I'M NOT SURE if downtown Missoula is booming, but it sure is building. Construction is all around the downtown area with investors betting that owning space in Missoula is going to pay off. In the past it has proven to be a safe bet. Our community has a long history of supporting a vibrant downto
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06/18/2012
THIS WEEKEND I'm thinking about two things: my father and rhubarb. Behind the back yard I grew up in was a large wild rhubarb patch. I'm calling it a wild patch because it was free to be picked by any and all in the neighborhood. My dad was a big fan of that rhubarb and my mother was challenged t
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06/15/2012
A MAN HITCHHIKING across America to write a book titled "Kindness in America" was shot in rural Montana Saturday. Fortunately for the author, the shooter was from Washington. Locals in Montana usually don't miss. Ray Dolin, 39, approached a vehicle outside the small town of Glasgow, Montana think
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06/12/2012
Sixty-year-old, one owner, needs parts ... Make offer. Unknown I TURNED 60 TODAY. I take comfort knowing it's the only time I'll have to do this and it will be over in 24 hours. So far, I greet the day with mixed emotions. For me, 60 always has been a line in the sand of sorts. Right or wrong,
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06/10/2012
EVERYONE HAPPY TODAY? No, I didn't think so. Despite the fact we live in the wealthiest country in the world, we seem to have a hard time being happy. In a recent ranking the United States didn't even make it into the top 10 for happiest countries. Our neighbor, Canada, is ranked as the second ha
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06/08/2012
A PERSON has to love a good mystery. I'm thinking about such things because of recent news that investigators may have solved one - the disappearance of Amelia Earhart. Apparently she may have died a slow death on a deserted island during her attempt to fly around the world in 1937. The discovery
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06/05/2012
FOLLOWING IN THE FOOTSTEPS of a famous activity in a Columbian town, Missoulians shut down a main street on Sunday, got out of their cars and enjoyed a street carnival. For the third time in as many years, downtown's Higgins Avenue became closed to cars for Sunday Street Missoula. Downtown became
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06/03/2012
APPARENTLY, sometimes even offering your services for free isn't enough. I'm thinking out loud about a report by the National Association of Realtors that states that during November 2011, just 60 percent of the people who purchased a home were represented by an agent. Despite the fact a buyer's
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06/02/2012
CONGRATULATIONS to all of you - it appears your efforts are paying off. According to the most recent poll taken by Gallop Polls, the perceived ethics of real estate agents is at its highest level in many years. While agents' ethics still have relatively low ratings, numbers in the most recent po
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05/29/2012
IN MONTANA, the return of wolves has been a controversial issue. As in the past, the last thing ranchers want to see on the landscape is a wolf. But apparently, the wolves have more to fear than ranchers. According to a report in the Missoulian, two wolves that had been collared in the past by wi
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05/29/2012