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News Voices/Letters Abortion statistics and protesters .........................................................4 The Week in Review Elbow Room, gun tag and polyamory .......................................6 Briefs Burritos, beer and foreclosure ...........................................................................6 Etc. Montana’s burger king ...........................................................................................7 News Remediation discussion, lawsuit mark busy weeks in Frenchtown ....................8 News How Amanda Curtis built statewide recognition in two months........................9 Opinion Silly complaint over party logo raises bigger questions...............................10 Opinion Saving a historic chalet gets the hush-hush treatment.................................11 Feature Dying in Missoula ..........................................................................................14
Arts & Entertainment Arts Rocky Horror returns to Missoula .......................................................................18 Music Sallie Ford, Freeman and Sarah Jackson-Holman ............................................19 Books Finding my father in The Things They Carried ................................................22 Film Halloween horrors for Netflix nights..................................................................23 Film Meaty performances fill out The Skeleton Twins ................................................24 Movie Shorts Independent takes on current films ....................................................25 Munchies Unchained ..................................................................................................26 Happiest Hour Bloody Brain Shooter........................................................................28 8 Days a Week Knockin’ on heaven’s door ................................................................29 Mountain High Telluride Mountain Film Festival ......................................................37 Agenda Gender Talk: Gender Identity and Systems ...................................................38
Exclusives
Street Talk.....................................................................................................................4 In Other News ............................................................................................................12 Classifieds .................................................................................................................C-1 The Advice Goddess.................................................................................................C-2 Free Will Astrolog y ..................................................................................................C-4 Crossword Puzzle.....................................................................................................C-5 This Modern World ................................................................................................C-12
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STREET TALK
by Cathrine L. Walters
Asked Tuesday, Oct. 28, near the corner of Broadway and Higgins. Do you think death is a taboo subject? Follow-up: What’s one thing on your bucket list?
Lucas Robbins: We should talk more about it. For a lot of people it’s an uncomfortable subject because they’ve had friends or family die, but you’ve got to express how you feel because death is a natural thing. Airborne: To fly over the mountains in New Zealand in a squirrel suit.
Jake Gerstenberger: No, I don’t. It’s something we should talk about. I recently lost a very close friend so remembrance is important. We need to celebrate people. Pack the garlic necklace: I really want to go to Romania. I’ve always been enthralled by Transylvania and Dracula and it’s something I really want to see.
Chris Bracht: It is but it shouldn’t be. We all die. It happens. It could happen right now. I’m in an EMT class now and was in the Army before that so my knowledge of ways you can die is quite extensive. A leap of faith: BASE jumping off of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park.
Sampson Adkins: No. It’s something we all should talk about because it’s something we’re all gonna do. It’s better to be prepared than not. Healing open wounds: To make amends with my wife.
Lindsay Jones: No. I think it is something you should embrace. It happens to everyone. Fly like a bird: To go skydiving in Arizona.
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In his Oct. 23 column, “Unsteady Platform,” Dan Brooks cites National Right to Life as the source of County Commission candidate Vicky Gordon’s recent claim of 56 million children being aborted. In doing so, Mr. Brooks made some mistaken assumptions about how we count the number of abortions performed in the United States. Brooks dismisses that figure and asserts that our estimate of total abortions since Roe v. Wade “seems to include certain forms of birth control.” Brooks cites a figure from the Centers for Disease Control of approximately 760,000 abortions to imply that our estimate is preposterous. In making these assertions, Brooks shows that he knows very little about U.S. abortion statistics and has done poor research. There are two basic sources of abortion statistics in the U.S.—the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, which Brooks mentions, and the Guttmacher Institute, a private research organization that was once the research arm of Planned Parenthood, the nation’s largest abortion chain. The CDC relies on reports from state health departments, but these are voluntary and not every state reports. In fact, California, the nation’s most populous state, and at least two other states, have not reported data to the CDC since 1998. Guttmacher surveys abortion clinics directly and has consistently obtained higher and are widely recognized to have a more accurate count. Even before the CDC lost a few states in 1998, Guttmacher’s annual figures were usually at least 150,000 abortions higher than figures reported by the CDC. Though we find the CDC a valuable source of demographic data, National Right to Life relies on Guttmacher’s estimates to develop our cumulative national total. Employing data that Guttmacher published since 1973 up through 2011 and estimating numbers for 2012 and 2013 based on 2011 data, then adding another 3 percent for underreporting Guttmacher has acknowledged, we obtain an estimate of 56,405,766 total abortions since 1973. All numbers, citations and the basis for our calculations can be found on our fact sheet at nrlc.org. Mr. Brooks might have saved himself some trouble if he had checked our website before mentioning us in his column. It appears from his flippant remark about the unborn failing to “exist within the space-time continuum” that Mr. Brooks’ understanding of basic fetology is also lacking. If the unborn do not exist within the space-time continuum, then exactly where are they up until the last seconds before birth? Any woman who
has given birth can assure Mr. Brooks that their children did not simply appear in the delivery room on the day they were born. Brooks was, of course, being facetious. But the disregard for the humanity, rights and existence of the unborn child is the reason for the existence of our group, reminding people that abortion stops a beating heart, takes the life of unique human beings, simply moving through a stage of life common to us all. If our lives and rights matter, then so do theirs. That we have lost 56 million unborn children in the U.S. since 1973, more than fifty times the entire population of Montana, is a human tragedy. Randall K. O’Bannon, Ph.D. Director of Education & Research National Right to Life Washington, D.C.
“My personal convictions could not result in a change in policy in the county unless one of the other commissioners agreed with me.” Deep convictions The Independent last week printed an article entitled “Unsteady Platforms.” First of all, I take exception to the fact that the author of the opinion piece, Dan Brooks, who so heavily criticizes my views on abortion, is a man who has never and will never face the prospect of carrying a child, alone or otherwise. As a single mother, I raised my child alone and through that experience became more convinced than ever that the unborn child is indeed a living human being which must be honored and protected. I have been questioned about Title X, but the fact is that none of the statements by NARAL (National Abortion Rights Action League) are about Title X. The subject is abortion. Yes, I have deep personal convictions against abortion. So do 58 percent of Americans. NARAL is using Title X as a convenient hook on which to tie their prejudice against people who oppose abortion. In their dialogue, NARAL masquerades as a group interested in
women’s health, but their name suggests otherwise. As far as my ability as a commissioner to affect a program dependent upon federal funding, everyone knows that the democratically controlled commission is a three-member board. Any issue may be carried by a vote of two. My personal convictions could not result in a change in policy in the county unless one of the other commissioners agreed with me. In the many years I have lived in this county, the subject of abortion has never come before the commission. The day-to-day job of the commission rather includes: caring for county property, roads and bridges; dealing with planning and zoning; reviewing subdivisions; preparing the annual budget; providing for law enforcement and correctional facilities; developing and enforcing building codes; promoting economic and industrial development; and planning and providing for parks. Those who support my opponent are using fear mongering and scare tactics to try to garner enough votes to get across the finish line. And, further, this incident illustrates the fact that those generating the rumors are threatened by anyone who holds different convictions than theirs. Those who vote against me solely because of this issue would be voting their prejudice and not the best interests of the county. About the 40 Days for Life protest, I again take issue with last week’s opinion piece in the Independent. First, the photo shown does not depict protesters from 40 Days for Life. Protesters for 40 Days are only allowed to use one style of sign not the many homemade signs depicted. In addition, protesters are asked to pray and not engage in a war of words. For that reason, I am skeptical of the remark attributed to “an older man” in front of the clinic. Further, I would say that Mr. Brooks by mentioning this incident is trying to taint me by association since that remark has nothing to do with me or my campaign. And a further note, if you wish to quote from editorials I sent to the Missoulian in 2011 and 2012, how about printing all of the content of the letters and not cherry pick a word or phrase here and there. I stand by their content. Finally, my stated platform reads: Oppose the gas tax and preserve the independence of the Missoula County Commission from city control; vigorously oppose annexation and consolidation of Missoula County by the city of Missoula; cut through red tape and over-regulation; create and sustain a business-friendly environment in Missoula County; work to keep Missoula County affordable; embrace Missoula County’s rural and smalltown values. Vicky Gordon Candidate for County Commission Missoula
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WEEK IN REVIEW
VIEWFINDER
by Cathrine L. Walters
Wednesday, October 22 More than 50 years after opening, the Elbow Room bar closes its doors for the final time. In 2011, the Elbow Room moved from its longtime home in a doublewide trailer to a newly constructed bar and restaurant.
Thursday, October 23 Kevin Joseph Lino, a transient accused of the late July murder of Gilbert Barry under the Reserve Street bridge, makes his first appearance in Missoula County court. Justice of the Peace Amy Blixt sets his bail at $250,000.
Friday, October 24 Lake County authorities charge Galen Hawk with negligent homicide for his role in the shooting death of a 3-year-old boy on Wednesday night. According to court documents, Hawk fired a handgun at the boy during a game of “gun tag.”
Saturday, October 25 Members of the local polyamorous community gather with out-of-town guests at Sushi Hana to mingle, eat off naked models and celebrate non-monogamy during SushiX, the second event of this year’s Polytana Sushi Social.
Sunday, October 26 With a goal from freshman Hallie Widner in the 83rd minute, the University of Montana women’s soccer team defeats Northern Colorado 1-0 to clinch the program’s first outright regular season Big Sky Conference title since 2000.
Monday, October 27 Virginia Marie Ervin appears in Missoula County Justice Court to face four charges, including tampering with or fabricating physical evidence, related to an explosion that occurred in her apartment on Oct. 12. At the time of the blast, her boyfriend was allegedly manufacturing hash oil.
Tuesday, October 28 The presidents of Stanford University and Dartmouth College issue a joint letter of apology to Montana citizens “for the confusion and concern caused by an election mailer” that was designed as a research tool but drew criticism for allegedly injecting partisanship into the state Supreme Court race.
Chef Brian Brock breaks down a lamb during a butchering demonstration at Burns St. Bistro on Oct. 22. The Hellgate Hunters and Anglers coordinated the educational event for game hunters in anticipation of rifle season opening last weekend.
Guns
Burritos, not bullets When national chain Chipotle Mexican Grill announced last week plans to open a new restaurant on North Reserve Street, the response mostly focused on culinary matters. But some Second Amendment advocates connected the news to the ongoing debate about Chipotle’s allegedly anti-gun policies. Those allegations are rooted in Chipotle’s May request “that customers not bring guns into our restaurants, unless they are authorized law enforcement personnel.” The request was made soon after members of the Dallas County chapter of Open Carry Texas, a gun-rights group, brought assault rifles into a local Chipotle. That demonstration set off a backlash that compelled some 10,000 people to sign a Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America petition asking the chain to prohibit firearms in its establishments. Julia Starrett of the Montana Chapter of Moms Demand Action says her group supports the Second Amendment, but sees Chipotle’s ban as a matter of safety.
“There’s no real way to know if a person opencarrying a rifle is a responsible gun owner or is a threat to our kids,” Starrett says. Whether Chipotle even has to ask its customers not to carry in its coming Montana restaurants (a second location is in the works in Billings) is a matter of some uncertainty. According to Montana law, carrying a concealed weapon is prohibited in public places licensed to sell alcohol, as some Chipotles are. The law doesn’t, however, say anything about open carry. Either way, Chipotle has made its request, and Target, Starbucks and other national chains have instituted similar policies. Gary Marbut, president of the Montana Shooting Sports Association and an independent candidate for House District 94, expects locals who oppose such policies to express their stance more subtly than the activists in Dallas have. “In some places, there have been boycotts organized and stuff like that, but I don’t think we need that kind of organization in Montana,” Marbut says. “We know that a vast majority of Montanans possess firearms and are firearms friendly, and if a business
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wants to offend the majority of their potential customers, that’s their business decision.” Ted McDermott
Business
Launching a taproom Earlier this year, all husband and wife Zach and Sarah Millar had was an idea: They wanted to open a taproom that would be part of Missoula’s growing craft beer scene but offer a broader range of selection than is available from a traditional brewery. The Millars, however, weren’t sure how to turn that idea into a reality. In search of some guidance, they went to the Blackstone LaunchPad on the University of Montana campus, worked with director Paul Gladen and received assistance with developing their business plan, legal advice and finding funding. “We’re not [ABC’s] ‘Shark Tank,’” Gladen says of Missoula’s eight-month-old LaunchPad, which is one of 15 affiliated centers around the country. “We’re really there to help the individual teams that we’re working with develop their entrepreneurial skills. So, helping them understand what are the steps that they
[news] need to take, what are the questions or assumptions that they need to get answers to to help them figure out whether their idea has real potential, and whether what they’re working on has got a chance of success.” As a result of that kind of help, the Millars are getting close to opening a business based on what was once just a vision. “All the wheels are turning now,” Zach says. The business now has a name (the Dram Shop), a space (on East Front Street, between The Trail Head and the Pearl) and preliminary designs for how to transform the space into a tavern and growler-filling location with some 35 taps of beer, as well as wine, cider and soda. All the Millars need now is for the city to approve their conditional use permit and for the state’s departments of Revenue and Justice to approve the transfer of a beer and wine license the Millars have bought. They’re hoping that will happen later this year. If it does, the Dram Shop will likely open early in 2015 and offer consumption on premises, as well as growler fills of everything on tap. It won’t, however, be a typical downtown bar. “We have two daughters, so we want it to be a family friendly place,” Zach says. “We’re going to have a play area for kids in here, and we want the atmosphere to be laid back, like a taproom atmosphere. That’s our goal. A place where people are comfortable bringing their kids, having a snack, filling a growler and going home—or staying for longer, if they want to.” Ted McDermott
Elections 2014
Commissioner race heats up As Election Day nears, the race between Republican Vicky Gordon and Democrat Nicole “Cola” Rowley for Missoula County Board of Commissioners has turned into one of the more contentious on the ballot. Rowley accuses Gordon of misrepresenting her background, while Gordon calls Rowley a puppet of Mayor John Engen’s administration. “I believe that he recruited her,” Gordon says. “I don’t think it’s to his disadvantage to have someone in the commissioners’ office who has loyalties to him.” Rowley, who holds a doctorate in pharmacology and toxicology from the University of Utah and works as an environmental health specialist for the Missoula City-County Health Department, adamantly denies such allegations. “I like and respect Engen,” she says. “But I never met him before I filed to run.” Rowley acknowledges that she and Engen do agree on some things. They both want to ask voters to support a gas tax, a measure that requires county commissioner
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approval. Gordon says if the city again attempts to push for the tax, as it did unsuccessfully in 2012, she won’t back it. In fact, Gordon says her belief that local taxes are too high is largely what prompted her candidacy. Gordon is a Missoula native who earned both a bachelor’s degree and a master’s from the University of Montana. She worked as an advertising manager for Eagle Satellite for 18 years before retiring in 2012. If elected, she says she’d like to reel in county labor expenses. “Personnel costs keep going up, higher than cost of living,” Gordon says. The two candidates also disagree on land-use regulations. Gordon warns that if Rowley is elected, she’d pose a threat to property rights. “I got the impression that she believes that the public might be
better stewards of the land than the private property owner,” Gordon says. “And I don’t believe that.” Rowley notes she’s received endorsements from the Missoula Organization of Realtors and Montana Conservation Voters before explaining that, in light of the county’s predicted population growth, it makes sense to consider land-use regulations. She points to pending community plans in Lolo and Seeley Lake as examples of ground-up planning efforts that could work in the future. As for the tenor of the campaign, Rowley is frustrated by her opponent’s accusations, but remains optimistic as Nov. 4 approaches. “I’m trying to keep it clean and not attack her,” she says. Jessica Mayrer
Development
What’s next for the Circle H? Twenty-two years after the Howard Raser family sold 972 acres off Butler Creek Road to four New Jersey-based investors with ambitious goals for develop-
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Hunters counted at check stations in Darby, Anaconda and Bonner during the 2014 season’s opening weekend. It’s the highest hunter total since 2011, but the percentage of hunters with game—6.6—was the lowest in five years. ing the Circle H Ranch, the managing developer is dead and the property is in foreclosure. On Oct. 15, Circle H Ranch managing partner Howard “Buddy” Seale died at home in New Jersey. His death ends one chapter in the development’s sprawling and controversial saga, one that Howard’s widow MaryLee Seale says didn’t turn out the way her husband and his partners had hoped. “They had such hopes and dreams,” she says. In 1992, Seale and his partners purchased the property for $1.25 million, billing the project as “Missoula’s first and only ‘Ranch Preservation Residence.’” Circle H developers planned 76 upscale homes at the portion of the development called “the Ranch,” a gated enclave that lies two miles from Lolo National Forest. Only 24 were built. The stables never came. A gravel pit remains where the equestrian center was planned. In 2008, a floundering Circle H borrowed $5.7 million at 12 percent interest from mortgager Bark-K Inc, a subsidiary of RE Loans. According to the mortgage note crafted by the California-based lender, monthly payment installments on the $5.7 million loan would cover interest only, “from time to time.” After RE Loans defaulted on its own line of credit to Wells Fargo, Wells Fargo inherited the company’s list of bad mortgages, including the one belonging to the Circle H. Wells Fargo says the development defaulted on a $5.7 million loan in 2009. With $4 million in interest plus a $5,669.45 monthly late charge, Wells Fargo maintains the Circle H owes it more than $10.1 million. The bank says in foreclosure filings that it wants the property sold at auction. Howard Seale’s attorney, Edward Murphy, has been working to fend off the foreclosure, arguing in court filings that the ranch’s original mortgage terms were excessive to the point of being unlawful. As such, he maintains that Seale’s estate should not be required to pay the interest. As for what comes next, MaryLee says she’s working to get a handle on the scope of the Circle H’s problems and this week is assuming full responsibility for Seale’s financial obligations. “I don’t know what’s going to happen at this point,” she says. Jessica Mayrer
ETC. Two years ago, former Republican Rep. Denny Rehberg made a bold, expensive and ultimately fruitless attempt to top the political ladder in Montana. Election Day 2012 ended in victory for incumbent Sen. Jon Tester, and Rehberg’s congressional career officially came to a close. But you can’t crush ambition in the Treasure State, and the man who would be senator has since set his sights on a different title: king. Rehberg cut the ribbon in Kalispell earlier this month on his second Burger King restaurant, the first having opened mid-January in Billings. The six-term congressman reportedly plans to build additional restaurants in Laurel, Sidney, Hamilton and Missoula. The existing locations are under the ownership and management of a company Rehberg founded in 2013, Big Sky King, LLC. It’s a seemingly innocuous new path for a man who once was a magnet for controversy. Sure, he sued the Billings Fire Department in 2010. Yes, he was injured on Flathead Lake in 2009 when an allegedly drunk state Sen. Greg Barkus crashed a boat. But that’s the past. Rehberg’s future lies in drive-thru windows, Whoppers and Value Menus. Right? Not so much. This is Rehberg we’re talking about. Prior to and during construction of the Kalispell location, his company became embroiled in a dispute with a neighboring coffee kiosk. Big Sky King insisted the kiosk, which had opened just months before, be removed based on a previous view-shed easement agreement. The kiosk’s owner complained to the Flathead Beacon that a fence put up during the Burger King’s construction had completely shut down her business. Rehberg has also cast his post-congressional self as something of a Montana poster boy for revolving door politics. After losing the 2012 Senate race, he went to work as a lobbyist for the Washington, D.C. firm Mercury. And the list of clients he’s represented in 2014 happens to include a few of his old campaign donors, most notably the Sacramento-based Westlands Water District. In March 2011, Westlands made some of the earliest contributions to Rehberg’s Senate campaign—$5,000 total. The following February, Rehberg cast an “aye” vote on the San Joaquin Valley Water Reliability Act, decried by critics as a politically driven water-rights grab benefitting Westlands and other water contractors. The bill died in the Senate, but Republicans introduced a similar measure in the House this past spring. Any guesses who lobbied on Westlands’ behalf? Bingo. The Big Sky’s burger king.
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Significant steps Remediation discussion adds to busy weeks at former mill by Jessica Mayrer
The EPA has already documented con- At least three lawsuits have been filed Missoula Water Quality District Supervisor Peter Nielsen jokes that he shows off centrations of arsenic that exceed aquatic against GIGI alleging breach of contract pictures of the former Smurfit-Stone Con- life and human health standards in surface and failure to pay contractors. Meanwhile, officials in Bathurst, New tainer site in Frenchtown to anyone willing water samples, as well as concentrations to look at them. For decades, Nielsen’s of benzo(a)pyrene, arsenic and multiple Brunswick, declared a state of emergency kept a watchful eye on developments at dioxins and furans in sludge and soil sam- in July after an abandoned water line on a the paper mill. He served as the first exec- ples that exceed federal benchmarks for GIGI property caused sinkholes to open. The Canadian Broadcasting Company reutive director of the Clark Fork Coalition, cancer risk screening concentration. None of the potentially liable parties ports the city, not GIGI, repaired the line. which successfully pressured state regulaWhile the EPA works with M2 Green tors in the mid-1980s to limit the amount has said if it will pay for what the EPA calls of pollutants pumped from the operation a “remedial investigation and feasibility and others to negotiate the site’s remediinto the Clark Fork. After leaving the coali- study.” EPA Site Assessment Manager Rob ation, last week’s lawsuit aims to stop the tion in 1992 to work for Missoula County, Parker estimates such an investigation state DEQ from allowing the discharge of Nielsen continued scrutinizing the opera- would cost between $500,000 and $1 mil- contaminants, specifically nitrogen and tion and became one of the most vocal ad- lion. Absent a voluntary commitment, the phosphorous, into the Clark Fork at levels comparable to when the mill was at vocates of a thorough remediation of full operation. Plaintiffs point to how the site. All the while, Nielsen’s toted nitrogen and phosphorous feed his photos to meetings with the govalgae, which consumes oxygen and ernor, the Environmental Protection can ultimately cause fish to suffocate. Agency and concerned locals. Plaintiffs add that the DEQ’s nutrient The images help people undercap is twice the average load emitted stand the scope and complexity of from the Missoula Wastewater Treatthe problem, Nielsen says. The large ment Plant. black drums that stand out promiThe CSKT asserts in the lawsuit nently in certain shots hold chemicals that the permit threatens tribal fishsuch as dioxins, furans, petroleum ing rights guaranteed under the 1855 hydrocarbons and arsenic, all of Treaty of Hellgate. As Tribal Chairman which were dumped alongside the Ronald Trahan commented in a writClark Fork in a 140-acre landfill durten statement, “We think DEQ’s deciing the mill’s decades of operation. sion to allow M2 Green to discharge “That’s about the size of the Unihigh levels of pollutants will further versity of Montana campus,” Nielsen photo by Steele Williams harm water quality in the Clark Fork says of the landfill. He adds that though the pictures were taken in The Environmental Protection Agency is bring- River, exacerbate a serious public ing current and former owners of the shutthe 1990s, the contamination re- tered Smurfit-Stone property together to health issue and further diminish the mains today. “It’s big—everything discuss how to pay for cleanup of the contam- Tribes right to take fish.” According to the lawsuit, DEQ that they ever dumped out there.” inated site. didn’t notify the CSKT before issuing After years of relative inactivity at the mill site, this month has been a busy EPA has the power to mandate payment the permit, nor has the agency responded to an April letter detailing tribal concerns one. Last week, the Missoula City-County through the federal Superfund process. With the support of city, county, about the permit. Health Board, Missoula Valley Water QualIn response, the DEQ’s Chris Saeger ity District and the Confederated Salish tribal and state officials, the EPA proposed and Kootenai Tribes filed a lawsuit against adding the site to the Superfund pro- said in an emailed statement that the the state Department of Environmental gram’s National Priorities List in May plaintiffs are misrepresenting the level of Quality over the transfer of a wastewater 2013. The earliest it could be formally wastewater discharge authorized under the permit. “We will look forward to predischarge permit from the shuttered mill added to the list is this spring. It’s unclear who will be left to foot the senting the facts as the lawsuit proto its new owners. That lawsuit followed another signifi- remediation bill. It is clear, however, that gresses,” Saeger said. GIGI did not respond to requests to cant recent development regarding who the property’s current owner, M2 Green, would pay for the first step in the site’s re- is falling behind on its financial responsi- comment for this article. As for Nielsen, he has no plans to mediation effort. A week before the filing, bilities. It owes $183,827 in delinquent parties that could be held liable under fed- property tax to Missoula County for 2013. cease his advocacy. He stands adamantly M2 Green’s parent company, Green opposed to DEQ’s wastewater permit deeral Superfund law for remediating contamination, including RockTenn, which Investment Group Inc., which owns shut- cision and quips that, after all these years purchased the bankrupt Smurfit-Stone tered Smurfit-Stone sites across North calling upon landowners and regulators mill in 2011, and the property’s current America, has also experienced financial to clean up the Frenchtown property, his owners, M2 Green, met with the EPA to problems. This fall, Rush County, Ind., goal to see Smurfit-Stone remediated in discuss the cost of a comprehensive study placed a lien on a GIGI property in the his lifetime might be an ambitious one. “I hope we have this cleaned up bedetailing the site’s potential danger to city of Carthage after it failed to pay its sewer bill. According to Rush County fore I’m in a walker,” he says. human health and the environment. “This is significant movement for- Treasurer Cindy Humphrey, the company owes nearly $3,500 in property tax there. ward,” Nielsen says. jmayrer@missoulanews.com
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Instant celebrity How Amanda Curtis built statewide recognition in two months by Alex Sakariassen
Little more than two months ago, she had the natural ability to appeal to vot- Curtis’ video views are closer to 28,400, pundits cited name recognition as one of ers; he calls her “the best retail politician although that’s up from a few dozen bethe greatest hurdles in Amanda Curtis’ bid I’ve ever seen.” He just didn’t realize how fore her Senate run. The GOP, along with the Daines camfor the U.S. Senate. Prior to accepting the successful she’d be in such a short time. “She shakes everybody’s hands, she paign, have since launched more pointed Montana Democratic Party’s candidate nomination in mid-August, Curtis was a takes selfies with anyone who wants. It’s attacks on Curtis, pointing out her virtual unknown—a 34-year-old Butte a remarkable tour de force to watch her “abysmal” F-rating from the National Rifle math teacher who’d served a single term actually be pleasant and agreeable and Association and attempting to tie her to in the state House of Representatives. De- friendly and conversant with one person the Industrial Workers of the World and spite what she calls a “pretty lengthy after another regardless of who they its “extreme communist ideology.” David Parker, a political scientist at record of being a good public servant and might be,” Feaver says. “People in Moncommunicating with my constituents,” tana do share what they think about folks Montana State University, says there’s “no Curtis knew her first priority would have they’ve met, and Amanda makes an imme- doubt” Curtis’ name recognition has increased. He suspects the biggest jump to be reaching as many Montanans as pos- diate first impression.” came as a result of her telsible by Nov. 4. evision ads, the second of The initial swarm of which dropped eight media coverage surdays ahead of the polls. rounding her unusual She’s learned fast, Parker entry into the race didn’t says, and it’s clear she has hurt. Weeks before, The “political talent.” But the New York Times broke the race was an uphill battle news that Sen. John even for Walsh. Absent an Walsh had plagiarized the already well-known canfinal paper for his masdidate with an estabter’s degree from the U.S. lished brand, he’s not Army War College, a consure what Democrats troversy that led Walsh to could have done. withdraw from the ballot. “The fact that Steve The historic convention photo by Cathrine L. Walters Daines is better known, that nominated Curtis to replace Walsh made na- Democratic Senate candidate Amanda Curtis greets voters at the has been doing this tional headlines as well, Northside Kettlehouse earlier this week. Her campaign is seen longer, already won a with the Christian Sci- as a long shot, but Curtis has managed to build a following in statewide race very successfully, and has already ence Monitor dubbing two months. spent a lot of money— her “Montana’s version of Road miles aren’t the only measure of much more than [Curtis] has or will Sen. Elizabeth Warren.” Subsequent stories and polls, however, cast her as a long shot Curtis’ rise in name recognition. Feaver spend—that just gives him a tremendous against the established name and deep- believes that if she wins this election, “so- advantage,” he says. By early October, Curtis had attracted pocketed campaign of Republican Rep. cial media will have done it.” Curtis agrees, adding that it’s also one of the pri- the attention not only of the nation’s Steve Daines. Two months have done a lot to boost mary reasons she received the nomina- largest newspapers but also of CosmopolCurtis’ optimism about her odds come tion to begin with. Throughout the 2013 itan, the international women’s magazine Election Day. She estimates she’s traveled legislative session, she posted daily up- that ran a profile detailing her campaign’s 9,000 miles in that time—most of it in a dates to YouTube documenting the go- growing momentum. The story con1989 Jamboree—meeting with business ings-on in Helena. And while her cluded that, while still a long shot, Curtis’ owners and voters from Wolf Point to Col- campaign has only launched two televi- race doesn’t really have a downside. Curstrip to Kalispell. That was her tactic from sion ads, Curtis continues to upload semi- tis tends to concur. If she does lose come the get-go, she says, “to travel across the regular videos from the campaign trail to Election Day, she says she has no plans to parlay her new political profile into a fustate and meet people face-to-face” and it’s her YouTube channel. Those legislative updates did offer the ture bid for office. “I’ll be very happy paid off in the kind of grassroots support that millions of dollars can’t buy. Accord- Montana Republican Party its first ammu- doing a job that I had, until two months ing to her campaign’s latest financial fil- nition against Curtis. Hours after her ago, planned on doing for the next 30 ings, Curtis has raised roughly $723,000. nomination, the GOP released a scathing years of my life,” she says. Part of her goal By her reckoning, every dollar and vote mashup of select clips from those videos through the campaign has been to show under the title “Meet Amanda Curtis.” In voters that a run-of-the-mill Montanan can has been won “a handshake at a time.” Even her earliest supporters are sur- an email statement linking to the video, make a convincing run for office too, and prised at how quickly Curtis managed to GOP Chairman Will Deschamps claimed in that she feels she’s already won. “It doesn’t have to be me,” she says. build a following. Going into the August Curtis’ stance on several issues “proves nominating convention, Curtis had the that she either doesn’t understand what’s “There are a lot of qualified people out backing of the AFL-CIO and MEA-MFT, important to Montana—or just doesn’t there who could do this job.” Montana’s two largest labor unions. MEA- care.” The mashup has since been viewed MFT President Eric Feaver says he knew nearly 156,600 times. 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Doubting donkeygate Silly complaint over party logo raises bigger questions by Dan Brooks
I like Gary Marbut. Part of the reason I like him is professional. As president of the Montana Shooting Sports Association, Marbut periodically appears in the news to vigorously defend legal gun ownership in a way that can seem, to a certain jaundiced perspective, kind of loopy. He is the author of a bill declaring firearms made in Montana exempt from federal regulation. He wrote HB 228, the so-called castle doctrine law, which relieved potential crime victims of the obligation to seek help or escape before using deadly force. Days after the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School in 2012, he called for armament of teachers and spoke to the Missoulian about “the horrible public policy failure of the alleged gun-free zones.” That sort of commitment makes him a fun person to read about, especially if you don’t agree with him. But what I like best about Marbut is that he always seems to mean it. I never feel like he’s telling me anything he doesn’t believe himself. He’s a gun nut, god love him, but at least he’s not faking it. I was therefore pleased to see him running as an independent for Montana House District 94. I knew that he would speak his mind and possibly do something humorous along the way. I am troubled to report, however, that I was right about the second part and close to being wrong about the first. Earlier this month, Marbut complained to the Montana Commissioner of Political Practices that a campaign flyer produced by his opponent, incumbent Democrat Kimberly Dudik, did not properly indicate her party affiliation. Instead of the traditional donkey logo of the Democratic Party, Marbut said, Dudik had used an image of a bucking horse, likely as an “attempt to circumvent Montana campaign laws by being less honest about her
party affiliation than the law requires.” I further quote his official complaint: “Upon examination, I find two icons that could be argued to be donkeys…The animal characterized has short ears and a long tail, not exactly donkey-like (I’ve owned a donkey so I know what they look like).” In a decision that will finally vindicate Marbut’s horse, Commissioner Jonathan Motl ruled last week that the images are
“He’s a gun nut, god love him, but at least he’s not faking it.” donkeys. Despite the archetypal behaviors we all associate with horses (kicking) and donkeys (big government), Motl noted that the kicking-donkey symbol had been “adopted by the Democratic Party and used by other 2014 Democratic candidates.” Complaint denied. So the question before the HD 94 voter is this: Did Gary Marbut really look at Dudik’s mailing, see a blue icon depicting an equine, and think where the hell is the donkey? Or, deep in his most secret heart, did he know he was being a dick? I ask because my whole concept of Marbut hinges on him being a truth-teller. If he knew that Dudik’s donkey was a donkey and only said otherwise so he could complain, then statements like “if I had been [at Sandy Hook,] it would have been one and done” might lose their earnest charm. Please don’t make me think of Marbut as dissembling, because then I would have to consider the frightening
possibility that he believes he’s pandering to us. In the press, Marbut continues to insist he thought Dudik’s donkey was a horse. After Motl announced his ruling, Marbut told the Missoulian he still believes Dudik tried to hide her affiliation with the Democratic Party, probably to distance herself from President Obama and former master’s degree holder John Walsh. “I think my opponent really wants to minimize her party affiliation because in this election cycle, it’s a liability,” he said. But what’s really a liability is trying to tell people a truth you don’t believe. From his readings of the interstate commerce clause to his hypothesis that fewer children will be shot when more teachers carry guns, Marbut has asked us to embrace a lot of jarring truths over the years. He has always started from the premise that one person is fully convinced. Even as I disagreed with him, I always thought that Marbut spoke in good faith. This time I’m not sure. There’s just under a week until Election Day, so even if Marbut tells Dudik and the voters of HD 94 that, okay, he was putting us on about the donkey thing, it probably won’t affect the outcome of his race. That horse, if we may use such terms with confidence, has left the barn. But it would affect his stock with me. Now is the time for a manful apology, so we know that Marbut lost his head rather than tipped his hand. If I thought this detour through insincerity was in fact a continuation of his whole trip, I don’t know what I could believe in anymore. Dan Brooks writes about politics, culture and the family Equidae at combatblog.net. His column appears weekly in the Independent.
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[opinion]
Wilderness restrictions Saving a historic chalet gets the hush-hush treatment by Tristan Baurick
When I set out to report on the effort to save a historic chalet in the rugged backcountry of Washington’s Olympic National Park, I thought the toughest part would be the 13-mile hike. What I found after six hours on the trail, however, was a bizarre blockade on press freedom, the likes of which I’d never experienced outside a military base or murder scene. True, saving the chalet was controversial; it was located in a wilderness area, and nothing motorized is supposed to happen there. Yet the moving crew, made up of preservationists, house movers, two cooks and a pack animal driver, were happy to see I’d come all the way to their wilderness worksite. Miles from the nearest road and with limited tools and equipment at their disposal, the crew was accomplishing the herculean task of pushing the three-story Enchanted Valley Chalet away from the river that had undercut its foundation by nearly eight feet. It had all the makings of a great story. Strangely, though, it was a story the Park Service wanted told through one person— a spokeswoman sent from park headquarters to handle the likes of me. Her first rule: No crossing a yellow caution tape stretched over a vast area several times larger than the chalet. The reason she gave was safety, though she and the cook crew moved about freely. Could I stand by the cooks as they fried up dinner, I asked. “No,” she answered. How’s about when all the work’s done? “No.” What if the project’s boss accompanies me? “No.” What if I put on a hard hat and you accompany me? “No.” I wandered over to a mover petting pack animals outside the tape. As I snapped photos, we chitchatted about horses. The spokeswoman interrupted, telling me the press wasn’t allowed to speak with anyone associated with the project. I was dumbfounded. I asked her to repeat herself.
“You’re in a restricted area,” she explained. “But we’re just talking about horses, and we’re outside the tape,” I said. “Did the restricted area just grow?” No, she said, indicating there was a much larger, unmarked restricted area that limited not just access but speech. The next morning was to be the official “media day,” the designated time in which newspapers and TV stations could
“The strange restrictions, he explained, were partly due to the park’s sensitivity about revealing just how far it had bent the rules of the Wilderness Act.” witness the culmination of what had become a story of regional interest. Our invitation mentioned only two restrictions on the press: No drones. No helicopters. I dutifully complied with both. The spokeswoman said several newspapers and TV stations had expressed serious interest in attending. I don’t especially like competition, but I looked forward to their presence. Blocking access to one reporter is certainly easier than blocking it from several. But I didn’t have to wait until morning to get the interviews I sought. The interviews came to me. The crew, I found, was more than willing to talk, so long as
it was out of the view of three park staffers at the site. I spoke with them in hidden groves, shady spots along the river and on the trail, far from the worksite. One mover tracked me down at my campsite. He was proud of the work they were doing and wanted their story told. He ran me though the moving process, recounting the unique challenges of hauling heavy equipment and materials into the wilderness and pushing an 84-year-old building away from an unstable riverbank. The strange restrictions, he explained, were partly due to the park’s sensitivity about revealing just how far it had bent the rules of the Wilderness Act. The Park Service had obtained special permission to use helicopters and gas-powered jacks for the project. The restrictions also follow a trend on the part of federal lands managers to closely manage or block access altogether. The most high-profile example of this is the U.S. Forest Service’s plan to formalize rules requiring journalists to ask permission and pay a fee before taking photos or video in wilderness areas. The mover and I spoke until after dark. He didn’t have a flashlight so I offered to guide him back with my headlamp. He refused, fearing that he’d be fired if he was spotted anywhere near me. In the morning, the official tour began. Two guys who produce a hiking blog showed up; I was the lone journalist. But I already had my story. It just didn’t need to be this difficult, I thought as I set off for the hike back. The Park Service did not need to be so restrictive. The people doing the work did not need to be muzzled. And the 13-mile return hike on sore feet? Well, that just couldn’t be helped.
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CURSES, FOILED AGAIN – Police got a good look at a burglary suspect who made off with $3,700 in Coral Gables, Fla., even though the man tried to hide his identity by repositioning surveillance cameras toward the office building’s elevators. A large mirror located next to the elevators reflected the man’s image and actions, which the camera recorded. (Miami’s WTVJ-TV) Dylan Robert Stables, 20, attracted the attention of police by driving backward on a highway in Sebastopol, Calif. Stables reportedly told Officer David Harston that his transmission had failed, forcing him to drive north while facing south. After a check showed Stables was on probation, a search of his vehicle found credit cards that turned out to be stolen. (Santa Rosa’s Press-Democrat) CRISIS OF THE WEEK – Counterfeit prom dresses are harming the U.S. economy, according to Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.). He warned Lev Kubiak, director of the Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center, that Chinese manufacturers and websites that sell counterfeit goods directly to U.S. buyers threaten the domestic prom and bridal dress industry and are “ripping off consumers.” (Washington’s The Hill) TOURIST UNATTRACTIONS – After army Gen. Prayuth Chan-ocha led a successful coup in Thailand, the unrest, a curfew and martial law caused tourism to slump. It was rebounding four months later, when British tourists Hannah Witheridge, 23, and David Miller, 24, were murdered on a resort island beach. Prayuth, now Thailand’s prime minister, responded by warning that bikini-wearing tourists were vulnerable to attack “unless they are not beautiful.” (BBC News) WHEN THE ICE BUCKET CHALLENGE ISN’T ENOUGH – Responding to reports of a disoriented man in a plastic bubble off the Florida coast asking directions to Bermuda, the crew of a U.S. Coast Guard cutter found Reza Baluchi, 42, who explained he was trying to raise money for needy children by running 3,000 miles inside his inflatable “hydro pod” to trace the Bermuda Triangle. After going only 70 nautical miles in three days, however, he became exhausted and had to be airlifted to the hospital. Following his rescue, Baluchi denied asking for help and said he activated his emergency rescue signal by mistake. “I never quit,” he declared. (The Washington Post) SHY FLASHER – Police in West Allis, Wis., accused Konrad Peters, 28, of exposing children to harmful materials by twice throwing dildos from his car while teenage girls were nearby and then lingering to watch their reaction. In a third incident, according to the arrest report, the car stopped about 100 feet in front of two girls walking in an alley, and the driver opened his door and placed an object on the ground that the girls “inspected and found to be a giant purple dildo.” Investigators who identified Peters as the suspect reported finding “33 dildos and multiple sex toys” at his home. (Britain’s Daily Mail) INFLAMMABILITY – A car at a gas pump in Lake City, Fla., was engulfed in flames while the driver was inside the gas station, according to sheriff’s official Murray Smith. He noted that the car had a lit candle inside. (Jacksonville’s WJAX-TV) A fire truck responding to a fire in Silver Spring, Md., had to stop en route after it caught fire. The fire started in the engine compartment and spread because it was a ladder truck and carried no water. The crew battled the blaze with hand-held fire extinguishers until another fire truck arrived to put it out. (Associated Press) DANGER AHEAD – Some experts blame the rise in pedestrian deaths on distractions caused by walkers listening to music, texting, talking or being otherwise engaged with their smartphones. Several studies illustrate the connection between cellphone use and pedestrian collisions. One, reported in 2013 by Ohio State University researchers, found that the number of injuries treated in 100 emergency rooms nationwide related to pedestrians using cellphones had more than doubled between 2005 and 2010, to more than 1,500. People ages 16 to 25 were most likely to be hit while distracted. “We definitely think it’s a problem,” said Jonathan Adkins, executive director of the Governors Highway Safety Association. “I see pedestrians with headphones on looking down at their phones. They can’t see or hear.” (The Washington Post) IRONY OF THE WEEK – Rodney Edward Boutelle, 53, was killed while cutting firewood in Park County, Wyo., when a tree fell and hit him on the head. Sheriff’s investigators concluded that Boutelle failed to hear the tree behind him falling because of the noise from his chainsaw. (Associated Press) DRONE ON – Officials called off a scoreless soccer match between Serbia and Albania in the 41st minute after a drone flew into Belgrade’s Partizan Stadium carrying a flag symbolizing the extension of Albania’s territory to wherever ethnic Albanians live. Albanian fans had been banned from attending the qualifying match between the two Balkan rivals, resulting in an overwhelmingly pro-Serbian crowd of 32,000 who regarded the flag as an insult. Serbian defender Stefan Mitrovic pulled down the flag, but when several Albanian players tried to take it away, a melee involving numerous players ensued. Some spectators threw objects, including flares, from the stands, and several ran onto the playing field to join the brawl. Serbs accused Olsi Rama, the brother of Albania’s prime minister and one of a handful of Albanians permitted to view the match, of controlling the drone, but Serbian authorities were unable to find the drone’s controller to confirm their suspicion. (CNN) END OF AN ERROR – When the Arizona Department of Transportation announced plans to replace about 400 aging signs along a 60-mile stretch of Interstate 19 with new ones showing distances in miles, not kilometers, opposition stalled the project. The kilometer-only signs were part of a pilot program by the Carter administration to convert the United States to the metric system. That effort failed, but the Arizona road signs have remained for nearly 40 years. Local business owners point out that new signs in miles would change the highway exit numbers they advertise, especially for tourist-related businesses. The Tucson Hispanic Chamber of Commerce added that many area businesses consider the metric signs a hospitality measure for metric-savvy Mexican visitors, who spend about $1 billion a year in Pima County. (Associated Press) DRINKING-CLASS HERO – The Italian food company Alta Quotta introduced spreadable beer, which it said is ideal for “appetizers and cheeses” and “to decorate or fill” pastries, cakes and ice cream. The product, Birra Spalmabile, is composed of 40 percent beer, although it contains no alcohol. (United Press International)
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hen Missoula resident Amy Hetzler talks about death, she sometimes starts with a joke about an elderly couple named Chuck and Becky discussing what they want in their final days. Chuck says to his wife, “I don’t wanna be in a vegetative state, hooked up to a machine living on fluids,” to which Becky says, “Are you sure? That’s a big decision.” He responds, “I am sure.” So she gets up, unplugs the TV and throws out all of his beer. The punchline lifts the mood at a meeting of Community Conversations About Death and Dying, a group that gathers monthly at The Loft, where Hetzler recently told her story. At the meetings, nurses, social workers and community members, who are often dealing with a loved one’s imminent or recent passing, curl up on leather couches to sip wine, snack on hummus and share support. Hetzler used to tell this joke featuring her parents as the elderly couple, but as she explains to the group, she changed that when her 82-year-old mother passed away earlier this year. With a PowerPoint presentation,
Hetzler talks about her mother Estelle’s decline from multiple sclerosis, dementia and heart failure, which compounded into a rapid deterioration. When it became clear that Hetzler’s father couldn’t handle Estelle’s care at home by himself, they decided to call in hospice care. Hospice of Missoula sent nurses and social workers to help feed, clothe and bathe Estelle, as well as provide enough medication to keep her out of pain but able to recognize and hug visiting family members. Hetzler, who works in end-of-life care advocacy for the national nonprofit Compassion and Choices, admits her mother could have used hospice care—and the particular kindness provided by a social worker nicknamed Snowflake—much sooner. “The doctor was treating stuff, and symptoms,” Hetzler says. “Snowflake recognized my mother as a person who was dying.” It makes headlines when people die in fast or frightening ways, like car accidents or shootings. But Hetzler’s mother’s death reflects the reality that most will die slowly of old age or a terminal disease, like heart failure or dementia. The pain management and counseling that
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hospice workers provided Hetzler’s family is called palliative care, as opposed to the concept of curative treatment, which is meant to tend to an individual’s specific malady. In-home hospice is just one delivery method of palliative care or comfort care, but the terms are sometimes used interchangeably. Palliative care can make the difference between dying in pain and dying in peace, though resorting to it is often a difficult choice for both patient and doctor to make. In American society, the first rule of talking about death is a lot like the first rule about Fight Club—that is, we don’t. As Missoula physician Eric Kress puts it: “We all think we’re going to get out of here alive.” But most of America is aging, and experts say it’s time for a shift in attitudes. By the year 2030, the entire baby boomer generation will have hit retirement age. Montana is five years ahead of that trend, according to estimates by the state Department of Health and Human Services. A growing movement in American medicine is calling for palliative care to be integrated into people’s treat-
ment much sooner than when they are at death’s door. In September, the Institute of Medicine, part of the National Academy of Sciences, issued “Dying in America: Improving Quality and Honoring Individual Preferences Near the End of Life,” a 500-page report making the national medical establishment’s loudest call yet for expanding palliative care and melding it into every doctor’s practice. “The time is now for our nation to develop a modernized end-of-life care system,” said IOM president Victor Dzau in a Kaiser Health News article. Not so long ago, organizations in Missoula were on the forefront of that effort to modernize end-oflife care and foster a cultural shift. But by the new standards laid out by the Institute of Medicine, Missoula has fallen behind.
awb During a 1997 NPR broadcast of “All Things Considered,” host Robert Siegel talked about a new national effort to improve end-of-life care, which was starting right in Missoula. “Imagine an entire
“Knowing that for years we were at the national forefront of this field, I am dismayed by how far we have fallen.” —Dr. Ira Byock, founder of the Missoula Demonstration Project and Life’s End Institute
Amy Hetzler holds a photo of her mother, Estelle, who passed away in February at age 82. Hetzler helped care for her mother in her final days, along with Hospice of Missoula staff.
community focused on death and dying,” Siegel began. “That’s what researchers envision in Missoula, Montana—a city of 80,000 surrounded by mountains and trout streams. Missoula is in the first year of a 15year study exploring the quality of life at the end of life. The Missoula Demonstration Project, as it’s known, hopes to transform the city into a place where ordinary people anticipate their own deaths and approach dying as a life-enriching experience.” That vision, launched largely by Dr. Ira Byock, seemed for a time like it could come to fruition. Byock spent years working as an emergency physician and hospice medical director in Missoula; he’s also authored books including Dying Well and The Best Care Possible on end-of-life issues. He founded the Missoula Demonstration Project, later known as the Life’s End Institute, as a community-wide initiative to make Missoula a “laboratory of experience,” Byock says, one where everyone learned to support each other in the processes of illness, death and grieving. Byock oversaw the program as it made inroads
throughout the Missoula community. It sponsored health care seminars, continuing legal education for attorneys, community groups in schools and events like the Day of the Dead parade, all in an effort to call attention to end-of-life issues. In the mid-’90s, Byock says, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation approached him with an idea to direct a national program, in addition to the local Life’s End Institute, to fund palliative care proposals. That project became Promoting Excellence in End-of-Life Care, which issued grants supporting efforts around the country like HIV centers, children’s hospitals and cancer centers. Byock ran it out of offices on the University of Montana campus for about 10 years, he says. In the early 2000s, Byock left Missoula for a position at Dartmouth, hoping the work at the Life’s End Institute would be carried on. Financial backers also moved on to different projects, believing, Byock says, that the right seeds had been planted. But new sources of revenue were tough to find, and the project ended. The Life’s End Institute went to its “final resting place” in 2005,
says its last executive director, Lilly Tuholske. About 17 years after the declaration that Missoula could become a place where death is a “life-enriching experience,” where does the Garden City stand now? Missoula’s hospice care options have certainly expanded since the 1990s, when Byock served as director of what was for a time the only hospice in town, Partners in Home Care. The region is now serviced by four hospice organizations, which operate independently of hospitals. But hospice alone is not enough, according to experts like Byock and recommendations like the Institute of Medicine report. They believe palliative care needs to become integrated into the hospital setting. The IOM report specifically advises that all clinicians become trained in palliative care, and that all hospitals offer teams who can provide comfort care during people’s terminal-stage diseases, or even concurrently with curative treatment. Increasingly, hospitals around the country are adding palliative care teams, and reaping benefits. The
amount of 50-plus-bed hospitals offering palliative services jumped 125 percent from 2000 to 2008, according to the Center to Advance Palliative Care. Palliative care teams, according to CAPC studies, are associated with cost savings for the hospitals, more efficient delivery of services and even extended life spans for patients. Those kinds of hospital-based palliative services are lacking in Missoula, by Byock’s measure. He’s now based in southern California as the chief medical officer of Providence Health’s Institute for Human Caring, but he still plans to retire in Missoula and remains passionate about what happens in the city. Even while working at Dartmouth, Byock would receive emails from Missoula residents asking him for palliative care referrals. “I always tried, but was never able to identify specialized palliative care in town,” he says. “Knowing that for years we were at the national forefront of this field, I am dismayed by how far we have fallen.” When it comes to Missoula’s biggest health care providers, the two hospitals do, in fact, offer palliative care options—but for the most part, it’s still up to the
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Hospice of Missoula administrator Maurika Wells, right, coordinates local support groups for those dealing with death and dying. Hospice, she says, is about understanding patients personally enough to know “do you like your toilet paper wadded or folded?”
Dr. Eric Kress has seen hundreds of people die during his career, and he says accepting a terminal diagnosis is often the first step to a peaceful end. “When you take away the fear, you can take away the pain much better.”
individual patient or their family to do the research and know what’s available. Community Medical Center doesn’t have any staff physicians who specialize in palliative care, according to Marcie Willmore, director of infusion services in the medical-surgical services ward. “Our hospitalists are the key players and probably the drivers of our comfort care,” Willmore says. “...They’re very familiar with actively dying patients. And we have a protocol to guide us as our baseline for what we do as far as care goes, and then they can specialize that to the patient.” Some Community patients are moved into Hilda’s Room, a spacious, apartmentstyle unit that provides comfort care in people’s final days or before they’re sent home to receive hospice. Willmore says about 50 people stayed in Hilda’s Room last year, or about one person per week, which was a little higher than average for the unit. Community is about to change hands into new ownership, but spokesman Geoff Peddicord says the hospital doesn’t anticipate any changes to its comfort care. At this time, St. Patrick is the only hospital in town with a staff physician who specializes in palliative care, but her role is unclear. Dr. Carla Davis has been working
at the Providence-owned facility since 2008, according to her LinkedIn profile, and the title listed on her email signature is “Providence Palliative Care Medical Director.” In a 2011 promotional video for St. Patrick, available on YouTube, Davis is shown on camera describing what palliative care is, and saying that “currently half of our palliative care patients have emphysema or CPOD and congestive heart failure, and the other half have a life-limiting condition like a terminal cancer.” When asked to describe what kind of palliative care service St. Patrick presently provides, Davis writes via email, “With regard to Palliative Care, I would defer discussion until Early 2015. Please refer to the Institute of Medicine Report in Dying in America.” Davis refers all other questions about end-of-life care to registered nurse Linda Bierbach, a St. Patrick staffer who also has training in palliative care. Bierbach says she can’t officially describe what services she and Davis provide at St. Patrick without permission from hospital leadership. “Our official roll-out is really in the coming,” Bierbach says. St. Patrick administration did not respond to multiple requests for comment.
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awb Dr. Eric Kress understands the status quo that keeps palliative and curative care divided, thanks to his years of experience in family medicine and hospice care. A broad-shouldered man with salt-and-pepper gray hair, he works out of a small corner office at the Western Montana Clinic with a Lady Gaga poster taped to his door. Kress has appeared on national and local media for advocating aid in dying (also called death with dignity or assisted suicide), though he’s quick to point out that actual cases of aid in dying are limited to extremely rare circumstances. By his own admission, it’s not his main line of work, nor is he a proponent for taking an easy way out of death. When it comes to his preference, he says, “I would take cancer any day over a heart attack. I feel very confident that I would do so many great things with that last time on this earth.” Some of the emotional and spiritual benefits of extended palliative care, Kress says, include being able to make the best of one’s remaining time with loved ones—in his own case, he says he cherishes the time he spent with his mother as she succumbed to lung cancer. During his career, he’s seen many patients who could have benefited from learning about palliative care much sooner.
“If you have a late referral [to hospice care], you only have a week or two to live, and all of a sudden like 10 new people you’ve never met before are coming into your home,” he says. “That’s really hard to have happen at that point, when things are kind of crashing and burning from a health care perspective.” But Kress understands why physicians don’t always refer patients to palliative care in a timely manner. Doctors, who are trained to do everything they can to save a patient, might not want to admit that they’re out of ideas— or that they simply can’t be sure when someone is going to die. “You don’t exactly know how things are going to play out,” he says. “...There are studies and criteria that can help you, but it takes a lot of time and emotional energy on the part of the health care provider to have that discussion [about palliative care].” Families look to doctors to help them make the right choice, though, and a doctor’s suggestion can have big consequences. As an example, Kress talks about the common dilemma for an advanced-stage dementia patient whose motor functions are too limited for eating. Inserting a feeding tube will lengthen the patient’s life for a few weeks or months, but it can be an unpleasant process that only slows the inevitable death.
At times like these, he says, the doctor has a great degree of influence. “In regards to tube feeding in dementia patients, which comes up, I say, ‘Sometimes the kindest thing to do is nothing,’” he says. “I’ve heard other physicians say, ‘You wouldn’t want your loved one to starve to death, would you?’ … So this doctor, whatever they said vastly changed the outcome of the discussion.”
awb Change comes slowly to the medical establishment. It took 30 years for Louis Pasteur’s germ theory to become accepted, for instance. Not everyone is about to wait for physicians or the hospital industry to start the conversation about end-of-life care. Hospice of Missoula administrator Maurika Wells says if bringing more doctors on board with palliative care was easy, it would have happened a long time ago. A petite woman with a ready smile, Wells and her mother founded Hospice of Missoula 12 years ago. “I think the education piece is important, but it isn’t just for providers,” Wells says. “It should be community-wide, and we’re all responsible for our own health care and for understanding our mortality, and that’s a bigger piece to pick at.”
Hilda’s Room in Community Hospital provides a spacious, comfortable place for friends and family to spend time with a dying patient.
Mary Werner plays harp at people’s bedsides as part of her work as a musical thanatologist for St. Patrick Hospital.
She also explains that hospices and hospitals are funded in different ways. Hospice care gets a per-diem reimbursement from insurance companies or Medicare, whereas hospitals generally get a lump sum at the beginning of a patient’s stay. The longer a patient stays on the service, the more lucrative it is for hospices. As a result, she thinks doctors can sometimes make the assumption that hospices want earlier referrals for financial motivations. “The longer that someone ends up on our census, the more successful financially the organization will be, which is great,” she says, “but also the care someone will receive because we know them [will be] better and we’ve had that time to understand. I mean, the joke is, do you like your toilet paper wadded or folded? Like, we should know someone that well to know the details of their life.” Wells thinks it’s better for the consumer to drive the conversation about the switch to palliative care; she compares it to the natural childbirth movement, which was largely consumer-driven. “If a patient has the education to go in there and say, ‘I feel like I’d like to hear more about what my options are with this terminal disease, and I know at some point hospice
will be part of that’... it takes all the weight off of me looking like a salesperson, and the provider having to bring it up,” she says. The greatest power people have to determine what happens at their life’s end, according to Wells and every other health care provider interviewed for this story, is to educate themselves about it early on and write down their wishes. Advanced directives, Do Not Resuscitate orders and living wills, which come in many formats, are the clearest means of letting your loved ones know what to do in case of incapacitation or death. In Montana, the state-run End of Life Registry serves as a virtual file cabinet for health care directives. The idea originated out of the Life’s End Institute and its local Choices Bank, which was transformed into the statewide registry by the 2005 legislature. Joan Eliel oversees the End of Life Registry from her post as an investigative programs specialist at the Department of Justice’s Office of Consumer Protection and Victim Services. Eliel explains that next-of-kin and medical staffers can easily access documents in the registry by calling a 24-7 hotline number. (The registry takes special care to prevent identity theft, Eliel says, by keeping identi-
fiers like date of birth and Social Security numbers stored separately from the documents themselves.) The registry accepts any kind of advanced directive document, Eliel says, and it’s a more reliable place to store things than, say, a shoebox under the bed or an attorney’s office. Eliel does, however, have a wish-list of ways to expand the registry’s reach. “I feel like our Montana consumers are pretty savvy about the registry being there and sending in their documents,” she says. “I feel like maybe our medical community is not as aware that it exists.” When asked, Willmore at Community wasn’t familiar with the End of Life Registry, nor was Kress, though they both emphasized the importance of writing directives. At St. Patrick, R.N. Bierbach, who is a trained advanced directive educator, was readily knowledgable about the End of Life Registry’s services. Additionally, a link on St. Patrick’s “Advanced Care Planning” section of the site directs patients to the registry. Eliel says the End of Life Registry is increasingly popular, with 15,500 registrants in a state of a million people. Most of its registrants come out of western Montana, and she chalks that up to some of the community ed-
ucation launched by the Life’s End Institute in the late ’90s.
awb Community education about end-of-life issues in Missoula carries on, as is evident every time the Day of the Dead parade marches down Higgins Avenue. Throughout the year, Hospice of Missoula sponsors the Community Conversations About Death and Dying group and the Death Cafe, which is coordinated by Wells and her staff. The Death Cafe meets at Caffé Dolce one Wednesday morning each month, and is modeled on the nationwide Death Cafe movement. “People wanted me to change the name, like, ‘Can you not have death in the title?’ But that’s the whole point,” Wells says. At the recent meeting of Community Conversations, presenter Amy Hetzler delves into a brief discussion about the finer points of advanced directives. The group, which includes middle-age men and women, a teenager with his mother and a young woman with a star shaved into the side of her head, gleans helpful tips. Hetzler advises that if you have a Do Not Resuscitate order, tape it to the refrigerator where an EMT called to the home can easily find it.
Hetzler circles the conversation back to her story. Ultimately, her mother Estelle’s end was peaceful. Her bed had been placed in the living room of the home, so family, friends and nurses could easily come in and see her. Sometime around 4 a.m. on a cold February morning, as Hetzler kept vigil, her mother passed. “She had a real classic death,” Hetzler says. “She sat up, gasped, her eyes were wide open, and then she laid back and she was dead.” The group gathered in the Loft is attentive, but relaxed, as Hetzler explains how she closed her mother’s eyes, nudged the jaw shut and clasped her hands together. Hetzler notes, with wry amusement, that her siblings were too squeamish to touch her mother’s dead body; but, she says, “that’s okay, too.” In Hetzler’s last photo of her mother, taken just after death, Estelle looks reposed and at peace, resting against sapphire-blue sheets, her diamond wedding ring glinting off her hand. As Hetzler describes her mother’s last days, it’s evident that with the right help, death in Missoula can be a life-enriching experience for those it leaves behind. It was for Hetzler. “That time was a gift,” she says. kwhittle@missoulanews.com
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Time warp again Rocky Horror returns to Missoula, and actors Reid Reimers and Jeff Medley reprise their feature roles by Erika Fredrickson
Reid Reimers, top, stars in The Rocky Horror Show along with Kellen Mickleson as Rocky, bottom, and Jeff Medley, not pictured, as Riff Raff.
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he last time Missoula got to see The Rocky Horror Show live was in 2010 when it was produced by the Montana Actors Theatre. After the Missoula arm of the acting company dissolved in 2011, the cult classic and Halloween-week favorite disappeared from local stages—much to the dismay of diehard fans. This week, thanks to funding from the Havre-based Montana Actors Theatre, it makes a much-anticipated return. Along with the familiar storyline—innocent couple Brad and Janet end up at the twisted castle of Dr. FrankN-Furter and his staff—this production, directed by Heather Adams, includes some old faces. Most notably, Reid Reimers plays Frank-N-Furter and Jeff Medley will be Riff Raff, the good doctor’s butler—the same roles each performed in Missoula’s last iteration of the musical. The Indy caught up with Medley and Reimers to discuss how the show has evolved, the pitfalls of Frank’s power and some insight to how their characters might fare in Missoula. How did you first get introduced to Rocky Horror? Jeff Medley: That goes back to when I was 10 years old and I was in fifth grade. I went to sleep over at a friend’s house—we were actually going to a renaissance festival in Kansas City and we stayed at his uncle’s house—and when we got there, he popped in this VHS copy of Rocky Horror Picture Show. It blew me away, having grown up in Farm Town, USA. Shortly thereafter, I got the cassette of the soundtrack and listened to it over and over again from the late 1980s on. So it’s not so much Riff Raff that makes it special for me, it’s the whole thing.
photo courtesy of Terry Cyr
Reid Reimers: I didn’t even know the show. I thought Dr. Frank-N-Furter was like a Dr. Frankenstein character—white wig and lab coat. I’d seen pictures of Tim Curry and I assumed he was the creature, Rocky, and so when I was first asked to play the role, I was like, “Yeah, sure.” And [the director] gave me the DVD to watch. I was sitting there waiting, thinking, “When’s the doctor going to show up?” And then I realized, “Oh!! That’s Frank-N-Furter?” So I went out the next day and bought heels and started strutting around in them. The plot for Rocky Horror is so campy and if you read the plot summary it sounds like someone’s nonsensical dream. Is there any serious takeaway message? RR: I think there is. As much as Frank’s a big deal and the household staff is a big deal and Rocky is the titular character, this is Brad and Janet’s story. They start out this sweet little innocent couple that just wants to be like everybody else and they get thrown into this world that they have no idea about. And they get ruined. They have this song at the end, “Superheroes,” that’s just so haunting and dark and strange. Their journey, balanced with Frank’s fall from grace, has the lesson of seek pleasure, yes, but make sure you care about people around you as much as you care about yourself. What do you love about playing Riff Raff and Frank? JM: The transformation. He’s strange—that helps. I really like strange characters. But he gets to kind of rise at the end and get really weird. RR: One of the things I like about Frank is how he really gets off on power in more ways than one. He rep-
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resents where almost anyone could go if you let hedonism get out of hand. What kind of thing would you turn into? I love the final song “I’m Going Home” where he gets to have this complete breakdown. He’s been called out by Riff Raff and his power has been taken away. And so he has this really tender soul-searching moment. Of course, it’s done in this very campy way. “Sweet Transvestite” is an awesome song where I get to strut it, stomp it, shake it and own it. But after doing that for two full hours, to all of a sudden rip off that wig and stand there in nothing but some fishnets, essentially, and just kind of sing from Frank’s twisted little heart—I love that. Do you think Rocky Horror could ever use an update? RR: It’s been set in lots of different ways. We’re going for a slightly steampunk angle with our costumes and set. But aside from that, for me, the story still stands on its own. You could have Brad and Janet be a more modern couple rather than 1950s—but they’re just not. A modern couple would cuss. They’d say something worse than “dammit.” They’d have a cellphone. They wouldn’t need to go to this castle. The story would never happen. What famous character or real person, living or dead, would your character want to have dinner with? RR: I think it would be Fay Ray, who played the damsel in King Kong. Frank actually sings about her, about how she’s beautiful and he wants to be just like her. But I think he also wanted to have the strength of King Kong. So maybe Fay Ray and King Kong at the same time because they are both desperately sexy.
JM: There is no human worthy of dining with me. What would happen to your characters if there was a Rocky sequel? RR: I think Frank would want to rise from the dead, and he would gather together a kinky sex group of scientists and they would go off into space. So it would be a space sci-fi sequel where we actually went to the planet Transexual in the galaxy of Transylvania to track down and get revenge on Riff Raff and Magenta. JM: Ha! You could try [to take revenge on me]. What kind of job would Riff Raff and Frank have if they lived in Missoula? RR: I don’t think Frank would give a shit about working—though, I think he might try to be Monte the mascot. Then he could get all the attention all of the time. JM: Well, Riff Raff ’s a powerful alien guy, but he’s acting as a menial butler, so maybe something menial to get a better look at the average working human and to understand more about how they function. But he’d probably do three jobs at once just like everybody else in Missoula. The Rocky Horror Show opens at the Wilma Thu., Oct. 30, at 8 PM with shows Fri., Oct. 31, at 8 PM and midnight and Sat., Nov. 1, at midnight. Midnight shows include partial nudity. $25 at Rockin Rudy’s, by calling 1-866-468-7624 and online at ticketweb.com. Prop bags available at the show for $5 or 3 for $10. efredrickson@missoulanews.com
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In the year or so since Sallie Ford and the Sound Outside released the album Untamed Beast, Ford has been a busy gal. Her new album, Slap Back, finds the Portlandbased musician with an all-woman backing band and a new record label, Vanguard. From the get-go of Slap Back, it’s obvious that Ford’s as unashamedly lusty as ever. “Oh baby, won’t you let me have you like I had you last night,” she and the band sing in an oh-so-sweet group harmony on the first track. But from there, her songwriting has expanded outside the rockabilly influences she’s been known for. The single “Coulda Been” plays around with psychedelic guitar and groovy bongos. “Workin’ the Job” introduces guitar fuzz and splashes of Hammond organ, in a kickin’ contrast to lyrics about soul-sucking employment.
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If I have any complaints, it’s that Slap Back stays in Ford’s comfort zone of slow and mid-tempo paces; while the result is often sultry, the album could benefit from picking up the pace on occasion. Ford has said in interviews that Slap Back is intended as an ode to other “babe rockers” like Pat Benatar, Joan Jett and PJ Harvey. While the result doesn’t sound much like any of those women, it certainly channels their spirit. I’ve followed Sallie Ford’s career since her first album, and I’m pleased that this latest work is as empowered and brassy as anything she’s ever done. (Kate Whittle) Sallie Ford plays the Palace Sun., Nov. 2, with Crooked Fingers at 9 PM. $10/$8 advance at seafarerentertainment.com. 18-plus.
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Freeman, Freeman I’ll admit it: some shitty, selfish part of me didn’t want to like this record. After all, Aaron Freeman, the artist formerly known as Gene Ween, is responsible for dismantling one of rock’s most deliciously exploratory bands due to his inability to balance said band with sobriety after a public meltdown made him clean up his act. And I’m all for artists going sober, but damn do I miss Ween. So my heart was prematurely hardened against Freeman’s “recovery record.” That reaction was shortsighted, because this album is engaging for many of the same reasons Ween reigned supreme. Freeman bends and blends genres, stretching his elastic voice in any melodic direction he sees fit while freely indulging in subtle psychedelia and
peculiar humor. There’s some bleakly intimate moments, like the lonely depiction of his downward spiral into addiction with his former band on “Covert Discretion.” But when that song shifts from acoustic ballad to a clamoring, Queen-sized crescendo, it becomes apparent that this album isn’t one big downer. Influences such as David Bowie and The Beatles inform songs like “Golden Monkey” and the smoldering rocker “Gimme One More,” but everything here is unmistakably Freeman, graciously picking up where he left off. (Jed Nussbaum) Freeman plays the Top Hat Tue., Nov. 4, with opener Arc Iris. Doors at 8 PM, show at 9. $18/$16 advance at tophatlounge.com.
Sara Jackson-Holman, River Queen Sara Jackson-Holman is far from the first classically trained pianist to wander into the pop music world. But with her third release, the EP River Queen, the Portland, Ore., artist is showing that once she finds an original place in the narrative, she may be a memorable addition to the girls-with-pianos that came before her. Jackson-Holman’s smooth, bluesy voice takes center stage on the EP, it bounces between the rich, emotional soulfulness of Adele and the fun, experimental yelps of Kate Bush or Tori Amos. Her piano comes next: a simple but affecting and skillful accompaniment. The songs are finished with production by Skyler Norwood of Blind Pilot and Horse Feathers—additions that sometimes greatly elevate the songs (like on the title track) and sometimes detract from and drown out the talent (like on “Hurricane,” which has one too many video-game-sounding drum samples).
You can’t ignore that River Queen is a departure from Jackson-Holman’s second album, or that the last album was a departure from the first. Put together, her musical catalogue shows someone who hasn’t quite found musical maturity yet. Right now, you can still hear the 20-something artist borrowing from the women who came before her as well as experimenting with all of the current musical trends, from indie rock to hip-hop. River Queen is still a part of this settling-in process. Jackson-Holman sounds closer to finding her comfort zone and her greater musical identity, but she’s not quite there yet. Luckily, she has lots of time and talent to take her there. (Sarah Aswell) Sara Jackson-Holman and Hollow Wood open for Horse Feathers at the Top Hat Sat., Nov. 1. Doors at 9 PM, show at 9:30. $15/$12 advance at tophatlounge.com.
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Untold stories
Present:
A weeklong celebration of all things culinary.
Finding my father in The Things They Carried by Ednor Therriault
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The Big Read—a national program encouraging citizens to read great works of literature—wraps up its 30day celebration of Tim O’Brien’s The Things They Carried, and I find myself slogging once again through a quagmire of questions about Vietnam, a war that ended as I was coming of age, the war that tore our country apart. I wasn’t there. My father was. Three tours. My family has the scars to prove it. I’ve spent 30 years nursing a peripheral obsession with that war in an effort to understand its effect on my dad, a highly decorated Marine Corps pilot who died last year. He rarely spoke of his time in Southeast Asia, and The Things They Carried filled in some gaps for me in unexpected ways. The first time I read it, five years ago, I was knocked out by O’Brien’s prose. Combat is ugly, he writes, but it also contains astonishing beauty: “Like a killer forest fire, like cancer under a microscope, any battle or bombing raid or artillery barrage has the aesthetic purity of absolute moral indifference … and a true war story will tell the truth about this, though the truth is ugly.” I’ve read dozens of books on the Vietnam War, but O’Brien’s is the only one that gives equal weight to the mundane and the extraordinary. Extreme acts of heroism are recalled with the same detail and emotional heft as heartbreaking acts of cowardice. There is no judgment, just the clear-eyed conclusion that war can turn us inside out. The sublime and the horrible came at you non-stop. O’Brien’s ability to witness and remember the startling gems of truth within the surreal, horrific backdrop of a pointless, never-ending jungle war brings the focus of the narrative where it is most effective: soldiers not as soldiers, but as vulnerable people. Just like you and me. He doesn’t ask the big political or dramatic questions about the U.S. presence in Southeast Asia, he writes about a butterfly on the chin of a Vietnamese man he’s killed with a grenade. These stories are hard to tell, and O’Brien doesn’t gloss over the rough parts. His account of a platoon of foot soldiers searching tunnels and digging foxholes and slapping mosquitoes and marching from village to village with no purpose or direction is so vivid I half ex-
pected to see mud on my fingers after turning the page. I especially appreciated his liberal use of combat jargon, leaving the reader to suss out the meanings of the colorful language that helped the soldiers feel like they belonged, like they were a part of something. And yet, The Things They Carried is much more than a collection of war stories. It’s a book about how to tell a story. “By telling stories,” O’Brien writes, “you objectify your own experience. You separate it from yourself.” Like my father, O’Brien didn’t talk much about his experiences in the war after returning stateside. But he wrote about it, expecting catharsis, hoping for wisdom. “Telling stories seemed a natural, inevitable process, like clearing your throat.” I wonder if my dad just never felt like he was ready to clear his throat. One night about 20 years ago, I stayed up with the Major in his Las Vegas home. My mother had gone to bed, and we sat at the kitchen table drinking gin over ice, just two men shooting the shit. I asked a couple of general questions about helicopters, and the conversation angled to the time he was flying missions out of Khe Sanh, a notoriously dangerous Marine outpost, around 1969. Although he’d been identified as one of the top 10 chopper pilots in the theater, he told me he was frequently “scared shitless” flying missions through the jungle or taking enemy fire out over the South China Sea. As the gin loosened him up, he shared his memory of one such mission, and I watched as his jaw clenched and his eyes grew large, remembering not just what he saw, but how he felt. The intensity and determination on his face is what I remember of that night, not the particulars of the story. The Things They Carried helped me realize that maybe I’m not asking the right questions. The heaviest things they carried in Vietnam were not of military issue. They were the things you can’t see. And most of the men and women who served in that singular hell called Vietnam will carry these things until the day they die. arts@missoulanews.com
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Streaming screams Five must-see Halloween horrors for Netflix nights by Erika Fredrickson
Fright Night
It’s not like there isn’t enough to do this Halloween, what with the multitude of costume parties, parades and spooky theater events around town. But inevitably you might find yourself curled up in front of the television with a bowl of popcorn, ready to zone out on something apt for the season. If you have Netflix, you’re in luck because there are a ton of frightful films currently streaming—everything from spoofs like Scary Movie 2 to classics like Carrie. Don’t be totally lame and miss out on community events like Rocky Horror or the Roxy’s Halloween Creep Out. But if you are going to stay in for a night, here are five horror recommendations—from the partially comedic to the truly terrifying.
Rosemary’s Baby (1968)
Fright Night (1985)
If you haven’t already been watching the FX television series, you can catch up on the first three seasons on Netflix. How to explain this one? Like The Cabin in the Woods, “AHS” throws in every possible ingredient— ghosts, aliens, ax murders, evil insane asylum doctors, slasher monsters, serial killers, creepy children, Satan’s spawn—and weaves them into a self-contained mini-series. By far the best part of this show is Jessica Lange, who transforms into a new character each season. There’s blood and gore galore, but it’s an intelligent script that refashions horror themes into fresh, if ghastly, ways.
Watching Fright Night in 2014 reminds me just how awesome/bad 1980s acting can be. Still, it’s a pretty engaging storyline with just enough camp and just enough creep. After a few women are reported missing, a teenage boy realizes he lives next to the culprit—a vampire played by a young and hunky Chris Sarandon who becomes a scary creature when he’s taking down his prey. The soundtrack includes J. Geils Band, Devo, April Wine and Autograph, and there is a fantastic club scene where Sarandon dances with the teen’s girlfriend (Amanda Bearse of “Married...With Children”) to frightening synth music. But the best part is how good the special effects actually are, sans CGI, when wolves turn into vampires and vampires melt in the glare of sunlight. The Cabin in the Woods (2013)
After watching this one in the theater I couldn’t decide if I hated it or loved it. The science fiction story disguised, initially, as just another slasher flick is sometimes so convoluted it’s hard to figure out what it’s trying to do. As one horror trope after another appears, paying tribute to everything from The Ring to A Nightmare on Elm Street, a broader picture starts to take shape about fate versus free will. On a second viewing, I’ve decided it’s a smart and original addition to the genre, even if, at times, it seems to unhinge.
This classic directed by Roman Polanski about Satan’s spawn still holds up as being incredibly disturbing. The best line comes when Mia Farrow yells out, “This is no dream! This is really happening!” It’s a horrible scene: Farrow’s character, Rosemary, is drugged and raped by Satan while her husband and elderly neighbors stand around watching in the nude. But as gruesome as it gets, gem lines like Farrow’s, along with “Pain be gone! I will have no more of thee!” and “What have you done to its eyes?” and “Hail Satan!”, are fun to say on any occasion. “American Horror Story” (2011-present)
The Ninth Gate (1999)
For me, slasher movies take a back burner to suspenseful thrillers like The Ninth Gate. In the story, a rare book dealer and skeptic (Johnny Depp), tries to track down ancient satanic texts only to get pulled into supernatural events. The movie is flawed and the ending is ridiculous in a bad way, but it has two strengths: First, it’s also directed by Polanski, so it mixes the brewing darkness of Rosemary’s Baby with the intrigue of The Da Vinci Code. Second, it makes being a book dealer seem just as exciting as being a superhero or a spy—and that’s an evil-vs.-good fantasy I can get behind. efredrickson@missoulanews.com
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Funny bones Meaty performances fill out The Skeleton Twins by Molly Laich
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The Skeleton Twins isn’t a comedy so much as a bleak drama that happens to be occupied by hilarious people. It’s an important distinction, and I think the closest films ever come to approximating real life. Nobody can be all funny or all serious all the time. Humans are naturally inclined to levity in those moments when life throws more at us than we can handle. The film stars “Saturday Night Live” alums Bill Hader and Kristen Wiig in universally lauded performances. We tend to make a big deal whenever comedic actors make the leap into drama, but I don’t get why. Seems to me like it’s a lot harder to be funny. Needless to say, these twins have issues. We first meet Milo (Hader) swimming in a tub of blood after a lovesick suicide attempt. The hospital calls Maggie (Wiig) at the precise moment she’s about to swallow a handful of pills herself. They haven’t seen each other in 10 years, but they must still have that twin telepathy wherein the dark forces command them to suicide on the same afternoon, and anyway, the tragedy reunites them. Milo’s an effeminate gay man trying (and failing) to make it as an actor in Los Angeles. Maggie stayed in New York, became a dental hygienist and married Lance (Luke Wilson). The couple has what looks like a typical, picture perfect life. Maggie takes scuba lessons. They’re trying to have a baby. But something must be wrong, right? Why else would Maggie want to kill herself? As the twins slowly remember how to be around each other again, we learn more about the circumstances that have brought them to such a pass. Their father committed suicide when they were kids, and that fact hangs over them like a spooky omen. Their mother (Joanna Gleason) makes a brief appearance at the dinner table, where she shares her passion for crystals and energy healing. Her children are an afterthought in an otherwise self-centered life, and it’s painful, watching these grown-up children continue to take it personally. The Skeleton Twins isn’t exactly breaking new ground. I can think of two films off the top of my head
about estranged siblings who come together in the face of tragedy—The Savages, You Can Count on Me—but that’s not the point. The picture’s strength derives from the characters these actors inhabit. In Wiig’s Maggie, we get a woman who knows how to put on a good face for the outside world, and yet she never really grew up on the inside. She’s defensive, reactive and condescending, but with hints of self-awareness that serve to make her situation nearly unbearable. It’s a performance so subtle you can’t see it. Hader’s depiction of Milo has hints of the beloved “SNL” character Stefan, if Stefan were a real person, and I mean that as a compliment. I’ve always found Stefan to be heartwarmingly authentic and lovable. Likewise, even in the midst of his own personal drama, Milo manages to be hilarious and kind—I found myself wishing he were my twin. While back in his hometown, Milo reunites with his old high school teacher Rich, played by “Modern Family” actor Ty Burrell. They had an explosive, secretive affair so many years ago. Rich is a straightacting man who in the ensuing years has chosen to carry on a heterosexual lifestyle. The effeminate Milo doesn’t have that luxury, and in this dynamic, the film offers a devastating reminder of how difficult it can be to live with a sexuality you can’t sweep under the rug. One of the film’s great surprises comes from Wilson as Lance. Always in a good mood, he’s exceedingly patient and understanding with both his wife and his wife’s weird brother. He’s a grown-up frat guy who wants and deserves a nice family—but with Maggie, he may be barking up the wrong tree. In between the overwhelming sadness and tragedy there really are funny moments, like when the twins discuss the novel Marley and Me or do nitrous at the dentist after hours. Watching Hader and Wiig perform a lip sync rendition of Starship’s “Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now” might be worth the price of admission alone. The Skeleton Twins continues at the Wilma. arts@missoulanews.com
[film] when his wife disappears. Starring Ben Affleck, Rosamund Pike and Neil Patrick Harris. Rated R. Carmike 12.
OPENING THIS WEEK BEFORE I GO TO SLEEP A woman with amnesia realizes that people are keeping dark secrets from her. Starring Nicole Kidman, Colin Firth and Mark Strong. Rated R. Carmike 12, Pharaohplex.
JOHN WICK Keanu Reeves is a former hitman who’s gonna wreak vengeance on the gangsters who pissed him off. Also starring Michael Nyqvist and Alfie Allen. Rated R. Carmike 12.
HALLOWEEN (1978) Poor Jamie Lee Curtis never sees what’s coming in John Carpenter’s taut, chilling classic. Screening at Carmike 12 Fri., Oct. 31, at 11:30 PM.
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.
HORNS A young man’s girlfriend dies mysteriously, and then he wakes up with prongs growing out of his head that turn out to have supernatural effects. Based on the thriller novel by Joe Hill. Starring Daniel Radcliffe, Juno Temple and Max Minghella. Rated R. Wilma.
THE MAZE RUNNER Young boys with erased memories try to escape a dystopian labyrinth. Starring Dylan O’Brien, Kaya Scodelario and Will Poulter. Rated PG-13. Carmike 12.
THE METROPOLITAN OPERA: CARMEN ENCORE Award-winning Richard Eyre directs the 2010 performance of the classic opera, screening at the Roxy Tue., Nov. 4 at 6:30 PM. Visit mtlive.org for tickets and info.
OUIJA Friends playing with an ouija board accidentally unleash evil powers, which is exactly what my mama raised me to believe ouija boards do. Just say no to ouija boards, guys. Starring Olivia Cooke, Ana Coto and Daren Kagasoff. Rated PG-13. Carmike 12, Pharaohplex.
NICKY’S FAMILY Learn about the heroic deeds of an Englishman who helped rescue more than 600 Czech and Slovak children before WWII. Screening at the Roxy Sun., Nov. 2, at 5 PM.
PORCO ROSSO An Italian flying ace, who just happens to be a pig, lives on a small Adriatic island and befriends two women, in Miyazaki’s 1992 animated gem. Screening at the Roxy Wed., Oct. 29 at 7 PM and Sun., Nov. 2 at 4 PM.
NIGHTCRAWLER A down-on-his-luck young man finds employment, and perhaps more than he bargained for, in a freelance camera crew of Los Angeles crime journalists. Starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Rene Russo and Bill Paxton. Rated R. Carmike 12, Pharaohplex. PRINCESS MONONOKE A young warrior encounters a brave young woman who leads a fierce group of animal gods. Screening at the Roxy Wed., Nov. 5 at 7 PM and Sun., Nov. 9 at 4 PM. SAW 10TH ANNIVERSARY A serial killer traps his victims in deadly games. Starring Cary Elwes, Leigh Whannell and Danny Glover. Rated R. Carmike 12.
THE SKELETON TWINS Estranged twins reunite after both narrowly escaping death on the same day. Starring Kristen Wiig, Bill Hader and Luke Wilson. Rated R. Wilma. (See Film.)
I’m wide awake, it’s horning. Horns opens Friday at the Wilma.
Steve Carell, Jennifer Garner and Ed Oxenbould. Rated PG. Carmike 12, Pharaohplex.
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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 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 movie.” Starring
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, Showboat.
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. 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. GONE GIRL A husband becomes the focus of suspicion
ST. VINCENT Sadly, the musician Annie Clark has nothing to do with this comedy about a drunken old guy who befriends a young boy. Starring Bill Murray, Melissa McCarthy and Naomi Watts. Rated PG13. Carmike 12.
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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Unchained by SOUStown CHEF
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So, Chipotle is coming to Missoula. That’s great the chicken super moist. It also adds a little bit of kick news if you’ve been pining for a burrito in this college to the flavor of the chicken. From here, you can cook town and somehow haven’t found what you’re looking your chicken however you prefer—drop it in a presfor at Taco del Sol, Taco Sano, El Diablo, Qdoba Mexican sure cooker, grill it, whatever—and enjoy a little bit of Grill, Cafe Rio or … I could go on. For the rest of us, this southern flare. latest chain to invade the Garden City makes little sense. I think I speak for the masses when I ask, where’s Buttery breadsticks Have to admit, Olive Garden has never been my our Chili’s? Our long-rumored Olive Garden? What about In-N-Out? Can’t we get a Chik-fil-A? Wasn’t it Tina thing. But I get that many feel differently, and most of Turner who sang “we don’t need another burrito”? No? them point to the never-ending breadsticks as the reaWhatevs. The point is we need our baby back ribs and son. I can only figure that these people love butter. endless breadsticks and double-doubles, “animal Specifically, the breadsticks’ glistening buttery topping. You can make breadsticks a style.” (Always animal style.) bunch of different ways, or even What we need always seems to “Admit it: go the store-bought route, but be the chains we never get. here’s how to make a version of I can hear the rumbling now, the chorus of praise for our excel- a part of you loves that addictive topping. You need 4 tablespoons butter, 1 teaspoon lent local options. Stop. Just stop it. You’re preaching to the choir. indulging, at least garlic powder, 2 tablespoons parmesan cheese and 1⁄8 teaI don’t care how often you freoccasionally, in spoon oregano. Melt the butter quent your favorite neighborhood eatery—every once in a and stir in Parmesan cheese and hectic week you want the what the rest of oregano. Before baking or reanonymity and uniformity of your heating the breadsticks, brush favorite chain. There’s a reason them with butter. Brush any leftthe country is you’re Instagramming burgers over topping just before serving. near the Los Angeles airport or eating. And in tweeting about spicy P.F. Chang’s Marinated fajitas dishes in Spokane: a little part of When (if?) folks think of Missoula, for you loves indulging, at least occaChili’s, they think of baby back sionally, in what the rest of the ribs thanks to a catchy commercountry is eating. And in Mis- better and worse, cial jingle. You’re probably trysoula, for better and worse, you ing not to hum it right now. But you can’t get it.” the Tex-Mex restaurant made its can’t get it. Unless it’s a burrito. Or unless you recreate name back in the ’80s for a difdishes at home. I know that sounds like a radical idea, ferent signature dish: its steak and chicken fajitas, fabut it’s actually quite easy. In fact, one could argue mously served still sizzling on a skillet. that if you tapped into a few of the secrets employed The key here is in the marinade. For my own verby these franchises, you could make an even better sion of that recipe, I combine ½ cup lime juice, 5 tavariation of your beloved guilty pleasure. Here are a blespoons olive oil, 3 teaspoons minced garlic, 4 few tips to fold into your own kitchen. teaspoons soy sauce, 2 teaspoons salt, ½ teaspoon liquid smoke, ½ teaspoon Worcestershire sauce, 1 Pickle juice teaspoon cayenne pepper, 1 teaspoon chili powder Chik-fil-A’s politics are tough to swallow. The and ½ teaspoon black pepper in a bowl. Pour that Georgia-based chain’s famous chicken sandwiches? marinade over either chicken or sirloin steak and seal Much, much easier. There are a couple secrets in- in a plastic container. Let it marinate in the refrigervolved with this simple sandwich, including a milk- ator for at least two hours (I try to do it all day, or based batter and the use of a pressure cooker. But in about seven hours.) my opinion the biggest key happens a day before you You’re going to want to cook that meat on the grill even put the bird to heat. and have the following ready to go: warm tortillas, Take your chicken breasts and marinate them in sautéed onions and peppers, shredded cheese, sour dill pickle juice overnight. It works as a brine, keeping cream and pico de gallo. Wrap ’em up and dig in.
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[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 Martini Mania with $4 martinis every Monday. The Griz Coaches Radio Show LIVE every Tuesday at 6pm, Burger & Beer special $8 every Tuesday. $2 well drinks & $2 PBR tall boys every Wednesday. Big Brains Trivia every Thursday at 8pm. Have you discovered Brooks & Browns? Inside the Holiday Inn, Downtown Missoula $-$$ Burns Street Bistro 1500 Burns St. • 543-0719 burnsstbistro.com We cook the freshest local ingredients as a matter of pride. Our relationship with local farmers, ranchers and other businesses allows us to bring quality, scratch cooking and fresh-brewed Black Coffee Roasting Co. coffee and espresso to Missoula’s historic westside neighborhood. Handmade breads & pastries, soups, salads & sandwiches change with the seasons, but our commitment to delicious, affordable food and over-the-top fun and friendly service does not. Mon-Fri 7 AM – 2 PM. Sat and Sun Brunch 9 AM – 2 PM. Reservations for Prix Fixe dinners on Fri and Sat nights. $-$$ 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.
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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. $
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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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Bloody Brain Shooter HAPPIEST HOUR What you’re drinking: In the spirit of Halloween, here’s a cocktail that looks way grosser than it tastes. The Bloody Brain Shooter uses a mixture of lime juice and cream to curdle what look like blobs of brain. Ah, the wonders of science! Serve them in small jars and they’ll look almost as realistic as what you’d see on a mad scientist’s laboratory shelf.
It takes a little practice to get the effect.) Add a splash of grenadine using the straw to create a bloody look. Shoot it.
How to make any drink ghoulish: You don’t have to stick to brain shooters for Halloween festivities. Add ripped up pieces of fruit—raspberries, pomeg ranate seeds, strawberry—to evoke fleshy organs and peeled grapes and blueberries for eyes. Garnish any What it tastes like: sweet cocktail with syThe texture’s just a tad ringes full of raspberry weird, but the taste is a photo by Cathrine L. Walters sauce. Black ice cubes benign strawberries and made with food coloring will turn your drink cream—with a bite. black. Dry ice will give your drink a misty caulHow to make it: 1 ¼ ounces of chilled dron effect. —Erika Fredrickson strawberry vodka, 1⁄ 8 ounce Rose’s lime juice, ¾ ounce of Irish cream and a splash of Happiest Hour celebrates western Mongrenadine. Add the vodka and lime juice to a shot glass. Trap Irish cream in a straw with tana watering holes. To recommend a bar, your finger over the top and slowly drizzle it bartender or beverage for Happiest Hour, in, swirling it into brain-like pieces. (Warning: email editor@missoulanews.com.
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. $-$$ Le Petit Outre 129 S. 4th West • 543-3311 Twelve thousand pounds of oven mass…Bread of integrity, pastry of distinction, yes indeed, European hand-crafted baked goods, Pain de Campagne, Ciabatta, Cocodrillo, Pain au Chocolat, Palmiers, and Brioche. Several more baked options and the finest espresso available. Please find our goods at the finest grocers across Missoula. Saturday 8-3, Sunday 8-2, Monday-Friday 7-6. $ Lucky Strike Sports Bar. Casino. Restaurant 1515 Dearborn Ave. 549-4152 Our restaurant offers breakfast, lunch and dinner. Are you looking for Delivery without all the extra charges? Call 549-4152 and talk to Jacquie or Judy for more details. You can also get lunch and Coffee from Bold Coffee in the parking lot. Come into the casino for your chance to play Plinko, Spin the Wheel, or Roll the Dice for machine play. Open Mon-Sun 7am2am. $-$$ 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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Skeleton crew. The annual Festival of the Dead parade starts at the XXXXs on Higgins Avenue Sun., Nov. 2, at 5:30 PM, and marches toward Caras Park.
THURSDAYOCT30 Pack that juicy bubble into the Top Hat, when the one and only Sir Mix-A-Lot returns to praise buns ‘n huns, along with Tahj Kjelland and DJ Aaron Traylor. 8 PM. $15/$13 in advance at Rockin Rudy’s and the Top Hat.
The Festimation: Animation + New Media Arts Festival features up-and-coming animated movies and documentaries, screening at the Roxy Theatre 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 for more information.
The Senior Corps at Missoula Aging Services hosts a collection for Montana troops who are serving away from home. Requested donations include cards, single servings of cocoa and coffee, snack packs and personal hygiene items. (Nothing expired or in a large container.) Bring it in during business hours to 337 Stephens Ave through
Nov. 3, or call 728-7682 to learn more. The Oscar Mayer Wienermobile rolls into town, and stops at the Missoula Public Library from 3:30-5 PM. Kiddos, and curious adults, can tour inside and get a wiener whistle. Follow @Wienermobile on Twitter to find out about more planned stops around town throughout the week.
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Halloween Roundup THURSDAY OCTOBER 30 Ghosts, goblins, zombies and, God help us, clowns just might scare the pants offa whoever is so brave as to dare the Haunted Hayride at Daly Mansion in Hamilton, Oct. 30 from 7-10 PM, Oct. 31 from 811 and Nov. 1 from 8-11. $5. Stroll with Jeannette Rankin’s ghost at the Haunted UM Building Tour, hosted by the University Players and UM Advocates. Tours start at 7:30 PM, departing from the UC Atrium, and last about half an hour. $5/$3 for students. Dammit, Janet, it’s time to do the time warp again when the Wilma hosts three nights of live Rocky Horror Show performances, starring Reid Reimers and Jeff Medley. Includes adult themes and (yesss!) partial nudity. Oct. 30 at 8 PM, Oct. 31 at 8 PM and midnight, and Nov. 1 at midnight only. $25. Tickets at Rockin Rudy’s and ticketweb.com. (See Arts.)
ton, Oct. 30 from 7-10 PM, Oct. 31 from 811 and Nov. 1 from 8-11. $5. Slither out of your dens for the Halloween Creep-Out at the Roxy Theater, which features a special Bat Honey puppeteer performance at 7 PM, screening of The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari with live-scoring from NextDoorPrisonHotel at 8 PM, and capping things off most horrifically with Texas Chainsaw Massacre at 9:30 PM. $15 for everything/$10 for the live performances/$5$7 for just Texas Chainsaw. (See Spotlight.) Funky characters and ghoulish types will take over the Symes Hot Springs Hotel for a two-day Halloween shindig, with Voodoo Horseshoes, Lige Newton, Red
nights of live Rocky Horror Show performances, starring Reid Reimers and Jeff Medley. Includes adult themes and (yesss!) partial nudity. Oct. 30 at 8 PM, Oct. 31 at 8 PM and midnight, and Nov. 1 at midnight only. $25. Tickets at Rockin Rudy’s and ticketweb.com. (See Arts.) The Dead Hipsters rise again to boogie at the Badlander’s Halloween bash, when the clock strikes 9 PM. (Give or take.) $5. Find out what lurks underground when Shindig Your Grave takes over the Palace, with Fallow, Cain and Fable, Lunacy and the Moon and Prison Yoga rattling bones all nite. 9 PM. $5.
Funky characters and ghoulish types will take over the Symes Hot Springs Hotel for a two-day Halloween shindig, with Voodoo Horseshoes, Lige Newton, Red Carpet Devils and late-night DJ dance parties with Mankiisi, Geeter Tron and Sounsiva. Tunes start at 7 PM on Friday and continue on Saturday evening. Free.
The Trick or Treat so Missoula Eats fundraiser asks volunteers to dress up and go around the University District and Rattlesnake to ask for donations to the Missoula Food Bank from about 4-6 PM. (So hey, you can do a good thing and then there’s plenty of time to rage it up afterward.) Call 243-6140 for info.
Rub elbows with the ghost of Marcus Daly at the annual Daly Mansion Dinner Party, with live music, psychic readings, ghost hunting in the basement and a Haunted Hayride. Plus, there’s plenty of wine to foster the holiday spirit. Doors at 6 PM, dinner at 6:45. $60. Call 363-6004 ext. 2 for reservations. Ghosts, goblins, zombies and, God help us, clowns just might scare the pants offa whoever is so brave as to dare the Haunted Hayride at Daly Mansion in Hamil-
Dammit, Janet, it’s time to do the time warp again when the Wilma hosts three nights of live Rocky Horror Show performances, starring Reid Reimers and Jeff Medley. Includes adult themes and (yesss!) partial nudity. Oct. 30 at 8 PM, Oct. 31 at 8 PM and midnight, and Nov. 1 at midnight only. $25. Tickets at Rockin Rudy’s and ticketweb.com. (See Arts.)
Ghosts, goblins, zombies and, God help us, clowns just might scare the pants offa whoever is so brave as to dare the Haunted Hayride at Daly Mansion in Hamilton, Oct. 30 from 7-10 PM, Oct. 31 from 811 and Nov. 1 from 8-11. $5.
FRIDAY OCTOBER 31
Find all sorts of treats for the kiddos at Halloween for Hospice, with costume contest, carnival games, “Thriller” performance ‘n sweet stuff at Southgate Mall, 4-8 PM. Costume contest winners arnnounced around 7 PM, after “Thriller.” Games are $1 each to play.
Portland’s Fruition do that oogieoogie-oogie boogie at the Top Hat, along with Li’l Smokies. 10 PM. $15. Tickets available at Rockin Rudy’s and the Top Hat.
SATURDAY NOVEMBER 1
Röcktöber may be nearing its end, but by golly, we shall keep it in our hearts all the year ‘round, and Rooster Sauce is here to help keep up spirits at the VFW, plus The Skurfs and FUULS. 9 PM. $5/$7 for ages 18-20, with costume contest and prizes from Ear Candy.
A case of local craft beer is in it for the spookiest winner at the Halloween Costume Contest at Wildwood Brewery, 48 PM. Second place is a growler fill and third is a free pint, which ain’t too bad, either. Winner announced at 7:30 PM. Free to attend.
Prepare for boooo-oooOOOoze hounds to get freaky at the Halloween Bash, with tunes from MudSlide Charley at Charlie B’s. 10 PM. No cover.
Carpet Devils and late-night DJ dance parties with Mankiisi, Geeter Tron and Sounsiva. Tunes start at 7 PM on Friday and continue on Saturday evening. Free. Dark sides get unleashed in the Missoula Community Theatre production of Jekyll and Hyde: The Musical, at the MCT Center for the Performing Arts Oct. 31-Nov. 2 and Nov. 5-9. Evening performances at 7:30 PM except for Sundays, which are at 6:30. Saturday and Sunday matinees at 2 PM. $15-$21, available at the box office, MCTinc.org or 728-7529. Even dinosaurs shall arise to walk (and rock) the earth today when the 20piece Mesozoic Mafia plays its dino hip-hop at the Break. 8-10 PM. Free. The Moonshine & Murder Halloween Hootenanny features family-friendly revelry and tunes from The Workers at Bad Goat, 1301 Scott St. (under the Scott Street bridge). 8 PM-midnight. $5/free for kids. Dammit, Janet, it’s time to do the time warp again when the Wilma hosts three
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Two floors, several DJs, flashy laserbeams and untold chills and thrills are on tap for The Massacre at Stage 112 and The Real Lounge. DJs include Mike Stolin, Kris Moon, Enzymes and Logisticalone. Doors at 8, booty bumpin from 9 PM-bar time. $10-$15. 18-plus. Tickets at ticketf.ly/1wdEEhr. Like tectonic plates colliding, the annual Heaven and Hell and Abduction parties have slammed into each other at the Broadway Inn for a combination that’s sure to be debaucherous. DJs include Janet Brannum, Chunkiye, Aaron Traylor, LRock, Bionic and more. 9 PM. $13/$20 for ages 18-20. Tickets only available at the door. Getcha freakum dress on for the Freakshow dance party, where Boy Burns Bridge spins tunes into the wee hours at the Dark Horse. 9 PM. No cover. Get the posse together and adjust that Tammy Wynette wig, ‘cuz the Sunrise Saloon hosts a Halloween party and costume contest, starting at 9:30 PM.
Dark sides get unleashed in the Missoula Community Theatre production of Jekyll and Hyde: The Musical, at the MCT Center for the Performing Arts Oct. 31-Nov. 2 and Nov. 5-9. Evening performances at 7:30 PM except for Sundays, which are at 6:30. Saturday and Sunday matinees at 2 PM. $15-$21, available at the box office, MCTinc.org or 728-7529. Boils ‘n ghouls can get naughty at the Grotesque Burlesque Carnival Of Flesh, which features performances from the Cigarette Girls Burlesque, plus metal ‘n gore-loving bands like Universal Choke Sign, Blessiddoom, A Balance Of Power and Undun. Plus, there’s drink specials and righteous prizes for the costume contest. Dark Horse. 8 PM. $5. Sisters are partyin’ for themselves at the Ladies Night of Halloween show, with Sista Otis, Letter B and Air.N.Esse at Stage 112. 9 PM. Free for women/ $5 for men. Dammit, Janet, it’s time to do the time warp again when the Wilma hosts three nights of live Rocky Horror Show performances, starring Reid Reimers and Jeff Medley. Includes adult themes and (yesss!) partial nudity. Oct. 30 at 8 PM, Oct. 31 at 8 PM and midnight, and Nov. 1 at midnight only. $25. Tickets at Rockin Rudy’s and ticketweb.com. (See Arts.)
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spine-chilling Silent films are already well-equipped to seem creepy to a modern viewer, what with their bizarre lighting, black-and-white color scheme, herky jerky motions and old-timey outfits. So leave it to the creative organizers of the Roxy to incorporate a legendary silent film into their Halloween Creep-Out shindig. You’ll recall that last year featured a spooky screening of Nosferatu with a live score; this year festivities highlight The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, which Robert Ebert called “the first true horror film.” The German-made 1922 flick, about two friends who encounter a strange doctor in a small mountain village, features stylized sets, deliberately odd acting and—mild spoiler alert—the first-ever twist ending. WHAT: Halloween Creep-Out WHERE: Roxy WHEN: Fri. Oct. 31, starting at 7 PM HOW MUCH: $15 for everything/$10 for live performances/$5-$7 for Texas Chainsaw MORE INFO: theroxytheater.org
For the Roxy’s screening at 8 PM, the talented musicians of NextDoorPrisonHotel provide a live score that’s sure to add to the chills. The party packs more than just that into one Hallow’s Eve. Prior to the film screening, the Bat Honey puppeteers will perform a special show, called The Market Orphan. And to cap things off after Dr. Caligari, the Roxy shows another cornerstone of horror cinema with a 40th anniversary screening of Texas Chainsaw Massacre, starting at 9:30 PM. The 1974 film about bloodthirsty cannibals was said to have
nightlife The Gender Expansion Project hosts “Gender Talk: Gender Identity and Systems,” a panel discussion with Beth Hubble, Bree Sutherland and Shayna Chupein. Skaggs Building, room 117, from 67:30 PM. Free. (See Agenda.) Perhaps you’ll recall that one scene in Indiana Jones when Marquette University prof Peter Staudenmaier presents a lecture in conjunction with Fighting the Fires of Hate: America and the Nazi Book Burnings exhibit, in the Theta Rho Room of the Mansfield Library. 6-7:30 PM. Free. Be-leaf me when I say Hardwood Heart plays tunes to warm your insides at Draught Works, 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
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
been so scary that sneak preview audiences walked out on it. The movie even has ties to another influential (ahem) film, Deep Throat, since the distributor of Texas Chainsaw used the horror movie to launder the profits from the 1972 porn. Halloween is abundant with fun for just about every age group and/or level of debauchery; but if you’re looking for an evening of performance and thrills aimed at film buffs, the Roxy is a sure bet.
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. 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. The 406 Band plays all the right dance numbers at the Sunrise Saloon, starting around 9 PM. No cover. Austin outfit I Am the Albatross swoops into the Palace with Americana-rock, along with Hunter and the Gatherers. 9 PM. $5. 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.
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Missoula County Health Department 301 W. Alder • 406.258.4755 • envhealth@co.missoula.mt.us Radon Test Kits Available $7
FRIDAYOCT31 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.
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[calendar] 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.
nightlife Get all squared away when Basses Covered provides tuneage at Ten Spoon Winery, 4175 Rattlesnake Drive. Tasting starts at 4 PM, tunes from 6-8:30. No cover. Cut a rug when the Golden Age Club hosts dancing and live music in an alcohol-free environment. 727
SATURDAYNOV01 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. If your kiddo has a wee bit too much sugary stuff on their hands after trick-or-treating, the third annual Candy Swap at Walking Stick Toys invites you and your kid
Vigilantes, its monthly Modern Quilt Guild for beginners and pros alike. 12–5 PM. $20 (first few sign-ups are free). Good eggs get together to raise funds for Kyle “Cowboy” Schoening, who recently had a traumatic brain injury. Sunrise Saloon, 4 PM. Live show with Mark Duboise and Crossroads to follow at 9 PM. No cover.
nightlife The folky fraternizers in Frederico Brothers provide tunes and
Let your hair down and hoist your skirts up for the Town and Gown Dance, where the UM Student Folklore Society invites err’body to come learn how to contra dance and party at the University Center Ballroom. Tunes provided by Skippin A Groove. Beginners’ workshop at 7:30, dance from 811 PM. Free. Check out missoulafolk.org.
Sister Soul and the Medicine got the goods to cure whatever ails ya at the Union Club, with tunes starting at 9:30 PM. No cover.
Band in Motion does the spooky loco-motion at the Eagles Club, 2520 South Ave., from 8 PM to bar time. No cover.
San Francisco’s Couches lounge at the Palace, along with Missoula’s own Magpies, FUULS and Boys. 10 PM. No cover.
Folky Oregon outfit Horse Feathers plays the Top Hat, along with Hollow Wood and Sara Jackson-Holman. 9:30 PM. $15/ $12 in advance at Rockin Rudy’s and the Top Hat. (See Music.)
photo by Cathrine L. Walters
“Hey baby, your hair smells nice.” Missoula Community Theatre presents Jekyll and Hyde: The Musical, at the MCT Center for the Performing Arts Oct. 31-Nov. 2 and Nov. 5-9. 7:30 PM nightly except for Sundays, which are at 6:30. Saturday and Sunday matinees at 2 PM. $15-$21.
S. Fifth St. in Hamilton. 6-10 PM. $3. Call 240-9617 to learn more. Band in Motion does the spooky loco-motion at the Eagles Club, 2520 South Ave., from 8 PM to bar time. No cover. 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, 2426 and 31-Nov. 2. Friday and Saturday performances at 8 PM, Sundays at 2 PM. $15. Visit hamiltonplayers.com.
(who must be present) to swap candy for a 50-percent discount on a toy purchase. ($50 price limit.) 829 S. Higgins Ave. Nov. 1 from 10:30 AM-6 PM and Nov. 2 from noon-4 PM. (On the other hand, feel free to donate all unwanted candy to the Independent office, c/o Calapatra, and she will lovingly take care of it.) The Griz go up against Sacramento State University at Washington-Grizzly Stadium at noon. Stats, schedules ‘n other such handy info at gogriz.com. The guild that sews together, stays together, so join Selvedge Studio, 509 S. Higgins Ave., at Craft
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general good cheer at Draught Works, 915 Toole Ave., from 6-8 PM. No cover. 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. A bunch of ragtag musicians with who-knows-what kind of instruments get together from 7 to 9:30 PM on the first Sat. of every month for the Bitterroot Valley Good-Time Jamboree at the Grange Hall, 1436 South First St. in Hamilton. $3 donation encouraged. Call Clem at 961-4949.
The Hamilton Players present The New Mel Brooks Musical Young Frankenstein, (pronounced Fronk-en-steen, of course) an adaptation of the classic ‘74 film featuring the steller yodeling of Inga. Performances at Hamilton Playhouse, 100 Ricketts Road, Oct. 1719, 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.
SUNDAYNOV02 The Ecosapien Theatre and Penélope Baquero present Remember the Extinct Ones, a tribute to ecological consciousness, with song, theatre and performances by the Missoula Kids Choir and Hawthorne Flagship students. Part I performed at the XXXXs at 5:15 PM, Part II at Caras Park at 7 PM. Both shows free. If your kiddo has a wee bit too much sugary stuff on their hands after trick-or-treating, the third annual Candy Swap at Walking
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Toeing the line. UM Theatre of School and Dance presents Dance Up Close Nov. 4-8 at 7:30 PM and Nov. 8 at 2 PM. $9/$6 kids 12 and under.
Stick Toys invites you and your kid (who must be present) to swap candy for a 50-percent discount on a toy purchase. ($50 price limit.) 829 S. Higgins Ave. Nov. 1 from 10:30 AM-6 PM and Nov. 2 from noon-4 PM. (On the other hand, feel free to donate all unwanted candy to the Independent office, c/o Calapatra, and she will lovingly take care of it.) The Montana Fiddlers convene for a twangin’ afternoon at the Sunrise Saloon, starting at 1 PM. No cover. The New St. Mary’s Cemetery hosts Stories and Stones, tales of Catholic ancestors. Meet at Scott Street, at Otis and Rogers Streets. 13 PM. Reception to follow at the Knights of Columbus Hall. Swing by the ZACC before the Day of the Dead Parade to get spruced up with face-painting for kids and grownups alike. 1-4 PM. Free, but drop a few bucks in the donation jar if you would be so kind. The UM Jazz Band I puts some syncopation into this Sunday as part of the Alpine Artisans’ 2 Valleys Stage Performing Arts Series, at Swan Valley School in Condon at 3 PM. $14/$12 seniors/free for ages 18 and younger if accompanied by adult. Visit alpineartisans.org/2val-
Annual Candy Swap Nov 1-2. 50% off one toy (child must be present to select the toy - $50 limit)
leysstage/ or call 677-0717 for more info. The Tamarack Grief Resource Center invites folks to join ‘em in face painting before the Festival of the Dead parade, by gathering at the Break from 3:15-4:45 PM. If you’d like to march, wear black with red accents, and feel free to bring noisemakers, drums and roses to pass out. Call 406-541-8472 for more information.
nightlife The Hamilton Players present The New Mel Brooks Musical Young Frankenstein, (pronounced Fronken-steen, of course) an adaptation of the classic ‘74 film. Performances at Hamilton Playhouse, 100 Ricketts Road, Oct. 17-19, 24-26 and 31Nov. 2. Friday and Saturday performances at 8 PM, Sundays at 2 PM. $15. Visit hamiltonplayers.com. The annual Day of the Dead parade commemorates lost loved ones and the ongoing cycle of life and death with floats, giant skeletons and painted faces. Starts at the XXXXs ‘round 5:30 PM, with dancing and performances in Caras Park to follow. Free. Get back to bass-ics, no treble, when Basses Covered plays for your Sunday Funday at Draught Works, 5-7 PM. No cover.
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[calendar] 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 works. Badlander. 6 PM. No cover. Nov. 2 features Caitlin MacDougall and Walter Kirn.
at the Children’s Museum of Missoula. 11 AM. 225 W. Front. $4.25. 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. 45 PM. $40. Students must have doctor’s okay.
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.
The Inter-Spiritual Contemplative Practice will visit contemplative practices from traditions including Buddhism, Christianity, Judaism and Sufism, with a combo of lecture, practice and discussion. Learning Center at Red Willow, 825 W. Kent Ave. Meets Tuesdays, Oct. 23-Nov. 25, from 4:30-5:30 PM. $100-$115 for the six-week series; visit redwillowlearning.org to sign up.
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. Portland-based rowdy gal Sallie Ford plays the Palace, with Crooked Fingers. 8 PM. $10/$8 in advance. 18-plus. Tickets at seafarerentertainment.com. (See Music.)
MONDAYNOV03 Rye Bones, AKA Ryan Bundy, plays singer-songwriter tunes at Red Bird Wine Bar, 111 N. Higgins Ave. inside the Florence Building. 7-10 PM. No cover. Anyone affected by epilepsy can come to the Epilepsy Support Group at Summit Independent Living Center, 700 SW Higgins Ave. 2– 3:30 PM. Free. Call 721-0707.
nightlife Local Deadheads have got you covered when the Top Hat presents Raising the Dead, a curated
nightlife Waiting for Skittles. Greensky Bluegrass plays the Top Hat Thu., Nov. 6, with Dead Winter Carpenters. 8 PM. $20/$18 in advance. Tickets available at Rockin Rudy's and the Top Hat. 18-plus.
broadcast of two hours of Jerry Garcia and co. from 5 to 7 PM. Free, all ages. 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. 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: Day of the Dead origi-
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nated in Central America thousands of years ago. What month did the Aztecs celebrate it in? Find answer in tomorrow’s nightlife.
Toybox, Rod Blackman and Ryan James.
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.
Hey, today is Election Day, and as such, the library, courthouse and other government stuff is closed. If you haven’t voted yet, exercise your currently available right to same-day voter registration. Find out how and where to vote at co.missoula.mt.us/election.
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. Oct. 27 features Kappa Oie,
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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. Dust off that banjolin and join in the Top Hat’s picking circle, from 6 to 8 PM. All ages. Veteran photog Neil Chaput de Saintonge goes over the finer oints of properly exposing as part of the lecture series at Rocky Mountain School of Photography, 216 N. Higgins Ave. 7-9 PM.
Learn to Bowl in 4 weeks for FREE! • Fall leagues still open to adults, seniors and youths.
[calendar] The UM School of Theatre and Dance invites y’all to a very personal experience at the annual Dance Up Close, which features two alternating programs of original choreography in the Masquer Theatre. Program I on Nov. 4, 6 and 8 at 7:30 PM, Program II on Nov. 5 and 7 at 7:30 PM and Nov. 8 at 2 PM. $9/$6 kids 12 and under. Find that creative outlet ye seek at the Open Mic Night at Stage 112, starting about 9 PM. Call Mike at 207-7097 after 4 PM on Monday to sign yourself up. Watch election returns in style with the Election Night Party at the Badlander. Fifth of VooDoo, Sean Burress is a Dinosaur, Sista Otis, the Wolfs and Dog Days provide tuneage starting at 9 PM. Free. The artist formerly known as Gene Ween, aka Freeman, plays his brand of contemporary pop at the Top Hat, along with Arc Iris. 9 PM. $18/$16 in advance at Rockin Rudy’s or the Top Hat. (See Music.)(Trivia answer: the ninth month of the Aztec calendar, which corresponds roughly to August.)
WEDNESDAYNOV05 Genocide-prevention expert Elizabeth White presents “Do Words Kill? Hate Speech, Propaganda, and Incitement to Genocide,” hosted by the Mansfield Library and U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, at the University Center Theater. 7 PM. Free, but register to ensure a spot at ushmm.org/events/hate-speechmontana. UM’s ninth annual diversity symposium, now called DiverseU, brings students, staff and community members to present art themed around acceptance and intersectionality throughout the day on campus. Visit umt.edu/diverseu to volunteer or submit a proposal for participation. 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. Businessy folk can learn a lot when Blackstone LaunchPad director Paul Gladen chats about “Social Entrepreneurship,” along with Dawn McGee of Goodworks Ventures and Jack Lawson with the
Missoula Federal Credit Union. Davidson Honors College Room 119. 12:10-1 PM.
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If the whole Twitter thingy has you #confused, get the scoop on how it can be useful/funny/annoying at the Twitter: What and Why class at Missoula Public Library, 12:30 PM. Call 721-BOOK to register.
Folk/bluesy dude Bow Thayer brings his Bojotar, a combo resonator-electric guitar/banjo, and busts out tunes at Stage 112, with Alex Abraham. 8 PM. $5. Check out bowthayer.com/events for tickets and info.
The “Employee Handbooks and Policy Manuals” seminar, led by Shane Vannatta, of Worden Thane P.C., aims to teach business-y folks how to keep abreast of changing employment laws and write an effective employee handbook. Doubletree Hotel, 1-4:30 PM. $45. Call 542-5751 to register.
The Valley Christian School Junior High kiddos present their rendition of Annie, Jr., at 2 PM and 7 PM on Nov. 6 and 7. 2526 Sunset Lane. $5/$15 per family.
nightlife Sustainable Business Council members and their buddies are invites to the SBC Membership Appreciation Party, at the Loft of Missoula at 5:30 PM. Visit sustainablebusinesscouncil.org to find more info. The Max Wave’s Turkey Bingo features dinner catered by James Bar, Flathead Lake beer aplenty and lots of games at Fort Missoula’s Heritage Hall. 6 PM. $30/$25 in advance at themax-wave.ticketleap.com. Proceeds help support
the Max Wave project to add a recreational feature on the Clark Fork. 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. 923 and Nov. 6-20 from 6-7 PM at the Learning Center at Red Willow, 825 W. Kent Ave. $30 for three week series. Call 721-0033 for info. The rabble-rousers of Wartime Blues play an acoustic show to ac-
nightlife Knock back some draughts in a brewpub with a view at the MUD Pint Night, hosted by Lolo Peak Brewing, 6201 Brewery Way. 5-8 PM. Portions benefit MUD’s programs like the Missoula Tool Library, Truck Share and Backyard Sustainability Workshop Series.
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New World tunes accompany Old World-style brewskies when Captain Wilson Conspiracy plays the Blacksmith Brewery. 6-8 PM. No cover. Envision a more graceful, calm self before taking the T’ai Chi Chuan class with Michael Norvelle. Learning Center at Red Willow, 825 W. Kent Ave. First Wednesday of the month from 6:30—7:30 PM. $40 for six weeks/$9 drop-in. 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, all ages. The UM School of Theatre and Dance invites y’all to a very personal experience at the annual Dance Up Close, which features two alternating programs of original choreography in the Masquer Theatre. Program I on Nov. 4, 6 and 8 at 7:30 PM, Program II on Nov. 5 and 7 at 7:30 PM and Nov. 8 at 2 PM. $9/$6 kids 12 and under. Show ‘em mad skillz when Mad Dawg Karaoke gets rolling at the Sunrise Saloon, 8 PM. No cover. 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 the 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.
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company the beer-slingin’ at Draught Works, 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. Michigan-based Americana outfit Greensky Bluegrass plays the Top Hat, starting around 8 PM. $20/$18 in advance. 18-plus.
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British knob-twister Gareth Emery drops beats while booties bump at the Wilma. Doors at 7 PM, show at 8. $20. Tickets at Rockin Rudy’s and knittingfactory.com. The UM School of Theatre and Dance invites y’all to a very personal experience at the annual Dance Up Close, which features two alternating programs of original choreography in the Masquer Theatre. Program I on Nov. 4, 6 and 8 at 7:30 PM, Program II on Nov. 5 and 7 at 7:30 PM and Nov. 8 at 2 PM. $9/$6 kids 12 and under. The Sentinel & Meadow Hill School Bands present original compositions, jazz standards and seasonal selections at the fall concert at Sentinel High School’s Margaret Johnson Theater. 7:30 PM. Free, with reception to follow. The colorful dudes of Greensky Bluegrass put the party back into acoustic performance at the Top Hat, along with Dead Winter Carpenters. $20/$18 in advance. Tickets available at Rockin Rudy’s and the Top Hat. 18-plus.
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The Stumptown Players present the premiere of No Time For Love, an original comedy about relationships and technology by Missoula-based playwright Kathy Witkowsky. Performances at the KM Theatre in Kalispell Nov. 6-8 and 13-15, at 8 PM. $12. Tickets at stumptownplayers.org. 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. The Dark Horse Country Band aims to please with country tunes all through the nite at the Sunrise Saloon. 9 PM. No cover. Chicago outfit o’ brothers The Hudson Branch plays tunes at the Palace, along with Tom Catmull’s Radio Static and Monk and the Mothers. 9 PM. No cover. 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. Slide on a blazer (don’t forget to roll up the sleeves) and drop some “In Soviet Russia” jokes at Missoula’s Homegrown Stand-Up Comedy at the Union Club. Sign up by 9:30 PM to perform. Free. I call dibs on the “Sexy Ebola” costume. 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. Just find the “submit an event” link under the Spotlight on the right corner at missoulanews.com.
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very year, the Telluride Mountain Film Festival screens a selection of dazzling and gorgeous films that celebrate natural beauty and the intrepid human spirit. Then, the shindig packs up the best ones and goes on the road to visit Idaho and Montana. Not all the films are about climbers on snowy mountain vistas, though those scenes are very cool. The films also traverse jungles, follow tanned surfer dudes, venture through the American southwest and explore political issues. The festival is also a chance to sip some craft beer and mingle with like-minded outdoorsy folk, plus there’s raffles and prize giveaways. Attending the festival is a way to support some breathtaking views in Missoula’s own backyard, too.
The screenings benefit trail maintenance and stewardship in the Selway-Bitterroot in Montana and Frank Church-River of No Return wildernesses in Idaho. These are some of the biggest designated wilderness areas in the country, and with ever-decreasing trail maintenance budgets, it’s up to citizens to take the initiative. —Kate Whittle The Telluride Mountain Film Festival, hosted by the Selway-Bitterroot Frank Church Foundation, rolls into the Wilma. Sun., Nov. 2. Doors at 6 PM, films at 7. $10$12, tickets available at selway bitterroot.org/mountainfilm.
photo by Cathrine L. Walters
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Stretch those sore calves at Thursday Evening Yoga for Runners, which meets from Thursdays 6-7 PM through Dec. 4 at the Runner’s Edge basement classroom, 304 N. Higgins Ave. Mats provided. $92/$85 for members. Email runyogamissoula@gmail.com or visit runwildmissoula.org to learn more.
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SATURDAY NOVEMBER 1 Perhaps you’ll get to stand triumphant atop the haybale podium this year at Rolling Thunder Cyclocross in Missoula. Nov. 1-2 at Maverick Stadium on Tower Street, with juniors, mens’ and women’s categories on a technical course with lots o’ bumpy parts. (Bumpy parts being an official racing term, yes.) Visit montanacyclocross.com. You’ll be bright eyed and bushy tailed after Run Wild Missoula’s Saturday Breakfast Club Runs, which start at 8 AM every Saturday at Runner’s Edge, 325 N. Higgins Ave. Grab breakfast with other participants afterward. Free to run.
Find out what the intrepid Missoulians on Bicycles are all about at the club meeting at the Adventure Cycling meeting room, 150 E. Pine, at 7 PM.
THURSDAY NOVEMBER 6 The miniNaturalists Pre-K Program is aces for outdoorsy learning for ye childrens. The Montana Natural History Center. 10–11 AM. $3/$1 for members. Visit montananaturalist.org. Stretch those sore calves at Thursday Evening Yoga for Runners, which meets from Thursdays 6-7 PM through Dec. 4 at the Runner’s Edge basement classroom, 304 N. Higgins Ave. Mats provided. $92/$85 for members. Email runyogamissoula@gmail.com or visit runwildmissoula.org to learn more. calendar@missoulanews.com
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From a young age, many children in America are taught the gender binary—the persisting idea that people come in two types: boys or girls. But the gender binary doesn’t hold up on examination; no one perfectly fits the stereotypes or qualities ascribed to a particular gender. Many psychologists now describe gender as a continuum, depending on one’s biological and physiological makeup. Halloween is a timely holiday for talking about gender, since it’s a holiday that’s all about dressing up to play a role. Every day, everyone dresses up to play the gender role we ascribe to, to varying degrees. The culture at large is starting to catch up to expanded notions of gender. Just recently, Facebook expanded its gender options to dozens more than just “male” or “female.” It was a momentous change for people like Lauren Lubin, a self-identified transgender, gender-neutral person who wrote for the Huffington Post, “Suddenly, my world opened up. I had a voice, I had a presence, and I had the proper gender identification and pronouns to match. Facebook's massive gender inclusion turned my once invisible presence in this world into something visible. I now existed.” You can learn more about gender identity and meet local gender-diverse activists at a series of
panel discussions hosted by the local nonprofit Gender Expansion Project. Upcoming talks are on Thu., Oct. 30, and Thu., Nov. 6, at the Skaggs building. —Kate Whittle The Gender Expansion Project hosts “Gender Talk: Gender Identity and Systems,” Thu., Oct. 30, and “Gender Identity and Systems of Gender Cross Culturally” Thu., Nov. 6, with speakers including Bree Sutherland and Dick Sattler. Both in Skaggs Building, room 117, at 6 PM. Free. Other events are planned, leading up to the annual Transgender Day of Recognition on Nov. 20. Find the Gender Expansion Project on Facebook to learn more.
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The Senior Corps at Missoula Aging Services hosts a collection for Montana troops who are serving away from home. Requested donations include cards, single servings of cocoa and coffee, snack packs and personal hygiene items. (Nothing expired or in a large container.) Bring it in during business hours to 337 Stephens Ave through Nov. 3, or call 728-7682 to learn more.
The Missoula Area Secular Society presents the M.A.S.S. Lunch, where atheists, secular humanists, agnostics and other freethinkers meet the first Sunday of every month for brunch at 10 AM at the Walking Moustache, corner of Main and Ryman. Free to attend, but the food costs you. Visit secularmissoula.org.
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The Gender Expansion Project hosts “Gender Talk: Gender Identity and Systems,” a panel discussion with Beth Hubble, Bree Sutherland and Shayna Chupein. Skaggs Building, room 117, from 67:30 PM. Free.
Former military members are invited to the Veterans For Peace Western Montana Chapter meeting, which will work to inform and advocate about peace issues. Meets at the Jeannette Rankin Peace Center, 519 S. Higgins Ave., on the first Monday of every month at 4 PM. Visit veteransforpeace.org to learn more.
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The Trick or Treat so Missoula Eats fundraiser asks volunteers to dress up and go around the University District and Rattlesnake to ask for donations to the Missoula Food Bank from about 4-6 PM. (So hey, you can do a good thing and then there’s plenty of time to rage it up afterward.) Call 243-6140 for info.
UM’s ninth annual diversity symposium, now called DiverseU, brings students, staff and community members to present art themed around acceptance and intersectionality throughout the day on campus. Visit umt.edu/diverseu to volunteer or submit a proposal for participation.
Tomorrow, Nov. 1, is the deadline for kids in grades 6-12 to submit an essay for the VFW’s Patriot’s Pen and Voice of Democracy essay contest, which needs to be up to 400 words. For info, contact Jack Reneau at 251-5116 or bluemountain@montana.com.
Businessy folk can learn a lot when Blackstone LaunchPad director Paul Gladen chats about “Social Entrepreneurship,” along with Dawn McGee of Goodworks Ventures and Jack Lawson with the Missoula Federal Credit Union. Davidson Honors College Room 119. 12:10-1 PM.
The Halloween Bake Sale and Basket Raffle offers spooky morsels and wicked prizes like a $1,900 Direct TV package. Swing by the Missoula County Courthouse from 8:30 AM-3 PM. Proceeds benefit services for domestic violence victims.
Knock back some draughts in a brewpub with a view at the MUD Pint Night, hosted by Lolo Peak Brewing, 6201 Brewery Way. 5-8 PM. Portions benefit MUD’s programs like the Missoula Tool Library, Truck Share and Backyard Sustainability Workshop Series.
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WILL ONESIES NEVER CEASE? My married friend just had a baby and posts what's essentially the same "Look how cuuute!" shot on Facebook several times daily. Beyond finding this annoyingly boring, I'm 32 and unhappily single, and seeing all of her blissful pix is making me envious and resentful. Is it wrong to secretly block her photos? I feel it would be better for our friendship. —Baby on Overboard A lot of people use Facebook to announce their accomplishments: "I became CEO of the company!" "I got into Juilliard!" And then there's your friend: "We had sex without birth control, and look at what happened!" Of course, the fledgling CEO typically posts the good news once; there aren't hourly selfies: "Here I am teething on my new desk!" "Here I am spitting up on the sales director!" And yes, like many new parents, your friend's excitement may have led her to misplace her "Don't be boring!" filter. But as you're feeling bliss-bombed, you might keep in mind that she's sharing only the cute moments—her mini-vacations from the screaming and the sleeplessness, going online at 3 a.m. to play "Match That Rash," and the endless analysis of the cut, color, and clarity of baby diamonds—otherwise known as poo. (If a new mom's actual reality were on parade, Facebook would be renamed Buttbook.) Sympathizing with your friend (and even working up to feeling happy for her) is actually in your self-interest. In "The How of Happiness," social psychologist Sonja Lyubomirsky wisely notes: "You can't be envious and happy at the same time." Though we rather automatically compare ourselves with others, Lyubomirsky's research finds that the happiest people aren't weighed down by others' achievements; they take pleasure in others' successes and appear to judge themselves by their own internal standards. Unhappy people, on the other hand, feel deflated by their peers' accomplishments and relieved about their failures. They tend to be very focused on how much better others are doing, which causes them to feel "chronically vulnerable, threatened, and insecure." To become a happier person, start acting like one—expressing generosity of spirit. Lyubomirsky's research finds that one of the most effective ways to be meaningfully happier is to do kind acts for others. So, instead of blocking your friend, try a counterintuitive approach: Block out time to spend
with her. Go over there, maybe fold a towel and put away a couple of dishes, and treat her to an interaction that doesn't end with somebody chewing on her nipple. As long as you're in the generosity of spirit aisle, pick some up for yourself. Remind yourself that finding a partner is hard for most people. Get in the habit of taking stock of what's good in your life, and think of constructive ways to get closer to what you want. Replacing your sneery mindset with a more upbeat outlook should have you radiating the sort of positive energy that draws people—including single male people—to you. Keep that up and you should eventually find yourself married, pregnant, and the envy of every woman whose dream it is to throw up violently every morning but still look like that girl who turned into a giant blueberry in "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory."
TAKE A TOAD OFF I'm a single woman who likes hiking, and I agreed to let a male friend set me up with his hiking-loving buddy—and then he showed me his picture. I was not at all attracted. I didn't want to seem shallow (though I guess I am), so I told him to give me his info, but I never reached out. My friend keeps asking whether the guy should call me. Is it rude to say I'm not interested based on looks alone? —No, Thanks People who say you shouldn't judge a book by its cover won't be ending their Saturday night dodging the book's make-out attempts on their front porch. Sure, it's possible that this guy's photo doesn't entirely capture how he looks face to face. But photos are not cave drawings. If you aren't attracted to skinny blond guys, seeing a particular skinny blond guy in person is unlikely to change that. Doing this doesn't require the whole cruel truth, just enough of the truth—like "not really my type"—to send him on his way. Communicate that to your mutual friend and you'll free Hiker Guy up to focus on women he might have a chance with and free yourself up to find a man who can make your heart race—without chasing you up and down the trails with an ax.
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ARIES (March 21-April 19): If you live in Gaza, you don't have easy access to Kentucky Fried Chicken. The closest KFC restaurant is 35 miles away in the Egyptian city of El-Arish. But there was a time when you could pay smugglers to bring it to you via one of the underground tunnels that linked Egypt to Gaza. Each delivery took four hours and required the help of two taxis, a hand cart, and a motorbike. (Alas, Egypt destroyed most of the tunnels in early 2014.) I recommend, Aries, that you be as determined and resourceful to make your longed-for connections as the KFC lovers in Gaza were. Halloween costume suggestion: smuggler, bootlegger, drug-dealer, black-marketeer. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): It's urgent that you expand your options. Your freedom of choice can't lead you to where you need to go until you have more possibilities to choose from. In fact, you're better off not making a decision until you have a wider selection. To playfully drive home this point to your subconscious mind, I suggest that this Halloween you consider disguising yourself as a slime mold. This unusual creature comes in more than 500 different genders, at least 13 of which must collaborate to reproduce. Here's a photo: bit.ly/yellowslime. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): In the animated sci-fi TV sitcom Futurama, Leela is the mutant captain
of a spaceship. In one episode, she develops an odd boil on her hindquarters. It has a face and can sing. The actor who provides the vocals for the animated boil's outpouring of song is Gemini comedian Craig Ferguson, whose main gig is serving as host of a late-night TV talk show on CBS. Telling you this tale is my way of suggesting that you consider going outside your usual niche, as Craig Ferguson did, to offer your talents in a different context. Halloween costume suggestion: Kim Kardashian as a nurse wearing ebola protective gear; science educator Neil deGrasse Tyson as a male stripper; a cat wearing a dog costume, or vice versa.
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CANCER (June 21-July 22): Native American hero Sitting Bull (1831-1890) was a renowned Lakota chief and holy man. He led his people in their resistance to the U.S. occupation of their land. How did he become so strong and wise? In large part through the efforts of his doting mother, whose name was Her-Holy-Door. Let's install her as your exemplar for now. May she inspire you to nurture beauty and power in those you love. May she motivate you to be adroit as you perform your duties in service to the future. May the mystery of her name rouse you to find the sacred portal that ushers you to your next big gift. Halloween costume suggestion: a sacred portal, a divine gateway, an amazing door.
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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): This is one of those rare times when it's OK for you to just throw out the dirty dishes that you are too lazy to wash. It's also permissible to hide from a difficult person, spend money on a supposedly foolish indulgence, eat a bowl of ice cream for breakfast, binge-watch a TV show that provokes six months' worth of emotions in a few hours, and lie in bed for an extra hour fantasizing about sex with a forbidden partner. Don't make any of these things habits, of course. But for now, it's probably healthy to allow them. Halloween costume suggestion: total slacker.
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VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Our evolutionary ancestors Homo erectus loved to eat delicious antelope brains. The fossil evidence is all over their old stomping grounds in East Africa. Scientists say that this delicacy, so rich in nutrients, helped our forbears build bigger, stronger brains themselves. These days it's harder but not impossible to make animal brains part of your diet. The Chinese and Koreans eat pig brains, and some European cuisines include beef brains. I'm confident, however, that your own brain will be functioning better than ever in the coming weeks, even if you don't partake of this exotic dish. Be sure to take advantage of your enhanced intelligence. Solve tough riddles! Think big thoughts! Halloween costume suggestion: a brain-eating Homo erectus.
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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): "The egromenious hilarity of psychadisical melarmy, whether rooted in a lissome stretch or a lusty wobble, soon defisterates into crabolious stompability. So why not be graffenbent?" So said Noah's ex-wife Joan of Arc in her interview with St. Crocodile magazine. Heed Joan's advice, please, Libra. Be proactively saximonious. I'M KIDDING! Everything I just said was nonsense. I hope you didn't assume it was erudite wisdom full of big words you couldn't understand. In offering it to you, I was hoping to immunize you against the babble and hype and artifice that may soon roll your way. Halloween costume suggestion: a skeptic armed with a shock-proof bullshit-detector. (For inspiration, check out these visuals: http://bit.ly/bsdetector.)
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SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): In AMC's famous TV drama, a high school chemistry teacher responds to his awful luck by turning to a life of crime. The show's title, "Breaking Bad," refers to what happens when a good person cracks and veers over to the dark side. So then what does "breaking good" mean? Urbandictionary.com defines it like this: "When a criminal, junkie, or gang-banger gets sweet and sparkly, going to church, volunteering at soup kitchens, and picking the kids up from school." I'm concerned that you are at risk of undergoing a similar conversion, Scorpio. You seem so nice and kind and mild lately. I guess that's fine as long as you don't lose your edge. Halloween costume suggestion: a criminal with a halo, a sweet and sparkly gang-banger, or a Buddhist monk junkie. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): I've got two possible remedies for your emotional congestion. You might also want to make these two remedies part of your Halloween shtick. The first remedy is captured by the English word "lalochezia." It refers to a catharsis that comes from uttering profane language. The second remedy is contained in the word "tarantism." It means an urge to dance manically as a way to relieve melancholy. For your Halloween disguise, you could be a wildly dancing obscenity-spouter.
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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): You are at a point in your astrological cycle when you deserve to rake in the rewards that you have been working hard to earn. I expect you to be a magnet for gifts and blessings. The favors and compliments you have doled out will be returned to you. For all the strings you have pulled in behalf of others' dreams, strings will now be pulled for you. Halloween costume suggestion: a beaming kid hauling around a red wagon full of brightly wrapped presents.
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AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Two physicists in Massachusetts are working on technology that will allow people to shoot laser beams out of their eyes. For Halloween, I suggest that you pretend you have already acquired this superpower. It's time for you to be brash and jaunty as you radiate your influence with more confidence. I want to see you summon reserves of charismatic clout you haven't dared to call on before. Costume suggestion: The X-Men mutant named Cyclops or the legendary Native America creature known as the thunderbird, which emits lightning from its eyes.
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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. CROONENBERGHS, 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 Case. No. DP-14-156 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF HAROLD D. GOW, 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, Fredrick Dale Gow, return receipt requested, at 5007 Pattee Canyon Rd, Missoula, MT 59803, or filed with the Clerk of the above Court. Dated this 27th day of October, 2014. Personal Representative /s/ Fredrick D. Gow 5007 Pattee Canyon Rd Missoula MT 59803 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, 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 Department No. 1 Cause Probate No. DP-11-210 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF ADRIENNE I. FRAZIER, 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 Gordon Campbell, the Personal Representative, return receipt requested at GEORGE LAW OFFICES, PLLC, 210 North Higgins Avenue, Suite 234, Missoula, Montana 59802 or filed with the Clerk of the above-entitled Court. DATED: January 9th, 2013 /s/ Gordon Campbell, Personal Representative Personal Representative’s Attorney: GEORGE LAW FIRM, PLLC, 210 N. Higgins Ave., Suite 234, Missoula, Montana
MNAXLP 59802 Under penalty of perjury, I declare the foregoing is true and accurate to the best of my knowlege and belief. DATED: January 9th, 2013. /s/ Andrew A. George, Attorney for Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Department No. 4 Cause No. DP-14174 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. 2 Cause No. DV-13-550 SUMMONS FOR PUBLICATION Green Tree Servicing, LLC, Plaintiff, -vs- Julianne M. Larson; Michael J. Sullivan; Hazel M. Sullivan Helms; Beneficial Financial I, Inc. f/k/a Beneficial Montana Inc.; Paul Neal Cooley, Defendants. THE STATE OF MONTANA TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANT, HAZEL M. SULLIVAN HELMS: You are hereby summoned to answer the Complaint in this action, which is filed in the office of the Clerk of this Court, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to file your Answer and serve a copy thereof upon the Plaintiff’s attorney within twentyone (21) 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 by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint. This action relates to the foreclosure of a Deed of Trust upon the following described real property in the County of Missoula, State of Montana: Lot 23, Block C of
Farviews Homesites, a platted subdivision in the City of Missoula, Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded plat thereof. LESS AND EXCEPTING that portion thereof conveyed by Warranty Deed in Book 59 of Micro at page 707, being more particularly described as follows: Commencing at the most Easterly corner of said Lot 23, Block C which corner is common to Lots 23 and 24 of said Block C and situated on Westview Drive as the same appears on the official plat of said addition; running thence southwesterly along Westview Drive and the southeasterly line of said Lot 23, 20 feet; thence Northwesterly to the Northeast corner of said Lot 23, which corner is common to Lots 23 and 24, of Block C, thence Southeasterly along the line dividing said Lots 23 and 24, to the point of beginning; all according to the official plat of said Far Views Homesites as filed in the Clerk and Recorder’s Office, Missoula County, Montana. Less and excepting therefrom any right, title or interest in any minerals, mineral rights or related matters, including but not limited to oil, gas, coal, and other hydrocarbons. WITNESS my hand and seal of said Court, this 16th day of October, 2014. /s/ Shirley E. Faust, Clerk of District Court By: /s/ Casie Kragh, Deputy Clerk of District Court (SEAL OF THE COURT) Dated this 23rd day of July, 2014. MACKOFF KELLOGG LAW FIRM Attorneys for Plaintiff 38 Second Ave E Dickinson ND 58601 Tel: (701) 227-1841 By: /s/ Cassie R. Dellwo, Attorney #11880 Attorney for the Plaintiff THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION RECEIVED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. THIS COMMUNICATION IS FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR. NOTICE Pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that unless you dispute the validity of the foregoing debt or any portion thereof within thirty days after receipt of this letter, we will assume the debt to be valid. On the other hand, if the debt or any portion thereof is disputed, we will obtain verification of the debt and will mail you a copy of such verification. You are also advised that upon your request within the thirty day period, we will provide you with the name and address of your original creditor, if different from the creditor referred to in this Notice. We are attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.
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PUBLIC NOTICES MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 2 Probate No. DP-14-220 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF LARRY D. BLAKNEY, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Linda Blakney has been appointed Personal Representative of the abovenamed 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 16 day of October, 2014. /s/ Linda Blakney, Personal Representative of the Estate of Larry D. Blakney /s/ Kevin S. Jones, Attorney for Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 3 Probate No. DP-14-222 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF RUSSELL EUGENE SVINGEN JR., Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Lisa Svingen 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
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NOTICE OF SALE UNDER DEED OF TRUST Deed of Trust: Dated November 1, 2010 Grantors: Justin J. Reynolds Imelda J. Reynolds 119 New Meadows Drive Missoula, MT 59808 Original Trustee: Stewart Title of Missoula County, Inc. 320 West Broadway, Suite A Missoula, MT 59802-4132 Original Beneficiary: Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for Mountain West Bank, N. A. P. O. Box 2026 Flint, MI 48501-2026 Current Beneficiary: U. S. Bank National Association 4801 Frederica Street Owensboro, KY 42301 Successor Trustee: Kristina K. McMullin Garlington, Lohn & Robinson, PLLP PO Box 7909 Missoula MT 59807-7909 Date & Place of Recordation: Original recorded November 5, 2010 under Document No. 201021729 and rerecorded on December 9, 2010 under Document No. 201024428, records of the Clerk & Recorder of Missoula County, Missoula, Montana. The undersigned hereby gives notice that on the 7th day of January, 2015, at the hour of 10:00 a.m. at the front steps of the Missoula County Courthouse, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, Montana, KRISTINA K. McMULLIN, as
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MNAXLP Successor Trustee under the above-described instrument, in order to satisfy the obligation set forth below, has elected to and will sell at public auction to the highest bidder, for cash, lawful money of the United States of America, payable at the time of sale to the Successor Trustee, the interest of the above-named Trustee, Successor Trustee and Grantors, and all of their successors and assigns, without warranty or covenant, express or implied, as to title or possession, in the following described real property: LOT 27 IN BLOCK 2 OF NEW MEADOWS SUBDIVISION, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF. The defaults for which this foreclosure is made are the failure of the above-named Grantors, and all of their successors and assigns, to pay when due the monthly payments provided for in the Note in the amount of One Thousand One Hundred Twenty Six and 11/100 Dollars ($1,126.11) for the months of July, 2012 through August 18, 2014; together with interest which continues to accrue at the rate of 3.875 percent (3.875%) per annum; together with late fees and other charges in the amount of Seven Thousand Six Hundred Forty-Five and 27/100 Dollars ($7,645.27). The sum owing on the obligation secured by the Deed of Trust is the principal balance of Two Hundred Thirty Two Thousand Eight Hundred Ninety-Three and 45/100 Dollars ($232,893.45), plus interest thereon at the rate of 3.875% from and after the 1st day of June, 2012 to August 18, 2014, in the amount of Nineteen Thousand Nine Hundred Seventy-Seven
and 72/100 Dollars ($19,977.72), plus per diem interest thereafter at the rate as provided in the Note, plus all costs, expenses, attorney’s and trustee’s fees as provided by law. DATED this 19th day of August, 2014. /s/ Kristina K. McMullin, Successor Trustee Garlington, Lohn & Robinson, PLLP PO Box 7909 Missoula MT 59807-7909 STATE OF MONTANA ):ss County of Missoula) This instrument was acknowledged before me on the 19th day of August, 2014, by KRISTINA K. McMULLIN, Successor Trustee. /s/ Joan Edmunds Notary Public for the State of Montana Residing at: Frenchtown, Montana My Commission Expires: September 01, 2016 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Pursuant to Section 71-1301 et seq of the Montana Code Annotated, the undersigned successor trustee hereby gives notice of a trustee’s sale to be held on the 5th day of December, 2014, at 10:00 o’clock a.m., at the south entrance to the Missoula County Courthouse, 200 W. Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802, to sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, the interest in the following-described real property located in Missoula County, Montana: Tract 2 of Certificate of Survey No. 5251, located in the SW¼ of Section 36, Township 11 North, Range 20 West, P.M.M., Missoula County, Montana. Commonly known as: 21477 Five Wound Way, Florence, MT 59833 Joseph Wilber and Niaobi Wilber, as Grantors, conveyed the above-described real property, and the improvements situated thereon, to Western Title and Escrow, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Kelly C. Bumgarner and Janice L. Bumgarner, who were designated as Beneficiary in a Deed of Trust dated September 3, 2013, and recorded September 5, 2013, in Book 919 at Page 77 Micro Records, as Instrument No. 201317911, records of Missoula County, Montana. The obligation secured by the aforementioned Trust Indenture is now in default, in that payments on the promissory note secured by the Trust Indenture have not been made as required. The balance owing as of August 5, 2014 is the sum of $239,393.70, which amount includes the principal balance of $236,263.96, and interest owing to August 5, 2014, late fees, escrow and administrative fees, and title expenses. Interest continues to accrue at the rate set out in the promissory note at the rate of 4.5 percent per annum until paid, plus all additional accrued late charges, escrow advances, attorney fees and costs, title and recording expenses, and any other sums incurred or advanced by the beneficiary pursuant to the terms and conditions of said Trust Indenture. In addition, taxes on the subject property for which Grantors are responsible are delinquent for 2013 in the amount of $1,308.16, plus any interest and penalties. In accordance with the provisions of the promissory note and Trust Indenture and absent cure of the defaults noted herein, the Beneficiary elects to accelerate the full remaining balance due under the terms of the Trust Indenture and promissory note, and Benefi-
ciary has elected to sell the interest of Joseph Wilber and Niaobi Wilber, Grantors, their heirs, successors, and assigns, in and to the aforedescribed property, subject to all easements, restrictions, encumbrances or covenants existing of record at the time of the said Trust Indenture, to satisfy the obligations owing. Beneficiary has designated Chris Johnson, of Sullivan, Tabaracci & Rhoades, P.C. a licensed Montana attorney, as Successor Trustee to conduct such sale proceedings. Pursuant to the terms and conditions of the promissory note and Trust Indenture, the sale noticed herein may not be terminated except by the tender to the Successor Trustee of all amounts in arrears due and owing to the date of payment, which as of the August 5, 2014, include 3 unpaid installment payments totaling $3,618.87, and late and other charges incurred of $981.62, together with all fees, costs and expenses of sale as incurred, or in the alternative, full payoff of all sums owning Beneficiary. In addition, Grantors need to bring all taxes owing on the subject property. Please contact the Successor Trustee prior to tender of any such payment to verify amounts owing. Those with an interest in the property and who appear from public record to be entitled to notification of these proceedings are: Joseph Wilber Niaobi Wilber P.O. Box 3432 Missoula, MT 599806 Joseph Wilber Niaobi Wilber 33049 Jocko Road Arlee, MT 59821 Joseph Wilber Niaobi Wilber & Any Occupant Of 21477 Five Wound Way Florence, MT 59833 Collection Professionals Inc. Attn: Matt Erekson & Dennis. R. Lawrence 3104 West Broadway Missoula, MT 59808 Successor Trustee is unaware of any party in possession or claiming right to possession of the subject property other than those persons noticed herein. The sale noticed herein is a public sale, and any person, including beneficiary, and excepting only the Successor Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding in immediately available funds. Conveyance will be by Trustee’s Deed, without any representation or warranty and on an as-is, where-is basis, without limitation. Successor Trustee may place other reasonable terms and conditions on the sale and payment, and should be contacted prior to any bid at sale. The scheduled Trustee’s sale may be postponed by public proclamation for up to 15 days for any reason, and in the event of a bankruptcy filing postponed for up to 120 days by public proclamation at least every 30 days. DATED this 6th day of August, 2014. /s/ Chris Johnson, Successor Trustee STATE OF MONTANA): ss. County of Missoula) This instrument was acknowledged before me on the 6th day of August, 2014 by Chris Johnson, Successor Trustee. /s/ Michelle M. Fontaine, Notary Public for State of Montana Residing at: Bonner, Montana My Commission expires: February 04 2017 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
PUBLIC NOTICES 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, 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) 1002.253989-File 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 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 as-is, where-is basis. Grantor, successor in interest to
MNAXLP 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) 1002.273197-File 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 required by the Note and Deed of Trust. According to the Beneficiary, the obligation evidenced by the Note (“Loan”) is now due for the 04/01/08 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 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 nonmonetary 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 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 nonmonetary 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, 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 Subdivi-
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PUBLIC NOTICES sion 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 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# 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 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
MNAXLP 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# 7023.109120) 1002.266369-File No. NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 03/15/07, recorded as Instrument No. 200706553 Bk: 793 Pg: 1368, mortgage records of MISSOULA County, Montana in which David E. Jones was Grantor, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. was Beneficiary and Alliance Title and Escrow Corp was Trustee. First American Title Insurance Company has succeeded Alliance Title and Escrow Corp as Successor Trustee. The Deed of Trust encumbers real property (“Property”) located in MISSOULA County, Montana, more particularly described as follows: Lot 18 in Block 9 of West View, a Platted Subdivision in Missoula County, Montana, according to the Official Recorded Plat thereof. By written instrument recorded as Instrument No. 201402879 BK: 926 P: 2, beneficial interest in the Deed of Trust was assigned to U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee for GSAA Home Equity Trust 2007-7, Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2007-7. Beneficiary has declared the Grantor in default of the terms of the Deed of Trust and the promissory note (“Note”) secured by the Deed of Trust because of Grantor’s failure timely to pay all monthly installments of principal, interest and, if applicable, escrow reserves for taxes and/or insurance as required by the Note and Deed of Trust. According to the Beneficiary, the obligation evidenced by the Note (“Loan”) is now due for the 10/01/13 installment payment and all monthly installment payments due thereafter. As of September 12, 2014, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $180,618.35. This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $171,257.61, 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
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59802, City of Missoula on January 20, 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# 7023.108976) 1002.268437-File No. NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on December 19, 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 6A OF RIVER ROAD ESTATES LOTS 6A & 7A, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF Theodore D Weber, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to Insured Titles, a Montana Corporation, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Washington Mutual Bank FSB, a Federal Association, as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated June 26, 2002, and recorded June 28, 2002 in Book 684, Page 752, under Document No. 200218611. The beneficial interest is currently held by JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association successor in interest to Washington Mutual Bank, FSB, A Federal Association. 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 $250.29, beginning December 1, 2012, 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 24, 2014 is $72,250.57 principal, interest at
the rate of 2.589% now totaling $3,240.60, escrow advances of $6,847.66, suspense balance of $433.42 and other fees and expenses advanced of $5,891.49, plus accruing interest at the rate of $5.12 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 trustee for up to 120 days by public proclamation at least every 30 days. THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Dated: August 18, 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 18 day of August, 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 foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same. /s/ Lisa J. Tornabene Notary Public Bing-
ham County, Idaho Commission expires: 11-6-2018 Chase Vs. Weber 41816.174 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on December 26, 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 14 OF RIVER PINE ADDITION- PHASE 2, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF Michele Nault-Richter and Von Richter, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to Title Services, Inc., as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to ABN AMRO Mortgage Group, Inc., as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated June 24, 2003 and recorded June 25, 2003 under Document Number 200322549, Book 709 micro records, Page 1602. The beneficial interest is currently held by CitiMortgage, Inc.. successor in interest to ABN AMRO 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 $921.20, 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 August 29, 2014 is $136,891.87 principal, interest at the rate of 3.50% now totaling $2,763.16, late charges in the amount of $53.38, escrow advances of $1,988.63, and other fees and expenses advanced of $94.73, plus accruing interest at the rate of $13.13 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 trustee for up to 120 days by public proclamation at least every 30 days. THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Dated: August 20, 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 20 day of August, 2014, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Dalia Martinez, known to me to be the Assistant Secretary of First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., Successor Trustee, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that she executed the same. /s/ Lisa J. Tornabene Notary Public Bingham County, Idaho Commission expires: Nov 6, 2018 Citimortgage Vs. Nault 42011.799 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. §40-4121(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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REAL ESTATE HOMES FOR SALE 10955 Cedar Ridge. Loft bedroom, 1 bath on 20+ acres with guest house & sauna near Blue Mountain Recreation Area. $300,000. Shannon Hilliard, Prudential Missoula 239-8350. shannon@prudentialmissoula.com 11864 O’Keefe Creek. 5 bed, 3 bath on 20 fenced acres with tack shed, hay barn & horse stalls. $389,900. Shannon Hilliard, Prudential Missoula 239-8350. shannon@prudentialmissoula.com 1297 Big Flat. 4 bed, 2.5 bath Montana Craftsman on 7+ acres with fenced pasture & pond. $489,900. Tory Dailey, Lambros Real Estate 532-9229 tory@montana.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 2 Bdr, 2 Bath, Rose Park Home. Zoned residential or commercial. $265,000. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.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
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 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 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 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 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 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
4 Bdr, 2.5 Bath, Rose Park Home. $279,500. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.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 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 5465816. annierealtor@gmail.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 604 Overlook. 3 bed, 2 bath in Farviews with fireplace, metal siding, patio & 2 car garage. $232,000. 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.
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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@properties2000.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.clarkforkrealty.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 241-3221 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
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REAL ESTATE 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 240-5227. porticorealestate.com
CONDOS/ TOWNHOMES 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 240-5227. porticorealestate.com 1420D Stoddard. 2 bed, 1.5 bath Westside condo with front 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 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 4801 Bordeaux. 2 bed, 2 bath with A/C & 2 car garage. $168,000. Rita Gray, LambrosERA Real Estate 532-9283. ritagray@lambrosera.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 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 240-5227 portico realestate.com Uptown Flats #210. 1 bed, 1 bath modern condo on Mis-
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soula’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 546-5816. 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 www.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
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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
LAND FOR SALE 1.35 Acres with Clark Fork River frontage, Superior. $85,000. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 2396696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com 1625 Lot 12A Cote Lane. Level 1 acre with fantastic views. Mary Louise Zapp-Knapp, Lambros ERA Real Estate 532-9296. mlzappknapp@lambrosera.com
18.6 Acres in Sleeman Creek, Lolo, Unzoned. $150,000. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit.. www.mindypalmer.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 Raymond. .62 acre in Lower Rattlesnake bordering Missoula Open Space.
$148,000. David Loewenwarter. Prudential Montana Real Estate. LOEWENWARTER.COM. 406241-3321 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
COMMERCIAL 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 Rose Park commercial building with rental. $265,000. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com
OUT OF TOWN
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 5329229. tory@montana.com 3 Bdr, 2 Bath, East Missoula home. $249,000. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com 3 Bdr, 2 Bath, Lolo area home home. $224,900. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com 3 Bdr, 2 Bath, Stevensville area home on 8.2 acres. $239,000. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 2396696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com
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
4 Bdr, 2 Bath, Nine Mile Valley home on 12.3 acres. $350,000. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 2396696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com
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
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 bed/2 bath ranch style. Open kitchen w/upgraded appliances. Lower level has family room w/2 egress windows and room for 4th bedroom
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1401 Cedar St. #16 $122,500 Close to downtown and right next to the Clark Fork River and Riverfront Trail System is this affordable 3 story townhome. This complex is less than 10 years old, is fully owner-occupied and very well-maintained. Income restrictions.
4677 Adalaide $132,000 This might be the sweetest house on the market! Bright open kitchen, 1 bedroom/1 bathroom with a fenced back yard-perfect for a pet.
Homes 4677 Adalaide ....................Sweet 1 Bed Facing Park .....................................................$132,000 4700 Nicole Court.............Custom Home, Prime 'Hood...............................................$419,500 619 Phillips ........................Northside Home On 2 Lots.................................................$165,000 2116 W Kent.......................Charming Inside and Out ...................................................$172,000 816 Kern.............................Home W/Downstairs Apartment..........................................$214.900 733 Marshall ......................2 Bed/1 Bath Slant St Charmer ...........................................$225,000
Homes With Land 406 Aspen View Rd. Polaris Amazing Home and Area ...$345,000 2348 River Road 2.23 Acres in Town.................$535,000 1400 Burns 3 Bedroom Unit On One Leve......$150,000 17430 Six Mile Stunning Setting, 12.51 Ac. ............$250,000 1400 Burns Last 2 Bedroom Unit ....................$119,000 1400 Burns Last 1 Bedroom Unit.......................$79,000 Uptown Flats #306 Third Floor Views! ..........$162,000 2309 Grant Commercial Building & Land .......$155,000 Uptown Flats #210 Modern 1 Bed................$149,000 9435 Summit 40x60’ Shop & Almost 2 acres ...$375,000 Uptown Flats #312 Efficient 1 Bed ................$151,900 1401 Cedar St. #16 Next To River Trail-Income Restrictions ..........................................$122,500 East Missoula Building Lot With Trees ...................$55,000
Townhomes/Condos
Commercial: Land
604 Overlook • Farview $232,000
Pat McCormick Real Estate Broker Real Estate With Real Experience
Split-level 3 bed, 2 bath with large windows, fireplace, pellet stove & metal siding. Fenced yard, patio & 2 car garage
pat@properties2000.com 406-240-SOLD (7653)
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4318 Leonard Ln. Stevensville, $235,000 UNDER CONTRACT • 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 Celia Grohmann Banana Belt Realty 406-550-1014 celiamontana@gmail.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, Florence area home on 3.2 acres. $479,000. Prudential. For info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, 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 Territories R.E. 406-859-3522. pintlarterritories.com
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