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News

Voices The readers write .............................................................................................................4 Street Talk What would you miss about Missoula? .................................................................. 4 The Week in Review The news of the day, one day at a time..................................................6 Briefs Checkbook journalism, welcome to the re-zone, and a brewery on the block ............6 Etc. In praise of the magnet that is Missoula..............................................................................6 Dan Brooks There’s money in them thar trails!.............................................................................8 Writers on the Range Guess who’s holding the conservation fund hostage? ........................9 Special Section It’s the Best of Missoula!

Arts & Entertainment

Arts A patriot’s alternative media guide to Independence Day...................................12 Music Nicholas Merz, Snuff Redux, Marisa Anderson .................................................13 TV Yellowstone pilot is a slog with great views............................................................14 Film The films Jurassic — a ranking.............................................................................15 Movie Shorts Independent takes on current films .....................................................16 BrokeAss Gourmet Summer shrimp risotto .......................................................................17 Happiest Hour Orange juice and PBR at Burns St. Bistro..........................................19 8 Days a Week You can only hit rock bottom once. That still leaves seven good days....20 Agenda The Montana Innocence Project’s 10-year anniversary bash ...................................25 Mountain High Go outside and back in time at Expedition Days..............................26

Exclusives

News of the Weird ......................................................................................................10 Classifieds....................................................................................................................27 The Advice Goddess ...................................................................................................28 Free Will Astrology .....................................................................................................30 Crossword Puzzle .......................................................................................................33 This Modern World.....................................................................................................34

GENERAL MANAGER Matt Gibson EDITOR Brad Tyer ARTS EDITOR Erika Fredrickson CALENDAR AND SOCIAL MEDIA EDITOR Charley Macorn STAFF REPORTERS Alex Sakariassen, Derek Brouwer STAFF REPORTER & MANAGING EDITOR FOR SPECIAL SECTIONS Susan Elizabeth Shepard COPY EDITOR Jule Banville EDITORIAL INTERN Michael Siebert ART DIRECTOR Kou Moua CIRCULATION ASSISTANT MANAGER Ryan Springer SALES MANAGER Toni LeBlanc ADVERTISING REPRESENTATIVE Deron Wade MARKETING & EVENTS COORDINATOR Ariel LaVenture CLASSIFIED SALES REPRESENTATIVE Ty Hagan CONTRIBUTORS Scott Renshaw, Nick Davis, Hunter Pauli, Molly Laich, Dan Brooks, Rob Rusignola, Chris La Tray, Sarah Aswell, Migizi Pensoneau, April Youpee-Roll, MaryAnn Johanson, Melissa Stephenson, Ari LeVaux

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STREET TALK

[voices]

by Susan Elizabeth Shepard

This week is the Indy’s annual Best of Missoula issue. What brought you to Missoula?

What would you miss the most if you left?

Aimee Posnanski: I moved here from Wisconsin to work for the Montana Conservation Corps, and then I just didn’t want to go back, so that’s why I’m here. Even in the mountains: The mountains and the people. It’s a really cool culture that I feel like I just fit into, and you can find friends everywhere.

Victoria Smithson: Job opportunities. I’m from really, really small-town Montana, so I needed someplace to branch out. She’s a beauty: The beauty, because it’s so lush and there’s so much to do and it’s just nice to walk around.

Trumped

The GOP figures they have Montana sewn up (“Brooks: What does the Montana GOP see in Donald Trump Jr.,” June 21). And Trump Jr. needs busywork to keep him out of trouble, so they dispatch him to Montana. What could go wrong?

Brad Craig facebook.com/missoulaindependent

Ranting man

[Dancing Man] was so rude (“Street Talk: Dance like no one’s watching edition,” June 21). When my daughter was 5, we went to an event and he was in line behind us rolling the worst obscenities out of his mouth. His talk and chat of the devil and how he told us we’re all going to hell was not appropriate for a bbq with kids. After that, I stayed far away from him.

Steffeni Hakes facebook.com/missoulaindependent

Solo artist

Tina Bural: My mom brought me here.

She was ill, so we moved closer to take care of her. We do like to get together: This, right here. The parks, the community events that happen all the time.

Samantha Bural: I moved here because my grandma needed some help. Last and best: I love the scenery. I love the mountains and the outdoors of Montana. It’s literally the best, and so beautiful.

There was a guy who’d zoom into live music venues and dance alone. He really felt the beat and gave the bands the thumbs up. Loved that guy.

Carol Pfeiffer Minjares facebook.com/missoulaindependent

Missoula’s finest

The “Octopus” guy who walks around with a plastic bag and can play chess with multiple people at once.

“Tommy the Leprechaun” who told us to have “phantasmagorical days” and handed out free wishes. There was “Red” who used to sit in a folding chair in front of Junga Juice on Higgins and shout at folks. All people that gave Missoula some added character.

Lexi Savitch Witt facebook.com/missoulaindependent

Croak, croak

Bailey Kehoe: I moved to Missoula because my dad is out here. I’ve been here a year and a half, and it’s been the best decision of my life. Her friends were listening: Probably the tight friendships and how personable everybody is.

Asked Sunday afternoon at the MADE Fair at Caras Park

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I read the recent Dan Brooks article (“Mountain Water: it’s all over but the accounting,” June 6) with a sense of gallows humor, as the citizens of Missoula and Missoula Water rate payers continue to get hosed (pun intended) openly and willfully, being sold out by our mayor, city attorney and city council over the outrageous legal fees associated with the condemnation of Mountain Water.

Kudos to Mr. Ramos for having the courage to stand up to the Missoula Mob! But nobody really cares! Mayor Engen continues to be elected, and we

succumb to the inevitable by paying higher taxes, higher fees, higher water bills and seeing these council knuckleheads re-elected. Missoulians are the proverbial frog in the pot of slowly boiling water, dying a slow but oblivious death.

Thank you, Mr. Brooks, for bringing a (funny) real-world personal example to a real-world Missoula tragedy.

Torin Dixon Missoula

Yours and mines

How do you build a road or a bridge without a mine to provide mate-

“Missoulians are the proverbial frog in the pot of slowly boiling water, dying a slow but oblivious death.

Thank you, Mr. Brooks, for bringing a (funny) real-world personal example to a real-world Missoula tragedy.” rial and equipment (“Writers on the Range: Pushing back against mining’s fast track,” June 14)? You can’t have one without the other. I agree that we need to be vigilant and make sure the companies are doing better with polluting, but mines are definitely part of the community infrastructure. If it’s not grown, it’s mined.

Russell W. Sherry facebook.com/missoulaindependent

‘Like’

Like this comment if you are reading this anti-mining article on a phone

or computer made from mined materials, and own a house or bike or car made with mined materials, and have a job using mined materials, and want others to have jobs and affordable things, too.

Jeffrey James Halvorson facebook.com/missoulaindependent

‘Love’

Like this comment if you like breathing clean air and think mining companies should handle their pollution responsibly.

Crystal Koosman facebook.com/missoulaindependent

Nowhere man

“Jackson Hole is the airport Panera of western towns.” (“Kanye’s West — Where nowhere is right next door,” June 14). LOL Dan Brooks you are hilarious.

This whole article is spot-on.

Benjamin A. Hart missoulanews.com

Maintain standards

The Bitterroot National Forest announced it will accept public comments on the draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Gold Butterfly timber sale until July 25. Detailed information about the sale is available in the Projects page at the forest’s website.

Those of you who hunt elk east of Corvallis in the Willow Mountain and Stoney Mountain Roadless Area should probably comment and make your voice heard. Supervisor King proposes to amend her forest plan to allow her to violate two elk standards.

The forest plan requires supervisor King to maintain 50 percent or higher elk habitat effectiveness (EHE) in currently roaded third order drainages. She proposes to violate this standard by constructing 23.7 miles of new logging road.

The forest plan also requires supervisor King to maintain at least 25 percent of elk winter range in thermal cover at all times. She proposes to violate this standard by logging-off more thermal cover trees than the forest plan allows on elk winter range.

She proposes to amend her forest plan twice to make this legal. Why? If the Bitterroot National Forest won’t adjust its logging levels to comply with the forest plan, why have a forest plan?

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WEEK IN REVIEW Wednesday, June 20 Montanans for Immigrant Justice demonstrate outside the Missoula County Detention Center in protest of national immigration policy and the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency.

Thursday, June 21 A Missoula judge prohibits Butte’s Mike Schlosser from posting to social media about Lisa Davey, whom he repeatedly harassed after she created an online petition protesting the hiring of Griz football coach Bobby Hauck.

Friday, June 22 At the Montana Republican Party convention in Billings, Donald Trump Jr. calls for the defeat of Sen. Jon Tester. Sen. Steve Daines, Rep. Greg Gianforte and Senate candidate Matt Rosendale join Trump on stage.

Saturday, June 23 The Missoula County Fairgrounds hosts an auction of wild horses and burros from BLM lands, mostly in Utah and Nevada. It was the first BLM wild horse auction in Missoula in six years. Bidding starts at $25.

Sunday, June 24

Re-zoning

Beyond the U-District

Two years of wading through the complexities of zoning law finally paid off for Missoula City Council member Gwen Jones on June 18. The zoning overlay for the University District she shepherded through council at the behest of numerous residents passed on a 6–4 vote, meaning homeowners will now be held to compatibility standards designed to maintain the character of the neighborhood.

“What Gwen Jones and others have done is really threaded a needle to try to find a compromise, and try to find a way to address the needs of the University area residents who overwhelmingly support this, but recognizing there may be a time when we want to expand this or get the input of other neighborhoods and see what they want to do,” Jeff Birkby, a U-District resident and member of the neighborhood’s leadership team, told council.

The latter half of Birkby’s statement touched on a thread that emerged from hours and reams of public comment: How might other Missoula neighborhoods benefit from the lessons learned in developing the ordinance?

City planner Tom Zavitz says the overlay was something of a “milestone” for Missoula in terms of

utilizing a more sophisticated zoning tool to resolve concerns in a built-out neighborhood. And it all started with emails from homeowners — between 40 and 50 of them, Jones estimates — requesting action to curtail large new homes. Jones and Zavitz agree that for another neighborhood to even consider a similar undertaking, a grassroots foundation is essential.

“This isn’t just a template that you could paste on another neighborhood, but there’s a lot of things you could use from it,” Jones says. “First of all, just the whole process Tom and I created in terms of the neighborhood engagement and creating a [neighborhood] working group and all the outreach.”

Jones and Zavitz spent considerable time trying to pinpoint exactly what makes the U-District so desirable. Jones says they still haven’t fully defined its character. But in assessing average parcel sizes and developing specific zoning regulations — in particular, the overlay’s ban on combining parcels and scraping multiple homes to make room for one large one — Jones believes the overlay offers a formula that could be used in the development of future overlays elsewhere.

“We’ll never know what kind of an effect that had, because they just won’t be built,” Zavitz says of the multiple-home-scraping ban, “but I think that’s pretty strong.”

According to Jones, there was one potential regulatory mechanism that the neighborhood working group avoided with a “10-foot pole”: design standards. It’s not an uncommon approach in larger cities, but Jones says the idea of dictating what style homes property owners can build seemed too heavy-handed. The lighter touch actually prompted some initial proponents to withdraw their support, saying the overlay doesn’t go far enough.

Zavitz doesn’t see the process playing out much differently if other neighborhood groups opt to pursue such an ordinance, provided support is equally robust. He adds, “We probably wouldn’t go to council as many times to ask for their vote of approval to continue.”

Alex Sakariassen

The brewery beat

Who’s buying?

Earlier this month, an exclusive listing popped up on Eagen Real Estate that seemed to answer a question common among Missoulians: How do I quit my job and start a brewery? Answer: For $4.25 million, the right buyer can have the keys to Lolo Peak Brewery, which celebrates its fourth anniversary on July 4.

According to co-owner Patrick Offen, selling the

Two teenagers are shot at Sentinel High School. The victims, neither of them students, are hospitalized in intensive care as of press time. On Monday, police recover a gun on the school campus. The shooter remains at large.

Monday, June 25 Rebecca Romero, who was killed in a hitand-run incident June 17, is honored with a memorial at Bayern Brewing Co. attended by Lieutenant Governor Mike Cooney. The suspected perpetrator is in jail with bond set at $100,000.

Tuesday, June 26 Free Cycles and Let’s Move Missoula host the first in a series of four free bike-repair clinics. The event, held at Westside Park, focuses on bicycle safety and maintenance and ends with a group ride.

I think he’s qualified and a good guy.”

— U.S. Sen. Jon Tester on Veterans Affairs Secretary nominee Robert Wilkie, who created the Department of Defense study underpinning Trump’s transgender troop ban, as quoted in Military Times ahead of Wilkie’s June 27 confirmation hearing.

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[news] business was always part of his plan. “For me, it was kind of a short-term investment,” Offen says. “I wanted to just build a quality business, and I view it as a fun project. Now it’s time to move on.”

Offen adds that he and business partner Al Zepeda both had other opportunities “come across our plates,” but wouldn’t elaborate. Details about Lolo Peak’s financials are confidential.

Lolo Peak made news last year for beta-testing a carbon-harvesting system developed by local inventor Taylor Woods. That system has since been installed by Conflux Brewing, set to open in downtown Missoula this summer.

Lolo Peak is being offered as a turn-key sale, and includes everything from the brewhouse to the beer and wine license to the land, off U.S. Highway 93, on which the brewpub sits. Plans to open an 8,000square foot second Lolo Peak brewpub in the Old Sawmill District were canceled in 2016 without public explanation, but the brewery sale does include another potential for expansion. A sales overview lists a parcel in East Missoula that’s earmarked as a possible second location. Offen confirms that he and Zepeda own the land.

“We have the layout and the plans all finished,” he adds, “so that the new buyers could look at that location and go, ‘Alright, we can afford to do this.’”

Oppen says he and Zepeda aren’t in any rush to get rid of either property. The business is doing well, he says, and the owners plan to pre-screen potential buyers to “make sure it’s a good fit.” He says they hope to find someone with a similar passion for microbrews and community investment who can maintain the reputation they’ve built.

“We definitely want to create a legacy with it, something that we can go and enjoy ourselves for years to come,” Offen says. “But there’s some other projects and opportunities begging for us to take advantage of them.”

Alex Sakariassen

Checkbook journalism

Guilty fee

Last week, some Missoulians opened their mailboxes to find copies of the US Observer, which at first glance looks like a newspaper with a focus on

the wrongfully accused. But the Observer departs from journalism in a major way: It sells editorial space in its pages. Desperate defendants hire publisher/writer Ed Snook or one of his staffers to write a story proclaiming their innocence. Then, when it is published, Snook mails issues of the publication from its base in Grants Pass, Oregon, to the city or county where clients are facing charges, encouraging readers to call the courts demanding justice.

The Observer arrived in Missoula bearing a story headlined “Montana Prosecutor Suzy Boylan Unlawfully Strips War Vet’s Property Rights,” bylined Joseph Snook, on its front page. The story was paid for by Louis Polinky, 80, who in 2011 pleaded guilty in Missoula County District Court to a felony count of criminal endangerment and two misdemeanor counts of violating a protective order. Polinsky had been charged after a bitter argument with his brother Steve (who died in 2017) over a piece of family property resulted in Steve Polinsky and his wife taking out protective orders against Louis, who then visited his brother’s home while carrying a gun.

As part of Polinsky’s plea agreement, he was allowed access to the family property for a total of seven days per month, with a maximum of four days per visit, from June through Thanksgiving, an arrangement he fought in court until late 2016. Polinsky tells the Indy his last resort was publicly targeting Lead Deputy County Attorney Suzy Boylan and Judge John Larson.

“I think they ought to be taken out and dunked in the pond four times and only brought up twice,” Polinsky says. He won’t say how much he paid for the story, but he says defending himself has cost him $185,000 so far.

A 2010 story from the Bend (Oregon) Source Weekly quotes Ed Snook saying his retainers start at $5,000 for Oregon clients and $10,000 for clients from out of state. Snook, who told the Independent

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$50 million Fees Indy parent company Lee Enterprises expects to generate over five years as part of an agreement announced June 26 with Warren Buffett to manage Berkshire Hathaway’s 30 daily newspapers and 47 weeklies, Reuters reported. he was not willing to discuss his business practices, fills space with reprints of stories from other publications. At least four such in the current issue were unauthorized, according to the publications contacted by the Independent.

Boylan says the Observer story is “the most factually inaccurate quote-unquote ‘story’ I have ever had written about any of my cases.” She also says that there are no pending motions in the case to alter Polinsky’s access to the property, though there have been repeated attempts to clarify Polinsky’s sentence due to concerns voiced by his probation officers. “I felt really badly, because I thought I had crafted a probation condition that would allow him some access to his property but allow the victims to be able to use their property in peace,” Boylan says.

“The first time we went back to court, it was because I had basically written a provision that was unworkable for [the probation officer].”

Polinsky says he hasn’t communicated with the court in “months and months.”

“I’m just going to wait and see what takes place,” Polinsky says. “Every one of them got one of those papers sent directly to them, right to their office and right to their homes.”

Susan Elizabeth Shepard

ETC. The people who come up with the Indy’s Best of Missoula categories (us) forgot one this year: Best Description of Missoula. It’s kinda clunky, but sometimes you have to invent a category to showcase a winner. Our winner resides on the website of a Chicago coffee company, in a Q&A with former resident and Silkworm band member Tim Midyett. Midyett, whose music has taken him from Missoula to Seattle to Chicago, was asked to compare the three cities in terms of livability.

“Missoula is absolutely beautiful in July and August unless the mountains are on fire.

It’s a college town, full of coffee and pretty cheap food and very many bars and bookstores,” Midyett said. “It is liveable in an extremely laid back way, to the point of being a vortex. You can go there for school or whatever and find yourself in your late fifties one day, with a beer in hand and a one-hitter in your pocket, wondering what happened.”

Silkworm relocated to Seattle in 1990, but Midyett’s description of the Missoula Vortex still holds true. Everyone has a story about how they landed here, why they’re still here, or back here, or still meaning to get out of here, eventually. You came for school and never left. The truck broke down. You moved here with your hippie lover, broke up, and stayed anyway.

Whatever the story, it’s always the same: This place has pull, man.

The trope captures the mixed feelings that so many Missoulians harbor about this town.

It’s easy to love, but it can also feel like a trap.

In get-ahead America, staying put is a sign of complacency, missed opportunity, myopia.

Places are for consuming on the way to someplace better. But productivity and ambition aren’t the only keys to a good life, and loving where you live is no a sign of failure. Missoula breeds laziness no more than New York breeds weariness.

Missoulians may be (relatively) broke, and we may worry about getting stuck, but the Vortex has its upsides. “We had to roll our own in Missoula 100%,” Midyett continued in the Q&A. “DIY to the max. Good way to learn.”

In other words, Missoula breeds resourcefulness and creativity. And if you’re resourceful and creative, you can always find a way out. If you ever end up wanting one.

Nate Donaldson

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Money trail Don’t delay — this deal is going fast!

by Dan Brooks

I claim to have coherent opinions about what the city of Missoula should do, but in fact there is no pleasing me.

I just like to complain. This unwelcome insight into my own personality struck me last week, when the mayor’s office announced that it will buy a lot on East Broadway for $326,000 rather than try to defend an easement in court. Currently, the lot contains a path that connects Ron’s River Trail to Hellgate Park. Developer Brian Walker of BTW, Inc. wants to build condos over the path and doesn’t believe the easement has been legally established.

The city has decided to buy him out rather than pay to defend the easement in court.

I ought to be glad that the city is estimating its legal costs more liberally.

When the mayor’s office guessed we would spend $400,000 to acquire Mountain Water and then spent $9 million, I complained about it to anyone who would listen. Yet now that the city has estimated it will cost $300,000 to connect the paper trail on an easement, I continue to moan. The Greeks called it sour grapes. I’m probably just disappointed that I missed out on an amazing investment opportunity.

BTW bought the lot in question in December of 2016. We don’t know how much the developer paid, because Walker did not return a call from Indy reporter Derek Brouwer asking for comment. The appraised value of the property for tax purposes, though, was $142,000. Such appraisals are usually lower than market values, but even if the appraisal was off by 30 percent, Walker would have paid only about $200,000. In that scenario, his investment would have appreciated by 63 percent in less than two years. Even in Missoula’s churning rat screw of a real estate market, that’s an astonishing increase.

Oh, to be a developer! Presumably, Walker looked at this property before he bought it. He saw the trail running across it. He might even have looked at

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the same county subdivision plan the city found, which specified the easement. Yet he assumed he could build the condos anyway, and it totally worked. That’s the difference between your ordinary investor and your successful real estate developer. An ordinary investor might have hesitated to buy into a legal dispute with the city,

“I’m inviting you, the wise and attractive reader, to join an exciting investment opportunity.”

but BTW turned that questionable decision into one of the most profitable short-term real estate deals in recent memory.

Some people have the stomach for risk, and some people don’t. A layperson might think, “Maybe something will prevent me from building condos across that trail. Before I invest six figures, I should find out whether that’s a valid easement.” BTW acted decisively, though, and when its investment became complicated in ways that only people able to gather information visually could foresee, the city stepped in to make sure the company still made money on the deal.

It was bound to be a controversial decision. It might even be said to involve a component of moral hazard.

Instead of doing their due diligence, prospective buyers might look for land with questionable easements, knowing that the city will bail them out if they run into trouble. But it’s worth it for the mayor’s office to incur this risk, so it can finally do something for developers.

I’ve learned my lesson. The real estate market is a race, and the race is won by the swift/prominent. I can’t pretend to command the same public interest as a real estate developer, but I can use what platform I have. That’s why I’m inviting you, the wise and attractive reader, to join an exciting investment opportunity.

Brouwer’s report on this easement situation says that the trail runs across two lots: the one BTW bought and another one adjacent to it. If we pool our money, we can buy that second lot. I don’t know how much it costs or even who owns it, and there’s no time to find out. We need to jump on this thing with both feet.

I admit it’s a flawed metric, but if we go by the county’s assessment and the settlement the city offered last week, comparable lots in the neighborhoods are appreciating at a rate of $300 a day. In the time between my writing this and its publication, our easement lot will have increased in value by a thousand dollars. We simply cannot afford to wait.

If every reader of this column kicks in a hundred bucks, we can raise $2,300. The remaining funds will be made up by grants or something. The important thing is that we buy this property now, without wasting time to think about it or even research how it can be legally used. Worst-case scenario, we commit a costly error. Then the city will make us all rich.

Dan Brooks is on Twitter at @DangerBrooks.

[opinion]

Golden goose Guess who’s holding the conservation fund hostage?

by Ben Long

A handful of our representatives in Congress are quietly preparing a multibillion-dollar rip-off of American families.

Count yourself among the cheated if you value kids’ sports, good health and the great outdoors. If Congress does nothing — and Congress is very good at doing nothing — it will quietly smother the Land and Water Conservation Fund.

The conservation fund has been one of the most successful programs for decades. It has preserved beloved landscapes and made lives healthier and happier across America. It has worked wonders for 50 years without costing taxpayers a cent. Who would want to kill it?

His name is Utah Republican Rep. Rob Bishop, and he is the powerful chairman of the House Committee on Natural Resources. His committee has jurisdiction over the fund, since it involves taking royalties from offshore oil drilling and distributing them toward outdoor access, wildlife habitat and urban parks and recreation projects.

If you are under 50, you grew up in a country with city parks, zoos, tennis courts and basketball courts funded by the Land and Water Conservation Fund. If you camp, boat, hunt and fish, you probably use boat ramps and wildlife habitat secured with its money. The fund’s money has supported projects in 99 percent of the counties in the United States.

Today, as it has for the last 50 years, the fund enjoys broad bipartisan support in Washington, D.C. I remember my Republican senator, the late (and staunchly conservative) Conrad Burns of Montana, telling me that he liked the fund “because it solves problems.”

Since the 1960s, the fund has authorized up to $900 million dollars a year from offshore oil royalties to go toward conservation. But Congress loves to raid that piggy bank, so only a few times has the fund kept all of the money to which it was entitled. Now, there’s an even more serious problem. The fund is set to expire on Sept. 30. It nearly did expire in 2015, but Congress pulled it back from the brink and extended it for

three years. Today, the clock is ticking again.

Killing the conservation fund does not save taxpayers money, because the money comes from royalties. The fund has never been a “burden” on energy companies, which must pay royalties no matter who gets the money.

What, then, is the hang-up? The answer is mostly petty politics and ideol-

“Some antigovernment members of Congress seem to hate any successful federal program.

They want to kill the conservation fund out of spite.” ogy. Some conservation fund money goes to the national forest and national park systems for land conservation, and Bishop frequently has heartburn over how those federal lands are managed.

Given his powerful committee chairmanship, Bishop has a virtual stranglehold on the conservation fund.

Another obstacle is that other antigovernment members of Congress seem to hate any successful federal program.

They want to kill the conservation fund out of spite.

The genius of the fund is that it recognizes that offshore oil is a public resource that belongs to all Americans. It invests some of the money from our resources into long-term benefits for both

urban and rural communities, spread around the country.

Some Republicans say they oppose the conservation fund because they want to hold it hostage to the current maintenance backlog in national parks.

Underfunded for decades, our national parks are in poor shape, with roads and outhouses that are far below standard.

That’s why, some argue, we should raid the conservation fund piggy bank to pay for those repairs.

That argument is disingenuous on several levels. First, the arch-conservatives who starved the National Park Service for decades are now using this self-created crisis for their own ends. If Congress wants to tap oil royalties to pay for park maintenance, it can do so. Lawmakers need not smash the conservation fund piggy bank to assist the Park Service. Furthermore, using it this way misses the entire point behind the conservation fund, which is about making long-term investments with one-time dollars. Maintenance costs never end. It’s like putting fuel and oil into your car. It’s part of the deal that comes with ownership.

America needs the Land and Water Conservation Fund more than ever. Sadly, a disproportionate number of American kids are obese. All kids need a place to play and exercise. Just as sad, American children are increasingly disconnected from nature. More and more people have fewer and fewer places to get outside and away from their electronic devices.

There are three bills in Congress today — all with broad bipartisan support — that would permanently reauthorize and even fully fund the Land and Water Conservation Fund. It’s time to take this political football out of the hands of ideologically overcharged politicians. Time is running out. A bill needs to pass by Sept. 30.

Ben Long is a contributor to Writers on the Range, the opinion service of High Country News (hcn.org ). He writes in Kalispell, Montana, where he is senior program director for Resource Media.

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WAIT, WHAT? – Visitors to Merlion Park in Singapore on June 8 were startled to see Kim Jong Un and Donald Trump enjoying a casual walkabout, hand-in-hand. On closer inspection, however, they would have seen the two men were Howard X, a Kim impersonator, and Dennis Alan, a Trump impersonator, who traveled to Singapore in advance of the June 12 summit meeting between the two real leaders. Janette Warokka of Indonesia was fooled: “It’s so shocking for me. I don’t know why those two famous guys come here,” she told the Associated Press. Airport officials were less amused when Kim’s doppelganger, whose real name is Lee Howard Ho Wun, arrived at Changi Airport. Wun said police officers searched his bags and detained him for two hours before releasing him with stern warnings to stay away from the summit. Singapore’s Immigration and Checkpoints Authority said Wun was interviewed for about 45 minutes.

THE LITIGIOUS SOCIETY – If you’ve ordered a Quarter Pounder recently and specified “no cheese,” you may be interested in a $5 million class-action lawsuit brought against McDonald’s on May 8 by Cynthia Kissner of Broward County, Florida, and Leonard Werner of Miami-Dade. According to the Miami Herald, the two are angry that they’ve been paying for cheese even though they ordered their sandwiches without it. The lawsuit contends “customers ... continue to be overcharged for these products, by being forced to pay for two slices of cheese, which they do not want, order or receive.”

Also, Kissner and Werner “have suffered injury as a result of their purchases because they were overcharged” and “McDonald’s is being unjustly enriched by these practices.” While attorney Andrew Lavin admits the mobile app ordering option does offer a Quarter Pounder without cheese, he notes in-store customers have no such choice.

IRONY – Charlotte Fox, 61, an accomplished mountain climber who summited Mount Everest in 1996, met an unlikely death May 24 when she fell down the hardwood stairs at her home in Telluride, Colorado. Fox was part of the infamous 1996 Mount Everest expedition chronicled in Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer, when eight climbers died. Friends called her fall “shocking,” according to the Aspen Times. Climbing partner Andrea Cutter said of the news, “It made me think, ‘Jeez, it’s just so wrong.’” San Miguel County Coroner Emil Sante said officials “have no reason to believe that it was suspicious at all.”

ARMED AND CLUMSY – Things got wild on June 2 at Mile High Spirits and Distillery in Denver when an unnamed off-duty FBI agent accidentally shot patron Tom Reddington, 24, in the lower leg.

According to the Denver Post, the agent was dancing and did a backflip, which caused his firearm to come out of its holster and fall to the floor. When he bent to pick up the gun, it discharged. “I heard a loud bang,” Reddington said, “and I thought some idiot set off a firecracker. All of a sudden, from the knee down became completely red, and that’s when it clicked in my head, ‘Oh, I’ve been shot.’”

A man at the bar applied a tourniquet to Reddington’s leg. The FBI agent was taken to Denver police headquarters and released to an FBI supervisor. Mile High Spirits has promised “complimentary drinks forever” to Reddington.

SWEET REVENGE – In a bid to unseat his boss, Bon Homme County, South Dakota, Deputy Sheriff Mark Maggs thrashed Sheriff Lenny Gramkow in the June 5 Republican primary by a vote of 878 to 331. So Sheriff Gramkow didn’t waste any time: Less than a minute after the polls closed, he fired Maggs, the Sioux Falls Argus Leader reported. “As of this moment you are no longer an employee of Bon Homme County,” Maggs’ termination notice read. Maggs, a 31-year-old father of four, will not become sheriff until January, but he is confident the county commission “will stand with my family ... and insure that my family will not be left hanging without an income or insurance,” Maggs said. “We’re going to be fine.”

JUST SAY NO – On June 2, as two Jackson County, Oregon, sheriff’s deputies waited for a tow truck to remove a 2003 Toyota Camry from the side of a road, 23-year-old Anthony J. Clark, of Grants Pass, walked up to the car and told the deputies he was going to steal it. He then got into the car and drove off, leading officers on a 40-mile chase through Ashland, Talent and Phoenix, Oregon, crashing into fences and driving the wrong way on several roads. When officers finally stopped the car, the Oregonian reported, Clark ran into a mobile home park, where he was arrested trying to steal another car. The deputies reported Clark admitted taking LSD and said he thought he was inside a real-life version of the “Grand Theft Auto” video game. Among other charges, Clark was accused of driving under the influence of intoxicants and second-degree criminal mischief.

EWWWWWWW! – In Beihai, South China, an unnamed 51-year-old man had been experiencing nonstop nosebleeds for 10 days when his wife told him she saw something “peek” out of his nose.

In June, Metro News reported, the man went to Beihai People’s Hospital, where Dr. Liu Xiongguang removed a slithery, several-inches-long leech from his nostril as a nurse filmed the procedure. The doctor said the leech might have entered the patient’s nose as he swam in a river.

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Read, watch and listen An alternative media guide to Independence Day for thoughtful patriots

by Sarah Aswell

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ndependence Day is all about being proud of our country, but let’s face it, the Fourth has always been a pretty complicated holiday. And it’s only feeling more fraught with each passing year, to the point where some of us are kind of wondering whether we should maybe put the fireworks away until better times.

Our country is far from perfect, but it’s still ours, and it’s ours to fight for a brighter future. This year, if you’re looking to celebrate the United States responsibly, we have a few suggestions for what to read, watch and listen to. The one thing all of our recommendations have in common? They’re created by or about people who love America, but who would probably see patriotism as a challenge for making it a better place.

Read: Impossible Subjects: Illegal Aliens and the Making of Modern America by Mae M. Ngai The best way to fight against the ignorance surrounding U.S. immigration policy (both legal and illegal) is to read about the comprehensive facts. Historian Mae M. Ngai has given us just the book, which covers the story of immigration in our country from beginning to end, including her theories on how immigration has not only changed the course of our country’s history, but how it strengthens and shapes who we are.

Read: An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States

by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz This is the first comprehensive history of the United States told from the viewpoint of Native cultures that were totally here first. Written by historian and activist Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, this 2015 American Book Award winner finally tells the story of our nation’s founding through the lens of 15 million indigenous people who have been murdered, dehumanized and displaced for generations. It’s a story of greed and genocide and inhumanity, but also one of resistance, bravery and hope. It’s also a story with which every American should be intimately familiar.

Released late last year, Brick Body Kids Still Daydream is a concept album about a place that no longer exists: Chicago’s Robert Taylor Homes, the largest and worst of the public housing “projects” to ever exist in our country.

Middle-aged indie rapper Open Mike Eagle grew up there with his grandparents, and this album is a complicated, amazing testament to his time there. It’s the direct opposite of a suburban cul-desac, and we shouldn’t forget it even though it’s gone.

Listen: The Navigator by Hurray for the Riff Raff Fronted by Alynda Segarra, a Bronxborn song-belter of Puerto Rico descent, this New Orleans band is a melting pot of Americana, folk, country, rock, blues, doo-wop and indie influences. Their latest album, 2017’s The Navigator, was written and recorded after Segarra visited her parent’s homeland, and the result is both deeply personal and political. It covers issues like gentrification, the debt crisis and environmental disasters, all somehow through heart-bursting anthems that, last year, landed the album on almost every best record of the year list.

Listen: Brick Body Kids Still Daydream by Open Mike Eagle

Watch: Paycheck To Paycheck: The Life And Times Of Katrina Gilbert What’s it like to work full-time for just above minimum wage while trying to raise your kids solo? This is absolutely required watching for anyone who doesn’t believe in raising the minimum wage, or that people don’t really need government safety net programs, or that anyone can pull herself up by her bootstraps if only she tried hard enough. Also a great pick for Thanksgiving viewing.

Read: America’s Women: 400 Years of Dolls, Drudges, Helpmates and Heroines by Gail Collins The remarkable thing about this women’s history of the United States is not that it accurately covers the notable

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women in our history, but that it also takes the time to carefully tell the stories of the millions of nameless women who shaped our country’s history. Yes, you get the stories behind household names, from Harriet Tubman to Hillary Clinton, but you also get thoughtful analyses about the struggles of all American women over the last four centuries, from what held them back to what they were probably thinking.

Listen: Born in the USA – Bruce Springsteen Born in the USA has a big flag splashed across the album cover, along with the Boss’ incomparable butt — and it’s one of the most commercially successful albums of all time. It’s also consistently been mistaken for a collection of patriotic rock anthems when, well, it’s

way more complex than that. Since the record’s release in 1984, you can hear its tunes blaring from speakers at Fourth of July barbeques across the land, but listen to the lyrics, and you’ll discover it’s still one of the finest protest albums we have, after all these years.

Watch: 13th Before you celebrate freedom in the name of the United States, watch this. Director Ava DuVernay drops a truth bomb that is pretty difficult to hear: While the 13th Amendment technically ended slavery, African-Americans are still affected by its ripples every day, in a laundry list of ways, but primarily in the form of an unjust justice system, mass incarceration and the prison-industrial complex.

Maybe hold off on popping popcorn for this one.

Watch: Frontline: Sick Around the World Although it’s 10 years old this year, Frontline’s episode about healthcare systems around the world is still extremely relevant today. Washington Post reporter T. R. Reid travels to Britain, Japan, Germany, Taiwan and Switzerland to see exactly how each country provides universal health care — and which strategies might work here. In dark times, the hour-long program is surprisingly hopeful: You get to see just how creative other countries have gotten to solve the simple issue of making sure all sick people have the means and opportunity to get well. It’s a reminder that surely, if we all worked together, we could solve this one. arts@missoulanews.com

[music] Nicholas Merz, The Limits of Men If you saw Darto play Total Fest in 2014, you’ll recall the heavy swirls of guitar riffs, sharp squeals of feedback and the ruthless slap of drums. The recent solo album from the band’s Nicholas Merz doesn’t fall into that category, though it draws on Darto’s most contemplative interludes. The Limits of Men is closer to country-western, though it’s not that either. Its dark dreaminess recalls Magnolia Electric Co. and even Beirut, the way Merz’s deep monotone sweeps dramatically through the soundscape without giving too much emotion away.

In interviews, Merz has characterized The Limits of Men as “a social critique on straight white men, masculinity and all the cultural expectation that come with being raised as such.” Fortunately, Merz does an excellent job of “show don’t tell,” without a heavy hand — save for a sprinkle of potent bread crumbs to remind us what he’s talking about. On

“Generations” he observes the tension between an older generation’s knowledge and young consumerism. On “Domestic Dispute,” he plays the clueless white dude: When Darto bandmate Candace Harter sings, “Policemen are violent, there’s blood on the street,” Merz bluntly answers, “What’s that got to do with me?”

At times, the music evokes spaghetti westerns, imbuing it with a traditional masculine vibe, as Merz unravels the fabric one word at a time. Merz is less social activist, more storyteller (he claims Raymond Carver and Flannery O’Connor as inspirations), and there’s no caricature or satire here.

It’s not always easy to glean his meaning, but the record makes you want to try. (Erika Fredrickson) Nicholas Merz plays Free Cycles Fri., June 29, at 7 PM along with Tom Helgerson, Rayon Xhis and Protest Kids. $6.

Snuff Redux, Denim American Seattle rock band Snuff Redux named their latest album Denim American, which is fitting because, well, the members wear a lot of denim. In terms of sound, Denim American finds the band tying together surf and grunge in songs that are as dynamic as they are quotable. In the song “The French Press,” frontman Skylar Ford sings about drinking coffee on the porch the day Lou Reed died. The fast tempos and acoustic-electric guitar combos make even this melancholic song about the past have a fun, dance-y feel.

Snuff Redux’s electric guitars ooze distortion that often bleaches over the lyrics and, on some songs, has the effect of transporting you from wherever you’re listening to a garage show somewhere else in time and space. Bleeding Pacific Northwestern rock influences like Nirvana and Japandroids,

Snuff Redux shouts and “ohs” their way through earworm rock ballads that seem to fade into the night. In every song, from energetic anthems like “Bussin’ Out,” to slow jams like “Country,” to odes like “Molly’s House,” (a song that references a voicemail message addressed to Ford), angsty and cathartic lyrics explode and crescendo and quickly die out into slow, plucky instrumental interludes.

Snuff Redux, like their Seattle contemporaries Great Grandpa and Spirit Award, represent an exciting new psychedelic and noisy wave in Pacific Northwest music, taking the baton from their grunge predecessors. (Dónal Lakatua) Snuff Redux plays the Union Ballroom Fri., June 29, at 9 PM, along with Mondegreens and Tomb Toad. $7.

Marisa Anderson, Cloud Corner When I turned 40, a friend gave me a copy of Marisa Anderson’s 2013 album Mercury. I remember clearly that within five seconds of starting the record I knew it was destined to be one of my favorites. It was one of those gifts that has a special other dimension, because you think to yourself, “Oh man, I get to dig into this person’s whole body of work now!” Mercury quickly became a record I equated with water: It was easy to consume, felt essential in no time, and I felt hard pressed to recall a time I hadn’t needed it. It was also the perfect gift for somebody like me who had spent

a ton of time with folk shredders such as John Fahey, Sandy Bull and Ali Farka Touré. Anderson’s music has an easy way about it compared with other folk guitar wunderkind.

She uses all kinds of varied phrasing, but with a gentle feel. It’s guitar music, but on the other hand, it’s a whole lot more than that, and the fact that it’s based around one relatively simple instrument speaks to Anderson’s deep talent. The songs on Cloud Corner, her seventh fulllength record, seem to occupy a quieter and perhaps more contemplative vibe. It’s wonderful respite in 2018’s political maelstrom. (Josh Vanek)

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Slow start The Yellowstone pilot is a slog with great views

by Molly Laich

Kevin Costner stars in Yellowstone.

The burgeoning Paramount Network (formerly Spike TV ) has a hit on its hands with its underwhelming new series, Yellowstone, a sprawling melodrama set in Montana but mostly shot in Park City, Utah. Taylor Sheridan created the show, as well as wrote and directed the pilot. This is the busy boy behind 2015’s Sicario (so goddamn good; I am determined to like the upcoming sequel no matter what!), Hell or High Water (2016) and Wind River (2017). Yellowstone stars Kevin Costner as John Dutton, owner of the largest ranch in these here parts. Gosh almighty, everybody wants a piece of Dutton’s land and the cattle that graze it, from a nearby Indian reservation to land developers and the titular Yellowstone National Park.

Beyond that, it’s kind of hard to tell what’s going on. There are a lot of moving parts and heavy-handed character introductions to contend with (Idea for a comedy spin-off: Whose Cow is it, Anyway?). The show opens with Costner wading in the aftermath of an accident on one of those iconic stretches of empty Montana highway, with the mountains far off and the big sky sprawling out in every direction. There’s a dead guy in the overturned semi and a bleeding horse on the brink.

Costner shoots the horse and looks bored and tired doing it. Always it is this way with mercy kills in a Western prologue: We are at once trapped in this life and victims of a changing world, the gun blast seems to say. Your death represents the end of an era, horse, and yet there’s beauty in the tragedy, and so on and so forth.

Costner’s character has four grown children, each of them fulfilling a different role in the Dutton Family empire. We open with Jamie the lawyer ( Wes Bentley) in a court proceeding over eminent

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domain. Bozeman wants a piece of the Dutton land to develop subdivisions (“If we don’t grow, we die”) and the Dutton family is all like, “No.” Next up is Beth (Kelly Reilly), who we see as a pretty and heartless corporate monster engaged in a boardroom massacre on behalf of the Dutton empire, followed swiftly by a terribly written scene where she humiliates a married man with the gall to hit on her at a bar. You may remember Reilly as the redhead from season 2 of True Detective, and tragically there are parallels between the disappointing writing we saw in that season and the heavy-handed, lawless nonsense we get in episode 1 of Yellowstone. But hey, I wound up liking season 2 of True Detective despite its badness, so you never know.

Lee Dutton (Dave Annable) is a born rancher and faithful to father, not much to say there. Luke Grimes as Cory Dutton seems to be the lead kid.

He’s a real cowboy in a world filled with competing agendas. He wrangles wild horses alongside his Native American wife Monica (Kelsey Asbille), who is maybe one of the top 10 prettiest women I’ve ever seen? She says the words, “supper’s ready” and I almost believe her. With such a statue of perfection, I don’t know, seems like they could have at least smeared some dirt on her face.

The premiere episode of Yellowstone is a bit of a slog, punctuated by some promising moments. There is real talent attached to this series. Costner is and has always been good, and we get enough Montana exteriors that it looks and feels well enough like home to me. Let’s give it one more episode and see.

Yellowstone shows on Paramount Wednesdays at 7 PM. arts@missoulanews.com

[film]

Eat up How Jurassic World keeps turning

by Molly Laich

Chris Pratt stars in Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom.

Here’s what’s happened in the Jurassic Park Universe ( JPU) since its inception in 1993: First, John Hammond developed the movie science ability to recreate a horde of dinosaur breeds from a drop of blood harvested from a fossilized mosquito, which, OK. Hammond hoped to unleash his monsters into a commercial theme park, but the monsters broke loose and ate several people.

Clearly humans and dinosaurs were not meant to co-exist and the park should be sealed off and contained forever, for the love of God. Cut to The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997), in which it turns out there’s another island with free-range dinosaurs just waiting for plucky young explorers to observe them in their “natural habitat.” They probably could have kept the casualties in this episode limited to those foolish enough to step onto a dinosaur-inhabited island, except — whoopsie daisy!

— the T. Rex takes a third-act boat to San Diego, where it kills more people, eats a dog and takes cute sips from a swimming pool. Nobody’s crazy enough to willingly set foot on dino island in Jurassic Park III (2001). Events are set in motion after a tragic parasailing accident leads to a B-movie rescue mission and more dead people and so on. Cut to 20-plus years later and the suits are all, “OK, we were a little off base before, but now we’ve got it.”

Hark, the thriving, functioning theme park found in the reboot that gets better and better with every ounce of hindsight, 2015’s Jurassic World. Good gracious, what a gloriously unsafe park! And what a pleasure to watch so many unsuspecting vacationers and the villains who made this possible get picked off by terrible lizards.

This brings us to the latest chapter, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, which has exceeded box office expectations with a $150 million domestic

opening weekend, and has critics kind of shrugging their shoulders in a collective, “meh?” I went into this thing with basically negative expectations. JPU is the most fun when it’s set in a theme-park-gonewrong, à la the first and fourth films ( I’m also a big fan of the San Diego detour in The Lost World, but not so much the rest). How in the heck are they going to rustle the previous movie’s pretty leads back into harm’s way? Surely Claire (Bryce Dallas Howard, as the park’s imperious director) and Owen (Chris Pratt as a hunky raptor wrangler) have learned their lesson. No, LOL, listen to this: Claire is running a grassroots “Save the Dinosaurs” movement, which aims to remove the remaining dinos from the threat of an impending volcano (so I guess Jurassic World’s days were numbered regardless?). Some rich people tell Claire they’ll help relocate the dinosaurs illegally, she convinces Owen to help her, and that’s it. Just like that, these idiots are back on the island in a smash-and-grab rescue effort, literally minutes before the thing starts spewing molten magma.

I can’t begin to tell you how stupid it gets from there. Picture bulls in a china shop, but it’s dinosaurs in James Cromwell’s mansion — a macabre auction where dinosaurs are rolled out and sold to greedy investors for their limitless medicinal, agricultural and combat implications. The dinos are getting smarter and smarter, you guys.

The Indoraptor definitely smiled and I think, maybe, winked at me? Anyway, whatever, it’s another movie where dinosaurs fight each other and eat people. Go see it.

Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom continues at the Missoula AMC. arts@missoulanews.com

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[film] The person who delivers the Southgate 9’s schedule blew their thumb off with a firecracker. Visit amctheatres.com for updated showtimes.

OPENING THIS WEEK SICARIO: DAY OF THE SOLDADO The CIA sends Benicio del Toro and Josh Brolin to set off a civil war between rival Mexican drug cartels.

I wonder who is going to play the female protagonist that gets forgotten halfway through the movie to make room for men and their dude-pain. Or was that just in the first Sicario? Rated R. Also stars Isabela Moner, Jeffrey Donovan and Manuel Garcia-Rulfo.

Playing at the AMC 12 and the Pharaohplex.

UNCLE DREW The genius behind those “Whassup?” Budweiser ads brings this touching story about a group of septuagenarians who band together to play basketball in what appears to be a Sprite commercial. Rated PG13. Stars Kyrie Irving, Shaquille O'Neal and Reggie Miller. Playing at the AMC 12.

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.

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 and the Southgate 9.

ENCHANTED (2007) A beautiful princess, an evil stepmother and a trip to New York where a cynical divorce lawyer saves the day. Just like the fairy tales my mother used to read to me. Rated. PG. Stars Amy Adams, Susan Sarandon and McDreamy. Playing Sat., June 30 at 2 PM at the Roxy.

FIRST REFORMED Writer-director Paul Schrader asks if god will forgive us for what we've done to our planet in this dark examination of faith, action and putting whisky on your breakfast cereal. Rated R. Stars Ethan Hawke, Cedric the Entertainer and Amanda Seyfried.

GODZILLA (GOJIRA) (1954) Up from the depths, 30-stories high. Breathing fire, his head in the sky! The monster that spawned a thousand sequels, countless imitators and millions of fans across the world made their debut in this film that shows again and again how nature points out the folly of man. Not Rated. Stars Takashi Shimura, Akira Takrada, Momoko Kochi. Playing Sat., June 30 at 9 PM at the Roxy.

“I thought Emily Blunt was going to ride up with you! Don’t tell me we forgot her!” Sicario: Day of the Soldado opens at the AMC 12 and the Pharaohplex.

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.

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 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 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.

INDEPENDENCE DAY (1996) A ragtag group of heroes bands together to project the Earth from an extraterrestrial invasion. Good thing they have Will Smith on the welcoming committee. Rated PG-13. Also stars Bill Pullman, Jeff Goldblum and Brent Spiner. Playing Wed., July 4 at 8 PM and Sun., July 8 at 2:30 PM at the Roxy.

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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 and the Pharaohplex.

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

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.

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 Sun., July 1 at 2:30 PM at the Roxy.

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.

WON'T YOU BE MY NEIGHBOR? It's a wonderful day in the neighborhood because we can finally see this heartfelt and moving documentary about the life of Mr. Rogers! Directed by Morgan Neville. Playing 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. Star Alden Ehrenreich, Donald Glover and Emilia Clarke. Playing at the AMC 12 and the Southgate 9.

Capsule reviews by Charley Macorn.

Planning your trip to the local cinema? Get up-todate listings and film times at theroxytheater.org, amctheatres.com and pharaohplex.com to spare yourself any grief and/or parking lot profanities. The time between The Terminator's original release and now will be just as long as the time between now and Avatar 2 ever being released.

[dish]

Summer shrimp risotto

by Gabi Moskowitz

BROKEASS GOURMET

Can I tell you a secret? I make risotto when I want to serve an impressive and tasty meal without actually putting forth much effort or money. I had red pepper, corn, shrimp and basil in my refrigerator, so that’s what went into this risotto. Nearly any combination of protein, fresh vegetables (or in a pinch, frozen) and herbs will work.

Serves 3–4 INGREDIENTS 1 tbsp olive oil 3 cloves garlic, minced 1 small onion, diced 1 1/2 cups Arborio rice 1 quart chicken or vegetable stock 1 red bell pepper, seeded and chopped kernels cut from 1 cob of corn (about 1/2 cup) 1/2 lb medium shrimp, peeled, deveined, tails removed and chopped into bite-size pieces 3 tbsp half-and-half 1/8 cup grated Parmesan 1 large handful fresh basil leaves, chopped salt and pepper to taste DIRECTIONS Heat olive oil in a large pot over medium

heat. Add garlic and onion and cook for 1-2 minutes, until very fragrant. Add Arborio rice and allow the rice to toast lightly, stirring occasionally.

Increase the heat to medium-high and pour the stock into the pot in 1/2-cup increments, allowing the rice to absorb the liquid before pouring in more. The rice should be al dente (soft yet toothsome) when it’s cooked. If you find it’s not cooked enough for you, add a bit of water and allow it to absorb.

Once all stock has been poured in, add the bell pepper, corn and shrimp. Allow to cook, stirring occasionally, just until the shrimp turn pink.

Stir in half-and-half and allow to absorb. Remove from heat.

Stir in Parmesan, fresh basil and salt and pepper to taste.

Serve hot.

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[dish] Bernice’s Bakery 190 S Third St W 728-135 6am - 8pm daily. A Missoula gem since 1978, now serving lunch seven days a week from 11 - 4pm. Featured items: scratch-made soups, salads, sandwiches and more. Bernice's is known for its scrumptious desserts including cupcakes, pastries, cookies, and cakes. Gluten-free and vegan options available. A must-have for the coffee lover in your life? A bag of Bernice’s signature blend locally roasted with love. Check us out on Facebook, Instagram or visit our website at www.bernicesbakerymt.com. $-$$ Biga Pizza 241 W. Main Street 728-2579 Biga Pizza offers a modern, downtown dining environment combined with traditional brick oven pizza, calzones, salads, sandwiches, specials and desserts. All dough is made using a “biga” (pronounced bee-ga) which is a time-honored Italian method of bread making. Biga Pizza uses local products, the freshest produce as well as artisan meats and cheeses. Featuring seasonal menus. Lunch and dinner, Mon-Sat. Beer & Wine available. $-$$ Bridge Pizza 600 S Higgins Ave. 542-0002 bridgepizza.com A popular local eatery on Missoula’s Hip Strip.

Featuring handcrafted artisan brick oven pizza, pasta, sandwiches, soups, & salads made with fresh, seasonal ingredients. Missoula’s place for pizza by the slice. A unique selection of regional microbrews and gourmet sodas. Dine-in, drivethru, & delivery. Open everyday 11am 10:30pm. $-$$ Butterfly Herbs 232 N. Higgins 728-8780 Celebrating 46 years of great coffees and teas. Truly the “essence of Missoula.” Offering fresh coffees, teas (Evening in Missoula), bulk spices and botanicals, fine toiletries & gifts. Our cafe features homemade soups, fresh salads, and coffee ice cream specialties. In the heart of historic downtown, we are Missoula’s first and favorite Espresso Bar. Open 7 Days. $ 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. $$-$$$

Orange juice and PBR at Burns St. Bistro

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!

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What you’re drinking: A tall can of Pabst Blue Ribbon in a glass full of orange juice. It’s similar to what some know as a Brass Monkey, which is the same thing but with malt liquor.

Why you’re drinking: Cheap domestic lagers make for supremely underrated mixers if you find the right juice. Bud Light and Clamato has captured the hearts of dive-bar-goers nationwide. But oranges and beer go together like peanut butter and jelly. It only makes sense that PBR, the world’s most drinkable beer, would go well with something flavorful.

How-to: At Burns St., your server will bring you a 16 oz. tallboy of PBR, a small measuring cup filled with orange juice and a

cold glass. How you mix is up to you, as different ratios yield different tastes. Less OJ means more of that wheaty taste, while dumping the whole cup in cuts out the alcohol entirely. Either way, it’s basically a deviant high school mimosa.

For the fruit-haters: If you’re not so into fruit juice, Burns St. also offers Clamato and spicy V8.

Where to get it: Burns St. Bistro is located at 1500 Burns St. —Michael Siebert Happiest Hour celebrates western Montana watering holes. To recommend a bar, bartender or beverage for Happiest Hour, email editor@missoulanews.com.

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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FRI | 6 PM

National Park Radio plays Highlander Beer Taphouse Fri., June 29. 6 PM. Free.

FRI | 7 PM

Buckethead plays the Wilma Fri., July 29. Doors at 7 PM, show at 8. $20–$25.

FRI | 7 PM

Nicholas Merz plays Free Cycles Fri., June 29. Doors at 6:30 PM, show at 7. $6.

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THU | 8 PM

Christy Hays plays the Top Hat's Acoustic Avenue series Thu., July 5.

8 PM. Free.

WED | 6 PM

Sundae & Mr. Goessl play Blacksmith Brewing Wed., July 4. 6 PM–8 PM. Free.

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Thursday Make sure to celebrate your freedom by double-checking any events that may be impacted by the Independence Day holiday this week.

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.

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.

mallow root? The Lake Missoula Tea Talk & Tasting discusses the exotic world of healing herbs. 6 PM–7 PM. Free.

bat, the only movie in history to scream its own name before the opening titles. The Roxy. 8 PM. $6.

Join the Missoula Independent as we celebrate the Best of Missoula winners at Downtown ToNight at Caras Park. The live music of John Floridis, food and drink vendors and more. 5:30 PM–8:30 PM. Free.

Say “yes and” to a free improv workshop every Thursday at BASE. Free and open to all abilities, levels and interests. 725 W. Alder. 6:30 PM–8 PM.

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.

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.

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nightlife 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 Kom-

Aaron “B-Rocks” Broxterman hosts karaoke night at the Dark Horse Bar. 9 PM. Free.

Canta Brasil provides the bossa nova soundtrack at Wave & Circuit. 7 PM. Free.

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Benjamin Franklin once famously wrote that while Judas Iscariot only sold out one man, Benedict Arnold betrayed three million. Up until his disgrace, however, Benedict Arnold was a bonafide hero of the American Revolution. He captured Fort Ticonderoga in 1775, turned the tide at the Battle of Valcour Island in '76 and was pivotal in the Battles of Saratoga in '77. But all of his accomplishments in service of the American Revolution were overshadowed when General George Washington rewarded him with the command of West Point.

It was here that Arnold began his plan to hand over the strategically crucial site to the British Army.

His conspiracy was found out, and Arnold barely es-

caped with his life, briefly leading British forces against his former compatriots before leaving the United States in exile.

And while America has a long list of people in power who betrayed our country to foreign interests (and with more names to being added to the list every day, it seems) Arnold is the one who has become synonymous with being a no-good turncoat deserter. But what led this champion of the Revolution to become its greatest traitor?

Channing Hartelius takes on the role of Benedict Arnold for a living history presentation on this infamous figure. Take a peek into the Revolutionary War and the heroics of a man who betrayed everything he believed in.

—Charley Macorn

WHAT: From Hero to Heel: A Living History Performance WHO: Channing Hartelius WHERE: Ravalli County Museum WHEN: Sat., June 30 at 1 PM HOW MUCH: Free MORE INFO: ravallimuseum.org

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Friday Seattle’s Snuff Redux and The Mondegreens join Tomb Toad for a night of folky psyche at The Union Ballroom. 9 PM. $7.

Zootown Regional Softball hosts a three-day tournament featuring brackets for men, women and co-rec. Sign up by emailing missoulasoftballassociation@yahoo.com.

I’d like to solve the puzzle, Pat. Letter B plays the Top Hat along with Zepeda.

Doors at 9:30 PM, show at 10. $5.

Missoulians are obsessed with this guy. Bill LaCroix provides the banjo soundtrack every Friday at Bagels on Broadway. 11 AM–12 PM. Free.

406, Montana’s most un-Googleable band, returns to the Sunrise Saloon. 9:30 PM. Free.

David Osborne reads from The Coming, his new book about Lewis & Clark and the Nez Perce. Fact & Fiction. 5:30 PM. Ryan Zinke would rather just listen to silence, thank you very much. National Park Radio plays Highlander Beer Taphouse from 6 PM to 8 PM. Free.

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Brrrrrrrrrr. The Shiver plays the Union Club at 9:30 PM. Free.

Tylor and the Train Robbers play the Bob Marshall Music Festival Fri., June 29 at 4:30 PM. $20/$40 festival pass.

Singer-songwriter Andre Floyd provides the bluesy soundtrack while you enjoy a glass of red at Ten Spoon Vineyard. 6 PM–8 PM. Free.

Legendary progressive guitarist Buckethead plays the Wilma. Doors at 7 PM, show at 8. $20–$25.

Seattle’s Nicholas Merz plays Free Cycles along with Shahs’ Tom Helgerson, Rayon Xhis and Protest Kids. Doors at 6:30 PM, show at 7. $6.

The Missoula Softball Association hosts a Home Run Derby at the grand opening of the Fort Missoula Softball Complex. Win prize money for hitting dingers. 6 PM. $25.

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Visit missoulasoftball.com for more info and registration.

The Pool Boys, Cashew Money and Violent Little Fish provide the rocking tunes at Monk’s. 9 PM. Free, but bring some cash for donations, you freeloader.

Will we ever get an answer to what was going to be done with all that junk, all that junk inside that trunk? The Badlander’s Y2K Dance Party returns with DJs Hotpantz and BubblPOP spinning the hottest hits from the 2000s. 9:30 PM. Free.

Where in the heck did they find Zima? Does someone at the VFW have access to a time machine? The VFW hosts a ‘90s party full of butt rock, a costume contest and a limited supply of Zima, that nectar from the heavens. 10 PM.

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Saturday 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.

pineandcompany.com for more info and registration.

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.

Missoula’s honky tonk emperor Bob Wire plays Bitter Root Brewing. 6 PM–8 PM. Free.

Do you know your farmer? Missoula Farmers Market features hot coffee, sweet treats and fresh, locally grown veggies. Circle Square by the XXXX. 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.

AliciaKay signs copies of her new book Time of the Marked Souls: Equivocal at Fact & Fiction. 10 AM. Get your weekend started with a round of disc golf at Granite Peak Folf Course. 10 AM. Free. Visit lolohotsprings.com for more info and registration.

Commemorate the 212th Anniversary of Lewis & Clark’s stay at Travelers’ Rest with traditional firearms, spinning and weaving, games and more. Travelers’ Rest State Park. 10 AM–4 PM. Celebrate a decade of fighting for justice at the Montana Innocence Project’s 10 Year Anniversary Bash. Bonner Park 1 PM–4 PM. $5.

Jelly Bread plays the Top Hat Sat., July 30. 10:15 PM. $5.

Sunday

Tired of having to go all the way to the bar to play cornhole? Build your own board at Pine and Company. 2 PM–5 PM. $15. Visit

David Horgan, Beth Lo and Chuck Florence provide the soundtrack at Bayern Brewery’s Jazz Brunch from 11 AM–2 PM. Free.

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. Shakespeare & Co. hosts a special presentation on the mindfulness of The Fourth Way, its origins, its history and its aims. 2 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. Poets Dave Thomas, Uriah Lee, Maya Zeller and Taneum Bambrick read at the inaugural Ink & Whiskey Poets’ Longtable at Montgomery Distillery. 5:30 PM–7:30 PM.

nightlife David Horgan and Beth Lo provide the jazz soundtrack at Rumour restaurant. 6 PM–8 PM. Free.

Glockenspiel solo! Bring an instrument to FreeSessions, an improvised jam session to promote healthy collaboration between Missoula’s musicians. Imagine Nation Brewing. 6 PM–8 PM. Every Sunday is “Sunday Funday” at the Badlander. Play cornhole, beer pong and other games, have drinks and forget tomorrow is Monday. 9 PM.

Jordan Smith supplies the tunes at Ten Spoon Vineyard. 6 PM–8 PM. Free.

Mover and shaker John Floridis plays Draught Works from 6 PM to 8 PM. Free.

Helena-based rocker Rod Morrison provides the tunes at Imagine Nation. 6 PM. Free.

Wolf & the Moons howl up a good time at Great Burn Brewing from 6 PM–8 PM. Free.

The Missoula Softball Association hosts a Home Run Derby at the grand opening of the Fort Missoula Softball Complex. Win prize money for hitting dingers. 6 PM. $25.

Visit missoulasoftball.com for more info and registration.

Loosen up your tie and catch Blue Collar at the Sunrise Saloon. 9 PM. Free.

DJ Kris Moon completely disrespects the adverb with the Absolutely Dance Party at the Badlander, which gets rolling at 9 PM, with two-for-one Absolut Vodka specials until midnight. I get the name now. Free.

Watch stars under the stars during another season of Missoula Outdoor Cinema. This season kicks off with Generation X anthem Empire Records. The film starts at approximately 9:30 PM at Headstart School.

Free, but donations are encouraged.

Good crop o’ Josh comin’ in this year, I’ll tell you what. The Josh Farmer Band plays the Union Club at 9:30 PM. Free.

Jelly Bread and Grant Farm team up for an evening of music at the Top Hat. 10:15 PM. $5.

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Commemorate the 212th Anniversary of Lewis & Clark’s stay at Travelers’ Rest with traditional firearms, spinning and weaving, games and more. Travelers’ Rest State Park. 10 AM–4 PM.

Channing Hartelius takes us back to the American Revolution with a living history presentation on one of our nation’s most controversial figures. Benedict Arnold: From Hero to Heel starts at 1 PM at the Ravalli County Museum. (See Spotlight)

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Family-friendly singer-songwriter Jim Gill performs at Missoula Public Library. 3 PM– 4 PM. Free.

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 Prepare a couple of songs and bring your talent to Open Mic Night at Imagine Nation Brewing. Sign up when you get there. Every Monday from 6–8 PM. Blue Moon provides the tunes at Red Bird Wine Bar. 7 PM–11 PM. Free.

The best amateur songbirds convene at the Union Club for the semi-finals of the Rocky Mountain Regional Karaoke Competition.

The Union Club. 8:30 PM. Free.

Deadheads convene at the Top Hat for Raising the Dead. Curated by local Grateful Dead experts. Hear rare live recorded shows from the famed group. 5 PM–7 PM. Free.

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.

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Tuesday 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.

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 XXXX. 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.

Roger Thompson reads from No Word for Wilderness, his new book about Italian grizzly bears. Mamma mia! Fact & Fiction.

7 PM.

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Wednesday nightlife 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.

Step up your factoid game at Quizzoula trivia night, every Tuesday at the VFW. 8:30 PM. Free. This week’s trivia question: What rockstar joined the infamous 27 Club on today’s date in 1971? Answer in tomorrow’s Nightlife.

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.

Spokane indie-rockers The Emilys join forces with Rotgut Whines for a night of music at the VFW. 10 PM. Free.

Thursday 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.

Downtown ToNight features live music, good food and a beer garden every Thursday in Caras Park. This week rock out to the music of Close, But No Seger. 5:30 PM–8:30 PM. Free. Visit missouladowntown.com for more information.

Oooooh! Aaaaaaah! Celebrate Independence Day with the live music of the Ed Norton Big Band and a fireworks display at Southgate Mall. Festivities kick off at 7 PM. Free.

Kick off your holiday in the most American way possible. The 42nd Annual Fourth of July Pancake Breakfast at the Historical Museum at Fort Missoula gets you on the road to freedom. 8 AM–11 PM. $5/$20 family.

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: Jim Morrison

The Historical Museum at Fort Missoula’s Old-Fashioned 4th of July Celebration features model trains, ham radios, historic steam-engine demos and cold beer. 10 AM– 4 PM. Free.

Every Wednesday is Beer Bingo at the Thomas Meagher Bar. Win cash prizes along with beer and liquor giveaways. 8 PM. Free.

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 Mary Place & Blue Moon. 11 AM–2 PM. Free.

Kraptastic Karaoke indulges your need to croon, belt and warble at the Badlander.

9:30 PM. No cover.

Strike up the band! The Missoula City Band Summer Concert Series features the best local bands performing in the openair of the Bonner Park Bandshell. 8 PM. Free.

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Missoula Insectarium feeds live crickets to one of its hungry predators at 3:30 PM every Thursday. $4.

Singer-songwriter John Floridis plays Great Burn Brewing from 6 PM–8 PM. Free.

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.

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.

Seattle’s Sundae & Mr. Goessl provide the jazzy soundtrack at Blacksmith Brewing.

6 PM–8 PM. Free.

Aaron “B-Rocks” Broxterman hosts karaoke night at the Dark Horse Bar. 9 PM. Free.

to Missoula’s HomeGrown Comedy Standup Open Mic at the Union Club. Signup at 9:30 PM, show at 10. Free.

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Jack and Kitty perform an evening of vaudeville jug band folk music at Draught Works from 6 PM–8 PM. Free.

Multi-instrumentalist John Schiever plays Bitter Root Brewing. 6 PM–8:30 PM. Free.

Say “yes and” to a free improv workshop every Thursday at BASE. Free and open to all abilities, levels and interests. 725 W. Alder. 6:30 PM–8 PM. Author Jack Clinton reads from his new novel Clovis at Shakespeare & Co. 7 PM.

nightlife Traveling folk troubadour Christy Hays plays the Top Hat’s Acoustic Avenue series.

8 PM. Free.

Mix a glass of red with the bluesy jazz of Chuck Florence, David Horgan and Beth Lo at Plonk Wine Bar. 8 PM–11 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.

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In 2002, Richard Burkhart was convicted of deliberate homicide in Cascade County, and sentenced to 100 years in Montana State Prison. In a lot of stories, the sentencing of the accused comes at the end, but Burkhart’s sentence was only the beginning. You see, Burkhart was completely innocent of this crime. He spent 14 years behind bars before the staff and volunteers at the Montana Innocence Project took up his case, discovered new evidence (including the fact that someone else had confessed to the crime and no one told Burkhart's defense attorneys), and had the charges against him dismissed. Burkhart will be one of the exonerees to share their experiences at the MIP’s 10 Year Anniversary Bash.

Since its founding in 2008, the Montana In-

nocence Project has worked to exonerate Montanans who were locked up for crimes they didn’t commit. Using DNA and other evidence to advance credible claims of innocence, MIP works tirelessly to save those unjustly imprisoned. To celebrate its first decade of legal victories, the Montana Innocence Project hosts a celebration featuring food, drink, music and an address from Mayor John Engen who will declare this week Montana Innocence Project Week.

—Charley Macorn

The Montana Innocence Project’s 10-Year Anniversary Bash runs from 1 PM to 4 PM on Sat., June 30 at Bonner Park. $5 donations.

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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.

SATURDAY, JUNE 30 Celebrate a decade of fighting for justice at the Montana Innocence Project's 10 Year Anniversary Bash. Bonner Park 1 PM–4 PM. $5.

Spend the day pulling weeds with Five Valleys Land Trust at the Griffith-Fee conservation easement. RSVP by emailing ryan@fvlt.org. 9 AM– 3:30 PM.

TUESDAY, JULY 3 Learn how you can help the critically endangered bears of Abruzzo at No Word for Wilderness at Fact & Fiction Books. 7 PM–8 PM. Free.

THURSDAY, JULY 5 The Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Community Dialogue Series continues with fellowship recipients from Mexico, Colombia and Cuba discussing their work in urban planning and human resources. Jeannette Rankin Peace Center. 5:30 PM.

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Mountain High Meriwether Lewis and William Clark’s famed expedition to the Pacific Ocean has inspired much debate, generations of Americans and a mediocre Chris Farley movie. But even though the Corps of Discovery tracked across 8,000 miles of America in just under two and one-half years, there is only one scientifically documented Lewis & Clark campsite, and it just happens to be in our backyard.

Travelers’ Rest State Park is the only place along the expedition’s route that we know for a fact the team of explorers camped. Hilariously, the only reason we know this is because of high levels of concentrated mercury discovered in the soil. You see, the Corps was outfitted with Dr. Rush’s Thunderbolts, mercury chloride pills meant to be a cure-all that when taken caused immediate explosive diarrhea. It was the mer-

THURSDAY, JUNE 28 Celebrate International Yoga Day with a 2.5mile guided run through the Rattlesnake, followed by a yoga session at Ten Spoon Winery. Run at 5:30 PM, yoga at 6:30 PM. Visit events.athleta.com for more info and registration.

FRIDAY, JUNE 29 The Clark Fork Chapter of the Montana Native Plant Society's annual meeting spends a weekend at the headwaters of the Blackfoot River. Visit mtnativeplants.org/Annual_Meeting for more info and registration.

The Missoula Softball Association hosts a Home Run Derby at the grand opening of the Fort Missoula Softball Complex. Win prize money for hitting dingers. 6 PM. $25. Visit missoulasoftball.com for more info and registration.

SATURDAY, JUNE 30 Commemorate the 212th Anniversary of Lewis & Clark's stay at Travelers' Rest with

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cury in these pills, rushed through the systems of brave American legends, that ended up in the Corps’ latrine that pinpointed to archaeologists the exact location of their campsite.

To celebrate the 212th anniversary of the Corps of Discovery’s visit to Travelers’ Rest, the State Park hosts Expedition Days, two days of outdoor fun. See spinning and weaving demos, try your hands at shooting with traditional firearms and explore the beauty of Travelers’Rest, the same way Lewis & Clark did, but without the diarrhea.

—Charley Macorn Expedition Days runs Sat., June 30 and Sun., July 1 from 10 AM–4 PM at Travelers’ Rest State Park. Visit travelersrest.org for more info.

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SUNDAY, JULY 1 Commemorate the 212th Anniversary of Lewis & Clark's stay at Travelers' Rest with spinning and weaving, traditional firearms and more. Travelers' Rest State Park. 10 AM.

MONDAY, JULY 2 The Bugs and Beers fly tying workshop teaches you the skills to trick literally every fish you see. Imagine Nation. 6 PM-8 PM. Free.

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PAINT AND SUFFERING

I’m doing some work on my landlady’s house. She just CANNOT figure out what color to paint it. Now, when a man paints his house, he goes to Home Depot, grabs a few cans of paint and starts right in. Simple. Git ’er done. Not so with a woman. She’ll agonize endlessly over a bunch of paint chips. She’ll finally make a decision, but even then, it’s subject to change without notice. So, my question: Has anyone analyzed this phenomenon and found a connection with, you know, a woman’s “time of the month”?

chop way men choose a paint color, consider that maybe the average dude — one who isn’t an architect, a decorator or a design connoisseur — might not be so picky about the color of his house. If you want to help your landlady, get some techie friend of yours to Photoshop each color onto the house so the final result is less abstract.

Suggest she invite friends over for cocktails to help her choose. This isn’t just a social occasion; it’s a regret-minimization tactic — allowing her to disperse the blame for any grim post-painting epiphanies, such as “Ugh. ‘Tuscan Yellow’ — or, as we call it in the states,‘3-Day-Old Urine Sample.’ ”

—Handydude Some people are just irritating. It doesn’t necessarily have anything to do with their ovaries.

Women’s house paint preferences, sadly, have not been a prolific area of scientific study.

However, there was a bunch of research suggesting that women’s mate preferences shift with their hormone levels during the menstrual cycle — for example, findings that women went for more masculine faces in the fertile phase of their cycle. But there was a problem.These studies had too-small sample sizes and other methodological shortcomings, which can lead to false positives.

When psychologist Benedict Jones and his colleagues ran a big long-term study to check these findings — using more rigorous methodology — they found “no compelling evidence that preferences for facial masculinity track changes in women’s hormonal status.”

However, there do seem to be sex differences in decision-making. These differences emerge before the menstruation years, note neurobiologist Ruud van den Bos and his colleagues (referencing others’ research on 7-to-9year-old children).Their own research finds that men and women show “small but consistent differences in decision-making” that appear related to sex differences in the brain — in informationprocessing and emotion regulation.Women appear to be “more sensitive” to potential losses (effects of bad choices) — which, in turn, might make an individual woman more hesitant to settle on a choice. (No choose, no lose!)

The truth is, there are times when we all have difficulty making a choice. Psychologist Barry Schwartz explains that we (men and women) are driven to protect ourselves from regret — the pain of blaming ourselves for making the wrong choice. Fear of regret makes choosing especially challenging when we have a bunch of options without meaningful differences — like eight slightly different shades of off-white house paint:“‘Creme Fraiche’? ‘Coastal Ivory’? Maybe ‘Breezy Linen’?...”

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WHEN THE GOING GETS TUFTED

I’m not a very hairy guy — except in the armpit area. I’ve seen articles recently saying men should shave their armpit hair. Really? Do women go for this, or (sorry!) do they maybe think you’re gay?

—Fur Pits Your body hair should not tell a story — like that Fidel Castro and Osama bin Laden actually aren’t dead; they’re hiding out in your armpits.

Body hair removal for men has actually gone pretty mainstream. Psychologist Gareth Terry, in a 2016 paper exploring attitudes about male body hair removal, found that gay, straight and bisexual men and women saw male body hair as masculine and “natural” ... to a point — the point at which they found it “excessive” and thus disgusting. For example, as one bisexual dude, 24, put it: “If you have a rug on your torso or back, then try not to display it in public.”

In the armpit hair arena, when psychologist Michael S. Boroughs surveyed 18-to-44-year-old American men, he found that 40 percent did some manscaping. Of these men, 62 percent just “reduced” the hair, and 38 percent removed it.

(He didn’t separate out sexual preference, but I would guess a good chunk of those balding their pits were gay men.)

Sure, some women might be into the Mr. Gorilla Pits thing. But trimmed hair grows back. Disgust is hard to reverse. So grab an electric beard clipper. Prune the hair down to an inch or half-inch or so (making it look short and neat but not like you went to some armpit coiffure place). As a guideline, there’s this: If you’re taking a woman to a forested area, it should require a trip by car or at least on foot, not just lifting one of your arms.

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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY

By Rob Brezsny ARIES (March 21-April 19): Your best ideas and soundest decisions will materialize as if by magic while you’re lounging around doing nothing in a worry-free environment. So please make sure you have an abundance of relaxed slack and unhurried grace. Treat yourself to record-setting levels of comfort and self-care. Do whatever’s necessary for you to feel as safe as you have ever felt. I realize these prescriptions might ostensibly clash with your fiery Aries nature. But if you meditate on them for even two minutes, I bet you’ll agree they’re exquisitely appropriate for you right now.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): “It is always what is under pressure in us, especially under pressure of concealment — that explodes in poetry.”Taurus poet Adrienne Rich wrote that in an essay about the poet Emily Dickinson. She was describing the process of tapping into potent but buried feelings so as to create beautiful works of literature.

I’m hoping to persuade you to take a comparable approach: to give voice to what’s under pressure inside you, but in a graceful and constructive way that has positive results.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Introductory offers are expiring. The bracing thrills of novelty must ripen into the cool enjoyments of maturity. It’s time to finish the dress rehearsals so the actual show can begin. You’ve got to start turning big, bright fantasies into crisp, no-nonsense realities. In light of these shifting conditions, I suspect you can no longer use your good intentions as leverage, but must deliver more tangible signs of commitment.

Please don’t take this as a criticism, but the cosmic machinery in your vicinity needs some actual oil, not just your witty stories about the oil and the cosmic machinery.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): In the coming weeks, you will have an excellent chance to dramatically decrease your Wimp Quotient. As the perilously passive parts of your niceness toughen up, I bet you will encounter brisk possibilities that were previously off-limits or invisible to you. To ensure you remain in top shape for this delightful development, I think you should avoid entertainment that stimulates fear and pessimism. Instead of watching the latest flurry of demoralizing stories on Netflix, spend quality time summoning memories of the times in your life when you were unbeatable. For extra credit, pump your fist ten times each day as you growl, “Victory is mine!”

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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): It’s not so bad to temporarily lose your bearings. What’s bad is not capitalizing on the disruption that caused you to lose your bearings. So I propose that you regard the fresh commotion as a blessing.

Use it as motivation to initiate radical changes. For example, escape the illusions and deceptions that caused you to lose your bearings. Explore unruly emotions that may be at the root of the superpowers you will fully develop in the future. Transform yourself into a brave self-healer who is newly receptive to a host of medicinal clues that were not previously accessible.

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VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Here’s my list of demands: 1. Avoid hanging out with people who are unreceptive to your influence. 2. Avoid hanging out with people whose influence on you is mediocre or dispiriting. 3. Hang out with people who are receptive to your influence and whose influence on you is healthy and stimulating. 4. Influence the hell out of the people who are receptive to your influence. Be a generous catalyst for them. Nudge them to surpass the limits they would benefit from surpassing. 5. Allow yourself to be deeply moved by people whose influence on you is healthy and stimulating.

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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): “If I didn’t define myself for myself, I would be crunched into other people’s fantasies for me and eaten alive.” Activist author Audre Lorde said that, and now, in accordance with your current astrological and psychological needs, I’m offering it to you. I realize it’s a flamboyant, even extreme, declaration, but in my opinion, that’s what is most likely to motivate you to do the right thing. Here’s another splashy prompt, courtesy of philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre: “We only become what we are by the radical and deep-seated refusal of that which others have made us.”

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): André René Roussimoff, also known as André the Giant, was a French actor and professional wrestler. He was 7 feet, 4 inches tall and weighed 520 pounds. As you might imagine, he ate and drank extravagantly. On one festive occasion, he quaffed 119 bottles of beer in six hours. Judging from your current astrological indicators, Scorpio, I suspect you may be ready for a binge like that. JUST KIDDING! I sincerely hope you won’t indulge in such wasteful forms of “pleasure.”The coming days should be a time when you engage in a focused pursuit of uplifting and healthy modes of bliss. The point is to seek gusto and amusement that enhance your body, mind and soul.

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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): On her 90th birthday, my Great-Aunt Zosia told me, “The best gift you can give your ego is to make it see it’s both totally insignificant and totally important in the cosmic scheme of things.” Jenna, my girlfriend when I was 19, was perhaps touting a similar principle when, after teasing and tormenting me for two hours, she scrawled on my bathroom mirror in lipstick, “Sometimes you enjoy life better if you don’t understand it.” Then there’s my Zen punk friend Arturo, who says that life’s goodies are more likely to flow your way if you “hope for nothing and are open to everything.” According to my analysis of the astrological rhythms, these messages will help you make the most of the bewildering but succulent opportunities that are now arriving in your vicinity.

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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): In accordance with the astrological beacons, I have selected two pieces of advice to serve as your guiding meditations during the next seven weeks. You might want to write them on a piece of paper that you will carry in your wallet or pocket. Here’s the first, from businessman Alan Cohen: “Only those who ask for more can get more, and only those who know there is more, ask.” Here’s the second, from writer G. K. Chesterton: “We need to be happy in this wonderland without once being merely comfortable.”

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AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Ecologists in Mexico City investigated why certain sparrows and finches use humans’ discarded cigarette butts in building their nests.They found that cellulose acetate, a chemical in the butts, protects the nests by repelling parasitic mites. Is there a metaphorical lesson you might draw from the birds’ ingenious adaptation, Aquarius? Could you find good use for what might seem to be dross or debris? My analysis of the astrological omens says that this possibility is worth meditating on.

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PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): I suspect that sometime soon you will come into possession of an enchanted potion or pixie dust or a pouch full of magic beans — or the equivalent. If and when that occurs, consider the following protocols: 1. Before you use your new treasure, say a prayer to your higher self, requesting that you will be guided to use it in such a way as to make yourself wiser and kinder. 2. When you use it, be sure it harms no one. 3. Express gratitude for it before and during and after using it. 4. Use it in such a way that it benefits at least one other person or creature in addition to you. 5. See if you can use it to generate the arrival or more pixie dust or magical beans or enchanted potion in the future. 6. When you use it, focus on wielding it to get exactly what you want, not what you sort of want or temporarily want.

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PUBLIC NOTICES MNAXLP 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 MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. 4 Cause No. DP-18-87 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.: DP18-154 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 abovenamed 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. DP18-158 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 abovenamed 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 abovenamed 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,

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PUBLIC NOTICES MNAXLP 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. DP18-156 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF: HELEN B. VAN METER, Deceased.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Stephen Van Meter has been appointed Personal Representative of the abovenamed 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 Personal Representative, return receipt requested, at 2625 Dearborn Avenue, Ste. 120A, 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 21st day of June, 2018. /s/ Stephen Van Meter Representative of the Estate Helen B. Van Meter /s/ Kevin S. Jones, Attorney for Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 4, Hon. Karen S. Townsend, Probate No. DP-18-113.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS 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.

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MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No.: 1 Cause No.: DP18-163 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF: JUDITH DRISCOLL MCDONALD a/k/a/ Judy McDonald, 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 first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to WILLIAM JEREMIAH MCDONALD, III, 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 20th day of June, 2018. /s/ William Jeremiah McDonald III /s/ Craig Mungas Attorneys for William Jeremiah McDonald, III, Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No.: 3 Cause No.: DP18-117 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF:

RICHARD HERBERT BRUCE, a/k/a Richard H. 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 SextonRedman, Personal Representative 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 598077937 or filed with the Clerk of the above-named Court. Dated this 30th day of May, 2018. /s/ Anne U. Holliday Jones Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL

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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 TRUSTEE’S SALE To be sold for cash at a Trustee’s Sale on November 12, 2018, 11:00 AM at the main entrance of Missoula County Courthouse located at 200 West Broadway Street, Missoula, MT 59802, the following described real property situated in Missoula County, State of Montana: Tract 2 of Certificate of Survey No. 5846, located in the Southeast OneQuarter of Section 8, Township 13 North, Range 17 West, P.M.M., Missoula County, Montana. More commonly known as 16488 Highway 200 East, aka 16489 Hallgren Lane, Bonner, MT 59823. Jenna Berndt and Tracy Berndt, as Grantors, conveyed said real property to Title Services, Inc., as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for Golf Savings Bank, a Washington Stock Savings Bank, its successors and assigns, by Deed of Trust on October 16, 2009, and filed for record in the records of the County Clerk and Recorder in Missoula County, State of Montana, on October 22, 2009 as Instrument No. 200925490, in Book 849, at Page 738, of Official Records. The Deed of Trust was assigned for value as follows: Assignee: Ocwen Loan Servicing, LLC Assignment Dated: September 8, 2016 Assignment Recorded: September 13, 2016 Assignment Recording Information: as Instrument No. 201616567, in Book 967, at Page 995, All in the records of the County Clerk and Recorder for Missoula County, Montana Benjamin J. Mann is the Successor Trustee pursuant to a Substitution of Trustee recorded in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Missoula County, State of Montana, on May 30, 2018 as Instrument No. 201808681, in Book 997, at Page 497, of Official Records. The Beneficiary has declared a default in the terms of said Deed of Trust due to Grantor’s failure to make monthly payments beginning September 1, 2016, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan. By reason of said default, the Beneficiary has declared all sums owing on the obligation secured by said Trust Deed immediately due and payable. The total amount due

on this obligation is the principal sum of $157,542.84, interest in the sum of $3,577.54, escrow advances of $1,470.15, other amounts due and payable in the amount of $852.26 for a total amount owing of $163,442.79, plus accruing interest, late charges, and other fees and costs that may be incurred or advanced. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantor.

If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary, the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust. Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds of this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale, and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation. The sale is a public sale and any person, including the Beneficiary, excepting only the Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made

by Trustee’s Deed, without any representation or warranty, including warranty of title, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis, without limitation, the sale is being made subject to all existing conditions, if any, of lead paint, mold or other environmental or health hazards. The sale purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th day following the sale. The Grantor, successor in interest to the Grantor, or any other person having an interest in the property, has the right, at any time prior to the Trustee’s Sale, to pay to the Beneficiary, or the successor in interest to the Beneficiary, the entire amount then due under the Deed of Trust and the obligation secured thereby (including costs and expenses actually incurred and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred and by curing any other default complained of herein that is capable of being cured by tendering the performance required under the obligation or to cure the default, by paying all costs and expenses actually incurred in enforcing the obligation and Deed of Trust with Successor Trustee’s and attorney’s fees. In the event that all defaults are cured the foreclosure will be dismissed and the foreclosure sale will be canceled. The scheduled Trustee’s Sale may be postponed by public proclamation up to 15 days for any reason. In the event of a bankruptcy filing, the sale may be postponed by the Trustee for up to 120 days by public proclamation at least every 30 days. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Successor Trustee and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. This is an attempt to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. Dated this 25th day of June, 2018.

Benjamin J. Mann, Substitute Trustee 376 East 400 South, Suite 300, Salt Lake City, UT 84111 Telephone: 801-355-

2886 Office Hours: Mon.-Fri., 8AM5PM (MST) File No. 48782 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE To be sold for cash at a Trustee’s Sale on November 2, 2018, 11:00 AM at the main entrance of Missoula County Courthouse located at 200 West Broadway Street, Missoula, MT 59802, the following described real property situated in Missoula County, State of Montana: Lot 6 of Lolo Heights, a platted subdivision in Missoula County, Montana, according to the Official Recorded Plat thereof. More commonly known as 459 Ridgeway Drive, Lolo, MT 59847. Kenneth L. Kern, an unmarried man, as Grantor, conveyed said real property to First American Title Company of Montana, a Montana Corporation, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for Universal American Mortgage Company, LLC, its successors and assigns , by Deed of Trust on March 13, 2015, and filed for record in the records of the County Clerk and Recorder in Missoula County, State of Montana, on March 13, 2015 as Instrument No. 201504283, in Book 941, at Page 766, of Official Records. The Deed of Trust was assigned for value as follows: Assignee: PennyMac Loan Services, LLC Assignment Dated: June 29, 2016 Assignment Recorded: July 1, 2016 Assignment Recording Information: as Instrument No. 201610757, in Book 963, at Page 785, All in the records of the County Clerk and Recorder for Missoula County, Montana Benjamin J. Mann is the Successor Trustee pursuant to a Substitution of Trustee recorded in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Missoula County, State of Montana, on March 23, 2018 as Instrument No. 201804466, in Book 994, at Page 482, of Official Records. The Beneficiary has declared a default in the terms of said Deed of Trust due to Grantor’s failure to make monthly payments beginning April 1, 2017, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan. By reason of said default, the Beneficiary has declared all sums owing on the obligation secured by said Trust Deed immediately due and payable. The total amount due on this obligation is the principal sum of $198,828.48, interest in the sum of $9,232.64, escrow advances of $4,716.98, other amounts due and payable in the amount of $1,954.16 for a total amount owing of $214,732.26, plus accruing interest, late charges, and other fees and costs that may be incurred or advanced. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantor.

If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary, the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust. Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds of this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale, and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the

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by Trustee’s Deed, without any representation or warranty, including warranty of title, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis, without limitation, the sale is being made subject to all existing conditions, if any, of lead paint, mold or other environmental or health hazards. The sale purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th day following the sale. The Grantor, successor in interest to the Grantor, or any other person having an interest in the property, has the right, at any time prior to the Trustee’s Sale, to pay to the Beneficiary, or the successor in interest to the Beneficiary, the entire amount then due under the Deed of Trust and the obligation secured thereby (including costs and expenses actually incurred and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred and by curing any other default complained of herein that is capable of being cured by tendering the performance required under the obligation or to cure the default, by paying all costs and expenses actually incurred in enforcing the obligation and Deed of Trust with Successor Trustee’s and attorney’s fees. In the event that all defaults are cured the foreclosure will be dismissed and the foreclosure sale will be canceled. The scheduled Trustee’s Sale may be postponed by public proclamation up to 15 days for any reason. In the event of a bankruptcy filing, the sale may be postponed by the Trustee for up to 120 days by public proclamation at least every 30 days. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Successor Trustee and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. This is an attempt to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. Dated this 8th day of June, 2018.

Benjamin J. Mann, Substitute Trustee 376 East 400 South, Suite 300, Salt Lake City, UT 84111 Telephone: 801-3552886 Office Hours: Mon.-Fri., 8AM5PM (MST) File No. 52176 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE To be sold for cash at a Trustee’s Sale on October 18, 2018, 11:00 AM at the main entrance of Missoula County Courthouse located at 200 West Broadway Street, Missoula, MT 59802, the following described real property situated in Missoula County, State of Montana: Lot 10 in Block 1 of Graceland Addition, a platted subdivision in Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded plat thereof. More commonly known as 3553 Norman Drive, Missoula, MT 59804. John A. Fahey, as Grantor, conveyed said real property to Charles J. Peterson at Mackkoff, Kellogg, Kirby & Kloster, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Merrill Lynch Credit Corporation, by Deed of Trust on September 6, 2002, and filed for record in the records of the County

Clerk and Recorder in Missoula County, State of Montana, on September 9, 2002 as Instrument No. 200225730, in Book 688, at Page 389, of Official Records.

The Deed of Trust was assigned for value as follows: Assignee: Bank of America, N.A. Assignment Dated: April 27, 2018 Assignment Recorded: May 3, 2018 Assignment Recording Information: as Instrument No. 201806999, in Book 996, at Page 215, All in the records of the County Clerk and Recorder for Missoula County, Montana Benjamin J. Mann is the Successor Trustee pursuant to a Substitution of Trustee recorded in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Missoula County, State of Montana, on May 25, 2018 as Instrument No. 201808415, in Book 997, at Page 231, of Official Records. The Beneficiary has declared a default in the terms of said Deed of Trust due to Grantor’s failure to make monthly payments beginning August 1, 2017, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan. By reason of said default, the Beneficiary has declared all sums owing on the obligation secured by said Trust Deed immediately due and payable.

The total amount due on this obligation is the principal sum of $59,763.78, interest in the sum of $2,168.30, escrow advances of $2,792.35, other amounts due and payable in the amount of $654.55 for a total amount owing of $65,378.98, plus accruing interest, late charges, and other fees and costs that may be incurred or advanced. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantor. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary, the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust. Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds of this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale, and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation. The sale is a public sale and any person, including the Beneficiary, excepting only the Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made

by Trustee’s Deed, without any representation or warranty, including warranty of title, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, whereis basis, without limitation, the sale is being made subject to all existing conditions, if any, of lead paint, mold or other environmental or health hazards.

The sale purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th day following the sale. The Grantor, successor in interest to the Grantor, or any other person having an interest in the property, has the right, at any time prior to the Trustee’s Sale, to pay to the Beneficiary, or the successor in interest to the Beneficiary, the entire amount then due under the Deed of Trust and the obliga-

tion secured thereby (including costs and expenses actually incurred and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred and by curing any other default complained of herein that is capable of being cured by tendering the performance required under the obligation or to cure the default, by paying all costs and expenses actually incurred in enforcing the obligation and Deed of Trust with Successor Trustee’s and attorney’s fees. In the event that all defaults are cured the foreclosure will be dismissed and the foreclosure sale will be canceled. The scheduled Trustee’s Sale may be postponed by public proclamation up to 15 days for any reason. In the event of a bankruptcy filing, the sale may be postponed by the Trustee for up to 120 days by public proclamation at least every 30 days. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder’s sole

and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Successor Trustee and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. This is an attempt to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

Dated this 11th day of June, 2018. Benjamin J. Mann, Substitute Trustee 376 East 400 South, Suite 300, Salt Lake City, UT 84111 Telephone: 801-3552886 Office Hours: Mon.-Fri., 8AM5PM (MST) File No. 52511 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE To be sold for cash at a Trustee’s Sale on October 18, 2018, 11:00 AM at the main entrance of Missoula County Courthouse located at 200 West Broadway Street, Missoula, MT 59802, the following described real property situated in Missoula County, State of Montana: Lot 19 in Block 5 of Donovan Creek Acres, a platted subdivision in Missoula County, Montana, according to the offi-

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PUBLIC NOTICES MNAXLP monthly payments beginning December 1, 2017, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan. By reason of said default, the Beneficiary has declared all sums owing on the obligation secured by said Trust Deed immediately due and payable. The total amount due on this obligation is the principal sum of $83,374.73, interest in the sum of $3,125.73, escrow advances of $2,262.94, other amounts due and payable in the amount of $143.68 for a total amount owing of $88,907.08, plus accruing interest, late charges, and other fees and costs that may be incurred or advanced. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantor. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary, the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust. Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds of this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale, and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has

elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation. The sale is a public sale and any person, including the Beneficiary, excepting only the Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by Trustee’s Deed, without any representation or warranty, including warranty of title, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis, without limitation, the sale is being made subject to all existing conditions, if any, of lead paint, mold or other environmental or health hazards.

The sale purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th day following the sale. The Grantor, successor in interest to the Grantor, or any other person having an interest in the property, has the right, at any time prior to the Trustee’s Sale, to pay to the Beneficiary, or the successor in interest to the Beneficiary, the entire amount then due under the Deed of Trust and the obligation secured thereby (including costs and expenses actually incurred and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had

CROSSWORDS

By Matt Jones

no default occurred and by curing any other default complained of herein that is capable of being cured by tendering the performance required under the obligation or to cure the default, by paying all costs and expenses actually incurred in enforcing the obligation and Deed of Trust with Successor Trustee’s and attorney’s fees. In the event that all defaults are cured the foreclosure will be dismissed and the foreclosure sale will be canceled. The scheduled Trustee’s Sale may be postponed by public proclamation up to 15 days for any reason. In the event of a bankruptcy filing, the sale may be postponed by the Trustee for up to 120 days by public proclamation at least every 30 days. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Successor Trustee and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. This is an attempt to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. Dated this 14th day of June, 2018. Benjamin J. Mann, Substitute Trustee 376 East 400 South, Suite 300, Salt Lake City, UT 84111 Telephone: 801-355-2886 Office Hours: Mon.-Fri., 8AM-5PM (MST) File No. 52523

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“Free To Say It”--a freestyle puzzle with something to say.

ACROSS

1 Game with eagles and albatrosses 5 Lag from a satellite broadcast, e.g.

14 Kind of history or hygiene 15 2014 hashtag campaign against gun violence 16 "99 Luftballons" singer 17 They're said verbatim 18 It's sometimes used in making feta cheese 20 Overflow 21 "Everything's being handled" 22 Tubular pasta 23 Last Oldsmobile model produced 26 Signs of healing 28 Train stop (abbr.)

29 Western watering hole 31 Delphic prophet 33 Indicate 35 Wallet ID 39 Just ___ (a little under) 41 Grammy winner Twain 42 Barker succeeded by Carey 45 Islands, in Italian

47 Latin phrase usually abbreviated 48 Go for ___ (do some nature walking) 50 Camera brand that merged with Minolta 52 Erato's instrument 53 Feature of some roller coasters 57 1980s "Lovergirl" singer 60 Ride before ride-sharing 61 2007 Stephen Colbert bestseller subtitled "(And So Can You!)" 62 Bakery fixture 63 Singer/actress Kristin with the memoir "A Little Bit Wicked" 64 Basmati, e.g.

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1 Chuck Barris's prop 2 Cookie with a "Thins" version 3 Singer Del Rey 4 Old pressing tools 5 Targets of pseudoscientific "cleanses" 6 Type used for emphasis 7 It looks like it contains alcohol, but doesn't 8 Treebeard, for one 9 PepsiCo product, slangily 10 Act theatrically 11 Sophia and family 12 Vehement 13 Sycophants 15 Dory helped find him 19 Drink that needs a blender 22 They've already seen it coming 23 Cleopatra's nemesis

24 Chinese philosopher ___-tzu 25 Inventor Whitney 27 Baseball stats 30 Some Congressional votes 32 One who might get top billing 34 Exercised caution 36 Dir. from Providence to Boston 37 "Pretty sneaky, ___" (Connect Four ad line) 38 Take in 40 Step on the gas 42 Sea west of Estonia 43 Kool-Aid Man's catchphrase 44 Two-tiered rowing vessel 46 Add vitamins to 49 Thompson of "SNL" 51 Big-box store with a meandering path 54 Sitarist Shankar 55 Business bigwig 56 Drink with legs 58 "I love," in Spanish 59 Pet sound?

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These pets may be adopted at Missoula Animal Control 541-7387 KOTA•

Kota is a 2 year old male American Bulldog mix. This big, goofy boy has a lot of love to give and is always searching for affection! He enjoys chasing tennis balls, but hasn't quite figured out the idea of retrieving them. He is very treat motivated and knows how to sit, lay down, and search for all the stray bits of kibble. Kota is hoping to find himself in a fun-loving and active family.

GYPSY• Gypsy is a 4 year old female German Shepherd. This sweet girl has spent her younger years in a travelling band of fortune tellers, but now she's ready to settle down and grow some roots. Gyspy loves people all of all ages, but could use a bit of advice in the way of manners. She is really hoping her future holds a family where she won't have to share any attention with other pets.

BEAR• Bear is a 7 year old male Chocolate Lab. This big goofball loves to play and gets along well with other dogs. Fetch is his favorite game, and his attention cannot be broken when he sees a tennis ball. Bear is a very tolerant dog, allowing some rather poor play manners to go unchecked from his playmates. This loveable Lab would do best in a home that has room to move.

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HOBBS• Hobbs is a 5 year old male black and white Tuxedo cat. He is a bit shy upon first greeting him. Once he's gotten used to you, Hobbs is a very sweet boy who loves receiving attention. Hobbs would prefer a quiet home. This classy boy is always ready for the most sophisticated occasion with his very handsome tuxedo markings and his distinguished white mustache.

MISSY•Missy has beginning stages of kidney disease and needs a home that is familiar with providing for this health issue. Outside of her kidneys, Missy is a healthy and happy cat that is projected to live a long life, making her our shelter's Wonder Woman! Her adoption fee has been sponsored, and we are searching for an adopter that is able to give her a prescription kidney support diet for life

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ERWIN• Erwin is a 8 year old male black cat. This handsome and distinguished house panther is an older man who loves the company of people. Like his hero, The Black Panther, Erwin believes himself to be the protector of his kingdom. His Highness has enhanced, superhero abilities in lounging and cuddles. He'd prefer to live in a kingdom with only human subjects.

These pets may be adopted at the Humane Society of Western Montana 549-3934 KIKI• Kiki is an indoor kitty who loves to chatter at the outdoor world! You might find her saying hello to the birds and squirrels at the window or chasing around one of her favorite toys!

Come meet this beloved girl during our open hours, Wed-Fri 1-6pm and Sat-Sun 12-5pm!

CRICKET• A big beautiful woman with a big beautiful heart! Cricket is a sweet cat that loves to snooze and lounge around with her people. She comes from a quiet home, and is friendly with kids, and new people. Cricket would like to be the only cat in your life and have all of your attention! Come visit Cricket during our open hours, Wed-Fri from 1-6pm and Sat-Sun from 12-5pm!

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1450 W. Broadway St. • 406-728-0022

HERA• Hera, the queen of gods, is the per-

fect name for this mighty cat. Regal, glorious and loving, Hera is looking for someone's home to take reign of. She loves attention, but on her own terms. She will be a majestic, amazing cat in your home. Come meet this lovely lady during our open hours, Wed-Fri from 1-6pm and Sat-Sun from 12-5pm!

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MAUSER• Mauser is an active man whose favorite activities include anything where he can fetch a stick! Not only is he a big bundle of love, but he is one smart cookie too! Come meet this handsome man Wed-Fri 1-6pm and Sat-Sun 125pm!

MAX AND REX• Max and Rex are a tiny pair with a big personality! These two love to snuggle up with their person and play with toys!

Max prefers stuffed animals and Rex is all about anything that squeeks! They are used to an active household and love to go for walks, fetch, and Max is even up for a swim! Come meet this adorable couple during our open hours, Wed-Fri from 1-6pm and Sat-Sun from 12-5pm!

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JAKE• This boy is one active lovebug! Jake's looking for someone to show him the ropes and give him a gentle introduction to the rest of the world! His favorite thing is to play with other dogs - and even played with a ferret in his previous home! He is quite the snuggler and can't wait to get out and exercise! Come meet this handsome guy during our open hours, Wed-Fri 1-6pm and Sat-Sun 12-5pm! missoulanews.com • June 28–July 5, 2018 [35]