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Voices The readers write .................................................................................................4 Street Talk What makes a burger great?..........................................................................4 The Week in Review End of the Merc, rally for health care, and the three-mile difference .6 Briefs Youth addict outreach, retention at UM, and pretty vacant at FWP ...........................6 Etc. Confirming Zinke .....................................................................................................7 News Missoula women on the march .............................................................................8 News Cody Marble adjusts to life after wrongful conviction ..........................................9 Opinion We elected Trump—not the Russians. Own it ................................................10 Opinion Closing a loophole that kills wolves...............................................................11 Feature Inside Montana Republicans’ uneasy peace ....................................................14
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Arts How a brush with Tennessee Williams led a local physician back to the stage.....18 Books A literary defense of paradise.............................................................................19 Art Fired up with ceramicist David Hiltner ...................................................................20 Film McDonald’s legend Ray Kroc gets an unflattering close-up in The Founder........21 Movie Shorts Independent takes on current films.......................................................22 What’s Good Here At the Top Hat, beef makes the burger..........................................23 Happiest Hour Bayern does the “Inconceivable” ........................................................25 8 Days a Week The only calendar that’s immune to healthcare budget cuts ..............26 Agenda Is your power disorganized? There’s a teach-in for that..................................34 Mountain High Flies don’t tie themselves....................................................................35
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by Kate Whittle
Asked Tuesday, Jan. 17, at Break Espresso Our food column this week (see pg. 23) explores the joys of a well-prepared, medium-rare burger. What do you think are the essentials of a good burger? Followup: Where do you like to go for a burger?
Chase Ham Young: I usually go for your standard lettuce, tomato, onions, unless I’m gonna mix it up a bit, at which point I’ll throw bacon onto a normal burger. Late night munchies: The best burger in Missoula is the bacon mushroom Swiss burger at the Oxford at 2 a.m.
Chris LaRose: I really like ’em when they’re organic. I don’t like any of the stuff that tastes really greasy. And I don’t like any of the super-fancy stuff. Just, like, lettuce, tomato, onions, really good meat. Hit the road: I travel a lot, so I go pretty much everywhere. There’s a really good diner that I get ’em from back in Pennsylvania where I live.
Luke Robinson: I think it’s upon us, moving forward as a society, that if we’re going to choose to eat meat, we have to do what’s historically been normal and respect the animal. So yeah, grass-fed beef. Locavore: I think the Top Hat has good meat. They source through Mannix.
Sarah Stuhr: Medium rare is how I prefer to have a burger cooked. Little bit of onion, definitely tomato. Definitely fresh lettuce. Little bit of mayo. Maybe not any ketchup, even. Bleu dream: There’s a place really close to where I live [in Portland] called C-Bar. They have a burger where they mix bleu cheese into the meat. It’s a delicious burger.
Virginia Orser: Yeah, beef, nothing else. I’m not too picky. Just no pickles. I could take or leave ketchup. Mom’s cookin’: Homemade burgers, on the stovetop. My mom cooks them so I don’t have to do much.
At a bear minimum... The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said on Jan. 12, 2017, that it could take the agency another six months to finish reviewing 650,000 public comments on the decision to remove the Yellowstone grizzly bear from the ESA list. Many of those comments contain arguments, scientific and otherwise, about why the Yellowstone grizzly bear should not be delisted, especially because of the threat of climate change and an ill-advised trophy grizzly hunt. To review is to take another look, to evaluate. Does this mean the FWS would re-open its mind to those thousands of comments that argue the best available science says don’t delist the grizzly? I can only wish this to be the case. The Endangered Species Act’s “best available science” mandate remains Yellowstone’s grizzlies’ best friend. Whereas the past year’s Save the Yellowstone Grizzly campaign appealed to the White House, a fresh effort should be aimed directly at FWS, where some biologists are hopefully still weighing the best available science. Our June 3, 2016, letter to President Obama included this statement: “Unfortunately, the March 3, 2016, delisting announcement by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) came paired with an astonishing declaration in the Federal Register: ‘Therefore, we conclude that the effects of climate change do not constitute a threat to the [Yellowstone grizzly bear population] now, nor are they anticipated to in the future.’” That letter was signed by E.O. Wilson, George Schaller, Jane Goodall and Michael Soule—among the world’s most respected scientists. I believe that now we should ask many, many other scientists, peers of those FWS agency biologists, to speak out on behalf of the best available science for Yellowstone’s grizzlies. This dialogue will take place in a public forum, as there is no official comment period remaining. Those who love wild nature as well as our grandchildren must fight to recognize and respond to the beast of our time—climate change, which is indeed probably also the key argument for not delisting the grizzly. Call it peer pressure, but let’s give it a shot. We have nothing to lose unless it’s everything. For the wild, Doug Peacock Emigrant
Hinky for Zinke Zinke is going to find out that being wishy-washy will make his life hard (“Change? What change?” Jan. 12). Federal
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land transfers are a nonstarter with most people in the West. For more information on federal land transfers go to www.publiclandwatch.org. Tom Ribe posted at missoulanews.com
The music is subtle and sophisticated, but perhaps not to the taste of a reviewer who prefers baby tunes that stick to the I/V format. La La Land is glorious cinema! Terryl Dorian posted at missoulanews.com
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Dying to help
I think you missed the point completely (“Free spin,” Jan. 12). I thought La La Land was brilliant and so totally captured the love-over-ambition challenge. To me, it was not about the dancing or singing … or the brightly colored skirts. I am retired from professional theatre and have age and experience on my side. I watched all the old musicals, as I am really ancient. Also saw many
Senator Daines—I went to your website and found that you have an allocated space to “Share Your Obama Care Story,” but it specifically asked for stories of “increased premiums and reduced options,” and my Obama Care story is the complete opposite to that. Because of the Affordable Care Act, I was allowed the option to open my own mental health counseling practice. Because of my age (I am 56) and a pre-existing health condition (heart damage due to a chemotherapy drug I was prescribed), I will be unable to obtain health insurance without the protection of the Affordable Care Act, and therefore will have to look for employment that offers a health insurance benefit. Furthermore, in my private practice, I provide a particularly effective form of psychotherapy, Equine Assisted Psychotherapy, and I will not be able to do that in an institutional therapy setting. My insurance premium through the Affordable Care Act actually went down for 2017, and so did the premiums for many of my friends and associates, so I don’t know where the hysteria about rising premiums and reduced options is coming from. Instead, hysteria should be coming from the 20 million people who are at risk of losing health insurance when you eliminate the Affordable Care Act. I know you are not one of them, because you have the option to be covered by the very fine Federal Employees Health Benefits Program. If you manage to do away with the Affordable Care Act, this is how it could play out for me and many others: I’ll have to leave my practice and the clients that I care for to take a job that provides health insurance. Under your plan I will make less money and therefore I will pay less tax. Where is the savings to the taxpayer in this scenario? The only way I see saving the taxpayer money is if I die. Is it your plan for the uninsured to die in order to save money, Sen. Daines? I am from a small town and a ranching family. I know many small business owners, ranchers, cowboys, ranch hands and their families that feel safely insured for the first time. Do you really know the people of Montana and what their lives are like? I find you to be very unkind, very hypocritical and very irresponsible with your plan to abolish the Affordable Care Act before having an alternative in place. I believe that the citizens and voters of Montana deserve better from you.. Nona Stockton, MS, LCPC Billings
“The only way I see saving the taxpayer money is if I die. Is it your plan for the uninsured to die in order to save money, Sen. Daines?”
an actor who said, “I’m going to L.A.,” only to see them drag back into town two years later completely burned out. I got the movie 100 percent and would see it again! Kate Haad posted at missoulanews.com
What a review can do! I love you, Molly. Before reading your opinion (“Free spin,” Jan. 12), I felt like a pariah. Kind of alien. Now I'm alive again. Best regards from Panama Ricardo Quiel posted at missoulanews.com
Yeah, she didn’t forget The reviewer forgot to mention that this is by far the best, most miraculous film of the year (“Free spin,” Jan. 12). What she mistook as a tampon commercial (oh, the wit!) is a fabulous deconstruction and reconstruction of the great MGM musicals and the French new wave, in particular Jacque Demy’s answer to that quintessential American idiom.
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Wednesday, Jan. 11 The Missoula County Sheriff’s Office releases details about a deadly Jan. 9 shooting. Bradley Stover, 51, and Tonya Gilliam, 43, were shot to death behind Roper’s Lounge on Highway 12 outside Lolo on Jan. 9. At press time, no one has been charged in the incident.
Thursday, Jan. 12 Sen. Jon Tester testifies on the Senate floor in protest of Republicans’ plan to repeal the Affordable Care Act without replacing it. Sen. Steve Daines testifies in support of repeal.
Friday, Jan. 13 A federal drug task force announces the completion of a two-year investigation into a multi-state drug trafficking ring, resulting in the conviction of seven conspirators in the Missoula and Flathead areas. The investigation also seized 68 firearms.
Saturday, Jan. 14 Missoula’s air quality drops to “unhealthy for sensitive groups,” which currently includes the entire cough-and-cold-stricken staff of the Independent. Pray for us.
Sunday, Jan. 15 About 30 attendees of a local restaurant’s holiday party embark on a bus to Huson, intending to dine at KJ’s Nine Mile Roadhouse. Upon arrival, they discover that the party planner had actually booked reservations at Larry’s Six Mile Tavern. Oddly enough, the two bars are 7 miles apart.
Monday, Jan. 16 Project managers of the Madison Street Bridge repair issue a warning to cyclists and pedestrians that work on the northbound lanes will create holes big enough for people to fall through. Manager Mike Murphy says, “We cannot overemphasize the importance of adhering to signage.”
Tuesday, Jan. 17 A last-ditch lawsuit to “Save the Merc” ends when District Court Judge Dusty Deschamps upholds city council’s decision to grant a demolition permit to a Bozeman hotel developer. Preserve Historic Missoula issues a statement saying its members are “profoundly disappointed” by the ruling.
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Dropping out
UM’s other (other) problem In November 2015, University of Montana students in a focus group were asked to rate campus administrative services on a scale from one to five. One participant didn’t think the scale went low enough. She couldn’t cite a single positive interaction with the school, but did blame administrative delays for hurting her financially. That student, according to a May report, decided the university services rated “probably a 1. Maybe even like a 0.25.” “There seems to be a small amount of incompetence,” she said. That’s a stinging rebuke, but at least she was still on campus for staff to hear it. An increasing number of UM students are dropping out—and for reasons that aren’t entirely clear to campus leaders. The proportion of full-time freshmen who returned to UM for their sophomore year dipped below 70 percent last
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fall for the first time since 2003, according to university data. While UM’s struggle to recruit new students has been the chief cause of its enrollment and financial situation, the problem is compounded by a sagging retention rate that has dropped more than 5 percentage points in five years and is now below the national average. “For every one student we lose, it takes seven more in our prospect pool to replace them,” says Vice President for Enrollment Management Tom Crady. Retention is an indicator of new students’ satisfaction with their school, and it’s one of the key ways Montana universities measure themselves. State officials use the retention rate to determine whether UM receives millions in “performance funding” each year. The university’s own strategic plan aims to increase the rate to 83 percent by 2020. It was 72 percent when the plan was written. Early progress has since evaporated, leading faculty and staff this year to renew their focus on im-
proving the student experience. Students leave for a variety of reasons, some of them personal and beyond the university’s control. Financial barriers seem to top the list, says Brian French, executive director of the Office of Student Success. Student feedback, however, is inconsistent. Staff glean some information from withdrawal forms, registrar’s notes and a survey emailed to departing students. But as Crady pointed out at a recent campus meeting, UM’s admissions team doesn’t conduct more thorough exit interviews. “We really haven’t done a lot of research on students who leave,” he says. Nonetheless, French says, his office and others are taking a number of steps to keep students happy and enrolled, from improving advising services to piloting an elective seminar designed, in part, to help freshmen navigate the “academic labyrinth.” Crady says students typically leave as a result of accumulated bad experiences, not one frustration, while French
[news] suggests the cloud of bad news that’s hung over campus in recent years also affects how students feel about the school. So, in addition to refining specific programs, campus leaders say they’re trying to improve the broader climate. “We want this to be the type of learning environment where students feel at home,” French says. Derek Brouwer
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F&W Commish pretty vacant John Sullivan found the early January meeting in Kalispell to be nothing short of “intense.” Dozens of citizens showed up to weigh in on the Quiet Waters Initiative, a comprehensive revision of state river recreation rules proposed last year by Backcountry Hunters and Anglers. Sullivan says he once again had to set people straight on what his organization is and what it’s suggesting. “I think that there’s some areas that are more contentious than others. One of our biggest challenges is the battling of misinformation that’s being deliberately spread about our proposal.” When public comment on the initiative closes Feb. 12, Quiet Waters is poised to become a major springtime undertaking for the Montana Fish and Wildlife Commission. The citizen board isn’t expected to reach a decision until April at the earliest, and Sullivan has little doubt portions of Quiet Waters will be hotly debated or even rejected. What’s even murkier is who will wind up making those calls. Technically speaking, as of Jan. 1, four of the five seats on the commission charged with setting Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks’ rules and regulations are vacant. Commissioners Gary Wolfe, Richard Stuker and Matthew Tourtlotte reached the end of their terms on the first day of the year and, according to FWP spokesman Ron Aasheim, Wolfe and Tourtlotte don’t intend to seek reappointment. A fourth seat representing northeast Montana and formerly occupied by Richard Kerstein has remained vacant for more than a year. On paper, chairman Dan Vermillion is all that remains. Practical fact is a bit of a different story. Aasheim says that despite their terms having ended, Wolfe and Stuker will temporarily extend their stays and sit alongside Vermillion during the commission’s next meeting on Feb. 10. What happens be-
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tween then and the commission’s next meeting, Aasheim adds, is entirely up to Gov. Steve Bullock. Members of the commission are appointed by the governor and approved by the state senate. Bullock’s office did not respond to requests for information regarding when new appointees might be announced and why Kerstein’s seat has been empty for so long. For Sullivan, the uncertainty surrounding the commission—more specifically, who will represent specific parts of the state affected by Quiet Waters— is an added challenge. For now, all he can do is keep a close eye on the empty seats. “It’ll be a big deal,” he says. “They’ll end up deciding how it works. I trust that the commissioners, any replacements, will still represent their constituencies … and pay attention to what those citizens want.” Alex Sakariassen
Addiction
Youth Dynamics expands Missoula falls far short of meeting the needs of residents with drug and alcohol problems, according to state health assessments. In response, one Montana nonprofit is now expanding its mission to reach out to young people struggling with addiction. “In about 2010, we started noticing that a lot of our adolescents, 12 to 16, had substance abuse issues,” says Teri Jackson, clinical director of Youth Dynamics. “We’d make referrals to providers, but we saw a lot of kids sitting on waiting lists for six months to a year before receiving services.” The statewide nonprofit, headquartered in Billings, has counseled children with mental health disorders for more than 30 years. And substance abuse, Jackson says, is often linked to a childhood history of trauma and co-occurring mental disorders like depression and ADHD. In 2016, Youth Dynamics received a $136,000 two-year grant from the Montana Healthcare Foundation to create
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Percent of Montana schools without fiber broadband internet infrastructure, according to a recent national report by Education Superhighway. Only Alaska has more schools without fiber connections.
Ryan Zinke offered a lot of commitments Tuesday. They came out gradually over the course of a four-hour hearing before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee. Zinke committed to encouraging renewable energy, to bolstering tribal sovereignty, to protecting clean water. And while it took a fair bit of coaxing from Sen. Bernie Sanders, Zinke finally said aloud the words Montanans have been waiting for weeks to hear. “I am absolutely against transfer or sale of public land.” The confirmation hearing broke a nearly month-long silence from Zinke regarding his nomination as Secretary of the Interior. The former Navy SEAL had repeatedly dodged press inquiries since early December, when news of his first meeting with Donald Trump broke. And the confirmation hot seat was just lukewarm throughout much of the hearing. Senators used the opportunity to secure commitments from Zinke to visit their home states, or—as in the case of Montana Sen. Steve Daines—to pitch relative softballs like “Why do you want this job?” Regarding his recent vote in favor of a congressional rules change that would ease the transfer of federal lands, Zinke explained the change as a “shot across the bow” to alert Beltway politicians how fed up westerners are with current land management policies. Pressed by Sanders on whether he agrees with Trump that climate change is a hoax, Zinke likely surprised more than a few critics back home. “I don’t believe it is a hoax, but there is debate,” he said, adding that “man has had an influence.” Zinke’s face occupied the space between a smirk and a grin until Illinois Sen. Tammy Duckworth spoke up. She chastised the congressman for not taking a strong stand against Trump’s mistreatment of women during the 2016 campaign and questioned his ability to tackle the sexual harassment problems that have swept through the National Park Service. Duckworth’s line of inquiry was picked up by Michigan Sen. Debbie Stabenow, then by Hawaii Sen. Mazie Hirono, to whom Zinke offered yet another promise. “You have my commitment, it will be zero tolerance, and I will be furious in this.” So those are Zinke’s commitments. No land transfers. No denying climate change. No tolerance for sexual misconduct among Interior employees. If confirmed, he best remember those statements. Because this time, finally, he was under oath.
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new addiction treatment and counseling services in Missoula and Great Falls. The state Department of Health and Human Services projects that more than 8,000 low-income Missoula County youths between the ages of 10 and 17 need treatment for drug or alcohol abuse. Just 94 Missoula youths received state-approved chemical dependency treatment in 2014, the most recent year for which statistics are available. In December 2016, the Missoula chapter of Youth Dynamics used the new grant to hire licensed addiction counselor Lowell Waverick. He’s still gathering referrals and building a client base, but he’ll be using an out-patient therapy model, working with teens and their parents in their homes or at school. Based on current trends, Waverick expects prescription painkiller abuse and heroin addiction to be special challenges. He previously worked as a case manager at the Open Aid Alliance, which runs the state’s only syringe exchange. “We’re seeing kids that are 12, 13, 14 years old who are experimenting with [heroin] and starting to use it,” Waverick says. “We’re seeing fullblown addiction right into the age group of 15 years old.” In coming months, Waverick expects Youth Dynamics to lead a larger community effort addressing addiction. “I want Missoula to come together,” Waverick says. “The more the community does come together, the stronger they are about it, the bigger a voice they have, the easier it’s going to be for people to start coming out of their shell and looking for help.” Kate Whittle
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Message in a battle Missoula women plan marches in Helena and D.C. by Derek Brouwer
Fifteen of the hundreds of thousands of people expected to attend the Women’s March on Washington on Jan. 21 gathered inside the Burns St. Bistro on a recent Wednesday evening. They arranged the restaurant’s chairs in a circle and set up a side table with pistachio cake and Doritos. They had logistics to discuss—how to navigate the D.C. Metro, where to find a state flag to wave or a “pussy hat” to wear—and phone numbers to exchange. Several of the women were friends, but others had connected through Facebook and were meeting for the first time. Personal introductions quickly spilled into a discussion: Why march? A 16-year-old told the group that she’s motivated by the realization that “I’m going to grow into a woman under Trump.” A few others, older than her, said they felt a sense of parental duty. And Niki Vanek said she wanted to reposition the grief she felt upon Donald Trump’s election as president. “I have to go confront this monster who is going to lead our country,” she said. The Women’s March is officially nonpartisan and not formally anti-Trump, though the timing—the day after his inauguration—is intended to send a message that the president-elect and his administration do not have a mandate to trample on human rights. The event, coordinated with marches in every state capital, is shaping up to be the first effort to convert the fears roused by the electoral victory of an openly misogynistic, verbally abusive and apparently racist president into organized, massscale resistance. “There’s the requisite amount of fear about what’s coming down, but also the requisite amount of hope,” says Missoula resident Rebecca Weston, a co-organizer of the state march in Helena. Like the national march, the Women’s March on Montana gained traction through social media after Weston and others independently suggested the idea on Facebook. Organizers now expect thousands to demonstrate outside the state Capitol, with buses and carpools coming from all corners of the state. In Missoula, more than 300 people had signed up by press time to ride buses to the event.
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At the same time, march planning has sparked conversations—and some disagreements—about what messages to prioritize and whose voices to elevate. In Portland, Oregon, for instance, the local NAACP chapter withdrew its support when organizers there declined to include racial justice in the march’s platform. The Montana march, like the national one, was started by white women, but We-
In preparation for traveling to Washington, D.C., the Missoula contingent also sought out additional perspectives. Hermina Harold, one of several women who raised money for airfare with an online campaign and used-goods sale, invited an American Indian man, Joseph Grady, to speak to the group at Burns St. about his recent experience at the Standing Rock encampment. Grady, a University of Montana employee,
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Missoulian Rebecca Weston is a lead organizer for the Women’s March on Montana, which begins at 12 p.m. Saturday outside the state capitol in Helena.
ston says organizers have sought to widen the focus to include the rights of all marginalized groups. She hopes the event will allow marchers to “find points of solidarity and find ways to understand each other’s specific issues.” To that end, speakers on Saturday will include representatives from the Montana Racial Equity Project and the Pride Foundation, a Standing Rock water protector and an American Indian educator. Half of the scheduled speakers represent minorities—not by design, Weston says, but because “the people who have been fighting for human rights issues in Montana often aren’t white.”
said that movement drew its potency from the sense of common cause shared among tribes and other supporters. Unity, he suggested, could similarly help dispel the anxiety that many participants had expressed about marching, and perhaps turn the table on the incoming administration. “They should fear us,” he said. “Do you think they actually do?” asked Kia Liszak. Grady pointed toward their circle. “This is what they fear,” he said. dbrouwer@missoulanews.com
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Free and unclear Cody Marble tackles life after wrongful conviction by Kate Whittle
On Jan. 6, a longstanding nightmare for Cody Marble and his family ended with a single-page court order dismissing the rape charges brought against him in 2002. “It’s a big load off my shoulders,” Marble says. “I lived with it for 15 years. It’s not lifting all off of me as quickly as I’d hoped. It’s going to take lot of readjusting to normal life.” In 2002, Marble was serving time in the juvenile wing of the Missoula County Detention Center for a parole violation related to marijuana misdemeanors when a 13-year-old fellow inmate accused Marble, then 17, of raping him in the showers. After a jury found Marble guilty, District Court Judge Douglas Harkin sentenced Marble to 20 years in prison, with 15 suspended, and labeled him a Tier III sex offender, the most restrictive status. Marble spent additional stints in jail for drug-related parole violations, but he’s steadfastly maintained that he never sexually assaulted anyone, and he eventually enlisted the Montana Innocence Project to help him prove it. In 2009, Marble marked his first victory when a judge lowered his sex offender status to Tier I, the most lenient level. Marble’s accuser, Robert Thomas, recanted his story on four different occasions in front of Innocence Project staff, though he later re-asserted his original claim when former prosecutor Fred Van Valkenburg threatened him with perjury. Thomas died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound in 2014. In 2016, District Court Judge Ed McLean and Missoula County Attorney Kirsten Pabst agreed that Thomas’ recantations and the lack of physical evidence cast doubt as to whether the sexual assault in question ever occurred. A December evidentiary hearing led to McLean’s Jan. 3 decision vacating Marble’s conviction and giving Pabst’s office the option to try Marble’s case again. Pabst chose to drop the charges. Marble says he’s grateful to Pabst, the Montana Innocence Project and especially to attorney Colin Stephens, who repre-
sented him pro bono for eight years. “If it wasn’t for the combination of right things happening at once, I don’t think the world would’ve cared that I got wrongfully convicted,” Marble says. But now that the fight is over, Cody and his father, Jerry, are struggling to figure out what’s next. The conviction has consumed their time and money for years. Jerry Marble filed for bankruptcy in 2005 after spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on attorneys and court fees. Jerry, now 62, says he mostly abandoned his ca-
often see each other. Asked about Jerry, Cody sighs and says he feels a little too old to be living with his dad. “But right now it’s the way the situation is,” Cody says. Montana, like about half of U.S. states, offers no monetary compensation to residents who’ve been wrongfully incarcerated, so Cody is on his own financially. He’s aware of the precedent set by Jimmy Ray Bromgard, a Billings man who settled with Yellowstone County for $3.5 million after a wrongful rape conviction. But Marble isn’t ready to face the
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In the wake of a judge’s January dismissal of Cody Marble’s 2002 rape conviction, Marble says he’s still decompressing. “Every day I wake up and it’s a little more real,” he says.
reer in real estate to devote time to Cody’s case. Now he’s not sure if he’ll be able to find full-time work again. “My god, the cost to Cody’s life, the cost to me financially, and this didn’t help my aging process at all,” Jerry says. Cody, 32, is now working at a gas station and living with his father in the small town of Conrad, north of Great Falls. He has few friends or other family members nearby, and says he’d prefer to move back to Missoula, where he grew up. Jerry has been a tireless advocate for his son, but there are signs of strain in their relationship. Both say they don’t
prospect of another legal battle. Instead, he’d like to first plan some travel and possibly pursue education. He’s considered going to college to study criminal justice and maybe become a paralegal. He’s already spent years poring over legal documents and has, on occasion, represented himself in court. One thing Cody is sure about: He wants to get out of Conrad. “If you’re not a farmer, don’t come up here,” he says. “There’s nothing but wind in the fields.” kwhittle@missoulanews.com
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[10] Missoula Independent • January 19–January 26, 2017
Last week, U.S. Rep. John Lewis (DGa.) said that he does not regard Donald Trump as a legitimate president. “I think the Russians participated in helping this man get elected, and they helped destroy the candidacy of Hillary Clinton,” he told NBC’s Meet the Press. “I think there was a conspiracy.” Trump struck back on Twitter, saying Lewis “should spend more time on fixing and helping his district, which is in horrible shape and falling apart (not to mention crime infested.)” You may be shocked to learn he did not speak accurately. Lewis’ district covers most of metropolitan Atlanta and is home to the world’s busiest airport, the Centers for Disease Control, Coca-Cola headquarters and two universities. It is not, as Trump said in another tweet, “burning.” Trump’s assumption that Lewis’ district is “infested” and on fire seems like another example of how our new president is awful. It hearkens back to the second debate, when a black man asked how Trump planned to serve “all Americans” and the candidate responded with a disquisition on the problems facing inner cities. Along the way, he claimed that 45 percent of black Americans live below the poverty line. The actual number is 27 percent. It’s almost as if whenever Trump sees a black man, he thinks of crime in the inner city. This is only one of the ways he is dumb. Another is that on the Friday before Martin Luther King Jr. Day, he threw himself into a public feud with one of the original Freedom Riders. Rep. Lewis was beaten by police in 1961 while marching from Selma to Montgomery to protest segregation. He was a close friend of Dr. King. For Trump to attack him on the MLK weekend suggests that the president-elect is historically ignorant, arrogant to the point of self-destruction or both. But by the end of this week, he will be the president—because we elected him. Although his opponent won the popular vote, Trump won the electoral vote and the presidency in accordance with our constitution. He is unqualified, reck-
less, almost certainly racist, mean-spirited and not close to as smart as he thinks he is. I despise him and everything he implies about American democracy today. But he is not illegitimate. Like many people, I have followed news of alleged Russian interference in the 2016 election with a mixture of horror and fascination. The narrative that Russia “hacked the election” is tantalizing. It gives us an out. It lets us believe
“He is unqualified, reckless, almost certainly racist, mean-spirited and not close to as smart as he thinks he is. But he is not illegitimate.”
that nearly half of this country’s voters didn’t really choose a sociopathic reality TV host to be president. We didn’t do that to ourselves. The Russians did it to us with computers. The phrase “hacked the election” shows how simplistic this narrative has become. Neither Russia nor its agents did anything to alter vote counts or subvert the will of the American people. There is no evidence suggesting they hacked any computer systems related to the election itself. If the consensus of the intelligence
community is correct, Russian agents hacked the emails of the Democratic National Committee and Clinton campaign chair John Podesta. They subsequently leaked those emails to the public—something they did not do to Trump. It seems clear that Russia favored Trump in the election. A hostile foreign power appears to have interceded on his behalf. But it did so by giving American voters information—secret information that was probably much less damning than the secrets Trump harbors, but information nonetheless. Russia “hacked” the election only by telling voters something they didn’t know about Clinton and the DNC. I would like to believe that makes Trump illegitimate. It would let me off the hook—not just for his presidency, but also for the judgment on the state of American democracy that his win represents. If Russia hacked the election, and the American people didn’t really pick Trump, I could tell myself that everything was fine. The possibility that Russia is waging some kind of cyberwar against the United States is troubling, but not nearly so troubling as the conclusion that either A) the Democratic Party could not figure out how to beat the worst presidential candidate in history, or B) voters went with the lying bigot because they recognized him from TV. When we say “Russia hacked the election,” we’re saying we don’t need to worry about scenarios (A) and (B). It absolves us of responsibility for the dangerous turn this country has taken in the last 30 years: away from generosity and intellectual rigor, toward mendacity and a value system that puts money above all else. By the time you read this, the President of the United States will be a stupid asshole. But he is not some reflection of Russian computing power. He is an indictment of all of us and, in this way, he is brutally, terrifyingly legitimate. Dan Brooks writes about people, politics, culture and accountability at combatblog.net.
[opinion]
No mistake Obama should close the McKittrick loophole by Andrew Gulliford
President Obama has one more thing to do before he clears his desk in the Oval Office. He needs to fix a mistake from Bill Clinton’s administration that allows endangered species to be killed by hunters without any prosecution from the Department of Justice. This policy is named after a rifleman who shot one of the most important alpha wolves reintroduced in Yellowstone National Park in 1995. After biologists had returned wolves to the Yellowstone ecosystem, Chad McKittrick was out bear hunting in Montana when he saw a large animal 140 yards away. He said to his companion, “That’s a wolf. I’m going to shoot it,” and he focused the scope on his Ruger M77 7mm magnum rifle, and fired. McKittrick approached the now-dead wolf and then saw that it wore a radio collar clearly marked Yellowstone National Park. He cut the animal’s head off, but left the paws. His friend, Dusty Steinmasel, used a special wrench to remove the collar, later throwing it into a creek where it continued to send a rapid series of beeps to wolf biologists, signaling that the wolf was dead. Investigators soon found the collar, and Steinmasel provided a written confession and enough evidence for a search warrant. McKittrick, however, claimed he thought he was shooting at a feral dog. If so, why had he kept the head and hide? “Even in Montana, they rarely mount dogs as game trophies,” author Renee Askins, who chronicles this event in her book, Shadow Mountain, wryly commented. In 1996, a jury of eight men and four women convicted McKittrick of three misdemeanor counts—killing an endangered species, possessing it and transporting it. His sentence included three months in jail, three months in a halfway house, and $10,000 in restitution. At his trial, he testified that he thought the animal he killed was a rabid dog and, using this “mistaken identity” argument, he appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court. McKittrick lost there, but then later won, after the Department of Justice backpedaled on its policy, as if in a rowboat approaching a waterfall.
The Justice Department named its new legal position the McKittrick Policy, giving lasting fame to the man who pulled a trigger on a Yellowstone wolf. The policy basically states that U.S. attorneys will prosecute someone accused of killing an Endangered Species Act-protected species only when they can prove that the killer specifically intended to kill an endangered
“Suspects in the killing of some of the nation’s most imperiled animals are escaping prosecution under the federal Endangered Species Act because of a Justice Department policy.” species. The result: Wolves are sometimes shot by hunters who claim they were shooting coyotes—even though coyotes rarely wear radio collars. WildEarth Guardians and the New Mexico Wilderness Alliance have sued the U.S. Department of Justice in federal court, arguing that “since the Mexican gray wolf reintroduction program began in 1998, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has catalogued 48 wolves that have been the victims of illegal killings.” The
ongoing policy “has the practical effect of removing the threat of criminal prosecution for would-be wolf killers who are opposed to the reintroduction of the Mexican gray wolf.” The impacts of the McKittrick Policy continue to reverberate across the country. “Suspects in the killing of some of the nation’s most imperiled animals are escaping prosecution under the federal Endangered Species Act because of a Justice Department policy that some federal wildlife officials call a significant loophole in the law,” said reporter Deborah Schoch in the Los Angeles Times. She explained, “When the (McKittrick) case reached the U.S. Supreme Court, Justice Department lawyers re-examined the issue. They decided that the jury instructions prosecutors had argued for were wrong. … They decided a person could not be convicted of ‘knowingly’ killing an endangered animal unless prosecutors could prove that the person actually knew what kind of animal he or she had shot.” That’s bad news for many endangered species—and especially for wolves. Kris Olson, former U.S. attorney for Oregon, laments, “I am ashamed to say that it was my colleagues in the Clinton administration who created the mess that followed—the new McKittrick Policy of requiring the prosecution to prove that the defendant knew it was an animal on the ESA list. So the Court and Congress never addressed the issue; it was done internally by the executive branch and has wreaked havoc ever since. It is a travesty, a violation of legislative intent, and should be rescinded.” So, President Obama, before you leave office, eliminate the McKittrick Policy and let endangered species thrive. Even if the next administration tries to overturn your decision, you will have done the right thing. Andrew Gulliford is a contributor to Writers on the Range, the opinion service of High Country News (hcn.org ). He is a professor of history and environmental studies at Fort Lewis College.
missoulanews.com • January 19–January 26, 2017 [11]
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LEADING ECONOMIC INDICATOR – The salary the Golden State Warriors pay to basketball whiz Stephen Curry may be a bargain at $12 million a year, but the economics is weirder about the prices Curry’s fans pay on the street for one of his used mouthguards retrieved from the arena floor after a game. One used, sticky, saliva-encased teeth-protector went for $3,190 at one August auction, and SCP Auctions of California is predicting $25,000 for another, expelled during the NBA championship series last June. ESPN Magazine reported “at least” 35 Twitter accounts dedicated to Curry’s mouthguard. CULTURAL DIVERSITY – In parts of Panama, some men still fight for access to women with the ferocity of rutting male elks. The indigenous Ngabe people mostly keep to themselves in rural areas but have surfaced in towns like Volcan, near the Costa Rican border, where in December a reporter witnessed two men fistfighting to bloody exhaustion on the street in a typical “Mi Lucha” (“my struggle”), with the loser’s wife following the winner home. As the custom loses its cachet, only about a third of the time does the wife now comply, according to the website Narratively. (Bonus: It’s an often-easy “divorce” for the Ngabe—for a fedup wife to taunt her husband into a losing fight, or for a fed-up husband to pick a fight and take a dive.) THE CONTINUING CRISIS – Over a six-year period (the latest measured), drug companies and pharmacies legally distributed 780 million pain pills in West Virginia—averaging to 433 for every man, woman and child. Though rules require dispensers to investigate “suspicious” overprescribing, little was done, according to a recent Drug Enforcement Administration report obtained by the Gazette-Mail of Charleston—even though half of the pills were supplied by the nation’s “big three” drugmakers (whose CEOs’ compensation is enriched enormously by pain pill production). Worse, year-by-year the strengths of the pills prescribed increase as users’ tolerance demands. (West Virginia residents disproportionately suffer from unemployment, coal mining-related disabilities and poor health.) University of Kentucky professor Buck Ryan disclosed in December that he had been punished recently (loss of travel funds and a “prestigious” award) by his dean for singing the Beach Boys classic “California Girls” for a lesson comparing American and Chinese cultures—because of the song’s “language of a sexual nature.” The school’s “coordinator” on sexual harassment issues made the ruling, apparently absent student complaints, for Ryan’s lyric change of “Well, East Coast girls are hip” to “Well, Shanghai girls are hip.” Because the 2015 San Bernardino, California, terrorist attack that killed 14 and seriously wounded 22 was a “workplace” injury (in that the shooters fired only at fellow employees), any health insurance the victims had was superseded exclusively by coverage under the state’s “workers’ compensation” system—a system largely designed for typical job injuries, such as back pain and slip-and-falls. Thus, for example, one San Bernardino victim with “hundreds of pieces of shrapnel” still in her body even after multiple surgeries and in constant pain, must nevertheless constantly argue her level of care with a bureaucrat pressured by budgetary issues and forced to massage sets of one-size-fits-all guidelines. THE ENTREPRENEURIAL SPIRIT! – Latest in Vending Machines: (1) Passengers awaiting trains in 35 stations in France now find kiosks dispensing short stories to pass the time. A wide range of selections (even poetry), in suggested reading-time lengths of one, three and five minutes, can be printed out for free. (2) The only U.S. vending machine for champagne is now operational in the 23rd-floor lobby of the Mandarin Oriental hotel in Las Vegas. Moet and Chandon bubbly can be purchased with $20 tokens sold at the front desk.
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NEW WORLD ORDER – Recent Awkward Apps: (1) The Kerastase Hair Coach (a “smart” hairbrush with Wi-Fi, monitoring brush strokes “on three axes” to manage “frizziness, dryness, split ends and breakage”); (2) The still-in-prototype “Kissenger” (with a “meat-colored” rubbery dock for a smartphone that the user can kiss and have the sensation transmitted to a lover’s receiving dock over the internet); (3) The Ozmo smart cup (to “effortlessly” “empower you with a platform for better hydration choices” in your water and coffee consumption—with software for other drinks coming soon!) (Bonus: Old-school users can also just drink out of it.); (4) The Prophix toothbrush (with a video camera so you catch areas your brushing might have missed); (5) Spartan boxer briefs (stylishly protecting men’s goods from Wi-Fi and cellphone radiation). UNCLEAR ON THE CONCEPT – In December the European Union’s 28 nations reached what members called a historic agreement to thwart terrorists: a ban on private citizens’ possessing semi-automatic weapons—but exempted terrorists’ firearm of choice, the Kalishikov assault weapon. (Finland vetoed inclusion of the AK-47 because of concerns about training its reservists.) Thanks This Week to Bruce Alter and to the News of the Weird Senior Advisers and Board of Editorial Advisers.
[12] Missoula Independent • January 19–January 26, 2017
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AN UNEASY PEACE Republican legislators claim their party’s rift is a thing of the past. How did they reach common ground? By Alex Sakariassen uring the first week of the 65th Montana Legislature, House Majority Leader Ron Ehli offered a prediction: “It’s going to be a good session for Republicans.” The comment echoed an earlier forecast by state party chair and Rep. Jeff Essman of a more unified GOP in 2017. With budget and policy negotiations already well underway in Helena, that message of intra-party cohesion sounds like just what voters are clamoring for. Even casual observers of Montana politics over the past few years would recognize the significance
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of this supposed unification. The rift between conservative-wing lawmakers and center-right Republicans has been the stuff of statewide headlines for at least two legislative sessions, and it’s played a particularly notable role in the passage of several major policy initiatives in 2015, Medicaid expansion and the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes’ water compact among them. In fact, the alliance forged between moderate Republicans and Democrats contributed to the Billings Gazette naming conservative Republicans among its 2015 post-session list of legislative losers.
[14] Missoula Independent • January 19–January 26, 2017
Neither did moderates escape the session unscathed. Some found themselves facing bitter primary challenges from conservative newcomers, and others were targeted for retaliation by their local party leaders. The dynamic that defined these internal skirmishes is mirrored at the national level in the schism between ideologues like Mitch McConnell and Ted Cruz and more traditionally moderate Republicans including Lisa Murkowski and Lindsey Graham. And yet now, mere months after a seeming eternity of internecine unpleasantness, Montana Repub-
licans have managed, as House Speaker Austin Knudsen put it to MTN News, to“bury the hatchet.” How? One explanation, offered by Ehli in regard to the House Republican caucus, involves a “handshake agreement” reached between moderate and conservative members weeks ahead of the session. The deal will allow for moderates to approach their more conservative leadership for help getting a limited number of bills out of committee and onto the House floor for debate. According to Ehli, that won’t necessarily ensure passage of those bills, but it should keep them
from being buried in committee, as they so often were in the past. At least the factions are talking. But open lines of communication only go so far. House leadership was reluctant to revisit the rift with the Indy, and, through a spokesperson, rebuffed requests to discuss the formation of 2017’s nominal unity. With the soil over the hatchet still fresh, there doesn’t appear to be one single answer, but rather a tangle of interconnected theories— and constant assurances that the differences that dominated previous sessions have been laid to rest. At least for now. ••• In the August heat of the general election, Great Falls Sen. Ed Buttrey offered his thoughts on what it would take to bring Montana Republicans back together: A rebuke from the party’s top dogs, he speculated—a clear message from U.S. Sen. Steve Daines and Congressman Ryan Zinke to cease with the infighting and work together. Looking back now, Buttrey believes it was a different message that has accomplished what he initially thought it would take a congressional delegation to do. That message, he says, came in the form of voters in Montana and across the country electing a political out-
sider to the nation’s highest office. “The voters spoke loudly through the entire political process and said, ‘We’re tired of the establishment. We’re tired of the parties existing to beat each other to a pulp. We don’t want that anymore.’” To Buttrey, who is serving as a majority whip this
mands to sign policy pledges—these aren’t the Republican Party way, Buttrey says. No two Republicans will agree on everything, but Buttrey says there’s no room for a retaliatory mindset in his party’s big tent. “We forgot to some extent that the Republican Party is this big party of diverse opinions,” Buttrey
“The voters spoke loudly through the entire political process, and said, ‘We’re tired of the establishment. We’re tired of the parties existing to beat each other to a pulp. We don’t want that anymore.’” session, Trump’s run of the table against established politicians, Republican and Democrat alike, is proof that Buttrey’s constituents are fed up with the stalemate politics that have characterized both Congress and the Montana Capitol in recent years. It seems to him that state politicians had become increasingly obsessed with proving “they were right and everyone else was wrong.” Litmus tests and third-party de-
continues. “We used to celebrate that and we used to sit and come together and fight things out in closed rooms and come out with good solutions. Maybe everybody didn’t get what they want, but we moved the ball down the field.” Senate President Scott Sales recognizes that the conflict between moderate and conservative Republicans predates his tenure in the senate. He says he
didn’t get his own glimpse of it until he first entered the chamber in 2013. Animosity within the caucus was alarming back then, he says, and his appeals to leadership to squash it “fell on deaf ears for the most part.” “I think that caucus dirty laundry should be aired in private, not in public,” Sales says. Sales and Buttrey found themselves on opposite sides of several key issues in 2015, including Buttrey’s successful compromise proposal to expand Medicaid in Montana. Today, both insist that past differences won’t deter them from working together. And they appear to be of one mind when it comes to how the GOP has managed to mend its internal rift. It’s not just the directive that Buttrey reads in the tea leaves of Trump’s victory. With Medicaid, campaign finance reform and a contentious tribal water compact now nearly two years behind them, Republicans are coalescing around something they can all agree on. “Quite frankly, most of our big, big efforts right now are being spent toward the budget,” Buttrey says. “The state is in a tremendous fiscal crisis, and we’re all working hard together trying to solve that problem, above everything else.”
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missoulanews.com • January 19–January 26, 2017 [15]
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Echoing messages of party unity from other Republican leaders, Senate President Scott Sales says he’s confident that moderates and conservatives have put past differences behind them in 2017. And if a few caucus members drift across the aisle once in a while, he adds, “I’m not going to try to twist arms to stop it.”
When it comes to those discussions, Sales ac- The specter of a crowded Republican nominating con••• knowledges issues on which Republicans may differ, vention prompted Essmann, in his capacity as party The lingering bad vibes from the 2015 session respecifically a gas tax increase that could peel a few chairman, to urge his membership to “decide whether moderates away to side with Democrats. But even the convention will be divisive and lead to the election verberated loudly last year when moderate and conthere, he doesn’t foresee a breakdown in overall of an undeserving Democrat about 90 days later, or will servative candidates squared off in 36 Republican unity. The leadership is actively avoiding taking a po- be conducted with mutual respect so that we can leave primaries statewide. It was in those primaries, Repubsition on similarly divisive proposals, he says, because united behind a candidate we can support and get lican Rep. Rob Cook told MTN News last May, that doing so might drive a wedge between members of elected.” Buttrey and Sales have added their names for the real battle for control of the 2017 session would consideration. So has Billings Rep. Daniel Zolnikov. take shape. Things got particularly nasty in southwest the caucus. “I’m not going to try to twist arms to stop it,” Sales hopes that jockeying for the job within the GOP Montana, where the Madison County Republican Sales adds, “because that just doesn’t really work in this environment. People have tried that. It meets with real limited “We’re starting to see a very few, one or two, folks results.” Sales’ stated goals are to maintain civility and decorum in 2017, and his acting like spoiled little kids, standing up and using definition of success when the final gavel falls will be a well-crafted, “relatively conthe microphone to spout campaign slogans.” servative” budget “passed without a tax increase.” However, developments on the national stage have thrown Montana Republicans a curve- won’t generate legislative ripples. He intends to con- Central Committee censured incumbent Rep. Ray ball. Last month, Trump nominated Zinke to head the tinue working closely with Buttrey and others, no mat- Shaw, R-Sheridan, for a string of votes it claimed ran Department of Interior, and several state lawmakers are ter what happens. Buttrey, who characterizes his contrary to the Montana Republican Party platform. now vying for their party’s nomination as Zinke’s suc- longtime friendship with Zinke as being “like brothers,” One of those votes was Shaw’s support of Buttrey’s cessor—a process that, barring a holdup of Zinke’s con- concurs. “I’m not going to do anything to split the Medicaid expansion bill. Another was his support of the anti-dark-money Disclose Act. firmation, could play out before the session is through. party.”
[16] Missoula Independent • January 19–January 26, 2017
Most of the bills Shaw was censured for were sponsored by Republicans—a fact that Shaw pointed out in a subsequent letter to the editor in the Montana Standard. Shaw stood by his record and dismissed the censure as the “extreme position of the party bosses who try and dictate the will of the people.” Similar party infighting played out in Cascade County, where campaign practice complaints and heated exchanges between Republican candidates prompted the Great Falls Tribune last April to write, “the Cascade County Republican Party appears to be tearing itself apart from the inside out.” The situation couldn’t have been more different in Missoula County. Central committee chairwoman Vondene Kopetski can’t remember a time when local party membership and candidate participation was higher. She claims attendance at committee meetings has doubled since she stepped into the position nearly two years ago, and says she “couldn’t possibly count” the number of people who stopped by the committee’s booth at the 2016 Western Montana Fair to pick up Trump yard signs and hats. Republicans fielded candidates in 15 of 16 Missoula legislative races, Kopetski adds, and eked out wins in four, including former city councilman Adam Hertz’s ouster of Democratic Rep. Andrew Person. Kopetski sees those victories as key to proving Republicans can makes gains in spite of Missoula’s liberal reputation. “It’s been important for us as Republicans in Missoula to see the fruit of our labors, to know that we get together and help each other and have been successful,” Kopetski says. “Certainly the candidates that we got elected for the legislature reflect that.” One of those wins has afforded Kopetski an inside look at developments within the House Republican caucus. Her son, Mike Hopkins, defeated Democrat Addrien Marx for the seat in House District 92. It’s early yet, she says, but so far she hasn’t heard “any rumblings” about policy issues that threaten to fracture the caucus. Like Buttrey, Kopetski attributes her party’s renewed sense of unity to the anti-establishment sentiment that’s credited with rallying Republican voters around Trump last fall. There’s a resulting obligation, she says, for Republicans at the local and state level to respond to the constituents that elected them and stick to the party’s basic tenet—fiscal responsibility— rather than get carried away with ideological infighting. Kopetski is heartened by the House Appropriations Committee’s critical approach to the so-called Feed Bill, an $11 million appropriation that funds session expenses including legislative salaries. Eight Republican legislators voted in favor of cutting $180,000 from the bill; the sole dissenting vote in committee came from Republican Rep. Tom Burnett, who argued that the cuts don’t go far enough and suggested a separate bill to slash legislative pay and stipends.
to dip to $79 million by this summer, and Bullock’s pitch to bring those reserves back up partly hinges on an income tax increase—a non-starter among Republicans. Meanwhile Republicans are proposing to tighten Montana’s belt with more than $120 million in cuts to education and health and human services, and appropriations committee leaders have floated the idea of asking state agencies to trim as much as $20 million from their budgets over the next six months to boost the state’s ending fund balance. The Senate minority’s role in all this will be minimal com••• pared to the roles of the majority and the Gov. Steve Bullock opened the 2017 governor, Sesso says, but as the budget batsession with a dare of sorts. Standing in the photo by Alex Sakariassen tle picks up steam, he says, it will be on Decapitol rotunda Jan. 2, he asked lawmakers, mocrats to be “stewards of the detail and “Will you be remembered for your rhetoric, make sure that people don’t get hurt.” or your results?” His office followed up the As for any other issues that may play next day with a release urging bipartisan out in the shadows of the budget discuscooperation on his $292 million infrastrucsion this session, Sesso sees a number of ture investment proposal—opening the possibilities. Montana took a great step fordoor for the Montana Democratic Party, in ward on health care during the last legislaits own statement, to prod the conservative ture, he says, and the state’s uninsured rate, bloc that killed Bullock’s infrastructure bill though already in a fairly steady decline, last time around. nosedived from 15 percent in 2015 to 7.4 Bullock’s dare could easily be seen as percent last year. And with Congress rusha jab at Republicans, who picked up three ing toward repeal of the Affordable Care seats in the state Senate last fall and mainAct, Montana could wind up with a lot on tained their 59-41 majority in the House. its plate. Energy policy, too, is on Sesso’s Instead it was framed by Bullock and the radar, given the challenges facing Colstrip media as a call for unity, not just within the and the coal industry, as well as unresolved GOP caucus, but within the legislature as a concerns over net metering regulations. whole. Opening statements from leaders Of course, Democrats in Helena have on both sides were punctuated by similar been dealt a far different hand heading into directives to leave the bitter partisanship of 2017. In presenting a united front, Repubthe 2016 election behind. licans are relaying a not-so-subtle message Democrats are going to have to hope that this session will play out on their those bipartisan overtures bear out. So far, terms. While some observers might view House Minority Leader Jenny Eck is optiphoto by Alex Sakariassen the Republican rapprochement as a step mistic about reaching some level of agreement on the bigger issues facing the Top: Sens. Ed Buttrey, left, and Scott Sales were on opposite sides of several key issues in the 2015 session, especially backward from the bipartisan compromises legislature—namely infrastructure invest- Buttrey’s Medicaid expansion bill. Now the two are working closely to prevent the Republican rift from reopening. forged during the last session, Buttrey, who ments. She’s less sure when it comes to Bottom: Now serving as House Speaker for the second consecutive session, Rep. Austin Knudsen offered the media was a key figure in that 2015 alliance, balks at the thought that a more unified Republismaller initiatives sponsored on the left: assurances late last year that Republicans had managed to “bury the hatchet” in time for 2017. can party might be bad for Democrats, or “There’s going to be bills that are going to “It’s not helpful, it’s irresponsible, it is everything that “I’ve never looked at the split or lack of unity in anyone else. be tough to get out of committee, no doubt.” “If we do a great job with the budget, if we’re The difficulty that Democrats will no doubt face Montanans—Republicans and Democrats—just hate the Republican party to be a positive or a negative in terms of the business of the legislature,” Sesso says. good stewards of the citizens’ money, if we can do a in getting certain measures past a united Republican about politicians and politics in general.” On the Senate side, Minority Leader Jon Sesso is “We’re here to get work done, and if they’re more good job with the remaining policy issues that we’ll front was forecast on day eight of the session by Rep. Amanda Curtis, D-Butte. On her daily video blog, Cur- taking the bipartisan proclamations of his majority united in getting good things done, I’m glad to join address, I don’t look at it that we’re screwing the tis maligned the actions of Republicans on the House counterparts at face value. President Sales has so far more of them than I have in the past, where I’ve only Democratic Party. If we’re successful with good policy Education Committee who tabled a bill designed to been “straight-up” with him, Sesso says, and having been able to join some of them to get good projects and good budgeting, I think that’s something both Democrats and Republicans can celebrate.” fund special education and voted down two more “made my bones” in a split 50-50 House, Sesso adds, over the finish line.” He pauses, then adds: “Maybe that’s a bit too similar bills. he is well versed in the practice of crossing the aisle Of course, Sesso recognizes that 2017 will bring “We’re starting to see a very few, one or two, folks for support. As for the Republican rift that character- tough decisions on the budget front. Due to an un- warm, fuzzy, puppy-doggy.” acting like spoiled little kids, standing up and using ized sessions past, Sesso only ever saw that as an op- foreseen shortfall in tax revenues, the $300 million asakariassen@missoulanews.com in reserves projected in the 2015 budget is expected the microphone to spout campaign slogans,” she said. portunity to partner.
Even so, Kopetski recognizes that as cohesive as the Republican Party may feel here in Missoula, there’s no guarantee against dissent. Quite the opposite, in fact. “There’s an adage,” Kopetski says. “Conflict occurs whenever you have more than one person in a room. That’s because people are different. We just see things differently. That doesn’t mean you can’t discuss your differences and then come together at the end and work together for the greater good.”
missoulanews.com • January 19–January 26, 2017 [17]
[arts]
Staging a hero How a brush with Tennessee Williams led a doctor back to theater by Gwen McKenna
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eter Philips was a young surgical intern at New York City’s Bellevue Hospital when he decided one day, on impulse, to fly to Jamaica. It was January 1964. Passing through Ocho Rios one evening, he stopped at an outdoor cafe for a bite. As he sat alone, he could not help overhearing a boisterous and boozy conversation between a man and a woman at a nearby table. He recognized the woman as Australian actress Zoe Caldwell, but he didn’t know the man. When Caldwell left, Philips asked the waiter who the gentleman was. The reply left Philips, a passionate theater buff, stunned: It was legendary playwright Tennessee Williams. A moment later, the waiter brought Philips a glass of brandy, compliments of Mr. Williams, with an invitation to join him at his table. The invitation was not a come-on, Philips maintains. “It never got there, never approached that at all. He wanted company.” Philips sat down and introduced himself. “From there on, he called me ‘young doctor.’ I don’t think he remembered my name.” After a few drinks, Williams asked Philips for a ride back to his house, where the two spent the next several hours talking. “He . . . read some poems, talked about Glass Menagerie, I remember. It just went on and on.” At one point Williams excused himself to go to the bathroom. After waiting for quite a while for the great dramatist to return, Philips wandered down the hall to investigate. He found Williams splayed on his bed, fully dressed, passed out cold. “He still had his cape on,” Philips remembers. Unsure what else to do, he untied the cape from Williams’ neck, removed his shoes, placed a coverlet over him, turned down the lights and left. He never saw Williams again. Fifty-three years, four children and six grandchildren later, Dr. Philips is still fascinated with the life and works of Tennessee Williams. A native New Yorker raised by “culture vultures,” Philips has loved theater, he says, since the age of 8. While his parents hoped he would follow in his physician father’s footsteps, he started college as a drama major. Later, after much soul-
photo by Amy Donovan
Peter Philips directs three plays by Tennessee Williams, whom he met in 1964, at the Downtown Dance Collective Jan. 20 and 21.
searching, he chose to pursue medicine after all. He was advised to take this more practical path by a fellow alumnus of Ohio’s Kenyon College named Paul Newman. Yes, that Paul Newman, whom Philips finagled an opportunity to see backstage after a show in 1959. (The show, incidentally, was a Williams play, Sweet Bird of Youth.) Philips told the doorman that he’d gone to the same school as Newman, and that he’d won an acting award that Newman had sponsored. It was enough to get him in. He and Newman “had a nice chat,” Philips says. Wanting the established actor’s opinion, Philips explained that he’d been accepted to both medical school and the Yale School of Drama, but he was unsure which way to go. Newman warned him against an acting career. “I listened to him instead of my mother,” Philips says, laughing. He returned to medical school in New York, graduating in 1963. After completing his residency at Bellevue, he took specialty training in cardiac surgery, com-
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pleting his medical education in 1970. Dr. Philips’ long career as a cardiologist included a stint in Missoula, where he helped establish an open-heart surgery program at St. Patrick Hospital in the late 1970s. After that, he practiced for several years in Polson. Upon retiring in 2001, he moved to the Seattle area, where he soaked up the culture and cruised around in his 36-foot Grand Banks boat. By 2010, however, a bad back had slowed him down to the point where walking, much less boating, was difficult. With energy yet to burn, he returned to Missoula and to his first love, the theater. In addition to performing with MCT and other local groups, he enrolled, at age 73, in the acting program at the University of Montana, earning his MFA in 2015. The subject of his master’s thesis was, not surprisingly, the work of Tennessee Williams—specifically the playwright’s artistic journey from realism to expressionism. Last year, he taught a MOLLI class on the same topic. This weekend’s pres-
entation, Tennessee Williams: Three OneAct Plays at the Downtown Dance Collective, is something of an extension of that theme. Philips is the show’s producer and director. The ensemble cast of local talent includes Ann Peacock, Sarah Lloyd, Henry Mayer, Hugh Butterfield and Christina Scruggs. The show, composed of three short one-acts—The One Exception, The Pretty Trap and The Chalky White Substance— showcases different phases of Williams’ progression as a dramatist. In The One Exception, the last play he wrote before his death in 1983, an artist named Kyla, who has suffered a nervous breakdown, gets a visit from Violet, an old frenemy from New York, who viciously natters on about the glamorous world that Kyla is no longer a part of. Philips describes it as “a poem, if you will . . . to [Williams’] sister Rose,” who as a young woman had undergone a prefrontal lobotomy. “He took good care of her,” Philips says. That Rose was often her brother’s
muse is also evident in The Pretty Trap. Written in 1944, it is an early Williams work that evolved into the full-length masterpiece, The Glass Menagerie. (Spoiler: the former ends more happily than the latter.) In 1980’s The Chalky White Substance, set in a post-apocalyptic future, a bitter older man torments his younger, gentler lover in a barren and brutal hellscape. This play in particular reveals Williams’ experimental, expressionistic side, which has been largely ignored and perhaps misunderstood. “There’s been so little Tennessee Williams done here, at least since I’ve been back,” Philips says. “So that’s why we’re here.” Peter Philips presents Tennessee Williams: Three One-Act Plays plays at the Downtown Dance Collective Fri., Jan. 20, at 7 PM and Sat., Jan. 21, at 10 PM. $15 general, $14 seniors and $12 students. Visit ddcmontana.com. arts@missoulanews.com
[books]
It’s all downhill Unearthing Paradise rallies for wild places by Chris La Tray
There is no lack for talent among the passionate conPoet and GIS analyst Max Hjortsberg is no stranger to the horrors of industrial gold mining. In 2015, he spent tributors to the collection. Aside from the trio of editors, two weeks in the Cortez Range of Nevada working on an Terry Tempest Williams, Rick Bass, Doug Peacock and environmental impact statement for a proposed expan- Hjortsberg’s father, William “Gatz” Hjortsberg, all appear. sion of the Cortez Hills gold mine. He watched gigantic Montana Poet Laureate (and farrier) Michael Earl Craig oftrucks haul payloads of earth and rock from a gaping hole fers a poem called “Town,” a wry look at “opportunistic in the ground and drive to a factory where each load was leeches” aboard a greased pig floating down a river. My faleached with cyanide to produce the barest fistful of gold. vorite is a short prose poem called “Late Spring” from the On his return home to Livingston, he learned of two sep- late Jim Harrison, which originally appeared in his book, arate mining interests staking claims on public land bor- In Search of Small Gods. If the line “Nothing in nature is dering the greater Yellowstone ecosystem. He was inspired exactly suited to us” doesn’t illustrate our seeming inability to fight those projects and rallied friends and family to the to exist on the earth without tearing it up, nothing does. cause. The result, with co-editors Marc Beaudin and It is a curious collection, mostly in the variety of writing Seabring Davis, is the latest release from Livingston’s Elk styles. Subjects include anecdotal accounts of encounters River Books, Unearthing Paradise: with the ignorant (the essay “CutMontana Writers in Defense of throats,” by Bryce Andrews), perGreater Yellowstone. sonal relationships to the The National Park Service Yellowstone River (Alan Kesselheim’s turned 100 years old on Aug. 25 last essay “To the Source”), and appeals year, and 2016 saw a flurry of books to metaphor, like Russell Rowland’s published about the parks. A comessay comparing Montana’s relationmon theme among them is the idea ship with mining to a battered wife’s that national parks aren’t simple lorelationship to her husband. Poems cations with closed borders, like are scattered throughout, as are theme parks. These magnificent works of short fiction. The mix might landscapes are the hearts of sprawlbe jarring to some readers, and the ing ecosystems that spread well bebook may work best as a sampler to yond their boundaries. Protecting be read one or two pieces at a time. the outer, unprotected lands—and Journalist Todd Wilkinson is the wildlife that move over and one of the most erudite voices deUnearthing Paradise: Montana around them—is increasingly criti- Writers in Defense of Greater fending this region, and it’s his excal. Unearthing Paradise seeks to cellent essay, “Death Horse of a Yellowstone add to this conversation. The mesDifferent Color,” that best sums up Edited by Marc Beaudin, Seabring Davis, and sage? Corporations can’t destroy upthe book’s message. As he describes Max Hjortsberg stream environments and not the failures and broken promises of Paperback, Elk River Books expect grave ramifications for everymodern-era mining companies, he 196 pages, $15 thing downhill. points out the folly of accepting corThe need to protect public and wild places is a porate entreaties to “Trust us.” “Creating jobs is important,” common thread in this collection of 30-plus poems, es- Wilkinson writes, referring to one of the primary arguments says and stories, though not all the pieces address in- in defense of the industry, “but creating resilient commudustry and only a handful were written specifically for nities compatible with nature [is] what lasts.” this anthology (many were previously published in reIn his introduction, Hjortsberg writes, “The mission gional magazines and collections). The argument isn’t of Unearthing Paradise is to advocate for, and support, so much that mining and other industries need to go effective protections from industrial-scale mining in the away, it’s that we need to change our approach to gateway to Yellowstone.” To that end, a percentage of all them. For example, concerning gold, Hjortsberg writes, proceeds from the book will be donated to the Park “Gold is nothing more than a commodity and we have County Environmental Council, a grassroots organization plenty of it. The great immutable metal is infinitely re- fighting the construction of the two Livingston mining cyclable and should be reused and not hidden away in projects. With its back-page list of suggestions for getting some vault in the Swiss Alps.” He owns the fact that he involved, the book asks readers to reconsider extractive and his contributors are fighting industry in their own industry in this era of human-influenced climate change. backyard, which cynical readers would happily point We are a community that shares an enormous wealth in out. However, he also makes the point that Yellowstone public lands, and Unearthing Paradise is a solid effort to is in a sense the entire world’s backyard, and that in- rally us to protect them. dustrial activities on any public land carry similar significance. arts@missoulanews.com
missoulanews.com • January 19–January 26, 2017 [19]
[art]
Fired up Ceramacist David Hiltner and the anticipation of uncertainty by Sarah Aswell
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After a few years of teaching, hen David Hiltner says he’s passionate about ceramics, he’s Hiltner began looking for an ideal not just talking about making location to house a ceramics space. clay vessels. He’s talking about the science It had to be able to make money, behind the glaze, the technical work of but also be an appealing destinabuilding a kiln and the careful construc- tion for visiting artists. And it had tion of community. He’s excited by the ad- to be somewhere he could pursue venture of trying something new—and his other passions: hunting and fishing. He and his wife, who is also then perfecting it. Since 1993, when he received his an artist, decided on Red Lodge, B.F.A in Ceramics from Wichita State Uni- where they went to work creating versity, Hiltner has been on the trajectory a 6,800-square-foot studio full of of someone who isn’t afraid to take calcu- kilns and wheels, a gallery in a hislated leaps to get closer to his goals. He toric downtown building, and a followed his undergraduate work with an collection of furnished houses and M.F.A from Syracuse University in 1997 apartments for resident artists. “One of the reasons we started and then held several professorships, including a position at his alma mater in with the residences is that the comKansas. In 2005, after some saving and a merce side of art is often ignored lot of research, he moved his family to in academia,” Hiltner says. “AcadeRed Lodge, on the border of Yellowstone, mics are more interested in concepts and in developing work, and and opened the Red Lodge Clay Center. It took some sweat and uncertainty, commerce can be taboo. Here, but 12 years later, the center is a nation- artists learn about how to market ally recognized nexus for professional ce- themselves, how to price art, take ramic artists. Its ever-multiplying inventory, all the things we do to programs include residencies, visiting make a living as artists.” Programs at the clay center, all artists’ workshops, conferences, an online store, a clay store, community outreach of which are privately funded, seem to hinge on two goals: bringevents and exhibitions. Somehow, with so much else on his ing art to the local community and David Hiltner, above, opened the Red Lodge Clay Studio in plate, Hiltner hasn’t stopped creating his enriching the national community 2007. Hiltner’s “Pheasant Cart,” right, will be part of an openown art. His work has evolved from beau- of ceramic artists. Aside from more ing exhibit at the Radius Gallery. tiful-but-functional cups and jars to more traditional residency programs, With a few staff members and resiaimed at discovering and educating upHiltner also began an Artists Invite Artists and-coming college-age artists from dent artists working 20 hours per week to complex and abstract sculptural pieces. “I love the process of creating ceramics,” series, in which one ceramics artist brings around the country, who not only work help out, Hiltner still has time to make his he says. “It’s very repetitious, own art and help raise his two daughters. and the more you do it, the He also makes time to get outdoors, travbetter you get. Also, you can eling around the area to hunt and fish— make anything out of clay. “Academics are more interested in concepts experience that plays into his art. You have a pretty wide lati“In Ted Leeson’s The Habit of Rivers, tude to express yourself with and in developing work, and commerce can be he talks about the impassioned anticipathis particular medium.” tion of an uncertain thing,” Hiltner says. Hiltner went to coltaboo. Here, artists learn about how to market “That’s art and hunting and fishing to me. Will the glaze pool in the right places? Is lege initially to study busithe right decision? Is this idea going ness. His grandfather themselves, how to price art, take inventory, all this to come together?” began a welding supply Like the clay center itself, Hiltner’s art company in 1940, and the things we do to make a living as artists.” is the product of pushing himself, even— Hiltner had been an active maybe especially—when he’s not sure how participant in the family it will turn out. His most recent work inenterprise throughout his youth. When he discovered ceramics, his a group of artist friends together to create together at the clay center but cludes playful, bucolic sculptures with repath took a turn, though the business les- and share work. In addition, the Advanced also tour notable ceramics studios peated images drawn from the landscape. In one piece, a silo-shaped container covStudent Project Network program is across Montana. sons he learned never left him.
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ered with freshly plowed rows is topped with the elegant shape of a pheasant. In another, the twists and turns of fish come together to form a whimsical trophy. In a third, ears of corn, each topped with a rubber nipple, fill an old wooden Coca-Cola crate—a mischievous comment on the pervasiveness of corn syrup in our food. “I don’t want my work to be preachy,” he says. “I want it to have some humor and have people ask questions. This is a tonguein-cheek way of poking fun at things. If the work has people asking questions about it, that’s what makes it successful.” The Radius Gallery hosts an opening reception and artist talk for David Hiltner and artists Hadley Ferguson and Bobbi McKibbin Fri., Jan. 20, from 4 to 7 PM. arts@missoulanews.com
[film]
Not lovin’ it The Founder nails a fast-food origin story by MaryAnn Johanson
Where’s the clown?
Nothing is more American than McDonald’s, and that’s what makes The Founder horrifying. I found myself scribbling that word—horrifying—a lot while viewing the film, which comes to the condemning conclusion that the American dream at its apex expression is nothing more than rapacious bullshit. The Founder is also clever and funny, thanks to a sharp script by Robert D. Siegel, and the story it tells is kind of inspiring, at least until it turns frightening and even sinister. Its protagonist/villain—Ray Kroc, McDonald’s innovator and later something of a business cult leader, portrayed by the intense, superb Michael Keaton—is both genius and evil in that banal way of greedy, insecure men. Director John Lee Hancock’s previous movie was Saving Mr. Banks about Walt Disney’s attempt to twist a tough true story into something cartoonish and suitable for mass entertainment, which is how you might also describe Kroc’s story in broad strokes. It’s not even about the food. This is not Super Size Me, not a denunciation of McDonald’s as a dealer pushing junk food on susceptible consumers. It’s purely about the business side and how the innovations Kroc brought to the industry changed America radically. Hell, the fast-food industry didn’t exist before Kroc invented it. Though, as you may already be dimly aware, all he did was pick up the ideas meticulously designed by Dick (Nick Offerman) and Mac McDonald ( John Carroll Lynch) of southern California and turn them into something that the brothers had no interest in pursuing: nationwide presence and success. He cheated them in the process, naturally, because what is more American than that? Hancock crafts what initially looks like a vision of midcentury American gung-ho optimism in Kroc’s discovery of the McDonald brothers. Their little operation in San Bernardino is a model of modernity,
all attractive young people efficiently serving delicious burgers and shakes to eager crowds. The brothers are shrewd innovators: A scene in which they develop their method of assembling burgers quickly in a “kitchen” sketched with chalk on a tennis court is wonderful. It looks like the future! Quality control is important to them: They have a few restaurants across the region, but only a few, because maintaining tight authority over how things are done matters to them. Then Ray Kroc storms into their lives, an entrepreneurial monster fueled by self-help LPs (he carries a record player on the road so he can listen to them in motels). Kroc has been selling, with little success, commercial shake mixers, which is how he comes across the McDonald brothers. Their anomalously huge order for mixers reflects the booming of their burger business while similar operations seem to be dying. Kroc is intrigued, and turns his claws on the brothers—and that’s when The Founder becomes something darker: a tale of the beginnings of endstage capitalism, as told in the cruel appropriation of other people’s work, threats of lawsuits and too much profit never being enough. The McDonald brothers’ American dream gets subsumed by the corporate version, the one with teeth and no conscience. Keaton is absolutely mesmerizing, in a horrific way, with his vision of McDonald’s as “the new American church,” the golden arches as iconic as church spires and the Stars and Stripes. What we see in The Founder is the beginning of the corporatization of civic spaces. It’s amazing. It’s horrifying. It’s America The Founder opens Fri., Jan. 20, at the Carmike 12.
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[film]
OPENING THIS WEEK
SILENCE Two 17th century Jesuit priest travel from Europe to Japan to find their missing mentor and spread the Catholic faith. As this is a film directed by Martin Scorsese, I’m betting things don’t so well. Rated R. Playing at the Roxy.
SPLIT After being kidnapped by a man with 24 personalities, three women discover something truly terrifying; they’re in an M. Night Shyamalan movie. Rated PG13. Stars James McAvoy, Betty Buckley and Haley Lu Richardson. Playing at the Carmike 12 and the Pharaohplex.
SING The best way for a broke koala to save his failing theater is to host a singing competition. Too bad his assistant offered $100,000 in prize money they don’t have. Rated PG. Playing at the Carmike 12 and the Pharaohplex.
XXX: THE RETURN OF XANDER CAGE Vin Diesel’s thrill-seeking secret agent returns after taking the last sequel off to recover stolen military secrets. He also has a motorcycle that works on water. Rated PG-13. Also stars Donnie Yen and Ruby Rose. Playing at the Carmike 12 and the Pharaohplex.
SLEEPLESS A dirty cop gets in over his head when he and his partner are caught stealing coke from a drug lord. Rated R. Playing at the Carmike 12.
NOW PLAYING BLADE RUNNER I’ve seen things you wouldn’t believe. Attack ships on fire on the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glittering in the dark. Harrison Ford in a trench coat. Rated R. Also stars Rutger Hauer and Sean Young. Playing at the Roxy Thu., Jan. 26 at 7 PM. THE BYE BYE MAN Three students move into an old house with lots of space, cheap utilities and a murderous monster that possesses anyone who thinks his silly name. Sounds about right for college housing. Rated PG-13. Stars Faye Dunaway, Doug Jones and Cressia Bonas. Playing at the Carmike 12. THE EAGLE HUNTRESS A 13-year-old girl trains to be the first eagle hunter in 12 generations of her Kazakh family. Rated G. Directed by Otto Bell. Playing at the Roxy. THE GREAT DICTATOR Being a dead ringer for someone famous can cause a lot of confusion. But when your well-known doppelgänger is an anti-Semitic fascist dictator, maybe it’s time to step up and do something about it. Not Rated. Stars Charlie Chaplin, Charlie Chaplin and Paulette Goddard. Playing Fri., Jan. 20 at 7 PM at the Roxy. HIDDEN FIGURES You think you’re under-appreciated at work? These African-American women did the calculations that put John Glenn in orbit while they worked at a segregated facility. Rated PG. Stars Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer and Janelle Monáe. Playing at the Carmike 12 and the Pharaohplex. LA LA LAND An aspiring actress falls in love with a jazz pianist in this love letter to Hollywood musicals. Rated PG-13. Stars Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone and John Legend. Playing at the Carmike 12.
This new X-Men movie is a lot darker than I thought it’d be. Split opens at the Carmike 12 and Pharaoplex. LIVE BY NIGHT Sure his dad was a strict police captain, but it’s 1926 and the real money is in bootlegging. Rated R. Stars Ben Affleck, Zoe Saldana and Elle Fanning. Playing at the Carmike 12. MANCHESTER BY THE SEA Returning to your hometown is always tough, especially when you’re returning to raise your orphaned nephew. Rated R. Stars Casey Affleck, Michelle Williams and Lucas Hedges. Playing at the Roxy. MOANA An adventurous teenager sails out on a daring mission to save her people with a little help from a demi-god. Rated PG. Disney’s computer-animated musical stars the voices of Auli’i Cravalho, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and Alan Tudyk. Playing at the Carmike 12 and the Pharaohplex. A MONSTER CALLS Between dealing with school bullies and his mom’s terminal illness, you’d think this boy would be happy to have a Liam Neeson-voiced tree come tell him stories at night. Rated PG-13. Also stars Lewis MacGougall and Sigourney Weaver. Playing at the Pharaohplex. MONSTER TRUCKS Hidden inside the workings of his homemade truck is a tentacled monster with the need for speed. See, this is why no one trusts American-made cars. Rated PG. Stars Lucas Till, Rob Lowe and Barry Pepper. Playing at the Carmike 12 and the Pharaohplex. THE MUPPETS TAKE MANHATTAN Kermit and friends head to New York to get their show on the Great White Way. Little do they know that Jason Voorhees is showing up in only 5 years. Rated G. Stars
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Jim Henson, Frank Oz and Dave Goelz. Playing Sun., Jan. 22 at 2:45 PM. PASSENGERS Being an early riser is a good thing. Unless you’ve woken up 90 years before you’re supposed to and the rest of the spaceship’s crew is still asleep. Then you’re just screwed. Rated PG-13. Stars Chris Pratt, Jennifer Lawrence and Michael Sheen. Playing at the Carmike 12. PATRIOTS DAY Based on the true story, a city-wide manhunt searches for the terrorists responsible for the 2013 Boston Marathon Bombing. Rated R. Stars Mark Wahlberg, J.K. Simmons and John Goodman. Playing at the Pharaohplex and Carmike 12. REAR WINDOW (1954) How is anyone going to get any murdering done when the neighbor spends all day snooping out his window? Not Rated. James Stewart and Grace Kelly star in one of Alfred Hitchcock’s greatest thrillers. Playing Sat., Jan. 21 at 8 PM at the Roxy. ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away a band of rebels must steal the designs for the Galactic Empire’s new super weapon, a moon-sized, planet-destroying Death Star. Rated PG-13. Stars Felicity Jones, Diego Luna and the CGI ghost of Peter Cushing. Playing at the Carmike 12 and the Pharaohplex. RUSSIAN ARK (RUSSKI KOVCHEG) Jawdroppingly filmed in one fluid take, the Russian winter palace hosts diplomats, parties and war over its 300 years. Starring Sergey Dreyden and Mariya Kuznetsova. Playing Sun., Jan. 22 at 7 PM at the Roxy.
THE SORROW AND THE PITY (LE CHAGRIN ET LA PITIÉ) From 1940 to 1944 France’s Vichy government collaborated with Nazi Germany. In 1969 director Marcel Ophuls interviewed both collaborators and resistance fighters on the nature of anti-Semitism, xenophobia and fear. Playing Fri., Jan. 20 at 2:15 PM at the Roxy. THE UMBRELLAS OF CHERBOURG (LES PARAPLUIES DE CHERBOURG) Between selling umbrellas and following in love with a dashing mechanic, this young Frenchwoman has a very busy life. I’m surprised she has time to sing all the time. Not Rated. Stars Catherine Deneuve, Nino Castelnuovo and Marc Michel. Playing Mon., Jan. 23 at 7 PM at the Roxy. UNDERWORLD: BLOOD WARS Why am I suddenly in the mood to play some Vampire: The Masquerade? Vampires and werewolves battle it out in this fifth installment of Len Wiseman’s vision. Rated R. . Playing at the Pharaohplex and the Carmike 12. WHY HIM? Don’t you hate it when your daughter introduces you to her new shirtless, drug-using, foul-mouthed boyfriend? At least this one is a millionaire. Rated R. Stars Bryan Cranston, James Franco and Megan Mullally. Playing at the Carmike 12 and the Pharaohplex. Capsule reviews by Charley Macorn. As of press time the Carmike 12 hasn’t received its film schedule. Please check online for specific films and showtimes. Planning your outing to the cinema? Visit the arts section of missoulanews.com to find up-to-date movie times for theaters in the area. You can also contact theaters to spare yourself any grief and/or parking lot profanities. Theater phone numbers: Carmike 12 at 541-7469; The Roxy at 728-9380; Pharaohplex in Hamilton at 961-FILM; Showboat in Polson and Entertainer in Ronan at 883-5603.
[dish]
photo by Kate Whittle
At the Top Hat, beef makes the burger by Kate Whittle There’s no escaping beef where I come from. In Shepherd, a little community near Billings, the sun comes up to the sound of cattle lowing for their feed in nearby pastures. Sometimes my family had a steer grazing in our own small pasture, too. The most beloved of these was Lefty. After Lefty grew to his full weight on alfalfa hay, Dad waited until all the kids were at school to dispatch him with a handgun. When we got off the bus after school, a car-sized side of beef was hanging in the pole barn. Dad lugged a meat grinder onto the kitchen counter and Lefty became a freezer’s worth of ground beef. I learned how to shape a burger patty and sprinkle it with garlic salt before I knew how to boil water. As an adult, I’ve found that burgers are more often mediocre than extraordinary. The Top Hat’s cheeseburger is the latter. A server will advise you that the default burger arrives at the table medium rare, and it really does—a blissful 7-ounce patty of pink-on-the-inside beef, its juices soaking the bun. That bun is slathered in butter and crisped atop the grill for a few moments. Its real genius, however, is that the Top Hat uses a flame broiler (yes, like the kind Burger King advertises). Even in the depths of midwinter, this burger tastes like it just came off the grill at a backyard barbecue in July.
WHAT’S GOOD HERE? I asked Top Hat chef Billy Metzger what he thinks sets his burger apart and he said, in his distinctive Alabama twang, that it’s certainly the beef itself. The Top Hat sources its meat from the Mannix Ranch near Helmville, about 75 miles east of Missoula. “The beef by itself is absolutely delicious to me, it’s what makes the burger so good,” Metzger says. And after four years overseeing the Top Hat menu, Metzger says he has a pretty good grasp on what draws people back. “Local” helps. Metzger also gives credit to the kitchen’s garnishes, like house-made pickles and aioli. (If I ever took my dad to the Top Hat, I’d have to explain that aioli is just a fancy kind of mayonnaise.) “We never just buy mayonnaise and put it on the burger. We don’t buy pickles and put it on the burger. We add something to every ingredient before we put it on the burger,” Metzger says. “It’s that extra special touch that I feel makes our burger better than some other places.” As to a ranking of local burgers, I’ll refrain from commenting. It’s best to let the beef speak for itself. kwhittle@missoulanews.com
Try our new lunch sushi bento box. It’s vegetarian! 406-829-8989 1901 Stephens Ave Order online at asahimissoula.com. Delicious dining or carryout. Chinese & Japanese menus.
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[dish] Asahi 1901 Stephens Ave 829-8989 asahimissoula.com Exquisite Chinese and Japanese cuisine. Try our new Menu! Order online for pickup or express dine in. Pleasant prices. Fresh ingredients. Artistic presentation. Voted top 3 People’s Choice two years in a row. Open Tue-Sun: 11am-10pm. $-$$$ Bernice’s Bakery 190 South 3rd West 728-1358 Nothing says Bernice’s like the cold, grey month of January. Come in, sit quietly, or share a table with friends in our warm and cozy dining room. Enjoy a cup of joe, a slice of cake, or a breakfast pastry as the sun beams in through our large glass windows. Want a healthy lunch? Come by in the afternoon and try a salad sampler or Bernice’s own Garlic Hummus Sandwich on our Honey Whole Wheat Bread. Bless you all in 2017! xoxo bernice. $-$$ Biga Pizza 241 W. Main Street 728-2579 Biga Pizza offers a modern, downtown dining environment combined with traditional brick oven pizza, calzones, salads, sandwiches, specials and desserts. All dough is made using a “biga” (pronounced bee-ga) which is a timehonored Italian method of bread making. Biga Pizza uses local products, the freshest produce as well as artisan meats and cheeses. Featuring seasonal menus. Lunch and dinner, Mon-Sat. Beer & Wine available. $-$$
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Bridge Pizza 600 S Higgins Ave. 542-0002 bridgepizza.com A popular local eatery on Missoula’s Hip Strip. Featuring handcrafted artisan brick oven pizza, pasta, sandwiches, soups, & salads made with fresh, seasonal ingredients. Missoula’s place for pizza by the slice. A unique selection of regional microbrews and gourmet sodas. Dine-in, drivethru, & delivery. Open everyday 11am 10:30pm. $-$$ Burns Street Bistro 1500 Burns St. 543-0719 burnsstbistro.com We cook the freshest local ingredients as a matter of pride. Our relationship with local farmers, ranchers and other businesses allows us to bring quality, scratch cooking and fresh-brewed Black Coffee Roasting Co. coffee and espresso to Missoula’s Historic Westside neighborhood. Handmade breads & pastries, soups, salads & sandwiches change with the seasons, but our commitment to delicious food does not. Mon-Fri 7am - 2pm. Sat/Sun Brunch 9am - 2pm. $-$$ Butterfly Herbs 232 N. Higgins 728-8780 Celebrating 44 years of great coffees and teas. Truly the “essence of Missoula.” Offering fresh coffees, teas (Evening in Missoula), bulk spices and botanicals, fine toiletries & gifts. Our cafe features homemade soups, fresh salads, and
coffee ice cream specialties. In the heart of historic downtown, we are Missoula’s first and favorite Espresso Bar. Open 7 Days. $
Doc’s Gourmet Sandwiches 214 N. Higgins Ave. 542-7414 Doc’s is an extremely popular gathering spot for diners who appreciate the great ambiance, personal service and generous sandwiches made with the freshest ingredients. Whether you’re heading out for a power lunch, meeting friends or family or just grabbing a quick takeout, Doc’s is always an excellent choice. Delivery in the greater Missoula area. We also offer custom catering!...everything from gourmet appetizers to all of our menu items. $-$$ Good Food Store 1600 S. 3rd West 541-FOOD The GFS Deli features made-to-order sandwiches, Fire Deck pizza & calzones, rice & noodle wok bowls, an award-winning salad bar, an olive & antipasto bar and a self-serve hot bar offering a variety of housemade breakfast, lunch and dinner entrées. A seasonallychanging selection of deli salads and rotisserieroasted chickens are also available. Locally-roasted coffee/espresso drinks and an extensive fresh juice and smoothie menu complement bakery goods from the GFS ovens and Missoula’s favorite bakeries. Indoor and patio seating. Open every day 7am-10pm $-$$ Grizzly Liquor 110 W Spruce St. 549-7723 grizzlyliquor.com Voted Missoula’s Best Liquor Store! Largest selection of spirits in the Northwest, including all Montana micro-distilleries. Your headquarters for unique spirits and wines! Free customer parking. Open Monday-Saturday 9-7:30 $-$$$ Hob Nob on Higgins 531 S. Higgins • 541-4622 hobnobonhiggins.com Come visit our friendly staff & experience Missoula’s best little breakfast & lunch spot. All our food is made from scratch, we feature homemade corn beef hash, sourdough pancakes, sandwiches, salads, espresso & desserts. MC/V $-$$ Iron Horse Brew Pub 501 N. Higgins 728-8866 ironhorsebrewpub.com We’re the perfect place for lunch, appetizers, or dinner. Enjoy nightly specials, our fantastic beverage selection and friendly, attentive service. Stop by & stay awhile! No matter what you are looking for, we’ll give you something to smile about. $$-$$$ Iza 529 S. Higgins 830-3237 izarestaurant.com Local Asian cuisine feature SE Asian, Japanese, Korean and Indian dishes. Gluten Free and Vegetarian
Not available for To-Go orders
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[dish] no problem. Full Beer, Wine, Sake and Tea menu. We have scratch made bubble teas. Come in for lunch, dinner, drinks or just a pot of awesome tea. Open Mon-Fri: Lunch 11:30-3pm, Happy Hour 3-6pm, Dinner M-Sat 3pm-close. $-$$ Liquid Planet 223 N. Higgins 541-4541 Whether it’s coffee or cocoa, water, beer or wine, or even a tea pot, French press or mobile mug, Liquid Planet offers the best beverage offerings this side of Neptune. Missoula’s largest espresso and beverage bar, along with fresh and delicious breakfast and lunch options from breakfast burritos and pastries to paninis and soups. Peruse our global selection of 1,000 wines, 400 beers and sodas, 150 teas, 30 locally roasted coffees, and a myriad of super cool beverage accessories and gifts. Find us on facebook at /BestofBeverage. Open daily 7:30am to 9pm. Liquid Planet Grille 540 Daly 540-4209 (corner of Arthur & Daly across from the U of M) MisSOULa’s BEST new restaurant of 2015, the Liquid Planet Grille, offers the same unique Liquid Planet espresso and beverage bar you’ve come to expect, with breakfast served all day long! Sit outside and try the stuffed french toast or our handmade granola or a delicious Montana Melt, accompanied with MisSOULa’s best fries and wings, with over 20 salts, seasonings and sauces! Open 7am-8pm daily. Find us on Facebook at /LiquidPlanetGrille. $-$$ Missoula Senior Center 705 S. Higgins Ave. (on the hip strip) 543-7154 themissoulaseniorcenter.org Did you know the Missoula Senior Center serves delicious hearty lunches every week day for only $4 for those on the Nutrition Program, $5 for U of M Students with a valid student ID and $6 for all others. Children under 10 eat free. Join us from 11:30 - 12:30 M-F for delicious food and great conversation. $ The Mustard Seed Asian Cafe Southgate Mall 542-7333 Contemporary Asian fusion cuisine. Original recipes and fresh ingredients combine the best of Japanese, Chinese, Polynesian, and Southeast Asian influences. Full menu available at the bar. Award winning desserts made fresh daily , local and regional micro brews, fine wines & signature cocktails. Vegetarian and Gluten free menu available. Takeout & delivery. $$-$$$ Korean Bar-B-Que & Sushi 3075 N. Reserve 327-0731 We invite you to visit our contemporary KoreanJapanese restaurant and enjoy it’s warm atmosphere. Full Sushi Bar. Korean bar-b-que at your table. Beer and Wine. $$-$$$
Orange Street Food Farm 701 S. Orange St. 543-3188 orangestreetfoodfarm.com Experience The Farm today!!! Voted number one Supermarket & Retail Beer Selection. Fried chicken, fresh meat, great produce, vegan, gluten free, all natural, a HUGE beer and wine selection, and ROCKIN’ music. What deal will you find today? $-$$$
Bayern Brewery does the “Inconceivable”
HAPPIEST HOUR
Pearl Cafe 231 E. Front St. 541-0231 pearlcafe.us Country French meets the Northwest. Idaho Trout with King Crab, Rabbit with Wild Mushroom Ragout, Garden City Beef Ribeye, Fresh Seafood Specials Daily. House Made Charcuterie, Sourdough Bread & Delectable Desserts. Extensive wine list; 18 wines by the glass and local beers on draft. Reservations recommended for the intimate dining areas. Visit our website Pearlcafe.us to check out our nightly specials, make reservations, or buy gift certificates. Open Mon-Sat at 5:00. $$-$$$ Pita Pit 130 N Higgins 541-7482 pitapitusa.com Fresh Thinking Healthy Eating. Enjoy a pita rolled just for you. Hot meat and cool fresh veggies topped with your favorite sauce. Try our Chicken Caesar, Gyro, Philly Steak, Breakfast Pita, or Vegetarian Falafel to name just a few. For your convenience we are open until 3am 7 nights a week. Call if you need us to deliver! $-$$ Sushi Hana 403 N. Higgins 549-7979 SushiMissoula.com Montana’s Original Sushi Bar. We Offer the Best Sushi and Japanese Cuisine in Town. Casual atmosphere. Plenty of options for non-sushi eaters including daily special items you won’t find anywhere else. $1 Specials Mon & Wed. Lunch Mon–Sat; Dinner Daily. Sake, Beer, & Wine. Visit SushiMissoula.com for full menu. $$-$$$ Taco Sano Two Locations: 115 1/2 S. 4th Street West 1515 Fairview Ave inside City Life 541-7570 • tacosano.net Home of Missoula’s Best BREAKFAST BURRITO. 99 cent TOTS every Tuesday. Once you find us you’ll keep coming back. Breakfast Burritos served all day, Quesadillas, Burritos and Tacos. Let us dress up your food with our unique selection of toppings, salsas, and sauces. Open 10am-9pm 7 days a week. WE DELIVER. $-$$ Westside Lanes 1615 Wyoming 721-5263 Visit us for Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner served 8 AM to 9 PM. Try our homemade soups, pizzas, and specials. We serve 100% Angus beef and use fryer oil with zero trans fats, so visit us any time for great food and good fun. $-$$
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photo by Derek Brouwer
What they did: Better get this out of the way before the beer geeks hyperventilate: No, Bayern didn’t violate the Reinheitsgebot. The region’s only German brewery has always adhered to that country’s 500-year-old Law of Purity and doesn’t plan to stop. Bayern beer ingredients include malted barley, hops, water, yeast and… that’s it. “We’re doing what dad did,” owner Jürgen Knöller told clients at a private launch party last week, “which is sometimes cool.” “Sometimes cool.” So simple and true. It certainly rang poetic in the moment, when Knöller was standing atop a wooden barrel (or was it just a chair?) speaking in his German accent in Bayern’s Edelweiss Bistro while guests ate brats and drank beer and laughed at all his jokes. But we digress. OK, but what did Bayern actually do? Right. So then brewmaster Thorsten Geuer steps onto the barrel or chair or whatever it was and explains Bayern’s beer in terms of pizza. You’ve got dough, red sauce, cheese and sausage. No pesto, no pineapple, definitely no tofu. But an aged goat cheese instead of mozzarella? That might be nice. And there’s a reason you won’t find goat cheese on a Papa John’s menu—unique ingredients aren’t suited for mass production. Similarly, beer distribution relies on consistency. Experimental brews made with specialty hops and malts don’t usually find their way onto shelves because even microbreweries can’t redesign a package or launch a
new marketing campaign every month. Enter “Inconceivable.” Please just say what it is: OK, OK. Bayern’s solution to this challenge is a concept it calls “digital beer.” It’s a fast-rotating beer series delivered under one label—“Inconceivable”—with a QR code and URL to help consumers figure out what’s inside any particular batch. Styles will vary widely from month to month based on whatever Geuer and Co. concoct. “We can do what you can normally do at a very small brewery in very limited quantities,” Knöller says. Think of “Inconceivable” as a mystery beer sold with a code that shoppers with smartphones can handily crack. Is the name a reference to The Princess Bride? Yes. Where to find it: The initial iteration of Inconceivable is shipping to Bayern distributors this week, so look for the psychedelic label on shelves this weekend. What’s in the first batch? Tropical fruit aromas. To say more would ruin the fun. Details at bayernbrewery.com/inconceivable. —Derek Brouwer Happiest Hour celebrates western Montana watering holes. To recommend a bar, bartender or beverage for Happiest Hour, email editor@missoulanews.com.
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FRI | 8 PM | MONK’S Southern alt-rap group Nappy Roots plays Monk’s Fri., Jan. 20 at 8 PM. $20/$15 advance.
SAT | 10 PM | TOP HAT
SAT | 9 PM | VFW
Useful Jenkins plays the Top Hat Lounge Sat., Jan. 21 at 10 PM. Free.
Vlah! SLC’s Choir Boy plays death-pop at the VFW Sat., Jan. 21 at 9 PM. 18-plus. Free.
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THU | 10 PM | TOP HAT Newlyweds say I do to a show at the Top Hat Thu., Jan. 26 at 10 PM. Free.
FRI | 10 PM | TOP HAT 20 Grand plays at the Top Hat Fri., Jan. 20 at 10 PM. Free.
THU | 1/26 | 9 PM | VFW Stone Elk plays the VFW Thu., Jan. 26. 9 PM. $5
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Release some stress during tai chi classes every Thursday at 10 AM at the Open Way Center, 702 Brooks St. $10 drop-in class. Visit openway.org.
Green Ribbon Books hosts a two-day benefit book sale for the Bitterroot Women’s Club. 10 AM.
Every Thursday in January, your kiddos can learn about the science, activities and movements of animals in the winter at the Montana Natural History Center MiniNaturalist Pre-K program. 10 AM. $3. The Learning Center at Red Willow hosts a free mediation class for veterans at the Missoula Vet Center. 1 PM. Call 406-7214918 for more info and registration.
nightlife Nebraska does have surprisingly affectionate canines. Love is a Dog From Nebraska plays Draught Works. 6 PM–8 PM. Free. Folk singer Tyler Schanck plays Bitter Root Brewing. 6 PM–8 PM. Free. I looked it up, and it’s absolutely a real word. A weekly randonee ski race series starts at Snowbowl. Visit randoradness.weebly.com for registration and more info. The Northside Potluck at the Stensrud features Geoffrey Taylor’s improvisations and compositions for violin and viola in scordatura. I sure hope someone brings deviled eggs. 7 PM–10 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. That’s my favorite brand of whiskey. Wild Coyote at the Sunrise Saloon. 8:30 PM. Free. Shramana’s residency at the VFW continues with Eneferens, Arctodus, Zebulon Kosted and Jolly Jane. Wait, aren’t they the Suicide Squad? 9 PM. $3. 21plus. Start spreading the news! There’s karaoke today! You don’t need to be a veteran of the Great White Way to sing your heart out at the Broadway Bar. 9:30 PM. Free. Why not solar power? Moonshine Mountain plays the Top Hat. 10 PM. Free.
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A day-long teach-in takes place at venues across Missoula focusing on grassroots organization, civil rights and what you (yes you!) can do about oppression. March to facebook.com/goodJobsMsla for a full schedule of events and locations. You’ll be in stitches at Yarns at the Library, the fiber-arts craft group that meets at the Missoula Public Library in the board room from noon–2 PM Fridays. No registration required, just show up! The Women in Black stand in mourning of international violence every Friday on the Higgins bridge from 12:15–12:45 PM. Visit jrpc.org/calendar to learn more. Got some sensitive documents you need shredded? Missoula Public Library hosts Shred It. Patrons can shred their important documents to safeguard their personal info. 1 PM–3 PM. Montana Progressive Democrats and Representative Amanda Curtis talk about how to change the Democratic Party with a special panel at the Union Club. 2 PM. Canvassing is a powerful tool to connect with your neighbors, community members and politicians. Learn the skills at a free panel at Imagine Nation Brewing. 3:30 PM. I don’t know about you, but wrapping up my work week by watching some poor cricket getting devoured by a large Chilean tarantula is somehow very satisfying. Tarantula feeding at the Missoula Butterfly House and Insectarium, every Friday at 4 PM. $4 admission. Radius Gallery opens a new exhibit featuring the pastel drawings of Bobbie McKibbin, acrylic paintings by Hadley Ferguson and
Andre Floyd plays Ten Spoon Winery Fri., Jan. 20 at 6 PM. Free. sculptural ceramics by David Hiltner. Artist reception from 4 PM to 7 PM
nightlife The Montana Repertory Theatre celebrates its 50th anniversary with a production of Neil Simon’s Barefoot in the Park at the Montana Theater. The benefit gala features no-host cocktails at 5 PM and a curtain time of 6 PM. After the play, head over to the UC Ballroom for dinner and dancing with music by the UM Jazz Ensemble’s Swing Orchestra and special guests Philip Aaberg and Rob Quist. $100.
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members in the band or that there’s no cover. 20 Grand play the Top Hat Lounge. 10 PM. Free.
Badlander. Hotpantz, Led, Red Velvet and Manda Foxx spin house music at 9 PM. Free.
It’s too cold not to listen to Andre Floyd at the Ten Spoon Winery, right? 6 PM. Free.
When private toilets are outlawed, only outlaws will have private toilets. Urinetown: The Musical opens at the MCT Center for the Performing Arts. 7:30 PM. $25. Visit mctinc.org for tickets.
Arrowleaf, The Blaine Janes, Rooster Sauce and Elizabeth Hallion unite at the VFW for a YWCA inauguration fundraiser show at 9 PM. $3.
Bring an instrument or just kick back and enjoy the tunes at the Irish Music Session every Friday at the Union Club from 6–9 PM. No cover.
It’s the famous hip-hop group and not a presentation on the origins of diapers. I checked. Nappy Roots plays Monk’s. 8 PM. $20/$15 advance.
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Heck yeah! The ladies take over I’ll House You at the
Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks presents Becoming an Outdoors-woman with a three-day ice fishing class at Seeley Lake. $25. No license, experience or equipment required. Call 406-5292763 for more info.
I’m not even gonna goof, this is the coolest name I’ve ever seen. Jack Shivers plays the Sunrise Saloon at 9:30 PM. Free. Russ Nasset and the Revelators unveil some musical secrets at the Union Club at 9:30 PM. Free.
Spotlight golden year tana for fly fishing. 100 Madison. 10 AM–3 PM. Green Ribbon Books hosts a twoday benefit book sale for the Bitterroot Women’s Club. 10 AM. Yoga and Beer: The two cornerstones of Missoula. The Yoga Spot and the Sweat Shop host yoga every Saturday morning at Imagine Nation Brewing. Class and a beer for $8. 10:45 AM.
Whitney Miller and Hunter Hash star in Neil Simon’s Barefoot in the Park. Montana Repertory Theatre celebrates 50 years of trodding the boards with a touring production of Neil Simon’s Barefoot in the Park. Established in the distant year of 1967, Montana Rep has expanded over the years into nationwide company with full-fledged national tours of classic plays such as To Kill a Mockingbird, Death of a Salesman and The Miracle Worker. WHAT: Barefoot in the Park opening night gala WHO: Montana Repertory Theatre WHEN: Fri., Jan. 20, at 5 PM WHERE: The Montana Theatre in the PARTV Center HOW MUCH: $100 MORE INFO: montanarep.org
Family Storytime offers engaging experiences like storytelling, finger plays, flannel-board pictograms and more at 11 AM on Sat. and 2 PM on Sun. at the Missoula Public Library. Free. Winter Storytelling at Travelers’ Rest State Park celebrates the Salish tradition of sharing stories during the long, dark winter every Saturday in January and February. This week learn how traditional ways can exist in modern society. 11 AM. $5. The Montana Natural History Center presents activities for kids every Saturday. Free with admission to Center. 2 PM. Urinetown: The Musical continues with a matinee at MCT Center for the Performing Arts. 2 PM. $25. Visit mctinc.org for tickets.
nightlife Quiet the mind when Joan Zen plays Bitter Root Brewing. 6 PM– 8:30 PM. Free. Casey Kristofferson plays live music at Draught Works. 6 PM–8 PM. Free. Don’t believe the hype. I hear he’s really just three toddlers in an overcoat. Dan Henry the One Man Dan Band plays Imagine Nation Brewing. 6 PM–8 PM. Free. Author, adventurer and poet Alan Weltzien reads from his new work of non fiction, Exceptional Mountains: A Cultural History of the Pacific Northwest Volcanoes at The Grizzly Claw Trading Company in downtown Seeley Lake. 7 PM. Free.
DJ Kris Moon completely disrespects the adverb with the Absolutely Dance Party at the Badlander, which gets rolling at 9 PM, with fancy drink specials to boot. $5. Who wants to play light as a feather, stiff as a board with me? The ISCSM hosts a slumber party themed drag show at the Palace. Doors at 9 PM, show at 10. 18-plus. $5. The Snow Pants No Pants party at Monk’s Bar is a winter themed night of music with DJ LRock. Because who wouldn’t want to celebrate the season we’re currently enduring? 9 PM. $5. 21-plus. I’m not even gonna goof, this is the coolest name I’ve ever seen. Jack Shivers plays the Sunrise Saloon at 9:30 PM. Free.
You mean cameras can have more than one? Learn all about lenses with a free lecture by Neil Chaput de Saintonge at Holiday Inn Missoula. 7:30 PM.
Band in Motion keeps on moving at the Union Club. 9:30 PM. Free.
Urinetown: The Musical continues at the MCT Center for the Performing Arts. 7:30 PM. $25. Visit mctinc.org for tickets.
SLC’s Choir Boy plays death-pop at the VFW. Let’s face it, that’s a fantastic name for a genre. 9 PM. 18plus. Free.
Like a handy butler, Useful Jenkins plays the Top Hat. 10 PM. Free.
It’s the dance, not the chip dip. Salsa 406 returns with Latin music and dancing at the Dark Horse every third Saturday of the month. 8:30 PM. Free.
Barefoot in the Park is one of Neil Simon’s earliest and longest running plays. It tells the story of a newlywed couple moving in together and the ups and downs that come from those first critical months of co-habitation. Montana Rep has staged several of Simon’s works over its 50 years, so the choice to stage Barefoot should come as no surprise. This celebration corresponds with the 50th anniversary of the Oscar-nominated film adaptation of the play starring Robert Redford and Jane Fonda. The Opening Night Benefit Gala celebrates Montana Rep’s work with no-host cocktails at 5 PM, the premiere of Barefoot in the Park at 6 PM and a night of dinner and dancing to follow. – Charley Macorn
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Saturday Sounds like a great way to step on broken glass. Montana Repertory Theatre celebrates its 50th anniversary with Neil Simon’s Barefoot in the Park at the Montana Theatre. 7:30 PM. $20/$16 students. You’ll be bright-eyed and bushy-tailed after Run Wild Missoula’s Saturday Breakfast Club Runs, which start at 8 AM every Saturday at Runner’s Edge, 325 N. Higgins Ave. Free to run. Visit runwildmissoula.org. Take a two-day intensive photography class at the Holiday Inn Down-
town with the Rocky Mountain School of Photography. Visit rmsp.com for more info and registration. $199. Get your fresh produce and farm-direct goodies when Stage 112 hosts the Missoula Valley Winter Market from 9 AM–1 PM. Calling all fly-fishers! The WestSlope Chapter Trout Unlimited hosts the 1000+ Flies Challenge at the Doubletree Hotel. Come tie basic flies for Warriors and Quiet Waters, a nonprofit that brings combat vets to Mon-
Joan Zen plays Bitter Root Brewing Sat., Jan. 21. 6 PM–8:30 PM. Free.
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These pets may be adopted at Missoula Animal Control 541-7387 INDIE•
Indie is a 10-month-old female Border Collie mix. She is very fearful of new people. It takes a fair amount of patience and compassion before Indie will warm up to someone new, but once she knows you, she is a fast companion. With people Indie trusts, she is playful and loving, zooming around, rolling over, and giving quick kisses. Indie gets along well with other dogs and cats.
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SHELBY•Shelby is a 7-year-old female Bulldog mix. She is what shelter staff affectionately term as being "intensely happy!" If Shelby could write, she’d end every sentence with a minimum of three exclamation points!!! Shelby loves life to the fullest, and is excited to go where ever you want to go. She loves people, and if she’s given the chance, all 50 pounds of muscle will load up in your lap.
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NAKA• Naka is a 3-year-old female German Shepherd/Sharpei mix. She loves to play fetch and go for long runs or walks. Naka enjoys playing with most other dogs, although they sometimes don’t appreciate her desire to rough house. Naka is very interested in cats as well. She doesn’t want to hurt them, but would love to play with them. Unfortunately, not many cats enjoy that kind of play.
NANETTE• Nanette is an approximately 10-year-old female brown Tabby. Nanette used to live in a feral colony, although she is not actually feral. She has a tipped ear, and is obviously more comfortable around fewer humans than the shelter life can provide. Nanette’s days of being a mouser are long past now, as she has no teeth to hunt and catch live prey. CALLIOPE• Calliope is a 1 1/2-year-old female brown Tabby Harlequin. She was named after Calliope, the Muse of Music and Epic Poetry. She’s a funny little girl who comes across as very mellow and sweet in her kennel. But once you let her out, she’ll whip her tail into a frenzy and dance around the room, playing keep away and chasing feather toys.
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VERONICA• Veronica is a 6-month-old female Black & White Tuxedo cat. She is a very sweet, playful, and agile young lady. Veronica came into our shelter with several other cats when her owners abandoned them in their apartment. She gets along well with other cats, enjoys people, and is your typical kitten. Give her a feather toy, and she’ll keep you entertained for hours on end.
These pets may be adopted at the Humane Society of Western Montana 549-3934 BABY• Baby has lived outside her whole life, and is still trying to figure out life indoors. But she does LOVE people and enjoys playing tag, wrestling, and snoozing! If you sit quietly for long enough near this shy girl, she will reward you with a kind of forever love that’s hard to come by. Come get to know her at the shelter 5930 Highway 93 South in Missoula.
To sponsor a pet call 543-6609
SASH• Sash is a handsome, purebred Persian who loves prowling around, showing off his good looks and stunning coat! He lived with his brother, Macey, enjoyed visiting kiddos, and met multiple types of dogs with a super relaxed, Persian-y attitude! Stop by the shelter 5930 Highway 93 South in Missoula to meet Sash and Macey today!
BALTO• Balto came to us as a stray. This Alaskan Husky cross was once a sled dog, and he would love a family who could appreciate his breed’s unique sensitivity and activity needs. Balto would do well with another confident dog in the house (he loves his dog friends here at Humane Society of Western Montana). Stop by to get to know this sweet pup!
MACEY• Macey is a stunning purebred Persian with a heart of gold. He may take a moment to warm up to you, he looks to his older brother Sash for guidance, but soon Macey will be begging to sit on your lap! This beautiful boy is ready to go home today! Come meet him at the shelter 5930 Highway 93 South in Missoula.
LIBBY• Libby is a big, sweet Anatolian Shepherd, Mastiff cross, who started her life guarding livestock, but now would rather be a pet. She is a gentle giant with no experience in a home environment, but she’s a very quick learner! Libby has lived with other dogs (outside) and loves to take naps on snow banks. Libby would do best in a home without cats or livestock.
SASHA• Sasha is a wise, kind soul looking for a family to pet her, read to her, and feed her some of her favorite kitty snacks. Sasha is part of our Senior for Senior program, so her adoption fee is waived for adopters over the age of 60. Stop by and meet Miss Sasha today! Or learn more about her on our website www.myhswm.org
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Sunday Winterfest 2017 at Lolo Hot Springs Resort features a full day of fun and games. 9 AM–3 PM. $5.
and more at 11 AM on Sat. and 2 PM on Sun. at the Missoula Public Library. Free.
The Five Valley Accordion Club helps you waltz, two-step and polka your way through winter at the Lolo Community Center. 1 PM– 4 PM. Free.
Urinetown: The Musical continues with a matinee at MCT Center for the Performing Arts. 2 PM. $25. Visit mctinc.org for tickets.
Family Storytime offers engaging experiences like storytelling, finger plays, flannel-board pictograms
nightlife Every Sunday, Imagine Nation hosts Jazzination, the perfect ex-
cuse to indulge in your inner Lisa Simpson. 5 PM–8 PM. Free.
Arts. 6:30 PM. $25. mctinc.org for tickets.
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TopHouse plays Draught Works Brewery. 6 PM–8 PM. Free. The Western Union Texas Swing Orchestra has a special delivery of music for Missoula Winery. 6 PM– 8 PM. $7.
Open mic at Lolo Hot Springs’ Bear Cave Bar and Grill offers cool prizes like cabin stays, bar tabs and hot springs passes, plus drink specials, starting at 7 PM. Call 406-273-2297 to sign up. No cover.
Urinetown: The Musical continues at MCT Center for the Performing
Sundays are shaken, not stirred, at the Badlander’s Jazz Martini Night,
with $5 martinis all evening, live jazz and local DJs keepin’ it classy. Music starts at 8 PM. Free. Every Sunday is “Sunday Funday” at the Badlander. Play cornhole, beer pong and other games, have drinks and forget tomorrow is Monday. 9 PM.
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Monday Spend Monday morning exploring before enjoying a hot beverage with Coffee Walks. This week, explore Fort Missoula. Meet at Currents Aquatics Center. 9 AM-12 PM. $5. Sip a fancy cocktail for a cause at Moscow Monday at the Montgomery Distillery. A dollar from every drink sold is donated to Climate Smart Missoula. 12 PM–8 PM. Shake off your Monday blues at the Dram Shop with $3 drinks every Monday. 12 PM–9 PM. Brush up on your skillz with the Bridge Group for beginners or those in need of a refresher course. Missoula Senior Center, Mondays at 1 PM. $2.25. Veterans are invited to take a free Tai Chi class from the Learning Center at the Missoula Vet Center. 3 PM. Call 406-721-4918 to register. Who’s up for a game of rock in the fist? Learn how to make traditional Native American games at the Missoula Indian Health Center. 4 PM–6 PM. WordPlay! offers opportunity for community creativity. Word games, poetry, free writing and expansion all happen in Ste. 4 of the Warehouse Mall at BASE. Open to all ages and abilities every Mon. at 4 PM.
nightlife Prepare a couple of songs and bring your talent to Open Mic Night at Imagine Nation Brewing. Sign up when you get there. Every Monday from 6–8 PM. The Thomas Meagher Bar donates 20 percent of restaurant sales between 6 PM and 10 PM to Missoula Catholic Schools.
David Horgan and Beth Lo play the Red Bird Wine Bar Mon., Jan. 23. 7 PM–10 PM. Free. Bingo at the VFW: The easiest way to make rent since keno. 245 W. Main. 6:30 PM. $12 buy-in. Beth Lo and David Horgan play some toe-tapping jazz at the Red Bird Wine Bar. 7 PM–10 PM. Free. Find out how the Garden City grows at the weekly Missoula City Council meeting, where you can no doubt expect ranting public commenters, PowerPoint presentations and subtle wit from Mayor Engen. Missoula council chambers, 140 W. Pine St. Meetings are the first four Mondays of every month at 7 PM, except for holidays. Get mindful at Be Here Now, a mindfulness meditation group that
meets Mondays from 7:30–8:45 PM at the Open Way Mindfulness Center, 702 Brooks St. Free, but donations appreciated. Visit openway.org. Aaron “B-Rocks” Broxterman hosts karaoke night at the Dark Horse Bar. 9 PM. Free. Every Monday DJ Sol spins funk, soul, reggae and hip-hop at the Badlander. Doors at 9 PM, show at 10. Free. 21-plus. Live in SIN at the Service Industry Night at Plonk, with DJ Amory spinning and a special menu. 322 N. Higgins Ave. 10 PM to close. Just ask a server for the SIN menu. No cover.
According to MissoulaReady, a disaster preparedness website, our offices here at the Indy are potentially in more danger from a landslide than from a rampaging wildfire. My own personal residence, a beautiful ranch style home in the South Hills with bay windows and bad locks I’ve been squatting in while owners are on vacation, is within half a mile of the edge of town. This makes my domicile at a higher risk of fire than my office. It’s not something I’ve considered before, but having a plan in the face of natural disaster is a pretty good idea. And by using MissoulaReady I know my risks and their consequences (angry homeowners returning early notwithstanding) and can get myself prepared. WHAT: Resilience in the Face of Natural Disaster WHO: Dr. Rebecca Bendick WHEN: Wed., Jan. 25 at 7 PM. WHERE: Missoula Public Library HOW MUCH: Free. MORE INFO: Hazardready.org
The University of Montana’s Rebecca Bendick and Carson MacPhersonKrutsky based MissoulaReady on Aftershock, an earthquake preparedness program created for the state of Oregon. The duo had the idea to expand not only to other locales, but to cover other types of disasters as well. The application is up now at hazardready.org. Plug in your address and see what dangers your home, work or community might face. Or head on down to the library for Dr. Bendick’s presentation on facing natural disasters and how to use her application. – Charley Macorn
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Shootin’ the Bull Toastmasters helps you improve your public speaking skills with weekly meetings at ALPS in the Florence Building, noon–1 PM. Free and open to the public. Visit shootinthebull.info for details. It’s Mule-Tastic Tuesday, which means the Montana Distillery will donate $1 from every cocktail sold to a local nonprofit organization. 12–8 PM. The Mindfulness Meditation Group meets every Tuesday at 12:10 AM at the Learning Center at Red Willow. $40 for four classes/$12 drop-in. Call 406721-0033 for more info. Missoula Public Library hosts an American Red Cross Blood Drive from 2 PM to 6 PM. Yoga Beyond Cancer meets every Tuesday at the Learning Center at Red Willow. $40 for four sessions. Call 406-721-0033 for more info and registration.
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Tuesday prep for the largest public lands rally yet at the Capitol. Eat pizza, make posters, get involved. Imagine Nation Brewing. 6 PM. Chris Gibisch presents a slide show on his recent trip to the Kashmir region of India and a first ascent on Brammah II. Free entry with donation. 6 PM–8 PM. MCT Center for the Performing Arts. If you’re pro-probiotics or just foreign to fermentation, learn why fermented foods have been a valuable part of nutrition for millennia. Learning Center at Red Willow. To register for this free workshop call 406-203-5848. Learn the two-step and more at country dance lessons at the Hamilton Senior Center, Tuesdays from 7–9 PM. $5. Bring a partner. Call 381-1392 for more info. Take down the Athenian hegemony but pass on the hemlock tea at the Socrates Cafe, in which fa-
Nonviolent Communication Practice Group facilitated by Patrick Marsolek meets every Wednesday at Jeannette Rankin Peace Center. 12–1 PM. Email info@patrickmarsolek.com or 406-443-3439 for more information. Cultivate your inner Ebert with the classic flicks showing at Missoula Public Library’s free matinee, every second and fourth Wednesday of the month at 2 PM, except holidays. Visit missoulapubliclibrary.org or pop your head in the lobby to see what’s playing. NAMI Missoula hosts a free arts and crafts group for adults living with mental illness every Wednesday at 2 PM.
nightlife At the Phish Happy Hour you can enjoy Phish music, video and more at the Top Hat every Wednesday at 4:30 PM. But I know you’ll show up at 4:20. Free. All ages. Still got that back ache? Yoga for chronic pain at the Learning Center at Red Willow every Wednesday. 5 PM. $40 for four ongoing classes. Call 406-721-0033 for more info.
photo courtesy of Chris Gibisch
Chris Gibisch presents a slide show at the MCT Center for the Performing Arts on his recent trip to the Kashmir region of India Tue., Jan. 24. Free entry with donation. 6 PM–8 PM.
nightlife The 1,000 Hands For Peace meditation group uses ancient mudras for cleansing the heart. Meets Tuesdays at 5:30–6:30 PM at Jeannette Rankin Peace Center. Donations accepted. Dust off that banjolin and join in the Top Hat’s picking circle, 6–8 PM every Tuesday. All ages. Learn Adobe Lightroom with an adult education class at Rocky Mountain School of Photography. This six-session class introduces you to the landscape of this time-saving software. 6 PM. $95. Visit rmsp.com for more info and registration. Join the Montana Wilderness Association for a program on threats and opportunities for our public lands at the State Legislative Session. And to
cilitator Kris Bayer encourages philosophical discussion. Bitterroot Public Library. 7–9 PM. Step up your factoid game at Quizzoula trivia night, every Tuesday at the VFW. 8:30 PM. Free. Our trivia question for this week: What New York Islander scored his one thousandth point on today’s date in 1982? Answer in tomorrow’s Nightlife. Mike Avery hosts the Music Showcase every Tuesday, featuring some of Missoula’s finest musical talent at the Badlander, 9 PM–1 AM. To sign up, email michael.avery@live.com. Parkinson’s Wellness Yoga meets every Tuesday at 10:30 AM at the Learning Center at Red Willow. $40 for four classes. Screening form required. Call 406-721-0033 for more info and registration.
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Every Wednesday is Community UNite at KettleHouse Brewing Company’s Northside tap room. A portion of every pint sold goes to support local Missoula causes. 5 PM–8 PM. Learn the ins and outs of farm planning with a series of workshops Wednesdays at the Missoula County Extension Building. This week, learn how to strategically plan your farm. $15. Visit farmlinkmontana.org for more info and registration. The last Wednesday of every month you can join a few dozen other thirsty road warriors for Run Wild Missoula’s Last Wednesday Beer Run. This month’s starts at the Big Sky Brewing. 6 PM. Free. Wednesday Night Brewery Jam invites all musicians to bring an instrument and join in. Yes, even you with the tuba. Hosted by Geoffrey Taylor at Imagine Nation Brewing Co. 6–8 PM. Free. This open mic is truly open. Jazz, classic rock, poetry, spoken word, dance, shadow puppets—share your creative spark at The Starving Artist Café and Art Gallery, 3020 S. Reserve St. Every Wed., 6–8 PM. Free.
Aran Buzzas provides the tunes at Great Burn Brewing Wed., Jan. 25. 6 PM. Free. Local singer/songwriter Aran Buzzas returns to Great Burn Brewing. 6 PM. Free. Bugs and brews, what’s not to like? Diana Six, professor at UM of forest entomology and pathology talks about her work on the mountain pine beetle at the Missoula Insectarium. Doors at 6:30, presentation at 7:10. $5 includes two complimentary drinks. Got two left feet? Well, throw them away and head down to Sunrise Saloon for beginners’ dance lessons. 7 PM. $5. 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, 1609 W. Broadway Ave. 7 PM. Trivia answer: Mike Bossy.
and all interested parties at Missoula Public Library. 7 PM. Urinetown: The Musical continues at the MCT Center for the Performing Arts. 7:30 PM. $25. Visit mctinc.org for tickets. Get up onstage at VFW’s open mic, with a different host each week. Half-price whiskey might help loosen up those nerves. 8 PM. Free. Show your Press Box buddies you know more than sports and compete in Trivial Beersuit starting at 8:30 every Wednesday. $50 bar tab for the winning team. Make the move from singing in the shower to a live audience at the Eagles Lodge karaoke night. $50 to the best singer. 8:30–10:30 PM. No cover.
The way things are going, maybe this would be a good thing to attend. You know, just in case. Dr. Rebecca Bendick, professor of Geosciences at UM presents on resiliency during a natural disaster. 7 PM. Missoula Public Library.
Get your yodel polished up for rockin’ country karaoke night, every Wed. at the Sunrise Saloon. 9 PM. Free.
Jazz Night presents Trio Noir at the Top Hat Lounge. 7 PM. Free.
Local DJs do the heavy lifting while you kick back at Milkcrate Wednesday down in the Palace. 9 PM. No cover, plus $6 PBR pitcher special.
The Missoula League of Women Voters hosts an introductory meeting for old members, new member
Kraptastic Karaoke indulges your need to croon, belt and warble at the Badlander. 9 PM. No cover.
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Thursday Release some stress during tai chi classes every Thursday at 10 AM at the Open Way Center, 702 Brooks St. $10 drop-in class. Visit openway.org. Every Thursday in January, your kiddos can learn about the science, activities and movements of animals in the winter at the Montana Natural History Center MiniNaturalist Pre-K program. 10 AM. $3. The Learning Center at Red Willow hosts a free mediation class for vet-
erans at the Missoula Vet Center. 1 PM. Call 406-721-4918 for more info and registration. The University Center Gallery’s new exhibit, The Accumulation of Endlessness by Aja Sherrard, opens with a reception from 4 PM to 6 PM. Runs through Feb. 26. Free.
nightlife Bike/Walk Alliance for Missoula’s Annual Member event is open to the
Spotlight wallet to farm Chance McKinney plays the Sunrise Saloon Thu., Jan. 26 at 8:30 PM. Free.
photo courtesy of County Rail Farm
County Rail Farm is one of of three local farms participating in Farm Fresh Pitchfest. Missoula residents seem pretty obsessed with knowing their farmer. I’ve lost track of the times I’ve sat around a dinner table as my generous hosts went into great detail about where the tomatoes, zucchini or corn came from. It’s good to know, but c’mon, you invited me to dinner. If I had a dollar for every time this happened, I would have enough capital to help support my own local farmer. But then again, it doesn’t cost all that much these days. WHAT: Farm Fresh Pitchfest
public. Hear what’s cooking for the next year of biking and walking advocacy. Imagine Nation Brewing. 5:30 PM–7 PM.
ing off. Get cash toward your bar tab when you win first place at trivia at the Holiday Inn Downtown. 7:30–10 PM.
Letter B brings beats and bass by the brewery. Draught Works Brewery. 6 PM–8 PM. Free.
Neil Simon’s Barefoot in the Park continues at the Montana Theatre. 7:30 PM. $20/$16 students.
Captain Wilson Conspiracy plays jazz from all eras but definitely weren’t on the grassy knoll that day in 1963. Bitter Root Brewing. 6 PM–8:30 PM. Free.
Urinetown: The Musical continues at the MCT Center for the Performing Arts. 7:30 PM. $25. Visit mctinc.org for tickets.
Farm Fresh Pitchfest connects local farmers with community members through crowdfunding campaigns that are based on loans, not donations and perks. By lending as little as $25, you can directly support a farmer bringing local food to our community. Montgomery Distillery. 6 PM–8 PM.
Shramana wraps up their residency at the VFW with Wizzerd, Stone Elk and Isaac Operandi. 9 PM. $5.
All those late nights watching gameshow reruns are finally pay-
Odds are Chance McKinney plays the Sunrise Saloon. Who wants a piece of this action? 8:30 PM. Free.
Start spreading the news! There’s karaoke today! You don’t need to be a veteran of the Great White Way to sing your heart out at the Broadway Bar. 9:30 PM. Free.
Newlyweds, the band voted “Most Likely to be Arrested for Public Indecency,” tries to live up to that name with a show at the Top Hat. 10 PM. Free. We want to know about your event! Submit to calendar@missoulanews.com at least two weeks in advance of the event. Don’t forget to include the date, time, venue and cost. Send snail mail to Caleesi, Mother of Calendars c/o the Independent, 317 S. Orange St., Missoula, MT 59801. Or submit your events online at missoulanews.bigskypress.com. Has anyone thought about starting a Cal-eesi cover band? You could do all my hits including Too Formal for a Sweater Vest, That’s Not How That Word is Spelled and How Did You Get This Job Anyway?
WHO: Community Food & Agriculture Coalition WHEN: Thu., Jan. 26, at 6 PM WHERE: Montgomery Distillery HOW MUCH: Free. MORE INFO: missoulacfac.org
Farm Fresh Pitchfest is an event where local farmers and community members can sip on cocktails and learn about crowdfunding campaigns that are based on loans, not donations and perks. County Rail Farm, Fresh Roots Farm and Ploughshare Farm pitch their loan opportunities and individuals can lend anywhere from $25 to $10,000 to the farmer of their choice. By lending as little as $25, you can directly support a farmer bringing local food to our community. This is the first program like this in the country. So the next time someone asks you if you know your farmer, you can just smile. You don’t just know them, you support them. – Charley Macorn
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Agenda On Inauguration Day, six locations in downtown Missoula host skill-building workshops, discussion panels and working groups led by local organizers as part of a teach-in. The events focus on producing practical knowledge for use by participants as members of an organized, politicized community. Coordinated by the Missoula Area Central Labor council and Good Jobs Missoula, the aim is to give local people the power to stand up for themselves. Panels include presentations on how to take back power by risking arrest, how to successfully coordinate an effective canvas campaign and self care as community care. Michael Nelson, field manager for Forward Montana, is one of the many panelists and workshop leaders volunteering their time to help the community be proactive in the face of inequality.
THURSDAY JANUARY 19 The Learning Center at Red Willow hosts a free mediation class for veterans at the Missoula Vet Center. 1 PM. Call 406-721-4918 for more info and registration.
FRIDAY JANUARY 20 Green Ribbon Books hosts a two-day benefit book sale for the Bitterroot Women’s Club. 10 AM. A day-long teach-in takes place at venues across Missoula focusing on grassroots organization, civil rights and what you (yes you!) can do about oppression. March to facebook.com/goodJobsMsla for a full schedule of events and locations. The Women in Black stand in mourning of international violence every Friday on the Higgins bridge from 12:15–12:45 PM. Visit jrpc.org/calendar to learn more. Montana Progressive Democrats and Representative Amanda Curtis talk about how to change the Democratic Party with a special panel at the Union Club. 2 PM. Canvassing is a powerful tool to connect with your neighbors, community members and politicians. Learn the skills at a free panel at Imagine Nation Brewing. 3:30 PM.
SATURDAY JANUARY 21 Green Ribbon Books hosts a two-day benefit book sale for the Bitterroot Women’s Club. 10 AM.
MONDAY JANUARY 23 Sip a fancy cocktail for a cause at Moscow Monday at the Montgomery Distillery. A dollar from every drink sold is donated to Climate Smart Missoula. 12 PM–8 PM. Veterans are invited to take a free Tai Chi class from the Learning Center at the Missoula Vet Center. 3 PM. Call 406-721-4918 to register. The Thomas Meagher Bar donates 20 percent of restaurant sales between 6 PM and 10 PM to Missoula Catholic Schools. Find out how the Garden City grows at the weekly Missoula City Council meeting, where you can no doubt expect ranting public commenters, PowerPoint presentations and subtle wit from Mayor Engen. Missoula council chambers, 140 W. Pine St. Meetings are the first four Mondays of every month at 7 PM, except for holidays.
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Nelson is leading a class on turning apathy into political action at the Forward Montana offices at 1:30 PM. He has noticed an upswing in political involvement since the presidential election in November, and several individuals have approached him and told him they just feel like they need to do something. “So many people feel let down by democratic institutions, they have become apathetic and ‘just aren’t into politics,’ Nelson says. “This kind of thinking is unproductive to forwarding a healthy civic society.” —Charley Macorn The Organizing for Power Teach-In runs all day Fri., Jan. 20. For a full list of venues and events, visit facebook.com/ goodJobsMsla.
It’s Mule-Tastic Tuesday, which means the Montana Distillery will donate $1 from every cocktail sold to a local nonprofit organization. 12–8 PM. Missoula Public Library hosts an American Red Cross Blood Drive from 2 PM to 6 PM. Yoga Beyond Cancer meets every Tuesday at the Learning Center at Red Willow. $40 for four sessions. Call 406-721-0033 for more info and registration. The 1,000 Hands For Peace meditation group uses ancient mudras for cleansing the heart. Meets Tuesdays at 5:30–6:30 PM at Jeannette Rankin Peace Center. Donations accepted. Join the Montana Wilderness Association for a program on threats and opportunities for our public lands at the State Legislative Session. And prep for the largest public lands rally yet at the capitol. Eat pizza, make posters, get involved. Imagine Nation Brewing. 6 PM. Parkinson’s Wellness Yoga meets every Tuesday at 10:30 AM at the Learning Center at Red Willow. $40 for four classes. Screening form required. Call 406-721-0033 for more info and registration.
WEDNESDAY JANUARY 25 Nonviolent Communication Practice Group facilitated by Patrick Marsolek meets every Wednesday at Jeannette Rankin Peace Center. 12–1 PM. Email info@patrickmarsolek.com or 406-443-3439 for more information. NAMI Missoula hosts a free arts and crafts group for adults living with mental illness every Wednesday at 2 PM. Every Wednesday is Community UNite at KettleHouse Brewing Company’s Northside tap room. A portion of every pint sold goes to support local Missoula causes. 5 PM–8 PM. Learn the ins and outs of farm planning with a series of workshops Wednesdays at the Missoula County Extension Building. This week learn how to strategically plan your farm. $15. Visit farmlinkmontana.org for more info and registration. The Missoula League of Women Voters hosts an introductory meeting for old members, new member and all interested parties at Missoula Public Library. 7 PM.
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The Learning Center at Red Willow hosts a free mediation class for veterans at the Missoula Vet Center. 1 PM. Call 406-721-4918 for more info and registration.
Shootin’ the Bull Toastmasters helps you improve your public speaking skills with weekly meetings at ALPS in the Florence Building, noon–1 PM. Free and open to the public. Visit shootinthebull.info for details.
Bike/Walk Alliance for Missoula’s Annual Member event is open to the public. Hear what’s cooking for the next year of biking and walking advocacy. Imagine Nation Brewing. 5:30 PM–7 PM.
MOUNTAIN HIGH Like it or not, the one thing anyone not from here knows about Missoula is we have pretty good fly fishing. Even with the many accomplishments (and shortcomings) of our university, the overflowing abundance of craft beers and our continual contributions to the world of art, that one book by Norman Maclean really filled in the world’s perception of Missoula. And that’s fine. There are worse things for a city to be known for. There is, of course, truth to this stereotype. So much so I know that a great number of locals possess the skills to tie a basic fly for fishing. And if you count yourself in that category, your skills are in need. This Saturday, the WestSlope Chapter of Trout Unlimited is hosting a Tie-A-Thon Challenge to tie
over one thousand flies to support Warriors and Quiet Waters, a Bozeman-based nonprofit that brings combat veterans to Montana for fly fishing. You don’t have to be an expert to get involved. Basic flies such as wooly buggers, beadhead nymphs and San Juan worms are great. They’ll even take donations of pre-tied flies. So while we might be a little miffed about how the world conflates Missoula and fly fishing, we can still use it to prove the other takeaway from A River Runs Through It; Missoula is full of good people. —Charley Macorn The Veterans Tie-A-Thon Challenge runs from 10 AM to 3 PM Sat., Jan. 21 at the DoubleTree Hotel, 100 Madison.
photo courtesy of Mike Cline
THURSDAY JANUARY 19 Every Thursday in January, your kiddos can learn about the science, activities and movements of animals in the winter at the Montana Natural History Center MiniNaturalist Pre-K program. 10 AM. $3. I looked it up, and it’s absolutely a real word. A weekly randonee ski race series starts at Snowbowl. Visit randoradness.weebly.com for registration and more info.
FRIDAY JANUARY 20 I don’t know about you, but wrapping up my work week by watching some poor cricket getting devoured by a large Chilean tarantula is somehow very satisfying. Tarantula feeding at the Missoula Butterfly House and Insectarium, every Friday at 4 PM. $4 admission. Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks presents Becoming an Outdoors-woman with a three-day ice fishing class at Seeley Lake. $25. No license, experience or equipment required. Call 406-5292763 for more info.
SATURDAY JANUARY 21 You’ll be bright-eyed and bushy-tailed after Run Wild Missoula’s Saturday Breakfast Club Runs, which start at 8 AM every Saturday at Runner’s Edge, 325 N. Higgins Ave. Free to run. Visit runwildmissoula.org. Calling all fly-fishers! The WestSlope Chapter Trout Unlimited hosts the 1000+ Flies Challenge at the Doubletree Hotel. Come tie basic flies for Warriors and Quiet Waters, a nonprofit that brings combat vets to Montana for fly fishing. 100 Madison. 10 AM-3 PM. Winter Storytelling at Travelers’ Rest State Park celebrates the Salish tradition of sharing stories
during the long, dark winter every Saturday in January and February. This week learn how traditional ways can exist in modern society. 11 AM. $5. The Montana Natural History Center presents activities for kids every Saturday. Free with admission to Center. 2 PM. Author, adventurer and poet Alan Weltzien reads from his new work of non fiction, Exceptional Mountains: A Cultural History of the Pacific Northwest Volcanoes at The Grizzly Claw Trading Company in downtown Seeley Lake. 7 PM. Free.
MONDAY JANUARY 23 Spend Monday morning exploring before enjoying a hot beverage with Coffee Walks. This week, explore Fort Missoula. Meet at Currents Aquatics Center. 9 AM-12 PM. $5.
TUESDAY JANUARY 24 Chris Gibisch presents a slide show on his recent trip to the Kashmir region of India and establishing a first ascent on Brammah II. Free entry with donation. 6 PM–8 PM. MCT Center for the Performing Arts.
WEDNESDAY JANUARY 25 The last Wednesday of every month you can join a few dozen other thirsty road warriors for Run Wild Missoula’s Last Wednesday Beer Run. This month’s starts at the Big Sky Brewing. 6 PM. Free.
THURSDAY JANUARY 26 Every Thursday in January, your kiddos can learn about the science, activities and movements of animals in the winter at the Montana Natural History Center MiniNaturalist Pre-K program. 10 AM. $3.
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COMMUNITY BULLETIN BOARD BULLETIN BOARD Basset Rescue of Montana. Senior bassets needing homes. 406-207-0765. Please like us on Facebook... facebook.com/bassethoundrescue Birth Mama Doula Training - January 2017 chardoula@msn.com
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College of Nursing is recruiting FEMALE participants for a study evaluating OULA dance fitness as a treatment for depression. For more information call Hayden at 406-243-2551 or email hayden.ferguson1@montana.edu Gun and Ammo Show January 27th, 28th, 29th, 2017 Big Sandy MT. For More Information Call Vance Or Jean (406) 386-2259
THE BOAT SHOW! “Boat Buying Event of the Year” at the Lewis & Clark Fairgrounds, Helena,MT. January 27th, 28th and 29th, 2017.The Montana BoatShow’s $3 admission charge gives you a chance at over $1,500 in door prizes! Children under 12enter free. For info call (406)443-6400 or 266-5700. Mark Your2017 Calendar! www.mtboatshow.com
LOST & FOUND Found Yellow Lab We found a yellow lab around 2-3 years old. She was found in the Target Range area by Big Sky on New Year’s Eve. We think she was spooked by the fireworks. She is very sweet and we are sure someone is looking for her.
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PET OF THE WEEK Balto Balto came to us as a stray. This Alaskan Husky cross was once a sled dog, and he would love a family who could appreciate his breed’s unique sensitivity and activity needs. Balto would do well with another confident dog in the house (he loves his dog friends here at the shelter!). Stop by to get to know this sweet pup. 5930 Highway 93 South in Missoula Hours are Wednesday-Friday 1-6 p.m. and Saturday-Sunday noon-5 p.m. www.myhswm.org 549-3934
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ADVICE GODDESS By Amy Alkon WOOD I LIE TO YOU? My girlfriend found a certain little blue pill in my jeans pocket, and her feelings were hurt. I explained that I’m as into her as ever; I just need a little extra help because I’m getting older. However, she’s taking this personally. How do I reassure her? —Rhymes With Niagara Back in seventh grade, erections were easy to get—especially when you were standing in front of the class giving your oral report on Harriet Tubman. A penis is generally at its peppiest when a man’s in his teens and 20s (before genes and/or years of bad living narrow the arteries from superhighways to single-file footpaths).That’s because erections are blood flow-powered—ultimately, anyway. They start in the brain in response to a thought or something from the environment—like being touched or seeing the hot neighbor bending over in yoga pants. Nitric oxide gets released and starts a chemical reaction that relaxes smooth muscle in the penis, allowing blood vessels to dilate: “Open up! Party time!”Then, sex researcher Dr. Robert Kolodny explains, “an increased amount of blood flows into the penis, where it is trapped in three spongy cylinders that run the length of the organ. The resulting fluid pressure is what causes the penis to increase in size ... and to become rigid.” There’s an elastic fibrous membrane—the tunica albuginea—that keeps the blood in the penis. And this thing being leaky—kind of like a submarine hatch with a bad seal—is just one of the things (along with narrowed arteries, anxiety, smoking, and diabetes, among others) that can cause a penis to stay floppy or get wilty. Using a pharmaceutical erection helper is basically like calling in a plumber when the shower pressure isn’t what it used to be. It doesn’t make a man the least bit more attracted to a woman or more into sex than he’d otherwise be. It just relaxes the smooth muscle and increases blood flow, making the, um, cadet more likely to report for duty. Explain all of this to your girlfriend. Then tell her how beautiful and sexy you find her, and tell her again. And keep telling her—with regularity. Men don’t quite understand how much this means to a woman.When a woman believes her man finds her attractive, it helps her feel loved and secure. That reassurance—combined with being clued in on the mechanics of the manpart—should help your girlfriend understand that there’s no reason to take your pill popping personally.The pipes just
need a little help; it isn’t the penis version of “Groundhog Day”—with the little feller peeking out, deciding the landscape is hopeless, and going back into hiding.
FLACCID TRIP In “senior dating,” how, and how soon, do you suggest I disclose my ED? I’m 77, and this woman I’m seeing is 60ish. —Man Of Yore When I was 13, I could read a book from across the room. These days, it’s sometimes hard to make out the words on those ginormous highway signs unless I let my Leader Dog take the wheel. Lucky for me, nobody snickers that I’m less of a woman because I have lessthan-perfect eyesight. And it’s pretty stupid that we attach that baggage to the aging penis. We don’t expect a 1939 Studebaker to drive like a 2016 BMW. (And hey ... where’s the backup camera on this thing?!) To say you aren’t alone is something of an understatement. In reviewing survey data from men 75 or older, UCLA urology professor Christopher Saigal found that 77.5 percent reported experiencing some degree of erectile dysfunction—the inability to “get and keep an erection adequate for satisfactory intercourse.” And 47.5 percent have a complete inability to achieve liftoff. (P.S. This isn’t exactly a secret to women who date 70-something men.) Unfortunately, the reality for aging penises goes poorly with the ridiculous belief many people have that intercourse is the only “real” sex. However, sex therapist Dr. Marty Klein observes that ultimately, “what most people say they want from sex is some combination of pleasure and closeness.” You can give that to a woman—even if, at 77, everything on you is stiff but the one part you’d like to be. That’s what you need to convey. But don’t sit there in the bright lights of the diner and be all, “Let’s talk about my penis...” Wait till there’s a makeout moment, and after you kiss a bit, pause the action. In telling her, consider that you set the tone for whether your situation is some shameful thing or “just one of those things.” Humor tends to express the latter pretty well—like “I have a pet name for my penis. It’s Rip Van Winkle, because he’s been out cold since the Bush administration.”
Got a problem? Write Amy Alkon, 171 Pier Ave, #280, Santa Monica, CA 90405, or e-mail AdviceAmy@aol.com.
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Accounting Staff Person Auto industry company seeking an Accounting Staff Person. If you have excellent organizational skills, Excel experience and accounting background, self-motivated and are a team player then you are the one to join our team! Great customer service skills are essential. Reconcile bank accounts. Clean and review schedule/general ledger and documentation. Communicate issues, assist in general ledger review. Research AR account applications and process vendor applications. Provide back up office support as needed. Monday - Friday, 8:305:30. Upon satisfactory completion of 500 hours as a Temp-to-Hire, we offer an excellent compensation and benefits package. $14.00-$17.00 DOE. EOE. M/F/Disability/Veteran/ Full
Bartender Lolo resort is seeking an experienced Full Time BARTENDER. Must be of legal age to serve alcohol, have dependable transportation, good customer relations, server experience and bartending certificate a plus. Must be able to work weekends and nights; 35 to 40 hours per week. Wage is $9.00 per hour plus tips. Full job description at Missoula Job Service. employmissoula.com Job #10258800 Camp Support Local employer is seeking several seasonal CAMP SUPPORT members. You only need the annual RT-130 Yellow Card. If you do not have RT130 we can still use you for day positions. Must provide your own sleeping bag, tent, & personal hygiene items. Food & Lodging provided. Duties include running wash stations, setting up and taking
down camps and other duties assigned. ON CALL BASIS. Pay is up to $15/hr depending on task. Need Yellow Card? Visit www.outbackfirefighting.com for a schedule of training dates. Full job description at Missoula Job Service. employmissoula.com Job #10258749 Digital Prod Specialist Adventure Cycling Association seeks a well-organized and detail-oriented person to fill the role of Digital Production Specialist. This is a unique opportunity for a creative and results-oriented person capable of creating digital media assets. The ideal candidate will be a team player who works well in a fast-paced environment, meets deadlines, and works well under pressure. The ideal candidate will have previous experience in the production of graphical digital assets, including web graphics and video and audio products. This person will be an outdoors enthusiast and ideally have experience and an enthusiasm for cycling and bicycle travel. The position is based at Adventure Cycling’s headquarters in beautiful and bike-friendly Missoula, Montana. HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE Paid training with U.S. Navy. Good pay, medical/dental, vacation, great career. HS grads ages17-34. Call
EMPLOYMENT POSITIONS AVAILABLESEE WEBSITE FOR MORE INFO Must Have: Valid driver license, No history of neglect, abuse or exploitation Applications available at OPPORTUNITY RESOURCES, INC., 2821 S. Russell, Missoula, MT. 59801 or online at www.orimt.org. Extensive background checks will be completed. NO RESUMES. EEO/AA-M/F/disability/ protected veteran status.
Mon-Fri (877) 475-6289, or jobs_seattle@navy.mil HIGH-TECH CAREER with U.S. Navy. Elite tech training w/great pay, benefits, vacation, $$ for school. HS grads ages 17-34. Call Mon-Fri (877) 475-6289, or jobs_seattle@navy.mil NAVY RESERVE HIRING in all fields. Serve part-time. Paid training & potential sign-on bonus. Great benefits. $ for school. Call Mon-Fri (800) 887-0952, or jobs_seattle@navy.mil NAVY RESERVE Serve part-time. No military exp needed. Paid training & potential sign-on bonus. Great benefits. Retirement. Call Mon-Fri (800) 887-0952, or jobs_seattle@navy.mil NEED A JOB? Let NELSON PERSONNEL help in your job search! Fill out an application and schedule an interview. Call Us at 543-6033 Nelson Personnel is in search for CONSTRUCTION/CONCRETE workers $13/HR. Must have construction experience, reliable transportation, and clean record. Call 543-6033 NELSON PERSONNEL is looking to fill PRODUCTION SUPPORT,
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EMPLOYMENT JANITORIAL, & WAREHOUSE positions for a manufacturing company. $11/hr – Full-Time. Call Us at 543-6033 Production Support Reputable company located 8 miles east of Missoula is looking to add you to their team. Ensure quality and on time delivery when preparing prefinished siding, including: loading of automated machines, painting of boards by hand and packaging for shipment. Cross-train on multiple pieces of equipment. Be flexible. Must be able to lift 50-75#. Exposure to moving mechanical equipment, various fumes, heat, cold, and irritants. PT and FT positions available Wage $11.00. Full job listing online at lcstaffing.com Job ID# 39032 Property Field Inspector You must have reliable transportation, like driving with a little independence and are well organized, understand time management skills and be detail oriented. Excellent communication skills and reliability a must! Daily inspections for rental properties. Process detailed inspection paperwork on multiple properties. Miscellaneous clerical tasks. Professional appearance a must! Upon satisfactory completion of 500 hours as a Temp-toHire, the company offers benefits. $12.00/DOE. M-F 8:00-5:00. Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/Disability/Veteran. Full job listing online at lcstaffing.com Job ID# 39038 Server Holiday Inn is seeking a friendly, enthusiastic PM Restaurant Server to join the team at Brooks & Browns! We are looking for FT and PT servers. We are
proud to be an EEO/AA employer M/F/D/V. We maintain a drug-free workplace and perform pre-employment background screening. Full job description at Missoula Job Service. employmissoula.com Job #1025683 THE NAVY IS HIRING Top-notch training, medical/dental, 30 days vacation/yr, $$ for school. HS grads ages 17-34. Call Mon-Fri (877) 475-6289, or jobs_seattle@navy.mil Water/Mold Technician Eliminate mold and water from residential and commercial buildings. Must be able to read and follow directions. Must have valid Drivers License AND clean driving record. Be comfortable in crawl spaces and other confined spaces. Be comfortable working near insects such as spiders. Monday-Friday 8:30AM-5:00PM. Wage starts at $12.00 /hour and up DOE. Full job listing online at lcstaffing.com Job ID# 38967 WORK FOR MISSOULA COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS! Nelson Personnel needs people to help fill-in for various shifts for the school cafeterias. $8.05/HR Call Us at 543-6033 WORK OUTSIDE! NELSON PERSONNEL is looking to fill a Maintenance position for a property management company. $10/hr. Full-time. Call Us at 5436033
PROFESSIONAL CSCT Therapist CSCT THERAPIST at Sentinel High School with
a Master’s Degree in Social Work, Psychology, or related field; preferred clinical experience with SED children and families. MT license eligible. Will provide direct clinical services to SED youth including individual, play therapy, family and group therapy. Full job description at Missoula Job Service. employmissoula.com Job #10259081 Help Desk Missoula County is seeking a full-time HELP DESK SPECIALIST. Requires an Associate’s Degree in computer technology or a certification from a recognized computer maintenance training program. Requires two years of experience providing technical support in a network and application environment. An equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered. Must be able to pass a criminal background check. Work is full-time and pay is $15.96/hr. Benefits available. Full job description at Missoula Job Service. employmissoula.com Job #10257271 Legal Director Clark Fork Coalition is seeking an experienced professional to join the team as its Legal Director. Ideal candidate will have a variety of skills and expertise in transactional law as well as litigation, and be comfortable advocating at the legislature as well as developing excellent working relationships with executive agencies. Must be adept in negotiating and reviewing transactions, and be well-versed in water law. Must be able to represent CFC at administrative hearings, testify at legislative hearings, lobby the Montana Legislature, and assist with litigation. Must be able to advise the Executive Director on corporate legal issues, and triage with outside counsel as needed. Full job description at Missoula Job Service. employmissoula.com Job #10259490 PR/Media Manager Glacier Country Tourism, located in Missoula, Montana, is currently seeking to fill the full time position of public relations and media manager. For a complete job description please visit this link www.glaciermt.com/jobs. Please submit cover letter, resume and five relevant references to Racene Friede no later than end of day January 31, 2017. Incomplete and/or late applications will not be considered.
Secretary/Administrative Assistant Needed to be a Customer Care Rep in our company a in well-organized and timely manner. Experience not required. $860 per week for a start, send your CV/Resume to aliciaje92@yahoo.com or call:(406) 234-2197
and inspections. Valid driver’s license, with a clean driving record. Must be able to lift up to 80 lbs; be able to maneuver heavy items; work from heights and small crawl spaces. $9-$10/hour, DOE. Full job listing online at lcstaffing.com Job ID# 28438
Software Developer Use your software development skills to provide tools and support to the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation. Join our team to analyze, design, develop, document, maintain and support custom software solutions and systems. Candidates should possess experience in Javascript, C#, and TSQL. Knowledge of,AngularJS, jQuery, HTML5, CSS3, ASP.NET, Git, Windows Forms, MVC, PHP, MySQL, and Oracle is desirable. Degree in CS/IS or equivalent professional experience is required.View complete job description at www.rmef.org. Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer M/F/D/V. Full job description at Missoula Job Service. employmissoula.com Job # 10258785
Journeyman Electrician Missoula based electrical company looking for a MONTANA LICENSED JOURNEYMAN ELECTRICIAN. Full time position. Looking for a well-rounded electrician with preferred experience in service work, commercial, & residential. Must have good work ethic for fast-paced environment & good driving record.Work days are generally Monday — Thursday but can go until Saturday depending on job deadlines. Pay depends on experience. Full job description at Missoula Job Service. employmissoula.com Job #10253193
SKILLED LABOR CDL Driver Lumber Company seeking a CDL Driver for Thompson Falls area. This is a physically demanding job hauling sawmill byproduct via trailer and doubles. Ideal candidate will have a clean driving record and current medical card. We are looking for a long-term team player with strong work ethic. Monday-Friday days – 45-55 work weeks. Upon satisfactory completion of 500 hours as a Temp-to-Hire, we offer a benefit package including: Medical Insurance, 401K, profit sharing, paid time off and more! Pre-employment screening required. $15.00/hr. Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/Disability/Veteran. Full job listing online at lcstaffing.com Job ID# 38972 HVAC-Entry Level Service and installation heating and air conditioning company is looking to fill a full-time HVAC entry level position. Must have good communication skills, be able to pay attention to details and work independently. HVAC duct cleaning. HVAC air conditioning & furnace tune-ups. Preventative maintenance tasks
Skilled Carpenter Carpenter to assist on 2 commercial remodels. Must have experience in demo work, framing both interior and exterior, drywall, and other construction projects onsite. Employee will not be doing any electrical work. Own tools & tool belt is a plus. Knowledge of tools, equipment and material. Skills in construction and framing. 2+ years carpentry experience. $14$18/hour DOE. Full job listing online at lcstaffing.com Job ID# 38967
temporary assignment in health care facilities throughout Montana and North and South Dakota is seeking RN’s and LPN’s with acute care and long term care skills and who are based in Missoula. Must have a current Montana nursing license and minimum of one year of experience. $29-$33/hr for RNs and $22.00-$24.00/hr for LPNs, plus round trip mileage reimbursement and housing. Must have a valid driver’s license and dependable vehicle with proof of insurance. Full-time and part-time available with flexible schedules! Full job description at Missoula Job Service. employmissoula.com Job #10257569
SALES Trader Assistant/Logistics Wholesale distribution company is in need of Trader Assistant/Broker.
If you are outgoing, adaptable and like to work in a fast-paced, changing and growing open office environment with strong work ethics, we want you! Assist our traders with prospects and customers, maintaining orders, arranging and tracking shipments, building and maintaining relationships with new and existing logistics companies, customer support and maintaining transaction paperwork and supplier audits. Must be extremely detail oriented and possess strong written, oral, organizational skills. Proficiency in MS Office: Outlook, Excel, and Word. 2+ years related business experience! Upon satisfactory completion of 500 hours as a Temp-to-Hire, the company offers a compensation and benefits package. $17+ /DOE. EOE. M/F/Disability/Veteran Full job listing online at lcstaffing.com Job ID# 28922
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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY By Rob Brezsny ARIES (March 21-April 19): Are you more attracted to honing group dynamics or liberating group dynamics? Do you have more aptitude as a director who organizes people or as a sparkplug who inspires people? Would you rather be a Chief Executive officer or a Chief Imagination Officer? Questions like these will be fertile for you to meditate on in the coming weeks. The astrological omens suggest it’s time to explore and activate more of your potential as a leader or catalyst. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): An eccentric Frenchman named Laurent Aigon grew up near an airport, and always daydreamed of becoming a commercial pilot. Sadly, he didn’t do well enough in school to fulfill his wish.Yet he was smart and ambitious enough to accomplish the next best thing: assembling a realistic version of a Boeing 737 cockpit in his home. With the help of Google, he gathered the information he needed, and ordered most of the necessary parts over the Internet.The resulting masterpiece has enabled him to replicate the experiences of being a pilot. It’s such a convincing copy that he has been sought as a consultant by organizations that specialize in aircraft maintenance. I suggest you attempt a comparable feat, Taurus: creating a simulated version of what you want. I bet it will eventually lead you to the real thing. GEMINI (May 21-June 20):The weather may be inclement where you live, so you may be resistant to my counsel. But I must tell you the meanings of the planetary omens as I understand them, and not fret about whether you’ll act on them. Here’s my prescription, lifted from Henry David Thoreau’s Walden: “We need the tonic of wildness, to wade sometimes in marshes where the bittern and the meadowhen lurk, and hear the booming of the snipe; to smell the whispering sedge where only some wilder and more solitary fowl builds her nest, and the mink crawls with its belly close to the ground.” And why does Thoreau say we need such experiences? “We must be refreshed by the sight of inexhaustible vigor, to witness our own limits transgressed.”
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CANCER (June 21-July 22): Welcome to the most deliciously enigmatic, sensually mysterious phase of your astrological cycle. To provide you with the proper non-rational guidance, I have stolen scraps of dusky advice from the poet Dansk Javlarna. Please read between the lines: 1. Navigate the ocean that roars within the seashell. 2. Carry the key, even if the lock has been temporarily lost. 3. Search through the deepest shadows for the bright light that cast them. 4. Delve into the unfathomable in wordless awe of the inexplicable.
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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): What exactly would a bolt of lightning taste like? I mean, if you could somehow manage to roll it around in your mouth without having to endure the white-hot shock. There’s a booze manufacturer that claims to provide this sensation.The company known as Oddka has created “Electricity Vodka,” hard liquor with an extra fizzy jolt. But if any sign of the zodiac could safely approximate eating a streak of lightning without the help of Electricity Vodka, it would be you Leos. These days you have a special talent for absorbing and enjoying and integrating fiery inspiration.
to generalizing and classification, is the great glory of the human mind.” To that lofty senc abstractions, timent, his fellow artist William Blake responded, “To generalize is to be an idiot; to particularize is the
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Eighteenth-century painter Joshua Reynolds said that a “disposition to
alone distinction of merit.” So I may be an idiot when I make the following generalization, but I think I’m right: In the coming weeks, it will be in your best interests to rely on crafty generalizations to guide your decisions. Getting bogged down in details at the expense of the big picture—missing the forest for the trees—is a potential pitfall that you can and should avoid.
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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Czech writer Bohumil Hrabal penned the novel Dancing Lessons for the Advanced in Age. It consists of one sentence. But it’s a long, rambling sentence—117 pages’ worth. It streams from the mouth of the narrator, who is an older man bent on telling all the big stories of his life. If there were ever to come a time when you, too, would have cosmic permission and a poetic license to deliver a one-sentence, 117-page soliloquy, Libra, it would be in the coming weeks. Reveal your truths! Break through your inhibitions! Celebrate your epic tales! (P.S.: Show this horoscope to the people you’d like as your listeners.) (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): When Pluto was discovered in 1930, astronomers called it the ninth e SCORPIO planet. But 76 years later, they changed their mind. In accordance with shifting definitions, they demoted Pluto to the status of a mere “dwarf planet.” But in recent years, two renowned astronomers at Caltech have found convincing evidence for a new ninth planet. Konstantin Batygin and Michael E. Brown are tracking an object that is much larger than Earth. Its orbit is so far beyond Neptune’s that it takes 15,000 years to circle the sun. As yet it doesn’t have an official name, but Batygin and Brown informally refer to it as “Phattie.” I bring this to your attention, Scorpio, because I suspect that you, too, are on the verge of locating a monumental new addition to your universe. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): The tomato and potato are both nightshades, a family of flowering plants. Taking advantage of this commonality, botanists have used the technique of grafting to produce a pomato plant. Its roots yield potatoes, while its vines grow cherry tomatoes. Now would be a good time for you to experiment with a metaphorically similar creation, Sagittarius. Can you think of how you might generate two useful influences from a single source?
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he thinks I’d like to apply for: a technical writer for a solar energy company, for example, g opportunities and a social media intern for a business that offers travel programs. His messages are not spam. The CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Some guy I don’t know keeps sending me emails about great job
gigs are legitimate. And yet I’m not in the least interested. I already have several jobs I enjoy, like writing these horoscopes. I suspect that you, too, may receive worthy but ultimately irrelevant invitations in the coming days, Capricorn. My advice: If you remain faithful to your true needs and desires, more apropos offers will eventually flow your way.
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AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18):The word “naysayer” describes a person who’s addicted to expressing negativity. A “yeasayer,” on the other hand, is a person who is prone to expressing optimism. According to my assessment of the astrological omens, you can and should be a creative yeasayer in the coming days—both for the sake of your own well-being and that of everyone whose life you touch. For inspiration, study Upton Sinclair’s passage about Beethoven: He was “the defier of fate, the great yea-sayer.” His music is “like the wind running over a meadow of flowers, superlative happiness infinitely multiplied.”
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PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): If I’m feeling prosaic, I might refer to a group of flamingos as a flock. But one of the more colorful and equally correct terms is a “flamboyance” of flamingos. Similarly, a bunch of pretty insects with clubbed antennae and big fluttery wings may be called a kaleidoscope of butterflies. The collective noun for zebras can be a dazzle, for pheasants a bouquet, for larks an exaltation, and for finches a charm. In accordance with current astrological omens, I’m borrowing these nouns to describe members of your tribe. A flamboyance or kaleidoscope of Pisceans? Yes! A dazzle or bouquet or exaltation or charm of Pisceans? Yes! All of the above. Go to RealAstrology.com to check out Rob Brezsny’s EXPANDED WEEKLY AUDIO HOROSCOPES and DAILY TEXT MESSAGE HOROSCOPES. The audio horoscopes are also available by phone at 1-877-873-4888 or 1-900-950-7700.
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PUBLIC NOTICES IN THE JUSTICE COURT OF THE STATE OF MONTANA IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF MISSOULA BEFORE MARIE A. ANDERSEN, JUSTICE OF THE PEACE Case No.: CV-2016-3280 SUMMONS FOR POSSESSION BY PUBLICATION INDIGO REAL ESTATE, INC., d/b/a COPPER RUN APARTMENTS, Plaintiff, v. CATHERINE HESS AND GEORGE HESS, et al., Defendants. TO: Catherine Hess, 2200 Great Northern Ave., Apt. #D14, Missoula, MT 59808 YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer a Complaint filed in Justice Court, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to file your answer upon Plaintiff’s attorneys, Thomas C. Orr and Jennifer L. Barbee, Thomas C. Orr Law Offices, P.O. Box 8096, Missoula, Montana 59807, within ten (10) days after service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service; and in the case of
CLARK FORK STORAGE will auction to the highest bidder abandoned storage units owing delinquent storage rent for the following unit(s): 84, 117, 142, 154, OS50. Units can contain furniture, cloths, chairs, Toys, kitchen supplies, tools, sports equipment, books, beds, other misc household goods, vehicles & trailers. These units may be viewed starting 1/23/2017 by appt only by calling 541-7919. Written sealed bids may be submitted to storage offices at 3505 Clark Fork Way, Missoula, MT 59808 prior to at 1/26/17 at 4:00 P.M. Buyer’s bid will be for entire contents of each unit offered in the sale. Only cash or money orders will be accepted for payment. Units are reserved subject to redemption by owner prior to sale, All Sales final
your failure to appear or answer, relief sought by Plaintiff will be taken against you as requested. A $30.00 filing fee must accompany Defendant’s answer. DATED this 23 day of December, 2016. By: /s/ Marie A. Andersen, Honorable Judge IN THE JUSTICE COURT OF THE STATE OF MONTANA IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF MISSOULA BEFORE MARIE A. ANDERSEN, JUSTICE OF THE PEACE Case No.: CV-2016-3280 SUMMONS FOR POSSESSION BY PUBLICATION INDIGO REAL ESTATE, INC., d/b/a COPPER RUN APARTMENTS, Plaintiff, v. CATHERINE HESS AND GEORGE HESS, et al., Defendants. TO: George Hess, 2200 Great Northern Ave., Apt. #D14, Missoula, MT 59808 YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer a Complaint filed in Justice Court, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to file your answer upon Plaintiff’s attorneys, Thomas C. Orr and Jennifer L. Barbee, Thomas C. Orr Law Offices, P.O. Box 8096, Missoula, Montana 59807, within ten (10) days after service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service; and in the case of your failure to appear or answer, relief sought by Plaintiff will be taken against you as requested. A $30.00 filing fee must accompany Defendant’s answer. DATED this 23 day of December, 2016. By: /s/ Marie A. Andersen, Honorable Judge Montana Fourth Judicial District Court Missoula County Cause No.: DV-17-7 Dept. No.: 2 Robert L. Deschamps, III Notice of Hearing on Name Change In the Matter of the Name Change of Sean
David McClure, Petitioner. This is notice that Petitioner has asked the District Court for a change of name from Sean David McClure to Sean David Quartz.The hearing will be on February 14, 2017 at 11:00 a.m. The hearing will be at the Courthouse in Missoula County. Date: January 5, 2017. /s/ Shirley E. Faust, Clerk of District Court By: /s/ Cady Sowre Deputy Clerk of Court MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Cause No. DP-16-255 Dept. No. 3 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF JANE KURINSKY, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named estate. All person having claims against the said decedent are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to Susan Kurinsky Clarion, Personal Representative, return receipt requested, c/o GIBSON LAW OFFICES, PLLC, 4110 Weeping Willow Drive, Missoula, Montana 59803, or filed with the Clerk of the above-named Court. Dated this 27th day of December, 2016. /s/ Susan Kurinsky Clarion, Personal Representative By: /s/ Nancy P. Gibson, Attorney for Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Cause No.: DV-16-1129 Dept. No.: 4 Karen S. Townsend Notice of Hearing on Name Change In
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the Matter of the Name Change of Stephen N. Greymorning, Petitioner.This is notice that Petitioner has asked the District Court for a change of name from Stephen N. Morgan Greymorning to Neyooxet Greymorning. The hearing will be on 02/07/17 at 3:00 p.m. The hearing will be at the Courthouse in Missoula County. Date: 12/29/16 /s/ Shirley E. Faust, Clerk of District Court By: /s/ Darci Lehnerz, Deputy Clerk of Court MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Cause No.: DV-16-1130 Dept. No.: 1 Notice of Hearing on Name Change In the Matter of the Name Change of Sara Ellen Vilhuber, Petitioner.This is notice that Petitioner has asked the District Court for a change of name from Sara Ellen Vilhuber to Sara Ellen Sunshine. The hearing will be on 02/15/2017 at 1:30 p.m. The hearing will be at the Courthouse in Missoula County. Date: 12-30-16 /s/ Shirley E. Faust, Clerk of District Court By: /s/ Michael Evjen, Deputy Clerk of Court Montana Fourth Judicial District Court, Missoula County Cause No.: DV-17-22 Dept. No.: 2 Robert L. Deschamps, III Notice of Hearing on Name Change In the Matter of the Name Change of Hunter DiBrito, Petitioner. This is notice that Petitioner has asked the District Court for a change of name from Hunter Lynn DiBrito to Hunter Lynn Doty. The hearing will be on February 21, 2017 at 11:00 a.m.The hearing will be at the Courthouse in Missoula County. Date: January 10, 2017. /s/ Shirley E.
Faust, Clerk of District Court By: /s/ Michael Evjen, Deputy Clerk of Court MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 1 Probate No. DP-17-4 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF: RAYMOND HEBERT, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Valetta Hutcheson has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the Deceased are required to present their claims within four (4) months after the date of the first publication of this Notice or their claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to Christian, Samson & Jones, PLLC, Attorneys for the Personal Representative, return receipt requested, at 310 W. Spruce, Missoula, MT 59802, or filed with the Clerk of the above Court. I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of Montana the foregoing is true and correct. Dated this 10 day of January, 2017. /s/ Valetta Hutcheson, Personal Representative of the Estate of Raymond Hebert /s/ Kevin S. Jones, Attorney for Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 3 Probate No. DP-16-256 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF: GEORGE M. GRATZER, 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 decedent are required to present their claims within four (4) months after the date of the first publication of this notice
or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to EVONNE WELLS, attorney for the Personal Representative, return receipt requested, at PO Box 9410, Missoula, Montana 59807 or filed with the Clerk of the above-entitled Court. DATED this January 6, 2017. /s/ Dana G. Millhouse, Personal Representative DATED this 6th day of January, 2017. WELLS & McKITTRICK, P.C. /s/ Evonne Wells, Attorneys for Personal Representative
estate on December 14, 2016. All persons having claims against the decedent are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to CHRISTOPHER M. AUCHENBACH, the Personal Representative, return receipt requested, at 368 Washboard Dr., Condon, MT 59826, or filed with the Clerk of the above Court.
MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No.: 1 Case No.: DP-16-258 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF: WANDA JEANNE NEUMILLER, Deceased. NOTICE IF HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed personal representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the said decedent are required to present their claims within four (4) months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to JANICE K. PEARSON, personal representative, 235 Red Fox Road, Lolo, MT 59847, or filed with the Clerk of the above-entitled Court. DATED: January 5th 2017 /s/ Janice K. Pearson, Personal Representative
NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 12/15/98, recorded as Instrument No. 199834018; BK 566; Pg 1422, mortgage records of MISSOULA County, Montana in which David E Chamberlain, a single person was Grantor, Norwest Mortgage, Inc. was Beneficiary and First Montana Title was Trustee. First American Title Insurance Company has succeeded First Montana Title as Successor Trustee. The Deed of Trust encumbers real property (“Property”) located in MISSOULA County, Montana, more particularly described as follows: Parcel E of Certificate of Survey No. 3983, located in the Northwest quarter (NW1/4) of Section 17, Township 12 North, Range 17 West, P.M.M., Missoula County, Montana. Beneficiary has declared the Grantor in default of the terms of the Deed of Trust and the promissory note (“Note”) secured by the Deed of Trust because of Grantor’s failure timely to pay all monthly installments of principal, interest and, if applicable, escrow reserves for taxes and/or insurance as required by the Note and Deed of Trust.According to the Beneficiary, the obligation evidenced by the Note (“Loan”) is now due for the 07/01/15 installment payment and all
MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Probate No. DP-16-243 Dept. No. 4 Karen S.Townsend NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF BRIAN L. AUCHENBACH SR., Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN CHRISTOPHER M. AUCHENBACH has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named
PUBLIC NOTICES monthly installment payments due thereafter.As of November 7, 2016, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $67,025.26. This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $57,556.74, plus accrued interest, accrued late charges, accrued escrow installments for insurance and/or taxes (if any) and advances for the protection of beneficiary’s security interest (if any). Because of the defaults stated above, Beneficiary has elected to sell the Property to satisfy the Loan and has instructed Successor Trustee to commence sale proceedings. Successor Trustee will sell the Property at public auction Missoula County Courthouse, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802, On the Front Steps, City of Missoula on March 30, 2017 at 11:00 AM, Mountain Time. The sale is a public sale and any person, including Beneficiary and excepting only Successor Trustee, may bid at the sale.The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding at the sale location in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by trustee’s deed without any representation or warranty, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, whereis basis. Grantor, successor in interest to Grantor or any other person having an interest in the Property may, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, pay to Beneficiary the entire amount then due on the Loan (including foreclosure costs and expenses actually incurred and trustee’s and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred. Tender of these sums shall effect a cure of the defaults stated above (if all non-monetary defaults are also cured) and shall result in Trustee’s termination of the
foreclosure and cancellation of the foreclosure sale. The trustee’s rules of auction may be accessed at www.northwesttrustee.com and are incorporated by the reference.You may also access sale status at www.Northwesttrustee.com or USA-Foreclosure.com. Chamberlain, David E. (TS# 7023.115228) 1002.285034-File No. NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 04/17/15, recorded as Instrument No. 201506323 BK: 943 Pg 6, mortgage records of Missoula County, Montana in which Michel D Helland and Sheryn J Helland, joint tenancy with full rights of survivorship was Grantor, Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as designated nominee for First Interstate Bank, its successorts and assigns was Beneficiary and William D Lamdin III was Trustee. First American Title Insurance Company has succeeded William D Lamdin III as Successor Trustee. The Deed of Trust encumbers real property (“Property”) located in Missoula County, Montana, more particularly described as follows: Lot 14 of Trail Creek East Addition Phase VIII to the Double Arrow Ranch, a platted subdivision in Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded plat thereof. By written instrument recorded as Instrument No. 201616785 BK: 967 Pg: 1213, beneficial interest in the Deed of Trust was assigned to
LakeView Loan Servicing, LLC. Beneficiary has declared the Grantor in default of the terms of the Deed of Trust and the promissory note (“Note”) secured by the Deed of Trust because of Grantor’s failure timely to pay all monthly installments of principal, interest and, if applicable, escrow reserves for taxes and/or insurance as required by the Note and Deed of Trust. According to the Beneficiary, the obligation evidenced by the Note (“Loan”) is now due for the 12/01/15 installment payment and all monthly installment payments due thereafter. As of November 22, 2016, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $253,303.72.This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $240,599.29, plus accrued interest, accrued late charges, accrued escrow installments for insurance and/or taxes (if any) and advances for the protection of beneficiary’s security interest (if any). Because of the defaults stated above, Beneficiary has elected to sell the Property to satisfy the Loan and has instructed Successor Trustee to commence sale proceedings. Successor Trustee will sell the Property at public auction on the front steps of the Missoula County Courthouse, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802, City of Missoula on April 4, 2017 at 11:00 AM, Mountain Time.The sale is a public sale and any person, including Beneficiary and excepting only Successor Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid
immediately upon the close of bidding at the sale location in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by trustee’s deed without any representation or warranty, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis. Grantor, successor in interest to Grantor or any other person having an interest in the Property may, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, pay to Beneficiary the entire amount then due on the Loan (including foreclosure costs and expenses actually incurred and trustee’s and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred. Tender of these sums shall effect a cure of the defaults stated above (if all non-monetary defaults are also cured) and shall result in Trustee’s termination of the foreclosure and cancellation of the foreclosure sale. The trustee’s rules of auction may be accessed at www.northwesttrustee.com and are incorporated by the reference. You may also access sale status at www.Northwesttrustee.com or USA-Foreclosure.com. Helland, Michel and Sheryn J (TS# 7431.20747) 1002.289508File No. NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 05/12/08, recorded as Instrument No.
200811160 B: 819 P:137, mortgage records of MISSOULA County, Montana in which Gary R Bush and Debbie Bush, husband and wife was Grantor, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. was Beneficiary and Alliance Title & Escrow Corp. was Trustee. First American Title Insurance Company has succeeded Alliance Title & Escrow Corp. as Successor Trustee.The Deed of Trust encumbers real property (“Property”) located in MISSOULA County, Montana, more particularly described as follows:A tract of land located in the Westerly portion of Tract 8, Roseland Orchard Tracts No. 3, a Platted subdivision of Missoula County, Montana, being more particularly described as Parcel A of Certificate of Survey No. 193. Beneficiary has declared the Grantor in default of the terms of the Deed of Trust and the promissory note (“Note”) secured by the Deed of Trust because of Grantor’s failure timely to pay all monthly installments of principal, interest and, if applicable, escrow reserves for taxes and/or insurance as required by the Note and Deed of Trust. According to the Beneficiary, the obligation evidenced by the Note (“Loan”) is now due for the 07/01/16 installment payment and all monthly installment payments due thereafter. As of November 22, 2016, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $219,317.27.This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $213,262.03, plus accrued interest, accrued
late charges, accrued escrow installments for insurance and/or taxes (if any) and advances for the protection of beneficiary’s security interest (if any). Because of the defaults stated above, Beneficiary has elected to sell the Property to satisfy the Loan and has instructed Successor Trustee to commence sale proceedings. Successor Trustee will sell the Property at public auction Missoula County Courthouse, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802, On the Front Steps, City of Missoula on April 13, 2017 at 11:00 AM, Mountain Time. The sale is a public sale and any person, including Beneficiary and excepting only Successor Trustee, may bid at the sale.The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding at the sale location in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by trustee’s deed without any representation or warranty, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis. Grantor, successor in interest to Grantor or any other person having an interest in the Property may, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, pay to Beneficiary the entire amount then due on the Loan (including foreclosure costs and expenses actually incurred and trustee’s and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred. Tender of these sums shall effect a cure
of the defaults stated above (if all non-monetary defaults are also cured) and shall result in Trustee’s termination of the foreclosure and cancellation of the foreclosure sale. The trustee’s rules of auction may be accessed at www.northwesttrustee.com and are incorporated by the reference. You may also access sale status at www.Northwesttrustee.com or USA-Foreclosure.com. Bush, Gary R. and Debbie (TS# 7023.117450) 1002.289586File No. NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on April 13, 2017, 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 9 IN BLOCK 1 OF WEBBER ADDITION, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF EUGENE KARL SCHAFER and JANET LINDQUIST SCHAFER, as Grantors, conveyed said real property to First American Title Co., as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Equity Direct Mortgage Corp.,A California Corporation, as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust on May 8, 1998, and recorded on May 13, 1998 as Book 541 Page 296 Document No. 9812132. The beneficial interest is currently held by HSBC
EAGLE SELF STORAGE will auction to the highest bidder abandoned storage units owing delinquent storage rent for the following units 62, 203, 289, 318, 381, 410, 419 & 513. Units can contain furniture, clothes, chairs, toys, kitchen supplies, tools, sports equipment, books, beds, & other misc. household goods. These units may be viewed starting Monday January 23, 2017. All auction units will only be shown each day at 3 P.M. written sealed bids may be submitted to storage office at 4101 Hwy 93 S., Missoula, MT 59804 prior to Thursday January 26, 2017 4:00 P.M. Buyers bid will be for entire contents of each unit offered in the sale. Only cash or money orders will be accepted for payment. Units are reserved subject to redemption by owner prior to sale. All Sales final .
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Bank USA, National Association as Trustee for Structured Asset Securities Corporation, Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2004-SC1. First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., is the Successor Trustee pursuant to a Substitution of Trustee recorded in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Missoula County, Montana. The beneficiary has declared a default in the terms of said Deed of Trust by failing to make the monthly payments beginning November 1, 2015, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan. The total amount due on this obligation as of November 2, 2016 is $79,863.64 principal, interest totaling $8,673.77 late charges in the amount of $519.75, escrow advances of $3,112.74, and other fees and expenses advanced of $2,979.45, 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
NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE The following described personal property will be sold at public auction to the highest bidder for cash or certified funds. Proceeds from the public sale for said personal property shall be applied to the debt owed to Rent-a-Space in the amounts listed below (plus as yet undetermined amounts to conduct the sale): Space/Name/$$$/Desc 2252/Brenda Patterson/$302/Guitar SALE LOCATION: Gardner’s Auction Service, 4810 Hwy 93 S, Missoula, MT www.gardnersauction.com SALE DATE/TIME: Wed, Feb 1, 2017 @ 4:30 PM (check website for details) TERMS: Public sale to the highest bidder. Sold “AS IS”, “WHERE IS”. Cash or certified funds.
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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 30, 2016 /s/ Rae Albert Assistant Secretary, First American Title Company of Montana, Inc. Successor Trustee Title Financial Specialty Services PO Box 339 Blackfoot ID 83221 STATE OF Idaho)) ss. County of Bingham) On this 30th 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 Nationstar Mortgage LLC vs SCHAFER 101179-2 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE
on May 5, 2017, 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 4 in Block 1 of Ben Hughes Addition, a platted subdivision in the City of Missoula, Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded plat thereof. Lisa Jones and Sheldon Jones, as Grantor, conveyed said real property to Charles J. Peterson at Mackoff, Kellogg, Kirby & Kloster as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for PHH Mortgage Corporation, as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust on November 17, 2010, and recorded on November 22, 2010 as Book 869 Page 775 under Document No. 201022882. The beneficial interest is currently held by PHH MORTGAGE CORPORATION. First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., is the Successor Trustee pursuant to a Substitution of Trustee recorded in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Missoula County, Montana. The beneficiary has declared a default in the terms of said Deed of Trust by failing to make the monthly payments beginning January 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 October 14, 2016 is $116,695.72 principal, interest totaling $4,563.13 late charges in the amount of $32.45, escrow advances of $970.38, and other fees and expenses advanced of $81.00, 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 INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Dated: December 19, 2016 /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 19th day of December, 2016, 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 PHH vs JONES 102329-1
NOTICE THAT A TAX DEED MAY BE ISSUED TO: Name: John A. Breedlove Address: 2311 West Vista Drive City State, ZIP: Missoula, MT 59803 Pursuant to section 1518-212, Montana Code Annotated, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN: 1. As a result of a property tax delinquency, a property tax lien exists on the following described real property in which you may have an interest: Lot 29 of Hillview Heights No. One, a platted subdivision in the City of Missoula, Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded plat thereof. 2. The property taxes became delinquent on June 1, 2013 3. The property tax lien was attached as the result of a tax lien sale held on July 11, 2013 4. The property tax lien was purchased at a tax lien sale on July 11, 2013, by Missoula County, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802. 5. The lien was subsequently assigned to Jaci Investments, LLC. 6. As of the date of this notice, the amount of tax due is: TAXES: $2,086.40 PENALTY: $41.72 INTEREST: $865.18 COST: $465.60 TOTAL: $3,458.90 7. For the property tax lien to be liquidated, the total amount listed in paragraph 6 must be paid by Date Redemption Period Expires, which is the date that the redemption period expires or expired. 8. If all taxes, penalties, interest, and costs are not paid to the county treasurer on or prior to Date Redemption Period Expires, which is the date the redemption period expires, or on or prior to the date on which the county treasurer will otherwise issue a tax deed, a tax deed may be issued to the purchaser on the day following the date that the redemption period expires or on the date the county treasurer will otherwise issue a tax deed. 9. The business address and telephone number of the county treasurer who is responsible for issuing the tax deed is: Missoula County Treasurer, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802, (406) 258-3234. FURTHER NOTICE FOR THOSE PERSONS LISTED ABOVE WHOSE ADDRESSES ARE UNKNOWN: 1. The address of the interested party is unknown. 2. The published notice meets the legal requirements for notice of a pending tax deed issuance. 3. The interested party’s rights in the property may be in jeopardy. DATED at Missoula, MT this January 17, 2017. /s/ Cindy Holmes
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APARTMENTS 1 bed, 1 bath, $700, newer complex, DW, wood laminate flooring, storage, off-street parking. W/S/G paid. NO PETS, NO SMOKING. Gatewest 728-7333
garage, W/D. $1100. Grizzly Property Management 542-2060
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1920 S. 14th Street W. “C.” Studio/1 bath, newer unit, double garage, W/D. $675 Grizzly Property Management 542-2060
524 S. 5th Street E. “A”. 3 bed/2 bath, two blocks to U., W/D, yard $1300. Grizzly Property Management 542-2060
2 bed, 1 bath, $650, near Southgate Mall, DW, W/D hookups, offstreet/carport parking, storage, W/S/G paid. Cat Upon Approval, NO SMOKING. Gatewest 728-7333
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3 bed, 1.5 bath house, $1200, off S. Reserve, W/D in unit, DW, microwave, garage. W/S/G paid. NO PETS, NO SMOKING. Gatewest 728-7333 509 S. 5th St. E. #1. 1 bed/1 bath, close to U, all utilities paid. $750. Grizzly Property Management 542-2060 650 South Avenue East. 3 bed/1 bath, blocks to U, W/D hook-ups, double garage, fenced yard $1400. Grizzly Property Management 542-2060
2205 ½ South Avenue West. 3 bed/1 ¾ bath, all utilities included. $1225. Grizzly Property Management 542-2060
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2329 Fairview Ave. #2. 2 bed/1 bath, shared yard, close to shopping. $725. Grizzly Property Management 542-2060 3 bed, 2 bath, $1175, by Southgate Mall, W/D hookups, DW, wood laminate flooring, storage, off-street parking.W/S/G paid. NO PETS, NO SMOKING. Gatewest 728-7333
MOBILE HOMES Lolo RV Park. Spaces available to rent. W/S/G/Electric included. $495/month. 406-273-6034
DUPLEXES 1706 Scott Street “B’ 1 bed/1 bath, Northside, all utilities paid,
1315 E. Broadway #4. 2 bed/1.5 bath, close to U, coin-ops, storage, pets? $850. Grizzly Property Management 542-2060
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2 bed, 1 bath, $875, newer complex, DW, wood laminate flooring, storage, off-street parking. W/S/G paid. NO PETS, NO SMOKING. Gatewest 728-7333
108 W. Broadway #2/ Studio/1 bath, just remodeled, W/D, DW, views of downtown. $950. Grizzly Property Management 5422060
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REAL ESTATE HOMES FOR SALE 1001 Medicine Man Cluster. Stunning custom-built 3 bed, 3.5 bath with 3 car garage. $950,000. Shannon Hilliard, Ink Realty Group. 2398350 shannonhilliard5@gmail.com 18.6 acre building lot in Sleeman Creek, Lolo. $129,900. BHHS Montana Properties. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com
1845 South 9th West. Updated triplex with 4 bed, 2 bath upper unit and two 1 bed apartments in basement. $470,000. Shannon Hilliard, Ink Realty Group. 2398350 shannonhilliard5@gmail.com 2 Bdr, 2 Bath, Rose Park home. $270,000. BHHSMT Properties. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com 3 Bdr, 2 Bath, East Missoula home. $200,000. BHHSMT Properties. For more info call Mindy Palmer
@ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com 3 Bdr, 2 Bath, Huson home on 5.5 acres. $425,500. BHHSMT Properties. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com More than 35 years of Sales & Marketing experience. JAY GETZ • @ HOME Montana Properties • (406) 214-4016 • Jay.Getz@Outlook.com • www.HOMEMTP.com
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Bitterroot views. $800,000. Shannon Hilliard, Ink Realty Group 2398350. shannonhilliard5@gmail.com
801 N Orange Street #303, Missoula, MT 59802 MLS #21605224 $159,710. Anne Jablonski, Portico Real Estate 546-5816 anne@movemontana.com
For Sale 2- 16x80 mobile homes in great condition $35,000 delivered and set up within 150 miles of Billings. 406-259-4663
NW Montana Real Estate. Several large acreage parcels. Company owned. Bordered by National Forest. Timber. Water. Tungstenholdings.com. (406)293-3714
Pinnacle Townhomes. Modern 3 bed, 2.5 bath with private fenced yard & double garage on Charlo Street. $289,900. Shannon Hilliard, Ink Realty Group 239-8350 shannonhilliard5@gmail.com
LAND FOR SALE NHN Weber Butte Trail. 60 acre ranch in Corvallis with sweeping
COMMERCIAL Holland Lake Lodge. Lodge with restaurant, gift shop & Montana liquor license on 12 acres of USFS land. $5,000,000. Shannon Hilliard, Ink Realty Group 239-8350. shannonhilliard5@gmail.com
1201 South 6th Street, Missoula Modern Condo Unit #204
$244,900 • MLS # 20157047 PRICE DROP
2 Bedroom 3 Bathroom Unit, 1,496 sq ft. The Factory Condos Complex is possibly the ''Greenest'' Building in Missoula. High Efficiency Lighting and Energy Efficient Gas Boiler with H2O Baseboard Heat. Unit consists of 2 levels with 10 Foot Ceilings on Main Floor and 9 Foot Ceilings on the upper floor. Bamboo Floors throughout the Main Floor Highlight the Open Kitchen which has Butcher-Block Counter Tops. Fresh Interior, Brand New Appliances with Natural Gas Range. Living Area has a New Gas Fireplace Master Bath with Tiled Floors and Counter Tops.
Tylor Trenary Main Street Realty (406) 544-3310 tylor@mainstreetmissoula.com
1535 Liberty Lane Suite 110D
Energy-efficient central Missoula office space. Over 3200 sqft, with 10 separate office spaces. Space is in move-in condition. In-space conference room, server room, large community room and outside deck. Designated and off-street parking. See LA for lease terms
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122 Ranch Creek Road. 3294 sq.ft. home on 37+ acres in Rock Creek. Bordered by Lolo National Forest on 3 sides. $1,400,000. Shannon Hilliard, Ink Realty Group. 239-8350 shannonhilliard5@gmail.com 3 Bdr, 2 Bath, River Road home. $304,900. BHHSMT Properties. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com 4 Bdr, 2 Bath, Clinton home on 1.5 acres. $300,000. BHHSMT Properties. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com 4.6 acre building lot in the woods with views and privacy. Lolo, Mormon Creek Rd. $99,000. BHHS Montana Properties. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 2396696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com 5578 Circle Drive, Florence. 3 bed, 2 bath on one acre near river trail. $263,000. Shannon Hilliard, Ink Realty Group. 239-8350 shannonhilliard5@gmail.com
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