Missoula Independent

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cover photo by Donal Lakatua

News

Voices The readers write .............................................................................................................4 Street Talk Fair favorites .............................................................................................................4 The Week in Review The news of the day, one day at a time..................................................6 Briefs Ravalli commissioners conned, department of beefs, and recouping Colstrip costs ..6 Etc. All hail copper Denny...........................................................................................................7 News Missoula’s immigration bust boom ........................................................................................8 News Medical marijuana’s growing pains ........................................................................................9 Dan Brooks Trust me — he’s rich..................................................................................................10 Writers on the Range Why the West should stand up for immigrants..................................11 Feature Missoula’s underground musicians build a new foundation....................................13

Arts & Entertainment

Arts Your alternative guide to the Western Montana Fair ............................................18 Music Cody Jinks, Valley Queens, Linda Gail Lewis ....................................................19 Film Dark Money’s compelling Montana angle ..........................................................20 Film Statham vs. shark in The Meg...............................................................................21 Movie Shorts Independent takes on current films .....................................................22 Market Report Peak summer ...............................................................................................23 Happiest Hour Lupujus 6 at Imagine Nation Brewing...............................................25 8 Days a Week And we don’t remember a one of them ...................................................26 Agenda Pre-Pearl Jam party for a cause...................................................................................33 Mountain High Three-mile “fun” run and a movie ....................................................34

Exclusives

News of the Weird ......................................................................................................12 Classifieds....................................................................................................................35 The Advice Goddess ...................................................................................................36 Free Will Astrology .....................................................................................................38 Crossword Puzzle .......................................................................................................41 This Modern World.....................................................................................................42

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

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STREET TALK

[voices]

by Micah Drew

This week we publish an Indy guide to the Western Montana Fair. If you could bring any fair animal home to live with you, what would it be and why?

What’s your favorite fair food?

Sarah Beatty: A pig. I love pigs. They’re cute and adorable and they’re really funny. Their characters are just hilarious, they’re always rooting around for things. I just love piggies. It’s nacho lucky day if you don’t get: Sweet Adelines nachos for sure!

Chris “CJ” Johnson: Fair animal? Probably a pot-bellied pig, so my wife can call something else in the house fat.

Best for a hot day: Lemondairy dude. Have you ever had a Lemondairy? Soft serve ice cream, fresh-squeezed lemon in an Icee format.

Sheila Sullivan: Any animal? How about a pygmy goat. They look pretty cute on Facebook and jump around. Nacho supreme: Probably the Adelines nachos.

Sami Wade: I’ve always wanted a pig.

They’re loyal, just like a dog! Maybe a little messier. Fair classics: Funnel cake! It’s like pancakes, but it’s deep fried and you can put anything on it.

Robert Simmons: Smokey Bear. He’s the most badass animal at the fair. It’s been a while: Do they still do, like, the waffles with the powdered sugar on them? They’re deep fried? Funnel cakes! Yeah, those.

Asked Monday afternoon at the fairgrounds

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All welcome

In response to Jim Dixon (“Letters to the Editor,” July 19). Sir, having volunteered the past 10 years at the Missoula Public Library, I’d like to point out a few things. My first day I mostly watched and listened. All staff members treated each patron with the same level of patience, respect and professionalism. I see that every day I’m there! These individuals you call “transients” — a large percentage are veterans that defended your right to say what you did. I can recall just two minor altercations in 10 years. One, just recently, involved a loose, live chicken. Your Missoula Public Library is the heart of this community.

Please, come and let them open your eyes and present you with worlds. Welcome.

Jenna Edmonds Missoula

Perpetually clean

As a general contractor in Whitefish, I understand that voting yes on I-186 is a wise investment. In Whitefish, growth is outpacing the state and national average. More than anything else, the driving factor in the health of Whitefish is quality of life.

We owe our quality of life to being near clean, healthy, and often stunning places like Whitefish Lake, the Flathead River and innumerable smaller streams and lakes. Just because we have these wonderful places doesn’t mean we can take them for granted. The irreparably negative impact of hard-rock mining in Butte has left a legacy of pollution by out-of-state corporations and perpetual water clean-up at taxpayer expense.

We as a society wisely protected the North Fork of the Flathead River from Canadian mining proposals in 2014. I186 will continue to move in the right direction. It will protect all Montana waters from permanent water pollution associated with future hard-rock mining, while allowing for responsible mining that won’t threaten our clean water and quality of life.

That’s why I’ll be voting “Yes” for clean water, “Yes” for responsible mining, “Yes” on I-186 this fall.

Edwin Fields Whitefish

Would read again

Dan Brooks usually writes pretty good stuff, but on Aug. 2, 2018, he outdid himself with the best commentary I’ve seen in the Indy, or anywhere else,

for a long time (“Maybe everyone deserves to eat, no strings attached,” Aug. 2). Even with the dog on his lap all day, he shows once again he’s nobody’s lapdog. Pope Francis would be proud of you, Dan! And so am I. Eugene Schmitz Missoula

X marks the space

In yet another attempt to one-up the city of Bozeman, Missoula residents will be voting on whether or not to overtake them as the state’s capital of unaf-

“Even with the dog on his lap all day, he shows once again he’s nobody’s lapdog. Pope Francis would be proud of you, Dan! And so am I.”

fordable housing. Come November, voters will see an open space bond that both raises taxes and keeps housing prices high in a city where income inequality is already high. If your goal is to keep Missoula’s beauty open to the bourgeois, then vote yes. If you want Missoula’s beauty to remain open to all, mark a big ol’ X opposing the bond.

There’s a dissonance between Missoula’s leaders and its people. The city’s own survey shows satisfaction with quality of life, but significant worry over rising taxes and rising housing prices. The “park special district” assessment on your tax bill has grown eight times its original size over the past eight years without your consent as a voter, but this bond is your chance to tell your government that buying developable land on your dime has to stop.

Proponents state that the bond will only cost the average homeowner about

$18 a year more. This is a lie, and not one said out of ignorance. Sure, that’s what will show up on your tax bill, but the real cost comes at the expense of our economic potential and prosperity.

When a government buys up valuable, developable land using tax money from your wallet, it also raises your rent, your mortgage, and the price of that nice plot of land on the outskirts of town you wanted to retire to. The Missoulians who qualify for neither property tax relief nor Section 8 housing — those making roughly $30,000-$40,000 annually — are the ones who will get priced out of a city that claims to be for everyone regardless of income. Supply and demand is no game, but it seems like the Missoula government is playing Monopoly as the banker. Don’t let them.

Ethan Holmes Missoula

Little Pharma

Re: Sam Sill’s letter about preserving the facade of the Garden City Pharmacy building (“Letters to the Editor,” July 26). The pharmacy is its own building, not part of the Mercantile, and as such is (was?) separately listed on the National Register of Historic Places. This designation would have required a separate demolition permit and thus the same 90-day review by the Historic Preservation Commission and city. In order to save the developer from having to go through this process a second time, and after a member of the public brought this to light at one of the review meetings, City Council elected to “preserve” the building, allowing the majority of it to be destroyed. Two facades remain, making it less than a building.

Page Goode Missoula

Bo knows

I haven’t seen it yet, but my thought is: What’s wrong with another “coming of age” story, especially if it’s modern and genuine (“The unbearable heaviness of Bo Burnham’s ‘Eighth Grade,’” Aug. 2)? Great review, by the way. I liked your writing, especially the line posted with the link: “I felt like I was getting drilled at the dentist in the center of a middle school gymnasium with kids pointing and laughing at me while opening mail about a bill past due and also on fire.”

Chris Wright facebook.com/missoulaindependent

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WEEK IN REVIEW Wednesday, August 1 The city kicks off construction of the new Missoula library with a groundbreaking ceremony.

City Council members and library officials turn the first earth at the site with golden shovels.

The library is scheduled to open in 2020.

Thursday, August 2 The Missoula County 911 Center experiences an outage for roughly three earlymorning hours. The backup system also fails. The system was restored just after 3 a.m. The center received 25 calls during the outage.

Friday, August 3 Marty Stuart brings country music legend Tanya Tucker on stage to sing “Delta Dawn” during his set opening for Chris Stapleton at the Adams Center. Tucker has previously appeared on Stuart’s country music program on RFD-TV.

Saturday, August 4 The Missoula Osprey defeat the Great Falls Voyagers 6–5 at a home game. Rookie shortstop Blaze Alexander scores a home run, while third baseman Buddy Kennedy hits a double and a single.

Sunday, August 5 The Missoula Smokejumper Visitor Center recognizes the 69th anniversary of the Mann Gulch fire near Helena. Thirteen smokejumpers were killed in the 1949 fire after becoming trapped in a canyon.

Environy

Commissioners conned

In June 2014, veteran Washington, D.C., consultant Richard Berman gave a roomful of oil and gas industry executives in Colorado Springs a peek inside his political playbook. The speech, secretly captured at a Western Energy Alliance-sponsored event and later leaked to the New York Times, concluded with Berman boasting about how he kept secret the identities of those who supported his efforts to undermine labor groups, environmental groups and others.

“We run all of this stuff through nonprofit organizations that are insulated from having to disclose donors,” Berman said. “There is total anonymity. People don’t know who supports us.”

Now, a report by one of Berman’s groups is behind a request made last week by the Ravalli County Commission that Attorney General Tim Fox investigate five Montana-based environmental nonprofits over an alleged lack of transparency regarding the sources of their funding.

The eight-page report that spurred the commission’s action accuses the Montana Wilderness Association and Montana Wildlife Federation, among others, of accepting millions from a “cabal” of wealthy out-of-state environmentalists to push a hands-off agenda on public lands. The report was produced this year by Green Decoys, a project of the D.C.-based Environmental Policy Alliance, which is a project of the nonprofit Center for Organizational Research and Education (CORE).

Berman is president and executive director of CORE. The Green Decoys report was submitted to the Ravalli County Commission in early July by Keith Kubista, who is listed as an advisory board member for the Montana Outdoors Coalition. (Other board members include state Sen. Chas Vincent, R-Libby, and Terry Anderson, past president of the Bozemanbased Property and Environment Research Center).

The commission included a copy of the report with its letter to Fox. Commissioner Jeff Burrows says he wasn’t previously familiar with Green Decoys, but is looking into the group and believes that all nonprofits should be held to the same transparency standards, regardless of their political leanings.

Commissioner Greg Chilcott, who drafted the letter, says he also was unfamiliar with Green Decoys. He says every Montanan should try to understand the motives behind money spent to influence policy, especially on public lands. Asked if Green Decoys should be similarly investigated, Chilcott draws a distinction between the report and the activity of the nonprofits it targets. “The report that I looked at from Green Decoys is not asking for a policy position on anything.”

MWF Executive Director Dave Chadwick says he was “baffled” by the commission’s letter, particularly in light of his organization’s diligence in reporting its political spending to the state. MWA Deputy Executive Director Gabe Furshong notes that MWA lists the names of donors willing to waive their anonymity in its annual reports. All the MWA donors that Green Decoys claims are “cloaking their efforts” are listed in those reports.

“It’s D.C. money attacking Montana organizations,” Furshong says. “It’s sad and embarrassing to see elected officials in Ravalli County leaning on this type of smear campaign.”

Alex Sakariassen

Beefs

Garry v. Gary

Last week, the Indy wrote about Missoula meat wholesaler Jim Caplis and the recall imposed on him by the Department of Livestock (see “A Missoula meat processor goes out with a beef,” Aug. 2). Caplis’ story was familiar to Garry Wheelock, who in 2015 sued the department, its then-executive officer Christian Mackay, and Meat and Poultry Inspection Bureau head Gary Hamel in the wake of a contentious visit to Wheelock’s processing facility outside of Helena. In February, the Department settled the suit in federal court, agreeing to pay Wheelock $75,000.

In 2013, inspectors arrived at Wheelock’s stateinspected facility, where he processed livestock and game animals for their owners, saying they were acting on a report that he had been selling improperly labeled meat at a farmers market. Wheelock’s inspection was suspended for 90 days. An anonymous tip alleging that Wheelock continued processing under the suspension led Hamel himself to come to Wheelock’s property with two other inspectors to search the facility. Wheelock called 911 to report them for trespassing. When deputies arrived, they arrested Wheelock on assault and unlawful restraint charges.

The inspectors returned later that same day, this

Monday, August 6 Missoulian Ivory Brien, 19, pleads guilty to a felony charge of conspiracy to commit robbery and two misdemeanor assaults.

Brien was an accomplice to Chase Munson, 18, during a March convenience store robbery that left two injured by gunshot.

Tuesday, August 7 Fried food fans, rejoice: The Western Montana Fair opens at the Missoula County Fairgrounds. This year’s fair runs until Aug. 12. Admission is free, a perk made permanent after last year’s record attendance.

The GOP has co-opted the Green Party of Montana.”

——Decemberists bandleader and University of Montana alumnus Colin Meloy, adlibbing locally relevant lyrics for “Everything Is Awful” during the band’s closing performance Sunday night at the Travelers’ Rest music festival.

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[news] time armed, Wheeler says, and prevented him from leaving while they waited for a search warrant. The charges against Wheelock were later dropped.

The Department of Livestock countered in court filings that it had found unsanitary conditions at Montana City Meats and that Wheelock behaved aggressively toward inspectors. Before the settlement was reached, the case had been set to go to trial in March of this year.

Wheelock says that the $75,000 settlement is a lot less than his actual losses from the disruption to his business, which he says a CPA calculated at about $1.2 million. He says his losses weren’t just financial. “This went on for five years. In the meantime, I mean, I went through a divorce,” Wheelock says. “I lost my family in this whole deal.”

Wheelock says his attorney requested an opportunity to appeal Montana City Meats’ suspension to the Board of Livestock three times, to no avail, leaving the courts his only remedy. He hoped that his settlement would serve as notice to the bureau that something needed to change. Then he saw that Caplis has alleged aggressive tactics by the same bureau. “What Gary [Hamel] did — no cease and desist, just walks in and shuts him down — the guy’s a bully,” Wheelock says. Hamel declined to comment for this story.

Wheelock’s attorney, Scott Peterson, confirmed the specifics of the settlement to the Independent.

It included an agreement to reinspect Wheelock’s facility, because the department had initially decided to permanently revoke his license without a follow-up inspection. “The Department of Livestock has some very serious process issues in terms of establishing procedures for how these things are supposed to be handled,” Peterson says.

Wheelock doesn’t want his state inspection back. He processes animals through a USDA facility now, and still sells at the farmers market. “I don’t have any interest in having them on my property anymore until Gary Hamel is done,” he says.

Susan Elizabeth Shepard

Who’s on the hook?

Recouping Colstrip costs

Four years ago, NorthWestern Energy asked its Montana customers to shoulder a roughly $60-per-

year increase on their utility bills. The request was tied to a seven-month outage at Colstrip Unit 4, and NorthWestern hoped to recoup from ratepayers the more than $8 million it had spent on replacement power. The Montana Public Service Commission ultimately denied that request in May 2016, prompting NorthWestern to file suit.

On July 30, Yellowstone County District Judge Rod Souza sided with the PSC in a decision that could influence how NorthWestern is able to deal with the latest round of Colstrip troubles.

Those troubles began in late June when Colstrip, which is operated by Talen Energy, was shut down due to unsafe levels of hazardous air pollutants being emitted from units 3 and 4. The public learned of the outage only in late July when the Billings Gazette received a leaked email written by plant manager Neil Dennehy.

NorthWestern spokesman Butch Larcombe says the plant is making progress in addressing the problem, but “it’s not there yet.”

Meanwhile, NorthWestern customers are getting power from elsewhere in the utility’s portfolio, as well as power purchased on the open market.

When it comes to who will end up bearing the costs of the current outage, Mike Scott with the Sierra Club in Billings believes the PSC and, in light of last week’s ruling, the Montana courts have sent a clear message to NorthWestern and its customers.

“Ratepayers should take some comfort in what the commission and the courts just did, because they are clearly providing some oversight and making good decisions about what ratepayers are actually responsible for,” Scott says.

Jenny Harbine, an attorney with the nonprofit Earthjustice who represented several parties in the NorthWestern suit, takes her assessment a step further. Judge Souza agreed with the PSC that NorthWestern acted imprudently by not evaluating the

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Years since union workers last faced a company lockout in Montana, according to the Montana AFL-CIO. Since Aug. 2, 32 union members at the Imerys talc mill in Three Forks have been locked out of the site by its French owners over contract negotiations. availability of outage insurance prior to the 2013 shutdown and by not exercising more oversight of the plant’s management. If the current problems at Unit 4 require significant investment to fix, Harbine contends that it’s doubtful utility commissions in Montana, Washington and Oregon will see that investment as prudent, particularly since two of Colstrip’s owners will be legally barred from delivering coalfired power by 2035.

“That certainly changes the math on the cost-benefit of making additional investments in the plant,” Harbine says.

“It could be that this plant is at a turning point. … We’re still waiting for the information to trickle in to learn just how significant this turning point is.”

NorthWestern could still ask ratepayers to foot the bill for Colstrip’s investments, or for the replacement power that NorthWestern is currently purchasing. Whether the PSC will approve such a request is another question. As for Souza’s decision, Larcombe says the utility is considering an appeal but has yet to make a decision. Either way, NorthWestern disagrees with the ruling.

“We think the costs of that replacement power are legitimate and should be allowable under Montana rules and regulations,” Larcombe says.

Alex Sakariassen

ETC. No artist worth the title lets anyone tell them what to create. That doesn’t stop anyone from trying.

The Franklin to the Fort neighborhood is on track (pun intended) to get a much-needed public park after the city purchased a 12-acre plot from Montana Rail Link in 2016. The primary goal of the $2 million land deal was to connect the last few blocks of the Bitterroot Branch Trail.

Plans for the rest of the triangular property at the corner of South Avenue and Johnson Street have been in development since.

One key element is a 4.5-acre, $1.5 millionplus park to be decorated with “artifacts” from the railroad company whose below-market sale price has been described as a generous donation. The latest plans incorporate train car wheelsets, signal crossings, tracks, buffer stops and rail switch stands.

By city ordinance, the project budget must also set aside 1.5 percent of construction costs for public art, in this case about $12,500 after administrative fees. Noting the modest amount, the Public Art Committee last month asked the Missoula Redevelopment Agency to match it through tax-increment funds, as the agency has done for previous installations.

MRA staff argued that the railyard junk would provide sufficient art for the park, but the agency’s appointed board sided with the public art committee. A $25,000 call for proposals was issued Aug. 1 and is open through Sept. 21.

The committee identified two sites where a 20’ by 20’ installation will not “diminish the sculptural qualities” of the park’s railyard artifacts. Its call for submissions “encourages proposals that balance the artistic design in the artwork with the setting, history or theme of the MRL park” while also being “very legible as an autonomous artistic intervention into the landscape.”

In other words, the piece should be recognizably autonomous without upstaging the motifs that pay homage to the park’s history (and donors). Fair enough. A bronze hobo might strike thematic balance, but Indy staff suspect city officials would counter that Missoula’s parks already have their share of living, breathing “transients.”

In that case, we’d suggest a statue of the city’s most venerable rich white man: mining and shipping magnate Dennis Washington, whose Washington Companies include MRL. It’s not our job to tell the artist what the statue of Denny should include (his latest yacht?), but we’re steadfast in our demand that it be forged of solid copper.

Tessa Peters

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The bust boom Missoula immigration charges on the rise

by Susan Elizabeth Shepard

On Thursday, Aug. 2, three men March. Knowing that Calero would be Molloy for the sentencing of Rogelio were sentenced on immigration-related interested in hearing about the raid, her Jaimes Estrada, who had also been caught up in the morel camp raid. charges at the Russell Smith Federal friend put them in touch. “[Andres-Gregorio is] the one that Estrada had no criminal record save for Courthouse, bringing the number of people arraigned in Missoula’s federal told us at first what had happened,” a previous deportation in 2004. Prior to court on immigration charges so far in Calero said. “One of the girls that was his sentencing, letters requesting le2018 to seven. In 2017, there were no there, she tried taking her phone out to niency had been submitted to the court federal immigration crimes charged in record what was going on and record the by his 16-year-old son, one of his son’s abuse they were going through, and one teachers at Centralia ( Washington) High Missoula, according to court records.

Statewide, Montana had 11 federal of the officers told her to put her phone School, and his sister-in-law. “I am currently working extra hours so I don’t immigration cases in 2017. Sixteen have away and pointed at her with a gun.” lose our home. I don’t live with my been filed in the state to date this Mother, my father and I live alone,” year. his son wrote, “I am still trying to It has been an active year for get used to that my father is away.

Border Patrol and Immigration and It is hard doing everything and Customs Enforcement agents in working on my own now that he is Montana. gone. It hurts to know he isn’t comThe sentencings had a lot in ing back home anytime soon.” The common. Assistant U.S. Attorney letters weren’t mentioned in court.

Cyndee Peterson prosecuted for Asked by the judge if he had the state. The defendants were repanything to say, Estrada said resented by court-appointed dethrough the interpreter that he fenders and required the services apologized to the judge and to the of an English-Spanish interpreter. government. “I came into this counAll submitted guilty pleas and were try out of necessity for my family. sentenced to time served before Deport me, because I have family being remanded to ICE for deporoutside of the country,” he said. tation. None had non-immigrationThe last sentencing of the day related prior criminal records in photo by Susan Elizabeth Shepard was of Sergio Rosas-Padron, a Mexithe U.S. The first case of the day, in Mag- A flyer about Tomas Andres-Gregorio from a can citizen who had been detained June 20 demonstration at the Missoula istrate Judge Jeremiah C. Lynch’s County Detention Center is displayed behind following a June 5 Homeland Security Investigations operation in courtroom, involved one of the men the bar at Imagine Nation Brewing.

Whitefish. Rosas-Padron was facing picked up in late May during an Calero and other members of Mon- charges of illegal re-entry, having been deearly-morning raid on a morel-pickers camp in Mineral County. Guatemalan na- tanans for Immigrant Justice made a ported from Rio Grande City, Texas, in tional Tomas Andres-Gregorio was video about the raid using audio of an in- 2012. “Please forgive me for having encharged with eluding examination by an terview with Andres-Gregorio’s nephew tered the U.S. without any papers,” Rosasimmigration officer and forcibly resisting Vicente. Calero said Vicente told her his Padron said. Molloy sentenced him to an officer (the affidavit says Andres-Gre- uncle needs to work in the U.S. in order time served and turned him over to ICE gorio tried to walk past an agent, thereby to pay back money he owes to people in for deportation. Molloy had a question for Guatemala, where he still has close family Rosas-Padron as he explained the conseresisting and impeding an officer). quences of his guilty plea: “Are you going Missoula activists had worked to members.

At his sentencing hearing, Andres- to come back?” draw attention to Andres-Gregorio’s “No,” Rosas-Padron answered through case, saying he’d been particularly Gregorio’s translator told his attorney, abused in the morel camp raid. Missoula “He doesn’t want to go back to immigra- the interpreter.

Molloy, observing Rosas-Padron’s immigrant-rights activist and DACA re- tion because they’ll send him home.” In cipient Neyreda Calero told the Indy a hearing that took about 40 minutes, that expression, addressed the court rethat when Andres-Gregorio was taken to was the final outcome: time served, and porter: “The record should reflect a the Missoula County Detention Center, remanded to ICE custody for deportation. smile,” Molloy said.

At 10 a.m., prosecutor Peterson he met one of her friends, a man who’d been arrested in a raid in Hamilton in moved upstairs to the court of Donald sshepard@missoulanews.com

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Growing pains Medical marijuana’s unequal new playing field

by Hunter Pauli

Montana’s medical marijuana pro- with 80 patients pay the same as those mystery, since small providers repeatedly warned the agency what would hapgram bled 126 providers in the first half with 1,000.

Smalls served 17 patients, and the pen if fees were structured as they are. of 2018, and appears to have lost more The loss of small providers hits esnew regulations bumped his annual than 1,000 patients from May to June.

Providers say new regulatory ex- provider fee from $50 to $3,000, in ad- pecially hard in the state’s remote rural penses mean they have to grow, merge dition to new fees for mandatory testing areas, where the closest provider may be hours away. Eastern Montana’s low or die, and the Department of Health of his marijuana.

Then came the new 4 percent excise population and density mean that even and Human Services claims the drop in patient numbers doesn’t accurately re- tax (since reduced to 2 percent), which if a small-time provider had the capital Smalls said he can’t pass on to his pa- to go big instead of shutting down, flect an upward trend.

Patient enrollment in the program tients — who, like him, are on a fixed-in- there are too few patients to sustain peaked in May 2011 at 31,522 patients come — because Medicaid and Medicare growth.

“Unless a guy can get reafter a federal pledge of nonally big, he can’t stick with it,” interference (since revoked) says Joseph Larson Jr., a former inspired “cannabis caravans” Glendive provider for 10 pato enlist patients en masse, tients who closed his dispenprompting a quasi-repeal by sary in March after 10 years. the Legislature and federal Larson was the only raids that spooked many paprovider in Dawson County tients out of the system. Enfor eight years, and has since rollment stabilized for five moved to Bozeman to work years, briefly plummeted to for the Eightfold Path dispennearly zero after the most drasary, the same provider his paconian aspects of the quasi-retients migrated to. peal went into effect in “I just wish they’d look August 2016, and steadily out for their rural patients,” rose during 2017 as bills enLarson says. acted by ballot and legislation Source: Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services According to DPHHS laid the program’s new reguwon’t reimburse for federally illegal spokesman Jon Ebelt, department numlatory foundations.

Helena retiree Dennis Smalls en- medicine. Thanks to the new regula- bers showing a recent 1,000-patient dedured the ups and downs of the past tions, Smalls was effectively subsidizing cline don’t accurately reflect the number of patients in the program. He says the three years as a small-time provider. his patients’ purchases out of pocket.

“I still owe myself $23,000, and I’ll actual patient population is obscured by Like most in the cannabis community, a paperwork backlog of new patients apSmalls was thrilled the health depart- probably never see that,” Smalls says.

Smalls had two options: Scale up or plying for cards, older patients renewing ment would finally have a well-reguclose. Since he didn’t have “half a mil- expiring cards or switching providers, lated system.

“But it just totally fucked me,” he lion in cash stashed somewhere like delays caused by incomplete applicasays, “I’m completely disgusted by the some of these guys,” option one was tions, and the migration of patient records to a new computer system. eliminated. way it was handled.”

Ebelt says DPHHS fields up to 175 In May, Smalls testified before a The 2016 ballot measure that reworked Montana’s medical marijuana DPHHS panel one last time on behalf of medical marijuana-related phone calls program called for a fee structure imperiled small growers, and declined per day, and has hired temporary workbased on the square footage of mari- to renew his provider license at the end ers to address the backlog. He says the juana grown by providers. Growers of the month, as five other Lewis and health department is no longer meeting tending few patients wouldn’t pay as Clark County providers had done the the 30-day deadline to process patient much as those providing for hundreds previous month. His patients are look- applications as mandated by law.

There’s no consequence for missing that or thousands. The Legislature and the ing for new providers.

DPHHS says the 126 providers lost deadline, but Ebelt says meeting it reDepartment of Public Health and Human Services changed that to a so far this year are mostly small ones like mains a high priority. three-tiered flat fee tied to the number Smalls, but declined to offer a reason for of patients served, meaning providers the decrease. Smalls said it should be no editor@missoulanews.com

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[opinion]

‘Trust me — he’s rich’ Isn’t that cute? They think they’re regular people.

by Dan Brooks

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For the last few weeks, the Matt Rosendale for Senate campaign and its surrogates have made hay over Sen. Jon Tester’s “million-dollar” home in Washington, D.C. When he’s not in Big Sandy, the senator lives in a brick row house that the National Republican Senatorial Committee, quoting the property’s 5year-old real estate listing, described as a “cosmopolitan castle.” That overstates the case. Tester’s D.C. home looks more like one of the standard-issue houses lining the side streets of our nation’s capital. It didn’t cost a million dollars, either.

According to Holly Michels of Lee newspapers, Tester bought it in 2013 for $756,000 — slightly below the median home value in D.C. Don’t get me wrong. Those row houses are nice. My brother lived in one in his late twenties, and his share of the rent came to $1,200. That’s expensive

by Montana standards, but roommates and a managerial position at a nonprofit organization put it within his means. It wasn’t as though he was living like a Saudi prince or, for that matter, like a multimillionaire real estate developer.

Rosendale is one such multimillionaire developer, of course. According to the Tester campaign, Rosendale paid $2 million for his ranch in Glendive, and financial disclosures show he owns properties in and around Great Falls valued between $8 million and $32 million. That’s more than Tester’s farm in Big Sandy, which is valued between $1 million and $5 million.

Nevertheless, both candidates in this race are rich. Each of them is also falling all over himself to point out how much money the other one has.

It’s Log Cabin season in Montana, when millionaires vie for public office by telling voters they’re regular folks, just like us. Sure, they own vast tracts of land and multiple homes while an increasing number of voters can’t afford one, but at the end of the day they’re just like you: huntin’, fishin’, drivin’ a rig, rootin’/tootin’ and hatin’ them fat cats in Washington, D.C. The Log Cabin election is a venerable

American tradition that goes back to at least 1840, when Whig candidate William Henry Harrison challenged incumbent Democrat Martin Van Buren for the presidency. Harrison came from a wealthy family in Virginia, but his campaign presented him as a simple farmer who loved to sit in his log cabin and drink cider. He didn’t actually live in a cabin, but he owned slaves who did. Nevertheless, he relentlessly portrayed Van Buren as a snob,

“Our elected representatives are more sympathetic to foreign oligarchs than to single moms in Butte.

The lives of working people are as difficult for them to imagine as the concerns of tigers at the zoo.” even though the president’s father had made his living as a tavern-keeper while Harrison’s family owned plantations.

Harrison won handily and, six months later, did the most working-class thing you can do: He died. His legacy lives to this day, however, in the form of rich men who put on working-man’s drag for every election. ( Women candidates seem exempt from this requirement, but that is a subject for another column, and maybe another columnist.)

At present, Montana’s delegation to Washington consists entirely of millionaires. Tester’s colleague in the U.S. Sen-

ate, Steve Daines, reported a net worth of between $9 and $33 million the last time he ran for office, not including the fortune in children’s teeth he embezzled from the Goblin King. At a net worth of $315 million, Rep. Greg Gianforte is the wealthiest member of Congress, and surely the richest man to plead guilty to assault last year. The seconds he spent beating journalist Ben Jacobs on the last day of his congressional campaign might be the only time in his life he made a living with his hands.

There’s nothing wrong with being rich. Wait, no, that was a typographical error. There’s plenty wrong with being rich, including taking money you don’t need from an economy in which more and more Americans struggle to get by, losing the self-discipline that comes from work, and — for elected representatives — becoming disconnected from the people you’re supposed to represent.

More than half the members of the United States Congress are millionaires.

That might be why our tax code favors investment income over wages, why we bailed out banks but not homeowners in the last financial crisis, and why we have no problem finding trillions for nationbuilding in the Middle East but make it a titanic struggle to locate billions for the Children’s Health Insurance Program.

Our elected representatives are more sympathetic to foreign oligarchs than to single moms in Butte. The lives of working people are as difficult for them to imagine as the concerns of tigers at the zoo.

Not during Log Cabin season, though. From now until November, millionaire candidate Rosendale is outraged that millionaire incumbent Tester lives in an expensive house. Tester, who voted to deregulate Deutsche Bank a few months ago, wants you to know that Rosendale is money from back east.

These pronouncements tell us less about these two men and more about what they think of us.

Dan Brooks is on Twitter at @DangerBrooks.

[opinion]

Help needed Why the West should be standing up for immigrants

by George Wallace

It is 11:30 at night on our farm in the West, in a part of Colorado that I’d rather not identify, and we are trying to get our grain corn harvested before a storm hits us hard.

I am running the combine, and Paco is in the tractor next to me, with his 3-year-old son sleeping on his lap.

He has the boy this evening because his wife, Lupe, is working the night shift, cleaning office buildings in town.

It is slow going because part of the corn was laid over by a strong wind.

Paco looks up at the corn streaming into the cart and smiles as if to say, “Don’t worry, things are going pretty good.”

Paco and Lupe are like many of the immigrants that people who work in agriculture have come to know over the years. They’re almost all hard-working and positive, quick learners, willing to do what it takes to get the job done, and glad to have the job.

There are millions of workers like them, keeping not only agriculture but also food processing, construction, landscaping, hotels, restaurants and nursing homes functioning. It is hard to drive through the rural landscape and not see them at work. Just look around.

Like the majority of “undocumented workers,” they do the work most of us don’t want to do and don’t want our kids to do either. They are not the terrifying, violent gang members that President Donald Trump talks about and would have us believe are everywhere. But this administration now classifies all undocumented immigrants as criminals, even if all they have done is purchase an illegal permanent resident or Social Security card. Workers who obtain these readily available documents do so in order to get work and keep their employers off the hook.

These workers cross the border into the United States without legal docu-

ments because the immigration system — which has not been updated in 28 years — is broken. It has become almost impossible to get an H-2A visa (granted for temporary work, usually agricultural) or a green card (proof the process of becoming a permanent resident is underway) due to the cost, wait time and limited number issued. The legal immigration system satisfies only about 4 percent of the needs of agriculture, for example.

Far from being a burden, the immigrants we know pay their way — and more.

“If you live in rural, red America, shouldn’t you be willing to stand up and fight for the help you need to work the land?”

A 2016 study by the New American Economy, an immigration reform group, showed that undocumented immigrants in Colorado earned $3 billion, of which $114 million went to state and local taxes and $199 million went to federal taxes. Immigrants also contribute to entitlement programs like Medicare and Social Security, though they seldom receive any benefits from them. Also, because they tend to be of working age, immigrants are 25 percent more likely to be employed than the general population. Many have been members of their communities for years and have children who are U.S. citizens.

The immigration discussion is currently focused on the fate of the young

people called Dreamers and the families who have been separated at the border, so the larger issue of a broken immigration system receives far less attention.

But this is what we need: A guestworker program and a pathway to citizenship for long-standing members of our communities. And we need to stop deporting the heads of households who are already in the workforce. We also need to think about what would happen to our national economy if we suddenly deported 7 million or 9 million immigrants — all of them a crucial part of our workforce.

In the farm and ranch country where I live, politically diverse groups like the Farm Bureau, Farmers Union and Colorado Livestock Association, as well as my own County Ag Advisory Board, have all taken policy positions that call for comprehensive immigration reform. Yet public discussion about needed reform seems surprisingly timid and lacking in advocacy.

If you live in rural, red America, shouldn’t you be willing to stand up and fight for the help you need to work the land? Let’s tell the world that we need immigrants working on our places or at our processing facilities if we’re going to survive. It’s past time to cowboy up and do what’s right, even if it means accepting the stigma involved in visibly and vocally standing up for good people like Paco and Lupe.

We know these folks will be there for us and all the other farms and businesses that depend on them. So we’ve got to talk about the kind of immigration reform that allows them to work for us legally and with dignity.

George Wallace is a contributor to Writers on the Range, the opinion service of High Country News (hcn.org ). He has ranched and farmed in the West all his life.

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SUSPICIONS CONFIRMED – Among the gazillion other products and services available from Amazon is the behemoth’s facial recognition software, Rekognition, marketed as providing extremely accurate facial analysis. But when the American Civil Liberties Union gave it a go, the results were startling. Using Rekognition, the ACLU scanned photos of every current member of the U.S. House and Senate and came up with 28 matches to a mug shot database of people who had been arrested for crimes. The ACLU announced its findings July 26 and admitted it used Amazon’s default settings, to which Amazon responded, “While 80 percent confidence is an acceptable threshold for photos of hot dogs, chairs, animals or other social media use cases,” Amazon would advise customers to set the threshold at 95 percent or higher for law enforcement. The ACLU told NPR that the legislators who were falsely matched were men, women, Republicans and Democrats of all ages. However, the software did misidentify people of color at a higher rate.

WEIRD SCIENCE – You thought you were old? You’re just a twinkle in a nematode’s eye. Russian scientists have revived two ancient, frozen roundworms, or nematodes, from samples collected in Siberian permafrost, the Siberian Times reported on July 26. The worms, which were found in cores taken from 30 meters and 3.5 meters deep, are believed to be female and 41,700 and 32,000 years old, respectively. After collecting the samples, scientists slowly thawed out the worms, which eventually started eating and moving. Scientists from the Institute of Physico-Chemical and Biological Problems of Soil Science in Moscow believe the nematodes have some adaptive mechanisms that may be of scientific importance.

FLORIDA. NEED WE SAY MORE? – During a July 23 debate among mayoral candidates in Key West, Florida, Sloan Bashinsky, a perennial contender, took a minute to answer a call from God. “Hello? What? God?” Bashinsky said, speaking into his cellphone. According to FLKeys News, it wasn’t the first time he’s heard from a higher power: “I have said every time I ran, I ran because God told me to run,” Bashinsky explained. “I think anyone who wants this job is insane.” Bashinsky has a law degree from Vanderbilt University and was once among the island’s homeless. He joins six other candidates on the ticket.

SIGN OF THE TIMES – Just after midnight on July 22, a couple in Palo Alto, California, were awakened in their bedroom by a 17-year-old burglar with a garment obscuring his face. Instead of demanding money or jewelry, though, the intruder asked for their Wi-Fi password. According to the Sacramento Bee, the homeowner forced the teen out of the home and called police, who tracked him down a block away and arrested him for felony residential burglary. Police later determined it wasn’t the teen’s first attempt at connectivity. Less than an hour earlier that night, a prowler had summoned a woman from her home to ask for access to her Wi-Fi network also. She told him to go away, and he rode off on a bicycle — which she realized the next day he had stolen from her backyard. She called police, who recovered the bike near where they had arrested the teen.

BRIGHT IDEAS – Jeffrey Jacobs, 37, thought he had a great thing going. Last year, when a tree fell on his White Plains, New York, home, he told the owner of a tree service (and big hockey fan) that he was the owner of the NHL’s Boston Bruins, reported the Hour. Impressed, the tree service owner sent a crew in the midst of a storm, then billed the actual club owner, 78-year-old Jeremy Jacobs, $5,100 for the service. Police in nearby Wilton, Connecticut, heard about the deception when they received a call in May from security officials at a company chaired by the Bruins’ owner. The story sounded familiar: In November, Jacobs had been pulled over in Wilton, and he told officers he owned the Bruins in an effort to get out of the ticket. On July 20, Jacobs was pulled over for using his phone while driving in Poughkeepsie, New York, sent back to Wilton and charged with criminal impersonation.

Diamonds are SO 20th century. In Japan, Warp Space is offering newlyweds the chance to make their union universal with wedding plaques launched into space. According to United Press International, the startup company, founded by faculty members from the University of Tsukuba, will print a titanium plate with the names of the betrothed and put it, along with a few hundred other plaques, in one of a series of small cubes to be released into space from the International Space Station. Astronauts will memorialize the launching by taking photographs, which will then be sent to the newlyweds. The service costs $270.

AWESOME! – Painesville (Ohio) Municipal Court Judge Michael Cicconetti has a reputation for serving up unusual sentences, and he delivered again on July 24 when 18-year-old Bayley Toth appeared in his courtroom. Toth was convicted of two misdemeanor criminal mischief charges for toppling a portable toilet at Painesville Township Park in June, among other things. Cicconetti sentenced him to 120 days in jail, but suspended it in lieu of Toth shoveling ... manure at the Lake County Fair. “You act like an animal, you’re going to take care of animals,” Cicconetti told Toth. The News-Herald reported Toth will also have to perform 40 hours of community service and pay restitution for damage to the park.

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round midnight, in a cozy living room in Missoula’s University District, a couple dozen young people sit crosslegged in a semicircle in the dark. It’s pitch black because the power has gone out across the neighborhood, preventing local musicians Mossmouth — who were supposed to be playing — from plugging into their amps. Instead, the small audience is listening to a bearded man named Dan (of the band The Kitchen) playing an impromptu acoustic cover of Neutral Milk Hotel’s “The King of Carrot Flowers.” One of the audience members has activated her phone to cast a spotlight on him as fire truck sirens wail through the dark streets.

The house, known as the 6th Street House, is one of a handful of spaces in Missoula that hosts underground music on a semiregular basis. Others in recent years have included the Hockey House, the Eel Pit and the Yellow House. The 6th Street House in particular is known for its eclectic lineups: hip-hop, punk, hillbilly hardcore and psychedelic, the latter a genre that has blown up in Missoula over the past two years. But all the house shows have something in common: They’re breeding grounds for experimentation by bands that might not get shows at the better-known venues in town. The shows themselves are intimate and sometimes wild, and they have a sort of loose-

Missoula’s underground musicians build a new foundation

by Dónal Lakatua and Erika Fredrickson • photos by Dónal Lakatua

TOP: Young Missoulians and university students cheer on a student band in the basement of the Eel Pit. The venue came into existence after several University of Montana students moved into a house and discovered its history as an underground punk and hardcore performance space. They returned the space to those rock roots, hosting five shows over the course of several months during the school year.

BOTTOM: Billings hardcore band Deathwish is one of many bands that has performed in the Yellow House dining room.

They stand out by being the loudest group to play at the tiny house venue.

ness and versatility that more “legitimate” venues can’t provide — like impromptu shows in the dark.

The prevalence of house shows comes and goes in Missoula. In the 1990s, there was the Badlander House (before that name attached to a downtown venue), the White Birch and the Volumen House (now the Hockey House). These underground spaces pop up when there is a dearth of commercial music venues for musicians — especially local bands — to play. Last year, while big venues such as the KettleHouse and Big Sky amphitheaters emerged to host major touring acts, Stage 112 and the Palace, both venues friendly to local and touring DIY bands, closed their doors. The VFW, a longtime host of local musician residencies and alternative acts, fired their bookers and started hosting DJ nights and more mainstream acts. (The bar has since returned to hosting more alternative lineups, but its reputation in the DIY scene is still being repaired.) As those venues closed or shifted focus, more house shows popped up to fill the void. The off-the-radar approach has fueled a thriving underground music scene including bands such as Charcoal Squids, Tiny Plastic Stars and Go Hibiki, which have gained higher local profiles and now play some of the big (Top Hat) but mostly smaller downtown venues.

In the past year, new commercial spaces have emerged as well (though promoters will tell you it’s still a challenge to find the right room at the right time for any given show). The ZACC Below and the Union Ballroom, both of which have hosted shows sporadically for several years, have become more regular in their booking. Free Cycles, the community bicycle shop, has also become a regular music space — one that combines the vibe of a house show with an actual stage.

And Ten Spoon Winery, which often hosts folk or jazz musicians, has recently opened its doors to more experimental acts. Underground musicians have also latched onto alternative spaces, like breweries, coffeehouses and public spaces including the MAM’s Art Park. But house shows are still where the seeds of grassroots music culture are planted in Missoula.

The photos on the following pages were taken by Dónal Lakatua, a photojournalist for the University of Montana’s Kaimin and a fan of underground music. Lakatua has been documenting the scene for close to a year.

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Local drummer Dusty Shriver, of free-jazz and performance-art group Power Plant, shreds during a set in the basement of the Eel Pit, a longtime house-show venue. The projections were provided by Austin “Acesloman” Slominski, a visual artist who enhances performances with his light projections.

Troy Michaels and Shane Findlay, of Lolo-based psych band Crypticollider, play alongside rapper and longtime friend Elliot Tabler, who performs under the pseudonym “Thin Truk.” “[We] appreciate people dancing around and having a good time,” says Crypticollider drummer Dylan Findlay. “That’s what makes it.”

Noelle Huser stands still during a dance as a part of the Mumblebees, a performance-art group comprising dancers, projection artists, saxophonists and poets. They performed on a farm at sunset to a crowd of more than 30 people.

Josh Blakely plays guitar as Landen Beckner sings at a performance at the Missoula Art Museum’s Art Park. A large group of artists and musicians plan to perform there every First Friday.

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Garrett Koloski, of Philadelphia punk band Empath, rocks out during a show at the ZACC Below. Empath records for DIY label Get Better Records, which promotes and books shows in its home base of Philadelphia. Organized by former Top Hat and VFW promoter Ryan Carr, the Empath show was a noisy celebration of DIY music.

Fruit Juice, a glam-pop group from Olympia, played a living room show at the 6th Street House alongside local acts to more than 40 people. This was one of 85-plus shows hosted in this living room over the course of a year. At certain points during the winter of 2017, the 6th Street House hosted up to four shows a week.

Cole Bronson zones in on his kit as he plays in his own living room at the 6th Street House. On the wall behind him is a 6-foot by 10-foot canvas covered in paint and sharpie drawings by anyone who wanted to participate. Bronson booked numerous solo acts and jam groups at the house during the winter of 2017.

Ethan Hoerr, aka “Ernav K,” provides live video synthesis for the second Missoula Psychfest. Hoerr’s installation filtered the psychedelic Japanese video game “LSD: Dream Emulator” through coded modules to provide projections for seven bands during their performances on April 28, 2017.

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Toronto psych-rock group Hot Garbage poses after a night of heavy rock at the ZACC.

Dozens of young Missoulians mosh in the kitchen of the Yellow House, a residence owned by an audio technician and engineer who built a studio in a guest room where he records and mixes the live music and provides the bands with the final cuts.

Jared Benge plays bass to a packed crowd during a show at the 6th Street House as a part of the short-lived soul group Mystery Bridge.

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Local rock darlings Wrinkles perform their newest album at the ZACC.

Q&A with Ghost Carrot Records’ Joshua Bacha

by Erika Fredrickson One measure of the vitality of Missoula’s underground music scene is the emergence of promoters, basement studios and labels that support these bands. Newer examples include Levitation Recording & Tapes, which calls itself “Missoula’s subterranean laboratory for music and sound,” and Ghost Carrot Records, a DIY record label and music, art and booking collective.

Joshua Bacha, who runs Ghost Carrot Records with input from the bands he works with, came to Missoula two years ago and has established himself as a booker, promoter and musician playing in bands such as Tomb Toad, Charcoal Squids and Tiny Plastic Stars — a band he left but still sometimes performs with.

Through Ghost Carrot, Bacha has started two festivals, Missoula Psych Fest and Ghost Carrot Festival, that gather local and touring underground bands. And he regularly books small venues and house shows, often on a weekly basis, developing a high-profile reputation in a low-profile scene. The Indy spoke with Bacha about the impetus behind Ghost Carrot Records and what it takes to book DIY shows in an arts- and music-loving town.

How have you seen Missoula’s underground music scene change in the two years you’ve been here, especially in terms of venues?

JB: I moved here, and places like the Palace and the VFW, they just got lost. And Stage 112 was another one. But people who want to make shows happen are going to make them happen, and people who really care about the art that they create and the art that their friends create are going to make a way for it to happen.

It is harder to book bands, though. Right now there’s a lot of really cool bands that are hitting me up, and I honestly have so many shows that I have to find venues for. It just becomes this really stressful thing.

Tell me about some of the bands that you’ve brought to your festivals that were especially interesting to you.

JB: Black Water Profit was super awesome. I don’t think they’re any longer a band, but they put out a few albums that are super influential on us, and it was really cool that we got to book them. And

then this band called Geist and the Sacred Ensemble from Seattle — a six- or seven-piece band that’s almost like world music mixed with really heavy Pink Floyd. The first time I saw them, they were playing at the VFW, and it was two in the morning, and I was the only person there. And there was so much sound and dynamics.

And Ghost Carrot Records Fest, is that more diverse as far as genre goes?

JB: Yeah. With Psych Fest, we primarily try to focus on experimental and psychedelic and weird art that deserves to be seen. With Ghost Carrot Records Fest, I just want it to be something for everybody — more broad. Often with the [Ghost Carrot Record Fest] bookings, I’ll just post online a call to artists, and we kind of sort through the artists from there.

Why do you think psych music is so popular right now, and why do you like it?

JB: All things are cyclical. Every style of art comes and goes, and then it comes back. But I guess when I was first starting to get into music, some of the people around me who were big influences on my life showed me a lot of good ’60s music. I grew up in a very conservative, right-wing, radical Christian household. My dad would go through my iTunes and delete stuff that was not holy, and I only started to listen to music as an escapist thing when I was in high school, and then when I was in college.

What were some of the groups you were listening to?

JB: 13th Floor Elevators are super awesome. And there’s this band called the West Coast Experimental Art Pop Group. They have a lot of songs that you’d probably recognize that are just songs that you hear in movies on soundtracks. A lot of the stuff from that time was protest music, and that’s what psychedelic drugs were part of — this revolution of political change and the youth counterculture movement.

How much is drug culture part of this current scene?

JB: I think in this day and age a lot of people are very concerned about their health, as they should be. But there’s some of that. I think you have to be smart about being stupid, and I think that everybody has a different limit. I’ve never put on a show where people are just really fucked up. Obviously, with house shows, some people go there to party, but it wasn’t us that brought them there. Psychedelics help me heal from a lot of childhood trauma. But I don’t think people should be constantly losing their minds.

After you moved to Missoula, did you notice an explosion of house shows at some point?

JB: Yeah. I don’t know the exact dates of when it happened, but with the lack of venues, I just think the occasion was right. There’s so many factors going into hosting a house venue, and I think that house venues and house shows are super positive. I think that’s how you can get some of the most genuine, meaningful culture.

There’s some concern among musicians in Missoula about not being able to get shows at larger venues, but doesn’t the underground scene, by definition, thrive in DIY venues?

JB: I think it does. And it’s like with everything — if you do it for a long time and you get good at it, there is upward growth. Eventually, if you get big enough, you won’t be playing in basements anymore. You still can, but different opportunities open up. Regular venues are easier to promote. You can put an address on there, put a time, put the amount of money and not be afraid of cops coming down and shutting down the thing. That’s why small to mid venues that still have the DIY mentality are important.

But honestly, it’s a whole lot easier to connect with people in a DIY setting, and there’s a strong sense of community. It’s not that big venues don’t have that, it’s just a different type of community. I think it’s good to have all kinds of venues. The more music that’s happening here, the better. efredrickson@missoulanews.com

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Eat, watch, pet Your alternative guide to the Western Montana Fair

by Sarah Aswell

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height of the fair on Saturday afternoon.

If you want to feel the real churn of the crowd and heat of the afternoon while experiencing a fair staple, this is your event.

Sat., Aug. 11 at 3 PM.

ount Jumbo is brown, Target has stocked its school supplies and your Chaco tan has reached its summer peak. That must mean the Western Montana Fair is in full swing. Fair week can be a tangle of long, sweaty lines and expensive campaigns to win cheap stuffed animals — or it can be pretty fun and inexpensive, if you know how to do it right. Here’s your alternative guide to the fair, which collects our favorite lesser-known events, some new stuff we’re excited about and a few fair classics that will never go out of style.

MADE Fair Marketplace In past years, the craft offerings at the fair have been a bit thin and often seem corny and dated. Not this summer.

New this year is the MADE Fair Marketplace located in the commercial building, which showcases 70 vendors every day, along with artists in residence. In addition to the great new selection of local, modern arts and crafts, each day will include make-and-take crafts. Among other things, you can make lavender water, dye silk scarves and create repurposed leather keychains. We are so ready and excited for this arty update.

Every day, 11 AM to 9 PM. Baby llamas Honestly, we spend a lot of the fair checking out the animals and being impressed by the 4H kids that care for them. But most everyone wanders through the main livestock building for a few minutes, which means it can be

The ZACC’s Girls’ Rock Camp If you haven’t caught the kids’ rock camp performances in the past, this is a great time to do it. This show is the end result of The Zootown Art Community Center’s summer rock camps, where kids 8 to 16 can learn how to play instruments and write songs together. And seeing those kids up there is super impressive and inspiring for people of all ages. Bonus: This year’s rock camp concert is bookended by an event called The Magic of Keith Raymond, which sounds kind of cheesy, but awesome.

Friday, Aug. 10 at 2 PM. illustration by Lauren Tyler Norby

easy to miss the llama and alpaca tent located on the periphery. No offense to the chickens and pigs and rabbits and stuff, but baby llamas are just the best. And if you don’t want to check out the baby llamas, fine. Just know we think you might be a sociopath.

Thu., Aug. 9, 11 AM to 9 PM. Big Sky Band nachos There is absolutely nothing artisan about these nachos — the cheese comes from a big tub, the chili from a can, the jalapenos are absolutely not fresh. And guess what? They are just the most per-

fect plate of fair nachos you will ever eat in your life. This is our personal first food stop at the fair every year. We walk right past the line for the ever-popular vikings and order a plate of nachos with everything on it. From the first crisp chip with the perfect amount of cheese to the last soggy, floppy bite that you have to eat with a fork, this is fair heaven. Bonus: the proceeds go to a great cause.

Every day, 11 AM to 9 PM. Mudslide Charley Music at the fair tends to bend toward country music and metal, which is

fine with us, but can get a little tired and predictable. This year, we think the most fun show will be local blues outfit Mudslide Charley, which often rocks the Union Club and other venues in town.

We are all for hearing them outside, with room to dance, and for free.

Thu., Aug. 9, at 5 and 9 PM. The chili cook off There are a few cooking competitions throughout the week, but we are totally here for the chili cook off. Not only is the chili diversity inspiring and delicious, but it happens at the very

The Ferris wheel There are lots of rides at the fair, from the classic to the rickety to the barfinducing. But we keep it classic with the Ferris wheel, which has to be the most pleasant way to see the whole fairgrounds — and a pretty big chunk of Missoula.

Every day, 11 AM to 9 PM. The Western Montana Fair continues Thu., Aug. 9–Sat., Aug. 11 from 11 AM to 9 PM and Sun., Aug. 12 from 11 AM to 8 PM. arts@missoulanews.com

Fair Protips • Do anything but drive there. The biggest headache of the fair is parking, so just skip it. Bike to the fair and use the bike valet service offered by Missoula Bike Ambassadors and Missoula in Motion. It’s free, plus they give you $2 in fair bucks, so you enter the fair richer. And the bus is easy and free.

If you have to drive, park close in a paid lot.

Your money goes to one good cause or another and you will swear a lot less.

• Skip the bagged cotton candy. In re-

cent years, the fair has lacked fresh-made cotton candy, which is the only kind of cotton candy that should be consumed by humans. Avoid the bags of stale cotton candy, which only disappoint, and get your fresh spun sugar fix at the new booth at the Clark Fork Market (it’s organic, too).

• Don’t put goldie in a little bowl. If you win a goldfish at the fair, well, first of all, congratulations! Secondly, don’t make

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the mistake of just putting it in a small fish bowl. It will quickly die from the dirty water or lack of oxygen. Swing by the pet store and get a tank with a filter. If you don’t want to go through the trouble of caring for your new pet, don’t try to win one in the first place.

• Be ready for the heat. The fairgrounds aren’t super shady, and this week is going to be very hot. Go prepared with sunglasses, hats, sunscreen, water and an ap-

propriate August fair-going attitude. Getting there right when the fair opens at 11 a.m., or attending late in the evening, are two good ways to avoid the warmest part of the day (and the crowds).

• Don’t forget to people watch. People come from all over the state to attend the fair, so when you get your Big Sky Band nachos, find a shady, grassy spot and just watch the crowd go by. It’s more entertaining than most of the carnie games.

[music] Cody Jinks, Lifers Cody Jinks’ fifth LP, Lifers, laments the passage of time and is soaked in loneliness and whiskey, but without a depressing vibe. It features the artist’s rich baritone along with a big, strummy steel guitar sound in the vein of old-school country, imbued with rock rather than pop undertones. Storytelling is clearly Jinks’ strength and his lyrics leak nonstop emotion.

The heart-wrenching ballad “I’m Somewhere Between I Love You and I’m Leavin’,” really hit home for me recently as I packed up my car to leave Montana. It also dredged up every breakup

I’ve ever gone through. But then, just two tracks later, “Big Last Name” had me wanting to swing dance my boots off at the Union Club. That all sounds like a recipe for whiplash, but Lifers flows seamlessly from beginning to end, balancing the upbeat with the somber.

This record is a solid, authentic representation of what country music should sound like, even for those who don’t consider themselves a fan of the genre. Pour yourself a glass of whiskey (what else) and settle in. (Micah Drew) Cody Jinks plays the Wilma Wed., Aug. 15, at 8 PM. $30.

Valley Queen, Supergiant When you name your debut album after the biggest and brightest star in the galaxy, you’d better deliver a worthy record — and Valley Queen does just that.

Frontwoman Natalie Carol is an astonishing vocalist, both in volume and pitch. There’s a gravitylike pull to her sound, and a raw emotion that ramps up the intensity with every inflection. While her baseline sound entails a folk-styled lilting, she seems just as comfortable with piercing high notes and low growling vibrato. In “Bedroom,” she twice hits and holds notes for 20 seconds (I counted) resulting in something that feels like an aural depiction of infinity.

On “Gems and Rubies,” the back and forth be-

tween the vocals and Shawn Morones’ zealous guitar is a perfect example of the musicians’ ability to riff off each other. The same happens in “Two of Cups,” but this time with Mike DeLuccia carrying the momentum on the drums.

The natural cohesion sounds like the band, which formed in 2014, has been playing together for decades, not just a few years. If Carol seems to steal the show every time she opens her mouth, the rest of the band is driving the getaway car, clearly carrying their share of the weight toward the next destination. (Micah Drew) Valley Queen plays the Top Hat Thu., Aug. 9, at 9:30 PM. Free.

Linda Gail Lewis, Wild! Wild! Wild!

In April, I saw Linda Gail Lewis warm up the piano for her older brother Jerry Lee under a merciless Las Vegas sun. Two months later I watched my altcountry hero Robbie Fulks blaze his way through a house concert as the sun set in Missoula. Imagine my surprise to learn these two had teamed up on a rockabilly salvo called Wild! Wild! Wild! Sometimes you just get lucky.

Still full of fire and feeling, Lewis has boogiewoogie in her blood and a cozy relationship with fast living. On “Round Too Long,” she introduces herself as “the sister of a hell raiser and the daughter of an alley cat” in a robust Memphis twang that leaves no doubt this ain’t no oldies revival exercise.

As for Fulks, Wild! Wild! Wild! is the closest

he’s come to circling back to the classic honky-tonk sound he displayed on his alt-country masterpieces of the mid-1990s. “That’s Why They Call It Temptation” is a real gem, a throwback duet that could have been sung by George and Tammy or Conway and Loretta.

Fulks’ deviant humor is on full display, from the bottoming-out guitar solo on the title track to the dark wordplay on “Till Death,” where the singer takes her wedding vows quite literally: “No more honky-tonk angels/ Only actual angels.”

Their cover of “Your Red Wagon” is flat-out hilarious, thanks to Fulks’ unhinged phrasing and complete waterboarding of the melody. It’s vintage Fulks, and Lewis is the perfect foil. More! More!

More! (Ednor Therriault)

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Tainted waters Dark Money’s compelling Montana angle

by Chris La Tray

Dark Money looks at how politics have been influenced by corporate interests through untraceable contributions and smear campaigns, and the way in which Montana became a battleground for reform.

Filmmaker Kimberly Reed makes clear in her latest effort, Dark Money, that Montana is a state that has been shaped by a history of corporations stripping it of its abundant resources and leaving destruction in their wake. Money flowed out of the state and into corporate coffers with the inevitable gravity of water surging off the continental divide and into the Columbia River. And to turn that water metaphor into something more literal, as Reed does, the tainted waters that plague the city of Butte (aka The Richest Hill on Earth) threaten the entire Columbia watershed, all because of the rapacious nature of corporate interests.

Montanans recognized the issue of corporate manipulation 100 years ago. The Corrupt Practices Act of 1912, passed by voter referendum, banned corporations from contributing to political campaigns. That act buttressed Montana with some of the strongest campaign finance protections in the entire United States. Then, in 2010, almost a century later, came Citizens United, the Supreme Court ruling that, in some instances, prohibiting corporations from contributing to elections is a restriction of their freedom of speech, and therefore unconstitutional. In the wake of this ruling, Montana became a battleground. With the entire nation watching, a pro-corporate interest organization called American Tradition Partnership sued the state over its 1912 law. How the battle — both at the state and federal levels — plays out is at the center of Dark Money.

Reed’s debut film, the 2008 Prodigal Sons, was a personal story about returning to her hometown of Helena for a high school reunion years after she transitioned from male to female. While that story was deeply personal, the new film is deeply political, and Reed does a fantastic job telling it.

Dark Money (a runner-up for the Big Sky Award at the 2018 Big Sky Documentary Film Festival) shines a bright light on layers of national cor-

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ruption and elusive, widespread dark money smear campaigns, while keeping a keen focus on the Montana-based narrative. Where Reed most succeeds is in depicting the story as an issue for all voters, Republican or Democrat. It would be easy for more conservative folks to sneer at the film as another diatribe from a lefty do-gooder, but Reed dodges that potential barb by keeping most of her political characters Republican. In particular, she gives space to several Republican lawmakers targeted from within their own party by shadowy and nearly untraceable organizations. It illustrates the consequences of these smear campaigns for Republicans, who often lose elections at the primary level when they’re not on board with their party’s wider agenda.

Another theme of the film is the growing attack on journalists from the far right, largely through corporate ownership of media. During the making of the film, investigative journalist (and former Indy reporter) John Adams is essentially forced out of his job at the Great Falls Tribune. He lives in a truck in an effort to continue pursuing his work reporting on dark money, and eventually founds the Montana Free Press.

Dark Money is a film everyone should see — though it’s difficult to watch without feeling a simmering rage from beginning to end. Reed’s film should be a rallying cry for those of us who care about the future of democracy, to set aside smaller disagreements, join together and take back our country from the oligarchs.

Dark Money screens at the Roxy Fri., Aug. 10, at 8 PM followed by a Q&A with John S. Adams. Sat. Aug. 11, at 2 PM followed by a Q&A with John S. Adams and Gene Jarussi and again at 8 PM followed by a Q&A with Gene Jarussi and Kimberly Reed. arts@missoulanews.com

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Want shark?

How big and dumb is big and dumb enough?

by MaryAnn Johanson

A very large shark stars in The Meg.

It’s Jason Statham versus a giant prehistoric shark. What, you need more?

OK. Here’s the deal: Jaws’ reputation as the best shark movie ever is safe, but yes, we learn from that one that they’re gonna need a bigger boat.

Jurassic Park’s reputation as the best ancient-creature-in-the-modern-world movie ever is safe, but yes, the scientists were so preoccupied with whether they could, they didn’t stop to think if they should. In this one, they’re not genetically engineering enormous extinct ocean predators, but there’s definitely some meddling in realms that humans were not meant to meddle in, and so on.

More? Are you ready for this? Stath goes handto-fin with the giant prehistoric shark. If that is not enough for you, then you needn’t bother with The Meg. You are not among those being pandered to with this movie, which is very ecumenical in its pandering. There’s something for the literary crowd: Statham’s deep-sea-rescue diver is haunted by the spectre of the monster that killed his crew — his best friends! — five years earlier. A creature that no one believed existed when he told them.

But now! Vindication and revenge shall be his, maybe Moby Dick style.

There’s something for the classic-sci-fi crowd: The Megalodon, the giant shark, has been disturbed from its hidden underwater realm, a place cut off from time, just like The Lost Continent, except on the ocean floor. There’s the “Chinese production money must be acknowledged” crowd, so we get significant sequences set in Shanghai. The cast features the awesome Li Bingbing — as the scientist who knows sharks, and whose offshore research station is ground zero for the shark havoc — and her adorable little daughter, Sophia Cai. (Seriously,

Statham has a terrific niche starring opposite badass little girls; see also 2012’s Safe and 2013’s Homefront.) Cai and Statham together onscreen are nonshark highlights. He is thoroughly charming with little girls. (So there’s another crowd being pandered to: the one that likes to see tough guys softened by kids.) And there is also the crowd that is grateful for totally gratuitous male nudity, a crowd that is sadly almost never appeased onscreen.

Then there’s the crowd that appreciates cheesy movies — I count myself in this one — who may be just a tad disappointed. The Meg is more cheesy than suspenseful or scary, but even cheesier still would have been better. The script, by Dean Georgaris, Jon Hoeber and Erich Hoeber, leans on so many melodrama and disaster flick clichés. But it never leans quite hard enough. You’re never really sure if the movie intends to make us laugh at the terrible and often histrionic dialogue, or if it’s genuinely offered as serious and emotional drama. Director Jon Turteltaub seems to walk a tightrope between comedy and horror, and so the movie doesn’t totally satisfy in either direction. (The movie is based on the bestselling novel of the same name

by Steve Alten, which doesn’t seem to bear much resemblance to what ended up onscreen. The book also doesn’t sound like it is meant to be funny.)

The Meg isn’t quite as much big dumb ridiculous fun as the recent movie Rampage, in which the Rock and his giant gorilla pal fight a giant croc and a giant wolf. But as big dumb ridiculous action movies go, The Meg will do until the next one shows up.

The Meg opens at the AMC 12 Fri., Aug. 10. arts@missoulanews.com

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[film] Due to a technical issue, the schedules for the AMC 12 and the Southgate 9 were not available at press time. Visit amctheatres.com for an upto-date schedule.

OPENING THIS WEEK 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. (See Film) 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. (See Film)

NOW PLAYING ANT-MAN AND THE WASP After Avengers: Infinity War left us on the darkest cliffhanger in the MCU's history, what does Marvel do next? Would you believe a light and breezy action-adventure film starring two size-changing heroes? Rated PG-13. Stars Paul Rudd, Evangeline Lilly and Michael Douglas in a CGI mask. Playing at the Southgate 9.

CASTLE IN THE SKY (1986) Air pirates, foreign agents and magical robots all battle to uncover the location of a mysterious floating island in Hayao Miyazaki's adventure classic. Rated PG. Stars the voices of Anna Paquin, Mark Hamill and James Van Der Beek. Playing Sun., Aug. 12 at 2 PM 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.

THE DARKEST MINDS Congratulations to The Hunger Games and the XMen on the arrival of their baby! Rated PG-13. Stars Amandla Stenberg, Harris Dickinson and Mandy Moore. Playing at the Pharaohplex, the AMC 12 and the Southgate 9.

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.

DEATH OF A NATION The president's favorite filmmaker interviews turnipfaced punch-target Richard Spencer in this “documentary” that posits that Hitler was really a liberal, so quit comparing him to Trump, you snowflakes.

Rated PG-13. Directed by Dinesh D'Souza. Playing at the AMC 12.

EIGHTH GRADE Middle school is that magical time when your body is changing, your mind is changing and absolutely

“Maybe if we play nice, Patty Jenkins will direct our next movie.” Teen Titans Go! to the Movies continues at the AMC 12. 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 and the Southgate 9.

THE EQUALIZER 2 He thought his days of being a highly paid government assassin were over, but just when he thought he was out, he has to kill, like, a hundred more goons. Historians take note, this is the first time Denzel Washington has ever made a sequel to any of his films. Rated R. Also stars Pedro Pascal and Melissa Leo. Playing at the AMC 12.

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 AMC 12 and 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.

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 Pharaohplex, AMC 12 and the Southgate 9.

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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 long-running 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 MY NEIGHBOR TOTORO (1988) All aboard the Catbus! A trip to the countryside takes a magical turn as two little girls befriend a lovable, huggable spirit of death. Rated G. Stars the voices of Elle Fanning, Dakota Fanning and Tim Daly. Playing Wed., Aug. 15 at 8 PM and Sun., Aug. 19 at 2 PM. THE NEVERENDING STORY (1984) You can lead a horse to the Swamps of Sadness, but you can't make him fight. A young boy discovers the power of reading in this classic fantasy adventure.

Rated PG. Stars Barret Oliver, Sydney Bromley and Deep Roy. Playing Thu., Aug. 9 at 2 PM and Sat., Aug. 11 at 2:15 PM at the Roxy.

LET'S PLAY TWO (2017) Pearl Jam's legendary performances at Wrigley Field during the Cubs historic 2016 season comes to life in this musical documentary. Not Rated. Directed by Danny Clinch. Playing Thu., Aug. 9 at 8 PM at the Roxy.

NATIONAL VELVET (1944) A 12-year-old Elizabeth Taylor stars in this classic tale about a rambunctious horse, the girl that loves her and the former jockey who all unite to show those snooty jerks at the national steeple chase who’s in charge. Not Rated. Also stars Donald Crisp and Mickey Rooney. Playing Mon., Aug. 13 at the Roxy.

THE SECRET GARDEN (1993) Sent to live with her uncle after the death of her parents in India, a young girl, her bedridden cousin and a servant boy decide to restore the hidden beauty of the eponymous secret garden. Rated G. Stars Kate Maberly, Maggie Smith and John Lynch. Playing Thu., Aug. 16 and Sat., Aug. 18 at 2 PM at the Roxy.

SORRY TO BOTHER YOU You think your job sucks? A down-on-his-luck telemarketer finds the secret to getting ahead at his job just as everyone in his life begins a protest against corporate oppression. Rated R. Stars Lakeith Stanfield, Tessa Thompson and Danny Glover. Playing at the AMC 12.

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 Pharaohplex, the AMC 12 and the Southgate 9.

TEEN TITANS GO! TO THE MOVIES DC Comics' team of young adult superheroes make their family-friendly, big screen debut just in time to further confuse audiences who just watched that awful trailer for the live-action Titans series full of swearing and gun violence. Good job, DC. Rated PG. Stars the voice talents of Tara Strong, Hynden Walch and Nicholas Cage as Superman. Playing at the AMC 12.

THREE IDENTICAL STRANGERS What's wilder than seeing a news story about two identical twins separated at birth reuniting as adults?

How about watching that newscast and realizing both of those brothers look and sound exactly like you. Rated PG-13. Tom Wardle directs this documentary that proves fact is stranger than fiction. Playing at the Roxy.

YOUNG GUNS (1988) A quintet of downtrodden cowhands mount up to ride forth in search of bloody vengeance after their mentor is gunned down in cold blood. Rated R. Stars Emilio Estevez, Kiefer Sutherland and Lou Diamond Phillips. Playing Sat., Aug. 11 at 9 PM at the Roxy.

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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photo by Ari LeVaux

Peak summer

by Ari LeVaux In its brief existence, this column has yet to acknowledge the existence of any farmers market other than Missoula’s two big Saturday farmers markets. No more. I may be captive to my habits, but trust me, you want to be free of those.

From Darby to Kalispell, western Montana is peppered with these festive and biodegradable centers of agricultural commerce. And here in Missoula, there are three markets that happen on days that don’t begin with Satur.

The Target Range farmers market is open Sunday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., while the Orchard Homes market runs Thursday afternoons from 4:30 to 7 p.m. And on Tuesday evenings from 5 to 7 p.m., the original Missoula Farmers Market at the north end of Higgins opens for an evening session.

These mid-week markets allow farmers to harvest and distribute the produce their plants pump out all week long, while giving shoppers a chance to buy produce in a more relaxed setting than what they find on Saturday, when even the calmer of the two markets is getting crowded.

Over the next few weeks, I hope to file reports from these under-noted Missoula markets. And who knows? I hear great things about Hamilton and Polson, too. Of course, the farther afield one goes, the less about food shopping — and the more about

MARKET REPORT

tourism — a trip to the market becomes. Which is just fine. It’s pretty much the best kind of tourism there is, IMO. So, in what may be my final lap around the Saturday market vortex for a while, I paid a visit to Missoula’s original market near the XXXXs. I was expecting to ease into the morning lazily, waking up as I went, but I found the market busier than I’ve seen it in years.

There was accordion music at one end and a blues band at the other, the aisles were crowded, and the offerings ticked all the boxes of a growing season in full swing: corn, melons and tomatoes galore. Amid this bursting abundance, huckleberry volume is unusually low. This year will be a total bust for peaches, since Paradise’s Forbidden Fruit got its peach flowers frozen this spring. But there are other sweet fruits of the earth to enjoy, like blueberries, cherries and the aforementioned melons. Meanwhile, morel season is hanging on, with some of the biggest specimens I’ve seen all season. And the peppers are finally coming on strong, including jalapeños, cherry bombs, Corno di Toro, pasillas and others. In case you hadn’t noticed, summer is here.

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

BUTTERFLY

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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 Seeley @ 3102 Hwy 83 (Boy Scout Rd) through Sunday. Back in East Missoula on Wednesday 8/15 214-1372 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-

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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! $-$$ Sushi Hana 403 N. Higgins 549-7979 SushiMissoula.com Montana’s Original Sushi Bar. We Offer the Best Sushi and Japanese Cuisine in Town. Casual atmosphere. Plenty of options for non-sushi eaters including daily special items you won’t find anywhere else. $1 Specials Mon & Wed. Lunch Mon–Sat; Dinner Daily. Sake, Beer, & Wine. Visit SushiMissoula.com for full menu. $$-$$$

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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!

What you’re drinking: The Lupujus 6 is a New England pale ale with heaps of citrus flavor. There are four Lupujus: 5, 6, 7 and 8, with the numbers representing each variant’s ABV percentage. The Lupujus 6 was rereleased late last month after some tweaks to its formula.

Lupujus? It’s a riff on “humulus lupulus,” the Latin taxonomy for hops. The idea behind the series is to create pale ales that are less bitter and more fruity.

How’s it taste? This writer is typically not a fan of pale ales, but the Lupujus 6’s emphasis on fruitiness downplayed all the qualities that make hoppy PAs such an acquired taste. There’s still some bitterness, but only for the first sip. Once you’ve acclimated to

the taste, all those juicy flavors really get the opportunity to shine.

The look: Upon ordering a Lupujus, you’ll probably notice that it doesn’t look quite like the other beers on tap. It’s more opaque, and doesn’t have much of a foamy head. That’s intentional. It still drinks like a beer, but it’s a nice deviation.

How much? A pint will run you $6.

Where to get it: Imagine Nation is located at 1151 W. Broadway St. —Michael Siebert Happiest Hour celebrates western Montana watering holes. To recommend a bar, bartender or beverage for Happiest Hour, email editor@missoulanews.com.

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Valley Queen plays the Top Hat Thu., Aug. 9. 9:30 PM. Free.

The Western Montana Fair continues at the Missoula fairgrounds.

Visit westernmontanafair.com for more info and a full schedule of events.

The MADE Fair Marketplace at the Western Montana Fair showcases 65 local and regional artisans.

Visit handmademontana.com for more info. 11 AM. Free.

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

Missoula’s favorite evening music

and food festival continues with Ryan Chrys & the Rough Cuts playing at Downtown ToNight.

Enjoy local food and local tunes at Caras Park between 5:30 PM and 8:30 PM. Free.

Musical dynamo Andrea Harsell plays Draught Works. 6 PM–8 PM. Free.

Stop; hammer time. Try your hand at the German game Nailschlagen, where you try to drive a nail flat with one swing of a hammer.

Winner receives a golden hammer and a free beer. Highlander Beer Taphouse. 6 PM–7 PM.

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One-man-psychedelic-band Holus Bolus plays Imagine Nation. 6 PM. Free.

Singer-songwriter Annalisa Rose provides the soundtrack at Bitter Root Brewing. 6 PM–8 PM. Michael Billingsley, the poor farmer himself, hosts Western Cider’s first guided tasting. Learn about fermentation, apple selection and how both can impact taste. 6 PM–7:30 PM. $20.

Email jessica@westerncider.com to RSVP. Have you considered investing in

a box fan? Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats play the KettleHouse Amphitheater. Doors at 6:30 PM, show at 8. Hope you have your tickets, because this one sold out fast.

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

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

L.A. powerhouse Valley Queen plays the Top Hat. 9:30 PM. Free.

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Friday The Western Montana Fair continues at the Missoula fairgrounds.

Visit westernmontanafair.com for more info and a full schedule of events.

Psychedelic hip-hop party band Brute Finesse hold the premiere of their new video followed by a concert at Kulture Kava. Doors at 8 PM, show at 9. $5.

The MADE Fair Marketplace at the Western Montana Fair showcases 65 local and regional artisans.

Visit handmademontana.com for more info. 11 AM. Free.

Nick Crawford and Flansburg provide the tunes at the Sunrise Saloon. 9 PM. Free.

I think you need to check the component cables going into your television. Greensky Bluegrass plays the KettleHouse Amphitheater. Doors at 6 PM, show at 7:30. $30–$35.

The Run for the River 5K benefits the Bitter Root Water Forum, a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting the traditions of agriculture, community and recreation by protecting the Bitterroot Watershed. Kiwanis River Park. 6:30 PM. $30 Author and musician Robert Hunter continues his quest to travel to all 50 states in 52 weeks with reading of his new book Relapse at Fact & Fiction.

5:30 PM. Free. (See Spotlight)

Dead Hipster’s I Love the ‘90s Dance Party takes you back to a time when Oprah pissed off the Texas beef industry. The Badlander. 9 PM. $3.

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I remember when they were knee-high to a cover band. Full Grown Band plays the Union Club. 9:30 PM. Free.

Dark Dreams celebrates ir8prim8’s 40th birthday with a laser show and special guest headline DJ Noncompliant. Missoula Winery. 10 PM–3 AM. $10.

Just go to a barber, like you should have done in the first place, and they’ll get it fixed up.

Ryan Chrys & The Rough Cuts play the Top Hat. 10:15 PM. Free.

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Brute Finesse plays Kulture Kava Fri., Aug. 10. Doors at 8 PM, show at 9. $5.

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Saturday 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.

Folf Course. 10 AM. Free. Visit lolohotsprings.com for more info and registration.

Summer Sun Garden & Brew celebrates its 10th anniversary with a party from 11 AM–4 PM. Free.

The Western Montana Fair continues at the Missoula fairgrounds. Visit westernmontanafair.com for more info and a full schedule of events.

Chelsea Lately writer and Almost Genius star April Richardson brings her Trivial Moonlight tour to the Roxy for a night of standup comedy.

8 PM. $12.

Jonny Fritz, Izaak Opatz and Leslie Stevens unite for a night of country at the Top Hat. Doors at 8:30 PM, show at 9. $15/$12 advance.

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.

The MADE Fair Marketplace at the Western Montana Fair showcases 65 local and regional artisans. Visit handmademontana.com for more info. 11 AM. Free.

It was like Lord of the Rings before we had Lord of the Rings. Val Kilmer stars in Willow, playing at Missoula Outdoor Cinema. The movie starts at approximately 9 PM at Headstart School. Free, but donations encouraged.

Celebrating its 20th year, the Missoula People’s Market features an amazing assortment of artists, crafts and community. W. Pine and Higgins. 9 AM. Free.

North Carolina-based troubadours Nu Blu perform at Daly Mansion. 6 PM–11 PM. $25/$20 advance.

Nick Crawford and Flansburg provide the tunes at the Sunrise Saloon.

9 PM. Free.

Crossroads blend folk, pop and jazz at Bitter Root Brewing. 6 PM–8 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-forone Absolut Vodka specials until midnight. I get the name now. Free.

Dorothy Hinshaw Patent signs her new children’s book Made for Each Other: Why Dogs and People are Perfect Partners at Fact & Fiction. 10 AM. Get your weekend started with a round of disc golf at Granite Peak

You’re playing Montana in August?

Really tempting fate with that name, aren’t you? Michael Shaw and the Wildfires play a scorching night of music at Draught Works. 6 PM–8 PM. Free.

Do you like your rock shaken, not stirred? Moneypenny plays the Union Club. 9:30 PM. Free.

Nu Blu plays Daly Mansion Sat., Aug. 11. 6 PM. $25/$20 advance.

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Sunday 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. The Western Montana Fair continues at the Missoula fairgrounds. Visit westernmontanafair.com for more info and a full schedule of events.

The MADE Fair Marketplace at the Western Montana Fair showcases 65 local and regional artisans.

Visit handmademontana.com for more info. 11 AM. Free.

Pearl Jam tribute band Washed in Black plays the James Bar Sun., Aug. 12. 8 PM–10 PM. Free.

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The Sky Church Rooftop Brunch Party features a juice and smoothie bar, brunch snacks and DJs Kris Moon, Tak-45, Manda Foxx and HNNH. The Source. 12 PM–4 PM. $15/$10 advance.

JW Teller and the Small Town Dar-

lings provide the soundtrack at Draught Works. 6 PM–8 PM. Free.

Join Milltown State Park for an evening of live storytelling at the Confluence. Storytellers share tales inspired by the local rivers and the natural beauty they bring. 6 PM. Free.

David Horgan and Beth Lo perform original jazz at Rumour Restaurant from 6 PM–8 PM. Free.

I’ve never had French champagne before! The Dram Shop hosts a wine tasting dedicated to sparkling wines. 6:30 PM–8:30 PM. $30.

Missoula Symphony Orchestra’s Symphony in the Park features a summer evening of pops and light classics at Caras Park. 7 PM–9 PM. Free.

Couldn’t get Pearl Jam tickets?

Pearl Jam tribute band Washed in Black plays an unplugged set at the James Bar. 8 PM–10 PM. Free.

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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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. The Wishlist Foundation, a Pearl Jam fan-run non-profit organization, hosts a preparty at the Thomas Meagher Bar before the sold out show at Washington-Grizzly Stadium. All funds raised at this party

go to the Missoula Food Bank and Community Center. 1 PM–6 PM. Prepare a couple of songs and bring your talent to Open Mic Night at Imagine Nation Brewing.

Sign up when you get there. Every Monday from 6–8 PM. Revelators impresario Russ Nasset plays Red Bird Wine Bar. 7 PM– 10 PM. Free.

They go great with Amethyst Peanut Butter. Grunge icons Pearl Jam play Washington-Grizzly Stadium. 8 PM. Hope you already got your tickets, because this one is sold out.

Motown on Mondays puts the s-ou-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.

HOM HHO OOMME ME LOOA OANS OAN ANS AAN NNSS Robert Hunter In August of 2017, singer-songwriter Robert Hunter and his wife Rebecca set out a blanket in their backyard, as they had many times before, to watch the stars with their dog. The next morning, Rebecca would be going in for major surgery to remove an aggressive and difficult-totreat form of cancer. As they sat together on what could have been their last night together on Earth, Robert asked a very difficult question. What should he do if she doesn’t make it through the next day's surgery?

Rebecca sat in silence for a moment, and then went inside to collect the odd assortment of notes, unrecorded songs and a thick manuscript for a novel. “I want you to publish this crazy book,” she said.

That manuscript became Robert Hunter’s debut novel, Relapse: A Love Story. Paired with Revival, an accompanying album, Robert and Rebecca Hunter–now in full remission–are bringing the new book and album on a yearlong tour that stops in all 50 states. Relapse tells the story of a celebrated novelist dealing with writer’s block, shaman-led weddings, car heists and dubious moonshine.

—Charley Macorn

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WHO: Robert Hunter WHAT: Relapse and Revival WHERE: Fact & Fiction WHEN: Fri., Aug. 10. 5:30 PM–7:30 PM HOW MUCH: Free MORE INFO: roberthuntermusic.net

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Tuesday Every Tuesday is Walk With a Doc Day at Grizzly Peak. A health professional discusses their speciality while walking with the group. 9 AM–10 AM. Free.

Missoula Farmers Market’s Tuesday Evening Market lets you get your local veggies and farm-direct products without having to wake up early on Saturday. North Higgins by the XXXX.

Join the REI Outdoor School for a bike maintenance class at the Highlander Taphouse every Tuesday this summer. It’s a demonstration class, so no need to bring your bike. 6 PM. RSVP at rei.com.

San Francisco’s Amy Obenski performs at Finn & Porter. 6:30 PM– 9 PM. Free.

Arizona comedian Zack Lyman performs his new hour of stand up

at the Roxy Theater along with Lou Moon. 7 PM. $8.

lets you show off that big stupid intellect of yours. 8 PM. Free.

Halestorm and In This Moment open a can of heavy metal at Big Sky Brewing Co. Amphitheater along with New Years Day. 7 PM. $40.

Revival Comedy celebrates the first birthday of its Women & NonBinary Comedy Workshop with a showcase of funny folks. Hosted

by Sarah Aswell. The Badlander.

8 PM. 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

Step up your factoid game at Quizzoula trivia night, every Tuesday at the VFW. 8:30 PM. Free.

This week’s trivia question: Who is the only actor to be killed on screen by the Terminator, the Predator and Pumpkinhead? Answer in tomorrow’s event listings.

This next song is about drinking a LaCroix in your Subaru with your dog. Missoula Music Showcase features local singers and songwriters each week at the Badlander. 9 PM. Free.

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

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

This week quaff a brew for Watsons Children’s Shelter. 5 PM–8 PM. Singer-songwriter Paul Cataldo proves the tunes at Great Burn Brewing. 6 PM. Free.

Clinical herbalist and author Elaine Sheff explains how to find, harvest and use medical plants in the wild. Montana Natural History Center. 7 PM. $10/$5 members.

Cody Jinks, whose sound Rolling Stone calls “rule changing country music,” plays the Top Hat. Doors at 7 PM, show at 8. $35.

Win big bucks off your bar tab and/or free pitchers by answer-

ing trivia questions at Brains on Broadway Trivia Night at the Broadway Sports Bar and Grill.

7 PM. Trivia answer: Lance Henriksen.

Think you’re pretty brainy? Put your smarts to the test against trivia questions culled from Hank Green’s SciShow and Crash Course. Truth or Fail every Wednesday at Local’s Only.

7:30 PM. Strike up the band! The Missoula City Band Summer Concert Series features special musical performances in the open-air of the Bonner Park Bandshell. 8 PM. Free.

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

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Halestorm plays Big Sky Brewing Co. Tue., Aug. 14. 7 PM. $40.

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

Show your pride at Queers & Beers, a monthly gathering of Missoula’s LGBTQ+ community at Imagine Nation Brewing. DJ Jessi Jaymes spins the gayest hits. 5 PM–8 PM. Free.

Garden City Harvest’s Farm Party features a farm fresh meal, drinks and music by Moneypenny and Russ Nasset and the Revelators.

Peas Farm. 5:30 PM–9 PM. $20/$8 for 10 and under.

The Summer of Dance continues at Downtown Dance Collective.

Explore contact improv in a dance workshop taught by Tricia Opstad. Email info@ddcmontana.com for more info and to RSVP. 6 PM. Missoula’s favorite evening music and food festival continues with Miller Campbell playing at Downtown ToNight. Enjoy local food and local tunes at Caras Park between 5:30 PM and 8:30 PM. Free.

Paul and Leva Cataldo play Draught Work Brewery from 6 PM to 8 PM. Free.

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The Kimberlee Carlson Trio provides the tunes at Bitter Root Brewing. 6 PM–8 PM. Free.

with Rachael Jo Cardiello, Mermaid Book Club and Koby. 7:30 PM. Free.

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

Mickey Utley performs a special acoustic show at the Sunrise Saloon. 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.

Platinum-selling country musician Justin Moore plays the KettleHouse Amphitheater. Doors at 6:30 PM, show at 8. $35– $47.50

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.

Bombshell Nightlight celebrates the release of its first album with a show at the ZACC Below along

The Lucid Furs play Monk’s along with The Selsun Blues and Atomic Candles. Doors at 9 PM. $2.

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THURSDAY, AUGUST 9 Montana Chamber Foundation hosts the annual Economic Update Series. This week learn how to make Montana enticing to entrepreneurs. Hilton Garden Inn. 12 PM–1:30 PM. $40/$35 members.

FRIDAY, AUGUST 10 Raise money to benefit local families impacted by breast cancer at the 11th Annual Women's Rodeo Clinic and Fundraiser. Missoula Fairgrounds. 3 PM–7 PM. $10–$45.

In 2004, a small group of passionate Pearl Jam fans in Illinois were looking for a way to unite the band's globe-spanning fanbase.

Wouldn't it be great, they said, no doubt while listening to the Pearl Jam/Neil Young collaborative album Mirror Ball on repeat, if there was a way for hard-core fans to gather before concerts and meet other diehard Jamheads? And how awesome would it be, they continued, queuing up the soundtrack to the 1997 John Cusack flop Chicago Cab, if we could make these gatherings a way to champion Pearl Jam's spirit of charity and altruism? Thus, the Wishlist Foundation was formed.

Since then the nonprofit has organized

fundraising pre-parties across the world, letting Pearl Jam fans unite while benefiting local organizations. To date, over $1 million has been raised for local and national nonprofits. Before the venerable grunge band plays its sold out show at Washington-Grizzly Stadium, the Wishlist Foundation hosts a pre-party at the Thomas Meagher Bar. All funds raised at this event will go to support the Missoula Food Bank and Community Center.

—Charley Macorn

The Wishlist Foundation’s Pearl Jam PreParty Fundraiser runs from 1 PM–6 PM at the Thomas Meagher Bar.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 11 Help pull trash out of the Bitterroot River with the BR Water Forum. A volunteer barbecue follows at Kiwanis River Park in Hamilton from 4 PM–6 PM. Visit brwaterforum.org for more info and to sign up.

MONDAY, AUGUST 13 The Wishlist Foundation, a Pearl Jam fan-run

non-profit organization, hosts a preparty at the Thomas Meagher Bar before the sold out show at Washington-Grizzly Stadium. All funds raised at this party go to the Missoula Food Bank and Community Center. 1 PM–6 PM.

TUESDAY, AUGUST 14 Forward Montana hosts a Voter Registration drive at Imagine Nation. 5 PM–7:30 PM

THURSDAY, AUGUST 16 YWCA Missoula’s Racial Justice Initiative, the Montana Racial Equity Project and Empower Montana host the Racial Justice Book Club the third Thursday of every month at the YWCA Missoula. This month's book is Beverly Daniel Tatum’s Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?: And Other Conversations About Race. RSVP to lschildt@ywcaofmissoula.org. 6 PM. Great Burn Brewing hosts a fundraiser for CASA Missoula and its work to protect Missoula's children. 6 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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In the 2009 New York Times bestselling book Born to Run, author Christopher McDougall explores the idea that humans evolved the ability to run for hours on end. He treks back and forth across the world looking for cultures that still have ties to the old ways of ultra-endurance running to survive.

One group is the Kalihari bushmen of Botswana who are among the last indigenous groups to take part in persistence hunting. Without using weapons (even primitive ones like spears) groups of hunters select an animal and chase it across the savannah. Because of several characteristics humans have developed over the millennia — high sweat rate to dissipate heat, upright posture for increased oxygen consumption, etc. — they can outlast the animal until it falls, overheated and near death.

These hunters could cover 20 to 30 miles over several hours, oddly enough correlating

with the marathon time for an average runner.

Montana has little to no persistence hunting.

I say little to no because ultrarunner and former Missoulian Mike Wolfe did try several times (unsuccessfully) to run down an antelope.

However, there is a correlation to endurance sports and hunting in the backcountry.

A Few Steps Further looks at that connection with Montanan Kevin Davis and his pursuit of better fitness to access the backcountry and find more elusive prey.

—Micah Drew Run Wild Missoula and Backcountry Hunters & Anglers host a three mile fun run and a screening of A Few Steps Further in the basement of Runners Edge at 304 North Higgins on Tues., Aug 14. Run at 6 PM, film at 7 PM. Free.

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FRIDAY, AUGUST 10 Montana Conservation Voters and the Watershed Education Network host the Missoula Environmental Art Expo in the Clark Fork Natural Area near the Orange Street Bridge.

4 PM–7 PM. The Run for the River 5K benefits the Bitter Root Water Forum, a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting the traditions of agriculture, community and recreation by protecting the Bitterroot Watershed. Kiwanis River Park. 6:30 PM. $30

SUNDAY, AUGUST 12 Join Milltown State Park for an evening of live storytelling at the Confluence. Storytellers

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Accounts Receivable: LC Staffing Missoula is now hiring for a temporary Accounts Receivable. This position starts immediately until October to assist with the transition of accounting information into a new software system.

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Laborer: LC Staffing Missoula is partnering with a sharpening service to hire a long-term Laborer. The Laborer will be sharpening, repairing, and filing circle saws used by mills. Qualified candidates must be able to lift up to 75lbs without assistance and be comfortable working in a loud environment with a lot of sawdust. No previous experience necessary; just good work value and keen attention to detail. For a full job description, please visit our website at www.lcstaffing.com and refer to order #32255.

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Dental Assistant: LC Staffing Missoula is working with local endodontic clinic to recruit for a long-term Dental Assistant. 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. This position will also include performing 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.

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BUDDHA HEAT

My husband and I are lucky — like that couple in their 70s you wrote about — to have a satisfying sex life after 23 years together. Still, to be honest, there are times when we’re just going through the motions. I guess it’s natural that it isn’t as exciting as it was that first year or so. Maybe we just have to accept it. Or ... is there anything we can do? (We do have date nights and try to experiment with new things.)

—Ho-Humming Somewhat It’s like buying your dream house — and then living in it for 12 years. You still love it — but you don’t jump up and down and yell “Woo-hoo! We live here!” the 10,044th time you walk through your door.

The good news is, there’s a way to perk up the sexual excitement level in a long-term relationship, and it doesn’t involve attending parties where they have a bowl of keys at the door. You just need to get back to really being there while you’re having sex.This means truly feeling — that is, really being present for — the moment-by-moment sensations, like you did the very first time you got together. You know ... back before you started (let’s be honest) sexual multitasking — running through your to-do list while getting it on — and your sex face started to become a yawn. Your husband looks up from, um, down there: “Oh, sorry — was I boring you?”

Clinical psychologist Lori Brotto, who researches female sexual desire and arousal issues, finds that a practice called “mindfulness” — with Eastern spiritual origins — seems to be “an effective way of re-routing one’s focus ... onto the sensations that are unfolding in the moment.” Mindfulness, which is also a form of meditation, involves bringing your attention to the immediate moment. This isn’t to say you have to meditate to have better sex. However, one of the mindfulness meditation techniques involves scanning your body with your mind, focusing your attention on individual parts, and observing the sensations in them in that moment. That’s key.

So, for example, point your attention at your breathing, at the points of skin-to-skin contact between you and your husband. Notice the temperature of your skin. Hot? Cool?

Do you feel tiny beads of sweat?

Brotto writes in Better Sex Through Mindfulness that in her research, “when the women learn to be right where they are when with a partner, rather than in the myriad other places that their mind escapes to during sex, they start to experience sexual contact with their

partner in a way that perhaps they had not experienced for months, years, or decades.” In other words, yes, there’s still hope to hear animalistic screaming in your bedroom again — and not just when your husband pulls on the oven mitts and holds the cat down so you can clip her toenails without losing an eye.

IN THE MOOD FOR SHRUG

I’m a 35-year-old guy. My fiancée broke up with me a year ago. I was devastated. We don’t have any contact now, but I still love her. I haven’t been on one date since our breakup, and I reminisce about her constantly. My guy friends are like, “Move on, dude. Get a life!” But honestly, that’s not that helpful. What is the best way to get over an ex besides time?

—Stuck

That which does not kill you makes you crap company on poker night.“Jeez, man, quit crying on the cards!”

Your buddies surely mean well in taking the “just say the magic words!” approach — “Get over it! Lotta fish in the sea, man!” — but you’re trying to recover from a breakup, not summon a genie.

Lingering feelings of love for your fiancée are the problem. As for a solution, research by cognitive psychologist Sandra J.E. Langeslag suggests you can decrease those feelings through “negative reappraisal” of your ex-partner — basically looking back and trying to see all the “bad” in her. For example, focus on her annoying habits and rude and stupid things she said and did.

When Langeslag’s research participants mentally trashed their ex-partner, it did diminish the love they felt for their ex ... yay! However, there was a side effect: All of this negative thinking — not surprisingly — made participants feel pretty bummed out. But helpfully, Langeslag came around with a second strategy that helped them block out the feelbad: distraction — answering questions “about positive things unrelated to the breakup or the partner (e.g., What is your favorite food? Why?).”

Probably an even better source of distraction is turning to what Langeslag calls a “secondary task” (like playing a video game). Keep up the negativity and the distracting secondary tasks and before long, you should find yourself ready for a level-three distraction: losing yourself in a forest of Tinder hussies.

Ranch Foreman wanted: Montana Mexican John Ranch (200 pair cattle operation) located 6 miles West of Harlowton, MT is looking for a ranch foreman. Irrigation done with pivots.

We are looking for cattle & farming knowledge. Mechanical & welding skills a plus. Must have experience in managing a cow/calf operation including calving, managing cattle grazing, feeding, shots, vaccinating, sorting, penning, moving, winter-feeding, vet care and branding. Regarding farming, must operate, maintain, & repair farm equipment, machinery, tools, and equipment (tractors, loaders, swathers, sprayers, backhoes, skid steers, and excavator). Regarding hay production (185 irrigated and 230 acres dryland). Additional work will include maintenance and repair of fences.

Must communicate via email/text and must have a smart phone to communicate with ranch manager & ranch owner. Must pass criminal/ drug background check and have valid driver’s license with no restrictions. Must relocate to Harlowton, MT vicinity. Salary depends on experience. Email resume to Steve Coale (ranch owner) at: scoale@apsec.com.

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DRIVERS WANTED The Missoula Independent is looking for drivers to deliver the paper on Thursday mornings. Must have a valid driver’s license, insurance and a reliable vehicle that can handle several bundles of papers. For more information and/or to apply, email RSpringer@missoulanews.com.

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EMPLOYMENT Group Home Workers. The Group Home Worker is responsible for the daily operations of the house including assessing independent living, developing support systems, overseeing the preparation of 3 nutritious meals per day, and assisting with activities of daily living. Patients are not physically restricted; this position will not be required to lift or move patients. For a full job description, please visit our

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COPPERSTONE STOR-ALL will auction to the highest bidder abandoned storage units owing delinquent storage rent on Tuesday August 14th, 2018 at 11:00 a.m. Units can contain furniture, clothes, chairs, toys, kitchen supplies, tools, sports equipment, books, beds & other misc. household goods.

The live auction will be held Tuesday August 14th at 11:00 a.m. at 8700 Roller Coaster Rd, Missoula, MT 59808. 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.

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 Sep-

tember 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 406-549-3929

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Units may contain furniture, clothing household goods, tools, sports equipment and other misc. goods. These units will be up for live public auction on Thurs., August 16, 2018 at 12 noon. Buyers bid for entire contents of each unit offered for sale. Only cash will be accepted as payment. Buyers must provide photo ID at time of auction. All sales final. Units are subject to removal from auction if owner pays for unit prior to sale. Location: 2505 Railroad St. West, Missoula.

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 UN-

KNOWN 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 FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT MISSOULA COUNTY Cause No. DP-18193 Dept. No. 3 – John W. Larson NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF LORA A. KOEN, DECEASED. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned have been appointed Co-Personal Representatives of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the decedent are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to John F. Adams and Dena L. Adams, CoPersonal Representatives, return receipt requested, at 2687 Palmer Street, Ste. D, Missoula, MT 59808, or filed with the Clerk of the above Court. I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of Montana that the foregoing is true and correct. DATED this 19th day of July, 2018. /s/ John F. Adams – Co-Personal Representative /s/ Dena L. Adams – Co-Personal Representative MONTANA ELDER LAW, INC. /s/ Stefan Kolis, Attorney

for Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL 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

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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY

By Rob Brezsny ARIES (March 21-April 19): Palestinian American writer Susan Abulhawa writes that in the Arab world, to say a mere “thank you� is regarded as spiritless and ungenerous.The point of communicating gratitude is to light up with lively and expressive emotions that respond in kind to the kindness bestowed. For instance, a recipient may exclaim, “May Allah bless the hands that give me this blessing,� or “Beauty is in the eyes that find me beautiful.� In accordance with current astrological omens, I propose that you experiment with this approach. Be specific in your praise. Be exact in your appreciation. Acknowledge the unique mood and meaning of each rich exchange.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): According to my analysis of the astrological omens, you need this advice from mythologist Joseph Campbell: “Your sacred space is where you can find yourself again and again.� He says it’s “a rescue land ... some field of action where there is a spring of ambrosia — a joy that comes from inside, not something external that puts joy into you — a place that lets you experience your own will and your own intention and your own wish.� Do you have such a place,Taurus? If not, now is a great time to find one. If you do, now is a great time to go there for a spell and renew the hell out of yourself.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): When he was 20 years old, future U.S. President Thomas Jefferson had an awkward encounter with a young woman who piqued his interest. He was embarrassed by the gracelessness he displayed.

For two days afterward, he endured a terrible headache. We might speculate that it was a psychosomatic reaction.

I bring this up because I’m wondering if your emotions are also trying to send coded messages to you via your body.

Are you aware of unusual symptoms or mysterious sensations? See if you can trace them back to their source in your soul.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): There’s a zone in your psyche where selfishness overlaps generosity, where the line between being emotionally manipulative and gracefully magnanimous almost disappears. With both hope and trepidation for the people in your life, I advise you to hang out in that grey area for now.Yes, it’s a risk.You could end up finessing people mostly for your own good and making them think it’s mostly for their own good. But the more likely outcome is that you will employ ethical abracadabra to bring out the best in others, even as you get what you want, too.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): You probably gaze at the sky enough to realize when there’s a full moon. But you may not monitor the heavenly cycles closely enough to tune in to the new moon, that phase each month when the lunar orb is invisible. We astrologers regard it as a ripe time to formulate fresh intentions. We understand it to be a propitious moment to plant metaphorical seeds for the desires you want to fulfill in the coming four weeks.When this phenomenon happens during the astrological month of Leo, the potency is intensified for you.Your next appointment with this holiday is August 10th and 11th.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): In her poem “Dogfish,�Virgo poet Mary Oliver writes, “I wanted the past to go away, I wanted to leave it.� Why? Because she wanted her life “to open like a hinge, like a wing.� I’m happy to tell you,Virgo, that you now have more power than usual to make your past go away. I’m also pleased to speculate that as you perform this service for yourself, you’ll be skillful enough to preserve the parts of your past that inspire you, even as you shrink and neutralize memories that drain you. In response to this good work, I bet your life will open like a hinge, like a wing — no later than your birthday, and most likely before that.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Libran fashion writer Diana Vreeland (1903-1989) championed the beauty of the strong nose. She didn’t approve of women wanting to look like “piglets and kittens.� If she were alive today, she’d be pleased that nose jobs in the U.S. have declined 43 percent since 2000. According to journalist Madeleine Schwartz writing in Garage magazine, historians of rhinoplasty say there has been a revival of appreciation for the distinctive character revealed in an unaltered nose. I propose, Libra, that in accordance with current astrological omens, we extrapolate some even bigger inspiration from that marvelous fact. The coming weeks will be an excellent time for you to celebrate and honor and express pride in your idiosyncratic natural magnificence.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): “Maybe happiness is this: not feeling like you should be elsewhere, doing something else, being someone else.�This definition, articulated by author Isaac Asimov, will be an excellent fit for you between now and September 20. I suspect you’ll be unusually likely to feel at peace with yourself and at home in the world.

I don’t mean to imply that every event will make you cheerful and calm. What I’m saying is that you will have an extraordinary capacity to make clear decisions based on accurate appraisals of what’s best for you.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): I’ve compiled a list of new blessings you need and deserve during the next 14 months.To the best of my ability, I will assist you to procure them. Here they are: a practical freedom song and a mature love song; an exciting plaything and a renaissance of innocence; an evocative new symbol that helps mobilize your evolving desires; escape from the influence of a pest you no longer want to answer to; insights about how to close the gap between the richest and poorest parts of yourself; and the cutting of a knot that has hindered you for years.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): “It has become clear to me that I must either find a willing nurturer to cuddle and nuzzle and whisper sweet truths with me for six hours or else seek sumptuous solace through the aid of eight shots of whiskey.� My Capricorn friend Tammuz confided that message to me. I wouldn’t be surprised if you were feeling a comparable tug. According to my assessment of the Capricorn zeitgeist, you acutely need the revelations that would become available to you through altered states of emotional intelligence. A lavish whoosh of alcohol might do the trick, but a more reliable and effective method would be through immersions in intricate, affectionate intimacy.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Not even five percent of the world’s population lives in a complete democracy.

Congratulations to Norway, Canada, Australia, Finland, Ireland, Iceland, Denmark, New Zealand, Switzerland and Sweden. Sadly, three countries where my column is published — the U.S., Italy and France — are categorized as “flawed democracies.� Yet they’re far better than the authoritarian regimes in China and Russia. (Source: The Economist.) I offer this public service announcement as a prelude to your homework assignment. According to my astrological analysis, you will personally benefit from working to bring more democracy into your personal sphere. How can you ensure that people you care about feel equal to you, and have confidence that you will listen to and consider their needs, and believe they have a strong say in shaping your shared experiences?

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Mystic poet Kabir wrote, “The flower blooms for the fruit: when the fruit comes, the flower withers.� He was invoking a metaphor to describe his spiritual practice and reward.The hard inner work he did to identify himself with God was the blooming flower that eventually made way for the fruit. The fruit was his conscious, deeply felt union with God. I see this scenario as applicable to your life, Pisces. Should you feel sadness about the flower’s withering? It’s fine to do so. But the important thing is that you now have the fruit. Celebrate it! Enjoy it!

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PUBLIC NOTICESMNAXLP DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 4 Cause No. DP 18- 192 NOTICE TO CREDITORS In the matter of the estate of ARWOOD DAVID STICKNEY, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed as Personal Representative of the above named Estate. All persons having claims against the said deceased are required to present their claims within four (4) months after the date of the first publication of this Notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to RONALD STICKNEY, the Personal Representative, return receipt requested, c/o Goodrich & Reely, PLLC, 3819 Stephens Avenue, Suite 201, Missoula, Montana 59801, or filed with the Clerk of the above entitled Court. DATED this 19th day of July, 2018. /s/ Ronald Stickney Personal Representative GOODRICH & REELY, PLLC 3819 Stephens Avenue, Suite 201 Missoula, Montana 59801 Attorneys for the Personal Representative /s/ Shane N. Reely, Esq. 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 above-named estate. All persons having claims against the Deceased are required to present their claims within four (4) months after the date of the first publication of this Notice, or their claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to Jones & Associates, PLLC, Attorneys for the 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, Attorney for Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY DEPT. No. 2 PROBATE NO. DP-18-190 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF: DONALD A. GUTHRIE, 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 LUCY BEIGHLE, the Personal Representative, return receipt requested, at c/o Worden Thane P.C., 321 W. Broadway St., Ste. 300, Missoula, MT 598024142, or filed with the Clerk of the above Court. DATED this 18th day of July, 2018. /s/ LUCY BEIGHLE c/o Worden Thane P.C., 321 W. Broadway St., Ste. 300 Missoula, MT 59802-4142 WORDEN THANE P.C. Attorneys for Personal Representative By: /s/ Gail M. Haviland, Esq. MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 3 Probate No. DP-18-188 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF EXIE MARIE ALLEN STETLER, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the said deceased are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to Exie Louise France, the Personal Representative, return receipt requested, c/o Boone Karlberg P.C., P. O. Box 9199, Missoula, Montana 598079199, or filed with the Clerk of the above-entitled Court. I declare, under penalty of perjury and under the laws of the state of Montana, that the foregoing is true and correct. DATED this

16th day of July, 2018, at Missoula, Montana. /s/ Exie Louise France, Personal Representative BOONE KARLBERG P.C. /s/ Robert J. Sullivan, Esq. P. O. Box 9199 Missoula, Montana 59807 Attorneys for Exie Louise France, Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA 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.

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PUBLIC NOTICES MNAXLP NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on September 6, 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: Lot 7 in Block 1 of Lakeview Addition, a platted subdivision in Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded plat thereof Donald P. Harris, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to First American Title Company of Montana, Inc. A Montana Corporation, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Guild Mortgage Company, A California Corporation, its successors and/or assigns, as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated on October 26, 2011, and recorded on October 28, 2011 as Book 884 Page 1181 Document No. 201118154. The beneficial interest is currently held by JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association. First American Title Company of Montana, Inc. A Montana Corporation, 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 November 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 March 31, 2018 is $190,234.76 principal, interest totaling $3,685.80 late charges in the amount of $121.62, escrow advances of $8.69 and other fees and expenses advanced of $65.00, 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, whereis basis, without limitation, the

sale is being made subject to all existing conditions, if any, of lead paint, mold or other environmental or health hazards.

The sale purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th day following the sale. The grantor, successor in interest to the grantor or any other person having an interest in the property, 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: April 30, 2018 /s/ Kaitlin Ann Gotch Assistant Secretary, First American Title Company of Montana, Inc. A Montana Corporation Successor Trustee Title Financial Specialty Services PO Box 339 Blackfoot ID 83221 STATE OF Idaho ss. County of Bingham On this 30 day of April, 2018, before me, a no-

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tary 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. A Montana Corporation, 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: 9-6-2022 J P Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. vs DONALD P HARRIS 105315-1 Occupant(s) 1735 S. 8th St. W. Missoula, Montana 59801Jennifer A. Carter 1735 S. 8th St. W. Missoula, Montana 59801Jennifer A. Carter 340 S. 5th St. W. Missoula, MT 59801Missoula County Treasurer 200 West Broadway Missoula, MT, 59802MTAG as Custodian for ATCF II Montana, LLC P.O. Box 54292 New Orleans, LA 70154 Alterna Funding II, LLC P.O. Box 54967 New Orleans, LA 70154 Pursuant to Section 15-18-212, Montana Code Annotated, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN: 1. As a result of a property tax delinquency, a property tax lien exists on the real property in which you may have an interest. The real property is described on the tax sale certificate as: DALY’S ADDITION, S29, T13 N, R19 W, BLOCK 34, LOT 8 - 9. The real property is also described in the records of the Missoula County Clerk and Recorder as Parcel No. 296150. 2. The property taxes became delinquent on June 2, 2015. 3. The property tax lien was attached as the result of a tax lien sale held on July 9, 2015. 4. The property tax lien was purchased at a tax lien sale on July 9, 2015, by Missoula County Treasurer, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802. 5. The lien was subsequently assigned to MTAG, as Custodian for ATCF II Montana LLC, P.O. Box 54292, New Orleans, LA 70154-4292. The lien was subsequently assigned to Alterna Funding II, LLC as recorded on May 17, 2018 in the records of the Missoula County Clerk & Recorder at Book 996 of Micro at Page 1091. A tax deed will be issued to Alterna Funding II, LLC unless the property tax lien is redeemed prior to the expiration date of the redemption period.

6. As of the date of this notice, the amount due is: TAX $6458.92 PENALTY $129.19 INTEREST $825.17 COST $278.92 TOTAL $7692.20 7.

The date that the redemption period expires is October 2, 2018, 60 days after date of this notice. 8. For the property tax lien to be redeemed the total amount listed in paragraph 6

plus all interest and costs that accrue from the date of this notice until the date of redemption which amount will be calculated by the County Treasurer upon request, must be paid on or before the date the redemption period expires. 9. If all taxes, penalties, interest, and costs are not paid to the County Treasurer on or prior to the date the redemption period expires, or on or prior to the date on which the County Treasurer will otherwise issue a tax deed, a tax deed may be issued to Alterna Funding II, LLC, on the day following the date on which the redemption period expires or on the date the County Treasurer will otherwise issue a tax deed. 10. The business address and telephone number of the county treasurer who is responsible for issuing the tax deed is: Missoula County Treasurer, 200 W. Broadway, Missoula, Montana 59802; Telephone (406) 258-4747 FURTHER NOTICE FOR THOSE PERSONS LISTED ABOVE WHOSE ADDRESSES ARE UNKNOWN: 1. The address of the interested party is unknown. 2. The published notice meets the legal requirements for notice of a pending tax deed issuance. 3.

The interested party’s rights in the property may be in jeopardy.

Occupant(s) 2314 Wylie Ave. Missoula, Montana 59802 Warren Iverson 2314 Wylie Ave. Missoula, Montana 59802 Warren Iverson P.O. Box 830 Shelby, MT 59474-0830 Missoula County Treasurer 200 West Broadway Missoula, MT, 59802 MTAG as Custodian for

ATCF II Montana, LLC P.O. Box 54292 New Orleans, LA 70154 Alterna Funding II, LLC P.O. Box 54967 New Orleans, LA 70154 Pursuant to Section 15-18-212, Montana Code Annotated, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN: 1. As a result of a property tax delinquency, a property tax lien exists on the real property in which you may have an interest. The real property is described on the tax sale certificate as: PARK ADDITION, S14, T13 N, R19 W, BLOCK 12, LOT 18 & 19, &N10’ OF 20 & POR OF VAC ALLEY. The real property is also described in the records of the Missoula County Clerk and Recorder as Parcel No. 2386407. 2. The property taxes became delinquent on December 2, 2014. 3. The property tax lien was attached as the result of a tax lien sale held on July 9, 2015. 4. The property tax lien was purchased at a tax lien sale on July 9, 2015, by Missoula County Treasurer, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802. 5. The lien was subsequently assigned to MTAG, as Custodian for ATCF II Montana LLC, P.O. Box 54292, New Orleans, LA 70154-4292. The lien was subsequently assigned to Alterna Funding II, LLC as recorded on May 17, 2018 in the records of the Missoula County Clerk & Recorder at Book 996 of Micro at Page 1088. A tax deed will be issued to Alterna Funding II, LLC unless the property tax lien is redeemed prior to the expiration date of the redemption period.

6. As of the date of this notice, the amount due is: TAX $9,589.91 PENALTY $191.83

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PUBLIC NOTICES MNAXLP COST $278.92 TOTAL $11,891.44 7. The date that the redemption period expires is October 2, 2018, 60 days after date of this notice. 8. For the property tax lien to be redeemed the total amount listed in paragraph 6 plus all interest and costs that accrue from the date of this notice until the date of redemption which amount will be calculated by the County Treasurer upon request, must be paid on or before the date the redemption period expires. 9. If all taxes, penalties, interest, and costs are not paid to the County Treasurer on or prior to the date the redemption period expires, or on or prior to the date on which the County Treasurer will otherwise issue a tax deed, a tax deed may be issued to Alterna Funding II, LLC, on the day following the date on which the redemption period expires or on the date the County Treasurer will otherwise issue a tax deed.

10. The business address and telephone number of the county treasurer who is responsible for issuing the tax deed is: Missoula County Treasurer, 200 W. Broadway, Missoula, Montana 59802; Telephone (406) 2584747 FURTHER NOTICE FOR THOSE PERSONS LISTED ABOVE WHOSE ADDRESSES ARE UNKNOWN: 1. The address of the interested party is unknown. 2. The published notice meets the legal requirements for notice of a pending tax deed issuance. 3. The interested party’s rights in the property may be in jeopardy.

Occupant(s) 2503 55th St., Unit A Missoula, Montana 59803 Alterna Funding II, LLC P.O. Box 54967 New Orleans, LA 70154 Kati Lynn McLeod C/o Robert T. Bell Esq. Reep, Bell, Laird & Simpson, P.C. P.O. Box 16960 Missoula, MT 59808 Missoula County Treasurer 200 West Broadway Missoula, MT, 59802 MTAG as Custodian for ATCF II Montana, LLC P.O. Box 54292 New Orleans, LA 70154 The 55th Street Condominium Owners Association C/O Kati Lynn McLeod C/O Robert T Bell Esq. Reep, Bell,

Laird & Simpson, P.C. P.O. Box 16960 Missoula, MT 59808 Provident Trust Group, LLC FBO Pamela Farnsworth IRA #W1302310 (Vestee) 115 Ka Dr.Kula, HI 96790 Pursuant to Section 15-18-212, Montana Code Annotated, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN: 1. As a result of a property tax delinquency, a property tax lien exists on the real property in which you may have an interest. The real property is described on the tax sale certificate as: 55th Street Condominiums, S07, T12 N, R19 W, Unit A. The real property is also described in the records of the Missoula County Clerk and Recorder as Parcel No. 897901. 2. The property taxes became delinquent on June 2, 2015. 3. The property tax lien was attached as the result of a tax lien sale held on July 9, 2015. 4. The property tax lien was purchased at a tax lien sale on July 9, 2015, by Missoula County Treasurer, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802. 5. The lien was subsequently assigned to MTAG, as Custodian for ATCF II Montana LLC, P.O. Box 54292, New Orleans, LA 70154-4292. The lien was subsequently assigned to Alterna Funding II, LLC as recorded on May 17, 2018 in the records of the Missoula County Clerk & Recorder at Book 996 of Micro at Page 1086. A tax deed will be issued to Alterna Funding II, LLC unless the property tax lien is redeemed prior to the expiration date of the redemption period.

6. As of the date of this notice, the amount due is: TAX $7,673.66 PENALTY $153.48 INTEREST $1,264.87 COST $278.92 TOTAL $9370.93 7.

The date that the redemption period expires is October 2, 2018, 60 days after date of this notice. 8. For the property tax lien to be redeemed the total amount listed in paragraph 6 plus all interest and costs that accrue from the date of this notice until the date of redemption which amount will be calculated by the County Treasurer upon request, must be paid on or before

the date the redemption period expires. 9. If all taxes, penalties, interest, and costs are not paid to the County Treasurer on or prior to the date the redemption period expires, or on or prior to the date on which the County Treasurer will otherwise issue a tax deed, a tax deed may be issued to Alterna Funding II, LLC, on the day following the date on which the redemption period expires or on the date the County Treasurer will otherwise issue a tax deed. 10.

The business address and telephone number of the county treasurer who is responsible for issuing the tax deed is: Missoula County Treasurer, 200 W. Broadway, Missoula, Montana 59802; Telephone (406) 2584747 FURTHER NOTICE FOR THOSE PERSONS LISTED ABOVE WHOSE ADDRESSES ARE UNKNOWN: 1. The address of the interested party is unknown. 2. The published notice meets the legal requirements for notice of a pending tax deed issuance. 3. The interested party’s rights in the property may be in jeopardy.

Occupant(s) 2026 S 12th St. W

Missoula, Montana 59801 Edward L. Truman and Marsha J. Truman 2026 S. 12th St. W. Missoula, MT 59801 Alterna Funding II, LLC P.O. Box 54967 New Orleans, LA 70154 Missoula County Treasurer 200 West Broadway Missoula, MT, 59802 MTAG as Custodian for ATCF II Montana, LLC P.O. Box 54292 New Orleans, LA 70154 Pursuant to Section 1518-212, Montana Code Annotated, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN: 1. As a result of a property tax delinquency, a property tax lien exists on the real property in which you may have an interest. The real property is described on the tax sale certificate as: DALY’S ADDITION #2, S29, T13 N, R19 W, BLOCK 54, Lot 23 – 26. The real property is also described in the records of the Missoula County Clerk and Recorder as Parcel No. 2301109. 2. The property taxes became delinquent on December 2, 2014. 3. The property tax lien was attached as the result of a tax lien sale held on July 9, 2015. 4. The property tax lien was purchased at a tax lien sale on July 9, 2015, by Mis-

soula County Treasurer, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802. 5. The lien was subsequently assigned to MTAG, as Custodian for ATCF II Montana LLC, P.O. Box 54292, New Orleans, LA 70154-4292. The lien was subsequently reassigned to Alterna Funding II, LLC as recorded on May 17, 2018 in the records of the Missoula County Clerk & Recorder at Book 996 of Micro at Page 1087. A tax deed will be issued to Alterna Funding II, LLC unless the property tax lien is redeemed prior to the expiration date of the redemption period.

6. As of the date of this notice, the amount due is: TAX $7614.91 PENALTY $152.28 INTEREST $1,357.55 COST $278.92 TOTAL $9,403.66 7.

The date that the redemption period expires is October 2, 2018, 60 days after date of this notice. 8. For the property tax lien to be redeemed the total amount listed in paragraph 6 plus all interest and costs that accrue from the date of this notice until the date of redemption which amount will be calculated by the County Treasurer upon re-

quest, must be paid on or before the date the redemption period expires. 9. If all taxes, penalties, interest, and costs are not paid to the County Treasurer on or prior to the date the redemption period expires, or on or prior to the date on which the County Treasurer will otherwise issue a tax deed, a tax deed may be issued to Alterna Funding II, LLC, on the day following the date on which the redemption period expires or on the date the County Treasurer will otherwise issue a tax deed. 10.

The business address and telephone number of the county treasurer who is responsible for issuing the tax deed is: Missoula County Treasurer, 200 W. Broadway, Missoula, Montana 59802; Telephone (406) 2584747 FURTHER NOTICE FOR THOSE PERSONS LISTED ABOVE WHOSE ADDRESSES ARE UNKNOWN: 1. The address of the interested party is unknown. 2. The published notice meets the legal requirements for notice of a pending tax deed issuance. 3. The interested party’s rights in the property may be in jeopardy.

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ACROSS

1 Worker's compensation 5 "M*A*S*H" actress Loretta 9 Wilson of "The Office" 14 Have ___ in the oven (be preggers) 15 "What ___ God wrought" (first official Morse code message) 16 Muppet wearing a horizontally striped shirt 17 2000 movie with the quote "What we do in life echoes in eternity" 19 Box lunch?

20 Relative that might be "once removed" 22 Wood for baseball bats 23 Removed 27 Mustard sometimes mixed with mayo 31 "Out of the Cellar" glam rockers 33 ___-de-France (Paris's region) 34 1998 skating gold medalist Kulik 35 In-between feeding time invented for a Taco Bell ad campaign 38 Olympus ___ (Martian volcano) 39 Come together

40 90 degrees from norte 41 Intuitive power 43 "Don't change" 44 Suffix similar to -let 45 Painters' mediums 46 Lunar cycle segment 47 Present-day 49 Act like an old-timey suitor 51 Honorific for landmarks like the Great Wall of China, Taj Mahal, or Empire State Building 58 Cable movie channel owned by Lionsgate since 2016 61 Lou Gehrig's nickname, with "The" 62 TV input or output component 63 Appellation 64 Johnny of "Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald" 65 Color for rolls of dimes 66 Actress Natalia of "Stranger Things" 67 "Undertale" character named for a derided font

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8 "No ___ Traffic" 9 Renaissance 10 Bowl game venue, maybe 11 Roadside rest stop

12 Insect egg 13 Keanu, in the "Matrix" series 18 "___ ever-changing world ..."

21 Living room piece 24 Short nap 25 Makes happy 26 Leave out 27 Chinese restaurant style 28 Repetitive-sounding province of the Philippines 29 Brought bad luck to 30 Brewer's dryer 31 Archaeological site 32 The "A" that turns STEM into STEAM 35 Joining with heat 36 Harvard-set Turow book 37 Fit together 42 Range of perception 46 "Christopher Robin" character 48 Like feelings from ASMR videos, for some 49 Mock-innocent reply 50 Team VIP 52 Golden ___ (Sir Francis Drake's flagship) 53 Airplane seat attachment 54 Head bobs 55 De Matteo of "The Sopranos" 56 Channel with a "Deportes" version 57 Sales force members 58 Succumb to gravity 59 NBC News correspondent Katy 60 Ending for Power or Gator

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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 other 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.

SADIE• Sadie is a 1 year old female Pit Bull.

Her play behavior has been described as goofy, loving, and a total class clown. She loves to zoom around the yard with a big smile and tongue lolling. This sweet girl loves to go for walks and will politely asks for your affection if she thinks you're safe. It can take her a little time to trust new people, especially men.

PARKER• Parker is a 13 year old male Beagle. As any true hound, Parker loves to wander around with his nose to the ground, ignoring all manner of toys or people. He loves other dogs, but doesn't enjoy rough housing.

Parker has a healthy fear of cats and will avoid them at all costs. When he's happy, he'll give you that signature bay that all Beagles are known for.

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PORKCHOP AND MEOWY• Porkchop and Meowy are searching for a home together. Porkchop is a male black and white tuxedo. Meowy is a black female. They are 1 year old siblings. Surrendered to our shelter together, they have been very close to one another. Both cats are rather timid with all the action in the cat room, and seek each other out in various hiding places for moral support and snuggling.

CADE•Cade is a 1 1/2 year old male brown tabby. When he came to the shelter, he was very skittish and fearful, prefering to spend his days hiding in a box. Now, Cade is very comfortable in the cat room. He is often at the front of his kennel, waiting to be let out. He gets along well with other cats. When a cranky cat approaches, Cade calmly removes himself from the confrontation.

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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 annoyance.

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

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

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

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1450 W. Broadway St. • 406-728-0022

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

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

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232 N. HIGGINS AVE • DOWNTOWN

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

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

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

Missoula 406-626-1500 william@rideglaw.com

Garry Kerr Dept. of Anthropology University of Montana

JAKE• This boy is one active lovebug! Jake's looking for someone to show him the ropes and give him a gentle introduction to the rest of the world! His favorite thing is to play with other dogs - and even played with a ferret in his previous home! He is quite the snuggler and can't wait to get out and exercise! Come meet this handsome guy during our open hours, Wed-Fri 1-6pm and Sat-Sun 12-5pm! missoulanews.com • August 9–August 16, 2018 [43]