Posts Tagged ‘MT’
Visit Yellowstone Before it Blows Up
By BOB WIRE- One way to get around Yellowstone is aboard one of the Historic Yellow Buses. They can sometimes be seen roaring around a corner and scaring the bejesus out of some poor buffalo.... more
Monte Dolack: Nature of Art
By MONTE DOLACK-My personal creative and restorative touchstone to nature is not far from our Missoula home. It is The Crown of the Continent ecosystem and the Bob Marshall Wilderness Complex. ... more
Make it Missoula Monday | Week of July 21
Check out the various bands and live music all over town sprinkled with an occasional farmers market and fundraisers. ... more
UM Sports Trivia | Week of July 21
By CHRIS WALTERSKIRCHEN-This fall the Montana Grizzly football team will face a lot of first-year head coaches. Four of the Grizzly’s first 6 games will be against teams with new head coaches.... more
UM Sports Trivia | Week of July 14
By CHRIS WALTERSKIRCHEN- Griz fans will be conflicted on which game to attend on Feb 29th--when Larry Krystiowiak’s Utah UTES take on Wayne Tinkle's OSU Beavers. ... more
Make it Missoula Monday | Week of July 14
Check out the various bands and live music all over town sprinkled with an occasional farmers market and fundraisers. ... more
Missoula Job Service Featured Jobs | Week of July 14
Jobs this week: A Warehouse /Parts runner, Substitute Teacher for Pre-Kindergarten student, Environmental/Housekeeping Director, Dispatch Assistant/Carrier Developer and more.... more
I Love Me Some Grass
By BOB WIRE- Ahhh the final glory days of a nice, green lawn. The current heat wave will surely have our yards as crispy as hash browns from the back of the griddle by the end of July.... more
Make it Missoula Monday | Week of July 7
Check out the various bands and live music all over town sprinkled with an occasional farmers market and fundraisers. ... more
Missoula Job Service Featured Jobs | Week of July 7
This Week's Jobs: An Executive Director of a non-profit, Marketing/Development Director, Human Resource Coordinator, Chinking & Staining Laborer, Delivery Driver, Nusery Worker & More.... more
Things To Do In Las Vegas When You’re Dead
By BOB WIRE-Broke, that is. Dead broke. I think we are all familiar enough with Sin City's over-the-top entertainment torrent to know that there is no end to the list of stuff to do in Las Vegas.... more
Make it Missoula Monday | Week of June 30
Check out the various bands and live music all over town sprinkled with an occasional farmers market and fundraisers. ... more
Missoula Job Service Featured Jobs | Week of June 30
This Week's Jobs: An Archivist, Volunteer Coordinator, Machinist, Paralegal, Delivery Driver/loader and a Deli Supervisor.... more
Let’s Talk About Toilet Paper
By BOB WIRE-We're talking about toilet paper. I won't even get into that whole "over vs. under" issue. That's a passionate holy war akin to the Mac vs PC debate. A little toilet paper cultural history here:... more
No. 1 Big Sky Men’s Athlete: Montana’s Dave Dickenson
By JON KASPER - A few blocks north of the oil refinery in a middle-class neighborhood, he was bound to be playing sports.One day it was football, the next basketball or baseball. ... more
Make it Missoula Monday | Week of June 23
Check out the various bands and live music all over town sprinkled with an occasional farmers market and fundraisers. ... more
Missoula Job Service Featured Jobs | Week of June 23
This Week's Jobs: A foreign Car Auto technician, CNC machine operator, Direct Support Professionals, Life Enrichment Coordinator, Preschool teacher and full & part-time Caregivers. ... more
Prevent Conflicts With Bears
By BRUCE AUCHLY - Here are some tips from Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks that will help in preparing for bear-safe outings this summer.... more
DeCuire Announces Griz Basketball Coaching Staff
By DAVE GUFFEY - First-year University of Montana men’s basketball mentor Travis DeCuire has selected his assistant coaches, he announced today (Thursday, June 19).... more
Bob Wire’s On the Course. FORE!
By BOB WIRE - Like a lot of men, I enjoy doing things that I’m not very good at. Like golf. I’ve played since high school, but never enough to get to the point where I’m consistently breaking 80.... more
Partners in Business and Life
By LIZ MARCHI -In partnerships in business and life, don’t let yourself be emotionally sabotaged by someone you can’t count on. Move on, find your people and be productive.... more
As Movie Premiers, Cut Bank Readies for the Spotlight
By JUSTIN FRANZ-The small Hi-Line community of Cut Bank is bracing for its 15 minutes of fame as a feature length film of the same name is due to premier on June 16 at the Los Angeles Film Festival. ... more
Make it Missoula Monday | Week of June 16
Check out the various bands and live music all over town sprinkled with an occasional farmers market and fundraisers. ... more
UM Sports Trivia | Week of June 16
By CHRIS WALTERSKIRCHEN- Sometimes a coaching change leads to immediate improvement, but for the Grizzlies it’s been a mixed blessing with the last 3 Griz football coaches having fewer wins in their first sea... more
Missoula Job Service Featured Jobs | Week of June 16
This Week's Jobs: A Delivery Driver, Store Supervisor, Plastic Fabricator, Retail Positions, and four Retail Associates including Sales, Cashier, a Merchandise Processor and a Pricer.... more
Ladder Golf, the Latest in One-Handed Sports
By BOB WIRE - It’s called ladder golf, and it is to white trash what polo is to the filthy rich. And I am hooked.... more
Make it Missoula Monday | Week of June 9
Check out the various bands and live music all over town sprinkled with an occasional farmers market and fundraisers. ... more
Missoula Job Service Featured Jobs | Week of June 9
This Week's Jobs: An Administrative Assistant, Communications Director, Professional Driver, Paralegal and Administrative Assistant.... more
TV or Not TV, That is the Question
By BOB WIRE - Our 32” tube TV, which seemed like a JumboTron when we bought it in 2002, had gone to that big Radio Shack in the sky. Buying a new set was going to require some major education.... more
Montana Women: Key Players in the Startup World
By LIZ MARCHI - I struggle every day with intensity. All in, push to the goal line has always been my style. That’s not a good style for ageing so I am trying hard to be more focused.... more
DeCuire Formally Introduced as Griz Basketball Coach
By DAVE GUFFEY - Travis DeCuire was formally introduced as the UM's 27th men’s head basketball coach today at a press conference in the in UM’s Adams Center/Dahlberg Arena.... more
Missoula Job Service Featured Jobs | Week of June 2
This Week's Jobs: A Journeyman Lineman, Programmer, Auto Parts counter Person, Delivery Driver and Small Engine Mechanic.... more
Make it Missoula Monday | Week of June 2
Check out the various bands and live music all over town sprinkled with an occasional farmers market and fundraisers. ... more
UM Sports Trivia | Week of June 2
By CHRIS WALTERSKIRCHEN- Travis Decuire got off to a fast start at Montana as a player. In his first start as the Griz point guard in November of 1991 Decuire helped lead the Griz to a 77-38 rout of PAC-12 powe... more
Meet My Dentist, Dr. Mandible
By BOB WIRE - I just got home from a trip to the dentist. I hate the dentist. HATE the dentist. Oh, I don’t mind having my teeth worked on, I just can’t stand the guy who does it.... more
Sunday Streets Missoula, Higgins Edition, June 1, 2014
Get Moving and Get connected while celebrating sustainable transportation and healthy living at the Higgins Edition of Sunday Streets Missoula on June 1, 2014 ... more
UM Sports Trivia | Week of May 26
By CHRIS WALTERSKIRCHEN- Wayne Tinkle becomes the eighth University of Montana coach in the last 40 years to leave UM to take another Division 1 or NBA job. ... more
Missoula Job Service Featured Jobs | Week of May 26
This Week's Jobs: A Human Resource Manager, HVAC Technician, Power Equipment Sales & Service Writer, and part-time Housekeepers.... more
Make it Missoula Monday | Week of May 26
Check out the various bands and live music all over town sprinkled with an occasional farmers market and fundraisers. ... more
If It’s Off the Wall, It Can’t Go On the Wall
By BOB WIRE -The struggle for supremacy in the wall hangings department is an ongoing concern in the Wire compound. Our solution is to relegate the more questionable stuff to the basement or the spare bathroom.... more
5th Annual Missoula Mile Benefits Team Up Montana And Men’s Cancer Awareness
By Eva Dunn- Run Wild Missoula’s 5th Annual Missoula Mile will be on Sun, June 1 at 9:00 am. Proceeds benefit Team Up Montana and men’s cancer awareness and treatment programs. ... more
UM Sports Trivia | Week of May 19
By CHRIS WALTERSKIRCHEN- Montana lost a legal Pioneer and a great sports mom last week with the passing of Judge Diane Barz at the age of 70.... more
Make it Missoula Monday | Week of May 19
Check out the various bands and live music all over town sprinkled with an occasional farmers market and fundraisers. ... more
Missoula Job Service Featured Jobs | Week of May 19
This Week's Jobs: Direct-support professionals to work with developmentally disabled adults, Auto Detailer, Glazer, Small-Engine Mechanic/Technician, & Washer (semi-trucks). ... more
Poker Night: Book Club For Men?
By BOB WIRE -Every Tuesday night for 7 years, I gathered with my good friends for a poker game. We survived 2 DUI’s, 1 divorce, “career changes,” and 4 births, including a couple of surprise offspring.... more
UM Sports Trivia | Week of May 12
By CHRIS WALTERSKIRCHEN- Jordan Tripp, a third generation Grizzly, played his entire amateur football career in Zootown following in the steps of his grandfather Gene and dad, Bryan Tripp.... more
Make it Missoula Monday | Week of May 12
Check out the various bands and live music all over town sprinkled with an occasional fundraiser. ... more
Missoula Job Service Featured Jobs | Week of May 12
This Week's Jobs: Mechanic Technician, Tree Climber and Trimmer, Pesticide Applicator, Meat Worker, Produce Handler, Checker, & More... more
Artsy Fartsy Captions
By BOB WIRE -A recent family trip to the Seattle Art Museum provided some spectacular images of mind-bending approaches to modern art. Check out these photos:... more
Smile Empty Soul Plays the Wilma May 16th
Veteran Rock Group, Smile Empty Soul plays at the Wilma Theatre on Friday, May 16th as part of the Wayne Static (Static-X) headlining "Civil Unrest Tour".... more