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Caroline Temple opened Whole Child Missoula when she was pregnant with her first son in 1996. Today, she cares for infants to 3-year-olds, which allows her to stay home and care for her youngest son, Anam.
News
Voices The readers write .............................................................................................................4 Street Talk Missoula characters ..................................................................................................4 The Week in Review The news of the day, one day at a time..................................................6 Briefs Dancing Man departs, blockchainsplaining, and talking about walking .......................6 Etc. We are all on the border now ..............................................................................................6 News ‘Fortifying freedom’ at the Western Conservative Summit..............................................8 Dan Brooks What does the Montana GOP see in Don Trump Jr.? ...............................................9 Writers on the Range With climate change, the future is a guessing game..........................10 Feature Missoula’s infant-care crisis hits home .......................................................................12
Arts & Entertainment
Arts Southern songwriter J.W. Teller finds his way in Missoula ..................................16 Music Hot Garbage, Black Milk, The Essex Green ......................................................17 Books Cats, tumors and other metaphors in David Sedaris’ Calypso ........................18 Film First Reformed delivers the best things in film ...................................................19 Movie Shorts Independent takes on current films .....................................................20 BrokeAss Gourmet White bean fritters over greens ...........................................................21 Happiest Hour Draught Works’ Pineapple Express Tropical IPA................................23 8 Days a Week We ran just a little bit over this week ........................................................24 Agenda The Water is Life march ..............................................................................................29 Mountain High Bike overnight for the Swift Campout solstice celebration ..............30
Exclusives
News of the Weird ......................................................................................................11 Classifieds....................................................................................................................31 The Advice Goddess ...................................................................................................32 Free Will Astrology .....................................................................................................34 Crossword Puzzle .......................................................................................................37 This Modern World.....................................................................................................38
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STREET TALK
[voices]
by Susan Elizabeth Shepard
Missoula fixture Dancing Man, one half of the Dancing Couple that were regularly seen at Caras Park, died last week while dancing at Out to Lunch. Did you ever see him? What Missoula character would you like to know more about?
Renee Park: I haven’t lived here very long, so I don’t know very many Missoula characters. Another dancing guy: There’s this one guy that stands on the corner of Mount and Russell. He always has headphones in and he’s always dancing and singing on the corner of Mount and Russell. Liz Petriccione: He walks the back bike path. Renee: I think he’s totally harmless. And he’s dancing, singing, smiling and waving. Liz: Sometimes. Sometimes people are out, he flips them off as they drive by. But he’s always singing.
Mike Boehm: Yeah, only vaguely. Minding his business: I don’t know any other [characters]. Are there others? I’ve only been here three years. I don’t know that many people.
Garrett Gunter: You would be enjoying a beer or the music and they were usually off to the side. It got to a point where we would look for them. I found myself staring at times to see what sort of interesting move or gyration would happen next. Chessmaster, maybe: There was a guy who used to sit around, mostly out in front of Charlie B’s, and I heard he was a world-class chess player at one time. He’d ask for some loose change as you were walking by, but he would add something strange at the end like, “Do you have any change? I’d like to buy a ring.”
Brian Johnson: I wasn’t familiar with dancing guy, but at the Out to Lunch equivalent, called Alive at Five in Helena, there was a dancing couple. That person exists also in Helena. Spotlight Musicians: John Floridis, he’s a super-fascinating guy. He was into hospice music ministry, and this public radio career, and there are like layers and layers and layers to John Floridis. Asked Monday afternoon at Imagine Nation Brewing
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Shy of arson
No one should have to tolerate harassment (“Book Exchange employees quit in numbers,” June 12). If there’s a culture or situation at the Book Exchange that facilitates it, the company needs to implement change. I try to imagine myself in a situation like this, however, where my family owns a closely held business and my parents, who are in their 70s and have very different ideas about what constitutes sexual harassment (as well as how to address it), run much of the business. How do I fix this without burning down the business or burning down my family? I believe the women. I also feel compassion for Ian and Rami Haddad, who must now lead the business, their family and themselves through some painful decision-making. I’m not yet ready to burn down the Book Exchange. But what they do next matters a great deal. Robin L. Childers facebook.com/missoulaindependent
Systems in place
Internal investigations are best done before there are issues. It can be a great help to make sure you have procedures in place to avoid issues like harassment or retaliation for reports of harassment. A business then can correct defects and provide a system that allows employees a way to report issues and to know that their concerns are addressed. This of course must be communicated and supported by business owners. The responsibility and weight of providing a harassment-free work place is on the shoulders of the business. When an owner is allegedly involved in harassment or retaliation for reporting, as examples, there are no higher-ups to go to, and the notion of being unaware does not apply. Depending on the results of an investigation paid for by one of the parties in a dispute is not apt to be considered an independent investigation. It would look better for the business and be better for the past, present and future employees if a complaint is placed with the Human Rights Bureau under the Montana Division of Labor and Industry. A person who believes that they have experienced illegal discrimination should contact the Montana Human Rights Bureau at (406) 444-4356 or 1-800-542-0807. Ana Greer facebook.com/missoulaindependent
Wheels come off
I look forward to Dan Brooks’ columns; they are typically insightful, ironic and clever. However, in his recent reflection on bicycling in Missoula, he turned onto a path that was ignorant, imperious and clumsy (“Brooks: No more Mister Nice Bike,” June 13). In his painting of “cyclists” as rolling lemmings whose most masterful achievement is a death that is as fascinating as it is pa-
“I believe the women. I also feel compassion for Ian and Rami Haddad, who must now lead the business, their family and themselves through some painful decision-making.”
thetic, he does a horrendous disservice to the thousands of people who, for reasons of economy, environment or convenience, chose pedal over petrol power. There are obviously some reckless dimwits seated behind handlebars — just as there are behind steering wheels. But a vast majority are simply trying to make it to their destination with a minimal number of frayed nerves. Dan’s normal sense of piercing insight in the service of our community also seems to be fraying at the edges. Maybe some time off, a well-deserved vacation, would be in order. My recommendation would be one of the fine tours provided by Missoula-based Adventure Cycling. Eugene Schmitz Missoula
Point?
Dan, I’m laughing at all the truisms in here and not at all sure what your point is. Is it wrong to love all this marvelous dysfunction? I kind of love it. Leslie Herbert missoulanews.com
Right of way
I don’t think it is the “people who are from here” who get the right of way at uncontrolled intersections. It is whoever has the biggest or loudest truck or SUV. (Thanks — from a native who drives a Prius.) Sara Lahey facebook.com/missoulaindependent
Trash talk
Derek, thank you for another insightful, informative article on pressing issues (“A Bozeman businessman is trying to bust Republic Services’ Missoula trash monopoly. It might get messy,” June 14). I truly hope that Montana can quickly move away from the lazy, unimaginative landfill model of yesteryear and into a clean energy future where all materials have value and nothing “goes to waste.” Let’s keep talking trash! Bradley Layton missoulanews.com
Dumping Republic
You’ll have my business. I am sick of Republic Services and their high prices and terrible service. The minute we get another company in town I am switching. Tom Burnett facebook.com/missoulaindependent
Can ’em
Agreed. They stopped picking our trash up altogether without warning. When I called, they said they had left a note [on the can] about our can being too big (45 gallon, not 32)! How is that a reliable way to contact customers about issues? It probably blew away. I can’t wait for another company to come to town. We have the highest trash rates and dump rates in the state. Elissa White facebook.com/missoulaindependent Our June 14 issue mistakenly republished an older edition of Rob Brezsny’s weekly Free Will Astrology column. The Indy regrets the error.
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6pm – 8:30pm Free Community Picnic on Field One of the Softball Complex. Sponsored by Fraternal Order of Eagles 32 Missoula. 6pm
First round of Exhibition games include city champions of Senior Softball, Missoula Softball Association’s Co-rec and Women’s Softball League teams.
7pm
Ribbon Cutting – First Pitch Ceremony on Field One of the complex
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Second round of Exhibition games featuring Missoula Police vs. Missoula Rural Fire Department. Junior Olympic Girls 14, Men’s Fast Pitch League and Missoula Softball Association’s Co-rec softball teams.
8:30
3rd round of exhibition games featuring Co-rec teams from Missoula Park & Rec, Christian Softball League and Missoula Softball Association Men’s championship teams and Sunday Co-rec teams.
8:30
Men’s Home Run Derby on Field One. Winner takes all $500, $200 for longest ball
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[news]
WEEK IN REVIEW Wednesday, June 13 Ronald Kephart, a staple at downtown live music events known for his colorful dancing, dies of cardiovascular complications at age 77 while dancing at Out to Lunch in Caras Park.
Thursday, June 14 County Commissioners postpone a decision on proposed zoning regulations that would affect bitcoin mining operations in Bonner until August.
Friday, June 15 Catherine Cole is named vice president of enrollment and strategic marketing at the University of Montana. She will leave her current position as vice president of enrollment services at the University of North Florida.
Saturday, June 16 The Missoula Osprey defeat the Billings Mustangs 12–4 at Dehler Park in Billings. The remaining games in the four-game stand are delayed due to rain, and have yet to be rescheduled.
Sunday, June 17
Bitcoin down the road
Blockchainsplaining
Facing a regulatory crackdown, the Bonner bitcoin miners are backing away from the cryptocurrency that butters their bread. “Are we in the bitcoin mining business? No, we’re not,” Project Spokane’s Dan Stivers told county commissioners during a June 14 public hearing. The packed, two-hour hearing was held as commissioners consider enacting a moratorium on cryptocurrency mining. The moratorium would buy up to a year to discuss permanent regulations before the county is overrun by electricity-guzzling mines, as has happened in some Washington counties where power is cheap. For nearly a year, some Bonner residents have criticized the mine as providing little local economic upside to offset the incessant noise generated by its server-cooling fans. On Thursday, Stivers and other crypto advocates sought to reposition Project Spokane, and cryptocurrency mining generally, from an obnoxious get-rich-quick scheme to a vital piece of futuristic infrastructure. The rhetorical pivot? The blockchain. Blockchain is a general term for the technology that records transactions on a digital ledger. Bitcoin is the first widespread application of blockchain, but companies as large as IBM, Walmart and UPS
have lately begun exploring potential uses for blockchain in their industries. At the hearing, Stivers called blockchain a “planetary-changing technology” and described Project Spokane as a utility company that provides processing power to support blockchains, with bitcoin merely its “best client today.” That’s not how the Bonner mine’s parent company describes its business to investors. Hyperblock Technologies Corp., a Canadian company whose CEO, Sean Walsh, founded Project Spokane, acquired Project Spokane’s Bonner mine earlier this year. Hyperblock’s mission is to “create, safeguard, manage, and grow crypto — and promote consumer adoption and usage,” according to a June 5 press release. The same press release states that the Bonner facility, identified as Project Northwest, generated $8.3 million in operating income (i.e., profit) last year. (Stivers says the figure includes a one-time sale, and that the ongoing operating income is closer to $5.7 million.) Profit numbers were questioned, but not disclosed, when Project Spokane’s landlord unsuccessfully requested $135,000 in tax-increment financing last month to pay for fan blades that would quiet the facility’s noise. The company has previously said it employs about 20 people and paid $300,000 in taxes last year. County sustainability coordinator Diana Maneta had stated in her introductory presentation that a
moratorium would not target “non-crypto applications of blockchain technology,” which she believes do not pose the same environmental issues as crypto mining. That didn’t stop the train of crypto and blockchain businesspeople from testifying that the commission risked stifling blockchain investment by enacting a moratorium on crypto mining. Real estate broker Jeff Mohr, who brokered the deal that brought Project Spokane to Bonner in 2016, said the proposal runs contrary to other government efforts to attract high-tech business to the area. Officials were initially eager to attract Project Spokane and other bitcoin mines, but the state’s enthusiasm waned after the Indy reported that, at the time of the company’s arrival, one of its founders was embroiled in bankruptcy over his previous bitcoin mine and another was awaiting sentencing on federal charges for conspiracy to grow and distribute marijuana. “I’d hate to think we acted on this without a complete understanding of this industry,” Mohr told commissioners, adding that he doesn’t possess a complete understanding, either. Derek Brouwer
Podcasts
Talking about walking
The podcast is just under a minute long, but it
Rebecca Grace Romero, a 22-year-old recent University of Montana graduate, is killed in a hit-and-run incident early in the morning. Daniel Grady is later arrested and faces a negligent homicide charge.
Monday, June 18 Missoula City Council approves new restrictions on housing development in the University District. The new rules limit both the size and height of new or reconstructed homes in the area.
Tuesday, June 19 A 13-person horsepacking party is evacuated by helicopter from the Scapegoat Wilderness west of Augusta after their camp was washed out by rising water. At press time, highways in Augusta are closed due to flooding.
The Whitefish city planner, David Taylor, said in an interview that the project’s developer suggested to him that the microbrewery would be set aside for Ryan and Lola Zinke to own and operate…”
——From a June 19 story in Politico about Ryan and Lola Zinke’s ties to a planned Whitefish development financed by David Lesar, chair of oil giant Halliburton, which would benefit from Interior decisions regarding drilling standards and public lands.
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[news] manages to cover a full three miles of wildland trail south of Bozeman. Backdropped by birdsong and the sound of running water, a narrator guides listeners past fields of wildflowers and History Rock — allegedly signed by Corps of Discovery member John Colter — to a stunning view of Mount Blackmore. It’s a short, direct teaser, the kind that will land the trail on anyone’s to-hike list. That’s exactly what the Montana Wilderness Association is counting on. Development Manager Kassia Randzio says the nonprofit has dreamed of a podcast for years. On June 8, it finally launched one. The first installment of Trail of the Week featured the History Rock-to-Fox Meadow trail on the Custer Gallatin National Forest. MWA followed up on June 13 with another 59-second podcast about a lake-dotted overnight in the Big Belt Mountains east of Helena. Both aired on Montana Public Radio, the Trail 103.3 and nearly a dozen other Montana radio stations, and were promoted with text alerts to any followers who’d signed up online. As of week three, those followers numbered 481. MWA secured a one-year grant to produce Trail of the Week from the Helena-based Greater Montana Foundation, and mined its own online hiking guide to fuel 52 weeks of highlighted trails. The selections range from a trail in the pine-blanketed West Pioneers Wilderness Study Area to one in the Terry Badlands WSA. Randzio says many of the trails were intentionally chosen to prod resident and visiting recreationists toward more rural areas. “Montana has a $7 billion outdoor recreation economy,” she says, “and in the interests of dispersing those benefits to smaller communities and small towns, it’s important to us to … drive people to small-town Montana to pass through local businesses and stop and support local businesses.” The West Pioneers and the Terry Badlands are among the 29 areas that Rep. Greg Gianforte proposed removing from WSA status in a pair of bills released earlier this spring. While Gianforte’s bills have kicked up considerable concern among conservation advocates, Randzio says the choice to spotlight trails in those areas on the podcast wasn’t political. Rather, it was reflective of the podcast’s focus on undersung excursions. “People already know about the AnacondaPintler Wilderness and Glacier National Park and the
Bob Marshall Wilderness,” she says. “So when we’re looking at different trails to feature that would be lesser-used areas and have really surprising features, a lot of the places that come to mind are unprotected wildlands that are wilderness study areas or proposed wilderness.” MWA has already submitted a proposal to continue the Trail of the Week podcasts after the first year, though Randzio says that process is still in the early stages. But she’s hopeful the feature will be a long-lasting a complement to the online hiking guide MWA launched just two years ago. “It’s pretty much all user-generated content, from the descriptions and photos to the driving directions,” Randzio says of the guide. “And that encyclopedia of trails is growing.” Alex Sakariassen
Like no one’s watching
Dance on, guy
After Missoula’s legendary interpretive dancer Ronald Kephart, aka the Dancing Guy, suffered a fatal heart attack on Wednesday, June 13, at the Out to Lunch event at Caras Park, the Missoula Downtown Association planned a moment of silence in his honor at the following day’s Downtown ToNight festivities. But the busy atmosphere made the silence hard to pick up on, and to more properly honor Kephart’s memory, a “Dance-Off for Dancing Guy” was scheduled for Wednesday, June 20, during Out to Lunch. MDA Executive Director Linda McCarthy said she’s been with the association for nearly 20 years, and that Kephart almost never missed an event with live music during that time. When he did, his absence was noticeable, as it will be from now on. “He impacted a lot of people. He really showed people how to be themselves and not care what other people think,” McCarthy said. “I always thought of him as an MDA mascot,” said Kia Liszack, the Zootown Arts Community
BY THE NUMBERS
$105,629 Prize money claimed by Chicago-based record producer and Missoula native Steve Albini, who won a World Series of Poker gold bracelet in $1,500 Seven Card Stud in Las Vegas on June 16. Center executive director and coordinator of the dance-off. Liszack said she’s been watching Kephart and his wife, Susan, dance at events for years, and that when they showed up four years ago to the Northside Block Party, their presence proved the event was successful. “I made it!” Liszack remembers thinking. Kephart may have been a public figure, but he kept to himself, with his silence contributing to his legend, McCarthy said. Liszack said she’d heard stories of people spotting him across Montana, or in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. An obituary published this week by the Daly Leach Memorial Chapel of Hamilton provides details of Kephart’s life. He was born in Missoula in 1941, and spent his college years at the University of Pennsylvania (which he chose for its proximity to the Philadelphia Orchestra). He later become a Catholic scholar at the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas in Rome. Kephart also spent time in Washington D.C. at the Library of Congress studying the occult sciences to “subsume speculative knowledge, especially of the supernatural reality of God, and transform his knowledge into an active mode of life.” Missoulians may never know if “transforming knowledge into an active mode of life” is what Kephart was up to with his idiosyncratic displays, but it’s certainly nice to think so. Hunter Pauli
ETC. We’ve all seen the cages. We’ve all heard the screams. Currently, some 2,000 children are being held in the United States under deplorable conditions: chain-link walls, space blankets, sleeping mats on concrete floors. They’ve been taken from parents and family members after crossing the border from Mexico, the result of the Trump administration’s “zero-tolerance policy” on illegal entry. Make no mistake. That’s the reason. Despite the sinuous doublespeak oozing from the mouths of White House and Homeland Security officials — it’s the Democrats’ fault, it’s Congress’ fault, it’s the courts’ fault — this Orwellian dystopia is of our president’s making. The impact of this crackdown is hardly restricted to the southern borderlands. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has arrested 16 people in Montana since Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced the policy on April 6. Ten of those arrests occurred during a raid on a morel-harvesting camp in Mineral County. According to the Missoulian, nine of those 16 have since been charged with crimes related to being in the country illegally. And last week, Homeland Security rolled out a new version of its Northern Border Strategy, with the goal of toughening up on illicit drugs, terrorism and, you guessed it, illegal entry. But Montanans are in the mood to fight back, as evidenced by Wednesday’s scheduled rally outside the Missoula County Detention Center, where some of the arrested are being detained. Montanans for Immigrant Justice, founded to push back against the dismantling of DACA, hosted the event, and is a good local group to keep an eye on if your activist fires are burning. In addition, several individuals have raised more than $10 million via Facebook this week for the Texas-based Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services (RAICES), which recently opened a fund to provide parents with financial and legal aid to get them out of detention. The Young Center for Immigrant Children’s Rights is also soliciting donations to help deal with family-separation cases. There are scores of other organizations collecting money to fight this fight, and that’s a heartening chance for Montanans to help from afar. We may be facing one of the darkest chapters of this administration to date, but the cries of those children are not going unanswered.
Lexi Gilbertson
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‘Fortifying freedom’ Trump justice at the Western Conservative Summit by Sarah Tory
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Leslie Kalomas, 55, was among the grants. Big names like the American ings,” he said. “Well, at this Department attendees milling about the exhibit hall Lands Council, the National Rifle Associ- of Justice we are focused on the safety for the Western Conservative Summit, ation and the Heartland Institute mingled of the American people.” Though research shows that crime held June 8 at Denver’s Colorado Con- with smaller ones, like the Rocky Mounvention Center. The annual event is tain Black Conservatives and the Blazing rates among immigrants are lower than publicized as the largest conservative Holy Fire Church. Members of that evan- among U.S. citizens, Sessions delivered gelical ministry, led by pastor Christine his standard rebuke of “sanctuary” jurisgathering outside of Washington, D.C. Kalomas was volunteering for the Coleman, originally from Rwanda, were dictions that refuse to cooperate with Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Republican Party and introduced herself promoting a “Trump praying machine.” “We believe the church should work and in doing so, from his perspective, while I was staring at a selection of dolls resembling fetuses at the booth for with the government,” Coleman told me. contribute to crime, drugs and other ills. To curb such lawlessness, Sessions Just before 2:30 p.m., the exhibit Marisol Health, an anti-abortion hall emptied while loudspeakers played has instituted a “zero-tolerance policy Catholic health clinic. for securing the southwest She asked if I was one border” that aims to proseof “the liberal reporters” cute anyone who crosses and we started to chat. She the line unlawfully. “People confessed that she was once are not going to caravan in part of the GOP’s “Never here or otherwise stampede Trump” movement, but our border,” he said in refcame around when she saw erence to a group of Central how he was “improving the American migrants that areconomy and creating jobs rived at the U.S.-Mexico borinstead of giving handouts.” der in April, seeking For years, Kalomas said, photo courtesy AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post via Getty Images political asylum under U.S. America had gone astray — a realization she came to 10 Attorney General Jeff Sessions speaks during the Western and international law. Conservative Summit in Denver, publicized as the largest Sessions did not menyears ago when she suffered conservative gathering outside of Washington, D.C. tion a highly criticized polan accident that left her unable to work. When she applied for food Lynyrd Skynyrd’s “Sweet Home Ala- icy that is separating migrant children stamps at Colorado’s Adams County bama.” Then the star of Friday’s speaker from their parents as part of the adminWelfare Department, she was told she line-up, Attorney General Jeff Sessions, istration’s new border policies. Instead, he focused on the “civil right” of Amerididn’t qualify because she had too much took the stage. Amid a standing ovation, he started cans to be safe — a right that Sessions money in her bank account. (An Adams County spokesperson later told me that off by praising his boss for governing as stressed “applies to poor people and mithe county follows federal regulations a “law and order president.” Under norities. … They’re entitled to public for determining food stamp eligibility, Trump’s leadership, Sessions said, the safety, too.” “Here’s my message,” Sessions conincluding a rigorous verification process Department of Justice was reducing for applicants’ citizenship and income.) crime, combating the opioid epidemic cluded. “We’re going to keep up the When Kalomas complained to friends and cracking down on illegal immigra- pace.” Then he asked the crowd: “Are who worked in the local Social Security tion. When Sessions mentioned the you tired of it yet?” “No!” they shouted in response as department, they told her how they quantity of drugs seized at the border, were forced to give food stamps to un- someone in the audience yelled “build Sessions walked off stage. The audience, documented immigrants with fake So- that wall.” Sessions endorsed the notion. which numbered around 700, then “Build that wall, I hear,” he said. trickled out of the ballroom, heading cial Security numbers. “It was upsetting down the long hallway toward the buildto give people something they didn’t de- “We absolutely will.” Pivoting to immigration, Sessions ing’s exit, beneath a large banner serve,” she told me, and for her not to reiterated the president’s focus on the printed with the summit’s slogan: “Forget her share. Many of the groups with booths in MS-13 criminal gang, which Trump has tifying Freedom.” the exhibit hall shared Kalomas’ view of tried to make synonymous with immian America under attack, a narrative that grant crime in the U.S. “Some of my Sarah Tory is a correspondent for pits hard-working Americans against un- friends on the left are worried that Pres- High Country News, where this article deserving criminals and illegal immi- ident Trump may have hurt MS-13’s feel- was originally published.
[opinion]
The aristocrats Donald Trump Jr. and the Montana GOP by Dan Brooks
Friday night in Billings, the keynote speaker at the Montana Republican Party’s Platform Convention VIP Dinner will be Donald Trump Jr. I support this choice. As any political wonk will tell you, Trump Jr. is the president’s son. What could be more in line with Republican principles than that? As the wealthy heir to the most powerful man in the world, Trump Jr. embodies the core GOP value of winning. His dad totally won the 2016 election, by which I mean won the electoral college and lost the popular vote. After this brief flirtation with losing, however, Trump went on to be president anyway, winning over such erstwhile critics as Greg Gianforte. Gianforte distanced himself from Trump when he ran for governor in 2016, saying he would “hold his nose” and “reluctantly vote” for the Republican nominee. That was the young, liberal Gianforte, who selected his political allies based on culturally Marxist ideas like “honesty” and “competence.” Once he grew up the following year, though, he realized Trump was actually good. Gianforte ran his 2017 campaign for Congress on a platform of full-throated support for the new president, who had won him over by demonstrating the conservative value of possessing and wielding power. This shift toward Republican orthodoxy worked. Gianforte won, and all he had to do was change his personal and ideological allegiances, plus assault a reporter, lie about it and go into hiding on election day. The important thing, though, is that his commitment to getting behind a winner was repaid by the Montana GOP, which forgave his violence, dishonesty and lack of fixed political principles on the basis of his strong record of winning one election. That’s the message the party should send voters in 2018: It doesn’t matter what you do, say or believe, so long as you are on the winning team. And who better to convey this message than the less visually alarming of the president’s adult sons? As a 40-year-old man with literally no political experience beyond being the
president’s son, Trump Jr. embodies the Republican Party of 2018. The modern GOP has done away with outmoded strategies like “theory” or “practice.” Instead, it understands that government should be run like a business. If possible, business should replace government, education and all other phenomena of temporal existence entirely.
“Trump Jr. embodies the American dream of being born rich, attending the same university as your father, then treading water in the family business until you can direct the platform of the Montana Republican Party.” Trump Jr. excels in this area, too. Except for the year after he graduated from college, which he spent hunting and skiing in Aspen, Trump Jr. has worked for his family business his entire adult life. Of course I am referring to the Trump Organization, the multibilliondollar real estate and development empire that Trump Sr. built from the ground up, using only the million dollars and existing connections in New York City real estate that he got from his father.
The details aren’t important. My point is that Trump Jr. embodies the American dream of being born rich, attending the same university as your father, then treading water in the family business until you can direct the platform of the Montana Republican Party. And he did it in the field that most embodies Montana values: real estate development. Land is the very substance of the American dream. Who better to carry the GOP’s message of equal opportunity and personal responsibility than a guy who inherited billions of dollars’ worth of land from his dad? If there’s anything more American than not needing to work because you make millions of dollars charging other Americans to live on your family’s property, I can’t think of what it could be. Republican nominee for U.S. Senate Matt Rosendale is a real estate developer from back East, too. Gianforte failed to work in real estate, but at least he has the decency to be a multimillionaire from the eastern seaboard. Sen. Steve Daines wandered into the daylight realm from Nilbog, so he doesn’t quite fit the pattern, but he also possesses millions of dollars. When delegates to the Billings convention see these men on the dais alongside the president’s son, they will look upon every Montana Republican’s dream of being governed by wealthy, jobless landowners. Wasn’t that the hope of the Founding Fathers — that their sons would be rich, too? That’s the vision Don Jr. can bring to the Republican Party of Montana. It’s a vision of a country where land and money are passed down from father to son, who parlay their wealth into authority in government. I admit it’s not perfect, but the alternative would be to vote Democrat, and that’s where I draw the line. The Montana GOP may have become the party of jobless aristocrats, but at least they’re winning. Dan Brooks is on Twitter at @DangerBrooks.
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YOU WANT AWARD-WINNING JOURNALISM? The Indy delivers. The Montana Newspaper Association held its annual awards dinner in Billings on June 16. The Indy brought home the following honors in Division 4 (weekly and daily newspaper with circulation of 4,501 or more):
EDITORIAL 1st Place
Best Column Writing, Dan Brooks
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Best Investigative Journalism, Hunter Pauli
1st Place
Best Lifestyle Coverage, Sarah Aswell
1st Place
Best Sports Story, Susan Elizabeth Shepard
2nd Place Best Continuing News Coverage, Derek Brouwer
2nd Place Best Editorial, Brad Tyer 2nd Place Best Feature Story, Kate Whittle 2nd Place Best Lifestyle Coverage, Alex Sakariassen 2nd Place Mark Henckel Outdoor Writing Award, Alex Sakariassen
2nd Place Best Sports Feature Story, Skylar Browning 3rd Place
Best Continuing News Coverage, Alex Sakariassen
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Best Feature Story, Erika Fredrickson
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Best Headline Writing, Brad Tyer
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Best Lifestyle Coverage, Kate Whittle
3rd Place
Best Newspaper Special Section, “Explorer,” Indy staff
PRODUCTION 1st Place
Best Ad to Sell or Promote Merchandise (black and white), Indy staff
1st Place
Best Ad to Sell or Promote Services (black and white), Indy staff
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Best Page Layout and Design, Kou Moua
2nd Place Best Ad to Sell or Promote Merchandise, Indy staff
2nd Place Best Newspaper Promotional Ad, Indy staff 2nd Place Best Page Layout and Design, Kou Moua 3rd Place
Best Ad to Sell or Promote Merchandise (black and white)
3rd Place
Best Marketing Campaign, Indy staff
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Farewell to normal With climate change, the future is a guessing game by Pepper Trail
Ah, “the new normal” — how many times have you heard those words in the past few years? Endless security lines at airports? Bitter partisan politics? Working multiple jobs with no benefits? All of these are “the new normal.” Nowhere is this phrase more overworked than in relation to climate change. We hear it applied to everything from the rising frequency of high-tide flooding in Florida to Western summers full of wildfire smoke. It’s a phrase I hate. It’s the linguistic equivalent of a shrug, merely another way of saying, “Whaddaya gonna do?” In the context of politics and economics, it implies that “the new normal” is a done deal, and there’s no point doing anything but accepting that fact. But in the context of climate change, the phrase “the new normal” is even more insidious — and dangerous. It suggests that the Earth has arrived at a new equilibrium, which is how things will be from now on. In fact, there is nothing normal — new or otherwise — about the world’s climate situation. In truth, the only honest way to describe our climate crisis is “the no normal.” According to the latest data from the United Nations’ World Meteorological Organization, atmospheric CO2 now exceeds 403 parts per million (ppm). The report concludes: “Geological records show that the current levels of CO2 correspond to an ‘equilibrium’ climate last observed in the mid-Pliocene (3–5 million years ago), a climate that was 2–3 degrees Celsius warmer, where the Greenland and West Antarctic ice sheets melted … leading to sea levels that were 10–20 m (3264 feet) higher than those today.” To put this into perspective, our human species has never experienced CO2 levels this high in our entire evolutionary history, which is a mere 300,000 years or so. All of our assumptions about how the planet works are based on an atmosphere that no longer exists. And the really scary thing is that CO2 levels are nowhere close to reaching a new equilibrium. The Intergovernmental
Panel on Climate Change predicts that unless truly dramatic reductions are made, atmospheric CO2 will reach about 700 ppm by 2080, with temperature increases of more than 3 degrees Celsius. Even with zero emissions, getting back to what we might consider “normal” — the pre-industrial levels of 280 ppm — is “sort of a 10,000-year proposition,” according to Ralph Keeling, director of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography’s CO2 Program. And because of the enormous inertia of the
“When facing something with truly dire consequences, the only responsible course of action is to take a hard look at worst-case scenarios.” planetary-scale changes that are underway, atmospheric equilibrium (when CO2 levels stabilize), geophysical equilibrium (e.g., sea levels, air and sea temperatures), and ecological equilibrium (when species are in stable new distributions) will all happen at different times. We probably have no idea what an ecological “new normal” might resemble. There is no reason to believe that different species of plants and animals will respond in a coordinated fashion to climate change. Researchers attempting to predict future ecological communities have concluded that “by 2070, over half of California could be occupied by novel assemblages of bird species, implying the potential for dramatic community reshuffling and altered patterns of species interactions.” Ecologists
have taken to calling this “the no-analog future,” because we simply have no idea how climate change will reorganize the ecological world. And that has drastic implications for agriculture, forestry and the distribution of diseases. So, where does this leave us? When facing something with truly dire consequences — and climate change definitely qualifies — the only responsible course of action is to take a hard look at worst-case scenarios. Then, even if we’re not ready to take the radical action that would be required if the worst really happens, at least we can act to preserve our options. For example, the 30-foot rise in sea level that prevailed the last time atmospheric CO2 was as high as it is today would drown New Orleans, Houston and all the coastal cities of Florida. No one is ready to contemplate abandoning those cities — at least not yet. But we can, and should, do everything we can to avoid making the situation worse. For example, we could start enacting strict coastal development ordinances and no long offer government-subsidized flood insurance in low-lying coastal zones. Here in the West, we can respond to the predicted drastic increase in wildfires by adopting policies that limit further development in the “wildland-urban interface.” Such developments will require huge expenditures to defend from fire, and they will likely ultimately burn no matter what we do. As individuals and as a species, our normal reaction to radical uncertainty is to deny it. We make our best guess about the future — often heavily colored by wishful thinking — and muddle through. That’s understandable, but these are not normal times, and acting as if they are could be our undoing. Uncomfortable? You should be. Welcome to the no normal! Pepper Trail is a contributor to Writers on the Range, the opinion service of High Country News (hcn.org ). He is a writer and conservation biologist and lives in Ashland, Oregon.
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THE PASSING PARADE – Ninety-six-year-old Barney Smith of Alamo Heights, Texas, is known around those parts as the King of the Commode for his life’s work: more than 1,300 decorated toilet seats, all displayed in the retired master plumber’s Toilet Seat Art Museum. But now, he concedes, it’s time to put a lid on it: “I’m beginning to feel like I’d rather be in an air-conditioned home in a chair, looking at a good program,” Smith, who is bent with arthritis and uses a cane, told the Associated Press on May 22. Inside the metal-garage museum the collection includes toilet lids decorated with a chunk of the Berlin Wall, a piece of insulation from the Space Shuttle Challenger, Pez dispensers and flint arrowheads, along with the toilet lid from the airplane that carried Aristotle Onassis’ body back to Greece after his death. Smith told his wife, Louise, that he would stop at 500 pieces, but that was 850 lids ago. “If I would have just read my Bible as many hours as I spent on my toilet seats, I’d be a better man,” Smith said. Louise died in 2014, and Smith took a fall recently and broke some ribs. Now he’s looking for someone who will keep the museum intact: “This is my life’s history here.” PRECOCIOUS – On May 20, as a handful of adults enjoyed the swings at Angel Park in southwest Atlanta, two children walked up and asked to use the swing set. The adults agreed and started to walk away, reported the (Macon, Georgia) Telegraph, when the boys, about 6 and 12 years old, pulled out rocks the size of baseballs and what appeared to be a black handgun. They threw the rocks, hitting one man on the calf and causing an abrasion, according to Atlanta police. The older boy held the gun and pointed it at the adults, who ran away as the boys ran in the opposite direction. Earlier in May, two children were reported for an alleged armed carjacking in the same neighborhood. COMPELLING EXPLANATION – Claiming the shooting was an accident, Angelo Russo, 55, told police in Tatura, Victoria, Australia, he tripped over an eggplant during a dispute with a man who had run over his dog, which caused the gun Russo was carrying to go off, striking David Calandro in the head and killing him. Calandro and a friend had gone to Russo’s farm on Feb. 18, 2017, to buy some chilies, 9News reported, but as he drove away, Russo’s dog, Harry, began barking and chasing the vehicle. Calandro swerved toward the dog to “spook him,” the friend told a Victorian Supreme Court jury on May 23, but swerved too far, running over the dog instead. Russo pleaded guilty to manslaughter on May 25. OOPS! – Pesky weeds around his garage caused a Springfield Township, Ohio, resident to resort to extreme measures: The unnamed homeowner tried to eliminate them with a torch, and instead set the garage on fire. Firefighters were called to the scene at 4 a.m. on May 24, where they found the detached garage “fully involved,” according to the Springfield News-Sun. The structure was a total loss, including tools and appliances inside, valued at $10,000 to $15,000. CRIME REPORT – Three men were arrested on May 20 after stealing a 25-foot-long shed from a foreclosed property in Lebanon, Maine, and dragging it down the street behind their pickup truck, according to the Portland Press Herald. Matthew Thompson of Lebanon, Timothy James of Pembroke, New Hampshire, and Robert Breton of Milton, New Hampshire, were spotted in the act by a concerned citizen, who alerted Maine State Police. In addition, Thompson was found to have crystal meth and prescription pills that were not prescribed to him. All three were taken to the York County Jail and held on $5,000 bail. Patrick Gillis, 18, a senior at Highlands High School and a volunteer firefighter for the Pioneer Hose Fire Department in Brackenridge, Pennsylvania, told police he “just wanted to respond to a fire” on May 21, when he was arrested for starting a blaze in a vacant duplex where he used to live. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported that witnesses told investigators Gillis was seen at the home before the fire started, then returned as a firefighter to help put it out. He admitted to setting a piece of paper on fire and putting it in the microwave, then leaving. The Allegheny County Fire Marshal’s Office estimated damage at $150,000, and Gillis was charged with arson. BRIGHT IDEAS – Toronto police constables Vittorio Dominelli, 36, and Jamie Young, 35, had to call for backup in January during a raid on a marijuana dispensary after allegedly sampling some of the evidence. CTV News reported the officers called for help after they began hallucinating, one eventually climbing a tree. In a May 23 press release, Toronto police announced the two officers had been suspended and now face criminal charges in the incident. A senior prank went unexpectedly wrong for high school student Kylan Scheele, 18, of Independence, Missouri, when he was slapped with a three-day suspension on May 23 and barred from participating in graduation after putting his high school up for sale on Craigslist. Scheele said it was meant to be a joke. “Other people were going to release live mice ... I thought, let’s do something more laid back,” he told Fox 4. The ad for Truman High School listed attractive amenities such as newly built athletic fields, lots of parking and a “bigger than normal dining room.” A lawsuit filed against the school district by the ACLU of Missouri failed to reduce the punishment. STILL CREEPY – Before Chuck E. Cheese was a thing, it was ShowBiz Pizza, complete with the Rock-afire Explosion Band, an animatronic combo that is still the stuff of nightmares. On May 24, the Rock-afire Explosion Band was reunited at a new arcade bar in Kansas City, Missouri, also called Rock-afire. The band’s inventor, Aaron Fechter of Creative Engineering in Orlando, Florida, refurbished the band members with new masks, skin and costumes, and the playlist is set to include old standards as well as more contemporary hits. Bar owner James Bond was a huge fan of the band as a child: “You didn’t know whether they were fake or real,” he told the Kansas City Star. Send your weird news items with subject line WEIRD NEWS to WeirdNewsTips@amuniversal.com
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sther and Beau McBryde have a 1-year-old daughter and 5-year-old son to care for. When their son, Alistair, was an infant, they tried alternating their work schedules, with Beau working nights at Harlow’s Truck Center and Esther working days as a social worker at Community Medical Center, but they couldn’t make it work. They found a home daycare where Alistair stayed a few days a week while they offset their work schedules to cover the other days. More than a year later, when their job schedules changed, they enrolled Alistair at Origins Education Preschool, a Missoula childcare center for infants to 5-yearolds, where he stayed until last fall, when he started kindergarten. Their daughter, Aila, was born prematurely. Because her immune system wasn’t well developed and she required oxygen for her first two months, finding
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care was more complicated. A friend was able to watch Aila in the McBrydes’ home a few days each week while Esther and Beau juggled their schedules to cover the other days. But their friend can no longer watch Aila. Aila has been on the waiting list at Origins for more than 18 months, ever since Esther found out she was pregnant. Origins has an opening in July, but Origins has expanded its infant-care facility since Alistair was there, and Esther isn’t sure a larger center is right for their daughter. Because Aila’s immune system is still developing and she shows signs of other developmental delays, Esther says, she would prefer a home-based center, or a caregiver who can come to the McBrydes’ home. So Esther and Beau looked into the Big Sky Nanny agency, but they didn’t have the $935 in up-front application, consultation and placement fees. Hourly
rates for a nanny run $12 to $15 per hour. At three days a week, the cost for a nanny is far more than the $50 per day that infant and toddler care costs at Origins, and even that $50 per day is $10 more than they paid for Alistair’s care at Origins just a couple of years ago. Susanne Torpey, the owner of Big Sky Nanny, estimates she has placed 15 to 20 nannies over the last five years who are still caring for infants. She says it’s common for parents to have another baby during a nanny’s placement, and those nannies often stay on. Torpey matches nannies and parents who share parenting ideals, but she says it’s a challenge, and can take several weeks to find the right fit. Esther says such limited choices and high prices can force parents to place their young children where they don’t know individual care providers personally, or what kind of care they provide. It’s impossible to know all the people
working in the bigger centers. “We want someone with experience to watch our children, because the formative years are so important,” Esther says. “The meth thing at the YMCA Learning Center is frightening, because I had considered it after hearing such good things about it.” In April, an employee of the YMCA Learning Center who worked with infants from 6 weeks to 18 months old was suspected of using meth at work. She was charged with drug possession, criminal mischief and endangering the welfare of a child. She pleaded not guilty to all three charges and was released from jail. An omnibus hearing is scheduled for June 19. The center closed in April for contamination testing and has remained closed during clean-up efforts after low levels of contamination were found. The center hopes to reopen by mid-July. The closure has affected the families of 74 children from infancy through pre-school.
Origins still doesn’t have a part-time opening for the days the McBrydes need help with Aila, but they were finally able to find a private nanny who was able to start at the end of May.
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forty-something single mother with a toddler in tow addressed a group of people during a community conversation sponsored by the progressive activist group Missoula Rises at the Summit Independent Living community center in Missoula on April 2. “We have amazing pre-schools here in Missoula,” Caroline Temple said, “but infant care remains in crisis. It’s a mutual sacrifice when childcare providers are underpaid and parents can’t afford to pay them.” Temple opened Whole Child Missoula when she was pregnant with her first son in 1996. Providing in-home daycare was her best option as a single parent to provide her son with the care she wanted him to have while being able to make a living. Today, she cares for infants to 3-year-olds, which allows her to stay home and care for her youngest son, Anam. Temple receives tearful phone calls almost every week from discouraged and overwhelmed parents looking for someone to help care for their infants. She often suggests they hire a student of early-childhood education to work in their home, and share the care and cost with another family. “It is difficult to survive financially providing infant care in Missoula,” she said. “I have to work two jobs.” With a degree in social work focused on earlychildhood education, a master’s degree in counseling psychology focused on children and two fellowships in neurodevelopmental disabilities, Temple is a rarity among childcare providers. She charges $899 per month, while other inhome infant/toddler care providers charge as much as $50 per day. For young parents, paying for childcare is like paying a mortgage. Caring for three infants plus her own toddler son allows Temple to stay within the 4:1 child/provider ratio set by Montana’s Department of Public Health and Human Services to ensure a high-quality childcare environment and positive caregiving. Even so, by providing full-time in-home daycare, her earning potential as a parenting counselor is limited.
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hild Care Aware of America (CCAA), a nonprofit childcare advocacy organization, publishes annual fact sheets on each state showing the average annual income for childcare workers. In
Montana, childcare workers make an average of $20,760, compared to Wyoming at $23,630, Oregon at $24,460 and Washington at $25,610. The report shows that many childcare staffers can’t afford to enroll their own children in daycare. The 2017 Montana Market Rate survey shows a high percentage of turnover in the childcare workforce, 14.2 percent on average per quarter, compared to 10.2 percent for all other Montana industries combined. In 2017, CCAA reported that low-income families in Montana spend more than half their income on childcare expenses. For a family of four with two
Child Care Resources, says the Montana DPHHS Regional Provider Workforce Report of March 1, 2018, shows there are 102 licensed childcare providers for children of all ages in Missoula. While state regulations allow four infants for each licensed care provider, not all providers accept that many. The 2017 Montana Market Rate survey shows that approximately 37 percent of licensed programs in Montana have waiting lists for fulltime infant slots. And not all providers provide infant care. In 2017, Montana’s Early Childhood Services Bureau formed the MT Infant Toddler Workgroup to gather data and
other world to explore. Anam is tired, but it’s hard for him to stop. With a brain on full-tilt all the time, he has trouble sleeping. Temple had him assessed by a national expert on children’s sleep disorders and intelligence. Anam’s evaluation revealed signs of extreme intelligence. Temple wants him to go to a school where he will be stimulated and encouraged creatively, so she has him on a waiting list for a Waldorf charter school in Ashland, Oregon, when he turns 5. She is considering leaving Missoula to make more money to pay for the kind of education she wants her son to have.
The Associated Students of the University of Montana’s Child Care program, directed by Vicki Olson, has an infant-care waiting list for both faculty and students, with at least 20 families on each list.
children, “low income” is federally defined as anything under $50,200. The 2016 U.S. Census shows the median household income in Montana is $48,380. The same report states that Montana is home to 60,693 children under the age of 4, and 45,764 of those children potentially require daycare. According to the report, Montana has only 18,529 daycare spaces available, leaving more than 27,000 children without access to daycare. The U.S. Census Bureau’s July 2017 report shows the population of Missoula as 72,364. Children age 3 and under account for about 2,769 Missoulians. Emma Young, of Missoula nonprofit
seek solutions to Montana’s lack of infant and toddler care and the associated financial burden for parents. According to the workgroup’s preliminary findings report, “It is very clear there is a need for increased infant/toddler slots in quality childcare settings.”
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ords spill out of 3-year-old Anam’s mouth as he tells his mom how Mr. Mouse helped a fireman put out a fire. With widening eyes, he tells her about his little friend who cried because he was afraid of the fire in the storybook a neighbor read to them. Taking his mom by the hand, he leads her to another book he wants her to read, an-
Temple’s focus on early-childhood care stems from her knowledge about attachment and early brain development. She offers attachment-based childcare and takes in children with needs that other childcare providers turn away. Temple says her work is based on the brain development that occurs from age 0–5, when children are developing neural pathways that evolve into super-highways. She stresses the importance of infant and early-childhood care because these neural pathways become the foundations on which people build the rest of their lives. “One of the most important things we can ever do for anyone is provide them with an optimal environment for development,” she says.
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“There is not enough space for infants and toddlers in Montana for working parents.” In an economy in which both parents often work, the amount of time that a care provider spends with a child can amount to the majority of the child’s waking life. Temple believes the U.S. struggles with infant and toddler care at a policy level because there isn’t enough value placed on those who care for infants. She would like to see the general population better educated about childhood development, and
Quality Program provides funding to quality daycares and preschools, and provides childcare scholarships for qualified low-income families. “If we take care of our kids and give them high-quality early childhood experiences, we set the stage for their success in school and in life,” the governor said in a press release earlier this year. Jamie Palagie, Department of Public Health and Human Services division administrator, says the STARS to Quality
families and childcare businesses alike, hoping to identify other strategies.” Patty Butler, Montana’s Early Childhood Services Bureau Chief, is part of DPHHS’ Infant Toddler Workgroup. “There is not enough space for infants and toddlers in Montana for working parents,” she says. The workgroup is identifying issues and shaping policy to support providers so they can continue to expand services.
Origins Education Preschool Executive Director Genevieve King says the school currently has a waiting list of 40 infants — at least two years long.
care providers better trained about attachment issues. “Understanding attachment is one thing, but having to deal with it in stressful situations is difficult,” Temple said. “Contrary to popular belief, taking care of infants is really hard.”
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ot long ago, Montana was one of a handful of states that hadn’t yet invested in early-childhood education, but in 2017, Gov. Steve Bullock began closing the gap by securing funding for Montana preschools through the federal Childcare Development Block Grant and the Montana General Fund. The state’s STARS to
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Program requires participating childcare providers to dedicate 10–15 percent of their enrollment slots to children determined to have high needs. High-needs children include infants and toddlers from 0 to 19 months, children with mental health issues and special health-care needs, children of teen parents, migrant families, homeless families and enrolled tribal members. Palagie says she hopes increased childcare provider participation in STARS to Quality will offset some of the cost burdens imposed by the 4:1 ratio of infant/toddler care. “I realize that’s not a stellar answer,” she says. “But we continue to look at these challenges facing
After six months of gathering data, the workgroup developed the Montana Infant Toddler Data Report. Preliminary findings were published in the DPHHS Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) Plan for Montana 2019–2021. They show that Montana has only 5,125 slots available in licensed childcare, yet about 37,000 children under the age of 3. This set of data, combined with the Market Rate Survey of 2017, is informing DPHHS as it makes administrative policy decisions it hopes to have in place as soon as July 1. The STARS to Quality Best Beginnings childcare scholarship serves qualified low-income families during work or
school hours and teen parents attending high school. Qualifying parents are required to make a small copayment, and the Best Beginnings program reimburses the childcare providers. DPHHS recently provided public notice of its intent to increase Best Beginnings provider reimbursements for the infant/toddler age group, and Butler says DPHHS was able to increase the upper age limit of the infant/toddler age group from 2 to 3 years, so the program can provide childcare assistance for more children. Butler says data collected in the report show that staffing, turnover and staff-replacement training are the biggest expenses for infant and toddler care providers. The STARS to Quality program provides free training for participating childcare-provider staff. Qualified providers who follow a quality-improvement plan and meet program thresholds for ongoing training, professional development, community and family involvement and licensing and administrative procedures can move up a five-point scale to earn incentives in the form of quarterly payments. Providers serving parents who receive Best Beginnings scholarships can also receive bonuses from 5 to 20 percent more than the standard reimbursement rate, depending on their tier level. Tier level also determines what percentage of the incentives can be used toward personnel costs, and what is left for expenses such as equipment and liability insurance. Two hundred and thirty-six Montana childcare providers currently participate in the STARS program, including 31 of 102 licensed childcare providers in Missoula. Only two providers in the state have reached level 5. Butler says she doesn’t understand why some providers choose not to utilize the program, even with the added paperwork and effort of following the quality-improvement plan. “If a provider has chosen not to participate in the STARS program, they are missing a pretty serious support system that we provide for them,” Butler says. Origins Education Preschool is working its way up the STARS scale, and is currently at level 2. Origins is one of the larger childcare facilities in Missoula, with three separate schools on its South 4th Street West campus: Infant Toddler for infants to 2 ½, Early Learners for ages 2 ½ to 3 ½, and Preschool for 3 ½ to 5.
“For young parents, paying for childcare is like paying a mortgage.” Genevieve King, Origin’s executive director, says the school currently has six children under the age of 2 and a waiting list of 40 infants — at least two years long. King says there is a shortage of infant and toddler care because it costs more to provide than most young parents can afford. Care providers, meanwhile, can’t make a profit with the 4:1 infant-to-provider ratio and the high cost of liability insurance. “At $50 per day for infant/toddler care, I don’t even break even,” King says. “I do it because it’s important to provide a quality option.” Whole Child Missoula doesn’t participate in the Stars to Quality program. Temple thinks it is a great program, but because of the program conditions and the special-needs niche she serves, she says, it doesn’t work for her business. Butler envisions the solution to the infant-care crisis as a joint effort among business leaders, private funders, state government and care providers. “I think it’s going to take all of us working together to provide more access that’s more affordable,” she says. Butler thinks finding solutions to the infant-care shortage will require the help of business owners, because without childcare, parents can’t work. The Missoula Early Learning Center recently announced an expansion to make space for 150 more children. Coordinating with the Missoula Chamber of Commerce, MELC plans to work with local businesses, which will be able to reserve and help pay for childcare for their employees. Plans also include an afterhours program and in-house wellness care for children while parents are at work. According to the Harvard Business Review, some companies have been able to make childcare more accessible and less stressful for their employees by making work schedules more predictable, offering flexible hours and work locations, access to childcare Flex Spending Accounts and subsidized onsite childcare.
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rica Tranmer wrangles two infant carriers and a diaper bag with a 2 ½year-old by her side. Just getting the door open is a challenge. Erica spent eight weeks calling childcare providers between Florence and Missoula to find someone to care for her children. Erica and her husband, Adam, live in Lolo
with three children under the age of 3. Nellie Jo is 2 ½, and the twins, Emmie and Thomas, are 5 ½ months old. Erica works full-time as a nurse at Missoula Bone and Joint, and Adam is a full-time student at the University of Montana. UM is Missoula’s largest employer, and provides childcare for students and faculty through the Associated Students of the University of Montana. Tammy Maney, ASUM Child Care’s program as-
When Nellie Jo was born, Adam began taking online courses through the university so he could be a stay-at-home dad. Now he’s in school full-time and away from home all day doing field studies and student teaching. Erica’s mom moved in to help them care for the three children, but she also works full time. The three adults juggle the children’s care, and each child spends four days at daycare each week. Erica stays home on
When James opened Creative Learning Ladder in April 2017, she accepted only toddler-to-preschool-age children. James didn’t think she would ever take on infants, but she soon realized the demand for more infant care in Missoula and hired another employee this spring. It was luck and good timing that connected the Tranmers with Creative Learning Ladder when it had openings. The center now has six infants and six
Yashley James opened Creative Learning Ladder in April 2017, accepting only toddler-to-preschool-age children. She soon realized the demand for more infant care in Missoula and hired another employee this spring.
sistant, says there’s currently an infantcare waiting list for both faculty and students, with at least 20 families on each list. The waiting period for infants is long because the center can serve only 12 infants at a time, and the infants currently enrolled are likely to stay until they enter preschool. In March, Yashley James posted on Facebook announcing openings for infants beginning May 1 at Creative Learning Ladder. A friend saw the post and told Erica about it. “I couldn’t find anyone willing to take all three of my kids, and I didn’t want to split them up,” Erica says. “Yashley took on all three of my kids earlier than she wanted.”
Mondays. Tuesday through Friday, Erica and Adam both leave home early, so Erica’s mom drops the kids off at daycare in the morning, and Erica picks them up after work. The Tranmers receive the Best Beginnings scholarships for all three children and pay CLL a small fee for each child. The total monthly copay for a family with three children, like the Tranmers, ranges from $14 to $921, based on a sliding scale tied to family size and income. Without the scholarships, the Tranmers would be paying more than $2,000 a month for childcare and, Erica says, Adam wouldn’t be able to finish school.
toddlers. CLL accepts Best Beginnings scholarships, but James isn’t ready to take on the additional work that the STARS to Quality program requires. James sends Erica pictures and keeps in touch throughout the day, so if one of the children is having a bad day, Erica knows about it before she picks them up. The daycare is small enough that her kids are getting the one-on-one care and attention she wants them to have. “I was so lucky to find Yashley,” Erica says. “She is fabulous. I feel blessed to have her.” editor@missoulanews.com
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Montana gothic Southern songwriter J.W. Teller finds his way to Missoula by Erika Fredrickson
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n his 2016 EP, Sweat, singersongwriter J.W. Teller paints a picture of isolation and decay in the tradition of so many Southern Gothic writers. He sings about white chapel crosses, headstones and ghosts, demons and angels and the curious way despair can settle into your body and eventually become a comfort. Like Carson McCullers and Flannery O’Connor, Teller explores the murky underbelly of religion and casts small-town outsiders as damaged but sympathetic characters, even if, in the gothic tradition, the sympathetic characters almost always seem doomed. The cover of Sweat fully embraces the genre’s grotesque roots, but with a just a dash more horror: The black-andwhite image depicts a woman standing on a porch smoking a cigarette, her body spattered with white paint and her head — save for her mouth — wrapped in a bandage soaked in some kind of substance. Paint? Mud? Blood? It’s left up to the imagination. “I’ve always loved the Southern Gothic writers,” Teller says. “I read Cormac McCarthy and the Arkansas poet Frank Stanford at an early age. I was really drawn to words — and then music came along after that and I kept building on it. And then I looked up and I was still doing it.” Teller, who is 29, has amazing vocal restraint that combines honey-warmth and cracked weariness, giving the impression of multiple lifetimes lived. The four ballads on Sweat sound like they were recorded in an abandoned shack in the bottom of a hollow and, lyric-wise, they’re about as spooky as an old-fashioned ghost or vampire story. On the song “Kentucky,” for instance, Teller sings, “Ever since Kentucky taught me how to doubt, it’s a lonesome feelin’ that I just can’t live without. I’ve been searching for answers in the keys to this cell. There’s a ghost here that haunts me, claims to be my own self.” Teller moved to Missoula in October, but he extends his Southern roots into the songs he writes. He grew up in Canton, Mississippi, a cotton-farming town
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J.W. Teller’s Southern Gothic music is influenced by his life growing up in the small town of Canton, Mississippi.
just north of Jackson, and moved to Asheville, North Carolina, when he was 20. He spent his time roaming the picking circles, often three times a week until 4 a.m. After five years there, he spent some time in Nashville sleeping on a friend’s cot and taking in musicians such as John Moreland and Joe Fletcher (before the country-music magazines were abuzz about them) who were playing venues like the Five Spot. But Teller was searching for a different landscape and a fresh start where he could make his music, so he picked Missoula. “I’ve done tours on the West Coast, and I’ve always had to drive across the damn country to get there,” he says. “I loved the mountains and I wanted to be in a mountain town. And I’ve always been drawn to Montana, since I was a young kid. You look on the map and there’s this big plot of land so far up north. I was drawn to it.” Teller has recently been playing the Clark Fork Market with fiddler Clare
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Menahan and guitarist Britt Arnesen under the name J.W. Teller and the Small Town Darlings. They’re working on an album together that captures some of that bare-bones feel that Sweat exudes. He’d taken a crack at recording an album back in Asheville, but put that project on hold. “The mistake I made last time is I put piano and everything on there and overproduced it to where I couldn’t even come close to doing it live,” he says. “With recording, you get so excited because there’s all these things you can do with it, but then there’s a responsibility in knowing what should and shouldn’t be on there. Just because you can do it, doesn’t mean you should.” Some of the songs on the new record were written before Teller moved to Missoula, and reflect his formative years: adventuring in the Mississippi woods and exploring the dark side of the Bible Belt. In “The Judge and the Trestle,” he tells the story of a small-town
judge who was sexually abusing a 15year-old girl while the town turned a blind eye. In “Mexico,” he sings about dating a girl with a super-religious father. “Growing up in the South, I saw that people thought you had to be either Christian or a criminal,” he says. “I went to church, but I just never quite caught on to it. I didn’t trust it. I didn’t want to take a step in the concrete when it wasn’t there.” The songs Teller writes now still dip into the Southern Gothic landscape, but they also reflect his wider experiences as an adult. ‘They’re more personal,” he says. “And they are about my experiences traveling the country and the general bullshit of heartbreak and everything else any adult goes through. Traveling for me was a great thing because I got to see that there are so many ways to go about life, that you can be happy and a good person within so many different belief systems.”
Teller says he misses the Asheville picking circles where he often stretched to keep up with some of the best bluegrass players around. But now that he has his own house where he can stay up alone until 4 in the morning, he’s writing more than ever about his life in the South. “I think I have that ability to sit down anywhere I am and submerge myself in those memories,” he says. Eventually, though, he expects his life in Missoula and the landscape of Montana to seep into his writing. “It’s already happening,” he says. “It’s a very inspirational town to live in. You can walk down the street every day and run across something interesting if you open yourself up to it.” J.W. Teller plays a songwriters showcase with Sam Doores and Drew Landry at Free Cycles Sat., June 23, at 5 PM. Free. efredrickson@missoulanews.com
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Hot Garbage, Max Blonda Normally, I would stay far away from a song called “Mystic Muffin” because in just two words, it has me envisioning dancing bear costumes and kind veggie burritos. The beauty of reviewing, of course, is sometimes you expose yourself to things you think you’ll hate, and then end up appreciating them. That’s the case for me with Hot Garbage, a Vancouver band that fits in with Missoula’s new wave of psychedelic rock bands. On their recent EP, Max Blonda, Hot Garbage takes a page from 1960s and 1970s hazy riffs and trippy melodies. “Mystic Muffin” threads old-school special effects — tiny explosions, laser guns — with
a bassline that evokes something similar to the theme songs from Airwolf and the old Miami Vice. “Kimono Dragon” evokes Jefferson Airplane’s “White Rabbit,” only with a dustier, western tinge. The spaced-out atmosphere of these songs mostly takes the edge off any deep emotional content. But the instrumental textures keep it interesting — especially on “Mystic Muffin,” where the jazzy, slightly off-kilter drum rhythms make the music feel like it’s meat falling off of bone. (Erika Fredrickson) Hot Garbage plays the ZACC Below Thu., June 21, along with Charcoal Squids, Fuuls and Crypticollider. All ages. $5.
Black Milk, Fever It’s taken Detroit-based rapper and producer Black Milk awhile to find his sound. His first real success was 2014’s If There’s a Hell Below, an uneven and occasionally inspired record. It’s on Fever that he seems to finally get comfortable. Fever’s greatest strength is its production, a mixture of samples and live instrumentation. Compositionally, the record evokes soul, funk and jazz of the Kamasi Washington variety, a highly spacey affair that pairs nicely with a smoke-filled room. While the raps themselves are occasionally uninspired, the vocals are very much second to the production, punctuating
the textured instrumentals rather than dominating them. It’s a far cry from the kind of block-rocking boom-bap stylings of Tronic, released a decade ago. That’s definitely for the better. Fans of Black Milk’s harder Detroit contemporaries like Royce Da 5’9” and Danny Brown won’t find much here. But for the kind of person who spends a lot of time thinking about Thundercat’s bass tone, the kind of guy whose favorite rapper is Mike Ladd, Fever will prove to be highly satisfying. (Michael Siebert) Black Milk & Nat Turner play the Top Hat Sat., June 23, at 9 PM. $20 advance.
Essex Green, Hardly Electronic The Brooklyn, New York, band the Essex Green formed in the late ’90s, and released a series of records before effectively ending their run in 2006. They play a kind of precise pop that’s got its roots in folky British pop and psych, though I also hear lots of American innovations and flair in their sound (and thankfully no faux Cockney accents). The band is notable for being part of the Elephant Six Collective, a label that fostered bands including Olivia Tremor Control and Neutral Milk Hotel, among others. Their sound transmits an optimism that’s pretty damn compelling. It’s authentic and intense as hardcore or metal, but working in major keys versus minor. If I were to give a single imperfect reference point, I think I’d use the Aislers Set, a late ’90s San Fran-
cisco band whose jangling guitars and sweet vocal melodies provided me with a refreshing pop respite from distorted noise, around 20 years ago. On their first record in 12 years, the band is as cohesive as ever, offering fans as strong a piece of work as their earlier material, even though members are largely spread around the country. Singer and keyboardist Sasha Bell lives here in Missoula in fact, and fronts her eponymously titled band who play out on rare occasions. What’s most striking about Hardly Electronic is the manically positive feel they transmit. You can’t help but picture yourself driving a small MG sports car through a northeastern forest. Were it 1999 at the CMJ festival, the Essex Green would be headlining. ( Josh Vanek)
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Towel talk Cats, tumors and other metaphors by Sarah Aswell
Why is David Sedaris’ new book called Ca- beach house, a couple of boxes of ripped up family lypso? It’s mentioned briefly in one sentence in one photos and other small items. “Just awful,” Sedaris’ father, Lou, says. “A peressay: “Calypso” — or something like it — is probably the dumb other name of your cat while it leads son’s life reduced to one lousy box.” Sedaris puts his hand on his father’s shoulder: a secret secondary life with your neighbors, whom “Actually, there are two of them.” “he loves much more than he loves you.” The difference between one lousy box and two It’s a very funny reflection about cats, and a pretty dark reflection about the things we love, and lousy boxes is the difference between Calypso also probably true, right down to the dumbness of being a painful look at life and being a book that makes you laugh out loud so often that your partthe name. Calypso. This is where we find Sedaris in his new book ner leaves the room in a huff. In the titular essay, of humor essays: even more reflective, even darker for example, Sedaris develops a harmless but gross than before, and as funny as ever. Still pointing out fatty tumor — surely a symbol of his age. The vast tiny, painful truths about life and laughing in their majority of us would have the tumor quietly removed and tell no one save faces. Also: possibly a little close family and friends. wackier and a little more meanSedaris, though, is immediately ingful all at once, in the way determined to feed his tumor only he can do. to a gargantuan, deformed Just like the rest of us, snapping turtle that lives near Sedaris is getting older and he’s his beach house. When his doca long way from working as tor informs him that he can’t Santa’s elf in Macy’s, just as we give Sedaris the tumor after the are a long way from wherever operation, Sedaris gets it rewe were when we first heard or moved instead by a stranger he read the essay that shot him to meets after one of his readings, fame. His opening essay in his who insists she can do the pronewest book declares there are cedure easily (lucky for Sedaris, no real joys in middle age, beshe could). sides finally having a guest Really, the whole book is room, and as the book explores about feeding your tumors to both the complexities and mundeformed sea turtles. In other danity of his life in his 50s, you Calypso words, it’s about outlook. It’s can see his point. Sedaris is at David Sedaris about attitude. It’s about findonce caring for his aging father Hardcover, Little, ing out about your cat’s secret (now in his 90s), navigating the Brown and Company family and making a conscious web of relationships among his 272 pages, $28 decision to take a good, dirty siblings, bickering with his long-time partner and grappling with the deaths of dig at both the cat and your neighbors (a dig that his mother and sister, though they occurred also includes a good Greek mythology reference) in lieu of getting all long-term upset about it. decades apart. A couple of times in the book, Sedaris writes None of that seems remotely funny, unless you’ve read anything that Sedaris has ever written. about his love of lazy beach towel talk: the frank His sister Tiffany’s suicide, for example, hovers and dreamy and judgment-free conversations that over the book, as Sedaris’ large family reels from only happen when you’re lying on the beach in both her troubled life and tragic death. Her death, the sun together. People can say anything with sun in fact, is at least partially responsible for Sedaris’ lotion on, he says. Calypso is a lovely book of impulsive decision to buy a beach house on Emer- beach towel talk, just in time for summer. Pull up ald Isle on the coast of North Carolina, where his some sand. David Sedaris reads from Calypso at Fact & family used to vacation every summer. The house, dubbed “Sea Section,” is at the center of the ac- Fiction Sat., June 23, at 7 PM. Sold out. Sedaris tion in Calypso, as Sedaris makes an attempt to will sign books and greet non-ticket holders bring everyone together again, like his mother after the reading. used to do. At one point, Tiffany’s possessions arrive at the arts@missoulanews.com
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[film]
Loaded gun First Reformed delivers the best in film by Molly Laich
Ethan Hawke stars in First Reformed.
If Paul Schrader’s brain came with a suggestion box, this is the movie I would have asked him to make. Schrader’s probably best known for his collaborations with Martin Scorsese, having written Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, Bringing out the Dead, and my favorite film of all time, The Last Temptation of Christ. (Quick detour: Everyone should have a favorite film. Most people hem and haw at this very common question; it shows great strength of character to have an answer at the ready.) Schrader’s young life in the Calvinist church must have left an impression on him, as these religious themes of faith, salvation and its dreadful lack keep coming up. Schrader’s been a director in his own right since the 1970s. He’s left a weird and imperfect legacy in his wake, but First Reformed is his best picture in years. In it, we get the vicarious torture of an unknowable God, sexual tension, alcoholism, the looming threat of disease, blood and guns, the kind of subtle humor that feels like a wink to you and you alone — you know, all the best things. First Reformed stars Ethan Hawke as a late 40s priest named Toller, who oversees a super old, historical, mostly ornamental church in upstate New York. In the opening scenes, we see Toller hunched over, writing the first of many journal entries in his austere, sparsely furnished home. With a glass of whiskey at his side, Toller helpfully pens what will become the dwindling voiceover narrative of a man headed to bizarre and unforeseeable calamity. Answer me this: Has anything hopeful ever been written in a film’s composition book? Among the sparse congregation is a pretty, pregnant lady named Mary (Amanda Seyfried). Mary approaches Toller after the service out of concern for her husband Michael (Philip Ettinger), whose preoccupation with ecological disaster and political injustice has reached an unsettling crescendo.
On the outside, Toller conducts himself with professionalism and grace, but don’t forget the nightly scribblings alongside the fifth of bourbon. Through Toller’s counseling of Mary and Michael, we begin to uncover the eroding psychology of this veteran-turned-priest, the family he had and lost and the mysterious turmoil brewing inside of him. You might be thinking that Toller’s experiencing a classic crisis of faith, but not so fast. Schrader creates a universe with a senseless God, seemingly erratic about who He chooses to comfort and who gets blandly struck down. Toller’s angst comes not from a lack of belief so much as a bafflement over how to fulfill his Creator’s bidding. Besides Mary’s plaintive, pregnant eyes, Toller has a buttoned-up choir director named Esther (Victoria Hill) on his heels, whose dogged concern for the priest’s health starts to feel like its own tumor. Meanwhile, First Reformed exists in the shadow of a large, well-attended megachurch, headed by a bombastic TV preacher played by Cedric the Entertainer. He is both faithful and pragmatic, and his genuine concern for Toller is confusing. Our movie mind searches for a villain, and instead we keep butting heads with flawed but fleshed-out, well-intentioned people. Is Schrader playing God? He seems to hand Toller and us a loaded gun and gives us no reasonable direction to shoot. It sounds very serious, yet somehow, if you’re really paying attention, you’ll see a playfulness brewing behind the drapes of so much tragedy. Best of all, we are treated to long, delicious scenes filled with dialogue that matters, all of it spearheaded by an unwound, infirmed and strangely sexy priest. Like I said, all the best things. First Reformed continues at the Roxy.
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[film] The person who delivers the Southgate 9’s schedule is doing one of those eat, pray, love things this week. Visit amctheatres.com for updated showtimes.
OPENING THIS WEEK HEARTS BEAT LOUD As he gets ready to shutter his hip record store and send his daughter to college, this dad tries to stay afloat the only way he knows how, by starting a band with his kid. Rated PG-13. Stars Nick Offerman, Kiersey Clemons and Ted “The Handsome” Danson. Playing at the Roxy. JURASSIC WORLD: FALLEN KINGDOM It's the fifth Jurassic Park movie. I think we all know what we're in for by this point. Rated PG-13. Stars Sinoceratops, Barynoyx, Stygimoloch and Chris Pratt. Playing at the AMC 12, the Southgate 9 and the Pharaohplex WON’T YOU BE MY NEIGHBOR? It's a wonderful day in the neighborhood because this heartfelt and moving documentary about Mr. Rogers is opening! Directed by Morgan Neville. Opening Thu., June 28 at the Roxy.
NOW PLAYING ADRIFT Two free spirits steer their love boat right into the path of a devastating hurricane because the human spirit is better at triumphing in adversity than it is at spending a week alone on a boat with your boyfriend. Rated PG-13. Stars Shailene Woodley and Sam Claflin. Playing at the Southgate 9. ALBATROSS (2017) On one of the remotest islands on Earth, ten of thousands of albatross chicks lie dead on the ground, their bodies filled with plastic. This documentary follows the cycles of birth, life and death against the sea of pollution. Not Rated. Directed by Chris Jordan. Playing Mon., June 25 at 7 PM at the Roxy. AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR After 10 years and 18 movies, Marvel Studios' greatest heroes finally band together to battle the approaching threat of Thanos, a purple spaceman with maybe ten minutes of screen time in the MCU before this. Oh snap! Rated PG-13. Stars a bunch of dudes named Chris, Benedict Cumberbatch's ridiculous American accent and not Jeremy Renner. Playing at the AMC 12 and the Southgate 9. BLADE RUNNER (1982) You're in a desert, walking along in the sand when you see a tortoise. You reach down and flip it over on its back. Its belly starts baking in the hot sun. But you're not helping because Ridley Scott's sci-fi noir classic is back on the big screen. For all you bladeheads out there, this will be a screening of The Final Cut of this film. Rated R. Stars Harrison Ford, Sean Young and Rutger Hauer. Playing Sun., Jun 24 at 2:30 PM at the Roxy. BLOOD AND STEEL: CEDAR CREST COUNTRY CLUB (2017) Punk music and underground skateboarding smashed together at D.C.'s famed Cedar Crest Country Club in the1980s. Using a vast collection of archival videos and interviews with the legends that cut their teeth there, this documentary explores the venue and its legacy. Not Rated. Directed by Michael Maniglia. Playing Thu., June 21 at 7 PM at the Roxy.
“Goooooooooooooooooooooaaaaaaaaaaaaaaalllllllllll!” Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom opens at the AMC 12, the Pharaohplex and the Southgate 9. CITY OF GOD (CIDADE DE DEUS) (2002) Filmed on location in one of Rio's poorest neighborhoods, this film follows two young men as they deal with increasing drug-related violence. Rated R. Stars Alexandre Rodrigues, Leandro Firmino da Hora and Seu Jorge. Playing Thu., June 28 at 8 PM at the Roxy. DEADPOOL 2 The sequel to the highest grossing R-rated film of all time brings Marvel's merc with a mouth into a collision course with Cable, a cyborg from the future who isn't played by Dolph Lundgren, as was promised in the last movie. This is completely unacceptable. I want to speak to your supervisor. Rated R. Stars Ryan Reynolds, Josh Brolin and Ricky Baker. Playing at the AMC 12, the Southgate 9 and the Pharaohplex. FIRST REFORMED While preparing his church for its 250th anniversary, a solitary parish pastor finds himself plunged into a crisis of faith when the wife of a radical environmentalist pleads for his help. Rated R. Directed by Paul Schrader and starring Ethan Hawke and Amanda Seyfried. Playing at the Roxy. (See Film) GREEN ROOM (2015) Down-on-their-luck punk rockers book a show in the backwoods of Oregon in a bar full of music fans who really hate the sixth song on the Dead Kennedy's first EP. Rated R. Stars Anton Yelchin, Imgoen Poots and Patrick Stewart. Playing Sat., June 23 at 9 PM at the Roxy. HEREDITARY All I got from my grandmother was my blue eyes and my pear shape. Thank goodness I didn't get the horrible family curse. Rated R. Stars Toni Collete, Milly Shapiro and Alex Wolf. Playing at the Pharaohplex, the Southgate 9 and the AMC 12. INCREDIBLES 2 It's been 14 years since we last saw Mr. Incredible, Elastigirl and the rest of the family battle evil on the big screen. Now the family of superheroes returns
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to face their greatest threat: a market saturated with too many comic book movies. Rated PG. Stars the voices of Craig T. Nelson, Holly Hunter and Bozeman's Sarah Vowell. Playing at the AMC 12, the Southgate 9 and the Pharaohplex. A LITTLE PRINCESS (1995) Sent to a boarding school by her well-meaning World War I-bound father, an imaginative girl makes the best of things until her dad returns. I guess it’s a good thing no one ever died in World War I, huh? Rated G. Stars Liesel Matthews, Liam Cunningham and Eleanor Bron. Playing Sat., June 23 at 2 PM at the Roxy. OCEAN’S 8 Danny Ocean's estranged sister attempts to pull off the heist of the century at New York City's star-studded annual Met Gala, and she's doing it with a 73 percent smaller crew than her brother. Suck it, George Clooney. Rated PG-13. Stars Sandra Bullock, Cate Blanchett and Rihanna. Playing at the AMC 12, the Pharaohplex and the Southgate 9. RBG Ruth Bader Ginsburg has developed a breathtaking legal legacy while becoming an unexpected pop culture icon. Follow her journey in this mindful documentary. Rated PG. Directed by Betsy West and Julie Cohen. Playing at the Roxy. REVENGE What's worse than having your boyfriend's skeevy friends crashing your romantic getaway? Well, maybe having to take your bloody vengeance on them after they leave you for dead. Rated R. Stars Matilda Lutz, Kevin Janssens and Guillaume Bouchede. Playing Fri., June 22 at 8:15 PM at the Roxy. SOLO: A STAR WARS STORY A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away we got a Star Wars movie every three years. Now we're getting at least two a year, including this prequel about a young Han Solo pulling off a heist. Rated PG-13.
Stars Alden Ehrenreich, Donald Glover and Emilia Clarke. Playing at the AMC 12, the Southgate 9 and the Pharaohplex. SOMEONE YOU LOVE: THE HPV EPIDEMIC (2014) Human Papilloma Virus is widespread, misunderstood and potentially dangerous. Attend this documentary and get the inside scoop (and a free screening for HPV). Not Rated. Directed by Frederic Lumiere. Playing Thu., June 21 at 7 PM at the Roxy. SUPERFLY Wait a minute, they remade the 1972 blaxploitation crime classic Super Fly? Are there any movies left that haven't been remade yet? Rated R. Stars Trevor Jackson, Lex Scott Davis and Big Boi. Playing at the AMC 12. TAG After playing the same game of tag for 30 years, a group of lifelong friends face the real possibility that they might have to finally grow the hell up. Rated R. Stars Ed Helms, Hannibal Buress and Jon Hamm. Playing at the AMC 12, the Southgate 9 and the Pharaohplex THE TERMINATOR (1984) A cyborg assassin with an Austrian accent travels back in time to kill the mother of humanity's eventual savior before he's born. If you think that's confusing, just wait until you get to the sequels. Rated R. Featuring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Michael Biehn and a screenplay constructed from stolen Harlan Ellison scripts. Playing Wed., June 27 at 8 PM and Sun., July 1 at 2:30 PM at the Roxy.
Capsule reviews by Charley Macorn. Planning your trip to the local cinema? Get up-to-date listings and film times at theroxytheater.org, amctheatres.com and pharaohplex.com to spare yourself any grief and/or parking lot profanities. Can't wait to blow out all of my emotions at the Mr. Rogers doc.
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White bean fritters over greens by Gabi Moskowitz
BROKEASS GOURMET
The patties atop this pretty salad are kind of like the Italian equivalent of falafel — lightly fried mashed-bean patties with onions, garlic and parsley. They’re crisp on the outside and soft and flavorful in the inside. I kept the cheese off of mine, but if you’re in the mood, this dish would benefit from a generous sprinkle of shaved Parmesan. Serves 2 INGREDIENTS 1 can cannellini (white kidney) beans, rinsed and drained extra virgin olive oil 1 onion, finely chopped A few sprigs of fresh flat-leaf parsley, finely chopped 2 cloves garlic, minced salt and pepper to taste all-purpose flour 3 cups fresh baby spinach leaves or mixed greens 1 carrot, shredded 1/2 red bell pepper, sliced into rings 1 tbsp balsamic vinegar DIRECTIONS Puree the white beans in a blender or food
processor (or mash with the back of a fork) and transfer to a mixing bowl. Heat 2 tbsp olive oil in a medium frying pan over medium heat and add onion. Cook until very fragrant and lightly browned, 7 to 8 minutes. Transfer onion (and residual oil) to the bean puree. Stir in parsley and garlic, and salt and pepper to taste. Mix in 2 tbsp of the flour. With lightly floured hands, form the bean mixture into 2-inch patties (you can go smaller or larger if you prefer). Transfer the patties to a clean plate. Drizzle enough olive oil in a frying pan (the one you used for the onions is fine) to coat the bottom of the pan and heat to medium-high. Add the patties to the pan (working in batches if necessary) and fry until golden brown on one side (2 to 3 minutes). Then flip and cook the other side. Toss the spinach, carrot and bell pepper with balsamic vinegar and 2 tbsp olive oil. Divide salad between plates and top with white bean patties. BrokeAss Gourmet caters to folks who want to live the high life on the cheap, with delicious recipes that are always under $20. Gabi Moskowitz is the blog’s editor in chief and author of The BrokeAss Gourmet Cookbook and Pizza Dough: 100 Delicious Unexpected Recipes.
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Chameleon Mobile Kitchen Bonner @ 8340 Hwy 200 (old Milltown Market) Wednesdays - Fridays. Seeley @ 3102 Hwy 83 (Boy Scout Rd) Saturdays & Sundays 214-1372 Our menu features slow-roasted meats and fresh seasonal veggies paired with diverse sauces and salsas made from scratch. Tacos, burritos, hot sandwiches, bowls and pasta. We also offer daily specials, seasonal drinks, and housebaked goods. We are fully equipped and selfcontained for on-site public and private events and offer drop-off catering. Call ahead for pickup. Online menu available on Google Maps.
Open Tues - Thurs 11:30 am - 10 pm, Fri & Sat 11:30 am - midnight, closed Sunday and Monday. $-$$ Doc’s Gourmet Sandwiches 214 N. Higgins Ave. 542-7414 Doc’s is an extremely popular gathering spot for diners who appreciate the great ambiance, personal service and generous sandwiches made with the freshest ingredients. Whether you’re heading out for a power lunch, meeting friends or family or just grabbing a quick takeout, Doc’s is always an excellent choice. Delivery in the greater Missoula area. We also offer custom catering!...everything from gourmet appetizers to all of our menu items. $-$$ Good Food Store 1600 S. 3rd West 541-FOOD The GFS Deli features made-toorder 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. Locally-roasted 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. $-$$ Grizzly Liquor 110 W Spruce St. 549-7723 grizzlyliquor.com Voted Missoula’s Best Liquor Store! Largest selection of spirits in the Northwest, including all Montana micro-distilleries. Your headquarters for unique spirits and wines! Free customer parking. Open Monday-Saturday 9-7:30. $-$$$ 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 $-$$ Iza 529 S. Higgins 830-3237 izarestaurant.com Local Asian cuisine feature SE Asian, Japanese, Korean and Indian dishes. Gluten Free and Vegetarian no problem. Full Beer, Wine, Sake and Tea menu. We have scratch made bubble teas. Come in for lunch, dinner, drinks or just a pot of awesome tea. Open Mon-Fri: Lunch 11:303pm, Happy Hour 3-6pm, Dinner M-Sat 3pmclose. $-$$
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[dish] Missoula Senior Center 705 S. Higgins Ave. (on the hip strip) 543-7154 themissoulaseniorcenter.org Did you know the Missoula Senior Center serves delicious hearty lunches every week day for only $4 for those on the Nutrition Program, $5 for U of M Students with a valid student ID and $6 for all others. Children under 10 eat free. Join us from 11:30 - 12:30 M-F for delicious food and great conversation. $ Mo’ Dogs 617 S. Higgins Ave. 926-1094 mo-dogs.com Mo’ Dogs – Missoula’s premier Gourmet Sausage and Specialty Hot Dog Restaurant. From our Old Fashioned Frank to our tropical “Aloha” or traditional “Chicago” we have something for everyone. Our sauces, slaws and all-meat Angus Chili are house-made daily. Missoula Family owned and operated – we look forward to seeing you! $-$$ The Mustard Seed Asian Cafe Southgate Mall 542-7333 Contemporary Asian fusion cuisine. Original recipes and fresh ingredients combine the best of Japanese, Chinese, Polynesian, and Southeast Asian influences. Full menu available at the bar. Award winning desserts made fresh daily , local and regional micro brews, fine wines & signature cocktails. Vegetarian and Gluten free menu available. Takeout & delivery. $$-$$$ Nara Japanese/Korean Bar-B-Que & Sushi 3075 N. Reserve 327-0731 We invite you to visit our contemporary KoreanJapanese restaurant and enjoy its warm atmosphere. Full Sushi Bar. Korean bar-b-que at your table. Beer, Wine and Sake. $$-$$$ Orange Street Food Farm 701 S. Orange St. 543-3188 orangestreetfoodfarm.com Experience The Farm today!!! Voted number one Supermarket & Retail Beer Selection. Fried chicken, fresh meat, great produce, vegan, gluten free, all natural, a HUGE beer and wine selection, and ROCKIN’ music. What deal will you find today? $-$$$ Pearl Cafe 231 E. Front St. 541-0231 • pearlcafe.us Country French meets the Northwest. Idaho Trout with King Crab, Beef Filet with Green Peppercorn Sauce, Fresh Northwest Fish, Seasonally Inspired Specials, House Made Sourdough Bread & Delectable Desserts. Extensive wine list, local beer on draft. Reservations recommended. Visit us on Facebook or go to Pearlcafe.us to check out our nightly specials, make reserva-
tions, or buy gift certificates. Open Mon-Sat at 5:00. $$-$$$
Draught Works’ Pineapple Express Tropical IPA
Pita Pit 130 N Higgins 541-7482 pitapitusa.com Fresh Thinking Healthy Eating. Enjoy a pita rolled just for you. Hot meat and cool fresh veggies topped with your favorite sauce. Try our Chicken Caesar, Gyro, Philly Steak, Breakfast Pita, or Vegetarian Falafel to name just a few. For your convenience we are open until 3am 7 nights a week. Call if you need us to deliver! $-$$
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Sushi Hana 403 N. Higgins 549-7979 SushiMissoula.com Montana’s Original Sushi Bar. We Offer the Best Sushi and Japanese Cuisine in Town. Casual atmosphere. Plenty of options for non-sushi eaters including daily special items you won’t find anywhere else. $1 Specials Mon & Wed. Lunch Mon–Sat; Dinner Daily. Sake, Beer, & Wine. Visit SushiMissoula.com for full menu. $$-$$$ Taco Sano Two Locations: 115 1/2 S. 4th Street West 1515 Fairview Ave inside City Life 541-7570 • tacosano.net Home of Missoula’s Best BREAKFAST BURRITO. 99 cent TOTS every Tuesday. Once you find us you’ll keep coming back. Breakfast Burritos served all day, Quesadillas, Burritos and Tacos. Let us dress up your food with our unique selection of toppings, salsas, and sauces. Open 10am-9pm 7 days a week. WE DELIVER. $-$$ Tia’s Big Sky 1016 W. Broadway 317-1817 tiasbigsky.com We make locally sourced Mexican food from scratch. We specialize in organic marinated Mexican street chicken (rotisserie style) fresh handmade tortillas, traditional and fusion tamales, tacos, pozole and so much more. Most items on our menu are gluten free and we offer many vegetarian and vegan options. We also have traditional Mexican deserts, as well as drinks. Much of our produce is grown for us organically by Kari our in house farmer! Eat real food at Tia’s! 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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What you’re drinking: The Pineapple Express is an India pale ale with a palpable citrus taste. Citrus? IPAs are characterized by their hoppiness. True to form, Pineapple Express has a strong taste of hops. What distinguishes it from other IPAs, though, is the type of hops it’s brewed with — specifically, variants that taste and smell decidedly pineapple-y. The look: Poured into a glass, the Pineapple Express has a beautiful reddish hue. The can is visually pleasing, too, a break from Draught Works’ usual two-tone designs, displaying what might be described as a “pineapple schematic.” But I don’t like IPAs: Lots of people don’t, but this is an IPA for non-IPA drinkers.
The bitter aftertaste usually left by a highhops beer is rendered pleasant by the splash of fruity flavor. It’s not at all sugary, though, so don’t expect anything like a Stiegl Radler. ABV? 7.2 percent. Don’t go slamming too many of these. Where to get it: Draught Works offers it on tap, but if you’d rather take it outdoors, it’s also sold in six-packs alongside other Draught Works concoctions at grocery stores around the state. —Michael Siebert Happiest Hour celebrates western Montana watering holes. To recommend a bar, bartender or beverage for Happiest Hour, email editor@missoulanews.com.
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Dirty Heads play the KettleHouse Amphitheater Fri., June 22. Doors at 5:30 PM, show at 7. $36/$31 advance.
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Kimberly Dunn performs at the Bob Marshall Music Festival in Seeley Thu., July 28–Sun., July 1. Visit thebobmusic.com for a full schedule. $60/$50 advance.
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J.W. Teller plays Free Cycles Sat., June 23. Doors at 4 PM, show at 5. Free.
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Frame of Mind hosts a reception for artist Rae Senarighi Fri., June 22. 5:30 PM.
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Cynthia Brando plays Draught Works Sun., June 24. 5 PM–7 PM. Free.
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Thursday Missoula Insectarium feeds live crickets to one of its hungry predators at 3:30 PM every Thursday. $4.
all abilities, levels and interests. 725 W. Alder. 6:30 PM–8 PM Music to my ears! Gary Gillett reads his new book History of the Missoula City Band at Fact & Fiction. 7 PM.
Show your pride at Queers & Beers, a monthly gathering of Missoula’s LGBTQ+ community at Imagine Nation Brewing. DJ Jessi Jaymes spins the gayest hits. 5 PM–8 PM. Free.
The Missoula Folklore Society hosts an oldstyle contra dance to raise funds for the University of Montana’s Public Interest Environmental Science scholarship. Missoula Senior Center. 7 PM–10 PM. $5 suggested donation.
Unseen Missoula takes you on historical guided walking tours through the Garden City’s past. Head to missouladowntown.com to register. 5:30 PM–7:30 PM. $10.
Downtown ToNight features live music, good food and a beer garden every Thursday in Caras Park. This week rock out with Marshall Catch. 5:30 PM–8:30 PM. Free. Visit missouladowntown.com for more information.
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Mastodon plays the KettleHouse Amphitheater Thu., June 21. Doors at 5:30 PM, show at 7. $49.50/$39.50 advance. The third installment of the Humphrey Fellowship Community Dialogues Series features a talk from fellowship recipients from Iran, Mongolia and Cuba discussing their work in natural resource management and agriculture. Jeannette Rankin Peace Center. 5:30 PM.
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Director Paul W.S. Anderson only had one film under his belt when he was tasked with adapting the arcade sensation Mortal Kombat to the big screen and boy does it ever show. He knew nothing about visual effects or fight choreography (pardon me, khoreography) and he found himself out of his depth as he adapted the popular fighting game. The result, basically a dumbed-down Enter the Dragon with wizards and puppets, received mixed reviews upon its release, but time has not been kind to this film. Not only with live and hilarious commentary. Before the are the effects horribly dated, but French-Amer- show, however, the Roxy hosts a Mortal Komican actor Christopher Lambert bafflingly plays bat tournament, where kombatants battle it out on 2011's ninth the Japanese god installment of the of lightning and thunder. Despite WHAT: Movie Mockers–Mortal Kombat (1995) game projected on to the theater's these faults (and big screen. The many, many more) WHERE: The Roxy winner not only the film was a big hit when it was re- WHEN: Thu., June 28. Tournament at 6:30 PM, g e t s b r a g g i n g rights, but a free leased in the mid movie at 8. Roxy membership '90s. I guess peo- HOW MUCH: $6. as well. All funds ple just really raised from this wanted to see event go to keep their favorite Morthe doors open at Missoula BASE, an all-abilital Kombat characters on the big screen. Speaking of which, the Movie Mockers re- ties community center faced with closing due turn to the Roxy Theater to give the 1995 to statewide budget cuts. —Charley Macorn schlock classic the Fatality it rightfully deserves
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I can’t even get my brother to call me back, but the Frederico Brothers play Draught Works from 6 PM to 8 PM. Free.
My DJ name is from an ‘80s cartoon no one else remembers. Join the Missoula Open Decks Society for an evening of music. Bring your gear and your dancing shoes to the VFW at 7 PM.
Say “yes and” to a free improv workshop every Thursday at BASE. Free and open to
Aaron “B-Rocks” Broxterman hosts karaoke night at the Dark Horse Bar. 9 PM. Free.
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All aboard the Hamburger Train! Primus plays the KettleHouse Amphitheater with support from Mastodon and JJUUJJUU. Doors at 5:30 PM, show at 7. $49.50/$39.50 advance.
I can’t believe someone finally named a band after me. Toronto’s psych rock masters Hot Garbage play the ZACC Below with local support form Charcoal Squids, Fuuls and Crypticollider. 7:30 PM. $5. (See Music.)
Kris Moon hosts a night of volcanic party action featuring himself, DJ T-Rex and a rotating cast of local DJs projecting a curated lineup of music videos on the walls every Thursday at the Badlander. 9 PM. Free.
How exactly do you test this hypothesis? Shobha Rao reads from her debut novel Girls Burn Brighter at Shakespeare & Co. 6 PM.
My mom is so excited about this. Missoula Quilters’ Guild’s quilt show features hundreds of quilts, as well as vendors, a silent auction, raffles and more. Big Sky High School. 10 AM–4 PM. $5. Visit missoulaquiltersguild.org for more info.
David Horgan, Leon Slater and Beth Lo provide the live music at Ten Spoon Vineyard from 6 PM to 8 PM. Free.
Spend three days exploring the great outdoors at the Naturalist Field Weekend. Learn birding at the Lee Metcalf Wildlife Refuge, discover forest ecology and take a guided tour of National Bison Range. $165–$185. Visit montananaturalist.org for more info. The Salamanders provide the tunes at Imagine Nation. 5 PM–8 PM. Free. A salamander’s tongue can be up to 10 times as long as its body. #salamanderfacts Dirty Heads play the KettleHouse Amphitheater with Iration, The Movement and Pacific Dub. Doors at 5:30 PM, show at 7. $36/$31 advance. Maybe they’ll finally buy some shampoo with that money. Frame of Mind hosts a reception for Rae Senarighi and his exhibition of portraits of transgender people. 5:30 PM–9 PM.
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Baroque violinists Carrie Krause and Ingrid Matthews perform Fair Ayres of the British Isles at the First Church of Christ Scientist at 7 PM. $20. Sandman the Rappin’ Cowboy hosts the Sandman Summer Solstice Special at the Roxy. Live music plus a screening of the award-winning documentary Roll out, Cowboy. 8 PM. Free Floor it! The Flat Out Band speeds into the Sunrise Saloon. 9 PM. Free. Hip hop and electronica mesh at Flow at the Badlander. Performances by WARDO, Talus Orion with Iameye and NAME. 9 PM. Free. The Man in Black really liked his broken down cars. Cash for Junkers provides the tunes at the Union Club for your dancing pleasure. 9:30 PM. Free. Dodgy Mountain Men host a musical rendezvous at the Top Hat. 10:15 PM. Free.
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Saturday Hop aboard the shuttle and take a daylong tour of our state capital. Pick up at 7 AM in Stevensville, 7:45 in Missoula. $99. Call 406-777-6934 for more info and registration. Need a little inspiration to get out of bed on the weekend? Come join Run Wild Missoula’s Saturday morning runs at the Runner’s Edge at 8 AM. Open to all skill levels. Stock up on farm-direct food every Saturday at the Clark Fork Market. Vendors from across Western Montana converge in the Riverside Parking Lot next to Caras Park. 8 AM–1 PM. Do you know your farmer? Missoula Farmers Market features hot coffee, sweet treats and fresh, locally grown veggies. Circle Square by the XXXXs. 8 AM–12:30 PM. Free. Celebrating its 20th year, the Missoula People’s Market features an amazing assortment of artists, crafts and community. W. Pine and Higgins. 9 AM. Free. Get your weekend started with a round of disc golf at Granite Peak Folf Course. 10
My mom is so excited about this. Missoula Quilters’ Guild’s quilt show features hundreds of quilts, as well as vendors, a silent auction, raffles and more. Big Sky High School. 10 AM–4 PM. $5. Visit missoulaquiltersguild.org for more info.
Tuesday
The 50th Anniversary of the Dance of Universal Peace brings people from across our community together to dance, dance, dance. Congregation Har Shalom. 4 PM–7 PM. Donations.
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The Highlander Beer Taphouse hosts the most Missoula event imaginable. Buzzed Yoga lets you practice your flow while enjoying cold beer. Bring photo identification and $10 every Sunday this summer. 11 AM.
The kings and queens of the Imperial Sovereign Court of the State of Montana swap roles for Turnabout, a drag show like no other. The Badlander. Doors at 8 PM, show at 9. $5.
Black Milk plays the Top Hat Sat., July 23. Doors at 8:30 PM. Show The fourth annual Swift Campout at 9 PM. $20. Bike Overnight takes you on a ride What about strawberry? Black up Franklin Bridge and through the guided walking tours through the Garden Milk plays the Top Hat. Doors at 8:30 PM. Rattlesnake for a night of camping. Visit City’s past. Head to missouladowntown.com Show at 9 PM. $20. pedalmissoula.org for more info. to register. 5:30 PM–7:30 PM. $10. Floor it! The Flat Out Band speeds into the The Zombie Tools Annual Solstice Open Sunrise Saloon. 9 PM. Free. nightlife House shows you what the gang of master blademakers have been up to this year. 3 They don’t seem very pants-like to me. Britchy DJ Kris Moon completely disrespects the adPM–7 PM for family-friendly fun, 7 PM to plays Draught Works from 6 PM to 8 PM. Free. verb with the Absolutely Dance Party at the midnight for the real carnage. Badlander, which gets rolling at 9 PM, with My favorite cocktail! Good Old Fashioned two-for-one Absolut Vodka specials until Southern singer-songwriter J.W. Teller plays Imagine Nation. 6 PM–8 PM. Free. midnight. I get the name now. Free. plays Free Cycles with Drew Landry and Sam Doores. Doors at 4 PM, show at 5. Luna Blue’s music shines down on Ten Be at peace, be aware of your breathing, Spoon Vineyard. 6 PM–8 PM. Free. Free. be at Joan Zen Band at the Union Club. Unseen Missoula takes you on historical Best-selling author David Sedaris reads from 9:30 PM. Free.
Sunday The Missoula Summer MADE fair offers handcrafted goods from local and regional artists in the open air market of Caras Park. 10 AM–5 PM. Free.
his new book, Calypso,at Fact & Fiction. 7 PM. I hope you were one of the people that camped out for tickets, because this one is sold out.
AM. Free. Visit lolohotsprings.com for more info and registration.
Touring singer-songwriter Cynthia Brando provides the folk soundtrack at Draught Works. 5 PM–7 PM. Free. Indulge your inner Lisa Simpson with live jazz and a glass of craft beer on the river every Sunday at Imagine Nation Brewing. 5 PM–8 PM.
Every Tuesday is Walk With a Doc Day at Grizzly Peak. A health professional discusses their speciality while walking with the group. 9 AM–10 AM. Free.
Join the REI Outdoor School for a bike maintenance class at the Highlander Taphouse every Tuesday this summer. It’s a demonstration class, so no need to bring your bike. 6 PM. RSVP at rei.com.
I’m a little disappointed because this is a band and not my favorite Britney Spears movie. Crossroads plays Imagine Nation. 6 PM–8 PM. Free.
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Every Sunday is “Sunday Funday” at the Badlander. Play cornhole, beer pong and other games, have drinks and forget tomorrow is Monday. 9 PM.
The only thing I want to know the answer to is why we don’t call it the Meagher Beagher. Trivia Night at Thomas Meagher Bar lets you show off that big stupid intellect of yours. 8 PM. Free.
Monday
Jamaican reggae revivalist Protoje plays the Top Hat. Doors at 8:30 PM, show at 9. $20.
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Sip a fancy cocktail for a cause at Moscow Monday at the Montgomery Distillery. A dollar from every drink sold is donated to a local organization. 12 PM–8 PM.
nightlife Two Britchy shows in one week! What a country! The acoustic Americana duo play Red Bird Wine Bar. 7 PM–10 PM. Free. Prepare a couple of songs and bring your talent to Open Mic Night at Imagine Na-
Missoula Farmers Market’s Tuesday Evening Market lets you get your local veggies and farm-direct products without having to wake up early on Saturday. North Higgins by the XXXXs, 5:30 PM–7 PM.
Step up your factoid game at Quizzoula trivia night, every Tuesday at the VFW. 8:30 PM. Free. This week’s trivia question: What medicine cabinet staple was invented on this date in 1498? Answer in tomorrow’s Nightlife.
tion Brewing. Sign up when you get there. Every Monday from 6–8 PM. Motown on Mondays puts the s-o-u-l back into Missoula. Resident DJs Smokey Rose and Mark Myriad curate a night of your favorite Motor City hits at the Badlander. 9 PM. Free. Just a small town girl, living in a lonely world, she took the midnight train to the Union Club for Karaoke Monday at 9 PM. Free.
Protoje plays the Top Hat Tue., June 26. Doors at 8:30 PM, show at 9. $20.
This next song is about drinking a LaCroix in your Subaru with your dog. Missoula Music Showcase features local singers and songwriters each week at the Badlander. 9 PM. Free.
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Wednesday Enjoy a hot beverage after a bike ride with Coffee Outside MSLA. Bring your mug to Brennan’s Wave from 7:15 AM–8:15 AM every Wednesday. Free. Visit pedalmissoula.org for more info. Out to Lunch features the live music of local favorites plus a variety of food and drink from more than 20 venders in the riverfront setting of Caras Park. This week catch the music of the Ed Norton Big Band. 11 AM– 2 PM. Free. Every Wednesday is Community UNite at KettleHouse Brewing Company’s Northside
tap room. A portion of every pint sold goes to support local Missoula causes. This week quaff a brew for Leadership Montana. 5 PM–8 PM. The Missoula Art Museum hosts an evening of short films by or about John Baldessari in conduction with its current exhibition on the great artist. The Roxy. 6 PM. $5. The Montana Arts Integration conference features talks on how to make a creative community grow. The PARTV Center. 8 AM. Visit umt.edu for more information and registration.
nightlife The Women’s Comedy Happy Hour at the Badlander lets you learn the skills for stand-up in a open and supportive setting. 6 PM. Free. Oh no, they just canceled Halloween. Blue October plays the Wilma. Doors at 7 PM, show at 8. $30/$27 advance. Win big bucks off your bar tab and/or free pitchers by answering trivia questions at Brains on Broadway Trivia Night at the Broadway Sports Bar and Grill. 7 PM. Trivia answer: The toothbrush.
Can I get an amen? See established and newbie comedians at Revival Stand-up Comedy Open Mic at the Badlander. This month’s headliner is service pony enthusiast Eliza Oh. Sign up at 7, show at 7:30 PM. The Badlander. Free. Strike up the band! The Missoula City Band Summer Concert Series features the best local bands performing in the open-air of the Bonner Park Bandshell. 8 PM. Free. Kraptastic Karaoke indulges your need to croon, belt and warble at the Badlander. 9:30 PM. No cover.
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Thursday
Apsáalooke hip hop artist Supaman plays the Wilma as part of the Montana Arts Integration Conference Thu., June 28. Doors at 6 PM, show at 7. Free. Enjoy live music in the great outdoors at the Bob Marshall Music Festival in Seeley Lake. Compete in a 50K trail run, mountain bike races and paddle boarding while enjoying the music of The Brothers Comatose, The Last Revel and more. Visit thebobmusic.com for a full lineup and ticketing. $60/$50 advance. Missoula Insectarium feeds live crickets to one of its hungry predators at 3:30 PM every Thursday. $4. Join the Missoula Independent as we celebrate the Best of Missoula winners from our 2018 reader poll at Downtown ToNight at Caras Park. Live music, food and drink vendors and more. 5:30 PM–8:30 PM. Free.
nightlife Apsáalooke hip hop artist Supaman plays the Wilma with the Whizpops as part of the Montana Arts Integration Conference. Doors at 6 PM, show at 7. Free. Dan Dubuque provides the soundtrack at Draught Works from 6 PM–8 PM. Free. Can’t tell your devil’s claw from your marshmallow root? The Lake Missoula Tea Talk & Tasting discusses the exotic world of healing herbs. 6 PM–7 PM. Free. Say “yes and” to a free improv workshop every Thursday at BASE. Free and open to
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all abilities, levels and interests. 725 W. Alder. 6:30 PM–8 PM.
Bring your gear and your dancing shoes to the VFW at 7 PM.
Canta Brasil provides the bossa nova soundtrack at Wave & Circuit. 7 PM. Free.
Aaron “B-Rocks” Broxterman hosts karaoke night at the Dark Horse Bar. 9 PM. Free.
Singer-songwriter Jackson Emmer plays the Top Hat’s Acoustic Avenue series. 8 PM. Free.
Kris Moon hosts a night of volcanic party action featuring himself, DJ T-Rex and a rotating cast of local DJs projecting a curated lineup of music videos on the walls every Thursday at the Badlander. 9 PM. Free.
The Movie Mockers return to give a hilarious live commentary to 1995’s Mortal Kombat, the only movie in history to scream its own name before the opening titles. The Roxy. 8 PM. $6. My DJ name is from an ‘80s cartoon no one else remembers. Join the Missoula Open Decks Society for an evening of music.
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Agenda THURSDAY, JUNE 21 The third installment of the Humphrey Fellowship Community Dialogues Series features a talk from fellows from Iran, Mongolia and Cuba discussing their work in natural resource management and agriculture. Jeannette Rankin Peace Center. 5:30 PM. The Missoula Folklore Society hosts an old-style contra dance to raise funds for the University of Montana's Public Interest Environmental Science scholarship. Missoula Senior Center. 7 PM–10 PM. $5 suggested donation.
FRIDAY, JUNE 22 Why should we care about our water? Here in Missoula we have clean water, a magnificent river that inspired a Brad Pitt movie and a great fishing culture. But in other parts of the world, and even in other parts of this country, clean water isn't a given. Every year the Mississippi River carries 1.5 million metric tons of nitrogen into the Gulf of Mexico, creating what scientists call a “dead zone” in the Gulf approximately the size of New Jersey. Almost 40 percent of American lakes are too polluted for aquatic life. Flint, Michigan is still without clean drinking water. The Water is Life March starts at noon at the
XXXXs at the north end of Higgins. LINC, the Local Indigenous Network Collective leads the march full of signs, banners and musical instruments across the bridge and down to the river trail for a ceremony honoring water's important part of our lives. The March is not a parade, and the route will take sidewalks, obey all traffic signals and be as safe as Missoula's water. —Charley Macorn
The Water is Life March meets at 12 PM on Sat., June 23 at the XXXXs downtown.
Missoula Urban Demonstration Project is installing repurposed glass pathways and are looking for volunteers to come lend a hand. No experience necessary. 9 AM–12 PM.
SATURDAY, JUNE 23 The Western Montana Poultry department hosts
a workshop on the key needs and considerations for healthy backyard chickens. Moon-Randolph Homestead. 10 AM–1 PM. $10/$5 for MUD members. The Water is Life March starts at the XXXXs at 12 PM before taking the sidewalks to the Clark Fork.
MONDAY, JUNE 25 Sip a fancy cocktail for a cause at Moscow Monday at the Montgomery Distillery. A dollar from every drink sold is donated to a local organization. 12 PM–8 PM.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 27 Every Wednesday is Community UNite at KettleHouse Brewing Company's Northside tap room. A portion of every pint sold goes to support local Missoula causes. This week quaff a brew for Leadership Montana. 5 PM–8 PM.
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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Celebrate the first day of summer with the Montana Native Plant Society. Learn about post-fire revegetation on a trek up North Fork Road. Meet at the Columbian Heights Park and Ride. 9 AM–3 PM. Call 406-261-2542 for more info.
SATURDAY, JUNE 23 Pedal with a Smile is a monthly family-friendly bike ride. This month bike from Bernice's Bakery to the Clark Fork Market. 9:30 AM. Take a bike ride from Victor to Woodside at the Bitterroot Trail Preservation Alliance's spring ride. 10 AM–2 PM. Meet at the Park and Ride in Victor. The 18th Annual Women's Fly Fishing Clinic is an all-encompassing afternoon for newbies and experienced anglers alike. Frenchtown Pond State Park. 10 AM–3 PM. $150. Email flyfishschools@gmail.com to RSVP. The fourth annual Swift Campout Bike
worldwide event takes you on an afternoon bike ride up Franklin Bridge through the Rattlesnake National Recreation Area for a night of camping, fellowship and Solstice Celebration. So spend the longest day of the year in the beautiful forests of Montana, knowing that across the globe thousands of people are there with you. —Charley Macorn The Swift Campout Bike Overnight starts from the Franklin Bridge on Sat., June 23. Visit pedalmissoula.org for more info, a map of the trail and suggestions on what to bring. Free.
Overnight takes you on a ride up Franklin Bridge through the Rattlesnake for a night of camping. Visit pedalmissoula.org for more info Join Montana Native Plant Society for a guided plant hike on the Whitefish Trail near Beaver Lake. Meet at 5 PM at the Beaver Lake Trail Head. Call 406-756-3624 to RSVP.
TUESDAY, JUNE 26 Join Anne Morley of the Montana Native Plant Society for a natural history tour of the Sprunger-Whitney Nature Trail. 10 AM. Call 406-886-2242 to RSVP. This week Folf in the Parks takes you to Broadway Island for 9 holes of disc golf. 5 PM–7 PM.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 27 Women Bike Missoula takes you and your best gal pals on a beginner, no-drop ride to and on the Grant Creek Trail. Meet at the trailhead at 6 PM.
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My boyfriend of two years read my diary and found out that I had expressed feelings for another guy while we were together. I never acted on them (and I wouldn’t have), and I probably shouldn’t have told the guy I liked him. But my boyfriend shouldn’t have been reading my diary! He broke up with me, saying he wouldn’t be able to forgive me. Now he wants to come back. What should I do? I don’t feel that I can trust him now.
—Disturbed Having regular sex with you does not give another person the right to rake through your diary like it’s the $1 bin at Goodwill. Your boyfriend probably equated your approaching this other guy with an attempt to cheat, but it sounds like it was something different — a sort of preliminary investigation into whether you had any chance with that guy. It turns out that we have a sort of inner auditing department that gets triggered to calculate whether “the one!!!” should maybe be that other one. Accordingly, research by evolutionary psychologists Joshua Duntley and David Buss and their colleagues suggests that we evolved to cultivate romantic understudies — backup mates whom we can quickly slot in as partners if our partner, say, dies or ditches us or their “mate value” suddenly takes a dive. What else might trigger going for — or at least testing the waters with — a backup mate? Well, though you didn’t have sex with this other guy, it seems instructive to look at why women tend to have affairs. Research by the late psychologist Shirley Glass finds that women view seeking love and emotional intimacy as the most compelling justification for cheating. (Seventy-seven percent of women surveyed saw this as a compelling reason to have an affair, compared with only 43 percent of the men. Men were more likely to see sexual excitement as a compelling justification to stray — with 75 percent of the men, versus 53 percent of the women, giving that reason.) As for whether you should take your boyfriend back, the question is: What was missing that led you to try to trade up, and is it still missing? We’re prone (per what’s called the “sunk cost fallacy”) to want to keep putting time and energy into things we’ve already put time and energy into, but the way to judge whether something’s actually worthwhile is to assess how well it’s likely to pay off in the future. If you feel (and act) more certain about your partner, he is less likely to have mate-
guarding impulses triggered (like the temptation to snoop). However, if you do get back together with this guy, privacy rules need to be spelled out — and followed. (Presumably, your daily journal entries start with “Dear Diary,” not “To Whom It May Concern.”)
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My husband and I were visiting friends, and he started walking around their house flossing his teeth. I told him this is not okay, but I couldn’t really tell him why. Could you please explain why it’s not appropriate to go around flossing so I can tell him and get him to stop?!
—Embarrassed What’s next, margaritas and oral surgery on the deck? Locking doors didn’t get added to bathrooms as some sort of design quirk (like shutters that don’t shut on those aluminum siding “Tudor” houses in suburbia). Most of the behaviors we perform in bathrooms aren’t all that audience-friendly — which is surely why we don’t see Netflix specials like “Mr. Jones Takes a Poo.” Though that activity, like flossing, has health benefits, the rest of us don’t need to bear witness. In fact, we’re grossed out if we have to — and we seem to have evolved to feel that way. Evolutionary psychologist Joshua M. Tybur, who researches disgust, explains that our capacity for getting grossed out seems to help us avoid disease-causing microorganisms, which could put a crimp in our being able to survive and pass on our genes. Disgust basically acts as a psychological “Keep Out!” sign when we encounter things that could infect us, like bodily fluids, spoiled foods, insects, rodents and dead bodies. Whether disgust is likely to be triggered is actually the perfect guideline for whether some behavior is a no-go in public. As I put it in my science-based manners book, Good Manners for Nice People Who Sometimes Say F*ck,“consider how pathogens are spread from person to person. If whatever behavior you’re contemplating could cause some bit of something — a piece of chewed food or some bodily icky — to go airborne, it’s bathroom behavior.” Explain this to your husband. Ideally, if he has some news to share with your friends, it isn’t something along the lines of “Oh, my bad — a speck of cilantro from last week’s sandwich just hit your light fixture.”
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Accounting Clerk: LC Staffing Missoula is partnering with a hotel to hire an Accounting Clerk. The Accounting Clerk will maintain property income audit, accounts receivable, accounts payable, payroll system, and general cashier functions. This person will sort documents and post debits/credits to proper accounts, verify amounts and codes on various forms for accuracy and balance entries and make necessary corrections. For a full job description, please visit our website at www.lcstaffing.com and refer to order #31893 Adventure Cycling Association seeks a creative person to fill the role of Digital Marketing Manager. https://adventurecyclist.submittable.com/submit/11 7600/digital-marketing-manager Bookkeeper LC Staffing Missoula is working with a social services organization to hire 2 long-term Bookkeepers. The Bookkeeper will be responsible for sorting mail for the clients, basic accounting practices such as deposits, writing checks, online banking, reconcile accounts, and client budgets, as well as maintaining accurate and orderly client files. The Bookkeepers will be servicing approximately 25-50 clients each and must have a friendly attitude to work with all levels of personnel. For a full job description, please visit our website at www.lcstaffing.com and refer to order #31878
countant is responsible for planning, collecting, and analyzing data to determine the costs of business activity such as material purchases, inventory, and labor. This person must monitor financial reports, record of assets, liabilities, profit and loss, and tax liability. For a full job description, please visit our website at www.lcstaffing.com and refer to order #31992 Nuverra is hiring for CDL Class A Truck Drivers. Drivers can earn a $1500 sign on bonus. To apply call (701) 842-3618, or go online to www.nuverra.com/careers. Nuverra environmental solutions is an equal opportunity employer. Steel Yard Worker: LC Staffing Missoula is partnering with a steel distributor to hire 2 long-term Steel Yard Workers. The Steel Yard Worker is responsible for production work bending and cutting to customer specifications. For a full job description, please visit our website at www.lcstaffing.com and refer to order #31952
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Full Time Mailroom Inserter FT & PT positions, all shifts: The Missoulian is accepting applications for newspaper inserters at our production facility. There are full and part-time positions available for evening shifts. The schedule varies and may include weekends and holidays. Duties include preparing newspapers for delivery by carrier and by mail, inserting supplements, and machine operation. Many positions qualify for our full benefits package, including health, dental, and vision coverage, 401(k) retirement plan. Our benefits, among the best in the area, include a $300 signing bonus, 401(k) plan, medical, dental, vision and short-term and long-term disability; vacation and sick leave; flexible spending account plan and more. We are a drug-free workplace and all applicants must pass a post-offer drug screen prior to commencing employment. Apply at www.missoulian.com/workhere
Northwest Community Health Center (NWCHC) is looking to add a full time Financial Officer to manage and provide oversight in all aspects of finance operations. Full job posting at http://northwestchc.org/jobs/. To apply please submit resume and/or public sector applications at http://northwestchc.org/jobs/. P/T secretary for Woodman School. $14/hr; 5 hrs every school day plus summer hrs. Call 406-258-4860 Payroll Coordinator: LC Staffing Missoula is working with a restaurant group to hire a long-term Payroll Coordinator. The Payroll Coordinator will be running the payroll for about 250300 employees including payroll taxes and enrolling new employees in the healthcare and benefits program. Candidates must be familiar with worker compensations. For a full job description, please visit our website at www.lcstaffing.com and refer to order #31916
SKILLED LABOR Concrete Construction Laborer: LC Staffing Missoula is partnering with a concrete contractor to hire a long-term Concrete Construction Laborer. The Concrete Construction Laborer will be manufacturing precast wall panels; sandwich panels, bridges, columns, beams, stadium risers, vault toilets, and virtually any other product available in precast concrete. For a full job description, please visit our website at www.lcstaffing.com and refer to order #31913
EMPLOYMENT POSITIONS AVAILABLESEE WEBSITE FOR MORE INFO Must Have: Valid driver license, No history of neglect, abuse or exploitation Applications available at OPPORTUNITY RESOURCES, INC., 2821 S. Russell, Missoula, MT. 59801 or online at www.orimt.org. Extensive background checks will be completed. NO RESUMES. EEO/AA-M/F/disability/ protected veteran status.
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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY By Rob Brezsny ARIES (March 21-April 19): According to my analysis of the astrological omens, you have cosmic permission to enjoy extra helpings of waffles, crepes, pancakes and blintzes. Eating additional pastries and doughnuts is also encouraged. Why? Because it’s high time for you to acquire more ballast. You need more gravitas and greater stability.You can’t afford to be top-heavy; you must be hard to knock over. If you would prefer not to accomplish this noble goal by adding girth to your butt and gut, find an alternate way. Maybe you could put weights on your shoes and think very deep thoughts. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): You’re slipping into the wild heart of the season of discovery. Your curiosity is mounting.Your listening skills are growing more robust.Your willingness to be taught and influenced and transformed is at a peak. And what smarter way to take advantage of this fertile moment than to decide what you most want to learn about during the next three years? For inspiration, identify a subject you’d love to study, a skill you’d eagerly stretch yourself to master and an invigorating truth that would boost your brilliance if you thoroughly embodied it. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Playwright and novelist Samuel Beckett won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1969. Four of his works were essential in earning that award: the play Waiting for Godot, and the novels Molloy, Malone Dies and The Unnamable. Beckett wrote all of them in a two-year span during the late 1940s. During that time, he was virtually indigent. He and his companion Suzanne survived on the paltry wage she made as a dressmaker. We might draw the conclusion from his life story that it is at least possible for a person to accomplish great things despite having little money. I propose that we make Beckett your role model for the coming weeks, Gemini. May he inspire you to believe in your power to become the person you want to be no matter what your financial situation may be. CANCER (June 21-July 22): I suggest you ignore the temptation to shop around for new heroes and champions. It would only distract you from your main assignment in the coming weeks, which is to be more of a hero and champion yourself. Here are some tips to guide you as you slip beyond your overly modest selfimage and explore the liberations that may be possible when you give yourself more credit. Tip #1: Finish outgrowing the old heroes and champions who’ve served you well. Tip #2: Forgive and forget the disappointing heroes and hypocritical champions who betrayed their own ideals. Tip #3: Exorcise your unwarranted admiration for mere celebrities who might have snookered you into thinking they’re heroes or champions.
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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): “A waterfall would be more impressive if it flowed the other way,” said Irish writer Oscar Wilde. Normally, I would dismiss an idea like this, even though it’s funny and I like funny ideas. Normally, I would regard such a negative assessment of the waterfall’s true nature, even in jest, to be unproductive and enfeebling. But none of my usual perspectives are in effect as I evaluate the possibility that Wilde’s declaration might be a provocative metaphor for your use in the coming weeks. For a limited time only, it might be wise to meditate on a waterfall that flows the other way.
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VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Stage magicians may seem to make a wine glass hover in mid-air, or transform salt into diamonds, or make doves materialize and fly out of their hands. It’s all fake, of course — tricks performed by skilled illusionists. But here’s a twist on the old story: I suspect that for a few weeks, you will have the power to generate effects that may, to the uninitiated, have a resemblance to magic tricks — except that your magic will be real, not fake. And you will have worked very hard to accomplish what looks easy and natural. And the marvels you generate will, unlike the illusionists’, be authentic and useful.
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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): The coming weeks will be a favorable time to accentuate and brandish the qualities that best exemplify your Libran nature. In other words, be extreme in your moderation. Be pushy in your attempts to harmonize. Be bold and brazen as you make supple use of your famous balancing act. I’ll offer you a further piece of advice, as well. My first astrology teacher believed that when Librans operate at peak strength, their symbol of power is the iron fist in the velvet glove: power expressed gracefully, firmness rendered gently. I urge you to explore the nuances of that metaphor. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): If I were your mom, I’d nudge you out the door and say, “Go play outside for a while!” If I were your commanding officer, I’d award you a shiny medal for your valorous undercover work and then order you to take a frisky sabbatical. If I were your psychotherapist, I would urge you to act as if your past has no further power to weigh you down or hold you back, and then I would send you out on a vision quest to discover your best possible future. In other words, my dear Scorpio, I hope you will flee your usual haunts. Get out of the loop and into the open spaces that will refresh your eyes and heart.
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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Sex education classes at some high schools employ a dramatic exercise to illustrate the possible consequences of engaging in heterosexual lovemaking without using birth control. Everywhere they go for two weeks, students must carry around a 10-pound bag of flour. It’s a way for them to get a visceral approximation of caring for an infant. I recommend that you find or create an equivalent test or trial for yourself in the coming days. As you consider entering into a deeper collaboration or making a stronger commitment, you’ll be wise to undertake a dress rehearsal.
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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Members of the Dull Men’s Club celebrate the ordinary. “Glitz and glam aren’t worth the bother,” they declare. “Slow motion gets you there faster,” they pontificate. Showing no irony, they brag that they are “born to be mild.” I wouldn’t normally recommend becoming part of a movement like theirs, but the next two weeks will be one of those rare times when aligning yourself with their principles might be healthy and smart. If you’re willing to explore the virtues of simple, plain living, make the Swedish term lagom your word of power. According to the Dull Men’s Club, it means “enough, sufficient, adequate, balanced, suitable, appropriate.”
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AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): In the Georgian language, shemomechama is a word that literally means “I ate the whole thing.” It refers to what happens when you’re already full, but find the food in front of you so delicious that you can’t stop eating. I’m concerned you might soon be tempted to embark on metaphorical versions of shemomechama. That’s why I’m giving you a warning to monitor any tendencies you might have to get too much of a good thing. Pleasurable and productive activities will serve you better if you stop yourself before you go too far.
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PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Please do not send me a lock of your hair or a special piece of your jewelry or a hundred dollar bill. I will gladly cast a love spell in your behalf without draining you of your hard-earned cash. The only condition I place on my free gift is that you agree to have me cast the love spell on you and you alone. After all, your love for yourself is what needs the most work. And your love for yourself is the primary magic that fuels your success in connecting with other people. (Besides, it’s bad karma to use a love spell to interfere with another person’s will.) So if you accept my conditions, Pisces, demonstrate that you’re ready to receive my telepathic love spell by sending me your telepathic authorization. Go to RealAstrology.com to check out Rob Brezsny’s EXPANDED WEEKLY AUDIO HOROSCOPES and DAILY TEXT MESSAGE HOROSCOPES.
PUBLIC NOTICESMNAXLP INVITATION TO BID Notice is hereby given that the Missoula Department of Public Works is soliciting bids for the construction of the West Harrier Storm Drainage project. Sealed bids will be received at the Missoula County Department of Public Works office, 6089 Training Drive, Missoula, Montana, until 3:00 p.m. local time on July 6th, 2018, and will then be opened and publicly read immediately thereafter for the furnishing of all labor, equipment and materials for construction of the West Harrier Storm Drainage Project. DESCRIPTION OF WORK: The project is located in the Missoula Development Park in the area west of Trumpeter Way, north of Expressway, and south of West Harrier in Missoula, Montana. The work generally includes installation of storm drain piping and manholes with associated surface restoration and grading along the alignment of the storm drain, and related work in accordance with the plans and specifications. COMPLETION OF WORK: All work shall be substantially complete within 45 calendar days after the commencement date stated in the notice to proceed. Construction will be completed during fall of 2018 with the earliest date of the notice to proceed anticipated on or about September 24th, 2018. OBTAINING CONTRACT DOCUMENTS: A complete set of the contract documents will be furnished to the contractors making application therefore from WGM Group, Inc., 1111 East Broadway Street, Missoula, MT 59802, upon non-refundable payment of $50.00 (plus shipping) by company check, cashier’s check, or bank money order (cash cannot be accepted). BID SECURITY: Each bid shall be accompanied by bid security made payable to Missoula County in an amount of ten percent (10%) of the bidder’s maximum bid price and in the form of cash, a cashier’s check, certified check, or bank money order drawn and issued by a national banking association located in Montana or by any banking corporation incorporated under the laws of Montana; or a bid bond (on form attached if a form is prescribed) issued by a surety authorized to do business in Montana meeting the requirements of Paragraph 5.01 of the general conditions. The bid security shall identify the same firm as is noted on the bid proposal forms. The bid bond shall act as a guarantee that the bidder, if his bid is accepted, will promptly execute the contract, secure payment of worker’s compensation insurance, and furnish a
satisfactory faithful performance bond in the amount of 100 percent of the contract price and a payment bond in the amount of 100 percent of the contract price. CONTRACTOR’S REGISTRATION: Montana law requires all contractors to register with the Department of Labor prior to submitting their bid. Forms for registration are available from the Department of Labor and Industry, P.O. Box 8011, 1805 Prospect Ave., Helena, Montana 59604-8011. Information on registration can be obtained by calling 1-406-444-7734. All laborers and mechanics employed by the contractor or subcontractors in performance of the construction work shall be paid wages at rates as may be required by law. The contractor must ensure that employees and applicants for employment are not discriminated on the basis of race, ancestry, color, physical or mental disability, religion, national origin, sex, age, marital or familial status, creed, ex-offender status, physical condition, political belief, public assistance status or sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, except where these criteria are reasonable bona fide occupational qualifications. BIDS TO REMAIN OPEN: The bidder shall guarantee the total bid price for a period of 60 calendar days from the date of bid opening. Proposals must be sealed and marked “West Harrier Storm Drainage, opening July 6, 2018”, and marked “Sealed Bid” with the contractor’s name and address, and
be addressed to: Missoula County Department of Public Works 6089 Training Drive Missoula, MT 59808. Facsimile bids will not be accepted. WEST HARRIER STORM DRAINAGE INVITATION TO BID 00100-2. WAGE RATES: The Contractor shall not pay less than the latest Montana labor standards provisions minimum wage rates as determined by the Department of Labor and Industry. A copy of the applicable wage rates are attached as part of the specifications in Section 00910. PRE-BID CONFERENCE: Prospective bidders are encouraged to attend a pre-bid conference at the office of WGM Group, 1111 East Broadway, Missoula, MT, 59802 on June 28, 2018 at 2:00 p.m. local time. This pre-bid conference will be a joint meeting with the County and the engineer. PROJECT ADMINISTRATION: All questions relative to this project prior to the opening of bids shall be directed to the engineer. It shall be understood, however, that no specification interpretation will be made by telephone, nor will any “or equal” products be considered for approval prior to award of contract. The engineer for this project is: WGM Group, Inc., 1111 East Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802, with questions addressed to Jeff Smith, P.E. (406)728-4611. Successful contractors and vendors shall be required to comply with all Missoula County Business Licensing requirements. Missoula County
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PUBLIC NOTICESMNAXLP reserves the right to waive informalities, to reject any and all bids, and, if all bids are rejected, to readvertise under the same or new specifications, or to make such an award as in the judgment of its officials, best meets the County’s requirements. Without limiting the foregoing, it is expressly stated that final award of the Contract is contingent upon securing appropriate financing. Any objections to published specifications shall be filed in written form with the Missoula County Department of Public Works prior to the bid opening on July 6, 2018. Missoula County provides accommodations for any known disability that may interfere with a person’s ability to participate in any service, program, or activity of the County. To request accommodation, please contact the Missoula County Public Works office at (406) 258-4753. MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA
COUNTY Cause No. DP-18-153 Dept. No.: 2 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN RE THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF ARNOLD C. WEGHER, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Janette M Bradley has been identified by certification as the domiciliary foreign personal representative of the Estate of Arnold C. Wegher. All persons having claims against 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 Janette M. Bradley, Domiciliary Foreign Personal Representative, return receipt requested, in care of Post Law Firm, PLLC., Attn: Del M. Post, 201 W. Main St., Suite 101, Missoula, MT 59802, or filed with the Clerk of the above court. Dated this 13th day of June, 2018. /s/ Del M. Post, Esq. Attorney for Janette M. Bradley
MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Department No. 3 Cause No. DP-18-139 Hon. John W. Larson Presiding NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN RE ESTATE OF GAROLD EUGENE CROUCH, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the said Deceased are required to present their claims within four months after the date of first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to Ray Charles McKinley, the Personal representative, Return Receipt Requested, c/o Skjelset & Geer, P.L.L.P., P.O. Box 4102, Missoula, Montana 59806, or filed with the Clerk of the above-entitled Court. DATED this 25th day of May, 2018. /s/ Ray Charles McKinley Personal Representative /s/ Douglas G Skjelset Attorneys for the Estate
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MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. 4 Cause No. DP18-87 Hon. Karen S. Townsend Presiding NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN RE THE ESTATE OF VERYL P. JOHNSON, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the said Deceased are required to present their claims within four months after the date of first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to Robert W. Johnson, the Personal Representative, return receipt requested, c/o Skjelset & Geer, P.L.L.P., P.O. Box 4102, Missoula, Montana 59806, or filed with the Clerk of the above-entitled Court. Dated this 4th day of June, 2018. /s/ Robert W. Johnson Personal Representative /s/ Suzanne Geer Attorneys for the Estate MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 1 Cause No.: DP-18-154 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF: HARRY E. HOILAND, 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 LISA BRAGSTAD, Personal Representative, return receipt requested, at c/o Bjornson Jones Mungas, PLLC, 2809 Great Northern Loop, Suite 100, Missoula, MT 59808, or filed with the Clerk of the above Court. DATED this 11th day of June, 2018. /s/ Lisa Bragstad, Personal Representative Craig Mungas, Attorneys for Lisa Bragstad, Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY DEPT. No. 1 PROBATE NO. DP-18-69 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF: STELLA M. ARMSTRONG, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned have been appointed Co-Personal Representatives 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 WILLIAM J.
ARMSTRONG and TAMMY S. ARMSTRONG, the Co-Personal Representatives, return receipt requested, at c/o Worden Thane P.C., 321 W Broadway St., Ste. 300, Missoula, MT 59802-4142, or filed with the Clerk of the above Court. DATED this 13th day of March, 2018. /s/ WILLIAM J. ARMSTRONG, Co-Personal Representative /s/ TAMMY S. ARMSTRONG, Co-Personal Representative WORDEN THANE P.C. Attorneys for Co-Personal Representatives /s/ Gail M. Haviland, Esq. MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 3 Cause No. DP-18-158 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF: LaVERNE I McDONALD, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Kathy McDonald has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the Deceased are required to present their claims within four (4) months after the date of the first publication of this Notice, or their claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to Jones & Associates, PLLC, Attorneys for the Representative, return receipt requested, at 2625 Dearborn Avenue, Ste 102A, Missoula, MT 59804, or filed with the Clerk of the above Court. I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of Montana the foregoing is true and correct. Dated this 12th day of June, 2018. /s/ Kathy McDonald, Personal Representative of the Estate of LaVerne I McDonald /s/ Kevin S. Jones Attorney for the Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY DEPT. No. 3 PROBATE NO. DP-18-157 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF: LOUIS C. ERCK, 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 ROSE ANN LOCKWOOD, the Personal Representative, return reseipt requested, at c/o Worden Thane P.C., 321 W. Broadway St., Ste. 300, Missoula, MT 59802-4142, or filed with the Clerk of the above Court. DATED this 12th day of June, 2018. /s/ Rose
Ann Lockwood WORDEN THANE P.C. Attorneys for Personal Representative By: /s/ Gail M Haviland, Esq. MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 4 Cause No. DP-18-138. NOTICE TO CREDITORS. IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF: FRED JOSEPH FORTUNE, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Diane Phelps and David Fortune have been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the deceased are required to present their claims within four (4) months after the date of the first publication of this Notice, of their claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to Jones & Associates, PLLC, Attorneys for the Personal Representative, return receipt requested, at 2625 Dearborn Avenue, Ste. 102A, Missoula, MT 59804, or filed with the Clerk of the above Court. We declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of Montana the foregoing is true and correct. Dated this 29 day of May, 2018 /s/ Diane Phelps, Co-Personal Representative. /s/ David Fortune, Co-Personal Representative. /s/ Kevin S. Jones, Attorney for Personal Representative. MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 4 Probate No. DP-18-136. NOTICE TO CREDITORS. IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF L. JACK LYON, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the said deceased are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to Kendal L. Lyon, the Personal Representative, return receipt requested, c/o Boone Karlberg P.C., P. O. Box 9199, Missoula, Montana 59807-9199, or filed with the Clerk of the above-entitled Court. I declare, under penalty of perjury and under the laws of the state of Montana, that the foregoing is true and correct. DATED this 22 day of May, 2018, at Louisville, Colorado. Kendal L. Lyon Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 4, Hon. Karen S. Townsend, Probate No. DP-18-113. NOTICE TO CREDI-
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PUBLIC NOTICES MNAXLP TORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF MARK J. BOATMAN, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that JAMES BOATMAN has been appointed personal representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the said deceased are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to JAMES BOATMAN, the Personal Representative, return receipt requested, in care of Darrow Law, P.O. Box 7235, Missoula, Montana 59807 or filed with the Clerk of the above-entitled court. Dated this 6 day of June, 2018. DARROW LAW, ATTORNEY FOR PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE /s/ Benjamin M. Darrow.
Bruce 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 Betty Sexton-Redman, the Personal Representative, return receipt requested, at c/o Bjornson Jones Mungas, PLLC, 2809 Great Northern Loop, Suite 100, Missoula, MT 59808, or filed with the Clerk of the above Court. Dated this 7th day of June, 2018. /s/ Betty Sexton-Redman, Personal Representative /s/ Craig Mungas, Attorneys for Betty Sexton-Redman, Personal Representative
MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No.: 3 Cause No.: DP-18-117 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF: RICHARD HERBERT BRUCE, a/k/a Richard H.
MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Probate No. DP-18-145 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF INGRID E. HOLLIDAY, 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 Anne U. Holliday Jones, Personal Representative, return receipt requested, in care of Douglas Harris, Attorney at Law, P.O. Box 7937, Missoula, Montana 59807-7937 or filed with the Clerk of the abovenamed Court. Dated this 30th day of May, 2018. /s/ Anne U. Holliday Jones Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT, MISSOULA COUNTY. Dept. No. 3. Probate No. DP-17-146. NOTICE TO CREDITORS. IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF GLORIA RAE JONES, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed personal representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims
against the said deceased are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to Miva VanEngen, the attorney for the Personal Representative, return receipt requested, at 1800 S. Reserve St., Suite C-2, Missoula, Montana 59801, or filed with the Clerk of the above-entitled Court. DATED this 11th day of June, 2018. /s/ Gregg Cooney, Personal Representative, Miva VanEngen, Attorneys for Personal Representative Notice of Public Hearing The Homeword Board of Directors will hold their quarterly board meeting on Tuesday, June 26th, 2018, from 3 – 5 pm at 1535 Liberty Lane, Ste 114. This meeting is open to the public. For further information, contact Erin Ojala, Homeword Administrative Specialist, at 406532-4663 x10. If you have comments, please mail them to: Homeword, 1535 Liberty Lane, Ste 116A, Missoula, MT, 59808.
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