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News

Voices The readers write .............................................................................................................4 Street Talk Favorite numbers and lucky guesses.......................................................................4 The Week in Review The news of the day, one day at a time..................................................6 Briefs Lockout in Three Forks, carrying coal’s water, and the West Broadway island.............6 Etc. Rosendale campaign has a cow. But does Rosendale?.......................................................7 News Teaching teens mental health skills, from Stockholm to Browning.....................................8 Dan Brooks Ryan Zinke and the superiority of military intelligence .........................................10 Writers on the Range Privatization means recreating at your own risk................................11 Feature Missoula by the numbers ............................................................................................13

Arts & Entertainment

Arts Camp Daze says goodbye with a weekend of DIY bands.....................................16 Music Cowboy Andy and the philosophy of kindie rock.............................................17 Books In One-Sentence Journal, Chris La Tray rejects the fast life .............................18 Film Taking Elvis out for a spin ...................................................................................19 Movie Shorts Independent takes on current films .....................................................20 Market Report Groovy Tuesday...........................................................................................21 Happiest Hour Crowding in at Conflux Brewing.......................................................23 8 Days a Week Wow, so smoke, such cough .....................................................................24 Agenda Open Aid Alliance training and barbecue..................................................................29 Mountain High Peacock’s War at the Roxy Theater ...................................................30

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STREET TALK

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by Michael Siebert

This week, the Indy presents Missoula by the Numbers. What’s the most important number in your life, and why?

How many people do you think work at the Indy?

Thomas Wartick: My phone number.

It’s the only way to get ahold of me. We wish: I’m going to go with 100.

John Cote: I’d say the number eight.

I’m into a hobby called miniatures wargaming. [During one session] I happened to have the eighth brigade.

We performed spectacularly. Going big: I’d say 125.

Mariah Welch: 448. Because four plus four equals eight. And it is not a normal number. Warmer: 62.

Kendyl Barney: I guess I would say my Social Security number. It’s my identity, but it’s also the one I’m most afraid of other people having. Almost there: 20.

Built this city...

I love live music. Growing up in Oakland (yes, I’m one of those California transplants) during the time of Bill Graham Presents, I was fortunate to see incredible live music and have it shape my youth. When I moved to Missoula in the late ’80s, clubs like the Top Hat and ASUM productions kept my love alive.

Alas, the Smokey Robinson debacle really slowed things down. Trips out of the area to see bigger bands became the norm.

There are many responsible for resuscitating Missoula’s live music scene, and I won’t begin to profess that I know them all. However, I want to specifically thank Pearl Jam for bringing music back to the stadium in 1998, for showing it could be done successfully and for coming back to our town again and again.

Having been to their recent shows in Seattle before attending ours in Missoula, I was incredibly impressed at how well all aspects of the concert went. All involved should be proud of a job well done.

I am so happy to spend my music dollars here in our local economy supporting the community I love. From Travelers’ Rest Fest to Blitzen Trapper, as I reflect on what I have been fortunate enough to see, all the shows I am looking forward to, and the additional shows that are available to audiences of all tastes and genres, I want to extend my sincere gratitude to those who make it happen! Music is one of those things that unites and inspires us as human beings. It is a beautiful thing to witness this flourishing in our wonderful city, and I am truly grateful. May we keep on rockin’ in the free world, especially here in the Garden City!

Kathleen Kennedy Missoula

Don’t blame the Pov

Caleb Smith: My student ID number, I guess. That kind of defines my experience here. We have a winner: 12.

Asked at the University Center on the afternoon of Monday, Aug. 20.

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I am disturbed by recent views that our neighborhood problems are due to the Poverello and other social services that are part of the solution (“Westside residents ask for help,” Aug. 16). The Pov has been here before these problems began, but what has changed is decreased funding to these sort of services.

This is largely a result of last year’s forest fires, and this is largely a result of protecting people’s homes and cabins — many of which are owned by wealthy vacationers. In the west end [of Missoula], we don’t encroach on the forest. We tend to live in small, ecologically responsible homes and apartments with

low carbon footprints that are close to where we work.

Yet, when the Montana government decides how it’s going to pay to protect mountain vacation homes and foothill McMansions as a result of a fire season likely contributed to by global warming, our neighborhood, and our community’s most vulnerable, are the ones who pay for it.

“Music is one of those things that unites and inspires us as human beings. It is a beautiful thing to witness this flourishing in our wonderful city, and I am truly grateful.”

It’s time we stop blaming the homeless and mentally ill for what’s been happening here.

Shawn Kearney Missoula

Keep kids inside

It’s sad. I won’t let my grandkids sleep out in our backyard at night. We live right along the river.

Carmen Gregory facebook.com/missoulaindependent

Growing pains

Umm, not a new issue. If people haven’t noticed, Missoula isn’t the small town it once was. As the population grows, so do bigger-city problems.

Jennifer Smith facebook.com/missoulaindependent

Hydration nation

All that water is going to rust your pipes (“Griz stay thirsty,” Aug. 16). Drink beer.

Richard Brodowy facebook.com/missoulaindependent

Half right

Some day people will look back on this era and realize both that water is good and AC/DC is bad.

Doug Holstein facebook.com/missoulaindependent

Long answer Here’s my question: What happened to capitalism and the free market (“PSC denies L&L’s garbage pitch,” Aug. 16)? They just made it a monopoly by denying healthy competition that benefits us residents.

Jonathan Brill facebook.com/missoulaindependent

Grocery permit?

Can you imagine a grocery store being denied a permit for these reasons?

No. Wouldn’t happen. Only a monopoly would require such.

Colleen Mattson facebook.com/missoulaindependent

Safety first Appreciate the sentiment, but the county could send an engineer down there to make sure the rides are safe (“All’s fair in fun and Typhoons,” Aug. 15). Yes, hire someone.

Mike McNamara facebook.com/missoulaindependent

Kindness of the county The county can’t act out of the kindness of its nonexistent heart. It’s created and constituted of laws, and can and should only act in accordance with them. They could no more “send an engineer down there” without a law directing them to than they could send an engineer down to your house to make sure your bathroom is safe from slipand-fall hazards.

Greg Worcester facebook.com/missoulaindependent

Rules of the ride A large and complex society requires rules and laws. Companies and corporations won’t control themselves.

Sorry, that’s just the way it is.

Louise McMillin facebook.com/missoulaindependent

Fair warning?

Agreed. And this carnival company has proven they don’t care and won’t control themselves. Yet our county hired them despite this reputation.

Valerie Steichen facebook.com/missoulaindependent

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WEEK IN REVIEW Wednesday, August 15 Bassist Jeff Ament claims responsibility for the concert poster commemorating Pearl Jam’s Aug. 13 Missoula performance. The poster, which features a skeletonized President Trump, drew criticism from senate hopeful Matt Rosendale and others.

Thursday, August 16 Missoulian Paul Ekstedt pleads guilty to a felony assault charge after attacking a prominent Special Olympian with a baseball bat in June. Ekstedt faces up to 12 years in prison. His victim has since recovered from his injuries.

Friday, August 17 Local business Farrside Sign catches fire at roughly 3 a.m. The building suffers an estimated $175,000 in damage. Two residents living in the building’s basement escaped, one of whom was treated for a minor injury.

Saturday, August 18 Unlicensed children operate heavy machinery during the first Missoula Under Construction event, a fundraiser for the Missoula Food Bank. Kids as young as 2 years old handled actual construction equipment (with lots of supervision).

Lockout in Three Forks

Missoula visits the picket

Missoula’s Wobblies arrived in Three Forks just in time to see the battle lines drawn.

On Aug. 2, more than 30 union employees at a talc mill were locked out of their jobs by the mill’s multinational owner, Imerys, after they refused to accept a contract that provided a wage increase but stripped retiree health insurance and froze pension plans. It was the first lockout in Montana in more than 30 years, according to the state AFL-CIO. The employees, members of the Boilermakers Local Lodge D239, vowed to picket the mill 24/7.

Tyson Gerhardt, a Missoula member of the Industrial Workers of the World, says he didn’t know much about the situation when he decided to join the picket line, but he prepared some sandwiches, hopped in an RV with a friend and hit the road to Three Forks.

“Labor unions are the last standing bastion between the American working class and corporations,” he says. “I think a lot of people have forgotten that. You have to fight. They’re never going to give it to us, because they don’t care about us.”

The first all-nighter shift comprised just a few men. Gerhardt and his friend tried to keep the union workers company as Imerys security personnel patrolled the grounds. At about 5 a.m., the pick-

eters went to their trucks to get some sleep. As they did, someone from the company walked over and painted a supposed property line in yellow.

The line went through the middle of the union’s supply tent.

“Man, everybody was real screaming angry that first couple of days,” Gerhardt says. “I mean they still are, but tempers were really running.”

The lockout has gained attention in the weeks since, as Gov. Steve Bullock, U.S. House candidate Kathleen Williams and Lt. Gov. Mike Cooney have visited the picket line. Each weekday, picketers shame the vans of temporary workers, derided as “scabs,” as they are driven onto the mill site.

Union president Randy Tocci has accused Imerys, which bought the mill in 2011, of greed, while Imerys insists its offer is fair. The sprawling French company reported an operating income of 284 million Euros for the first half of 2018. While the employee benefits in question are small by comparison, Missoula Wobblies who’ve traveled to the picket line say they’re vital to the workers.

“A lot of those people have been working there for 30 years or more and are dependent on the benefits that would be cut,” says Michael Workman, a Missoula IWW member who traveled there Aug. 11.

“It’s a grotesque abuse of power.”

Employees are without paychecks and will lose company health insurance Sept. 1. A GoFundMe for the workers had raised $10,500 by press time.

Observers expect the lockout to continue for months. As long as it does, Gerhardt says, he’ll keep finding time to offer support.

Derek Brouwer

States’ rights rollback?

Daines draws ire

In early August, Sen. Steve Daines trekked deep into the Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness, a fly rod in his hand, an elk hair caddis on his line and Yellowstone cutthroat on his mind. A week later, on Aug. 16, Daines felt compelled to share this anecdote with the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works as he made his latest stand for coal in the interest of international commerce and of the Crow Tribe for which the wilderness area is partly named.

But the bill Daines was there to support — the Water Quality Certification Improvement Act, which he co-sponsored alongside three other Western senators — has sparked growing opposition in recent weeks. In fact, during Daines’ flyfishing foray, a coalition of 10 organizations including the Western Governors’ Association and the Conference of Western Attorneys General signed a letter urging congressional leaders to reject the legislation on the grounds that it would impair states’ ability to protect water quality under the Clean Water Act.

Sunday, August 19 The Frenchtown Rural Fire District douses a 10.5 acre fire west of Missoula. Firefighters received a call mid-afternoon and extinguished the fire, located in the Ninemile area.

The fire’s cause is unknown at press time.

Monday, August 20 Missoula’s record 47-day dry spell ends with intermittent rainfall and overcast skies throughout the day. More cool weather is expected.

Tuesday, August 21 Michael Franti & Spearhead perform at the Wilma. Franti, who plays a variety of styles including hip-hop, reggae and jazz, is joined

by Red Lodge band reggae trio Satsang.

As the demand from bitcoin miners increases and the supply of cheap, reliable electricity from coal generation decreases, this could pose a threat to the expansion of bitcoin operations.”

——Sen. Steve Daines, during an Aug. 21 hearing on energy issues surrounding blockchain technology by the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Daines specifically mentioned the danger that closure of Colstrip might pose to bitcoin mining in Montana.

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[news] “Any legislative or regulatory effort to streamline environmental permitting should be developed in consultation with states,” the letter argued, “and must not be achieved at the expense of authority delegated to states under the CWA or any other federal law.”

A portion of the Clean Water Act known as Section 401 grants states authority to certify or deny federal permits for discharges into waterways.

Daines’ bill — in his words — “clarifies” that Section 401 applies solely to water quality impacts, and comes as a direct response to Washington state’s use of Section 401 authority to deny a permit for the proposed Millennium export terminal last year.

That denial, Daines argued, has resulted in the loss of coal mining jobs on the Crow Reservation and prevented coal produced by the tribe from reaching markets in Asia.

“Section 401 should apply to clean water, not rail traffic or other unrelated issues, and, more importantly, should not be used for political reasons,” Daines told the committee. Concern over increased coal train traffic was what prompted the Missoula City Council to request a broader federal review of the Millennium terminal’s impacts in fall 2013.

What began as an environmental fight against coal ports has, with the Water Quality Certification Improvement Act, taken on a states’ rights dimension. The letter penned by the Conference of Western Attorneys General and others included an appeal for “proper balance between state and federal authorities” as established by the Constitution.

However, at least one member of that conference remains on Daines’ side: Attorney General Tim Fox, who in May filed a motion joining Montana to a lawsuit challenging Washington’s Millennium denial.

“Sen. Daines’ legislation is an important step in depoliticizing the environmental review process for export terminals,” Fox said in early August. “By leveling the playing field among the states, we can maintain robust environmental protection standards while also ensuring Montanans can ship their goods to customers around the world.”

One day before Daines’ committee appearance, Washington’s Pollution Control Hearings Board upheld the state’s decision on Millennium.

Alex Sakariassen

Island in the stream

Building bridges

For such a small strip of land in the Clark Fork, the West Broadway Island has faced a long and complicated path toward incorporation into the city’s parks and trails system. It’s been seven years since the city secured ownership of the part of the “island” (which is technically not an island, since it isn’t surrounded on all sides by water) that runs from near Scott Street to the California Street footbridge, and plans are just now taking shape to build a friendlier public access point than the bridge at the end of Burton Street behind a locked chain-link gate.

On Thursday, Aug. 16, the Missoula Redevelopment Agency approved disbursing $110,791 in TIF funds to MorrisonMaierle, Inc. for the next steps in the island’s redevelopment, including the design of an accessible bridge that will connect a city-owned plot of land at the east end of the Imagine Nation Brewing parking lot to the island. It’s taken so long because of the sheer number of permits and permissions that had to be navigated, says MRA Assistant Director Chris Behan.

“When we go out for permission to do something in and around that water, we’re dealing with the Army Corps [of Engineers], the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks, the Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, the whole gamut,” Behan says. There’s also the Hellgate Valley Irrigation Company, which owns the Flynn-Lowney irrigation ditch that flows between the island and the riverbank, and the county commissioners, who have authority over the floodplain administration program. Not to mention years of teasing apart the complicated and overlapping ownership of the land.

As for the name, “West Broadway Island” doesn’t exactly sing. Behan says that some part of the island will be named for the Hackers, the family

BY THE NUMBERS

$29,580 Upper income limit for an individual renter to qualify at a senior living center proposed for the former Skyview Trailer Park site on the Westside. The project was recently endorsed by city and county officials. that formerly owned part of it, as mandated in the purchase agreement.

With an eye toward an increase in island use associated with the proposed Max Wave off the island’s easternmost tip, MRA has been working with Missoula Parks and Recreation to ready the land for a new trail that would run along its north side.

Behan says that parks employees, who are tasked with cleaning up the area and removing non-native plants, are reporting encounters with aggressive people on the island.

“It’s not just the homeless people looking around for someplace to be, it’s not just the standard transients who are just on the road moving back and forth, or even somebody that’s just hanging out,” he says. “We’re getting much more aggressive behavior,” he says, and Parks and Recreation reports more evidence of drug use.

Behan says he’s been around Missoula long enough to know that camping sweeps won’t be a long-term solution, and he doesn’t think the city can successfully eliminate camping on the island, and that the occasional person sleeping there was never a problem to begin with. “Nobody cares if you go take a nap down there. Go take a nap down there, whatever. That’s always been kind of the attitude,” he says. “Now it’s people approaching people with kids, and it’s not as comfortable.” He says he hopes that making the island a more attractive and populated recreation spot will change such behaviors.

Susan Elizabeth Shepard

ETC. It’s one of those unspoken rules of Western etiquette that you don’t ask a rancher how many head of cattle he owns. That sort of information tends to be pretty sensitive, both personally and professionally. Plus, if last weekend is any indication, the question could prompt that rancher’s campaign staff to go ape-shit.

On Aug. 20, Roll Call reporter Simone Pathe caught up with Republican Senate candidate Matt Rosendale and asked if he had any. Rosendale’s response, which Pathe shared via Twitter, left something to be desired.

“I would love to challenge Jon Tester to a fence-building contest any day of the week,” Rosendale said, “and we’ll see who’s a rancher.”

We’ll resist the urge to school Rosendale on the differences between a rancher (which Tester isn’t) and a farmer (which Tester is) and get straight to the jarring reaction to Pathe’s tweet. Apparently losing a head of his own, Rosendale staffer Brandon Moody fired back on Twitter calling Pathe a “pathetic hack” and accusing her of playing “gotcha.”

The next few hours spiralled into one of those bizarre, insult-riddled arguments all too common on Twitter. Pathe politely explained her process of attempting to cover the Rosendale campaign on the ground in Montana. Moody got increasingly, well, moody, accusing Pathe of asking questions “straight out of the Dem’s oppo book.”

If Moody were a novice campaigner, all this could have been quite amusing. But his credentials suggest someone who should be able to transcend petty knee-jerk reactions by now. Moody previously served as the patriot program director for the National Republican Congressional Committee and as chief of staff to Congressman Sean Duffy of Wisconsin. Before joining the Rosendale campaign this summer, Moody had been a spokesman for Wisconsin Republican Senate candidate Kevin Nicholson, who lost his primary on Aug. 14.

But who are we kidding? There’s no transcending this type of hissy fit in politics anymore.

The sad thing is that Rosendale got away without giving a firm response on a point central to his campaign (though public records and Rosendale statements dug up by Talking Points Memo indicate that Rosendale doesn’t own any cattle).

Perhaps it’s time for the press to give Rosendale a gift of livestock via Heifer International. That way we’ll have an answer and Rosendale will have a cow, so his staff doesn’t have to.

Kevin Reeves

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Suicide solutions Teaching mental health skills, from Stockholm to Browning

by Melody Martinsen

Out to Lunch on the Missoula Trolley HOP ON THE NEW OUT TO LUNCH ROUTE FROM SPLASH MONTANA Wednesdays will be more fun than ever this summer with a new Out to Lunch trolley route from Splash Montana to Caras Park.

Swim and slide at Splash Montana and then catch a zero-fare ride for lunch and music. When you’re ready to head back to Splash, just hop on the trolley and enjoy the ride.

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Retired Browning educator Larry Woolf spent 11 years as a teacher and 15 as a guidance counselor in public schools on the Blackfeet Reservation. He has seen, again and again, the devastating pain of teenage suicide. “Working in the schools, I’d gone to enough funerals for kids,” he said in an interview this spring.

The pain of losing those young people motivated Woolf to become a trainer in a new mental health program for teenagers — a program he hopes will sharply reduce the rate of teenage suicide in Montana.

Woolf is now a certified trainer and classroom presenter for the Youth Aware of Mental Health program. Called “YAM” for short, the program originated in Stockholm, Sweden.

Vladimir Carli, a senior lecturer at the National Center for Suicide Prevention, said in an interview in April that YAM is different from other suicide prevention programs for youths. “We don’t tell them what is right or wrong,” he said. “Most of the content is brought in by the students. … We want to create this safe space in the classroom where they can discuss whatever they want in relation to mental health.”

Carli also said YAM is a prevention program, not a treatment program. “It’s like a vaccination,” he said.

Woolf said the program addresses mental health issues and vocabulary in the first of five one-hour classes. After the first class, the presenter then leads students through role-playing scenarios designed to teach them empathy, to show them how to recognize signs of mental illness in themselves and others and how to reach out for help.

All the students also receive a booklet filled with contacts for mental healthcare resources.

One of the hallmarks of the YAM program is that outsiders, not regular school faculty, teach it, and it is largely student-driven. The students in each class personalize the role-playing programs and use them to address their specific needs.

“I think it’s just a way to kind of help empower kids to become more involved in their own lives and to take more control in their lives to reduce the stigma of mental health and mentalhealth issues,” Woolf said. “We hope that they are gaining the skills to go out and make a difference in their lives and in the lives of their peers.”

Woolf ’s hopes are for the YAM program to have the same positive results in the United States as have been documented in Europe. The National Center for Suicide Prevention has solid evidence of YAM’s effectiveness that came out of a large trial. The Center received a 3-million-Euro grant to launch one of the largest ever trials to study the efficacy of YAM and two other suicide prevention programs for 14- and 15-year-olds.

Between Nov. 1, 2009, and Dec. 14, 2010, the researchers enrolled 11,110 students in 168 public schools in 10 European nations in the “Saving and Empowering Young Lives in Europe” trial.

In April 2015, the researchers published the results of the trial in the peerreviewed medical journal Lancet. The results showed that YAM performed the best of the three programs. YAM reduced suicide attempts in students by 55 percent over the control group one year after the students took the classes. Further, the students who took YAM reported a 50 percent reduction in severe suicidal thoughts, compared to the control group.

“If we get even close to the results that they achieved in Europe, that can be such a huge impact for our youth,” Woolf said.

Woolf and other educators and mental health professionals interviewed for this article all said Montana faces a double challenge: Not only does the state have one of the highest teenage suicide rates in the nation, but it also has a scarcity of mental health professionals.

According to the 2017 Youth Risk Behavior Survey, during the 12 months before the survey, 20.8 percent of Montana high school students seriously considered suicide and 9.5 percent had at-

tempted suicide. A whopping 18.3 percent of Native American students in Montana had attempted suicide one or more times in the 12 months before the survey.

Montana’s bleak youth and adult suicide statistics motivated the formation of the Center for Mental Health Research and Recovery on the Montana State University Bozeman campus in 2014. Center Director Matt Byerly, a psychiatrist with expertise in mental health research, joined the staff in August 2015, a few months after reading the Lancet article about YAM. Byerly contacted the YAM researchers and asked them to collaborate with him to bring YAM to the U.S. through pilot programs in Montana and Texas. He wants to see whether the European YAM results can be replicated in Montana public schools.

A $300,000 grant from the Montana Research and Economic Development Initiative will fund a pilot program in eight public high schools, ranging from very small to very large. Five of the schools had a general population and three were majority Native American schools.

While Byerly said the center is still compiling results from the pilot program, initial results were so encouraging that he reached out to MSU Extension to expand YAM by training extension agents, present in all 56 of the state’s counties, to offer YAM in rural schools as part of their jobs.

Byerly worked with Sandra Bailey, Ph.D., a professor of family and human development with MSU Extension in Bozeman. They received a $326,000 Rural Health and Safety Education grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture and a $92,000 grant from the Montana Mental Health Trust.

“Ever since I started, I’ve had agents ask me for materials related to stress, depression and suicide,” Bailey, an 18-year extension veteran, said in May. “The why of extension getting involved is because extension looks at what the constituent needs are throughout the state.”

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Jane Wolery, a Montana State University Extension agent in Choteau, teaches Power High School students the Youth Aware of Mental Health program last May.

She saw YAM as another class extension agents could offer. They already teach classes on heart disease and diabetes, for example, and many agents are trained to teach Mental Health First Aid. Extension is also involved in a randomized-controlled trial of Thrive, a computer-administered Cognitive Behavior Therapy program designed to provide help to adults with depression.

In 2017, Bailey asked for volunteers from among the state’s 90 extension agents and 17 agreed to be trained. The extension volunteers then taught YAM classes without extra compensation.

(Their assistants were paid an hourly wage.)

Bailey’s agents have now taught YAM to more than 600 freshmen and sophomores in 14 rural schools. In the 2018-19 school year, she hopes to add as many as 15 more schools.

When she asked the agents who taught the classes this year whether they wanted to teach again next fall, she got a great response. “They know how to do it, they believe in it, and they are committed to teaching it again,” she said, adding that she hopes to have several more agents trained this summer.

Bailey has grant funding to expand the program this school year and will continue with the center to work to secure funding for the future.

One of the extension agents who volunteered to teach YAM is Jane Wolery of Choteau. Wolery, a former teacher

and school counselor, with help from an assistant recruited from the community, offered YAM to 9th and/or 10th graders in Fairfield, Choteau and Power high schools in the 2017-18 school year. She tells her students, “Mental health is like physical health; you have to do some things to maintain it.”

She particularly likes that YAM allows teens to practice some of the messy “firsts” that, without prior experience, can be especially stressful: falling in love, breaking up, dealing with underage drinking. Students tackle these issues through “dilemma” cards that set up a scenario and provide roles for the students to play.

Elsah Bechtold, a 15-year-old freshman at Choteau High School, said the booklet of resources will be at her fingertips, and she will use the experience she gained from the role-playing to help guide her responses to real-life situations. “I think I learned more about how to act in social situations that were kind of odd,” she said.

Bailey and Byerly said school administrators statewide have been supportive in working to bring the YAM program to their schools, but there are limitations. Someone has to pay for the program, and space in the school day has to be found, for example.

Wendi Hammond, the principal for 7th through 12th grades at CHS, said it took some work to find a place for YAM, but it was worth the effort.

Fairfield High School Principal Dustin Gordon said YAM fit the school’s need to offer a suicide-prevention class.

“With teenage suicide on the rise, everyone wants to think … that stuff happens somewhere else, but it doesn’t,” he said.

Gordon and Hammond both said they want YAM to become a regular part of the 9th-grade curricula, whether offered through extension or the school itself.

Byerly said the most formidable barrier to expanding YAM to all Montana students is the cost of delivering the program. The cost per student is between $80 and $130, and to offer YAM to all Montana 9th graders would cost $1.5 million annually in wages, materials and licensing fees.

While Gordon and Hammond are confident their schools could offer the program with or without outside funding, Woolf was not as confident that the class will be offered in Browning Public Schools next year, since funding is uncertain.

Byerly and the center are continuing to seek grants to help expand the program. This spring, the center received $157,000 in grant funding from the state to deliver YAM to Great Falls Public Schools in the fall.

This story was produced by the Choteau Acantha as part of The Montana Gap project, in partnership with the Solutions Journalism Network.

missoulanews.com • August 23–August 30, 2018 [9]

[opinion]

Pulling rank Ryan Zinke and the superiority of military intelligence

by Dan Brooks

When a protester in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, interrupted a speech

by Ryan Zinke to ask why the Interior secretary wouldn’t “acknowledge that climate change is causing and accelerating wildfires,” it sounded like a rhetorical question. Zinke answered, though, with alacrity. As security escorted Sallie Holmes out of the Freedom Conference, a gathering of conservatives where Zinke was the keynote speaker, he snapped, “You haven’t served, and you don’t understand what energy is. I’d like to see your child have to fight for energy.”

Zinke prefaced these remarks with “you know what?” In classical rhetoric, this is a sign that the orator is speaking extemporaneously. If we cannot take this rejoinder as an articulation of policy or even a statement of Zinke’s position, though, it offers a window into his thinking. And I like what I see.

First and foremost, it’s nice to hear the secretary finally associate climate change with “energy.” Normally, Zinke denies that fossil fuels have anything to do with global warming. Last week on Fox Business, for example, he said that “there’s no dispute that the climate is changing, although it has always changed. Whether man is the direct result, how much that result is — that’s still being disputed.”

Here Zinke agrees with scientific consensus: There is no proof that humans evolved from climate change. His shouted statements to Holmes, however, suggest that when someone mentions the subject, he assumes they’re talking about energy consumption.

Zinke associates global warming with fossil fuels like anybody else. His ability to keep denying the connection in an official capacity is a testimony to his relentlessly open mind.

That’s not the only good quality his remarks at the Freedom Conference revealed, though. At first, I didn’t understand what Zinke meant when he said that Holmes hadn’t served, or that he’d like to see her child fight for energy. I thought he was just expressing a manly

[10] Missoula Independent • August 23–August 30, 2018

appreciation for child fighting, especially where prizes are involved. I did some research, though, and it turns out that Zinke served in the military.

Not many people know this, but Zinke was a Navy SEAL from 1986 to 2008, retiring with the rank of commander. Maybe if he had publicized that a little, he would still be a congressman.

Regardless, when Zinke said Holmes hadn’t served, it’s possible he didn’t

“We don’t know much about why the West is beset by record-breaking wildfires, but we know one thing: A person without combat experience has no right to guess.” mean in the Department of the Interior.

He may have meant that she did not serve in the military.

When Zinke said he’d like to see Holmes’ child fight for energy, he wasn’t just talking about an evening’s entertainment. He was talking about his own service in Iraq. A lot of people will tell you that the United States invaded Iraq in order to remove the dictator Saddam Hussein, but what Zinke shouted at Holmes suggests another, never-beforeconsidered reason: oil. I admit it makes a kind of sense, although it seems like a stretch. Anyway, kudos to Zinke for being up-front about his belief that he went to war not for democracy, but for energy.

Setting aside that bit of conspiracymongering, there’s a deeper and lesscontroversial meaning to Zinke’s remarks. What could a person who has never served in the military possibly know about global warming? While Holmes was in Colorado making granola from the butts of marijuana cigarettes, Zinke was carrying a machine gun in Iraq, shouting to the men under his command about carbon-fixing and the density of polar ice. While she was praying to Wicca to keep her children out of the energy pits, he was hunkered in a foxhole, reviewing the published body of scientific literature and thinking, “nah.” We don’t know much about why the West is beset by record-breaking wildfires, but we know one thing: A person without combat experience has no right to guess.

Now is a contentious time in America. Sometimes it seems like we have more to disagree about than we have in common, and the issues that divide us will never be solved. Secretary Commander Zinke offers a way forward.

From now on, when two American citizens disagree on some question of politics or science, the person who served longest in the military is right.

Medicare for all? More like infirmary for some, push-ups for most. Roe v.

Wade? Suspended until we can get a Navy man on the Supreme Court. First president in American history to have neither held elected office nor served in the military? Um… that’s fine. Car broke down? Better take it to a veteran.

My point is that I support our troops.

This whole country does. We wouldn’t have left them in combat for the last 17 years if we didn’t. Respecting the value of military service means more than letting children kill and die for energy, though.

It also means deferring to the ones who survive in all matters, public and private.

If there’s a better way to do things, I’d like to hear it. From a general.

Dan Brooks is on Twitter at @DangerBrooks.

[opinion]

Public land lords Privatization means recreating at your own risk

by Ken Ilgunas

Woody Guthrie’s most famous song contains a stirring sentiment in its refrain: “This land was made for you and me.” Unfortunately, that sort of thinking could get you shot in Idaho.

Idaho’s new trespass law went into effect July 1. Combined with a new “stand your ground” law, it could make it easier for landowners to get away with shooting trespassers.

“Trespassers will be deemed to have nefarious intent upon entry into real property,” wrote Kristina Schindele, then Idaho’s deputy attorney general, in an email to the public. “Such presumed intent would permit unreasonable uses of force against such trespassers by landowners while limiting the landowners’ civil and criminal liability.”

The law, written without any consultation with sportsmen and recreationists, raises the trespassing fine to $500 and makes civil trespass a strict liability offense. Kahle Becker, former deputy attorney general for Idaho, says that trespassers who challenge the law and then lose in court will be responsible for the plaintiff ’s attorney fees. This could cost anywhere from $20,000 to $100,000.

“You could bankrupt someone for innocently stepping on some undelineated sagebrush,” says Becker. The Idaho Sheriffs’ Association and the Idaho Prosecuting Attorneys Association noted that the bill was vague and contradictory and difficult to enforce.

But it easily passed in a Republicandominated Legislature, and the governor opted to neither sign nor veto, which meant that the bill, as a quirk of Idaho law, automatically became law.

The bill was sponsored by House Republican Rep. Judy Boyle, a Bundy family supporter who made two trips to the illegal Malheur National Wildlife Refuge occupation in Oregon. The bill was supported by a coalition of agricultural groups and big landowners, including lobbyists for the Wilks brothers, Texas billionaires whose combined

holdings make them the 13th largest landowners in America. They own 702,000 acres and pay private security guards to patrol their property boundaries. In 2016, they bought and closed off 172,000 acres of land in Idaho, parts of which had been open under the previous owners.

This new Idaho law makes me think of Georgian England as I’ve just finished researching and writing a book about land-access rights and how we’re losing them today. In the 18th and 19th cen-

“We should be looking at the bigger picture.

We should be arguing for a full-on right to roam.”

turies, English aristocrats got Parliament to pass laws to make the land their own — a process known as “enclosure.” Aristocrats pushed people off the land and hired armed gamekeepers. They excluded whomever they wished and enjoyed exclusive access to deer and grouse. What were once common lands that supported the livelihoods of many people became personal playgrounds and new sources of wealth for the already rich.

This sounds like the West in 21st century America: billionaire landowners who get what they want from legislatures. Vast areas of land closed off.

Privatized wildlife. Armed security guards. This trend extends well beyond

Idaho; in Montana and New Mexico, wealthy outsiders can close off access to streams.

Today, frustrated sportsmen and recreationists don’t really challenge the status quo. They advocate for amendments, such as the freedom to cross checkerboard corners of public land or for the privilege to retrieve a downed animal on private land. These do little more than loosen the handcuffs.

We should be looking at the bigger picture. We should be arguing for a fullon right to roam.

The English began to reverse centuries of aristocratic rule in 2000, when Parliament passed the Countryside and Rights of Way Act, which opened up privately owned mountains and unimproved grasslands for responsible public recreation.

There is no reason why the people of Idaho can’t have a similar right to roam. For hunters, anglers and hikers, this would mean being able to legally cross private lands to get to public lands and waters. For landowners, it would mean privacy in and around your home, immunity from frivolous lawsuits, and the right to sue for damages. But it also would mean no more unnecessary “No Trespassing” signs, no more hoarding game, no more draconian trespass laws.

When Europeans are freer than Americans, when the moors of England are more open than the plains of Wyoming, and when our laws are crafted for the sole benefit of the landed gentry, we Americans have clearly lost our way. So let’s stop putting up with enclosure for the few and reclaim our old rights, the rights of the many. It’s not their right to exclude, fine and shoot us. It’s our right to roam.

Ken Ilgunas is a contributor to Writers on the Range, the opinion service of High Country News (hcn.org ). He is the author of This Land Is Our Land: How We Lost the Right to Roam and How to Take It Back.

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[offbeat]

AWESOME! – Retirees Marli and Paulo Ciquinel of Meleiro in southern Brazil discovered a fetishist’s dream in the vegetable garden behind their home: a 17 1/2-pound potato that has grown into the shape of a huge human foot (with six toes). The “toes” descend in size, much as human toes do, and the largest has roots that look like hair. The “foot” portion of the tuber reaches up almost to knee-height. Marli told the Mirror, “We have never seen anything like it.” Paulo said he was “a little bit scared when we harvested that potato.” The couple don’t plan to eat it.

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IRONY – Tania Singer, 48, a renowned neuroscientist who is one of the world’s top researchers on human empathy, has been accused by co-workers of being ... a bully. “Whenever anyone had a meeting with her, there was at least an even chance they would come out in tears,” one colleague told Science magazine. Others said the daily working environment included threats and emotional abuse, the Washington Post reported on Aug. 12. For her part, Singer denied the most serious charges and said, “(T)he workload and pressure increasing led to stress and strain that in turn sometimes caused inadequate communication with my staff in problem situations.” The Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences in Leipzig, Germany, where Singer has her lab, granted Singer a sabbatical in 2017 and said in a statement that when she returns, “it is envisioned that Prof.

Singer will head, at her own request, a considerably smaller working group for social neuroscience.”

BOLD – In Columbus, Ohio, workers repairing a street on Aug. 8 hit an unmarked water main, causing homes along the road to lose water. One man couldn’t be deterred from finishing his shower, though: WCMH TV reported that after screaming from his porch, “I was in the f------- shower!” the unidentified resident finished his morning toilette on the street, in the geyser from the pipe. Facebook user Cody Vickers took a picture of two astonished crewmembers as Mr. Clean rinsed off nearby.

SOLVING THE WRONG PROBLEM? – In Paris, the designer of a recently installed “urinoir,” a sidewalk urinal, on the Ile Saint-Louis, says the new device offers “an eco solution to public peeing.” But Reuters reports that nearby residents and business owners are unhappy about the urinals, saying they are “immodest and ugly” and will “incite exhibitionism.” The “Uritrottoir,” a mashup of the French words for urinal and sidewalk, looks much like a plastic trash receptacle, and local mayor Ariel Weil says they’re necessary: “If we don’t do anything, then men are just going to pee in the streets.”

OOPS! – Colorado Mesa University in Grand Junction, Colorado, is footing the bill for a possible $46,000 reprint job after a recent graduate found a typo on his diploma. Alec Williams, former editor of the school’s newspaper, was examining his sheepskin when he found a line reading “Coard of Trustees,” instead of “Board of Trustees” under one of the signatures. “There was this moment of laughing at it ... and the more I thought about it, the more frustrated I got, because I’m sitting on $30,000 worth of debt and they can’t take the time to use spellcheck,” he said. CMU President Tim Foster told the Grand Junction Daily Sentinel that the school will send out corrected diplomas to 2018 grads — but the typo goes back to 2012 diplomas. Those graduates can request a new diploma if they want to. “This mistake is all ours,” he said.

STEP ASIDE, CAT LADIES – Agents of Columbus (Ohio) Humane executed a warrant on a home in the Clintonville neighborhood on Aug. 14 in response to complaints about birds inhabiting the home. Columbus Humane CEO Rachel Finney told the Columbus Dispatch that concerns about the birds’ well-being were warranted: Officials found more than 600 birds inside, including macaws, African gray parrots, Amazon parrots and other species. “It’s pretty overwhelming to step into the house,” Finney said. Removal took all day, and Columbus Humane was undertaking the task of examining each bird from beak to tail. Finney said the agency would decide which birds might be adoptable after assessments are complete. As for the owner, she said, “We’re confident we’ll have charges; it’s just a matter of which charges and how many.”

EWWWW! – Dr. Jay Curt Stager and his colleagues, researchers at Paul Smith’s College, have released results from a study showing that Walden Pond, made famous by naturalist Henry David Thoreau in the mid-1800s, is an ecological disaster, thanks to human urine. The pond was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1962, and the site in Concord, Massachusetts, draws hordes of tourists each year. But NBC News reports that swimmers urinating in the water for generations is the most likely cause of high levels of nitrogen and phosphorus in the pond that cause algae to spread and block the sun’s rays, devastating the fish population. The study authors suggest building a swimming pool nearby to take pressure off the pond. Here’s an idea: More restrooms?

OBSESSION – Chen San-yuan, 69, of New Taipei City, Taiwan, has taken his gaming obsession to another level. “Uncle Pokemon,” as the Feng Shui master is known around town, has mounted 11 smartphones on the handlebars of his bicycle so that he can better play Pokemon Go. United Press International reported that Chen sometimes stays out until 4 a.m. playing the virtual game. His habit costs him $1,300 per month, but he’s not daunted: He hopes to expand his phone lineup to 15.

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MISSOULA BY THE

NUMBERS statistics compiled by Indy staff infographics by Eric Dietrich

Percentage of housing in Missoula built before 1980: 60 Percentage of Missoula households that moved into their current home before 1980: 5 Percentage of Missoulians who have lived at their current address for less than five years: 46 Hours a minimum-wage worker in Missoula County has to work each week to afford a 2-bedroom home at fair market rent: 81 Median age of a Missoula city resident, in years: 32.5 Of a Helena resident: 41.6 Rides on the Mountain Line bus system in 2016: 1,562,120

H

ey UM students — welcome to Missoula, or welcome back. Classes start the 27th, we hear, so you’ll be neck-deep in it soon. But before you disappear with your head in a book, or whatever students stick their heads in these days, take a day or two to get your bearings in the larger Missoula ecosystem of which campus is just a part. To help you do that, this issue of the Indy includes our annual Fresh Facts supplement, which should probably be required reading for Missoula newbies. And then there’s the feature right here in your hands, wherein we offer a statistical breakdown of the town you call home, whether you just got here, or have been around awhile. Give it a glance, get your bearings, and get involved. We’ll see you out there.

Rideshare drivers in Missoula in 2016: 57 Rideshare drivers in Missoula in 2015: 4 Miles of Missoula road under construction in 2018: 21.97 Motor vehicles currently registered in Missoula County: 188,756 Bicycles registered with the city of Missoula since 1981: 21,445 Dogs registered in Missoula County: 17,022 Percentage that are labradors: 20 Number of labradors registered in Missoula County named Coldsmoke: 1 Number of dogs registered in Missoula County named Bella: 162 Available Missoula-area rentals, of 137 posted on Rentals.com, that allow dogs: 44

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Cases of dog-poo bags purchased by the city annually: 280

3%

33%

taxpayers of taxpa yers Missoula County in M issoula C ounty

income of inc ome rreported eported in 2015

% of taxpa taxpayers yers

* 2011 2015

41%

$25K – $49K

$50K – $74K

$75K – $99K

$100K – $200K+ $199K

4.8% ffewer ewer taxpayers taxpay ers rreported eeporteed $1 tto $24,999 oo $24,999 inc income ome in 2015 than in 2011

Cost of a liquor license in Missoula: $700,000 Cost of a liquor license in Spokane: $2,000 for a restaurant or nightclub

Minimum price of a one-night stay at the Paws Up Resort during the winter months: $650 During the summer months: $906 Capacity of the Poverello Center during the winter months: 175 During the summer months: 150

3.5% mor moree rreported eeporteed at least $100,000

24% 13%

Legal bill associated with the acquisition: $9.1 million. So far.

Cost, per person, of a trip through Missoula on Lewis & Clark Trail Adventures’ new River Pub raft: $67

MISSOUL MISSOULA A COUNTY COUNTY INCOME INCOME DISTRIBUTION (per (per IRS tax filing data) $1 – $24K

Purchase cost to the city of the municipal water utility: $88.6 million

8%

10% 3%

Homeless men evacuated from an island downstream of Reserve Street during 2018 flooding of the Clark Fork: 9 Licensed vacation rentals in Missoula: 70 Unoccupied beds in University of Montana dormitories last year: 546 Number of graduates of the University of Montana’s creative writing program that have won Pulitzer Prizes: 3 Average starting salary for University of Montana creative writing MFA graduates finding work in Montana, 2010–2016: $19,032

0% 2015

8%

% of inc income ome

14%

13%

Average salary for a University of Montana professor who teaches in the program full time: $83,814

12%

Tax revenue generated by Missoula video gambling in the fourth quarter of 2018: $1,345,979

Missoula income income 55% of all Missoula was rreported ep e orteed by by taxpayers taxpayers was mak making ing at least $100,000

22%

Number of permitted video gambling machines in Missoula in that same quarter: 1,096 33%

Farmers markets within 50 miles of Missoula: 12

IIncome ncome b rce (for 2015, 5 as a percent 5, perrcent of bracket brraacket income) income) me)) byy sour source W Wages ages

80.1%

78.0%

71.2%

68.1%

Video gambling machine state taxes collected in Missoula County in 2018: $5.2 million

63.7%

26.1%

Households served last year by the Missoula Food Bank: 6,636 Number of Missoula County trailer parks in 1998: 191

C Capital apital gains

((e.g., e.g., selling stocks) stocks)

Business inc income ome (incl.l. pr (incl property operty rental) rental)

Retirement Retirement & social security security

1.2%

1.1%

1.7%

2.3%

4.1%

17.6%

5.8%

5.0%

5.0%

6.1%

9.3%

25.2%

Number of Missoula County trailer parks in 2018: 170 Amount raised in 2017–2018 by a GoFundMe campaign to help relocate residents of Skyview Trailer Park: $2,720 Donations received in 2017 by local nonprofit AniMeals to help cats: $446,627

10.1%

12.3%

18.0%

19.3%

17.4%

3.7%

Money raised in Missoula’s 2017 mayoral campaign: $161,306 Campaign finance complaints stemming from Missoula’s 2017 mayoral election: 4

Average A verage tax bur burden rden ( 20155 taxes taxxees as a percent perccent of income) income)

Pabst Blue Ribbon sold in Missoula in June 2018, in gallons: 16,200

Property taxes P roperty tax es (state (sta te & local)

1.0%

1.3%

1.9%

2.1%

2.3%

1.0%

KettleHouse Cold Smoke sold in June 2018, in gallons: 15,996

SState tate income inc ome tax

0.3%

0.9%

2.1%

2.9%

4.2%

5.9%

Daily capacity of KettleHouse Brewing Company’s on-site wastewater treatment plant at its production facility in Bonner, in gallons: 15,000

FFederal ederal income inc ome tax

2.3%

5.8%

7.7%

8.8%

11.7%

21.5%

Data: Data: IRS Statistics Statistics of Income Income Division Division * ~2% of taxpayers taxpayers report report negative negative adjusted adjusted gr gross oss inc income, omee, ee.g., .g., bbyy deduc deducting ting business exp expenses enses

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Missoula Osprey baseball players who have gone on to the major leagues since 1999: 67 University of Montana football players who have gone on to the NFL since 1999: 57 Baguettes baked by Le Petite Outre bakery daily: 600 to 800, depending on demand

Current weight of Jethro, the shop cat at Betty’s Divine, in pounds: 22

Number who were knitting: 1

Cost of the Portland Loo public toilet at the Missoula Art Museum’s art park: $105,000

Number of personal ads in the Aug. 27, 1998, issue of the Independent: 76

Cost of George Ybarra’s “Perseverance and Passage,” a 28-foot-tall sculpture in Silver Park: $45,000

Tinder profile pictures of women seeking men, out of a random Aug. 21, 2018 sample of 100, featuring a dog: 9

Total 2017 tax bill for the Hyperblock/Project Spokane bitcoin mine in Bonner, as estimated by the company: $300,543

Featuring a fish: 0 People who attended the 4-0-Sex Club’s “Swingers Prom” party in Missoula on Dec. 30, 2017: 50

Tax bill in bitcoin as of the May 23, 2018 estimate: 39.9 Percentage of Missoulians who live with a nonfamily roommate: 14.5 As of Aug. 21: 46.7 Percentage of Missoula law enforcement, architecture and engineering workers who are women: 14 Hyperblock/Project Spokane bitcoin mine employees, as estimated by the company: 25 Percentage of Missoula social services workers who are women: 79 Reported operating income for Q1 2018: $5.9 million Number of medical marijuana cardholders in Missoula County in July 2018: 3,138 Missoula pizza joints that accept bitcoin as payment: 2 In Gallatin County: 4,529 Sales at Lake Missoula Tea Company made using bitcoin before the store discontinued the payment option: 1 In Flathead County: 2,672 Starting salary of a customer service representative at ClassPass, a company that makes gym membership convenient: “around $30,0000”

Resident season fishing licenses issued by Missoula license providers in 2017: 17,965

Starting salary of a teacher in the Missoula Public School District: $37,067

Resident and non-resident bow hunting licenses issued by Missoula license providers in 2017: 4,126

Cost of popcorn (one size) at the new AMC 9 Dine-In theater: $8.69

Number of sheep used by the city for weed control in the North Hills in 2018: 72

Cost of popcorn (one size) at the Roxy Theater: $5

Number of elk counted on Mount Jumbo in spring 2018: 93

Number of video rental stores in Missoula: 0

Worst single-day concentration of particulate matter 10 microns or smaller (PM10) during the 2017 wildfire season: 233 micrograms per cubic meter of air

Number of escape rooms: 1 Number of City Council members wearing blazers or suits at the Aug. 13 meeting: 2

216

Airline flights out of Missoula International Airport in May 2018

160

Arrived on time Source: U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics, On-time performance database

12

Direct flight destinations from Missoula in 2018

(Including seasonal routes)

14 From Bozeman 4 From Helena Sources: Missoula International Airport, Bozeman-Yellowstone International Airport, Helena Regional Airport

Worst single-day PM10 concentration in winter 1986, when residential wood-burning was still permitted: 238 micrograms per cubic meter of air.

Missoula (MSO) direct flights, 2018

Bozeman (BZN) direct flights, 2018

SEA Seattle

SEA Seattle

MSP Minneapolis ORD Chicago

PDX Portland LAS Las Vegas

ATL Atlanta

SFO/OAK San Francisco

SLC Salt Lake LAX AZA City DEN Los Angeles Phoenix Denver

DFW Dallas

MSP Minneapolis ORD Chicago LGA/EWR New York City

PDX Portland LAS Las Vegas

ATL Atlanta

SFO San Francisco

SLC DFW Salt Lake Dallas City IAH LAX/LGB AZA DEN Los Angeles Phoenix Denver Houston

Missoula (MSO) direct flights, 2008

Helena (HLN) direct flights, 2018

SEA Seattle

SEA Seattle

MSP Minneapolis ORD Chicago

MSP Minneapolis

LAS Las Vegas SFO San Francisco

SLC Salt Lake AZA City DEN Phoenix Denver

SLC Salt Lake City DEN Denver

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[arts]

End of Daze Camp Daze says goodbye with a weekend of DIY music

by Noelle Huser

T

Cool American

he days of Camp Daze are numbered, since this year is the music festival’s last, but it’s at least going out with a bang. The DIY event has been a staple of Missoula summers for the past four years, featuring new and cherished returning touring acts. Of note this year: Local acts Fantasy Suite, Wrinkles, Worst Feelings, Go Hibiki and Sunraiser, plus touring acts Wimps (of Kill Rock Stars), Dogbreth, Iji, Alien Boy and Drunken Palms, along with 10 other groups. The two-day festival runs August 24 and 25 with shows spread across town at five all-ages venues. In advance of the final event, we wanted to highlight some of the must-see acts.

Carpool

A group of indie pop-rock teens from Hellgate High School, all wearing Converse, made a memorable appearance last February on the small DIY stage at the Union Ballroom. They may have blushed through their stage banter in front of the sparse crowd, but when Carpool started playing, it was clear those kids can groove. As people started moving to the music, one college student seemed to let down his guard, uncrossing his arms and loudly lamenting, “I wish I was that cool in high school!”

Erin Szalda-Petree, the 17-year-old singer and guitarist for the band, grew up in a household full of guitars. Her mom, Ann Szalda-Petree, a producer and host at the Missoula Community Radio, is also a popular singer-songwriter in town. The Szalda-Petrees bonded over music during car rides, with Erin and her brothers playing guitar and singing in the backseat. By 10, she had written her first songs, which she admits “weren’t that great, but were fun.” In high school, she started Carpool with her best friend Ally Fradkin, who plays saxophone and keys, and they recruited Llwyn ClarkGaynor on drums, Sam Pelger on guitar and bassist Jack Catmull, the son of another popular Missoula singer-songwriter, Tom Catmull.

The band’s musical roots are evident in their confident execution of infectious melodies, characterized by boppy guitar

photo courtesy Carpool

Carpool, the youngest band on the Camp Daze bill, plays a set at the Union Ballroom Saturday.

and saxophone. Their lyrics have the humility and honesty of a diary, but without being pitiful, and in a succinct way that is wise beyond their years. They write songs about the complexities of platonic friendships — something often overlooked in songwriting.

“We have all these complex relationships with our friends and I think a lot of times, they are devalued next to romantic relationships,” Szalda-Petree says.

What drives them (pretty much literally) is the bond that originally brought them together, starting with their daily carpool to school. Whether talking about their next band practice or complaining about school, it continues to be an optimal time for them to connect. College is

Go Hibiki

fast approaching, but until then, they don’t have any bigger ambitions than enjoying their time playing together.

“It is better to be good friends than to be a good band,” Szalda-Petree says.

Then again, it’s exactly that tight friendship that gives them their tight sound.

Carpool plays Sat., Aug. 25, at the Union Ballroom at 9 PM.

Panther Car

A veteran of Camp Daze, Bozeman’s Panther Car puts on a sweaty show that will leave you feeling like you need to screw your head on straight again. Their live performance is full of guitar battles and shredding transitions. With a sound

The pop-punk and emo acts that I grew up on instilled certain expectations of the genre: shallow, not very self-reflective and captured by its own tropes. Go Hibiki’s first release, the 2017 In the Years Spent, felt like a concerted effort to improve upon their forebears, what with the murderers’ row of Missoula talent that frontman Ethan Uhl has assembled: Former Portland, Maine, scene vet Elizabeth Taillon and Sunraiser’s Rob Cave and Alasdair Lyon.

The band’s latest, At Home In The Dark World, turns popculture references and faded memories inside out looking for answers. From the opener, “Who is Me?” to the triple vocal epi-

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that ranges from progressive pop to psychedelic rock/punk, they wormhole through intense instrumental jams. Their live shows offer a surreal experience, even beyond the music — for instance, they occasionally come bearing special jars of pickled “Panther Carrots” for their merch table. They’re also steeped in Montana’s DIY scene. Drummer Chrys Kirkwood started Lotus Eaters Productions in Bozeman, devising all-ages popup shows at venues such as Taco Montes and the Union Hall. If you want to make the drive, the band is throwing its own version of Camp Daze called “Labor Fest” over Labor Day weekend.

Panther Car plays the Ole Beck VFW Fri., Aug. 24, at 10 PM.

logue, “Black Midi,” the album is a full-tilt reflection on growing up, growing out and getting over it. That all might seem too heady, if not for the next-level musicianship that marks the entire record. The two songs Taillon sings are suffused with the intoxication of nostalgia and contrast with Uhl’s shredded delivery on the exquisite pain of becoming an adult. Their vocals are matched with moving-target musical touches, including scattered synths and the odd appearance of a banjo — elements that almost dare the album to fall to pieces but, by the end, tie together with a bold show stopper (John Samuel Brown) Go Hibiki plays the Union Ballroom Sat., Aug. 25, at 11 PM.

Portland’s Cool American, named for the Cool Ranch Dorito flavor, plays poppunk music with whispers of shoegaze.

Nathan Tucker, the drummer for Strange Ranger (also playing Camp Daze), has used Cool American as a collaborative project, writing and recording songs both solo and with a revolving cast of musicians. His lyrics are candid — and fatalistic — and the vocals go from soft to unabashed shouting in an instant. Interludes of random sounds like distant drums, dogs barking or a brief violin solo help counteract and settle the buoyant guitar riffs.

Cool American’s latest, Better Luck Next Year, which was released over the past year in three volumes, is simple, sweet and acoustic. The songs are self-deprecating and sardonic, with Tucker singing about the junk of life — boredom, student loans and, yes, Doritos — with the conflicted relish of licking ranch dust off his fingers.

Cool American plays the Ole Beck VFW Fri., Aug. 24, at 10:45 P.M.

Ancient Forest

If you’ve ever found relief in the middle of life’s uncertainties by retreating to the forest, then you understand the kind of nourishing effect Ancient Forest can have.

Originally from Missoula, but uprooted to Seattle, the four-person, psych-folk rock group recently released a live recording of an Ole Beck VFW show from 2014. On the album, they play laidback and mystic odes to Earth over the noise of Missoulians cheering, talking and laughing. In “FoggyI,” they capture the serenity of Montana’s natural landscape with lyrics such as, “Went underneath the Bitterroots where I can see you clear.” Some songs are all warmth, with sunbeaming instrumental tracks. Deeper and darker aspects of their sound come out in their Tolkien-inspired rock more reminiscent of Led Zeppelin. With a wandering discography, it’s the grounding element of nature that enchants their sound.

Ancient Forest plays Free Cycles Fri., Aug. 24, at 8:45 P.M. Visit campdazemusic.com for a full schedule and ticket info. arts@missoulanews.com

[music]

Salamander life Cowboy Andy talks the philosophy of kindie rock

by Sarah Aswell

photo courtesy Andrew Hunt

Andrew Hunt writes for and fronts the kid-centric band the Salamanders.

Whether he’s playing for six kids at the Stevensville Library or he’s headed on stage in front of a packed crowd at Caras Park, Andrew Hunt has to undergo a transformation. He buttons up a detailed western shirt, stomps on a pair of cowboy boots, ties a red sash around his waist and tops it all off with a 10-gallon hat. Andrew Hunt is gone — and Cowboy Andy stands in his place.

As the lead singer of the “kindie rock” group the Salamanders, Hunt says he needs to slip into this persona for exactly two reasons: the kids and the music.

“It’s this mental process,” he says. “It’s daunting to get on stage and commit to this thing. But Cowboy Andy can do it because that’s what Cowboy Andy does. If I was playing my own music and had a really bad day, I would play songs about me and my bad day. But when it comes to children’s music, almost none of it is about me or the people on the stage. It’s about those kids.”

Hunt was born in Missoula, to parents who played in a honky-tonk band call the Western Swingers. After high school, he was in a post-punk band called the Righteous Kill, and throughout his life, he’s played in coffee shops and around campfires, whenever he’s had the opportunity.

But when he became a parent in 2006, the type of music he was creating changed.

“When Oscar was born, I would spend a lot of time on the floor with my guitar, writing songs more from his perspective,” he says. “And I really enjoyed writing songs that are influenced by the Muppets and Roger Miller, but also Pink Floyd and Johnny Cash and Nick Cave. It’s a really natural outlet for me, creatively.”

Flash forward 12 years, and Hunt heads a full band with two full-length albums, and a fuller dance card than most other musical outfits in town.

They play original tunes, pairing silly lyrics and

kids’ themes with pretty traditional pop rock — a combination that aims to please all ages.

This is no “Wheels on the Bus.” The Salamaders’ catalog features songs about a pirate Santa, a cat too lazy to play D&D and the time Matt Damon magnetized someone.

Having a kids’ band is easier than having a “grown-up” band, Hunt says, but only in some ways. The band, which features guitarist/keyboardist Ian Smith, bassist Russ Gay, percussionist Matthew Bainton and saxophonist/vocalist Heather Hunt, gets to have fun and pretend (look out for their bubble machine!) at well-paying gigs on a regional level. They also get a niche industry that allows a pretty clear path to radio play and greater success. Equally enticing: Members of the band with grown-up gigs can finish playing with the Salamanders by 9 p.m. and then play all night in a bar.

On the other hand, Hunt wishes he had time for “at least three other bands.” Being Cowboy Andy takes a lot of his free time and requires a squeaky-clean musical reputation. Still, Hunt is on a mission to provide kindie music that pushes the boundaries, that doesn’t drive parents crazy and that gives kids the same opportunity to rock that teens and parents get.

“People feel like [kids’ music] is supposed to teach them how to count and share and have a moral compass as opposed to music that tells you to go have fun, be creative use your imagination,” he says. “We think music should entertain and inspire. Would you listen to a country song about how to do a four-way stop, or lance a boil or pay your taxes?”

The Salamanders play the River City Roots Festival main stage Sat., Aug. 25, from 12:30 to 2 PM. Free. arts@missoulanews.com

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[books]

Breaking free In One-Sentence Journal, Chris La Tray rejects the fast life

by Sarah Aswell

Once, back when Chris La Tray worked for The Man, he was on an airport shuttle near Orlando, Florida, and spotted a flock of flamingos standing in a runoff pond near an off-ramp.

“It was so amazing, but I looked around and no one was paying attention,” he says. “And I knew that not all of these people saw flamingos every day. I just wanted to stand up and holler, ‘What the fuck else are we missing?’”

In a lot of ways, his new book One-Sentence Journal: Short Poems and Essays from the World at Large is La Tray hollering to all of us about “what the fuck” we’re missing. The book, which includes micropoems created from La Tray’s daily one-sentence observations, along with several short essays, is a collection of tiny moments, as observed by someone who is now determined to live slow and small and present. Like this: Arrived home in the late evening, moonlight sparkling on snow sculpted by wind, then stood out under the stars for many deep breaths after filling the bird feeders by porch light.

La Tray grew up in a single-wide trailer on 10 acres of land along Six Mile Creek, where the furnace was on in the winter — well, sometimes — and where it was remote enough that he had to make his own fun. His upbringing “in the hinterlands” gave him a lifelong love of nature and a talent for observation.

Years later, though, he found himself working for a company with questionable environmental ethics, where he was traveling too much and was way too stressed, even if he was making a great living. He and his wife, Julia, devised a “Freedom 2017” plan on a whiteboard in their house, and methodically took steps toward downsizing and eventually quitting their day jobs to follow their dreams: his to be a writer and hers to be a clothing designer. But when La Tray’s father died in the fall of 2016, along with the loss of four of the five of the family’s pets, the plan was accelerated out of necessity for his mental health: He quit his job and started a new life, in a small house, with bigger goals.

One-Sentence Journal is the first result of this sea change. Now, La Tray rises early – before 6 a.m.

– and lives simply. He hikes extensively, year-round, takes yoga, meditates and works three days a week at Fact & Fiction to pay any bills his freelance writing and photography don’t cover. Other than that, he is committed to writing, sketching and taking photo-

One-Sentence Journal: Short Poems and Essays from the World at Large Chris La Tray Paperback, Riverfeet Press 157 words, $15

paced, unthinking modern world in general (the modern world that doesn’t see the flamingos).

The short posts are reminiscent in length and form to what you’ll see on Facebook and Twitter.

But the content bucks against everything that structures most of our days, and what modern communication represents: small moments of real living, scribbled in a pocket-sized, leather-bound notebook, focused and present and refreshingly honest.

But he says it better, in one of his poems from the fall chapter, shortly after the death of his father: Chris La Tray is the author of One-Sentence Journal, a new book of short essays and poems.

graphs — often from his home, in view of his bird feeders. It’s simpler than his old life in almost every way, but also harder in many.

“I think we spend too much time trying to make our lives easy,” he says. “I don’t think we’re wired to feel our best selves if everything is easy all the time. It’s fun to overcome problems — like if something breaks and you fix it yourself, that’s a great feeling. At my old job, if civilization crashed tomorrow, my ability to back up a database means nothing, but if you can make fire, that’s a good skill to have. It’s melodramatic, but it’s true.”

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His writing reflects the sentiment. The best segments of the book, which is organized by season, contain clean and pretty observations of the outside world, reminiscent of his beloved favorite writer, Jim Harrison. They are moments like catching an owl in your headlights for just a split second, of suddenly realizing your boots are standing inside of the snowy footprints of a grizzly and, in the book’s stand-out essay, of watching a snake slowly swallow a trout millimeter by millimeter until sunset.

In many ways, the book feels like a slap in the face of social media — and a rejection of the fast-

I am a fat, barely employable middle-aged Native guy with a chip on his shoulder and no health insurance living below the poverty line with huge love for much and many and you can believe I have a stake in this.

Chris La Tray shares his book at Fact & Fiction Wed., Aug. 29, at 7 PM. arts@missoulanews.com

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The King gets lost along the way

by Charley Macorn

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Elvis’ 1963 Rolls-Royce and several bands star in Eugene Jarecki’s The King.

In The King, a young boy bikes alongside a classic 1963 Rolls-Royce, watching the car through his smartphone. “That’s Elvis’?� he says, his voice trembling with excitement. “That’s actually his RollsRoyce?� Throughout the documentary, variations of this scene play out, with people startled and often overwhelmed just by being in the presence of Elvis’ car. If you can’t see the man, see the car.

Documentarian Eugene Jarecki, the Sundance darling behind Freakonomics and Reagan, explores Elvis Presley’s life by taking the King’s car on a road trip across America. In every aspect — from his poverty-stricken roots in rural Mississippi to his time as the “King of Rock and Roll� up to his death at the age of 42 — Jarecki portrays Elvis as a cautionary tale about the walking pneumonia of celebrity. He has outfitted Elvis’ Rolls-Royce with several cameras to record the rotating cast of talking heads who give insight into Elvis’ world. That cast includes Emmylou Harris, Alec Baldwin, James Carville and even random hitchhikers who ride along, playing music, telling stories and trying to get inside Elvis’ mind.

The road trip starts in Elvis’ hometown of Tupelo, an underdeveloped small town still choked with poverty and only partially propped up by a tourism industry based around its most famous progeny. Just as the story gets started, though, both the movie and the 1966 Rolls-Royce break down. “What do you think I’m doing with this movie?� Jarecki asks of his road manager as the two tow Elvis’ broken down car. “I don’t know what the hell you’re doing,� the road manager responds. “I’m not sure you know what you’re doing, and that’s what’s scary.�

I agree with the road manager.

Elvis, The King posits, is like America: built on the uncredited work of black people, poisoned by pharmaceuticals and exploited by rich assholes.

Except sometimes Elvis is like King Kong, a tragic victim shackled by fame. Heck, Elvis might even be Donald Trump, a figure that haunts this movie like an operatic phantom, popping in to remind everyone of how awful the world is. Whatever thesis Jarecki is trying to get across is muddled at best.

Thought-provoking interviews with Public Enemy’s Chuck D and political commentator Van Jones about the charge that Elvis stole rock music from black people are undercut when Wayne’s World star Mike Myers shows up to tell jokes about Canada and mug for the camera. It’s frustrating because there’s a lot of good material here, and Jarecki’s scope is impressively ambitious. But without a coherent thread running through the film, the whole thing collapses.

The music is really good though — though it’s shocking how little of it has anything to do with Elvis.

Most of his music appears only in brief clips from archival footage. The bulk of the soundtrack comes from the various musicians who ride in the back of the car, acting as the soundtrack. They perform original folk and country. One musician performs a hiphop song about how the one-percent suck, which is played against images of swiping credit cards and pictures of Trump’s smiling, bucket-faced children.

And, yeah, I get it — the one-percent really do suck.

And yes, Elvis didn’t use his incredible power to bring about positive social change, especially for the people whose music he made flippity billion dollars with. These are all very important points, but, as with any road trip, you need to pick a lane. And Jarecki doesn’t do that. It’s fun to head out on an adventure and go off the beaten path, but if you don’t eventually figure out where you’re going, you’re just going to run out of gas.

The King opens at the Roxy Fri., Aug. 24. arts@missoulanews.com

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[film] The courier that delivers the schedule for the AMC 12 and the Southgate 9 walked into the smoke and hasn’t been seen since. Visit amctheatres.com for a updated listings.

OPENING THIS WEEK THE KING Forty years after the death of Elvis Presley, documentarian Eugene Jarecki takes the King's 1963 RollsRoyce on a musical road trip across the America.

Who's driving Jimmy “Orion” Ellis’1972 Ford Pinto?

Rated R. Playing at the Roxy. (See Film)

NOW PLAYING ALPHA When exactly did dogs first become humanity's best friend? According to the codirector of Menace II Society, it was 20,000 years ago when one of our ancestors gave an injured wolf some water. Rated PG-13. Stars Kodi Smit-McPhee, Natassia Malthe and Jens Hulten. Playing at the AMC 12, the Southgate 9 and the Pharaohplex.

AMERICAN GRAFFITI (1973) Before he took us to a galaxy far, far away, George Lucas took us back to the '60s in this tribute to cruising your small-town streets with your friends. Rated PG. Stars Richard Dreyfuss, Ron Howard and Harrison Ford. Playing Sun., Aug. 26 at 7 PM at the Roxy.

AWAKEN THE DRAGON (2011) A crew of cancer survivors find an unconventional path to wellness through the ancient Chinese sport of dragon boating in this thoughtful documentary.

Not Rated. Directed by Liz Oakley. Playing Fri. Aug. 24 at 7 PM at the Roxy.

BICYCLE THIEVES (1948) Vittorio De Sica crafted one of the greatest films of all time in this Italian neo-realism powerhouse about the worst first day on the job anyone could have.

Not Rated. Stars Lamberto Maggiorani and Enzo Staiola. Playing Mon., Aug. 27 at 7 PM at the Roxy.

BLACKkKLANSMAN It's the early 1970s and the first African-American detective to serve in the Colorado Springs Police Department is determined to make a name for himself.

What better way than by infiltrating and exposing the Ku Klux Klan? What could possibly go wrong? Rated R. Stars John David Washington, Adam Driver and Topher Grace. Playing at the Roxy.

CHRISTOPHER ROBIN The little boy from Winnie-the-Pooh is all grown up and seriously lacking in imagination. But when his old stuffed animal friends from the Hundred Acre Wood show up to help out, we're all reduced to blubbering messes in the theater. Rated PG. Stars Ewan McGregor, Hayley Atwell and beloved character actor Piglet.

Playing at the Pharaohplex and the AMC 12.

CLASH OF THE TITANS (1981) Gods, monsters and heroes do a monster mash all over ancient Greece. I wish someone would unleash the kraken on that awful remake from 2010. Rated PG. Stars Harry Hamlin, Laurence Olivier and Pat Roach. Playing Sat., Aug. 25 at 9 PM at the Roxy.

CRAZY RICH ASIANS A Chinese-American economics professor accompanies her boyfriend to Singapore to attend his best friend's wedding only to be thrust into the lives of Asia's rich and famous. Rated PG-13. Stars Constance Wu, Henry Golding and Michelle Yeoh. Playing at the AMC 12, the Southgate 9 and the Pharaohplex.

No jokes here. You should really go see this movie. Bicycle Thieves plays at the Roxy Mon., Aug. 27, at 7 PM. DARK MONEY This made-in-Montana doc follows journalist John S. Adams as he works to expose the real-life impacts of untraceable corporate money on our elections and elected officials. Not Rated. Directed by Kimberly Reed. Playing at the Roxy.

DOG DAYS The State's Ken Marino directs this story about the dogs of Los Angeles and the people they bring together. Rated PG. Stars Finn Wolfhard, Eva Longoria and Lauren Lapkus. Playing at the AMC 12.

EIGHTH GRADE Middle school is that magical time when your body is changing, your mind is changing and absolutely everything you do will make you cringe in embarrassment as an adult for as long as you live. Rated R. Starring Elsie Fisher, Josh Hamilton and Emily Robinson. Playing at the Roxy.

HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA 3: SUMMER VACATION Dracula, Frankenstein's Monster, The Mummy and their families take a much needed holiday. I know Adam Sandler movies are often accused of just being studio-funded vacations for his famous friends, but this is getting ridiculous. Rated PG. Also stars the voices of Selena Gomez, Kevin James and Bozeman's Sarah Vowell. Playing at the Southgate 9.

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.

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 Southgate 9.

KIKI’S DELIVERY SERVICE (1989) A young witch, on her own for the very first time, learns the hardest life lessons while running a broompowered air courier service. Rated G. Stars the voices

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of Kirsten Dunst, Phil Hartman and Janeane Garofalo.

Playing Aug. 26 at 2 PM at the Roxy.

MAMMA MIA! HERE WE GO AGAIN If they ever make a third film in this series of musicals powered by the tunes of ABBA, it's absolutely going to be called Mamma Mia! My My, How Can We Resist You? Rated PG-13. Stars Meryl Streep, Amanda Seyfried and Pierce Brosnan's ridiculous singing voice. Playing at the Southgate 9.

THE MEG Human fist Jason Statham fights a giant prehistoric shark in a theatrical film that's surprisingly isn't a Syfy Channel Original Movie. Rated PG-13 because the studio cut out all the good deaths. Also stars Rainn Wilson and Ruby Rose. Playing at the Southgate 9, the AMC 12 and the Pharaohplex.

MILE 22 Iko Uwais from The Raid and The Raid 2 teams up with Mark Wahlberg from Daddy's Home 2 to battle terrorists. Rated R. Also stars John Malkovich and Rowdy Ronda Rousey. Playing at the Pharaohplex, the Southgate 9 and the AMC 12.

MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE–FALLOUT Tom Cruise returns as 56-year-old secret agent Ethan Hunt to do his own stunts in the sixth film in this longrunning franchise. This time Hunt and his team are on the run after a mission goes bad. Isn't that the plot to the last five movies? Rated PG-13. Also stars Simon Pegg, Angela Bassett and Henry Cavill. Playing at the Pharaohplex, the AMC 12 and the Southgate 9 THE MISEDUCATION OF CAMERON POST Sent to a gay conversion camp after getting caught in the backseat of a car with a girl on prom night, a young woman forms a tight community with her fellow outcasts while dealing with dubious “de-gaying” methods.

Not Rated. Playing Thu., Aug. 30 at 7 PM at the Roxy, followed by a Q&A with author Emily M. Danforth.

THE MUPPET MOVIE (1979) It might not be easy being green, but its way harder to drive across country with your craziest friends in the hopes of becoming a big-time movie star. Stars Jim Henson, Frank Oz and Charles Durning. Playing Thu., Aug. 30 and Sat., Sept. 1 at 2 PM at the Roxy.

PEACOCK’S WAR (1987) Green Beret medic Doug Peacock returned from Vietnam an emotional and spiritual wreck. Fleeing to the uninhabited wildness of the American West, he found unexpected kinship with a grizzly bear in this documentary about wilderness and war. Not Rated. Playing Tue., Aug. 28 at 7:30 PM. (See Mountain High.)

PETE’S DRAGON (2016) The director of A Ghost Story (yes, that A Ghost Story) reimagines Disney's classic film about a young orphan and the giant dragon who befriends him. Is there a scene where someone eats a pie for seven uninterrupted minutes? Rated PG. Stars Bryce Dallas Howard, Robert Redford and John Kassir. Playing Thu., Aug. 23 and Sat., Aug. 25 at 2 PM at the Roxy.

PRINCESS MONONKE (1997) Sure you love the environment, but do you love it enough to battle a demonic boar-god even though you're certainly going to get squished? Rated PG-13.

The voices of Billy Crudup, Claire Danes and Billy Bob Thorton star in Hayao Miyazaki's box office juggernaut. Playing Wed., Aug. 29 at 8 PM and Sun., Sept. 2 at 2 PM at the Roxy.

SLENDER MAN Usually when people say that the Internet has created a monster, they're talking about the current president, and not this well-dressed meme-gonewild. Rated PG-13, because of course it is. Featuring Joey King, Javier Botet and the director of I'll Always Know What You Did Last Summer. Playing at the AMC 12 and the Pharaohplex.

THE SPY WHO DUMPED ME See, usually when someone tells you that they're a CIA agent on the run from an international team of assassins, they're probably just trying to get into your pants. Rated R. Stars Mila Kunis, Kate McKinnon and Gillian Anderson. Playing at the AMC 12.

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.

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Groovy Tuesday

by Ari LeVaux The Tuesday Farmers Market runs from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at the north end of Higgins, where the original Saturday Missoula Farmers Market took place three days earlier, and will happen again four days hence. The Tuesday Market is short, small and cute as a button, with some interesting scores to be had.

But the relaxed vibe is perhaps its greatest asset.

The backed-up Dixon melon truck takes up half the market. The other half is a mix of vendors, mostly veggies but some baked goods and other prepared items.

Cucumbers were on sale. I scored a bag of 25 Belarusian itty-bitty picklers for five bucks from a babushka with intriguing pastries and bags of blackberries. Down the way, I spotted a pile of baby lemon cucumbers at Paradise Gardens. They were pale green, hadn’t started to turn yellow, which means the lemon flavor had just barely started to develop, if at all. I like it like that and bought the whole pile, about 25 cucumbers, for 15 bucks. We’ve been crunching on the baby picklers and putting the lemon cucumbers in our watermelon smoothies.

Also from Paradise: artichokes and jalapeños.

From one of the three Belarusian stands that are all run by the same family, I got some of these crazy yellow tomatoes that were hollow inside like

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peppers. They are interesting, in a good way. From Missoula Seed and Vegetable Company I scored cooking carrots, a multicolored bunch with actual fibers and a range of earthy flavors, including bitter ones, all of which were a welcome relief from the sickeningly sweet candy carrots that are in vogue.

As a supporter of the war on sweetness, I often wonder why veggies seem to get a pass. Why does sweet corn mean better corn?

The coolest score of the market, and of any market, anywhere, in quite some time, were the baskets of tiny new potatoes at a Hmong stand at the west end. They were literally the tiniest, newest potatoes ever, in red, yukon gold and yellow fingerling flavors and shapes. Each rounded and oblong spheroid had been meticulously scrubbed, and they were sold in two-pound bags for $3. I bought multiple bags of these li’l tots.

I ended with a melon sample under a tree while I arranged my booty in my backpack, with dense items at the bottom, fragile at the top, and prepared for a leisurely ride home with the Missoula sunset at my back.

If you have tips on local markets worth covering, send them to editor@missoulanews.com.

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[dish] Bernice’s Bakery 190 S Third St W 728-135 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 $-$$ Biga Pizza 241 W. Main Street 728-2579 Biga Pizza offers a modern, downtown dining environment combined with traditional brick oven pizza, calzones, salads, sandwiches, specials and desserts. All dough is made using a “biga” (pronounced bee-ga) which is a time-honored Italian method of bread making. Biga Pizza uses local products, the freshest produce as well as artisan meats and cheeses. Featuring seasonal menus. Lunch and dinner, Mon-Sat. Beer & Wine available. $-$$

BUTTERFLY HERBS Coffees, Teas & the Unusual

232 N. HIGGINS AVE • DOWNTOWN

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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 Sinclair Kwik Stop 505 Highton St. East Missoula

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, rice & noodle bowls, and daily specials. We are fully equipped and self-contained for on-site public and private events and offer drop-off catering. Call ahead for pick-up.

Online menu available at chameleonmobilekitchen.com. $-$$

,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-to-order sandwiches, Fire Deck pizza and calzones, rice and noodle wok bowls, an award-winning salad bar, an olive and antipasto bar and a self-serve hot bar offering a variety of house-made breakfast, lunch and dinner entreés. 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 7am10pm. $-$$ 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 11:30-3pm, Happy Hour 3-6pm, Dinner M-Sat 3pm-close. $$$

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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 and signature cocktails. Vegetarian and glutenfree menu available, plus takeout and delivery daily. $$-$$$ 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. $$-$$$ Pita Pit 130 N Higgins 541-7482 pitapitusa.com Fresh Thinking Healthy Eating. Enjoy a pita rolled just for you. Hot meat and cool fresh veggies topped with your favorite sauce. Try our Chicken Caesar, Gyro, Philly Steak, Breakfast Pita, or Vegetarian Falafel to name just a few. For your convenience we are open until 3am 7 nights a week. Call if you need us to deliver! $-$$

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Sushi Hana 403 N. Higgins 549-7979 SushiMissoula.com Montana’s Original Sushi Bar. We Offer the Best Sushi and Japanese Cuisine in Town. Casual atmosphere. Plenty of options for non-sushi eaters including daily special items you won’t find anywhere else. $1 Specials Mon & Wed. Lunch Mon–Sat; Dinner Daily. Sake, Beer, & Wine. Visit SushiMissoula.com for full menu. $$-$$$ Taco Sano Two Locations: 115 1/2 S. 4th Street West 1515 Fairview Ave inside City Life 541-7570 • tacosano.net Home of Missoula’s Best BREAKFAST BURRITO. 99 cent TOTS every Tuesday. Once you find us you’ll keep coming back. Breakfast Burritos served all day, Quesadillas, Burritos and Tacos.

Let us dress up your food with our unique selection of toppings, salsas, and sauces. Open 10am-9pm 7 days a week. WE DELIVER. $-$$ Tia’s Big Sky 1016 W. Broadway 317-1817 tiasbigsky.com We make locally sourced Mexican food from scratch. We specialize in organic marinated Mexican street chicken (rotisserie style) fresh handmade tortillas, traditional and fusion tamales, tacos, pozole and so much more. Most items on our menu are gluten free and we offer many vegetarian and vegan options. We also have traditional Mexican deserts, as well as drinks. Much of our produce is grown for us organically by Kari our in house farmer! Eat real food at Tia’s!

Westside Lanes 1615 Wyoming 721-5263 Visit us for Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner served 8 AM to 9 PM. Try our homemade soups, pizzas, and specials. We serve 100% Angus beef and use fryer oil with zero trans fats, so visit us any time for great food and good fun. $-$$

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photo by Alex Sakariassen

Where you’re drinking: Missoula still marks the opening of a new brewery the way it did nearly a decade ago: all at once, with unrestrained excitement, elbows unsheathed. So when Conflux Brewing threw open its doors last week, I suspected the crowds would be just slightly less agoraphobia-inducing than the scrum at Pearl Jam’s general admission gate. This town’s been waiting all summer, after all, watching the latest addition to our favorite industry gradually take shape next to the Union Hall. Surely there’d be a certain sardine-can sensation in these inaugural weeks, right?

The atmosphere: I popped in twice last week, first after work on Wednesday and again in the early evening on Saturday. Both times I found Conflux curiously capable of packing in a lot of people without creating much chaos. While the tables were full (the second-floor deck, with its misting fan, appeared to be the primo seating), there was plenty of standing room, and space opened up fairly fast at the bar on both occasions.

More surprising still, getting a beer took less than five minutes. Maybe speed is one of the powers bestowed by the the poster of Chuck Norris hanging behind the taps.

What you’re drinking: The giant theatermarquee-style beer board on Conflux’s western wall presently lists six beers, including a coffee oat stout and a double dry-hopped IPA. I started off with the hefeweizen, a crisp, punchy number with the slightly heavy mouthfeel of an unfiltered wheat. But the real winner was Conflux’s Irish Style Red Ale, light and zesty and vaguely, teasingly sweet. It was hard to fight the urge to order a crowler to go.

One more thing: It took me a while to notice, but Conflux has included a not-so-subtle message on the scraps of paper handed to you with your first beer. The cards explain why the brewery has a three-beer limit (it’s Montana law). Flip it over and you’re presented with a question and a course of action. “Don’t like the law? Please contact the MT Department of Revenue.” The cards then list DOR’s number.

Where to go: Conflux Brewing is located at 200 E. Main St. A pint will cost you $4-$5.

—Alex Sakariassen Happiest Hour celebrates western Montana watering holes. To recommend a bar, bartender or beverage for Happiest Hour, email editor@missoulanews.com.

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Alien Boy plays the VFW as part of Camp Daze Fri., Aug. 24. 11:30 PM. $25/$20 advance.

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Shakey Graves plays the Big Sky Brewing Co. Amphitheater Sat., Aug. 25. Doors at 6 PM, show at 7:30. $32.

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The Infamous Stringdusters play River City Roots Festival in Downtown Missoula Sat., Aug. 25. Free.

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Go Hibiki closes out Camp Daze at the Union Ballroom Sat., Aug. 25 at 12:45 PM. Free.

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

Tom Catmull plays a solo show at Draught Works from 5 PM–8 PM. Free.

Missoula’s favorite evening music and food festival continues with Left on Tenth playing at Downtown ToNight. Enjoy local food and local tunes at Caras Park between 5:30 PM and 8:30 PM. Free.

Lake Missoula Tea Company’s Monthly Tea Talk & Tasting wel-

comes Lisa Mills to explain how certain teas are certified as elephant friendly. That’s a fact I’ll never forget! 6 PM. Free.

Can I just have pepperoni instead? Spinal Pizza plays Texas ragtime at the Still Room. 1609 W Broadway. 7 PM. $3.

New South Fork’s Fred and Emily Frank play Bitter Root Brewing. 6 PM–8 PM. Free.

Bradley Warren Jr. plays the Top Hat’s Acoustic Avenue series. 8 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 Basses Covered plays a special performance at Wave & Circuit.

7 PM–9 PM. $5.

Washington surf rockers Le Grotto are joined by Chicago’s Dendrons for a night of music at the ZACC Below with local support from Charcoal Squids and aceslowman. 8 PM–11 PM. $6.

Michael Shaw & the Wildfires,

the self-described illegitimate children of Bill Monroe, provide the hard-driving bluegrass soundtrack at the Old Post Pub. 8 PM. Free.

Deathbed Confessions and blessiddoom unleash the end times at Armed For Apocalypse at the Dark Horse Bar. 8 PM. $5.

My DJ name can only be pronounced with a mouth full of circuit boards. Join the Missoula Open Decks Society for an evening of music. Bring your gear

and your dancing shoes to the VFW at 7 PM. That’s me in the corner. That’s me in the spotlight, singing every Thursday at Rocking Karaoke with Aaron “B-Rocks” Broxterman at the Dark Horse Bar. 9 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.

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Friday See a rainbow of stunning blooms, grown by local gardeners at the 5 Valleys Dahlia & Glad Society Show at Southgate Mall. 10 AM–9 PM. The 13th annual River City Roots Festival brings the best in live music to Downtown Missoula.

Laney Lou and the Bird Dogs, New Orleans Suspects, Billy Strings and more perform. Visit rivercityrootsfestival.com for a full schedule of events. Free Join the Zoo Town Surfers on a Craft Beer Float down the Alberton Gorge. 11 AM. $125. Visit zootownsurfers.com for more info and registration.

The Historial Museum at Fort Missoula hosts a living history presenta-

two guys writing a musical, continues at Downtown Dance Collective.

7:30 PM. $12/$10 students.

tion with Jennie Pak. Step back in time to hear what life was like in the late 1800s and how clothing has changed over time. Mrs. Woody’s Trunk Full of Memories starts at 12 PM. Free.

Radius Gallery hosts an opening reception for Design/Desire, a collaboration between furniture maker Ty Best, interior designer Becky Boeder and 11 talented artists. 5 PM–7 PM.

Jess Bier reads from Phenomenal Farewell, his final collection of poetry, at Fact & Fiction. 5:30 PM.

It’s like that scene from Ghost, but instead of Patrick Swayze it’s Nearly Headless Nick. Hearts Afire Pottery hosts Harry Potter, a pottery workshop and party based around the Boy Who Lived. 2426 W. Central Ave. 5 PM–8 PM. $5. RSVP online.

Camp Daze Music Fest V brings a weekend full of rock and roll to multiple venues throughout Missoula.

Performances by Alien Boy, Ancient Forest, Flying Fish Cove and more.

Hike over to campdazemusic.com for more info and ticketing.

crafts and community. W. Pine and Higgins. 9 AM. Free.

geon of board and tabletop games at the University Center.

Take 1d6 sanity damage, professor. 10 AM–10 PM. Free.

Laney Lou & the Bird Dogs play the River City Roots Festival in Downtown Missoula Fri., Aug. 24. 4:30 PM. Free. $25/$20 advance.

David Horgan and Beth Lo prove the jazz soundtrack at Rumour Restaurant’s Tap Room grand opening. 5:30 PM–8:30 PM. Free.

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Flow, Royale Entertainment’s curated night of music, features performances by WARDO, Tonsofun, The Undefined, Wormwood and more.

The Badlander. 9 PM. Free.

The Mickey Utley Band provides the tunes at the Sunrise Saloon. 9 PM. Free.

I’d like to solve the puzzle, Pat. Letter B plays the Top Hat’s River City Roots After Party. Doors at 9:30 PM, show at 10. $5.

Idle Ranch Hands play the Union Club while my herd is starving to death. Typical. 9:30 PM. Free.

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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.

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.

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. Celebrating its 20th year, the Missoula People’s Market features an amazing assortment of artists,

See a rainbow of stunning blooms, grown by local gardeners at the 5 Valleys Dahlia & Glad Society Show at Southgate Mall. 10 AM–9 PM. The 13th annual River City Roots Festival brings the best in live music to Downtown Missoula.

Laney Lou and the Bird Dogs, New Orleans Suspects, Billy Strings and more perform. Visit rivercityrootsfestival.com for a full schedule of events. Free 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.

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Camp Daze Music Fest V brings a weekend full of rock and roll to multiple venues throughout Missoula. Performances by Dogbreth, Worst Feeling, Carpool and more.

Hike over to campdazemusic.com for more info and ticketing. $25/$20 advance.

$15/$12 advance.

It doesn’t get more meta than this. [title of show], a musical about two guys writing a musical about two guys writing a musical about two guys writing a musical, continues at Downtown Dance Collective.

7:30 PM. $12/$10 students.

Well that’s nice of them. Benevolents play Draught Works 6 PM–8 PM. Free.

Americana musician and Spy Kids 3: Game Over star Shakey Graves plays Big Sky Brewing Company Amphitheater with Jose Gonzalez & The Brite Lites and Rayland Baxter. Doors at 6 PM, show at 7:30. $32

Away, away, away rode the Cold Hard Cash Show, but now the tribute to the Man in Black is back for a night of music at the Wilma.

Doors at 7 PM, show at 8.

If you screen it, they will come.

Kevin Costner decides to get into the family business at Field of Dreams, playing at Missoula Outdoor Cinema. The film starts at ap-

proximately 8:30 PM. Free, but donations encouraged.

The Mickey Utley Band provides the tunes 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.

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

Metal stalwarts Fates Fortune plays the VFW along with Arctodus and Perfect Blue. 9:30 PM. Free.

Innasci and Shark Buffalo play the Top Hat. 10:15 PM. Free.

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Sunday Country Brunch at Western Cider features the Take It or Leave It food truck serving up a farm fresh feast.

10 AM–2 PM. Sunday Brunch at the Brewery features cocktails, beer mimosas and the best foods to eat between meals.

Draught Works. 10 AM–2 PM. 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. Biers & Brunch at Bayern Brewing brings breakfast and brews every Sunday. 11 AM–2 PM.

Spotlight

bard to the bone

In 2016, to commemorate the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare's death, the UK-based market research firm YouGov asked thousands of Britons which of the Bard's plays they had seen or read. The most popular ones you can probably guess. Thanks to frequent stagings, movie adaptations and high school drama teachers phoning in their curriculum, Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, Macbeth and A Midsummer Night's Dream all topped the list. But after the big four, the number of people seeing the remaining plays falls off the cliff faster than an Act 4 Ophelia.

Only 22 percent of responders had seen The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice and only a measly 6 percent claimed to have seen Love's Labour's Lost. This is unfortunate as these two plays rank among Shakespeare's finest.

Othello, probably best known as the reason why so many of the great British actors have photos of themselves in blackface, features not only Shakespeare's best villain, but also themes of jealously, rage and lust that blows Romeo and Juliet's story of horny teenagers killing themselves at the drop of a hat out of the water. Love's Labour's Lost, one of the Bard's earliest comedies, also features one of his most distinct plots.

King Ferdinand and three of his closest bros decide that they should swear off women to spend three years in study. What follows is razorsharp wordplay, abundant puns from one of history's greatest geniuses.

So while you might have seen Billy Shake's Big Four, take a chance on these Elizabethan deep cuts. At the very least you'll be able to look down your nose at the 94 percent of people who haven't.

—Charley Macorn

The Clay Studio of Missoula hosts Summertime High Tea 2018. Enjoy local teas, local treats and the local tunes of Wailing Aaron Jennings and Friends. 4 PM. $65/$60 members. Tickets only available in advance.

Wyatt Wood provides the tunes at

Draught Work Brewery. 5 PM–7 PM. Free.

Marcus Yabba Griffiths and Traxx provide a night of roots reggae at Imagine Nation Brewing. 5 PM–8 PM. Free.

The Roxy Theater closes out the summer with a vintage car show featuring classic cruisers from

Garden City Rods and Customs Car Club and Hellgate Corvette Club and a screening of American Graffiti. 7 PM–10 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.

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WHAT: Shakespeare in the Parks WHERE: UM Oval WHEN: Othello, Mon., Aug. 27, Love's Labour's Lost, Tue., Aug. 28 6 PM HOW MUCH: Free.

MORE INFO: shakespeareintheparks.org.

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Monday 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.

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.

Don’t be jealous. Shakespeare in the Parks presents the tragedy of Othello at the University of Montana’s Oval.

6 PM. Free.

Missoula Farmers Market’s Tuesday Evening Market lets you get your local veggies and farm-direct products without having to

I prefer shag myself. Hardwood Heart plays the Red Bird Wine Bar. 7 PM–10 PM. Free.

Highline Comedy presents a showcase of some of the funniest standup comics in Montana. Bozeman’s Kyle Kulseth joins Zootown heroes Eliza Oh, Aaron Juhl and Sugarbush at the VFW. 8:30 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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Thursday Science writer David Quammen reads from The Tangled Tree, his new book about horizontal gene transfer at Fact & Fiction. 7 PM–9 PM. Free.

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

Olney, Montana’s own Tim Helnore plays Draught Works from 6 PM–8 PM. Free.

Joan Zen provides the funk and soul soundtrack at the final Downtown ToNight of the year. Local food, local tunes and a beer garden in Caras Park. 5:30 PM–8:30 PM. Crazy Dog plays its acoustic rock covers at the Still Room. 6 PM–8 PM. Free.

International Wildlife Film Festival presents The Epic Shared Journey of Bison and Grizzly Bears, a presentation by Dr. David Mattson on the history and future prospects for the two species in Yellowstone National Park. 5:30 PM–

8:30 PM. $5.

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.

Shakespeare in the Parks presents the Bard’s alliter-

ative comedy about royals swearing off women.

Love’s Labour’s Lost starts at 6 PM at the University of Montana Oval. Free.

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: The Canary Islands were named after what animal?

Answer in tomorrow’s event listings.

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Prepare a couple of songs and bring your talent to Open Mic Night at Imagine Nation Brewing. Every Monday from 6–8 PM.

wake up early on Saturday. North Higgins by the XXXX.

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 finish the season with the music of MoneyPenny. 11 AM–2 PM. Free.

Draught Works knows exactly what you need to get through Wednesday. Freshly Baked and Ice Cold pairs Mary’s Mountain Cookies with local beers. $15 for 4 pairings. 12 PM–8 PM.

Every Wednesday is Community UNite at KettleHouse Brewing Company’s Northside tap room.

A portion of every pint sold goes to support local Missoula causes.

5 PM–8 PM.

Chris La Tray celebrates the release of his new collection, One-Sentence Journal: Short Poems and Essays From the World at Large, at Fact & Fiction.

7 PM.

Travis Yost provides the soundtrack at Great Burn Brewing. 6 PM. Free.

Chuck Florence, David Horgan and Beth Lo provide the jazzy tunes at the Top Hat. 7 PM–9 PM. Free.

Death to the Xenos! Unleash your armies at Retrofix’s Wednesday War Games. Warhammer, Hordes and more. 6 PM–10 PM. Free.

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

Kraptastic Karaoke indulges your need to croon, belt and warble at the Badlander. 9:30 PM. No cover.

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 Cash for Junkers plays the Top Hat’s Acoustic Avenue series. 8 PM. Free.

Travel nurse, bike tourist and writer Mary Ann Thomas speaks about her experiences biking across India from the Himalayas to Kerala as a queer woman and the daughter of Indian immigrant parents. Free Cycles. 8 PM–11 PM. My DJ name can only be pronounced with a mouth full of circuit boards. Join the Missoula Open Decks Society for an evening of music. Bring your gear and your dancing shoes to the VFW at 7 PM. That’s me in the corner. That’s me in the spotlight, singing every Thursday at Rocking Karaoke with Aaron “B-Rocks” Broxterman at the Dark Horse Bar. 9 PM. Free.

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Cash for Junkers plays the Top Hat's Acoustic Avenue series Thu., Aug. 30. 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.

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THURSDAY, AUGUST 23 The Missoula League of Women Voters annual planning meeting welcomes all to a brown-bag dinner to outline plans for the coming year.

Glengarra Place Community Room, 3900 Galway Ave. 6 PM–8 PM. According to a recent study by Montana's Department of Public Health and Human Services, drug overdose deaths are the third leading cause of injury-related death in our state. This tragic statistic is coupled with a rising trend of overdose deaths nationwide and across the globe.

In 2001, Sally J. Finn was managing a program to get dirty needles and syringes off the streets of St. Kila, Victoria, Australia. Watching so many people overdose in her community was tragic enough, but seeing the terrible impact those deaths had on the family and friends of the deceased made Finn decided to reach out.

She planned a local event, handing out ribbons to anyone who wished to commemorate someone in their life who had passed away from a drug overdose. That first year, more than 6,000

ribbons were handed out. In the following 17 years, this event has spread across Australia and across the globe, with August 31 being officially marked as the International Overdose Awareness Day. This year, Open Aid Alliance marks this somber observance with an overdose prevention training and barbecue to honor and memorialize the people we have lost. Attendees are encouraged to bring a memento to add to its memorial wall.

—Charley Macorn Open Aid Alliance’s International Overdose Awareness Day training and barbecue runs from 1 PM to 5 PM on Thu., Aug. 30. Free.

MONDAY, AUGUST 27 Give back to your community at Giving Bock Night at Highlander Beer Taphouse. A percentage of drink sales goes to support Missoula International School. 5 PM–8 PM.

TUESDAY, AUGUST 28 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.

Raise a Grateful Glass at Western Cider. A dol-

lar from every glass sold goes to help the Clark Fork Coalition protect and restore the Clark Fork River basin. 12 PM–10 PM.

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29 Want to volunteer for CASA of Missoula?

Zootown Brew hosts the nonprofit for an information session about how you can help out. 12 PM– 1 PM. Every Wednesday is Community UNite at KettleHouse Brewing Company's Northside tap room.

A portion of every pint sold goes to support local Missoula causes. 5 PM–8 PM.

THURSDAY, AUGUST 30 Open Aid Alliance hosts a free BBQ to honor and memorialize the people we have lost on International Overdose Awareness Day. 1 PM–5 PM.

AGENDA is dedicated to upcoming events embodying activism, outreach and public participation. Send your who/what/when/where and why to AGENDA, c/o the Independent, 317 S. Orange, Missoula, MT 59801. You can also email entries to calendar@missoulanews.com or send a fax to (406) 543-4367. AGENDA’s deadline for editorial consideration is 10 days prior to the issue in which you’d like your information to be included. When possible, please include appropriate photos/artwork.

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Mountain High What do you think of when you read the words Ex-Green Beret combat medic, Vietnam war vet and dedicated environmentalist? To the dedicated literary aficionado this description could only refer to George Washington Hayduke, the infamous character from Edward Abbey’s The Monkey Wrench Gang. And what you might not know — as I did not — is that Hayduke’s character was based on Doug Peacock, a close friend of Abbey’s.

For Peacock, those descriptions are accurate, but he also spent more of his time in the Rocky Mountains than in the desert solitaire of the southwest. When Peacock returned from the war, he was disillusioned with humanity and took refuge in the wilderness. He found kinship in another creature that had been driven to the same sanctum of solitude: grizzlies. Despite having no for-

mal scientific training, Peacock dedicated his life to observing grizzlies. After decades of study and several published books, he came to be considered an expert in grizzly behavior.

Peacock is the subject of a documentary called Peacock’s War that focuses on grizzlies and Vietnam. It is one of the first in a long line of films to examine the relationship between veterans and nature.

The film will be preceded by a presentation on the historical coexistence of bison and grizzly bears in North America by Dr. David Mattson.

—Micah Drew

FRIDAY, AUGUST 24

Frenchtown Pond State Park's Summer Interpretive Series closes out the season with a presentation by retired Forest Service archeologist Milo McLeod on what was uncovered by the 2007 Jocko Lake Fire. 7 PM. Free. RSVP online.

Join the Zoo Town Surfers on a Craft Beer Float down the Alberton Gorge. 11 AM. $125. Visit zootownsurfers.com for more info and registration.

Bob Ward's Customer Appreciation Event features free demos of outdoor equipment, free games and free beer from KettleHouse. 4 PM– 7 PM.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 25 The River City Roots 4-Mile Fun Run takes you through beautiful downtown Missoula. 8:30 AM. $40/$20 18 and under. Visit runwildmissoula.org for more info and registration.

The Brain Injury Alliance of Montana's inaugural Big Sky Challenge Hike takes you through the beauty of Snow Bowl while raising funds to help Montanans. $35. 10 AM. Visit biamt.org for more info and registration.

Summer Daze, Camp Daze's summer party and river float, celebrates DIY music on the river. 11 AM. Visit campdazemusic.com for more info and registration.

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The International Wildlife Film Festival presents Peacock’s War at the Roxy Theater Tue., Aug. 28, at 7:30. $5.

TUESDAY, AUGUST 28 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.

Big Sky Bikes' Open Shop Night features a team of skilled mechanics teaching you the tips and tricks for making sure your bike is ready to roll. 6:30 PM. Free.

THURSDAY, AUGUST 30 Travel nurse, bike tourist and writer Mary Ann Thomas speaks about her experiences biking across India from the Himalayas to Kerala as a queer woman and the daughter of Indian immigrant parents. Free Cycles. 8 PM–11 PM.

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Why are there lots of bridal magazines but no magazines for grooms? What does that imply?

—A Male Consider men’s general lack of interest in wedding planning. Of course, if men did the organizing, there’d probably be a paintball duel to the altar, strippers serving nachos and a minister who ends the ceremony with: “You may now have a threesome with the bride and her sister.”

However, what we could call the “weddingindustrial complex” — with $56 billion in sales in the U.S. in 2017 (per the Wedding Report) — is driven mainly by women (and, more recently — and to a lesser extent — very stylish gay men). So we often hear about “bridezillas” — human nightmares losing it over picky-wicky wedding details — but it’s the rare man who even comes close to caring enough to be called a “groomzilla.”

In fact, though many women start planning their weddings years before meeting a potential groom, there probably isn’t a guy out there who gave thought to, say, what the centerpieces would be until he absolutely had to: “Um ... honey, am I crazy, or is that an electric cattle prod you’re holding?”

And frankly, for the average guy getting married, the ideal situation would be to propose, get clocked with a bowling trophy and wake up 10 months later to one of his bros shaking a tux in his face and saying, “Hose off and get dressed, man.You gotta be at the chapel in an hour!”

These sex differences in wedding micromanagement reflect evolved sex differences in what evolutionary psychologists David Buss and David Schmitt call “sexual strategies.”These refer to long-term versus short-term orientation in mating — committed sex versus casual sex.

Though there are times when casual sex is the optimal choice for a woman, in general, women tend to benefit more from a “longterm mating strategy” — holding out for men who are willing and able to stick around to protect and provide for their children. (Think handsome prince — and all that “happily ever after” stuff — versus handsome hookup.)

Men will suck it up and opt for a long-term relationship for a number of reasons, Buss and Schmitt explain: because being on the hunt is time-, energy- and resource-sucking and because “highly desirable” women can hold out for commitment. But because a man can, let’s just say, sheet ‘em and street ‘em and still have a pretty good chance of passing on his genes,

men often benefit more from a “short-term sexual strategy” — quantity over quality, or what I call the “I love a parade!” model.

Still, this isn’t all that’s driving the average man’s lack of interest in the color of the posies on the dessert table. There’s also the evolved sex difference in status competition — the differing ways men and women compete for status intrasexually (with others of their sex).

As I explained recently, a major way men compete for status with other men is by being accompanied by smoking-hot women. (Welcome to the Armcandylympics!) These hotties don’t have to be wives or girlfriends; they just shouldn’t look like they’re with a guy simply because his credit card cleared at the rent-a“model” website.

Women, on the other hand, evolved to compete for status with other women by pairing up with the most high-status man they can get. Though we’re living in modern times, we’re still driven by Stone Age psychology. In ancestral times, a woman’s partner’s status would have been a life-or-death issue — affecting the level of “provisioning” (eats, housing) and protection she had for herself and her children.

In other words, so-called “princess culture” was created by evolution, not Disney. So little girls, to the great dismay of their progressive parents, are drawn to those stories of the scullery maid who ends up marrying the prince — the rich, high-status, hunky dude (good genes!) who could have any woman but finds our girl uniquely bewitching.

A man bewitched is a man less likely to stray — so the fairy tale is actually a commitment fantasy. The “fairy tale wedding” is a celebration of that — the successful completion of an evolutionary imperative, or, as the bride might put it: “Nyah-nyah-nyah-nyah-nyah-nyah!

You girls fight amongst yourselves for the toothless peasants!”

Getting back to the male point of view, a guy gets married because he has become “bewitched” (“fallen in love,” in contemporary terms) and wants a life partner and/or a family and realizes that sex with a string of strippers is not the path to suburban dad-hood. However, even when a man decides to commit to one particular woman, his evolved drive for sexual variety remains. So ... to finally answer your question: No man wants to buy “Grooms!” magazine — because a wedding is, in a sense, a giant frothy funeral for his sex life.

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Sales Assistant: LC Staffing Missoula is working with a manufacturer to hire a long-term Sales Assistant. The Sales Assistant will be working as a support person for the three-person sales team; this position will report directly to the vice president of sales. Successful candidates thrive in a fast-paced, results-driven department and help with daily issues that come up along with tackling weekly tasks. This position has an opportunity to lead to a direct sales position with excellent performance. For a full job description, please visit our website at www.lcstaffing.com and refer to order #32346.

recruit for a long-term Dental Assistant.

This career position is in a fast-paced and high-tech environment; candidates must have current X-Ray certification and 1-2 years of experience as a Dental Assistant for consideration. The Dental Assistant will answer incoming calls, greet patients, set up and tear down the treatment rooms, sterilize instruments and equipment, and assisting the dentist chairside.

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infection control procedures and taking patient x-rays. For a full job description, please visit our website at www.lcstaffing.com and refer to order #32276.

EDUCATION MCPS is recruiting for Para Educators: For instructions for applying visit www.mcpsmt.org Click on “Employment.” Equal Opportunity Employer

SKILLED LABOR Asbestos Laborers: LC Staffing Missoula is partnering with asbestos abatement service company to recruit for 2 long-term Laborers. The Laborers will be a part of a team of highly skilled and certified workers to prevent pollution, protect public health, and provide environment remediation services. The Laborers will prepare the cleaning area by loading/unloading/distributing tools and equipment, evaluating and providing general labor assistance. For a full job description, please visit our website at www.lcstaffing.com and refer to order #32332.

EMPLOYMENT POSITIONS AVAILABLESEE WEBSITE FOR MORE INFO Must Have: Valid driver license, No history of neglect, abuse or exploitation Applications available at OPPORTUNITY RESOURCES, INC., 2821 S. Russell, Missoula, MT. 59801 or online at www.orimt.org. Extensive background checks will be completed. NO RESUMES. EEO/AA-M/F/disability/ protected veteran status.

Machinist: LC Staffing Missoula is partnering with a manufacturing company to hire a long-term Machinist. The Machinist is responsible for setting up and operating a variety of computer-controlled and mechanically-controlled machine tools to produce precision metal parts, instruments, and tool. Successful candidates thrive in a dynamic and fast-paced role. For a full job description, please visit our website at www.lcstaffing.com and refer to order #32311

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MARKETPLACE AUCTIONS

Summit Property Management will auction to the highest bidder the contents of abandoned storage units, due to delinquent storage rent. A silent auction will be held Wednesday September 5thth at 11:00 am, at 2115 S 3rd St W. Buyers will bid for the entire contents of the unit. No personal checks accepted. The winning bid must have payment in cashier’s check or money order to the Summit Property office by 5 pm.

Units are reserved subject to redemption by owner prior to sale. Phone 406549-3929 EAGLE SELF STORAGE will auction to the highest bidder abandoned storage units owing delinquent storage rent for the following units 51,52,186,442 &566 Units can contain furniture, clothes, chairs, toys, kitchen supplies, tools, sports equipment, books, beds, & other misc. household goods.These units may be viewed starting Monday, September 3 2018. All auction units will only be

shown each day at 3 P.M. written sealed bids may be submitted to storage office at 4101 Hwy 93 S., Missoula, MT 59804 prior to Thursday, September 6 2018 at 4:00 P.M. Buyers bid will be for entire contents of each unit offered in the sale.

Only cash or money orders will be accepted for payment. Units are reserved subject to redemption by owner prior to sale. All Sales final LAND AUCTION 20 undeveloped acres, Havre MT. August 26 at 5pm, 12th Street and Cypress. See fritzbull.com for details. INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY. Fritz Auction, Chester MT. Montana Street Storage will auction to the highest bidder abandoned storage units owing delinquent storage rent for the following unit(s): #24, #M, #N & #O. Units can contain furniture, clothes, chairs, toys, kitchen supplies, tools, sports equipment, books, beds, other misc household goods, vehicles & trailers. These units may be viewed starting 8/30/18 by appt only by calling 8804677. Written sealed bids may be submitted to storage offices at Montana Street, Missoula, MT 59808 prior to 9/6/2018 at 4:00 P.M. Buyer’s bid will be for entire contents of each unit offered

in the sale. Only cash or money orders will be accepted for payment. Units are reserved subject to redemption by owner prior to sale, All Sales final.

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PUBLIC NOTICES MNAXLP MONTANA 4TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY SUMMONS Civil Number: DV18-1033 Honorable John W. Larson Dept. No. 3 Ditech Financial LLC f/k/a Green Tree Servicing, LLC, Plaintiff, v.

Tarri A. Pellant, The Unknown Heirs and Devisees of Patricia A. Gee, and Does 1-10, Defendants. THE STATE OF MONTANA, TO THE UNKNOWN HEIRS AND DEVISEES OF PATRICIA ANN GEE: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Complaint in this action, which is filed in the above entitled Court. A copy of same is served upon you. You must file your written answer with the above entitled Court and serve a copy upon the Plaintiff, or Plaintiff ’s attorney within thirty (30) days after the last day this Summons is published, exclusive of the last day of publication. FAILURE TO APPEAR AND ANSWER will allow judgment to be taken against you by default, for the relief demanded in the Complaint. This action is for replevin of a manufactured home located in the County of Missoula State of Montana. The manufactured home is located at 6125 Mullan Road, Missoula, MT 59808 and is more particularly described as follows: 2007 Liberty Homes Anniversary Manufactured Home, Model-RR167401 Title No. G782329, VIN: 09L35923. A $70.00 filing fee must accompany the answer at the time of filing.

MONTANA 4TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY SUMMONS Civil Number: DV18-776 Ditech Financial LLC, Plaintiff, v. Steven A. Ball and Twila M. Ball, and Does 1-10, Defendants. THE STATE OF MONTANA, TWILA M. BALL: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Complaint in this action, which is filed in the above entitled Court. A copy of same is served upon you. You must file your written answer with the above entitled Court and serve a copy upon the Plaintiff, or Plaintiff ’s attorney within thirty (30) days after the last day this Summons is published, exclusive of the last day of publication. FAILURE TO APPEAR AND ANSWER will allow judgment to be taken against you by default, for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

This action is to repossess a manufactured home described as: 1994 West TL HS used manufactured home, having Title number W735110 and VIN number 4794017N9922 located at 32230 Piney Meadow, Huson, MT 59846. A $70.00 filing fee must accompany the answer at the time of filing.

MONTANA FOURTH JUDI-

CIAL DISTRICT COURT MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No.: 1 Cause No.: DP-18-183 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN RE THE ESTATE OF: JAMES LAWRENCE MINCKLER, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Linda E. Minckler 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 Linda E. Minckler, Personal Representative, return receipt requested, c/o Timothy D. Geiszler, GEISZLER STEELE, PC, 619 Southwest Higgins, Suite K, Missoula, Montana 59803, or filed with the Clerk of the above Court. DATED this 1st day of August, 2018.

GEISZLER STEELE, PC /s/ Timothy D. Geiszler Attorneys for the Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No.: 3 Cause No.: DP-18-164 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN RE THE ESTATE OF: DONALD WALTER JOHNSON, Decedent. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Sheree Bombard 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 be mailed to the above-named attorney, as the attorney of record for the Personal Representative, return receipt requested, and filed with the Clerk of the above Court.

DATED this 31st day of July, 2018. JONES & COOK ATTORNEYS AT LAW /s/ Bradley J. Jones Attorneys for the Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Cause No. DP-18-207 Dept. No. 4 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN RE THE ESTATE OF JAY SAGE, Deceased.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Julie C. Sage and James W. Sage have been appointed CoPersonal Representatives of the above-named estate. 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 Julie C. Sage and James W. Sage, Co-Personal Representatives, return receipt requested, c/o Dan G. Cederberg, P.O. Box 8234, Missoula, Montana 598078234, or filed with the Clerk of

the above Court. DATED this 7th day of August, 2018.

CEDERBERG LAW OFFICES, P.C. 2625 Dearborn, Suite 102B P.O. Box 8234 Missoula, MT 59807-8234 BY: /s/ Dan G. Cederberg Attorneys for the Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. 1 DV-18-1126 NOTICE OF HEARING ON PROPOSED NAME CHANGE In the Matter of the Name Change of Christi Lee Page, Petitioner. PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT Petitionaer, Christi Lee Page, has petitioned the District Court for the Fourth Judicial District for a change of name from Christi Lee Page to Christi Lee Baird, and the petition for name change will be heard by a District Court Judge on the 26th day of September, 2018, at 11:00 A.M., in the Missoula County Courthouse located at 200 W. Broadway St., Missoula, MT, 59802, in courtroom number 1. At any time before the hearing, objections may be filed by any person who can demonstrate good reasons against the change of name.

DATED this 15th day of August,

2018. /s/ Shirley Faust Clerk of Court MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 2 Cause No. DP-18-196 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF:CHARLES LEWIS KAUDY, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Linda M. Freeman 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 16th day of July, 2018. /s/ Linda M. Freeman Representative of the Estate of Charles Lewis Kaudy /s/ Kevin S. Jones, Attor-

ney for Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No.: 2 Cause No.: DP-18-209 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF: JACQUELIN IVANOVITCH, 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 TARA IVANOVITCH, 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 13th day of August, 2018. /s/ Tara Ivanovitch, Personal Representative Bjornson Jones Mungas, PLLC /s/ Craig Mungas Attorneys for Tara Ivanovitch, Personal Representative

MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No.: 3 Cause No.: DP-18-214 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF: TAYLOR RAY ALFORD, a/k/a Taylor R. Alford, 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 Melissa S. Peterson, 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 15th day of August, 2018. /s/ Melissa S. Peterson Personal Representative Bjornson Jones Mungas, PLLC By: /s/ Elizabeth A. Clark Attorneys for Melissa S. Peterson, Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MIS-

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By Rob Brezsny ARIES (March 21-April 19): The two pieces of advice I have for you may initially seem contradictory, but they are in fact complementary. Together they’ll help guide you through the next three weeks. The first comes from herbalist and wise woman Susun Weed. She suggests that when you face a dilemma, you should ask yourself how you can make it your ally and how you can learn the lesson it has for you. Your second burst of wisdom is from writer Yasmin Mogahed: “Study the hurtful patterns of your life. Then don’t repeat them.�

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Speak the following declaration aloud and see how it feels: “I want strong soft kisses and tender unruly kisses and secret truth kisses and surprise elixir kisses. I deserve them, too.� If that puts you in a brave mood, Taurus, add a further affirmation: “I want ingenious affectionate amazements and deep dark appreciation and brisk mirthful lessons and crazy sweet cuddle wrestles. I deserve them, too.� What do you think? Do these formulas work for you? Do they put you in the proper frame of mind to co-create transformative intimacy? I hope so. You’re entering a phase when you have maximum power to enchant and to be enchanted.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): As you map out your master plan for the next 14 months, I invite you to include the following considerations: an intention to purge pretend feelings and artificial motivations; a promise to change your relationship with old secrets so that they no longer impinge on your room to maneuver; a pledge to explore evocative mysteries that will enhance your courage; a vow to be kinder toward aspects of yourself that you haven’t loved well enough; and a search for an additional source of stability that will inspire you to seek more freedom.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): If you have been communing with my horoscopes for a while, you’ve gotten a decent education — for free! Nonetheless, you shouldn’t depend on me for all of your learning needs. Due to my tendency to emphasize the best in you and focus on healing your wounds, I may neglect some aspects of your training. With that as caveat, I’ll offer a few meditations about future possibilities. 1. What new subjects or skills do you want to master in the next three years? 2. What’s the single most important thing you can do to augment your intelligence? 3. Are there dogmas you believe in so fixedly and rely on so heavily that they obstruct the arrival of fresh ideas? If so, are you willing to at least temporarily set them aside?

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): “All the world’s a stage,� wrote Shakespeare, “And all the men and women merely players.� In other words, we’re all performers. Whenever we emerge from solitude and encounter other people, we choose to express certain aspects of our inner experience even as we hide others. Our personalities are facades that display a colorful mix of authenticity and fantasy. Many wise people over the centuries have deprecated this central aspect of human behavior as superficial and dishonest. But author Neil Gaiman thinks otherwise: “We are all wearing masks,� he says. “That is what makes us interesting.� Invoking his view — and in accordance with current astrological omens — I urge you to celebrate your masks and disguises in the coming weeks. Enjoy the show you present. Dare to entertain your audiences.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): I think you’ve done enough rehearsals. At this point, the apparent quest for a little extra readiness is beginning to lapse into procrastination. So I’ll suggest that you set a date for opening night. I’ll nudge you to have a cordial talk with yourself about the value of emphasizing soulfulness over perfectionism. What? You say you’re waiting until your heart stops fluttering and your bones stop chattering? I’ve got good news: The greater your stage fright, the more moving your performance will be.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): In all the time we’ve worked on diminishing your suffering, we may have not focused enough on the fine art of resolving unfinished business. So let’s do that now, just in time for the arrival of your Season of Completion. Are you ready to start drawing the old cycle to a close so you’ll be fresh when the new cycle begins? Are you in the mood to conclude this chapter of your life story and earn the relaxing hiatus you will need before launching the next chapter? Even if you don’t feel ready, even if you’re not in the mood, I suggest you do the work anyway. Any business you leave unfinished now will only return to haunt you later. So don’t leave any business unfinished!

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Are you ready to mix more business with pleasure and more pleasure with business than you have ever mixed? I predict that in the coming weeks, your social opportunities will serve your professional ambitions and your professional ambitions will serve your social opportunities. You will have more than your usual amount of power to forge new alliances and expand your web of connections. Here’s my advice: Be extra charming, but not grossly opportunistic. Sell yourself, but with grace and integrity, not with obsequiousness. Express yourself like a gorgeous force of nature, and encourage others to express themselves like gorgeous forces of nature.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): “When I picture a perfect reader,� wrote philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche, “I picture a monster of courage and curiosity, also something supple, cunning, cautious, a born adventurer and discoverer.� I suspect he was using the term “monster� with a roguish affection. I am certainly doing that as I direct these same words toward you, dear Sagittarian reader. Of course, I am always appreciative of your courage, curiosity, cunning, suppleness and adventurousness. But I’m especially excited about those qualities now, because the coming weeks will be a time when they will be both most necessary and most available to you.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): You do not yet have access to maps of the places where you need to go next.That fact may tempt you to turn around and head back to familiar territory. But I hope you’ll press forward even without the maps. Out there in the frontier, adventures await you that will prepare you well for the rest of your long life. And being without maps, at least in the early going, may actually enhance your learning opportunities. Here’s another thing you should know: your intuitive navigational sense will keep improving the farther you get from recognizable landmarks.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Healing isn’t impossible. You may not be stuck with your pain forever. The crookedness in your soul and the twist in your heart may not always define who you are. There may come a time when you’ll no longer be plagued by obsessive thoughts that keep returning you to the tormenting memories. But if you hope to find the kind of liberation I’m describing here, I advise you to start with these two guidelines: 1. The healing may not happen the way you think it should or imagine it will. 2. The best way to sprout the seeds that will ultimately bloom with the cures is to tell the complete truth.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Nineteenth-century British painter J. M. W. Turner was one of the greats.

Renowned for his luminous landscapes, he specialized in depicting the power of nature and the atmospheric drama of light and color. Modern poet Mary Ruefle tells us that although he “painted his own sea monsters,� he engaged assistants “to do small animals.� She writes that “he could do a great sky, but not rabbits.� I’m hoping that unlike Turner, you Piscean folks will go both ways in the coming weeks. Give as much of your creative potency and loving intelligence to the modest details as to the sweeping vistas.

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PUBLIC NOTICESMNAXLP SOULA COUNTY. In the Matter of G.S., A Minor Child, by Richard Funk and Debra Funk, Petitioners. Cause No.: DA-1831 Dept. No.: 2 NOTICE OF HEARING ON PETITION FOR TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS AND PETITION FOR ADOPTION. THE STATE OF MONTANA SENDS GREETINGS TO ANY PUTATIVE OR PRESUMED FATHER OF THE MINOR CHILD: Pursuant to 422-605(2), MCA, notice is hereby given that the Petitioners filed a Petition for Termination of Parental Rights and Petition for Adoption in regards to the Minor Child at issue in this action. A hearing on the Petition for Termination of Parental Rights and Petition for Adoption will be held September 10, 2018 at 11:00 a.m. in the courtroom of the above-entitled Court in the Missoula County Courthouse, 200 W. Broadway St., Missoula, Missoula County, Montana. Failure to appear at the hearing constitutes a waiver of the individual’s interest in custody of the child and will result in the court’s termination of the individual’s rights to the child. DATED this 6th day of August, 2018. /s/ Brandi R. Ries, Attorney for Petitioners.

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE To be sold for cash at a Trustee’s Sale on December 4, 2018, 12:00 PM 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 8 of Hidden Hills, a platted subdivision in Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded plat thereof. More commonly known as 24600 Frenchtown Frontage Road, Huson, MT 59846. Rene Sales and Richard Sales, as Grantors, conveyed said real property to Title Services of Missoula, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for Popular Financial Services, LLC, its successors and assigns, by Deed of Trust on March 24, 2004, and filed for record in the records of the County Clerk and Recorder in Missoula County, State of Montana, on March 29, 2004 as Instrument No. 200408179, in Book 728, at Page 1369, of Official Records. The Deed of Trust was assigned for value as follows: Assignee: The Bank of New York Mellon f/k/a The Bank of New York as successor to JPMorgan Chase Bank, as Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders of Equity One ABS, Inc. Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates Series 2004-3 Assignment Dated: June 15, 2009 Assignment Recorded: June 30,

2009 Assignment Recording Information: as Instrument No. 200915905, in Book 842, at Page 946, Assignee: The Bank of New York Mellon f/k/a The Bank of New York as successor trustee for JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders of Equity One ABS, Inc. Mortgage Pass-

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PUBLIC NOTICESMNAXLP jamin 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 July 18, 2018 as Instrument No. 201811825, in Book 999, at Page 841, 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 $162,749.32, interest in the sum of $10,813.80, escrow advances of $9,490.43, other amounts due and payable in the amount of $4,255.13 for a total amount owing of $187,308.68, 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 7th day of August, 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. 48783

200 West Broadway in Missoula, MT 59802, the following described real property situated in Missoula County, Montana: Lot 15 of Cheyenne Lane, a platted subdivision in Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded plat thereof.

Nathan Michaels and Allison Lawrence, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to Insured Titles, as Trustee, to

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PUBLIC NOTICES MNAXLP 2018 is $202,555.97 principal, interest totaling $9,361.31 late charges in the amount of $197.05, escrow advances of $3,085.10, suspense balance of $211.23 and other fees and expenses advanced of $4,210.30, plus accruing interest, late charges, and other costs and fees that may be 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 Grantors. 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 latecharges, 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, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, may 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 thereby cure the default. The scheduled Trustee’s Sale may be postponed by public proclamation up to 15 days for any reason, and 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. THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Dated: May 24, 2018 /s/ Kaitlin Ann Gotch Assistant Secretary, First

American Title Company of Montana, Inc. Successor Trustee Title Financial Specialty Services PO Box 339 Blackfoot ID 83221 STATE OF Idaho County of Bingham On this 24th day of May, 2018, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Kaitlin Ann Gotch, know to me to be the Assistant Secretary of First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., Successor Trustee, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same. /s/ Rae Albert Notary Public Bingham County, Idaho Commission expires: 9-62022 BB&T Mortgage vs Allison Lawrence Nathan Michaels 104919-1 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on October 30, 2018, at 11:00 AM , at the Main Door of the Missoula County Courthouse located at 200 West Broadway in Missoula, MT 59802, the following described real property situated in Missoula County, Montana: A tract of land located in the S1/2

of Section 10, Township 14 North, Range 20 West, P.M.M., Missoula County, Montana, being more particularly described as Tract 9K of Certificate of Survey No. 1923. Mary B. Pielaet, as Grantor, conveyed said real property to First American Title Co, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to ABN AMRO Mortgage Group, Inc., as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated February 20, 2002, and recorded on February 25, 2002 in Book 677, Page 1150, as Document No. 200205206. The beneficial interest is currently held by Bayview Loan Servicing, LLC, a Delaware Limited Liability Company. First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., is currently the Trustee. The beneficiary has declared a default in the terms of said Deed of Trust by failing to make the 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. The total amount due on this obligation as of May 3, 2018 is $121,146.67 principal, interest

totaling $4,064.75, late charges in the amount of $214.24, escrow advances of $1,290.84, and other fees and expenses advanced of $2,085.24, plus accruing interest, late charges, and other costs and fees that may be 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 Grantors.

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, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, may 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 thereby cure the default. The scheduled Trustee’s Sale may be postponed by public proclamation up to 15 days for any rea-

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1 Chunks of history 5 Decaf brand 10 Lumberyard tools 14 Turn into a puddle 15 "Fuzzy Wuzzy was ___ ..."

16 Preserve, as meat 17 Cupcake decorator 18 Show with skits 19 "Remote Control" host Ken (or German for "upper") 20 IRS collection, formally?

22 Poke ingredient, often 23 "Saved by the Bell" character Jessie 24 Acid-base indicator 26 Formal attire 29 Actor Rob, or either candidate named Ron who competed in a 2018 Kansas congressional primary 32 "___ of Laura Mars" 35 Coif 39 George Gershwin's brother 40 Amorphous amount (and an "Arrested Development" character) 41 Light bulb measure, formally?

42 Zero, on some fields 43 "It's hard to be humble when

you're as great as I am" boxer 44 Beer named for a Dutch river 45 Religious offshoot 46 It's six of one ... and six of the other 48 Bunches 50 36-Down's "Family" 54 Piece of Necco candy 58 Desert of Mongolia 60 Zany, formally?

63 Practical applications 64 Love on the Loire 65 Mine vein 66 Quartet member 67 George Eliot's "___ Marner" 68 City near Tulsa 69 "The Facts of Life" actress Mindy 70 Ibsen heroine Gabler 71 Brown and Rather, for two

DOWN

1 Gives off 2 Newscast summary 3 Echo responder?

4 Orchestral section 5 Dress in Delhi 6 His mother raised Cain 7 "On the Beach" author Shute 8 Hawaii's "Garden Isle" 9 Fail to exist 10 RBG's group, for short 11 Mass transit vehicle, formally?

12 Small songbird 13 It comes twice after "Que" in a song

21 Herd comment 25 "I want catnip" 27 "Careless Whisper" group (yeah, that's the sax solo playing in your mind right now) 28 D.C. diamond denizens 30 Cartman, to his mom 31 Truffle fries topper 32 Victorian expletive 33 Hashtag acronym popularized by a Drake song 34 Casual "industry," formally?

36 50-Across "Cousin" 37 Comedian/actress Butcher of "Take My Wife" 38 Inspiron computer maker 41 Harry Potter accessory 45 Stopped suddenly, as an engine 47 He held over 1,000 patents 49 Be shy 51 Overrun (with) 52 First Lady of the '50s 53 Castigate 55 "Criminal" singer Apple 56 "There's no ___ sight!"

57 Orchestra needs 58 Nacho topper, slangily 59 1952 Olympics host 61 College courtyard 62 "Major" constellation

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

Bruno is a 2 year old male Boxer mix. He loves to go for walks, enjoys playing in the yard, and frequently wears a goofy smile. He knows how to sit on command and is working on understanding othaer tricks.

He enthusiastically plays fetch and tug-of-war.

This is an all around fun-loving guy, ready for any adventure. Bruno gets along well with most dogs but would need a cat-free home.

SHAY AND MISHA• Shay and Misha came to Missoula Animal Control together when they were surrendered by their owner.

Shay is a 7 year old male. Misha is a 5 year old female. We would love to find these two social felines a forever home together, as they are very bonded to one another. Misha and Shay both love to give headbutts and kisses.

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CAPRICA• Caprica is an 8 year old female Calico/Tabby. Caprica loves people and is very accepting of any attention she can get. She loves to be brushed, held, petted, and even tolerates being bathed! One thing Caprica does not tolerate is other cats. She is very upset by any feline attention, and is rather vocal about it. Other cats can't even look at her without her screaming her annoy-

These pets may be adopted at the Humane Society of Western Montana 549-3934 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, WedFri from 1-6pm and Sat-Sun from 12-5pm!

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 SatSun 12-5pm!

HERA• Hera, the queen of gods, is the perfect 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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