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Missoulian, Monday, August 4, 1997 B3 MONTANA Lightning strike sparks fire near Lincoln ROUNDUP By PAULA CLAWSON Helena Independent Record Lawn mower triggers i grass fire near Billings Someone operating a lawn mower sparked a grass fire that spread to about 200 acres near Billings on Sunday. The Billings fire threatened several homes but fire crews from all over Yellowstone County were able to contain the blaze at about 7 p.m. before any buildings were burned, said Blue Creek firefighter Keith Kolstad. A farmer plowed under the edge of a wheat field as a fire line and it held, officials said. Associated Press Wind hasn't been a factor in the fire, but dry conditions on the mountain are a worry, added Culp.

"The big fuels are real dry. It's never really recuperated up there by the drought conditions we've had for the past five years," Culp said. Soon after the fire was spotted, the Lewis and Clark County Sheriffs Department started closing roads and evacuating campgrounds. Sheriff Chuck O'Reilly said the campground evacuations were a precautionary measure. "From what I understand the fire was only three to four miles from the campground," O'Reilly said.

"The evacuation was a precautionary measure because there's only one way out." Keep Cool Creek, Sucker Creek and Copper Creek roads were all closed Sunday afternoon. I IELENA A lightning-strike fire on Stonewall Mountain just northeast of Lincoln caused road closures and campground evacuations Sunday aftermxm. The fire started at about 2 p.m. Sunday, apparently caused by lightning, according to Steve Culp, I lelena area fire dispatch center coordinator. "It's about 60 acres and we've got four air tankers and two helicopters fighting it," Culp said Sunday evening.

"There's about 125 men up there. We're hoping to have it corralled by dawn." According to Culp the fire has spread northeast over Stonewall Mountain and no structures appear to be in danger. Mountain lion struck on 1-90 A mountain lion was struck by a pickup truck on Interstate 90 between East Missoula and the Van Burcn Street exit early Sunday morning. Deputy Rich Maricclli of the Missoula Sheriffs Department said the lion was still alive and lying between the two lanes of castbound traffic when he arrived on the scene. No one from the state Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks was available, so Maricclli killed the lion to "put it out of its misery." He said the owner of the pickup truck let him load the cat into the back of his truck and followed Maricclli to the courthouse where the animal was stored until Fish, Wildlife and Parks could arrive and take over.

No people were injured in the accident and the pickup truck sustained only minor damage, Maricclli said. Another deputy on duty early Sunday said he responded to the exact same location a couple of years ago after a mountain lion had been hit, Maricclli said. "There's a high deer population there on Mount Jumbo," Maricclli said. "It's pretty prime hunting ground for (mountain lions)." msnm 3 I 1 Aulica Rutland, Missoulian Intruder won't go away without help from police He had more than enough chance to get out of the house, but once Wayne Alan Rogers got in it took the police to get him out. According to Officer Leila Haack of the Missoula City Police Department, Rogers, 21, allegedly broke into the house at 444 W.

Alder St. about 2 a.m. Sunday. The owner of the house, still awake and watching television heard Rogers and confronted him. Rogers hit the man in the face and broke a few items in the house before disappearing, Haack said.

The owner called police and reported that someone had broken into his home, but had fled. While he was on the phone, his wife went to get some medical supplies to take care of her husband. That's when she found Rogers hiding in the bathroom at the back of the house. The owner called police back and reported that Rogers was still in his home. Haack said when police arrived they found Rogers hiding in a crawl space near the bathroom.

"He was definitely intoxicated," Haack said. Rogers wouldn't talk to police, so Haack doesn't know what he thought he was doing in the house. Nothing was stolen from the home, she said. Rogers was taken to the Missoula County Jail and charged with aggravated burglary, a felony. He remained in jail Sunday evening.

Aulica Rutland, Missoulian Flooding, storms slow filming BOZEMAN Shooting on Robert Rcdford's film, "The I lorse Whisperer," has fallen behind because of spring flooding and late afternoon thunderstorms that play havoc with the lighting on the set. In June, water from the flooding Boulder River seeped into a ranch house constructed for the movie, says publicist Kathy Orloff. More recently, late afternoon thunderstorms have caused problems because the light suddenly changed on several days, Orloff said. When shooting begins in bright sunlight, a film sequence has to end in bright sunlight. "We've been at the mercy of the weather," Orloff said.

Rcdford is directing and starring in the movie, which he is co-producing with Patrick Markcy. Redford and Markey previously worked together on the movie "A River Runs Through It," filmed in Livingston in 1990. Other stars in the film are Kristin Scott Thomas, Sam Neill and Dianne Wiest. Filming in Park County is expected to continue through the first week in September. The movie, adapted from the best-selling novel by Nicholas Evans, is about a young girl who is badly injured, along with her horse, when they are hit by a semi tractor-trailer in upstate New York.

Desperately searching for help, the girl's mother brings her daughter and the horse to Montana. The mother becomes involved with a man who reportedly has the power to heal horses, the horse whisperer, which is Redford's character. The movie is scheduled for a Christmas release. Associated Press Indiana ticket wins Powerball HELENA A lottery ticket sold in Indiana matched numbers for the $45 million Powerball jackpot over the weekend as seven players, one in Montana, won $100,000 each. A Tri-West ticket sold in South Dakota matched the numbers for that lottery's jackpot of $275,000.

The Powerball numbers drawn Saturday were 2-21-28-35-36 and Powerball 10. The jackpot went to a player whose ticket matched all of the numbers, and the $100,000 prizes to players whose tickets matched the first five. The Tri-West numbers were 6-8-14-23-28 and 31. In Montana Cash, the numbers were 13-15-27-28 and 35. Other winnings by Montana players Saturday included two $5,000 prizes for Powerball tickets matching four of the five regular numbers drawn, plus the Powerball.

Nearly 7,900 Montana players of the three lotteries won $1 to $250. Montana ticket sales were $153,811 in Powerball, $51,169 in Montana Cash and $40,256 in Tri-West. Jackpots for the drawings Wednesday are $5 million in Powerball and $150,000 in Tri-West. The Montana Cash jackpot is estimated at $70,000. Associated Press Peace Center marks anniversary of nuclear bombings of Japanese Helen W.

Hammond MISSOULA Helen W. Hammond, longtime Missoula resident, passed away at the Village Health Care Center on Friday, Aug. 1. Born Dec. 11, 1909, in Butte to Andrew and Mamie Wcndcl, she was educated in Butte and attended Western Montana Normal College in Dillon.

From the first day of school, Helen wanted to become a teacher. She taught for over 20 years, the last 19 years at Hawthorne School. Prior to her Hammond illness, Helen was active in Delta Kappa Gamma, the Western Montana Retired Teachers Association and the Western Montana Ghost Town Preservation Society. She was a lifetime member of the Garnet Preservation Association and wrote two books about Garnet. She is survived by her daughter Karen Edwards and husband Ron, granddaughter Laurie Fallis and husband Craig and grandson Craig Edwards and wife Laura, all of Calgary, Alberta, Canada; her brother, Clarence Wendel and wife Nancy of Missoula; and several nephews and cousins.

Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Tuesday at Livingston-Mallctta Geraghty Funeral Home. Burial will be at Sunset Memorial Cemetery with a reception to follow at Sunset Memorial's community room. Memorials may be made to the Alzheimer's Association or Garnet Preservation Society. The family extends special thanks to the staff at the Village Health Care Center, especially the Rainbow Unit, for their kind and gentle care.

Lori C. Syvertson HAMILTON Lori Christine (Joseph) Syvertson, 26, of Hamilton died Friday, Aug. 1, at St. Patrick Hospital in Missoula from injuries sustained in a two-vehicle accident on July 27 near the Daly Mansion. Survivors include her son, Levi Williams, and mother Merri-Jo Joseph, both of Hamilton; her father and stepmother, Fred and Christie Siphakis of Pinesdale; brothers Mark Joseph of Coeur d'Alcne, Idaho, and Bill Joseph of Corvallis; a sister, Teresa Dodson of Grantsdale; and her paternal grandmother, Thelma Joseph of Big Water, Utah.

Other family members include brothers Theodore, Michael, Stephen, Alexander and Joseph Siphakis and sisters Carrie Jcssop and Kathrine, Maggie, Marilyn and Kallie Siphakis. Services will be 2:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Daly-Leach Chapel. Interment will follow at Lone Pine Cemetery in Darby. Irene Wisniewski HAMILTON Irene Wisniewski, 75, died at her home in Hamilton on Saturday, Aug.

2, 1997. Survivors include her husband Tad of Hamilton; daughters Krys Wisniewski of Post Falls, Idaho, and Teresa Schell of Missoula; sons Waldemar of Chesapeake, Tony of Post Falls, Gene of Wendell, Idaho, Steve of La Center, and Jan of Hamilton; and 25 grandchildren. Visitation will be 6-8 p.m. Monday, Aug. 4, at Whitesitt Funeral Home in Stevensville.

Rosary will be recited at 7 p.m. Monday. Latin Requiem Mass will be 1 1 a.m. Tuesday at the funeral home with Father Christopher Brandler officiating. Burial will follow at St.

Mary's Catholic Cemetery in Stevensville. I UK DOLLAR STORE EVERYTHING In the store is AT LOCATIONS Missoula Bozeman Kalbpell 3625 711 53 Brooks W.Moin 1st Ave. E.N. i Ethel F. Cochran MISSOULA Ethel F.

Cochran, l. of Missoula passed away Saturday, Aug. 2, 1997, at the Mountain Valley Hospice House of natural causes. 1 Services will be held in Hardin at a later date. The family suggests memorials to Mountain Valley Hospice House, 10450 Mullan Road, Missoula, Mont.

59802; or to the Hardin Congregational Church, Hardin, Mont. 59034. Cremation and arrangements are under the direction of Garden City Funeral Home and Crematory. Mary Fillingim MISSOULA Mary Fillingim, 63Cf Missoula died of natural causes Sunday, Aug. 3, at Community Medical Center.

Arrangements will be announced by Garden City Funeral Home and Crematory. Sergey A. Germanovich i' MISSOULA -Sergey A. Germanovich, 24, of Missoula died in a car accident near Superior on Sunday, Aug. 3.

Service arrangements will be announced by Squire Simmons Cart-Funeral Home. Ruth E. Tucker HAMILTON Ruth E. Tucker, 83,, of Hamilton died of natural causes Sunday, Aug. 3, at Marcus Daly Memorial Hospital.

Service arrangements will be 1 announced by Dowling Funeral Home and Crematory. Patsy Baler: Service 2 p.m., Daly-Leach Chapel (Hamilton). C.W. "Bill" Beckham: Graveside service I0 a.m., Missoula City (i Cemetery. a Jean Felton: Funeral 1 1 a.m., Garden City Funeral Home; burial at.

Sunset Memorial Cemetery. Joseph McElroy Graveside service 3 p.m., Missoula City Cemetery. Elsa C. McMillan: Graveside service 1 p.m., Troy Cemetery. 1 Donald H.

Morgan: Mass of the Resurrection 1 1 a.m., Our Lady of Mercy Catholic Church (Eureka); i interment at Tobacco Valley Cemctery( Garden CityI or. A ral Home rematory I FELTON, Jean Funeral services will be held on Monday at 1 1 am. with burial to follow in Sunset Memorial Cemetery. A reception will follow (he committal services at the Joker's Wild in Missoula. BECKMAN, Charles W.

Graveside services will be held on Monday at 10 a.m. at Missoula City Cemetery. ALLEN, Anita Services are pending and will be announced. BALLANTYNE, Gladys Louise Visitation will be Tuesday from noon-8 p.m. at the funeral home.

Funeral services will be held on Wednesday at 10 a.m. at the funeral home with burial at Missoula City Cemetery. COCHRAN, Ethel Servies will be held in Hardin at a later date. FILLINGIM, Mary Arrangements are pending. tttdtptndmt fmttrml htmt.

1705 W. Broadway 543-4190 hS i I hmrrd DirectorOwner testing program in Nevada. It began July 2 and involves testing nuclear weapons without full-scale explosions. Wednesday's commemoration will begin at Jacobs Island at 7:30 p.m. with a candlelight walk along the river to Higgins Ave.

and Caras Park. Events at the park will include several speakers. On Wednesday between 1 1 :30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m., the public can visit an information table outside Pipestone Mountaineering in the 100 block of South Higgins Avenue to learn about nuclear testing and the movement against it. The public is invited to the walk and vigil; please bring your own candles.

"It will be very simple," Tennefoss said, "but an opportunity for people to mark the day." Blood Center, p.m., 723 Fifth Ave. Room 232. COMING SOON TUESDAY HIKERS, hike Glen Lake, Aug. 5. Meet, 8 a.m., Kmart parking lot.

Bring lunch. Call Rae, 251-5301. ROAD CONSTRUCTION TRAVELING public can expect long delays due to construction on Highway 10 West between Reserve St. and the Missoula County Airport. Please allow extra time or use an alternate route.

BIRTH Jona and Robert Willig, Missoula, boy, Aug. 3. FIRE CALLS SATURDAY, Aug. 2 3:15 p.m. system malfunction, 2925 Palmer St.

(City Fire) 8:14 p.m. medical aid, 1313 Schilling St. (City and Rural Fire) 9:04 p.m. rescue call, 550 N. Reserve St.

(City and Rural Fire) 9:20 p.m. power lines down, 1839 Sherwood Court (City Fire) 11:06 p.m. smoke scare, 1221 Kennett Ave. (City Fire) SUNDAY, Aug. 3 3:05 a.m.

good intent, 1 1 1 N. Orange St. (City Fire) 3:09 a.m. medical aid, 2330 Agnes (City and Rural Fire) 3:33 a.m. medical aid, 2230 N.

Reserve St. (City Fire) 4:17 a.m. medical aid, 1405 Sunset Pine Court (Rural Fire) 9:25 a.m. medical aid, 1410 W. Broadway (City Fire) 12:33 p.m.

illegal burn, 12300 Mullan Road (Rural Fire) 12:54 p.m. propane leak, Boondocker Lane (Rural Fire) 1:22 p.m. fire, 903 E. Broadway (City Fire) 3:21 p.m. fire, 1801 S.

1 1th St. W. (City Fire) 3:50 p.m. medical aid, Nora Street and West Broadway (City Fire) ByGINNY MERRIAM of the Missoulian The nuclear bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki are thousands of miles and 52 years away from Missoula. But the Jeannette Rankin Peace Resource Center will mark the anniversary Aug.

6 because of the importance of remembering the victims, said center director Lynn Tennefoss. "It's also to recognize the fact that every war has victims," Tennefoss said in a recent interview. "And they often die horrible deaths. We can't ignore that when we think of using war to solve problems." The Peace Center is also involved in the anti-nuclear-weapon movement, which opposes the military's new subcritical nuclear location. NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS, Sisters In Recovery (open, nonsmoking), 7 p.m., 525 Toole call 721-5673.

Freedom Group Book Study (open, nonsmoking, wheelchair accessible), 7:30 p.m., St. Patrick Hospital, second floor, Room 261 (classroom, 3), 500 W. Broadway. Call Kris, 273-7050. Hot line: 1-800-990-6262.

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, A New Pair of Glasses reading and discussion meeting (open, nonsmoking) 7-8 p.m. For information, call 721-7863. ALCHOLICS ANONYMOUS, St. Regis Group (closed, discussion), 7:30 p.m., St. Regis Methodist Church.

CONFIDENTIAL Support Group for people with HIVAIDS and support group for family, friends and partners of people with HIVAIDS; call Missoula AIDS Council, 543-4770. FAMILY FOR FAMILIES Support Group for parents who are unjustly accused of child abuse; call Ken, 543-6193. YWCA PATHWAYS, a program for survivors of domestic and sexual violence. Hot line: 542-1944. Walk-in hours, 1 1 a.m.-l p.m.; no appointment necessary.

Closed support groups being offered for survivors of sexual assault and rape; and a therapy group for survivors of child sexual abuse and incest; call 543-6691 to register and for more information. LAMBDA, confidential discussion of lesbigay-transgender community's needs, 8 p.m., Montana Rooms, University Center, University of Montana campus. SUMMER LUNCH PROGRAM District 1 1 Human Resource Council provides lunch (for ages 1-18) 1 1:30 a.m. p.m. weekdays at the following elementary schools: Lowell, Franklin, Roosevelt and Emma Dickinson.

Today's menu: bologna and cheese sandwich, baby carrots, apple, dessert. SERVICES AMERICAN RED CROSS blood drawings today: Missoula Red Cross Blood Center, 2-6 p.m., 1227 S. Higgins Kalispcll Red Cross Center, Room 902 N. Orange Arleesians group, 7 p.m., Lutheran Church, Arlee; Womens 12x12 (wheelchair accessible, nonsmoking), 6 p.m., Providence Center, Room, 902 N. Orange St.

No Name Group (wheelchair accessible, nonsmoking), 7 p.m. Providence Center, Room B. KISMIF, p.m., The Lifeboat, 532 University Ave. Lolo group (nonsmoking, wheelchair accessible), 8 p.m., Spirit of Christ R.C. Church, Lolo.

Missoula group, 8 p.m., Elk's Lodge (downstairs) corner of Front and Pattee streets. AA Hot line: 523-7799. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, open meeting, noon, Alano Club, 725 W. Alder St. Call 728-7230.

GAMBLERS ANONYMOUS, 5:15 p.m., St. Patrick Hospital, Forum Room, 500 W. Broadway. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, Straighten Up (wheelchair accessible, nonsmoking), noon, John Paul Building, Room 102, Salish Kootenai College, Pablo; 5:30 p.m., Alano Club, 508 Main Thompson Falls (nonsmoking). SAFE (Supporters of Abuse Free Environments) support group for people experiencing emotional or physical abuse, Mondays, 1-3 p.m.

and Thursdays, 7-9 p.m. Free child care. Call 363-4600 (24-hour hot line) for location. PARENT Support Group, learn positive parenting techniques and meet other parents, p.m. Call 728-KIDS for details.

Free child care provided on-site by qualified staff. Call 728-KIDS (5437) for location. TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) No. 177, 6:30 p.m.. Prince of Peace Lutheran Church, 2512 Sunset Lane.

Call 251-5461. OSTEOPOROSIS Support Group, 7 p.m., Community Medical Center, conference Room (basement), 2827 Fort Missoula Road. Call Nicole Alexander, 728-4100, ext. 3425. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, Florence Big Book Study (open, nonsmoking), 7 p.m., St.

Joseph's Catholic Church, Florence. CIRCLE OF WOMEN Support Group, for women in Mineral County experiencing emotional or physical abuse, p.m. Call 822-4202 or 1-800-388-3495 (24-hour hot line) for MONDAY PUBLIC EVENTS SECOND ANNUAL ASSOCIATION 1 FOR PRATICAL AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS summer 'conference runs Aug. 4-7. A free lecture series, open to the public, accompanies the conference.

Today: a.m. "The Roles of Narrative in Ethics," John Arras, Gallagher 123; I p.m. "Philanthropy, Trustees i and Volunteerism," Deni Elliott Cramer, Gallagher 123. MISSOULA CITY COUNCIL, Subcommittee on Mansion Heights, subdivision review special meeting, 8 I a.m., council chambers, City Hall, 435 I Ryman St. MISSOULA HORSEMEN'S COUNCIL -monthly meeting 7 p.m., Perkins Restaurant, Mullan and Reserve.

ORGANIZATIONS MISSOULA SENIOR CITIZENS CENTER, 705 S. Higgins lunch, 1 1:30 a.m.-l p.m.; painting, 1 1:30 a.m.- 3 p.m.; canasta, 12:30 p.m.; square dance, 7:30 p.m. MISSOULA LIONS CLUB, noon. Doubletree Inn, 100 Madison St. MISSOULA CITY BAND, rehearsal, 7-9 p.m..

Sentinel High School, band room, 901 South Ave. W. (Park in Bancroft Street lot and walk to the blue outbuilding on the left). OSEL SHEN PHEN LING Tibetan Buddhist Center, purification practice, 7:30 p.m., 804 Palmer St. Call Deanna, 549-1707 or Bob, 728-1667.

EDGAR CACEY Search for God, 7:30 p.m., Unity Church, 546 South Ave. W. Call Larry, 721-1505 or Maggie, 543-3546. SUPPORT GROUPS ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: Early Sunrise group discussion (closed, nonsmoking), 6:30 a.m. and Sunrise group (closed, nonsmoking), 8 a.m., Missoula Housing Authority, Vantage Villa, 1319 E.

Broadway. High Noon group (closed), noon, MCT Building, Room 101, 200 N. Adams (Main Street entrance). Women in AA book study, (closed, wheelchair accessible, nonsmoking), 5:15 p.m., Providence birkenstock. Tht original comfort shoar I Sandals Clogs Shoes Insoles I 1 1 1 LcatWrgoodt Footwear Jr 1 1 fWOowntown JF.