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Voices The readers write .................................................................................................4 Street Talk Forecasting the best and worst of 2017 .......................................................4 The Week in Review A whole lotta swearing in going on .............................................6 Briefs Ballet with borders, crowdsourcing cabinet Qs, and silver bullets all shot .........6 Etc. Help wanted at City Council ....................................................................................7 News Meet the Republican operative behind an opaque media launch.........................8 News Freestone Climbing goes big on the Westside.......................................................9 Opinion Handicapping Montana’s House seat, post-Zinke..........................................10 Opinion How to play your Trump card ........................................................................11 Feature What does the future hold? We have answers. Some may even be accurate ...14

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Arts Tim Nielson paints heroes, past and unproven.....................................................20 Music Poverty Porn, Arkheron Thodol and Run the Jewels..........................................21 Music Upstairs and downstairs with the Rotgut Whines...............................................22 Film It’s about time for Hidden Figures........................................................................23 Movie Shorts Independent takes on current films.......................................................24 BrokeAss Gourmet Rosemary-shallot beef stew..........................................................25 Happiest Hour Draught Work’s Shreddy Day IPA ........................................................27 8 Days a Week The little calendar that could...............................................................28 Agenda Climate Smart meeting at Imagine Nation Brewing ........................................34 Mountain High Hellgate Cyclery’s Salsa FatBike Demo ..............................................35

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STREET TALK

by Derek Brouwer

Asked Tuesday afternoon at Break Espresso What’s your most hopeful prediction for 2017? Followup: What’s your biggest fear for the new year?

Stacy Schmidt: Of Montreal will come to Missoula this year. Every Thursday: That Kevin Barnes does not read the Independent.

Sarah Schmidt: There will be a lot of love and kindness. Year of the meanies: There will be a lot of hate.

Ian Descamps: In terms of an actual prediction of what might go better, I would say the unification of people for just causes. I feel like there’s going to be some sort of motivation for that after the year that was 2016. Stage is set: The Environmental Protection Agency gets dismantled, all the helpful regulations get dismantled, and we’re set back 10 or 20 years. There’s a lot to fear with civil rights being pushed back.

Adam Sandoval: Everything will just be smooth. Bad deals: We could destroy years of diplomacy. That’s about it.

Adam Hellman: I’m just trying to think of something I want to say, not just smart ass-ery. My most hopeful prediction would just be that people actually start listening to each other and stop talking too much. Sorry, couldn’t hear that: People keep talking without listening.

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Welcome in Whitefish In a rapidly changing world, I have once again witnessed the essence of Whitefish. We are a close-knit community that rolls up its sleeves, gets things done, and takes care of each other. We may not always agree on issues, but we respect one another. While I was dismayed by the recent media frenzy and hate language I have received by those outside of our town trying to intimidate members of our community, I have been inspired once again by the Whitefish I know and how we rally to help others, respectfully stand up for our beliefs, spread kindness, and support our neighbors. I feel confident in our local police force to keep our community safe. Our city government listened to citizen concerns about Whitefish being identified as the headquarters of a white nationalist institute, and acted with a formal proclamation on Dec. 5, 2016. We wanted to go on the record: “The City of Whitefish rejects racism and bigotry in all its forms and expressions. The City of Whitefish reiterates its commitment to the values… honoring the inherent worth of all people regardless of race, creed, national origin, sex or sexual orientation. The City of Whitefish will continue to honor its responsibility to promote tolerance, non-discrimination and diversity within our community.” Everyone is welcome in Whitefish. Similar statements have followed by Montana’s governor, Montana elected officials, the Whitefish School District, the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes, faith leaders of Montana, and the Whitefish Chamber of Commerce and Convention and Visitors Bureau. Their statements clearly denounce discrimination and acts of hate. As our world keeps changing around us and challenges continue to present themselves, I ask for special attention to civil dialogue and respectful discourse as we move forward into the New Year. Please practice compassion, open-mindedness, acceptance, tolerance and kindness toward all people. A very happy New Year to everyone, and thanks for keeping me inspired. John Muhlfeld Mayor, City of Whitefish

Regrets? A few. At the end of a tumultuous and uncertain time, students, faculty, and the community built around the university must forge ahead bravely to determine what might make the University of Montana successful again. Engstrom must be given credit for trying, however. He did his part to trim the fat of many programs that were seeing declining enrollment, and, like a good businessman, he

worked toward downsizing the less productive branches. The decision to prioritize certain programs with transparency over the process was a stroke of genius. Because no good business can expect to compete in a tense market unless its employees are also competing with each other. Besides, studies show that people are much happier to work for a boss that isn’t the bad guy. It wasn’t a passing of the buck or a cowardly transfer of responsibility. Rather it was a bold and brave attempt to let the programs decide

“As our world keeps changing around us and challenges continue to present themselves, I ask for special attention to civil dialogue and respectful discourse as we move forward into the New Year.”

among themselves who should have places in the life raft. Engstrom’s shortcomings were much more to do with an inability to read the market quickly enough. Can we hold a businessman responsible for not being able to tell the future? No. The accountability should not be given to the man in charge or the investors, because it is the workers who are ultimately in charge of the product. I only hope that Engstrom’s replacement possesses enough business acumen to deftly manage the corporate image of this storied institution. And my only regret during his tenure is that there were not more athletic facilities built over parking spaces across the campus. Tait Vigesaa Missoula

Lessons from Princess This past week I have been watching our cat die slowly. There is little to be done for her as she is 17 and is dying of old age, which must claim us all if we last long enough. Our goal, that of my wife and I, is to keep her comfortable. Warm, some water. She has stopped eating. Her name is Princess and we love her very much. We have no children and, perhaps, this makes her going harder. But I have no measure. I know a woman with six grown children who was recently deeply devastated by the loss of her small dog. Perhaps because they are so dependent upon us, we gather so much love and compassion into their time with us that their going leaves a huge hole. Children, after all, do grow up and become independent. Our small pets—some not so small—are forever children. Our love pours out. There are people on missions to kill other people, those they perceive as enemies, as the cause of their own inadequacy. This happened very recently in Germany, and in Turkey. This has happened in France and in our own country, and in so many places. There are people who foment anger and hatred, who dehumanize others, even though they themselves keep “clean hands” when it comes to actual physical violence. We are seeing this in Montana, and the voices that cry out against such callousness are noble voices. But I understand those fomenters of bigotry and hatred. Though I would inflict now no misery even on an animal, I was not always this way. I, too, was a fanatic after my own fashion, filled with purpose, rage, immense ego and an inner ruthlessness. I understand the rage of the fanatic. But it takes a person who learns nothing from life to preserve such single-minded craziness into old age. They must be stopped, those who are fanatics, those who are as I was. They must be punished severely when they move beyond legal bounds. Still, they need to be understood, because they are always as we, perhaps, once were, or as we might have been. Anyone who puts an idea above humanity ceases to be fully human. Now, this Christmas season, as I watch Princess’ life slowly go, I know life is simply richer in love than it could ever be in hate. That is why God came to earth to live among us, and to die by the hand of people who placed ideas and rules above love and compassion. Ed Chaberek Superior

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WEEK IN REVIEW

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by Abi Baumann

Wednesday, Dec. 28 The Montana Highway Patrol reports 187 highway fatalities in the state from Jan. 1 to Dec. 27. Crash fatalities are down from 2015, when 222 people died. Speed, alcohol and lack of seatbelt use remain top fatality factors.

Thursday, Dec. 29 Missoula County swears in incumbent and newly elected staff, including Clerk of Court Shirley Faust, Justice of the Peace Landee Holloway and Commissioner Dave Strohmaier.

Friday, Dec. 30 Former Ravalli County Sheriff Chris Hoffman leaves behind the 10-gallon sheriff’s hat when he’s sworn in as the county’s new commissioner. He retains his extremely sheriff-y mustache.

Saturday, Dec. 31 A high-ranking Office of Public Instruction appointee declines his position after news breaks of his inappropriate comments. Randy Vogel, incoming Superintendent Elsie Arntzen’s pick for senior policy adviser, described Denise Juneau as a “female lesbian alcoholic” in an October Facebook post.

Sunday, Jan. 1 Missoula Community Radio 105.5 FM begins broadcasting at 10:55 a.m. The nonprofit, low-power station’s mission is to serve the community with an all-volunteer rotation of DJs. Howard Stern wannabes need not apply.

Monday, Jan. 2 Intrepid skiers are denied the opportunity to die of exposure at Snowbowl when the ski hill closes due to a forecasted -43 degree windchill on the slopes.

Tuesday, Jan. 3 A Missoula judge vacates the conviction of Cody Marble, who was accused of raping a fellow jail inmate in Missoula in 2002. Marble’s father, Jerry, says the decision comes as a huge relief.

A crowd fills the dance floor at the Badlander during the final Dead Hipster Dance Party, an event that took place every Thursday for the past 10 years.

Interrogation nation

Crowdsourcing cabinet Qs Over the past month, the names have trickled out of Donald Trump’s transition headquarters like water from a leaky faucet. The president-elect appears to be stacking his inner circle with campaign allies, Beltway insiders and industry executives, with each new cabinet nominee raising more eyebrows than the last. With a whirlwind of confirmation hearings on the horizon, U.S. Sen. Jon Tester isn’t just jotting down his own notes. He’s crowdsourcing questions. “The idea came to me when I was visiting with some folks in a coffee shop,” Tester tells the Indy. “I happened to be in Great Falls, and they were giving me some input on what I ought to be asking these guys. I thought, ‘You know, this wouldn’t be a bad idea—just get the ideas from every coffee shop in Montana.’” Since launching a public comment portal on his

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website in mid-December, Tester’s office has received more than 1,200 responses regarding Trump’s growing list of cabinet nominees. Tester still has quite a few to sort through in the coming weeks, but he notes that several points of common concern have already emerged—namely, worries about Trump’s nomination of Betsy DeVos to the Department of Education and Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt to the EPA. “A lot of folks are concerned with climate issues and how [Pruitt]’s going to deal with it,” Tester says. “We’ll find out. I’ve been told, through the media, that he’s a climate change denier. He doesn’t think it exists, which is a hard one to explain. But we will ask questions of him on those and other issues.” Pruitt is just one nominee generating backlash from Senate Democrats ahead of the yet-to-be-scheduled confirmation hearings. Some of those Democrats, while acknowledging their inability to block Trump’s appointees, have vowed to do everything they can to drag out the confirmation process. Last month, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-

California, invoked the nearly yearlong refusal of Republicans to consider Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland, telling Politico that, “What goes around comes around.” Tester may have concerns about Devos’ lack of classroom experience and Secretary of State nominee Rex Tillerson’s ties to Russia, but he has no desire to delay the confirmation process as some sort of political stunt. “I’m not going to do any of that,” he says. Whether in committee hearings or private meetings, Tester intends to vet each potential cabinet member based on input he gets from Montanans. And that includes Congressman Ryan Zinke, who was considered a possible Tester challenger in 2018 before being nominated in December to lead the Department of Interior. “I told Ryan he’s going to be put through the same process as everyone else,” Tester says. “Personally, I think he’ll do fine. But if he doesn’t answer our questions satisfactorily, we’ll have a problem.” Alex Sakariassen

[news] Empty chamber

Dems lose silver bullets Two years ago, members of the state House spent the first week of the legislative session bogged down in a bitter fight over the rules guiding their actions for the subsequent 90 days. Democrats came away from the fracas with what became known as â&#x20AC;&#x153;silver bullets,â&#x20AC;? six opportunities to drag dead bills from their committee crypts and give them new life on the House floor. Without those metaphorical rounds, the partyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s three key victories in 2015 would have been blanks. But as the 2017 Montana Legislature convened Jan. 2, the magazine was already empty. The language creating the silver bullets was specific to the 2015 session, and an attempt by House Minority Leader Jenny Eck to manufacture additional ammunition was shot down by Republicans without discussion in early December. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The way our Constitution is written, a minority should not be able to block the will of the majority,â&#x20AC;? Eck says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s exactly whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s happening right now. If a committee wants to hold a bill, then we canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get it out. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a minority holding back the will of the majority.â&#x20AC;? The silver bullets were adopted in 2015 under pressure from moderate Republicans to bypass the 60vote supermajority required to blast measures to the House floor. Those same Republicans used the provision to side with Democrats in passing the Disclose Act, the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes Water Compact and a Medicaid Expansion compromise. Eckâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s proposal to the House Rules Committee last month was simple: Amend the blast motion rules to require a 51-vote simple majority. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the same pitch that was delivered by Rep. Chuck Hunter, D-Helena, ahead of the 2015 session, and one that Eck believes would be more in line with the state Constitution. After all, she says, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s how blast motions are handled in the state Senate. House Majority Leader Ron Ehli describes the silver bullets as an â&#x20AC;&#x153;oddball situation,â&#x20AC;? and says Republicans in 2017 were eager to return to pre-2015 rules. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a time-saver for us on the House,â&#x20AC;? he adds of the supermajority requirement, echoing the position of House Rules Committee Chair Jeff Essmann. Going into 2017, Ehli thinks his party is much more unified, an assertion bolstered by what he calls a â&#x20AC;&#x153;handshake agreementâ&#x20AC;? with moderates allowing them to approach the leadership for help getting specific bills to

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the House floor. He believes the deal will avoid any â&#x20AC;&#x153;shenanigansâ&#x20AC;? with bills getting buried in committee. Eck acknowledges that the lack of silver bullets will result in an even tougher time this session for Democratic bills, including her proposal to create a paid leave insurance plan for Montana workers. But when it comes to the big-ticket item in 2017â&#x20AC;&#x201D;an infrastructure billâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not sure Democrats will need anything extra in the chamber. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I do feel optimistic about infrastructure,â&#x20AC;? she says, â&#x20AC;&#x153;because I am hearing from the other side of the aisle that itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s important to them as well.â&#x20AC;? Alex Sakariassen

Ballet with borders

Visa issues harsh the VIBE Many people canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t point to Missoula on a map, but international dancers looking to break into the international scene know how to find Charlene Campbell Carey. As Carey, director of the Rocky Mountain Ballet Theatre, prepares to stage the second annual Vienna International Ballet Experience this month, sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s received a deluge of outreach from aspiring dancers and directors the world over. Many contact her through Facebook, pouring out stories of tribulation and dedication that embody what the VIBE competition and diplomacy conference is all about. Getting people to Missoulaâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;well, sometimes thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s another story. This year, dancers from Mexico, Romania, Cuba and Panama all ran into roadblocks in their attempts to acquire U.S. visas, Carey says, and many are unable to attend the event as a result. Carey is particularly disappointed about the case of the young Panamanian dancers, who were raised in a state orphanage. Carey had sought them out, even securing a scholarship for their travel, before their visas were denied. Visa trouble is an ongoing problem for performing artists traveling to the United States, even established ones. Since VIBE bills itself as a point of entry for outstanding young dancers interested in pursuing international careers, many participants are traveling for the

1.3 million Square feet of building space added to the University of Montana during the 20-year presidency of George Dennison, who died Jan. 3 from nonHodgkin lymphoma at age 81. first time. In some cases, Carey says, visa issues underscore the â&#x20AC;&#x153;degree of devotionâ&#x20AC;? the dancers apply in pursuing every opportunity to transform their lives with their skills. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If they get here, maybe theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll get a scholarship or find a way out of their country long term,â&#x20AC;? Carey says. This year, however, some dancers have paused at the prospect of visiting. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Dozens of parents around the world have questioned whether itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s safe to come to Montana,â&#x20AC;? Carey says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the perception that the U.S.A has problems getting along [with other countries]. Nobody asked that question last year.â&#x20AC;? In response to the concern, VIBE organizers have drawn up heart-shaped logos with the message â&#x20AC;&#x153;Big Sky, No Wallsâ&#x20AC;? to be placed at the Missoula International Airport and event venues. Carey calls it a welcome sign that dovetails with the competitionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s goal of building cultural and diplomatic bridges through art. Dance and geopolitics had become entangled for a young Syrian man that Carey had hoped to bring to Missoula next week. Ahmad Joudeh is from Damascus, where his passion for dance was overshadowed by the countryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s civil war. Carey had spoken to Ahmad Joudeh online before realizing that, given his â&#x20AC;&#x153;complicatedâ&#x20AC;? situation, it would not be feasible to bring him to Missoula for the event ( Joudeh was also noticed by the Dutch National Ballet in Amsterdam, where he now studies.) Nonetheless, Carey says, she still hopes to host a conversation with Joudeh at VIBE next week via video, where â&#x20AC;&#x153;there are no visa issues.â&#x20AC;? Derek Brouwer

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Fine print The Republican operative behind an opaque media launch by Derek Brouwer

The political operative behind a Montana online news startup says the website isn’t a platform to push his right-wing agenda, but you wouldn’t know it from reading Big Sky Headlines. While hardly a household name to Montanans, Jake Eaton for the past decade has been one of the people who greases the gears of the Republican Party’s campaign apparatus. He’s best remembered for an attempt, while Party chairman, to challenge the voter registration of 6,000 residents in leftleaning counties during the run-up to the 2008 election. A federal judge mocked the effort as “political chicanery” and Eaton resigned a week later. Eaton later emerged in the backrooms of partisan politics. He created a political consulting firm and purchased the Billings print shop AlphaGraphics. In 2016, he was treasurer of an independent group that spent $283,000 to attack state Supreme Court candidate Dirk Sandefur as soft on child pornographers, rapists and satanic child abusers. About $12,000 of that money went to Eaton’s consulting company. While running the “Stop Set ’Em Free Sandefur” committee, Eaton also launched a digital media business, Big Sky Headlines, to cover statewide political and business news. Eaton envisions the platform as an alternative to the larger corporate-owned outlets that dominate the Montana market. Big Sky Headlines began life by publishing links to those companies’ stories, but in the last few months has begun to post original reports as well. Unlike other regional media outlets, Eaton’s company aims to “provide a truly statewide news and information source rather than focus primarily on one local geography.” That’s publisher lingo, not partisan plotting, which is how Eaton says Big Sky Headlines and parent company Big Sky Broadcasting will operate. His ambition, he says, isn’t to provide news with a conservative bent (at least “no more so than Lee Enterprises has the liberal agenda”) or to promote his political clients and causes. “We’re trying to build a legitimate alternative news source,” he says.

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Big Sky Headlines shares one trait, though, that’s more closely associated with the attack mailers Eaton is accustomed to producing: It’s difficult to know who’s publishing it. Big Sky Headlines does not identify a single individual associated with the publication. The company’s founders are described only as a “group of young entrepreneurs,” while stories are published under an anonymous “staff ” byline. Only by looking up the corporate filing with the Montana Secretary of State’s office can readers learn of Eaton’s involvement.

photo courtesy of Jake Eaton

Big Sky Headlines is run by Jake Eaton, a former state Republican Party chairman who also owns a political consulting business and print shop.

The site’s opacity raises red flags for Lee Banville, an associate journalism professor at the University of Montana who specializes in media ethics and politics. While partisanfunded news has a long tradition, such organizations rely on transparency and editorial firewalls to maintain credibility. Banville says those safeguards are especially important when a backer such as Eaton is simultaneously consulting for candidates and issues that the news organization would be expected to write about. Eaton says the fledgling site is still looking to hire a permanent publisher and staff, whose names will be posted online and who

will manage editorial decisions. He identified himself as an investor and board member of the parent company while serving as “managing director” for the site itself. “It’s not exactly a big secret that I’m involved in this project,” he says, adding that “we’ve been talking about it in political circles for a while now.” Eaton declined to identify other partners or board members associated with the company. According to secretary of state filings, the company’s other principal is Tyler Schott, the former executive director of the dark money group Montana Growth Network. The one place Eaton’s name does appear on the Big Sky Headlines website is as a source in a recent article. The site reported last month on a lawsuit filed by Democrats to keep Commissioner of Political Practices Jonathan Motl in office (see “When is Motl’s job done?” Dec. 29). The article identifies Eaton only as a “Republican political consultant” and quotes him describing the suit, in an echo of Eaton’s own legal embarrassment, as “political chicanery.” The article’s anonymous author goes on to describe Motl’s tenure as a “mostly one-sided affair” against Republicans, then lists allegations against Motl contained in a different lawsuit—one filed by Eaton. The Motl article illustrates how easily a media outlet owned by a partisan operative can function as a Trojan horse for its owner’s larger political machinations when conflicts of interest aren’t disclosed. “The assumption should be it’s a purchased piece of political communication until they prove it’s not,” Banville says. Eaton says the article was written by a freelance reporter, and that his involvement in the story didn’t extend beyond providing requested quotes. Still, he says, his relationship to the website should “probably” have been disclosed. “It’s barely a month in,” he says. “There’s going to be some mistakes.” Asked whether the site would append a disclosure note to the Motl story, Eaton said he would “probably” consult the rest of the company’s board for an opinion. As of press time, the article had not been updated. dbrouwer@missoulanews.com

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Handholds to heaven Freestone goes big with a Westside climbing wall by Kate Whittle

photo by Amy Donovan

Jeff Peabody was among the first to try out the bouldering walls during Freestone Climbing Center’s first days of operation at its new Shakespeare Street location.

In the new Freestone Climbing Center, climbers resemble Spider-Man while they hang from handholds and contemplate their next moves. One man clings to the wall for a few moments, hanging at a 45-degree angle, before he lets go and falls to the mat with a soft whump. “If you’re not falling, you’re not doing it right,” says Freestone owner Walt Hailes. Jan. 2 was the first day of business at the new Freestone location, informally called “Freestone 2.0,” a renovated Westside warehouse shared with a CrossFit gym and the Moksha Aerial Studio Collective. Hailes thinks of the complex as an “alternative sports collective.” Freestone’s most impressive feature will open in late spring or early summer: a 50-foottall roped climbing section with 10,000 square feet of vertical space. “It’s unique,” Hailes says. “You need a 50-foot-tall building with no stories, no floors.” Hailes’ long-term plans include adding a yoga studio, weight room, stationary bikes and treadmills to broaden the facility’s appeal.

Expanding to a bigger location was part of Hailes’ plan when he opened the first Freestone on Toole Avenue in 2011. He’s far from alone in capitalizing on a burgeoning trend. Almost 40 new climbing gyms opened in the country in 2015, according to Climbing Business Journal. A September piece published in Outside magazine called climbing gyms “the new health clubs.” Hailes grew up rock climbing in Kentucky, and recalls the days when climbing was a more obscure sport. “In the old days, you went to the climbing gym to get better at outdoor climbing,” Hailes says. “Now, going to the climbing gym is an event in and of itself.” Hailes, who works as an exercise physiology researcher at the University of Montana, also guides for Washingtonbased RMI Expeditions. His climbing resume includes expeditions to Denali, the tallest peak in North America, and to Argentina’s 22,832-foot Aconcagua. He says he always tries to visit the local climbing walls whenever he travels to a new city. He feels qualified in saying that Freestone offers some of the best indoor climbing in the U.S.

“There’s some bigger gyms, but I don’t think there’s going to be any better gyms,” Hailes says. “I think we have some of the best route setting in the country.” Freestone’s full-time route setter, Scott Goodwin, says he’s spent years learning how to formulate indoor climbing walls. “Climbing and setting are like eating and cooking,” Goodwin says. “You can eat a lot, but that doesn’t make you a great chef. It’s the same thing with setting.” Freestone’s routes include five levels of difficulty, from the simplest, marked with one dot, to the hardest, marked with five dots. When Goodwin starts setting routes for 10,000 square feet of roped climbing, he says, he’ll do it with an eye toward luring in newbies. Roped climbing, where the climber is supported by a harness, can be an easier gateway into the sport than bouldering. “We want new climbers to come in and be able to look at the ropes and go, ‘Oh! I want to climb that,’” Goodwin says. kwhittle@missoulanews.com

missoulanews.com • January 5–January 12, 2017 [9]

[opinion]

Dem for the win? Handicapping Montana’s House seat, post-Zinke by Dan Brooks

In the two weeks since we last considered the future relative power of the GOP’s two competing factions. of Montana’s seat in the House of Representatives (see If the conservative wing of the party can’t mount a “Playing chicken,” Dec. 22), no fewer than six Republi- substantive threat to Buttrey’s nomination, their insurcans have expressed interest in running to replace Ryan rection is probably over. Their only victory in the last Zinke, who’s been picked by Trump to head the Interior session was fairly pyrrhic: By blocking a popular infraDepartment. Assuming they make good on their plans, structure bill at the last minute, they gave everyone in that’s a cool ten grand for the state GOP. Helena something to resent them for over the break. If The Republican Party of Montana has announced that they cannot steer the state committee away from Buttrey, it will charge candidates who file for the special election it will be a sign that their influence has waned to near $1,740 apiece—the same amount they’d pay to run in a zero. Perhaps the most interesting thing about the Reregular primary. A committee will meet to select the Re- publican side of this process is that it might finally estabpublican nominee sometime during the next two months, lish that Montana’s right wing is good at rhetoric but bad at politics. which presumably will cost a lot less As usual, the Democrats are borthan organizing polls across the state. “The Democrats ing by comparison. They aren’t chargBut the party wants the money anyway. people to run. None of their “The fee is set in Montana statutes are boring by ing candidates is an amusing caricature of when a candidate would file to run in a rich person or even a symbol of ineither a Democrat or Republican pricomparison. ternecine conflict. Somehow, every mary,” GOP chair Jeff Essman told the news report on the prospective DemBillings Gazette. “So our state commitThey aren’t ocratic field includes Denise Juneau, tee meeting will be performing the even though she has said nothing same purpose as a primary.” That’s the kind of fee-for-service charging people about running again. Perhaps she is making way for Amanda Curtis, who model I like to see in politics. It harks back to the 19th century, when the to run. None of picked up 40 percent of the vote running as a replacement candidate for parties were moneymaking operations U.S. Senate in 2014, after John as much as instruments of democracy. their candidates the Walsh withdrew two months ahead of Call me old-fashioned, but I like my steaks rare and my Republicans Gilded is an amusing the election. Age. I was therefore thrilled to learn Curtis has demonstrated that she that one of the half-dozen candidates can perform well in a statewide race caricature of a on short notice—almost as well as for the GOP nomination is Bozeman’s own Eugene Graf IV. Juneau, who got only 41 percent of the rich person.” vote against Zinke in November after He hasn’t paid the fee yet, but I running a full campaign. Many of the don’t think that will be a problem. Graf is the scion of a family fortune in real estate development. Democratic state committee members who selected Curtis Although he has never run for public office, he is a fifth- to replace Walsh will also sit on the committee that chooses generation Montanan, as the IV suggests. Like many people a nominee for the special election. with Roman numerals in their names, he looks like the vilThat election will tell us something about the lain in a movie about golf. I hereby endorse him based on strength of the Republican brand as it compares to this quality, and because I would like to see Montana pol- Zinke’s particular charm. The GOP has held Montana’s itics return to its roots in naked corporatocracy. seat in Congress for a long time, but Buttrey is not a charMy guy never wins, though. The likely leader in the acter in the same way as Commander Zinke. In Curtis, Republican field is Ed Buttrey, state senator from Great the Democrats have a candidate who is less experienced Falls and former majority whip. Buttrey is widely cred- but potentially more likable. This might be their chance ited with orchestrating the compromise that led to to capitalize on a divided GOP and put up an off-year vicMontana accepting federal funding for Medicaid expan- tory. Whether that will mean anything for their party in sion last session. Conservatives revile him for that same Washington is too depressing to contemplate just now. reason. Art Wittich, who can really open up on Twitter But when you’re in the wilderness, every win counts. now that he’s out of office, greeted Buttrey’s candidacy Dan Brooks writes about politics, culture, and the by calling him a Democrat. But the absence of a credible challenger from the right tells us something about the high character of wealthy heirs at combatblog.net.

[10] Missoula Independent • January 5–January 12, 2017

[opinion]

Your Trump card How to fight back? Slowly and locally. by Brian Calvert

By now, it should be obvious that cynical corporate walk to the store, gather some local ingredients and bake interests from the fossil fuel industry have executed a suc- something. Avoid electronics and plastics. Write a letter cessful takeover of U.S. policymaking. President-elect to a friend, by hand, and mail it off. Gather spare lumber Donald Trump has named high-powered executives and and build a birdhouse. Go to church, join a choir, host a friends of the industry to run the country, a job he has game night. Pick up a guitar. Put on a play. Saw, hammer, chop. Sing, dance, run. Take a moment to wonder at the admitted might be “bigger” than he thought. Be angry at the sun, a wise man said, if such things wild world, the deer in the fallow field, the hare in its upset you. It is done, it has happened, and there is noth- winter white. True resistance to the current regime begins ing left now but to bear witness to the utter failure of our with rejoining the slow and local analog world. This is a great way to regain some of the agency you perishing republic. Right? Wrong. Like any reasonable person, I’m worried might be missing, in a world that feels like it’s tumbling about what we Americans have done, not just to our out of control—yours, mine and everyone else’s. The less you drive and the less you buy, the world, but to the future world. more power you siphon from our The human race had only a very long shot to prevent catastrophic “The less you drive new corporate overlords. And, maybe not at first, but eventually, climate change, and now we have an administration dead set and the less you you’ll be creating something beautiful. Beauty so created has its own on ending even those meager efforts. So be it. The sight of such buy, the more power power, a slow power that builds— the power of a handmade bookblatantly corporate Cabinet or a hand-knitted sweater, of picks leaves me hopeful. They, you siphon from our shelf homemade chili and fresh-baked and their agenda, are now out of bread. These things have a tenthe shadows. new corporate dency to feel essential, not disposJoining Scott Pruitt, the proable, and as such they have staying posed head of the Environmenoverlords. power, and the power to help us tal Protection Agency (and a man understand what’s truly imporwho is currently suing that agency) is Rex Tillerson, the Eventually, you’ll be tant. Perspective, too, is power— understanding the importance of chief executive of Exxon Mobil, as secretary of state. Exxon creating something friends, family and neighbors, of how fleeting and fragile all life is, Mobil spent years publicly denyand that all things pass. Trump, ing climate science, even as it beautiful.” too, shall pass. privately acknowledged the risks Yes, be angry. It is infuriating of climate change decades ago. Our Western public lands, clean air, water, wildlife— to see the ideal of American democracy so battered, to bear witnesses to a corporate coup. Powerful elites have all are imperiled by Trump’s operatives. True power in U.S. politics has been organizing itself their hands on the levers of national power, and they will around the logic of corporate capitalism for a long time. lean hard to maximize profits, to enrich themselves at the With it so obvious now, we have equally obvious ways to cost of our health and well-being. We mustn’t let them. Why rant on Facebook? Why not channel your anger, resist: by changing the way we spend. Corporations derive power from money, our money, put your energy into yourself and your neighbors—or and its efficient organization into political capital. For the even local politics? I’m sure your county could use a reahydrocarbon industry, that means fossil fuels and plastics. sonable commissioner. Eventually, the dark cynicism of So use your shopping cart, online and off, as your daily our nation’s oligarchs will be exposed, as we all move on, voting booth and buy as little of these things as you can. leaving them mired in the prehistoric muck they so covet. If you want to shake the halls of power right now, In the meantime, let’s not empower them any more than you need not fly on a jet-fueled airliner to attend a mass we have to. march, or gas up your car and speed to a far-off demonBrian Calvert is a contributor to Writers on the stration. Instead, why not throw a cover over your car and stay away from the gas station for a while? Get some Range, the opinion service of High Country News exercise and a bus pass. Close your laptop, turn off your (hcn.org). He is the magazine’s managing editor in phone—it takes money away from the giant utilities. Then Paonia, Colorado.

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OH-SO-SWEET DREAMS – The Hastens workshop in Koping, Sweden, liberally using the phrase “master artisans” recently, unveiled its made-to-order $149,900 mattress. Bloomberg News reported in December on Hastens’ use of superior construction materials such as pure steel springs, “slowgrowing” pine, multiple layers of flax, horsehair lining (braided by hand, then unwound to ensure extra spring), and cotton covered by flame-retardant wool batting. With a 25-year guarantee, an eighthour-a-day sleep habit works out to $2 an hour. (Bonus: The Bloomberg reviewer, after a trial run, gave the “Vividus” a glowing thumbs-up.) THE JOB OF THE RESEARCHER – Humans are good at recognizing faces, but exceptionally poor at recognition when the same face’s features are scrambled or upside down. In December, a research team from the Netherlands and Japan published findings that chimpanzees are the same way—when it comes to recognizing other chimps’ butts. That suggests, the scientists concluded, that sophisticated recognition of rear ends is as important for chimps (as “socio-sexual signaling,” such as prevention of inbreeding) as faces are to humans. SUSPICIONS CONFIRMED – Humanity has accumulated an estimated 30 trillion tons of “stuff,” according to research by University of Leicester geologists—enough to fit over 100 pounds’ worth over every square meter of the planet’s surface. The scientists, writing in the Anthropocene Review, are even more alarmed that very little of it is ever recycled and that buried layers of technofossils that define our era will clutter and weigh down the planet, hampering future generations. (Don’t just think of “garage sale” stuff, wrote Mother Nature News; think of every single thing we produce.)

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FINER POINTS OF THE LAW – A federal appeals court agreed with a jury in December that Battle Creek, Michigan, police were justified in shooting (and killing) two hardly misbehaving family dogs during a legal search of a house’s basement. Mark and Cheryl Brown had pointed out that their dogs never attacked; one, an officer admitted, was “just standing there” when shot and killed. The officers said that conducting a thorough search of the premises might have riled the dogs and threatened their safety. (Unaddressed was whether a dog might avoid being shot if it masters the classic trick of “playing dead.”) SOUNDS LIKE A JOKE – Spencer Hanvey, 22, was charged with four burglaries of the same MedCare Pharmacy in Conway, Arkansas, in October and November, using the same modus operandi each time to steal drugs. (Bonus: Oddly, the drugs were not for obsessive-compulsive disorder.) If You See Something, Say Something: Hamden (Connecticut) High School was put into lockdown for an hour on Dec. 15 when a student was seen running in the hallway, zig-zagging from side to side, swinging an arm and leaping into the air. Police were called, but quickly learned that it was just a 12th-grade boy practicing a basketball move and pretending to dunk. THE ARISTOCRATS! – Low-Tech Pervs: (1) A camera-less Alan Ralph, 62, was arrested in Sarasota, Florida, in December after being seen on surveillance video in October in a Wal-Mart stooping down to the floor to peer up the skirt of a woman. (2) John Kuznezow, 54, was charged with invasion of privacy in Madison, Wisconsin, in November after he was discovered, pants down, up a tree outside a woman’s second-floor bedroom window. BRIGHT IDEAS – The Immigrants Wanted to Believe: For about 10 years, organized crime rings operated a makeshift U.S. “embassy” in a rundown pink building in Accra, the capital of Ghana, issuing official-looking identification papers, including “visas” that theoretically permitted entry into the United States. The U.S. State Department finally persuaded Ghanian officials to close it down, but it is unknown if any purchasers were ever caught trying to immigrate. The “embassy,” with a U.S. flag outside, had well-spoken “consular officers” who reportedly collected about $6,000 per visa. WEIRD OLD WORLD – Wu Jianping, 25, from China’s Henan province, complained in November that he had been denied home loans at several banks for not providing fingerprints—because he has no arms (following a childhood accident) and “signs” documents by holding a pen in his mouth. He was not allowed to substitute “toeprints.” Classes were canceled in early December in the village of Batagai in the Yakutia region of Siberia when the temperature reached minus 53 Celsius (minus 63 Fahrenheit)—but only for kids 15 and under; older children still had to get to school. Yakutia is regarded as the coldest inhabited region on the planet. SEX TOYS IN THE NEWS – The government in Saxony, Germany, chose as third-place winner of its 2016 prize for innovation and start-up companies the inventor of the ingenious silent vibrator (leading to shaming of the economy minister Martin Dulig, now known as “Dildo Dulig”). Thanks this week to Stan Kaplan, Rob Zimmer, and Alan Magid, and to the News of the Weird Board of Editorial Advisors.

[12] Missoula Independent • January 5–January 12, 2017

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MISSOULA BRINGS UM INTO THE FOLD Despite the best efforts of wellintentioned administrators and overseers, the University of Montana—one of Missoula’s primary cultural assets and economic drivers—continues its precipitous decline toward the second rank of flagship state universities. Responding to the ongoing debacle in the only way he knows how, Mayor John Engen announces that the city—after months of secret negotiations—has entered into an agreement to purchase the struggling school, bringing it under the umbrella of municipal management with Mountain Water and a growing

[14] Missoula Independent • January 5–January 12, 2017

portfolio of city-owned infrastructure. The purchase price won’t be announced until late 2018, but whatever it is, hey, it’s only money. —Brad Tyer

DENISE JUNEAU GETS A JOB

photo by Cathrine L. Walters

Denise Juneau’s yearlong job interview didn’t go so well. Nearly 60 percent of Montana voters opted in November not to hire the term-limited superintendent of public instruction as their congresswoman. Sensing an opportunity, hundreds of petitioners lined up in December to support Juneau’s bid to replace outgoing

photo by Alex Sakariassen

University of Montana President Royce Engstrom. As intriguing as that idea is, skepticism about Juneau’s lack of highereducation credentials put a crimp on those aspirations as the calendar turned to the new year, leaving her to search for another avenue of employment in 2017. We predict Juneau won’t stay idle long. With her former electoral opponent Ryan Zinke departing for the Department of Interior, she’ll follow up with a second shot at the U.S. House seat Zinke leaves behind—a victory Republicans will once again deny her. Her name will then pop up as a possible challenger to Mayor John Engen this fall. But the thought of rocking the establishment boat in her new hometown won’t hold much appeal for Juneau, and she’ll finally resort to an option most Missoulians in search of a steady gig only ever talk about. She’ll open a brewery. —Alex Sakariassen

munity-centered, chic epicenter of all things Missoula. The new year brings a wrecking ball to those fantasies—but we predict the Merc doesn’t go down without a(nother) fight. Historic preservation advocates will chain themselves to the building, sing “Big Yellow Taxi” with the parking lot lyric replaced by the name of a certain hotel brand, and tape a list of demands to the display windows. In an attempt to appease the protesters, HomeBase Montana founder Andy Holloran agrees to memorialize the historic structure by projecting a hologram of the old Merc in Caras Park—and charging people a dollar and a half to wander through it. The truce holds until summer, when farmers market strollers complain that the enormous hologram blocks their view of Ninja Mike’s breakfast sandwich menu, and a whole new controversy is born. —Derek Brouwer

THE CITY FINDS AN AFFORDABILITY FIX This year, the city of Missoula will finally address the housing affordability and availability crisis head on. In 2016, the median price for housing peaked at roughly $260,000, while the median family could

ton, Vermont (a community that possesses a lot of similar traits), the city of Missoula will implement an inclusionary housing policy. This citywide ordinance will require a percentage of new construction to be permanently affordable by people with low to moderate incomes. The policy will positively affect community cohesion, normalize neighborhood demographics and balance local housing markets. After all, our baristas (and professors) have to live somewhere. —Jack Metcalf, professor, bartender and North Missoula Community Development Corporation board member

be named the amphitheater’s grandopening act, kicking off a summer full of coveted big-ticket names. —Erika Fredrickson

RESERVE STREET GETS A BIG OL’ BAG OF DICK’S OK, so maybe you’d prefer that Trader Joe’s or IKEA be the next chain to set up shop in Missoula on the heels of Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen and Freddy’s Frozen Custard & Steakburgers. But Trader Joe’s (never mind IKEA) will continue to elude us. How about the next best thing? Get excited for Dick’s Drive-In. The beloved

THE BOSS PLAYS IN DARKNESS, ON THE EDGE OF TOWN In 2014 we made the bold prediction that Bruce Springsteen would finally play Missoula in 2015. A community Facebook page called “Bruce Springsteen in Missoula” had been started in 2009, featuring occasional pleas for the heartland hero to make his way to the Garden City. We’d already (finally) gotten the Rolling Stones and Paul McCartney, and Montana was one of just a few states that the Boss had yet to play. We’re (again) predicting that will change. Remember in Field of Dreams when James Earl Jones told Kevin Costner, “If

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Washington-based fast food chain will (in our dreams) branch out of state for the first time to satisfy Missoula’s insatiable hunger for cheap burgers and penis jokes. It will be a bold move for the legendary chain, which was founded in the 1950s and has changed little since. But we pre-

THE MERCANTILE GETS NEW LIFE AS A LASER PROJECTION A judge still has to rule, but the Missoula Mercantile’s days appear to be numbered. Those old bricks just aren’t suited for business in the 21st century—at least that’s what the developers of a new Marriott hotel at the site convinced Missoula City Council last year. Thousands of Missoula residents begged to differ, going so far as to dream up their own redevelopment alternatives for a mixed-use, com-

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afford about $180,000. The powers to be will acknowledge this disparity and make it a priority to implement a solution. Following in the successful footsteps of Burling-

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photo by Kate Whittle

you build it, they will come?” In December, Top Hat and Wilma owner Nick Checota announced plans to build a 4,000-capacity amphitheater in partnership with KettleHouse Brewing. The KettleHouse Amphitheater is slated to open in May along the Blackfoot River in Bonner, just seven miles from Missoula. Coincidentally, Springsteen plans to tour for the release of a new solo album this year. Unable to resist the enticing spot down by—ahem—the river, the Boss will angle to

dict Missoulians will flock in droves and Dick’s will quickly muscle its way into the competitive local burger scene. You also might be familiar with the Dick’s Hamburgers in Spokane, a drive-in that opened in 1965 and offers a remarkably similar menu to the Seattle chain, but is owned by a different company. Truth be told, we’re not sure which Dick’s we’ll be getting. But really, for most Missoulians, any Dick’s will do. —Kate Whittle

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LILY GLADSTONE WINS AN OSCAR Lily Gladstone’s breakout role in Certain Women resulted in her name being splashed across the pages of Rolling

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Stone, The Advocate, Vanity Fair and dozens of Hollywood film mags. As the lonely ranch hand pining quietly for a small-town lawyer (Kristen Stewart), the Missoula actress was praised for impressionistic facial expressions that said more than words ever could. In 2017, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will announce Gladstone as an Oscar nominee, along with Viola Davis, Michelle Williams and other big names. As usual, most of the categories will generate pre-

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dictable winners, but we predict that Gladstone, the dark-horse pick in her category, will return to Missoula with the statue in hand. —Erika Fredrickson

MISSOULA GETS ITS FIRST MEDICAL EDIBLE BAKERY Montana’s medical marijuana industry claimed a major win in the 2016 election. With the passage of Initiative 182—and a speedier-than-predicted implementation, thanks to District Judge James Reynolds—pot will regain its status as the engine of ingenuity and entrepreneurship that it was before conservative lawmakers

mucked everything up. Here in Missoula, that spirit of creativity will take the shape of a bakery dedicated solely to producing edibles for medical marijuana cardholders. Such an enterprise would certainly lead to breakthroughs in the science of measuring THC and CBD dosages in brownies, cookies and all manner of, um, baked treats. Missoula being Missoula, the operation will of course go to extremes in the laudable attempt to source all ingredients locally, and will mill its own flour from Montana-sourced wheat. And, in an environmentally conscious twist, the new bakery—which may or may not decide to do business as “Smurfit Stoned”—will open its doors at the defunct paper mill on the Clark Fork, bringing a bright green spot of vibrance to one of the county’s most blighted areas. —Alex Sakariassen

Fake news will turn out to be the salvation of the news industry and of our democracy. An epidemic of myth making will give rise to a legion of fact checkers and conspiracy debunkers. This inkstained army will be well paid and adored by the public for its crusade against the dragons of falsehood. Journalism schools will find themselves rolling in cash. But this new generation of journalists will soon learn what the Men in Black knew: Some of the most delicious conspiracy stories are, in fact, true. ( You didn’t really think we landed on the moon, did you?) As this

The Report Card HINDSIGHT IS 20/20. SO HOW’D WE DO IN 2016? MISSOULA RESETTLES ITS FIRST REFUGEE IN YEARS Soft Landing Missoula was just getting geared up this time last year when we predicted that Missoula would rediscover a welcome mat that had been in storage since the International Rescue Committee helped resettle the last Hmong refugee here some 30 years ago. In fact Missoula resettled 46 refugees in the latter part of 2016, including men, women and children from war-torn Iraq, Eritrea, Ethiopia and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

MONTANA’S PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY WILL ACTUALLY MATTER AGAIN Boy did we get this one wrong—though we take some solace in knowing that pretty much all the crystal balls were out of order this last election cycle. From the vantage of last January, we predicted that a tightening race would lead Hillary Clinton to add a Montana stop to her

campaign trail for the first time since 2008. She didn’t. (Though she did open campaign offices in the state’s major cities, and sent Bill to stump for votes in Billings.) We also predicted that Tea Party turd-in-the-punchbowl Ted Cruz would put Montana on a public-lands-transfer tour of the West that never materialized (and in any case Cruz had dropped out by early May). But our forecast’s most obvious failing is that it didn’t even mention Donald Trump, who ended up in late May pandering incoherently to a crowd of thousands in Billings and, of course, eventually took Montana’s three electoral votes with 56.2 percent of the vote. Cold comfort consolation prize: We predicted Bernie Sanders would come to Montana, and he did, visiting Billings and Missoula. And he beat Clinton in Montana’s June 7 primary—though she claimed her national primary victory that same day with big wins in California, New Jersey, New Mexico and South Dakota. Told ya it was cold comfort.

[16] Missoula Independent • January 5–January 12, 2017

MISSOULA BECOMES THE FIRST MONTANA CITY TO ENACT A GUN CONTROL MEASURE IN THE MASS-SHOOTING ERA No, Missoula was not “thrust into the national spotlight for blazing a trail through a trigger-happy state for the nascent local gun control movement”. But aside from some niggling discrepancies with the import, we could hardly have hit this nail more squarely on the head. Yes, as predicted, Missoula City Council in late September approved an ordinance requiring background checks on gun purchases and transfers within city limits. And yes, as predicted, the ordinance is teed-up for a legal opinion from Attorney General Tim Fox, who’s widely expected to void the ordinance any day now.

NICK CHECOTA BUYS AND UPDATES MARSHALL MOUNTAIN Our prediction went high. In terms of elevation, at least, Nick went lower.

No, the Wilma and Top Hat owner/rehabber didn’t buy Marshall Mountain and repurpose the mostly shuttered ski hill’s lodge for summer concerts. But he did announce in December that his newly formed concert promotion company, Logjam Presents, is partnering with KettleHouse Brewing to build a state-of-the-art 4,000-seat amphitheater on the banks of the Blackfoot next door to KettleHouse’s new production facility in Bonner. The new venue is supposed to be completed by May 2017. We predict it will be.

WINTER LIGHT, THE SHORT FILM BASED ON A JAMES LEE BURKE STORY AND SHOT ON LOCATION IN MONTANA, WINS AN ACADEMY AWARD Ooh, so close and yet so far. When we made this prediction last year, Winter Light had already made a Final 10 list in the buildup to the Academy Awards’ Jan. 14 announcement of the five actual nominees, so

new truthier truth emerges, journalism graybeards will do what we always do: shake our heads and say, “I knew it all along.” —Larry Abramson, dean of the University of Montana School of Journalism

MONTANA REPUBLICANS COVER THEIR ASSES—AND YOURS— ON MEDICAID I boldly predict that Montana Republicans will become staunch defenders of expanded Medicaid during the 2017 legislative session. You may remember the last session, when moderates voted with Democrats to accept federal funding for expansion of Medicaid coverage under the

Affordable Care Act. Conservatives fought that tooth and nail, as they did during the 2013 session, when Medicaid expansion failed by one miscast vote. Republican Rep. Austin Knudsen held the conservative line both times, but now that repeal of the ACA seems likely, he’s worried about Montanans losing a vital social service. “You’re going to tell me that we’re going to put 100,000 people on the Medicaid rolls and then when the federal government takes the money away we're just going to jerk the rug out from under them? I don’t see that as being a realistic answer,” Knudsen told the Missoulian. “The state of Montana is going to have to look at trying to help keep those people covered. Whether I like the bill or not, it

passed. It was signed into law. We covered a whole bunch more people.” That’s a humane position, which is how you know he came around to it recently. Knudsen’s remarks echo national Republicans, who plan to repeal Obamacare immediately, but wait awhile before taking any of its benefits away. Sen. Steve Daines has called for a “two- to three-year glide path” between repeal and revocation—just enough time to get a Democrat into the White House. It’s a cynical plan to stick someone else with the courage of the GOP’s convictions. Look for state Republicans to doggedly defend expanded Medicaid and the Montanans who so desperately need it—at least until they have someone else lined up to take the blame. —Dan Brooks, Independent columnist

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Republican Rep. Austin Knudsen

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it’s not like we went way out on a limb in predicting a win. We did, however, go too far. Not only did Winter Light not take home the Oscar (that honor went to a short film called Stutterer), it didn’t even make the final list of nominees. Better luck next time!

UBER PUTS ONE OF MISSOULA’S TAXI SERVICES OUT OF BUSINESS Oh come on now, Uber only just started in August. Give ’em a chance!

IN WAKE OF DEEPENING BUDGET CUTS, UM STUDENTS FIND THEIR ACTIVIST VOICE UM’s Kaiman wrote a story this year about the death of protest culture at UM, so that’s a no. In the wake of deepening budget cuts, UM students did not find their activist voice in 2016. If fact, if the student body dwindles much further, that voice might become a whisper too weak to hear in any case.

Warm Springs Productions teams up with Logjam Presents for a reality-TV game show series titled “Hat-Trick Hazards.” The object of the game is for contestants to make it to three concerts—one at KettleHouse Amphitheater, one at The Wilma and one at the Top Hat—over the course of a single calendar day. The only constraint? No motorized transportation allowed.

Think of it! Bikini-clad babes bobbing down the Clark Fork in tubes trying to outpace a bunch of shirtless dudes on cruiser bikes who got hungry after three DoubleHauls and stopped at The Reno. And concert footage to boot? It’s basically

photo by Cathrine L. Walters

like Goonies meets Gimme Shelter, but with every episode culminating in MTV’s “The Grind”—and with contestants boogieing to local bands. Television magic! And since I’m the architect of this predicted hit, I choose Missoula puppeteers Bat Honey to compose and produce the opening credits. Also, all scenes depicting delicate or vulnerable acts of camaraderie will be scored by neighborhood songstress RatBath, and cast and crew will be fed exclusively by Tia’s Big Sky. —Caroline Keys, musician

SOUTHGATE MALL ADDS A FERRIS WHEEL AS PART OF ITS GRAND EXPANSION

dying. Can you blame us for wanting to call that a win?

Not entirely sure what we were thinking with this one, but nope, no deal on the wheel. You’re just going to have to make do with the nine-screen dine-in movie theater that Carmike is supposed to open at the redeveloping mall sometime this spring.

THE MAX WAVE GETS DELAYED ANOTHER YEAR

ANI DIFRANCO AND EMMYLOU HARRIS VOLUNTEER AT THE ZACC’S GIRLS ROCK CAMP It must have been Pearl Jam bassist Jeff Ament’s 2015 visit to the ZACC’s Boys Rock Camp that gave this prediction steam. (It’s all so pre-Trumpocalypse—who can remember anymore?) But no, sadly, neither Ani DiFranco nor Emmylou Harris volunteered at the ZACC’s Girls Rock Camp in 2016. Boo on them. On the upside, DiFranco and Harris are both pretty famous, and they managed—unlike many famous people—to survive 2016 without

Do you see a new play wave in the Clark Fork? Yeah, we don’t see a new play wave in the Clark Fork either. Not exactly happy about it, but we nailed this one. Maybe next year? (Disclaimer: Just to be clear, we are not making any predictions about progress or otherwise on the Max Wave in 2017).

MISSOULA’S DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHES JUST SIX DAYS A WEEK Our friends at the paper of record weren’t exactly thrilled with this prediction when we published it this time last year, but good grief, it was nothing personal, and we’re staring down the same barrel of newspaper biz doom and gloom that they

are. So kudos to the Missoulian for not only bucking an industry-wide trend toward downsizing, but for setting straight a publication that looked for a while last year like it might implode from the inside. So mea culpa. We got this one wrong. And we’re glad new editor Kathy Best still has the full complement of weekdays to work with.

GOV. STEVE BULLOCK VS. GREG GIANFORTE FLOODS THE STATE WITH CAMPAIGN MONEY Yep, our Magic 8-Ball was (predictably) on the money with this one. Whereas Steve Bullock and Rick Hill spent a combined $5,417,598 on the governor’s race in 2012, challenger Greg Gianforte alone spent $8,580,885 in his losing bid to unseat Bullock in 2016. For his part, Bullock spent $3,280,920 on his 2016 win—almost twice as much as his 2012 expenditure.

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Bold strokes Tim Nielson paints heroes, past and unproven by Erika Fredrickson

n his series “Towards a New American Mythology,” Missoula painter Tim Nielson reimagines the assassination of Black Panther member Fred Hampton. The image on which the work is based, a black and white photograph taken just after Chicago police raided Hampton’s home on Dec. 4, 1969, shows his dead body sprawled halfway out the doorway of his bedroom, one arm stretching forward and one arm at his side, blood pooling from his head. Nielson rotated the image and painted Hampton as if he were launching upward, arm raised to the sky. It’s a small tweak, but it changes the story. “I was trying to reimagine him as a superhero, and so I turned the picture upside down,” Nielson says. “I think art is a way to take some of those facts of life— negative facts of life—and turn them around a little bit.” The series also includes a portrait of songwriter and union organizer Joe Hill, who became famous after being convicted of murder on questionable evidence and executed by a firing squad. A photo of Hill after his execution shows his closed eyes and pale face and bullet holes in his chest. Nielson recreated the image from the neck up. In his portrait, Hill has the same closed-eye visage as in the photograph, but he looks warm and peaceful painted in yellow, blue and black. “I started a picture of him, but I quit painting before I normally would have,” Nielson says. “I’d gotten to the point where it seemed like he was not unhappy. In this picture he’s not dead, he’s dreaming, so I call it ‘Joe Hill Dreams.’” Nielson has made other conceptual paintings, such as his “The New Army” series, which imagines military and police officers as agents of peace. In one piece, inspired by an iconic 1960s photograph, a soldier’s weapon sprouts sunflowers. In another, a policeman approaches a group of demonstrators to give them a megaphone. Lately Nielson has been making more straightforward portraits, mostly of revolutionaries and historical martyrs that intrigue him. His painting of Canadian revolutionary Louis Riel is part of the upcoming auction exhibit at the Missoula Art

Tim Nielson’s portraits include Native American activist Eloise Cobell, left, and Canadian revolutionary Louis Riel. The painting of Riel is part of MAM’s benefit auction exhibit.

Museum, and will go up for bid on Feb. 4. Riel, who founded the province of Manitoba and led two resistance movements with the native Metis people against the Canadian government, fled to the U.S. and lived for a time in Fort Benton. Nielson was born almost a century later in Havre, just north of Fort Benton, near the Rocky Boy’s Reservation, and as an adult he became interested in their shared landscape. “There was always a lot of knee-jerk racism about natives,” he says. “There was a lot of contact with people who are connected to that history, but also people who have no sense of the history at all other than knowing there’s a reservation there.”

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Nielson chooses people he admires as subjects, but he tries to depict them without glorifying their mythology too much. Sometimes he chooses his subjects obliquely. Rather than painting Dred Scott, the enslaved African-American man who unsuccessfully sued for his freedom in 1847, he painted Scott’s wife, Harriet. “The Supreme Court decided that he wasn’t a person of standing because he was of African descent, and so therefore he couldn’t sue—because he’s not considered a person,” Nielson says. “But if he wasn’t considered a person, his wife must have been—in the eyes of the Supreme Court—not even remotely a person. That’s the ideal for what I paint: getting

to someone who’s deeper in our history.” Nielson grew up as an athlete and studied at Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota, where he played football and baseball. The school didn’t put sports on a pedestal, which Nielson says helped him see other opportunities in his education. He was inspired by the activist Paul Wellstone, who had been fired and rehired by the college for siding with food service workers in a union dispute. ( Wellstone would later become a U.S. senator and die in a plane crash during his re-election campaign.) Eventually, he found a mentor in art history, which is where he landed. Still, he found political activism and history creeping into his work.

One of his first paintings was an exercise in bearing witness to history. He sat down in front of a photograph of Nagasaki after the bomb—an image replete with charred bodies—and tried to recreate it. “I was trying to deal with the very worst things about the world, and then deal with them aesthetically—make them into a picture,” he says. “I wanted to see if I could remove myself just enough and be functional and make these superficial decisions about something that’s really terrible. After that I decided that’s not what I want to do, but I do want to paint subject matter that is reflective of the notgreat nature of the world and its history— and then sort of try to reconcile my love for it.” Nielson taught art at Big Sky High School for 15 years, and has since taught at Sentinel High School for seven. Throughout that time he’s amassed a few hundred paintings of only-human heroes, dead and alive: Kurt Vonnegut, Gwendolyn Brooks, Harriet Tubman, Eloise Cobell and Winona LaDuke among them. Tubman’s portrait is 10 feet tall. “It’s cool because it’s so big,” he says. “I don’t know that it’s cool because it’s so good. It’s straightforward. I wanted to make Harriet Tubman as big as she deserves to be.” Some portraits aren’t that successful, he admits, but the process of painting them makes him feel like he’s participating in a larger conversation and paying tribute to people who deserve it. In the future, he wants to create more portraits of lesser-known heroes and of heroes-inthe-making. “There’s all this potential waste of effort in making these paintings, and yet I keep doing it and I get some satisfaction out of it,” Nielson says. “Especially in Donald Trump world there’s an importance to recognizing people who don’t subscribe to the crybaby nihilism that he supports … who are out in the streets making things happen.” The Missoula Art Museum opens the art auction exhibit Fri., Jan. 6, with a reception from 5 PM to 8. efredrickson@missoulanews.com

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Hardcore hymns Poverty Porn speaks to blue-collar malaise Poverty Porn’s debut harkens back to the lo-fi, bluecollar hardcore of 1970s and early ’80s UK punk bands. The group’s grimy three-chord riffs, thumping drums and slurred, frayed vocals would be right at home on a playlist with Rudimentary Peni and The Partisans, though the pace of the record is a little bit more in the realm of California’s The Middle Class. This Has All Been Done Before is technically an accurate title for the album, considering that the Missoula band used to be called The Deadbeats and previously recorded some of these songs on a demo under that name. Also, the band isn’t exploring new territory, but no matter. Poverty Porn does vintage hardcore just right, with dark, catchy tunes and

authentic voice. Tracks like “Amature Night” [sic] and “Town with Teeth” are simple but not pedestrian and sloppy—in a good way, as if falling apart at the seams but holding together just enough. The repetition of lines like “Another drink/another night of throwing my life away,” and “get me through the weekend/through the fucking weekend,” straightforward as they are, make for impressionistic songs rather than narratives. They’re not specifically political, but they are perfect incantations for the disgruntled. (Erika Fredrickson) Poverty Porn plays the VFW Thu., Jan. 12, along with Shramana, Swamp Ritual and Shot Stereo. $3.

Arkheron Thodol, Oneirionot The members of Bozeman’s Arkheron Thodol look like they wandered straight out of a casting call for a Viking movie. As a black metal band, their music is extremely fast and occasionally orchestral. In fact, it’s such an athletic style of playing that sometimes it seems mechanically produced. My own tastes trend a little more toward the riffier, doomier end of the metal spectrum, but I have a lot of respect for a band that’s made such an investment into honing this specific, intense sound and such a berserker metal look. Heavy, pagan metal from a Montana town known for wealth, Republicans and alpine skiing is a fascinating phenomenon in itself.

Oneirionot, the group’s new twosong EP, clocks in at just under 20 minutes. Both songs are pretty epic affairs, each with a requisite quiet intro giving way to increasingly intense, high-speed, atmospheric black metal. Arkheron Thodol makes good use of melody and has more tricks up its sleeve than many of its peers. The production values are high and the fretboard and drum calisthenics alone make it worth a listen, regardless of any preconceptions you may have about the genre. ( Josh Vanek) Arkheron Thodol plays the VFW Fri., Jan. 6, along with Shramana, Fortress and Raziel. $5.

Run the Jewels, Run the Jewels 3 I’ll deny later that I ever said this, but I like the idea of Run the Jewels better than the songs. El-P makes great beats. Killer Mike has the meanest voice in hip-hop since Ice Cube, and his gangster-turned-revolutionary act is thrilling. But his raps have been merely aight. He endstops too many lines, and he leans too heavily on throwaway rhymes that complete the schemes without advancing the ideas behind them. These weaknesses have made RTJ the R.E.M. of rap: somehow better, in my mind, than anything they actually recorded.

Or so I thought, until I heard RTJ 3, which begins to live up to the duo’s promise. It’s not a substantial departure from the previous albums—El-P’s production still sounds frantic and apocalyptic, like the last stretch of a haunted house, and Killer Mike is still demanding surrender—but the whole thing sounds tighter, sharper, as though they were finally hitting their stride. Perhaps it just took me three albums to appreciate the project. Or maybe they’re beginning to understand it better themselves, and their grasp for whatever vital force we all recognize in RTJ is closing in on their reach. (Dan Brooks)

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All in Upstairs and downstairs with the Rotgut Whines by Sarah Aswell

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Rotgut Whines features Evan Manuel, left, and Andrew Murphy.

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For Rotgut Whines, band practice is built into everyday life. The duo’s small drum set is parked next to their front door, which is also in their kitchen, where a table should probably be. It’s normal for singer/guitarist Evan Manuel and drummer Andrew Murphy to wake up in the morning, wander downstairs and start playing first thing. New Year’s Day is no different—the music drifts down their front walk and out into the cold clear air of Missoula’s Northside neighborhood. Inside, Manuel’s socked foot taps the linoleum and Murphy’s hair bounces to the beat as the silverware, muted in the cabinet drawers, vibrates. This is all exactly as Manuel and Murphy have planned it. The pair met in Helena in 2014, their enthusiasm for music and instant connection immediately alienating the mutual friend who introduced them. Both were in their mid-20s, both were looking for a fresh start after a bit of geographical and vocational wandering, and both wanted to find someone who was just as passionate about music. The result is a friendship that’s all about the band and a band that’s all about a friendship. The two moved to Missoula last spring in order to find more playing opportunities. They chose a rental based on the kitchen’s capacity to hold their instruments, and they found jobs that allowed them optimal time to create. “We’re musical soulmates,” Murphy says. “It’s about the commitment. Other people want to do it, they want to have a band, but they want to do it on the side. They have marriages and jobs. But this is what we want and what we are going for.” The music they make has a quirkiness common to those who harbor innate musical talent. Murphy, who has been musical since he was a child and can play every instrument in a traditional rock band, taught himself the drums so he could back Manuel.

His simple drum kit isn’t set up in a traditional way, and he learned to play almost solely from playing with Manuel. Manuel, whose soulful vocals could match any leading indie rock star, has been singing and playing guitar since he was 10. He uses a thumb pick, giving the band an energetic, technical sound to match Murphy’s idiosyncratic beats. They call their music “finger-picking soul and roll,” which sounds about right. “I want to make lyrically driven music that is also simple and approachable,” says Manuel, who lists Future Islands, The National and Townes Van Zandt among his musical influences. “We are here to have fun. We know we’re doing right if people are dancing.” Rotgut Whines writes songs like they do everything else: absolutely together. Everything from the lyrics to the melodies to the bridges is collaborative. Even when a song is about a specific aspect of one man’s life, the other will sneak in a line or a verse that shares his own perspective or experience. “Usually, one of us will have an idea when we’re both playing guitar upstairs,” Murphy says. “We’ll write some lyrics together, hash it out, chip away at it. Then we come downstairs and develop it with the electric guitars and drums. Then we take it back upstairs. We throw ideas back and forth until they stick, up and down the stairs.” The resulting songs are powerful, pleasing and smart. Even when the band covers a pop song—Taylor Swift’s “Wildest Dreams,” Alicia Keys’ “No One” or R. Kelly’s “I Believe I Can Fly,” for instance—the result is impressively their own. It’s all you can do not to start dancing in the kitchen, bouncing along with the silverware. Rotgut Whines plays the Top Hat Thu., Jan. 12, at 10 PM. Free. arts@missoulanews.com

[film]

The big reveal It’s more than about time for Hidden Figures by MaryAnn Johanson

Hidden Figures stars, from left, Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer and Janelle Monáe.

Once upon a time, say during the early years of America’s space program, “computer” meant “person who does manual calculations.” This was considered rather menial labor, particularly when a woman did it—and lots of women did it. Such work done by black women was barely worth mentioning, and being barely mentioned has, outrageously, been the fate of many black women who were essential to the U.S. space program. You know Alan Shepard (first American in space) and John Glenn (first American to orbit Earth). But you have probably never heard of Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson, who were pioneers in, respectively, mathematics, computer programming and engineering at NASA, and without whom those guys wouldn’t have flown. Hidden Figures is the about-damn-time true story that puts paid to the notion that the only people who had the “right stuff ” in the moonshot effort were white and male. This is no dry history lesson, but an often funny, ultimately feel-good triumph of geeks who faced even more absurd obstacles than any white boy with a pocket protector. Taraji P. Henson is marvelous as Johnson, who does a lot of standing at blackboards chalking out calculations to invent the math needed to put a ship into orbit and return it safely to Earth. She lets us feel the gears turning in her head, and we share how transporting it is for her to escape into the numbers when so much of her day is spent merely convincing the white men around her that she can do the job. Director Theodore Melfi wrings a lot of wry humor out of simple visual moments, as when Johnson hesitates while typing up a report for reasons that have everything to do with her agitating for validation of her work. Melfi also makes sly visual allusions to iconic moments from The Right Stuff: Johnson runs around NASA’s Langley, Virginia, campus à la Jeff Goldblum in that other film, though for wildly different reasons.

Melfi’s use of the “victory walk,” which The Right Stuff director Philip Kaufman all but invented, finds the always-wonderful Octavia Spencer as Vaughan leading her “colored computers” to the plum new assignment at NASA that she made happen. Thanks in part to Kaufman’s visual iconography, it’s a moment clearly meant to elevate these women (and rightly so) to a realm as rarefied as the one the Mercury 7 astronauts have enjoyed. Melfi may be the first filmmaker to truly recapture the power of that scene, with characters who have earned the right to be proud of their achievements. It’s a glorious moment in the film. Then there’s Jackson, whom Janelle Monáe makes the spikiest of the three as she faces a legal battle to get into NASA’s engineering training program. And so Hidden Figures makes up for another omission of cinema: We’ve barely seen onscreen the realities of life under forced segregation—a shameful period of the nation’s history that demands much more examination in pop culture. Here, through the interconnected stories of all three women, we feel the ignominious weight of separate public facilities and the pressure to not complain about it, lest one be tagged as a troublemaker. ( Johnson does finally snap in a scene that is devastating.) Some white folks do get woke, but they are not the focus of the story. They are merely listening to the voices and experiences of black women being heard—really heard—at long last. And therein lies the beauty of Hidden Figures. This shouldn’t be a rarity. It’s a hugely entertaining movie, but it’s also important and necessary. Hidden Figures opens nationwide in theaters Fri., Jan. 6. As of press time, the Carmike 12 could not confirm a screening. arts@missoulanews.com

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[film] NOCTURNAL ANIMALS Second marriages are always tough, especially when your first husband keeps sending you copies of his violent and graphic novel. Rated R. Stars Amy Adams, Jake Gyllenhaal and Michael Shannon. Playing at the Roxy.

OPENING THIS WEEK HIDDEN FIGURES You think you’re under-appreciated at work? These African-American women did the calculations that put John Glenn in orbit while they worked at a segregated facility. Rated PG. Stars Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer and Janelle Monáe. Playing at the Carmike 12. (See Film)

PASSENGERS Being an early riser is a good thing. Unless you’ve woken up 90 years before you’re supposed to and the rest of the spaceship’s crew is still asleep. Then you’re just screwed. Rated PG-13. Stars Chris Pratt, Jennifer Lawrence and Michael Sheen. Playing at the Carmike 12 and the Pharaohplex.

LA LA LAND An aspiring actress falls in love with a jazz pianist in this love letter to Hollywood musicals. Rated PG-13. Stars Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone and John Legend. Playing at the Carmike 12. A MONSTER CALLS Between dealing with school bullies and his mom’s terminal illness you’d think this boy would be happy to have a Liam Neeson-voiced tree come tell him stories at night. Rated PG-13. Also stars Lewis MacGougall and Sigourney Weaver. Playing at the Pharaohplex. UNDERWORLD: BLOOD WARS You’d think after five times they’d try talking this whole thing out. Vampires and werewolves battle it out in this fifth installment of Len Wiseman’s vision. Rated R. Stars Kate Beckinsale, Theo James and Charles Dance. Playing at the Pharaohplex and the Carmike 12.

NOW PLAYING AATSINKI: THE STORY OF ARCTIC COWBOYS Jessica Oreck’s 2013 documentary spends a year following the hard-working and contemplative lives of Finnish Lapland reindeer herders. Not Rated. Screening with the short The Accord at the Roxy Mon., Jan. 9 at 7 PM. THE ACCORD Bozeman-based documenatrian R.C. Cone follows the battle between an Icelandic surfer and the cold North Atlantic wind. Not Rated. Screening with Aatsinki Mon., Jan. 9 at 7 PM. ASSASSIN’S CREED Nothing is true; everything is permitted. Instead of being executed, a career criminal is tasked with reliving his ancestor’s memories as an assassin working during the Spanish Inquisition. I didn’t expect that. Rated PG-13. Stars Michael Fassbender, Jeremy Irons and Marion Cotillard. Playing at the Carmike 12 and the Pharaohplex.

ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away a band of rebels must steal the designs for the Galactic Empire’s new super weapon, a moon-sized, planet-destroying Death Star. Rated PG-13. Stars Felicity Jones, Diego Luna and the CGI ghost of Peter Cushing. Playing at the Carmike 12 and the Pharaohplex.

I’ve never been more jealous of Emma Stone. La La Land opens at the Carmike 12. CHILDREN OF MEN Two decades after human infertility has left society on the brink of collapse, a depressed activist becomes the guardian of the first pregnant woman in 20 years. Rated R. Stars Clive Owen, Julianne Moore and Michael Caine. Screening Thu., Jan. 12 at 7 PM. FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM Newt Scamander explores New York’s secret community of witches and wizards 70 years before Harry Potter reads about the adventures in a Hogwarts textbook. Rated PG-13. Stars Eddie Redmayne, Katherine Waterston and Jon Voight. Playing at the Carmike 12. FENCES Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning play by August Wilson, a failed baseball player struggles to keep his bitterness from affecting his family while working as a garbage collector. Rated PG-13. Stars Denzel Washington, Viola Davis and Stephen McKinley Henderson. Playing at the Carmike 12. THE GODFATHER To some people family is very important. To Michael Corleone, the son of a “legitimate businessman,” family is everything. Rated R. Stars Al Pacino, James Caan and Marlon Brando. Screening as a double feature with its first sequel Sat., Jan. 7 at 12:30 and Sun., Jan. 8 at 2:30 at the Roxy. THE GODFATHER: PART II Taking control of a criminal empire is one thing, keeping control is the real trick. Rated R. Stars Al Pa-

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cino, Robert De Niro and Diane Keaton. Screening with its predecessor Sat., Jan. 7 and Sun., Jan 8 at the Roxy. MAD MAX: FURY ROAD George Miller’s car-chase masterpiece gets a black and white makeover in the special Black and Chrome edition. Witness it. Rated R. Stars Tom Hardy, Charlize Theron and Zoë Kravitz. Showing at the Roxy Thu., Jan. 5 at 7 PM. MANCHESTER BY THE SEA Returning to your hometown is always tough, especially when you’re returning to raise your orphaned nephew. Rated R. Stars Casey Affleck, Michelle Williams and Lucas Hedges. Playing at the Roxy and the Pharaohplex. MOANA An adventurous teenager sails out on a daring mission to save her people with a little help from a demi-god. Rated PG. Walt Disney’s computer-animated musical stars the voices of Auli’i Cravalho, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and Alan Tudyk. Playing at the Carmike 12 and the Pharaohplex. THE MUPPET MOVIE It’s not easy being green. It’s not easy to follow your dreams by driving to Hollywood to become movie stars. But if you’ve got new friends by your side, anything is possible. Rated PG. Stars the puppeteering of Jim Henson, Frank Oz and Jerry Nelson. Screening Sun., Jan. 8 at 2:45 PM at the Roxy.

SING The best way for a broke koala to save his failing theater is to host a local singing competition. Too bad his assistant offered $100,000 in prize money they don’t have. Rated PG. Stars the voice talents of Matthew McConaughey, Reese Witherspoon and Nick Kroll. Playing at the Carmike 12 and the Pharaohplex. STRIKE A POSE Unsurprisingly, the seven young male dancers who joined Madonna on her 1990 tour have very important stories to tell. Not Rated. Directed by Ester Gould. Playing Thu., Jan. 12 at 7 PM at the Roxy. THELMA & LOUISE There are a lot of reasons to go on a road trip with your best gal pal. Like shooting a rapist. Rated R. Stars Susan Sarandon, Geena Davis and baby-faced Brad Pitt. Playing Sat., Jan. 7 at 8 PM at the Roxy. WHY HIM? Don’t you hate it when your daughter introduces you to her new shirtless, drug-using, foul-mouthed boyfriend? At least this one is a millionaire. Rated R. Stars Bryan Cranston, James Franco and Megan Mullally. Playing at the Carmike 12 and the Pharaohplex. Capsule reviews by Charley Macorn. Planning your outing to the cinema? Visit the arts section of missoulanews.com to find up-to-date movie times for theaters in the area. You can also contact theaters to spare yourself any grief and/or parking lot profanities. Theater phone numbers: Carmike 12 at 541-7469; The Roxy at 728-9380; Pharaohplex in Hamilton at 961-FILM; Showboat in Polson and Entertainer in Ronan at 883-5603.

[dish]

Rosemary-shallot beef stew by Gabi Moskowitz Beef stew is the ultimate “set it and forget it” ona-budget dinner. With just a little mindful prep, cheap, tough, chewy chuck roast turns meltingly tender and flavorful as it stews at a low temperature for an hourand-a-half. Many people like to add wine to their stew, but I find that balsamic vinegar imparts the flavor the wine attempts to achieve for less money. What do you put in your beef stew? Serves 4. Ingredients 1 lb “stew beef ” (also known as chuck roast or shoulder), cut into 1 ½-inch cubes 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour extra virgin olive oil 3 large shallots, sliced thinly 5 cloves garlic, smashed 1 quart beef broth few sprigs fresh rosemary 6 new (baby) potatoes, scrubbed and quartered (skin intact) 3 carrots, peeled and cut lengthwise and then into thirds 2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar salt and pepper to taste Directions Toss the beef cubes in the flour to lightly coat, shaking off excess.

BROKEASS GOURMET Heat 2 tablespoons olive oil in a dutch oven or other large soup pot over medium-high heat. Add beef and allow to cook, undisturbed, for 2 to 3 minutes. Turn beef over and cook for another 2 to 3 minutes. Reduce heat to medium, add 1 tablespoon olive oil to the pan and add the sliced shallots. Cook, stirring occasionally, for 3 to 4 minutes, or until shallots have softened and become very fragrant. Add the garlic and cook for another minute, stirring occasionally. Deglaze the pan by adding 1/2 cup of the stock and scraping the browned bits at the bottom of the pan and stirring into the soup. Continue scraping (and adding more stock if necessary) until all browned bits have been scraped away. Add the rest of the stock, 1 cup of water, the rosemary, potatoes, carrots and balsamic vinegar. Reduce heat to low. Cover pot and allow to cook for 1 hour and 30 minutes. After 1 hour, check the stew and add a bit more water if necessary. The stew is done when the beef is tender enough to be easily pulled apart with a fork. Ladle into bowls and serve. BrokeAss Gourmet caters to folks who want to live the high life on the cheap, with delicious recipes that are always under $20. Gabi Moskowitz is the blog’s editor-in-chief and author of The BrokeAss Gourmet Cookbook and Pizza Dough:100 Delicious, Unexpected Recipes.

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Delicious dining or carryout. Chinese & Japanese menus.

Asahi 1901 Stephens Ave 829-8989 asahimissoula.com Exquisite Chinese and Japanese cuisine. Try our new Menu! Order online for pickup or express dine in. Pleasant prices. Fresh ingredients. Artistic presentation. Voted top 3 People’s Choice two years in a row. Open Tue-Sun: 11am-10pm. $-$$$ Bernice’s Bakery 190 South 3rd West 728-1358 Nothing says Bernice’s like the cold, grey month of January. Come in, sit quietly, or share a table with friends in our warm and cozy dining room. Enjoy a cup of joe, a slice of cake, or a breakfast pastry as the sun beams in through our large glass windows. Want a healthy lunch? Come by in the afternoon and try a salad sampler or Bernice’s own Garlic Hummus Sandwich on our Honey Whole Wheat Bread. Bless you all in 2017! xoxo bernice. $-$$ 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 timehonored 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. $-$$

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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. $-$$ Burns Street Bistro 1500 Burns St. 543-0719 burnsstbistro.com We cook the freshest local ingredients as a matter of pride. Our relationship with local farmers, ranchers and other businesses allows us to bring quality, scratch cooking and fresh-brewed Black Coffee Roasting Co. coffee and espresso to Missoula’s Historic Westside neighborhood. Handmade breads & pastries, soups, salads & sandwiches change with the seasons, but our commitment to delicious food does not. Mon-Fri 7am - 2pm. Sat/Sun Brunch 9am - 2pm. $-$$ Butterfly Herbs 232 N. Higgins 728-8780 Celebrating 44 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. $

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. $-$$ Good Food Store 1600 S. 3rd West 541-FOOD The GFS Deli features made-to-order sandwiches, Fire Deck pizza & calzones, rice & noodle wok bowls, an award-winning salad bar, an olive & antipasto bar and a self-serve hot bar offering a variety of housemade breakfast, lunch and dinner entrées. A seasonallychanging selection of deli salads and rotisserieroasted chickens are also available. Locally-roasted coffee/espresso drinks and an extensive fresh juice and smoothie menu complement bakery goods from the GFS ovens and Missoula’s favorite bakeries. Indoor and patio seating. Open every day 7am-10pm $-$$ Grizzly Liquor 110 W Spruce St. 549-7723 grizzlyliquor.com Voted Missoula’s Best Liquor Store! Largest selection of spirits in the Northwest, including all Montana micro-distilleries. Your headquarters for unique spirits and wines! Free customer parking. Open Monday-Saturday 9-7:30 $-$$$ Hob Nob on Higgins 531 S. Higgins • 541-4622 hobnobonhiggins.com Come visit our friendly staff & experience Missoula’s best little breakfast & lunch spot. All our food is made from scratch, we feature homemade corn beef hash, sourdough pancakes, sandwiches, salads, espresso & desserts. MC/V $-$$ Iron Horse Brew Pub 501 N. Higgins 728-8866 ironhorsebrewpub.com We’re the perfect place for lunch, appetizers, or dinner. Enjoy nightly specials, our fantastic beverage selection and friendly, attentive service. Stop by & stay awhile! No matter what you are looking for, we’ll give you something to smile about. $$-$$$ Iza 529 S. Higgins 830-3237 izarestaurant.com Local Asian cuisine feature SE Asian, Japanese, Korean and Indian dishes. Gluten Free and Vegetarian

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[dish] 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. $-$$ Liquid Planet 223 N. Higgins 541-4541 Whether it’s coffee or cocoa, water, beer or wine, or even a tea pot, French press or mobile mug, Liquid Planet offers the best beverage offerings this side of Neptune. Missoula’s largest espresso and beverage bar, along with fresh and delicious breakfast and lunch options from breakfast burritos and pastries to paninis and soups. Peruse our global selection of 1,000 wines, 400 beers and sodas, 150 teas, 30 locally roasted coffees, and a myriad of super cool beverage accessories and gifts. Find us on facebook at /BestofBeverage. Open daily 7:30am to 9pm. Liquid Planet Grille 540 Daly 540-4209 (corner of Arthur & Daly across from the U of M) MisSOULa’s BEST new restaurant of 2015, the Liquid Planet Grille, offers the same unique Liquid Planet espresso and beverage bar you’ve come to expect, with breakfast served all day long! Sit outside and try the stuffed french toast or our handmade granola or a delicious Montana Melt, accompanied with MisSOULa’s best fries and wings, with over 20 salts, seasonings and sauces! Open 7am-8pm daily. Find us on Facebook at /LiquidPlanetGrille. $-$$ 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. $ The Mustard Seed Asian Cafe Southgate Mall 542-7333 Contemporary Asian fusion cuisine. Original recipes and fresh ingredients combine the best of Japanese, Chinese, Polynesian, and Southeast Asian influences. Full menu available at the bar. Award winning desserts made fresh daily , local and regional micro brews, fine wines & signature cocktails. Vegetarian and Gluten free menu available. Takeout & delivery. $$-$$$ Korean Bar-B-Que & Sushi 3075 N. Reserve 327-0731 We invite you to visit our contemporary KoreanJapanese restaurant and enjoy it’s warm atmosphere. Full Sushi Bar. Korean bar-b-que at your table. Beer and Wine. $$-$$$

Orange Street Food Farm 701 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? $-$$$

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Pearl Cafe 231 E. Front St. 541-0231 pearlcafe.us Country French meets the Northwest. Idaho Trout with King Crab, Rabbit with Wild Mushroom Ragout, Garden City Beef Ribeye, Fresh Seafood Specials Daily. House Made Charcuterie, Sourdough Bread & Delectable Desserts. Extensive wine list; 18 wines by the glass and local beers on draft. Reservations recommended for the intimate dining areas. Visit our website Pearlcafe.us to check out our nightly specials, make reservations, or buy gift certificates. Open Mon-Sat at 5:00. $$-$$$ 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! $-$$ Sushi Hana 403 N. Higgins 549-7979 SushiMissoula.com Montana’s Original Sushi Bar. We Offer the Best Sushi and Japanese Cuisine in Town. Casual atmosphere. Plenty of options for non-sushi eaters including daily special items you won’t find anywhere else. $1 Specials Mon & Wed. Lunch Mon–Sat; Dinner Daily. Sake, Beer, & Wine. Visit SushiMissoula.com for full menu. $$-$$$ Taco Sano Two Locations: 115 1/2 S. 4th Street West 1515 Fairview Ave inside City Life 541-7570 • tacosano.net Home of Missoula’s Best BREAKFAST BURRITO. 99 cent TOTS every Tuesday. Once you find us you’ll keep coming back. Breakfast Burritos served all day, Quesadillas, Burritos and Tacos. Let us dress up your food with our unique selection of toppings, salsas, and sauces. Open 10am-9pm 7 days a week. WE DELIVER. $-$$

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The backstory: Before the mercury took that first steep dive last month, Draught Works head brewer Kyle Sillars was already anticipating a chilly winter. So he dosed the brewery’s latest seasonal offering with a heavy helping of crystal malts—a not-so-normal move when crafting an IPA. The result is Draught Works’ new Shreddy Day Winter IPA, a beer with a 7.4 percent ABV kick and enough warm malt character to, as Sillars puts it, “balance the cold weather.” The taste: Don’t tip your glass expecting a full-on hops assault. Shreddy Day trades the powerful aroma and taste of standard-issue IPAs for a mellower, sweeter malt vibe. Sillars likens it to Sierra Nevada’s Celebration Ale, which he says set the precedent for maltier IPAs. It’s the kind of brew that goes down smooth while fortifying your senses for that windy chairlift ride ahead. That said, Missoulians seem to be guzzling it up even after the lifts shut down. Shreddy Day has been one of Draught Works’ top three taproom sellers since its mid-December debut.

What’s in the name: Sillars, a snowboarder turned skier, admits he had “skiing on the brain” when he settled on a moniker for his new seasonal brew. And he’s hardly the first local brewer to riff on slopeside jargon. Shreddy Day joins the ranks of ski-inspired Missoula beer names like KettleHouse’s Cold Smoke, Big Sky’s Powder Hound and the twin Bayern seasonals Groomer and Face Plant. Sillars initially brewed Shreddy Day as a one-off, but says it will likely reappear in winters to come due to popular demand. “I definitely drink them on the tailgate at Snowbowl,” he adds. “It’s my apres beer right now.” Find it at: Shreddy Day Winter IPA will be hanging around Draught Works, 915 Toole Ave., through mid-January. Price is $5 a pint. —Alex Sakariassen Happiest Hour celebrates western Montana watering holes. To recommend a bar, bartender or beverage for Happiest Hour, email editor@missoulanews.com.

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THUR | 1/12| 6 PM | DRAUGHT WORKS Keema and the Keepsakes play Draught Works Thu., Jan. 12. 6 PM–8 PM. Free.

FRI | 9:45 PM | VFW Arkheron Todol plays at the VFW Fri., Jan. 6. Doors at 9 PM, show at 9:45. 21-plus. $5.

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THURS | 1/12 | 9 PM | VFW Shramana plays the VFW as part of its month-long residency Thu., Jan. 12. 9 PM. $3.

THU | 1/12 | 6 PM |BITTER ROOT BREWING Bob Wire brings his rocking country sound to Bitter Root Brewing Thu., Jan. 12. 6 PM– 8:30 PM. Free.

THU | 1/12 | 9 AM | DENNISON THEATRE Joy Womack competes at the Dennison Theatre Thu., Jan. 12, as part of the VIBE USA Dance Challenge. 9 AM. Free.

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Every Thursday in January learn about the science, activities and movements of animals in the winter at the Montana Natural History Center. 10 AM. Free.

nightlife The first Climate Smart meeting of the year discusses education and outreach. Imagine Nation Brewing. 5 PM–7 PM. The John Floridis Trio plays Draught Works Brewery. 5 PM– 7 PM. Free. Unleash your cogent understanding of the trivium at Brooks and Browns Big Brains Trivia Night. Get cash toward your bar tab for first place, plus specials on beer. Holiday Inn Downtown. 7:30–10 PM. Mix Baccus with bebop at Jazz Night at Plonk. 8 PM. Free. Julie Bug and Northern Exposure provide the tunes at Sunrise Saloon. 8:30 PM. Free. LA bands Arden Klawitter & the Powerclaps and Ainsworth join Cairns and Mendlessohn at the VFW. 18-20 $6/21-plus $3. 9 PM. My favorite movie about the deranged king of England attacking Sea World is The Madness of Jaws III. Homegrown Stand-Up Comedy open mic at the Union Club. Sign up at 9:30 PM. Show at 10. Free. Start spreading the news! There’s karaoke today! You don’t need to be a veteran of the Great White Way to sing your heart out at the Broadway Bar. 9:30 PM. Free. Call Admiral Ackbar! Trap Night at Monk’s features Resolve and Arch. 21-plus. Free.

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Thursday Friday Stevensville celebrates the first Friday of each month with music, food and art. For more info visit mainstreetstevensville.com. You’ll be in stitches at Yarns at the Library, the fiber-arts craft group that meets at the Missoula Public Library in the board room from noon–2 PM Fridays. No registration required, just show up! The Women in Black stand in mourning of international violence every Friday on the Higgins bridge from 12:15– 12:45 PM. Visit jrpc.org/calendar to learn more. A girls youth group, ARIELS, meets every first Friday of the month at Summit Independent Living Center, 700 SW Higgins, from 3:30-6 PM. Check out summitilc.org.

I don’t know about you, but wrapping up my work week by watching some poor cricket getting devoured by a large Chilean tarantula is somehow very satisfying. Tarantula feeding at the Missoula Butterfly House and Insectarium, every Friday at 4 PM. $4 admission.

Bring an instrument or just kick back and enjoy the tunes at the Irish Music Session every Friday at the Union Club from 6–9 PM. No cover.

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The Craicers’ Celtic sound is right at home at the Missoula Brewing Co. 6 PM–8PM. Free.

All the cool kiddos should check out Mismo Gymnastics’s Friday Night Children’s Party, where ages 5-plus play games and explore obstacle courses. 1900 W. Broadway St. 5:309:30 PM. $25/$20 for members, plus $10 for additional siblings. Limited to 80 kids, so zoom over to mismogym.com or call 728-0908 to sign up.

Cozy up with a glass of made-in-Montana wine at Ten Spoon Winery and enjoy live, local music by Tom Catmull. 6 PM. Free.

The Missoula-grown bluegrass of the Slayden Family Band plays Rattlesnake Creek Distillers. 6:30 PM–8 PM. Free. If it’s clear an’ yella, you got juice there fellah; if it’s tangy and brown you’re in cider town! Melissa Forrette plays the betterRoot Cider Bar in Florence. 7 PM. Free.

WHAT: If These Tutus Could Talk WHO: Maria Sascha Khan WHEN: Tue. Jan. 10, at 11 AM WHERE: The Masquer Theatre HOW MUCH: Free. MORE INFO: rmbt.org/ vibe-info/

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Mark Myriad and M-AD are back for the first Drop Culture of the year. The Badlander. Free. 21-plus. Shramana kicks off its month-long residency at the VFW with Arkheron Thodol, Fortress and Raziel, a lineup that sounds like a party of D&D adventurers. Doors at 9 PM, show at 9:45. $5. 21-plus. Get a double dose of Double Down Band at the Sunrise Saloon. 9:30 PM. Free. I see a red moon rising. Andrea Harsell and Luna Roja play the Top Hat. 10 PM. Free.

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Spotlight The Vienna International Ballet Experience (VIBE) is a five-day event—Jan. 10 through Jan. 14— that focuses on both classical and contemporary dance and which takes place simultaneously in Missoula and Vienna, Austria. Across the world the two cities become host to dance competitions, film screenings, workshops and command performances by some top-shelf

Fishbowl Friday at Monk’s bids farewell to our commander-in-chief with Louie Meisner, Ill Murray and 3DHR.

dancers. This isn’t a competition between Missoula and Vienna, but if it was, the inclusion of ballerina Maria Sascha Khan gives our little town a definite edge. Khan probably has quite a few stories to tell. Born and raised in rural Montana, Khan left Big Sky country as a teenager to pursue her dream of dancing—and dance she did. From performing at Prince Albert II of Monaco’s coronation to being first soloist at the Ekaterinburg State Academic Opera & Ballet Theatre in Yekaterinburg, Russia, Khan has become incredibly successful and in demand. She’s won medals from competitions across the world. Back in the Garden City with VIBE, she will recount her many adventures both on the stage and traveling the world in pursuit of dance. . —Charley Macorn

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You’ll be bright-eyed and bushy-tailed after Run Wild Missoula’s Saturday Breakfast Club Runs, which start at 8 AM every Saturday at Runner’s Edge, 325 N. Higgins Ave. Free to run. Visit runwildmissoula.org.

Sweat Shop host yoga every Saturday morning at Imagine Nation Brewing. Class and a beer for $8. 10:45 AM.

Get your fresh produce and farm-direct goodies when Stage 112 hosts the Missoula Valley Winter Market from 9 AM–1 PM.

Winter Storytelling at Traveler’s Rest State Park celebrates the Salish tradition of sharing stories during the long, dark winter every Saturday in January and February. This week Kristi Hager speaks on artists George Catlin and Karl Bodmer on the Missouri. 11 AM.

LA Comedy Drama hosts a seminar for kids age 6-11. Kids learn the skills to be funnier and bolder on stage while beating their fear of public speaking. Missoula Public Library. 10 AM–1 PM. Free.

Family Storytime offers engaging experiences like storytelling, finger plays, flannel-board pictograms and more at 11 AM on Sat. and 2 PM on Sun. at the Missoula Public Library. Free.

Take a snowshoe hike and adventure with the Montana Natural History Center’s Saturday Discovery Day. 10 AM– 4 PM. RSVP with cmorris@montana naturalist.org.

All bodies, all ages and all abilities are welcome at the Downtown Dance Collective’s free hip-hop dance class. 1:30 PM–2:30 PM.

Yoga and Beer: The two cornerstones of Missoula. The Yoga Spot and the

nightlife John Floridis plays the Highlander Tap

Room at Missoula Brewing. 6 PM–8 PM. Free. Draught Works Brewery’s first show of 2017 welcomes Rotgut Whines. 6 PM–8 PM. Free. The music of Sandy Boys and the calling skills of Bev Young highlight the Missoula Folklore Society Contra Dance at the Union Hall. $9/$6 for MFS members. DJ Kris Moon completely disrespects the adverb with the Absolutely Dance Party at the Badlander, which gets rolling at 9 PM, with fancy drink specials to boot. $5. Get a double dose of Double Down Band at the Sunrise Saloon. 9:30 PM. Free. No relation to Steve. Kenny James Miller Band plays the Top Hat. 10 PM. Free.

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Sunday The 30th Annual Missoula Wedding Fair has everything you need to do before you say “I do.” Holiday Inn Downtown. 11 AM–4 PM.

The National Audubon Society’s traveling exhibit of the best bird photography in America makes its way to the Montana Natural History Center, sponsored by Five Valleys Audubon. 120 Hickory. 4:30 PM–6:30 PM.

called Iconic Women at Blaque Owl Tattoo. 307 N. Higgins. 5 PM–8 PM.

Sushi Hana hosts artist Ian Caroppoli and his watercolors and pen pieces. 403 N. Higgins. 5 PM–9 PM.

Working with memories, intangible interpretations of found objects and animal metaphors, artists Elisha Harteis and Adelaide Gale Every acknowledge their past without letting childhood sexual abuse define them. E3 Convergence hosts a reception for the artists. 229 W. Main. 5 PM–9 PM.

Toni Spencer’s original silk batiks are displayed at The Artists Shop. 127 N. Higgins. 5 PM–8 PM. Katie S. Machain uses traditional methods of relief printmaking to create single and multi-layered woodcut prints. See the final product at Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices. 314 N. Higgins. 5 PM–8 PM.

The Dram Shop hosts an opening of Pete Ferranti’s photography. 229 E. Front. 5 PM–8 PM.

Bernice’s Bakery hosts Jill Meyer’s Wanderlust, a collection of paintings inspired by her travels to Italy. 190 S. 3rd. 5 PM–8 PM.

A First Friday reception celebrates the opening of “A Democratic Spirit: Peter Norton Family Gifts” at Missoula Art Museum. 335 N. Pattee. 5 PM–8 PM.

Gallery 709 presents Dennis Kern’s Make 40, featuring prints, photographs and new meditations. 709 Ronan. 5 PM–9 PM.

Missoula Art Museum previews the work of 82 artists with live music and a no-host bar in anticipation of its upcoming benefit auction. 335 N. Pattee. 5 PM–8 PM.

4 Ravens curates an exhibition of its all-time favorite pieces in the gallery. 248 N. Higgins. 5 PM–8 PM.

Kristina Cyr celebrates women who live their dreams with an exhibit

Art made by residents of the Poverello Center is on display at Downtown Dance Collective. 121 W. Main. 6 PM–8 PM.

Family Storytime offers engaging experiences like storytelling and finger plays at 11 AM on Sat. and 2 PM on Sun. at the Missoula Public Library. Free. The monthly LGBTQ Spirituality Group meets to discuss queer perspectives on spirituality at the Western Montana Community Center. 3-4 PM.

Cool, daddy-o, real cool. Carla Green Jazz Trio plays Draught Works. 5 PM– 7 PM. Free. It’s really about the notes they aren’t playing. Every Sunday Imagine Nation hosts Jazzination. 5 PM–8 PM. Free. The 18-piece Ed Norton Big Band is taking a break from annoying the Ralph Kramden Orchestra to put some swing in the month’s second Sunday when it plays the Missoula Winery, 5646 Harrier Way, 6–8 PM. $7. Polish your steps with $5 swing lessons at 4:45 PM. Visit missoulawinery.com.

Open mic at Lolo Hot Springs’ Bear Cave Bar and Grill offers cool prizes like cabin stays, bar tabs and hot springs passes, plus drink specials, starting at 7 PM. Call 406-273-2297 to sign up. No cover. Sundays are shaken, not stirred, at the Badlander’s Jazz Martini Night, with $5 martinis all evening, live jazz and local DJs keepin’ it classy. Music starts at 8 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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E3 Convergence hosts a reception for artists Elisha Harteis and Adelaide Gale and their exhibit Memory Breaks Us, Memory Makes Us Fri., Jan. 6. 5 PM–9 PM

Dance your winter blues away to the heavenly accordion music of the Five Valley Accordion Club. Lolo Community Center. 1 PM–4 PM. Free.

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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 Missoula Medical Aid. 12 PM–8 PM.

nightlife Every Monday Missoula Brewing donates 50 cents from all beers sold to a nonprofit organization. This week knock back a couple of cold ones while supporting Watson’s Childrens Shelter. 5 PM–8 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.

The International Wildlife Film Festival hosts a double feature at the Roxy all about Iceland and Finland. Accord, directed by Montanan R.C. Cone, follows Icelandic surfers and Aatsinki focuses on a group of reindeer cowboys continuing a generations-old tradition. The Roxy. 7 PM. $8. (See Spotlight) Tom Catmull comes to Red Bird Wine Bar for a night of music. 7 PM–10 PM. Free. Get mindful at Be Here Now, a mindfulness meditation group that meets Mondays from 7:30–8:45 PM at the Open Way Mindfulness Center, 702 Brooks St. Free, but donations appreciated. Visit openway.org.

A joint meeting between Five Valleys Audubon and the Native Plant Society explores the unique long-distance migratory pattern of monarch butterflies and their coevolution with milkweed plants. UM researcher Phil Hahn presents at the Gallagher Business Building. 7:30 PM–9 PM. Free. Every Monday DJ Sol spins funk, soul and hip-hop at the Badlander. Doors at 9 PM, show at 10. Free. 21-plus. Aaron Broxterman hosts karaoke at the Dark Horse Bar. 9 PM. Free. Live in SIN at the Service Industry Night at Plonk, with DJ Amory spinning and a special menu. 322 N. Higgins Ave. 10 PM to close. Just ask a server for the SIN menu. No cover.

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

Lobo is a 3-year-old male Boxer mix. Lobo has a wonderfully happy disposition and has never met a person he didn't like. Not every dog or cat appreciates his specific kind of energy, so he will need to do a meet and greet with any other dogs in his potential home. Lobo loves to play with toys, knows how to fetch, and has had a fair amount of basic commands and manners training.

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MAYNARD•Maynard is a 1 1/2-year-old male Pointer mix. He is a bit fearful of moving bikes, skateboards, and strollers. Maynard is also slow to warm up to new people, especially men. Once he knows you though, he couldn't be happier than to be near you, and his sad puppydog eyes will melt your heart. Maynard is quite the athlete and is not only able to jump 6 feet in the air, he can also climb chain link!

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NAKA• Naka is a 2-year-old German Shepherd/Sharpei mix. She loves to play fetch and romp around the yard. Naka also really enjoys regular walks. She plays well with most dogs, but an introduction would be necessary to ensure they get along well. She is a very social dog that needs to have regular opportunities to play and exercise. With those needs met, she is a very balanced and well-behaved dog.

SIF• Sif is a 1 1/2-year-old female brown Tabby. Sif is a funny little cat with tons of spunk and spirit; she is convinced she is part lion with her mighty roar! We affectionately call her "Squawk Box" due to her very loud meow. Sif loves to play, and just about anything becomes a toy, including wicker baskets, which are the best combination of cat bed and scratching post! SOPHIE• Sophie is a 8-month-old female Seal Point Siamese. She is a sassy young girl who is looking for an owner that knows she is the boss. Sophie has a great deal of personality and isn't afraid to let you know how she feels. She would do best in a home with no small children and that understands Siamese tendencies and behavior.

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ECHO• Echo is a 10+ year-old, long-haired Tortie! Echo is one of our longest resident cats, having been at the shelter since June 16th. She's an older gal, with your typical Tortie personality. She is a loving, cuddly, lap cat, but still has some spunky attitude when she feels like she's not getting her way. Echo doesn't really enjoy being picked up, but she'll get up into your lap all by herself for a little bit of affection.

These pets may be adopted at the Humane Society of Western Montana 549-3934 BALTO• Balto came to us as a stray and is now ready for his forever home. This Alaskan Husky cross was once a sled dog, and he would love a family who could appreciate his breed's unique sensitivity and activity needs. Balto would do well with another confident dog. He is shy, but gets a little braver each day!

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TAZ• Taz is a striking tri-color Siamese cross who loves people! This gregarious gentleman is used to lots of visitors and enjoys greeting everyone with a sweet chirp! Taz was recently neutered, has all his shots, and he is SO ready to go home!

JASMINE• This sweet, soulful girl would love to find a forever home where she could run and play all day with her person! Jasmine may be a little fearful of small children, so she would appreciate a home with older kids and no cats. She enjoys playing with other dogs and loves being super active!

LOLLI• Lolli is a beautiful girl who loves to be treated like the supermodel she is! Lolli takes a little time to warm up to new people, but she is happy to sit and purr by your side once you've earned her trust. Lolli gets along with other cats and would enjoy getting adopted with another of her fellow HSWM roommates!

SALLY• Sally is a sweet, compact hound lady who came to us as a stray and is now ready to find her forever home! She is enthusiastic about everything: she loves baying hello to everyone, hiking, and following her nose everywhere she goes. She is OK with other dogs and loves people!

SASHA• Sasha is a wise, kind soul looking for a family to pet her. At about 15-years-old she is a quiet cat, but she’ll draw you in with one look from her beautiful green eyes. Sasha is part of our Senior for Senior program, so her adoption fee is waived for adopters over the age of 60!

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You ever see those fat-tired bikes and wonder what the deal is? Demo fat bikes on a 7-mile groomed track at the Ranch Club. 3 PM–8 PM.

nightlife Laurie Horowitz reads from her new book and discusses her collaboration with James Patterson. Fact & Fiction. 5:30 PM. The 1,000 Hands For Peace meditation group uses ancient mudras for cleansing the heart. Meets Tuesdays at 5:30-6:30 PM at Jeannette Rankin Peace Center. Donations accepted. Dust off that banjolin and join in the Top Hat’s picking circle, 6–8 PM every Tuesday. All ages.

The Rocky Mountain Ballet Theatre hosts five days of dance, art and diplomacy with the Vienna International Ballet Experience. Batterie over to vibe.international/missoula for a full lineup of events. Get those thumbs limbered up! The Official MPL Gamers Club meets to play video games in the YA dept. at the Missoula Public Library. Ages 13–19, 6:30 PM. Learn the two-step at the Hamilton Senior Center, from 7–9 PM. $5. Bring a partner. Call 381-1392 for more info. Take down the Athenian hegemony but pass on the hemlock tea at the Socrates Cafe, in which facilitator Kris Bayer encourages philosophical

discussion. Bitterroot Public Library. 7–9 PM. The Rocky Mountaineers Meeting invited noted outdoors enthusiast and mathematician Jonathan Beardsley to recount his multiple adventures. 7 PM. The Trail Head. Free. Show off your big brain at Quizzoula trivia at the VFW. Current events, picture round and more. 8:30 PM. Free. Our trivia question for this week: What president was nicknamed Old Kinderhook? Answer in tomorrow’s Nightlife. Mike Avery hosts the Music Showcase every Tuesday, featuring some of Missoula’s finest musical talent at the Badlander, 9 PM–1 AM. To sign up, email michael.avery@live.com.

Spotlight

eyes on ice

It’s sometimes hard to imagine, especially during the oppressive early days of frozen January, that places can be colder than Montana. Iceland, for example, as the name might suggest, is a very cold place. The Icelandic Meteorological Office lists the average temperature for July to be a scorching 53 degrees Fahrenheit.

Accord, directed by Bozeman-based filmmaker R.C. Cone, introduces Heiðar Logi, a man who doesn't let the lack of shops, guidebooks or warmth stop him from becoming the greatest Icelandic surfer of all time. Logi travels across Iceland searching for those perfect moments of catching a wave. Aatsinki follows brothers Aarne and Lasse as they continue their family trade working as cowboys in Finland, well north of the Arctic Circle. Aatsinki tracks a year in the life of the family–the leaders of the last collective of traditional reindeer herders– tasked with herding the last group of wild reindeer. —Charley Macorn

WHAT: Screening of Accord and Aatsinki WHO: International Wildlife Film Festival WHEN: MON., JAN. 9 AT 7 PM. WHERE: The Roxy HOW MUCH: $8 MORE INFO: wildlifefilms.com

Finland, which is warmer than Iceland (which is also a popular Finnish tourism slogan), still spends

most of their year in winter. Despite the cold weather, many citizens of both nations still spend their time outside, either for recreation or for work. They’re not that different than us. They even have their own variations of outdoor activities that might be thought of as distinctly American.

Show off your skills or learn something new during a rowdy night of Naturalist Trivia at Missoula Natural History Center. 7 PM. $5 suggested donation. Cultivate your inner Ebert with the classic flicks showing at Missoula Public Library’s free matinee, at 2 PM,

nightlife At the Phish Happy Hour you can enjoy Phish music, video and more at the Top Hat every Wednesday at 4:30 PM. But I know you’ll show up at 4:20. Free. All ages. The Vienna International Ballet Experience continues. Couru to vibe.international/missoula for a full schedule. Every Wednesday is Community UNite at KettleHouse Brewing Com-

pany’s Northside tap room. A portion of every pint sold goes to support local Missoula causes. 5 PM–8 PM. Wednesday Night Brewery Jam invites all musicians to bring an instrument and join in. Hosted by Geoffrey Taylor at Imagine Nation Brewing Co., 6–8 PM. Free. Get up onstage at VFW’s open mic, with a different host each week. Halfprice whiskey might help loosen up those nerves. 8 PM. Free. Local DJs do the heavy lifting while you kick back at Milkcrate Wednesday down in the Palace. 9 PM. No cover, plus $6 PBR pitcher special. Kraptastic Karaoke indulges your need to croon, belt and warble at the Badlander, 9 PM, no cover.

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nightlife The Vienna International Ballet Experience continues. Couru to vibe.international/missoula for a full schedule. Bob Wire brings his rocking country sound to Bitter Root Brewing. 6 PM– 8:30 PM. Free. Keema and the Keepsakes keep Draught Works rocking. 6 PM–8 PM. Free. University of Montana historian William Farr offers new historical insights into the route Native Americans traveled from Travelers’ Rest east to the Great Plains in their quest for buffalo. Lolo Community Center. 7 PM. Free. Shramana’s VFW residency continues

with Swamp Ritual, Poverty Porn and Shot Stereo, which are all bands and not History-Channel programming. 9 PM. $3. 21-plus. After the New Year’s Eve I had, I can totally relate. Rotgut Whines play the Top Hat. 10 PM. Free. .

We want to know about your event! Submit yours to calendar@missoula news.com at least two weeks in advance of the event. Send snail mail to Cal-eesi, Mother of Calendars c/o the Independent, 317 S. Orange St., Missoula, MT 59801. Or submit your events online at missoulanews.bigskypress.com. I'm still grumpy about CGI ghost of Peter Cushing in that new Star Wars movie.

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Agenda

Less than a week into the new year and I’ve already completely abandoned most of my personal resolutions. My drive to curtail my smoking, drinking and betting on horse fights has already taken a back seat to my more immediately satisfying goals, such as watching more TV, playing more video games and attending more horse fights. Despite my own life being an out of control spiral of hedonistic delights, one resolution I'm doggedly hanging on to is trying to be

THURSDAY JANUARY 5 Painful inflammation and stiffness of the joints can interfere with everyday tasks, but those living with arthritis can find support at Summit Independent Living. The Arthritis Support Group meets every first Thursday of the month, from noon–1 PM. The first Climate Smart meeting of the year discusses education and outreach. Imagine Nation Brewing. 5 PM–7 PM.

FRIDAY JANUARY 6 The Women in Black stand in mourning of international violence every Friday on the Higgins bridge from 12:15–12:45 PM. Visit jrpc.org/calendar to learn more. A girls youth group, ARIELS, meets every first Friday of the month at Summit Independent Living Center, 700 SW Higgins, from 3:30-6 PM. Check out summitilc.org.

SUNDAY JANUARY 8 The monthly LGBTQ Spirituality Group meets to discuss queer perspectives on spirituality at the Western Montana Community Center. 3-4 PM.

MONDAY JANUARY 9 Sip a fancy cocktail for a cause at Moscow Monday at the Montgomery Distillery. A dollar from every drink sold is donated to Missoula Medical Aid. 12 PM–8 PM. Every Monday Missoula Brewing donates 50 cents from all beers sold to a nonprofit organization. This

better for the environment this year. Even though my life is a Caligulan tire fire, I understand that the Earth is going to keep on going, even after I’m gone, and as such, I need to do my best to not be such of a nuisance to the environment. Climate Smart’s first meeting of 2017 focuses on environmental education and community outreach. To that end, a brief presentation on the Garden City’s carbon footprint and a call to action on how to make sure we’re leaving a clean and renewable society for those who come after us starts the meeting. Plus, the meeting is at Imagine Nation Brewing, which is great for me because I stopped not drinking. The responsible curation of our planet is everyone’s responsibility. We all live on this planet. We all have a horse in this fight. –Charley Macorn The first Climate Smart meeting of 2017 starts Thu., Jan. 5 at 5 PM at Imagine Nation Brewing.

week knock back a couple of cold ones while supporting Watson’s Childrens Shelter. 5 PM–8 PM. Find out how the Garden City grows at the weekly Missoula City Council meeting, where you can no doubt expect ranting public commenters, PowerPoint presentations and subtle wit from Mayor Engen. Missoula council chambers, 140 W. Pine St. Meetings are the first four Mondays of every month at 7 PM, except for holidays.

TUESDAY JANUARY 10 Shootin’ the Bull Toastmasters helps you improve your public speaking skills with weekly meetings at ALPS in the Florence Building, noon–1 PM. Free and open to the public. Visit shootinthebull.info for details. It’s Mule-Tastic Tuesday, which means the Montana Distillery will donate $1 from every cocktail sold to a local nonprofit organization. 12–8 PM. The 1,000 Hands For Peace meditation group uses ancient mudras for cleansing the heart. Meets Tuesdays at 5:30-6:30 PM at Jeannette Rankin Peace Center. Donations accepted.

WEDNESDAY JANUARY 11 If you or your loved ones are looking for an Alzheimer’s support group, join Summit Independent Living, 700 Higgins Ave., for their meetings from noon–2 PM. Nonviolent Communication Practice Group facilitated by Patrick Marsolek every Wednesday at Jeannette Rankin Peace Center. 12–1 PM. Email info@patrickmarsolek.com or 406-443-3439 for more information.

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

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MOUNTAIN HIGH

o me, bikes all look basically the same. Gearheads might be able to recognize subtle shifts (pun intended) in style and design over the years, but the bicycle hasn’t made that many noticeable jumps in aesthetics in my lifetime. But there is one type of bicycle with a distinct look that has been more visible lately. Known for its heavier frame and thick tire, the unmistakeable “fatbike” has been popping up around Missoula over the last few years. Designed to provide better traction on snow, icy trails, sand and mud, these heavy-duty vehicles are often seen cruising over the Riverfront Trail as soon as the first snow hits. The people riding them through the cold seem to be miserable, but certainly no more miserable than people braving winter on their stan-

FRIDAY JANUARY 6 I don’t know about you, but wrapping up my work week by watching some poor cricket getting devoured by a large Chilean tarantula is somehow very satisfying. Tarantula feeding at the Missoula Butterfly House and Insectarium, every Friday at 4 PM. $4 admission.

SATURDAY JANUARY 7 You’ll be bright-eyed and bushy-tailed after Run Wild Missoula’s Saturday Breakfast Club Runs, which start at 8 AM every Saturday at Runner’s Edge, 325 N. Higgins Ave. Free to run. Visit runwildmissoula.org. Take a snowshoe hike and adventure with the Montana Natural History Center’s Saturday Discovery Day. 10 AM–4 PM. RSVP with cmorris@montananaturalist.org. Winter Storytelling at Traveler’s Rest State Park celebrates the Salish tradition of sharing stories during the long, dark winter every Saturday in January and February. This week Kristi Hager speaks on artists George Catlin and Karl Bodmer on the Missouri. 11 AM.

MONDAY JANUARY 9 The West Central Montana Avalanche Center holds an interactive educational class on avalanche safety at Ruby’s Inn. Open to all ages, the program starts at 7 PM. $10. The International Wildlife Film Festival hosts a double feature at the Roxy all about Iceland and Finland. Accord, directed by Montanan RC Cone, follows Icelandic surfers and Aatsinki focuses on

dard bikes. Are they effective? Are they worth the investment? Hellgate Cyclery gives you a chance to try them out for yourself at the Ranch Club. With a dozen Beargrease and Mukluk bikes from fatbike pioneer Salsa Cycles, and seven miles of groomed track to ride around, this demo shows how these bikes hold up in Missoula’s weather. Hot drinks wait for you at the end of your ride. —Charley Macorn Hellgate Cyclery’s Salsa FatBike Demo takes place at the Ranch Club Tue., Jan. 10 from 3 PM–8 PM. 8501 Ranch Club Road. Free.

reindeer cowboys continuing a generations-old tradition. The Roxy. 7 PM. $8. (See Spotlight) A joint meeting between Five Valleys Audubon and the Native Plant Society explores the unique long-distance migratory pattern of monarch butterflies and their coevolution with milkweed plants. UM researcher Phil Hahn presents at the Gallagher Business Building. 7:30 PM–9 PM. Free.

TUESDAY JANUARY 10 You ever see those fat-tired bikes and wonder what the deal is? Demo fat bikes on a 7-mile groomed track at the Ranch Club. 3 PM–8 PM. The Rocky Mountaineers Meeting invited noted outdoors enthusiast and mathematician Jonathan Beardsley to recount his multiple adventures. 7 PM. The Trail Head. Free.

WEDNESDAY JANUARY 11 Show off your skills or learn something new during a rowdy night of Naturalist Trivia at Missoula Natural History Center. 7 PM. $5 suggested donation. The Missoula Marathon running class is designed for beginning to advanced runners. Every Wednesday at 6 PM, Run Wild Missoula in the basement of the Runner’s Edge, 304 N. Higgins. $100.

WEDNESDAY JANUARY 12 Every Thursday in January learn about the science, activities and movements of animals in the winter at the Montana Natural History Center. 10 AM. Free.

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COMMUNITY BULLETIN BOARD BULLETIN BOARD Basset Rescue of Montana. Senior bassets needing homes. 406-207-0765. Please like us on Facebook... facebook.com/bassethoundrescue

Birth Mama Doula Training - January 2017 chardoula@msn.com College of Nursing is recruiting FEMALE participants for a study evaluating OULA dance fitness as a treatment for depression. For more information call Hayden at 406-243-2551 or email hayden.ferguson1@montana.edu

FINALLY! 37TH CABIN FEVERS ANTIQUES FAIR!!! HELENA CIVIC CENTER January 14-15th. Opens 10AM. $5.00 for weekend. Dealers- 5 states furniture, lighting, art, jewelry, primitive, repurposed, Dealers inquire (406)442-5595

LOST & FOUND

Wild Rose Emu Ranch. (406) 3631710. wildroseemuranch.com

Found Yellow Lab We found a yellow lab around 2-3 years old. She was found in the Target Range area by Big Sky on New Year’s Eve. We think she was spooked by the fireworks. She is very sweet and we are sure someone is looking for her.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

TO GIVE AWAY A positive path for spiritual living 546 South Ave. W. • (406) 728-0187

YWCA Thrift Stores 1136 W. Broadway 920 Kensington

FREE SAMPLES of Emu Oil. Learn more about the many health benefits that Emu offer from oil and skin care products to eggs, steaks, filets and ground meat.

I BUY

Honda • Subaru • VW Toyota • Nissan Japanese/German Cars Trucks SUVs

Nice Or Ugly, Running Or Not

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Free support group for family and friends of loved ones who are incarcerated or returned citizens, Mondays, 5:30-6:30 p.m., 1610 3rd St., Ste 201. Call Janelle 207-3134. www.pfrmt.org

Advice Goddess . . . . . . . . . . .C2 Free Will Astrology . . . . . . . .C4 Public Notices . . . . . . . . . . . .C6 Crossword . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .C8 This Modern World . . . . . . .C12

Kent House Studios and the Bordeaux Family invite you to their 2017 ABC: Art Belly Dance Community Show! Join us for First Friday, January 6th at The Public House. Featuring family friendly performances by local dancers and raffles for locally made art and donations from local businesses. Proceeds from the show will be donated to Missoula Parks and Recreation to assist in the costs of rebuilding Circle Square Stage on Higgins Street. Doors @ 6:30, Show @ 7. Purchase tickets @ http://abcshow2017.brownpapertickets.com

HYPNOSIS A clinical approach to negative self-talk • bad habits stress • depression Empower Yourself

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406-880-0688 Fletch Law, PLLC Steve M. Fletcher Attorney at Law

Auto Accidents Over 20 years experience. Call immediately for a FREE consultation.

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PET OF THE WEEK Jasmine. This staff and volunteer favorite would love to find a forever home where she could run and play all day with her person! Jasmine enjoys playing with other dogs and loves being super active! Her adopters will receive a FREE 6-week Basic Manners class to help her start off on the right paw with her new family. Stop by and meet her at 5930 Highway 93 South in Missoula. HSWM is open Wednesday-Friday 1:00-6:00

"Owning our story and loving ourselves through that process is the bravest thing that we will ever do." – Brené Brown Place your classified ad at 317 S. Orange, by phone 543-6609x115 or via email: classified@missoulanews.com

ADVICE GODDESS By Amy Alkon RUMP FOR JOY I am a curvy girl with a big butt. I hate it. I have a small waist, and it makes my butt look even bigger. I don’t care that the Kardashians have made big butts cool. I’d like to lose weight in that area. However, my boyfriend LOVES my butt and told me there’s research that says girls with bigger butts are smarter and healthier. Is that true? That can’t be true. —Tushy Galore Welcome to the science-inspired catcall: “Woooo, girl ... you look like a nuclear physicist in them hot pants!” Yes, there seems to be a cognitive edge in being a woman with a big caboose—provided you have a low “waistto-hip ratio.” That’s professor-speak for women who have small waists relative to their hips—an “hourglass figure” like yours, as opposed to a body that’s more No. 2 pencil-esque or beerguttylicious. Epidemiologist William Lassek and anthropologist Steven Gaulin find that being voluptuous in the way you are is associated with both being a bit smarter and having smarter children. To understand why starts with understanding “parent-offspring conflict,” evolutionary biologist Robert Trivers’ term for how it’s in each child’s genetic interest to suck as much in the way of resources out of their parent as they can. This battle for resources starts early, which is to say a fetus is a little hog. It hoovers up its share of nutrients and then may go after some of its mother’s share, too—not so much that it kills her but maybe,“Hey, Ma, enjoy the gestational diabetes!” Lassek and Gaulin note that this competition for resources is especially rough on teen mommies, whose own brains are still developing. Both the teen mother-tobe and her child are prone to having their cognitive development “impaired”—irreversibly diminished from what it could be—when she’s forced to compete for a limited supply of nutrients with the fastgrowing fetusmonster. However, Lassek and Gaulin find that women with bodies like yours seem to be cushioned—or, you could say, “seat-cushioned”—against this cognitive impairment, apparently because the butt and hip area serves as a supplemental food storage locker for the developing fetus. There’s a special kind of fat that gets deposited in this area—gluteofemoral fat. This booty fat is different from and healthier than belly fat. It’s loaded with omega-3 fatty acids—especially DHA, docosahexaenoic acid—which we can only get from things we ingest, like seafood, walnuts, cooked spinach and krill oil supplements.

DHA is essential for day-to-day cognitive functioning in all people. And, Gaulin emphasized to me, it’s “the most important brain building resource” for little fetus people. He and Lassek controlled for things like parents’ income and education and the number of dollars spent per student and found mothers’ higher DHA to be the strongest predictor of kids scoring significantly higher on tests in math, reading and science. You’re packing more DHA than a woman who carries her fat Santa-style, but any woman can increase her DHA through diet, especially by eating fish. As for your desire to shave off some of Mount Buttmore, bad news: Gluteofemoral fat is extremely resistant to weight loss (as that basically would amount to throwing away some of your brain’s lunch). But to lose weight overall—while feeding your brain and protecting it from cognitive decline—consider this from Lassek and Gaulin’s book, “Why Women Need Fat”: “The single dietary factor most strongly related to women’s weight gain was the amount of omega-6 linoleic acid in their diet.” A major source of omega-6 is factory Frankenstein oils—polyunsaturated, heatprocessed seed oils like soybean, sunflower, corn and canola. (Extra-virgin olive oil is healthy—an omega-3 source.) And, surprise! Eating fish cooked in these omega-6-packed Franken-oils makes us “unlikely to retain the valuable omega-3 present in the fish.” Getting back to your back end, it seems you owe it an apology. Maybe you were swayed in what you find attractive by the cadaverishly thin women that gay male designers send out to faint on the catwalk. Consider that you may be confusing body weight and booty shape in how self-conscious you feel about your behindquarters. Now, whether men prefer heavier or slimmer women varies by culture. However, the late evolutionary psychologist Devendra Singh found that men across cultures overwhelmingly are hotter for the smarter-baby-producing hourglass bod that you have—though without any conscious understanding of why this preference evolved. (No, their penises didn’t put on their reading glasses and pore over Gaulin and Lassek’s research.) Instead of longing for a body type that men don’t find as sexy, maybe resolve to start appreciating what you have—including your own special version of the trickiest no-win question a woman can ask a man: “Baby, does our future Einstein look fat in these pants?”

Got a problem? Write Amy Alkon, 171 Pier Ave, #280, Santa Monica, CA 90405, or e-mail AdviceAmy@aol.com.

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EMPLOYMENT GENERAL Bartender Lolo bar & restaurant is seeking a BARTENDER. Need to be dependable & willing to work hard. Must be able to work in a team environment. Requires neat appearance. Perform all bartending duties. Serve food and beverages in a friendly, courteous and timely manner. Will work varying shifts, varying days. MUST be available on weekends. 22+ hours per week with possibility of more hours in future. $8.25/hr with generous tips. Full job description at Missoula Job Service. employmissoula.com Job #10257686 Customer Service New furniture store is seeking 3-4 CUSTOMER SERVICE REPS who have excellent communication skills. Proficient computer knowledge with Microsoft Tools. Skilled at balancing multiple priorities in a fast paced environment. Professional telephone skills. Understands basic financial terms. Highly organized. Access inventory information and advise sales associates. Complete sales transactions. Explain terms for customer pick up or delivery. Must be able to work evenings and weekends. Full job description at Missoula Job Service. employmissoula.com Job #10257587

Demolition Worker Demolition/ construction laborers needed immediately for 2 week long project in Missoula. Duties may include running a jackhammer, shoveling & dumping chunks of concrete from wheelbarrow. Must be able to push 80-100# throughout the day. Experience using a jackhammer is preferred. Demolition and/or construction experience is also preferred. Wage $13/hour. Hours 8am-5pm Full job listing online at lcstaffing.com Job ID# 38963 Driver Delivery driving position for automotive glass company. Will be delivering to Spokane every night. Additional duties include warehouse work including picking orders and loading truck. 30 + hours a week. This is a temporary position that has the potential to become long term. Must have 2 years driving experience, and a current valid driver’s license with a clean driving record. Must be able to lift 50#.Two shifts available: Sunday night through Thursday night starting at 5:30 pm, home every night. Monday through Friday, starting at 4:00 am.Wage $10/hour. Full job listing online at lcstaffing.com Job ID# 28310 Handyman Duties include landscaping, janitorial work, light car-

Copy Editor Can you tell a hyphen from an em-dash? Do you know the difference between “about” and “around”? Whether Higgins is an avenue or a street? If the Roxy prefers “theater” or “theatre”? The Independent is hiring a copy editor to work in our office every Tuesday from 10:30 a.m. until about 7 p.m.—or whenever the paper is ready to print. Our ideal candidate will have journalism-specific experience, be familiar with editing in Google Docs, pass a copy editing test, and have no typos in his or her cover letter. To apply, send your resume and a concise cover letter to editor@missoulanews.com.

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

pentry, snow removal and various other duties. Skilled at using carpentry tools, lawn mowers, cleaning and ability to drive a vehicle with manual transmission. Must have a high school diploma or equivalent, a current driver’s license and clean driving record. Employer conducts random drug testing.Work days and hours vary Monday - Sunday; part-time and full-time available.Willing to work around school schedules. Must be willing to work odd hours if needed. Full job description at Missoula Job Service. employmissoula.com Job #10253892 Hostess Local restaurant seeks a part-time hostess. Duties include seating customers, using cash register, making change and preparing to-go orders. Must have good customer service skills. Hours are flexible. Wage starts at $8.05 and up, depending on experience. Full job description at Missoula Job Service. employmissoula.com Job #10253686 NEED A JOB? Let NELSON PERSONNEL help in your job search! Fill out an application and schedule an interview. Call Us at 5436033 Nelson Personnel is in search for CONSTRUCTION/CONCRETE workers $13/HR. Must have construction experience, reliable transportation, and clean record. Call 543-6033 NELSON PERSONNEL is looking to fill PRODUCTION SUPPORT, JANITORIAL, & WAREHOUSE positions for a manufacturing company. $11/hr – Full-Time. Call Us at 543-6033 Production Support Ensure quality and on time delivery when preparing prefinished siding, including: loading of automated machines, painting of boards and packaging for shipment. Must be able to lift 50-75#, continuously. Exposure to shop conditions including moving mechanical equipment, and exposure to various fumes, heat, cold, and irritants. PT and FT positions available. Wage $11.00. Full job listing online at lcstaffing.com Job ID# 28647 WORK FOR MISSOULA COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS! Nelson Personnel needs people to help fill-in for various shifts for the school cafeterias. $8.05/HR Call Us at 543-6033 WORK OUTSIDE! NELSON PERSONNEL is looking to fill a Maintenance position for a property management company. $10/hr. Fulltime. Call Us at 543-6033

PROFESSIONAL Help Desk Missoula County is seeking a full-time HELP DESK SPECIALIST. Requires an Associate’s Degree in computer technology or a certification from a recognized computer maintenance training program. Requires two years of experience providing technical support in a network and application environment. An equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered. Must be able to pass a criminal background check. Work is full-time and pay is $15.96/hr. Benefits available. Full job description at Missoula Job Service. employmissoula.com Job #10257271 HOME RESOURCE IS HIRING! Home ReSource seeks a mission-motivated, detail-oriented people-person with excellent communication skills to be our F/T Development Director. For more information or to apply visit homeresource.org. Mental Health Clinician 3 Rivers Mental Health Solutions is recruiting for full-time and part time Mental Health Clinicians. Position provides individual, group, and family therapies to clients, as well as clinical supervision to front line staff as a member of a treatment team. Position also provides psychological diagnostic interviews to adults with severe and disabling mental illness seeking mental health center services. Must be currently licensed or able to be licensed as an LCPC, LCSW, or in-training practitioner in the state of Montana. Full job description at Missoula Job Service. employmissoula.com Job #10256120 Night Shift Counselor Missoula youth program has an opening for Night Shift Counselor to provide a variety of direct and non-direct care duties. Provides therapeutic care, safety and supervision to emotionally disturbed children and performs duties of housekeeping, laundry, meal preparation, record keeping and others as assigned. Responsible to review and stay abreast of assessments, logs, reports and treatment plans and attend clinical staffings and training. Ability to work with a dynamic team a must. Pay is $11.25/hr. Full job description at Missoula Job Service. employmissoula.com Job # 10252268 PR/Media Manager Glacier Country Tourism, located in Missoula, Montana, is currently seeking to fill the full time position of public relations and media manager. For a complete job description please visit this link

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EMPLOYMENT www.glaciermt.com/jobs. Please submit cover letter, resume and five relevant references to Racene Friede no later than end of day January 31, 2017. Incomplete and/or late applications will not be considered. Secretary/Administrative Assistant Needed to be a Customer Care Rep in our company a in well-organized and timely manner. Experience not required. $860 per week for a start, send your CV/Resume to aliciaje92@yahoo.com or call:(406) 234-2197

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HVAC – Entry Level Heating and air conditioning company is look-

surance and 401k. For more information call Ty 406-724-7162 or Tanner 406-487-2741 at PRO Coop Ag Center.

Journeyman Electrician Missoula based electrical company looking for a MONTANA LICENSED JOURNEYMAN ELECTRICIAN. Full time position. Looking for a well-rounded electrician with preferred experience in service work, commercial, & residential. Must have good work ethic for fast-paced environment & good driving record. Work days are generally Monday — Thursday but can go until Saturday depending on job deadlines. Pay depends on experience. Full job description at Missoula Job Service. employmissoula.com Job #10253193

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Truck Driver— Job would involve mostly local hauls of commodities and fertilizers within a 500 mile radius of Scobey, Montana. Can be based in Scobey or Opheim area. C.D.L., air brakes, singles and doubles required. Must have passport and be able to haul in and out of Canada. Excellent wages, health in-

Water/Mold Technician Must be able to read and follow directions. Must have valid Driver’s License and clean driving record. Be comfortable in crawl spaces and other confined spaces. Be comfortable working near insects such as spiders.Typical schedule is Monday-Friday 8:30AM-5:00PM. $11.00 /hour and up DOE. Apply online and see full job listing at www.lcstaffing.com. Job ID# 28421

LPN Seeking an LPN that has a passion for quality care! Riverside Health Care offers: Competitive Salary, Sign-on bonus & Relocation Assistance, Loan Forgiveness, Paid Continuing Education Credits, Tuition Assistance, A compassionate, caring team! Full job description at Missoula Job Service. employmissoula.com Job #10255408 Travel Nurses RN/LPN Montana Health Care staffing agency that places nurse travelers on temporary assignment in health care facilities throughout Montana and North and South Dakota is seeking RN’s and LPN’s with acute care and long term care skills and who are based in Missoula. Must have a current Montana nursing license and minimum of one year of experience. $29-$33/hr for RNs and $22.00-$24.00/hr for LPNs,

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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY By Rob Brezsny ARIES (March 21-April 19): Light, electricity and magnetism are different expressions of a single phenomenon. Scottish scientist and mathematician James Clerk Maxwell (1831-1879) was the first to formulate a theory to explain that startling fact. One of the cornerstones of his work was a set of 20 equations with 20 unknowns. But a younger scientist named Oliver Heaviside decided this was much too complicated. He recast Maxwell’s cumbersome theory in the form of four equations with four unknowns.That became the new standard. In 2017, I believe you Aries will have a knack akin to Heaviside’s.You’ll see the concise essentials obscured by needless complexity. You’ll extract the shining truths trapped inside messy confusions. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): “The thornbush is the old obstacle in the road,” wrote Franz Kafka. “It must catch fire if you want to go further.” Let’s analyze this thought, Taurus. If it’s to be of maximum use for you in 2017, we will have to develop it further. So here are my questions. Did Kafka mean that you’re supposed to wait around passively, hoping the thornbush will somehow catch fire, either through a lucky lightning strike or an act of random vandalism? Or should you, instead, take matters into your own hands—douse the thornbush with gasoline and throw a match into it? Here’s another pertinent query: Is the thornbush really so broad and hardy that it blocks the whole road? If not, maybe you could just go around it. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): The fictional character Scott Pilgrim is the hero of Bryan Lee O’Malley’s series of graphic novels. He becomes infatuated with a “ninja delivery girl” named Ramona Flowers, but there’s a complication. Before he can win her heart, he must defeat all seven of her evil ex-lovers. I’m sure your romantic history has compelled you to deal with equally challenging dilemmas, Gemini. But I suspect you’ll get a reprieve from that kind of dark melodrama in 2017. The coming months should be a bright and expansive chapter in your Book of Love.

CANCER (June 21-July 22):The creature known as the short-eared elephant shrew is typically four inches long and weighs a little more than one ounce. And yet it’s more genetically similar to elephants than to true shrews. In its home habitat of southern Africa, it’s known as the sengi. I propose we regard it as one of your spirit animals in 2017. Its playful place in your life will symbolize the fact that you, too, will have secret connections to big, strong influences; you, too, will have natural links with powerhouses that outwardly don’t resemble you.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): “When I look back, I see my former selves, numerous as the trees,” writes Leo poet Chase Twichell. I’m sure that’s an experience you’ve had yourself. Do you find it comforting? Does it feel like being surrounded by old friends who cushion you with nurturing familiarity? Or is it oppressive and claustrophobic? Does it muffle your spontaneity and keep you tethered to the past? I think these are important questions for you to meditate on in 2017. It’s time to be very conscious and creative about shaping your relationships with all the people you used to be.

novels alone . . . without any help from life.” So said Nobel Prize-winning author Elias Canetti, who c from was born in Bulgaria, had British citizenship, and wrote in German. Although his idea contradicts conVIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): “’Life experience’ does not amount to very much and could be learned

ventional wisdom, I am presenting it for your consideration in 2017. You’re ready for a massive upgrade in your understanding about the nature of reality—and firsthand “life experience” alone won’t be enough to ensure that.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): I am rooting for you to be flagrantly unique in 2017. I vehemently want you to be uninhibited about expressing your deepest, rawest, hottest inclinations. In this spirit, I offer the following four rallying cries: 1. “Don’t be addicted to looking cool, baby!” - my friend Luther. 2. Creative power arises when you conquer your tendency to stay detached. - paraphrased from poet Marianne Moore. 3. If you want to be original, have the courage to be an amateur. - paraphrased from poet Wallace Stevens. 4. “In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities, in the expert’s mind there are few.” - Zen teacher Shunryu Suzuki. (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): “There is a desperation for unknown things,” wrote poet Charles Wright, e SCORPIO “a thirst for endlessness that snakes through our bones.” Every one of us has that desperation and thirst from

time to time, but no one feels the pull toward perplexing enchantments and eternal riddles more often and more intensely than you Scorpios. And according to my astrological meditations on your life in 2017, you will experience this pull even more often and with greater intensity than ever before. Is that a problem? I don’t see why it should be. In fact, it could make you sexier and smarter than ever—especially if you regard it as a golden opportunity to become sexier and smarter than ever.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): I hope you will seek out a wide range of intoxicating experiences in 2017. The omens predict it. Fate sanctifies it. I hope you will gracefully barrel your way through the daily whirl with a constant expectation of sly epiphanies, amusing ecstasies and practical miracles. There has rarely been a time in your life when you’ve had so much potential to heal old wounds through immersions in uncanny bliss. But please note: The best of these highs will NOT be induced by drugs or alcohol, but rather by natural means like sex, art, dancing, meditation, dreamwork, singing, yoga, lucid perceptions and vivid conversations.

Vexing Voidsquid. “I feel imbued with a mysterious positive energy,” he wrote, “as if thousands g himself of supplicants are worshipping golden statues of me somewhere.” Given the astrological omens, I CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): I thought of you when I read a tweet by a person who calls

think it’s quite possible you will have similar feelings on regular occasions in 2017. I’m not necessarily saying there will literally be golden statues of you in town squares and religious shrines, nor am I guaranteeing that thousands of supplicants will telepathically bathe you in adoration. But who cares how you’re imbued with mysterious positive energy as long as you are?

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): When it’s summer in the Northern Hemisphere, the birds known as arctic terns hang out in Greenland and Iceland. Before the chill sets in, they embark on an epic migration to Antarctica, arriving in time for another summer. But when the weather begins to turn too cold there, they head to the far north again.This is their yearly routine. In the course of a lifetime, a single bird may travel as far as 1.25 million miles—the equivalent of three roundtrips to the moon. I propose that you make this creature your spirit animal in 2017, Aquarius. May the arctic tern inspire you to journey as far as necessary to fulfill your personal equivalent of a quest for endless summer.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): In June 1962, three prisoners sneaked out of the Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary, located on an island in San Francisco Bay. Did they succeed in escaping? Did they swim to safety through the frigid water and start new lives abroad? No one knows. Law enforcement officials never found them. Even today, though, the U.S. Marshals Service keeps the case open, and still investigates new evidence when it comes in. Are there comparable enigmas in your own life, Pisces? Events in your past that raised questions you’ve never been able to solve? In 2017, I bet you will finally get to the bottom of them. Go to RealAstrology.com to check out Rob Brezsny’s EXPANDED WEEKLY AUDIO HOROSCOPES and DAILY TEXT MESSAGE HOROSCOPES. The audio horoscopes are also available by phone at 1-877-873-4888 or 1-900-950-7700.

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PUBLIC NOTICES IN THE JUSTICE COURT OF THE STATE OF MONTANA IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF MISSOULA BEFORE MARIE A. ANDERSEN, JUSTICE OF THE PEACE Case No.: CV-20163280 SUMMONS FOR POSSESSION BY PUBLICATION INDIGO REAL ESTATE, INC., d/b/a COPPER RUN APARTMENTS, Plaintiff, v. CATHERINE HESS AND GEORGE HESS, et al., Defendants. TO: Catherine Hess, 2200 Great Northern Ave., Apt. #D14, Missoula, MT 59808 YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer a Complaint filed in Justice Court, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to file your answer upon Plaintiff’s attorneys, Thomas C. Orr and Jennifer L. Barbee, Thomas C. Orr Law Offices, P.O. Box 8096, Missoula, Montana 59807, within ten (10) days after service of this Sum-

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mons, exclusive of the day of service; and in the case of your failure to appear or answer, relief sought by Plaintiff will be taken against you as requested. A $30.00 filing fee must accompany Defendant’s answer. DATED this 23 day of December, 2016. By: /s/ Marie A. Andersen, Honorable Judge IN THE JUSTICE COURT OF THE STATE OF MONTANA IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF MISSOULA BEFORE MARIE A. ANDERSEN, JUSTICE OF THE PEACE Case No.: CV-20163280 SUMMONS FOR POSSESSION BY PUBLICATION INDIGO REAL ESTATE, INC., d/b/a COPPER RUN APARTMENTS, Plaintiff, v. CATHERINE HESS AND GEORGE HESS, et al., Defendants. TO: George Hess, 2200 Great Northern Ave., Apt. #D14, Missoula, MT 59808 YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer a Complaint filed in Justice Court, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to file your answer upon Plaintiff’s attorneys, Thomas C. Orr and Jennifer L. Barbee, Thomas C. Orr Law Offices, P.O. Box 8096, Missoula, Montana 59807, within ten (10) days after service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service; and in the case of your failure to appear or answer, relief sought by Plaintiff will be taken against you as requested. A $30.00 filing fee must accompany Defendant’s answer. DATED this 23 day of December, 2016. By: /s/ Marie A. Andersen, Honorable Judge Montana Fourth Judicial District Court Missoula County

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DP-16-232 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF JACK E. LOVELL, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the abovenamed estate. All persons having claims against the decedent are required to present their claim 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 JAMI MARIE IDDINGS, the Personal Representative, return receipt requested, at c/o Worden Thane P.C., P.O. Box 4747, Missoula, MT 59806, or filed with the Clerk of the above Court. DATED this 28th day of November, 2016. /s/ JAMI MARIE IDDINGS c/o Worden Thane P.C. P.O. Box 4747, Missoula, Montana 59806-4747 WORDEN THANE P.C. Attorneys for Personal Representative By: /s/ Gail M. Haviland, Esq. MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 4 Probate No. DP-16182 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF: DONNAL DWAYNE ROSKE, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed personal representative of the abovenamed estate. All persons having claims against the said decedent 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 Evonne Smith Wells, attorney for the Personal Representative, return receipt requested, at PO Box 9410, Missoula, Montana 59807 or filed with the Clerk of the above-entitled Court. DATED this 21st day of November, 2016. WELLS & McKITTRICK, P.C. /s/ Evonne Smith Wells, Attorneys for Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Probate No. DP-16-224 Dept. No. 4 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF: MARJORIE LOIS HAGAN, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the abovenamed 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 DIANNA N. FITCH, Personal Representative, return receipt requested, in care of Douglas Harris, Attorney at Law, PO Box 7937, Missoula, Montana 59807-7937 or filed with the Clerk of the above-named Court. DATED this 6th day of December, 2016. /s/ Dianna N. Fitch, PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Probate No. DP-16-243 Dept. No. 4 Karen S. Townsend NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF BRIAN L. AUCHENBACH SR., Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN CHRISTOPHER M. AUCHENBACH has been appointed Personal Representative of the abovenamed estate on December 14, 2016. 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 CHRISTOPHER M. AUCHENBACH, the Personal Representative, return receipt requested, at 368 Washboard Dr., Condon, MT 59826, or filed with the Clerk of the above Court. NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 12/15/98, recorded as Instrument No. 199834018; BK

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PUBLIC NOTICES 566; Pg 1422, mortgage records of MISSOULA County, Montana in which David E Chamberlain, a single person was Grantor, Norwest Mortgage, Inc. was Beneficiary and First Montana Title was Trustee. First American Title Insurance Company has succeeded First Montana Title as Successor Trustee. The Deed of Trust encumbers real property (“Property”) located in MISSOULA County, Montana, more particularly described as follows: Parcel E of Certificate of Survey No. 3983, located in the Northwest quarter (NW1/4) of Section 17, Township 12 North, Range 17 West, P.M.M., Missoula County, Montana. Beneficiary has declared the Grantor in default of the terms of the Deed of Trust and the promissory note (“Note”) secured by the Deed of Trust because of Grantor’s failure timely to pay all monthly installments of principal, interest and, if applicable, escrow reserves for taxes and/or insurance as required by the Note and Deed of Trust. According to the Beneficiary, the obligation evidenced by the Note (“Loan”) is now due for the 07/01/15 installment payment and all monthly installment payments due thereafter. As of November 7, 2016, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $67,025.26. This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $57,556.74, plus accrued interest, accrued late charges, accrued escrow installments for insurance and/or taxes (if any) and advances for the protection of beneficiary’s security interest (if any). Because of the defaults stated above, Beneficiary has elected to sell the Property to satisfy the Loan and has instructed Successor Trustee to commence sale proceedings. Successor Trustee will sell the Property at public auction Missoula County Courthouse, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802, On the Front Steps, City of Missoula on March 30, 2017 at 11:00 AM, Mountain Time. The sale is a public sale and any person, including Beneficiary and excepting only Successor Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding at the sale location in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by trustee’s deed with-

out any representation or warranty, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis. Grantor, successor in interest to Grantor or any other person having an interest in the Property may, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, pay to Beneficiary the entire amount then due on the Loan (including foreclosure costs and expenses actually incurred and trustee’s and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred. Tender of these sums shall effect a cure of the defaults stated above (if all non-monetary defaults are also cured) and shall result in Trustee’s termination of the foreclosure and cancellation of the foreclosure sale. The trustee’s rules of auction may be accessed at www.northwesttrustee.com and are incorporated by the reference. You may also access sale status at www.Northwesttrustee.co m or USA-Foreclosure.com. Chamberlain, David E. (TS# 7023.115228) 1002.285034File No. NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE To be sold for cash at a Trustee’s Sale on February 13, 2017, 9:00 AM at the main entrance of Missoula County Courthouse located at 200 West Broadway Street, Missoula, MT 59802, the following described real property situated in Missoula County, State of Montana: Lot 11 of CHAPPELLE ADDITION, a Platted Subdivision in Missoula County, Montana, according to the Official Recorded Plat thereof. Parcel ID 3255403 More commonly known as 3000 Saint Thomas Drive, Missoula, MT 59803. William R. Nooney and Anna M. Nooney, as Grantors, conveyed said real property to First American Title Company, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mountain West Bank, N.A., by Deed of Trust on April 13, 2004, and filed for record in the records of the County Clerk and Recorder in Missoula County, State of Montana, on April 19, 2004 as Entry No. 200410393, in Book 729, at Page 1754, of Official Records. The Deed of Trust was assigned for value as follows: Assignor: Mountain West Bank, N.A. Assignee: Countrywide Document Custody Services, a Division of Treasury Bank, N.A. Assignment Dated: April 13, 2004 Assignment Recorded: April 19, 2004 Assignment

Recording Information: as Entry No. 200410394, in Book 729, at Page 1755 Assignor: Countrywide Document Custody Services, a Division of Treasury Bank, N.A Assignee: Countrywide Home Loans, Inc. Assignment Dated: November 19, 2004 Assignment Recorded: December 13, 2004 Assignment Recording Information: as Entry No. 200434492, in Book 744, at Page 1311 Assignor: Countrywide Home Loans, Inc. Assignee: BAC Home Loans Servicing, LP FKA Countrywide Home Loans Servicing LP Assignment Dated: December 11, 2009 Assignment Recorded: December 15, 2009 Assignment Recording Information: as Entry No. 200929497, in Book 852, at Page 548 Benjamin J. Mann is the Successor Trustee pursuant to a Substitution of Trustee recorded in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Missoula County, State of Montana, on October 4, 2016 as Entry No. 201618223, in Book 968, at Page 1251, of Official Records. The Beneficiary has declared a default in the terms of said Deed of Trust due to Grantor’s failure to make monthly payments beginning January 1, 2009, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan. By reason of said default, the Beneficiary has declared all sums owing on the obligation secured by said Trust Deed immediately due and payable. The total amount due on this obligation is the principal sum of $491,768.64, interest in the sum of $227,737.17, escrow advances of $90,589.73, other amounts due and payable in the amount of $5,804.04, for a total amount owing of $815,899.58, plus accruing interest, late charges, and other fees and costs that may be incurred or advanced. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantor. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary, the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust. Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds of this sale include the Trustee’s fees and

attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale, and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation. The sale is a public sale and any person, including the Beneficiary, excepting only the Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by Trustee’s Deed, without any representation or warranty, including warranty of title, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis, without limitation, the sale is being made subject to all existing conditions, if any, of lead paint, mold or other environmental or health hazards. The sale purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th day following the sale. The Grantor, successor in interest to the Grantor, or any other person having an interest in the property, has the right, at any time prior to the Trustee’s Sale, to pay to the Beneficiary, or the successor in interest to the Beneficiary, the entire amount then due under the Deed of Trust and the obligation secured thereby (including costs and expenses actually incurred and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred and by

curing any other default complained of herein that is capable of being cured by tendering the performance required under the obligation or to cure the default, by paying all costs and expenses actually incurred in enforcing the obligation and Deed of Trust with Successor Trustee’s and attorney’s fees. In the event that all defaults are cured the foreclosure will be dismissed and the foreclosure sale will be cancelled. The scheduled Trustee’s Sale may be postponed by public proclamation up to 15 days for any reason. In the event of a bankruptcy filing, the sale may be postponed by the Trustee for up to 120 days by public proclamation at least every 30 days. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Successor Trustee and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. This is an attempt to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. Dated this 11th day of October, 2016. /s/ Benjamin J. Mann Substitute Trustee 376 East 400 South, Suite 300 Salt Lake City, UT 84111 Telephone: 801-3552886 Office Hours: Mon.Fri., 8AM-5PM (MST) File No. 47580

AM at the Main Door of the Missoula County Courthouse located at 200 West Broadway in Missoula, MT 59802, the following described real property situated in Missoula County, Montana: A tract of land located in the SW1/4 of Section 35, Township 11 North, Range 20 West, P.M.M., Missoula County, Montana, being more particularly described as Tract A-2 of Certificate of Survey No. 2250. MISTI L. JAMES and PAUL D. JAMES, as Grantors, con-

veyed said real property to Charles J. Peterson at Mackoff, Kellogg, Kirby & Kloster, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to “MERS” Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems Inc. as nominee for PHH Mortgage Corporation, as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated on April 12, 2010 and recorded on April 12, 2010 as Book 858 Page 203 under Document No. 201006917. The beneficial interest is currently held by PHH MORTGAGE CORPORATION.

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on April 24, 2017, at 11:00

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JONESIN’ CROSSWORDS

PUBLIC NOTICES

By Matt Jones

“The Best of 2016”–yes, there were some things. ACROSS 1 Hairless on top 5 Had in mind 10 Backstage access 14 Lyft competitor 15 Tree with chocolate-yielding seeds 16 "At Last" singer ___ James 17 Red gemstone 18 Singer whose "Blonde" was Esquire's #1 album of 2016 20 Late Jeopardy! contestant Cindy with an inspiring six-day streak (despite treatment for Stage 4 cancer and running a fever during taping) 22 Cries of exasperation 23 Clubber Lang portrayer in "Rocky III" 24 Shrewd 25 2016 animated movie with a 98% freshness rating on Rotten Tomatoes 27 El ___ (Peruvian volcano) 29 Furniture wood 30 Puts on, as clothes 31 One way to find out 32 Founder of analytical psychology 34 "Spy vs. Spy" magazine 36 With 38-Across, 2016 headline that ended a 108-year streak 38 See 36-Across 42 LBJ's VP 43 Self-defense system with throws 44 "Westworld" airer 45 Beverage brand whose logo is two lizards 48 Dandified dude 49 Copier paper orders 51 Newfound planet similar in mass to Earth (from National Geographic's "6 Science Discoveries Worth Celebrating") 54 "S" on the dinner table 55 "Inside ___ Schumer" 56 "Blueberries for ___" (Robert McCloskey kids' book) 57 Donald Glover dramedy called "the best show of the year" by the New York Times 60 What Bertrand Piccard flew

around the world (one of BBC's "Four good things that happened in 2016") 63 Mascara ruiner, maybe 64 "A horse is a horse" horse 65 "SNL" producer Michaels 66 Former Montreal ballplayer 67 Cong. gathering 68 Key near the quote marks 69 Goulash, e.g.

First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., is the Successor Trustee pursuant to a Substitution of Trustee recorded in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Missoula County, Montana. The beneficiary has declared a default in the terms of said Deed of Trust by failing to make the monthly payments beginning June 1, 2015, 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 April 8, 2016 is $248,201.66 principal, interest totaling $11,613.87 late charges in the amount of $348.12, escrow advances of $2,403.29, and other fees and expenses advanced of $1,042.25, plus accruing interest, late

DOWN 1 They get stuck to hikers' socks 2 Lie adjacent to 3 Movie millionaire sought by a same-last-named "Dude" 4 Deadpan style of humor 5 "Back to the Future" Marty 6 "My Name Is ___" (Jason Lee sitcom) 7 Obamacare acronym 8 "___ of the North" (1922 silent documentary) 9 2020 Summer Olympics city 10 Chest muscle, slangily 11 "Resume speed," to a musician 12 Be the headliner of 13 Seasonal mall figures 19 East, to Ernst 21 Actor Wood of "Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency" 25 Follow a jagged path 26 Bookie's calculations 27 Cheese's partner 28 "Kinda" suffix 29 Yoko who loved John Lennon 33 "I'm not touching that!" 34 Pretend pie ingredient 35 Opposite the mouth, in biology 37 Party mix cereal 38 Coffee holder 39 "And then ...?" 40 Watson's creator 41 Head-shaking replies 43 "You had one ___ ..." 45 Hiccups, e.g. 46 At leas 47 Actor Peter and singer Susan, for two 48 Jokey Jimmy 50 Cheers up 52 Jerusalem's home: abbr. 53 Syrup flavor 54 Take the wheel 57 A BrontÎ sister 58 Record, in a way 59 Get your ducks in ___ 61 Freemium game interrupters, perhaps 62 Curator's canvases ©2017 Jonesin’ Crosswords editor@jonesincrosswords.com

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charges, and other costs and fees that may be advanced. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary, the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust. Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds of this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation. The sale is a public sale and any person, including

the beneficiary, excepting only the Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by Trustee’s Deed without any representation or warranty, including warranty of Title, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis, without limitation, the sale is being made subject to all existing conditions, if any, of lead paint, mold or other environmental or health hazards. The sale purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th day following the sale. The grantor, successor in interest to the grantor or any other person having an interest in the property, at any time prior to the trustee’s

sale, may pay to the beneficiary or the successor in interest to the beneficiary the entire amount then due under the deed of trust and the obligation secured thereby (including costs and expenses actually incurred and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred and thereby cure the default. The scheduled Trustee’s Sale may be postponed by public proclamation up to 15 days for any 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: Decem-

ber 13, 2016 /s/ Rae Albert Assistant Secretary, First American Title Company of Montana, Inc. Successor Trustee Title Financial Specialty Services PO Box 339 Blackfoot ID 83221 STATE OF Idaho)) ss. County of Bingham) On this 13th day of December, 2016, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Rae Albert, know to me to be the Assistant Secretary of First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., Successor Trustee, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same. /s/ Kaitlin Ann Gotch Notary Public Bingham County, Idaho Commission expires: 07/29/2022 PHH vs JAMES 100886-2

RENTALS

PUBLISHER’S NOTICE

EQUAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITY All real estate advertising in this newspaper is subject to the Federal and State Fair Housing Acts, which makes it illegal to advertise any preference, limitation, or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status or national origin, marital status, age, and/or creed or intention to make any such preferences, limitations, or discrimination. Familial status includes children under the age of 18 living with parents or legal custodians, and pregnant women and people securing custody of children under 18. This newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate that is in violation of the law. Our readers are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised in this newspaper are available on an equal opportunity basis. To report discrimination in housing call HUD at toll-free at 1-800-8777353 or Montana Fair Housing toll-free at 1-800-929-2611

1502 Ernest Ave. #3. 1 bed/1 bath, central Missoula, W/D hookups, storage. $625. Grizzly Property Management 542-2060

bath, Northside, all utilities paid, pet? $700. Grizzly Property Management 542-2060

2 bed, 1 bath, $650, near Southgate Mall, DW, W/D hookups, offstreet/carport parking, storage, W/S/G paid. Cat Upon Approval, NO SMOKING. Gatewest 7287333

524 S. 5th Street E. “A”. 3 bed/2 bath, two blocks to U., W/D, yard $1300. Grizzly Property Management 5422060

2 bed, 1 bath, $850, S. Russell,W/D hookups, DW, wood laminate flooring, storage, off-street parking. W/S/G paid. NO PETS, NO SMOKING. Gatewest 728-7333 2 bed, 1 bath, $875, newer complex, DW, wood laminate flooring, storage, off-street parking. W/S/G paid. NO PETS, NO SMOKING. Gatewest 728-7333 2329 Fairview Ave. #2. 2 bed/1 bath, shared yard, close to shopping. $725. Grizzly Property Management 542-2060 3 bed, 2 bath, $1175, by Southgate Mall, W/D hookups, DW, wood laminate flooring, storage, offstreet parking. W/S/G paid. NO PETS, NO SMOKING. Gatewest 728-7333

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1 bed, 1 bath, $700, newer complex, DW, wood laminate flooring, storage, off-street parking. W/S/G paid. NO PETS, NO SMOKING. Gatewest 728-7333

1269 S. 1st St. West “A”. 2 bed/1 bath, W/D, DW, central location, all utilities included. $1100. Grizzly Property Management 542-2060

1024 Stephens Ave. #2. 2 bed/1 bath, central location, coin-ops, shared yard, cat? $750. Grizzly Property Management 542-2060

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1324 S. 2nd Street West “B”. 3 bed/2 bath, central location, single garage, W/D. $1100. Grizzly Property Management 542-2060

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HOUSES 212 ½ S. 5th Street East. 1 bed/1 bath, University area, recently remodeled. $800. Grizzly Property Management 542-2060 3 bed, 1.5 bath house, $1200, off S. Reserve, W/D in unit, DW, microwave, garage. W/S/G paid. NO PETS, NO SMOKING. Gatewest 728-7333

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REAL ESTATE HOMES FOR SALE 1001 Medicine Man Cluster. Stunning custom-built 3 bed, 3.5 bath with 3 car garage. $950,000. Shannon Hilliard, Ink Realty Group. 239-8350 shannonhilliard5 @gmail.com

triplex with 4 bed, 2 bath upper unit and two 1 bed apartments in basement. $470,000. Shannon Hilliard, Ink Realty Group. 239-8350 shannonhilliard5 @gmail.com 2 Bdr, 2 Bath, Rose Park home. $270,000. BHHSMT Properties. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com

18.6 acre building lot in Sleeman Creek, Lolo. $129,900. BHHS Montana Properties. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 2396696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com

3 Bdr, 2 Bath, East Missoula home. $200,000. BHHSMT Properties. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com

1845 South 9th West. Updated

3 Bdr, 2 Bath, Huson home on 5.5 acres. $425,500. BHHSMT Proper-

1201 South 6th Street, Missoula Modern Condo Unit #204

$259,900 • MLS # 20157047

2 Bedroom 3 Bathroom Unit, 1,496 sq ft. The Factory Condos Complex is possibly the ''Greenest'' Building in Missoula. High Efficiency Lighting and Energy Efficient Gas Boiler with H2O Baseboard Heat. Unit consists of 2 levels with 10 Foot Ceilings on Main Floor and 9 Foot Ceilings on the upper floor. Bamboo Floors throughout the Main Floor Highlight the Open Kitchen which has Butcher-Block Counter Tops. Fresh Interior, Brand New Appliances with Natural Gas Range. Living Area has a New Gas Fireplace Master Bath with Tiled Floors and Counter Tops.

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REAL ESTATE ties. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com More than 35 years of Sales & Marketing experience. JAY GETZ • @ HOME Montana Properties • (406) 214-4016 • Jay.Getz@Outlook.com • www.HOMEMTP.com

Creek. Bordered by Lolo National Forest on 3 sides. $1,400,000. Shannon Hilliard, Ink Realty Group. 239-8350 shannonhilliard5@gmail.com 3 Bdr, 2 Bath, River Road home.

$304,900. BHHSMT Properties. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com 4 Bdr, 2 Bath, Clinton home on 1.5 acres. $300,000. BHHSMT Properties. For more info call Mindy

Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com

6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com

4.6 acre building lot in the woods with views and privacy. Lolo, Mormon Creek Rd. $99,000. BHHS Montana Properties. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-

5578 Circle Drive, Florence. 3 bed, 2 bath on one acre near river trail. $263,000. Shannon Hilliard, Ink Realty Group. 239-8350 shannonhilliard5@gmail.com

CONDOS 801 N Orange Street #303, Missoula, MT 59802 MLS #21605224 $159,710. Anne Jablonski, Portico Real Estate 546-5816 anne@movemontana.com Pinnacle Townhomes. Modern 3 bed, 2.5 bath with private fenced yard & double garage on Charlo Street. $289,900. Shannon Hilliard, Ink Realty Group 239-8350 shannonhilliard5 @gmail.com

1535 Liberty Lane Suite 110D

LAND NHN Weber Butte Trail. 60 acre ranch in Corvallis with sweeping Bitterroot views. $800,000. Shannon Hilliard, Ink Realty Group 239-8350. shannonhilliard5 @gmail.com

COMMERCIAL Holland Lake Lodge. Lodge with restaurant, gift shop & Montana liquor license on 12 acres of USFS land. $5,000,000. Shannon Hilliard, Ink Realty Group 239-8350. shannonhilliard5@gmail.com

OUT OF TOWN 122 Ranch Creek Road. 3294 sq.ft. home on 37+ acres in Rock

Energy-efficient central Missoula office space. Over 3200 sqft, with 10 separate office spaces. Space is in move-in condition. In-space conference room, server room, large community room and outside deck. Designated and off-street parking. See LA for lease terms

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REAL ESTATE

255 S Russell Street, Missoula, MT 59801 | MLS #21611393 HAPPY NEW YEAR Need a Hospitality Space? Serve your special coffees, health drinks, juices, etc Lots of foot traffic. Modified gross lease of $21sf = $2,660/Mo www.MoveMontana.com MLS#2161193

3811 STEPHENS #26

Under contract

ALL ON ONE LEVEL condo in convenient central location. Master bedroom has full bath and walk-in closet. Kitchen is equipped with newer stainless steel appliances. Single garage. $140,000

1545 South 8th West • $212,500 Super cute 2 bed, 1 bath with unfinished basement, hardwood floors, tiled bath, in-floor radiant heat & single garage.

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Homes

5614 Gharrett St. Expansive 4 bedroom,3 bath home overlooking the South end of Missoula Valley .....................$329,900 301 Woodworth Three bedroom/three bath, built in 1939 and same owners for 50 years! Great potential with this University home. ...........................................................................................................................................................$419,000 412 W Artemos Truly amazing Mid-Century Modern home in Pattee Canyon. Three bedrooms, one full bath and one 3/4 bath ...........................................................................................................................................................$417,000

Townhomes/Condos

Uptown Flats #303 Third Floor South Facing 1 Bed 1 Bath .....................................................................................$159,710 1401 Cedar St #13 This is your chance to own an amazing home in Clark Fork Commons. ..................................$145,000

For Lease

255 South Russell St- LEASE SPACE IN THE SOURCE HEALTH CLUB. ......Modified gross lease of $21 sqf/year/$2,660/month

Featured: 1401 Cedar St #13 The location is perfect--just a few minutes from downtown and easy access to the bike trail $145,000 301 Woodworth Three bedroom/three bath, built in 1939 and same owners for 50 years! Great potential with this University home. $419,000

412 W Artemos Truly amazing Mid-Century Modern home in Pattee Canyon. This home has been well cared for since it was first built in 1952. $417,000

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Call Vickie Amundson @ 544-0799 for more information