewis as a Baucus aide almost two decades later, Lewis had grown and Williams failed to recognize him at first. “When he would talk to constituents, he was totally with them, absolutely focused on their problem, and assuring them that he would work with the Baucus office to get things taken care of for that person,” Williams says. “The intimacy of his connection with people, that’s an odd ability, a good ability, and he has it.” Williams broke with personal tradition earlier this year, extending his first—and, he noted to the Indy at the time, last–endorsement in a Democratic primary. That endorsement went to Lewis. His vote of confidence carries a bit more weight when you consider Williams was the last Democrat to sit in the House on behalf of Montana. In many ways, Williams says, Lewis’ career thus far parallels his own prior to running for Congress. And he sees Lewis, despite the political circumstances in 2014,

as the best chance Democrats have had to retake the seat since he stepped down in 1997. “One, John is quietly but surely outraged by the inactivity of the current Congress,” Williams says. “At a time when the rich are getting richer and the middle income people are struggling and the Congress is moribund, John sees that for what it is: A tragedy.” Williams feels the House has enough Ryan Zinke types already, enough “chestthumping, my-way-or-the-highway, bullypulpit people,” and he partly attributes Lewis’ quiet, cooperative nature to Tribe’s reputation as a facilitator. Tribe is reluctant to take full credit, chalking it up more to the influence of growing up at a table with her and Lewis’ step-dad, Five Valleys Land Trust co-founder Charles Tribe. Ultimately she feels her son’s collaborative approach to issues stems from his natural curiosity and optimism. “That doesn’t mean Polyanna,” Tribe says. “It’s a glass-half-full instead of halfempty way of looking at things. You’ve probably heard the stories of when he played on the Sentinel football team and they won one game in three years. He would come home and say, ‘We did so much better tonight. We made three touchdowns tonight’—even though the other team might have made seven.” Nancy Keenan notes those same qualities in Lewis. The former state superintendent of public instruction and NARAL Pro-Choice president ran for the House herself in 2000, and seemed primed for victory after Republican incumbent Rick Hill’s

photo by Alex Sakariassen

Lewis chats with Missoula Meals on Wheels volunteer driver Ted Nyquest in August, shortly before the two delivered 12 meals to people in the rural Clinton area.

How could Lewis toughen up? Go after abrupt departure from the race. Then came attacks have come rapid-fire on television, John’s campaign is that the people that are in surprise contender Denny Rehberg, a but Lewis has been slow to counter those al- charge of his advertising, his slogans, what- Zinke’s “puffery,” Williams says, his “arroKeenan defeat and Rehberg’s subsequent six- legations or launch attacks of his own. His ever it is they’re going to come up with, have gance.” And Lewis appears to be catching on. term reign. Now the seat is open, and first two ads were positive and self-focused. almost exclusively run campaigns for incum- At the Bozeman debate, and during the Keenan, who has known Lewis and his family Only his third and latest took aim at his op- bents and were going to win,” Williams says. Indy’s afternoon with him, Lewis trotted out since the late ’80s and wasted little time ponent. Even though the claims Zinke has “John’s not an incumbent who’s ahead. He a relatively new campaign slogan: “If you jumping on the campaign as an advisor, feels made about Lewis’ role in the Affordable ought to run a different campaign for it. It want a workhorse in Congress, I’m your guy. If you want a showhorse in Conthe Democratic Party has a real shot gress, then Ryan Zinke is your guy.” at victory. “He listens,” Keenan says of Lewis. “I mean, I can be talking and •––––––––––• yapping about stuff, but this man lisThe evening following the tens. And then I can watch him with noonball game, Lewis should be people he’s never met that have an prepping for the next day’s debate opinion or a bone to pick, and he lisin Bozeman. Instead he’s wearing a tens. He’s not looking over their neon-green shirt and roaming the shoulder … and I think part of the soccer field across the parking lot strength of a good leader is you have from the YMCA where, earlier, he to listen to the people.” conducted an interview with KXLH That reserved demeanor does on his new public lands plan. His come with serious drawbacks. If wife, Melissa, and the kids are wearKeenan sees any weakness in Lewis’ ing the same type of shirt. campaign, it’s that people expect Lewis makes a point of menhim to be more keyed-up, “and that’s tioning that he’s just the assistant not who the guy is.” In a race like coach for his kids’ soccer teams; this, high energy can be critical in firMelissa’s the head coach. The dising up voters; even Lewis acknowltinction shows as Melissa follows the edges that turnout is key in 2014. young players around the field, “He’s a low-key guy, and I think shouting encouragement. Lewis that can be a strength, but it can be hangs back, limping a little (those a weakness,” Keenan says. “People Critics have attacked Lewis both for his young age—36—and his decade-long career as a big dudes from noonball, no doubt) Baucus staffer, which began shortly after he graduated college. If his supporters note are looking for the rah-rah. People any weakness, it’s that Lewis is almost too low-key. and tying shoes for kids when laces are looking for somebody that’s come undone. He’s quiet but obsergoing to stir up the base. I think that works Care Act are false, Williams says, “that hurts.” doesn’t have to be slash and burn, but it’s got vant, paying close attention as Jackson during a campaign, but it doesn’t work in He feels Lewis’ campaign cannot allow Zinke to be tough. These latest TV ads he’s run I charges ahead toward the ball with what to continue to denigrate Lewis with ill- noticed are nudging up against toughness must be a genetic focus on the game. governing.” about Zinke, but I’m concerned that it’s not Williams restricts his criticism to the rel- founded or age-based assaults. Thad Adkins, an attorney with the “What I worry about with regard to going to come across right.” ative softness of the Lewis campaign. Zinke’s Montana Department of Environmental

Quality and friend of the Lewis family, watches his own kid from the sidelines. He’s a frequent camping companion of Lewis’, and with the campaign keeping dad away, he’s taken Jackson on a couple trips this summer. Adkins calls Lewis a “natural fit” for Congress. “He values public lands, and knows Montanans do too,” Adkins says. He feels the country needs people in office who are calm, collected and can work with others. In 24 hours, Lewis will be in a zone similar to the one that overtook him at noonball. He’ll stand in a hallway outside the debate room at the Riverside Country Club in Bozeman, his slump-shouldered figure framed behind a glass door—head down, one hand in his pocket, the other clasping a packet of issue-centric notes. He and Zinke will shake hands and smile, then exchange salvo after salvo on issues ranging from health care to West Coast coal ports to ISIS to the question of deploying ground troops in the Middle East again. By the end Lewis will come away the debate winner, in the eyes of many, earning a surprise endorsement from Montana’s largest newspaper, the Billings Gazette. And he’ll reaffirm his status as a man of many monikers—the “Baucus guy,” the family man, the everyday Montanan, the Dems’ best hope for victory. For now, though, here on this YMCA soccer field in Helena, he’s content just kneeling in a post-game huddle and tearing open a box of Capri-Sun packets. Add “soccer dad” to the list. asakariassen@missoulanews.com

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[arts]

Disturbing the universe Artist Brea deMontigny explores the mysterious portraits of forgotten people by Erika Fredrickson

rowing up in Gillette, Wyo., where coal mining and ranching dominate the landscape, Brea deMontigny didn’t have a lot of encouragement to pursue art as a career. That was fine with her—at least, at first. In high school she dabbled in painting, but her grand plan was to become an astronomer. She took the prerequisites—college calculus, included—to make sure she was on the right track. “I was ready to do it,” she says. “I was drawn to the idea of the exploration of something beyond ourselves. There’s so much that we don’t know and understand. And I wanted to know.” But you know how the story goes: deMontigny’s high school art teacher saw something special in her and prodded her to attend a one-day art tutorial at the local community college. It opened her eyes, deMontigny says. Though she was good at math, she had to admit to herself that she didn’t enjoy it—and she knew in the field of astronomy that was going to be a problem. She took the plunge into the art world, getting her associates degree at the community college, where she learned technical skills studying the masters, and then enrolling at the University of Montana to pursue her bachelor’s in fine art. “I get here and it’s nothing like the community college,” she says. “It was all very conceptual and strange and great. They wanted me to make art that meant something. It was hard at first, but then I got into it.” In fact, DeMontigny, who just graduated this sum-

mer, has created a body of work that is just as likely to provoke the question “What does it all mean?” as any concept about the universe does for a philosopher. In her painting “Newlyweds,” a man stands next to a woman who is sitting, both of them in a classic portrait pose. But instead of feet, octopus tentacles curl out from under the woman’s dress and the man sports an old-fashioned Victorian diving suit. In deMontigny’s “The Joneses,” a husband, wife and infant face the camera for a portrait, but the husband and wife have antlers on their heads. There is an element of the macabre and surreal in these paintings—or of nature leaking into the otherwise traditional, composed and carefully constructed images of family life. DeMontigny was influenced by piles of old photographs her mother collected of family members going generations back. “They have stiff poses and eyes that look like they’re glowing,” deMontigny says. “They’re really cool. It’s like they took these photos to preserve their memories of their ideal selves. They’d pose for a minute to three minutes, not moving, just to get a photograph. They wanted to be preserved, but in reality we forget about the people in these photos. They’re ghosts. And I love that idea.” Some of deMontigny’s paintings take that idea of identity and ideal selves a step further. The Dana Gallery’s current Young Guns show—an annual exhibit of emerging artists—showcases four of deMontigny’s

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works from her series “Vignettes,” which was part of her BFA thesis. Young Guns usually boasts striking but traditional landscapes and abstracts, but there are always a few pieces that take startling risks. The kind that make you think: “I sort of want that on my wall, but will it give me nightmares?” That’s deMontigny’s work. In “Jane,” three 19th century beauty queens pose together, but deMontigny has blotted their eyes out with white paint. In “The Only,” a bride sits next to her husband, whose face is cut out by the frame. Her eyes are scribbled out in black paint. It sounds like something out of a haunted house, but there’s an explanation. In the attempt to construct the perfect portrait, or fit into the expected societal norm, people lose who they are. “I use color and the juxtaposition of the strange and often grotesque in my paintings to suggest the underlying issues of the presented ‘ideal,’” deMontigny says. “For the beauty queens, I took away their faces because it wasn’t about who they are, it was about how beautiful they were. And the other, I took away her face, too, because it wasn’t about her. We don’t know who she is. To us, she’s just the bride.” DeMontigny recently graduated from UM, but she’s not yet done with “Vignettes.” Over the last few years, she’s discovered dozens of websites dedicated to strange old pictures—a man on a bicycle next to a skeleton on a bicycle, for instance—created in the early days of pho-

tography when people started to experiment and play games with imagery. “People forgot about that game,” she says. “And then we get these old photographs years later and we’re like, ‘What is happening?’ It’s given me plenty of inspiration.” By playing with the idea of lost identities and forgotten faces, deMontigny is bringing them back to the surface of people’s consciousness—but in a new light, with a new identity. “I am attempting to breathe life into something distant and interpret an impossibility of knowing with a bit of dark humor,” she says. There have been times deMontigny wasn’t entirely confident in her choice to study art. It helped, she says, that recent cuts to NASA programming have made being an astronomer almost as uncertain a career as being an artist. It’s also helped that the possibilities for exploring the mysteries of human nature—including her own— prove as infinite as the universe. “I find most of my inspiration from inherent dichotomies in human nature,” she says. “In our daily lives, there is always a difference between who we present ourselves to be in public, and who we are in private—it is a question of what is real within ourselves.” The Dana Gallery’s Young Guns exhibit, which includes selections from Brea deMontigny’s “Vignettes,” continues through the end of October. efredrickson@missoulanews.com

[music]

Mayhem magic Trampled by The Whiskey Hooves

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The Whiskey Hooves’ self-titled album is less of a bluegrass/roots album and more of a magical transporter. As the opening track, “Ring Master,” begins, you may suddenly feel a sticky barstool appear under you and a frothy, warmish beer materialize in your hand. This collection of studio-recorded songs has the energy and atmosphere of a live show at the Western dive bar of your imagination’s choice. Behind the band’s husky, very-possibly-whiskeytuned vocals and a waterfall of guitar, mandolin, bass and banjo strings, you might swear you hear the clink of glasses and the creak of dancing boots on worn floorboards in the background. Original band members Phillip Lear (banjo), Brandon Neumayer (guitar) and Reese Morrison (mandolin) welcomed newcomer Paisley Parker (upright bass and vocals)

to their Missoula-based outfit last year, adding more depth and talent to their boisterous, self-described “stringed mayhem.” Parker, who sounds like a rougher version of Ida Maria—but who might be more fun to hang out with— shines both when singing on her own and when sharing the microphone in rocking bluegrass duets like “Down.” Many Whiskey Hooves songs are about drinking, partying and living the hard life. I suggest listening to the band’s album while engaging only in the first two things. (Sarah Aswell) The Whiskey Hooves plays the Real Lounge Sun., Oct. 19, at 10 PM with Whiskey Dick and St. Christopher. $5/$7 for ages 18-20. The band also opens for Cash’d Out, along with Three-Eared Dog, at the Wilma Thu., Oct. 16, at 8 PM.

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Betty and the Boy, The Wreckage Handled the wrong way, the new Betty and the Boy effort could have been a true wreckage of musical genres and influences. But somehow, like a sort of anti-concept album, or a mix CD in which all of the songs are by the same artist, it finds success. The opening title track, for example, has a moody, atmospheric quality and quirky Joanna Newsom vocals. The next song, “The Waltz,” is literally a waltz. Right after that is something that could be a lost R.E.M. recording, followed by two very traditional-sounding folk/bluegrass songs. The album ends with “September Eighth,” which sounds like someone challenged the band to write and perform a Decemberists’ song. Like your aunt’s weird but warm patchwork quilt, or the stew you made with a bunch of random stuff you bought at the farmers’ market, it works—and its

strength seems to come from its eclectic, un-pigeonhole-able approach. Held together by the woodnymph-next-door voice of Kalispell-born Bettreena Jaeger and backed by a string quartet headed by Portland’s Josh Harvey (he’s “The Boy,” I’m willing to guess), the group manages to turn what could be jarring genre- and mood-switches into a lava-lamp experience of gently morphing sounds and styles. While they might never quite sound like themselves from song to song, the album as a whole provides the big picture of what they are about: a maze of strings and wide-ranging vocals, happy to experiment and not ready to settle down. (Sarah Aswell) Betty and the Boy play Stage 112 Sat., Oct. 18, at 10 PM with Patchy Sanders and the Jason Spooner Trio. $10.

Nikki Lane, All Or Nothin’ Nikki Lane’s second record, All Or Nothin’, was my hands-down summer jam of 2014. I don’t know that I got through any other record in its entirety without turning it off and switching to at least a couple cuts from this one. It’s certainly a country record, but has a healthy dose of vintage ’70s Laurel Canyon, SoCal rock vibe to it too. It doesn’t hurt to have one of the hottest hands in rock involved in the project either, as the record was produced by Dan Auerbach of The Black Keys. Auerbach even contributes a couple cowriting credits and some vocals to the mix. Good records come down to the execution of songs, and Lane delivers. Opener “Right Time” starts with Lane’s vocal kicking in the chorus right out of the

gate, a trick I wish more songwriters would employ. It’s fun, and employs a relentless hook. Lane doesn’t sing like some “American Idol” champion with years of vocal training. She’s a good enough singer, but doesn’t employ any ridiculous virtuoso theatrics either, which makes for songs we can all sing along to. There’s plenty of evidence of dudes walking the razor edge of doing-Nikki-wrong on this record, like “Good Man,” “You Can’t Talk to Me Like That” and “Man Up.” At the same time, there’s “Sleep With a Stranger,” a tune that gives hope to every guy who ever pulled on a pair of Wranglers and went out honky tonkin’. Love, danger—it’s all here. And I’m all in. (Chris La Tray)

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[theater]

Who nose How UM’s Cyrano gets its panache back by Erika Fredrickson

photo by Cathrine L. Walters

Mason Wagner, center, stars as Christian in UM’s Cyrano de Bergerac.

If you haven’t seen Cyrano de Bergerac in a while— and I’m guessing most non-theater-goers haven’t seen it since Gerard Depardieu’s 1990 film adaptation—you probably only recall a couple of things about the story. One: Cyrano has a preposterously large nose. Two: Cyrano has poetic panache and he uses that talent to help a handsome but inarticulate man, Christian, woo the beautiful, intelligent Roxane despite the fact that Cyrano himself is in love with her. The play’s iconic scene happens when Christian stands beneath Roxane’s window gesturing dramatically to her as Cyrano speaks the words for him: “I love you! I’m maddened! No more: I tell you, your name in my heart’s a little bell, and as I tremble, Roxane, all the time, so all the time the bell rings your name’s its echo!” Cyrano de Bergerac is a strange hodgepodge of subplots and characters. At the beginning of the story, Cyrano disrupts a theater production and duels a bunch of swordsmen. In the following act, he chastises a baker’s wife for her indiscretions. In the second half of the play, Cyrano and the cadets of Gascoyne go to war against Spain. But these incidents—even the war—are only the backdrop. This is a story that entertains through witty banter and goofy comedy, but at the heart it’s about true love, not judging others and living life fully. The University of Montana School of Theatre and Dance’s production of Cyrano de Bergerac, directed by Randy Bolton, stars the ever-talented G. Stephen Hodgson as the title character. Hodgson plays Cyrano in the subtle way you might imagine Dustin Hoffman or Jeffrey Tambor might play it. Initially, it’s a tough sell. The first 10 minutes of the show, before Cyrano arrives on stage, is already a little slow, primarily because the script is written in couplets, and the lesser actors get stuck in the rut of a plodding rhythm. I expected the panachefilled appearance of Cyrano to cut through that awkwardness like a sword. I expected to feel mesmerized by this irritable but lyrical fellow with the big nose. And, instead, Hodgson sort of saunters on like a nonchalant bar bouncer. Where’s the panache?

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Alessia Carpoca’s costumes are fabulously elaborate, with texture and color that pops even when the acting doesn’t. But there is some standout acting here. Jim Thomas as the banished actor Montfleury has a natural comedic sense and Marquis Archuleta plays the vengeful Comte de Guiche with enough ease to make us forget how difficult the language of the play can be. And this is a challenging play. It becomes easy to discern the seasoned actors from the greenhorns. Cody Root is colorful as the jolly jack-of-all-trades, Ragueneau, and he and a few other characters definitely bend the production toward a slapstick feel. That’s not bad, except that at some point there needs to be a little weight put toward the love story and there isn’t much. Rigel Rae, who I’ve loved in other productions and who is an excellent actor in general, plays Roxane so lightheartedly it’s hard to believe she’s in love (or even lust) with Christian. Mason Wagner plays Christian sympathetically, with the pained frustration of a man in love with a woman intellectually out of his league. But when the two are in each other’s presence there’s no chemistry. “Christian! Christian!” Roxane yells at one point. “Who are you talking to?” She sounds like an irked mother scolding a child. There’s no sexual tension or passion. Even when she learns the truth about Cyrano, it feels like a small revelation; she commits to loving him with the conviction of someone promising to pick up milk from the store. It’s amazing, then, that the last scene ends up being so strong. After his underwhelming first appearance, Hodgson’s Cyrano morphs into a complex, larger-thanlife character by the end. If we didn’t care about him before, we do now. And it takes an admirable feat of panache to pull that off. Cyrano de Bergerac continues at the Montana Theatre in UM’s PARTV Center Thu., Oct. 16–Sat., Oct. 18, at 7:30 PM nightly. $20/$16 seniors and students/$10 kids. efredrickson@missoulanews.com

[tv]

Future fire A “Twin Peaks” revival can’t lose by Erika Fredrickson

“I hope our hair looks this good in 25 years.”

Everyone who saw “Twin Peaks” when it first aired is talking about the news that the show’s original creators, David Lynch and Mark Frost, are planning to revive the series in 2016. And everyone’s trying to guess what the hell that’s going to look like. The now-cult-classic series is about a coffee-drinking, pie-loving special agent named Dale Cooper who comes to a small, secretive, beautiful, weird and somewhat supernatural town to investigate the murder of a young woman named Laura Palmer. But it’s not the plot that gets the buzz, it’s the Lynchian atmosphere. In a redcurtained room inside what’s known as the Black Lodge, people talk like records playing backwards. A scary man named Bob inhabits other people’s bodies. The Log Lady carries around a log and speaks in prophetic snippets like, “Even the ones who laugh are sometimes caught without an answer: these creatures who introduce themselves but we swear we have met them somewhere before. Yes, look in the mirror. What do you see? Is it a dream, or a nightmare? Are we being introduced against our will? Are they mirrors? I can see the smoke. I can smell the fire. The battle is drawing nigh.” “Twin Peaks” aired in 1990, the same year I entered high school. I ended up hanging with a crowd whose idea of fun was not sneaking into frat parties or going to football games, but rather getting together to watch the show on a weekly basis. (They were drama kids, predictably.) We ate cherry pie and drank strong cups of joe, “black as midnight on a moonless night,” as Agent Cooper says, and sometimes we dressed up as the characters. Eventually our devotion to the “Twin Peaks” phenomenon landed us on the front page of the Missoulian. Dark winter evenings never seemed so thrilling as when we heard Angelo Badalamenti’s jazzy finger-snapping song “Freshly Squeezed.” We could talk for hours after each episode. Who was the Man from Another Place? What did the red curtains mean? Fans will tell you that “Twin Peaks” matters because it was the precursor to our current television Golden Age—before “True Detective” and “Breaking Bad” and “American Horror Story.” But the truth is, there’s still never been anything like it. All these other shows are brilliant and slick with good acting and dialogue. “Twin Peaks” is off-kilter in ways that are both maddening and enchanting, with occasional bad acting (ahem, Lara

Flynn Boyle) and bewildering subplots. My friend, Josh, part of the “Twin Peaks” fan club back in the day, says his favorite character wasn’t a person. “My Lynchian—and real—response is to say my favorite character is the ceiling fan in the Palmer house,” he told me recently. “There is just something wholly unsettling about that entire shot. Set up at the bottom of the dark stairs, a light at the landing shows a couple rooms, but mainly it is Laura Palmer’s room, where the door is open but it is dark inside. The fan is whooshing through the air, all you can hear is the murmur of the motor and the cascading air. Everything is still. But you learn later at the top of those stairs and inside her room some really awful stuff happened. Yet the shot is a simple, suburban happy home shot. It is as unsettling as anything you will see in the show and I think that was the grander point of ‘Twin Peaks.’ Everything is not as it seems.” If you haven’t seen “Twin Peaks,” here’s how to do it: Watch it with friends—drinking coffee and eating cherry pie, naturally. Don’t watch the movie Fire Walk with Me—it is utterly nonsensical and not indicative of the series. Don’t watch episodes 19 through 23, during which Lynch and Frost were temporarily off the project. Well, do watch them; just know they’ll be bad. Keep an eye out for clues and themes and repetition—starting even in the pilot. Notice how in the last episode, a demonic Laura Palmer tells Agent Cooper, “I’ll see you again in 25 years. Meanwhile...” And then disappears. Intentional or not, it’s this kind of prophecy—this Easter egg from years ago—that makes me not worried that the “Twin Peaks” revival will disappoint. I worried about how “Lost” would end and how “Breaking Bad” could possible treat Walt to the fate he deserved. But Lynch has a different brain from the rest of us. His vision doesn’t bend to popular culture. I don’t think he could sell out “Twin Peaks” if he wanted to. He just doesn’t think that way. “Twin Peaks” was always destined for another season, especially since it ended with Agent Cooper in jeopardy. And it’s just like Lynch to raise the series from the dead 25 years later, just when everyone was starting to forget about it. As the Log Lady says, “When this kind of fire starts, it’s hard to put out.” efredrickson@missoulanews.com

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Case dismissed Despite stellar cast, The Judge doesn’t hold up by Molly Laich

”Don’t pull your ‘I’m Iron Man’ crap with me!”

There’s a solid 20 minutes worth of engaging material to be found in this week’s small-town family drama, The Judge. The rest had me wishing that movie theater seats came with fast forward buttons instead of cupholders. Robert Downey Jr. stars as Hank Palmer, a sleazy, fast-talking defense attorney out of Chicago who specializes in rich, guilty clients. In the first few minutes, we see Hank accidentally-on-purpose pee on the prosecuting attorney’s shoes in the bathroom while gleefully espousing how his questionable ethics have afforded him a hot wife, fast car and cool house in the suburbs. (Later we’ll learn that he and his wife are getting a divorce and there’s about to be an ugly custody battle for their 8-year-old daughter.) I barely need to summarize; you’ve seen it all a million times before. He’s the successful big city lawyer whose winnings have made him successful on paper but leave him empty on the inside. He’s not a nice guy but he gets the job done. If the scene allowed for an old sick dog in the courtroom, they’d have had him kick it on his way out the door. What this guy needs is a phone call from home telling him his mother died, so he can go back to his sleepy hometown in Indiana to be reunited with his estranged father and brothers in order to confront the ghosts of his past and come to learn real values. In Indiana we meet Hank’s older brother Glen (Vincent D’Onofrio), a once-great baseball player who now manages a tire store on account of a career-ending car accident that Hank may or may not have had a part in. His younger brother Dale (Jeremy Strong) hides behind an 8mm movie camera and seems to have a touch of the autism, which he tries to overcorrect by hugging people at all the wrong times. He’s a sweet character with that charming habit of saying or doing just the wrong thing to jar family sore spots loose and get everyone rattled—every film should have one. Finally, there’s the judge, played by Robert Duvall. Hank lurks in the shadows in the back of the courtroom watching his father preside over a deadbeat dad divorce proceeding, where he rules with an iron fist but somehow can’t remember his bailiff ’s name. Is it dementia?

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Is Dad hitting the bottle again? From Hank and the judge’s awkward post-funeral handshake, it’s apparent these two don’t get along, but it will be some time before the plot unravels what’s at the heart of the grudge. Hank runs into an old girlfriend at the funeral named Samantha ( Vera Farmiga) with an ominously timed daughter from an unknown father. She likes it just fine in Indiana, thank you very much, and maybe Hank should stay there and eat pie in a diner after-hours with her forever and quit being such a snob. I should mention that the judge hits someone with his car on the night of his wife’s funeral, because that’s the event that catapults this thing into a by-the-numbers courtroom drama, but really this is a story about a broken family and Hank’s journey toward becoming a better man; the trial is just the excuse to bring them together. The Judge is a patchwork of clichés with a vomit-inducing, piano-driven soundtrack that cues the audience on exactly how we should feel. Of course Hank will come to defend his father in the case, but we have to spend 20 minutes dancing around the idea first. Any intelligent filmgoer can see what’s coming from a mile away. Director David Dobkin (Wedding Crashers, Mr. Woodcock) has a serious pacing problem on his hands. Scenes that should be brief or not at all sprawl out for what seems like hours. It’s like he doesn’t trust us, and that does more than hurt my feelings—it wastes my time. It’s too bad, because there really is some good material hidden in the folds of this dreck. The characters are mostly believable and well acted. I was particularly interested in what this grown-up family had been through and what happened to make them so estranged. The scenes between Duvall and Downey that bring that conflict to a head are tender and real. Hank wants to be acknowledged for his own successes by a father who has been ceaselessly tough on him. It’s a relatable subject, worthy of a better movie. This picture has them making amends in a goddamn fishing boat. The Judge continues at the Carmike 12. arts@missoulanews.com

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Csokas and Chloë Grace Moretz. Rated R. Carmike 12, Pharaohplex.

APOCALYPSE NOW Captain Willard is dispatched on a secret mission to Cambodia in Francis Ford Coppola’s 1979 classic. Starring Martin Sheen, Marlon Brando and Robert Duvall. Screening at the Roxy Sun., Oct. 19 at 7 PM.

GONE GIRL A husband becomes the focus of suspicion when his wife disappears. Starring Ben Affleck, Rosamund Pike and Neil Patrick Harris. Rated R. Carmike 12, Pharaohplex, Showboat.

THE BEST OF ME Former high school sweethearts smooch and talk about their feelings in the adaptation of a Nicholas Sparks novel. Starring James Marsden, Michelle Monaghan and Luke Bracey. Rated PG13. Carmike 12, Pharaohplex.

THE JUDGE A high-powered lawyer has to return home to his estranged family after his dad is accused of murder. Starring Robert Downey Jr., Robert Duvall and Vera Farmiga. Rated R. Carmike 12, Pharaohplex, Showboat. (See Film.)

BLUE IS THE WARMEST COLOR (LA VIE D’ADÈLE) Two young French women fall in love and discover insights about life over a decade of a complex relationship. Starring Léa Seydoux, Adèle Exarchopoulos and Salim Kechiouche. Rated NC-17 (because depicting women’s sexuality is racy, y’all). Screening at the Roxy Thu., Oct. 16 at 7 PM. THE BOOK OF LIFE Guillermo del Toro produces this animated adventure about a young man trying to figure out which path in life to take. Featuring the voices of Diego Luna, Zoe Saldana and Channing Tatum. Rated PG. Carmike 12, Pharaohplex. FURY Brad Pitt is a battle-hardened sergeant commanding a five-man crew in a 1945 strike at Nazi Germany. Also starring Shia “The Beef” LaBeouf and Logan Lerman. Rated R. Carmike 12, Pharaohplex. LAST DAYS IN VIETNAM As the U.S. pulls out of Vietnam, soldiers and diplomats decide whether to obey orders to only rescue U.S. citizens. Screening at the Roxy Oct. 17-19 at 7:15 and 9:15 PM as part of the Big Read festivities. MEET THE MORMONS A Mormon-made documentary explores the lives of six different Mormons around the world. Rated PG. Carmike 12, Pharaohplex. THE METROPOLITAN OPERA: LE NOZZE DI FIGARO Libidinous pageboys, philandering counts and clever servants—it’s not just a night at the Golden Rose, but rather the Met’s take on the Mozart classic. Screening at the Roxy Oct. 18 at 11 AM and Oct. 21 at 6:30 PM. Visit mtlive.org for tickets and more info. MY OLD LADY Curmudgeons with hearts of gold are on tap

LIFE OF CRIME Petty criminals’ plan to ransom a millionaire’s wife goes awry, in the adaptation of an Elmore Leonard novel. Starring Jennifer Aniston, Mos Def and Isla Fisher. Rated R. Wilma.

Those pecs have my vote. The Best of Me opens Friday at Carmike 12 and Pharaohplex.

when an American inherits an apartment in Paris that comes with a catch. Starring Kevin Kline, Kristin Scott Thomas and Maggie Smith. Rated PG-13. Wilma. PETE SEEGER: THE POWER OF SONG Interviews and archival footage capture the legendary musician and activist’s life. Screening at the Top Hat Mon., Oct. 20, at 8 PM. SHELTER ME Katherine Heigl narrates an inspirational doc about puppies and kitties saved by animal shelters. I am already weepy. Screening at the Roxy Wed., Oct. 22 at 7 PM.

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movie.” Starring Steve Carell, Jennifer Garner and Ed Oxenbould. Rated PG. Carmike 12, Pharaohplex. THE BOXTROLLS A young boy raised by cave-dwelling garbage collectors (parenting is getting so avante garde these days, amirite?) must save his buddies from an exterminator. Starring the voices of Ben Kingsley, Jared Harris and Nick Frost. Rated PG. Carmike 12, Pharaohplex, Entertainer. BOYHOOD Watch a kid literally grow up in Richard Linklater’s 12-years-in-the-making epic. Starring Ellar Coltrane, Patricia Arquette and Ethan Hawke. Rated R. Wilma.

20,000 DAYS ON EARTH The artistic processes of the one and only Nick Cave are explored in a pseudo-documentary written by, strangely enough, Nick Cave. Screening at the Roxy Oct. 10-12 at 7 and 9 PM.

DRACULA UNTOLD Vlad Tepes is reimagined as a nice prince dude who must use supernatural powers to battle the armies threatening his castle. As a history nerd, I object. Starring Luke Evans, Dominic Cooper and Sarah Gadon. Rated PG-13. Carmike 12, Pharaohplex.

ALEXANDER AND THE TERRIBLE, HORRIBLE, NO GOOD, VERY BAD DAY Based on the venerated kids’ book, a little boy wakes up with gum in his hair and everything goes downhill. As one IMDB reviewer says, “Ugh, they turned it into a family togetherness

THE EQUALIZER A former CIA operative gets called out of retirement to rescue a young damsel and defeat “ultra-violent Russian gangsters,” as opposed to all the sweet and cuddly Russian gangsters out there. Starring Denzel Washington, Marton

A MOST WANTED MAN A half-Chechen, half-Russian winds up at the center of an international intrigue. Starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, Rachel McAdams and Daniel Brühl. Rated R. Wilma. MY NEIGHBOR TOTORO Two little girls are led on an adventure by a charming forest spirit. English version features the work of Dakota Fanning, Elle Fanning and Tim Daly. Screening at the Roxy Sun., Oct. 19 at 4 PM, as part of the weekly Hayao Miyazaki retrospective. YEARS OF LIVING DANGEROUSLY This Showtime documentary series focused on climate change, with celebrity investigators like Harrison Ford, Matt Damon, Jessica Alba, Olivia Munn and Arnold Schwarzenegger. Two episodes from the nine-part series screen every Monday at the Roxy at 7 PM.

Capsule reviews by Kate Whittle. 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 and Village 6 at 541-7469; Wilma at 728-2521; Pharaohplex in Hamilton at 961-FILM; Showboat in Polson and Entertainer in Ronan at 883-5603.

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More than just ice cream by Jule Banville When I say “olive oil gelato” to you, are you making that intrigued face or the other one you do? When Shane Fredrick says it to me at Caffé Dolce on Brooks Street, where he’s the mad scientist behind some of the, let’s say, less-traditional gelato flavors, I need a spoon of it in my mouth. A tiny bit fruity, silkier than others in the case: It goes in creamy and finishes just on the edge of salty. It’s so good, enough good for it to be a damn crime that its container has almost no evidence of other fans. Fredrick, a sous chef and expediter at Dolce, gets it. His favorite, after all, is “the plain-Jane chocolate.” Which isn’t, by the way, plain-Jane. It’s intense with layers of dark bitter cocoa powder and hunks of quality chocolate melted in. There are 5 pounds of chocolate in every 3 gallons of chocolate gelato. So, whatever jones you’ve got, this is the cure. Gelato is funny. Ask a from-Italy Italian what it is and there won’t be a lot of mystery. The word is literally Italian for ice cream. And everyone knows what that is. Ask an American maker or purveyor of the stuff, though, and you’ll get a list of requirements. Gelato doesn’t have egg yolks. It’s more milk than cream and, therefore, has a lower percentage of butterfat. It’s churned at a slower speed and has much less air. The holding temp should be around 10 degrees, which is warmer than ice cream. It’s also better. (That last one’s possibly subjective.) In Missoula, there’s only one real take on gelato, but at least there are two locations: the original Caffé Dolce in Southgate Mall and the artful Brooks Street restaurant that also does a pretty fabulous dinner. Toward the end of Sunday brunch service at 500 Brooks St., Fredrick took time out from running the kitchen to talk gelato. It’s still a favorite topic, 5½ years after he became the guy in the back who really cares about the freezer counters out front. He spends at least one full day a week recreating the go-to flavors and making up new ones. “Right from the get-go, I made it clear I was interested in gelato,” says Fredrick about what hap-

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pened when the first Dolce guy to love all things gelato, owner Peter Lambros, let him run with it. Although he’s worked pastry at Dolce, Fredrick’s more of a chef-y, savory guy and has inclinations toward pushing flavors in that direction. There was that time Fredrick asked Dolce’s chef Andrew Martin to save the butt ends of the prosciutto until he had enough for a batch. Prosciutto gelato (“slightly meaty,” says Fredrick) had a limited run. Most of his more-experimental flavors do, including the rotating beer flavor in the case when I visited, Big Toby Porter from newly opened Lolo Peak Brewing Co. (“slightly roasty,” I’d say). “I was representing on that one,” says Fredrick, 30, who lives in Lolo with his wife, two kids under 2, three dogs and a cat. With all he’s got going on (and with what he and his wife pay in childcare), Fredrick’s not flying off to Italy to see if his gelato measures up. But Lambros is. The fruit flavors at Caffe Dolce? They’re excellent, but Lambros admits they’ll never quite compare to a dish of lemon gelato eaten in Italy while gazing out a window at the tree it came from. The Dixon melon, though, is pretty close, and it’s because Dixon is, literally, pretty close. “Gelato is very much like cooking in a lot of ways,” Lambros says. “It’s always better when you have very fresh, high-quality ingredients. You can taste the difference.” Lambros will hold up Dolce’s dairy flavors to any he’s had. “The chocolate, the coffee, the vanilla. I mean, we’re using the best on the market, the best vanilla bean you can find on the planet. ... I humbly say we’re in the top tier of any you’ll taste anywhere.” And although he appreciates traditional flavors that have won over generations since the invention of milk (for reference, spoon some stracciatella or bacio into your face; you won’t regret it), Lambros is all for the directions Fredrick has taken gelato. “People become great when they become in love with the product they’re making. And he loves it,” he says. Especially the chocolate.

[dish] Bagels On Broadway 223 West Broadway • 728-8900 (across from courthouse) Featuring over 25 sandwich selections, 20 bagel varieties, & 20 cream cheese spreads. Also a wide selection of homemade soups, salads and desserts. Gourmet coffee and espresso drinks, fruit smoothies, and frappes. Ample seating; free wi-fi. Free downtown delivery (weekdays) with $10.00 min. order. Call ahead to have your order ready for you! Open 7 days a week. Voted one of top 20 bagel shops in country by internet survey. $-$$ Bernice’s Bakery 190 South 3rd West • 728-1358 Have you heard? There are new flavors of handmade croissants at Bernice's: Ruby Tuesday, Walnut Pesto, Mixed Berry & Cherry Jalapeno LIme! Not only that...Bernice's is now making the cheese danish with new flavors: Lemon, Rasp, Lime, Blueberry & Huckleberry. When is the last time you stopped in to sit in Bernice's ever inviting atmosphere, been greeted with a smile, sipped on a rich cup of Bernice's Blend, and enjoyed a breakfast pastry? Not recently? You are missing out! No better time to remind yourself just how delicious Bernice's handmade breakfast pastries can be. The cool fall air whisks in as you embrace the smells of fresh baked everywhere. Bernice's. Missoula's one and only. xoxo bernice $-$$ Biga Pizza 241 W. Main Street • 728-2579 Biga Pizza offers a modern, downtown dining environment combined with traditional brick oven pizza, calzones, salads, sandwiches, specials and desserts. All dough is made using a “biga” (pronounced bee-ga) which is a time-honored Italian method of bread making. Biga Pizza uses local products, the freshest produce as well as artisan meats and cheeses. Featuring seasonal menus. Lunch and dinner, Mon-Sat. Beer & Wine available. $-$$ Black Coffee Roasting Co. 1515 Wyoming St., Suite 200 541-3700 Black Coffee Roasting Company is located in the heart of Missoula. Our roastery is open Mon.–Fri., 7:30–4, Sat. 84. In addition to fresh roasted coffee beans we offer a full service espresso bar, drip coffee, pour-overs and more. The suspension of coffee beans in water is our specialty. $ The Bridge Pizza Corner of S. 4th & S. Higgins 542-0002 A popular local eatery on Missoula’s Hip Strip. Featuring handcrafted artisan brick oven pizza, pasta, sandwiches, soups, & salads made with fresh, seasonal ingredients. Missoula’s place for pizza by the slice. A unique selection of regional microbrews and gourmet sodas. Dine-in, drive-thru, & delivery. Open everyday 11 to 10:30 pm. $-$$ Brooks & Browns Inside Holiday Inn Downtown 200 S. Pattee St. • 532-2056 This week at Brooks and Browns: Thursday 10/16 Big Brains Trivia 8-10 pm. Friday 10/17 Live Music with Andrea Harsell 6-9 pm. Monday 10/20 Martini Mania $4 Martinis. Tuesday 10/21 The Mick Delaney Radio Show; Burger + Beer $8. Wednesday 10/22 $2 Wells & $2 PBR Tall Boys. Have you discovered Brooks and Browns? Inside the Holiday Inn, Downtown Missoula. $-$$ Burns Street Bistro 1500 Burns St. • 543-0719 burnsstbistro.com We cook the freshest local ingredients as a matter of pride. Our relationship with local farmers, ranchers and other businesses allows us to bring quality, scratch cooking and fresh-brewed Black Coffee Roasting Co. coffee and espresso to Missoula’s historic westside neighborhood. Handmade breads & pastries, soups, salads & sandwiches change with the seasons, but our commitment to delicious, affordable food and over-the-top fun and friendly service does not. Mon-Fri 7 AM – 2 PM. Sat and Sun Brunch 9 AM – 2 PM. Reservations for Prix Fixe dinners on Fri and Sat nights. $-$$ Butterfly Herbs 232 N. Higgins • 728-8780 Celebrating 42 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. $

Cafe Zydeco 2101 Brooks • 406-926-2578 cafezydeco.com GIT' SOME SOUTH IN YOUR MOUTH! Authentic cajun cuisine, with an upbeat zydeco atmosphere in the heart of Missoula. Indoor and outdoor seating. Breakfast served all day. Featuring Jambalaya, Gumbo, Étouffée, Po-boys and more. Beignets served ALL DAY! Open Monday 9am-3pm, Tuesday-Saturday 11am-8pm, Closed Sundays. Doc’s Gourmet Sandwiches 214 N. Higgins Ave. • 542-7414 Doc’s is an extremely popular gathering spot for diners who appreciate the great ambiance, personal service and generous sandwiches made with the freshest ingredients. Whether you’re heading out for a power lunch, meeting friends or family or just grabbing a quick takeout, Doc’s is always an excellent choice. Delivery in the greater Missoula area. We also offer custom catering!...everything from gourmet appetizers to all of our menu items. $-$$ Eagles Lodge #32 Missoula 2420 South Avenue • 543-6346 Tailgate with us before each Griz home game, and get a FREE ride to the game on our shuttle. Soup, salad and burgers served for lunch Monday thru Friday 11:00am to 2:30pm. Don't forget to stop in for our Thursday Night Matadors & Friday Night Burgers, 6:00 to 8:00pm both nights. Live music EVERY Friday and Saturday night and admission is always FREE! El Cazador 101 S. Higgins Ave. • 728-3657 Missoula Independent readers’ choice for Best Mexican Restaurant. Come taste Alfredo's original recipes for authentic Mexican food where we cook with love. From seafood to carne asada, enjoy dinner or stop by for our daily lunch specials. We are a locally owned Mexican family restaurant, and we want to make your visit with us one to remember. Open daily for lunch and dinner. $-$$ The Empanada Joint 123 E. Main St. • 926-2038 FREE DELIVERY DOWNTOWN. Offering authentic empanadas BAKED FRESH DAILY! 9 different flavors, including vegetarian and gluten-free options. NOW SERVING BREAKFAST Empanadas! Ask us about our Take and Bake Service! Plus Argentine side dishes and desserts. Super quick and super delicious! Get your healthy hearty lunch or dinner here! Wi-Fi, Soccer on the Big Screen, and a rich sound system featuring music from Argentina and the Caribbean. Mon-Thurs 11 am - 6 pm. Friday and Sat 11-8 pm Downtown Missoula. $ Good Food Store 1600 S. 3rd West • 541-FOOD The GFS Deli features made-to-order sandwiches, a rotating selection of six soups, an award-winning salad bar, an olive & antipasto bar and a self-serve hot bar offering a variety of housemade breakfast, lunch and dinner entrées. A seasonally changing selection of deli salads and rotisserie-roasted chickens are also available. Locally-roasted coffee/espresso drinks and an extensive smoothie menu complement bakery goodies from the GFS ovens and from Missoula’s favorite bakeries. Indoor and patio seating. Open every day, 7am – 10pm. $-$$ Grizzly Liquor 110 W Spruce St. • 549-7723 www.grizzlyliquor.com Voted Missoula's Best Liquor Store! Largest selection of spirits in the Northwest, including all Montana micro-distilleries. Your headquarters for unique spirits and wines! Free customer parking. Open Monday-Saturday 9-7:30 www.grizzlyliquor.com. $-$$$ Hob Nob on Higgins 531 S. Higgins • 541-4622 hobnobonhiggins.com Come visit our friendly staff & experience Missoula’s best little breakfast & lunch spot. All our food is made from scratch, we feature homemade corn beef hash, sourdough pancakes, sandwiches, salads, espresso & desserts. MC/V $-$$ Iron Horse Brew Pub 501 N. Higgins • 728-8866 www.ironhorsebrewpub.com We’re the perfect place for lunch, appetizers, or dinner. Enjoy nightly specials, our fantastic beverage selection and friendly, attentive service. Stop by & stay awhile! No matter what you are looking for, we’ll give you something to smile about. $$-$$$

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The Real Lounge HAPPIEST HOUR Where you are: At downtown’s newest bar and music venue, in the basement of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks’ Missoula Hell Gate Lodge #383. Ambience: The Real Lounge is a definite dive, as is apparent before you even set foot in the bar. There’s no sign identifying the space, so the only way you know you’ve arrived is by a little neon “Open” sign hanging over the sidewalk from a fire escape. The space itself is hardly decorated, with bare walls, utilitarian tables, a basic bar and a small stage at the end of the room. A rich history: Some patrons might remember when this room was, for a brief period around 2011, the Jolly Cork’s. But long before that, what’s now the Real Lounge was a bowling alley for members of the Missoula chapter of the Elks, the national nonprofit fraternal organization that still owns the building. Lodge #383 was constructed in 1911 and long served as a private club reserved exclusively for white males. Once equipped with everything from a swimming pool to a shooting range, the huge building now contains two music venues (Stage 112 is at street level), two floors of apartments and lots of hidden, unused rooms and passageways.

Iza 529 S. Higgins • 830-3237 www.izarestaurant.com Contemporary Asian cuisine featuring local, vegan, gluten free and organic options as well as wild caught seafood, Idaho trout and buffalo. Join us for lunch and dinner. Happy Hour 3-6 weekdays with specials on food and drink. Extensive sake, wine and tea menu. Closed Sundays. Open Mon-Fri: Lunch 11:30-3pm, Happy Hour 3-6pm, Dinner 5pm-close. Sat: Dinner 5pm-close. $-$$ Jimmy John’s 420 N. Higgins • 542-1100 jimmyjohns.com Jimmy John’s - America’s Favorite Sandwich Delivery Guys! Unlike any other sub shop, Jimmy John’s is all about the freshest ingredients and fastest service. Freaky Fast, Freaky Good - that’s Jimmy John’s. Order online, call for delivery or visit us on Higgins. $-$$

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A loud present: Though palpably rich with history, the Real Lounge is also alive with a new energy. Drinks are cheap and the room is equipped with a huge sound system. “It gets so loud in here it knocks my glassware off the shelves,” manager and bartender Shawna Lee says. When it’s open: For now and through at least November, the Real Lounge is open only on Friday and Saturday nights, and for shows and special events. Over time, however, Lee plans to extend the hours. How to find it: The Real Lounge is at 112 E. Front St., across from Park Place. —Ted McDermott

Le Petit Outre 129 S. 4th West • 543-3311 Twelve thousand pounds of oven mass…Bread of integrity, pastry of distinction, yes indeed, European hand-crafted baked goods, Pain de Campagne, Ciabatta, Cocodrillo, Pain au Chocolat, Palmiers, and Brioche. Several more baked options and the finest espresso available. Please find our goods at the finest grocers across Missoula. Saturday 8-3, Sunday 8-2, Monday-Friday 7-6. $ Lucky Strike Sports Bar. Casino. Restaurant 1515 Dearborn Ave. 549-4152 Our restaurant offers breakfast, lunch and dinner. Are you looking for Delivery without all the extra charges? Call 549-4152 and talk to Jacquie or Judy for more details. You can also get lunch and Coffee from Bold Coffee in the parking lot. Come into the casino for your chance to play Plinko, Spin the Wheel, or Roll the Dice for machine play. Open Mon-Sun 7am2am. $-$$ Market on Front 201 E. Front St. marketonfront.com The Market on Front is more than a market with a restaurant. It is an energetic marketplace which offers an epicurean experience to excite the senses. It is also an energetic, vibrant marketplace creating an opportunity to taste and take home the products of artisans who create excellent products at awesome prices. This community centered specialty food destination features gourmet yet traditional prepared foods, sandwiches, salads, specialty cheeses, charcuterie, local brews, wines, espresso and so much more! $-$$ Missoula Senior Center 705 S. Higgins Ave. • 543-7154 (on the hip strip) Did you know that the Missoula Senior Center serves delicious hearty lunches every week day for only $6? Anyone is welcome to join us for a delicious meal from 11:30-12:30 Monday- Friday for delicious food, great conversation and take some time to find a treasured item or garment in our thrift shop. For a full menu and other activities, visit our website at www.missoulaseniorcenter.org. 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. Reserve327-0731 We invite you to visit our contemporary Korean-Japanese restaurant and enjoy it’s warm atmosphere. Full Sushi Bar. Korean bar-b-que at your table. Beer and Wine. $$-$$$ Orange Street Food Farm 701 South Orange St. 543-3188 www.orangestreetfoodfarm.com Experience The Farm today!!! Voted number one Supermarket & Retail Beer Selection. Fried chicken, fresh

meat, great produce, vegan, gluten free, all natural, a HUGE beer and wine selection, and ROCKIN' music. What deal will you find today? $-$$$ Parkers’ Restaurant 32 East Front Street Exit 153, Drummond 406-288-2333 Find us on Facebook, Yelp or Foursquare. Offering over 125 different Burgers. Parker’s burgers are ground fresh daily. We patty them 1/4 pound at a time. We also have 1/2 pound and pound burgers! Most burgers are available all the time too, except for seasonal items. We’re open Tuesday thru Saturday 11am to 8 pm. We’ve also got Steaks, Pastas, Salads, Daily Specials and NOT the usual variety of home made desserts. Private parties and catering available. $-$$ Pearl Cafe 231 East Front St. 541-0231 • pearlcafe.us Country French meets the Northwest. Idaho Trout with Dungeness Crab, Rabbit with Wild Mushroom Ragout, Snake River Farms Beef, Fresh Seafood Specials Daily. House Made Charcuterie, Sourdough Bread & Delectable Desserts. Extensive wine list; 18 wines by the glass and local beers on draft. Reservations recommended for the intimate dining areas. Visit our website Pearlcafe.us to check out our nightly specials, make reservations, or buy gift certificates. Open Mon-Sat at 5:00. $$-$$$ Plonk 322 N Higgins • 926-1791 www.plonkwine.com Plonk is an excursion into the world of fine wine, food, cocktails, service and atmosphere. With an environment designed to engage the senses, the downtown establishment blends quality and creativity in an all-encompassing dining experience. Described as an urban hot spot dropped into the heart of the Missoula Valley and lifestyle, Plonk embodies metropolitan personalities driven by Montana passions. Roxiberry Gourmet Frozen Yogurt Southgate Mall Across from Noodle Express 317.1814 • roxiberry.com Bringing Missoula gourmet, frozen yogurt, using the finest ingredients (no frozen mixes), to satisfy your intense cravings with our intense flavors. Our home-made blends offer healthy, nutritional profiles. We also offer smoothies, fresh-made waffle cones, and select baked goods (gluten-free choices available). Join Club Roxi for special offers. See us in-store or visit our website for information. $-$$ Taco Del Sol 422 N. Higgins 327-8929 Stop in when you’re in the neighborhood. We’ll do our best to treat you right! Crowned Missoula’s best lunch for under $6. Mon.-Sat. 11-10 Sun 12-9. $$$ Taco Sano 115 1/2 S. 4th Street West Located next to Holiday Store on Hip Strip 541-7570 • tacosano.net Once you find us you’ll keep coming back. Breakfast Burritos served all day, Quesadillas, Burritos and Tacos. Let us dress up your food with our unique selection of toppings, salsas, and sauces. Open 10am-9am 7 days a week. WE DELIVER. $-$$ Ten Spoon Vineyard + Winery 4175 Rattlesnake Dr. 549-8703 www.tenspoon.com Made in Montana, award-winning organic wines, no added sulfites. Tasting hours: Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, 5 to 9 pm. Soak in the harvest sunshine with a view of the vineyard, or cozy up with a glass of wine inside the winery. Wine sold by the flight or glass. Bottles sold to take home or to ship to friends and relatives. $$ 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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Best seats in the house. King Tuff plays Stage 112 Mon., Oct. 20, along with Boys and Mass FM. 8 PM. $12/$10 in advance at stage112.com. All ages.

THURSDAYOCT16 Jump in the DeLorean with the Montana Memory Project staff, who demonstrate documents, photos and other memorabilia from the Vietnam era and older, as part of the Big Read. Missoula Public Library, 7-8:30 PM.

The Festimation: Animation + New Media Arts Festival features up-and-coming animated movies and documentaries, screening at the Roxy on Thursdays in October. Oct. 9 at 5:30-10 PM, Oct. 16-30 from 7-10 PM. $5-$7, or $22 for all four nights. Cruise over to festimationfestival.wordpress.com.

If you’re living with arthritis or other similar chronic conditions, the Regaining Mobility Through Gentle Movement will use mostly chair-based, yoga-inspired gentle exercises to promote range of motion and joint health. Learning Center at Red Willow, Thursdays from 11 AM-noon through Nov. 6. $50 for six-week

series/$10 drop-in. Call 721-0033 for info. Take a break with that Kit Kat and tunes provided by Keith Scott at the University Center Atrium, noon-1 PM. Free. The nonprofit children’s mental health center, Youth Dynamics Missoula, celebrates

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[calendar] the grand opening of its local chapter with food, prizes and an open house at 619 SW Higgins Ave., 1-7 PM. Free. Call Katie for more info at 728-9672.

nightlife President Jimmy Carter and expert Robert A. Kapp chat about economic and political relations for the eighth annual China Town Hall: Local Connections, National Reflections. UM groups team up to screen the webcast at Gallagher Business Building room 106 at 5 PM. RSVP to angela.austin@umontana.edu or 243-2988. (See Agenda.) The Montana Museum of Art and Culture presents a talk with installation artist Amanda Browder and reception in the PARTV Center lobby.

Montana-grass at Draught Works Brewery, 915 Toole Ave. 6-8 PM. No cover. Turning the Wheel Missoula brings the Tapestry Class, a creative and improvisational dance class with tools for stress relief, to Headwaters Dance Company studio, 1042 Monroe St. Meets Thursdays from 6:30-8 PM through Nov. 20. $10 per class, or $110 for entire series. Advance registration required by emailing lulu@turningthewheel.org or calling 544-7561. If you just can’t get enough of the Man in Black, tribute outfit Cash’d Out plays the Wilma. Doors at 7 PM, show at 8. $16. Tickets at Rockin Rudy’s and ticketweb.com.

out umt.edu/umarts/theatredance. (See Theater.) The new Thursday Flip Night features nonstop bumpin’ tunes and the chance to win free drinks with a coin toss at the bar. Badlander. 9 PM. $2 cover. Cure that case of the Folsom Prison blues when the Cold Hard Cash Show busts out tunes at the Sunrise Saloon, corner of Strand and Regent. 9 PM. No cover. Sp3ncetober 3: I’ll Always Know What You Did Last Summer continues with a third week of shenanigans from Can ‘O Beans, Duane Raider, Holy Lands and a magic genie (!) at the VFW, starting ‘round 9 PM. Cover TBA.

times, uh-uh, at the Top Hat. 9:30 PM. No cover.

FRIDAYOCT17 Celebrate the best of the Pleasure State at the Last Best Film Fest, three days of films highlighting action and outdoor adventure, screening at the Wilma, Roxy and Caras Park, with juried award ceeremony, Oct. 17-19. $20 for all-access pass, $8 per film block. Tickets at Draught Works, LB Snow and lastbestfilmfest.com. Family Weekend, Oct. 17-19, brings all sorts of relations to the University of Montana campus, where freshmen and sophomores ‘n

nightlife It’ll be a cheesy evening at Zootown Improv sketch comedy and improv evening at the Stensrud Playhouse, 314 N. First St. W. Doors at 6:30 PM for main show at 7:30. Beer, wine and Tarantino’s pizza available. $12/$22 for two if purchased online. Tickets at stensrudplayhouse.com. Chilluns can play while Mom and Pop get their whiskey on with Family Friendly Friday at the Top Hat, 6-8 PM, with a rotating group of live, local musicians. No cover. Blue collar, white collar or no collar, The Workers provide tunes whilst you kick back at Ten Spoon Vineyard, 4175 Rattlesnake Drive. Tastings start at 4 PM on weekends, tunes from 68:30 PM. Bring your own foodsnacks, or sample some of the Biga antipasto available. David Allan Cates reads from his latest novel, Tom Connor’s Gift, at Fact and Fiction, 220 N. Higgins Ave. 7 PM. Iraq veteran and novelist David Abrams talks about the creative process with “How to Tell A War Story,” as part of Big Read events at the Missoula Art Museum. 7 PM. Ceramic artist Chris Dufala chats about his work in the current exhibit, Vestiges, at the Clay Studio of Missoula, 1106 A Hawthorne St. 7 PM. Cruise over to theclaystudioofmissoula.org. Local poetry-man-about-town Mark Gibbons reads from his new collection, Shadowboxing, at Shakespeare and Co., 103 S. Third St. 7 PM. Your paramour will appreciate your thriftiness at the Cheap Date Night, where the Missoula Public Library screens a free, recently released motion picture. Plus, Civitella Espresso Bar opens up to serve tasty treats and drinks. Doors open at 6:45 PM and close at 7:15. Enter from the Front Street side of the building. Free.

Pickup game. Whitewater Ramble plays the Top Hat Fri., Oct. 17, at 9:30 PM. $5.

5:45-7 PM. Check out umt.edu/montanamuseum. Get more in tune with your body at the Feldenkrais Awareness Through Movement lessons, which aim to ease chronic pain and improve flexibility and posture. Meets Thursdays from Oct. 9-23 and Nov. 620 from 6-7 PM at the Learning Center at Red Willow, 825 W. Kent Ave. $30 for three week series. Call 7210033 for info. Yar, they be gettin ‘Nessy when Ted Ness and the Rusty Nails plays

Reggae lovin’ dude David Baty elevates the atmosphere at the Top Hat dinner show, starting at 7 PM. No cover.

Folky rock is all around when I Am Love plays the Palace, along with Voodoo Horseshoes. 9 PM. No cover.

such can present a tour of their academic experience so far, with, I suspect, some omissions and editing. Visit umt.edu.

Bust out a little geetar at the Open Mic with Cheree at the Eagles Lodge Missoula, 2420 South Ave. W. Runs 7:30-10:30 PM.

Bottoms up at the Drop Culture Dance Party, featuring hot beats, cheap drinkies and people of assorted genders shaking their tailfeathers. Monk’s Bar. 9 PM. $2 for dudes, no cover for women. (Hey, gotta make up for that wage gap somehow.)

In consideration of law students, I’m duty bound to tell you that the 62nd annual Montana Tax Institute meets at the DoubleTree Hotel from Oct. 17-18. I bet this one’s totally off the chain.

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Double the pleasure, double the fun when The Hasslers and Tom Catmull’s Radio Static celebrate good

You’ll be in stitches at Yarns at the Library, the fiber-arts craft group that meets at the Missoula Public Library from noon-2 PM Fridays.

The UM School of Theatre and Dance goes Francophile with its rendition of the classic Cyrano de Bergerac. Performances at the Montana Theatre Oct. 14-18, at 7:30 PM. $20/$16 for seniors and students/$10 kids 12 and under. Check out umt.edu/umarts/theatredance. The Whitefish Theatre Company’s rendition of family friendly comedy Harvey, adapted for the stage from the 1951 Jimmy Stewart movie, comes to the O’Shaughnessy Center, Oct. 9-12 and 17-19, at 7:30 PM. $8-$18. The limber folks of Bare Bait Dance present Anya Cloud and her dance partner Eric Geiger in a blend of improv and choreography, Fingertips Toward Floor, Head Follows or the Lazy Sexy Peepshow. Stage 112. Oct. 17-19 at 7:30 PM. $12/$10 in advance at barebaitdance.org.

[calendar] under the Higgins Bridge. Saturdays through October from 8 AM-1 PM.

healing arts

Get them excitations at Tangled Tones Music Studio’s Kids’ Vibrations, a multidisciplinary approach to teaching little ones how to groove. Missoula Senior Center, 11-11:45 AM. This edition features guest clarinetist Bill Haffey. Donations appreciated. Call 396-3352 for info.

In a lot of cultures around the world, the end of October has traditionally been seen as a time when the boundary between the earthly and spirit worlds is at its flimsiest. In European tradition, Oct. 31–Nov. 2 is, combined, Allhallowtide, with All Hallow’s Eve, Hallowmas and All Soul’s Day. photo courtesy ZACC

WHAT: Shrine Building I and II workshops WHERE: ZACC WHEN: Sat., Oct. 18 from 1-4 PM, Wed., Oct. 22 from 6-8 PM HOW MUCH: Free with advance RSVP MORE INFO: 549-7555, or zootownarts.org

In what’s now Mexico, Aztec folks celebrated the underworld goddess Mictecacihuatl for centuries. When Catholic missionaries arrived, the ancient Aztec celebration became adapted for Christianity, and today Dia de los Muertos is a significant holiday throughout Mexico and Latin America. Missoula, as you’re probably aware, hosts its own vibrant take on the Day of the Dead, including several

Cut a rug when the Golden Age Club hosts dancing and live music in an alcohol-free environment. 727 S. Fifth St. in Hamilton. 6-10 PM. $3. Call 240-9617 to learn more. The Hamilton Players present The New Mel Brooks Musical Young Frankenstein, (pronounced Fronk-en-steen, of course) an adaptation of the classic ‘74 film. Performances at Hamilton Playhouse, 100 Ricketts Road, Oct. 17-19, 24-26 and 31-Nov. 2. Friday and Saturday performances at 8 PM, and on Sundays at 2 PM. $15. Visit hamilton players.com. Watch out, ‘cuz baby’s got her blue jeans on and the Country Boogie Boys are playing tunes throughout the evening at Sunrise Saloon, starting at 9:30 PM. No cover. Nashville 406 brings the Southern charm and the Montucky skillz to the Sunrise Saloon, 9:30 PM. No cover. Duck out of the chill and Russ Nasset and the Revelators will warm up right quick at the Union Club. 9:30 PM. No cover. Dive into the party current when Whitewater Ramble brings the zippitydo-dah to the Top Hat. Doors at 9:30 PM, show at 10. $5. Total Fest alumni and MPLS partiers Funeral and the Twilight play the Palace, along with Montucky’s

arts and culture events throughout the month. As we near the holiday, the ZACC is hosting several of its annual workshops and projects where people can remember their departed loved ones and celebrate life. At shrine-building workshops on Oct. 18 and Oct. 22, folks can bring in photos and mementos to create a memorial. Materials are provided and it’s free, as long as you register in advance. New to the ZACC this year, the Big Wearable Heads workshops meet on Tuesday evenings from 68 PM so folks can make a papier-mâché version of a lost loved one or famous artist, which they’ll sport at the Day of the Dead Parade itself, on the evening of Nov. 2. Whether you think the spirits walk among us this time of year or not, there’s a lot to be said for honoring our dearly departed. —Kate Whittle

Celebrate the best of the Pleasure State at the Last Best Film Fest, three days of films highlighting action and outdoor adventure, screening at the Wilma, Roxy and Caras Park, with juried award ceeremony, Oct. 17-19. $20 for all-access pass, $8 per film block. Tickets at Draught Works, LB Snow and lastbestfilmfest.com. Let the creativity (and the drinks) flow at Art on Tap, a social painting class led by an instructor, with materials provided. Ten Spoon Vineyard, 4175 Rattlesnake Drive. $32. 12:303 PM. Visit artontapmissoula.com for tickets and more info. Honor lost loved ones at the Shrine Building I workshop, where folks can bring in photos and mementos to make a shrine using provided materials. ZACC, 1-4 PM. Free, but register in advance to ensure a spot. Call 549-7555. (See Spotlight.)

nightlife The Dirty Sexy Chocolate Show promises to melt in your mouth and your heart with a 70s-funky themed dinner show starring CheffyPants, plus actual dessert accompanying it at the Top Hat. Doors at 6 PM, show at 7:30. Tix might still be available for Oct. 18. Cruise over to the Top Hat to learn more. Practice your come-hither eyes on that studious cutie in the corner when the smoky jazz group Blue Moon gets all sultry-like at Draught Works. Tunes from 6-8 PM. No cover. Aran Buzzas plays his folky tonkin’ tunes for all the pint enthusiasts at Lolo Peak Brewery, 6-8 PM. No cover. Avert your eyes if you can’t handle any Chr*stm*s talk, ‘cuz Dolce Canto celebrates its new festive CD, A Joyful Season, with a sneak peak performance of its upcoming concert season in a casual, family friendly setting at Downtown Dance Collective. 6-8:30 PM. Free. Hoist up them skivvies and head on down to see Britchy, playing tunes at Ten Spoon Vineyard, 4175 Rattlesnake Drive. Tastings start at 4 PM on weekends, tunes from 6-8:30 PM. Bring your own foodsnacks, or

own Tidal Horn, and something called Extensionless and its “shitty attempt at trying to write ‘songs’.” 10 PM. $5-ish.

SATURDAYOCT18 Tap into that pumpkin spice straight from the source at the PEAS Farm’s Fall Harvest Festival, with face painting, punkin’ carving, potato sack races, cider tasting and live tunes. 2-5 PM. $5 at the gate, plus $5-$8 if you wanna buy a gourd. Costumes encouraged. Run free at the monthly dance at the American Legion Hall, 825 Ronan St., with tunes from the Wild Coyote Band. 7-11 PM. $7. Call 240-9617 to learn more. Get hot coffee, baked treats, fresh produce and bump into all the friendly acquaintances you can handle at the Missoula Farmers Market, now running for 42 years down at the XXXXs. 8 AM-1 PM. Show the Aggies who can do more Jello shots before 10 AM when UC-Davis plays the Griz at Washington-Grizzly Stadium. Kickoff time and more info at gogriz.com. Early rising produce-seekers, occasional walk-of-shamers and waffle sandwich lovers rejoice, the Clark Fork Market is back in action

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[calendar] works. Badlander. 6 PM. No cover. Oct. 19 features Meghan O’Brien and Jesse Bier. Explore kinetic energy and stillness at the Authentic Movement group class at the Barn Movement Studio, 2926 S. Third St., on the first and third Sundays of the month from 6:30-9 PM, through December. $40. Pre-registration required by calling Hillary at 541-2662. The limber folks of Bare Bait Dance present Anya Cloud and her dance partner Eric Geiger in a blend of improv and choreography, Fingertips Toward Floor, Head Follows or the Lazy Sexy Peepshow. Stage 112. Oct. 17-19 at 7:30 PM. $12/$10 in advance at barebaitdance.org. Sundays are shaken, not stirred, at the Badlander’s Jazz Martini Night, with $4 martinis all evening, live jazz and local DJs, plus a selection of local coffees and tees for your apéritifs. Music starts at 8 PM. Free. Mark the Sabbath with some Black Sabbath or whatever else twangs your heartstrings at the Sunday Funday evening karaoke at the Lucky Strike, 1515 Dearborn Ave., featuring $1 domestic drafts and wells. Free.

MONDAYOCT20 Battle of the band. Moon Hooch plays Stage 112 Tue., Oct. 21, along with Pimps of Joytime. 8 PM.

sample some of the Biga antipasto available. Feel the Halloween spirit with A Party to Murder, the murder mystery dinner theatre at Stensrud Playhouse, featuring local performers and including dinner. 314 N. First St. Saturday shows at 7 PM, Sunday shows at 5:30 PM through Oct. 26. Tickets at stensrudplayhouse.com. The Captain Wilson Conspiracy fills the air with jazzy ambiance while the rank and file fills it with intrigue at Finn and Porter, 100 Madison St. 7-9 PM. No cover. The UM School of Theatre and Dance goes Francophile with its rendition of the classic Cyrano de Bergerac. Performances at the Montana Theatre Oct. 14-18, at 7:30 PM. $20/$16 for seniors and students/$10 kids 12 and under. Check out umt.edu/umarts/theatredance. (See Theater.) The Whitefish Theatre Company’s rendition of family friendly comedy Harvey, adapted for the stage from the 1951 Jimmy Stewart movie, comes to the O’Shaughnessy Center, Oct. 9-12 and 17-19, at 7:30 PM. $8-$18. The limber folks of Bare Bait Dance present Anya Cloud and her

dance partner Eric Geiger in a blend of improv and choreography, Fingertips Toward Floor, Head Follows or the Lazy Sexy Peepshow. Stage 112. Oct. 17-19 at 7:30 PM. $12/$10 in advance at barebaitdance.org.

Sunrise Saloon, starting at 9:30 PM. No cover.

The Missoula Folklore Society is back in action, with contra dances on the first and third Saturdays of every month. This evening features Out of Wood and Janet Grove has the call. Union Hall, upstairs at 209 E. Main St. Beginner workshop at 7:30, dancing from 8-11 PM. $9/$6 for members.

Bluegrassy outfit Betty and the Boy play together real nice at Stage 112, along with Jason Spooner Trio and Patchy Sanders. 10 PM. $5.

The Hamilton Players present The New Mel Brooks Musical Young Frankenstein, (pronounced Fronk-ensteen, of course) an adaptation of the classic ‘74 film. Performances at Hamilton Playhouse, 100 Ricketts Road, Oct. 17-19, 24-26 and 31-Nov. 2. Friday and Saturday performances at 8 PM, Sundays at 2 PM. $15. Visit hamiltonplayers.com. Absolutely DJs Kris Moon and Monty Carlo deliver the primo Saturday nite party at the Badlander. Doors at 9 PM. Half-off Absolut drinks until midnight. No cover. Strike pure country gold when Paydirt takes over the stage at the

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Whip the party up into a whirlwind when Band in Motion plays tunes at the Union Club, starting around 9:30 PM. No cover.

The Locksaw Cartel smuggles a barrel of boogie into the Top Hat, starting at 10 PM, along with Dead Larry. $5.

SUNDAYOCT19 Prepare for a bourbon-filled evening when Whiskey Dick, St. Christopher and Missoula’s own Whiskey Hooves rage it up at The Real Lounge. 9 PM. $5-$7. 18-plus. (See Music.) Celebrate the best of the Pleasure State at the Last Best Film Fest, three days of films highlighting action and outdoor adventure, screening at the Wilma, Roxy and Caras Park, with juried award ceeremony, Oct. 17-19. $20 for all-access

pass, $8 per film block. Tickets at Draught Works, LB Snow and lastbestfilmfest.com.

nightlife The Hamilton Players present The New Mel Brooks Musical Young Frankenstein, (pronounced Fronk-ensteen, of course) an adaptation of the classic ‘74 film. Performances at Hamilton Playhouse, 100 Ricketts Road, Oct. 17-19, 24-26 and 31-Nov. 2. Friday and Saturday performances at 8 PM, Sundays at 2 PM. $15. Visit hamiltonplayers.com. Tie up the iron horse and cut the trail dust with a brewski while Russ Nasset plays tunes at Draught Works, 5-7 PM. No cover. Feel the Halloween spirit with A Party to Murder, the murder mystery dinner theatre at Stensrud Playhouse, featuring local performers and including dinner. 314 N. First St. Saturday shows at 7 PM, Sunday shows at 5:30 PM through Oct. 26. Tickets at stensrudplayhouse.com. It’s storytime, plus there’s bourbon to be had, at the Second Wind Reading Series, where professors, students and guests from the UM Creative Writing Program read selected

Go, you will, to see candidates for U.S. Senate duke it out when Forward Montana hosts Debate Wars: Return of Steve Daines vs. Amanda Curtis Strikes Back, a viewing party for the only televised debate betwixt the two. Badlander. 5:30-7:30 PM. Lightsabers encouraged.

nightlife Local Deadheads have got you covered when the Top Hat presents Raising the Dead, a curated broadcast of two hours of Jerry Garcia and co. from 5 to 7 PM. Free, all ages. Dan Dubuque slides right on in with guitar and charango at the Red Bird Wine Bar, 111 N. Higgins Ave. inside the Florence Building. 7-10 PM. No cover. Shimmy and swivel right on to Belly Dance with Aniysa at the Wellness Center, 500 W. Broadway. Meets Mondays from 7:15-8:45 PM until Nov. 24. $36 for four weeks, or $10 per class. Email ann@aniysa.com for more info. Skip that trip to Vegas, baby, ‘cuz the Blue Man Group is bringing its bang-a-lang drumming, comedy and paint splashy performance to the Adams Center. 7:30 PM. $42.50-$57. Check out griztix.com.

[calendar] Strut your stuff, Muffin, when Burger Record’s garage-tastic King Tuff plays Stage 112, along with Boys and Mass FM. 8 PM. $12/$10 in advance at stage112.com. All ages. Maintain dignity for best results at Super Trivia Freakout. Winners get cash prizes and shots after the five rounds of trivia at the Badlander. 9 PM. Free. To get those neurons sparking, here’s a question: What is John Malkovich’s middle name? Find answer in tomorrow’s nightlife. Illinois outfit Alex and the XOs will give out hugs ‘n kisses at the Badlander, playing tunes as part of the Singer-Songwriter Showcase after trivia ends ‘round 10:30 or 11 PM. Free.

TUESDAYOCT21 The first Montana Journalism JDean’s Forum will broadcast a Skype discussion with reporters who covered the recent death of Michael Brown and protests in Ferguson. University Center Theater. 5:30-7 PM. Free. Today kicks off the Basic Photography Evening Course, where you can learn how to operate the bells and whistles on a fancy camera or expand your knowledge of picture-making during six classes. Rocky Mountain School of Photography. $95. Visit rmsp.com or call 800-394-7677.

Cancer survivors at any stage of recovery are invited to the Yoga Beyond Cancer class with Dena Saedi, which focuses on gentle stretching, meditation, breath work and body scanning. Learning Center at Red Willow, 825 W. Kent Ave. 4-5 PM. $40. Students must have doctor’s okay.

nightlife It’s always a glutenous good time when Wheat Montana, out on the corner of Third and Reserve, presents Black Mountain Boys Bluegrass from 5:30-8 PM. Free. Call 327-0900.

Yes we CAN at the Climate Action Now student group meetings, every Tuesday night at the UM FLAT, 633 S. Fifth St. 6 PM. Visit umt.edu/umflat. Heart of the Crane introduces y’all to the Liu Dong form of qigong, which aims to harmonize the heart and spirit with flowing, light movements, and thereby help ease depressive and insomnia issues. Learning Center at Red Willow, 825 W. Kent Ave. Meets Tuesdays from Oct. 21-Nov. 11 from 6-7:30 PM. $145 for the four-week series. Prerequisite is a previous qigong form taught

by Libby McIntyre or Jean Logan. Call 721-0033. Dust off that banjolin and join in the Top Hat’s picking circle, from 6 to 8 PM. All ages. Use yer noggin at the Big Wearable Heads workshop at the ZACC, where teams or individuals will make a large-scale paiper mâché head in honor of a lost loved one, and wear it with the ZACC group in the Day of the Dead parade. Meets Tuesdays from 68 PM. Free. Visit zootownarts.org/BigHead. (See Spotlight.)

Feeling limber. Bare Bait Dance presents Fingertips Toward Floor, Head Follows or the Lazy Sexy Peepshow at Stage 112. Oct. 17-19 at 7:30 PM. $12/$10 in advance at barebaitdance.org.

Live in SIN at the Service Industry Night at Plonk, with DJ Amory spinning tunes and a special menu. 322 N. Higgins Ave. 10 PM-1:30 AM. Just ask a server for the SIN menu. No cover. Strum some post-trivia victory chords at the Singer-Songwriter Showcase, every Monday evening at the Badlander after trivia gets done around 10:30 or 11. No cover.

Watch your little ones master tree pose in no time during yoga at the Children’s Museum of Missoula. 11 AM. 225 W. Front. $4.25. Hey hunters and other liars, come on down to the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation conference room for Shootin’ the Bull Toastmasters, at 5205 Grant Creek Dr., and work on your elk-camp locution with the best. All are invited. Noon–1 PM. Free.

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[calendar] documentaries, screening at the Roxy on Thursdays in October. Oct. 9 at 5:30-10 PM, Oct. 16-30 from 7-10 PM. $5-$7, or $22 for all four nights. Cruise over to festimationfestival. wordpress.com. If you’re living with arthritis or other similar chronic conditions, the Regaining Mobility Through Gentle Movement will use mostly chairbased, yoga-inspired gentle exercises to promote range of motion and joint health. Learning Center at Red Willow, Thursdays from 11 AM-noon through Nov. 6. $50 for six-week series/$10 drop-in. Call 721-0033 for info.

nightlife Get more in tune with your body at the Feldenkrais Awareness Through Movement lessons, which aim to ease chronic pain and improve flexibility and posture. Meets Thursdays from Oct. 9-23 and Nov. 620 from 6-7 PM at the Learning Center at Red Willow, 825 W. Kent Ave. $30 for three week series. Call 7210033 for info. Join Caroline Keys and Friends over at Draught Works to load up on Vitamin B and dish the good gossip, 6-8 PM. No cover.

A nice smile: the best accessory. Phillip Phillips plays the Adams Center Thu., Oct. 23, at 7 PM. $30-$40 at griztix.com.

Kim Zupan reads from his new rugged novel of Western ruggedness, The Ploughmen, at Shakespeare and Co., 103 S. Third St. W. 7 PM. The Pimps of Joytime drop a ball of funky tits from outer space at the Top Hat, along with Moon Hooch. Doors at 8 PM, show at 9. $15/$12 in advance. Boogie over to Rockin Rudy’s or tophatlounge.com. (Trivia answer: Horatio.) Find that creative outlet ye seek at the Open Mic Night at Stage 112, starting about 9 PM. Call 207-7097 after 4 PM on Monday to sign yourself up.

WEDNESDAYOCT22 Make sure everything’s squared away in case something happens at Willapalooza, where you’ll learn about advanced directives and will planning that will help your family in times of confusion or grief. (Nobody gets out of here alive, mind you.) MCT Center for the Performing Arts. 5-7 PM. Free, with refreshments served. Live those “American Idol” fantasies at the Wednesday night karaoke at Eagles Lodge Missoula,

2420 South Ave. W, with drink specials. 7:30-10:30 PM. No cover. Get a calming start to the morning with the Weekly Sit Meditation at the Learning Center at Red Willow. Wednesdays, 7:30-8:15 AM. Previous experience meditating is helpful. $35 for four weeks/$8 drop-in. Check out some art that totally crushes it at the 14th annual Day of the Dead Streamroller Print Project, where UM art students make large-scale reliefs and print ‘em with a steamroller on the sidewalk outside Dennison Theatre. 10 AM-4 PM. Check out steamrollerprintproject.com. The Missoula Businesswomens Network Meeting gets together to focus on breast cancer awareness and hear from local interior designer Susan Boelman. Doubletree, 11:45 AM-1 PM. Free to attend. Lunch buffet provided for $12, with complimentary beverages. Cultivate your inner Ebert with the classic flicks showing at Missoula Public Library’s free matinee, every second and fourth Wednesday of the month at 2 PM. Visit missoulapubliclibrary.org or pop your head in their lobby to see what’s playing.

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nightlife The Shrine Building II workshop offers a chance for Shrine I participants or newcomers to build a unique homage to a lost loved one. ZACC. 6-8 PM. Free, but register in advance at 549-7555 or visit zootownarts.org/dotd_shrinebuilding. The Hellgate Hunters and Anglers and Burns St. Bistro team up to present Butcher Demo 101, where you can learn how to handle that elk, deer or other game you brought home. 1500 Burns St. 6-8 PM. $15/$12 for students. Sip a giggle water and get zozzled, baby, with the Top Hat’s weekly Jazz Night, featuring a rotating lineup of local jazz enthusiasts. 7 PM. Free. Show ‘em mad skillz when Mad Dawg Karaoke gets rolling at the Sunrise Saloon, starting at 8 PM. No cover. Global studies expert Michael Schwartz delivers some straight-up real talk with “It’s the Oil, Stupid: The Oily Aspects of the Current Wars in Iraq, Syria and Other Hot Spots on Five Continents,” at the Dennison Theatre. 8 PM. Free. Local DJs do the heavy lifting while you kick back at Milkcrate

Wednesday down in the Palace. 9 PM. No cover, plus $6 PBR pitcher special. Find this week’s lineup and info at facebook.com/milkcrateproductions. I’ll bring the peanut butter, y’all bring that sweet jaaaaam to the open Jam Nite at the Dark Horse, starting at 9 PM. Top acts of the night win prizes, too. No cover. Portlandia invades when Memory Boys and Half Shadow rock and/or roll at Stage 112. 9 PM. $5. Give Buddy Jackson a proper boot out the door when they play a tour kickoff show at the VFW, along with Frederick Krueger and the Sweet Dreamers and Bozeman’s SBD. 9 PM. Free, 18-plus.

THURSDAYOCT23 Authors Franklin Veaux and Eve Rickert present “Making Relationships Suck,” a tongue-in-cheek lecture on making your partners unhappy and yourself miserable. University Center Ballroom, 8 PM. Free. The Festimation: Animation + New Media Arts Festival features up-and-coming animated movies and

Turning the Wheel Missoula brings the Tapestry Class, a creative and improvisational dance class with tools for stress relief, to Headwaters Dance Company studio, 1042 Monroe St. Meets Thursdays from 6:30-8 PM through Nov. 20. $10 per class, or $110 for entire series. Registration required by emailing lulu@turningthewheel.org or calling 544-7561. Rock-rock into the nighty-night when Phillip Phillips play the Adams Center. Doors at 7 PM, show at 8. $30-$40. Check out griztix.com. The new Thursday Flip Night features nonstop bumpin’ tunes and the chance to win free drinks with a coin toss. Badlander. 9 PM. $2 cover. Hark, tis Spenctober the 23rd, and as such, comedian Nick Hyde, Prison Yoga, Dandy Horse and Spencer himself grace the VFW. 9 PM. Free. Bottoms up at the Drop Culture Dance Party, featuring hot beats, cheap drinkies and people of assorted genders shaking their tailfeathers. Monk’s Bar. 9 PM. $2 for dudes, no cover for women. (Hey, gotta make up for that wage gap somehow.)

I’m here to kick ass and chew bubblegum. Submit events at calendar@ missoulanews.com at least two weeks in advance of the event. Don’t forget to include the date, time and cost. If you must, snail mail to Calapatra c/o the Independent, 317 S. Orange St., Missoula, MT 59801. You can also submit online at missoulanews.com.

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he type of person who looks at a jagged, steep rock face and thinks, “I’d like to scamper up that using little more than rope and my wits,” is often a bit of a character. Climbing and its characters are captured in the ninth annual REEL ROCK film tour, which stops in Missoula for one night only at the University Center theater. One of the featured films is Valley Uprising, about the rebellious, rock ‘n’ roll culture of climbers in Yosemite National Park in the ’70s. “We had a purpose. ‘Only through climbing can you find yourself’,” intones a middle-aged man dramatically in the trailer for Valley Uprising. With a wry grin, he then

says, “... Bullshit like that.” The film, which is narrated by Peter Sarsgaard, portrays dudes and gals who were all about tuning in, dropping out and getting high—literally. The dizzying exploits are well worth watching; even if you, like me, prefer to stick to the edge of the theater seat. —Kate Whittle The ninth annual REEL ROCK Film Tour clambers up into the University Center Theater, featuring films like Valley Uprising. Thu., Oct. 16, at 7 PM. $10/$8 in advance at the UM Outdoor Program in the rec center.

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SATURDAY OCTOBER 18 Let passion for a new hobby take flight at the beginning birder walk at Metcalf Refuge, hosted by local Audubon chapters. Families welcome, minimal walking involved. Meet at the Lee Metcalf National Wildlife Refuge headquarters at 10 AM for a twohour trip. Fall in love all over again at the Fall Family Fest, hosted by Parks and Recreation at McCormick Park. Includes pumpkin decorating, face painting, apple cider pressing and wheelchair-accessible hay rides. 1-4 PM. Free.

SUNDAY OCTOBER 19 Squash the competition at the Pumpkin Run 5K and 400-meter Dash, with divisions for kids and adults. Starting line is at Osprey Stadium. For registration and info, visit runwildmissoula.org. Proceeds benefit the Missoula Food Bank. Wax the ‘stache and starch that collar for the fifth annual Tweed Ride 5K, a leisurely bike trip through Missoula with stops for tea and treats, ending in festivities at Free Cycles. Vintage costumes encouraged. Proceeds benefit Free Cycles’ nonprofit community bike shop. Visit strans.org.

TUESDAY OCTOBER 21 The always down-to-earth Montana Dirt Girls

host a hike or bike ride every Tuesday at 6 PM. Check out the Montana Dirt Girls page on Facebook for ride info.

WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 22 The Wednesday Night Cyclocross Series brings together Lycra-lovin’ Missoulians in mens, women’s and junior’s classes at venues such as Fort Missoula and the Equestrian Park. Start time is always 5:45 PM. $10/$35 to enter in the series, plus you’ll need a USA Cycling license. Learn more by calling a local bike shop, such as Hellgate Cyclery, Missoula Bike Works, Open Road or Big Sky Cycles. Separate the igneous from the ignoramuses at the Naturalist Trivia Night, where you can form a team or come solo and join others’ for friendly competition. Montana Natural History Center, 120 Hickory St. 7-8:30 PM. $4 suggested donation/free for members.

THURSDAY OCTOBER 23 The Heavy Mental snowboard film premier cruises through dizzying heights and plush powder. Screening at the Top Hat at 9 PM as part of the PreShred Fest shindig, with tunes from Ted Ness and the Rusty Nails to follow. $5. calendar@missoulanews.com

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The complex chaos theory is often explained with a simple catchphrase: the flutter of a butterfly’s wings can cause a hurricane halfway around the world. While the example is a bit extreme, it is true that what happens halfway around the world can have serious effects for us here in li’l ole Missoula, and how we relate to the rising global prominence of China. The eighth annual China Town Hall, on Oct. 16, brings expert speakers on U.S.-China relations to a national webcast. This year’s theme is “Local Connections, National Reflections,” and experts include former President Jimmy Carter and former U.S. Ambassador David Shinn. (Former Sen. Max Baucus, who you’ll recall is currently the ambassador to China, won’t be making an appearance, as far as I can tell; Beijing must be keeping him busy.) The Town Hall is a prestigious event, and the broadcast is limited to 70 cities around the country. In Missoula, the Mansfield Center, UM School of Business and other groups present a screening of the webcast on Oct. 16 at 5 PM. Economic expert Robert A. Kapp, a former president of the U.S.-China Business Council with a doctorate in modern Chi-

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[AGENDA LISTINGS] THURSDAY OCTOBER 16 NCBI’s fifth annual Leadership Luncheon brings together a farmer’s grip of whip-smart Missoula folk at the DoubleTree, starting at noon, to support the nonprofit’s work with stuff like DIversity Day and MLK Jr. Day. Call 541-6891 to learn more. Join Hospice of Missoula for Community Conversations on Death and Dying, where facilitators educate people on how to talk about this oft-uncomfortable subject. The Loft, 119 W. Main St. 6–8 PM. Free, plus there’s nice beverages and snacks. Justice of the Peace candidates Marie Andersen and Matt Lowy go head-to-head at a forum hosted by the Missoula College Paralegal Student Association at Missoula City Council Chambers. 7-8:30 PM.

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tions designed for attorneys, counselors, realtors, social workers, HR professionals and more. Basic course meets Monday through Wednesday from 8 AM-5 PM, advanced from Thursday to Friday from 8 AM-5 PM. Solstice Building, 1535 Liberty Lane. $300-$600. Visit cdrcmissoula.org for syllabus and registration. The sustainability lovin’ folks of Transition Missoula host a Harvest Moon Potluck, with utensils and plateware provided, plus live tunes. All’s you gotta bring is something tasty and your delightful company. Fireside Room of University Congregational Church, 405 University Ave. 6-8 PM. Learn about kids dealing with homelessness, including ones right here in Missoula, at the screening of My Own Four Walls, followed by a community panel discussion hosted by Families In Transition, a project of MCPS. Crystal Theater. 7-9 PM. Free.

Ravalli County kicks off White Ribbon Week, Oct. 17 to 24, in awareness of domestic violence in Ravalli County. Peeps can join in by wearing a white ribbon throughout the week and sharing them with others. Call 363-2793 or visit safeinthebitterroot.org.

The Missoula Patriots convene to hear from J.D. “Jeffrey” King, producer of documentaries including Blue and Crying Wolf. Valley Christian School Auditorium, 2526 Sunset Lane. 7 PM.

Blackfeet tribal member and veteran Marci McLean presents “A Long, Hard Road: Overcoming Barriers to Native American Voting in Montana,” part of the YWTalks series at the YWCA, 1120 Broadway. Noon-1 PM.

The Smart 911 sign-up at the Missoula Public Library invites all y’all to give whatever pertinent information emergency personnel would need to know should you require their services. Handy stuff, yo. 1:30-3 PM. Free.

The Montana Innocence Project hosts its annual open house, where it celebrates folks who work to free wrongly convicted prisoners. Castles Center at the School of Law, 5-7 PM. Free.

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Missoula Maulers hit the ice to support local kiddos in Skate for a Cause, at Glacier Ice Rink at 7 PM. Proceeds benefit the Big Brothers Big Sisters and Montana Food Bank Network. Visit glaciericerink.com.

SATURDAY OCTOBER 18 The Green Path Herb School presents an introduction to the Natural Family Planning Method, a WHO-recognized means of understanding your fertility cycle. 180 S. Third St. W. Free introductory class Oct. 9 at 6:30 PM, followed by two days of classes on Oct. 11 and Oct. 18 that meet at 1 PM. $95/$165 per couple. Visit greenpathherbschool.com.

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The Public Defense Brown Bag, hosted by ACLU Montana, is an open discussion about improving access to courtroom defense. Missoula Public Library. 11:30 AM-1:30 PM. Consider some contrasts between Missoula and Cambodia when Chhair Sokty, a policy advisor for a Cambodian province, and Dale Bickell, services director for the city of Missoula, present “Community Development Challenges and Opportunities: A Cross-Cultural Comparison of Cambodia and Missoula.” Mansfield Center Conference Room, 12:10-1 PM. Free.

THURSDAY OCTOBER 23 You don’t have to be a time lord to check out the Missoula Time Bank, in which members exchange skills and services instead of money. Orientations at the Jeannette Rankin Peace Center on the fourth Thursdays of the month. 7 PM. RSVP required at info@missoulatimebank.org. Check out missoulatimebank.org.

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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PROFESSIONAL Application Administrator Team members are responsible for Installation, Support and Maintenance of Proprietary Software on in-house and client servers. This includes Remote Desktop applications, Microsoft SQL Server applications, and Web Applications. Team Members must be: * detail oriented * conscious of security, and the sensitive nature of dealing with client data * able to multi-task * able to work independently * able to self start and problem solve * able to research in-house or on-line to find solutions to new problems Requires Working Knowledge of: * Windows file permissions * Windows Users and Groups permissions and hierarchy concepts * General Database Concepts * Active Di-

rectory Concepts Experience in the following is beneficial: * VPN connections * RDP connections * SFTP Use * Windows Server OS: 2003, 2008, 2012 * MS SQL Server 2008 R2, 2012 * IIS Setup and General Configuration * IIS 7 * Apache Tomcat * Apache Web Server * Command Line usage and .bat files * Remote Desktop Services (RDS/TS) Client and Application set-up * Linux / Mac Experience * Basic HTML / CSS Compensation, etc.: * This is a starting position with room for advancement * Evaluation is done after a 6 month probationary period * Health Insurance, Dental, Eye, and Flex plan enrollment available * Vacation and 401K available after 1 year We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. Full job description at Missoula Job Service: employmissoula.com. Job# 10081129 CASA of Missoula is looking for a new Executive Director. Go to www.casamissoula.org to apply. CHIP TRUCK DRIVERS: • Local hauls • Home daily • Good pay • Benefits • 2 years exp. required Call 406-493-7876 9am-5pm M-F Contract Administrator Principal Accountabilities: *Receive contracts *Verify documents, signatures, dates, etc. *Enter new contracts in database *Respond to RFPs (request for proposals): Determine proposal concept by identifying and clarifying opportunities and needs; *Meet proposal deadline by establish priorities and target dates for information gathering. *Additional duties as required. Qualifications: *Microsoft CRM (Dynamics) a plus *Clear communications with multiple departments and multiple employees

EMPLOYMENT essential *Good written and oral communication skills *Accuracy of data entry is essential *Ability to work independently and as a team *Familiarity with Word Processing, Spreadsheets, & Email Systems *Ability and willingness to work cooperatively with others *Flexibility and eagerness to learn new things We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. Full job description at Missoula Job Service: employmissoula.com. Job# 10081131 CSCT THERAPIST - Middle School Master’s Degree in Social Work, Psychology, or related field; preferred clinical experience with SED children and families. MT license eligible. Provide direct clinical services to SED youth including individual, play therapy, family and group therapy. Supervise Behavior Specialist. Assist in the development of the CSCT program on an ongoing basis. Provide clinical supervision/consultation to the SED youth’s treatment team. Maintain appropriate clinical records. Conduct initial clinical assessments; individual, play and group therapy for each enrolled child in the CSCT program. Provide family therapy and support for the SED youth/family. Develop and implement treatment plans for each SED youth. Communicate and collaborate with involved community agencies. Participate in ongoing CSCT program development. Participate in team meetings, including IEP/CST meetings as necessary. Provide formal and informal consultation to school staff on clinical issues. Provide emergency services to CSCT youth in crisis. Consultation to school personnel on mental health issues, referral and community treatment resources. Communicate and consult with CSCT treatment team. Communicate with the CFSN Director regarding staff and client issues. Maintain written clinical records according to WMMHC Policies and procedures. Must maintain current certifications in MANDT, CANS, First Aid and CPR. Full time position - Monday - Friday from 8AM-5PM. Ability to work flexible hours when required. Full job description at Missoula Job Service: employmissoula.com. Job# 10080869 Family Resource Specialist The Family Resource Specialist provides training and support to adoptive, foster, kinship or guardianship families with children placed in their homes by the Child and Family Services Division (CFSD.) Responsibilities include: Resource Family Support bull; Prepares and trains families to parent children through foster care, kinship care, concurrent care, guardianship care and/or adoption. bull; Conducts comprehensive licensing studies. Gathers information to evaluate resource families relative to the law, policy, and licensing requirements. bull; Establishes collaborative relationships with resource families. Permanency Goals and Objectives bull; Participates in permanency planning with co-workers to determine life effecting placement decisions and permanency planning intervention in disruption cases. bull; Participates in meetings to select concurrent/adoptive homes for specific children

based on best-interest criteria. bull; Provides post adoptive services to prevent adoption disruption. bull; Documents the provision of services in the department’s legal record. Prepares necessary legal documentation to present to court to finalize adoptions. bull; Documents service plans and goals that outline the responsibilities of the worker/agency and the family. Full job description at Missoula Job Service: employmissoula.com. Job# 10081124 OTR TRUCK DRIVERS (FULL AND PART TIME) Trucking company seeks an experienced Over-The-Road Truck Driver. QUALIFICATIONS: Requires a Class A CDL and clean driving record. Must have at least two years over-the-road driving experience and have logged at least 150,000 miles. NO EXCEPTIONS. DUTIES: Will be hauling refrigerated units across 19 western states. Applicants must be able to travel interstate. WAGE: 27 cents per mile. DAYS/HOURS: Will be working various hours and days. Will be home weekly. Full job description at Missoula Job Service: employmissoula.com. Job# 10080876

PROGRAM MANAGER II Program Manager II

needed to direct and supervise all aspects of the daily functioning of a group home in Missoula. Duties include disciplining staff as needed under the direction of the Program Director. Scheduling shifts and monitoring recordkeeping and treatment plans. Evaluating staff performance. Providing administrative input to the program’s management team. Providing clinical treatment to all residents in the home on a daily basis under the supervision of the Director and the Therapist. This position requires the employee to have a minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in a human service or at least three years of direct employment experience, in addition to holding a supervisory or leadership position for one year. Requires computer literacy skills, including the ability to navigate, record, and overall basic computer skills needed for performance-based software as well as an electronic medical records

system. The employee will be required to pass and maintain mandatory training certifications, including First Aid, CPR, Medication Certification, and H.E.L.P. training. Need valid driver’s license and good driving record. Will work Mon-Fri, 11 am to 7 pm. Pay is $30,500 to $36,000 per year, DOE/DOQ. Full job description at Missoula Job Service: employmissoula.com. Job# 10081138 THE MADISONIAN WEEKLY NEWSPAPER IN ENNIS, Mont., is seeking a full-time editor. Must have 2 years experience as a reporting editor in a similar area; firm grasp on hyper-local journalism; and ability to cultivate junior reporters. Salary DOE. Cover letter, resume and writing samples to: s.hill@madisoniannews.com

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FOSTER CARE PROVIDER NEEDED - Opportunity Resources Inc. is looking for a non-smoker interested in providing Foster care for a 42 year old adult male with a developmental disability in your home. Foster provider receives monthly stipend tax free. Room and board is paid by the client. The client will have direct care support staff hours during the week and respite time each month. A longterm commitment is desired. Applications available at 2821 South Russell Street, Missoula, MT. 59801 Please direct questions to Kristy at 329-1719 or Jessica at 329-1743. Position open until filled. Must Have: Valid Mt driver license, No history of neglect, abuse or exploitation

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OPPORTUNITY RESOURCES, INC., 2821 S. Russell, Missoula, MT 59801 or online: orimt.org. Extensive background checks will be completed. NO RESUMES. EOE.

CNA/HHA (prn) Duties include, but are not limited to, providing aide services that follow the patient’s plan of care. Perform and/or assist patients in physical activities in accordance with the plan of care, including but not limited to assist with ambulation, transferring or lifting patients, turning or positioning patients, active/passive range of motion, bathing and other physical functions needed in the performance of duties while int he patients home. Document clinical notes per agency policy and submit them timely. Implement infection control and safety policies and procedures per agency policy and procedure. Communicate patient needs with RN Case manager in timely manner. Maintain patient’s personal hygiene, maintain a neat and orderly patient environment. CNA license and current CPR certification required. Transportation and valid Driver’s License required. Full job description at Missoula Job Service: employmissoula.com. Job# 10080865 HABILITATION TECHNICIAN A.W.A.R.E., Inc.’s Habilitation Technicians are responsible for implementing individual support plans, assessing strengths and skills in daily living, and assisting individuals with special needs in identifying, developing, and participating in a variety of meaningful activities to increase functional independence. Must have the ability to, under AWARE’s Unconditional Care Philosophy, implement individual support plans, assess strengths and skills in daily living, and assist individuals with special needs in identifying, developing, and participating in a variety of meaningful activities to increase functional independence. Requires a High School Diploma or HSE; experience in human services pre-

ferred. Requires computer literacy skills, including the ability to navigate, record, and overall basic computer skills needed for performance-based software as well as an electronic medical records system. The employee will be required to undergo training and pass testing in H.E.L.P. and First Aid/CPR. Requires a Montana Driver’s License. Clean motor vehicle record preferred. Will work Tue - Fri, 3pm-11pm. Pay is $10.25/hour plus benefits. Full job description at Missoula Job Service: employmissoula.com. Job# 10081153 Sterile Processing Technician Providence is calling a Sterile Processing Technician to St. Patrick Hospital in Missoula, MT.* We are seeking a detail-oriented individual to sterilize surgical instruments and other medical equipment. This is a .8 FTE night shift, from 7:00pm3:00am, Monday-Thursday. * *In this position you will:* * Sort, disassemble, clean and disinfect trays, instruments, carts, supplies and equipment. * Select and use effective and safe sterilization procedures and cleaning methods. * Operate and maintain cleaning, sanitizing and sterilization equipment. * Provide instrument sets for surgical procedures and case carts for booked and emergency surgery. * *Required qualifications for this position include:* * Current certification as Central Processing Technician or current certification as Operating Room Technician. If non-certified Central Processing Technician, applicants have 18 months to become certified. Certification must be kept up to date. * Experience in Sterile Processing * Working knowledge of steam and sterradsterris * Ability to read, write, and verbally communicate in English *Preferred qualifications for this position include:* * High school diploma or equivalent *

Medical terminology experience * Ability to work under pressure and respond quickly to the Operating Room needs. Full job de-

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Advertising Account Executive The Missoula Independent, Montana’s premier weekly publication of people, politics and culture, is seeking a highly motivated individual to join our advertising sales team. Customer service experience and strong organizational skills are required. Sales experience is preferred, but we’re happy to train someone who brings a great attitude and lots of enthusiasm. We offer a competitive comp and benefits package, as well as a fun, dynamic work environment. Send resume and salary history to: LFoland@Missoulanews.com or Lynne Foland, P.O. Box 8275 Missoula, MT 59807

ART PROGRAM ASST - FT position responsible for supporting & assisting Adults w/disabilities in accessing community-based art & recreation. M-F: 7a-3p. $9.75-$10.00/HR. Closes: 10/21/14, 5p.

CASE MANAGER - FT position providing targeted case management/ coordinating support services to persons age 16 or older w/developmental disabilities in Conrad, MT. Minimum requirements: BA in Human Services and 1 year exp w/individuals with disabilities. M-F: 8a- 5p. $15.70/hr. Closes: 10/21/14, 5p.

ACCOUNTING TECH - FT position responsible for the complete A/R cycle related to billing state agencies for nonprofit services provided to adults with disabilities. 1 year accounting experience, Microsoft Office, and strong Excel spreadsheet skills required. Medicaid billing and nonprofit accounting experience preferred. Applicants must complete a 10-key and excel spreadsheet skill test available at the job service. M-F: 8a-5p. $13.00/hr.

SHIFT SUPERVISOR - FT Positions supporting persons with disabilities in a residential setting. $9.80 -$10.00/hr.

DIRECT SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL - Supporting Persons with Disabilities in Enhancing their Quality of Life. Evenings, Overnights & Weekend hours available. $9.20-$10.40/hr.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): New York City's Diamond District is home to over 2,000 businesses that buy and sell jewelry. Throughout the years, many people have lost bits of treasure here. Valuable bits of gold and gems have fallen off broken necklaces, earrings, watches, and other accessories. Now an enterprising man named Raffi Stepnanian is cashing in. Using tweezers and a butter knife, he mines for the rich pickings that are packed in the mud of sidewalk cracks and gutters. "The percentage of gold out here on the street is greater than the amount of gold you would find in a mine," he says. I'd love to see you get inspired by his efforts, Aries. Dig for treasure in unlikely places where no one else would deign to look. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): In 1987, a college freshman named Mike Hayes was having trouble paying for his education at the University of Illinois. He appealed for help to the famous newspaper columnist Bob Greene, who asked each of his many readers to send Hayes a penny. The response was tidal. Although most of the ensuing donations were small, they added up to over $28,000—enough for Hayes to finance his degree. I encourage you to take a comparable approach in the coming weeks, Taurus: Ask for a little from a lot of different sources. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): The word "abracadabra" is a spell that stage magicians utter at the climax of their tricks: the catalyst that supposedly makes a rabbit materialize from a hat or an assistant disappear in a puff of smoke. There's no real sorcery. It's an illusion perpetrated by the magician's hocus-pocus. But "abracadabra" has a less well-known history as an incantation used by real magicians to generate authentic wizardry. It can be traced back to Gnostic magi of the second century. They and their successors believed that merely speaking the word aloud evokes a potency not otherwise available. I invite you to experiment with this possibility, Gemini. Say "abracadabra" to boost your confidence and enhance your derring-do. You already have more power than usual to change things that have been resistant to change, and intoning some playfully ferocious "abracadabras" may put your efforts over the top.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): The 17th-century writer Rene Descartes is regarded as the father of modern philosophy and the founder of rationalism. His famous catchphrase is a centerpiece of the Western intellectual tradition: "I think, therefore I am." Here's what I find amusing and alarming about the man: He read almost nothing besides the Bible and the work of Catholic theologian Thomas Aquinas. He said that classic literature was a waste of time. Is that who we want at the heart of our approach to understanding reality? I say no. In accordance with the astrological omens, I authorize you to instead adopt one or both of the following formulas: "I feel, therefore I am" or "I dream, therefore I am."

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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): You can't give what you don't have. Here's a corollary: You can sort of half-give what you half-have, but that may lead to messy complications and turn out to be worse than giving nothing at all. So here's what I recommend: Devote yourself to acquiring a full supply of what you want to give. Be motivated by the frustration you feel at not being able to give it yet. Call on your stymied generosity to be the driving force that inspires you to get the missing magic. When you've finally got it, give it. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): I suspect that one of your allies or loved ones will get caught in his or her own trap. The way you respond will be crucial for how the rest of the story plays out. On the one hand, you shouldn't climb into the trap with them and get tangled up in the snarl. On the other hand, it won't serve your long-term interests to be cold and unhelpful. So what's the best strategy? First, empathize with their pain, but don't make it your own. Second, tell the blunt truth in the kindest tone possible. Third, offer a circumscribed type of support that won't compromise your freedom or integrity.

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SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): On a late summer day in 1666, scientist Isaac Newton was sitting under an apple tree in his mother's garden in Lincolnshire, England. An apple fell off a branch and plummeted to the ground. A half-century later, he told his biographer that this incident inspired him to formulate the theory of gravity. Fast forward to the year 2010. Astronaut Piers Sellers got on the space shuttle Atlantis carrying a piece of Newton's apple tree. He took it with him as he escaped Earth's gravity on his trip to the International Space Station. By my reading of the astrological omens, now would be an excellent time for you undertake a comparable gesture or ritual, Scorpio. With a flourish, update your relationship with an important point of origin.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Most birds don't sing unless they are up high: either flying or perched somewhere off the ground. One species that isn't subject to this limitation is the turnstone, a brightly mottled shorebird. As it strolls around beaches in search of food, it croons a tune that the Cornell Lab of Ornithology calls "a short, rattling chuckle." In the coming weeks, this creature deserves to be your mascot—or your power animal, as they say in New Age circles. Why? I doubt that you will be soaring. You won't be gazing down at the human comedy from a detached location high above the fray. But I expect you will be well-grounded and good-humored—holding your own with poise amidst the rough-and-tumble. As you ramble, sing freely!

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Let's discuss that thing you are eyeing and coveting and fantasizing about. My operative theory is that you can enjoy it without actually having it for your own. In fact, I think it will be best if you do enjoy it without possessing it. There's an odd magic at play here. If this desired thing becomes a fixed part of your life, it may interfere with you attracting two future experiences that I regard as more essential to your development. My advice is to avoid getting attached to the pretty good X-factor so as to encourage the arrival and full bloom of two stellar X-factors.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): "Problems that remain persistently insoluble should always be suspected as questions asked in the wrong way," said philosopher Alan Watts. You have either recently made a personal discovery proving that this is true, or else you will soon do so. The brainscrambling, heart-whirling events of recent weeks have blessed you with a host of shiny new questions. They are vibrant replacements for the tired old questions that have kept at least one of your oldest dilemmas locked in place.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): "There is for everyone some one scene, some one adventure, some one picture that is the image of his secret life," said Irish poet William Butler Yeats. I invite you to identify that numinous presence, Pisces. And then I urge you to celebrate and cultivate it. Give special attention to it and pay tribute to it and shower love on it. Why? Because now is an excellent time to recognize how important your secret life is to you—and to make it come more fully alive than it has ever been. Go to RealAstrology.com to check out Rob Brezsny’s EXPANDED WEEKLY AUDIO HOROSCOPES and DAILY TEXT MESSAGE HOROSCOPES.

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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): In 1936, Libran author F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote about the "crack-up" he had experienced years earlier. It included this tough realization: "I had been only a mediocre caretaker of most of the things left in my hands, even my talent." Let's use this as a seed for your oracle. Have you been a good caretaker of your talent? Have you been a good caretaker for other things you are responsible for? Look within yourself and take inventory. If there's anything lacking, now is an excellent time to raise your game. If you're doing pretty well, reward yourself.

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IN THE JUSTICE COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, MISSOULA COUNTY COURTHOUSE, 200 WEST BROADWAY, MISSOULA, MT 59802 CV-1446913 Justice of the Peace, Karen A. Orzech SUMMONS FOR SERVICE BY PUBLICATION Evan B. Dean, Plaintiff, vs Martin Behner, 1918 Wyoming St., Missoula, MT 59801. Defendant. THE STATE OF MONTANA SENDS TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANT, GREETINGS: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Complaint in this action, which is filed with the above-named Justice of the Peace, a copy of which is served upon you, and to file your written answer with the above-entitled Court and serve a copy thereof upon the Plaintiff, or Plaintiff’s attorney within twenty (20) days after the service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service. If you fail to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default, for the relief demanded in the Complaint. A $30.00 fee must be accompanied by the answer for each Defendant. WITNESS my hand this 19th day of September, 2014. /s/ Karen A. Orzech, JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, DEPT. I/II By: /s/ RL Roadhouse, Clerk of Justice Court MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Cause No.: DV-14-978 Dept. No. 4 Notice of Hearing on Name Change of Minor Child In the Matter of the Name Change of Kaydin Christofer Bristle, Samantha Ziesemer, Petitioner. This is notice that Petitioner has asked the District Court to change a child’s name from Kaydin Christofer Bristle to Kaydin Christofer Ziesemer. The hearing will be on 10/30/2014 at 9:00 a.m. The hearing will be at the Courthouse in Missoula County. Date: 09/15/2014 /s/ Shirley E. Faust By: /s/ Casie Kragh, Deputy Clerk of Court MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Case No. DP-14-203 Dept. No. 4 NOTICE TO CREDITORS In the Matter of the Estate of NEIL LEE STINGER, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the decedent are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to the Personal Representative, Monique M. Gustafson, return receipt requested, at Tipp & Buley, P.C., PO Box 3778, Missoula, MT 59806 or filed with the Clerk of the above Court. DATED this 29th day of September, 2014 /s/ Monique M. Gustafson Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Case No. DV-14-1093 NOTICE OF HEARING ON PROPOSED NAME CHANGE In the Matter of the Name Change of ROSINA S. CROONEN-

BERGHS, Petitioner. PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT Petitioner, ROSINA S. CROONENBERGHS, has petitioned the District Court for the Fourth Judicial District for a change of name from ROSINA S. CROONENBERGHS to ROSINA SARIDA CROONENBERGHS, and the petition for name change will be heard by a District Court Judge on the 25 day of November, 2014, at 1:30 p.m., in the Missoula County District Court. At any time before the hearing, objections may be filed by any person who can demonstrate good reasons against the change of name. DATED this 9th day of October, 2014. /s/ Shirley E. Faust, Clerk of Court BY: /s/ Heather Olean, Deputy Clerk of Court MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Cause No. DP-14-184 Dept. No. 3 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF DENIS STUART MOLES, 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 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 B. Diane Crews and Margaret E. Kemper, Co-Personal Representatives, 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, 2014. /s/ B. Diane Crews, Co-Personal Representative /s/ Margaret E. Kemper, Co-Personal Representative /s/ Nancy Gibson, Attorney for Co-Personal Representatives MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Cause No. DP-14-210 Dept. No. 3 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF RAE PATRICIA COSTON, 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 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 John Pope Coston, Personal Representative, return receipt requested, GIBSON LAW OFFICES, PLLC, 4110 Weeping Willow Drive, Missoula, Montana 59803, or filed with the Clerk of the above-named Court. I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of Montana that the foregoing is true and correct. Dated this 30th day of September, 2014. /s/ John Pope Coston, Personal Representative GIBSON LAW OFFICES, PLLC /s/ Nancy P. Gibson, Attorney for Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT,

MNAXLP MISSOULA COUNTY Cause No. DP-14-211 Dept. No. 3 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF BENNIE DALE BARTLETT, 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 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 Renee Sue Gleason, Personal Representative, return receipt requested, GIBSON LAW OFFICES, PLLC, 4110 Weeping Willow Drive, Missoula, Montana 59803, or filed with the Clerk of the above-named Court. I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of Montana that the foregoing is true and correct. Dated this 26th day of August, 2014. /s/ Renee Sue Gleason, Personal Representative GIBSON LAW OFFICES, PLLC /s/ Nancy P. Gibson, Attorney for Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Cause No.: DP-14-193 Dept. No. 2 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF: LARRY ELMER WARREN, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the said deceased are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to Linda Louise Warren, the Personal Representative, returned receipt requested, at P. Mars Scott Law Offices, P.O. Box 5988, Missoula, Montana 59806 or filed with the Clerk of the above Court. DATED this 1st day of October, 2014. /s/ Linda Louise Warren, Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Cause No.: DR-07-626 Department No. 1 Summons for Publication IN RE THE PARENTING OF: Sean Etzel, Petitioner, and Enid Hobbick, Respondent. THE STATE OF MONTANA SENDS GREETINGS TO THE ABOVE-NAMED RESPONDENT: You, the Respondent, are hereby summoned to answer the Petition in this action, which is filed with the Clerk of Court, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to file your answer and serve a copy thereof upon the Petitioner within twenty days after the service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service; and in case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you for the relief demanded in the Petition. This action is brought to obtain an Amended Parenting Plan and Notice of Intent to Move. Title to and interest in the following real property will be involved in this action: and a hearing is currently set for Wednesday, November 19, 2014 at 1:30 p.m. DATED this 30th

day of September, 2014. /s/ Shirley E. Faust, Clerk of Court By: /s/ Gayle Johnston, Deputy Clerk MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Department No. 4 Cause No. DP14-174 NOTICE TO CREDITORS In the Estate of Patricia L. Cline, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed as Personal Representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the said estate are required to present their claim within four (4) months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to Matthew G. Hopkins, return receipt requested, at St. Peter Law Offices, P.C., 2620 Radio Way, P.O. Box 17255, Missoula, MT 59808, or filed with the Clerk of the above-entitled Court. DATED this 9th day of October, 2014. ST. PETER LAW OFFICES, P.C. /s/ Michael O’Brien, Esq. I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true, accurate and complete to the best of my knowledge and belief. DATED this 9th day of October, 2014. /s/ Matthew G. Hopkins, Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 1 Probate No. DP-14-204 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF WILLIAM CHARLES PETERS, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Margaret Roll-Peters has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the Deceased are required to present their claims within four (4) months after the date of the first publication of this Notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to Christian, Samson & Jones, PLLC, Attorneys for the Personal Representative, return receipt requested, at 310 West Spruce, Missoula, Montana 59802, or filed with the Clerk of the above Court. I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of Montana the foregoing is true and correct. Dated this 23 day of September, 2014. /s/ Margaret Roll-Peters, Personal Representative of the Estate of William Charles Peters /s/ Kevin S. Jones, Attorney for Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 4 Probate No. DP-14-199 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN RE THE ESTATE OF MICHELLE FARRIS VERBANCE, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Randy Farris 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 Randy Farris, the Personal Representative, return receipt re-

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JONESIN’ C r o s s w o r d s “The Big Picture”–you, your time, and your place. by Matt Jones

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1 Tree with needles 5 Bangladesh's capital 10 Slanted type of type: abbr. 14 "The Dukes of Hazzard" deputy 15 ___ alphabet 16 Got in the pool, maybe 17 Prefix with "mom" 18 Foot holder 19 Andrews of sportscasting 20 You're part of it, along with being in the Class Mammalia 23 Spike who directed "Crooklyn" 24 Stadium cheer 25 Cream of the crop 27 Abbr. on a cornerstone 29 Part of a crab 32 Part of a race 33 Jolly ___ 36 Additionally 37 You're living in it, geologically 39 Some resorts 41 Armed agent 42 Place for cremains 43 Used to be 44 Classifies 48 Game with cards and callers 50 The shortest month? 52 Symbol of strength 53 You live in it, physically 58 ___ San Lucas 59 Kind of duck 60 Take ___ (go swimming) 61 Egyptian, probably 62 Love so much 63 Not yours 64 Lovett who loved Julia Roberts 65 "Steppenwolf" author 66 Gets on one's knees

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1 Magazine with a famous crossword 2 4th and ___ 3 Probably soon 4 Class for intl. students 5 Unnecessary hassle 6 Suspicion 7 Cairo cross 8 About 2.2 pounds, for short 9 Computer brand 10 Perfect 11 Burrito outside 12 Takes to the skies 13 Spy novelist Deighton 21 Citified 22 "Do the ___" 26 Driving force 28 War god 29 Doing the dishes, say 30 Niihau necklaces 31 Missouri structure 34 One end of the Iditarod race 35 Nicholas II, e.g. 36 Woody Guthrie's kid 37 He'd love to have you over for dinner 38 Class that's simple to pass 39 Teacher for the day 40 ___ colors 43 Taipei pan 45 Tour worker 46 Difficult 47 Talks to online 49 Boston paper 50 Fort ___, Florida 51 See it the same way 54 "Uh-huh" 55 Too far to the left or right, as a field goal attempt 56 Fusses 57 Baby bleater 58 First name in Orioles history

PUBLIC NOTICES quested, in care of Jasper Smith Lacny P.C., 202 W. Spruce St., P.O. Box 7785, Missoula, Montana 59802, or filed with the Clerk of the above-entitled Court. DATED this 30th day of September, 2014. JASPER SMITH LACNY, P.C. /s/ Cynthia K. Smith, Attorney for Petitioner Randy Farris I declare under penalty of perjury and under the laws of the State of Montana that the foregoing is true and correct. Signed this 25th day of September, 2014. /s/ Randy Farris, Personal Representative, 1797 Dipper Loop, Post Falls, ID 83854 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 01/09/08, recorded as Instrument No. 200800671 in BK 871 Micro Records Pg 904 and Modified on 3/18/2013 under auditor’s file no. 201305291, mortgage records of MISSOULA County, Montana in which Billy C Balentine, A Single Person was Grantor, Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. solely as nominee for Golf Savings Bank, its successors and assigns was Beneficiary and First American Title Company of Montana, Inc. was Trustee. First American Title Insurance Company has succeeded First American Title Company of Montana, Inc. as Successor Trustee. The Deed of Trust encumbers real property (“Property”) located in MISSOULA County, Montana, more particularly described as follows: Lot 37 in Block 4 of El Mar Estates Phase I, a platted Subdivision in Missoula County, Montana, according to the Official recorded plat thereof. By written instrument recorded as Instrument No. 201217903, beneficial interest in the Deed of Trust was assigned to JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, successor by merger to Chase Home Finance LLC. Beneficiary has declared the Grantor in default of the terms of the Deed of Trust and the promissory note (“Note”) secured by the Deed of Trust because of Grantor’s failure timely to pay all monthly installments of principal, interest and, if applicable, escrow reserves for taxes and/or insurance as required by the Note and Deed of Trust. According to the Beneficiary, the obligation evidenced by the Note (“Loan”) is now due for the 04/01/13 installment payment and all monthly installment payments due thereafter. As of August 26, 2014, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $256,780.18. This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $236,190.73, 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 January 5, 2015 at 11:00 AM,

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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. (TS# 7037.103577) 1002.253989File No. NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 06/20/06, recorded as Instrument No. 200615246 Bk: 777 P: 619, mortgage records of MISSOULA County, Montana in which Sharon L. Bishop and Ronald J. Bishop, as joint tenants was Grantor, Wells Fargo Financial Montana, Inc. was Beneficiary and First American Title Company was Trustee. First American Title Insurance Company has succeeded First American Title Company as Successor Trustee. The Deed of Trust encumbers real property (“Property”) located in MISSOULA County, Montana, more particularly described as follows: Lot 11 in Block 1 of Reilly Addition, a Platted Subdivision in Missoula County, Montana, according to the Official Recorded Plat thereof. Beneficiary has declared the Grantor in default of the terms of the Deed of Trust and the promissory note (“Note”) secured by the Deed of Trust because of Grantor’s failure timely to pay all monthly installments of principal, interest and, if applicable, escrow reserves for taxes and/or insurance as required by the Note and Deed of Trust. According to the Beneficiary, the obligation evidenced by the Note (“Loan”) is now due for the 06/24/13 installment payment and all monthly installment payments due thereafter. As of September 19, 2014, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $213,506.85. This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $195,735.62, 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

MNAXLP 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 January 29, 2015 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 asis, 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. (TS# 7023.111054) 1002.273197File No. NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 11/30/06, recorded as Instrument No. 200631097, Bk. 788, Pg. 366, mortgage records of Missoula County, Montana in which Matthew M. Miller and Rebecca L. Miller was Grantor, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. was Beneficiary and Alliance Title and Escrow was Trustee. First American Title Insurance Company has succeeded Alliance Title and Escrow as Successor Trustee. The Deed of Trust encumbers real property (“Property”) located in Missoula County, Montana, more particularly described as follows: Lot 1 of Kalberg Estates, a Platted Subdivision in Missoula County, Montana, according to the Official recorded Plat thereof. By written instrument recorded as Instrument No. 201200002 BK 887 Pg 879, beneficial interest in the Deed of Trust was assigned to U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee for Structured Asset Securities Corporation Mortgage Loan Trust 2007-WF1. Beneficiary has declared the Grantor in default of the terms of the Deed of Trust and the promissory note (“Note”) secured by the Deed of Trust because of Grantor’s failure timely to pay all monthly installments of principal, interest and, if applicable, escrow reserves for taxes and/or insurance as re-

quired by the Note and Deed of Trust. According to the Beneficiary, the obligation evidenced by the Note (“Loan”) is now due for the 04/01/08 installment payment and all monthly installment payments due thereafter. As of August 26, 2014, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $577,802.55. This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $365,584.06, 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 January 5, 2015 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 asis, 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. (TS# 7023.17612) 1002.99556-File No. NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 06/24/10, recorded as Instrument No. 201013078 B:862 P:768, mortgage records of Missoula County, Montana in which Jacqueline W. and James K. Riekena was Grantor, Montana First Credit Union was Beneficiary and Stewart Title of Missoula was Trustee. First American Title Insurance Company has succeeded Stewart Title of Missoula as Successor Trustee. The Deed of Trust encumbers real property (“Property”) located in Missoula County, Montana, more particularly described as follows: Lots 2 and 3 of Jensen Addition No. 1, a Platted Subdivision in Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded plat

thereof. By written instrument recorded as Instrument No. , beneficial interest in the Deed of Trust was assigned to . Beneficiary has declared the Grantor in default of the terms of the Deed of Trust and the promissory note (“Note”) secured by the Deed of Trust because of Grantor’s failure timely to pay all monthly installments of principal, interest and, if applicable, escrow reserves for taxes and/or insurance as required by the Note and Deed of Trust. According to the Beneficiary, the obligation evidenced by the Note (“Loan”) is now due for the 11/01/13 installment payment and all monthly installment payments due thereafter. As of August 22, 2014, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $316,798.70. This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $287,596.23, 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 January 5, 2015 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 asis, 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. (TS# 7443.20809) 1002.272426-File No. NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 08/31/11, recorded as Instrument No. 201114644 Book 882 Page 471, mortgage records of Missoula County, Montana in which Robert J. Suthers and Sarah A. Suthers was Grantor, Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems,

PUBLIC NOTICES Inc. solely as nominee for First Security Bank of Missoula was Beneficiary and Insured Titles, LLC was Trustee. First American Title Insurance Company has succeeded Insured Titles, LLC as Successor Trustee. The Deed of Trust encumbers real property (“Property”) located in Missoula County, Montana, more particularly described as follows: Lot 2 in Block 1 of Scenic View Estates Addition No. 1, platted Subdivision in Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded plat thereof. By written instrument recorded as Instrument No. 201409153 B: 930 P: 676, beneficial interest in the Deed of Trust was assigned to Branch Banking and Trust Company. Beneficiary has declared the Grantor in default of the terms of the Deed of Trust and the promissory note (“Note”) secured by the Deed of Trust because of Grantor’s failure timely to pay all monthly installments of principal, interest and, if applicable, escrow reserves for taxes and/or insurance as required by the Note and Deed of Trust. According to the Beneficiary, the obligation evidenced by the Note (“Loan”) is now due for the 02/01/14 installment payment and all monthly installment payments due thereafter. As of August 25, 2014, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $236,567.84. This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $226,705.18, 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 January 7, 2015 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 asis, 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. (TS# 7883.20091) 1002.272475-File No. NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 05/16/08, recorded as Instrument No. 200811105 BK 819, PG 82, mortgage records of Missoula County, Montana in which Joel Wetzel, a single person was Grantor, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. was Beneficiary and Alliance Title & Escrow Corp. was Trustee. First American Title Insurance Company has succeeded Alliance Title & Escrow Corp. as Successor Trustee. The Deed of Trust encumbers real property (“Property”) located in Missoula County, Montana, more particularly described as follows: Units C-10 of Toole Avenue Condominiums-Phase 2, a residential Condominium situated on Lot C of McCormick Addition No. 2, Block 6, Lots A, B and C, a Platted subdivision of the City of Missoula, Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded Plat thereof. Together with a 4.16% interest in the common elements and an exclusive right to use the limited common elements appurtenant to each unit as said common and limited elements are defined in the Declaration of Condominium, Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions for Toole Avenue Condominiums-Phase 2. And subject to the Declaration of Condominium, Covenants and Conditions for Toole Avenue Condominiums recorded August 20, 2004 in Book 738 at Page 431 Micro Records and for Toole Avenue Condominiums-Phase 2 as recorded August 2, 2005 in Book 757 at Page 677 Micro Records and the Bylaws for Toole Avenue Condominium Owners Association, Inc. as recorded on August 20, 2004 in Book 738 at Page 434 Micro Records. Beneficiary has declared the Grantor in default of the terms of the Deed of Trust and the promissory note (“Note”) secured by the Deed of Trust because of Grantor’s failure timely to pay all monthly installments of principal, interest and, if applicable, escrow reserves for taxes and/or insurance as required by the Note and Deed of Trust. According to the Beneficiary, the obligation evidenced by the Note (“Loan”) is now due for the 11/01/13 installment payment and all monthly installment payments due thereafter. As of August 27, 2014, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $120,442.60. This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $111,424.23, 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

MNAXLP January 6, 2015 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.Northwest trustee.com or USA-Foreclosure.com. (TS# 7023.109120) 1002.266369-File No. NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on December 1, 2014, at 11:00 o’clock A.M. at the Main Door of the Missoula County Courthouse located at 200 West Broadway in Missoula, MT 59802, the following described real property situated in Missoula County, Montana: Lot 3 of Longpre Addition, a platted subdivision in Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded plat thereof Craig M. McBeath, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to First American Title, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Community Bank-Missoula, Inc, as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated on July 21, 2005 and recorded on July 26, 2005 in Book 756, Page 1367 under Document no. 200518846. The beneficial interest is currently held by CitiMortgage, Inc. successor by merger to ABNAMRO Mortgage Group, Inc. First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., is the Successor Trustee pursuant to a Substitution of Trustee recorded in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Missoula County, Montana. The beneficiary has declared a default in the terms of said Deed of Trust by failing to make the monthly payments due in the amount of $1,149.03, beginning March 1, 2014, 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 10, 2014 is $109,354.08 principal, interest at the rate of 5.50% now totaling $2,654.35, late charges in the amount of $147.04, escrow advances of $399.20, and other fees and expenses advanced of

$61.00, plus accruing interest at the rate of $16.48 per diem, late charges, and other costs and fees that may be advanced. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary, the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust. Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds of this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation. The sale is a public sale and any person, including the beneficiary, excepting only the Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by Trustee’s Deed without any representation or warranty, including warranty of Title, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, 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

EAGLE SELF STORAGE will auction to the highest bidder abandoned storage units owing delinquent storage rent for the following units: 21, 80, 82, 355, and 456. Units can contain furniture, clothes, chairs, toys, kitchen supplies, tools, sports equipment, books, beds, & other misc. household goods. These units may be viewed starting Monday October 27, 2014. All auction units will only be shown each day at 3 P.M. written sealed bids may be submitted to storage office at 4101 Hwy 93 S., Missoula, MT 59804 prior to Thursday October 30, 2014 4:00 P.M. Buyers bid will be for entire contents of each unit offered in the sale. Only cash or money orders will be accepted for payment. Units are reserved subject to redemption by owner prior to sale. All Sales final.

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 22, 2014 /s/ Dalia Martinez Assistant Secretary, First American Title Company of Montana, Inc. Successor Trustee Title Financial Specialty Services PO Box 339 Blackfoot ID 83221 STATE OF Idaho) ss. County of Bingham ) On this 22 day of July, 2014, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Dalia Martinez, know to me to be the Assistant Secretary of First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., Successor Trustee, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the fore-

going instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same. /s/ Shauna Romrell Notary Public Bingham County, Idaho Commission expires:06/04/2016 Citimortgage V Mcbeath 42090.135 YOU, JEFFREY WILLIAMS, RESPONDENT, ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Petition in this action which is filed in the office of the Clerk of the Fourth Judicial District Court in Missoula County Montana, a copy of which can be obtained from Petitioner’s attorney, Martin J. Elison, PO Box 5496, Missoula, MT 59806 and to file your answer and serve a copy of your answer upon the Petitioner’s attorney within twenty (20) days after the last publication of this

Summons. If you fail to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the Petition. Pursuant to Mont. Code Ann. §40-4-121(3), the Petitioner and Respondent are hereby restrained from transferring or in any way disposing of any property, real or personal without either the consent of the other party or an order of the court, except in the usual course of business or for the necessities of life. This does not prevent either party from using any property to pay reasonable attorney fees in order to retain counsel in the proceeding. VIOLATION OF THIS ORDER IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE UNDER MCA §45-5-626

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$489,900. Tory Dailey, Lambros Real Estate 532-9229 tory@montana.com 1633 South 4th West. 1920’s style 4 bed, 2 bath on new foundation & roof, fenced yard, patio & covered front porch. $299,900. Pat McCormick, Properties 2000. 2407653 pat@properties2000.com 1807 Missoula Avenue. 3 bed, 2 bath cottage-style near Rattlesnake Creek and park. $299,900. Pat McCormick, Properties 2000. 240-7653. pat@properties2000.com

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4700 Nicole Court. 6 bed, 4 bath high-end Linda Vista home with 3 car garage and Missoula views. $419,500. Anne Jablonski, Portico Real Estate 546-5816. annierealtor@gmail.com

2101 South 14th West. 4 bed, 2 bath with mother-in-law apartment & double garage. $239,900. Vickie Honzel, Lambros ERA Real Estate. 531-2605. vickiehonzel@lambrosera.com

5614 Gharrett. 4 bed, 3 bath with deck, Bitterroot views & 2 car garage. Mary Louise ZappKnapp, Lambros ERA Real Estate 406-456-2260. mlzappknapp@ lambrosera.com

2116 West Kent. Charming 2 story, 3 bed, 1.5 bath home with single garage. Low-maintenance front yard & garden in back. $172,000. Anne Jablonski, Portico Real Estate 546-5816 annierealtor@gmail.com

5619 Prospect. 5 bed, 4 bath well-maintained Grant Creek home with 3 car garage. $404,900. Shannon Hilliard, Prudential Missoula. 239-8350 shannon@prudentialmissoula.com

2304 River Road. Remodeled, energy-efficient 2 bed, 2 bath on large lot. Patio, deck & blocks to Milwaukee trail system. $205,000. Rochelle Glasgow, Prudential MIssoula 728-8270. glasgow@montana.com 2515 Klondike Court. 4 bed, 3 bath ranch style in Grant Creek with 2 car garage. $359,900. Chris Honzel, Lambros ERA Real Estate. 544-8700. chrishonzel@lambrosera.com 2904 Queen Street. 4 bed, 3 bath ranch style with full basement & 2 car garage. $340,000. Chris Honzel, Lambros ERA Real Estate. 544-8700 chrishonzel@lambrosera.com

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4318 Leonard Ln, Stevensville $235,000 • MLS # 20145443 • 3 bed 2 bath, 1516 sq.ft. home on 3.27 acres • Open floor plan with mountain views • Fenced with irrigated pastures, greenhouse & root cellar

2970 Sandalwood Court. 4 bed, 2 bath in Big Flat neighborhood with Clark Fork River access. $582,500. Tory Dailey, Lambros Real Estate. 532-9229 tory@montana.com 3 Bdr, 2 Bath Central Missoula home. $179,900. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com 3010 West Central. Five acres bordering DNRC in Target Range with 3 bed, 1 bath home. $450,000. Pat McCormick, Properties 2000. 240-7653 pat@properties2000.com

6200 St. Thomas. 5 bed, 4 bath on 1+ acre in Miller Creek neighborhood. $359,900. Tory Dailey, Lambros Real Estate 532-9229 tory@montana.com 655 Woodworth. 3 bed, 3 bath 1940’s bungalow two blocks to UM. $355,900. Tory Dailey, Lambros Real Estate. 532-9229 tory@montana.com 720 Ben Hogan Drive. 5 bed, 4 bath on 4 Farviews acres with Pattee Canyon views. $750,000. Tory Dailey, Lambros Real Estate 532-9229 tory@montana.com 720 West Sussex. 5 bed, 2 bath ranch style home with many upgrades. $239,900. Tory Dailey, Lambros Real Estate 532-9229 tory@montana.com 9755 Horseback Ridge. 3 bed, 3 bath with mother-in-law apartment on 5 view acres. $385,000. Pat McCormick, Properties 2000. 240-7653 pat@properties 2000.com Anne Jablonski, Realtor with Portico Real Estate, recently obtained her Montana State Broker license. Anne has 12 years of experience helping clients buy and sell real estate in Missoula and

surrounding areas. You can find her at www.MoveMontana.com Are your housing needs changing? We can help you explore your options. Clark Fork Realty. 512 E. Broadway. (406) 728-2621. www.clarkfork realty.com Buying or selling homes? Let me help you find your way home. David Loewenwarter. Prudential Montana Real Estate. LOEWENWARTER.COM. 406-241-3321 “Go Griz” let me help you find your way back home to Missoula. David Loewenwarter, Realtor Prudential MT Real Estate 2413221 loewenwarter.com I can help you find your new home! Celia Grohmann @ Banana Belt Realty. 406-550-1014 • celiamontana@gmail.com. Visit my website at www.on93.com Let me help save you time and energy. I know about Missoula and have lived here 30+ years. David Loewenwarter. Prudential Montana Real Estate. LOEWENWARTER.COM. 406-241-3321 More than 35 years of Sales & Marketing experience. JAY GETZ, Prudential Montana Real Estate. (406) 214-4016 • jay.getz@ prumt.com• www.JayGetzMissoula.com Newer 2 bed, 1 bath 1200 sq. ft. home on 1.02 acre lot. 1200 sq. ft. attached garage, recently fenced, new roof sealant. Easy to maintain. Bring you own landscaping ideas to this wonderful home. It’s easy to live in this semiremote area with quiet and views. Only 10 Miles from Reserve Street. David Loewenwarter, Prudential Montana 329-2059. loewenwarter.com Put my experience and dedication to work for you. JAY GETZ, Prudential Montana Real Es-

$108,000 2 bed, 1 bath, Clearview Village Condominiums Low maintenance, close to trail system with views of the city, affordable alternative to renting.

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$175,900 3 bed, 2 bath, vaulted ceilings. Large garage/shop. Located on Missoula’s historic Northside.

3748 Brandon. 5 bed, 3 bath with 2 car garage in Linda Vista. $359,000. Vickie Honzel, Lambros ERA Real Estate 531-2605. vickiehonzel@lambrosera.com

4114 Melrose. 3 bed, 2 bath Pleasant View home with fenced yard, patio & double garage. $245,000. Chris Honzel, Lambros ERA Real Estate 544-8700. chrishonzel@lambrosera.com

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3411 Paxson. 4 bed, 2 bath recently remodeled with fenced yard & double garage. $275,000. Rita Gray, LambrosERA Real Estate 532-9283. ritagray@lambrosera.com

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REAL ESTATE tate. (406) 214-4016 • jay.getz@prumt.com • www.JayGetzMissoula.com RE/MAX All Stars; combining local ownership, experienced agents, and the power of #1 RE/MAX. Complimentary real estate advice. Call 406-542-8644 Slant Street Charmer 733 Marshall $225,000. Slant Street charmer with lots of light, a wonderful yard with raised beds ¶ awesome shop all in a convenient location and ready to move in to. 240-5227 porticorealestate.com

porch, fenced yard & garage. $158,900. Vickie Honzel, Lambros ERA Real Estate 531-2605. vickiehonzel@lambrosera.com 2340 55th Street #19. 3 bed, 1.5 bath split-level with gas fireplace, deck & single garage. $135,000. Vickie Honzel, Lambros ERA Real Estate 531-2605. vickiehonzel@lambrosera.com 2615 O’Shaughnesy. 3 bed, 3 bath corner unit with 2 car garage. $238,000. Tory Dailey, Lambros Real Estate, 532-9229 tory@montana.com

When considering a move please call Missoula native JAY GETZ, Prudential Montana Real Estate. (406) 214-4016 • j a y. g e t z @ p r u m t . c o m • www.JayGetzMissoula.com

3811 Stephens #30. 2 bed, 1.5 bath with single garage in Lewis & Clark neighborhood. Mary Louise Zapp-Knapp, Lambros ERA Real Estate 406-456-2260 mlzappknapp@lambrosera.com

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

4801 Bordeaux. 2 bed, 2 bath with A/C & 2 car garage. $168,000. Rita Gray, LambrosERA Real Estate 532-9283. ritagray@lambrosera.com

Wonderful Westside 1722 Defoe. 2 bedroom, 1 bonus, 2 bathroom home on the Wonderful Westside with awesome gardens in the fenced yard. A home with character! $189,000. KD 2405227. porticorealestate.com

Clark Fork River Condo 1401 Cedar Street #16. $122,500. Charming 2 bedroom, 1.5 bathroom townhouse set on the Clark Fork River. What an amazing home! KD 2405227 porticorealestate.com

CONDOS

Uniquely Missoula! 619 Phillips and 633 Phillips. $165,000 each. The former MUD demonstration site on the Northside. Many outbuildings on each and so many possibilities. KD 2405227 porticorealestate.com

1400 Burns Street #15. $150,000. A rare, spacious 3 bedroom unit in the awesome Burns Street Commons! This upstairs corner unit is all on one level with a secure private entrance and a balcony. KD 2405227. porticorealestate.com 1420D Stoddard. 2 bed, 1.5 bath Westside condo with front

Uptown Flats #210. 1 bed, 1 bath modern condo on Missoula’s Northside. $149,000. Anne Jablonski, Portico Real Estate 546-5816. annierealtor@gmail.com

Uptown Flats #306. 1 bed, 1 bath top floor unit with lots of light. W/D, carport, storage & access to exercise room. $162,000. Anne Jablonski, Portico Real Estate 546-5816. annierealtor@gmail.com Uptown Flats #312. 1 bed, 1 bath modern condo on Missoula’s Northside. $151,900. Anne Jablonski, Portico Real Estate 5465816. annierealtor@gmail.com Uptown Flats. Upscale gated community near downtown. All SS appliances, carport, storage and access to community room and exercise room plus more. Anne Jablonski, Portico Real Estate 546-5816. annierealtor@ gmail.com, movemontana.com Why Rent? Own Your Own 1400 Burns. Designed with energy efficiency, comfort and affordability in mind. Next to Burns Street Bistro and Missoula Community Co-op. 2 bedroom units for $119,000. KD 240-5227 porticorealestate.com

DUPLEXES Central Missoula Duplex 1779 & 1781 W Sussex. $187,500. Centrally located duplex. Close to shopping, busses, bike path, and easy access to Russell, Brooks and South. KD 240-5227 porticorealestate.com

MANUFACTURED 2406 McIntosh Loop. 3 bed, 2 bath Redman 28x56 in Orchard Promenade Community. $104,900. Chris Honzel, Lambros ERA Real Estate. 544-8700 chrishonzel@lambrosera.com

SUSTAINAFIEDS

LAND 1625 Lot 12A Cote Lane. Level 1 acre with fantastic views. Mary Louise Zapp-Knapp, Lambros ERA Real Estate 532-9296. mlzappknapp@lambrosera.com Lot 33 Old Mill Loop, St. Regis. 1.02 acre with 150’ of Clark Fork River Frontage. Mary Louise Zapp-Knapp, Lambros ERA Real Estate 532-9296. mlzappknapp@lambrosera.com NHN Arnica. Pattee Canyon acreage with great view of Missoula. Mary Louise Zapp-Knapp, Lambros ERA Real Estate. 5329296 mlzappknapp@lambrosera.com NHN Edgewood. 3.53 acres on back side of Mount Jumbo in East Missoula. $89,900. Vickie Honzel, Lambros ERA Real Estate 531-2605. vickiehonzel@lambrosera.com NHN Old Freight Road, St. Ignatius. 11 acre Mission Mountain building site. $86,900. Shannon Hilliard, Prudential Missoula 239-8350. shannon@prudentialmissoula.com NHN Old Freight Road, St. Ignatius. Over 40 acres with 2 creeks near Mission Mountains. $199,900. Shannon Hilliard, Prudential Missoula 239-8350. shannon@prudentialmissoula.com

4 Bdr, 2 Bath Central Missoula home. Commercial or Residential. $185,000. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit... www.mindypalmer.com

OUT OF TOWN 109 Church Street, Stevensville. Historic 3 bed, 1 bath with library, parlor & fantastic front porch. $139,000. Rita Gray, LambrosERA Real Estate, 5329283. ritagray@lambrosera.com

406 Harriet, Missoula $238,000

12336 Frenchtown Frontage Road. 3 bed, 3 bath on 4+ acres with front porch, deck & UG sprinklers. $345,000. Tory Dailey, Lambros Real Estate 5329229 tory@montana.com 15080 Big Horn, Huson. Montana Dream Home near Clark Fork River. 4 bed, 3 bath on over 6 acres. $550,000. Chris Honzel, Lambros ERA Real Estate 544-8700. chrishonzel@lambrosera.com 2039 Nighthawk Trail, Victor. 3 bed, 2 bath on 20 acres near Fred Burr Trailhead off Bear Creek Road. $675,000. Tory Dailey, Lambros Real Estate 532-9229. tory@ montana.com

4700 NICOLE COURT Offering $7K allowance for counter upgrade for limited time. Custom home in prime neighborhood on view lot. 6+ bedrooms, 4+1/2 bath 3+ garage.

NHN Raymond. .62 acre in Lower Rattlesnake bordering Missoula Open Space. $148,000. David Loewenwarter. Prudential Montana Real Estate. LOEWENWARTER.COM. 406-241-3321 NHN Rock Creek Road. 20 acres bordered on north by Five Valleys Land Trust. Direct access to Clark Fork River. $189,900. Shannon Hilliard, Prudential Missoula 239-8350. shannon@prudentialmissoula.com

3 bed, 2.5 Bath, oversized two car garage. Centrally located to U of M, downtown, Reserve St, hospitals, and shopping. Newer gas heater, hot water tank, and kitchen appliances. New flooring on main level. Freshly painted inside & out. Central air for hot summer days. New sliding glass door exiting to the new redwood deck. Large yard with mature landscaping.

$419,500 2116 WEST KENT

$7K ALLOWANCE

Charming 3 bed, 1.5 bath with 1200 sq.ft. of living space, all appliances & single garage.

Price reduced to $172,000

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101 Church Street, Stevensville. Currently Mission Bistro Restaurant, but zoned for commercial or residential. $255,000. Rochelle Glasgow, Prudential Missoula. 728-8270 glasgow@montana.com

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2904 Queen St. • Lewis & Clark Area $319,900 Rochelle Glasgow

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[C10] Missoula Independent • October 16–October 23, 2014

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• 4 bed, 3 bath brick ranch-style • 1400 sf main level • Gas fireplace, oak hardwood floors • 9600 sf lot, full basement with fireplace • Lots of natural light • 2 car garage

REAL ESTATE

3 Bdr, 2 Bath, Lolo area home home. $229,900. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com 4158 Petty Creek. 3 bed, 4 bath log-sided home on 40 acres with 1400’ of Petty Creek frontage. $495,000. Tory Dailey, Lambros Real Estate 532-9229 tory@montana.com

3 Bdr, 1 Bath Alberton home. $125,000. Prudential. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 2396696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com 3 Bdr, 2 Bath, Bonner area home close to Blackfoot River & public lands. $324,000. Prudential Mon-

tana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com 3 Bdr, 2 Bath, Historic Stevensville home. $236,000. Prudential Montana. For more info @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com

435 Ernest. 4 bed, 3 bath ranch style home, south of Florence on 5 acres, fenced and crossfenced for horses. Attached double car garage, 44 x 32’ shop with office, small tack room and barn. $310,000. MLS# 20146167. Rochelle Glasgow, Prudential Missoula. 728-8270 glasgow@montana.com 5 Bdr, 3 Bath, Stevensville area home on 3.2 acres. $529,000.

Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 2396696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com 5 Bdr, 5 Bath, Stevensville area home on 10 acres. $649,000. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 2396696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com Easy Access to the highway

and the river. 17430 Six-Mile, $250,000. Historic 3 bedroom, 1.5 bath home in great condition on stunning 12.51 acre setting with views, fruit trees, tons of gardening space and so much more! KD 240-5227 porticorealestate.com The people to call for properties around Philipsburg, Georgetown Lake, Rock Creek & More! Pintlar

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1633 South 4th West • $299,900 1920's style 4 bed, 2 bath on new foundation with new roof, fenced yard, patio & covered front porch.

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Properties2000.com montanaheadwall.commissoulanews.com • October 16–October 23, 2014 [C11]

These pets may be adopted at Missoula Animal Control 541-7387 DIXIE• Dixie is an adult female orange cat. She is very independent. Dixie doesn't mind other cats being around but won't seek them out to play. She loves to play with cat trees and other toys. It is rare to find a female orange cat so she is very special. Please come and meet her.

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FIREBALL•Fireball

is an 11-year-old male orange cat. He came in with 3 other cats that the owner couldn't keep due to being relocated. Fireball is very cuddly and easygoing. He is looking for a quiet retirement home that he can relax in and enjoy taking in his surroundings. Does this sound like your home?

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ZACK•Zack is an adult male black cat. He demands that you give him attention when you meet him. He will constantly rub up against you and push hard on you 2330 South Reserve Street, Missoula, Montana, 59801 until you pet him. You will never feel Lobby: 9:00am-5:00pm (Mon-Fri) • Drive-thru: 7:30am-6:00pm (Mon-Fri) lonely with Zack in your home. Zack also 3708 North Reserve Street, Missoula, Montana, 59808 likes to burrow under blankets so be preLobby: 9:00am-5:00pm (Mon-Fri) Drive-thru: 7:30am-6:00pm (Mon-Fri) • Drive-thru: 9:00am-12:00pm (Sat) pared for him to make himself at home.

PATCHES•Patches is a male terrier mix. He came in as a stray and we have no idea why his owner hasn't come to look for him. He is young and loves to play. Patches is a great small-sized dog who would be a great companion in any home. Come meet him and see if you fall in love.

To sponsor a pet call 543-6609

OLIVER•Oliver is a 7-8 year-old male westie mix. He is very sweet and seems to be confused as to why he is in the shelter. He is good with other dogs but does enjoy having his own space. He would do best in a home with older dogs that won't jump all over him. He is calm, mellow, and not a big barker. Oliver is worth your trip to the shelter to meet him.

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KOBAIN• Kobain is a male pit bull around 4 years old. He absolutely loves water. He will stand directly in front of the hose and drench himself when we clean our kennels. Kobain is very high-energy and would make a great hiking companion. He does require a grain-free diet and lots of exercise. If you are looking for a pet to keep you in shape, look no further.

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These pets may be adopted at the Humane Society of Western Montana 549-3934 PENELOPE• Penelope is a big sweet girl who is ready to play! She has lived with other dogs big and small and loves tennis balls and rope toys. She is always interested in what her people are doing and can't wait to meet her new family and have some fun adventures. Come and meet her today!

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RINGO• Ringo is a sweet, chatty boy who is looking for a loving home. He enjoys lots of attention and loves to share his purr with everyone. He has fun with toys and gets along well with dogs. Come visit Ringo at the Humane Society of Montana. We are open 1 pm to 6 pm Tuesdays through Fridays and noon to 5 pm on Saturdays.

BUDDY•Buddy is a funny little character who loves his people and his squeaky toys. He will delight you with his adorable face and funny antics. Buddy loves going for walks and car rides and is looking for his forever home. Come meet this pintsized personality today!

THEODORE•Theodore is an energetic boy. He enjoys going outdoors to sniff the mountain air and feel the grass under his paws. He also loves to cuddle and get attention. Theodore is recovering from a suspected gunshot wound to his hind leg, but he is improving daily thanks to the Emily Kantor Fund and the medical care he received at Animal Blessings Pet Hospital.

BENJAMIN• This confident fellow is one of the most unique and charming boys you will ever meet! He loves toys, treats, and talking. He has a very funny meow that is sure to keep a smile on your face. Benjamin is very intelligent and is a master of using interactive food toys. We think it's about time this special guy found his forever home.

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ELLIOT• Come meet Elliot at Petco! We have so many sweet senior cats looking for homes right now and Elliot is one of them. This sleek and handsome boy loves to be with people, play with toys, using his scratching post, and snuggling. He is an allaround fun guy who has lots of personality and spunk. You can meet Elliot, and his feline friends, at the new Petco store!

1600 S. 3rd W. 541-FOOD

Missoula’s Locally Owned Neighborhood Pet Supply Store