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News Voices/Letters Follow the legislature and support Early Edge.......................................4 The Week in Review Winter weather, medical marijuana and minimum wage ...........6 Briefs Underground leak, religious youth homes and designated drivers.....................6 Etc. An influx of part-time jobs will not save Missoula ...................................................7 News Alcohol industry coalition crumbles over legislation ...........................................8 News Mountain Line unveils zero fare, expanded service..............................................9 Opinion When the speaker of the House doesn’t speak for Montana.........................10 Opinion Making ends meet in pristine Western resort towns .....................................11 Feature Dr. Walt Peschel’s breakthrough may never see the light of day.....................14
Arts & Entertainment
Arts Abi Baumann and the story behind nightlife photography...................................16 Music Bill Mize, Sexless and AC/DC..............................................................................17 Books Candace Crosby searches for memory in the body...........................................18 Film The Babadook’s masterful look into a not-okay world ........................................19 Film Selma captures the practice behind changing the world.....................................19 Movie Shorts Independent takes on current films .....................................................20 Flash in the Pan In defense of tofu .............................................................................21 Happiest Hour Claim Jumper Casino..........................................................................22 8 Days a Week Still mad “House” won an Emmy over “The Wire” ............................29 Mountain High Rocky Mountaineers...........................................................................37 Agenda In Plain Sight ...................................................................................................38
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Street Talk| ....................................................................................................................4 In Other News..............................................................................................................12 Classifieds ...................................................................................................................C-1 The Advice Goddess ..................................................................................................C-2 Free Will Astrolog y....................................................................................................C-4 Crossword Puzzle ......................................................................................................C-6 This Modern World .................................................................................................C-12
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Get involved
STREET TALK
by Cathrine L. Walters
Asked Tuesday, Jan. 6, near the corner of Broadway and Higgins. The 2015 legislative session kicked off this week. What are you hoping our state lawmakers accomplish over the next few months? Follow-up: If you had your way, what law would you pass or revoke?
Arwyn Welander: I wish they would do more than decide on what to wear. Affordable care: Just one? More reform on the health institution and Medicaid billing. The prices hospitals charge are ridiculous. I would make health care more affordable.
Jared Moore: Did they build the new 911 dispatch center yet? Because they need to do that. Currently, it’s a miserable facility. It’s low-tech and cramped. Closer to home: I would require Montana businesses to give greater consideration to local contractors over out-of-state ones.
Rajiem Seabrook: I’m hoping they can reduce the babble between them and work for the people. I’m tired of politicians playing monopoly with other people’s lives. Healthy home: I would pass the Medicaid bill so that people can receive the medication they need.
Harley Brown: I’m from Washington state and think Montana would have a good environment for legalizing marijuana. It would be good for the economy. What not to wear: I would revoke the dress code required for the state legislators. No cardigans?
Cathy Dorle: I just hope they can work together on both sides of the aisle and get things done. I just hope politics don’t get in the way of doing what’s best for Montanans. Trap free: I would eliminate trapping on public lands.
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As we begin 2015 many are still searching for a resolution to get the new year off to a good start. Common goals include cutting back on junk food or increasing exercise. But if you want to make a change in 2015 that will really make a difference, try dedicating 30 minutes each week to making our democracy stronger here in Montana. Such a resolution is urgent because the public’s faith in our political process is in crisis. When I came home from Afghanistan, many would thank me for my military service and express deep pride in the U.S. military, but when it came to the democracy that we had fought for overseas many would express disgust. We all know Congress has record low approval ratings. Voter turnout this November was at historic lows. During my campaign for House District 96 many voters told me they believed the legislature paid more attention to special interest groups than to regular working families. Piling on to these troubles is the deluge of out of state money pouring into Montana’s elections. In 2012, more money was spent per capita during the election than any election in Montana history. It hasn’t always been this bad and in Montana we can do better. After a study of American society in the early 19th century, Alexis de Tocqueville concluded, “[t]he people reign over the American political world as God rules over the universe.” As the legislative session begins this January, I’m convinced that if voters are actively engaged with the legislature, the people in Montana can reign over the lawmaking process in a similar manner. Thirty minutes a week by every citizen could get us a long way toward this goal. For those who want to engage but don’t know how, here are three simple steps you can take in 2015 to make sure your voice is heard. First, contact your legislator with your top concern. If you’re not sure who represents you in the legislature, use the “find my legislator” tool on leg.mt.gov to retrieve your legislator’s name and contact information. Your message need not be complicated. For example, your priority might be strengthening our public schools, increasing access to hunting and fishing, or cutting property taxes by closing corporate tax loopholes. If you’re like most voters, you may be under the impression that a call, letter or email doesn’t make a difference. But such communications make a huge difference. Receiving
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even a handful of messages on a single topic is sure to influence any Montana legislator’s thoughts on the issue. Second, once the session begins, pay close attention to what the legislature is doing on that issue. There are a variety of tools to help you accomplish this task. Leg.mt.gov provides a complete database on bills and their status in the legislative process. During the session, the Legislative Information Desk is reachable at 406444-4800 and will answer questions about the legislative process to any Montanan. Many groups like the Montana Conserva-
life is like for those who have lived under nondemocratic regimes in Iraq and Afghanistan, I can emphatically say that our democracy, however flawed, is worth fighting for. In honor of all those who never came home, please pencil in 30 minutes each week during the legislative session to do what you can to make democracy in Montana live up to the finest American tradition. Rep. Andrew Person House District 96 Missoula
An equal chance
“As the legislative session begins this January, I’m convinced that if voters are actively engaged with the legislature, the people in Montana can reign over the lawmaking process.” tion Voters and the National Rifle Association have staff who follow the legislative process closely and can help answer questions about issue they follow. Third, speak up during the session. Find out when a legislative committee is holding a hearing on the issue you care about and show up to testify. Bring your friends who agree. If you can’t make it in person then send a letter. The impassioned testimony of a regular citizen sure carries a lot more weight than boilerplate reports from professional lobbyists. This may seem like a lot of work to cram into an already busy schedule. It is certainly true that being a citizen in a democracy takes time and effort. But remember that many have given life or limb to defend our constitutional democracy from enemies abroad. Having seen what
As an entrepreneur, a mother and an advocate for women and children in my community, I am writing in support of Gov. Steve Bullock’s Early Edge legislation. Voluntary, universal pre-K education should be available to all Montana kids because 90 percent of brain development occurs by age 5. For children to stay healthy, make good choices and have a successful life, early education is crucial. It’s also a wise fiscal investment. Montana is one of just eight states without universal pre-K, and studies show every dollar invested in early education saves $7 to $9 in the future because children with early education are less likely to abuse drugs, go to prison or become teen parents. Much of my professional and personal life is spent helping economically empower women, including those wanting to start their own business. Given the high cost of quality childcare, even in twoincome households, providing free education for all 4-year-olds would have a positive economic impact for Montana families. As a mother of 3-year-old twin boys, my partner and I are now researching and visiting preschools in the Missoula area. Just for part-time school (which consists of three mornings), the total price is around $400 to $560. With the support of my family, we are able to afford this but we are lucky. I think it’s very difficult for many families in Montana to afford preschool. I see education as a human right and every child deserves to have access to quality education regardless of their family’s socioeconomic status. Montana is not an easy place to make a living, and I commend the governor working to lighten the financial load on young families while making sure all children have an equal chance to develop and succeed in life. Amita Patel Greer Missoula
etters Policy: The Missoula Independent welcomes hate mail, love letters and general correspondence. Letters to the editor must include the writer’s full name, address and daytime phone number for confirmation, though we’ll publish only your name and city. Anonymous letters will not be considered for publication. Preference is given to letters addressing the contents of the Independent. We reserve the right to edit letters for space and clarity. Send correspondence to: Letters to the Editor, Missoula Independent, 317 S. Orange St., Missoula, MT 59801, or via email: editor@missoulanews.com.
missoulanews.com • January 8–January 15, 2015 [5]
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WEEK IN REVIEW
VIEWFINDER
by Cathrine L. Walters
Wednesday, December 31 At 3:18 a.m., a Missoula police officer shoots and kills a 20-year-old man who is allegedly strangling a woman inside his car. Then, at 11:08 p.m., a Missoula County sheriff’s deputy shoots a man driving his vehicle toward him, striking the suspect twice and injuring him.
Thursday, January 1 The minimum wage in Montana increases 15 cents, from $7.90 to $8.05 per hour, as a result of a 2006 statewide voter initiative that ties the wage to the Consumer Price Index and automatically adjusts for inflation.
Friday, January 2 District Court Judge James Reynolds makes permanent several temporary injunctions he previously placed on Montana’s 2011 medical marijuana law. As a result of the ruling, growers can provide medicine to an unlimited number of patients, make profits and advertise their services.
Saturday, January 3 Junior forward Martin Breunig scores 23 points and senior guard Jordan Gregory chips in 19 as the University of Montana men’s basketball team beats the University of North Dakota 74-63 and moves to 2-0 in the Big Sky Conference.
Sunday, January 4 Barry Sadler goes missing east of Lookout Pass ski area while snowmobiling with a friend. Searchers from Idaho and Montana fan out in search of Sadler, but he is not found until late Monday, cold and dehydrated but uninjured.
Monday, January 5 After receiving substantial snowfall over the weekend, western Montana wakes up to freezing rain that makes roads—as well as mountains—dangerous. Numerous schools are closed, and an avalanche warning is issued for slopes steeper than 30 degrees.
Tuesday, January 6 Missoula police ask for the public’s assistance in locating Tyler Brusell, a 19-year-old who walked away from a pre-release center in Missoula while serving a three-year sentence for criminal possession of dangerous drugs.
A golden retriever plows through deep powder while trying to keep up with its person backcountry skiing at Lolo Pass on Jan. 3.
Nightlife
Getting home gets easier A year ago this month, two Bozeman men founded a mobile app company designed to make getting home from the bars as easy as tapping a touchscreen. Now DD Buddy is preparing to launch a redeveloped version of the free app for smartphones at the end of January— a milestone that has the company poised to ramp up its outreach efforts in the Missoula area, where it already boasts nearly 1,000 users. “There’s going to be a huge push in the Missoula area,� says Kirstie McPherson, public relations specialist for DD Buddy. “We have people on the ground ready to run in Missoula. We have our intern set up, we have our sales team set up.� The app pulls from a user’s phone contacts and Facebook page to compile a list of potential designated drivers, who in turn indicate via DD Buddy whether they’re available for a ride or already out on the town themselves. Participating businesses can advertise event info, drink specials and beer menus on the app, and users rack up points for free meals or pints by making themselves available.
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Co-founder Alex Crosby set his sights on the Missoula market from the get-go, and according to McPherson, the company began reaching out to the University of Montana’s student population last fall. The app has also attracted 10 Missoula business members including the Top Hat, Grizzly Liquor, Draught Works Brewery and the Iron Horse. The launch of DD Buddy’s new platform later this month will be marked with a local rollout event, McPherson adds, though details are still being hammered out. Rhino co-owner Brad Martens became a fan of the app early on. He says it allows him to reward people for getting their friends home safely, “whether that’s a gas card or a pitcher of beer or free peanuts for a week.� In his opinion, the app has national potential.
“As an individual, you build your own clientele, so to speak,� Martens says. “You get enough people involved so you’re not dependent on somebody that’s a stranger to you.� Looking beyond this month’s redevelopment rollout, DD Buddy intends to increase its presence in Montana’s more rural pockets. McPherson acknowledges this raises some added challenges, particularly cell coverage and decreased prevalence of smartphones. The company is working around such issues by establishing a way to access DD Buddy information by calling in from a landline or basic cellphone. “We’re working on the development stages of that right now,� McPherson says, “but it’s definitely something that’s in our future.� Alex Sakariassen
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Investigation unearths leak While searching for the source of an odor that Northside and Westside residents say makes them feel ill, the Missoula City-County Health Department in December discovered an underground tank at a Phillips Street chemical transfer facility that could be leaking contaminants into the soil. “It does have some potential serious ramifications,” says Travis Ross from the Missoula City-County Health Department. Emerald Services in Missoula functions as a stopover for chemicals the company recycles and disposes of elsewhere. The leaking unit is designed to catch runoff from aboveground spills at the facility. It serves as a second layer of containment, separate from a concrete berm that surrounds Emerald’s “tank farm,” which houses aboveground storage containing materials such as petroleum, antifreeze and windshield wiper fluid. The leaking underground receptacle receives storm water runoff and also materials that are spilled outside of the tank farm’s concrete berm. By Ross’ calculations, as much as 300 gallons a day of fluid runoff is being released from the underground unit. The health department isn’t sure when the underground tank breeched, how much fluid has leaked or what percentage of the fluid is composed of contaminants, Ross says. In an effort to find out, the health department has ordered Emerald produce by the end of this month a work plan detailing how it will perform soil contamination tests and, if necessary, remediate the property, which is owned by Montana Rail Link. Emerald must replace the containment unit by Feb. 15 and submit test results by May 15, or within 90 days of releasing the work plan. Emerald Senior Environmental Manager Sheila Smith says the company is committed to working with the health department. She believes, however, that because the underground storage unit serves as a barrier of last resort, Emerald’s investigation won’t discover any significant contamination. “We’re not going to rule anything out,” Smith says. “But that to me is highly improbable.” The health department discovered the underground leak while investigating the cause of a “mercaptan-like” odor, or one akin to natural gas or petroleum, that Northside and Westside residents began reporting to health officials last spring. A pungent organic gas or liquid, mercaptan is typically added to odorless natural gas and propane to aid in detection. It’s also present in crude oil. Between April and August, the health department logged more than 80 complaints of the odor, with some locals associating it with nausea and sore throats. Missoula City-County Health Department Director
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Ellen Leahy says she and her staff don’t yet know if the Emerald leak is causing the odor. Emerald’s Smith believes the two issues are unrelated. Seeking to pinpoint the smell’s source, the health department last summer convened the Northside-Westside Odor Investigation Task Force, which is comprised of health department staffers, industry representatives and locals who volunteered to help identify the problem. Since then, the task force has evaluated whether natural gas could be the cause, sniffed sewage drains to check if they’re the culprit and considered if oil trains are the problem. None of those appear to be the cause, Leahy says. “We’ve ruled out a lot of contenders.”
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Driving under the influence charges prosecuted last year in Missoula Municipal Court, a drop from 741 in 2013.
licensed through the state. But religious youth homes have been exempt. Rep. Ellie Boldman Smith, D-Missoula, introduced House Bill 21 to bring more scrutiny to those operations. Her bill would require private religious youth homes to report to the state how behavior is managed, whether regular communication with family members is allowed and if residents are receiving medication and psychological care. Pinehaven, which houses troubled kids ages 4 to 19, first drew headlines in 2010 after former residents and employees began speaking publicly about alleged abuse. In a complaint to the Lake County Sheriff ’s Department, notarized affidavits and interviews with the Independent, past ranch staffers and residents detailed incidents of house parents using a technique called “pressure pointphoto by Cathrine L. Walters ing,” wherein an adult subdues a child by placing their hand on the child’s neck, triggering a choking sensation. They also said residents were frostbitten when Leahy believes the smell originates from a material with a sulfur component (sulfur is present in oil and forced to shovel manure in subzero temperatures and coal). But, because cold temperatures chill the biological locked in their rooms at night with pee buckets in an efprocesses responsible for fueling sulfur-based bacterial fort to control homosexual activity. CNN’s “Anderson Cooper 360” covered the Pinegrowth and corresponding smells, winter has put the investigation on hold. “The cold season was upon us be- haven abuse claims in 2012 and 2013 and showed one fore we could definitively say, ‘Yes this is absolutely it,’ house parent, Ned Kent, demonstrating the pressure point technique. (Larsson says even before CNN’s report, or ‘This is not it.’” The task force will reconvene in the spring, when Pinehaven staff stopped using the pressure pointing.) Despite hearing abuse allegations during legislative temperatures warm. testimony, the Montana Legislature failed to pass bills Jessica Mayrer similar to Smith’s HB 21 in 2011 and 2013. If Smith’s bill were to become law during the 2015 Legislature session, Pinehaven is one of three facilities that would be According to the Department of Labor and InPinehaven again under fire impacted. dustry, which regulates nonsectarian operations, two As the 2015 legislative session kicked off this week, other facilities would be affected: Gateway Freedom a Missoula lawmaker reintroduced legislation to regulate Ranch, a Christian facility for girls ages 9 through 13, and all private youth homes. Despite nationally publicized the Ranch for Kids Project in Eureka. The Ranch for Kids abuse allegations at the Pinehaven Christian Children’s garnered international headlines in 2012 for refusing to Ranch in St. Ignatius, facility director Bob Larsson pre- allow Russian government emissaries to inspect the facility. dicts the bill will fail, just as similar legislation has during DLI Public Information Officer Annie Glover says bepast sessions. cause the agency currently has no legal authority to mon“It’s been knocked down every session,” Larsson itor those facilities, she’s prohibited from publicly says. “For the state to impose control over a Christian releasing any information it may have on them. She adds, however, “We have received complaints about unprogram is unconstitutional.” In 2005, the state began requiring all “private alter- licensed organizations.” Jessica Mayrer native adolescent residential and outdoor programs” be
ETC. Between Jan. 10 and Jan. 14, prospective part-time sales and operations associates will show up at the Hilton Garden Inn and apply to work for a new Kohl’s department store set to open this March in the South Crossing development, alongside a host of other chain stores. While Kohl’s hasn’t announced what wages will be, the website Glassdoor puts pay for part-time Kohl’s workers in the $8.50 range. With more than $2 million invested in infrastructure for South Crossing by the Missoula Redevelopment Agency, some are questioning whether the investment will really pay off for everyday Missoulians. “That was my first thought: Well, that’s not really an economic boost whatsoever for Missoula, because we have plenty of parttime, low-wage jobs,” says Mark Anderlik of the Missoula Area Central Labor Council, the local chapter of the AFL-CIO. “We don’t need any more.” James Grunke, president of the Missoula Economic Partnership, agrees the part-time positions Kohl’s is looking to fill aren’t “really the type of jobs that we are looking to develop.” But he says the Brooks Street development has had—and will have— a much broader, positive impact on the local economy and on local wages. Instead of the 50 Kmart employees who once worked at the site, Grunke says there will be some 500 people at work at eight businesses by the time South Crossing is complete. Grunke also points to the approximately $20 million in private investment and the numerous construction jobs created as a result of all the new development. Ellen Buchanan, director of the MRA, says her agency wants to promote “good development” but “isn’t in the position to discriminate, in terms of who we provide funding for.” In other words, it’s not MRA’s fault if big chains have decided to invade Missoula. Anderlik gets it, but he thinks there’s another way to attract the right kinds of businesses and jobs. While he says there are “limitations on what a local government can do” in this situation, he’d like to see the Missoula community find ways to “leverage more public benefits out of public subsidies for development.” He has some ideas on how, but those suggestions will come too late to help at South Crossing. Perhaps Anderlik’s proposals—and the input of others— can be heard before the next big development arrives in Missoula. It sounds like everyone’s willing to listen.
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Beverage breakdown Alcohol industry coalition crumbles over legislation by Alex Sakariassen
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Nearly two years have passed since Montana brewers and tavern owners clashed over a legislative proposal to radically reform the state’s craft beer industry. House Bill 616, referred to by some as the “brewery killing bill,” would have forced breweries to either purchase a retail license or restrict the amount of beer sold in taprooms. The bill failed in committee, and from its ashes rose a new Alcohol Beverage Coalition aimed at finding compromise among the players in Montana’s alcohol industry ahead of the 2015 Legislature. Whatever unity those players may have established began to fall apart months ago as the Montana Beer and Wine Distributors Association grew increasingly troubled with the coalition’s direction. Kristi Blazer, the association’s executive director, says it became clear early on that the Montana Tavern Association and the Montana Brewers Association intended to pursue a regulatory change that would permit stacking of licenses—in other words, allowing brewers to hold a retail license and bars to hold a brewery license. Despite protests by her and others, Blazer adds, the coalition’s path seemed “pre-ordained.” “If we were to say right now what our goal is, it’s to preserve economic fairness,” Blazer says. “We see that the stacked license bill, which is currently being proposed, will do exactly the opposite. It will give a few big players an economic advantage to the detriment of others in the system.” The distributors publicly backed out of the coalition in December. Brian Clark, president of Kalispell-based Fun Beverage, says the association sent coalition members a letter as early as last April expressing disapproval with the stacked license approach, and reiterated the position directly during a meeting in August. He adds that the group felt withdrawing was the only way to avoid having its continued presence on the coalition misconstrued as support for the pending bill. “Anybody would prefer to have a seat at the table if there’s true negotiation and discussion than to walk away,” Clark says. “But there was no discussion or negotiation after that.” The “vigorous opposition,” as Blazer calls it, on the part of the distributors stems from the fear that allowing businesses to stack licenses will “distort and destroy” the system of checks and balances that’s been in place for decades. Montana’s alcohol industry is split into three tiers—manufacturing, retail and distribution—and existing laws prevent any one entity from occupying
more than two. Since small brewers are legally allowed to self distribute, Blazer says, stacked licenses create the potential for “vertical monopolies,” or businesses occupying all three tiers. “Rather than wreck a whole system and throw into chaos the economic balance that currently exists, we suggest take care of the problem at its heart,” Blazer says, adding her association instead supports increasing the 10,000-barrel production cap on small brewers. At least two brewers have also come out against license stacking: Blackfoot River Brewing in Helena and Bayern in Missoula. MTA lobbyist and coalition member John
from obtaining a brewery license. S ubsequently, Chounet says he’s a “big proponent” of the coalition’s stacked license proposal. He adds he’s aware that there is a precedent for working around the current restrictions. Several breweries across Montana have undergone complex legal restructuring in order to obtain retail licenses for their taprooms. “I knew that with some long-term planning there were ways to do it, and I’d already researched and kind of come up with a plan on how to achieve that without this new legislation,” Chounet says. “It was going to be a little longer, maybe three to five years, to be able to do that.”
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In the wake of a tumultuous 2013 legislative session, key players in Montana’s alcohol industry banded together to discuss potential regulatory changes for breweries and bars. That coalition began to crumble months before the 2015 Legislature even convened.
Iverson acknowledges that support wasn’t unanimous among tavern owners either, though a majority of MTA members favored the proposal. “What’s neat about this bill relative to [HB 616] is it doesn’t require anyone to change if they choose not to,” Iverson says. “Every person that’s currently operating in the business can continue to do what they’re doing. Nobody has to change anything. It simply creates extra opportunities for brewers and extra opportunities for tavern owners that choose to exercise that opportunity.” According to Iverson, several bar owners in the state have already expressed a desire to act on that opportunity. Frank Chounet and his wife, Melissa, purchased the Timber Bar in Big Timber last fall with the goal of one day opening a brewery as well. But under current Montana law, Chounet’s status as a bar owner forbids him
Those still on board with the coalition have expressed disappointment with the distributors’ decision to walk away. “We continue to try to reach out to the wholesalers to try to bring them back to the table,” says Josh Townsley, Tamarack Brewing coowner and president of the MBA. Iverson agrees that having the distributors back at the table is a desired outcome, particularly since he sees the coalition’s work continuing beyond the current session. In his eyes, the coalition represents “a new day for alcohol regulation in Montana.” But unless the approach changes, Blazer doesn’t anticipate a reconciliation during the 2015 session. “It doesn’t do anybody any good for us to be in there pounding our head against the wall,” she says, “because all they want to talk about is the stacked license bill.” asakariassen@missoulanews.com
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Free ride Mountain Line unveils zero fare, expanded service by Ted McDermott
This summer Ross Prosperi decided to sell his 15-year-old Dodge Caravan Sport and rely solely on his bike and Missoula’s bus system to get around. Soon after, the Missoula Urban Transportation District, which operates the Mountain Line buses, announced that, beginning Jan. 5, 2015, all rides would be free for a three-year period. “I was already planning on getting rid of my car,” Prosperi says, “but hearing about zero fare, it was like, this is perfect.” On the first day of zero fare, Prosperi waits in Mountain Line’s downtown transfer center, in between riding the bus from his job with Montana Conservation Voters to his home near the Good Food Store. Outside, the streets are a mess of melting snow, slush and ice. Traffic is at a slow and somewhat treacherous crawl, as it has been all day. It’s “days like today,” Prosperi says, that confirm for him his decision to rely on public transit instead of his personal vehicle. But he says riding the bus is about more than just convenience. “It aligns with my values for less emissions, more environmentally friendly, reducing my carbon footprint and finally putting my money where my mouth is, if that even makes any sense in this scenario,” he says. “This is not putting my money where my mouth is. It’s saving my money.” According to officials from the MUTD, the fact that Prosperi and his thousands of fellow bus riders will no longer feed cash into fare boxes won’t result in a net loss for the agency. Fourteen local partners, ranging from Southgate Mall to the University of Montana to the city of Missoula, have pledged to contribute a combined $460,000
to help make up for the lost fares and make possible the three-year “demonstration project.” During this period, the goal is to demonstrate that, without fares, Mountain Line can increase ridership by up to 45 percent. Topher Williams, the system’s community outreach coordinator, is confident it will happen. “Not once has an agency gone zero fare and not seen a significant increase in their ridership,” Williams says. “In fact, the lowest percentage increase in ridership that came from an agency that went zero fare is a 20 percent increase. So we can say with certainty that Mountain Line will be seeing a significant ridership increase.” As more people get on the bus, proponents of the zero-fare project say Missoula’s traffic, air quality and economy will all improve. Another beneficiary of increased ridership could be the public transit system itself. “Increased ridership gives us increased federal funding, called, informally, the buttsin-seats index,” says Jeff Logan, Mountain Line’s operations manager. More funding, Logan says, could mean more services for a system that’s already in the midst of substantial expansion. In addition to the start of zero-fare service, Monday marked the first day of late service until almost 10 p.m. on four popular routes and the addition of every-15-minute BOLT! service on Route 2, thanks to a 2013 voter-approved mill levy. What will happen next, however, isn’t clear. “I think we’re just all working as a team to enhance what we have now and make it better,” says Jessica Morriss, the city’s trans-
portation planning manager. “And then, hopefully, we can bring more services to the public in the future, as these things become more successful, like zero fare.” Shawn Fontaine of Teamsters Local 2, the union that represents about 50 of Mountain Line’s employees, says he’s “gotten real mixed reactions” from his members about all the changes. On one hand, Fontaine says the lack of fares will simplify drivers’ duties and make their jobs easier. On the other hand, he says his members are uneasy about their role in dealing with more passengers, especially those without a destination. Logan says Mountain Line policies allow drivers to boot passengers after they’ve made the complete loop of a certain route, but Fontaine says it’s not clear how that will work. “Obviously what our concern is, is how’s that going to be enforced?” Fontaine says. “And are you going to put the drivers in the position where they have to make that call whether a person should be on the bus or shouldn’t? And what are the repercussions if the driver actually stops the bus and removes the passenger?” On the first day without fares and with increased services, however, everything seemed to operate smoothly, despite the rough weather. Buses ran close to on time. Boarding happened fast, without the need to reach for money. There were new riders, like Tyler Lane-Salvador, who fumbled with a route map as he tried to navigate the systems, and old riders like Prosperi, who had to go. His bus had arrived. tmcdermott@missoulanews.com
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Sickening stance When the speaker of the House doesn’t speak for Montana by Dan Brooks
Last month, the Montana Chamber of Commerce endorsed a plan to use private insurers to expand Medicaid coverage under the Affordable Care Act. The Chamber of Commerce! They want to privatize the orphanages and sell naming rights to Yellowstone Park, and even they think we should accept federal funds to provide health insurance to 70,000 Montanans. In this position, the chamber joins Gov. Steve Bullock, the AARP, the Montana Nurses Association and 70 percent of respondents to a November poll. We do not exaggerate consensus to say that most Montanans want to expand Medicaid coverage to households with incomes up to 138 percent of the poverty level. One Montanan who does not is House Speaker Austin Knudsen, R–Culbertson. When the Missoulian asked him how Medicaid expansion fit into the 2015 House agenda, he described it as “a tough sell for the caucus and a tough sell for me personally.” “Able-bodied people should be able to go out and get a job,” Knudsen said. It was a remark so callous that it almost sounded honest. But Knudsen’s answer to the Missoulian was cynical and misleading. Medicaid expansion is for people who already have jobs. Most of the 70,000 Montanans who will get coverage if the legislature finally lets them already work. They work at jobs that don’t provide health insurance. You don’t make too much money for Medicaid without getting a job. You can definitely work full-time and not make enough to buy private insurance, though. A single mom with two kids can work on the sales floor at Target for 60 hours every week and still not exceed 138 percent of poverty-level income. Other able-bodied Montanans with incomes less than 138 percent of poverty include: a married forklift driver who works full-time at the Sheehan Majestic ware-
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house, a single dad who works 40 hours a week in a residential care facility and a Merry Maids housekeeper who cleans bathrooms 52 hours a week to support her aging mother. When Speaker Knudsen explained his position on Medicaid expansion by saying that such people should get jobs, he insulted working Montanans. We can’t all be lawyers who get elected speaker of the Montana State House. Some of us work as much as we can and hope we never get sick. Many of us also vote, and Knudsen’s re-
“Regardless of whether helping the working poor is a tough sell for him personally, Knudsen should fulfill the duties of his office.” mark insulted that type of Montanan, too. Nearly 375,000 of us did not turn out in November to choose a speaker of the House. We elected a whole legislature full of people, in the hope they might pursue our interests according to an established political process. Knudsen’s remark suggests he considers that process subordinate to his own opinions. Medicaid expansion failed on the last day of the 2013 session, when Speaker Mark Blasdel referred a bill back to committee. The motion to overturn his decision failed to win a majority by one vote. In the 2015 session, Speaker Knudsen has proposed changing House rules so that overturning
such a decision would require a 60-vote majority. Like his predecessor, he seems ready to exploit his position to get his way. Regardless of whether helping the working poor is a tough sell for him personally, Knudsen should fulfill the duties of his office. He should bring to the House floor a bill that enjoys support from across the political spectrum. He should act for the benefit of Montanans at Montanans’ behest. Most of all, Knudsen should talk as though we know what Medicaid expansion is about, because we do. We know that ablebodied people who went out and got jobs are precisely the people it will benefit, along with those less able bodies whom working people support. When he speaks like he doesn’t know that, Knudsen forces us to decide whether he is ignorant or deceitful. Either he is so out of touch with working life that he cannot imagine a job that doesn’t come with benefits, or he thinks we’re gullible enough that he can answer any question about helping people with “get a job.” So here is a followup question for Knudsen: Now that 70,000 Montanans have gotten jobs, passed the Affordable Care Act and paid taxes to fund it, what should they do next? If the answer is “vote Republican,” I’d like to point out that they already did that, too. Now it is the speaker’s turn. He should do his job and bring to the House floor a bill that 70 percent of us support and 70,000 of us desperately need. He should make some more able-bodied people. He should fulfill his duty as speaker of the House and stop letting his personal opinions make him speaker for the House. If health insurance for the working poor runs against his idea of who deserves what, then perhaps some idea of democracy could motivate him instead. Dan Brooks writes about politics, culture and the importance of other people working at combatblog.net.
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Poverty with a view Making ends meet in pristine Western resort towns by Katherine Pryor
I spent my 20s in some of the most beautiful towns in the West. “Poverty with a view,” my fellow waitresses, bartenders and ski professionals would call it. We’d finish a shift, share a beer and revel in the sheer dumb luck of getting to live where we lived. We’d seen the alternative. The sole reason our jobs existed was to tend to the streams of overeager, city-fleeing weekend warriors who flooded our narrow streets, filled our restaurants and provided the rivers of money that keep a tourism economy afloat. They’d pull into town in shiny SUVs, the women’s faces obscured by heavy makeup, the men demanding directions and advice because no one had taken the time to look at a map or make any detailed plans before entering the highway crawl of likeminded urban refugees. We obliged. They paid their bills; we paid our rent. It goes without saying that we mocked them behind their backs. “Can you imagine working a whole week in a cubicle, then sitting in traffic for three hours to get up here?” we’d ask each other. “No, thank you!” we’d reply. Tourist-town jobs certainly have their perks. You can walk away if it doesn’t suit you and find something else with relative ease. You work odd hours, which means you can ski and hike and bike and do all the things that make living in a mountain town a sort of playground for those of us who never really got comfortable with the idea of growing up. Yet “poverty with a view” has its downsides. Namely, the poverty bit. Waitressing in McCall, Idaho, paid $3 an hour before tips. Working at the ski hill in Flagstaff, Ariz., paid $7 an hour. I got excited when the ski hill offered me a position as assistant manager, until I realized that it paid $9 an hour, with no benefits and no guarantee of work if there was no snow. This was the dark side of that blessed tourist-town bubble—the reality that
you are one major car repair away from financial disaster, one bad ski season away from not making rent. At some point—and this may be the horrifying moment known as “growing up”— you look at your life in a town like that, and
“This was the dark side of that blessed touristtown bubble—the reality that you are one major car repair away from financial disaster, one bad ski season away from not making rent.” you either find a way to make it work, or you leave. I couldn’t ever quite make it work. Few people realize that opting in to the rat race is as much of a choice as opting out. As I scoured my options, I knew one thing: I refused to leave the West. Her mountain highways and rolling expanses of wide-open sky will always be my true home, no matter what my mailing address reads. I packed my car to overflowing and headed north to Seattle. I found a studio apartment overlooking a parking lot, got a job tending bar ($8.67 an hour plus tips? Hallelujah!) and started graduate school. As my
adopted city debates the merits of our new $15 an hour minimum wage, I understand both sides of the argument, yet will never forget the exhilaration I felt when I realized that I could pay all my bills and actually have a little left over. My degree led me into a career I love. I discovered health insurance and the benefits of paid sick leave, and I opened a savings account. I look back at tax forms from my 20s and marvel that I was able to survive. And yet here I am—another city dweller who longs for the peace of a small town. I miss seeing the stars at night the way I miss members of my far-flung family. I have become one more person who works in the city all week and flees on Friday afternoon, my Prius loaded with camping gear, bikes, skis and three kinds of jackets because I didn’t have time to check the weather before I left. I have become the person I used to mock. I see it in the locals’ faces any time I strike up a conversation. I’ll ask for a restaurant recommendation, how to find a particular hot spring or any of those mundane questions the tourist town professional must answer every day. “Where are you from?” they inevitably ask. “Seattle,” I say, as apologetically as I can. “Right,” they say, mentally filing me under “C” for “City.” I’ve learned a few things from living on both sides of this interaction. Be nice. Tip well. And know that each party in this conversation longs for something that the other one has—they just couldn’t quite make it work. Katherine Pryor is a contributor to Writers on the Range, a column service of High Country News (hcn.org). She lives in Seattle and is a sustainable food and farming advocate, and author of the children’s book Sylvia’s Spinach.
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Chronicling human folly gets harder every year because as foibles proliferate, the odd seems commonplace. These unbelievable-but-true news stories, however, stand out as last year’s quirkiest.
CAUGHT STUPID – When the police officer who stopped Douglas Glidden, 25, in Livermore Falls, Maine, found marijuana in his vehicle, Glidden insisted the pot couldn’t be his because he had stolen the car. (Franklin Sun Journal) WHEN GUNS ARE OUTLAWED – Sheryl Claffy, 60, told police in Albuquerque, N.M., that her daughter, Cara Claffy, 35, hit her over the head with an electric vibrator during an argument. (The Smoking Gun) Police arrested Christine O’Keefe, 53, after her daughter, Jessica Caldwell, 25, reported that the mother smacked her in the face with “a used diaper.” (The Smoking Gun)
UNCLEAR ON THE CONCEPT – Hoping to make solo diners feel less self-conscious, Tokyo’s Moomin Café began seating them at tables across from giant stuffed animals representing characters from a Finnish picture book series. (Time) FETISHES ON PARADE – Lonnie Hutton, 49, tried to have sex with an automatic teller machine at a bar in Murfreesboro, Tenn. Police officers who found Hutton waist-down naked said that when they took him outside and ordered him to sit at a picnic table, he “exposed himself again and engaged in sexual intercourse with the wooden picnic table.” (Nashville’s WKRN-TV) Edwin Tobergta, 32, was arrested for having sex with a pink pool float in Hamilton, Ohio. Police said it was his third arrest for the same act, although with different pool floats. (Louisville, Ky.’s WLKY-TV)
WHAT COULD GO WRONG? – Intending to calm students before final exams, St. Louis’s Washington University had a petting zoo bring several animals to campus for students to cuddle. One was a two-monthold bear cub, which promptly bit and scratched at least 18 students. (Reuters) MENSA REJECTS OF THE YEAR – Rescuers needed a stretcher to carry a tourist who hurt his ankle while climbing one of Scotland’s highest mountains in his flip-flops. One of the injured man’s companions was barefoot; the other was wearing sneakers. The three men explained they wanted to reach the top of Aonach Mor to experience snow for the first time. (BBC News) SECOND-AMENDMENT FOLLIES – A 51-year-old woman told police in Fremont Township, Mich., that she accidentally shot herself in the face when she slammed the butt end of a shotgun on the floor during a family dispute “to make a point.” (Michigan’s MLive.com) IT HAPPENS – A United Nations survey found that more than a billion people in the world defecate in the open. Lack of toilets isn’t the problem, the study concluded. “There are so many latrines that have been abandoned, or were not used, or got used as storage sheds,” UNICEF statistician Rolf Luyendijk said. “If people are not convinced that it’s a good idea to use a latrine, they have an extra room.” (Reuters) LITIGATION NATION – Nigel Sykes, 23, sued the pizzeria he admitted robbing in Wilmington, Del., claiming that employees who tackled him and wrestled his gun away during the hold-up used “unnecessary” roughness to subdue him by “punching, kicking and pouring soup over my body.” (Wilmington’s The News) CAPITALIZING ON THE PAST – AOL reported it still has 2.4 million dial-up Internet subscribers, paying an average of $20.86 a month. Since its dial-up business costs little to operate, 70 percent of its revenue is profit. (The Washington Post) GENDER BENDERS – California’s Mills College became the first all-female college to admit men but only if they were “assigned to the female sex at birth” and legally changed their gender to male. (The Washington Times) EUPHEMISTICALLY SPEAKING – General Motors reacted to rampant recalls by directing its engineers to avoid using certain words when discussing GM automobiles to reporters. Among them: asphyxiating, deathtrap, disemboweling, genocide, grenade-like and powder keg. (Detroit Free Press) PROBLEMS SOLVED – Temple University physicist Rongjia Tao proposed permanently protecting the Midwest from tornadoes by building giant walls—one in North Dakota, one along the border between Kansas and Oklahoma to the east, and the third one in south Texas and Louisiana. Tao said the walls would need to be about 1,000 feet high and 150 feet wide. He estimated they would cost $60 billion per 100 miles. (USA Today) Hoping to reduce the estimated 50 tons of litter left by people climbing Mount Everest, Nepal ordered everyone descending to carry out 18 pounds of trash. The debris ranges from empty oxygen bottles, torn tents, discarded food containers and the bodies of climbers who died on the mountain. (The New York Times) Chinese officials considered using giant vacuum cleaners to improve air quality in polluted cities. The devices resemble a giant hula-hoop and use an electrified wire to attract smog particles. “It’s not going to cure smog on a large scale,” Dutch inventor Daan Roosegaarde explained, “but at least we can remind people what clean air looks like.” (Reuters)
SLIGHTEST PROVOCATION – Nadja Svenson, 22, was charged with stabbing her father in the chest outside their home in Londonderry, N.H., while the two were stargazing “and began arguing over where the Big Dipper and other constellations are in the sky,” police Detective Chris Olson said. “It escalated from there.” (New Hampshire Union Leader) Sheriff’s deputies in Monroe County, Fla., said a woman reported that boyfriend Carlos Miguel Gascon, 27, choked her, poured coffee on her, cut the back of her leg with a knife, threatened to kill her while holding a knife to her throat, picked her up and slammed her down on a glass table, and then picked up his dog, slammed it to the ground and stepped on its neck because he “was angry at her because he had a dream she was cheating on him.” (Miami Herald)
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n 2007, Walt Peschel, a retired doctor and proprietor of the Mountainwood apartments and estates, heard that one of his tenants had overdosed on pills and was in severe distress. When he approached the woman in the apartment parking lot, she crawled into her car and put a gun in her mouth. After several minutes, Peschel gained her trust and sat in the car beside her, hoping she’d either put down the gun or fall into a pill-induced sleep, at which time an ambulance could take her to the hospital. “I told the dispatcher, ‘No cops, no sirens,’” he recalls. The police arrived, however, and they ordered him away from the car. But
according to Peschel, the woman told him if he left, she’d shoot herself. So he ignored the cops and stayed. The way he saw it, he was a doctor looking out for the best interests of his patient. This is the story most people in Missoula associate with Peschel. Everything that happened next has been hashed over in police reports and newspaper articles: Peschel finally exited the car after the woman fell asleep, and he was promptly tackled by police and arrested. The video from the police car that would have recorded the incident disappeared, but the court ruled in Peschel’s favor. He received a $365,000 settlement from the city for “un-
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reasonable use of force” by the police, though the judge maintained the officers had probable cause to arrest him since he repeatedly disobeyed their orders. Sadly, the woman committed suicide three days later, but what Peschel did to save her that particular day garnered popular support in the community. He didn’t follow police rules, but what he did was in line with everything he’d been taught as a doctor. He knew he was right, authority be damned. Over the last two decades, and since he retired in 2006, Peschel has been pursuing another, more long-term cause: research on a drug cocktail that could have a major impact on progressive diseases.
Working alone at first, and experimenting on himself, Peschel has been searching for a way to refine the combination and get it out into the world. As a doctor with a keen sense of purpose and justice, he has a reputation among friends and coworkers for being tenacious in his medical research and fiercely loyal to the people who stand by him. But he’s also known for being unbending, impatient with bureaucracy and quick to anger when he perceives anyone standing in his way. In the medical world, it’s hard enough to get a new treatment into the market. But for a doctor acting on his own, with little funding and little regard for authority, it’s almost impossible.
f+g On a recent winter evening, Peschel stood in front of a Parkinson’s support group to discuss the latest achievement of his medicine. Over 30 people—almost half of them diagnosed with Parkinson’s—had braved the cold to gather in a cozy corner of the Village Health Care Center’s community room to hear what the doctor had to say. Next to Peschel sat Jim Burns, a retired physician from Minnesota who was diagnosed with Parkinson’s last year and started taking Peschel’s cocktail three months ago. At the time the two doctors met and began discussing the treatment, Burns could barely communicate with Peschel. His speech was so slurred, Burns’ wife Marilyn had to translate. Burns also had trouble walking; stairs were out of the question. But within nine days of taking Peschel’s recommended drug regimen, his gait improved and so did his speech. Eventually, Burns started playing golf again. “It gives me tingles to know that there’s hope for us people who have Parkinson’s,” Burns told the group. “It’s not obviously scientifically proven yet, but a week to two weeks after I started the medicine I could walk better. My nurse friends could see it. They could also see the emotion on my face. And my handwriting has changed.” “Maybe we should have you write something for them,” Peschel said. “Right now it would be shaky because I’m nervous,” Burns said, and the crowd laughed. John Harrison, a neuropsychologist at Community Medical Center, stood up and spoke briefly about how well Burns was testing in several cognitive areas—in ways that he’d never seen before. Fernando Cardozo-Pelaez, a professor at the University of Montana’s biomedical and pharmaceutical sciences department, sat nearby to listen in.
Peschel, 73, gave his short speech about the theory behind the cocktail. And then he carefully explained that even if these medications do what he thinks they do, the next steps won’t be easy. All the research, peer-reviewed studies and trials take a very long time. “I don’t know if I’ll even live that long,” Peschel told them. His words sort of hung in the air. Many in the group might never see that day, either. A woman raised her hand and asked, “What are you hoping we can do?” “Well, I need you to talk about it,” Peschel said. “The only way anyone is going to pay attention to this thing is if they hear about it from the people.”
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eases like appendicitis or pneumonia could be alleviated through medication, but they could also be cured with a combination of the body’s immune system and medical intervention like drugs and surgery. With progressive diseases, including Parkinson’s, medications just alleviate the symptoms, but the disease continues its course breaking down the tissue reserves in organs. “With non-progressive disease, the loss of tissue reserve is temporary,” Peschel says. “Treatment helps. If you survive, you go back to normal. But with progressive diseases—diabetes, heart disease and neurodegenerative disease—the loss of reserve is progressive and permanent. Once afflicted you have this disease forever. There’s no regression and the effects and continued health problems affect mortality and life expectancy.” It bothered Peschel that he could diagnose a patient but not actually be able to repair them. That frustration amplified when, in 1990, at the age of 50, Peschel had a heart attack and was diagnosed with his own progressive diseases: hypertension, hyperlipidemia and diabetes. His cholesterol was three times above normal, his triglycerides were nearly eight times what they should be and his
“The spectacular results we’re seeing are not enough, and that’s the hardest part. How does Walt get from anecdotal study to something that is medically proven? You have to jump the hurdles.”
One of the primary lessons doctors learn in medical school is that each disease has its own best treatment. For his first 10 years working as a general practice doctor at St. Patrick Hospital, Peschel religiously followed that assumption. “I learned how to diagnose and administer those treatments,” he says. “And I thought I was doing a hell of a job.” But as Peschel gained more experience in medicine, it dawned on him how unequal all these medical treatments were. Symptoms of non-progressive dis-
blood pressure was sky high. His doctors gave him two years to live. “So, I was selfish,” Peschel says. “I went on a quest to save my own life.” It’s been more than 20 years since his dire diagnosis and Peschel is still here. The first time I meet up with him, it’s on a fall afternoon at the St. Patrick Hospital library where he spends almost every day. He’s sitting at one of the tables surrounded by medical books piled shoulder high, stacks of binders and loose papers filled with scribbles and drawings. His graywhite hair is wispy and a little wild from running his hand through it, and he’s bent over photocopies, brow furrowed, highlighting text. He doesn’t realize I’m there until I say his name. “Let’s go to the cafeteria to talk,” he says. He scans the table for what to bring and settles on a couple of books and a bunch of papers, which he hugs to his chest in a precarious fashion. People walking by call out, “Hi Dr. Peschel!” and he responds, “Hey buddy!” always warmly and slightly distracted. He reminds me a little bit of Doc Brown in Back to the Future after discovering lightning can be channeled into the flux capacitor—preoccupied but excited. While his doctors kept him alive with heart stents—he’s had 14 in all—Peschel has spent the last two decades experimenting on himself with anti-inflammatory drugs and vitamins, refining the combination over time. The drugs he uses are off-label, meaning they are approved by the Food and Drug Administration but not for the illness he’s using them for—a practice that’s not illegal or uncommon, according to the FDA website, but one that requires caution. After a while, he began to see some startling results. He didn’t need to go in for heart stents anymore and his blood pressure was back to normal. Whenever he stopped taking the drugs, everything would get inflamed again. He knew he was onto something.
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A multitude of factors, or “insults” as he calls them, like pollution, certain foods and pesticides, lead to a variety of progressive diseases, which is why medical treatments haven’t been easy to figure out. But Peschel knew from scientific studies he’d read that all these diseases are linked to inflammation. “Chronic diseases all look different,” he says, “but they have a blended, shared pathological process. Perhaps one treatment that normalizes this process may attenuate all chronic diseases in sequence.” The drugs Peschel was using seemed to be doing just that–switching off the body’s inflammatory reaction to the insults. The body would still deal with insults, but the long-term, low-level inflammation that contributes to the process of organ failure wouldn’t occur. The theory goes against the basic idea that each disease requires a different treatment. Along with hypertension, Type 2 diabetes is one of the first in the sequence of chronic illnesses. In 2005, Peschel decided to do an animal experiment at the University of Montana. He took a group of baby mice and put them in a high-oxygen chamber that causes constriction and can, in just 17 days, recreate what diabetes does to the eyes in humans over the course of 70 years. Afterward, it took him and a graduate student a full year to dissect the tiny eyes into 200 sections. The ones without medicine had predictably gone blind. The ones with medicine had a 95 percent reduction in the blood vessels that cause constriction, meaning they were pretty close to normal. “The best anyone else had gotten was 29 percent reduction,” Peschel says. “With that [data] I was able to go back and get the eye doctors to do a study. “I started realizing this is working for more than diabetes,” he continues. “What I have accomplished is a seemingly unrelated group of chronic diseases that, up until this point, have just regressed with or without treatment, have started to regress all with the same treatment for each disease. And that makes me look stupid. It makes me look like a snake oil salesman.” He pauses. “But I’m not.”
Peschel had no preparation for the trials of medical school. His math and reading skills were poor, as were his study skills. But after a tough first year at UM, he buckled down and began to push himself. He was accepted into a physiology graduate program at the University of North Dakota and then, after graduating at the top of his class, he entered into medical school at the University of Pennsylvania. Dan Adams, a senior resident doctor at Penn Medicine, remembers hearing the stories about how Peschel made it into the Ivy League. “Knowing that he had to ace his classes in North Dakota—and this is classic Walt—there was a physiology book that was something like six-inches [thick] and he read it four times the summer before school. So he knew it like the back of his hand. He got an A and graduated first in his class.” Adams is a punchy, gregarious doctor. “That sonof-a-bitch?” he roars when I first mention Peschel, and then breaks into hearty laughter. By now they’re tight friends—prone to Smothers Brothers-type insults—but back when they first met at Penn, they couldn’t have been more different in terms of credentials. Adams was a graduate of Harvard and Yale, and he already had a shining reputation as a surgeon. Peschel, meanwhile, wasn’t even on the same level as his medical school classmates. He was a Montana boy in cowboy boots with no hands-on experience when it came to clinicals or patient work-ups. But Adams says Peschel’s uncanny ability to absorb vast amounts of information seemed to be all he needed. “The kid was an absolute tabula rasa when it came to dealing with patients,” Adams says. “Number one, he’d show up early and stay late, and, second, he was like a goddamned sponge. Everything I taught him he would remember, and he would do it.” When Adams got hired as chief resident at Philadelphia General, Peschel did several weeks of his surgical rotations there, too. One night the then-governor of Pennsylvania brought his daughter to the hospital because she had been dealing with mysterious neurological issues. Adams recalls the overwhelming stack of paperwork on her—“four charts, a foot high,” he says. Several professionals consulted on the case. Peschel, still a greenhorn, read her charts back to front and, within hours, came up with a theory: mononucleosis. “Very rarely does mono cause neurological changes,” Adams says. “But Walt thinks that’s what’s going on. So he calls the governor at one in the morning and says, ‘There’s nothing wrong with your daughter other than [mono] and she just needs some supportive care.’ He draws some blood. And then everybody else at the hospital forgets about it and goes back to giving their opinions. A few weeks later Walt’s blood test comes back sky high [for mono antibodies]. And, indeed, he had made the correct diagnosis.” Peschel made his way up the ladder at Penn and, again, graduated first in his class. By then he was in severe debt, and after spending just one year in a medical internship program he quit to go work in the real world. He first took a job in North Dakota, then ended up in Missoula in 1974.
“You can debate whether you think this stuff is any good or not, but try to get me off these meds. Just try.”
f+g Peschel grew up in the early 1940s on a farm in Ronan where he spent time hauling cattle for his dad, a livestock dealer whose fortune was a constant rollercoaster of boom and bust. Peschel might have gone into the business, too, had it not been for a couple of formative events he experienced as a teenager. First, the father of one of his best friends had a heart attack. He and his friend tried to resuscitate the father, to no avail. Then, about a month later, Peschel suffered a serious fracture to his humerus. The family doctor, Murray Brooke, put pins in it for him and checked in on his injury for the next few months. Though Peschel was just a junior in high school, Brooke asked him if he’d like to assist him with changing casts and sewing up lacerations. “It was all his initiative,” Peschel says. “But after a couple of weeks he says, ‘You know, I’ve been watching you. You should go into medicine.’ It was his idea, but it clicked for me.”
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“He really worked hard at Penn, and he learned how to take on some really sick patients,” Adams says. “He could have any residency in any program—either medical or surgical—he wanted, anywhere. I begged him to stay, but he wouldn’t.” About a year after Peschel arrived in Missoula, he helped convince Adams to come to Missoula, too, and Adams spearheaded the first heart surgery program at St. Patrick Hospital. Adams left in 1982, not satisfied with the low number of patients he was seeing. Peschel and Adams kept in touch. In the early 1990s, Adams heard inklings of Peschel’s preliminary work on a drug cocktail, but he didn’t know much about it and didn’t investigate it in detail. Then, about two years ago, Adams found himself in a world of hurt. He had blood clots and high levels of inflammation. “I’d had an epicardial ablation where they went through armpits, collapsed my lung and made scars around my left atriums and so forth,” he says. “Every six months I was requiring to be put to sleep with Michael Jackson juice—propranolol—and have a defibrillation to get my heart back into rhythm.” Adams came to Montana to his favorite fishing spot near Troy, thinking it might be his last. But when he stopped in Missoula, he met with Peschel at his usual post at the St. Patrick library. “Walt sits me down for an hour and a half and finally I say, ‘Walt, there’s no way I can absorb all this,’” Adams recalls. “But, finally, after I’ve heard it three or four times I was able to master what it meant and I came home, got the testing and started on the medicines.” Though he legally can prescribe the drugs, Peschel must disclose that the combination has not been fully studied. It’s a gray area for Peschel’s research and part of the reason his human test subjects so far have been fellow doctors. Adams took the risk. In two years, he went from a fragile physical state to being able to run, mow his lawn and play tennis four times a week. He expects that he should have had at least four defibrillations since then, but he’s had none. In 2013, Adams was elected to city council in Evansville, Ind., where he’s been practicing medicine for the past few decades, and in 2014 he helped approve a $57 million medical school for the city. “I’m hoping Walt’s [medical research] can be a part of our new medical school and we can study it here,” he says. Adams says the medicine has been equivalent to overturning a death sentence. “I have a whole new lease on life,” he says. “I have a nice girlfriend, I’m active and I’m in pretty darn good shape for a 75-year-old. So for as long as this horse runs, I’m going to ride it. “I talk with people all the time about what Walt is doing,” he adds. “And I always close with this line: You can debate whether you think this stuff is any good or not, but try to get me off these meds. Just try.”
f+g In the mid-19th century, a doctor named Ignaz Semmelweis had a notion while working at Vienna General Hospital. He noted that using hand disinfectant seemed to cut down on the incidences of deaths among children born at the hospital. His suggestion was simple: Doctors, especially those coming from working on cadavers, should wash their hands before assisting in births. Doctors scoffed at the idea, and when Semmelweis suggested that women would be better off having their children at home than at the hospital, he was ostracized and discredited because his ideas didn’t align with the medical community. He had
no proof. His license was taken away. Less than 20 years after his hand-washing suggestion, he died penniless in an insane asylum, beaten to death by guards. Twenty years later Louis Pasteur would provide the germ theory, which offered an explanation for Semmelweis’ idea. A few years after that, British surgeon Joseph Lister introduced the practice of sterilization to prevent deaths, proving that Semmelweis was right all along. Semmelweis is an extreme example of how new ideas in medicine sometimes meet resistance—but he’s not the only one. In 1971, Judah Folkman announced to the New England Journal of Medicine that cancer cells produced their own blood vessels, and if the cancer’s blood supply could be stopped, the cancer would die. He wasn’t taken seriously for a decade, but now half the medicine prescribed for cancer patients works at cutting off blood supplies to cancer cells. Another example is Barry Marshall and J. Robin Warren, who in 1983 jarred the medical world when they proposed—with solid evidence—that ulcers were caused by bacteria, not stress. The reason they didn’t get full support until a decade later was simply that so many doctors had already agreed that the stomach was too acidic to house bacteria—the theory would have blown the bottom out of a basic gastroenterology principle. “Medicine has a history of doctors with big breakthroughs that nobody believes in,” says George Reed, a retired St. Pat’s cardiologist. “All of them were obsessed with a single simple idea and they were laughed at by the current gurus. And they were all right, judged retrospectively. It doesn’t happen often, maybe every 10 or 15 years.” Reed was Peschel’s doctor when Peschel first started experimenting on himself with the anti-inflammatory medications. “I noticed that he needed less blood pressure pills when he got onto this combination,” Reed says. “It seemed to work wonderfully for him and that was 15 years ago. He started to believe in it because it made such a difference for him, and when he came off it his blood pressure would go up and he would have more cardiac problems. At that point it was just a one-patient anecdote. But gradually he believed in it enough that he started using his own money for little animal experiments associated with MSU primarily and UM also. The animals that had the drug in tiny amounts did better. Then he started recommending it to friends and a lot of his friends started feeling better. Little things. It helped their heart rhythm, it helped their blood pressure. I thought about using it actually.” Last May, Reed was scheduled for open heart surgery and it dawned on him that this was a perfect opportunity to see how effective Peschel’s drug combination could be. Open heart surgery yields one of the highest bouts of inflammation of any procedure. A person’s blood is run through plastic tubing and an oxygenator, during which time it’s bubbled and beaten and filtered before being put back into the body. The intense process produces rapid coagulation and inflammation far beyond what the body is used to. And it’s not just a temporary impact—the tissue damage can lead to chronic diseases. Studies have shown that 40 percent of bypass patients end up with atrial fibrillation—irregular heartbeats that can lead to stroke. Ninety percent of bypass patients have a hard time processing thoughts a week after surgery. Five years later, almost half have Alzheimer’s. Reed took the medication for a month prior to open heart surgery. Afterward, he measured his inflammation levels to see if there was a significant dip. There
was: He had only 10 percent the inflammation expected, a completely unheard of result. He went home in three days, rather than the usual eight. And he never ended up with atrial fib. “I think Walt takes a lot of ridicule,” Reed says. “But he may be right about this. And he may be hailed someday. He just has to get some more scientific proof.”
f+g In 2009, Peschel got into trouble with St. Pat’s Institutional Review Board when an ophthalmologist named Brian Sippy filed a complaint against him. Sippy and Peschel had worked on a preliminary study together to see how diabetes patients with degenerative eyesight would respond to the medicine. Along with the review board, which approves and monitors the hospital’s medical research, the doctors laid out the design and protocol for the study. Peschel would provide the cocktail to four diabetes subjects with early signs of retinopathy, and perform general checkups. Sippy would monitor the eyes with the idea that he could call off the study if he thought the patients were in danger. Sippy recalls there were some mild side effects, like muscle aches, but nothing out of the ordinary. What the medication did for the patients, however, was astounding. “One of them who I thought was going to fall off the cliff stayed stable the entire six months,” Sippy says. “And one of the gals who wasn’t quite as severe actually showed improvement. Well, that is unheard of in the eye world of retinopathy. That would be a landmark paper.” It would have been a landmark paper except that the relationship between the doctors soured before anything was ever written. Sippy declined to talk on the record about the complaint, but IRB documents released with permission from Peschel show that Sippy accused Peschel of breaching protocol on a handful of occasions. He allegedly had an unapproved doctor conduct the 12-month exit interview for the diabetes patients, contacted patients for labs and urine samples outside the protocol of the study and spoke with patients after the study concluded to urge them to stay on the medication. A breach of protocol, even if unintentional, can ruin a study and a doctor’s reputation. The IRB found “reason to believe” that Peschel contacted the research subjects against protocol, but no malicious intent, according to a December 2010 letter. He was also cleared of other allegations, including that an unauthorized doctor conducted an exit interview. The board did require Peschel to attend an Advancing Ethical Research conference, but levied no other punishment, and in 2013 they allowed him to re-open the pilot study. Peschel denies any allegations made that he breached protocol. Mostly, though, he’s angry that it took the IRB three years to investigate the issue, during which time he says he wasn’t allowed to do research on his medicine. It’s just one example of the hurdles he’s faced while trying to advance his discovery. It takes a long time to collect sufficient scientific proof for a new medical treatment, and even longer to get it approved for common practice. The process requires preliminary studies that first look at overall safety of the treatment, then larger studies that focus on actual results. All of it takes time that Peschel is admittedly loathe to waste. Dana Headapohl, a doctor of occupational health at St. Pat’s, has been talking with Peschel about studies they can do with employed populations—railroad workers, for instance, who might deal with “insults” like breathing coal pollution.
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“I’m hoping that he’ll be able to do more population studies that would be the sort of standard testing that would be done and see if a specific therapy—in this case it’s a combination—has better outcomes than alternatives,” she says. “The spectacular results we’re seeing are not enough. And that’s the hardest part. How does Walt get from anecdotal study to something that is medically proven? You have to jump the hurdles.” One of the biggest hurdles involves funding. The drugs Peschel has combined are already on the market in generic form, meaning there’s no more money to be made by the pharmaceutical companies. And pharmaceutical companies now fund the bulk of research. In Missoula, Peschel has found support from doctors like Headapohl and Harrison, as well as funding from the St. Pat’s Foundation, but up until recently it’s been a slow and measured process. He even broke off his relationship with St. Pat’s, although there’s talk of them working together again. “I know that he is working independently now because he wants to move quickly and he wants to have a lot of freedom in what he’s doing,” says Joel Lankford, a former executive on the St. Pat’s Foundation board. “I think that the foundation still has funds that they may be holding for him and I’m pretty sure that they all want him to be successful in his endeavors.” Lankford adds that many on the board find Peschel’s work compelling and that, even with their differences, there’s an interest in pursuing the work. “The important part is it should be something we should follow up on,” he says. “Inflammation for the last 20 years has been identified as the source driver of most illnesses in the United States. And anything that turns down the dial on this has a tremendous amount of leverage on all sorts of illness—and frankly, Dr. Peschel has a high probability of having discovered a real leverage point on that. I mean, like penicillin, this is potentially a breakthrough discovery.” Another hurdle standing in Peschel’s way is simply that Peschel is how he is. He doesn’t bend to authority or compromise. When talking with a handful of doctors, such as Adams and Reed, certain phrases continue to come up in describing Peschel, including “determined” and “stubborn.” They’re traits that make him poised for breakthroughs, but not always easy to work with. “Yale’s got something like $6 or $8 million that they’re working on intracellular mechanisms to inhibit inflammatory response,” Adams says. “Walt didn’t have time and didn’t care about that. He just went to the fact that he was in big trouble with his needs. This guy has a marvelous brain. He doesn’t always deal well with people politically—he doesn’t have the patience for it. I’m probably only one out of few that can say, ‘Shut up, Walt,’ when I think he’s making a mistake, because we’ve known each other for so long.” Reed also describes him as “unusually bright” and Adams calls him “a brilliant renaissance man,” and they both mention that he’s generous and loyal with friends. “He has these marvelous abilities to adjust and ferret out these off-label effects of these drugs through hard work and gleaning of the medical literature,” Adams says. “But he also doesn’t have a residency, he doesn’t have other letters behind his name besides MD and that makes some of his peers not take him as seriously as they should. And the funny part of it is, he’s way ahead of them.”
f +g When I ask Peschel about the 2007 incident with the woman in the car, he doesn’t give me an action-packed play-by-play of the drama with the police, no description of how it all went down. Instead, he starts drawing me a diagram of two brains, and I think for a minute that he must have misunderstood my question. But that’s not it. This is his interpretation of the incident. He shows me the different way the brain reacts when you have a gun to your own head—like the woman in the car did—as opposed to when someone else has a gun to your head. “It affects a different area of the brain,” he says. “And that means you have to think about a different way of addressing the stress.” When I first met him at the cafeteria, Peschel had refined his speech on his medical research from three hours down to 90 minutes. He had it down to 45 by the time he met with the Parkinson’s group. Now he’s down to 30 minutes. A few weeks ago, he signed a contract with UM to do research with professor Fernando Cardozo-Pelaez to figure out ways to refine the cocktail and conduct more animal studies. At first, Peschel wasn’t sure he would sign the contract because he thought the administration was going to ask him not to do his human studies anymore— that would be a deal breaker. But UM agreed to his terms. Currently, he has nine people signed up from the Parkinson’s lecture for a study group. He’s starting to look into a separate group for lupus, a third group for ulcerative colitis and yet another group that can see how well this anti-inflammatory cocktail can improve depression—not just depression but the diseases that depression can lead to, like heart disease. “What if this works?” Peschel asks. “If some people can live to 100, why can’t we all?” As I leave him at his post in the St. Pat’s library, he moves to another table to find more room away from his piles of papers and highlighters, and he bends his head back down to read through another thick book. He’s got a meeting with the university the next day and he’s trying, again, to pare down his talking points and tailor them to a wider audience. He still doesn’t know exactly how the medication works. He doesn’t even know if he’s right about it, but he believes he has to keep trying. efredrickson@missoulanews.com
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Snappy Abi Baumann and the story behind nightlife photography by Josh Wagner
photo by Cathrine L. Walters
photo courtesy of Abi Baumann
photo courtesy of Abi Baumann
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omewhere in Missoula there is a 1-terabyte hard drive filled with every Dead Hipster Dance Party photograph ever taken. Abi Baumann, Montana’s pioneering nightlife photographer, has posted over 100,000 images from the Missoula club scene on Flickr— and those are just the good ones. Nightlife photography has always been something of an invisible art, overshadowed by the music and memories (foggy as they may be) that the artist attempts to capture. This is fine by Baumann, whose humility complements a shy demeanor, making her characteristically more comfortable on the far side of a camera. But there was no nightlife photography in Missoula before she talked her way onto Dead Hipster’s stage in 2007, and probably nowhere in the state of Montana. Dead Hipster, started in the Palace in 2005 by Michael Gill and Christopher Baumann, had moved up to the Badlander and was picking up steam when Abi joined the crew. Her contribution carried the party out of the club and onto the Internet, creating a sense of inclusion and anticipation that lasted long after bar time. “A lot of their magic was owed to Abi taking awesome photos, and to the emergence of social media like Facebook and Instagram where photos could be shared and tagged,” says fellow Missoula photographer Keaton Foley. This added dimension pushed the trio into a
photo courtesy of Abi Baumann
realm of consistent popularity rarely enjoyed by a weekly dance party in Missoula. When Baumann first started, people weren’t exactly lining up to have their pictures taken. “When they saw my camera come out, they would run,” she says. Fortunately, a small group of friends committed to hamming it up for the lens every night. When people started seeing others having fun with it, they gradually warmed up to the idea. It took about six months before public response exploded. Suddenly crowds were swarming the edge of the stage to pose. Digging for the history of nightlife photography, I expected to find scattered images from New York clubs in the ’70s, maybe one or two gems from bygone jazz glory days. Turns out photographers have been making subjects out of club-goers at least since a candid 1890s photoshoot at the Heaven and Hell cabarets in Paris’ red-light districts. The 1960s South African nightlife photographer Billy Monk’s art book features plenty of Dead Hipster-esque shots of kids making out in dark club corners. “I’ve been accused of breaking up relationships,” Baumann says when asked about the camera’s reputation for catching people doing taboo things. “But I’ve also been told that people met their future husbands and wives at Dead Hipster.” Photographers may have been turning their lenses
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on nightlife for more than 100 years, but the shift to nightlife photography as its own entity—a form of engagement with the crowd, where the photographer is part of the stage show the way it is today—couldn’t really be a thing until the digital revolution. Half of the experience is scrolling through hundreds of images to share with the party’s hungover survivors. The industry seems to have started booming at the turn of the millennium, with photographers like Mel D. Cole, The Cobrasnake and Last Night’s Party. But unlike nightlife photographers who travel from city to city, chasing the action, Baumann has been a one-dance-party gal. She and fellow Dead Hipster Chris Baumann met and fell in love over the course of working together. Now they’re planning to start a wedding photography/DJ package business together called This is Soul Events. Sounds a little too perfect, right? Just like weddings are supposed to be. Abi’s fascination with photography goes back to her childhood. She remembers flipping through old family albums, struck by the pictures that caught people in the midstride of life, in casual candid moments. “I loved the way looking through these books would bring people back to those moments, and how they would begin to relive old experiences,” she says, almost like time travel. Ideally, this is what she wants to manifest
photo courtesy of Abi Baumann
in her portraits, particularly the Dead Hipster collections, where she prefers a crisp, natural style. In 2014, Dead Hipster took the year off to pursue personal goals. For Abi, one of these has included a photo project in development that she hopes will start a dialogue about sexual abuse. “This shouldn’t be a sensitive subject,” she says. “Not talking about it is part of the problem.” Her vision is to take portraits of people from the neck down, giving them a platform to share their experience anonymously. As of this past Halloween, Dead Hipster is back in the Badlander. With Mike living in Seattle, Abi and Chris are looking to rebrand the event in 2015, planning a name change and looking for ways to generate new energy and ideas. Creating a scene is something they’ve always excelled at. It’s one that often resembles a sort of modern Dionysian frenzy—a dizzy copulation of debauchery and innocence that vibrates its way into pure joy. You can see it in the 900 pictures that Abi steals away with every Thursday night. She’ll get them online as fast as she can. Dead Hipster Dance Party takes place at the Badlander every Thursday at 9 PM. $1 wells until midnight. No cover. arts@missoulanews.com
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Acoustic freedom Bill Mize flies high—plane included—on Beyond In the liner notes to The Back of Beyond, Missoula guitarist Bill Mize thanks the pilot of a small plane that flew over his studio while he was recording the song “The Captain’s Friend.” Sure enough, three-quarters through the track you can hear the deep whirring of a faraway engine that seems to blend with Mize’s fingerpicking. As he slows the tempo, the song momentarily dives into an eerie, rumbling tone before the plane sound disappears. It’s a cool moment in which Mize gives in to the unforeseen, and fortunately that flexibility is echoed elsewhere on the album. In the eastern European-style piece “Milonga Del Angel,” for instance, Beth Bramhall’s wistful accordion seems to dance with Mize’s fingerpicking—a fluid and wine-drunk push-and-pull. If this were an old-fashioned film, the characters in it would wobble up the wrought-iron staircase to their apartment above a pasta restaurant and fall into bed together. As with any instrumental album, the songs on The Back of Beyond leave much to the imagination, and
that’s part of the fun. Still, Mize wrote about what inspired the songs in a press release, and some of that is worth sharing. For instance, “A Child of God” was inspired by the Cormac McCarthy novel, and “Ambionic Journey” is an “amends” for Mize never learning the Hot Tuna song “Embryonic Journey.” Mize, who won a Grammy in 1997 for a children’s spoken word album, evokes the kind of records you hear from Windham Hill Recordings. (In fact, Mize has appeared on a guitar sampler for the record label.) In other words, they are perfect soundtracks for making late-night dinners on snowy, moonlit evenings. Even without footnotes, the guitar work is masterful on both technical and emotional levels. And the genius is in the details, whether it’s the suspension of a sweet or dark chord, or knowing what to do, intuitively, when a plane passes overhead. (Erika Fredrickson) Bill Mize plays a show at the Crystal Theatre Sat., Jan. 10, at 7:30 PM with special guests Beth Bramhall, Beth Youngblood and Janet Haarvig. $15.
Sexless, Sexless On their self-titled demo tape, Sexless combines burly R&B garage rock with toothy hardcore punk. It’s a short sample of energetic songs with satisfying intros, especially on “No Masters,” which feigns sludginess momentarily before quickly toppling into a whirling dervish tune. Guitarist Kevin Klausen completes the tasty collection with his gnarly but not-too-long solos and frayed yell-singing. Despite the moniker, this is a sexy album with plenty of strutting beats and desperate lyrics. If you find the Oblivians or Heroin sexy, you know what I mean. It’s like listening to Mick Jagger if Mick Jagger was hanging onto the edge of a cliff for dear life. Maybe passion-
ate is a better word. Their refashioning of Kiss’ “Strutter,” which they rename “Florida,” is perhaps the best track here, slowed down and fuzzed out, but with strong emotion all the same. There’s very little on the Internet about the Oakland band other than that a few of the members played in a Cheap Trick tribute band last Halloween. If this demo is any indication, they’ll hit the stage like a small windstorm and make a big impression. (Erika Fredrickson) Sexless plays Stage 112 Thu., Jan. 8, at 10 PM along with Fish Breath, Weather Control and Carson Luther.
AC/DC, Rock or Bust Rock or Bust is rock legend AC/DC’s 15th studio effort, and its arrival seems a miracle. Drummer Phil Rudd exited during the recording sessions amid a cloud of drug scandal and (dropped) accusations related to a murderfor-hire. More critical to the future of the group, though, is that founding guitarist Malcolm Young was revealed to be suffering from dementia and forced into retirement. With the release of the record, however, it is a relief to note his presence is deeply felt. Rock or Bust is as classic-sounding AC/DC as anything the band has ever done. Brother Angus Young, he of the sweat-soaked schoolboy outfit, put the 11 songs together from
demo riffs he and Malcolm had recorded over several years. Singer Brian Johnson, who seemed vocally done-for even back in 1987 or so, sounds reborn. The title track and “Miss Adventure” would fit perfectly in any “hits package” AC/DC setlist, which is no small feat for a band who has been in the trenches so long and delivered so many iconic riffs and huge, singalong choruses. Mostly, it is Young’s record, though. His fat guitar tone and stinky leads are all over this one, the riffs full of swagger. Clocking in under 40 minutes, it’s the stripped down bluesy rock masterpiece any fan would hope for. (Chris La Tray)
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[arts]
Gut feeling Candace Crosby searches for memory in the body by Erika Fredrickson
photo by Cathrine L. Walters
The labyrinth at the Center for Creative and Healing Arts.
In ancient medicine, an excess of yellow bile in the gallbladder was thought to lead to impudent behavior, hence the phrase “to have the gall.” Similarly, medieval practitioners thought black bile led to melancholy, a word derived from the Greek term for black bile, “melas kholé.” Beyond bile, there are dozens of ways we still talk about our emotional states in terms of the body. “Some people, if they are talking about being angry they might say ‘I’m going to vent my spleen,’” says Missoula psychologist Candace Crosby. “Or you might hear, ‘I felt that in the pit of my stomach’ or ‘I knew it in my bones.’ If you go back in time you see that our language came from how information flowed up from the body to the mind. But in our preference for analytical thought we lost how it is all one dynamic system.” In October, Crosby and her longtime friend, author Peggy Christian, opened the Center for Creative and Healing Arts, located on Stockyard Road among a village of offices and businesses. It’s a space where they hope visitors can apply this idea of a mind-body dynamic using art and movement classes. “We’re trying to get beyond the analytical thought and engage the whole self in the process of discovery,” Crosby says. The idea for the center partly stems from an unexpected path Crosby found herself on 15 years ago—one she captures in her recently published book, Waves in Deep Still Water: Listening for Mind. It’s an abstract title that belies the grounded details within the pages. The story is part case study, part memoir, tracking the lessons Crosby learned about the mind-body connection while working with Christi Forest, a woman who suffered a brain injury in 1999 from a car accident at the age of 19. “I had been in graduate school at the time and written a research proposal for how to work with people to help calm their bodies before and after surgery,” Crosby says. “At the end of my first semester in graduate school, my faculty advisor’s daughter had an accident driving home from her freshman year in college. It was a severe traumatic injury that wiped out her brain and they were going to be doing surgery. I told them I could come in for a day or two and help with the before and after of surgery.” Crosby’s “day or two” turned into spending almost every day for two years working with Forest as part of her treatment team, and she continued to see her off and on for eight years afterward. During that time Crosby noticed that even with brain damage, Forest’s
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body seemed to have its own intent. When she was learning to walk again, her body seemed inclined to run—which made sense considering she had been in high school track and field before the accident. And whenever she hit a milestone in her physical therapy, it appeared to unlock new ways of thinking for her. In the book, Crosby chronicles how she applied what she learned from Forest to her own life and how it can apply to all kinds of people on a practical level. For instance, she found a study that shows children who gesture while learning mathematical problems seem to learn better because they embody the equations in a literal, physical way. “There are theories about where memory lives, but the truth is, nobody knows,” Crosby says. “Maybe it lives everywhere, like a constellation somewhere between thoughts and the nerves in the spinal cord and the fascia in your arm. “I had tried to study those things,” she adds. “But to have the experience with Christi made me understand it in a way that I never could when it was theory.” At the Center for Creative and Healing Arts Crosby, hopes to transfer that experience to others. The Missoula Calligrapher’s Guild has set up a small library inside the center where they meet monthly. And there’s a “creative reading club”—a book club that requires its members to create a piece of art in response to the book rather than just discuss it. It is also home to a cloth labyrinth that people can walk. It all sounds a little woo woo, and the center’s cloth labyrinth is a far cry from the magical cobblestones courtyards you might see in books (There’s no David Bowie), but the concept of physically walking a labyrinth to free the mind is ancient and enduring. For some, it’s transformative. For others, it’s a peaceful moment away from the office. The way Crosby sees it, mindfulness can start in the body first—and any step toward that kind of consciousness is a good one. “A lot of people now say enlightenment isn’t a spiritual construct, it has to be embodied throughout your body,” she says. “It’s a stumbling block for us in the West to understand that. We no longer have a language for it.” For more info on the Center for Creative and Healing Arts visit centerforcreativehealingarts.com. efredrickson@missoulanews.com
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Pitch-perfect terror The Babadook’s masterful look into a not-okay world by Molly Laich
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It’s been almost seven years since Amelia’s husband was killed on the same day their son Samuel was born, but the grief is so thick, black and palpable that it might as well have happened yesterday. Mother and son live in a cramped home with a lot of staircases and dark corners for ghouls—both real and imagined—to hide. Amelia was a writer who now works at a nursing home. Her son practices magic and engineers elaborate traps to kill the monsters he sees in his dreams. He’s not getting along with the other kids at school and she’s not sleeping at night. The shared anniversary of her husband’s death and her son’s birthday hangs over them like a tarantula on a thread. If this family thinks it’s normal to live in a house where the walls and the furniture are the same shade of grey, they’re mistaken. Amelia and Samuel are not okay. Such is the premise for the Australian horror masterpiece The Babadook, brought to us by first-time writer/director Jennifer Kent. The film stars Essie Davis and Noah Wiserman, both of them pitch-perfect in what must have been challenging roles. Even their little white dog’s terror convinced me. Also, oh no! A family dog in a horror film; do you guys think the dog is going to be okay? Things are gloomy from the start, but trouble arrives for real when Samuel pulls a big red book off the shelf with unknown origins, titled Mister Babadook. It’s a pop-up with production values inspired chiefly by 1920s animation artist Lotte Reiniger. If you’re unfamiliar with her, like I was, think The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari or Metropolis—it’s all very German. The book contains lines not suitable for children, or anyone really, like “You’re going to wish you were dead.” It says, “Let me in” again and again with sinister images of a mysterious dark man with long, terrifying fingers. Samuel’s goth by nature and understands the implications from the start, but grown-ups try the sensible things first: Tear the book up. Set the book on fire. Go to the police. But you can’t put handcuffs on dread, and so the Babadook persists.
Critics and viewers have been quick to point out that the Babadook is more than a monster; he represents Amelia’s depression and grief. Of course that’s true, but having seen the film twice now, I think this thing goes deeper still. What’s the deal with this little boy who performs magic tricks with a skill well beyond his years? How does he know so much about the book and why isn’t anyone more curious about where it came from? I’m reminded of The Shining’s Danny Torrance and some of the more crackpot theories floating around that Danny knows more about the Overlook Hotel and the meaning of evil than the story lets on. More pronounced than Amelia’s grief, The Babadook tackles the everyday horror of what it must be like to have a mentally disturbed child. The kid has a persistent, god-awful scream. He breaks windows with his monster killing machines and seems excessively clingy. The way he refrains “Mummy, mummy,” over and over starts to grate on the viewer, and we only have to suffer him for a couple of hours. When Amelia asks her sister why she doesn’t come around their house more often, her sister says, “Because I can’t stand to be around your son. You can’t stand to be around him yourself.” Suppose you hated and resented your child in a world where it’s really not okay to feel that way. Turn those feelings inside out and they might look a lot like a long-fingered monster. I wish that you and I could talk about the ending of this movie together over coffee. Without giving too much away, I want to warn you not to overlook or explain away that white dove. There’s something seriously messed up about that dove. Compare this scene to the safe, saccharine ending of David Lynch’s Blue Velvet, where the world has gone back to full color and the birds are singing, but you’re thinking, wait a second. There’s no way everything is really okay now. Is there? The Babadook continues at the Roxy Fri., Jan. 9, through Sun., Jan. 11, at 7 and 9 PM. arts@missoulanews.com
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Dream into action Selma captures the practice behind changing the world by Scott Renshaw
Historical moment: Coretta swaps out the bolo for the striped tie.
When we first see Martin Luther King Jr. (David Oyelowo) in director Ava DuVernay’s riveting drama Selma, it’s in a context where we’re already used to seeing him: He’s delivering a speech. It’s October 1964, and King is about to receive the Nobel Peace Prize, but he’s not yet on a stage in that first scene. He’s rehearsing that speech in a mirror. One of the greatest orators in American history is doing the thing that we don’t always think about when we think about the greatest at anything in history: He’s practicing, doing the unseen work that’s essential before anything amazing can happen. Selma could have been just an inspirational drama about a pivotal historical moment, and it could have been just a hagiographic portrait of King’s efforts at promoting African-American civil rights. But DuVernay and her team are interested in doing something much less common, something that echoes the similar success of 2012’s Lincoln. They’ve chosen a single crucial philosophical battle, and shown us all the struggle, negotiation, strategizing, self-doubt, mistakes and intelligence that went into winning it. It inspires not with a tale of victory, but with an instruction manual for how to get there. The narrative focuses on the efforts in 1965 by King, his colleagues in the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and other allies to secure voting rights for Southern blacks, whose in-name-only legal franchise was regularly thwarted by onerous state and local regulations. As they plot their strategy on the ground—focusing on Alabama, under the control of proudly racist Gov. George Wallace (Tim Roth), and planning peaceful protest marches from Selma to Montgomery—King also begins meeting with President Lyndon Johnson (Tom Wilkinson), hoping to find an ally but instead encountering a president with other legislative priorities. Those conversations between King and Johnson form a vital center of Selma, but they’re not the only places where the film wrestles with the best methods for achieving social change, and the timing for employing specific methods. In one crucial scene, King explains to local activists why a specific method of confrontation worked in Birmingham, where the aggressive Public Safety Commissioner “Bull” Connor ran the show, yet was not similarly appropriate in a different place. Later,
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when King chooses to turn away from a confrontation on the Pettus Bridge—where marchers had earlier faced violent response from law enforcement—King’s colleagues argue over whether they missed an important opportunity. Turbulent events do indeed play a significant role in Selma—DuVernay does not shy away from the beatings and other attacks the police inflict on protesters—yet the film is ultimately more concerned with the decisions that led to those events, and their ripple effect on later decisions. It’s also a fairly powerful portrait of King himself, precisely because it takes him down from the pedestal. Oyelowo’s performance isn’t merely an uncanny impersonation of specific cadences, but a look at someone determined yet flawed—we see him confronted by his wife, Coretta (Carmen Ejogo), over his extramarital affairs—and who understands his significance as the public face of the civil rights movement, especially when he makes a choice that may have been a mistake. Oyelowo’s complex, layered performance helps make up for the less effective casting in a couple of other significant roles, particularly Roth’s generally miscalculated decision to make Wallace a smug villain. Fortunately, Selma is too densely thoughtful the rest of the time to suffer much from that oversimplification. Given recent racially charged incidents and protests in America, it was perhaps inevitable that Selma would be freighted with contemporary significance—which seems both somewhat unfair, and deeply appropriate. DuVernay’s film is too effective on its own dramatic terms for it to be reduced simply to an allegory for Where We Are Today, yet it’s also tremendously encouraging for anyone who wonders if there’s any hope for change. The film’s tagline proclaims that “one dream can change the world,” but that may actually do Selma a disservice. With every moment that shows King finetuning his speeches and sermons, it reminds us that having a dream is only a start. Somewhere along the way, even the most eloquent dreamers have to roll up their sleeves and figure out the best way to do the work. Selma opens at the Carmike 12 Fri., Jan. 9. arts@missoulanews.com
[film] INTERSTELLAR Space explorers use a wormhole to make the first-ever galactic voyage. Starring Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway and Jessica Chastain. Rated PG-13. Wilma.
OPENING THIS WEEK ART AND CRAFT Mark Landis, one of the world’s most prolific art forgers, must come to terms with his past in director Sam Cullman’s documentary. Not rated. Screening at the Roxy Fri., Jan. 9-Sun., Jan. 11, at 7:15 PM.
INTO THE WOODS Meryl Streep chews on hella scenery as a witch who assigns a couple with daunting fairy tale tasks. Update: it has come to my attention that this is a musical, which the trailer works pretty hard to disguise. Proceed accordingly. Also starring Anna Kendrick and Chris Pine. Rated PG. Carmike 12, Pharaohplex.
FANTASTIC PLANET Go on a major mind-flip in the 1973 animated French sci-fi tale of a faraway planet of oppressive blue giants. Screening at the Roxy Thu., Jan. 8, at 7 PM.
NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE: OF MICE AND MEN James “Franco” Franco himself stars in the Broadway revival of the Steinbeck classic. Screening at the Roxy Tue., Jan. 13, at 7 PM.
MY NEIGHBORS THE YAMADAS A sweet middle-class Japanese family deals with life’s foibles in Isao Takahata’s ‘99 classic. Rated PG. Screening at the Roxy Wed., Jan. 14 at 7:15 PM and Sun., Jan. 18 at 4 PM. SELMA Martin Luther King Jr. leads civil rights advocates on the historic 1965 march to Montgomery, Ala. Starring David Oyelowo, Carmen Ejogo and Tim Roth. Rated PG-13. Carmike 12. (See Film.)
NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM: SECRET OF THE TOMB Larry the museum guard embarks on an epic quest to save magic or something. Starring Ben Stiller, Robin Williams, Owen Wilson. Rated PG. Carmike 12, Pharaohplex, Showboat.
TAKEN 3 Liam Neeson is a man who still has a particular set of skills, and you betcha he is gonna use them skills to track down a killer and clear his own name. Starring Liam Neeson, Forest Whitaker and Maggie Grace. Rated PG-13. Carmike 12, Pharaohplex, Entertainer.
UNBROKEN Angelina Jolie directs the harrowing story of an Olympian taken as a POW by the Japanese navy. Starring Jack O’Connell, Takamasa Ishihara and Domhnall Gleeson. Rated PG-13. Carmike 12, Pharaohplex, Showboat. WILD A gal overcomes despair with a 1,100-mile hike on the Pacific Crest trail. I guess this is more noble than the time I found deep personal insights from a pint of Ben and Jerrys. Starring Reese Witherspoon, Laura Dern and Gaby Hoffmann. Rated R. Carmike 12.
NOW PLAYING ANNIE Quvenzhané Wallis stars as a foster kid taken in by a business tycoon in the remake of the classic musical your choir teacher always made you watch before winter break. Also starring Cameron Diaz and Jamie Foxx. Rated PG. Carmike 12, Pharoahplex. THE BABADOOK A single mother and her son are threatened by an ominous presence that may or may not be real. And dear god, just the trailer gives me the heebie-jeebies. Starring Essie Davis, Noah Wiseman and Daniel Henshall. Not rated. Screening at the Roxy Fri., Jan 9-Sun., Jan 11 at 7 and 9 PM. (See Film.) CITIZENFOUR A reporter documents how Edward Snowden uncovered illegal surveillance programs, and finally, we get another picture of the guy to use with articles. Not rated. Wilma. GRAVE OF THE FIREFLIES Little kids try to survive in wartime Japan in this 1988 animated tearjerker. Screening at the Roxy
Something on your mind? Fantastic Planet screens Thu., Jan. 8, at the Roxy. 7 PM.
Sun., Jan. 11, at 4 PM, as part of a monthlong Isao Takahata retrospective. THE HOBBIT: THE BATTLE OF THE FIVE ARMIES Peter Jackson’s bloated CGI-fest comes to a close with nearly three hours of battle scenes featuring the exploits of Bilbo and company. I’m rooting for Smaug this time. Starring Ian McKellen, Martin Freeman and Richard Armitage. Rated PG-13. Carmike 12, Pharaohplex.
THE HOMESMAN Hilary Swank plays a tough broad who’s retrieving women escaping the pioneer life; but she’s gotta get Tommy Lee Jones to help get them across the Nebraska Territories. Also starring Grace Gummer and Miranda Otto. Rated R. Wilma. THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY - PART 1 Katniss Everdeen meets President Coin and decides whether to lead a rebellion. #TeamGale. Starring Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson and Liam Hemsworth. PG-13. Carmike 12.
THE WOMAN IN BLACK 2: ANGEL OF DEATH Children evacuated from WWII-era London arrive at the haunted Eel Marsh house and awaken a dark spirit. Good going, guys. Starring Helen McCrory, Jeremy Irvine and Phoebe Fox. Rated PG13. Carmike 12, Pharoahplex.
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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The case for tofu 1000 New Gardens, AERO, American Cancer Society, AniMeals, Beverly Dupree, Big Sky Documentary Film Festival, CASA of Missoula, City Foods, Clay Studio of Missoula, Conner May, Dolce Canto, Fit to Fight, Friends of Two Rivers, Garden City Harvest, Global Grizzlies, Great Burn Study Group, Habitat for Humanity Missoula, Home ReSource, Inner Roads Wilderness Program, Max Wave, Missoula Betterside Rugby, Missoula Curling Club, Missoula Developmental Services Corporation, Missoula Figure Skating Club, Missoula Firefighter Combat Challenge, Missoula Freestyle Team, Missoula Ski Education Foundation, Missoula Ultimate Frisbee, Molly Huffman, Montana Association for Rehabilitation, Montana Campus Compact, Montana World Affairs, Montana Public Research Group, Mountain Home Montana, MTB Missoula, Nature Link, NMCDC, Owl Institute, Pattie Fialzowitz, Pink Boots Society, Red Cross of Montana, Run Wild Missoula, Tanner Olson Memorial, West Central Avalanche Center, Western Montana Growers Co-op, Whitebark Pine Ecosystem Foundation, Wind River Bear Institute, and Zootown Arts Community Center
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by Ari LeVaux I’ll spare you the un-gory details, but it wasn’t the greatest hunting season for me this fall. I try to bag enough animals to satisfy all of my family’s meat needs, but this year I’ll be looking to purchase my proteins on the open market. Thus, I’ve been reacquainting myself with tofu. This isn’t the first time I’ve gone there. As a 10-yearold vegetarian, my dad fed me bean curd, as he called it, in order to keep my growing boy status intact. Despite his good intentions, cooking tofu wasn’t his strong suit. After a few weeks of trying to swallow the slabs of juicy chalk that he prepared, I decided that killing animals for meat wasn’t such a bad idea after all. And here I am, having failed at this year’s attempt to do just that, jumping back on the tofu wagon. Since my vegetarian days, there have been some changes on the bean curd scene. For one, there’s been a wave of skepticism toward many non-fermented soy products, tofu included. It’s been accused of harboring estrogen-like molecules, which allegedly give breast cancer to women and breast augmentations to men. Soy products have been linked to thyroid problems, and developmental problems in children. They contain phytates, which are considered “anti-nutrients” because they bind iron, zinc, manganese, calcium and other minerals, making them unavailable to the body. Let’s start with the phytates, which do indeed bind minerals. Phytates also have been shown to halt cancer cell growth and reduce inflammation, which is the underlying cause of a variety of ailments, and there is evidence that they have cardiovascular benefit as well. They’re also antioxidants. At worst, their presence means your body might not get the full benefit of all of the minerals promised on the label of a brick of tofu. If you’re really concerned about phytates, grains (like wheat) are more concentrated sources. Many of the concerns about soy products are addressed in an extensive meta-analysis, “Effects of Soy on Health Outcomes,” published by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. The study found virtually nothing of substance in terms of soy products affecting endocrine function, bone density, blood lipids, cardiovascular health and any other markers that they looked at. Meanwhile, a study in the Journal of the American Medical Association found no link between infant consumption of soy formula and problems later in life. And a study in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition found no link between soy consumption and thyroid function. To me, the most compelling evidence that soy products are not dangerous comes from the Japanese island of Okinawa, home to the largest percentage of centurions
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on earth. The Okinanwan diet includes numerous servings of soy products, including tofu. The fact that Okinawans live so long is enough to convince me that feeding my family extra tofu this year won’t condemn us to short lives filled with health problems. Another development in tofu land is the increase in the availability of sprouted tofu, or tofu made from sprouted soybeans. As a rule of thumb, grains, nuts, beans and anything else that’s a seed will be healthier when sprouted, and tofu made from sprouted soybeans appears to be no exception. Compared to tofu made from nonsprouted beans, sprouted tofu is higher in protein and fat, all of which make it a more compelling substitute for meat than non-sprouted tofu. So, here are one of my favorite tofu recipes. It’s a bit tricky, with specialized ingredients, but worth it.
Clay pot tofu Courtesy of Budai, Albuquerque’s finest Chinese restaurant Ingredients: 1 brick of soft tofu 1 ⁄3 yellow onion, sliced 2 cloves garlic, minced 2 green onions, cut crosswise into inch-long pieces 1 tablespoon oyster sauce 2 tablespoons rice wine Enough sesame oil (untoasted) for deep frying 1 egg 2 teaspoons sweet potato flour 1 tablespoon brown sugar 1 tablespoon soy sauce 8 tablespoons vegetable stock Cut the tofu brick into 4 to 8 rectangular pieces (I prefer fewer, thicker chunks). Dredge them in a mixture of beaten egg and sweet potato flour. Heat sesame oil on high. When it’s hot enough that a drop of water flicked into the oil causes an eruption, add the coated tofu. Deep-fry for about 4 minutes, or until brown and crispy. Remove. In a wok, sauté yellow onion, green onion and garlic in sesame oil (you can use some of the leftover fry oil). Add vegetable stock, rice wine, oyster sauce and brown sugar. Stir it together, and add the tofu. Transfer to a clay pot (or some other heat-storing dish, like a cast-iron skillet), and keep warm until serving. It’s a subtle, flavorful dish, in which the moist and mildflavored interior contrasts with the rich sauce on the other side of the crispy skin. When made with thicker pieces it’s straight-up decadent, and hard to stop eating.
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Cafe Zydeco 2101 Brooks • 406-926-2578 cafezydeco.com GIT’ SOME SOUTH IN YOUR MOUTH! Authentic cajun cuisine, with an upbeat zydeco atmosphere in the heart of Missoula. Indoor and outdoor seating. Breakfast served all day. Featuring Jambalaya, Gumbo, Étouffée, Po-boys and more. Beignets served ALL DAY! Open Monday 9am-3pm, Tuesday-Saturday 11am-8pm, Closed Sundays. Doc’s Gourmet Sandwiches 214 N. Higgins Ave. • 542-7414 Doc’s is an extremely popular gathering spot for diners who appreciate the great ambiance, personal service and generous sandwiches made with the freshest ingredients. Whether you’re heading out for a power lunch, meeting friends or family or just grabbing a quick takeout, Doc’s is always an excellent choice. Delivery in the greater Missoula area. We also offer custom catering!...everything from gourmet appetizers to all of our menu items. $-$$ Eagles Lodge #32 Missoula 2420 South Avenue • 543-6346 Tailgate with us before each Griz home game, and get a FREE ride to the game on our shuttle. Soup, salad and burgers served for lunch Monday thru Friday 11:00am to 2:30pm. Don’t forget to stop in for our Thursday Night Matadors & Friday Night Burgers, 6:00 to 8:00pm both nights. Live music EVERY Friday and Saturday night and admission is always FREE! El Cazador 101 S. Higgins Ave. • 728-3657 Missoula Independent readers’ choice for Best Mexican Restaurant. Come taste Alfredo’s original recipes for authentic Mexican food where we cook with love. From seafood to carne asada, enjoy dinner or stop by for our daily lunch specials. We are a locally owned Mexican family restaurant, and we want to make your visit with us one to remember. Open daily for lunch and dinner. $-$$ The Empanada Joint 123 E. Main St. • 926-2038 FREE DELIVERY DOWNTOWN. Offering authentic empanadas BAKED FRESH DAILY! 9 different flavors, including vegetarian and gluten-free options. NOW SERVING BREAKFAST Empanadas! Ask us about our Take and Bake Service! Plus Argentine side dishes and desserts. Super quick and super delicious! Get your healthy hearty lunch or dinner here! Wi-Fi, Soccer on the Big Screen, and a rich sound system featuring music from Argentina and the Caribbean. Mon-Thurs 11 am - 6 pm. Friday and Sat 11-8 pm Downtown Missoula. $ Good Food Store 1600 S. 3rd West • 541-FOOD The GFS Deli features made-to-order sandwiches, Fire Deck pizza & calzones, rice & noodle wok bowls, 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. Locallyroasted coffee/espresso drinks and an extensive fresh juice and smoothie menu complement bakery goods from the GFS ovens and 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 $-$$ Iron Horse Brew Pub 501 N. Higgins • 728-8866 www.ironhorsebrewpub.com We’re the perfect place for lunch, appetizers, or dinner. Enjoy nightly specials, our fantastic beverage selection and friendly, attentive service. Stop by & stay awhile! No matter what you are looking for, we’ll give you something to smile about. $$-$$$
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[dish] Iza 529 S. Higgins • 830-3237 www.izarestaurant.com Contemporary Asian cuisine featuring local, vegan, gluten free and organic options as well as wild caught seafood, Idaho trout and buffalo. Join us for lunch and dinner. Happy Hour 3-6 weekdays with specials on food and drink. Extensive sake, wine and tea menu. Closed Sundays. Open Mon-Fri: Lunch 11:30-3pm, Happy Hour 3-6pm, Dinner 5pm-close. Sat: Dinner 5pm-close. $-$$ 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! $-$$ Missoula Senior Center 705 S. Higgins Ave. • 543-7154 (on the hip strip) • themissoulaseniorcenter.org Did you know that the Missoula Senior Center serves delicious hearty lunches every weekday for only $3? (Missoula County residents over 60: $3, only $6 if younger and just stopping by) Anyone is welcome to join us from 11:30-12:30 Monday- Friday for delicious food and great conversation. For a full menu, visit our website. $ The Mustard Seed Asian Cafe Southgate Mall • 542-7333 Contemporary Asian fusion cuisine. Original recipes and fresh ingredients combine the best of Japanese, Chinese, Polynesian, and Southeast Asian influences. Full menu available at the bar. Award winning desserts made fresh daily , local and regional micro brews, fine wines & signature cocktails. Vegetarian and Gluten free menu available. Takeout & delivery. $$-$$$ Korean Bar-B-Que & Sushi 3075 N. Reserve327-0731 We invite you to visit our contemporary Korean-Japanese restaurant and enjoy it’s warm atmosphere. Full Sushi Bar. Korean bar-b-que at your table. Beer and Wine. $$-$$$ Orange Street Food Farm 701 South Orange St. 543-3188 www.orangestreetfoodfarm.com Experience The Farm today!!! Voted number one Supermarket & Retail Beer Selection. Fried chicken, fresh
meat, great produce, vegan, gluten free, all natural, a HUGE beer and wine selection, and ROCKIN’ music. What deal will you find today? $-$$$ Parker’s 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. $-$$
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Pearl Cafe 231 East Front St. 541-0231 • pearlcafe.us Country French meets the Northwest. Idaho Trout with Dungeness Crab, Rabbit with Wild Mushroom Ragout, Snake River Farms Beef, Fresh Seafood Specials Daily. House Made Charcuterie, Sourdough Bread & Delectable Desserts. Extensive wine list; 18 wines by the glass and local beers on draft. Reservations recommended for the intimate dining areas. Visit our website Pearlcafe.us to check out our nightly specials, make reservations, or buy gift certificates. Open Mon-Sat at 5:00. $$-$$$ Plonk 322 N Higgins • 926-1791 www.plonkwine.com Plonk is an excursion into the world of fine wine, food, cocktails, service and atmosphere. With an environment designed to engage the senses, the downtown establishment blends quality and creativity in an all-encompassing dining experience. Described as an urban hot spot dropped into the heart of the Missoula Valley and lifestyle, Plonk embodies metropolitan personalities driven by Montana passions. Roxiberry Gourmet Frozen Yogurt Southgate Mall Across from Noodle Express 317.1814 • roxiberry.com Bringing Missoula gourmet, frozen yogurt, using the finest ingredients (no frozen mixes), to satisfy your intense cravings with our intense flavors. Our home-made blends offer healthy, nutritional profiles. We also offer smoothies, fresh-made waffle cones, and select baked goods (gluten-free choices available). Join Club Roxi for special offers. See us in-store or visit our website for information. $-$$ 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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Ambiance: On a recent weekday, bartender Teela Hofbauer greets a couple arriving to the establishment with a friendly smile. The Bee Gees’ “Nights on Broadway” plays as three middle-aged regulars sip tall drinks at the bar, watching football on one of the casino’s many big-screen televisions. What you’re drinking: Those who gamble more than $5 receive complementary domestic and import drafts, bottled domestic beer or well drinks. Thrifty drinkers will also likely appreciate the Claim Jumper’s weekend Bloody Mary and Caesar cocktail specials, when both sell for $2.75, and the $2 mimosas. The bar hosts Happy Hour between 4 and 6 p.m. daily, meanwhile, when mixed drinks are $1.50 and domestic drafts set you back $2.
clude chicken fried steak, eggs benedict and the “ante up,” which, for $7.95, includes two pancakes, two eggs and a choice of meat. In addition to breakfast, which starts at 7 a.m., Rustler’s Roost also offers lunch and dinner menus that feature a fried chicken Hofbauer calls the best in town. “We brine it for 24 hours before cooking,” she says. A chicken platter with fries or tots sells for $9.95. What you’re doing: Trying your luck on one of the Claim Jumper’s 20 Keno and poker machines. There are also a number of big-screen televisions usually tuned to sports. How to find it: The Claim Jumper is at 3021 Brooks St., near Southgate Mall. –Jessica Mayrer
What you’re eating: Hofbauer says nearly everything from the Rustler’s Roost Restaurant kitchen, which serves meals in the casino and an adjacent dining room, is made from scratch. Favorite breakfast offerings in-
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825 W. Kent Ave. Thursdays, noon-1 PM, until Jan. 29. $40 for the four-week course.
nightlife Mary Place and Blue Moon heat up the afternoon with jazz at the Union Club every Thursday from 5:30-8 PM. No cover. It’s time for Kira Means, and that gal means business when she plays Draught Works, 915 Toole Ave. 6-8 PM. No cover.
January 8–January 15, 2015
Unleash your cogent understanding of the trivium at Brooks and Browns Big Brains Trivia Night. $50 bar tab for first place, plus specials on beer. 200 S. Pattee St. in the Holiday Inn Downtown. 7:30–10 PM. The Student Recital Series features the talents of juniors Clay Kellog on French horn and Molly Trindle on oboe, at the Music Recital Hall starting at 7:30 PM. Free. Bust out a little geetar, tunesmiths, at the Open Mic with Cheree at the Eagles Lodge Missoula, 2420 South Ave. W. Runs 7:30-10:30 PM. Impress ‘em enough and you could get paid $50 as a showcased performer. Text 406-396-5934 to sign up early. 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. Dance to that neon moon all nite when the Northern Lights provide the down-home tunes at the Sunrise Saloon. 9 PM. No cover. Small town girls, city boys and whoever that leaves out can share the night on and on and on at the Dead Hipster Dance Party of lore, at the Badlander. No cover, plus $1 wells from 9 PM to midnight. (See Arts.) Get a spiffy start to the year by venturing out on the town to see Holy Lands, who are holding down the fort at the VFW’s Thursday night residency for January. Shows start around 10 PM, with covers ranging from free to a couple bucks, and with guests like Wormwood and Dragon Parfait.
Background noise. Jason Boland and the Stragglers play Stage 112 Wed., Jan. 14, along with Coda Canada and the Departed. 9 PM. $18-$23. Tickets at stage112.com.
THURSDAYJAN08 Know what this bleak time of year calls for? Some loud guitar noises and whiskey, that’s what. Calapatra is all set to tear it up when post-punk/metal Bay Area bands Sexless and Fish Breath kick ass at Stage 112, along with Weather Control. 9 PM. No cover. (See Music.)
The Transportation Technical Advisory Committee (TTAC up in the house, y’all) meets at the City Council Chambers, 140 W. Pine St., to consider approving the proposed 2015-2019 Transportation Program Amendment and other items. 9:30 AM. Trained Affordable Care Act Navigators are on hand to help you learn about health insurance enrollment with drop-in sessions at
the Missoula Public Library, Mondays, noon1:30 PM, Tuesdays, 6-7:30 PM, and Thursdays, 10-11:30 AM, until mid-February, with closures on holidays. Free, no appointment needed. Meditation newbies can check out techniques like compassionate practice and loving-kindness, along with discussion on current findings in neuroscience, at Meditation For Beginners. Learning Center at Red Willow,
FRIDAYJAN09 Prepare to be “shocked, surprised, and stultified” by the array of talent when the staff and friends of the ZACC come out from behind the curtain for the Second Friday Group Show. From 5:30-8:30 PM.
nightlife Check out works by the legendary and prolific early 20th century print artist
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[calendar] Maxfield Parrish (1870-1966) when Montana Art and Framing hosts an exhibit of 14 rare vintage Parrish prints in period frames. 709 Ronan St. Second Friday celebration from 5-9 PM. (See Spotlight.) Chilluns can play while Mom and Pop get their whiskey on with Family Friendly Friday at the Top Hat, 68 PM, with a rotating group of live, local musicians. No cover. Sip a Guinness and be whisked away to the Emerald Isle with the Irish Music Session, every Friday at the Union Club from 6-9 PM. No cover. Enjoy zee cinema at Missoula Public Library’s World Wide Cinema night, the second Friday of every month. The series showcases indie and foreign films. Doors open at 6:45, show at 7 PM. Check missoulapublibrary.org for info. Free. Cut a rug when the Golden Age Club hosts dancing and live music in an alcohol-free environment. 727 S. Fifth St. in Hamilton. 6-10 PM. $3. Call 240-9617 to learn more. Win big in Arlee at the weekly karaoke contest, with everything from Asia to Zeppelin in the book to choose to from. Stockman’s, 92580 U.S. 93, starting at 8 PM. Best singer wins 50 bux. Dance to that neon moon all nite when the Northern Lights provide the down-home tunes at the Sunrise Saloon, starting at 9 PM. No cover. DJs M-AD and Cadence Miles are turning it up to the 11th Hour with bouncy beats at the Badlander, starting at 9 PM. No cover. Cash For Junkers provide the tunes, you provide the fancy footwork at the Union Club. 9:30 PM. No cover. Insert a pteroble dinosaur pun of your choosing here before checking out the 20-piece Mesozoic Mafia, doing up a funky dynomite hip-hop to-do at the Palace, along with J. Sherri. Starts at 9:30 PM, with no cover. Wash all them honky tonk blues away with tunes from Russ Nasset and his Revelators, playing the Top Hat at 10 PM. No cover.
SATURDAYJAN10 The Saturday Family Art Workshops bring together young, old and in-between for handson creativity at Missoula Art Museum, one Saturday each month at 11 AM. Jan. 10 features small wire sculptures, Feb. 14 features simple printmaking, and March 14 is sculpture inspired by crystal formations. Free, but come early to get a seat.
The new Missoula Winter Public Market features all manner of produce, meats, eggs, honey and treats, plus coffee and craft vendors. 800 S. Third St. W. Open every other Saturday, Jan. 10-April 25. 10 AM-2 PM. Visit facebook.com/mslawinterpublicmarket.
nightlife Larry Hirshberg dazzles and delights with his tuneful singer-songwriter ways at Lolo Peak Brewery, 6201 Brewery Way. 6 PM. No cover.
Corvette and head into the dance at the Missoula Senior Center, with tunes from 7:30-10 PM. Free. Let your inner dancing queen cut loose with Tango Missoula’s Argentine Tango at the Downtown Dance Collective from 8-11:45 PM on the second Saturday of the month. $10/$16 for couples, with potluck treats and refreshments. Check out tangomissoula.com. Absolutely DJs Kris Moon and Monty Carlo deliver the primo Saturday nite party at the Badlander. Doors at 9 PM. Two-fer-one Absolut
SUNDAYJAN11 The 18-piece Ed Norton Big Band puts some swing in the month’s second Sunday when it plays the Missoula Winery, 5646 Harrier Way, from 6–8 PM. $7. Polish your steps with $5 swing lessons prior at 4:45 PM. Visit missoulawinery.com. Go ahead and be pleased, Cheeseheads, ‘cuz the Packers made it to the NFC Divisional Playoffs and the Top Hat serves up
take the sky Weeknight entertainment gets rather scarce in Missoula this time of year. But thank goodness, the creative folks at the Roxy Theater keep coming up with something delightful and different on a weekly basis. The Roxy has made a habit of showing cult-
WHEN: Mondays at 7 PM HOW MUCH: $5–$7
The Joss Whedon-directed space-western series followed an intrepid Captain Mal, played by Nathan Fillion, who leads a crew of misfits and miscreants, like Alan Tudyk’s wisecracking Hoban and Morena Baccarin’s space-hooker-with-a-heart-of-gold Inara. It premiered on Fox in 2002, but ended after one season due to dismal ratings—ratings that weren’t helped, in part, because Fox aired the series out of order, so it was difficult to make sense of the show. (Fox did throw fans a bone with the disappointing
We can’t always run away with the circus, but escape your troubles for a bit when El 3-OH plays gypsy jazz at Draught Works, 915 Toole Ave. 6-8 PM. No cover. Hoist up your skivvies and head to see Britchy’s Americana-y ways at Ten Spoon Vineyard and Winery, 4175 Rattlesnake Drive. Tasting starts at 4 PM, music from 6-8. Visit tenspoon.com. Perhaps it would be wise to head down to the Crystal, where guitarist Bill Mize plies his wares starting at 7:30 PM. $15. Check out billmize.com. (See Music.) It’s Saturday night, guess that makes it all right, so park the
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Brent Jameson and Donny Rifkin are just Groovin’ on a Sunday Afternoon at the very groovy concert series at the Bigfork Center for the Performing Arts, 2-5 PM. $15/$10 in advance; ticket includes sparkling wine toast. Ooh, there’s mini-massages available, too. Proceeds benefit the Imagine If Library Foundation and the Nonprofit Development Partnership. Visit bigforkcenter.org. Russ Nasset caters to your Sunday funday with honky tonkin tunes at Draught Works, 5-7 PM. No cover.
WHERE: The Roxy
classic TV episodes, first with “Twin Peaks” and then with “The X-Files.” January gets off to a good start with showings of the entire series of “Firefly,” which deserved a much longer TV run than it got.
Get all keyed up with the Five Valley Accordion Association, which presents its dance jam every second and fourth Sunday of the month at the Eagles Lodge on Second Street in Hamilton. $4/ $3 for members. Call 240-9617 for info.
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WHAT: “Firefly” episodes
MORE INFO: theroxytheater.org
Learning Center at Red Willow, Jan. 11 and 25 from 1-4 PM. $80. VIsit redwillowlearning.org.
feature film Serenity, which does a clumsy job of wrapping up several major plot points.) Since then, “Firefly” has become a cult favorite. Love for the show lives on in many ways, including knitted tributes to an orange-and-yellow hat worn by Adam Baldwin’s character, Jayne. The hat recently made headlines when 20th Century Fox sent ceaseand-desist letters to knitters selling “Jayne” hats on Etsy over alleged copyright infringement; these days, you can still find the hats, but sellers often label them in cheeky ways, like “Not A Firefly Jayne Hat.” Clearly, a show that inspires such devotion is worth checking out. If you missed the Roxy’s first couple screenings, catch up on some episode synopses and get thee to the theater on Monday. —Kate Whittle
vodka drinks until midnight. No cover. It’s been a while since somebody got Missoula Weird (TM) up in this joint, so get beered when the venerated Skin Flowers play the VFW, along with Hermanas Y Hermanas, Spider Plus Octopus and Teens from Alberton. 9 PM. $3/$5 for ages 18-20.
deep-fried snacks and beer to accompany your viewing enjoyment. 11 AM. No cover.
Strike rich with country gold when Paydirt shakes down the house at Sunrise Saloon, starting at 9:30 PM. No cover.
They’ll even carve the roast beast at the Golden Age Club’s dinner and dance, with roast beef, mashoed potatoes and all the trimmings., followed by dancing the afternoon away. 727 S. Fifth St. in Hamilton. Club meeting and elections at 11:30 AM, with lunch and dancing to follow. $6, reservation required by calling Dick at 363-4334 or Bob at 363-0142.
Pick out a dancing partner when Ted Ness and the Rusty Nails pick string-band tunes at the Top Hat, starting at 10 PM, and accompanied by Gil and the Spills. No cover.
Wield scissors and magazines into a new art with the Woven Collage Paper Workshop, led by Bonnie, where you’ll identify and express your personal aspirations.
The Lolo Squares host beginning square dance lessons for all you hot-steppers out at the Lolo Square and Round Dance Center, 2.5 miles west of Lolo on Highway 12. Sundays at 5:30 PM. Call 2730652 to learn more. The introductory class to Authentic Movement invites one and all to experience this contemplative, self-originating style of movement. Learning Center at Red Willow, Jan. 11 and 25, from 6:30-8 PM. Free. Visit redwillowlearning.org. Sundays are shaken, not stirred, at the Badlander’s Jazz Martini Night, with $4 martinis all evening, live jazz and local DJs, plus a selection of local coffees and tees for your apéritifs. Music starts at 8 PM. Free. Mark the Sabbath with some Black Sabbath or whatever else twangs your heartstrings at the Sunday Funday evening karaoke at the Lucky Strike, 1515 Dearborn Ave., featuring $1 domestic drafts and wells. Free.
MONDAYJAN12 You’ll be one cool cucumber after the Introduction to Yoga for Anxiety class, where you’ll learn about restorative yoga to manage the stress response. Learning Center at Red Willow, 825 W. Kent Ave. 5-7 PM. Free. Visit redwillowlearning.org. This intro is required for the series that begins Jan. 19. Relax and realign with Yoga for Wellness, a gentle class led by
[calendar] Rasa O’Neill, with an emphasis on mindfulness. Beginners are welcome, but previous experience is helpful. Meets at the Learning Center at Red Willow, 825 W. Kent Ave., Mondays from noon-1 PM. $45 for six classes, or $10 drop-in. Call 7210033 or visit redwillowlearning.org. Trained Affordable Care Act Navigators are on hand to help you learn about health insurance enrollment with drop-in sessions at the Missoula Public Library, Mondays, noon-1:30 PM, Tuesdays, 67:30 PM, and Thursdays, 10-11:30 AM, until mid-February, with closures on holidays. Free, no appointment needed.
nightlife Local Deadheads have got you covered when the Top Hat presents Raising the Dead, a curated broadcast of two hours of Jerry Garcia and co. from 5 to 7 PM. Free, all ages. Much like paying your taxes, taking criticism isn’t necessarily the most fun thing, but it is necessary. (Just ask Lauryn Hill.) The ZACC can’t do your accounting, but it can offer constructive group criticism and encourage your strengths at the Critique Night, where artists are asked to bring in one-five pieces for the rest of the group to consider, in a friendly and considerate manner. 6-8 PM. $20/free for members. Visit zootownarts.org/adult. Nathan Fillion fans, revv your engines, ‘cuz the Roxy is showing episodes of the cult-classic sci-fi series “Firefly,” starting with the pilot on Jan. 5. and continuing throughout January, Mondays at 7 PM. $5-$7. (See Spotlight.)
John Floridis teams up with John Sporman and Ed Stalling to provide a menagerie of tunes at Red Bird Wine Bar, inside the Florence Building. 7-10 PM. No cover. Maintain dignity for best results at Super Trivia Freakout. Winners get cash prizes and shots after the five rounds of trivia at the Badlander. 9 PM. Free. To get those neurons sparking, here’s a question: What famous scientist refused to shake anyone’s hand, even for royalty, because he was afraid of their germs? Find answer in tomorrow’s nightlife. Live in SIN at the Service Industry Night at Plonk, with DJ Amory spinning and a special menu. 322 N. Higgins Ave. 10 PM to close. Just ask a server for the SIN menu. No cover.
TUESDAYJAN13 Photogs take note, the Rocky Mountain School of Photography hosts “Capturing Your Outer Child,” led by experienced photographer Jamie Lynn, where you’ll learn how to work with kids and create memorable images. 216 N. Higgins Ave. 7 PM. Free.
Watch your little ones master tree pose in no time during yoga at the Children’s Museum of Missoula. 11 AM. 225 W. Front. $4.25. The ongoing Weekly Sit Meditation invites folks who’ve already dabbled in meditation to a weekly lunch hour class to help de-stress and re-engage. Learning Center at Red Willow, Thursdays from noon1 PM. $35 for four classes, or $10 drop-in. Visit redwillowlearning.org.
Bev Glueckert will guide young ones to artistic excellence with the After-School Art Adventure in all manner of media for ages 7-11. Meets at the Missoula Art Museum on Tuesdays, 3:45-5:15 PM, until Feb. 17. $50/$45 for members. Register at 728-0447 or missoulaartmuseum.org. Cancer survivors at any stage of recovery are invited to the Yoga Beyond Cancer class with Dena Saedi, which focuses on gentle stretching, meditation, breath work and body scanning. Learning Center at Red Willow, 825 W. Kent Ave. 4-5 PM. $40. Must have doctor’s okay. Trained Affordable Care Act Navigators are on hand to help you learn about health insurance enrollment with drop-in sessions at the Missoula Public Library, Mondays, noon-1:30 PM, Tuesdays, 67:30 PM, and Thursdays, 10-11:30 AM, until mid-February, with closures on holidays. Free, no appointment needed.
nightlife Resolve to practice a harmonious martial art at the adult Aikido class series, which meets in the Union Hall (second floor, above the Union Club) on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 5:30-6:30 PM, through Feb. 5. Call 549-8387, email jamie@aikidomissoula.com, or visit AikidoMissoula.com. 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. Learn how to express your inner feelings and appreciate oth-
Feel the beat. Mesozoic Mafia plays the Palace Fri., Jan 9, along with J. Sherri. 9:30 PM. No cover.
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[calendar] ers’ at Express Yourself: Communication Tools, a workshop at Patrick Marsolek Hypnotherapy, 210 N. Higgins, Suite 207. Meets Tuesdays from 67:30 PM until Feb. 10. $65, or $120 for two. Kerry Maier and Kate Chapin facilitate The Beauty of Imperfection: A Women’s Support Group, which invites gals to reconsider the un-ending quest for perfection and find selfacceptance. Learning Center at Red Willow, 825 W. Kent Ave. Meets 68:30 PM on Tuesdays, Jan. 13-Feb. 17 and March 30-April 21. $145 for six-week course. Visit redwillowl earning.org. Take down the Athenian hegemony but pass on the hemlock tea at the Socrates Cafe, in which facilitator Kris Bayer encourages philosophical discussion. Bitterroot Public Library. 7-9 PM. Impress your friends! Crush your enemies! Or at least strum a guitar tunefully, same diff, at Stage 112’s Open Mic, hosted by Joey Running Crane. 9 PM. No cover. Call him up at 229-0488 to get a slot. Strum some post-trivia victory chords at the Singer-Songwriter Showcase, now on Tuesdays at the Badlander at 9 PM. No cover. Dec. 30 features Coywolf, Patrick Kirkley Jam and Bryan Nickerson. Trivia answer: Louis Pasteur, fittingly enough.
Ave. Meets Thursdays from 4-5:15 PM. $45 for six weeks, or $10 drop in.
artistic legacy
nightlife Resolve to practice a harmonious martial art at the adult Aikido class series, which meets in the Union Hall (second floor, above the Union Club) on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 5:30-6:30 PM, through Feb. 5. Call 549-8387, email jamie@aikidomissoula.com, or visit AikidoMissoula.com.
Even if you haven’t heard of Maxfield Parrish, many of his works might be familiar. That’s because the prolific painter and illustrator, born in Pennsylvania in 1870, created neo-classical, whimsical works adorning everything from posters to gift cards in the
Mary Place and Blue Moon heat up the afternoon with jazz at the Union Club every Thursday from 5:30-8 PM. No cover.
WHAT: 14 Rare Vintage Prints WHO: Maxfield Parrish WHERE: Montana Art and Framing, 709 Ronan St.
Order some fries and enjoy dinner with Andre Floyd, who slings tunes at Draught Works, 6-8 PM. No cover.
WHEN: Fri., Jan 9, from 5-9 PM HOW MUCH: Free
early 20th century. Androgynous nudes, lush colors and dramatic fantasy landscapes are hallmarks of his work, which defied the trends of his day. Parrish’s career was launched in 1897, when he illustrated L. Frank Baum’s Mother Goose in Prose, and went on to complete many works for books like Arabian Nights and The Knave of Hearts. Today, his illustrations are valuable collector’s items. Parrish’s influence also extended to a lot of musicians. Elton John used a Parrish painting for the background of his 1974 album Caribou, as did the Moody Blues on The Present. Enya used Parrish imagery in several of her music videos and her ‘95 album The Memory of Trees.
WEDNESDAYJAN14 Strut that power pantsuit at the Missoula Businesswomen’s Network meeting, featuring a light lunch and guest speaker, accountant James Whaley. Doubletree Hotel, noon-1 PM. Membership not required. Meeting is free; lunch buffet is $12. It’s never to early to plan for those springtime flowers, so check out the Five Valley Seed Library’s info table, hosted by Missoula Public Library from 11:30 AM-1 PM. Nobody’s too out-of-shape for yoga, and find out how at the beginner-level Yoga for Round Bodies, a gentle course with Leslie. Learning Center at Red Willow, 825 W. Kent Ave. Meets Wednesdays, noon-1:15 PM, from Jan. 14-March 3 and March 25 to May 13. $80 for eight-week course. Doctor’s release required. Visit redwillowlearning.org or call 721-0033. Cultivate your inner Ebert with the classic flicks showing at Missoula Public Library’s free matinee, every second and fourth Wednesday of the month at 2 PM, except holidays. Visit missoulapubliclibrary.org or pop your head in their lobby to see what’s playing. Phish heads, phish heads, roly poly phish heads get together for Sharin’ In The Groove, a screening of live Phish shows with audio and video at the Top Hat. Every Wednesday at 4:30 PM, which as we all
know, is just 10 minutes after 4:20. No cover.
nightlife Learn to create a more secure relationship with your little one at the Circle of Security class, intending for parents of 0-3-year-olds, a six-session course that meets at WORD Inc., 2405 McIntosh Loop, on Wednesdays, 5-7 PM, Jan. 7-Feb. 11. Free, but registration for all six classes is required. Call Erica for more info or registration at 5433550. The Glass-Fusing Orientation Class will impart basic glass-fusing wisdom upon you and a friend (or a date, heyo) at the ZACC. 6 PM. Every second Wednesday of the month. $20, plus about $5-$20 for the cost of glass. Move in the right direction when the East Coast Swing class with Cathy Clark of NW Country Swing takes over the Sunrise Saloon on Wednesdays. Instruction for intermediate levels from 7-8:30 PM. $5. Live those “American Idol” fantasies at the Wednesday night karaoke at Eagles Lodge Missoula, 2420 South Ave. W, with drink specials and the chance to win $50 big ones if you enter the drawing when you sing. 7:3010:30 PM. No cover; must stick around for the prize drawing to be eligible to win. Local DJs do the heavy lifting while you kick back at Milkcrate Wednesday down in the Palace. 9 PM. No cover, plus $6 PBR pitcher special. Find this week’s lineup and info at facebook.com/milkcrateproductions. I’ll bring the peanut butter, y’all bring that sweet jaaaaam to the Soul Kitch’n Blues Boogie sesh at the Dark Horse, starting
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In 2006, Parrish’s “magnum opus,” the 1922 painting called “Daybreak,” sold for $7.6 million. “Daybreak” is considered the most popular art print of the 20th century; it outsold both Andy Warhol’s “Campbell’s Soup Cans” and Da Vinci’s “Last Supper.” Check out some of Parrish’s work up close and personal when Montana Art and Framing presents an exhibit featuring more than a dozen of rare prints, with a reception on Second Friday. —Kate Whittle at 9 PM. $50 prize for best act each week. No cover. The gang’s all here when country-fied outfits Jason Boland and the Stragglers and Cody Canada and the Departed play Stage 112, starting at 9 PM. $18-$23. Tickets at stage112.com.
THURSDAYJAN15 The Ruby Jubilee Artists’ Reception is a chance to check out the array of local, lovely fine art that will come up for MAM’s Feb. 7 annual benefit auction. Ooh, this year there’s something called a “wine wall.” Missoula Art Museum, 5 PM. Trained Affordable Care Act Navigators are on hand to help you learn about health insurance enrollment with drop-in sessions at the Missoula Public Library, Mondays, noon1:30 PM, Tuesdays, 6-7:30 PM, and Thursdays, 10-11:30 AM, until mid-February, with closures on holidays. Free, no appointment needed. Meditation newbies can check out techniques like compassionate practice and loving-kindness, along with discussion on current findings in neuroscience, at Meditation For Beginners. Learning Center at Red Willow, 825 W. Kent Ave. Thursdays, noon-1 PM, until Jan. 29. $40 for the four-week course. Yoga newbies can get hip to a gentle, mindful practice with Easy Yoga for Beginners, led by Harriet Alterowitz and Marina Zaleski, including basic poses and breath work. Learning Center at Red Willow, 825 W. Kent
The clinically developed Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction offers tools in chillin’ out and coping with what life throws your way. Meets at Learning Center at Red Willow, 825 W. Kent Ave., Jan. 15 and 29 from 6-8 PM. Free. Let the stand-up comedians do all the work while you sit down to a tasty Masala-made dinner at the Curry Comedy Series, featuring host Ethan Sky and lol-ers like John Howard, Becky Margolis, Nick Hyde and Michael Beers. Roxy, 6:30 PM. $20/$18 in advance. Visit theroxytheater.org.
Unleash your cogent understanding of the trivium at Brooks and Browns Big Brains Trivia Night. $50 bar tab for first place, plus specials on beer. 200 S. Pattee St. in the Holiday Inn Downtown. 7:30–10 PM. Bust out a little geetar, tunesmiths, at the Open Mic with Cheree at the Eagles Lodge Missoula, 2420 South Ave. W. Runs 7:30-10:30 PM. Impress ‘em enough and you could get paid $50 as a showcased performer. Text 406-396-5934 to sign up early. 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. Small town girls, city boys and whoever that leaves out can share the night on and on and on at the Dead Hipster Dance Party of lore, at the Badlander on Thursdays. No cover, plus $1 wells from 9 PM to midnight. Get a spiffy start to the year by venturing out on the town to see Holy Lands, who are holding down the fort at the VFW’s Thursday night residency for January. Shows start around 10 PM, with covers ranging from free to a couple bucks, and with guests like Wormwood and Dragon Parfait. Dreaming about palm trees. Submit events at calendar@missoulanews.com at least two weeks in advance of the event. Don’t forget to include the date, time and cost. If you must, snail mail to Calapatra c/o the Independent, 317 S. Orange St., Missoula, MT 59801. You can also submit online at missoulanews.com.
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eing “outdoorsier than thou” is an affliction peculiar to our neck of the woods, but I’d say that in any contest of nature-loving, Corvallis’ Mike Hoyt takes the cake (or the toasted marshmallow, as it were.) The photographer and self-described “outdoors nut” has taken gorgeous photos of landscapes around the country including El Capitan in Yosemite National Park. But it’s in the Bitterroot where his expertise, and love, really lies. Hoyt’s 2010 book, Hikes and Climbs to Bitterroot Mountain Summits, covered trails throughout the wilderness and forest areas surrounding his home turf. His latest, Bitterroot Mountain Trails: Volume 1, Lolo Peak to Mill Creek Canyon, published this year, marks the launch of an admirable endeavor to thoroughly catalog the Bitterroot trail system for hikers, run-
ners, horseback riders, day campers and mountain bikers. “Given the importance that wilderness and wild things play in our survival on this planet, I believe it is far past time for us to stop attempting to reshape nature for the sole purpose of satisfying human demands,” Hoyt writes, and his books are a way of helping Montanans better understand their backyard. He gives a presentation of photos and chats about his backpacking trips at the upcoming Rocky Mountaineers meeting. —Kate Whittle The Rocky Mountaineers’ monthly meeting features Bitterroot photographer and guidebook author Mike Hoyt. The Trail Head, Tue., Jan. 13, at 7 PM.
photo courtesy Mike Hoyt
FRIDAY JANUARY 9 Keep yer stick on the ice at the annual Seeley Lake Pond Hockey tournament, which runs Jan. 911 out at, you guessed it, Seeley Lake, with dozens of women and men’s teams from around the state. Visit seeleylakepondhockey.com for info and schedules.
SATURDAY JANUARY 10 The Cross-Country Ski Outing, hosted by the UM Outdoor Program, invites newbies and experienced folk alike to a junket up Lolo Pass, 8 AM-5 PM. $40 includes rental, instruction and transportation. Outings are on Saturdays, Jan. 3, Jan. 10, Jan. 24, Jan. 31 and Feb. 7. Call 243-5172 to learn more or register. No apologies necessary at the second annual Sorry ‘Bout That Half Marathon, which takes a scenic loop around quiet country roads and bike/ped paths ending at the Mission Valley Aquatic Center in Polson, where you can stick around for post-race chili, cocoa and soaking in the therapy pool. (Not necessarily in that order.) $35/$30 in advance online at polsonrunning.com.
MONDAY JANUARY 12 The Winter Walking Tours series invites folks on guided winter walks/hikes through conservation lands in the Missoula area. Snowshoes provided if they’re necessary. Meets at Currents Aquatic Center on Mondays at 9 AM, with hot cocoa provided after. Jan. 12 features Mount Sentinel. $5. Call 721-7275. Everything is connected in the circle of life, just like Mufasa said, and find out how weeds are tied to chirpers at “Rippling Effects of Knapweed Invasion on Native Communities and the Erosion of
Bird-song Diversity,” presented by Forest Service ecologist Yvette Ortega. Hosted by the Montana Native Plant Society and Montana Audubon in Gallagher Business Building, room 123, at 7:30 PM.
TUESDAY JANUARY 13 As the earth tilts on its axis, the Montana Dirt Girls switch gears to host weekly hikes in the Missoula area, Tuesday evenings at 6 PM, November through March, with the chance to grab dinner afterward. Foot-grippers and headlamps advisable. Find out locations and info by signing up for the mail list at mtdirtgirls.tripod.com. Holy crap, there is stuff to look at in eastern Montucky after all, and find out what when botanist Peter Lesica presents the diversity of lands from Plentywood to Ashland in “Exploring Eastern Montana Landscapes.” Rocky Mountain Map Gallery, 1710 Brooks St (at the corner with Bancroft). 7 PM. Free.
WEDNESDAY JANUARY 14 Send cabin fever packing after the Snowshoeing Basics class at REI, 3275 N. Reserve St., where you’ll learn about what kind of gear and skills you need to get started. 6:30 PM. Free, but registration required at rei.com/learn.html. Have a sweet time at the Secret Science Night: Becoming a Beekeeper, where Don Linton with Big Sky Beekeepers chats about how to set up a hive and get rollin’. Montana Natural History Center, 7-8 PM. $4 suggested donation/free for MNHC members. Visit montananaturalist.org. calendar@missoulanews.com
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Slavery is very much a modernday problem, particularly for many young girls and women who are pushed into sex work, either by coercion from other people or economic circumstances. Coerced sex work happens in every community, even ones as idyllic as ours; you might recall how two men were convicted in 2011 of prostituting teen girls on Missoula’s Craigslist pages. Worldwide, trafficking is a multi-billion dollar industry. Some state legislators plan to strengthen Montana’s anti-trafficking laws in the upcoming legislative session, like Rep. Kim Dudik’s proposed HB 89, which would bring Montana’s standards in conformity with the Human Trafficking Protection Act and clarify the punishments for convicted traffickers. Soroptimist International, a volunteer organization that works to benefit women and girls, teams up with the YWCA to present a screening of the new documentary, In Plain Sight, which shows the plight of women forced into sex work in cities across America. The screening is followed by a panel discussion
with special guests including James and Athena Pond, of the Transition Global program, which supports Cambodian girls rescued from trafficking. —Kate Whittle The YWCA Missoula and Soroptimist International present the documentary In Plain Sight on Sat., Jan. 10, at the Roxy Theater, with a panel discussion to follow. 5 PM. Free.
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Connect with other new or expecting parents at Meet the Doulas, an informational session hosted by the Missoula Birth and Postpartum network. Nursing Nook, 734 Kensington. Jan. 8, Feb. 5 and March 5 from 5:30-7:30 PM. Call 552-8319 or email melinda@thelotusprojectmt.org.
Grab a cup of good coffee and sit down to chat about end-of-life issues at Hospice of Missoula’s Death Cafe, ‘cuz nobody’s getting out of here alive. Meets at Caffe Dolce from 10 AM-noon on the second Wednesday of each month to learn from community members and care providers alike.
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WEDNESDAY JANUARY 14
As part of the Missoula Nonprofit Network’s January meeting, Angie Myers from the Western Montana Humane Society chats about “The Role of Measuring and Communicating the Impact of Gifts in a Successful Development Program.” Doubletree Hotel. Doors at 11:30 AM, program beginning at 11:45. $12 for lunch, or $5 for coffee service. Advance RSVP required by emailing Baylea@missoulanonprofit.org.
Practice empathy with Patrick Marsolek during Compassionate Communication, a peaceful communication weekly practice group. Jeannette Rankin Peace Center, 519 S. Higgins Ave. at noon. Free.
SATURDAY JANUARY 10 Get thee to the Marketplace Health Insurance Enrollment Fair, where you’ll learn just how to do that from a certified counselor at St. Patrick Hospital Conference Center, 500 W. Broadway, starting at 9 AM. Call 329-5740 to learn more. YWCA Missoula and Soroptimist International team up to host a screening of In Plain Sight, a documentary exposing the human trafficking industry in the United States. Panel discussion to follow with guests from Cambodia’s Transitions Global program. Roxy Theater. 5 PM. Free.
The Montana’s Veterans Health Administration and Veterans Benefits Administration offices host a town hall meeting to discuss improving services for veterans. National Guard Center, 9383 Running Road in Missoula. 4:30 PM. Email MontanaTownHallQuestions@va.gov if you cannot attend but would still like to submit questions or comments. Drink with your fellow man, for your fellow man at the Pint Night for Human Rights, where pints purchased at the Northside Kettlehouse from 5-8 PM will benefit the Montana Human Rights Network.
THURSDAY JANUARY 15 Join Hospice of Missoula for Community Conversations on Death and Dying, where facilitators educate people on how to talk about this oft-uncomfortable subject. The Loft, 119 W. Main St. 6–8 PM. Free, plus there’s nice beverages and snacks.
AGENDA is dedicated to upcoming events embodying activism, outreach and public participation. Send your who/what/when/where and why to AGENDA, c/o the Independent, 317 S. Orange, Missoula, MT 59801. You can also email entries to calendar@missoulanews.com or send a fax to (406) 543-4367. AGENDA’s deadline for editorial consideration is 10 days prior to the issue in which you’d like your information to be included. When possible, please include appropriate photos/artwork.
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ADVICE GODDESS By Amy Alkon YOU DELETE ME I'm trying to get over my ex, but I'm constantly checking his Twitter and Facebook pages, and I get really upset. I'll see pix of women or see that he's gone to some event and wonder whether he met anyone there. It's crazy-making, but I can't seem to stop looking. —Unhinged You know you'll feel bad when you check his Facebook and Twitter, yet you keep doing it. This is the social media version of being the busty friend character in the horror movie—the one who says, "I hear creepy reptilian hissing coming from the cellar. I'm sure it's nothing, but I'll just rub my large breasts with raw hamburger and go down there with this flickering flashlight to check." Unless intelligence tests have revealed you to have an IQ rivaling that of Jell-O, you're repeating this misery-making behavior because you, like the rest of us, are prone to fall into automatic strings of behavior we call habits. In "The Power of Habit," Charles Duhigg explains that "a habit is a choice we deliberately make at some point, and then stop thinking about, but continue doing." Research finds that every habit has three components, which Duhigg calls the CUE (a feeling that triggers behavior), the ROUTINE (the behavior itself), and the REWARD (some sort of payoff that tells your brain, "Oh, yeah, let's totally do that again"). You're probably picturing yourself at 80, with an elderly monkey on your back, still frantically checking Facebook for signs your ex-boyfriend's shifted position in the last 30 seconds. But Duhigg emphasizes that you can break a habit. You do this by swapping out the middle step, the routine (compulsively clicking into your ex's social media accounts). To understand what to replace it with, check in with yourself at the moment the urge strikes and figure out the "why"—what reward you're going after, what need you're trying to fill. Maybe you're lonely and longing to feel connected. Or maybe you're going for a hit of intensity. Intense feelings are called "arousal" in psychology and can be positive or negative. Either leads to feeling stimulated and alive (though sometimes alive and pretty miserable). Next, you need a plan—a substitute routine to slip in whenever the impulse to cyber-stalk him strikes. This replacement routine is especially important because a "negative goal"—not doing something—is way harder than doing something different.
GENERAL So, if it's connection you're longing for, call a friend or go impede a co-worker's productivity. If you're an intensity junkie, watch a clip from a slasher movie or maybe rappel to your car instead of taking the elevator. Be prepared for temptation to gnaw at you, especially if you're tired or hungry (when willpower is at its wimpiest). Make it harder for yourself to cheat by mailing your phone to a faraway friend and burying your mouse in the backyard—or at least blocking the guy on social media and maybe installing a program on your computer like Freedom (macfreedom.com), which prevents you from getting on the Internet. When the going gets tough, remind yourself that time heals most wounds, and it should do the job on yours—as soon as you stop picking that 140-character scab every 10 minutes. #sir-veillance #iminthebushes
LEAVE OF ABSINTHE I drank too much mystery punch at an office party last week and confessed my unrequited crush to a co-worker. He thanked me and said he was "flattered." I was mortified and now feel really uncomfortable at the office. How can I fix this? —Embarrassed Okay, you spewed at the party, but now, back at the office, your thoughts aren't running across your forehead, CNN news-ticker-style: "I'm in love with you. You're so hot. I love your tie. Marry me." To make yesterday's drunken blurtation today's "I said no such thing," align how you act with the message you want to send. This starts with realigning your head. Reframe what happened. Tell yourself that it was gutsy to put yourself out there. Next, tell yourself that you accept that he's not interested. Repeat until these notions sink in. If you use these thoughts to avoid acting uncomfortable around him—no look of sweaty shame, no tight smile at the copier—he'll have no reason to be uncomfortable around you. It's like giving yourself a reset—that is, until you drink too much at lunch and he finds your Post-it on his computer: "I still wanna have your babies. Don't forget!"
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CHIP TRUCK DRIVERS NEEDED • Local hauls • Home daily • Good pay • Benefits • 2 years exp. required Call 406-493-7876 9am-5pm M-F. Housekeeper Full Time - Evening Providence is calling a Part-time Housekeeper to Providence St. Patrick Hospital in Missoula, MT.* /We are seeking a detail-oriented individual to perform a variety of cleaning duties in support of maintaining a sanitary, safe and attractive health care environment./ *In this position you will:* * Clean, polish and disinfect assigned areas, furnishings and fixtures in patient/resident rooms and common areas. * Periodically clean windows, walls, ceilings and doors. * Use dry mop, wet mop, broom or vacuum to clean floors, routinely and when incidents occur. * Clean, sanitize and stock in bathrooms in patient/resident and public areas. * Discard trash, medical waste and recycling. * Mix, properly use and dispose of cleaning chemicals. * Move furniture, equipment and supplies as necessary.** * *Required** qualifications for this position include:* * Ability to read, write and verbally communicate in English. * Must be willing to perform routine, repetitive tasks on a continual basis. * Must be able to work in a fast paced environment. * Detail oriented. *Preferred** qualifications for this position include:* * High School diploma or equivalent. * Previous housekeeping or custodial experience. * Previous customer service experience. Full job description at Missoula Job Service. employmissoula.com Job # 10098808 PARTS SPECIALIST – GLASGOW, MT Glasgow Implement, a certified Case IH dealership, is currently accepting applications for a full-time Parts Specialists. The position will involve processing parts orders, warranty, credits, freight shipments, purchase orders and procuring outside parts. Applicant should be self-driven, have good organization & computer skills and successfully help customers identify and fulfill their parts & accessory needs. Experience working with agricultural parts preferred. Applicants must be/ and possess: Excellent organizational, communication & problem solving skills, Thrive & multi-task in a fast paced environment, Superior customer service skills, Computer skills with the ability to learn new programs. Applicants must be able to meet and maintain insurable driving status and pass pre-employment drug testing. We of fer competitive wages, 401k retirement plan, health insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, short-term & long-term disability insurance, life insurance, paid vacation, eight paid holidays and job training. To be considered for this position Email resume to: deeann.grundstad@plainsag.com
RESIDENTIAL CLEANER IMMEDIATE NEED FOR RESIDENTAIL CLEANERS! Up to 30 hours per week with possitility of more with added benefit of schedule flexibility.QUALIFICATIONS: Previous professional cleaning experience is preferred. Valid Driver’s License is required as must have reliable transportation to get from site to site. *DUTIES: Dusting, vacuuming, cleaning bathrooms and kitchens. Up to $9/hr with experience. Hours range from 3040 per week. Full job description at Missoula Job Service. employmissoula.com Job # 10098970 SEEKING MAINTENANCE SUPERVISOR at the Montana Mental Health Nursing Center in Lewistown, Montana. $19.38$27.50/hr. DOE plus State of Montana Benefit package. Five years job experience and one year vocational or college training. Personnel management preferred. See job listing and apply online at https://jobs.mt.gov or https://mt.gov/employment. Closing date 01/16/2015 Training Tech TRAINING TECHNICIAN: FT Position responsible for the provision of vocation & support services to persons w/disabilities. M-F: 8a-4p, $9.60-$9.85 /hr. Closes: 1/13/15, 5p Excellent Benefits!! Must Have: Valid Mt driver license, No history of neglect, abuse or exploitation Extensive background checks will be completed. NO RESUMES. EOE. Full job description at Missoula Job Service. employmissoula.com Job #10098931
PROFESSIONAL AUTOMOTIVE MECHANIC Full service garage seeks an Automotive Mechanic with at least 2 years experience in the automotive repair field with good mechanical aptitude. Will provide your own tools and have a valid driver’s license. Will do all phases of automotive maintenance and repair. ASE Certification would be a plus, but is not required. Work shifts are 7:30 am to 5:30 pm, Monday-Friday with an hour off for lunch. Rate of pay will be $14 per hour and up for person with the right experience and credentials plus a $7.00 per billed hour commission. Could be more. Benefits include health insurance, overtime, commission and employee discounts. Other benefits discussed at interview. Full job description at Missoula Job Service. employmissoula.com Job # 10098797 LICENSED ADDICTION COUNSELOR An addiction services organization seeks a LICENSED ADDICTION COUNSELOR to work in an adult and adolescent outpatient setting in HAMILTON, MONTANA. . Duties include keeping records in a professional and timely manner, conducting diagnostic / placement assessments, and providing group, individual and family counseling services, client lectures, and case-management services. The counselor will co-
ordinate appropriate services, offer crisis stabilization services as needed, make referrals, provide training and presentations to community groups and agencies, and maintains client confidentiality. Qualified applicants must have verifiable experience in a counseling center or in a private practice. Preference will be given to applicants with 2+ years of paid experience. Recent graduates must have completed a school approved internship and provide verification documentation. These qualifications are typically acquired through a combination of education with a master’s degree in a behavioral science, with specific coursework or training in addiction. Full job description at Missoula Job Service. employmissoula.com Job #10098884 M A N A G E M E N T FORESTER Applicants must possess a Bachelor’s Degree in Forestry with a forest resource management emphasis and a minimum of two years of progressively responsible experience including professional forestry. Performs advanced professional forest management activities under the general supervision of the Missoula Unit Forest Management Supervisor. Full job description at Missoula Job Service. employmissoula.com Job #10098676 PATIENT ACCESS SPECIALIST The PATIENT ACCESS SPECIALIST is responsible for the performance of all registration/pre-registration functions at all Patient Access intake points of entry. Responsible for insurance verification functions. Responsible for the identification and referral of patients who might have financial difficulty. Responsible for Point of Service cash collection per CMC guidelines. Minimum Required: High School diploma or the equivalent required. Basic telephone experience, keyboard proficiency, experience with computers and basic functions, customer service. One to two years of clerical experience required. Must be highly motivated to improve data quality & financial position of the institution. Excellent customer service & communication skills with patients. Ability to speak, articulate, and be understood cleanly. Excellent keyboard skills. Must be highly motivated to improve data quality & financial position of the institution. Preferred/Desired: Medical terminology preferred. One to two years training / knowledge of health care practices, insurance and registration of patient preferred. Full job description at Missoula Job Service. employmissoula.com Job # 10098862 RESIDENTIAL CARE WORKERS RELIEF RESIDENTIAL CARE WORKER are needed at a 24-hour addiction services organization’s residential facility for females. Workers assist residents with meal planning and other household tasks and conduct drug/alcohol testing. Jobs require a GED/high school diploma or prior experi-
ence working within the field of substance abuse/addiction. A criminal background check will be conducted. Applicants must be able to work nights and weekends and must be able to lift up to 50 pounds. Full job description at Missoula Job Service. employmissoula.com Job #10098939
SKILLED LABOR DIESEL TECHNICIANS – GLASGOW, MT BORDER PLAINS EQUIPMENT, a certified Case IH dealer in Glasgow, MT is looking for Diesel Technicians with a minimum of 2 years’ experience that understands the importance of doing a job correctly and the value of satisfied customers, Ag background a plus. We offer competitive wages, 401k retirement plan, health insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, short-term & long-term disability insurance, life insurance, tool allowance, paid vacation, personal leave days and eight paid holidays. Housing options available. Applicants must be able to meet and maintain insurable driving status and pass pre-employment drug testing. If you are ready to work in a great environment with great people, email your resume to deeann.grundstad@plainsag.co m Border Plains Equipment GLASGOW, MT EXPERIENCED DRIVER OR RECENT GRAD? With Swift, you can grow to be an award-winning Class A CDL driver. We help you achieve Diamond Driver status with the best support there is. As a Diamond Driver, you earn additional pay on top of all the competitive incentives we offer. The very best, choose Swift. • Great Miles = Great Pay • Late-Model Equipment Available • Regional Opportunities • Great Career Path • Paid Vacation • Excellent Benefits Please Call: (520) 3759632 GROUNDSKEEPERS positions for a local employer are designed for career-ladder progression, with advancement expected within six months to a year. Two positions are available; one is for nine months of the year, ending in October each season, and one is for 12 months of the year. These positions are responsible for general landscape maintenance, horticulture/floriculture, landscape installations, turf maintenance, arborist field duties, and hardscape maintenance. Duties include snow removal, mowing, de-thatching and line trimming, irrigating, aerating, soil sampling, topdressing and fertilizing, antidessicant application, pesticide calibration and application, and entry of integrated pest-management data. Planting, training and pruning shrubs and hedges, installing sod and turf, replacing mulch, planting and maintaining large trees, and assisting in the installation of the irrigation system are parts of the job. Maintenance of equipment includes skid steer loaders, small backhoes, dump trucks, side-by-side utility vehi-
EMPLOYMENT cles, tenant sweepers, Hi Ranger aerial lift trucks and tractors with implements, mowers, snow throwers, rototillers, chain saws and other equipment. Requirements include high-school diploma or equivalent and the ability to lift up to 80 pounds. A physical screen will be administered prior to a final offer of employment. Preferred qualifications include two years’ experience in landscaping, turf maintenance, or arboriculture, and Master Gardener’s certification or International Society of Arboriculture, Arborist certfication. Full job description at Missoula Job Service. employmissoula.com Job # 10098989 Major Accounts Executive This sales position is responsible for selling strategic communication solutions including high-speed data, Internet, video and voice services to enterprise level clientele (large strategic customers) Primary services include WAN, LBI, PRI, VPN and ancillary Services (security, back up, etc.). Achieve revenue and customer goals by developing relationships with prospective clients and maintaining long-term relationships with existing clients. *ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS OF THE POSITION* Develop and build a named account list of new and existing enterprise level clients. Prospect for new clients within assigned territory and develop new revenue from existing clients by selling new sites and additional services Develop a long-term, professional relationship with the decision maker of every named account Develop and present custom solutions to clients. Bundle primary and ancillary services to provide additional value. Build business case for redundant rings to existing clients. Include new clients along the proposed ring or fiber route. Sell redundancy to existing clients (as well as new clients along the redundant route) when business
case meets ROI requirements Attend regional business expos and technology events to meet with perspective and existing clients and gauge competition Coordinate with the network sales engineer to create and present proposals that successfully meet our clients communications requirements. Full job description at Missoula Job Service. employmissoula.com Job # 10098825 Security Officer and Maintenance THE RESORT AT PAWS UP At the crossroads of incomparable luxury and unspoiled wilderness lies The Resort at Paws Up. A luxury ranch resort situated on a sprawling 37,000 acres thirty minutes east of Missoula. The resort offers its clientele a choice between safaristyle luxury tents or secluded rustic homes settled throughout the property. Paws Up provides an unfiltered connection with the natural beauty of Montana amidst a landscape of impeccable elegance and comfort. Nearly two dozen guided activities are offered including fishing, skeet shooting, horseback riding and rappelling. SECURITY OFFICER (GRAVEYARD) AND MAINTENANCE POSITION Paws Up employees are responsible for providing an exceptional experience to guests staying at the resort. This position is responsible for performing protocol on all aspects of the Paws Up security program, work with management and others to ensure a safe and secure environment for guests and employees and can effectively resolve security issues or concerns. This is a graveyard shift position. On other days, this person will be working with the Facilities Dept on general maintenance work. JOB QUALIFICATIONS: High school diploma or equivalent Prior or related experience a plus Current CPR/First Aid certification a plus Basic computer skills (Word,
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CANCER (June 21-July 22): "Nothing was ever created by two men," wrote John Steinbeck in his novel East of Eden. "There are no good collaborations, whether in music, in art, in poetry, in mathematics, in philosophy. Once the miracle of creation has taken place, the group can build and extend it, but the group never invents anything. The preciousness lies in the lonely mind of a man." In my view, this statement is delusional nonsense. And it's especially inapt for you in the coming weeks. In fact, the only success that will have any lasting impact will be the kind that you instigate in tandem with an ally or allies you respect.
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GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Most people have numerous items in their closet that they never wear. Is that true for you? Why? Do you think you will eventually come to like them again, even though you don't now? Are you hoping that by keeping them around you can avoid feeling remorse about having wasted money? Do you fantasize that the uncool stuff will come back into fashion? In accordance with the astrological omens, Gemini, I invite you to stage an all-out purge. Admit the truth to yourself about what clothes no longer work for you, and get rid of them. While you're at it, why not carry out a similar cleanup in other areas of your life?
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TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Novelist E. L. Doctorow says that the art of writing "is like driving at night in the fog. You can only see as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way." This realistic yet hopeful assessment is true of many challenges, not just writing. The big picture of what you're trying to accomplish is often obscure. You wish you had the comfort of knowing exactly what you're doing every step of the way, but it seems that all you're allowed to know is the next step. Every now and then, however, you are blessed with an exception to the rule. Suddenly you get a glimpse of the whole story you're embedded in. It's like you're standing on a mountaintop drinking in the vast view of what lies behind you and before you. I suspect that this is one of those times for you, Taurus.
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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): I live in Northern California, where an extended drought led to waterrationing for much of 2014. But in December, a series of downpours arrived to replenish the parched landscape. Now bursts of white wildflowers have erupted along my favorite hiking trails. They're called shepherd's purse. Herbalists say this useful weed can be made into an ointment that eases pain and heals wounds. I'd like to give you a metaphorical version of this good stuff. You could use some support in alleviating the psychic aches and pangs you're feeling. Any ideas about how to get it? Brainstorm. Ask questions. Seek help.
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VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Actress Uzo Aduba's formal first name is Uzoamaka. She tells the story about how she wanted to change it when she was a kid. One day she came home and said, "Mommy, can you call me Zoe?" Her mother asked her why, and she said, "Because no one can say Uzoamaka." Mom was quick to respond: "If they can learn to say Tchaikovsky, Dostoevsky, and Michelangelo, they can learn to say Uzoamaka." The moral of the story, as far as you're concerned: This is no time to suppress your quirks and idiosyncrasies. That's rarely a good idea, but especially now. Say NO to making yourself more generic.
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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Doug Von Koss leads groups of people in sing-alongs. You don't have to be an accomplished vocalist to be part of his events, nor is it crucial that you know the lyrics and melodies to a large repertoire of songs. He strives to foster a "perfection-free zone." I encourage you to dwell in the midst of your own personal perfection-free zone everywhere you go this week, Libra. You need a break from the pressure to be smooth, sleek, and savvy. You have a poetic license to be innocent, loose, and a bit messy. At least temporarily, allow yourself the deep pleasure of ignoring everyone's expectations and demands.
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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Songwriter RB Morris wrote a fanciful poem in which he imagines a smart mockingbird hearing rock and roll music for the first time. "When Mockingbird first heard rock / He cocked his head and crapped / What in the hell is that? / It sounded like a train wreck / Someone was screaming / Someone's banging on garbage cans." Despite his initial alienation, Mockingbird couldn't drag himself away. He stayed to listen. Soon he was spellbound. "His blood pounded and rolled." Next thing you know, Mockingbird and his friends are making raucous music themselves—"all for the love of that joyful noise." I foresee a comparable progression for you in the coming weeks, Capricorn. What initially disturbs you may ultimately excite you—maybe even fulfill you.
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MONTANA FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, LEWIS AND CLARK COUNTY Cause No. DDA2014-57 NOTICE OF PROCEEDINGS AND HEARING FOR TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS IN THE MATTER OF THE PARENTAL RIGHTS TO BABY GIRL M. TO: The unknown father of Baby Girl M., who was born on June 26, 2014, in Butte, Silver Bow County, Montana. PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a petition for the termination of your parental rights to Baby Girl M. has been filed with the Montana First District Court, Lewis and Clark County, 228 Broadway, Helena, Montana 59601. The Court has scheduled a hearing for the determination of your parental rights starting at 1:30 P.M. Mountain Time on Thursday, January 15, 2015. Pursuant to Montana Code Annotated Section 42-2605(2), your failure to appear at the hearing will constitute a waiver of your interest in custody of the child, and will result in the Court’s termination of your parental rights. Pursuant to Montana Code Annotated Section 42-2-616(1), if you appear at the scheduled hearing and object to the termination of your parental rights and request custody of the child, the Court will then set deadlines allowing the parties to complete discovery, and will set a hearing on the determination of your rights to the child. DATED: December 18, 2014. FRANZ & DRISCOLL, PLLP /s/ William P. Driscoll William P. Driscoll, Attorney for Petitioner
MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 3 Cause No. DP-14-256 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF INEZ IRENE HEGGE SEINES a/k/a , Inez I. Hegge and Inez Hegge Seines, 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 (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 KAREN LYNNE HUNT, the Personal Representative, return receipt requested, c/o Reely Law Firm, P.C., 3819 Stephens Avenue, Suite 201, Missoula, Montana 59801, or filed with the Clerk of the above-entitled Court. DATED this 19th day of December, 2014. /s/ Karen Lynne Hunt, Personal Representative REELY LAW FIRM, P.C. 3819 Stephens Avenue, Suite 201 Missoula, Montana 59801 Attorneys for Personal Representative By: /s/ Shane N. Reely, Esq. MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Cause No. DP-14-239 Dept. No. 2 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF GERALD HUBERT MUELLER, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the abovenamed estate. All persons hav-
MNAXLP ing 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 Charlene Ann Mueller, 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 24th day of November, 2014. /s/ Charlene Ann Mueller, Personal Representative GIBSON LAW OFFICES, PLLC /s/ Nancy P. Gibson, Attorney for Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No, 3 Probate No. DP-14-259 NOTICE OF HEARING OF APPLICATION FOR APPOINTMENT AS REPRESENTATIVE IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF HELEN KOZLOWSKI, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Carol Coats by and through her counsel of record has filed in the above Court and cause a Petition for Probate of Will, Determination of Testacy and Heirs, and Appointment of Personal Representatives of said estate. For further information, the Petition, as filed, may be examined in the office of the clerk of the above Court. Hearing upon said Petition will be held in said Court at the courtroom in the courthouse at Missoula,
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Montana, on the 5th day of February, 2015, at the hour of 9:00 o’clock a.m., at which time all interested persons may appear and object. Service of this notice is being made in accordance with the attached Certificate of Service. Dated this 2nd day of January, 2015. BOONE KARLBERG P.C. By: /s/Julie R. Sirrs P. O. Box 9199 Missoula, Montana 59807 Attorneys for Carol Coats MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 3 Probate No. DP-14-237 NOTICE OF HEARING OF APPLICATION FOR APPOINTMENT AS SUCCESSOR PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF ROBERT ATCHISON, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Pamela Jo Atchison Archer and Jeffrey D. Atchison by and through their counsel of record have filed in the above Court and cause an Application for Appointment as Successor Co-Personal Representatives of said estate. For further information, the Application, as filed, may be examined in the office of the clerk of the above Court. Hearing upon said Application will be held in said Court at the courtroom in the courthouse at Missoula, Montana, on the 15th day of January, 2015, at the hour of 9:00 o’clock a.m., at which time all interested persons may appear and object. Service of this notice is being made in accordance with the attached Certificate of Service. Dated this 17th day of December, 2014. BOONE KARLBERG P.C. By: /s/ Julie R. Sirrs P. O. Box 9199 Missoula, Montana 59807 Attorneys for Co-Applicant Pamela Jo Atchison Archer MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No.: 1 Cause No.: DP-14-233 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF: SAM A. ROBERTS, 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 Kathleen Roberts, the Personal Representative, return receipt requested, at c/o Bjornson Law Offices, PLLC, 2809 Great Northern Loop, Suite 100, Missoula, MT 59808, or filed with the Clerk of the above Court. DATED this 18th day of November, 2014. /S/ Kathleen Roberts, Personal Representative Bjornson Law Offices, PLLC By /s/ R. Nick Jones Attorneys for Kathleen Roberts, Personal Representative
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NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 09/28/05, recorded as Instrument No. 200526712 Bk-761 Pg-1482, mortgage records of Missoula County, Montana in which Leroy Tripp, and Janie A Tripp, husband and wife was Grantor, Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. solely as nominee for America’s Wholesale Lender was Beneficiary and Charles J. Peterson was Trustee. First American Title Insurance Company has succeeded Charles J. Peterson as Successor Trustee. The Deed of Trust encumbers real property (“Property”) located in Missoula County, Montana, more particularly described as follows: Lot 69B-1 of Orchard Home Company’s Addition No. 6, Lots 69B-1 and 69B-2, a platted subdivision in Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded plat thereof. By written instrument recorded as Instrument No. 201322329 B: 922 P: 295, beneficial interest in the Deed of Trust was assigned to The Bank of New York Mellon fka the Bank of New York as Trustee for the Certificateholders of CWMBS, Inc., CHL Mortgage pass-through Trust 2005-30, Mortgage pass-through Certificates, Series 2005-30. 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
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[C6] Missoula Independent • January 8–January 15, 2015
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 09/01/08 installment payment and all monthly installment payments due thereafter. As of November 19, 2014, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $654,487.96. This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $439,344.54, 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 April 1, 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-
MNAXLP 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
CLARK FORK STORAGE
will auction to the highest bidder abandoned storage units owing delinquent storage rent for the following unit(s): 53, 64, 85, 94, 102, 148, 241, 250, 256, 263. Units can contain furniture, cloths, chairs, toys, kitchen supplies, tools, sports equipment, books, beds, other misc household goods, vehicles & trailers. These units may be viewed starting 1/19/2015 by appt only by calling 541-7919. Written sealed bids may be submitted to storage offices at 3505 Clark Fork Way, Missoula, MT 59808 prior to 1/22/2015 at 4:00 P.M. Buyer's bid will be for entire contents of each unit offered in the sale. Only cash or money orders will be accepted for payment. Units are reserved subject to redemption by owner prior to sale. All Sales final.
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# 8193.20300) 1002.269188-File No.
PUBLIC NOTICE Community Needs Assessment Meeting and CDBG
and HOME Application Workshop Community Needs Assessment Meeting: January 13, 2015, 4 PM to 6 PM at City Council Chambers, 140 W. Pine Street, Missoula. The Missoula Department of Grants and Community Programs, on behalf of the City of Missoula and Missoula County, will accept proposals or ideas for projects that could be funded by programs such as the City's Community Development Block Group (CDBG) and Home Investment Partnerships (HOME) programs, as well as the State's CDBG, HOME, TSEP and Continuum of Care programs. Projects must primarily benefit low- to moderate-income households. This is your opportunity to get your ideas, wishes and plans on the table for projects in the areas of housing, economic development, public facilities/infrastructure and public (human) services which may be eligible for funding through the City or County of Missoula. CDBG and HOME Application Workshop: January 14, 2015, 9 AM to 11 AM at the Department of Grants & Community Programs conference room, 223 W. Alder Street, Missoula. Any organization planning to apply for program year 2015 HOME or CDBG funds should attend; the public is also welcome.
For more information or to request special accommodations in order to participate, please contact us at (406) 258-4939 or email grants@co.missoula.mt.us, or contact the Montana Relay Service at 711.
These pets may be adopted at Missoula Animal Control 541-7387 SPUDS• Spuds is a 6-7 year-old male American Pit Bull. This muscle-bound man is as gentle as they come. He spent the last several years tied up in a yard, and is grateful for every ounce of affection he can get. Spuds does have a grain allergy and sensitive skin, so would need a specialized diet.
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WATSON• Watson
is a 8-9 year-old brindle Golden Retriever mix. This older guy would be perfect for someone who is not as active. Watson is rather overweight and would need an owner who could be diligent about a weight loss program as his hips are feeling the affects of the extra pounds.
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SAM•Sam is a 1-year-old black Lab/Pit Bull mix. He is a sweet and playful young man. Sam would need to be an on-leash South Reserve Street, Missoula, Montana, 59801 dog as he has a tendency to run when off 2330 Lobby: 9:00am-5:00pm (Mon-Fri) • Drive-thru: 7:30am-6:00pm (Mon-Fri) leash. He also can be fearful of men. He is great with older kids, minds well on 3708 North Reserve Street, Missoula, Montana, 59808 Lobby: 9:00am-5:00pm (Mon-Fri) leash, and knows how to sit and lay down.
IMOGENE•Imogene is a 5-7 year-old female long-haired gray Tabby. She has a lovely disposition and enjoys being brushed out. Imogene is a clever little girl who knows how to open cupboards and likes to find little areas to hide.
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ALLIE•Allie is a 2-year-old female white and orange Domestic Medium Hair. Allie is good with other cats and would love to find a feline friend to snuggle with. Allie does have a corn allergy and would need a grain-free diet.
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MARTIN•Martin is a 6-8 year-old male gray Tiger Domestic Short Hair. He is a very social boy, who often asks for attention by rubbing up against your leg. Martin loves to lounge about and is not overly active. He'd be a great family cat, as his laidback personality allows him to get along with a wide variety of people and pets.
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These pets may be adopted at the Humane Society of Western Montana 549-3934 LUCKY• Lucky is a handsome Bluetick/Walker Hound mix and he loves people and attention! This 3-year-old boy is very playful and he gets along well with other dogs. Lucky is ready to find his forever family to take him on outdoor adventures and car rides. If you are interested in meeting Lucky, come visit him today!
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ANGELICA• Angelica is a friendly lap cat with a big personality. She loves to spend her time playing with feather toys, using her scratching post and napping in a cozy lap. You can visit Angelica at the Humane Society of Western Montana. We are open 1-6 TuesdayFriday and 12-5 on Saturdays.
RUDOLPH•Rudolph is a fun-loving Chihuahua and he is ready to find his forever Montana family. If you are interested in meeting this friendly boy, stop by The Humane Society of Western Montana and ask to meet with Rudolph today!
MAVERICK•Maverick is an energetic 7-month-old Lab and he is ready to find his forever family! This playful boy enjoys hikes and would be the perfect companion to explore the great outdoors with. If you are interested in spending some time with Maverick, stop by The Humane Society of Western Montana today!
MOLLY• Molly is a long-haired beauty looking for a caring home. She would prefer to be the only cat and to be treated like a princess. Come visit Molly at the Humane Society of Western Montana. We are open 1-6 Tuesdays through Fridays and 12-5 on Saturdays.
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PUBLISHER’S NOTICE
EQUAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITY All real estate advertising in this newspaper is subject to the Federal and State Fair Housing Acts, which makes it illegal to advertise any preference, limitation, or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status or national origin, marital status, age, and/or creed or intention to make any such preferences, limitations, or discrimination. Familial status includes children under the age of 18 living with parents or legal custodians, and pregnant women and people securing custody of children under 18. This newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate that is in violation of the law. Our readers are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised in this newspaper are available on an equal opportunity basis. To report discrimination in housing call HUD at toll-free at 1-800-8777353 or Montana Fair Housing toll-free at 1-800-929-2611
APARTMENTS
1315 E. Broadway #6. 2 bed/1.5 bath, close to U, coinops, pet? $800. Grizzly Property Management 542-2060 1801 Howell St. #2. 2 bed/1 bath, new flooring, shared yard, W/D hookups, storage. $725 Grizzly Property Management 542-2060 2 bedroom, 1 bath $705, downtown & near University, coin op laundry, off street parking & carport. W/S/G paid. No Pets, No Smoking. GATEWEST 728-7333 2 bedroom, 1 bath, $650, N. Russell, coin-op laundry, storage, off-street parking, H/W/S/G paid. No Pets, No Smoking. GATEWEST 728-7333 2 bedroom, 1 bath, $705, quite cul-de-sac, near Good Food Store, DW, coin-op laundry, offstreet parking, H/W/S/G paid. No Pets, No Smoking. GATEWEST 728-7333 2 bedroom, 1 bath, $750, (2 Weeks Free w/6 Month Lease) 62 and older community, elevator, AC, balcony, large bathroom, storage, H/W/S/G paid. No Pets, No Smoking. GATEWEST 728-7333 2308 Foothills: 2 Bdrm, Southhills, Hook-ups, Dishwasher, Storage $675 GARDEN CITY PROPERTY MANAGEMENT 549-6106. 1 year Costco membership!
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REAL ESTATE HOMES 10955 Cedar Ridge. Loft bedroom, 1 bath on 20+ acres with guest house & sauna near Blue Mountain Recreation Area. $299,900. Shannon Hilliard, Prudential Missoula 239-8350. shannon@prudentialmissoula.com 1633 South 4th West. 1920’s era 4 bed, 2 bath with fenced yard, patio and many new upgrades. $299,900. Pat McCormick, Properties 2000. 240-7653 pat@properties2000.com 2 Bdr, 2 Bath, Rose Park Home with commercial space. $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 2234 Roy. Immaculate 2 bed, 1 bath with patio & 2 car garage. $199,500. Vickie Honzel, Lambros ERA Real Estate. 531-2605. vickiehonzel@lambrosera.com 2904 Queen Street. 4 bed, 3 bath ranch style with full basement & 2 car garage. $319,900. Chris Honzel, Lambros ERA Real
Estate. 544-8700 chrishonzel@lambrosera.com 3 Bdr, 2 Bath, Central Missoula home. $275,000. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com 3 Bdr, 2 Bath, East Missoula home. $225,000. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.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
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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 4 Bdr, 2 Bath, University District home. $439,000. 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 612 Parkview. 3 bed, 2 bath in
Farviews with 2 car garage. $289,900. Shannon Hilliard, Prudential Missoula. 239-8350 shannon@prudentialmissoula.co m
home in the desirable Farviews neighborhood for $265,000! Solar panels, views, great home. KD 240-5227. porticorealestate.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
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
Former MUD Site 633 Phillips - $150,000. Excellent opportunity to own a home at the former MUD demonstration site on the Northside. Many outbuildings and so many possibilities. KD 240-5227 porticorealestate.com
Let me help save you time and energy. I know about Missoula and have lived here 30+ years. David Loewenwarter. Prudential Montana Real Estate. LOEWENWARTER.COM. 406241-3321
“Go Griz” let me help you find your way back home to Missoula. David Loewenwarter, Realtor Prudential MT Real Estate 241-3221 loewenwarter.com
Orange Street Triplex 201 S Orange Street Triplex, $325,000. Location is awesome, near the river and downtown and river trails and bike trails and all sorts of conveniences.
Buying or selling homes? Let me help you find your way home. David Loewenwarter. Prudential Montana Real Estate. LOEWENWARTER.COM. 406-241-3321 Farviews Home 404 Westview. Three bedroom, 2 bath
REAL ESTATE Two main floor units, one upper. Some hardwood floors and some upgrades and tons of character! KD 240-5227 porticorealestate.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
Put my experience and dedication to work for you. JAY GETZ, Prudential Montana Real Estate. (406) 214-4016 • jay.getz@prumt.com • www.JayGetzMissoula.com
5510 Creekstone #1. 2 bed, 1.5 bath Grant Creek condo with patio & parking. $139,500. Vickie Honzel, Lambros ERA Real Estate 531-2605. vickiehonzel@lambrosera.com
Rattlesnake Farmhouse A friendly home with large garden in the middle Rattlesnake. 1145 Lolo Street. At corner of Gilbert and Lolo Streets. 3 bedroom, 2 bath, 10,200 sq. ft. lot [0.23 acres] Fruit trees. Access to town and trails. For sale by owners of 24 years. $279,000. Main and Second floors have 1,375 Sq. Ft. Unfinished basement 240 Sq.Ft. Parking off street. Fenced yard and garden. All SIDs paid including city sewer,sidewalk. Natural gas heat. Roof one year old. Taxes $2304.33 in 2014. Pictures on craigslist. 406-437-1800 or masirr@yahoo.com
Burns Street Condo 1400 Burns #16 $160,000. Three bedroom upper level unit offers spacious, convenient, and beautiful living space. One of the best things about Burns Street Commons is its gorgeous exterior and great community atmosphere. KD 240-5227 or Sarah 3703995 porticorealestate.com
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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
We’re not only here to sell real estate, we’re your full service senior home specialists. Clark Fork Realty. 512 E. Broadway. (406) 7282621. www.clarkforkrealty.com When considering a move please call Missoula native JAY GETZ, Prudential Montana Real Estate. (406) 214-4016 • j a y. g e t z @ p r u m t . c o m • www.JayGetzMissoula.com WHO CARES? We do, in good times & bad... Auto; SR-22; Renters; Homeowners. JT Zinn Insurance. 406-549-8201. 321 SW Higgins. Find us on Facebook.
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
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 #10. Designed with energy efficiency, comfort and affordability in mind. Next to Burns Street Bistro and Missoula Community Co-op. 2 bedroom unit for $119,000. KD 240-5227 porticorealestate.com
LAND 1625 Lot 12A Cote Lane. Level 1 acre with fantastic views. Mary Louise Zapp-Knapp, Lambros ERA Real Estate 532-9296. mlzappknapp@lambrosera.com Lot 33 Old Mill Loop, St. Regis. 1.02 acre with 150’ of Clark Fork River Frontage. Mary Louise Zapp-Knapp, Lambros ERA Real Estate 532-9296. mlzappknapp@lambrosera.com NHN Arnica. Pattee Canyon acreage with great view of Missoula. Mary Louise Zapp-Knapp, Lambros ERA Real Estate. 5329296 mlzappknapp@lambrosera.com NHN 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
with attached rental. $265,000. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 2396696, 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 2 Bdr, 2 Bath, Stevensville home. $180,000. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit
6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com 4 Bdr, 3 Bath, Frenchtown home on 5.4 acres. $300,000. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com 5 Bdr, 3 Bath, Florence area home on 3.2 acres. $479,000. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 2396696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com
www.mindypalmer.com 4 Bdr, 2 Bath, Nine Mile Valley home on 12.3 acres. $350,000. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-
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TOWNHOMES 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 1545 Cooley Unit D. 2 bed, 1 bath with single garage near Burns Street Bistro. $106,900. Shannon Hilliard, Prudential Missoula 239-8350. shannon@prudentialmissoula.com 1823 H Montana. 3 bed, 2.5 bath near Good Food Store & Source Gym. $140,000. Shannon Hilliard, Prudential Missoula 239-8350. shannon@prudentialmissoula.com 2200 Garland #29. 2 bed, 1 bath in South Hills. $95,000. Vickie Honzel, Lambros ERA Real Estate 531-2605. vickiehonzel@lambrosera.com 3811 Stephens #30. 2 bed, 1.5 bath in Lewis & Clark neighborhood with single garage. $135,500. Mary Louise ZappKnapp, Lambros ERA Real Estate. 532-9296 mlzappknapp@lambrosera.com
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575 Killdeer. 5 bed, 3 bath on 7.5 fenced acres with deck, 2 car garage & mountain views. $324,900. Vickie Honzel, Lambros ERA Real Estate. 531-2605 vickiehonzel@lambrosera.com
phire Acres. $349,900. Vickie Honzel, Lambros ERA Real Estate. 531-3605 vickiehonzel@lambrosera.com
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