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HOW JON TESTER COULD RIDE THE WEED WAVE TO RE-ELECTION TALKING CREATURE COMFORTS AND DEEP TIME WITH ARTIST FAITH ELLIOT

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cover illustration by Kou Moua

News

Voices The readers write .............................................................................................................4 Street Talk Missoula icons and selfie spots................................................................................4 The Week in Review The news of the day, one day at a time..................................................6 Briefs Lawsuit strains Star, Montana’s CDT silence, and something about Mary Ave.............6 Etc. Joe Cool’s new home ...........................................................................................................7 News Top legal talent joins Frenchtown Title IX suit.................................................................8 News Missoula College learns a tiny-house lesson....................................................................9 Opinion Brooks: Could Jon Tester ride weed all the way to re-election? ..............................10 Feature What Missoula’s rural farming neighborhoods can learn from Vermont ...............14

Arts & Entertainment

Arts Deep time and pink goo with artist Faith Elliot ...................................................20 Books Idaho is an experience everyone should have.................................................21 Music Traff the Wiz, New Old Future, and Zebulon Kosted........................................22 Film The Shape of Water runs shallow.........................................................................23 Movie Shorts Independent takes on current films .....................................................24 BrokeAss Gourmet Sweet potato-Andouille hash......................................................25 Happiest Hour Big Head’s Bottle Shop......................................................................27 8 Days a Week Who says there’s nothing to do?...........................................................28 Agenda MLK Read for Peace events .............................................................................33 Mountain High Animal tracks, everywhere ................................................................34

Exclusives

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

GENERAL MANAGER Andy Sutcliffe EDITOR Brad Tyer PRODUCTION DIRECTOR Joe Weston ARTS EDITOR Erika Fredrickson CALENDAR EDITOR Charley Macorn STAFF REPORTERS Alex Sakariassen, Derek Brouwer Susan Elizabeth Shepard COPY EDITOR Jule Banville ART DIRECTOR Kou Moua GRAPHIC DESIGNER Charles Wybierala CIRCULATION ASSISTANT MANAGER Ryan Springer ADVERTISING REPRESENTATIVES Steven Kirst, Beau Wurster, Toni Leblanc, Declan Lawson ASSISTANT SALES MANAGER Tami Allen MARKETING & EVENTS COORDINATOR Ariel LaVenture CLASSIFIED SALES REPRESENTATIVE Declan Lawson FRONT DESK Lorie Rustvold CONTRIBUTORS Scott Renshaw, Nick Davis, Hunter Pauli, Molly Laich, Dan Brooks, Rob Rusignola, Chris La Tray, Sarah Aswell, Migizi Pensoneau, April Youpee-Roll, MaryAnn Johanson Melissa Stephenson

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STREET TALK

[voices]

by Alex Sakariassen and Derek Brouwer

Betty’s Divine just purchased the iconic Desmond’s mannequin.

If you could own one piece of Missoula iconography, what would it be?

What is the best spot in Missoula for taking selfies?

Troy Tracy: That mannequin is clutch. I would have to say probably the walking bridge to the U that has all the padlocks on it. The view from above: I feel like you see a ton up on the M, or over on Waterworks.

Erik Hartzell: The XXXXs. It’s a staple. It’s something everyone remembers from hanging out downtown. Another vista vote: At the M, for sure, with Missoula in the background.

Truth hurts

I need someone to explain this to me (“Sinclair Broadcast Group got Grinched,” Jan. 4). We understand by demographics that it is mostly older and elderly people who get their news from these outmoded sources.

The reason Fox is “number one” isn’t because almost everyone in the country is watching it; it’s because only older people watch television news, and a larger percentage (older, white people) of an increasingly shrinking demographic watch Fox. This sure seems like pointless handwringing to me.

The vast majority of Americans who pay attention to the news at all (not too many, sad to say) get their news online.

Basically, what this boils down to is that a bunch of rich people are investing in a dying industry. They have short-term goals. But the long-term trajectory is that cable, newspapers, radio, etc. are on their way out.

Louise McMillin facebook.com/missoulaindependent

Who to trust?

Taylor Adams: Does a brewery count? This is probably my favorite spot, the Northside KettleHouse. Going with the flow: Right on the Higgins bridge overlooking the river, with the M in the background.

Willy Miller: If I could own one thing, it would probably be Charlie B’s. That’d be awesome. Amen to the “no selfies” thing: I don’t take selfies. But if I was going to take a selfie, it’d be at the KettleHouse with my kids.

Joe Cool: Oh, man, that’s a tough one. Maybe the UM griz statue? I’ve always wanted a pet.

FYI, we totally just made these up: Anywhere but with me. You know how many selfies I’ve been in? It gets exhausting grinning all the time.

Asked Monday evening at the Northside KettleHouse

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a lead role. You’ll remember that both were here a summer ago for Tobey’s birthday at Paws Up. Greg Strandberg facebook.com/missoulaindependent

Someone call science!

Primary greenhouse gases are water vapor, carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide, ozone, CFCs and HFCs. Of these, which is the most significant? You may be surprised to learn that it is not carbon dioxide, but rather water vapor! Just how significant is water vapor? Water vapor accounts for roughly 95 percent of Mother Earth’s greenhouse effect.

This means all the other greenhouse gases account for only 5 percent of the ef-

“So a famous dude vacations in a beautiful state and wears a blanket, on

I stopped watching these stations thinking they were now Sinclair. Trust is fragile when news morphs to propaganda.

Jay Sinnott facebook.com/missoulaindependent

representatives

Um, giggles?

of Missoula get

Having been born in this state, I can say you use whatever you want to stay warm in the cold (“Etc: Why is Justin Timberlake running around Montana in a blanket?” Jan. 4). Coats and blankets being the go-to. So a famous dude vacations in a beautiful state and wears a blanket, on vacation no less. What do representatives of Missoula get out of roasting a musician?

Ryan Michael James Dugan facebook.com/missoulaindependent

Pity poor JT

I’m gonna go with, “Hey we should be cool to him, so what if he used a blanket?”

Why not try to be a retreat for famous people, not hound them for their dress.

Richard Alden facebook.com/missoulaindependent

Sounds like a deal

Nice predictions, but you’re a little off on one (“People, get ready! It’s the Indy’s Bold Predictions for 2018,” Jan. 4).

Leo DiCaprio won’t be doing another Mountain Man movie, as his last was too rigorous. What he will do is produce my Montana Mountain Man series for HBO, with his friend Tobey Maguire starring in

vacation no less. What do

out of roasting a musician?” fect. Of this 5 percent, carbon dioxide is about 3.6 percent, with the remaining greenhouse gases supplying the balance.

Now the question becomes, what percentage of each of these is anthropogenic?

Water vapor (as you recall, accounting for 95 percent of the greenhouse effect) is almost 100 percent naturally occurring.

Carbon dioxide is roughly 97 percent naturally occurring with the remaining 3 percent being anthropogenic. This implies, when correctly considering the full spectrum of greenhouse gases, that anthropogenic carbon dioxide accounts for only about one tenth of one percent of the greenhouse effect.

This knowledge sheds a different light on the cry for a carbon tax. Even if a carbon tax were to completely mitigate (and it will not) our one tenth of one percent contribution, there would be absolutely no significant change to our climate.

A positive to this misinformation is that it has accelerated the renewables in-

dustry (albeit at our expense). However, to perpetuate one industry on a lie, and at the expense of another, must be stopped. Simply, it is time take a stand.

Please write Attorney General Tim Fox and ask him to stand with us.

T.J. Smith Billings

A grateful corrective

Thank you for your service, Montana Department of Corrections professionals. I appreciate the work you do.

I have had the opportunity to serve alongside corrections professionals for the last several years and I am proud to have represented them. The work that Montana’s corrections professionals do daily is difficult and underappreciated.

Officers, licensed professionals and all the varied support staff in the field and at headquarters work to make lives better and to keep Montanans safe. They are human service professionals, balancing accountability and enforcement with community support and life-coaching.

They work daily with some of the most challenging and dangerous individuals among us. And because of that, they often find themselves in harm’s way.

In an era when times are challenging financially, governments are not adequately funded. Criminal justice reform in Montana looks promising as an opportunity to create some financial efficiencies in the state’s correctional system, while modernizing the system and making services more effective. However, Montana’s correctional infrastructure is aging and needs serious attention. As more offenders are supervised in our communities, the workload for our officers becomes unsustainable and less effective. And yet Montanans value living in safe communities, so investing in our state’s correctional system is imperative and worthwhile.

It is challenging to work as a public servant in today’s environment. Somehow, public servants have become lesser individuals in some people’s eyes. Some are so quick to devalue the work that public employees perform and constantly criticize the way in which correctional employees perform their jobs.

As a fellow employee who has had the opportunity to spend time in our state’s correctional facilities and to job-shadow probation officers in the field, I am impressed. While I cannot change the perception of the naysayers, I can publicly express my appreciation for your work.

As a citizen and taxpayer, my thanks to all Montana’s public employees.

Loraine Wodnik Former Deputy Director (retired) Montana Department of Corrections

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WEEK IN REVIEW Wednesday, January 3 Seth Bodnar chairs his first cabinet meeting as University of Montana president. He discusses his “thematic priorities,” “performance development process” and program prioritization.

Thursday, January 4 Missoula County Commissioners vote to submit a $345,000 state job-creation grant application on behalf of fitness tech company ClassPass, which is setting up a corporate office in downtown Missoula.

Friday, January 5 Michael Wolff’s book Fire and Fury, a Trump administration tell-all, is rush-released. Fact & Fiction is the only Missoula bookstore to get copies on the day it comes out.

Saturday, January 6 The Missoula Community Food Co-op at 1500 Burns St. holds its final going-out-ofbusiness sale as the board of directors prepares bankruptcy filings.

War on news

Libel suit strains Star

Bitterroot Star co-owner Michael Howell says it feels like the militiamen are after him again.

For nearly two years, Howell’s weekly newspaper in Stevensville—the only family-owned paper in the Missoula and Bitterroot valleys—has been fending off a libel lawsuit filed in federal court by the infamous Valerie and Richard Stamey, who are seeking $8 million in damages over an article Howell published about them in 2014. Howell is confident he’ll eventually prevail in their “frivolous” claim, just as he was able to clear up a multimillion-dollar lien filed against the Star years ago by Montana militiamen during their “paper terrorism” campaign, as the tactic has been called.

But the expectation of victory gives Howell little solace, because he and his wife, Victoria, have already accrued a $45,000 legal debt mounting their defense. Even if they are awarded legal fees, they don’t expect the Stameys will pay up, as Valerie has yet to do since being ordered to pay Ravalli County $151,000 last year in a different case stemming from official misconduct during her disastrous stint as county treasurer.

“We don’t expect to ever get justice in that sense out of this,” Howell says. “So we’re going to

have to pay for it. It’s weird. It shouldn’t happen in America, it seems.”

The libel claim originates from a disputed $162 advertisement placed in the Star in 2010 by Richard Stamey’s state legislative campaign, for which his wife was treasurer. The Stameys claim the ad was defective and that Victoria Howell forgave the debt, which the Stameys then reported as an in-kind contribution on campaign finance reports. Michael Howell discovered the supposed contribution in 2014 while investigating the Stameys’ background for a series of stories about the treasurer debacle.

The Howells filed a complaint with Commissioner of Political Practices Jonathan Motl, who later ruled that the Stameys had filed a false campaign report.

Howell reported on Motl’s ruling under the headline, “Stameys filed false campaign finance report,” and now they’re in federal court.

Howell says the Star carries libel insurance, but is still negotiating coverage with the company. So on Dec. 27 he published another plea for donations to the Bitterroot Free Press Foundation to help offset legal costs.

He says the ordeal has been “very stressful.”

“I don’t really know what it’s going to mean,” Howell, 66, says. “Does it mean that we don’t get to retire? Does it mean we work the rest of our lives to pay off a debt that was accrued by some sort of wacko, unsupported claim?”

Another lawsuit the Stameys filed against the Star and pretty much every public official in Ravalli County, seeking $20 million in damages, was tossed out by Judge Dana Christensen last month. And, in a bizarre twist, the Stameys’ attorney, Robert Myers, was disbarred Dec. 28 for making false claims about his opponent during a 2016 judicial race.

On Jan. 2, as his “last act,” Myers requested a filing extension in the Star suit. He wrote that he had been unable to contact the Stameys since his disbarment to discuss their plans for how to proceed without him. A hint came on Jan. 5, when Valerie Stamey appealed the dismissal of her other $20 million suit against the Star and county officials. She signed the appeal herself.

Derek Brouwer

Survey says...

Montana’s CDT silence

Last fall, a Colorado-based nonprofit put the call out to businesses in the Rockies asking for feedback on the economic benefits of the Continental Divide Trail. The results of that first-time survey, published in late December, revealed that 78 percent of respondents felt that thru-hikers patronizing their shops had had at least some—if not a significant—positive impact on their revenue. Responses

Sunday, January 7 At the Golden Globes, actresses invite activists onto the red carpet and wear black as a statement against workplace harassment. The men had bupkis to say.

Monday, January 8 Griz great Dave Dickenson is inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. He’s the second UM player to be so honored. The last was Wild Bill Kelly, who played for the Griz in the 1920s.

Tuesday, January 9 U.S. Sen. Jon Tester meets with President Trump to discuss border security. Tester’s office issues a press release saying, “The President and I agree we must strengthen our borders to keep out drugs and people who don’t follow our laws...”

You could hear anything that was going on from one end of the lodge to the other, whether it was an argument or something, well, more amorous. A lot of kids got an education in that place.” —Interior Sec. Ryan Zinke, quoted in a Jan. 4 Outdoor Life article, describing his plans to rebuild Sperry Chalet in Glacier National Park. Zinke wants to modernize the building and soundproof the walls.

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[news] came from 71 small businesses in 16 towns throughout New Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming and Idaho.

Conspicuously absent from the list of communities included in the Continental Divide Trail Coalition’s findings were any from Montana, the only other state through which the famed trail (roughly 800 miles of it) passes.

Executive Director Teresa Martinez explains that Montana’s exclusion from the results was far from intentional or malicious. Her organization sent the survey via SurveyMonkey to more than 250 small businesses along the trail’s route, including in Montana, which she speculates may have wound up in more than a few junk email boxes. In addition, CDTC canvassed numerous businesses in Colorado in person, hoping to “beef up� some of the survey responses. “We did not try to shun Montana,� Martinez says. “If we’d had more funding, we would have done the same thing in Montana, because we know that businesses have a lot to say.�

Martinez adds that the lack of response from Montana may simply be due to the fact that small communities here aren’t yet familiar with CDTC. But that’s poised to change. In August 2017, Lincoln signed on as CDTC’s first “gateway community� in Montana, and Martinez says her organization is working to add Butte and Helena to that list. The organization also partnered on a project with the Montana Wilderness Association for the first time last year. Matt Bowser, stewardship director for MWA, says the two nonprofits are set to collaborate again in 2018 to maintain two miles of trail near Lewis and Clark Pass and replace a sign destroyed in last year’s Alice Creek fire that marked where Meriwether Lewis crossed the divide in 1806. “We’re all in it for the same reason,� Bowser says, “to help restore trail in this day and age of agency budgets being cut for backlog of maintenance and deferred maintenance on our trails.�

CDTC is hoping that the relationships forged through on-the-ground collaboration will pay off when it conducts its second small business survey later this year. Martinez recognizes that a link in an email isn’t nearly as effective as meeting business owners and chambers of commerce face to face, and she’s eager to hear from Montana’s mom-andpops about the effects—positive or negative—of

Continental Divide Trail traffic. “In the future,� she says, “I think we really want to understand more of that relationship and dig into a little more what that looks like, and what kind of perceived challenges from a growing outdoor recreation base do you see.�

Alex Sakariassen

Something about Mary Ave.

Street fighting man

Dennis Gordon pushed his truck up to 25 miles per hour on a recent weekday morning, cruising down Mary Avenue past its intersection with Eaton Street. “Would you feel safe driving down here this fast?� he asked, before pointing to a pair of garbage cans perched on a snow berm along the right side of the road. Then he nodded ahead to the approaching roundabout at Clark Street, completed last year as part of a major project converting Mary into a collector street between Southgate Mall and Reserve Street. “Look at any of the roundabouts in Missoula and they’ve got big reflector signs built right into them,� he said. “They didn’t put any in here.�

Gordon reiterated his concerns several days later during the public comment portion of Missoula City Council’s Jan. 8 meeting. He stated that the redesigned avenue, which opened to through-traffic Dec. 15, lost eight feet of width after bike sharrows shown in the initial conceptual design were removed (at the recommendation of the city’s Bicycle-Pedestrian Advisory Board). As a result, Gordon argued, the street is narrower in spots than the 20 feet required by city code—as little as 18 feet, according to his own measurements and copies of construction plans he obtained. The redesigned avenue is meant to accommodate up to 4,000 cars a day. “I encourage Council to drive Mary Avenue to see the danger the street poses to your constituents,� he said at the meeting. “See if you would feel safe residing on Mary Avenue or driving the

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Number of juveniles charged with crimes by the Missoula County Attorney’s Office in 2017, according to its annual report released Jan. 4. The office charged 50 juveniles in 2016 and 58 in 2015. street at the posted 25 mile per hour speed limit.�

According to an email forwarded to the Indy

by Ward 6 councilperson Michelle Cares, Missoula Assistant Fire Chief Gordy Hughes conducted an on-site inspection of Mary on Jan. 9 and concluded that the street “meets or exceeds the minimum fire code requirements� of 20 feet. Cares also confirmed that Mary has been elevated to a Priority Two street for city snow removal. She says she appreciates Gordon’s “tenacity,� but does not share his concerns regarding public safety. “I feel like we’ve answered his questions and will continue to do so,� Cares adds.

Ellen Buchanan, director of the Missoula Redevelopment Agency, which steered the redesign’s public process, defends the finished product as well. The street was explicitly designed to slow traffic, she says, in response to concerns from residents along Mary. “I think experience will tell all of us that posting a speed limit doesn’t dictate the speed limit,�

Buchanan says. “Design of the street dictates how fast you feel comfortable driving.�

Though the Mary project attracted significant criticism in early 2017 due to fears of increased sidestreet traffic, neither Buchanan or Cares has heard from anyone dissatisfied with the finished project other than Gordon. Nonetheless, Gordon maintains that the street violates municipal code, and that it’s up to Council to take swift action to address constituent safety. If councilmembers don’t feel safe driving Mary at 25 mph themselves, he said Monday night, the street should be closed at the railroad tracks.

Alex Sakariassen

ETC. Betty’s Divine owner Aimee McQuilkin’s first thought on hearing that the men’s clothing store Desmond’s was closing after 37 years in business was about the mannequin with the manic frozen laugh in its window, known as Joe Cool. What was going to happen to that guy? After all those decades of frightening and amusing passers-by, she couldn’t bear to chance that he might be packed away. So when Desmond’s owner Barry Kubas announced that Joe Cool would go to the highest bidder, McQuilkin decided to offer as much as she could afford in an attempt to buy him for Betty’s own window.

Her friends started spreading the word on Facebook. “Kia Liszak from the ZACC started it, and then Jason McMackin was like, ‘I would give any price for Betty’s to have this.’ And then Mike Steinberg from the Roxy and [Missoula state Rep.] Ellie Hill. All of them are very good fundraisers!�

Betty’s cumulative bid reached $800 for the win. Kubas was so pleased, McQuilkin says, that he’s donating half of the winning bid amount to the Missoula Food Bank. “It was exciting to me that other people really wanted him to be here,â€? McQuilkin says. “He’s part of the community!â€? “I had heard that some of the bids were from folks who would have kept him in their private cigar bars, and that mannequin belongs to us all ‌ as we stumble by him for laughs and selfies year after year when the bars close,â€? Rep. Hill wrote to the Indy in an email. “He belongs to Missoula.â€?

As retail on N. Higgins undergoes major turnover, south of the river the Hip Strip is hanging in there. Just try to name a strip mall where you can find the variety of goods and services available on that one block wrapping around S. 3rd and S. Higgins: yarn, shoe repair, used sporting goods, books, beads, clothing, upcycled crafts, three restaurants, jewelry, and sensory deprivation.

So what better home for Desmond Divine (as he will henceforth be known)? “My favorite part of Missoula is even though it’s growing and changing, there’s still a lot of grittiness,�

McQuilkin says. “Missoula’s still so small and gritty, and that mannequin’s part of it.� Long may he laugh.

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Big guns Top legal talent joins Frenchtown Title IX suit

by Susan Elizabeth Shepard

A lawsuit filed in Montana’s federal district court has added one of the country’s best-known sexual assault litigators to its team. John Clune has gotten settlements for clients in cases against the University of Oregon ($800,000 and tuition for a student who was allegedly raped by basketball players), Baylor University (an undisclosed settlement for a woman who said she was raped by football players) and Florida State University ($950,000 for the woman who accused football star Jameis Winston of rape). The Washington Post called him one of the “best attorneys in the country for victims of sex crimes at colleges.”

Clune and Lauren Groth, both of the Denver firm Hutchinson Black and Cook, have signed on along with Helena attorney Mike Meloy (who pressed for the release of University of Montana records sought by author Jon Krakauer in the course of reporting Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town) on a Title IX civil case against the Frenchtown School District and Superintendent Randy Cline. The plaintiffs are the parents of a former Frenchtown High School student, known as Jane Doe in the filing. They charge that the district violated their daughter’s rights under Title IX by mishandling complaints of sexual harassment and assault by music teacher Troy Bashor, who is facing criminal charges in the matter in Missoula County and is not a defendant in the civil suit. The district is represented by Missoula’s Kaleva Law Office, which specializes in education law.

“We get calls from a lot of places around the country, but this one seemed pretty significant, and it seemed like there was no relief for this one young woman,” Clune says. The suit alleges that the school did not respond adequately to a complaint about Bashor by another student before Doe, and did not act to protect Doe from harassment and retaliation after she reported the teacher.

Under Title IX, any educational institution that receives federal funding must ensure freedom from discrimination on the basis of sex, including sexual harass-

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ment and violence. While compliance at the university level and the use of Title IX civil litigation as a tool to force universities to address sexual assault has received a great deal of attention over the last few years, this case illustrates how enforcement at the K-12 level lags, Clune says.

“The understanding of what’s required of the school is much less likely at the K-12 level,” Clune says. “I think it’s primarily a lack of attention. The information

photo courtesy hbcboulder.com

John Clune of Denver firm Hutchinson Black and Cook. The Title IX litigator will represent the plaintiffs in a civil suit against the Frenchtown School District.

they need to comply is all available to them. They may not have the training you see at a post-secondary institution. Some of the issues you see are so fundamental.”

Public Justice, a nonprofit legal advocacy organization, tracks settlements and verdicts in K-12 Title IX cases. One of its staff attorneys who has worked and written extensively on public school cases, Adele Kimmel, says that K-12 schools also haven’t been pressured as much as universities. “Some of it’s resources, some of it’s activism. There’s been so much activism at the college level, and you haven’t had that at the K-12 level,” Kimmel says.

“There are more student groups cropping up. Schools will be forced to do better.”

Frenchtown has a designated Title IX coordinator, David Duhame, who is also a teacher. Duhame has been the district’s Title IX coordinator for 10 years at least, he says, and attends trainings every two to three years to keep up with changes.

However, he told the Independent, he is responsible for student-to-student reports only. When there’s a reported incident between a student and a staff member, that will be handled by district administrative staff, depending on which school facility the complaint originates from. The internal Title IX investigation of student complaints against Bashor was handled by Frenchtown High’s principal and vice-principal.

Kimmel says that having a teacher serve as a Title IX coordinator is less than ideal.

“A Title IX coordinator’s not supposed to be limited,” she says. “A Title IX coordinator is supposed to be providing assistance to students, and employees for that matter, when they’ve been a victim of harassment or discrimination, whether it’s student-on-student or teacher-on-student.”

While many aspects of the allegations follow patterns that Kimmel says show up repeatedly, like retaliation when the accused teacher is popular, multiple accusers coming forward before action is taken and schools failing to take timely action, there’s one aspect that stands out. Superintendent Cline published an op-ed in the Missoulian after the school concluded its investigation in which he suggested that Jane Doe hadn’t been completely forthcoming. Kimmel says that, in itself, constitutes a Title IX violation as a form of retaliation and public discussion of confidential student matters.

Has Clune seen any other cases where an administrator has communicated publicly about a case like that?

“I’ve never seen that before,” he says.

“Either at the K-12 or university level.” sshepard@missoulanews.com

[news]

Investment flub College students build—and try to sell—a tiny home

by Derek Brouwer

The tiny house-on-wheels for sale in the Missoula College River Campus parking lot manages to look imposing next to the older, bumper-stickered pickup that pulls up next to it. Dennis Daneke, director of the school’s Sustainable Construction Technology program, has towed the 7,200-pound cabin with his truck, though he doesn’t recall that adventure with much enthusiasm. The step up to the home’s front porch is a big one, especially on a slick winter day, so he just hands up the keys. I fidget with the lock for too long, swing open the front door, and…

There’s snow on the floor. The drift isn’t huge, nor is it small, and Daneke acknowledges that he’s going to need to adjust the door threshold before a buyer picks it up.

He’s hoping a buyer does eventually come. Students finished building the house last spring after two years of construction, thinking it would sell quickly. Tiny homes are in, right? Three auction periods have passed since, the most recent ending on Jan. 9, and so far, no bidders have come forward at the $30,000 starting price.

Apparently, the island mansion on Salmon Lake wasn’t the only exotic cabin the University of Montana had a hard time selling. Of course, the tiny home, at 163 square feet, is one-hundredth the size of the recently unloaded Montana Island Lodge, and it was a class project. But it’s also turned out to be something of a white elephant. Daneke’s term is “learning experience.”

Students in the SCT program have been building ambitious class projects for years, photos of which are tacked up on the wall in Daneke’s office on the West Campus across town. They’ve constructed homes, duplexes, roofs, playhouses and bus stops. A tiny home was an attractive idea because it gives students exposure to all aspects of homebuilding at a manageable scale, especially for the Big Sky High School students who helped on the early stages of construction.

One downside is that tiny homes are expensive. Daneke says this one cost $40,000 to build, including the new trailer it sits on, even with donated plans and student labor. And its tiny scale limited how many students could work on it at a time, leaving Daneke to joke that the rest of the project’s 20 or so students could have used the down time to build bleachers so they could watch.

“The little house, we won’t do that

government surplus equipment auction alongside old vehicles and random assortments of pocket knives.

Daneke sees more promise in the program’s latest project, which he trudges through deep snow behind the West Campus to show off. He steps up and opens the door to a spacious and mostly finished single-family home, one of two his students are currently erecting. The project is funded

photo by Amy Donovan

Students in the Sustainable Construction Technology program at Missoula College spent two years building a tiny home, but haven’t been able to find a buyer.

again,” he says.

Threshold issues aside, the result is an attractive cottage with cedar lap siding, a pitched metal roof, red metalframed windows and composite decking. Interior amenities include a shower, toilet, stove with overhead hood and mini-fridge. There’s even a second room. And the price is comparatively low, even if the per-squarefoot price is higher than typical human living quarters. New tiny homes can cost more than $70,000, and the only comparable Missoula listing on Tinyhomelistings.com is a 200-square-foot structure with a $55,000 asking price.

UM recently enlisted a business student to help market the property, which can only be sold through a state

by a federal grant that allows Missoula College students to build modular homes and sell them to low- and moderate-income buyers. Daneke hopes students will be able to provide a steady stream of such modular homes in coming years. This first one is 1,200 square feet, with three bedrooms and two bathrooms, and will end up costing about $70,000 to build, Daneke says, after students complete the trim and siding this semester.

The best part: It may already be spoken for. “We are still working on the final price,” Daneke says, “but the owners have been pre-approved for plenty of money.” dbrouwer@missoulanews.com

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[opinion]

High road Jon Tester should ride weed all the way to re-election

by Dan Brooks

Last week, Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced a big change in how the Department of Justice treats states that have decriminalized marijuana. If you can put down your surgical bong and turn off your medicinal Black Sabbath albums long enough to remember, marijuana is illegal under federal law. Since 2013, however, federal prosecutors have been disinclined to indict growers and distributors in states that have made it legal. That’s because of the Cole Memo, an Obama-administration directive that encouraged them to defer to state law.

As a federalist, Sessions is normally a vehement defender of states’ rights.

During his confirmation hearings, for example, he said the Voting Rights Act— which gave the DOJ authority to oversee elections in states that have historically disenfranchised minorities—was “intrusive.” He said the same thing about federal investigations into police abuses and about requiring states to recognize same-sex marriage. Yet even though he upholds the right of states to keep black people from voting and gay people from getting married, he draws the line at their right to legalize marijuana.

It’s probably just a coincidence that all three of these issues disproportionately affect minorities. The point is that Sessions stops being a federalist when the joint comes around, and that puts Montana—along with 28 other states that have decriminalized marijuana—in a tough position. Suddenly, federal prosecutors can swoop down upon any of the dispensaries that have opened in the last year, or any of the growers that supply them, or any of the banks that take their deposits.

It’s a real mess. For Sen. Jon Tester, though, it’s an opportunity. As you might also remember, were it not for your chronic pain, the sole Democrat in Montana’s congressional delegation is up for re-election this year. As the incumbent, he might fend off his eventual Republican challenger by running on his usual platform of being a farmer. Or

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he could seize the best wedge issue the Trump administration has yet given Democrats in red states.

In a Gallup poll conducted in late October, a record 64 percent of Americans said they supported legalizing marijuana at the federal level. Shockingly, a narrow majority of Republicans—51 percent—agreed. Montana voters have consistently expressed similar opinions for more than a decade, most recently through I-182 in 2016. Nationwide and in Montana, strong indicators suggest that Tester should run on a platform of legalizing marijuana at the federal level.

“Tester could seize the best wedge issue the Trump administration has yet given Democrats in red states.”

He is uniquely positioned to do it.

Opponents of legalization, including Sessions, have framed it as a social issue.

They’ve put marijuana in the same class as heroin and told so-called values voters that it will unmake society. None of Tester’s likely opponents is that kind of politician, though. Both Matt Rosendale and Troy Downing have positioned themselves as Trump loyalists, not social conservatives. Tester, on the other hand, has both the skill and the reputation to frame legalization as an agriculture issue.

When Montana first decriminalized medical marijuana in 2004—with a ballot initiative that won 62 percent of the popular vote—it experienced legalization as a growth industry. I suspect that most voters remember the subsequent

Republican rollback as halting a boom, not saving law and order. Tester could present federal decriminalization as a way to create ag-sector jobs and strengthen family farms. He could even cite the Kurth family of Fort Benton, who grew marijuana to save their beef ranch before they were raided by federal agents in 1987.

All of Tester’s likely opponents have promised to support the Trump agenda, which includes the Sessions DOJ and its plans to crack down on states like Montana. Legalization would make a useful wedge issue. It would probably even siphon off some libertarian voters who normally go Republican. Most importantly, it would be the right thing to do.

Sessions’ decision borders on entrapment. It reverses federal policy after years of states encouraging people to grow and sell marijuana with Washington’s blessing. Suddenly, all those people are vulnerable to federal prosecution. It’s likely that the DOJ will only go after the largest growers and distributors, but it could just as easily arrest small business owners and even officers at local credit unions. All those people were told that what they were doing was legal, or at least that it wouldn’t get them in trouble. Now they are criminals by fiat of the executive branch.

Tester has a chance to solve this problem and offer the electorate something voters of both parties agree on. He should introduce a Senate bill to legalize marijuana and run on it. It would help build a stronger platform than mere opposition to Trump in a red state. It would offer Montana voters something concrete in exchange for sending the senator back to Washington. It would benefit the ag industry he has championed throughout his career, and it would cut through an increasingly tortuous knot between state and federal law. All he needs to benefit from this issue is the will to take it up.

Dan Brooks is on Twitter at @DangerBrooks.

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[offbeat] CELEBRATING 70 YEARS ON BIG MOUNTAIN

AWWWWWWWW – When 5-year-old TyLon Pittman of Byram, Mississippi, saw the Grinch stealing Christmas on Dec. 16 on TV, he did what any civic-minded citizen would do. He called 911. TyLon told Byram police officer Lauren Develle, who answered the call, that he did not want the Grinch to come steal his Christmas, reported the Clarion Ledger. Develle made TyLon an honorary junior officer and had him come down to the station on Dec. 18 to help her lock away the Grinch, who hung his head as TyLon asked him, “Why are you stealing Christmas?” Although the green fiend apologized, TyLon wouldn’t release him from the holding cell. Police chief Luke Thompson told TyLon to come back when he’s 21, “and I’m going to give you a job application, OK?” WRONG PLACE, WRONG TIME – In Gilgandra, New South Wales, Australia, on Nov. 29, sheep shearer Casey Barnes was tramping down wool, and her father and boyfriend were working nearby, when her long, curly hair became caught in a belt-driven motor. Horrifically, the motor ripped her scalp off from the back of her head to above her eyes and ears. Barnes was flown to Sydney, where doctors performed an emergency 20-hour surgery to save her scalp, but were ultimately unsuccessful.

Barnes will have artificial skin attached to her head instead, reports The Sun. A GoFundMe page has been established to help with her medical bills.

SELF-ABSORBENT – The Tea Terrace in London is offering a new way for customers to enjoy themselves—literally. On Dec. 16, the shop began selling the “Selfieccino,” an image of the customer’s face in the frothy topping of either a cappuccino or a hot chocolate. Patrons send a photo to the shop via an online messaging app, and the “Cino” machine takes it from there, reproducing the picture with flavorless food coloring in about four minutes. “Due to social media,” shop owner Ehab Salem Shouly told Reuters, “the dining experience has completely shifted. It’s not enough anymore to just deliver great food and great service—it’s got to be Instagram-worthy.”

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AN ENGAGED CITIZENRY – Pam Bisanti, a 31-year resident of Mount Dora, Florida, has approached the city council more than once about the speeding traffic along Clayton Street, where she lives. On Nov. 27, Bisanti made good on her threat to take matters into her own hands if the council didn’t by wielding a handmade sign reading “SLOW DOWN” as she stood next to the roadway during rush hour wearing her pajamas and robe. “The mothers up the street who send their kids down to the bus stop should have every expectation that those kids will be able to cross Clayton without being killed,” Bisanti told the Daily Commercial, saying she plans to continue her protest until the city takes action. “I am frustrated, angry and fed up. There needs to be a solution sooner than later. Remember that vision of me in my pajamas,” she added.

UNCLEAR ON THE CONCEPT – Melissa Allen, 32, was arrested on Dec. 19 after attempting to shoplift more than $1,000 in merchandise from a Framingham, Massachusetts, Target store, reported the Boston Globe. On hand to help in the arrest were more than 50 police officers who were at the store to participate in the annual “Shop With a Cop” holiday charity event.

UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES – Stephen Allen of Tukwila, Washington, moved in with his grandmother years ago to help care for her. When she died last year, he invited his brother, a convicted drug dealer, to move in, but along with him came drug activity, squatters, stolen property and debris. Allen eventually asked police to raid the home, but when they did on Dec. 15, they evicted Allen as well, leaving him homeless. “It’s all legal, but it’s wrong,” Allen told KIRO-7 News. “I can’t do anything about it.”

THE CALL OF NATURE – Tracy Hollingsworth Stephens, 50, of Alachua, Florida, answered nature’s call on Nov. 25 by stopping her car in the middle of County Road 232 and stepping outside. An officer of the Florida Highway Patrol soon took notice as he had been searching for Stephens following her involvement in a two-car collision in the parking lot of a nearby T.J. Maxx store earlier that day.

Stephens subsequently underperformed on a field sobriety test, according to The Independent Florida Alligator, and was arrested for driving under the influence and leaving the scene of an accident.

THE SUNSHINE STATE – Workers at Captain Hiram’s Sandbar in Sebastian, Florida, resorted to calling police on Nov. 17 when customer William Antonio Olivieri, 63, refused to leave the bar after a night of drinking. Olivieri told Sebastian police he had arrived by boat, but when a quick walk down a nearby dock failed to uncover the boat, he said perhaps he had driven himself to the bar in a black Hyundai.

Throughout the interview with police, reported the Sebastian Daily, Olivieri also maintained that he was in downtown Melbourne, Florida, where he lives. Finally, he was arrested on a charge of disorderly intoxication and taken to the Indian River County Jail.

– Sumter County, Florida, sheriff’s deputies were dispatched to The Villages on Nov. 19 where resident Lori Jo Matthews, 60, reportedly barked at her neighbor’s dogs, then entered her neighbor’s yard, yelling at the neighbor and finally slapping the neighbor after being told to leave. Deputies caught up with Matthews as she attempted to enter her own home, where she was handcuffed and arrested on charges of battery and resisting arrest. Alcohol, reported Villages-News.com, may have been involved.

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Look at statewide numbers and Montana’s economy seems to be doing well. Between 2000 and 2015, the number of jobs in the state of Montana grew 20 percent, according to a report released last year

by Headwaters Economics. Personal income grew, as did statewide employment.

If you live outside a city, though, there’s a good change you won’t see much evidence of that growth. For the next six months, a group of journalists from western Montana, supported by High Country News and the Solutions Journalism Network, will dig into the question: What are Montana communities, especially rural ones, doing to respond to this trend, to help their residents weather the economic winter? And what could they learn from other communities? This project is funded by the LOR Foundation.

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n a recent Wednesday morning, a small group of farmers gathered at a table inside a neighborhood restaurant on the outskirts of Missoula. It was a crisp 25 degrees outside, but inside the Trough a fireplace flickered and the smell of bacon wafted through the air. The farmers pulled off wool coats and knit caps and held their travel mugs out to the waitress, who filled them with steaming coffee.

The Trough, formerly Dale’s Dairy, is about the only place in at least a mile radius of the Orchard Homes and Target Range neighborhoods where you can grab a bite to eat. Its rustic decor evokes an old farmhouse, but it’s a decidedly modern space—and that combination of traditional and contemporary makes it the perfect rendezvous for rural farmers trying to keep farming alive in an increasingly urban setting.

“We have a lot of prime agricultural land in Target Range and Orchard Homes,” says Fred Stewart, owner of Green Bench Orchard. “But this is a confined valley, so there’s a lot of development pressure and a lot of competing interests for the land.”

Stewart, who also runs a U-pick apple operation, is tall and lean in jeans and an unfussy button-down shirt. He’s become a regular at these Wednesday morning meetings, along with an eclectic crew that includes flower farmer George Hart of Harts Garden and Greg Peters of Red Hen Farm and Orchard, the men who started the meetings. Also present were Dennis Tayer of Tayer Lawn & Garden, Erin and John Turner of Turner Farms, and Heath Carey, the faux-hawked founder of Freedom Gardens, a nonprofit that, among other things, transformed 2,500 square feet of parking lot at the Missoula County Fairgrounds into a community garden between 2013 and 2015.

Orchard Homes and Target Range have long farming histories. Irrigation canals wend through the rural neighborhoods where, since the 1890s, food production has been the dominant pursuit.

Today, the area consists mostly of singlefamily homes on half- to one-acre plots surrounded by parks, riparian corridors, wooded floodplains and small tracts of

farmland. “How do you describe this place?” I ask the farmers. “Nirvana,” John Turner answers with a grin.

For the past 15 years, farmers, food advocates and enterprises in and around Missoula have been working to build a strong local food system—and a visible one. A big piece of that is figuring out, as Missoula grows, how to preserve farms that provide products directly to local markets. But land that is good for farming is often good for development—only 8.9 percent of Missoula County’s prime agricultural soils are left, and half of those are in Target Range and Orchard Homes.

Both development of land already approved for subdivision and new subdivision proposals are on the rise—most recently Spurgin Ranch (20 acres of agricultural land divided into 19 lots) and B&M Zoo (13.2 acres of ag land divided into 19 lots). And many farmers and agriculture advocates are wondering how to maintain the area’s agricultural identity.

“Not only do we love the lifestyle and raising our kids here, but also we’ve been given a legacy to continue working on the rich soils out here,” Erin Turner says. “That’s a gift we feel passionate about, and I know that’s what all the other farmers out here feel, too.”

There are significant challenges to saving farmland in Orchard Homes and Target

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Range. One is lack of policy. Montana’s state constitution requires cities and counties to “protect, enhance, and develop all of agriculture,” but there are no mechanisms for how to do that. In theory, the directive’s broadness allows for flexibility, so that individual governing bodies can create policies tailored to specific places, like Orchard Homes and Target Range. But that same lack of specificity also enables counties to allow development in places like Orchard Homes and Target Range, because there’s already farmland elsewhere.

Statewide, Montana has a lot of farmland:

fordable for most farmers, which is why retiring farmers often end up selling to developers.

“Folks look at their land and they know the value—$150,000 an acre for a home lot here in this area,” Stewart says.

“There’s no way that I know of that you can viably make a living paying $150,000 an acre and put it into agriculture. It cannot be done. So how is it that we see a way to protect ag land here going into the future?”

More than 2,000 miles away, in Vermont, saving farmland is a top priority.

Drive any of the roads between Montpe-

ployees pack a freezer with cuts of beef and pork. There’s a cooler full of root vegetables and cabbages and baskets brimming with potatoes and the farm’s heirloom popcorn, all for sale. It smells delicious in there, because Mike Proia, owner of the Blank Page Cafe nestled inside the shop, is baking muffins and making coffee.

“It’s especially busy in the spring and summer,” he says. “But we get a lot of people coming through even in the winter.”

In the summer, Bread and Butter, which is owned by farmer Corie Pierce,

hundreds of farms in Vermont that rely on support from multiple organizations.

In 2009, Pierce and her then business partner applied to buy the historic 143acre Ludec Farm with the help of the Vermont Land Trust. VLT negotiated the price with the sellers to almost $2 million—an amount prohibitive for any working farmer. VLT paid to put a conservation easement on the land and procured funding from other sources, including the towns of Shelburne and South Burlington; a grant from the Vermont Housing and Conservation Board

photo by Cathrine L. Walters

Jon and Erin Turner own Turner Farms in Missoula’s Orchard Homes neighborhood, an area on the city’s rural fringe that has experienced conflict between development and agricultural preservation.

28,000 farms on 59,700,000 acres. In that context, development projects in places like Orchard Homes and Target Range, which are reviewed on a case-by-case basis by the county, are often approved, even on agricultural land. The loss of that land is regarded by the county as an “incremental” loss, even as, according to the farmers who meet at the Trough, the impact to the neighborhoods is enormous—and permanent.

“Once you pave it over, it’s gone, as far as agricultural potential,” Stewart says. “A number of us have worked a lot on neighborhood plans, zoning, trying to get the local politicians to see protecting ag land here as a reasonable thing to do. It’s hard to get their attention.”

A second issue is that when land goes up for sale in Orchard Homes and Target Range, the market value is not af-

lier and Burlington and you’ll find small farms galore that enjoy a rural lifestyle and still engage directly with the towns and cities they surround. These farms exist because of state policy that protects farmland, and that policy has also fostered an environment in which land trusts and other agricultural nonprofits thrive, helping farmers to pay affordable mortgages.

With the help of these resources, Vermont farmers are often able to invest in multiple enterprises, bringing in more income and allowing them to market themselves to surrounding communities.

On a winter afternoon at the Bread and Butter Farm in Shelburne, Vermont, silos loom and hoop houses line the road to the farm’s small parking lot, from which the pasture and barn where cows and pigs feed are visible. Inside the farm shop, em-

hosts a weekly burger night featuring the farm’s grass-fed beef. Usually a couple hundred people show up. The farm also partners with local schools for farm tours and camps, and adjacent to the farm shop is a studio where Pierce’s husband, Chris Dorman, runs a music and movement class for kids called Music for Sprouts.

“Despite the inefficiencies and realtime logistical challenges of managing so many different enterprises, we think that in the long run it makes us more resilient and long-term sustainable,” Pierce says.

“Not only for the health of the land and environment around us, but also for the health of the people and greater community involved.”

Whereas few farmers in Montana have outside assistance in funding their operations, Bread and Butter is one of

(derived partly from federal funds through the Natural Resources Conservation Service); a donation from the South Burlington Land Trust; and loans from both the Castanea Foundation (which conserves agriculturally and environmentally significant lands in Vermont and New York) and VLT. The loans from the Castanea Foundation and VLT were paid off though South Burlington’s state statute-enabled Transfer of Development Rights program, which allows landowners preserving important parcels (like the Ludec Farm) to sell their development rights, which are then purchased by developers and used for high-density building projects in areas near Burlington designated for growth.

The outside funding brought Pierce’s cost down to $225,000, which she gath-

ered from historic preservation foundations, investors and CSA members. Bread and Butter is the farm’s sole owner, but it took a dozen organizations and more than 25 individuals to accomplish the purchase.

The Vermont Land Trust isn’t the only land trust in the state, but it’s especially prominent in the realm of agricultural conservation. Founded in 1977, VLT has helped preserve 900 of the 7,000 Vermont farms currently in production (and has conserved more than a half-million acres of agricultural land and forest). The nonprofit offers to buy conservation easements on agricultural lands to protect them from development and keep them in production in perpetuity. The easements also reduce the market value of the farmland, which helps give farmers access to the land. VLT works with everyone involved, from retiring farmers who want to sell and farmers who want to buy to lenders and facilitating nonprofits.

“Part of that work includes us sitting at the kitchen table, literally, with retiring farmers to figure out how to sell their land,” says VLT Executive Director Jon Ramsey. “That discussion includes a strategy for finding a successor and thinking about how the farmer’s current business model may or may not work for the next person who farms there.”

VLT defines a farmer as someone who makes 50 percent of their income from agriculture. The farmer has to have agricultural experience, a business plan and the ability to use the property productively. It can’t be someone who just hopes to become a farmer. For beginners looking to learn their way into farming, VLT has programs to connect them to resources that will give them the experience to qualify for land purchases through the trust in the future. The Farm and Forest Viability Program, for instance, provides technical assistance grants to organizations including the University of Vermont Extension Service, the Organic Farming Association of Vermont, Land for Good and the Intervale Center, which all use the funds to help farmers plan their businesses. VLT manages the land transactions and the other organizations work on the business end.

The Intervale Center is highly regarded in Vermont’s food community.

The nonprofit’s 350-acre site lies along the Winooski River on the outskirts of Burlington, a mile-and-a-half-long spread of historic farm buildings, community gardens, wildlife areas and farms. Even in winter, the hoop houses are full of leafy greens growing in the muted light.

Intervale has been around for 30 years, and during that time its staff has helped Vermont farmers and agriculture organizations statewide launch incubator

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farms and agricultural policy coalitions, among other initiatives. Intervale’s land is under a conservation easement, and as semi-rural farmland supplying a nearby urban center, it has a lot of similarities to the Orchard Homes and Target Range neighborhoods.

It also fell into neglect for a few decades.

“By the 1980s, there was an actual junkyard with hundreds of dumped cars,” says Intervale Development Director Chelsea Frisbee. “There’s still probably some 30 junked cars in the woods that didn’t get taken out. The fields were either fallow or in corn production by dairies across the river, but it really wasn’t being used to its full agricultural potential.”

The story goes that Will Raap, founder of Gardener’s Supply, got his car stolen and heard that he might find it somewhere in the intervale area.

“He’s this really unique, entrepreneurial visionary,” Frisbee says. “He saw the potential to turn the intervale back into productive agricultural land and feed the city of Burlington. And in 1988, that’s what he did.”

The Intervale Center is an aggregation of possibilities: It preserves farmland (and watersheds) while providing assistance to farmers who are keeping land in production. The abundance of organizations and resources in Vermont is integral to these farmers’ successes. But it took a major act of policy to make that network of resources possible.

Fifty years ago, Vermont residents and policymakers began to see an increase in the number of subdivisions being built on agricultural land, an issue similar to that in Orchard Homes and Target Range, but statewide. Vermont’s highway system was completed over the course of the 1960s and ski developments drew tourists from metro areas as condos went up on small lots. According to the Vermont Natural Resource Council, Gov. Deane Davis, who held office from 1969 to 1973, was apprised on several occasions of newly built subdivisions dealing with sewage problems and realized that Vermont’s environmental health and rural lifestyle was at risk. He formed a committee with legislator Arthur Gibb (both held office as Republicans) to recommend a package of environmental regulations known as the Land Use and Development Act, or Act 250. While the impetus for Act 250 was environmental, its intent was to preserve Vermont’s heritage, including agriculture.

The act requires developers of prime agricultural land to mitigate their environmental impacts. “Onsite mitigation” means that developers can build, but must protect a portion of the property onsite as farmland. “Offsite mitigation”

means the developer pays a fee to develop the land. That fee goes into a pot of money at Vermont’s Housing and Conservation Board, which redistributes the money as grants to organizations that conserve farmland elsewhere.

Act 250 has incubated a network of land trusts and other nonprofits that have learned to work together to preserve farmland. Strong policies have spurred these organizations to create far more stringent rules than trusts in many other states employ.

The Vermont Land Trust, for instance, uses easements that have more restrictions than is typical. In its easements,

into these properties, and you want to see them remain working farms.”

Vermonters aren’t that different from Montanans. Even if they’re willing to put their land into a conservation easement, they don’t like too many restrictions on their land. To generate support for its “option to purchase at agricultural value,” VLT held hearings around the state in 2004. Farmers asked questions and expressed concerns. “One of the things we heard loud and clear was that they didn’t want us to interfere with family-to-family transfers of land,” Ramsey says.

The farmers also expressed the desire to be able to transfer land among

ral Resources. The revolutionary aspect of the board—which made it one of a kind when it was founded—is its alliance between housing and conservation interests, weighted with equal importance and aimed at balance.

“We’re looking at downtowns and village centers,” says Nancy Everhart, the board’s agricultural director. “And it seems really complementary to us to then be protecting farmland, recreation lands and natural area lands that are generally outside of those places.”

The board disperses money from sources that include property taxes and Act 250. It also decides how to use money

at the lay of the land, including infrastructure and how the land is managed.

It considers town and regional plans.

VHCB provides funding for farmland preservation, but it also partners with nonprofits and other organizations to ferry approved projects toward sustainability. In the case of agricultural conservation, groups including the Intervale Center help farmers with business plans, certification processes and best-practice farming information. VHCB helps conserve large plots of farmland, but also protects smaller acreages near urban centers like Burlington, in Chittenden County. As in Orchard Homes and Target

photo by Cathrine L. Walters

George and Marcia Hart own Harts Garden in Target Range, where they grow flowers that they sell to local restaurants and Missoula residents at farmers markets.

VLT includes “an option to purchase at agricultural value,” which serves as VLT’s pre-emptive right to block a proposed sale and redirect it. A lot of agricultural easements nationwide protect land, but they don’t ensure that it stays in agricultural production. Even land preserved through Act 250 could, without VLT’s specific easement option, end up in the hands of second-home or estate buyers.

Because VLT’s funding includes money apportioned by Act 250 and other state and federal programs, Ramsey says, putting an easement on land that might fall out of ag production doesn’t make sense.

“Then it’s really not contributing to the local rural agricultural economy,” he says. “A lot of public investment is going

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themselves. In response, VLT built exceptions into its easements that say the land trust won’t interfere with family or farmer-to-farmer transactions.

Perhaps the most important result of Act 250 was the formation of the Vermont Housing and Conservation Board, a quasi-state agency that reviews development and conservation projects. The board has nine seats, five of which are citizen positions appointed by the governor (and which must include one low-income housing advocate and one farmer). The remaining four positions are filled by the executive director of the Vermont Housing Finance Agency and commissioners of the state agencies of Agriculture, Housing and Community Development and Natu-

from the legislature and federal agencies, including the Natural Resource Conservation Service. Lobbyists for that funding include those from the Vermont Housing and Conservation Coalition. Because of the powerful alliance of housing and conservation interests, and generally reliable state and federal funding, VHCB has been able to approve at least six major development or conservation projects every year. “We’ve had lean years and we’ve had better years,” Everhart says, “but we’ve always had some base funding.”

Besides stable funding, it’s the board’s comprehensive approach that Everhart says is integral to its success.

When deciding which conservation or housing projects to fund, the board looks

Range, these are farms that can’t compete with large-scale industrial farms (like wheat farms in eastern Montana), but can offer another agricultural service: growing vegetables and flowers and raising meat that goes directly to markets in Burlington.

“That area is well suited to the kind of operation that wouldn’t necessarily be a commodity crop,” Everhart says. “It would be farms that are more direct-market, that grow food for people in the city.

I think maybe part of the education that needs to happen, which has definitely been evolving in Vermont, is understanding that there’s so many different kinds of agriculture. And there is a huge interest in direct-market farming, both from

farmers and from consumers. I view the work that we do as wanting to work with all those players.”

Since its inception, VHCB has awarded nearly $260 million to nonprofit housing and conservation organizations, municipalities and state agencies to develop nearly 1,500 projects in and around 220 towns. That investment has directly leveraged approximately $860 million from private and public sources and resulted in the creation of more than 10,500 affordable homes, the conservation of 390,740 acres of agricultural and recreational lands and natural areas, and the restoration of 56 historic community buildings for public use.

“It doesn’t always work perfectly,” Everhart notes. “But I think one thing that’s really been successful about the coalition—the partnership that emerged to create us and create this source of funding—is having affordable housing folks and conservation folks meet and collaborate under the same mission.”

According to Bonnie Buckingham, executive director of Missoula’s Community Food and Agriculture Coalition, that kind of connection between housing and agriculture interests is lacking in Montana, both in terms of philosophy and action. Having visited Vermont to study the state’s preservation strategies, she says VHCB is the kind of alliance Missoula should aspire to.

“They form a cohesive group when it comes to making policy or new developments,” she says. “I really think, if we did have a coalition of people, that we could come together and really work on projects that everyone [agrees on]. Here, it feels like we’ve really taken sides. We’re sort of pitted against each other, even just in people’s minds. And we don’t have to be.”

One example where Vermont farmland was preserved in the face of stakeholder conflict is the case of Exit 4. Sam Sammis, a real-estate broker from Greenwich, Connecticut, had planned for nearly 40 years to develop 172 acres outside the town of Randolph, south of Montpelier off Highway 89. His plan included high-end condos, a hotel and commercial real estate that he envisioned, according to reports, as an economic boon for a town he’d become fond of. In

April 2017, after several environmental groups and citizens had fought the plan, he agreed to sell 150 acres to the Castanea Foundation for $1.2 million.

The remaining 22 acres were sold to the Preservation Trust of Vermont in June 2017. One of the key players in preserving those 22 acres was the Vermont Natural Resource Council, whose office is on Bailey Avenue in Montpelier, directly across the street from the Vermont Land Trust.

VNRC is not necessarily in the business of saving farmland, unless it has environmental significance. But its origin story tracks to Act 250, and its “sustainable communities” program is tasked with keeping an eye on the act’s review process when it comes to prime agricultural soils.

“We don’t like to beat people up, but sometimes you’ve got to show up and point it out if something isn’t going to meet the law,” says Sustainable Communities Program Director Kate McCarthy.

“Particularly when a case has statewide implications, to make sure the law doesn’t get weakened and that precedent isn’t set.”

The saving of the 22 acres, a former driving range, was a nail-biting victory that started with contentious negotiations and ended with agreement. The Preservation Trust of Vermont led the way, raising $1 million in six weeks, along with VNRC and a citizen activist group called Exit 4 Open Space.

On a chilly afternoon in December, Miles Hooper, the dairy goat farmer who will lease the 150 acres from the Castanea Foundation starting this spring, takes me on a walk through Exit 4. Save for a McDonald’s just off the highway, the land is a striking stretch of sloping hills, sugar maple groves and open pasture. Hooper manages his family’s farm, Ayers Brook Goat Dairy, on nearby land conserved through the Vermont Land Trust. He’s in his early 30s and lives on the farm with his wife and kids. When he’s excited about something—and agricultural policy is one of those things—he practically yells.

“People look to Vermont, to us, for social responsibility and for environmental stewardship,” he says. “We built a reputation on quality and consideration and compassion. That’s what we’re known for.”

Hooper’s viewpoint is a little different from McCarthy’s and the VNRC’s.

photo by Jay Ericson

photo by Jay Ericson

TOP: Jon Ramsey, executive director of the Vermont Land Trust, works with farmers to conserve land and keep it in agricultural production.

CENTER: Farms featuring farm shops and community engagement activities, such as Pete’s Greens, are prevalent throughout Vermont.

BOTTOM: Miles Hooper of Ayers Brook Goat Dairy will soon be leasing 150 acres near the town of Randolph, Vermont, which had been threatened with development.

photo by Jay Ericson

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photo by Jay Ericson

photo by Cathrine L. Walters

Like them, he didn’t support development on Exit 4, but he says his own talks with Sammis about the land found common ground. Hooper wanted to preserve the 150 acres he planned to use for his goat dairy. But the 22 acres that was put into an easement by conservation groups? “It’s boney,” he says. “I wouldn’t farm it. I don’t know anyone who would.”

His hope was that Sammis, who had planned for so long to develop the place, could use that 22 acres for a hotel—a compromise.

“There was a lot of mixed feelings about how it would change the character in the town and the importance of ag land,” he says.

Even so, buyers are currently negotiating a deal for the 22 acres—a couple plan to restore the soil and use it as a nut and fruit orchard with some acreage in hay.

In the 1970s, Vermont made a decision to create a specific mechanism, Act 250, to preserve agricultural soil. In January 2016, Missoula’s Community and Planning Services (CAPS) department proposed a county subdivision regulation similar to Act 250. The hearings for that proposal, held before the county commissioners, came to an emotional head in a very public way. For a decade, agriculture advocates including the Community Food and Agriculture Coalition had been working with CAPS to come up with a county policy that would require landowners and developers building on agricultural soils to pay an impact fee, set aside farmland onsite, preserve comparable land elsewhere or submit their own mitigation proposal.

“We took a pretty strong stance on one-to-one mitigation,” the Missoula coalition’s Bonnie Buckingham says. “For every acre that’s developed, an acre should be saved, and there should be a variety of ways to do that, because one way isn’t going to fit every single situation.

On one side of the debate were organizations like the Community Food and Agriculture Coalition and farmers like Fred Stewart and Jon and Erin Turner, who meet at the Trough, all hoping to see the county enact a policy that

would require farmland preservation.

On the other side were developers like the Missoula Organization of Realtors and some retiring ranchers who wanted to subdivide their land, and didn’t want development restrictions. To the coalition’s surprise, the policy was voted down by the county commissioners in a tearful (on both sides) hearing. One of the most surprising opponents was Five Valleys Land Trust, a longtime openspace organization that has preserved more than 70,000 acres in Montana, including agricultural land. In its testimony, the land trust sided with developers in saying that voluntary conservation—not a mitigation policy—was the better approach.

“It was devastating, quite honestly,” Buckingham says. “We lost all of our momentum at that point.”

The schism between the coalition and the land trust simmered for some time.

“The conservation community was really confused,” Buckingham says. “And kind of distraught, I would say, that different organizations that should have the same vision were not working together.

It led to what I think is a positive in that it forced both our board and the Five Valleys Land Trust board to really look at our policies, at why it had come to this disagreement and how we could bridge that gap.”

The organizations started meeting and talking about ways to mend the relationship. One major step forward, initiated by Five Valleys and funded by the American Land Trust, was to gather staff from Five Valleys, Garden City Harvest and the coalition for a trip to—where else?—Vermont.

The organizations took farm tours and spoke with leaders of the Vermont Land Trust, the Vermont Natural Resource Council, the Vermont Housing and Conservation Board and the Intervale Center. Buckingham says that the possibility of Act 250-style legislation coming to Montana now seems slim, but an alliance like the Vermont Housing and Conservation Board, even if it’s not appointed through the state, could help create a better plan for places like

TOP: Kate McCarthy of Vermont Natural Resource Council, center, was one of several people who worked to save 22 acres at Exit 4 near Randolph from development.

CENTER: Farmers living in Target Range and Orchard Homes, including, clockwise from left, Fred Stewart, Jon Turner, Erin Turner and George Hart, meet each week at the Trough to discuss farming and farmland preservation.

photo by Cathrine L. Walters

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BOTTOM: Erin and Jon Turner have tried to engage the public in farm activities to provide education to kids and get the community invested in their neighborhood.

Orchard Homes and Target Range. And that kind of alliance, she says, could encourage an environment in which Missoula County might see the rise of agricultural support resources similar to the Intervale Center and the Vermont Land Trust, which could set aside farmland and help farmers gain access to that land.

“It was great to see all the different entities working together,” Buckingham says.

“Vermont made a decision 30 years ago that made that happen, and we, as a community, haven’t decided to do that yet.”

mitigation is preferable to a mandate, he thinks agricultural and development can coexist. But he cautions that agricultural advocates looking to preserve farmland also have to consider that Missoula’s growth isn’t going to stop.

“I think specifically Orchard Home and Target Range have their own identity, and they’re very proud of it, and they want to stick to it,” he says. “I don’t have any problem with that at all. The thing about Target Range and Orchard Homes is, if we don’t allow growth there—which, that’s fine—it’s going to go somewhere

is on the council or the commission at that time—I don’t know [if] that works for anybody.”

One of the major lessons Buckingham says she learned from her trip to Vermont is that preserving farmland takes a lot of support from the cities and towns that consume the food that farmland produces. In and around Missoula, farms are finding ways to connect with the public, using strategies that are part marketing, part philosophy.

“One of the big things I’ve talked about with this group is where we

farms where people think, ‘We want to save that farmland out there! That’s important to us.’”

The PEAS Farm in the Rattlesnake is another good example. The land is owned by Missoula County Public Schools and subleased to Garden City Harvest, which uses it to educate students about farming and policy, while also serving as a community hub (sometimes with burger nights). The farm has become inextricably linked to the identity of its neighborhood. A few years ago, when MCPS was considering developing

photo by Jay Ericson

Miles Hooper says that preserving farmland in Vermont is a high priority for the state, and often requires the involvement and cooperation of several organizations and compromise with developers to accomplish.

Still, Buckingham sees promise in the conversation that has developed in the two years since the Vermont visit. The trip was a chance for the organizations to “build trust” and get to know each other outside the heated debate of public hearings, she says.

“In that way, it was very good,” she says. “It helped us to say that when a project comes up, we can talk about it.

And that’s the biggest lesson that we learned, was the need to have a project that we work on together.”

Mike Nugent, treasurer for the Missoula Organization of Realtors, opposed agriculture mitigation during the county hearings. Though he believes voluntary

else. And I think a lot of people don’t understand that.”

Now that the subdivision hearings are in the rearview mirror, Nugent has thought about solutions. For one thing, he says, there hasn’t been enough focus on high-density development. Also, he says, agriculture mitigation needs to be better defined. “I think that folks who were on the pro side of that conversation still definitely feel like we need very standard, laid-out policies on ag mitigation,” he says. “People in the development community probably feel like the biggest issue is [that] there’s no predictability.

What we’re doing now, where every project is decided at the whims of whoever

live—what Missoula, and particularly Orchard Homes and Target Range, are,” Jon Turner says. “If we can have local farms people can come to, that would bring another revenue stream into our farms. And it would help the next farmers have some sort of sustainable model to work with.”

That connection to people tends to foster loyalty from customers.

“We do a big pumpkin festival in the fall,” Erin Turner says. “Obviously the No. 1 reason is to sell our pumpkins, but it also creates that exposure. Then people are like, ‘Oh, Turner Farms! I’ve been there!’ and it sticks in their head. And it creates this level of support for local

the land, community backlash was swift, and the farm’s lease was renewed.

The idea of addressing development and farm preservation conflicts by forming a housing and conservation alliance is being tested with a new organization called Trust Montana. The Missoula-based nonprofit is employing a community land trust model by which Trust Montana can buy land (or accept donated land) while farmers own the business and equipment. It’s modeled on a collective of African-American sharecroppers in 1960s-era Georgia who created a community land trust to take ownership of the land they farmed. According to Executive Director Hermina Harold, Trust Montana hopes to serve a similar role

as the Vermont Housing and Conservation Board. Currently, the nonprofit is working to turn donated land in rural Montana into community land trusts, but it is also looking at urban fringe neighborhoods, Orchard Homes and Target Range in particular, as sites of collaboration for agriculture and affordable housing.

For Trust Montana, the Community Food and Agriculture Coalition and people like Realtor Mike Nugent, who are looking for common ground, the next step is one that everyone has to take together—an idea reflected in the opinion of Vermont’s government at the inception of Act 250.

“We knew we could not stop change, and that was not our objective,” wrote Elbert Moulton, special assistant to Gov. Davis at the time. “But we can direct it, and we can ensure quality change if we establish standards and criteria as guidelines for change.”

As housing developments continue to rise in Orchard Homes and Target Range, the local farmers who meet at the Trough each week are lobbying county commissioners to take seriously their demand for a farmland preservation plank in the upcoming revision of their neighborhood plan. They rely on CFAC for policy expertise and to be their voice when they are too busy working their farms to attend meetings.

“Farmers feel consistently underappreciated,” Greg Peters of Red Hen Farm says. “They don’t feel like they get a fair shake no matter what, but in an area that involves bureaucracy and government, we’re pretty sure CFAC is working for us, even if we don’t have time to pay attention to what they’re working on.”

Meanwhile, Missoula area farmers are not waiting around for a local version of Vermont’s Act 250 to save the day.

They’re working on community engagement now, building up their CSAs, hosting farm tours and trying to grow their neighborhood farmers markets, which are held throughout the summer at the old Grange Hall, Orchard Homes Country Life Club, on South Third Street West.

“If we can get enough of us that we become a destination for people, then I think if the public sees us losing land, they’re not going to let that happen,” John Turner says.

“You’re going to have a lot more hope when you have people behind you.”

Without a statewide policy, the farmers in Orchard Homes and Target Range don’t have a straightforward way to ensure agricultural preservation. If Vermont is any indication, it will take a united collaboration between housing and agriculture groups, plus the support of Missoula residents, to make that happen. efredrickson@missoulanews.com

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[arts]

Creature comforts Deep Time and pink goo with artist Faith Elliot

by Erika Fredrickson

F

aith Elliot’s music video, “Katie,” offers a peek into the artist’s colorful life. The singer-songwriter and visual artist stands in the middle of an apartment singing a sweet but dark song: “Oh Katie, in you I see someone I recognize/you’re cutting yourself/and shoplifting wine.” The camera pans across the space, where decor suggests an ice cream shop, a curiosity shop and a giant shrine.

Among the lit candles, string lights, knicknacks and art (including a painting of a man eating a heart with the word “angst” written across the bottom), are Elliot’s sculptures, constructed of pink goo, sequins and googly eyes. The artist lives in Missoula but grew up in Minneapolis and, at 13, moved to the UK. In Scotland, Elliott, who prefers the pronoun “they,” ended up both working in the DIY scene and getting an education at the Edinburgh College of Art. Elliot just opened a small exhibition of their work at Butterfly Herbs this month, and we asked the artist a few questions about music, art and deep time.

What sorts of themes do you find pop up in your work often?

Faith Elliot: One of the things I seem to keep coming back to is the idea of microcosm versus macrocosm. In my drawings, that tends to be represented by people or animals being inhabited by tiny worlds, or being taken over or attacked by tiny civilization. If I was going to psychoanalyze myself about why that theme is so recurrent, I would say it’s probably something to do with that feeling of struggling to find self-objectivity.

Like, not feeling like you belong to yourself, or that there’s this whole world playing out inside of you that you can never quite get perspective on. Other than that, I’d say some of my staple themes are deep-sea creatures, medieval bestiaries and the color pink.

Tell me about all the types of media you work with. Do you have a preference?

FE: I’ve definitely jumped around different types of media a lot. For a while, puppetry was the thing I wanted to do with my life, then animation, then taxidermy, metalwork, printmaking,

beading, etc. I came to songwriting a little later, but that seems to be my central focus now. It works out well, because I can do all my own album art, and make posters and videos and things. So it’s like the hook I hang everything else from.

But I still feel like each medium serves a different purpose on a more personal level. Songwriting is a more immediate catharsis, where printmaking is methodical and process based, and beadwork is repetitive and calming, like a meditation.

I don’t want to give anything up!

Tell me about some of the pieces in your Butterfly Herbs show.

FE: About half the pieces in the show I made a year or so ago. The other half are things I’ve been working on over the past couple of months here in Missoula. I recently discovered the awesome print shop at the [Zootown Arts Community Center], so I’ve been doing some silkscreen printing there. The drawings of prehistoric creatures and the “Geological Time Scale” chart are some of the newer ones. Lately, I’ve been sort of obsessed with learning about deep time. I love imagining ancient landscapes and animals. For instance, in the Ordovician Period (about 450 million years ago), the moon was around 40 percent closer to the Earth, so it would have been huge in the sky and caused extreme tides, and the most prolific species on earth were things like 11-foot-long Nautiloids. Or in the Carboniferous Period there were giant dragonflies with 2-foot wingspans!

There’s the dinos too, obviously, but everyone knows about them. They’re like the celebrities of geological time.

How do these themes and creatures relate to your present life?

FE: I think I get fixated on this stuff because I find learning about the volatile history of the earth strangely reassuring, because no matter how crazy things get, and how bad things are environmentally, I can remind myself that the earth has been through all kinds of changes and mass extinction events. So if we humans destroy ourselves, maybe it’ll just be another species’ turn to proliferate. Like

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Tardigrades and cockroaches. Of course, I still believe we should try our best not to obliterate ourselves and the planet.

I enjoyed your video for “Katie.” What sparked this song? Also, what is that magical space you’re playing in?

FE: Thank you! Well, that was one of those rare songs that just tumbled out whole, Kimya Dawson honesty-rant style.

I wrote it after meeting someone who was having a hard time in a way I could really empathize with, so in the song I’m partly addressing them, but partly my younger self. The video was made in my old bedroom in Edinburgh.

What’s your musical background? What do you like listening to, and what sorts of songs do you feel like you end up writing?

FE: I’ve always loved singing and used to be in lots of choirs when I was a kid, and then in various friends’ bands as a teenager. I started playing guitar and writing my own stuff about five years ago, around when I finished university.

I think the most important thing about songwriting for me is storytelling. I get fixated on lyrics and like to have a narrative and be really descriptive.

Some of my favorite songwriters are artists like Richard Dawson, Diane Cluck and Sun Kil Moon, whose melodies seem to follow the pace and delivery of the words most of the time. I find that really inspiring. But I listen to all sorts.

Lately I’ve been listening to a lot of Big Thief, Palehound and Feist.

What are you working on right now, and in your wildest dream, where would you be headed next (geographywise or just in the realm of your work)?

FE: At the moment I’m halfway through recording an album and making an illustrated lyric book to go with it. I’m hoping to release that later this year.

That’s about as far as I’m thinking ahead at the moment. But in my wildest dreams, I would really like to go back in time about 400 million years and ride a giant Orthocone. efredrickson@missoulanews.com

Faith Elliot’s “Bulldozer,” top, and “Rollerskate” are included in the artist’s current show at Butterfly Herbs.

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Over the 60 or so years the book covers, writing An increasingly worn copy of Idaho has been circulating through my friend group this winter, in close third person perspective, Rushovich enters like a slow, underground book club. When I was each of her narrating characters completely and given the book at a party, by a fellow writer, he convincingly, from a woman serving life in prison pressed it into my hands and said, “I have to give for murder, to a teen heartthrob, to a lonely teacher, to a man who has almost completely lost his ability this to someone who will read it right now.”

I thought his urgency was a little dramatic until to remember. Most admirably, she captures the rea week later, when I was forcing it upon my hus- lationship of two sisters, ages 6 and 9, more accuband and friends, desperate to talk to as many rately and beautifully than I have ever seen siblings depicted on the page. She even breaks one of the other people as possible who had read the story. cardinal rules of creative writIt’s hard to discuss ing: Never write from the Idaho with those who perspective of a dog! And she haven’t read it for two readoes it so well I have to share sons. The first is that the a bit of it to prove it: book centers on and orbits “The loose skin of a around a singular, unthinkbloodhound is meant to hold able, unconscionable acthe ground. The ears that tion—and that action is a drag along the forest floor spoiler that I really can’t send the scent up to the skin, mention without altering the where, trapped within its experience of the book. The wrinkles and fold, it reminds second is that the book really the hound what the trail is feels like an experience—like even when it is lost. The you’ve been through somesmell of the trail becomes the thing and like people who smell of himself, trapped behaven’t been through it are tween the wrinkles of the standing on the other side of neck and all around the eyes, an impossible barrier. I can’t which require an effort to rise explain it! Just read it! I under all that skin. Head want to write, though that Idaho down, whatever the dog folwouldn’t make for a great Emily Ruskovich lows, he follows blind; gravbook review. hardcover, Random House ity heaps the forehead down The book is the first 320 pages, $27 to the top of the snout, so novel of Emily Ruskovich, who graduated from the University of Montana be- that the scent between the wrinkles is more of a fore earning an MA in English from the University means of seeing than the eyes the wrinkles cover. of New Brunswick and her MFA from the Iowa Writ- The heavy ears flopping forward at all times create ers’ Workshop. The daughter of a poet, her writing the walls of the trail, a kind of tunnel and tunnel viis lyrical and careful and, above all, original—over sion, the tips of the ears stirring up the particles on and over again, she manages to describe small mo- the ground for the wrinkles to gather and hold.”

But Ruskovich’s greatest strength is her ability ments and emotions in ways and with words I’ve to construct theme: Her book is about something never considered before.

In Idaho, she explores ideas of love and mem- larger and more important than the sum of its ory, sacrifice and punishment and, maybe more chapters and scenes, and you can feel it crescendo than everything else, how we process loss over to the final sentence. She does it on a scale of John time. Near the center of the story is Ann, a music Steinbeck’s East of Eden, or, more recently, Anteacher who marries an older man who has re- thony Doerr’s All the Light We Cannot See. She cently been through a tragedy that cost him his does it so that you are turning pages as fast as you family, and who has started to suffer from the early- can, even though the book lacks a traditional, aconset Alzheimer’s that also took the life of his fa- tion-based plot. She does it so that, when you do ther. As he loses his memory, Ann is fascinated (and read the very last sentence, you find yourself an heartbroken and relieved and confused) by how Idaho evangelical, pressing the book into others’ her husband is losing everything: both the joys of hands, as I’m pressing it into yours. being a father and the unbearable sorrow of losing loved ones. arts@missoulanews.com

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Traff the Wiz returns with Griper Traff the Wiz’s latest album, Griper, opens with the soulful sound of Barbara Lewis’ “Hello Stranger,” an easygoing way to begin the Missoula hiphop artist’s comeback album.

It’s been four years since Traff, aka Brian O’Neill, released the slightly poppy These Things Take Time with producer Shmed Maynes, but with references like, “finally alive, gettin’ live-r,” it seems like this return is less about time passed and more about a personal journey.

Griper begins with straightforward beats and rhyming, then picks up a quarter of the way through with choppier and more complex phrasing. But it’s Traff ’s creative lyrics that outshine everything else. They’re sassy and funny, like in

“Breaking News” where he says, “You think you’re me but you’re not, though. That’s like trying to paint Picassos like Pablo/at a rock show/in Vermont snow/runnin’ audio with Trey Anastasio tellin’ you pronto/snot-nosed microphone-less trombones and bongos/until you’re Hunter S. Thompson: gone-zo.” Griper’s strongest tracks are “Martini,” “Wizard Proof,” “Circuits” and “Native Tongue,” most of which feature biting lyrics and some references to Trump and blind nationalism. It’s an album that emits the same general rage and anxiety 2017 has created for so many people, but with a comeback tone that adds a note of optimism.

(Erika Fredrickson)

New Old Future, Flames I’m mostly familiar with Bry Froelich’s music from her time playing guitar with the great Missoula band, Needlecraft. Needlecraft had a succession of guitar players, not unlike Spınal Tap drummers (without the death) and Froelich helped give the band’s first fulllength album its excellent Shaggs vibe (if the Shaggs were obsessed with tacos). Needlecraft combusted on re-entry roughly four years ago, but I loved, and still love, the way Froelich writes music and plays guitar. Her style makes me think of Mark and Bob Mothersbaugh from Devo. In fact, New Old Future’s “Mrs. Robinson” especially reminded me of one of my favorite Devo tunes, “Come Back Jonee,” with its subtle hook and phrasing.

In addition to Froelich, New Old Future fea-

tures a strong set of Missoula musicians, with Skurfs’ Gavin McCourt playing lead guitar parts and Rock and Roll Girlfriend’s Brady Berthelson on drums. “An Enemy” and “Mrs. Robinson” highlight the band’s simple staccato guitar style. Froehlich’s vocals echo the notes and McCourt’s epic guitar weaves alongside, tying the songs nicely together. The strength of this release is both in its restraint and the relative compactness of the pieces. New Old Future has carved out a distinct sound for themselves, and that’s not an easy task. I was trying to end this by combining “the future’s so bright, I gotta wear shades” with “New Old Future” here, but I’m giving up. You get the idea. ( Josh Vanek)

Zebulon Kosted, You Have No Race You Have No Culture Zebulon Kosted bills itself as “avant garde black metal” and while I don’t know exactly what that means, or what exactly I think about Zebulon Kosted, I like that they exist.

ZK’s You Have No Race You Have No Culture is a pretty strong example of the best of this kind of music. Toiling in the underground has had the effect of hardening up the band, making their already evil sound that much more focused and channeled and ultimately weird. The first several songs start off in a pretty typical way, with what you’d expect from a brutal black metal group. Later in the record, the band embraces some genre-bending

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and that’s where it gets interesting. I really like the desperation in the second half of “With the Best Of Intentions” when Rashid (Abdel Ghafur) sings and the desperation of his sung (vs. evil style) vocal is twice as impactful. “That False God” features audio samples and rhythms/sounds evoking Jim Thurwell from Foetus and Bob Bert’s drumming in Pussy Galore. It’s a good palate cleanser for diving back into the single note shredding and screeched vocals. This is a really well-recorded piece with inventive songs and refreshing diversity, especially if you dig intense, weird music. ( Josh Vanek)

[film]

“It’s my newest invention. It’s like a high-five, but lower.”

Glossy surface The Shape of Water runs shallow

by Molly Laich

Every now and then, a film comes along that seems to really enchant its audience, and here I am alone in the corner thinking, “OK, has everyone lost their minds, or what?” Such is the case with Guillermo Del Toro’s latest opus, The Shape of Water.

The film led the pack with seven Golden Globe nominations last Sunday, although it only won two, for original score and a directing nod for Del Toro.

I thought it was a tad pretentious when he tried to dismiss the play-off music during his speech by saying, “It’s taken me 25 years to get here, give me a minute.” Greater men and women have waited longer, my friend! Is the implication that he’s deserved a major award since before 1997’s Mimic?

Three long decades separated Martin Scorsese between Taxi Driver and 2006’s The Departed, which would earn him his first directing Oscar. When the moment finally arrived, did you hear Marty begging at the podium for more time?

I’m annoyed because I’m of the unpopular opinion that, despite its glossy finish, competent cast and admittedly inspired moments, ultimately, The Shape of Water isn’t a good movie.

Sally Hawkins stars as a mute janitor named Elisa. Across the hall, she’s a friend and ally to her queer neighbor Giles (Richard Jenkins), a man with many cats and increasingly dwindling dreams.

Elisa works alongside her friend Zelda (Octavia Spencer) on the night shift at a murky government facility, the kind of place where bipedal fish monsters are wheeled in nonchalantly and under a shroud of secrecy. What’s the meaning of this merman (Doug Jones), who comes to us mysteriously from the rivers of the Amazon with slimy eyes, webbed hands and washboard abs? He’s got both lungs and gills—an important fact to keep in mind, as the greatness and limitations of his biology feature prominently in the movie’s long, boring plot

progression. The Americans have got him for now, but what are they to do with him? Is he best used for further scientific observation, immediate torture at the hands of bellicose military types who hate change, or perhaps—wait for it—romance?

Michael Shannon enters as Richard Strickland, a hired security officer/goon tasked with transporting and then guarding the beast. It’s the 1960s, don’t forget (you won’t; the movie will repeatedly remind you). As such, we’re obsessed with beating the Russians to everything, which in this universe includes fish monster technology. Predictably, Shannon’s character doesn’t like guys with gills, considers the monster an aberration in God’s otherwise pristine plan and thinks “the asset” ought to be cattle prodded and then dissected. Contrast that with the will of Dr. Robert Hoffstetler (Michael Stuhlbarg), who sees both scientific potential and humanity in the fish man, and so reasonably argues against his immediate execution. All the while, we’ve

got this Cinderella-like janitor in Elisa, who sneaks in to see her merman night after night, until a weird and tender friendship begins to blossom between them.

Of course, there’s a lot to admire in the picture.

Shannon and Stuhlbarg in particular are excellent, and I appreciate the rated R darkness that lurks in what could have otherwise been a straight-up children’s story. What I can’t forgive is how static and simplistic these characters are. The evildoers start out rotten and end that way, and it’s the same for our heroes. With no ambiguity, there’s nothing for my brain to do except passively watch these soggy characters as they wade to a predictable, saccharine conclusion. How am I so unmoved by this classic fable? Perhaps the only monster here is… me?

The Shape of Water opens at the Roxy Fri., Jan. 12. arts@missoulanews.com

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OPENING THIS WEEK THE COMMUTER Liam Neeson continues his string of old man action thrillers in this movie I’m disappointed they didn’t call Taken the Train with Liam Neeson. Rated PG13. Also stars Vera Farmiga, Sam Neil and my future husband Patrick Wilson. Playing at the AMC 12 and the Pharaohplex.

I, TONYA Did you know figure skater Tonya Harding was the first American woman to complete a triple axel in competition? Of course not. We all remember her from the wildest scandal in sports history instead.

Rated R. Stars Margot Robbie, Sebastian Stan and Allison Janney. Playing at the Roxy.

PADDINGTON 2 Everyone’s favorite marmalade-loving bear is back in a sequel to 2014’s surprise hit. This time he’s in prison, which, to be honest, is a pretty bold choice for a kid’s movie. Rated PG. Stars Hugh Bonneville, Peter Capaldi and Sally “The Shape of Water” Hawkins. Playing at the AMC 12 and the Pharohplex.

THE POST In the 1970s, the federal government was lying to the American people and attacking the free press, a cornerstone of our democracy. I’m sure glad things aren’t like that anymore! Rated PG-13. Stars Tom Hanks, Meryl Streep and Bob Odenkirk. I wonder who is going to play me when they eventually make a movie about the Indy? Playing at the AMC 12.

THE SHAPE OF WATER Did you ever watch Creature from the Black Lagoon and think to yourself, dang, I wanna have sex with that? Guillermo del Toro did, apparently. Rated R. Stars Sally “Paddington 2” Hawkins, Doug Jones (not that one) and Michael “Pottersville” Shannon. Playing at the Roxy. (See Film)

NOW PLAYING ALL THE MONEY IN THE WORLD After her son is kidnapped, a desperate mother tries to convince his billionaire grandfather to pay the ransom. Rated R. Stars Charlie Plummer, Michelle Williams, Christopher Plummer and not Kevin Spacey. Nope, no Kevin Spacey in this movie, that’s for sure. Playing at the AMC 12.

COCO Inspired by Día de los Muertos, Pixar’s new film follows a young boy on his way to an otherworldly family reunion. I hope you have a box of tissues handy.

Rated PG. Stars the voices of Anthony Gonzalez, Benjamin Bratt and Edward James Olmos. Playing at the Missoula AMC 12.

DARKEST HOUR As the unstoppable Nazi forces roll across Western Europe, the new Prime Minster of Great Britain has to make the hardest decisions of his life. Rated PG13. Stars Gary Oldman, Lily James and Kristin Scott Thomas. Oldman sure loves being in movies with the word Dark in the title, doesn’t he? Playing at the Roxy.

THE DISASTER ARTIST Tommy Wiseau’s The Room is the best worst movie of all time. But how exactly did this cinematic trainwreck get made in the first place? Rated R. Stars James Franco, Dave Franco and Seth Rogen. Playing at the Pharaohplex.

“You fear me! You really fear me!” Margot Robbie stars in I, Tonya opening at the Roxy FERDINAND He might look like a ferocious beast, but this bighearted softy just proves you can’t judge a bull by its cover. Rated PG. Stars the voices of John Cena, Kate McKinnon and Gina Rodriguez. Playing at the AMC 12 and the Pharaohplex.

INSIDIOUS: THE LAST KEY There comes a time with every horror franchise when it has to abandon using numbers to differentiate its installments and and switch to vague and unoriginal subtitles. Rated PG-13. Stars Lin Shaye, Angus Sampson and Leigh Whannell. Patrick Wilson jumped ship two movies ago, unfortunately. Playing at the Pharaohplex and the AMC 12.

JUMANJI: WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE It took them 22 years, but Jumanji is finally getting a sequel without any of the original cast. Didn’t they learn their lesson with Zathura? Rated PG-13. Stars Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, Kevin Hart and Jack Black. Playing at the Missoula AMC 12 and the Pharaohplex.

LADY BIRD Applying to college, auditioning for the school play and throwing yourself out of a moving vehicle to avoid a conversation with your mother. High school never changes, does it? Rated R. Stars Saoirse Ronan, Laurie Metcalf and Odeya Rush. Playing through Thu., Jan. 11 at the Roxy.

MOLLY’S GAME She was on top of the world until she was arrested by a squad of armed FBI agents. Her crime? Running an illegal poker game for the richest and most influential people in the country. Rated R. Jessica Chastain, Idris Elba and Michael Cera star in Aaron Sorkin’s directorial debut. Playing at the AMC 12.

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THE OPERA HOUSE Drawing on rarely seen archival footage, still and interview, filmmaker Susan Froemke chronicles the the storied home of the Metropolitan Opera. Not Rated.

Playing Tue., Jan. 16 at 7 PM at the Roxy.

PITCH PERFECT 3 After winning the World Championship, The Bellas discover there aren’t any job prospects for a cappella singers outside of Where in the World is Carmen San Diego, and that show ended in 1995. Rated PG-13.

Stars Anna Kendrick, Rebel Wilson and John Lithgow.

Playing at the AMC 12 and the Pharaohplex.

POSTCARDS FROM THE EDGE (1990) After an exit from rehab, a Hollywood star stays with her mother, a somewhat champion drinker herself.

Based on the memoir by Carrie Fisher. Rated R. Stars Meryl Streep, Shirly MacLaine and Dennis Quaid.

Playing Wed., Jan. 17 at 7 PM at the Roxy.

SELMA (2014) “In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.”–Martin Luther King Jr. Rated PG-13. Stars David Oyelowo, Carmen Ejogo and Oprah Winfrey. Screening for free Mon., Jan. 15 at 11:45 AM and 7 PM at the Roxy.

STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI A bold and evil empire takes what it wants and destroys those who stand in its way. Who will oppose this tide of darkness? So far it’s already bought Marvel, 20th Century Fox and Star Wars. Rated PG-13.

Stars Daisy Ridley, Mark Hamill and Carrie Fisher. Playing at the Missoula AMC 12 and the Pharaohplex.

TAMPOPO (1985) An eccentric band of culinary ronin guide the widow of a noodle-shop owner on her quest for the perfect ramen recipe. Don’t see this one on an empty stom-

ach. Not Rated. Stars Ken Watanabe and Tsutomo Yamazaki. Playing Thu., Jan. 18 at 7 PM at the Roxy.

THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI Months after her daughter’s unsolved murder, a mom erected three signs to make sure the cops heard her. Burma-Shave. Rated R. Stars Frances McDormand, Woody Harrelson and Sam Rockwell. Playing at the AMC 12.

THE TRUMAN SHOW (1998) There aren’t a lot of movies that have their own psychological disorder named after them, are there? A mild-mannered man discovers that his whole life has been the subject of a television program. Rated PG. Stars Jim Carrey, Laura Linney and Ed Harris. Playing Sun., Jan. 14 at 7 PM at the Roxy.

WAYNE’S WORLD (1992) SCHWING! Public access TV metal heads get their shot at the big time. Rated PG-13. Stars Mike Myers, Dana Carvey and Tia Carrere. Playing Sat., Jan. 13 at 8 PM at the Roxy. Excellent.

ZIGGY STARDUST AND THE SPIDERS FROM MARS (1973) Ziggy played guitar, jamming with Weird and Gilly and the spiders from Mars and director D.A. Pennebaker captured the whole thing. Rated PG, but remember, we’re watching live footage from an early 70’s David Bowie concert. Playing Thu., Jan. 11 at 7 PM at the Roxy.

Capsule reviews by Charley Macorn.

Planning your outing to the cinema? Visit the arts section of missoulanews.com to find upto-date movie times for theaters in the area.

You can also contact theaters to spare yourself any grief and/or parking lot profanities.

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WARM UP with Curries, Noodles, Sakes, Teas, Wines.

Gluten-Free & Vegan NO PROBLEM

Sweet potato-Andouille hash

by Gabi Moskowitz

BROKEASS GOURMET

This has quickly become one of my favorite breakfasts (or lunches or dinners, for that matter).

It’s a fast, flavorful, high-protein dish with just enough kick from the spicy Andouille sausage and jalapeño. Serve it with some seared spinach or steamed broccoli with lemon and you’ll have an easy, healthy meal that will keep you satisfied for hours.

If you’re in a rush and need to eat on the go, scramble your eggs right into the hash and tuck it into whole wheat tortillas or pita pockets for a unique take on the breakfast burrito.

Note: If you’re not a fan of Andouille, this hash will accommodate just about any other kind of sausage as well. I’ve enjoyed it with garlic-cilantro chicken sausages, kielbasa and even vegetarian chorizo. Feel free to be creative.

Serves 2 Ingredients 1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil 1 large or 2 small sweet potatoes, scrubbed and diced into ½-inch pieces 1/2 medium onion, diced 1 clove garlic, minced 1 link Andouille sausage, diced 1/2 jalapeño, diced (remove the seeds and veins if you want to cut some of the spiciness) salt and pepper to taste

2 scallions, sliced 1 handful fresh cilantro, chopped 2 eggs, cooked as desired (I prefer poached or sunnyside-up) Directions Heat the oil in a large frying pan over mediumhigh heat.

Add the sweet potatoes and spread out so they cook evenly.

Let cook, stirring occasionally, for 7-8 minutes, until they begin to soften and develop a bit of color.

Add the onion, garlic, sausage and jalapeño and stir well.

Let cook, stirring occasionally, until the sausage begins to brown and the onions become quite flavorful (this is a good time to start your eggs).

Season hash with salt and pepper to taste.

Stir the scallions and cilantro into the hash and remove from heat.

Divide the hash between two plates and slide an egg on top of each.

Serve immediately.

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

“PROST!” Located above Bayern Brewery 1507 Montana Street Monday–Saturday | 11a–8pm BayernBrewery.com JANUARY

COFFEE SPECIAL

Lions Rock

COME IN AND WARM UP

(Central & South American Blend)

$10.95/lb.

BUTTERFLY HERBS Coffees, Teas & the Unusual

232 N. HIGGINS AVE • DOWNTOWN

IN OUR COFFEE BAR

BUTTERFLY

232 NORTH HIGGINS AVENUE DOWNTOWN

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, drive-thru, & delivery. Open everyday 11am - 10:30pm. $-$$ Brooks & Browns 200 S. Pattee St. 721-8550 Brooks & Browns Bar & Grill is the place to relax and unwind while enjoying our New Feature Menu. Great selection of Montana Brews on tap! Come down as you are and enjoy Happy Hour every day from 4-7p and all day Sunday with drink and appetizer specials changing daily. Thursday Trivia from 7:30-9:30. Inside the Holiday Inn Downtown Missoula. $-$$ 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. $-$$ Butterfly Herbs 232 N. Higgins 728-8780 Celebrating 45 years of great coffees and teas. Truly the “essence of Missoula.” Offering fresh coffees, teas (Evening in Missoula), bulk spices and botanicals, fine toiletries & gifts. Our cafe features homemade soups, fresh salads, and coffee ice cream specialties. In the heart of historic downtown, we are Missoula’s first and favorite Espresso Bar. Open 7 Days. $ Doc’s Gourmet Sandwiches 214 N. Higgins Ave. 542-7414 Doc’s is an extremely popular gathering spot for diners who appreciate the great ambiance, personal service and generous sandwiches made with the freshest ingredients. Whether you’re heading out for a power lunch, meeting friends or family or just grabbing a quick takeout, Doc’s is always an excellent choice. Delivery in the greater Missoula area. We also offer custom catering!...everything from gourmet appetizers to all of our menu items. $-$$

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 seasonally-changing selection of deli salads and rotisserie-roasted chickens are also available. Locally-roasted coffee/espresso drinks and an extensive fresh juice and smoothie menu complement bakery goods from the GFS ovens and Missoula’s favorite bakeries. Indoor and patio seating. Open every day 7am-10pm. $-$$ Grizzly Liquor 110 W Spruce St. 549-7723 grizzlyliquor.com Voted Missoula’s Best Liquor Store! Largest selection of spirits in the Northwest, including all Montana microdistilleries. Your headquarters for unique spirits and wines! Free customer parking. Open Monday-Saturday 9-7:30. $-$$$ 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 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

$…Under $5 $–$$…$5–$15 $$–$$$…$15 and over

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[dish] 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. $$-$$$ Nara Japanese/Korean Bar-B-Que & Sushi 3075 N. Reserve 327-0731 We invite you to visit our contemporary Korean-Japanese restaurant and enjoy its warm atmosphere. Full Sushi Bar. Korean bar-b-que at your table. Beer, Wine and Sake. $$-$$$ Orange Street Food Farm 701 S. Orange St. 543-3188 orangestreetfoodfarm.com Experience The Farm today!!! Voted number one Supermarket & Retail Beer Selection. Fried chicken, fresh meat, great produce, vegan, gluten free, all natural, a HUGE beer and wine selection, and ROCKIN’ music. What deal will you find today? $-$$$ Pearl Cafe 231 E. Front St. 541-0231 pearlcafe.us Country French meets the Northwest. Idaho Trout with King Crab, Beef Filet with Green Peppercorn Sauce, Fresh Northwest Fish, Seasonally Inspired Specials, House Made Sourdough Bread & Delectable Desserts.

Extensive wine list, local beer on draft. Reservations recommended. Visit us on Facebook or go to Pearlcafe.us to check out our nightly specials, make 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! $-$$

Big Head’s Bottle Shop

HAPPIEST HOUR

Rumour 1855 Stephens Ave. 549-7575 rumourrestaurant.com We believe in celebrating the extraordinary flavors of Montana using local product whenever it's available. We offer innovative vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free, meat & seafood dishes that pair beautifully with one of our amazing handcrafted cocktails, regional micro-brews, 29 wines on tap or choose a bottle from our extensive wine list. At Rumour, you'll get more than a great culinary experience....You'll get the perfect night out. Open daily: restaurant at 4.00pm, casino at 10.30am, brunch sat & sun at 9.30am Sushi Hana 403 N. Higgins 549-7979 SushiMissoula.com Montana’s Original Sushi Bar. We Offer the Best Sushi and Japanese Cuisine in Town. Casual atmosphere. Plenty of options for non-sushi eaters including daily special items you won’t find anywhere else. $1 Specials Mon & Wed. Lunch Mon–Sat; Dinner Daily. Sake, Beer, & Wine. Visit SushiMissoula.com for full menu. $$-$$$

Taco Sano Two Locations: 115 1/2 S. 4th Street West 1515 Fairview Ave inside City Life 541-7570 • tacosano.net Home of Missoula’s Best BREAKFAST BURRITO. 99 cent TOTS every Tuesday. Once you find us you’ll keep coming back. Breakfast Burritos served all day, Quesadillas, Burritos and Tacos. Let us dress up your food with our unique selection of toppings, salsas, and sauces. Open 10am-9pm 7 days a week. WE DELIVER. $-$$ Tia’s Big Sky 1016 W. Broadway 317-1817 • tiasbigsky.com We make locally sourced Mexican food from scratch. We specialize in organic marinated Mexican street chicken (rotisserie style) fresh handmade tortillas, traditional and fusion tamales, tacos, pozole and so much more. Most items on our menu are gluten free and we offer many vegetarian and vegan options. We also have traditional Mexican deserts, as well as drinks. Much of our produce is grown for us organically by Kari our in house farmer! Eat real food at Tia’s!

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

$…Under $5 $–$$…$5–$15 $$–$$$…$15 and over

photo by Derek Brouwer

Where you are: Big Head’s is a beer connoisseur’s dream, where more than 500 imported, Montana and specialty beers and hard ciders await your perusal.

Why you’re here: All these brews used to be available at Summer Sun Garden and Brew when the store was located on the Westside, but the whole operation moved to new digs out on West Broadway last summer. The retail alcohol side of the business has split off as Big Head’s, though it still shares a building with Summer Sun. Jared Robinson, Big Head’s owner, says he manages the homebrewing section of Summer Sun as well.

What’s in the cooler: The shop’s full menu is posted to the social networking site Untappd.com, so you can download the app and peruse the inventory by bottle size, country of origin, alcohol content, popularity, bitterness—you name it. Hop lovers, for instance, will note that Big Head’s stocks five brews with >100 IBUs, including the Mob

Barley barleywine from Meadowlark in Sidney and a triple IPA from Moylan’s Brewing in Novato, California. Robinson stocks more than 60 Belgian beers, 27 German beers and even one each from China and Iceland.

What stands out: Robinson heads over to a cooler filled with bomber bottles, but a stash of brightly colored aluminum cans stick out. They’re the remaining crowlers from Imagine Nation Brewing’s latest limited-run milkshake IPA (Hyperspace Mango Milkshake New England IPA, to be precise), and Robinson says Big Head’s is the only place to get them (warning: There were only a couple left). Almost as hard to find in Missoula are three bombers from Thirsty Street in Billings, including an Oaked Up Plum Sour Ale, and cans from Lockhorn cider in Bozeman.

Where to find it: Big Head’s Bottle Shop is located at 3106 West Broadway Suite B. Open every day noon to 7 p.m.

—Derek Brouwer

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FRI | 8 PM The Dustbowl Revival plays the Hamilton Performing Arts Center Fri., Jan. 12 at 8 PM. $39.

FRI | 10:15 PM Laney Lou and the Bird Dogs play the Top Hat Fri., Jan. 12 at 10:15 PM. Free

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TUE | 8 PM The Victor Wooten Trio plays the Wilma Tue., Jan. 16. Doors at 7 PM, show at 8. $32.50/$27.50 advance.

THU—SAT Ballet Beyond Borders continues. Visit rmbt.org/bbb for a full schedule of events and ticketing. $46.50–$61.50.

THU | 1/11 | 8:30 PM The Lucky Valentines play the Top Hat Thu., Jan. 11 at 8:30 PM. Free.

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Say “yes and” to a free improv workshop every Thursday at BASE. Free and open to all abilities, levels and interests.

725 W. Alder. 6:30 PM— 8 PM Dr. Joan Bird hosts the Montana Conversations program: UFO and Extraterrestrials in Montana in the Community Room of North Valley Public Library. 6 PM. Free. (See Spotlight) Ballet Beyond Borders continues with local, national and internationally renowned dancers performing throughout the Garden City.

Visit rmbt.org/bbb for a full schedule of events and ticketing. $46.50—$61.50

nightlife My favorite cocktail! Good Old Fashioned plays Draught Works Brewery. 6 PM—8 PM. Free.

All aboard! Next stop: Betelgeuse! Railroad Earth plays the Wilma. Doors at 7 PM, show at 8. $28/$25 advance.

Is that supposed to be a heart or a horseshoe? The Lucky Valentines play the Top Hat at 8:30 PM. Free.

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Thursday

Anxiety Spells, Nico Larsen’s multi-media mixture of Dada, witchcraft and coping mechanisms, opens at the ZACC. 5:30 PM—8:30 PM. Stand-up comedian Zack Jarvis takes you on a historical and hilarious tour of Missoula Brewing Co. 6 PM. Free.

Monk’s is taking the bored out of board games. Which is pretty easy, because there’s no “bored” in there.

Bring your pals and your favorite table top games to Monk’s for a night of gaming. 8 PM—11 PM. Free.

Ballet Beyond Borders continues with local, national and internationally renowned dancers performing throughout the Garden City. Visit rmbt.org/bbb for a full schedule of events and ticketing. $46.50—$61.50

nightlife Celebrate the 20th anniversary of the release of Cher’s Believe at Dead Hipster–I Love the ‘90s Dance Party. I still believe, Cher. I still believe. The Badlander. 9 PM. $3.

Britchy plays Ten Spoon Vineyard. 6 PM. Free.

Brazil Night brings the best in samba, bossa nova and forró to Imagine Nation Brewing. 6 PM— 8 PM. Free.

They don’t seem particularly pants-like to me. Britchy plays Ten Spoon Vineyard. 6 PM. Free.

The Dustbowl Revival brings its pre-war blues and Big Easy funk to the Hamilton Performing Arts Center. 8 PM. $39 Has it really been two decades since the world was first introduced to a band of bohemians who would rather make crappy

documentaries instead of, you know, paying their rent? The Rent 20th Anniversary Tour comes to the Adams Center. 8 PM. $46.50—61.50. (See Spotlight) Bozeman-based folk rockers Laney Lou and the Bird Dogs play the Top Hat at 10:15 PM. Free.

Trivia at the Holiday Inn Downtown. 7:30–10 PM. The VFW takes you back to the birth of house music with Kiss My House. 9 PM. Free.

Honeycomb Dance Party at Monk’s. 9 PM. Free.

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

Kris Moon hosts a night of volcanic party action featuring himself, DJ T-Rex and a rotating cast of local DJs projecting a curated lineup of music videos on the walls every Thursday at the Badlander. 9 PM. Free.

TGIGF! Gladys Friday plays the Union Club at 9:30 PM. Free.

Dusk provides the soundtrack at the Sunrise Saloon at 9:30 PM. Free.

Tequila Mockingbird, B3ar B3ats Live and Erin Schneider & the Semi-Precious Stone play the VFW. 10 PM. $3.

another day

Spotlight Ah, Rent. Jonathan Larson's musical about how making art is more important than paying your landlord may not be the cultural juggernaut it was when it first hit the boards of Broadway in 1996, but its impact is still felt today. Not only has the show been touring pretty much non-stop since 1998, we've also had two decades of parody, pastiche and at least one WHAT: Rent 20th Anniversary Tour WHEN: Fri., Jan. 12 at 8 PM. WHERE: Adams Center HOW MUCH: $46.50 - $61.50

awful film adaptation. But keeping in tradition of the show, I, myself being a bohemian artist, am going to abandon this Spotlight halfway through to write a series of haikus that have nothing to do

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with Rent. See, when you're a dedicated artist like I am, you've just got to create art and not sweat the small stuff like having a job or a place to live. (Editor's Note: Jesus Christ, Charley, we've talked about this).

Frankenstein's Monster I named my dog after you What a great actor Meet me at the bar Which one, you ask me, unsure.

How about Flippers?

(Editor's Note: Charley, this is stupid and bad) I don't drink coffee And I don't drink tea either My nalgene is full (Editor's Note: Please rewrite this whole thing before we go to print or you're fired)

—Charley Macorn

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Spotlight Twenty years ago, the owner of my hometown bakery in Deer Lodge caused quite a stir when he returned from a camping trip claiming to have had a close encounter with an alien space-

Bring your raw performance art, poetry, songwriting and writing to the ZACC basement during the Outside/Inside open mic.

5:30 PM—8:30 PM. Free.

WHAT: UFOS and Extraterrestrials in Montana

Need a little inspiration to get out of bed on the weekend? Come join Run Wild Missoula’s Saturday morning runs at the Runner’s Edge at 8 AM. Open to all skill levels.

WHO: Joan Bird WHEN: Thu., Jan. 11 at 6 PM WHERE: North Valley Public Library HOW MUCH: Free MORE INFO: montanaufos.com

craft. The local paper even ran a story about it, complete with the drawing the baker had sketched of the alleged spacecraft. It turns out flying saucers look a lot like a donut with sprinkles.

Regardless of what that baker saw that night, Montana, with its wide open spaces and few people to fill it, has had its share of alleged otherworldly encounters over the years. And while it's easy

to dismiss these encounters as the product of too much beer (or too many donuts), the recently released reports on Unidentified Flying Objects from the Federal Government by the New York Times last month makes these stories worth revisiting.

Joan Bird, a lifelong student of unexplained phenomena and author of Montana UFOS and Extraterrestrials, has been tracking and writing about alien incursions into the Big Sky State since the 1980s. The North Valley Public Library in Stevensville hosts Bird for its Montana Conversations program. The audience is invited to share their own stories of extraterrestrial interactions. Let me know if any of them look like donuts, though.

—Charley Macorn

The 11th Annual Darby Dog Derby Sled Dog Race takes teams of experienced mushers around Lost Trail and Gibbons Pass. The two-day event hits the trail at 9 AM. Visit bitterrootmushers.org for more info.

Held in conjunction with Ballet Beyond Borders, the third annual Art of Diplomacy conference examines the role of art in science, justice, diplomacy and more. Mansfield Center. 9 AM—2 PM. Free. Register at mansfieldconference.org Imagine Nation Brewing hosts Color for King, a celebration of the legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr. Funds raised at this even support Montana Campus Compact’s Read for

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nightlife Andrea Harsell provides the tunes at Draught Works. 6 PM—8 PM. Free.

Grab your bell-bottoms and strap on your roller-skates. Lolo Hot Springs hosts a groovy night of nostalgia at the ‘70s Disco Dance.

9 PM. Free.

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

The Country Boogie Boys get your boots scootin’ at the Sunrise Saloon. 9:30 PM. Free.

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

Good crop o’ Josh comin’ in this year, I’ll tell you what. Josh Farmer Band plays the Top Hat at 10:15 PM. Free.

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I think that rabbit was driving a snowmobile. Learn to identify and track a variety of animals in the snow at MPG Ranch with the MORE program. 9 AM—5 PM. Transportation provided call 721-PARK for registration and more info. $8.

Peace initiative. 4 PM—7 PM. Free.

from across the state lip-syncing for their lives to see which half of the state has the fiercest performers. The Badlander. Doors at 8 PM, show at 9. $5. 18-plus.

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The Ed Norton Big Band plays the Montana Winery from 6 PM—8 PM. Free.

The first ISCSM Drag Show of 2018 features kings and queens

Every Sunday is “Sunday Funday” at the Badlander. 9 PM.

Wait, are we talking about Charlemagne’s great grandson or the beer? The Dram Shop hosts a special tasting of imperial stouts from around the world.

6:30 PM—8 PM. $30. Visit dramshopmt.com for registration.

Missoulians are obsessed with this guy. Bill LaCroix plays Draught Works Brewery. 5 PM— 7 PM. Free.

Musician Bryan Jay bids a fond farewell to the Garden City with a evening of music at Imagine Nation Brewing. 5 PM—8 PM. Free.

Every Monday from 6—8 PM.

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Motown on Mondays puts the so-u-l back into Missoula. Resident DJs Smokey Rose and Mark Myriad curate a night of your favorite Motor City hits at the Badlander. 9 PM. Free.

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 DJ Sol spins funk, soul, reggae and hip-hop at the Badlander. Doors at 9 PM, show at 10. Free. 21-plus.

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Tuesday Emily Kern, community garden coordinator and owner of edible landscaping company Harvestscapes, teaches a free cooking class on how to make enchiladas. 5:30 PM—7:30 PM. Free, but RSVP by calling 406-829-0873.

Edible landscaping. You mean like from Willy Wonka?

Step up your factoid game at Quizzoula trivia night, every Tuesday at the VFW. 8:30 PM. Free. Which rock star was jailed in Tokyo on today’s date in 1980 for marijuana possession? Answer in tomorrow’s Nightlife.

The Iron Griz hosts a wine tasting dedicated to wines from Rioja, Spain. Are you telling me there’s wine that doesn’t come in a box? 5 PM—7 PM. $12.

nightlife Five-time Grammy Award-winning bassist Victor Wooten plays the Wilma. Doors at 7 PM, show at 8. $32.50/$27.50 advance.

Missoula Music Showcase features local singers and songwriters each week a the Badlander. 9 PM. Free.

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Thursday

The 8-week Hellgate Roller Derby Boot Camp kicks off with an orientation for new and beginning skaters. Visit hellgaterollerderby.org for registration

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

nightlife Milltown Damn plays the Top Hat, allows me to use a swearword in print.

8 PM. Free.

Hambone and the Headliners headline a night of music at the Sunrise Saloon.

8:30 PM. Free.

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

Kris Moon hosts a night of volcanic party action featuring himself, DJ T-Rex and a rotating cast of local DJs projecting a curated lineup of music videos on the walls every Thursday at the Badlander. 9 PM. Free.

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A panel of experts address 2017’s tragic fire season and its impact on Missoula’s people and economy at the Missoula Area Chamber of Commerce’s special presentation. Hilton Garden Inn. 11 AM—1:30 PM. $50/$35 Chamber members.

Have you looked outside recently? Better safe than sorry. A 4-day Level 1 Avalanche class kicks off in McGill Hall. Call 406243-5172 for more info. 5 PM. $275.

Every Wednesday is Community UNite at KettleHouse Brewing Company’s Northside tap room. A portion of every pint sold goes to support local Missoula causes. This week raise a glass for the Missoula Family YMCA. 5 PM—8 PM.

nightlife Singer-songwriter Andrea Harsell plays a solo show at Great Burn Brewing. 6 PM. Free.

The slam is back! Poetry Slam brings verbal prowess and lyrical acrobatics to E3 Convergence Gallery. 7 PM. Email e3gallery @e3gallerymissoula.com to sign up.

Win big bucks off your bar tab and/or free pitchers by answering trivia questions at Brains on Broadway Trivia Night at the Broadway Sports Bar and Grill. 7 PM. Trivia answer: Paul McCartney.

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My DJ name is RNDM LTTRS. Join the Missoula Open Decks Society for an evening of music. Bring your gear and your dancing shoes to the VFW at 8 PM. Every Wednesday is Beer Bingo at the Thomas Meagher Bar. Win cash prizes along with beer and liquor giveaways. 8 PM. Free.

Is there any duo more iconic than beer and cheese? Draught Works Brewery pair six of their craft beds with sheep milk cheeses from Tucker Family Farm to please your palate. 5 PM—8 PM. Visit draughtworksbrewery.com for more info. $20.

The 8-week Hellgate Roller Derby Boot Camp kicks off with an orientation for new and beginning skaters. Visit hellgaterollerderby.org for registration and more info. $80 plus the cost of gear. 5:30 PM. Artist Kay Langland discusses her current work at the Art Associates of Missoula meeting. Missoula Art Museum 10 AM. Free and open to the public.

Join Radius Gallery owners Lisa Simon and Jason Neal for a guided look at the artwork included in Missoula Art Museum’s upcoming benefit auction. The MAM. 5:30 PM—7 PM. Free. RSVP at missoulaartmuseum.org

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

9:30 PM. No cover.

What a piece of work is Carrie La Seur?

How noble in reason, how infinite in faculty? Critically-acclaimed author Carrie La Seur reads from her new book The Home Place, which has been called a melding of Big Sky Country and Shakespeare’s Hamlet. Fact and Fiction Books.

7 PM. Free.

Bob Mislevic provides the soundtrack at Draught Works Brewery. 6 PM—8 PM. Free.

Say “yes and” to a free improv workshop every Thursday at BASE. Free and open to all abilities, levels and interests. 725 W. Alder. 6:30 PM—8 PM All those late nights watching gameshow reruns are finally paying off. Get cash toward your bar tab when you win first place at trivia at the Holiday Inn Downtown. 7:30—10 PM. Is it big? Yeah, yeah, yeah. It’s not small.

No, no, no. Groove the night away at the Honeycomb Dance Party at Monk’s. 9 PM. Free.

Agenda These pets may be adopted at Missoula Animal Control 541-7387 SYDNI•Sydni is a 10 year old female Pit Bull mix. She is timid old girl with a constantly worried expression. She doesn't have much get up and go, but will mosey along when it's time for walks. She loves treats and takes them very gently. Sydni knows several commands, but has a rather slow repsonse rate. She does well with cats, but does not enjoy other dogs.

MINNIE• Minnie is a 5 year old female brown tabby and white cat. She was surrendered to the shelter when her owner lost his home. She is a quiet, yet affectionate cat that has always lived as an inside only cat. Minnie loves recieving affection, but spends the rest of her time snuggling under blanets.

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MERLIN• Merlin is a 2 year old male In 1994, President Bill Clinton signed into law federal legislation transforming Martin Luther King Jr. Day into a Day of Service. This change to the still relatively new federal holiday honored King's dedication to grassroots activism and community outreach by encouraging Americans across the country to take a day to give back to their local communities.

The point being that we shouldn't take a day off to remember King, but to take a day to celebrate his actions by working. Surprisingly, some people had a problem with this. I mean, not surprisingly. We all know why some people have a problem with King's memory.

In honor of the Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service, the Montana Campus Compact,

VISTA and AmericCorps coordinate throughout the state for a variety of events in support of the MLK Read for Peace Initiative in Montana Public Schools. This program places volunteers in kindergarten through fifth-grade classrooms to read age-appropriate books about Dr. King.

These events will be held across the state, with special activities, screenings and conversations at Imagine Nation Brewing and Barnes and Noble in Missoula.

—Charley Macorn

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day at the Montgomery Distillery. A dollar from every drink sold is donated to a local organization. 12 PM–8 PM.

Work at a nonprofit? Get discounts on your first beer at Nonprofit Appreciation Day at Imagine Nation Brewing. 5 PM.

SATURDAY JANUARY 13 Held in conjunction with Ballet Beyond Borders, the third annual Art of Diplomacy conference examines the role of art in science, justice, diplomacy and more. Mansfield Center. 9 AM–2 PM. Free. Register at mansfieldconference.org.

Imagine Nation Brewing hosts Color for King, a celebration of the legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr. Funds raised at this even support Montana Campus Compact's Read for Peace initiative. 4 PM–7 PM. Free.

MONDAY JANUARY 15 Sip a fancy cocktail for a cause at Moscow Mon-

The MLK Read For Peace Events start Wed., Jan. 10. Visit mtcompact.org/ mlkreadforpeace for a full list of events and activities.

Find out how the Garden City Blooms at Missoula City Council Meeting. City Council Chambers (obviously). 7 PM.

WEDNESDAY JANUARY 17 Every Wednesday is Community UNite at KettleHouse Brewing Company's Northside tap room.

A portion of every pint sold goes to support local Missoula causes. This week raise a glass for the Missoula Family YMCA. 5 PM–8 PM.

THURSDAY JANUARY 18 How much should you trust this calendar? Humanities Montana hosts a community conversation on Fake News in a Post-Truth Era at Imagine Nation Brewing. 6 PM. Free.

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.

long-haired Brown Tabby. He came to the shelter with five other cats when his owner was evicted from his home. Merlin knew nothing outside of the safety of that home and has had a difficult time adjusting to a change in his environment. He is very timid and prefers to hide in his kennel while at the shelter.

These pets may be adopted at the Humane Society of Western Montana 549JD• JD is a handsome boy looking for an affectionate family. This playful dog loves pets and scratches behind the ears. He is friendly with people and would do really well with another dog that can show him the ropes of his new home.

RUSTY• Rusty is a friendly, gentle giant that really likes people! He enjoys getting belly rubs and relaxing next to you on a cozy bed. Despite being almost 100 lbs, he walks great on a gentle leader! Rusty is super smart and ready to learn anything and everything.

He also loves the great outdoors, and would love to explore with you.

RAPUNZEL• Rapunzel is a sweet and calm girl that loves cuddles. This beautiful lady has striking eyes and long hair that is sure to steal your heart. Rapunzel is a curious girl that loves to explore the whole house. Her favorite thing to do is be around her people.

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Mountain High he most wonderful thing about the heavy snowfalls that blanket Missoula every year is being able to see who made their way down icy sidewalks before I do. Seeing the variety of footprints stretching out before you isn't just a good way to know where to put your own feet to avoid falling, but it's also a great way to see the tracks of nature. A multitude of critters, mostly unknown to us humans in our day-to-day, make their presence known with fresh tracks.

Seeing these skittering footprints in fresh snow is one of my favorite things about this otherwise miserable season.

This week we've got several events focusing on animals in snow. Saturday features a 9 a.m. trip hosted by Missoula Parks & Rec to MPG Ranch, where you’ll learn to identify and track a variety of animals in the snow. If you want to

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SATURDAY JANUARY 13 I think that rabbit was driving a snowmobile.

Learn to identify and track a variety of animals in the snow of MPG Ranch with the MORE program. 9 AM–5 PM. Transportation provided. Call 721-PARK for registration and more info. $8.

The 11th annual Darby Dog Derby Sled Dog Race takes teams of experienced mushers around Lost Trail and Gibbons Pass. The two-day event hits the trail at 9 AM. Visit bitterrootmushers.org for more info.

How's this for a slick hobby? Cabela's hosts an intro to ice fishing seminar with all the best techniques and gear. 11 AM–1 PM. Free.

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track animals, but maybe want to sleep in that day, Montana Natural History Center hosts a naturalist-guided snowshoe hike through the Lee Creek campground in search of animal tracks from 12:30–3:30 p.m.

Finally, if you're just looking to watch animals making their tracks in the snow, the 11th Annual Darby Dog Derby Sled Dog Race takes teams of experienced mushers around Lost Trail and Gibbons Pass. Don't let animals have all the fun in our winter wonderland. Get outside and make some tracks of your own.

—Charley Macorn The Festival of Cycles starts at 10 AM on Sat., Sept. 23, and goes until 10 PM. Free.

Take a snowshoe hike with naturalists from Montana Natural History Center through Lee Creek Campground. 12:30 PM–3:30 PM. Free. Email cmorris@montananaturalist.org for registration.

SUNDAY JANUARY 14 The 11th Annual Darby Dog Derby Sled Dog Race continues. Visint bitterrootmushers.org for more info.

TUESDAY JANUARY 16 Have you looked outside recently? Better safe than sorry. A four-day Level 1 Avalanche class kicks off in McGill Hall. Call 406-243-5172 for more info. 5 PM. $275.

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I follow you on Twitter, and I was disgusted to see your tweet about marriage, “No, humans aren’t naturally monogamous—which is why people say relationships ‘take work,’ while you never hear anybody talking about what a coal mine an affair can be.” If a person finds fidelity so challenging, they should stay single.

—Ethical Married Person Reality has this bad habit of being kind of a bummer. So, sure, that person you married all those years ago still has the capacity to surprise you with crazy new positions in bed—but typically they’re yogi-like contortions they use to pick dead skin off the bottoms of their feet.

That line you quote, “relationships ‘take work,’ while you never hear ... what a coal mine an affair can be,” is actually from one of my old columns. I tweeted it along with this advice: “Don’t just assume you & romantic partner (will) stay monogamous. Maybe discuss how, exactly, you’ll go about that.”

From where I sit—opening lots of letters and emails from cheaters and the cheated upon—this is simply good, practical marriage(and relationship-) preserving advice. But from some of the responses on Twitter, you’d think I’d suggested braising the family dog and serving him on a bed of greens with a “tennis ball” of candied yams.

Though some men and women on Twitter merely questioned my take, interestingly, the enraged responses (ranging from impersonally rabid to denigratingly hateful) came entirely from men. Granted, this may just have been due to chance (who was shirking work on Twitter just then), or it may reflect research on sex differences that suggests men tend to be more comfortable engaging in direct conflict.

However, though evolutionary psychologist David Buss, among others, finds that both men and women are deeply upset by infidelity—or the mere prospect of it—there seems to be a sex difference in who is more likely to go absolutely berserko over it. Buss, looking out over the anthropological literature, observes: “In cultures the world over, men find the thought of their partner having sexual intercourse with other men intolerable. Suspicion or detection of infidelity causes many men to lash out in furious anger rarely seen in other contexts.”

Evolutionary psychologists have speculated that the fierceness of male sexual jealousy may be an evolved adaptation to combat the uniquely male problem of “paternity uncertainty”—basically the “who actually is your

daddy?” question. A woman, of course, knows that the tiny human who’s spent a good part of nine months sucker-punching her in the gut is hers. However, our male ancestors lacked access to 23andMe mail-in DNA tests. So male emotions seem to have evolved to act as an alarm system, goading men to protect themselves (like with a scary expression of anger to forewarn their partner), lest they be snookered into raising another man’s child.

The problem with the enraged response is that it kicks our brain into energy conservation mode—shunting blood flow away from our higher-reasoning department and toward our arms and legs and organs needed for “fight or flight.” So the mere mention of cheating—even coupled with suggestions for how to prevent it—kills any possibility of reasoned thinking. In our dumbed-down enraged state, all we’ve got is the knee-jerk response: “I am so totally moral, and so is my wife, and anyone who needs to discuss how they’ll stay monogamous is the Whore of Babylon!”

Unfortunately, aggressive denial of reality is particularly unhelpful for infidelity prevention. It’s especially unhelpful when it’s coupled with feelings of moral superiority. Organizational behaviorist Dolly Chugh and her colleagues find that people’s view of themselves as “moral, competent, and deserving ... obstructs their ability” to make ethical decisions under pressure.

So, as the late infidelity researcher Peggy Vaughan advised, “a couple’s best hope for monogamy lies in rejecting the idea that they can assume monogamy without discussing the issue.”

They should instead admit that “attractions to others are likely ... no matter how much they love each other” and “engage in ongoing honest communication about the reality of the temptations and how to avoid the consequences of acting on those temptations.”

For example: What’s the plan if, say, marital sex gets a little sparse? If the marriage hits a rough patch? If that hot co-worker starts hitting on you when you’re drunk and a little unhappy while on a business trip?

Maybe it seems depressing to discuss this stuff. However, a wedding ring is not an electrified fence. Accepting that is probably your best bet for avoiding emotional devastation and divorce when, 25 years in, a “jug of wine, a loaf of bread, and thou” still keeps the old spark alive in bed—but only when supplemented with a wellcharged cordless cattle prod.

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PUBLIC NOTICES MNAXLP AMENDED NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Pursuant to Section 71-1-301 et seq of the Montana Code Annotated, the undersigned Successor Trustee hereby gives amended notice of a trustee’s sale to be held on the 22nd day of February, 2018, at 10:00 o’clock a.m., at the south entrance to the Missoula County Courthouse, 200 W. Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802, to sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, the interest in the followingdescribed real property located in Missoula County, Montana: Tract C of Certificate of Survey No. 2485, a tract of land located in the West ½ of the Northeast ¼ of the Northwest ¼ of Section 15,Township 14 North, Range 19 West, P.M.M., Missoula County, Montana. Commonly known as: 11125 Grant Creek Road, Missoula, MT 59808 Heath Poser and Melissa Peters, as Grantors, conveyed the abovedescribed real property, and the improvements situated thereon, to Western Title and Escrow, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Robert T. Knight and Nancy J. Knight, who were designated as Beneficiaries

in a Deed of Trust dated August 14, 2015, and recorded August 14, 2015, in Book 949 at Page 736 Micro Records, as Instrument No. 201515453, records of Missoula County, Montana.The obligation secured by the aforementioned Trust Indenture is now in default, in that payments on the promissory note secured by the Trust Indenture have not been made as required. The balance owing as of October 23, 2017 is the sum of $354,862.56 which amount includes the principal balance of $350,000, interest owing to October 23, 2017 of $4,862.56, long term escrow fees of $122.00, recording expenses of $49.00, plus title expenses of $1,171.50. Interest continues to accrue at the rate set out in the promissory note at the rate of 5.0 percent per annum until paid, plus any additional accrued late charges, escrow advances, attorney fees and costs, title and recording expenses, and any other sums incurred or advanced by the Beneficiaries pursuant to the terms and conditions of said Trust Indenture.

In accordance with the provisions of

the promissory note and Trust Indenture and absent cure of the defaults noted herein, the Beneficiaries elect to accelerate the full remaining balance due under the terms of the Trust Indenture and promissory note, and Beneficiaries have elected to sell the interest of Heath Poser and Melissa Peters, their heirs, successors, and assigns, in and to the aforedescribed property, subject to all easements, restrictions, encumbrances or covenants existing of record at the time of the said Trust Indenture, to satisfy the obligations owing. Beneficiaries have designated Chris Johnson, of Worden Thane, PC a licensed Montana attorney, as Successor Trustee to conduct such sale proceedings in that Substitution of Trustee recorded September 19, 2017, in Book 986 at Page 1002 Micro Records, records of Missoula County, Montana. Pursuant to the terms and conditions of the promissory note and Trust Indenture, the sale noticed herein may not be terminated except by the tender to the Successor Trustee of all amounts in arrears due and owing to the date of payment,

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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-17-3338-LT SUMMONS FOR POSSESSION BY PUBLICATION MONTANA CRESTVIEW, Plaintiff, v.

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Beneficiaries, and excepting only the Successor Trustee, may bid at the sale.

The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding in immediately available funds. Conveyance will be by Trustee’s Deed, without any representation or warranty and on an as-is, where-is basis, without limitation.

Successor Trustee may place other reasonable terms and conditions on the sale and payment, and should be contacted prior to any bid at sale. The scheduled Trustee’s sale may be postponed by public proclamation for up to 15 days for any reason, and in the event of a bankruptcy filing postponed for up to 120 days by public proclamation at least every 30 days. DATED this 24th day of October, 2017. /s/ Chris Johnson, Successor Trustee P.O. Box 4747 Missoula, MT 59806 (406) 7213400 STATE OF MONTANA ): ss.

County of Missoula ) This instrument was acknowledged before me on the 24th day of October, 2017 by Chris Johnson, Successor Trustee. /s/ Laura L. Schwaderer, Notary Public for State of Montana (seal) Residing at: Missoula, Montana My Commission expires: September 24 2021

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 attorney,Thomas C. Orr, 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 20 day of December, 2017. By: /s/ Erynn Flaherty, Clerk of Court IN THE JUSTICE COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA MISSOULA COUNTY COURTHOUSE, ROOM 302 200 WEST BROADWAY, MISSOULA, MT 59802 CAUSE NO. CV2017-2968 SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION PLUM PROPERTY MANAGEMENT, LLD, PLAINTIFF, v.

TOBIAS ADAMS, AND ALL OTHER TENANTS, DEFENDANT. THE STATE OF MONTANA TO: Tobias Adams, 1530 Cooley #12 Missoula, MT 59802 STATEMENT OF OBJECT OF ACTION:The above-captioned action is a Cause of Action against you relating to the possessory interest that you claim in the real property located at 1530 Cooley, #12, Missoula, MT 59802. Plaintiff demands relief which consists partially of excluding you from said possessory interest. YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Complaint in this action which is filed in the office of the above-entitled Jus-

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which as of the date of this Notice of Trustee’s Sale include 3 unpaid interest-only installment payments totaling $4,374.99, plus escrow reserves as called for in said promissory note, and any late and other charges incurred as of date of such payment, together with all fees, costs and expenses of sale as incurred, or in the alternative, full payoff of all sums owning Beneficiaries.

Said promissory note has a maturity date of February 15, 2018. Please contact the undersigned Successor Trustee prior to tender of any such payment to verify amounts owing.

Those with an interest in the property and who appear from public record to be entitled to notification of these proceedings are: Heath Poser Melissa Peters 11125 Grant Creek Road Missoula, MT 59808 Heath Poser Melissa Peters P.O. Box 27 Phillipsburg, MT 59858-0027 Any Occupant of 11125 Grant Creek Road Missoula, MT 59808 Heath Poser 4242 Expressway Crestview Apartments Missoula, MT 59808 Heath Poser c/o Dennis E. Lind Datsopoulos, McDonald & Lind, P.C. 201 West Main St., Ste. 201 Central Square Building Missoula, MT 59802 Melissa Peters 3811 Landcaster Road Missoula, MT 59808 Richard Reep of Reep, Bell, Laird & Jasper, P.C. P.O. Box 16961 Missoula, MT 59808 and 2955 Stockyard Road Missoula, MT 59808 Successor Trustee is unaware of any party in possession or claiming right to possession of the subject property other than those persons noticed herein. The sale noticed herein is a public sale, and any person, including

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By Rob Brezsny ARIES (March 21-April 19): I’m happy to inform you that life is giving you permission to be extra de-

manding in the coming weeks—as long as you’re not petty, brusque or unreasonable. Here are a few examples that will pass the test: “I demand that you join me in getting drunk on the truth;” “I demand to receive rewards commensurate with my contributions;” “I demand that we collaborate to outsmart and escape the karmic conundrums we’ve gotten ourselves mixed up in.” On the other hand, Aries, ultimatums like these are not admissible: “I demand treasure and tribute, you fools;” “I demand the right to cheat in order to get my way;” “I demand that the river flow backwards.”

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Are you familiar with the phrase “Open Sesame”? In the old folk tale “Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves,” it’s a magical command that the hero uses to open a blocked cave where treasure is hidden. I invite you to try it out. It just may work to give you entrance to an off-limits or previously inaccessible place where you want and need to go. At the very least, speaking those words will put you in a playful, experimental frame of mind as you contemplate the strategies you could use to gain entrance. And that alone may provide just the leverage you need.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): While thumping around the internet, I came across pointed counsel from an anonymous source. “Don’t enter into a long-term connection with someone until you’ve seen them stuck in traffic,” it declared. “Don’t get too deeply involved with them until you’ve witnessed them drunk, waiting for food in a restaurant for entirely too long, or searching for their phone or car keys in a panic. Before you say yes to a deeper bond, make sure you see them angry, stressed or scared.” I recommend that you take this advice in the coming weeks. It’ll be a good time to deepen your commitment to people who express their challenging emotions in non-abusive, non-psychotic ways.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): My high school history teacher Marjorie Margolies is now Chelsea Clinton’s mother-in law. She shares two grandchildren with Hillary Clinton. Is that something I should brag about?

Does it add to my cachet or my happiness? Will it influence you to love me more? No, nah and nope. In the big scheme of things, it’s mildly interesting but utterly irrelevant. The coming weeks will be a good time for Cancerians like you and me to renounce any desire we might have to capitalize on fake ego points like this. We Crabs should be honing our identity and self-image so they’re free of superficial measures of worth. What’s authentically valuable about you?

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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): If I were your mentor or your guide, I’d declare this the Leo Makeover Season. First I’d hire a masseuse or masseur to knead you firmly and tenderly. I’d send you to the nutritionist, stylist, dream interpreter, trainer and life coach. I’d brainstorm with the people who know you best to come up with suggestions for how to help free you from your illusions and infuse your daily rhythm with twenty percent more happiness. I’d try to talk you out of continuing your association with anyone or anything that’s no damn good for you. In conclusion, I’d be thorough as I worked to get you unlocked, debugged and retooled.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): “It takes an extraordinary person to carry themselves as if they do not live in hell,” says writer D. Bunyavong. In accordance with the astrological omens, I nominate you Virgos to fit that description in the coming weeks. You are, in my estimation, as far away from hell as you’ve been in a long time. If anyone can seduce, coax or compel heaven to come all the way down to earth for a while, it’s you.

Here’s a good way to get the party started: Gaze into the mirror until you spy the eternal part of yourself.

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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): In accordance with the astrological omens, I encourage you to move the furniture around. If you feel inspired, you might even want to move some of that old stuff right out the door and haul it to the dump or the thrift store. Hopefully, this will get you in the mood to launch a sweeping purge of anything else that lowers the morale and élan around the house: dusty mementoes, unflattering mirrors, threadbare rugs, chipped dishes and numbing symbols. The time is ripe, my dear homies, to free your home of deadweight.

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SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): When he was 16 years old and living in New York, Ralph Lifshitz changed

his name to Ralph Lauren. That was probably an important factor in his success. Would he have eventually become a famous fashion designer worth $5.8 billion dollars if he had retained a name with “shitz” in it? The rebranding made it easier for clients and customers to take him seriously. With Ralph’s foresight as your inspiration, Scorpio, consider making a change in yourself that will enhance your ability to get what you want.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): In 1956, the prolific Spanish poet Juan Ramón Jiménez was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.The award committee praised his “high spirit and artistic purity.”The honor was based on his last thirteen books, however, and not on his first two. Waterlilies and Souls of Violet were works he wrote while young and still ripening. As he aged, he grew so embarrassed by their sentimentality that he ultimately tried to track down and eradicate every copy. I bring this to your attention, Sagittarius, because I think it’s a favorable time for you to purge or renounce or atone for anything from your past that you no longer want to be defined by.

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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Three centuries ago, Capricorn genius Isaac Newton formulated principles that have ever since been fundamental to scientists’ understanding of the physical universe. He was also a pioneer in mathematics, optics and astronomy. And yet he also expended huge amounts of time and energy on the fruitless attempt to employ alchemy to transform base metals into solid gold. Those efforts may have been interesting to him, but they yielded no lasting benefits. You Capricorns face a comparable split. In 2018, you could bless us with extraordinary gifts or else you could get consumed in projects that aren’t the most productive use of your energy.

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AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): A rite of passage lies ahead. It could and should usher you into a more

soulful way of living. I’m pleased to report that this transition won’t require you to endure torment, confusion or passive-aggressive manipulation. In fact, I suspect it could turn out to be among the most graceful ordeals you’ve ever experienced—and a prototype for the type of breakthrough that I hope will become standard in the months and years to come. Imagine being able to learn valuable lessons and make crucial transitions without the prod of woe and gloom.

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PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): The Kalevala is a 19th-century book of poetry that conveys the important mythology and folklore of the Finnish people. It was a wellspring of inspiration for English writer J. R. R.Tolkien as he composed his epic fantasy novel The Lord of the Rings.To enhance his ability to steal ideas from The Kalevala, Tolkien even studied the Finnish language. He said it was like “entering a complete wine-cellar filled with bottles of an amazing wine of a kind and flavor never tasted before.” According to my reading of the astrological omens, Pisces, in 2018 you will have the potential of discovering a source that’s as rich for you as Finnish and The Kalevala were for Tolkien.

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PUBLIC NOTICES MNAXLP tice of the Peace, a copy of which is herewith served upon you. In the event you deny any or all of the material facts stated in the complaint, you must file your written answer together with a $30.00 answer fee for each Defendant with the above-entitled Court, and serve a copy of your answer upon the Plaintiff or attorney at the address shown on the Complaint.The answer must contain a denial of any or all of the material facts stated in the Complaint that the Defendant believes to be untrue, and also a statement, in plain or direct manner, of any other facts constituting a defense.Any matter not denied shall be deemed admitted.

If you fail to answer or assert a counterclaim within ten (10) days after the service of the Complaint and Summons, the Plaintiff may request entry of default judgment against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

DATED Dec. 26th, 2017 /s/ Landee N. Holloway, Justice of the Peace MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Probate No.: DP-17-323 Dept No.:2 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF JUNE E. WILHELM, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the said estate 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 Terry A. Riebe, return receipt requested, c/o Rhoades Siefert & Erickson PLLC, 430 Ryman Street, Missoula, Montana 59802, or filed with the Clerk of the above-entitled Court. DATED this 2nd day of January, 2018. /s/ Terry A. Riebe, Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY. Dept. No. 2 Cause No. DP17-302 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF ROSEMARY L. CALVERI, Deceased.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Ann L. Hogan has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named estate.All persons having claims against the said deceased are required to present their claims within four (4) months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must be mailed to Ann L. Hogan, Personal Representative, c/o CUNNINGHAM LAW OFFICE, 3700 S. Russell Street, Suite 104, Missoula, MT 59801 or filed with the Clerk of the above Court.

DATED this 19th day of December 2017. CUNNINGHAM LAW OFFICE /s/ Kyle D. Cunningham NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on April 16, 2018, at 11:00 AM at the Main Door of the Missoula County Courthouse located at 200 West Broadway in Missoula, MT 59802, the following described real property situated in Missoula County, Montana: LOT 2 OF CRAFTSMAN PLACE, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA,ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF Mark Doty and Laura Doty, as

Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to American Title Insurance Co., as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Bank One, NA, as Beneficiary,

by Deed of Trust dated on May 7, 2004, and recorded on May 20, 2004 as Book 732 Page 971 Document No. 200413678; Modification Agreement recorded March 23, 2007, Book 794 of Micro Records at Page 6.The beneficial interest is currently held by JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association.

First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., is currently the Trustee. The beneficiary has declared a default in the terms of said Deed of Trust by failing to make the monthly payments beginning July 1, 2016, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan. The total amount due on this obligation as of August 31, 2017 is $193,797.75 principal, interest totaling $9,246.70, escrow advances of $3,624.40 and other fees and expenses advanced of $7.00, plus accruing interest, late charges, and other costs and fees that may be advanced.

The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary, the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust. Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds of this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale and late

charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation.The sale is a public sale and any person, including the beneficiary, excepting only the Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by Trustee’s Deed without any representation or warranty, including warranty of Title, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, 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 IN-

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING THE MISSOULA COUNTY BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT will be conducting a public hearing at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, January 17, 2018 in the Missoula City Council Chambers, 140 W. Pine, Missoula, MT, on the following item: A request by Andy Lennox and Daphne Evans for a Special Exception Permit to allow Lennox Craftsmen, a small design/build business, to locate at 8340 Highway 200 East in the C-C3 Community Commercial Zoning District. The subject property, commonly known as the Milltown Market, is proposed to be utilized for fabrication of small scale components associated with remodel activity and for storage of tools and supplies. The consideration of the request will be made in accordance with review criteria found in Missoula County Zoning Regulations Section 8.24.

If anyone attending this meeting needs special assistance, please provide advance notice by calling Community and Planning Services at 258-4657.

Missoula County will provide auxiliary aids and services. For a complete legal description or additional information regarding the appeal you may contact Casey Drayton at the same number or by e-mail at HYPERLINK "mailto:cdrayton@missoulacounty.us" cdrayton@missoulacounty.us.

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PUBLIC NOTICES MNAXLP FORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Dated: December 7, 2017 /s/ Kaitlin Ann Gotch Assistant Secretary, First American Title Company of Montana, Inc. Successor Trustee Title Financial Specialty Services PO Box 339 Blackfoot ID 83221 STATE OF Idaho )) ss.

County of Bingham ) On this 7th day of December, 2017, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Kaitlin Ann Gotch, know to me to be the Assistant Secretary of First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., Successor Trustee, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same. /s/ Rae Albert Notary Public Bingham County, Idaho Commission expires: 9/6/2022 J P Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. vs Mark Doty 104027-1 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on April 19, 2018, at 11:00 AM at the Main Door of the Missoula County Courthouse located at 200 West Broadway in Missoula, MT 59802, the following described real property situated in Missoula County, Montana: LOTS 1 AND 2 IN BLOCK 32 OF MONTANA ADDITION, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN THE CITY OF MISSOULA, MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF Anne E. (Nina) Duncan, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to U.S. Bank Trust Company National Association, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to U.S. Bank, National Association N.D., as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated on April 3, 2008, and recorded on May 2, 2008 as Book 818 Page 229 Document No. 200809853. The beneficial interest is currently held by U.S. Bank National Association as successor by merger to

U.S. Bank National Association N.D. First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., is currently the Trustee. The beneficiary has declared a default in the terms of said Deed of Trust by failing to make the monthly payments beginning May 5, 2014, 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 November 2, 2017 is $118,398.82 principal, interest totaling $17,221.28, plus accruing interest, late charges, and other costs and fees that may be advanced. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary, the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust. Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds of this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation.The sale is a public sale and any person, including the beneficiary, excepting only the Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by Trustee’s Deed without any representation or warranty, including warranty of Title, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis, without limitation, the sale is being made subject to all existing conditions, if any, of lead paint, mold or other environmental or

health hazards. The sale purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th day following the sale.The grantor, successor in interest to the grantor or any other person having an interest in the property, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, may pay to the beneficiary or the successor in interest to the beneficiary the entire amount then due under the deed of trust and the obligation secured thereby (including costs and expenses actually incurred and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred and thereby cure the default. The scheduled Trustee’s Sale may be postponed by public proclamation up to 15 days for any 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: November 27, 2017 /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 27th day of November, 2017, 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 US Bank National Association vs Anne E. Duncan 103824-1

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1311 Idaho Street • MLS# 21712327

4423 Martindale Way • MLS# 21711691

4205 Hermione Lane • MLS# 21713865

1311 Idaho St. is a three bedroom, two bath home situated on a fenced .224 acres. This 1930's home has had some updates throughout the home. This .22 acre lot is fully fenced, and also has a detached two car garage.

Annelise N Hedahl • ERA Lambros 406-532-9200

Affordable 2 bedroom, 1 bathroom fully remodeled ADA accessible home that is ready for you! This adorable home features brand new stainless steel appliances, granite counter tops and new flooring throughout the entire property! The widened doorways, closets and bathroom shower really add extra space and character to this home.

Other updates include arched doorways and cathedral ceilings. All new landscaping was completed and ready for you.

Rachael Orizotti Rixford • Burke Orizotti Real Estate, Inc. 406-926-2885

GARDENERS PAY ATTENTION TO THIS ONE!! Very well cared for one level 3 bed 1 1/2 bath home in Windsor Park. Hard surface floors throughout. Plenty of counter space in the kitchen. Open floor plan gives your family room to move. Large windows offer great use of the natural lighting.

Complete repaint of the interior, nice decks. If you have ever dreamed of providing your family with all the produce they would need for the year, this is the spot for you. Just need 2 hrs notice to show, make your appointment now with Jay at 406-214-4016 or your agent.

Jay Getz @HOME Montana Properties 406-214-4016

RENTALS APARTMENT RENTALS 1 bed, 1 bath, near Johnson/14th, $650, large apt in 4-plex, coin-op laundry, off street parking, W/S/G paid. NO PETS, NO SMOKING Gatewest 728-7333

1 bed, 1 bath, Schilling & 12th, $725, 4plex, recently remodeled, W/D hookups, Very nice. W/S/G Paid. NO PETS, NO SMOKING. Gatwest 7287333 1 Bed, 1 Bath, Stoddard & N. Russell, $675, Newer Appliances, D/W, off-

street parking, Coin-op laundry. Heat Paid! W/S/G Paid. NO PETS, NO SMOKING. Gatewest 728-7333 1-2 bed, 1 bath, $700-$895, newer complex, balcony or deck,A/C, coin-op laundry, storage & off street parking. S/G paid. NO PETS, NO SMOKING.

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Uncle Robert Ln #7 Uncle Robert Lane 2 Bed/1 Bath $825/Month Visit our website at

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1324 S. 2nd St. “A”. 3 bed/2 bath, freshly painted, new flooring, central location. $1200. Grizzly Property Management 542-2060 1801 Howell #4. 2 bed/1 bath, central location, shared fenced yard, W/D hookups, pet? $725. Grizzly Property Management 542-2060 2 Bed, 1 bath in 4 Plex, Rollins & Franklin, walk in closet, spacious bedrooms, Tenant pays Electricity.

HEAT/W/S/G Paid. NO PETS, NO SMOKING. Gatewest 728-7333

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2 bed, 1 bath, near Good Food Store, $800, DW, coin-op laundry, off-street parking, HEAT Paid. NO PETS, NO SMOKING. Gatewest 728-7333 2 bed, 1 bath, S 3rd W, $895, A/C, DW, W/D hookups, flat top stove, storage & off street parking W/S/G paid. NO PETS, NO SMOKING. Gatewest 7287333 2 bed, 1 or 2 bath, Cooper Street, $895, DW, AC, coin-op laundry, storage & off street parking W/S/G paid. NO PETS, NO SMOKING Gatewest 728-7333

Grizzly Property Management, Inc. Our goal is to spread recognition of NARPM and its members as the ethical leaders in the field of property managment westernmontana.narpm.org

210 Grant St. #4. 2 bed/1 bath, close to Milwaukee Trail, W/D hookups, DW $825. Grizzly Property Management 542-2060 237 1/2 E. Front St. “A” Studio/1 bath, downtown, HEAT PAID, coin-ops on site $625. Grizzly Property Management 542-2060 438 Washington St. 1 bed/1 bath, downtown, HEAT PAID, coin-ops, cat? $750 Grizzly Property Management 5422060

MOBILE HOME RENTALS Lolo RV Park. Spaces available to rent.

W/S/G/Electric included. $495/month.

406-273-6034

DUPLEXES 2 bed, 1 bath (duplex) w/garage, $950

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2 Bed, 1.5 Bath Townhouse, Russell & W. Railroad, $850, D/W, newer appliances, W/D in unit, Covered carport & offstreet parking. S/G paid. Gatewest 7287333

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near Good Food Store, newly remodeled, front & back yard, W/D hookups & off street parking. S/G paid. NO PETS, NO SMOKING. Gatewest 728-7333 211 S. 4th Street East #1. 3 bed/1 bath, close to U, W/D hookups $1050. Grizzly Property Management 542-2060 2300 McDonald #2. 1 bed/1 bath, new flooring and paint, close to shopping and parks $650. Grizzly Property Management 542-2060 509 S. 5th St. E. #4. 2 bed/1 bath, two blocks to U, coin-ops, shared yard $725.

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HOUSE RENTALS 1863 S. 5th St. E. 3 bed/2.5 bath, brand new, energy efficient, central location. $1500 Grizzly Property Management 542-2060

RENTALS OUT OF TOWN 108 W. Broadway #2. Studio/1bath, downtown, recently remodeled, W/D, DW, RENT INCENTIVE $950. Grizzly Property Management 542-2060 Shop for rent. Good space for wrecker service, mechanic shop or similar use.

Over 10,000 square feet with 2 truck bays and front space for offices or retail.

Contact Big Sky Property Management at 406-497-6960 for more information.

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13221 Old Freight. Approximately 11 acres in St. Ignatius with Mission Mountain views. $86,900. Shannon Hilliard 239-8350 shannonhilliard5@gmail.com Real Estate - Northwest Montana – Company owned. Small and large acre parcels. Private.Trees and meadows. National Forest boundaries.Tungstenholdings.com (406) 293-3714

Steps From everything Missoula has to Offer. Home is a Complete Overhaul from Basement to Roof w ith an Addition to the Main Floor, a Full Second Floor and Basement. Inviting Open Main Floor Plan with Nine foot Ceilings, Pella Window s, Wood Floors, Granite Counters, Stainless Appliances. Constructed w ith HIGH QUALITY CRAFTSMANSHIP CONSTRUCTION is Evident to every little detail.

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2025 36th Street • $259,900 Wonderful 4 bed, 2 bath single family home on 9,100 fenced sq.ft. lot.

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Gas fireplace and double garage.

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2900 ST. MICHAEL DR $1,400,000

4 bedroom, 5 bath home situated on 4.2 park like acres with spectacular views, vaulted ceilings and an abundance of natural light. Indoor pool with beautiful tile work and spa.

2 bedroom, 1 bath guest house.

Call Matt Rosbarsky at 390-9023 for more information.

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