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by Derek Brouwer
Asked Tuesday afternoon inside Butterfly Herbs Trump is bucking many traditions, including the one where the president has a dog. What does the lack of a pet in the White House suggest to you about the president’s character, good or bad? Follow-up: If you got to pick a dog for Trump, what breed would you choose, and what would you name it? Madeline Matia: It could either say that he doesn’t agree with pet ownership, which he’s probably never thought about in his life, or that he’s just not an empathetic person and wouldn’t be capable of caring for a dog. I think it would do him very good if he adopted a dog. Who owns whom? What’s a really high maintenance dog? I’d give him a Shih Tzu, and I’d name it—I can’t think of anything that’s not inappropriate—Vladimir.
Taylor Navoni: It’s different, I will admit that. I don’t think a dog is as important as the other issues. Made in Germany: I think it should be a Rottweiler. I consider a Rottweiler to be a pretty intimidating and vicious dog, which is how a lot of people portray them, and I think Trump tries to portray himself as a mad dog. Name? Sam, like Uncle Sam.
Carolynn Riggs: Definitely not good. Having a dog just shows a president has compassion and empathy and likes fluffy things. He’s the opposite. Coverup: Maybe a chihuahua, and I’d name it Toupee.
Ania Chaney: If he’s unwilling to follow such an ultimately harmless and charming convention of the presidency, that doesn’t mean he’s going to be willing to follow any of the serious ones. It’s a puppy. Why wouldn’t you? Dog bites hair: My uncle has a terrifying guard dog. He’s straight-up the most ferocious creature, and the only reason he doesn’t harm people now is because he’s so old. His name is Biscuit. They have the same color of hair, and he might be drawn into its teeth.
Curtis Schiwal: I think it says nothing. There are far bigger issues—the new unique form of press secretary, the unique form of mass movement in an ostensibly democratic society and new alternative policies that are more concerned with political identity than actual problem solving. Small packages: Those angry chihuahuas that are trapped in houses all the time. One of those. I’d name it Cheeto.
[4] Missoula Independent • January 26–February 2, 2017
Betrayed by Zinke There are many reasons why Rep. Ryan Zinke does not represent Montanans. Just a few days back in Washington, D.C., he not only voted, contrary to campaign promises, to make it easier to dispose of public lands, he voted to undermine essential public health protections and put Montana kids and families at risk. Federal agencies including EPA and FDA set safeguards under the law to protect the public from air pollution and kids from tobacco. Thanks to their work, the nation has made huge progress in improving public health. Under the Clean Air Act, EPA has issued air pollution safeguards that have dramatically improved the quality of our air. And under the Tobacco Control Act, FDA has imposed new requirements on tobacco products to keep them from being marketed to children and protect the public. But Zinke voted in favor of H.R. 26, a bill that would in effect strip the ability of these and other agencies to establish lifesaving public health protections and eliminate the oversight system that protects the public’s safety and health. The proposal is a sweeping attack on federal safeguards that would require all new economically significant regulations to be approved within a narrow window of time by both chambers of Congress before taking effect. Clearly, this bill is a giveaway to polluters and the tobacco industry that would undermine lifesaving protections for our lungs and mean more air pollution and fewer restrictions on tobacco products being marketed to kids. How is that good for Montana kids and families? My adult daughter suffers from asthma and I have a 10-year-old granddaughter and 11-year-old grandson. I am concerned about their futures. As they grow older, their chances of being exposed to tobacco and air pollution increase. Now more than ever, our elected officials must stand up for Montanans and prevent the rollback of public health protections. DeAndria Gutzmer Missoula
Hacking distraction The “hacking” language distracts us from the bigger case for charging Trump with illegitimacy (in my opinion) as president, which is the question of conflicts of interest and the fact that he won’t release his tax returns nor divest himself from his business enterprises (“All too legit,” Jan. 19). This may very well dovetail with the fact of Russian hacking and subsequent leaks. We may find that Trump is uniquely qualified to be blackmailed. But I
don’t think we need to wait for that to come to light to call him an illegitimate president. Megan McNamer Missoula
Don’t blame voters The thing is Dan, Trump lost by 3 million votes (“All too legit,” Jan. 19). Now if you say gerrymandering in the Rust Belt got Trump elected, or that Trump received more votes than anticipated, fine, but Americans overall did not vote for Trump.
“Since when is protecting jobs a responsibility of the EPA? Any effort to ‘balance’ outside concerns within a regulatory agency can and should be seen as a binding its hands and diluting its effectiveness.” This country had 16 years to fix the electoral college issue, and especially Democrats failed to take the problem seriously. Blame it on a number of things, but not the majority of American voters. Sandy Johns Posted at facebook.com/missoulaindependent
It’s not him, it’s you I can actually deal with Trump, because no one will take him seriously (“All too legit,” Jan. 19). It’s that 25 percent of our neighbors that voted for him that I am disgusted with and worry about. Ellen Holland Posted at facebook.com/missoulaindependent
Unsatisfied customer My experience has not been good (“UM’s other (other) problem”). It feels as if the school is doing everything in its power to convolute the registration process and create
needless obstacles that delay graduation in order to milk their students financially. I know it’s a business, but at least pretend like you care about your students! Robert Sullivan posted at missoulanews.com
Unclear on the concept Last week my girlfriend and I wrote Sen. Daines a letter expressing our concern about Scott Pruitt’s appointment to head the Environmental Protection Agency. While I was pleased to get a quick response from his office, what it said was most troubling and pointed to the misguided understanding that Mr. Daines has with the concept of regulation. In his response, our Senator wrote that he acknowledges “how special our environment is to our way of life,” but then continued that “Mr. Pruitt will bring balance to the agency, ensuring it protects jobs.” Since when is protecting jobs a responsibility of the EPA? It is my understanding that the EPA exists as a counterbalance to industry run amuck. Any effort to “balance” outside concerns within a regulatory agency can and should be seen as binding its hands and diluting its effectiveness. Our country was founded on checks and balances, and an effective independent EPA is just that. Yes, regulations can often hurt short-term financial goals, but I would hope that most of the American public and the citizens of Montana are wise enough to know that sometimes you need to make sacrifices in the short term to protect a way of life in the long term. We are resourceful people. We can endure regulations and adapt while still keeping our Western values. But without any regulation, we risk losing the very environment that sustains us and the wild places that define us. Jamie Drysdale Stevensville
It’s a theory... God Bless America! Congratulations to the people of planet Earth. America, sovereign under God, is once again sanctified in Godly leadership. A united America is the goal. New alliances and strengthened existing alliances to rid the planet of the destructive Islamic radical terrorists is the promise! Heavenly father, by Your will and loving grace, may President Donald John Trump deliver Your will by truth, courage and your loving care. May the veil of wickedness continue to lift for all people to know Your will. I am grateful to Your only begotten son Christ Jesus, and thru Him I pray, amen. David Passieri Saint Ignatius
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WEEK IN REVIEW
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Wednesday, Jan. 18 After 45 years of slinging pies, Tower Pizza announces plans to close its doors in a Facebook post. The restaurant later tells media outlets that it’s been purchased by the owners of Bridge Pizza, whose plans are unknown.
Thursday, Jan. 19 During the University of Montana’s traditional “mid-year address,” interim president Sheila Stearns says the school will need to cut more staff, and that she has asked budget makers to plan for a drop of 1,400 students next year.
Friday, Jan. 20 Neo-Nazi Richard Spencer gets punched in the face during an on-camera interview in Washington, D.C. The video is promptly remixed several times on YouTube, with renditions set to Bruce Springsteen’s “Born in the USA” and Smash Mouth’s “All Star.”
Saturday, Jan. 21 An estimated 10,000 people rally outside the Capitol in Helena as part of the national Women’s March, which advocates for the environment, access to health care and civil rights. And yes, men were allowed to march, too. Thanks, men, for all you do. Really.
Sunday, Jan. 22 An 1875 Sharps rifle recovered from the Battle of the Little Bighorn site sells at an Arizona auction for $258,750. National Park Service experts say the rifle was probably used by one of the Indian tribes fighting General Custer.
Monday, Jan. 23 Missoula City Council selects Ruth Ann Swaney out of seven applicants seeking to fill the Ward 2 vacancy left by Harlan Wells. Swaney’s appointment lasts through 2017, and she can run to keep the seat in the November election.
Tuesday, Jan. 24 Activists from the group Missoula Rises rally outside Sen. Steve Daines’ Missoula office in support of the Affordable Care Act. They also complain that Daines’ staffers reneged on promises to allow more than 30 people into the office to make a presentation. A rep for Daines chalks it up to a misunderstanding.
On Sunday, Jan. 22, the Missoula Lady Bruins defeated the Sun Valley Suns 3–1 at Missoula’s Glacier Ice Rink to win the Northern Rockies Classic for the first time since 2012.
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Bike safety hits Helena The cycling community rallied quickly in midJanuary in response to a bill that would have effectively cut off bicycle access to thousands of miles of Montana roadways. A draft of a bill requested by Rep. Barry Usher (R-Billings) prohibits pedestrian, wheelchair and bicycle travel on Montana roadways that lack shoulders (see pg. 10). Though the bill was never introduced into committee, it prompted immediate concern from bicycle advocacy groups. Bike Walk Montana urged cyclists to call Usher, as did Missoula-based bike touring nonprofit Adventure Cycling. ‘We’re really excited about the progress, and seeing people rising up against that particular bill,” says Lisa McKinney, Adventure Cycling communications director. “It was so flagrant.”
Usher—whose phone number, as listed on the state website, reaches his Billings business, Beartooth-Harley Davidson—pulled the draft for rewrite on Jan. 19. He claims the bill was intended purely as a safety measure. “At this point, we’re not ready to publicly talk about it until the kinks get worked out,” Usher says. Melinda Barnes, executive director of Helenabased Bike Walk Montana, says she’s working with Usher to draft a new bill regarding bicycle and pedestrian safety. She notes that noncyclists might not realize how important Montana roadways are for bike tourism and recreation. Adventure Cycling, for instance, reports that 1,582 touring cyclists stopped by its Missoula headquarters during the summer of 2016. “I don’t think there’s a full understanding of how much people bicycle and where they bicycle,” Barnes says.
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Barnes is encouraged by other bills currently under review by legislative committees, like HB 225, which establishes a program that would pay for maintenance of shared-use bike/ped paths throughout the state. She’s also enthusiastic about HB 267, introduced by Rep. Frank Garner (R-Kalispell) which would modify state law regulating how cars and bikes share the road. Currently, Montana law states that drivers keep an undefined “prudent” distance from cyclists. HB 267 requires drivers to maintain a distance of three feet if they’re traveling under 35 mph, and five feet if they’re going faster. Garner, a former Kalispell police chief, says his bill is informed by his experience in law enforcement and as an occasional road cyclist and mountain biker. “I felt this was something I could get behind to help improve the law’s clarity,” Garner says. Kate Whittle
[news] Jurisdiction
Jail break in Lake County Earlier this month, the Lake County Commission unanimously passed a resolution to back out of a 50year-old agreement with the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes. That decision, billed as a cost-saving measure, spurned testimony from county and tribal law enforcement regarding the consequences. And while the commissioners are still a long way from executing their intentions, Montana ACLU Legal Director Jim Taylor says the actions they’ve taken so far are “a significant concern.� The root of the debate is Public Law 280, a federal agreement that places felony and some misdemeanor jurisdiction over the Flathead Indian Reservation in the hands of Lake County District Court. Commissioners contend the county is too financially strapped to continue housing tribal members in its detention center, claiming a nearly $2 million tax shortfall resulting from CSKT’s purchase of the Kerr Dam in September 2015. Undersheriff Ben Woods stated during the commission’s Jan. 11 hearing that withdrawal from Public Law 280 would neither save his department money nor solve the jail’s crowding problem. According to CSKT spokesman Rob McDonald, tribal leaders have yet to take an official stance. Taylor says the irony of the commission’s lost-tax assertions are “overwhelming.� Over the course of more than a century after the signing of the Hellgate Treaty in 1855, the Salish and Kootenai lost nearly 60 percent of their reservation lands. That trend has reversed in recent decades, with CSKT buying back some of the millions of lost acres—a project underscored by the tribes’ 16-year struggle to purchase Kerr Dam. Taylor, whose organization runs a racial justice program in Montana, also finds the commission’s framing of the debate reprehensible. The commission has repeatedly described it as a “tribal member� issue, he says—wording which harkens to the days when “tribal members weren’t citizens and weren’t treated equally with other people.� Rather than scuffle over a jurisdictional agreement that he says has worked quite well since wrinkles were ironed out in 1994, Taylor argues, Lake County should be seeking solutions to the real problem: drugs, specifically meth. “They should be looking at [jail] diversion, they should be looking at putting additional resources into treatment,� he says. “There is a large drug problem in Lake County, and they need to address it.�
Critics of the commission’s plan admit that the resolution, by itself, is just a signal to legislators. And as of Jan. 17, two separate bill drafts had been requested in the Legislature to revise criminal jurisdiction on the Flathead reservation. If such a law passes, it would still require approval from the governor and the Secretary of the Interior before going into effect. If it gets that far, Taylor’s not sure Lake County will be happy with the outcome. “If you want an increased federal law enforcement presence in the area and holes in jurisdiction, then proceed the way you are,� he says. “But be careful what you wish for.� Alex Sakariassen
One piece at a time
Dude, where’s my bike? Last summer, bicycles in Missoula were disappearing left and right. At least so it seemed to Jordan Goldsmith, who lost three in four months: a cruiser, a townie and the $3,000 Stumpjumper mountain bike that had been locked up in his backyard. Goldsmith filed police reports and he joined a Facebook group called “Missoula Stolen Bikes,� whose membership was then ballooning toward its current count of 1,300. Then, in September, police made a bust that appeared to explain the uptick in bike thefts. An arrest led detectives to the Hollywood Trailer Park, on the Westside, where they discovered an elaborate “chop shop� spread between two trailers. In one trailer was a series of “stations� for stripping bikes, grinding off serial numbers, repainting frames and reassembling bikes. In the other, a cache of dozens of bikes. Details of the operation are sketched in felony theft charging documents filed against Joellen Sharbono, Mackenzie Schaeffer and Nathaniel Roth in Missoula County District Court. According to statements gathered by detectives, theft ring members were rebuilding the bikes in often unrecognizable forms and reselling them for as little as $40. Roth was said to have offered “commissions� of up to $150 to accomplices
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Visitors to the Missoula County Fairgrounds last year, 67,287 of whom attended the Western Montana Fair. The Fairgrounds simplified its rental fee structure Jan. 18 in hopes of increasing the number of events held there.
The words Elsie Arntzen deployed at a Jan. 20 press conference would excerpt nicely in a TV attack ad. “Reckless decision,� “years of mismanagement,� “hurt the integrity of Montana� and “abuse of state and federal dollars� were among the choice phrases the new state superintendent lobbed at her Democratic predecessor, Denise Juneau. This seemed odd, given that “depoliticizing� the Office of Public Instruction was Arntzen’s one campaign promise. So whatever scandal Arntzen uncovered must have been a real whopper. Right? Not quite. Arntzen was fired up over a batch of data that OPI submitted to the U.S. Department of Education in December categorizing scores on the annual standardized test for juniors. The agency coded all students as “proficient� on the test—a placeholder designation, according to Juneau, since the state has yet to determine proficiency baselines for the ACT exam it now requires juniors to take. Arntzen decided to characterize the submission as “dishonest,� even though the “internal review� she’s commissioned has yet to investigate anything. But Artnzen wasn’t done casting Juneau in a suspicious light. Arntzen said her office had also “confirmed� with the Department of Education that Juneau’s choice of standardized test was “not in compliance� with federal rules. In fact, as far as anyone else in the country knows, that’s still an open question. The Education Department has invited states to make their case for the test’s compliance through a peer review process. Arntzen’s staff has yet to produce any written communication with the Department of Education supporting the “confirmed� noncompliance, and a department spokesperson tells the Indy it has no information to provide. Plus, if the feds are so angry, why isn’t OPI mandating that schools give a different test this spring? Arntzen claims to have called her press conference in the spirit of transparency, but she did little to clear matters up. The stunt did, however, distract the public from a bad week of mixed messaging from OPI over the future of the Graduation Matters grant program—a question of far more significance to Montana schools. Muddle the facts, divert the gaze, land a punch. These are pages from the new president’s scorched-earth playbook. That’s hardly the new chapter Montana schools deserve.
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who brought him bikes worth more than $1,000. All three defendants have pleaded not guilty. The big bust, however, has yet to be the boon many local victims were hoping for. Nearly five months later, only 11 of the 80 recovered bikes have been traced to their owners, says Travis Welsh of the Missoula Police Department. And for some of those who have been reunited with their bikes, the experience was a bit like cobbling one together at Free Cycles. Welsh says the department used social media announcements in an attempt to alert owners of the recovered bikes, while members of its Volunteer Services program began cross-checking the evidence with police reports. “It’s kind of a time-consuming process, but we’re committed to returning these bikes,� Welsh says. A month or so after the raid made news, Goldsmith says, he received a call from an MPD volunteer who had had identified one of his bikes—the townie, not the valuable Stumpjumper. Goldsmith drove out to the City Shops to pick it up, where he found “a mess of bike parts and half-chopped bikes� laid out across the gravel among tupperware bins and inside a storage container. His bike was mostly intact, except for wheels and a seat. Goldsmith says it took around 45 minutes to find what he thinks were the remaining original parts. Amid all the clutter, he says, the attitude was, “If you can find a part that makes your bike whole, go for it.� As for his other two rides, Goldsmith figures they’ve long been chopped and sold. Derek Brouwer
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Heating up Evangelizing alternative power with Solar Guy by Alex Sakariassen
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When it comes to getting ice fishermen out of their clothes, Brad Van Wert knows exactly what to do. Armed with a space heater, an electric griddle, a pack of Redneck Prairie Fire brats and a ski-mounted solar array, Van Wert approaches his targets with the detached congeniality of a Canadian comedy sketch. The space heater gets the gloves off and the brats get the jackets. The fishermen’s skivvies stay on, though that probably has more to do with YouTube content policies than the power of the sun. The video, posted in mid-January, was Van Wert’s first as his new alter-ego, Solar Guy. Van Wert co-owns the Bozeman-based solar electric company Harvest Solar, which he founded in January 2012, and his new social media persona is at the center of a statewide “Charge Montana” campaign sponsored by the Montana Renewable Energy Association and several other organizations. When Van Wert isn’t busy getting dudes on frozen lakes to disrobe, he’s talking endlessly about growth and challenges and promise. In that sense, Solar Guy might not be so much an alter-ego as a branding of Van Wert’s personality. “Here I am, getting a little wordy,” he says after nearly half an hour of chatting about the industry. “I love to talk about it, I’m passionate about it. … Maybe I was the best guy for the job. I don’t know.” Van Wert recently announced a fivestop Charge Montana tour during which he—as Solar Guy—will drink beer and brief thirsty locals on the state of his industry. Job growth in solar in 2015 was 12 times higher than in the overall economy, he says, divining his data from the nonprofit Solar Foundation’s most recent National Solar Jobs Census. According to that same study, job growth in 2016 was expected to jump another 30,000. Van Wert’s company currently employs three full-time positions and three part-time. He’s installed rooftop solar arrays for Bozeman Brewing Company and Simms Fishing Products, along with scores of ranches, small businesses and off-grid homeowners. “This year we put 50 [kilowatts] on the roof of the ACE Hardware in Bozeman, and we left room because we can add another
120 KW of solar up there and they could use it.” Still, solar growth in Montana has been hobbled by a number of restrictive policies, including a 50-kilowatt cap on the size of solar systems that can be hooked into a meter. Van Wert argues that limit has kept a large number of commercial projects “out of the game” and has hampered the pursuit of community solar projects. Highlighting such roadblocks is, of course, a major focus of the Charge Montana campaign. The opportunity is here, Van Wert says. “Are we going to let it pass by? I don’t think so.”
fossil fuel generators, or do we want to go toward renewable energy, which is most economically viable, which is less damaging to our climate?” Smith’s group is also keeping close tabs on net metering discussions in the Montana Legislature, and has scheduled a threespeaker forum Feb. 8 at the University of Montana’s University Center Theatre with representatives from the Montana Environmental Information Center, the Northern Plains Resource Council and Bozeman-based Absaroka Energy. With Van Wert’s Missoula stop slated for Feb. 2 at Draught Works, the
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Brad Van Wert gets two ice fishermen to shed their clothes using solar power in his debut YouTube video as Solar Guy, his newly adopted social media alter-ego.
Van Wert isn’t the only one taking the solar message on the road. The nonprofit 350 Montana—formerly 350 Missoula—took a field trip to Helena Jan. 18 to present the Montana Public Service Commission with more than 750 signatures on a petition encouraging vigorous pursuit of renewables. 350 Montana co-chair Jeff Smith says 11 of the group’s members showed up in person. Five were able to offer public comment opposing a proposal by NorthWestern Energy to halve the rates it pays to small-scale renewable energy producers. “We’re trying to hold up a big flag in front of the public service commission that says, ‘Let’s look into this, let’s get people talking about this,’” Smith says. “Do we really want to build a whole new generation—$1.3 billion worth—of natural gas,
coming month looks flush with opportunities for locals to get up to speed. And exposure is the name of the game. It was 2009 when a friend tapped Van Wert for his roofing expertise on a small-scale solar project. The moment his hand touched that first panel, Van Wert says with a dramatic flourish, “I saw the future.” Three years later, Harvest Solar was installing its first 8 KW system atop a shed at Big Fork’s Blake Nursery. For Solar Guy, solar just makes sense in Montana. “There’s something about being here that’s special, and it speaks to resilience and independence,” Van Wert says. “Solar generation stands right in line with all of those values. That’s what the conversation’s about.” asakariassen@missoulanews.com
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Uncovered What Montana stands to lose with Obamacare repeal by Paige Blankenbuehler
In the first hours after the new Congress convened, a resolution passed the House that is a first step toward repealing Obamacare (formally known as the Affordable Care Act). Meanwhile, Trump’s sweeping promise to provide “insurance for everybody” has been dismissed by Republicans driving the repeal. To add to the confusion, there are numerous half-baked replacement plans floating around, too. The Presidentelect, his pick for Health Secretary and Republican lawmakers can’t seem to agree on what comes next—or even on what they want to replace the ACA with. Under Obamacare, approximately 20 million Americans gained health insurance. According to the White House, the latest figures put the nationwide uninsured rate below 9 percent—the lowest in history. The most basic premise underlying the ACA is that no one can be excluded from accessing insurance—even with a pre-existing condition—and that everyone must be covered, or face a penalty. Under the ACA, several states expanded Medicaid coverage for the poor and elderly. Republicans are eager for a “partial repeal and replace,” while significantly reining in the Medicaid expansion. If they’re successful, Western states that didn’t opt into the expansion—Idaho, Utah and Wyoming—would stand to lose the least if Obamacare were repealed. Montana, which enacted Medicaid expansion, could lose the most. But as Republicans march a repeal through House and Congress, even the line between a “partial” and “full” repeal is murky. Right now, the funding legislation for the “full” repeal is only targeting certain aspects of the ACA. Specifically on the chopping block are individual requirements and employee mandates for health insurance that required employers with 50 or more employees to provide insurance, as well as the tax on individuals not buying insurance on the open market. The replacement plan would also likely cut tax credits and cost-sharing reductions. A Republican plan to do away with the ACA, whatever form it takes, is likely to have major implications. In January, the D.C.-
based Urban Institute released a study on the impact of a likely repeal of Obamacare. Overall, the think tank estimated that nationwide, 29.8 million people would lose their health insurance. Across the West, nearly 9 million people could lose coverage.
“The Congressional Budget Office estimates that 18 million Americans would lose insurance in the first year under a partial repeal of Obamacare, while an additional 32 million would lose their insurance once the Medicaid expansion is repealed.“ More recently, the Congressional Budget Office released an analysis of its own based on a model that would repeal the ACA in two steps: first removing the law’s penalties and tax credits, and then rolling back the Medicaid expansion. In its Jan. 17 report, CBO estimated that 18 million Americans would lose insurance in the first year under a partial repeal of Obamacare, while an additional 32 million people would lose their insurance once the Medicaid expansion is repealed.
The Urban Institute study factored in the impacts of a partial repeal similar to the Republicans’ reconciliation plan that passed Congress last year but was vetoed by President Barack Obama. Had the reconciliation plan been able to clear its final hurdle, it would have eliminated the Medicaid expansion for states that opted in, removed openmarket credits for those who couldn’t afford insurance and rolled back requirements on employers and individuals. Since the health care law expanded Medicaid in 2013, 17 million people nationwide have enrolled in it as part of the expansion. Under the reconciliation plan, the poorest Americans would lose that insurance and be left in the cold. According to Kaiser Health News, rural hospitals could take a significant hit as well: Medicaid had provided new revenue for them, as they served a population that's typically poorer and experiencing greater health disparities. Such may be the scenario in Montana, where the insured population could take the biggest hit among Western states. Under a repeal and replace, 142,000 people—14 percent of the state’s population—would lose insurance. The most vulnerable among those are the 61,000 Montanans who gained access through the state’s Medicaid expansion plan, according to a report by the Montana Budget & Policy Center. Additionally, more than 8,000 American Indians enrolled in the state’s Medicaid expansion plan could lose their coverage. All eyes are on Washington, which keeps sending mixed signals: During his Jan. 18 confirmation hearing as Trump’s pick for Health Secretary, Rep. Tom Price, R-Georgia, shifted from his previous stance against universal coverage when fielding a question from Vermont Democratic Sen. Bernie Sanders. “I will work to ensure that every single American has access to the best insurance possible,” Price said. “Every American should have the financial feasibility to buy whatever insurance they want to buy.” Paige Blankenbuehler is the Assistant Editor at High Country News. She tweets @paigeblank
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A wheelie bad bill Barry Usher and the disingenuity of bike ‘safety’ by Dan Brooks
Late last week, the status of a bill to prohibit bicycling on most of Montana’s country roads went from “draft ready for delivery” to “draft back for redo.” It seems the proposal from Rep. Barry Usher (R–Roundup) has faced some unexpected blowback. “I don’t want to ban bicycles,” Usher told Ed Kemmick of Last Best News last weekend. “I don’t want to kill tourism. I want bike safety.” Bike safety, at least in the bill’s early drafts, looks more like driver convenience. Usher’s bill would make it illegal to ride a bicycle on any highway without a paved shoulder. The prohibition would also apply to pedestrians and people in wheelchairs, who “may not walk or use the wheelchair along a two-lane highway outside the boundaries of a municipality when there is no paved shoulder on which to walk or use the wheelchair.” It’s going to be exciting when the Highway Patrol arrests the first person in a wheelchair for refusing to make way. But that scenario seems unlikely. Usher says he didn’t realize, when he wrote the bill, that it would prohibit bicycles from almost every highway in the state. In rural areas outside incorporated towns, his proposal would make it operatively illegal for people to leave their property unless they were in cars. As written, it prohibits the act of walking along the road. These flaws, and the outcry they have provoked from various cycling organizations, make it unlikely that Usher’s bill will emerge from committee intact. It’s just too poorly thought out. It also reflects a broader hostility toward cyclists—one that cynically dresses itself up as concern for safety. To a number of Montana drivers and, apparently, legislators, the only safe place for a bicycle is in the garage. Usher’s bill specifically applies to two-lane highways without paved shoulders—in other words, to places where a driver faced with oncoming traffic might not be able to pass a bicycle. Rather than risk making cars slow
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down for a few hundred yards at a time, Usher’s bill would ban bikes entirely. It is a motorist supremacy law, insisting that drivers’ freedom from inconvenience is more important than everyone else’s right to use the road. This attitude is misguided. Far more people drive cars than ride bicycles, so it’s understandable that some see cyclists purely as an opportunity to kill someone by accident. But in fact bicycles are doing drivers a favor.
“To a number of Montana drivers and, apparently, legislators, the only safe place for a bicycle is in the garage.”
Bicycles present very little threat to drivers in collisions. Concerns for safety should always favor cyclists, because they bear most of the risk of injury in a traffic accident. They also inflict much less wear and tear on roads than cars do, while continuing to support those roads by paying the same taxes as drivers. The exception is the gas tax. Bicycles don’t burn gas, and so they do not pollute the fresh air or spill transmission fluid in the pris-
tine streams of the rural areas where drivers view cyclists as a nuisance. And according to the Institute for Tourism and Recreation Research at the University of Montana, bicycle tourism generated $377 million worth of economic activity in 2014 alone. But the benefits of bicycles for drivers are not just economic and environmental. When you’re driving, every person you see riding a bicycle is someone who isn’t in a car or on a bus. Every bicycle on the road is an alternative to auto traffic. But we don’t see them that way when we’re driving. The driver sees each bicycle as a danger, like a patch of ice or a ball bouncing across the road. We experience the bike in front of us not as a reduction in gridlock, but as an inconvenience that forces us to drive slowly, excruciatingly, for 15 or even 30 seconds until we can blow past, angry and encased in two tons of hurtling steel. In these moments, we are our worst selves. Bicycles represent everything we claim to want—cleaner air, less traffic, a healthier populace—but resent out of habit and petty irritability. We should not condemn drivers for their irrational anger at cyclists, because people aren’t rational, especially behind the wheel. We should, however, blame Rep. Usher for his bad bill. As a state representative, it’s his job to translate our irrational impulses into something productive and good. His “bicycle safety” bill is not that. It’s a plan to abridge some people’s rights for the convenience of others. I am glad that it has provoked such outcry and hope that it will die a quiet death. Our laws should reflect our ambition to live more equitably and become better versions of ourselves. This bill is everyday complaining raised to the level of legislation. Our elected representatives can do better than that. Dan Brooks writes about politics, culture and getting yelled at from giant trucks at combatblog.net.
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Top dog? Because even the worst man needs a best friend by Andrew Gulliford
I’m not sure why so many rural Westerners voted for President Donald J. Trump. He doesn’t drive a pickup with a gun rack. He doesn’t wear Levis or Wranglers, and his hairstyle certainly wouldn’t work in a Wyoming wind. He’s never fixed fence, bucked bales, cut wheat or field-dressed an elk. But most important, he doesn’t have a dog, and he needs a canine companion in the White House, especially since his wife, Melania, apparently plans to stay for months in Manhattan with their son. What’s the de facto bachelor president going to do? He’ll need a warm heart and a cold nose to come home to. Who’s going to bring him his slippers and fetch his newspaper? Oh, I forgot. He doesn’t read the news. No matter. He still needs a dog. Every president has had one. Trump scorns tradition, but maybe a furry, friendly creature with paws will make the president pause and not send out so many bombastic tweets. He is going to need a wagging tail to cheer him up. Yes, he has lapdogs in his presidential cabinet, but that’s not the same. As Harry Truman famously said, “If you want a friend in Washington, get a dog.” George H.W. Bush had a springer spaniel named Millie. Millie’s Book, as “dictated” by the dog to Barbara Bush, outsold the president’s own memoirs. LBJ famously picked up his beagles— named Him and Her—by the ears, “to make them bark,” he said. A maudlin speech by Richard Nixon about his cocker spaniel Checkers helped save Tricky Dick’s political career at one point. The public adored FDR’s Scottie, named Fala. James Garfield named his dog Veto. George Washington began his presidency with black-and-tan Virginia hounds. James Buchanan’s Newfoundland often lay motionless for hours, doing nothing, with one eye open and the other eye closed, rather like Congress. President Rutherford B. Hayes, like Trump, lost the popular vote and
squeaked by with a narrow electoral victory, thereby earning the nickname “Rutherfraud.” Hayes sought comfort in his dogs, surrounding himself with a cocker spaniel, a small black mutt, a mastiff, a greyhound, a pair of shepherds and two hunting pups. My own presidential hero, Theodore Roosevelt, came to Pennsylvania Avenue with a Pekingese, a St. Bernard and
“Yes, he has lapdogs in his presidential cabinet, but that’s not the same. As Harry Truman famously said, ‘If you want a friend in Washington, get a dog.’”
enough other dogs to fill an animal shelter. Among others, Teddy had a Manchester terrier, a Chesapeake retriever, a bull terrier named Pete and a Jack Russell called Skip—the president’s favorite dog, because he found it while he was hunting bears in Colorado. We Westerners love our dogs. They do-si-do in the back of our pickup trucks, guard sheep, herd cattle, flush pheasants and always seem glad to see us. Trump
has never tied a bandanna around his neck. Trump doesn’t have mud on his boots. He doesn’t even have boots. He needs cowboy boots, a snap-button shirt, leather work gloves and a pair of fencing pliers in his hip pocket, but most of all, he needs a dog. How can you trust a man without a dog? A lot of rural Westerners voted for Trump. If he’s going to be our head of state, then he needs a dog to talk to and share confidential briefings with. A good dog listens well, responds to treats and rarely barks back. But what kind of dog? Out West, we have a variety of working dogs and canine companions. We live with Labrador retrievers, border collies, Australian shepherds and blue heelers. But unlike the dogs that roam ranches and our cherished public lands, Trump’s pup would live in a penthouse when not in the White House. What kind of dog would fit Donald Trump’s lifestyle? Would it be a fluffy toy poodle with ribbons, a diamond-studded collar and toenails painted pink? It would have to be a female dog, because a male dog might be too competitive and garner too much attention. I recommend a Chihuahua, but we’d have to be sure the dog arrived in the country legally and acquired a green card. Maybe Putin could send Trump a Russian wolfhound, but I’d be leery of a hidden microphone in the dog’s collar. Perhaps the best fit for President Trump would be a Pomeranian. The hairstyle would work. It’s a yappy little dog with attitude that needs constant grooming, affection and attention. On second thought, however, maybe Trump should get a goldfish or a cat. Andrew Gulliford is a contributor to Writers on the Range, an opinion service of High Country News (hcn.org ). He is professor of history and Environmental Studies at Fort Lewis College in Colorado and can be reached at gulliford_a@fortlewis.edu
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QUESTIONABLE JUDGMENTS – David Martinez, 25, was shot in the stomach during a brawl in New York City in December. He had inadvertently initiated the chaos when, trying to park in Manhattan’s East Village just after Saturday midnight, he moved an orange traffic cone that had obviously been placed to reserve the parking space. He apparently failed to realize that the parking spot was in front of the clubhouse of Hells Angels, whose members happened to take notice. THE ENTREPRENEURIAL SPIRIT – An unnamed pregnant woman convinced a reporter from Jacksonville, Florida, station WFOX-TV in December that the “positive” urine tests she was advertising on Craigslist were accurate and that she was putting herself through school by supplying them (making about $200 a day). The seller claimed that “many” pregnant women market their urine for tests— even though the main use of the test seems to be “negotiation” with boyfriends or husbands. PERSPECTIVE – “You Have the Right to (Any Ol’) Attorney”: While poor, often uneducated murder defendants in some states receive marginal, part-time legal representation by lawyers at the bottom of their profession (usually unable to keep their murder clients off of death row), Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, convicted of three murders in the 2013 attack and facing a possible death sentence, once again will be represented for free by a team at the top of the profession— headed by the chief of the New York federal public defender’s office. Tsarnaev was previously represented by a team topped by the chief of the Boston federal public defender’s office. Thanks This Week to Gerald Sacks and to the News of the Weird Board of Editorial Advisers.
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ily Gladstone is eating a buffalo chicken salad in her car, which is parked just off the Warner Brothers studio lot north of downtown Los Angeles. “I wish I could share this with you right now,” she says. “It’s so good. There’s so much incredible food in this city.” She’s been living out of her car, sleeping on friends’ couches and in spare bedrooms and schlepping a rucksack full of designer clothes around town.
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In 20 minutes, she’ll hang up and reapply her makeup in the visor mirror. “I have to drive onto the lot pretty soon,” she says, then catches herself. “Have to? Get to. I’m meeting the casting directors for the film side of Warner Brothers, and then I’m meeting with casting directors from the television side.” She laughs. “That’s, like, all of Warner Brothers.” The day before, she’d met with executives at Lionsgate and ended the
evening at a Sundance pre-party. After her Warner Brothers meetings, she’ll prepare for more auditions and casting calls. Then she’ll get some sleep. On the agenda for the next day: The British Academy of Film and Television Arts tea party at the Four Seasons in Beverly Hills and the Independent Spirit Awards luncheon, where she’ll be honored for her best supporting actress nomination. If she gets it—she’ll know Feb. 25—the
award will join her Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award and Boston Society of Film Critics Award, both for best supporting actress. The buzz surrounding Gladstone is for her role in Certain Women, an independent film directed by Kelly Reichardt that features Hollywood stars Kristen Stewart, Michelle Williams, Laura Dern and Jared Harris. It’s a quiet movie based on the short story collection Both Ways is
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the Only Way I Want It by Helena native Maile Meloy, and it tells three intersecting stories about women navigating relationships imbued, mostly subtly, with sexism, animosity and loneliness. Gladstone is the quietest of all the characters: a lonely Montana ranch hand named Jamie whose life is happily if temporarily interrupted by a law student (Stewart) who arrives in the small town of Belfry to teach a night class. In the book, the ranch hand is a Native American man named Chet who has a steel rod in his leg and a hip that won’t fit in its socket—the result of childhood polio. Reichardt changed the character’s gender to focus the film more pointedly on a female experience, and to bring in a queer perspective. Gladstone didn’t want to lose touch with Chet entirely, though. In the story, Meloy writes that Chet “got afraid of himself that winter; he sensed something dangerous that would break free if he kept so much alone.” Gladstone used that line as a springboard to explore the unsettling notion of being uncomfortable in one’s own body. “I started thinking, ‘What if she is questioning if she’s in the right body?’” Gladstone says. “I thought maybe that will be the thing—her gender identity—that the rancher doesn’t like to think about too much.” Jamie is Gladstone’s breakout role and, despite the caliber of her costars, it’s her performance that has been singled out by critics. In January 2016, just after Certain Women screened at Sundance, Rolling Stone listed Gladstone as one of the festival’s 12 breakout stars, saying she stole the show. Variety called her “revelatory.” In October, when the movie was released nationwide, Peter Travers wrote that her performance displays “such piercing honesty and yearning, you almost can't look at her.” For months there has even been speculation on film blogs that her turn in Certain Women might earn Gladstone a supporting actress Oscar nomination. The nominations, announced Jan. 24, passed her over, but even the idea of it has added to Gladstone’s buzz. And now she’s in L.A. to participate in pilot season, when producers cast actors—often newcomers like Gladstone— in television pilots that will air in the fall. Technically, this is Gladstone’s second stab at pilot season, but last year she spent just a few days in L.A., choosing instead to prioritize theater and short film productions in Seattle and Montana. This year, she is fully immersing herself in the hubbub of showroom visits, meet and greets, auditions, call-backs and press requests, guided by a management team that includes an agent and a public relations company.
“We’re getting my image out there,” Gladstone says. “It’s fun when you can jump into it and enjoy it and see it as a way to open up opportunities and create new exciting projects. It feels like leveling up.” It’s also important that she strike while the iron is hot, while Certain Women is still basking in the glow of festival awards and Gladstone’s performance is still fresh in the minds of casting directors. “It’s taken a really long time for me to leave Montana, and I’m still never really leaving,” she says. “But right now is an interesting period, because I’m really starting to make that transition more into this world.”
to the elements and police aggression. She did want to talk about Certain Women, she told me, but first she wanted to talk about Standing Rock. “You should go there,” she said. “It’ll change you.” For half an hour she talked about how powerful it was to have so many people of different tribes all in one place, and how strange that the strangers seemed so familiar. At the camp, she’d made friends with a young man named Courage (“He could have been 13 or 30, I don’t know,” she says) who had been at Standing Rock for eight days and had only just discovered the Two Spirit camp, where Native
Rock with Missoula artist and filmmaker Michael Workman, so he photographed her in front of the Two Spirit camp, windblown and without makeup, and texted the image to the magazine. After the call, some of the Two Spirit water protectors told her they had always felt underrepresented by the media. Which was no surprise, Gladstone said, finishing her coffee. Native American roles are hard to come by, especially if they stray from stereotype. “Hollywood’s still Hollywood, and for some reason people don’t want character studies of Native people,” she said. “What’s intriguing to people is the trauma.
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Lily Gladstone traveled to Standing Rock in September and visited the Two-Spirit Camp, above, a month before her breakout film, Certain Women, was released in theaters. The Montana-born, Native American actor has generated good Hollywood buzz, and she’s using some of that starpower for social justice causes.
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n September, a few days after the Certain Women trailer was released and a month before the film opened nationwide, I’d met with Gladstone at Black Coffee Roasting Company in Missoula to talk about the film. She wore jeans and a chocolate-colored leather jacket, looking Hollywood-casual among the fleece zipups and flannel. Her phone chirped incessant social media notifications. We sat outside to avoid the din, though the wind was sharp enough to almost drive us back in. Gladstone is not one to complain about the weather. She grew up on the Blackfeet Reservation between Browning and East Glacier, where wind and temperatures can be unforgiving. She had just returned from Standing Rock, where North Dakota Pipeline protesters were exposed
Americans who identify as gender-variant and their allies had gathered and planted a rainbow flag. “He was a sweet spirit, a Lakota from Nebraska,” she told me. “He felt at home. I thought about some of my friends growing up who are gay, but who I just knew to be marginalized, who had a hard time making friends like I did when we were kids. It’s always been a community I’ve been drawn to as an ally. ” Almost immediately after setting foot at the Two Spirit camp, she got a call from her other world. It was an editor from Out magazine saying they wanted to write a story about her role in Certain Women and her decision to explore gender ambiguity. They wanted her to send a photo, and there she was standing in front of a rainbow flag. She’d come to Standing
It’s what audiences get off on about oppressed people—they really want to see our suffering. They don’t want to see our leadership, they don’t want to see our strength, because then it’s threatening.”
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he first time I saw Lily Gladstone on stage was Montana Repertory Theatre’s 2009 production of To Kill a Mockingbird. She was 23, and she immersed herself in the minor role of Mrs. DuBose, a crotchety old vinegar-spewing racist. Young people playing old people can induce cringes, but Gladstone embodied the character’s creaky body language and sour intonation without succumbing to caricature. Even surrounded by equity actors delivering brilliant monologues, she was mesmerizing.
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She had just graduated from UM’s School of Theater and Dance with a drama degree, and she’d managed to do it while getting hardly any stage time. She auditioned plenty as a student, she says, but was rarely cast. Which is not to say she went unnoticed. In 2005, when she was 19, the department decided to produce Peter Pan and because she’s a Native American, some of her fellow students anticipated that Gladstone would be cast as Tiger Lily. She didn’t want the role, and she said so. She implored the department to reconsider the show, in which Native Americans had historically been depicted with egregious stereotypes. The director ended up changing Tiger Lily’s “Piccaninny” tribe to an ethnically ambiguous island people to avoid the issue, and Gladstone let the issue go, but she always wondered if perhaps she had missed an
“Hollywood’s still Hollywood, and for some reason people don’t want character studies of Native people. What’s intriguing to people is the trauma. It’s what audiences get off on about oppressed people— they really want to see our suffering.” Even so, one class especially energized her. It was taught by a professor named Jillian Campana, who introduced her students to the Theater of the Oppressed, a theatrical form created by Brazilian practitioner Augusto Boal. “That’s when I really lit on fire about my education at UM,” Gladstone says.
at the Missoula Colony, an annual stageand screenwriters event hosted in Missoula each summer by Montana Rep. The Smith brothers had grown up in Missoula, and they’d had some success directing a 2002 independent film called The Slaughter Rule, which starred a young Ryan Gosling and Amy Adams.
on the Blackfeet Reservation, Gladstone had met many Marlenes. Women who sought out lost souls and tried to fix them. Women who disappeared without anybody noticing. “Marlene is the perfect character to talk about postcolonial societies,” Gladstone says. “She represents how historical
but Virgil is primed to inflict the same kind of pain he’s feeling. When she asks him to go down on her, he punches her. In 2013, Gladstone traveled with the Smith brothers to Sundance, where she got to watch the film’s debut. It gave her a taste of celebrity, though she says she felt even more famous a month later when the film opened in Missoula at the Roxy and a whole slew of friends and family from the reservation packed the theater. “Being a Montanan has informed the kind of characters I’m interested in,” she says. “And not even necessarily Montana, but where I come from—the rez. The rez is full of fringe characters from all walks of life. Of course you have our Native population and the Blackfeet community that’s central to everything in Browning, but then you have brilliant, strange, odd
Gladstone’s character in Certain Women is a lonely ranch hand who tries to form a bond with a young law student played by Kristen Stewart. The role garnered high praise from reviewers at Rolling Stone, Variety and Out, and resulted in an Independent Spirit Award nomination for best supporting actress.
opportunity to steer the conversation into a more positive dialogue. “I was young and I was angry,” Gladstone told me in 2010. “But I realized that it’s a historical piece, a part of theater’s history, and changing it would be whitewashing. It was such a cloudy situation, and it got spun into maybe a bigger deal than it should have been. A lot of people in the program didn’t like the attention I called to it.” Though she loved theater, she began to resign herself to the idea that she might always be on the periphery. “That experience put it in me that I wasn’t going to get cast in roles, that I wasn’t a castable actor, and if I do get cast, it’s going to be really small stuff.”
“What I like about Theater of the Oppressed is it’s an abstract means of exploring very real oppressions by the community with the shared oppression. Through enough practice and enough rehearsal, the theory is people will mobilize into direct action rather than abstract action. That’s always how I’ve kind of seen art—art is the catalytic converter of our society.” It wasn’t long after Mockingbird that Gladstone got an opportunity that would change her trajectory. Filmmakers Alex and Andrew Smith were developing a screenplay for Winter in the Blood from the book by Native American author James Welch. They staged a public reading of it
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Gladstone knew Winter in the Blood well, having read the book as a teenager and recognized her world in its pages. She was picked to read the part of Marlene, a drifter with a heart of gold who’s been trampled on her whole life. After the public reading, the Smiths started casting the film, and Gladstone stayed on to read Marlene as a stand-in during auditions. “We had our eyes on a different, more nationally known actor for that role,” Alex Smith says, “and then at some point we said, ‘What are we doing? We’ve been sitting here with Lily for days reading with actor after actor, and she’s our Marlene.’” Marlene is a fictional character, but Gladstone felt she knew her. Growing up
trauma turns into internalized oppression, [which] turns into lateral violence and manifests in abuse. And that’s a valuable conversation to have.” Winter in the Blood follows Virgil, a Native American man living on the Fort Belknap Reservation who wakes up drunk in a ditch to find that his wife has left him. He sets out to find her in an often surreal and self-destructive hero’s journey, set against the backdrop of a small town that opportunity has left behind. Marlene finds him bloodied in the street after he’s been beat up in a bar and takes him back to her rundown apartment, where they drink too much beer and have sex. Marlene is sweet to him,
eccentric people that don’t really fit anywhere else.” Gladstone can relate.
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he weather on the Hi-Line is unforgiving, and the economy is, too. A majority of reservation residents live in rundown government housing. Unemployment fluctuates between 50 and 70 percent, and more than 25 percent of those who do have jobs earn poverty-level wages. It’s a place with a multitude of problems and a surplus of despair, but it’s also home to fierce defenders of community and art, and some people—whole families, even—who fight tooth and nail
to preserve Blackfeet culture and human rights against a long history of genocide and oppression. Gladstone grew up in a family of artists and activists (“With us, they’re one and the same,” she says). When she was just a baby, a crew arrived in Browning to shoot a film called War Party. It’s about re-enactors staging a 100-anniversary battle between the U.S. Cavalry and Blackfeet Indians, but when racial hostilities lead to violence, three young Blackfeet men are falsely accused of murder. The cast and crew were mostly outsiders from Hollywood, but Gladstone’s dad, Howard, was a rigger in the camera and lighting department. He still has a War Party T-shirt hanging on his wall. The story of the film world’s invasion of Browning became a glimmer of hope for Gladstone throughout her childhood. War Party wasn’t the only hint that a bigger world might be available to her. Just across town lived Gladstone’s uncle, Jack Gladstone, a singer-songwriter and member of the Blackfeet Nation who was later named “Montana’s Troubadour” by Gov. Brian Schweitzer. “I grew up going to Jack’s shows,” Lily says. “It was my first exposure to performance art as something educational and really diplomatic, about building bridges between cultures so we can find some real dialogue. I remember I would choreograph dances as a kid to Jack’s music. We hung out and made fun of each other for both being dramatic and we would call each other hams.” Jack remembers Lily as a “bright and enlightened child” who knew how to be a part of the community in Indian Country, and also how to step out of it. When she was 11, she took her first big step beyond Browning when her parents decided to move to Seattle, in part because they wanted her to have better opportunities to pursue acting. “I have a journal entry from the day we were moving,” she says. “I couldn’t fathom we were leaving Montana. I listed all the things I was going to miss, and one of them was the feeling of being a Montanan. I always liked reading snippets in my Nickelodeon magazines where kids would send in drawings. Every once in a while I’d see a kid from Montana and I’d root for them. I didn’t want to lose that feeling.” Jack had been born in Seattle and moved to the Blackfeet Reservation as an adult to reunite with his family. He saw in Lily someone, like himself, who was destined to follow her art into the larger world and yet continually return to her community. “Part of the hero’s quest is the journey to find home and the journey to find self,” he says. “Throughout my life I have redefined what home is, and that’s true of Lily, too. She and I are comfortable in both
“It’s taken a really long time for me to leave Montana, and I’m still never really leaving. But right now is an interesting period, because I’m really starting to make that transition more into this world.” worlds, and I think it gives both of us an opportunity to sharpen our respective artistic modalities and do our best to represent our people.”
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week after I spoke with Gladstone in her car in front of Warner Brothers, I got a chance to talk to her again. She’d just returned to L.A. after volunteering at the Fort Robinson Run, a 400 mile-relay from Fort Robinson, Nebraska, to Busby, Montana. The event was started 19 years ago to pay tribute to more than 200 Northern Cheyenne Indians who were massacred between 1878 and 1879. One group of Indians was confined at the fort, and when they tried to escape back to their home in what would become eastern Montana, most of them were gunned down. Their remains were transported to several museums, including the Peabody Museum at Harvard University and the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History, where they were kept as scientific curiosities. In 1994, members of the tribe reclaimed the bodies and brought them home for ceremonial burial. “The idea is bringing the ancestors home,” Gladstone says. She had driven a van full of Native American kids for three days along the route as they took turns participating, and she helped them make a short film about their experience. In the process she developed a chest cold and had to fly back to L.A. with a bad cough and, on no sleep, drive to a borrowed apartment. There, a hair and makeup crew dressed her up and sent her off in a car to the L.A. Film Critics Association dinner, where she received her best supporting actress award. She dedicated the honor to the Fort Robinson runners. Her meetings at Warner Brothers, she says, were “cosmic.” For instance: Gladstone met with a casting director for DC Entertainment—a woman whose desk was covered in Wonder Woman pictures and #NoDAPL stickers. Gladstone saw it as a good sign. She told the director where she was from and the woman said, “I know Browning. I lived there for three months in the 1980s.” “And I said, ‘Why?’ And she said she was there on a film. I asked her which film, but
I knew. There was only one film shot on the rez in the 1980s, and that was War Party.” Television shows and movies that feature Native American cultures, like Winter in the Blood and an upcoming series based on Jason Aaron’s Scalped comic books, are quickly opening new doors for Native American actors. At the same time, an increasing number of films like Certain Women are casting Native American actors in roles that don’t overtly rely on their ethnicity, creating even more inroads for indigenous actors in Hollywood. For Gladstone, the Sundance preparty offered a window into a changing film industry. There was a whole community of Native American actors in attendance, including Julia Jones from Winter in the Blood and the “Twilight” series, and The Magnificent Seven remake’s Martin Sensmeier, who whisked Gladstone over to meet the director of the Sundance Institute Native American and Indigenous Program, N. Bird Runningwater. They talked about film. They talked about Standing Rock. Gladstone says she felt like she was visiting a familiar world within a foreign land. The party was also filled with Gladstone’s heroes, including Tokala Clifford, whose career she’s been following since she was a teenager. Tokala, best known for Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee and Into the West, has been navigating Hollywood for more than a decade now, but even so, Gladstone says, there are similarities to their experiences.
“You’re torn between being here and being home,” she says. “But being here you see how important it is when you’re doing well, because people back home are looking to us.” Gladstone knows that many Native Americans have grown up idolizing heroes from the distant past. “You look to Crazy Horse,” she says. “You look to Sitting Bull. Our leadership was a long time ago, in a different world. You can’t only have heroes to model your life after who are re-
moved from you by centuries and who were only leaders in war time.” Now that Native American actors are starting to gain a platform in contemporary culture, she says, it’s important to use the opportunity responsibly. “I don’t find art interesting if it’s not serving a higher purpose,” she says. “Disconnecting for entertainment can be fun, but art has to have a really long life even after the project is wrapped. You know the work is good when people have been affected by it.” That’s a long-view perspective that Gladstone is intent on maintaining amid the immediate whirl of auditions and Hollywood parties. “This last year has been the biggest head trip,” she says. “That transition between two worlds. I’m finding joy in the transition, and it’s been difficult, but now I feel something in the air—something exciting is going to come.” efredrickson@missoulanews.com
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[arts]
Off the money Anti-Semites see They Live as a coded warning of Jewish control. They’re missing the point entirely. by Dan Brooks
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arlier this month, director John Carpenter took to Twitter to correct a theory about his 1988 film They Live. “THEY LIVE is about yuppies and unrestrained capitalism,” he tweeted on Jan. 3. “It has nothing to do with Jewish control of the world, which is slander and a lie.” Apparently, anti-Semites on the internet had convinced themselves that the campy vehicle for pro wrestler “Rowdy” Roddy Piper was a coded warning about Zionist conspiracy. This reading of the film is infuriating, given how relevant its real message is today. Carpenter directed several iconic films of the Reagan era, including Halloween, Escape From New York, and Big Trouble in Little China, but They Live is not among them. Although it opened No. 1 at the box office, it went on to become a commercial and critical failure. At the time, Carpenter complained that people “who go to the movies in vast numbers these days don’t want to be enlightened.” This hypothesis became more convincing as They Live became a cult classic over the next three decades. But the simpler explanation for the movie’s tepid reception is its tone. They Live is simultaneously campy and earnest. Piper plays a nameless, homeless working man who catches a glimpse of a mysterious underground movement just as it is raided by police. In the chaos that ensues, he acquires a pair of sunglasses that allow him to see the alien beings who live among us— hideous trans-dimensional ghouls who look like ordinary people, thanks to a mind-control broadcast operating out of Los Angeles. When Piper puts on the sunglasses, he can see these ghouls and the messages they spread through advertising. An ordinary billboard, for example, becomes a sign reading, simply, “OBEY.” This scene provided the inspiration for Shepard Fairey’s Obey Propaganda line of streetwear. Deciding whether that is ironic, and how, gives you some idea of the challenge audiences faced when this movie was released.
That Americans today would watch John Carpenter’s They Live, see the ghouls in power suits and think, “Ah yes, Jews,” is a bitter irony.
The monsters that have taken over Earth in They Live are not scary. They look like Martians from a ’50s B movie, and they act like worried yuppies, using their alien watches to call the police and disappear whenever Piper confronts them. The dialogue is campy, too. When the newly enlightened Piper enters a bank to shoot secret aliens with a gun, he announces that “I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass, and I’m all out of bubblegum.” That line—reportedly an ad lib—has taken on a pop-culture life of its own. But it doesn’t jibe with the suspenseful horror Carpenter led audiences to expect in Halloween or The Fog. They Live is bad on purpose. It continually uses wooden dialogue and cheesy effects to remind us that
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we’re watching a movie. The German playwright and theorist Bertolt Brecht called this approach verfremdungseffekt— “alienation effect” or “distancing effect.” It describes the practice of keeping viewers from losing themselves in the story so they think about what the story means. They Live presents itself as a horror movie, but really it is satire. In a 1988 interview, Carpenter told the science fiction magazine Starlog that the inspiration for They Live came from his disgust with Reaganomics. “I began watching TV again. I quickly realized that everything we see is designed to sell us something,” he said. “It’s all about wanting us to buy something. The only thing they want to do is take our money.” This frustration with con-
sumerism had been a central element of the countercultural critique since Carpenter was a teenager. But it took on new resonance in the late ’80s. The secret aliens in They Live are women in fur coats and businessmen in smart suits. They congregate in banks and fashionable restaurants. Rather than attacking Piper and the other humans who see through their disguises, they call the police, preferring to let the apparatus of state power do their dirty work for them. These qualities reflect the soft cruelty of the Reagan era, when an increasingly wealthy professional class voted to cut social services and punish crime, making life harder for poor people even as they cheered an ostensibly booming economy.
That Americans today would watch this movie, see the ghouls in power suits and think, “Ah yes, Jews,” is a bitter irony. We are in the midst of an ’80s revival. Donald Trump, the very symbol of Reagan-era greed, has ridden to the White House on a wave of economic frustration brought on by the unrestrained capitalism They Live tried to warn us about. Trump’s supporters on the alt-right, worried about the rising cost of living and the increasing power of large corporations, see this warning and blame… Jews. This is the problem with anti-Semitism and other forms of bigotry: They become the first idea, the easy joke, the default explanation when people don’t understand what’s going on. “Jews run the world” is an easy narrative to grasp. “Thirty years of lower taxes on the rich, financialization of the economy and reduced social services sucking money away from working people and giving it to the upper class” asks people to think a little more. To catch the critique of consumer capitalism in They Live, you need to notice that all the aliens live in mansions and wear fancy clothes. Instead of futuristic death rays, their power lies in law enforcement and advertising. They don’t want to devour our flesh; they just want to sell us things. This motif makes They Live an incisive satire of its time. The tragedy of our time is that Carpenter’s critique of popular greed and corporate control is more relevant than ever, but it’s been coopted by ethnic nationalism. We were supposed to look at the alien conspiracy in They Live and see big business. Instead, we see Jews, or whatever other superficial distinction will distract us from what’s really going on. Today, the most relevant part of They Live may be its infamous fight scene. When Piper tries to get his friend to try on the sunglasses, they get into a fistfight that goes from fun to brutal to excruciating over the course of six minutes. The message is clear: Some people will do anything to keep from seeing the truth. arts@missoulanews.com
[music]
Resistance songs Up yours: a feminist soundtrack by Erika Fredrickson
On the way to Helena for Saturday’s Women’s March on Montana, our carload of women listened to a playlist made for the occasion. It was created by our driver, Emma, and titled “Who Runs this Motherfucker,” and it included Chaka Khan, George Michael, The Slits and the Nirvana song “Been a Son.” In the days since the march, I’ve started sifting through music I know would be ripe for the feminist movement against Trump’s America, and I keep coming back to some of those songs on the playlist. There are thousands of resistance songs out there, but here are a few solid ones to put on your futureis-female list. Salt-N-Peppa, “None of Your Business” There are a lot of stellar songs out there about sex-positive lifestyles—Le Tigre’s “After Dark,” for instance—but there’s no better jam than Salt-NPeppa’s “None of Your Business” for taking a stand against the body-shaming religious right. “If I/ want to take a guy/home with me tonight/ it’s none of your business,” they rap. “And if she/want to be a freak/and sell it on the weekend/It’s none of your business.” When Salt-NPeppa performed at the Adams Center in September, they rolled out a lot of their 1980s and ’90s classics, including “Let’s Talk About Sex,” but the confrontational tone of “None of Your Business” seems the most relevant now. X-Ray Spex, “Oh Bondage Up Yours!” In the closing song from X-Ray Spex’ 1978 album Germfree Adolescents, singer Poly Styrene (in her cheeky British accent) says, “Some people say little girls should be seen and not heard,” before yelling “Oh bondage?! Up yours!” and diving into a frenzied punk song. I love that bondage is treated like a character here, and what feminist doesn’t love the phrase “up yours” when everything else has been said?
Nina Simone, “I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free” Nina Simone made music between the 1950s and 1970s in classical, jazz, pop and R&B, and she did it with a feminist edge, including the song “Four Women.” “I Wish I Knew…” was a 1960s civil rights anthem in which Simone sang, “I wish I could break/All the chains holding me/I wish I could say/All the things that I should say.” It’s a good song to remind women that racial justice is part of this fight. Loretta Lynn, “The Pill” It’s problematic that Loretta Lynn voted for Donald Trump, considering his toxic actions and attitude toward women. But I gotta give credit to the lady who wrote “The Pill.” Even though we’ve come a long way from this issue (or have we?), it was a big-deal feminist song when it came out in 1975, and it still sounds pretty sassy. Pussy Riot, “Make America Great Again” The feminist protest band from Moscow sticks it to Trump with his own slogan. The song packs a lot of issues including refugees, the murder of black children, immigration, gender oppression and torture, all the while imagining what it might really mean to make America great. Beyonce, “Run The World (Girls)” Beyonce doesn’t ask permission and she doesn’t lament the way the world should have been. In “Run the World (Girls)” she chants “Girls, we run this motha!” over a strutting melody and military march dr ums like a drill sergeant. Beyonce has a lot of songs to choose from, including “Formation,” but this one’s message is as straightforward as it gets. efredrickson@missoulanews.com
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[books]
The body: a user’s manual James Hamblin on what we know—and how we communicate—about human health by Sarah Aswell
Doctor-turned-journalist James Hamblin is supremely interested in how the human body works, as well as how healthcare writers can best educate the public about the issues of health and wellness. In his new book, If Our Bodies Could Talk, the Atlantic senior editor presents readers with a humorous, highly narrative, plainly written manual to the body that covers everything from why we scratch itches to how our hearts know to beat. Last weekend, ahead of his reading at Shakespeare & Co., he chatted with the Indy about everything from gluten-free brownies to fake news. You refer to your new book as a general interest textbook. What are the challenges of writing in a format like that? James Hamblin: I was imagining how someone could enjoy a text about anatomy and physiology. I thought about how people wonder about bodies, so I focused on style and execution and broke the book into sections like “Appearing,” “Perceiving,” “Eating,” Relating,” instead of anatomy and physiology categories like “Neurological” and “Musculoskeletal.” It makes it more relatable, hopefully. I also did a lot to include narratives, real people and reoccurring characters in an FAQ-style trivia format.
What medical advice to do you follow when it comes to your own diet, exercise plan and lifestyle? JH: Sleep hygiene is strongly tied to health and longevity. I try to sleep at the same times every night, and for seven hours. I try to wind down before bed so that I can sleep well. I also try to move a lot–that’s the barest bones way to talk about physical activity that is evidence-based. I eat a whole plant-based diet. It doesn’t mean absolutely zero meat or
absolutely zero processed foods, but I try to eat as many fruits, veggies, greens, nuts and legumes as possible. Finally, strong relationships are underplayed. You don’t think about that as part of wellness often in the medical community, but without How do you simplify complex medical them, we die. You need people to concepts for the average person? hold others accountable for health JH: Actually, I think what I do is to goals, and you need people to drive complicate simple questions. Basically, when people ask a question about In If Our Bodies Could Talk, Atlantic senior editor James Hamblin covers you to the hospital when you are in need, but day-to-day relationships is health, they assume that they are going everything from why we scratch itches to how our hearts know to beat. what motivates people to take care to get a simple answer. Like, Why don’t you just tell me why hair curls? But the structure of have to add sugar and other ingredients to make up of themselves. It’s very rare for someone to have a hair is complex, and I have more fun showing the for the texture compromise that takes place when you long healthy life when they don’t have strong, close relationships. complexity of an issue like that than giving an easy remove the gluten. My other big pet peeve is the idea that we don’t answer. know anything about how to eat—that all the research What’s the state of health journalism today? JH: People are becoming savvier consumers. It What is your pet peeve misunderstood medical fact? is coming and going. Eggs are good one day and then JH: Gluten-free labeling. You see it on every bad, butter is good and then bad. That nutrition is all used to be that the very fact that something was restaurant menu and all kinds of food labels. It’s a a matter of opinion, so I should just follow whatever printed in words was good enough, but now we’ve complex subject that I get into in the book, but the celebrity diet book I find at the front of the bookstore. swung in the other direction, where a large amount idea that gluten-free has anything to do with healthy When you throw your hands up and think that, you of people won’t believe even the most credible eating, instead of celiac disease, is just false. A gluten- fall prey to crazy beliefs and rumors. We know a lot sources. Our reputation as a profession currently has free brownie is not a healthier brownie. It’s just about how to eat well. Some information has shifted one of the lowest credibility ratings. There’s a need to reorient people and help people establish what gluten free. It might even be less healthy because they slowly over the years, but it’s not chaos.
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journalism is, and that comes through being meticulous and not messing up. We’ve been hearing a lot about fake news. How do you recommend that people approach health journalism in the correct way? JH: There are general rules. Look for journalistic establishments that have a tradition of fact-based journalism as opposed to marketing information, whether from a drug company or anyone who might have a conflict of interest. The other important thing is to take single studies as just what they are: single studies. Single studies aren’t meaningless, but they don’t mean that our entire existence is shifting every day with each news story. So much health journalism, because of the news cycle, is about the study of the day. If you have questions about your own ability to vet journalism, it’s important to have a relationship with a primary care physician to direct you to good sources and away from bad ones. If there’s a link at the bottom of the article to life-prolonging supplements or creams or potions, that’s not something you want to read. Many articles warn that readers should talk to their doctor. But it’s also important for people to educate themselves about their health. How should people best look after their well-being in today’s world? JH: The democratization of health information is more good than bad. In the past, doctors were the keepers of all medical information and you had to go in and take their word for everything. But even among the best doctors, the appropriate treatment or even diagnosis is a combination of art and science and the average visit to a primary care physician is 15 minutes. Now, if you can have an active role in researching and understanding a diagnosis, that’s great. At the same time, you can overdo it. The anti-vaccine crowd is a good example of that. They are reading from bad sources and getting misinformed. Has the election changed how you cover stories or write? JH: It’s hard, because a lot of health stuff seems trivial because of the political climate. We can’t all just start writing about politics. It seems there is a serious, imminent threat to large groups of our population in terms of freedom and health care. It can seem trivial to talk about things that may not have been trivial prior to the election. I am trying not to lose focus on the need for people to have a basic understanding of science. James Hamblin will read from his new book, If Our Bodies Could Talk, at Shakespeare & Co. on Friday, Jan. 27, at 7 p.m. Free. arts@missoulanews.com
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Panning Gold Matthew McConaughey does the hustle by MaryAnn Johanson
Matthew McConaughey stars in Gold.
Do you enjoy watching men get excited about making lots of money? Then have I got a movie for you! If you kinda liked The Big Short and The Wolf of Wall Street, but found them a bit too pretentious with their “satire” and their “relevance,” then Gold is just the thing. There’s nothing fancy-pants here, just underpants, as displayed on a potbellied Matthew McConaughey prancing around in tighty whities. This isn’t a terrible excuse for grownup entertainment, just very, very familiar. Men and money, the struggle and the hustle. Trying to screw new women when the ones who stuck by ’em when they were poor are no longer stimulating enough. Thinking they did it all on their own and pushing away the people who supported them—or who actually did all the work—and got none of the kudos. (We just had the same basic story in The Founder, though that is a far superior telling.) Gold represents a whole bunch of paradigms that desperately require a shift, not just in Hollywood, but in the real world. The movie is based on a real-life circa 1990s situation involving Canadian company Bre-X Minerals, but if you don’t already know about that, don’t spoil the movie for yourself by Googling it. Suffice to say, the true story was so altered by screenwriters Patrick Massett and John Zinman that they could just as well have altered it a smidge more to avoid being so clichéd. The Canadian company has become Washoe Mining of Reno, Nevada, headed up by Kenny Wells. McConaughey plays Wells in what we now recognize as full-on gimme-an-Oscar mode: not smooth or suave, but sweaty and blowzy and faux bald, suffering from a deplorable excess of personality, showing off his Method weight-gain in comic scenes of near nudity. Wells latches onto geologist Michael Acosta (Edgar Ramírez), whose intuition tells him gold might
be found in a remote valley in Indonesia. This allows director Stephen Gaghan (in his first feature since 2005’s Syriana) to stage a couple of nice shots that look like something out of Raiders of the Lost Ark, with dudes in Indiana Jones hats gazing out over the jungle. But this is not a treasure-hunt adventure. Soon, sleek-suited Wall Streeters are desperate to invest in what looks like the “largest gold mine of the decade” (and, later, the largest one “ever”), but Wells is stubborn and wants to maintain control of his find. Except it’s not really Wells’ find, it’s Acosta’s, and for a long while I wondered why Gold wasn’t Acosta’s story. If it had been, it would have automatically smashed many of the clichés that bring Gold down. As is, we’re meant to identify with Wells’ refusal to bow down to the corporate big boys and his tenacity in sticking with his “dream.” But in spite of McConaughey’s gusto for the character, Wells just isn’t very interesting. Wells is, in fact, rather contemptible for reasons that—no spoilers—undermine the little bit of meat that Gold has: its mild condemnation of the house of cards that is high finance, and of corruption and collusion among governments and corporations. Gold seems to imply, for a little while at least, that it’s a bad thing that everyone in the movie thinks that as long as they’re all getting rich, nothing else matters, not even reality, like having an actual lump of gold to hold in your hand. But the movie ends up condoning those attitudes, without even realizing what it’s doing. Wells may be bursting with purpose, but Gold certainly isn’t. Gold opens at the Carmike 12 Fri., Jan. 27.
Friday, January 27th, 7PM . Dennison Theatre . Tickets: $8 all ages www.missoulasymphony.org . 721-3194 . 320 East Main St.
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[film] Simmons and John Goodman. Playing at the Pharaohplex and Carmike 12.
OPENING THIS WEEK A DOG’S PURPOSE A heroic pooch is resurrected as a series of different breeds. Doesn’t that sound nice? Maybe Google what happened behind the scenes before seeing this one. Rated PG. Stars Dennis Quaid, Josh Gad and K.J. Apa. Playing at the Carmike 12 and the Pharaohplex.
ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, a band of rebels must steal the designs for the Galactic Empire’s new super weapon, a moon-sized, planet-destroying Death Star. Rated PG-13. Stars Felicity Jones, Diego Luna and the CGI ghost of Peter Cushing. Playing at the Carmike 12 and the Pharaohplex.
GOLD Based on the true story of the Bre-X mining scandal, a schluby businessman teams with a geologist to get rich in the jungles of Indonesia. Rated R. Stars Matthew McCon-AU-ghey, Édgar Ramírez and Bryce Dallas Howard. Playing at the Carmike 12.
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. Stars Andrew Garfield, Adam Driver and Liam Neeson. Playing at the Roxy through Jan., 26.
JACKIE Follow Camelot’s first lady from her early days in the White House through her life after JFK’s assassination. Rated R. Stars Natalie Portman, Great Gerwig and Peter Sarsgaard. Playing at the Roxy. RESIDENT EVIL: THE FINAL CHAPTER Alice returns to zombie apocalpyse ground zero to battle the evil Umbrella Corporation. Can you believe there are six of these movies? Rated R. Stars Milla Jovovich, Ali Larter and Ruby Rose. Playing at the Carmike 12 and the Pharaohplex.
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. BOOGIE NIGHTS It takes a tremendous amount of talent to succeed in the booming pornography industry of the late ’70s. Huge talent. Just the biggest talent you’ve ever seen. Rated R. Stars Mark Wahlberg, Julianne Moore and Burt Reynolds. Playing Sat., Jan. 28 at 8 PM at the Roxy. 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. Di-
The neat thing is you know exactly what day this photo is supposed to take place. Jackie opens at the Roxy. rected by Otto Bell, narrated by Daisy Ridley. Playing at the Roxy. THE FOUNDER Do you want fries with your biopic of McDonald’s big wig Ray Kroc? Rated PG-13. Stars Michael Keaton, Nick Offerman and John Carroll Lynch. Playing at the Carmike 12. FREE THE MIND After meeting with the Dalai Lama, Professor Richard Davidson started using the same methods he used to study depression to study compassion. Not Rated. Directed by Phie Ambo. Playing Sun., Jan. 29 at 5 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 and the Pharaohplex.
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SING The best way for a broke koala to save his failing theater is to host a local singing competition. Too bad his assistant offered $100,000 in prize money they don’t have. Rated PG. Stars the voice talents of Matthew McConaughey, Reese Witherspoon and Nick Kroll. Playing at the Carmike 12 and the Pharaohplex.
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.
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 PG-13. Stars James McAvoy, Betty Buckley and Haley Lu Richardson. Playing at the Carmike 12 and the Pharaohplex.
MOANA An adventurous teenager sails out on a daring mission to save her people with a little help from a demi-god. Rated PG. Disney’s computer-animated musical stars the voices of Auli’i Cravalho, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and Alan Tudyk. Playing at the Carmike 12.
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.
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.
YU-GI-OH!: THE DARK SIDE OF DIMENSIONS A young man, possessed by the spirit of an Egyptian pharaoh, plays an even nerdier game than Magic: The Gathering against a cult of puzzle enthusiasts. Rated PG. Playing at the Carmike 12 Sat., Jan 28 and Sun., Jan. 29 at 12:30 PM.
THE MUPPETS Kermit and the gang get the band back together to save their beloved theater from a rich old oil tycoon. Rated PG. Stars Jason Segel, Amy Adams and Fozzie Bear. Playing Sun., Jan. 29 at 2:45 PM at the Roxy.
Capsule reviews by Charley Macorn.
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.
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.
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The clam chowder of sheer survival by Rachel Collins
RESISTANCE KITCHEN
Spend a weekend being a little depressed and a lot nostalgic. Run into an old fling at a bar, listen to music from high school and Bruce Springsteen in the car, cruise by the old coffee shop. Worry that you are too much, but you don’t do enough. Go see Star Wars and sob heavily. Go to bed too late and resolve to make clam, corn and potato chowder on Sunday, so at least you’ve done something. Ingredients 5 lb. smallish clams, scrubbed, or just, like, a ton of canned 8 oz. bacon, cut up, or just kind of taken out of the package poorly 2 celery stalks, cut smallish 2 big-ish shallots, minced 1 tbsp of chopped garlic 4 smallish red potatoes, diced, with skin because who cares? 16 oz. package of frozen corn 2 bay leaves, because you think yours are old 2 tbsp cornstarch 2 cups heavy cream 1 tbsp tomato paste 2 tbsp spanish style cooking wine, or cooking sherry kosher salt freshly ground pepper Old Bay to taste crusty bread to munch on Directions Put the clams in a big ol’ pot with just enough water to cover them. Cook clams open, and toss any that don’t open. Scoop the clams out of the pot and save that liquid. Don’t do this if you’re using canned. Just, like, get a carton of seafood broth or something in case you need it. As you wait for clams to boil, put the bacon in a dutch oven and cook till crisp and some fat has rendered. Take the bacon out of the pot, drain on paper
towels, munch on it a li’l bit, it’s OK. Add the shallot, celery and garlic to the bacon grease. Add salt and pepper till it tastes about what you like. Dump the potatoes in after the shallots go clear to build some starch in the pan. After the potatoes have been going for a good minute, dump a couple cups of the hot clam water into the dutch oven, until the potatoes look pretty covered. You may have to strain the hot clam water as you dump it, because sometimes you break a clam and some shell gets in. Oops. It’s fine. While you wait for the potatoes to cook up to forkable, take the clam meat out of the shells, or pop the top shell off of the clams, whatever your aesthetic. Take some of the hot clam water and make a slurry with the cornstarch to thicken it if the potatoes don’t get it to your thickness. When the potatoes are tender, add the corn, tomato paste, and wine. Add some Old Bay—it seems right, right? Add the cornstarch if you think the chowder is too thin. When the soup is hot again, add the cream, give it a good stir, and then add the clams—or keep them off to the side to top the thing with, because you’re pretty sure while you were thinking about all the shows you taped off of Comedy Central, you overcooked the clams, and you don’t need to make it worse. If you are using canned, just dump ’em in— honestly, that’s the right idea. Turn the heat off, dump the soup in some bowls, never remember to take the bay leaves out. Sit down to eat and worry that the broth separated. You know what, you’ve done a good job surviving. Maybe that’s the most you can muster, but you’ve managed to stay alive. Good job. Resistance Kitchen is a blog about food and politics at resistancekitchen.tumblr.com. Rachel Collins is a Cuban-American Texan who likes to complain about gas on twitter as @RachelTheC or on Tumblr as @tryingtoohardenough.
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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. $-$$$
Butterfly Herbs 232 N. Higgins 728-8780 Celebrating 44 years of great coffees and teas. Truly the “essence of Missoula.” Offering fresh coffees, teas (Evening in Missoula), bulk spices and botanicals, fine toiletries & gifts. Our cafe features homemade soups, fresh salads, and coffee ice cream specialties. In the heart of historic downtown, we are Missoula’s first and favorite Espresso Bar. Open 7 Days. $
Bernice’s Bakery 190 South 3rd West 728-1358 Nothing says Bernice’s like the cold, grey month of January. Come in, sit quietly, or share a table with friends in our warm and cozy dining room. Enjoy a cup of joe, a slice of cake, or a breakfast pastry as the sun beams in through our large glass windows. Want a healthy lunch? Come by in the afternoon and try a salad sampler or Bernice’s own Garlic Hummus Sandwich on our Honey Whole Wheat Bread. Bless you all in 2017! xoxo bernice. $-$$
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. $-$$
Biga Pizza 241 W. Main Street 728-2579 Biga Pizza offers a modern, downtown dining environment combined with traditional brick oven pizza, calzones, salads, sandwiches, specials and desserts. All dough is made using a “biga” (pronounced bee-ga) which is a timehonored Italian method of bread making. Biga Pizza uses local products, the freshest produce as well as artisan meats and cheeses. Featuring seasonal menus. Lunch and dinner, Mon-Sat. Beer & Wine available. $-$$ Bridge Pizza 600 S Higgins Ave. 542-0002 bridgepizza.com A popular local eatery on Missoula's Hip Strip. Featuring handcrafted artisan brick oven pizza, pasta, sandwiches, soups, & salads made with fresh, seasonal ingredients. Missoula's place for pizza by the slice. A unique selection of regional microbrews and gourmet sodas. Dine-in, drive-thru, & delivery. Open everyday 11am 10:30pm. $-$$
Burns Street Bistro 1500 Burns St. 543-0719 burnsstbistro.com We cook the freshest local ingredients as a matter of pride. Our relationship with local farmers, ranchers and other businesses allows us to bring quality, scratch cooking and fresh-brewed Black Coffee Roasting Co. coffee and espresso to Missoula’s Historic Westside neighborhood. Handmade breads & pastries, soups, salads & sandwiches change with the seasons, but our commitment to delicious food does not. Mon-Fri 7am - 2pm. Sat/Sun Brunch 9am - 2pm. $-$$
Good Food Store 1600 S. 3rd West 541-FOOD The GFS Deli features made-to-order sandwiches, Fire Deck pizza & calzones, rice & noodle wok bowls, an award-winning salad bar, an olive & antipasto bar and a self-serve hot bar offering a variety of housemade breakfast, lunch and dinner entrées. A seasonally-changing selection of deli salads and rotisserie-roasted chickens are also available. Locallyroasted 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 $-$$ Iron Horse Brew Pub 501 N. Higgins 728-8866 ironhorsebrewpub.com We’re the perfect place for lunch, appetizers, or dinner. Enjoy nightly specials, our fantastic beverage selection and friendly, attentive service. Stop by & stay awhile! No matter what you are looking for, we’ll give you something to smile about. $$-$$$
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[dish] Iza 529 S. Higgins 830-3237 izarestaurant.com Local Asian cuisine feature SE Asian, Japanese, Korean and Indian dishes. Gluten Free and Vegetarian no problem. Full Beer, Wine, Sake and Tea menu. We have scratch made bubble teas. Come in for lunch, dinner, drinks or just a pot of awesome tea. Open Mon-Fri: Lunch 11:30-3pm, Happy Hour 3-6pm, Dinner M-Sat 3pm-close. $-$$ Liquid Planet 223 N. Higgins 541-4541 Whether it’s coffee or cocoa, water, beer or wine, or even a tea pot, French press or mobile mug, Liquid Planet offers the best beverage offerings this side of Neptune. Missoula’s largest espresso and beverage bar, along with fresh and delicious breakfast and lunch options from breakfast burritos and pastries to paninis and soups. Peruse our global selection of 1,000 wines, 400 beers and sodas, 150 teas, 30 locally roasted coffees, and a myriad of super cool beverage accessories and gifts. Find us on facebook at /BestofBeverage. Open daily 7:30am to 9pm. Liquid Planet Grille 540 Daly 540-4209 (corner of Arthur & Daly across from the U of M) MisSOULa’s BEST new restaurant of 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. $-$$ Missoula Senior Center 705 S. Higgins Ave. (on the hip strip) 543-7154 themissoulaseniorcenter.org Did you know the Missoula Senior Center serves delicious hearty lunches every week day for only $4 for those on the Nutrition Program, $5 for U of M Students with a valid student ID and $6 for all others. Children under 10 eat free. Join us from 11:30 - 12:30 M-F for delicious food and great conversation. $ The Mustard Seed Asian Cafe Southgate Mall 542-7333 Contemporary Asian fusion cuisine. Original recipes and fresh ingredients combine the best of Japanese, Chinese, Polynesian, and Southeast Asian influences. Full menu available at the bar. Award winning desserts made fresh daily , local and regional micro brews, fine wines & signature cocktails. Vegetarian and Gluten free menu available. Takeout & delivery. $$-$$$ Korean Bar-B-Que & Sushi 3075 N. Reserve 327-0731 We invite you to visit our contemporary KoreanJapanese restaurant and enjoy it’s warm atmosphere. Full Sushi Bar. Korean bar-b-que at your table. Beer and Wine. $$-$$$
Orange Street Food Farm 701 S. Orange St. 543-3188 orangestreetfoodfarm.com Experience The Farm today!!! Voted number one Supermarket & Retail Beer Selection. Fried chicken, fresh meat, great produce, vegan, gluten free, all natural, a HUGE beer and wine selection, and ROCKIN’ music. What deal will you find today? $-$$$
Meet at Katie O’Keefe’s? You bet.
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Pearl Cafe 231 E. Front St. 541-0231 pearlcafe.us Country French meets the Northwest. Idaho Trout with King Crab, Beef Filet with Green Peppercorn Sauce, Fresh Seasonal Fish, Three Course Bistro Menu Tuesday through Thursdays, House Made Sourdough Bread & Delectable Desserts. Extensive wine list, local beer on draft. Reservations recommended. Visit us on Facebook or go to Pearlcafe.us to check out our nightly specials, bistro menus, 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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Where you’re drinking: There’s not a lot in this world more satisfying than watching a friend throw caution to the wind and risk a dance with Lady Luck for the very first time. Maybe satisfying is the wrong word. Edifying? Doesn’t matter. The point is, I recently watched a friend bet on horseracing for the first time, the second time and the third time in the span of a Rainier and a half. Given how cheap a Rainier is, our evening broke roughly even with an average night downtown, with a much higher laugh rating. By virtue of Montana’s off-track betting laws, this went down in the only Missoula establishment that allows patrons to wager on the ponies in real time: Katie O’Keefe’s. A crisp $20 slid into the magical machine somehow let someone at the Charles Town track in West Virginia know that a rube in Montana liked the sound of Patriot Lady in the ninth. Patriot Lady won. Rube made a couple bucks. Rube puts bucks back into the magical machine and the cycle continued. Meanwhile, rube’s girlfriend rolled her eyes and probably started thinking about next month’s rent. The excitement was akin to watching someone kick over a stone and discover a penny—nothing to write home about, but hey,
free money. And I won’t lie: It proved infectious. Half the room—OK, three people— wound up placing wagers. (Thanks for nothing, Western Showdown.) What you’re drinking: Whatever’s cheap, or whatever the casino’s drink wheel happens to give you a discount on on. Money is for the magical machine, remember? Who you’re drinking with: Folks at the bar and folks at Keno machines. The horserace room (yes, there’s a separate horserace room) was vacant on the night in question, but given how contentious the county’s decision to abandon live racing at the Missoula fairgrounds was, I’m betting that’s not always the case. Where to go: Katie O’Keefe’s is tucked away in Stephens Center. It’s one of those hidden gems locals like to keep hidden. So don’t tell ’em we sent you. —Alex Sakariassen Happiest Hour celebrates western Montana watering holes. To recommend a bar, bartender or beverage for Happiest Hour, email editor@missoulanews.com.
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SUN | 8 PM | WILMA Brett Dennen plays a seated show at the Wilma Sun., Jan. 29. Doors at 7 PM, show at 8. $26.
THU | 8 PM | WILMA Sunshine reggae superstars Iration plays the Wilma Thu., Feb. 2. Doors at 7 PM, show at 8. $28/$25 advance.
SAT | 8 PM | MONK’S Rekoil plays Monk's Sat., Jan 28 at 8 PM. 18-plus. $15/$10 advance.
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SAT | 10 PM | TOP HAT Off in the Woods plays the official Fly Fishing Film Tour After Party at the Top Hat Sat., Jan. 28. 10 PM. Free.
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SAT | MCT Urinetown: The Musical continues at the MCT Center for the Performing Arts Thu., Jan. 26, through Sat., Jan. 29. $25. Visit mctinc.org for tickets.
FRI | 7 PM | BREAK ESPRESSO Shelley Pickett plays Break Espresso Fri., Jan. 27 at 7 PM. Free.
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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 veterans 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 Montana Museum of Art and Culture hosts an opening reception of its spring exhibition Intimate West: Women Artists in Montana. 5 PM– 7 PM. Free. 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. 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.
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Letter B brings beats and bass by the brewery. Draught Works Brewery, that is. 6 PM–8 PM. Free. 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. 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. Neil Simon’s Barefoot in the Park continues at the Montana Rep Theatre. 7:30 PM. $20/$16 students. Odds are Chance McKinney plays the Sunrise Saloon. Who wants a piece of this action? 8:30 PM. Free. Shramana wraps up their residency at the VFW with Wizzerd, Stone Elk and Isaac Operandi. 9 PM. $5. Iron Eyes set their sights on the Palace. 9 PM. Free. 21-plus. 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.
Iron Eyes plays the Palace Thu., Jan. 26. Free.
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John T. Williams’ Black Train is Coming screens as part of the Kinetoscope Film Festival.
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The idea of dance on film conjures two images. The first is the large lavish dance numbers popularized by films such as Singing in the Rain, Breakin' and the recent La La Land. The other image is of the impressive stack of VHS tapes of
Film Festival’s short films don't just perform on screen. The lens follows the dancers in such a way that they’re able to move freely, bobbing and weaving through the frame and taking the audience with them. All of the Kinetoscope films are selected from international subWHAT: Kinetoscope Film Festival missions to the Sans Souci Festival of Dance WHO: Bare Bait Dance and the Sans Souci Festival of Dance Cinema Cinema in Boulder, Colorado, and come to WHERE: The Roxy Theater Missoula through a WHEN: Sat., Jan. 28 and Sun., Jan 29, 4 PM and 6 PM. partnership with Bare Bait Dance. The lineup HOW MUCH: $10 for one show, $15 for both. includes the Australian film Dance Like Your MORE INFO: sanssoucifest.org for a full schedule and lineup. Old Man, where six daughters bring their fathers to life in a my own ballet recitals my mother filmed with a dance of imitation. American Black Train is Coming camcorder and then never watched. That aside, features a modern dance piece paired with a 1920s screendance fuses the worlds of dance and film in fire and brimstone sermon. – Charley Macorn new, exciting ways. The dancers in Kinetoscope
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Friday The Back to School Blowout brings the best hip hop from across the state to Monk’s. Codependents, Rude Max Talus Orion, Partygoers and Elair perform. 9 PM. $5 18-20/ $3 21plus. Montana Senior Corps hosts a day of providing services and resources for the homeless. Food, medicinal, dental and eye care as well as ID, financial and employment information and HIV testing. 10 AM–3 PM. Missoula County Fairgrounds. 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. Folks with disabilities can get creative at Art Group, every second and fourth Friday of the month at Summit Independent Living from 2–4 PM. Call 7281630. 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.
nightlife 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.
Hawthorne Roots play Bitter Root Brewery. 6 PM–8:30 PM. Free. The Burns Street Bistro hosts a special fourcourse meal to honor their namesake Robert Burns. I guess we’re all just going to ignore the influence of Sally “Street” Bistro IV, huh? 6:25 PM. Call 406546-0719 to RSVP. $35 James Hamblin reads from his new book If Our Bodies Could Talk: A Guide to Operating and Maintaining a Human Body. We have to make sure the pod people never hear of this. Shakespeare & Co. 7 PM. Break Espresso hosts the live music of Shelley Pickett. 7 PM. Free. Neil Simon’s Barefoot in the Park continues at the Montana Rep Theatre. 7:30 PM. $20/$16 students.
The Sweet Lilies play the Top Hat Fri., Jan. 27. 10 PM. Free.
Urinetown: The Musical continues at the MCT Center for the Performing Arts. 7:30 PM. $25. Visit mctinc.org for tickets. The VFW Variety Hours features a hodgepodge of new genres and local songwriters. This month, Marshall Granger, Jess the Ocelot, Gooseberries and War Pony and the Pool Boys perform. $3. 9 PM.
Is it ironic that someone with such a calm name can play such rocking music? Joan Zen plays the Union Club. 9:30 PM. Free.
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Good luck Googling this band. 406 plays the Sunrise Saloon. 9:30 PM. Free.
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The Sweet Lillies play the Top Hat. 10 PM. Free.
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I wonder what universe these guys are from? Billings based acoustic trio The Mandela Effect play Imagine Nation Brewing. 6 PM–8 PM. Free. The Top Hat presents FamilyFriendly Friday, a time where parents and their kids can socialize, listen to music, eat great food and have fun. Free.
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Saturday 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. Get your fresh produce and farm-direct goodies when Stage 112 hosts the Missoula Valley Winter Market from 9 AM–1 PM.
On your marks, get set, snow! The Winterfest Frost Fever Frozen Frolic 5K lets you look down your nose at people who’ve never raced in the winter. Everything kicks off at MPR Sports & Wellness at 10 AM. $30. Call 406-721-7875 for registration. Looking to greenify your thumb? Missoula Public Library hosts the fourth annual Seed Swap. Get free seeds
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Catina Brasil plays Imagine Nation Brewing Sat., Jan. 28. 6 PM–8 PM. Free.
Jeff Medley and Kate Scott star in Nick Payne’s Constellations opening at the Roxy Theater. Marianne, a Cambridge University academic, explains to Roland, a beekeeper, that every action we take and decision we make exists in a quantum multiverse alongside parallel universes where we made a different decision or did something else. In the quantum multiverse, there exists a version of you that drives a different car, doesn't drive a car, is a car or at the very least, is married to one. In some, we don't exist because our parents, or their parents or Warren G. Harding made a different decision than the ones that led to our existence. WHAT: Nick Payne’s Constellations WHO: BetweenTheLines Theatre WHERE: The Roxy WHEN: Wed., Feb. 3 at 7 PM. HOW MUCH: $12 for special preview MORE INFO: roxytheater.org Nick Payne's Constellations, produced by BetweenTheLines’ theater company, follows awkward nerds Marianne and Roland as they meet and fall in love. Sometimes they don't. But sometimes they do. Sometimes he talks to her first. Sometimes she talks to him. Sometimes they hit it off, sometimes they don't. The couple's life threads through the quantum multiverse, showing the different routes life takes based on their choices and outcomes. So in the grand multiverse, you know there's a version of you that goes to see Constellations. I mean, what do I know, I'm just a car. – Charley Macorn
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and learn how to extend your growing season. 10 AM–2 PM.
and 6 PM. $10/$15 for both shows. (See Spotlight)
normally takes two to tango, no partner or experience required.
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.
The Fly Fishing Film Tour brings the best of fly fishing in cinema to the Wilma. 4 PM and 8 PM. $18.
A recent review said that Rekoil’s music sounds like a robot learned to rap. Sign. Me. Up. Monk’s. 8 PM. 18-plus. $15/$10 advance.
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. 11 AM. $5. 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. Ken and Barb Wallace sign copies of their new children’s book Pop Pop Tease-A-Lot at the Garden of Read’n. 1 PM–3 PM. 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. Fusing dance and film, Bare Bait Dance screens 20 distinct screendances at the Roxy Theater. 4 PM
nightlife Missoula’s newest nonprofit listenersupported radio station, 105.5FM KFGM, kicks off with a launch party at the Union Club. 5 PM–7 PM. Free. Lochwood plays Bitter Root Brewing. 6 PM–8:30 PM. Free. TopHouse plays the Highlander taproom at Missoula Brewing Co. 6 PM–9 PM. Free. Imagine Nation’s Saturday Night Live music features the best in local music. This week enjoy the hot dance music of Canta Brasil. 6 PM–8 PM. Free. The Loose String Band play at Draught Works Brewery. 6 PM–8 PM. Free. Urinetown: The Musical continues at the MCT Center for the Performing Arts. 7:30 PM. $25. Visit mctinc.org for tickets. Learn the basics of Argentine tango with a beginner’s class and social dance at Missoula Winery. $10/$8 students. 8 PM. While it
The UM Women’s Resource Center’s annual Panty Rock Drag Show raises funds for next month’s staging of The Vagina Monologues. The Palace. 8 PM. 21-plus. $10. Tango Missoula hosts an introductory class and milonga social dance on the fourth Saturday of each month. The beginner lesson starts at 8 PM followed by dancing from 9 PM to midnight. No experience or partner necessary! Potluck food and refreshments. $8/$6 for students. 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. Good luck Googling this band. 406 plays the Sunrise Saloon. 9:30 PM. Free. Idle Ranch Hands play the Union Club while my cows are literally dying in a field. 9:30 PM. Free. Off in the Woods plays the official Fly Fishing Film Tour After Party at the Top Hat. Good for those crazy kids. 10 PM. Free.
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Sunday 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. Urinetown: The Musical continues with a matinee at MCT Center for the Performing Arts. 2 PM. $25. Visit mctinc.org for tickets. Fusing dance and film, Bare Bait Dance screens 20 distinct screendances at the Roxy Theater. 4 PM and 6 PM. $10/$15 for both shows. (See Spotlight)
plays Draught Works Brewery. 5 PM–7 PM. Free. Every Sunday, Imagine Nation hosts Jazzination, the perfect excuse to indulge your inner Lisa Simpson. 5 PM–8 PM. Free. Urinetown: The Musical continues at MCT Center for the Performing Arts. 6:30 PM. $25. Visit mctinc.org for tickets.
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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 406273-2297 to sign up. No cover.
Who lives in a pineapple under the sea? Scratchdog Stringband
Are you sure it’s Brett Dennen and not Brett Weasley? Okay then.
Brett Dennen plays a seated show at the Wilma. Doors at 7 PM, show at 8. $26. Coffee Can Stash dips into its nest egg of funky jazz for a show at the Red Bird Wine Bar. 7 PM–10 PM. Free. 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.
Scratchdog Stringband plays Draught Works Brewery. 5 PM–7 PM. Free.
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Monday Spend Monday morning exploring before enjoying a hot beverage with Missoula Movers Coffee Walks. This week, explore the Rattlesnake Powerline Trail. 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 a local organization. 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. 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.
Shake off your Monday blues at the Dram Shop with $3 drinks every Monday. 12 PM–9 PM.
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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.
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.
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A six-session course covering the how-tos of photography starts at Rocky Mountain School of Photography. Topics covered include how to use f-stops, shutter speeds and ISO to achieve proper exposure. 6 PM–8:30 PM. Visit rmsp.com for more info and registration. $115. Bingo at the VFW: The easiest way to make rent since keno. 245 W. Main. 6:30 PM. $12 buy-in. 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.
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Wednesday at 4:30 PM. But I know you’ll show up at 4:20. Free. All ages.
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 406-721-0033 for more info. 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. Join recently-retired Deputy Chief of State Jim Hubbard for his talk “Crossing Boundaries: A Dialogue of Landscape Outcomes” at the UC Ballroom. 4 PM. Free.
nightlife Fifteen percent from meals purchased at Caffe Dolce go to support Planned Parenthood. 5 PM–9 PM.
The 1,000 Hands For Peace meditation group uses ancient mudras for cleansing the heart. Meets Tuesdays at 5:30–6:30 PM at Jeannette Rankin Peace Center. Donations accepted. Dust off that banjolin and join in the Top Hat’s picking circle, 6–8 PM every Tuesday. All ages. 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. Mike Avery hosts the Music Showcase every Tuesday, featuring some of Missoula’s finest musical talent at the Badlander, 7 PM–10 PM. To sign up, email michael.avery@live.com. Ohtis, Fallow, PCC’s and Beatzlevox play the Palace. Thanks folks, my computer’s spellchecker just exploded. 8 PM. Free. Step up your factoid game at Quizzoula trivia night, every Tuesday at the VFW. 8:30 PM. Free. Our trivia question for this week: The name Jessica was first used by which writer? Answer in tomorrow’s Nightlife. 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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Nonviolent Communication Practice Group facilitated by Patrick Marsolek every Wednesday at Jeannette Rankin Peace Center. 12–1 PM. Email info@patrickmarsolek.com or 406443-3439 for more information. Lil’ Bugs Early Childhood Program is a chance for bug lovers and their parents to learn about insects. Missoula Butterfly House and Insectar-
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.
Britchy plays Great Burn Brewing Wed., Feb. 1. 6 PM–8 PM. Free.
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 market and promote your farm. $15. Visit farmlinkmontana.org for more info and registration. 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. Grand ideas are welcome but hemlock tea is frowned upon at the Socrates Cafe, an informal meeting to discuss philosophy using the Socratic method. Missoula Public Library, the first Wednesday of every month at 7 PM.
Wednesday Great Burn Brewing hosts Britchy’s brand of Americana. 6 PM–8 PM. Free.
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.
ium. First and third Wednesday of every month, 12:15–1:15 PM. Visit missoulabutterflyhouse.org. NAMI Missoula hosts a free arts and crafts group for adults living with mental illness every Wednesday at 2 PM.
BetweenTheLines Theatre presents a special preview of Nick Payne’s Constellations. A play about free will, friendship, quantum multiverse theory and love. 7 PM. The Roxy. $12. (See Spotlight)
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Got two left feet? Well, throw them away and head down to Sunrise Saloon for beginners’ dance lessons. 7 PM. $5.
At the Phish Happy Hour you can enjoy Phish music, video and more at the Top Hat every
Win big bucks off your bar tab and/or free pitchers by answering trivia questions at Brains
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on Broadway Trivia Night at the Broadway Sports Bar and Grill, 1609 W. Broadway Ave. 7 PM. Trivia answer: William Shakespeare. Is the hard knock life getting you down? The Adams Center hosts the stage version of everyone’s favorite non-Batman orphan, Annie. 7:30 PM. $35-$50. 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. 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. Get your yodel polished up for rockin’ country karaoke night, every Wed. at the Sunrise Saloon. 9 PM. Free. 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. Painful inflammation and stiffness of the joints can interfere with everyday tasks, but those living with arthritis can find support at Summit Independent Living. The Arthritis Support Group meets every first Thursday of the month, from noon-1 PM.
one of them is playing the Wilma. Doors at 7 PM, show at 8. $28/$25 advance. 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. Neil Simon’s Barefoot in the Park continues at the Montana Rep Theatre. 7:30 PM. $20/$16 students.
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The Andy Sydow Band plays Bitter Root Brewing Thu., Feb. 2. 6 PM–8:30 PM. Free. Missoula Partners for Reintegration hold a community discussion on certifying Peer Support Recovery Coaches and their work helping individuals in recovery. City Council Chambers. 12:30 PM–1:30 PM. 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.
nightlife Learn, connect and get involved at Climate Smart’s monthly meetings at Imagine Nation Brewing. This month’s topic is how to encourage zero waste. 5 PM–7 PM. The Andy Sydow Band brings slide guitar and boogie-woogie piano to Bitter Root Brewing. 6 PM–8:30 PM. Free. Russ Nasset plays at Draught Works Brewery. 6 PM–8 PM. Free. Iration is a reggae band. I, Ration is the memoirs of a package of sugar in post-war Great Britain. Don’t confuse the two because
Lucky Penny, Tiny Plastic Stars, No Fancy and Kaylen Alan Krebsbach aren’t just the partial contents of my junk drawer. They’re also the bands playing at the Palace tonight. 9 PM. Free. Knock knock? Who’s there? Missoula’s Homegrown Stand-Up Comedy open mic at the Union Club. Sign up at 9:30 PM. Show at 10. Free. Start spreading the news! There’s karaoke today! You don’t need to be a veteran of the Great White Way to sing your heart out at the Broadway Bar. 9:30 PM. Free. Local Yokel, everyone’s favorite local yokels, performs 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 Cal-eesi, Mother of Calendars c/o the Independent, 317 S. Orange St., Missoula, MT 59801. Or submit your events online at missoulanews.bigskypress.com. Writers who use subtext are cowards.
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Agenda I know calling this a pet peeve is reductive to a very important issue facing our community and the world around us, but I just can't stand it when someone tells a homeless person to just “get a job.” How disconnected are these people that they think getting a job without an address, driver’s license or basic human needs is an easy solution? And while homelessness is a much more complex issue than even I'm portraying it here, the simple answer of telling someone that being homeless is just an easily resolved problem is stupid. Looking at homelessness as a choice is dangerous. There is no easy solution to this problem, and even if there was, asking those most at risk, without the basic necessities we take for granted, to do it all themselves isn't going to solve anything. The solution rests with us as a community. Missoula Aging Services’ Project Homeless
THURSDAY JANUARY 26 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. 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.
FRIDAY JANUARY 27 Montana Senior Corps hosts a day of providing services and resources for the homeless. Food, medicinal, dental and eye care as well as ID, financial and employment information and HIV testing. 10 AM–3 PM. Missoula County Fairgrounds. 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. Folks with disabilities can get creative at Art Group, every second and fourth Friday of the month at Summit Independent Living from 2-4 PM. Call 728-1630.
MONDAY JANUARY 30 Sip a fancy cocktail for a cause at Moscow Monday at the Montgomery Distillery. A dollar from every drink sold is donated to a local organization. 12 PM–8 PM. 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. Find out how the Garden City grows at the weekly Missoula City Council meeting, where you can no doubt expect ranting public commenters, PowerPoint presentations and subtle wit from Mayor Engen. Missoula council chambers, 140 W. Pine St. Meetings are the first four Mondays of every month at 7 PM, except for holidays.
TUESDAY JANUARY 31 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. 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.
Connect hosts a day of providing resources to those who are homeless or facing homelessness at the Missoula Fairgrounds. A staff of volunteers offers medical and dental care including HIV and hepatitis testing, as well as help with obtaining birth certificates, driver licenses and employment opportunities. People can also get haircuts, clothing and legal and pet services. And like any volunteer event, it is the power of the people behind it. MAS is looking for people both skilled in these areas and unskilled to help provide a better future for Missoulians in need. —Charley Macorn Project Homeless Connect takes place at the Missoula Fairgrounds Fri., Jan. 27 from 10 AM to 3 PM. To volunteer call Judy Douglas at 406-728-7682.
Fifteen percent from meals purchased at Cafe Dolce go to support Planned Parenthood. 5 PM–9 PM. The 1,000 Hands For Peace meditation group uses ancient mudras for cleansing the heart. Meets Tuesdays at 5:30–6:30 PM at Jeannette Rankin Peace Center. Donations accepted. 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 FEBRUARY 1 Nonviolent Communication Practice Group facilitated by Patrick Marsolek every Wednesday at Jeannette Rankin Peace Center. 12–1 PM. Email info@patrickmarsolek.com or 406-443-3439 for more information. 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 market and promote your farm. $15. Visit farmlinkmontana.org for more info and registration. Grand ideas are welcome but hemlock tea is frowned upon at the Socrates Cafe, an informal meeting to discuss philosophy using the Socratic method. Missoula Public Library, the first Wednesday of every month at 7 PM.
THURSDAY FEBRUARY 2 Painful inflammation and stiffness of the joints can interfere with everyday tasks, but those living with arthritis can find support at Summit Independent Living. The Arthritis Support Group meets every first Thursday of the month, from noon-1 PM. Missoula Partners for Reintegration hold a community discussion on certifying Peer Support Recovery Coaches. and their work helping individuals in recovery. City Council Chambers. 12:30 PM–1:30 PM. 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. Learn, connect, and get involved at Climate Smart’s monthly meetings at Imagine Nation Brewing. This month’s topic is how to encourage zero waste. 5 PM–7 PM.
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MOUNTAIN HIGH I'm a little embarrassed that I've never run a 5K. It's just one of those things, like hiking the M trail or driving a Subaru, that seems to be hardwired into Missoula's DNA. Honestly, while I'm fairly confident that I have run further than five kilometers combined in my life, I can tell you that every single step was under protest. But if I were to bite the bullet and sign up for one, I would absolutely do one in the winter. My reasoning is twofold. First, if I'm on the trail and immediately regret deciding to do it, as I'm sure I will, I can pretend to slip on the ice and go have a drink instead. This is the same way I got out of my first marriage, so I shouldn't have any problem getting away with it again. Secondly, if that plan falls apart like it did when I tried it to get out of my second marriage (there's not a lot of ice in Cuba) and
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.
FRIDAY JANUARY 27 I don’t know about you, but wrapping up my work week by watching some poor cricket getting devoured by a large Chilean tarantula is somehow very satisfying. Tarantula feeding at the Missoula Butterfly House and Insectarium, every Friday at 4 PM. $4 admission.
SATURDAY JANUARY 28 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. On your marks, get set, snow! The Winterfest Frost Fever Frozen Frolic 5K lets you look down your nose at people who’ve never raced in the winter.
I somehow find an inner fire that pushes me to finishing, I never have to do it again. Even better, I can look down my nose at people who have only done 5Ks during warmer seasons. 2017 Winterfest Frost Fever Frozen Frolic is a 5K and 1 Mile fun run that starts and ends at McCormick Park and follows the Riverfront Trail. All participants receive 50 percent off admissions to Currents Indoor Aquatics Center during race weekend and a Winterfest mug. —Charley Macorn The 2017 Winterfest Frost Fever Frozen Frolic starts at 10 AM on Sat., Jan. 28. Visit ci.missoula.mt.us/157/ParksRecreation for more info and registration. $25. Kids under 12 race for free.
Everything kicks off at MPR Sports & Wellness at 10 AM. $30. Call 406-721-7875 for registration. Looking to greenify your thumb? Missoula Public Library hosts the fourth annual Seed Swap. Get free seeds and learn how to extend your growing season. 10 AM–2 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. 11 AM. $5. The Montana Natural History Center presents activities for kids every Saturday. Free with admission to Center. 2 PM. The Fly Fishing Film Tour brings the best of fly fishing in cinema to the Wilma. 4 PM and 8 PM. $18.
MONDAY JANUARY 30 Spend Monday morning exploring before enjoying a hot beverage with Missoula Movers Coffee Walks. This week, explore the Rattlesnake Powerline Trail. Meet at Currents Aquatics Center. 9 AM-12 PM. $5.
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By Amy Alkon MEME STREETS My girlfriend of six years is breaking up with me. My question is: How do I let our friends and my family know? I’m thinking a mass email telling my side of the story. Then I wouldn’t have to have the same conversation over and over with different people. —Glum Sending a mass email is a great way to get some piece of information out to everybody—from your best friend to 1.4 million people on Twitter to three random drunk dudes who really shouldn’t be on their phones at their boss’s funeral in Estonia. The ability we have online to dispense a little information to a whole lot of people, immediately, effortlessly, is about the coolest thing ever—and the Frankenstein monster of our time. As I write in “Good Manners for Nice People Who Sometimes Say F*ck,” because all the groovy new digital tools are so fun and easy to use, we often “fall back on what’s technically possible” as our behavioral standard. Our chimp-like impulse to just click already derails picky-wicky concerns we might otherwise have, such as “Hmm, wonder whether sending that might get me, oh, you know, fired, ostracized, and sleeping in a refrigerator box on the corner.” Consider that anything you email can be rapidly shared—and shared and shared and shared. For example, novelist and professor Robert Olen Butler emailed five of his grad students the sad (and rather creepy) details of the demise of his marriage, asking them to “clarify the issues” for other students who wanted to know. The email quickly made the rounds in the literary world and ended up in The New York Times and on Gawker, where they “clarified” that his wife had left him to become one of four women in “Ted Turner’s collection.” But even a less tawdry, less tycoon-filled breakup email may go more viral than one might like. Anthropologist Jerome Barkow, who studies gossip, explains that we evolved to be keenly interested in information that could have some bearing on our ability to survive, mate and navigate socially.As Barkow puts it (and as is borne out by others’ research), gossip about how soundly somebody’s sleeping is unlikely to be as spreadworthy as whom they’re sleeping with. However, our propensity to spread gossip may be both the problem with emailing your news and the solution to getting it out there. Consider going old-school: Ask a few, um, chatty friends to put the word out to your circle, answer any questions people have, and let your wishes be known (like if you aren’t ready to talk about it). All in all, you’ll get the job done, but in a much more controlled, contained way— one that reflects this bit of prudence from
political writer Olivia Nuzzi:“Dance like no one is watching; email like it may one day be read aloud in a deposition.”
THINKING FROM THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE CROTCH I’ve been seeing this woman for two months. I really like her. She’s made some mistakes—two bad marriages, some promiscuity, running from debts—but she’s determined to change. My friends think she’s bad news. But our relationship—though mostly sexual so far—has been terrific. Shouldn’t my intuition count more than my friends’ opinions? —Fretting When you’re deciding how to invest your life savings, you probably don’t say, “I’ll just take a moment to ask my penis.” Well, your intuition is about as reliable a judge of your girlfriend’s character. Intuitions (aka “gut feelings”) are conclusions we leap to—automatically, without the intervention of rational thought. Our mind flashes on this and that from our past experience, and up pops a feeling. The problem is, we’re prone to overconfidence that our intuitions are correct—mistaking strong feelings for informed feelings. Psychologists Daniel Kahneman and Gary Klein find that certain people’s intuitions are somewhat more likely to be trustworthy—those who repeatedly encounter the same situation, like a surgeon who only does appendectomies. Her hunches about a patient’s appendix are more informed because they come out of repeated experience and because she presumably gets corrective feedback when she guesses wrong (though, ideally, not from a monitor making that awful flatlining sound). But Kahneman tells the McKinsey Quarterly, “My general view ... would be that you should not take your intuitions at face value.” In fact, you need to go out of your way to look for evidence that your intuitions are wrong. In this case, it will take time and challenges to her character—and your actually wanting to see whether she acts ethically or does what’s easiest. In other words, your hunches can tell you things—things that need a lot of post-hunch verification through applying higher reasoning (which, again, doesn’t simply mean calling upon any organ that’s higher than your knees).
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[C2] Missoula Independent • January 26 - February 2, 2017
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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY By Rob Brezsny ARIES (March 21-April 19): Westward Ho! Is the name of a village in southwestern England. Its name is impressive because of the exclamation point. But it’s not as dramatic as that of the only town on earth with two exclamation points: Saint-Louis-du-Ha! Ha!, which is in Quebec. I invite you Aries folks to be equally daring. According to my reading of the astrological omens, you have a cosmic mandate and poetic license to cram extra !!!!s into all your writing and speaking, and even add them to the spelling of your name! Why? Because this should be one of the most exciting and ebullient phases of your astrological cycle—a time to risk showing just how enthusiastic and energetic you are!!!!! TAURUS (April 20-May 20):The New York Film Critics Circle named Casey Affleck the Best Actor of the year for his role in the film Manchester by the Sea. In his acceptance speech at the award ceremony, Affleck gave a dramatic reading of quotes by David Edelstein, a prominent critic who has criticized his work. “Mumbly and mulish,” was one of Edelstein’s jabs about Affleck. “Doesn’t have a lot of variety,” was another. A third: “Whenever I see Affleck’s name in a movie’s credits, you can expect a standard, genre B picture—slowed down and tarted up.” I suspect that in the coming weeks,Taurus, you may get a vindication comparable to Affleck’s. I suggest you have wicked fun with it, as he did. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): The roulette wheels at casinos in Monaco have 37 pockets. Eighteen are black, 18 are red, and one is green. On any particular spin, the ball has just less than half a chance of landing in a red or black pocket. But there was one night back in August of 1913, at the Casino de Monte-Carlo, when probability seemed inoperative.The little white ball kept landing on the black over and over again. Gamblers responded by increasingly placing heavy bets on red numbers. They assumed the weird luck would soon change. But it didn’t until the 27th spin. (The odds of that happening were 136,823,184 to 1.) What does this have to do with you? I suspect you’re in a comparable situation—the equivalent of about 20 spins into an improbable streak. My advice: Don’t bet on the red yet.
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CANCER (June 21-July 22): Born to a religious mother on July 8, 1839, John D. Rockefeller amassed a fortune in the oil industry. Even in comparison to modern billionaires like Bill Gates and Warren Buffet, he’s the richest American who ever lived. “God gave me the money,” he said on numerous occasions. Now I’m going to borrow the spirit of Rockefeller’s motto for your use, Cancerian. Why? Because it’s likely you will be the recipient of blessings that prompt you to wonder if the Divine Wow is involved. One of these may indeed be financial in nature. (P.S.: Such boons are even more likely to transpire if you’re anchored in your sweet, dark wisdom and your holy, playful creativity.)
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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): What influence do you need most in your life right now? Are you suffering because you lack a particular kind of help or teaching? Would you benefit from having a certain connection that you have not yet figured out how to make? Is there a person or event that could heal you if you had a better understanding about how you need to be healed? The coming weeks will be a favorable time to get useful answers to these questions—and then take action based on what you discover. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): The next two weeks will be a favorable time to kiss the feet of helpful
but not to kiss the butts of clever manipulators. I also advise you to perform acts of generosity c allies, for those who will use your gifts intelligently, but not for those who will waste your blessings or treat you like a doormat. Here’s my third point: Consider returning to an old fork in the road where you made a wrong turn, and then making the correct turn this time. But if you do, be motivated by bright hope for a different future rather than by sludgy remorse for your error.
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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): In the beginning was the wild cabbage. Our ancestors found that it had great potential as food, and proceeded to domesticate it. Over the centuries, they used selective breeding to develop many further variations on the original. Kale and kohlrabi were the first to appear. By the 15th century, cauliflower had been created. Broccoli came along a hundred years later, followed by Brussels sprouts.Today there are at least 20 cultivars whose lineage can be traced back to the wild cabbage. In my astrological opinion, you Libras are in a wild cabbage phase of your long-term cycle. In the coming months you can and should do seminal work that will ultimately generate an abundance of useful derivatives. (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): In 1733, workers finished building the New Cathedral in Salamanca, e SCORPIO Spain. But if you go there today, you will see two seemingly modern elements on one facade: carvings of a helmeted astronaut and of a gargoyle licking an ice cream cone. These two characters were added by craftsmen who did renovations on the cathedral in 1992. I offer this vignette as metaphor for your life, Scorpio. It’s a favorable time to upgrade and refine an old structure in your life. And if you do take advantage of this opening, I suggest you add modern touches. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): I suspect that in the coming weeks, you will be afforded opportunities to bend the rules in ways that could make life simpler, more pleasurable and more successful—or all of the above. To help you deal with the issue of whether these deviations would have integrity, I offer you these questions: Would bending the rules serve a higher good, not just your selfish desires? Is there an approach to bending the rules that may ultimately produce more compassionate results than not bending the rules? Could you actually get away with bending the rules, both in the sense of escaping punishment and also in the sense of being loyal to your own conscience?
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in the coming weeks. I’m not saying that you will be able to foretell the future or eavesdrop g powers on conversations from a half-mile away or transform water into whiskey-flavored coffee. But I do susCAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): I don’t necessarily guarantee that you will acquire paranormal
pect that you will at least tap further into a unique personal ability that has been mostly just potential up until now. Or you may finally start using a resource that has been available for a long time. For best results, open your imagination to the possibility that you possess dormant magic. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): A London-based think tank does an annual study to determine which of the world’s countries offers the most freedom. The Legatum Institute measures indicators like civil liberties, social tolerance and the power to choose one’s destiny. The current champion is Luxembourg. Canada is in second place. France is 22nd, the U.S. is 26th and Italy 27th. Since I’m hoping you will markedly enhance your own personal freedom in the coming months, you might want to consider moving to Luxembourg. If that’s not an option, what else could you do? The time is ripe to hatch your liberation plans.
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PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): I love to see dumpsters that have been decorated by graffiti artists. Right now there’s one by the side of a busy road that I often drive down. Its drab gray exterior has been transformed into a splash of cartoon images and scripts. Amidst signatures that look like “Riot Goof ” and “Breakfast Toys” and “Sky Blooms,” I can discern a ninja rhinoceros and a gold-crowned jaguar and an army of flying monkeys using squirt guns to douse a forest fire. I suspect it’s a perfect time for you to be inspired by this spectacle, Pisces. What dumpster-like situation could you beautify?
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PUBLIC NOTICES 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-16-249 NOTICE TO CREDITORS In the Matter of the Estate of Douglas D. Moeller, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the said deceased are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must be either mailed to Vicki L. Moeller, Personal Representative by certified mail, return receipt requested, c/o Hash, O’Brien, Biby & Murray, PLLP,Attorneys at Law, P.O. Box 1178,
Kalispell, Montana 598031178, or filed with the Clerk of the above-entitled Court. DATED January 19, 2016 /s/ Vicki L. Moeller, Personal Representative Personal Representative’s Attorneys: Hash, O’Brien, Biby & Murray, PLLP By: /s/ C. Mark Hash 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 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 publica-
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tion 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 Cause No. DV-17-57 Judge John W. Larson Notice of Hearing on Name Change In the Matter of the Name Change of Merry Ann OnkenFryer, Petitioner.This is notice that Petitioner has asked the District Court for a change of name from Merry Ann Onken-Fryer to Merry Ann Onken.The hearing will be on February 23, 2017 at 10:00 a.m.The hearing will be at the Courthouse in Missoula County. January 18th, 2017. /s/ Shirley E. Faust, Clerk of District Court By: /s/ Casie Jenks, Deputy Clerk of Court 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 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 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT ON THE 21st DAY OF February 2017 AT 1:00 P.M.; A PUBLIC ONLINE AUCTION @ storagetreasures.com WILL BE HELD FOR THE PURPOSE OF SATISFYING A LANDLORD’S LIEN ON THE CONTENTS OF 3 (THREE) STORAGE UNIT(S), STORED AT THE U-HAUL MOVING AND STORAGE OF MISSOULA. THE GOODS TO BE SOLD ARE GENERALLY DESCRIBED AS HOUSEHOLD ITEMS, FURNITURE, AND CLOTHING. THE FOLLOWING ROOMS WILL BE SOLD UNLESS THE PAST DUE AMOUNT IS SATISFIED ON OR BEFORE FEBRUARY 21st, 2017 AT 1:00 P.M. AT 820 STRAND AVENUE, MISSOULA, MT 59801. Unit 104: Aleta Drumm, 369 Montezuma Ave. Sante Fe, NM 87501 - Unit 120: Amy Johson, 5265 Connell St. Missoula, MT 59801 - Unit 109: Donald Mogstad, 1500 Stoddard Missoula, MT 59802
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Representative 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
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PUBLIC NOTICES 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 equiva-
lents (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 a Trustee’s Sale on March 14, 2017, 9:00 AM at the main entrance of Missoula County Courthouse located at 200 West Broadway Street, Missoula, MT 59802, the following described real property situated in Missoula County, State of Montana: A parcel of land situated in the State of Montana, County of Missoula, with a street location address of 7140 Buckhorn Ln; Missoula, MT 59808-5688 currently owned by James B Keller and Margaret Keller having a Tax Identification Number of 042199-11-1-02-18-0000 and further described as Country Crest 3-Lot 17 1.17AC MORE CORRECTLY DESCRIBED AS: Lot 17 of COUNTRY CREST NO. 3, a Platted Subdivision in Missoula County, Montana, according to the Official Recorded Plat thereof. Parcel ID 04-2199-11-1-02-18-0000 More commonly known as 7140 Buckhorn Lane, Missoula, MT 59808. James B. Keller and Margaret Keller, as Grantors, conveyed said real property to Charles J Peterson, Attorney at Law, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., its
successors and assigns, by Deed of Trust on November 10, 2007, and filed for record in the records of the County Clerk and Recorder in Missoula County, State of Montana, on January 17, 2008 as Entry No. 200801167, in Book 811, at Page 1400, of Official Records. The Deed of Trust was assigned for value as follows:Assignor: Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., its successors and assigns Assignee: Bank of America NA Assignment Dated: June 17, 2014 Assignment Recorded: June 19, 2014 Assignment Recording Information: as Entry No. 201408245, in Book 929 at Page 1168 Benjamin J. Mann is the Successor Trustee pursuant to a Substitution of Trustee recorded in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Missoula County, State of Montana, on November 1, 2016 as Entry No. 201620150, in Book 970, at Page 378, of Official Records.The Beneficiary has declared a default in the terms of said Deed of Trust due to Grantor’s failure to make monthly payments beginning July 1, 2014, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan. By reason of said default, the Beneficiary has declared all sums owing on the obligation secured by said Trust Deed immediately due and payable. The total amount due on this obligation is the principal sum of $34,422.10, interest in the sum of $6,888.94, other amounts due and payable in the amount of $2,082.76, for a total amount owing of $43,393.80, plus accruing interest, late charges, and other fees and costs that may be incurred or advanced. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantor. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary, the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust. Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds of this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale, and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obliga-
tion. The sale is a public sale and any person, including the Beneficiary, excepting only the Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by Trustee’s Deed, without any representation or warranty, including warranty of title, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis, without limitation, the sale is being made subject to all existing conditions, if any, of lead paint, mold or other environmental or health hazards. The sale purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th day following the sale.The Grantor, successor in interest to the Grantor, or any other person having an interest in the property, has the right, at any time prior to the Trustee’s Sale, to pay to the Beneficiary, or the successor in interest to the Beneficiary, the entire amount then due under the Deed of Trust and the obligation secured thereby (including costs and expenses actually incurred and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred and by curing any other default complained of herein that is capable of being cured by tendering the performance required under the obligation or to cure the default, by paying all costs and expenses actually incurred in enforcing the obligation and Deed of Trust with Successor Trustee’s and attorney’s fees. In the event that all defaults are cured the foreclosure will be dismissed and the foreclosure sale will be cancelled. The scheduled Trustee’s Sale may be postponed by public proclamation up to 15 days for any reason. In the event of a bankruptcy filing, the sale may be postponed by the Trustee for up to 120 days by public proclamation at least every 30 days. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Successor Trustee and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. This is an attempt to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. Dated this 9th day of November, 2016. /s/ Benjamin J. Mann Substitute Trustee 376 East 400 South, Suite 300 Salt Lake City, UT 84111 Telephone: 801-355-2886 Office Hours: Mon.-Fri., 8AM-5PM
(MST) File No. 47748 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE To be sold for cash at a Trustee’s Sale on March 23, 2017, 9:00 AM at the main entrance of Missoula County Courthouse located at 200 West Broadway Street, Missoula, MT 59802, the following described real property situated in Missoula County, State of Montana: A tract of land located in the Southwest OneQuarter of the Northeast One-Quarter of Section 36, Township 14 North, Range 21 West, Principal Meridian, Montana, Missoula County, Montana more particularly described as follows: Beginning at the center of Section 36,Township 14 North, Range 21 West; thence due East on and along the North boundary of Missoula County Route #16 for 330.00 feet; thence North and parallel to the center of section line of said Section 36 for 860.0 feet; thence due West for 330.0 feet to the center of section line for said Section 36; thence South on and along the center of section line for said Section 36 for 860.0 feet to the point of beginning, as shown as Tract A on Deed Exhibit 3836. LESS AND EXCEPTING THEREFROM that portion conveyed by Warranty Deed to the Frenchtown Irrigation District recorded in Book 120 of Deed Records at Page 157. Recording reference in Book 172 at Page 68 Micro Records. Parcel ID 1304209 More commonly known as 14150 Harpers Bridge Road, Missoula, MT 59808. Marcia L. Seymour, as Grantor, conveyed said real property to Insured Titles, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to WMC Mortgage Corp., by Deed of Trust on August 22, 2002, and filed for record in the records of the County Clerk and Recorder in Missoula County, State of Montana, on August 28, 2002 as Entry No. 200224636, in Book 687, at Page 1031, of Official Records. The Deed of Trust was assigned for value as follows: Assignor: WMC Mortgage Corp.Assignee: Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for the Registered Holders of GSAMP Trust 2002-HE, Mortgage PassThrough Certificates, Series 2002-HE Assignment Dated: May 6, 2005 Assignment Recorded: July 19, 2005 Assignment Recording Information: as Entry No. 200517924, in Book 756, at Page 445 Benjamin J. Mann is the Successor Trustee pursuant to a Substitution of Trustee recorded in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Missoula County,
State of Montana, on October 25, 2016 as Entry No. 20169508, in Book 969, at Page 1136, of Official Records. The Beneficiary has declared a default in the terms of said Deed of Trust due to Grantor’s failure to make monthly payments beginning May 1, 2016, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan. By reason of said default, the Beneficiary has declared all sums owing on the obligation secured by said Trust Deed immediately due and payable. The total amount due on this obligation is the principal sum of $105,002.05, interest in the sum of $5,466.70, escrow advances of $994.76, other amounts due and payable in the amount of $1,977.87,for a total amount owing of $113,441.38, plus accruing interest, late charges, and other fees and costs that may be incurred or advanced. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantor. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary, the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust. Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds of this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale, and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation. The sale is a public sale and any person, including the Beneficiary, excepting only the Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by Trustee’s Deed, without any representation or warranty, including warranty of title, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis, without limitation, the sale is being made subject to all existing conditions, if any, of lead paint, mold or other environmental or health hazards. The sale purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th day following the sale.The Grantor, successor in interest to the Grantor, or any other person having an inter-
est in the property, has the right, at any time prior to the Trustee’s Sale, to pay to the Beneficiary, or the successor in interest to the Beneficiary, the entire amount then due under the Deed of Trust and the obligation secured thereby (including costs and expenses actually incurred and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred and by curing any other default complained of herein that is capable of being cured by tendering the performance required under the obligation or to cure the default, by paying all costs and expenses actually incurred in enforcing the obligation and Deed of Trust with Successor Trustee’s and attorney’s fees. In the event that all defaults are cured the foreclosure will be dismissed and the foreclosure sale will be cancelled. The scheduled Trustee’s Sale may be postponed by public proclamation up to 15 days for any reason. In the event of a bankruptcy filing, the sale may be postponed by the Trustee for up to 120 days by public proclamation at least every 30 days. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Successor Trustee and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse.This is an attempt to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. Dated this 17th day of November, 2016. /s/ Benjamin J. Mann Substitute Trustee 376 East 400 South, Suite 300 Salt Lake City, UT 84111 Telephone: 801-355-2886 Office Hours: Mon.-Fri., 8AM-5PM (MST) File No. 47783 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 Bene-
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ficiary, 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 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 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,
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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: 96-2022 PHH vs JONES 102329-1
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
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
PUBLIC NOTICE Notice of Application for Air Quality Permit pursuant to Missoula City-County Air Pollution Control Program. Farwest Rock Products, 12758 Farwest Drive, Missoula, Montana 59808 has filed on or about 1/26/2017 an application for an air quality permit from the Environmental Health Division of the Missoula CityCounty Health Department. The applicant seeks approval for operation of an additional
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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 108 W. Broadway #2/ Studio/1 bath, just remodeled, W/D, DW, views of downtown. $950. Grizzly Property Management 542-2060 1315 E. Broadway #4. 2 bed/1.5 bath, close to U, coin-ops, storage, pets? $850. Grizzly Property Management 542-2060 1324 S. 2nd Street West “B”. 3 bed/2 bath, central location, single
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2 bed, 1 bath, $650, near Southgate Mall, DW, W/D hookups, offstreet/carport parking, storage, W/S/G paid. Cat Upon Approval, NO SMOKING. Gatewest 7287333 2 bed, 1 bath, $750, near The Good Food Store, DW, coin op laundry and off-street parking. HEAT PAID. NO PETS, NO SMOKING. Gatewest 728-7333 2 bed, 1 bath, $850, S. Russell,W/D hookups, DW, wood laminate flooring, storage, off-street parking. W/S/G paid. NO PETS, NO SMOKING. Gatewest 728-7333 2 bed, 1 bath, $875, newer complex, DW, wood laminate flooring, storage, off-street parking. W/S/G paid. NO PETS, NO SMOKING. Gatewest 728-7333 2205 ½ South Avenue West. 3 bed/1 ¾ bath, all utilities included. $1225. Grizzly Property Management 542-2060
1706 Scott Street “B’ 1 bed/1 bath, Northside, all utilities paid, pet? $700. 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
HOUSES 509 S. 5th St. E. #1. 1 bed/1 bath, close to U, all utilities paid. $750. Grizzly Property Management 542-2060
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REAL ESTATE HOMES FOR SALE 1001 Medicine Man Cluster. Stunning custom-built 3 bed, 3.5 bath with 3 car garage. $950,000. Shannon Hilliard, Ink Realty Group. 239-8350 shannonhilliard5@gmail.com 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 &
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For Sale 2- 16x80 mobile homes in great condition $35,000 delivered and set up within 150 miles of Billings. 406-259-4663
801 N Orange Street #303, Missoula, MT 59802 MLS #21605224 $159,710. Anne Jablonski, Portico Real Estate 546-5816 anne@movemontana.com
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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
NHN Weber Butte Trail. 60 acre ranch in Corvallis with sweeping Bitterroot views. $800,000. Shannon Hilliard, Ink Realty Group 2398350. shannonhilliard5@gmail.com NW Montana Real Estate. Several large acreage parcels. Company
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COMMERCIAL Holland Lake Lodge. Lodge with restaurant, gift shop & Montana liquor license on 12 acres of USFS land. $5,000,000. Shannon Hilliard,
1201 South 6th Street, Missoula Modern Condo Unit #204
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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
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ALL ON ONE LEVEL condo in convenient central location. Master bedroom has full bath and walk-in closet. Kitchen is equipped with newer stainless steel appliances. Single garage. $140,000
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
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3 Bdr, 2 Bath, River Road home. $304,900. BHHSMT Properties. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com
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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 @ 239-6696, 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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