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Asked Tuesday afternoon at the Good Food Store. Where do you turn for political coverage, especially local races and issues? Followup: What are your thoughts on how the 2016 presidential race is shaping up? Jeanne Montoya: I don’t have a TV. I’ll just read Google and Yahoo. I’m not overly political. I’m conservative, but I’m not going to hang out just on conservative websites. I try to read a wide variety. Great Divide: There doesn’t seem to be a lot of common ground. It’s like the country has split so much. I’d love to see not necessarily a politician, I’d like to see a leader.
John Ohrmann: Probably the television, KPAX. Never-ending nightmare: I mean it’s a farce. It’s so insane that they spend all this time and money just yelling at each other. The Canadians had their election in 70 days, and they couldn’t believe how long it took.
Zach Zarling: Talk radio, usually. 101.5 FM, KGVO. Trust Ted: I think it’s shaping up pretty decently so far. There’s a couple of Republican candidates I like. I think I’ve decided on Ted Cruz, that’s who I’m going to be voting for.
Ron Maulding: That would have to be the TV stations and the newspapers or what publications come out and I pick up at the restaurant. The Trump Show: I’ll tell you, it’s entertaining. I am really glad Trump is in there. The other political people don’t quite know how to handle him. For me, that’s something that’s new. He’s independent. He doesn’t cater to the traditional venues. He’s his own guy and calls it like he sees it. Shoni Maulding: I try to stay current with what’s going on with the (CSKT) tribe. There’s a little free journal called Valley Journal. And then just people talking around. You get a lot of information that way. Caucus hot take: I was disappointed Cruz got a higher percentage in Iowa. I think Rubio is a good mix in there. As far as the Democrats go, I don’t see how anyone can trust Hillary Clinton.
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Disappointing decision Montana’s heritage is rooted in working farms and ranches. So is our future. Agriculture is woven into the fabric of our culture, economy and landscape. Missoula’s local food movement is vibrant and growing. Most of all, agriculture and fertile soil provide the food we all need to survive. Given its importance, it was startling that Missoula County Commissioners Jean Curtiss, Cola Rowley and Stacy Rye recently voted down proposed mitigation measures to conserve farmland (see “Farmland advocates at odds,” Jan. 21). Years in the making, many community stakeholders drafted the proposal as part of a lengthy public process. It was disappointing that commissioners so quickly dismissed the planning board’s recommended regulations to protect agricultural land at the point of subdivision in Missoula County. During the hearing, the commissioners mostly discarded what the planning board and others had developed in response to the commissioners’ own request. We, and other citizen volunteers who have worked on this for years, wish that there had been an opportunity for more give and take; to consider, for instance, the staff ’s proposed amendments. We had also expected that the commissioners might have specific questions they would want to verify with experts. We understand how difficult these kinds of issues can be, and we trust in our elected officials to try to weigh the evidence with conjecture. Thus, we were surprised that the commissioners acted so swiftly and offered nothing to actually mitigate for the loss of prime soil and farmland to development. Instead, they tossed out nearly a decade of taxpayer-funded and volunteer work by county staff, the Open Lands Committee, the planning board and other citizens. As a result, Missoula County will continue to subdivide and develop land without clear guidelines or a predictable process to mitigate for the loss of important soil and farmland, even though they have an obligation under state law to do just that. In rejecting the planning board’s recommendations, the commissioners instead proposed some voluntary measures, mostly recycled from a three-year-old directive to staff that apparently was never acted upon. Other suggestions are intended to encourage farming; some are already underway in the community. These efforts are laudable. But they fail to address the issue that the draft regulations were intended to address: the ongoing loss of agricultural land and critical soils to sprawl, and how to lessen those impacts as our limited lands are subdivided to accommodate growth.
Even more disappointing, the commissioners cited large numbers of land conserved by voluntary conservation easement in Missoula County, even though the overwhelming majority of those acres are not even prime soil or farmland. They are mostly mountain ridges and timbered hillsides—important for conservation, but irrelevant to a debate on how to mitigate the loss of our remaining agricultural soil. We love our local food system in Missoula. It brings us fresh nutritious food and helps fuel a new economy. For example, a multimillion dollar business, the Western Montana Growers Cooperative, just launched
“They tossed out nearly a decade of taxpayer-funded and volunteer work by county staff, the Open Lands Committee, the planning board and other citizens.”
a major expansion to bring more local food to our tables. We are at the cutting edge when it comes to food initiatives—like EBT and Double SNAP Dollars at farmers markets, school gardens, community farms and FoodCorps. Since 2003, the award-winning UM Farm to College Program has returned millions of dollars to Montana by bringing fresh, locally grown and processed food to campus. But our burgeoning local food economy is jeopardized by the continued loss of fertile soils from unguided development. The commissioners still have an opportunity to lead, to find a compromise, and to pass regulations that will conserve a finite community resource that lies directly in the path of development as Missoula County grows. At a time when we are expecting the county to grow by leaps and bounds, we need the commissioners to plan for our agricultural future. We urge them to reconsider their recent action and to incorporate clear, predictable
rules to protect our last best soil and farmland—and our vibrant local food system— from future development and subdivision. If not for us, then for future generations. Mark S. LoParco Stephanie Laporte Potts Community Food and Agriculture Coalition Missoula
A different take Real leadership happens when people make the right decision, even if it’s not the most popular one, and I am grateful that Missoula County Commissioners Curtiss, Rye and Rowley demonstrated that leadership when they recently voted to reject proposed changes to county subdivision regulations. Their vote confirmed that the topic of protecting ag land can’t be distilled into a fiveword catchphrase or a slogan on a poster. The commissioners heard and took to heart the compelling, personal stories of real farmers and ranchers in Missoula County. The board realized that the regulations, as they were written, placed a disproportionate burden on the backs of these people and potentially threatened their livelihoods and legacies. Whether we work in real estate or advocate for conservation or operate a cattle ranch, Missoulians care about protecting ag land, and those protections do not have to be at the expense of voluntary conservation or attainable housing in our community. As Commissioner Rowlry said that afternoon, “We’re going to move forward … our community is invested.” Indeed, protecting ag land—and thoughtful land-use planning overall—is a shared community goal, and the challenge to get it done is a shared one. I thank the commissioners for their leadership on a difficult, emotional issue, and I look forward to a thoughtful, productive discussion as Missoula County moves forward. DJ Smith Missoula Organization of Realtors Missoula
Don’t be discouraged I would like to thank Mayor Engen, the members of city council and the board of county commissioners for supporting refugee settlement in Missoula for a few of the hundreds of thousands who are fleeing unspeakable atrocities in the Middle East. Your spirit of compassion and hospitality does us proud and represents America and Montana at its best. Keep up the good work, stand tall, and don’t be discouraged by a few who would cruelly turn their back on enormous human suffering. Klaus von Stutterheim Seeley Lake
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WEEK IN REVIEW
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by Celia Talbot Tobin
Wednesday, Jan. 27 Brad Johnson, chair of the Public Service Commission, drops out of the gubernatorial race, saying he doesn’t have time to wage a campaign against Republican competitor Greg Gianforte.
Thursday, Jan. 28 Billings’ only independent newspaper, The Outpost, ceases its print publication after almost 19 years. Editor David Crisp announces a plan to join forces with online news source Last Best News, writing, “The Outpost has history on its side. Last Best News has the future on its side.”
Friday, Jan. 29 The 10th annual Project Homeless Connect, hosted at First United Methodist Church, provides more than 300 people with services from several local nonprofits including haircuts, dental care, pet vaccinations, HIV testing and more.
Saturday, Jan. 30 A weekend earthquake near Lincoln registers at 4.3 magnitude, according to the U.S. Geological Survey, making it one of the biggest quakes to hit western Montana in the last few decades.
Sunday, Jan. 31 The Al Pils Picks ’Em rock show at the Palace runs well into the wee hours, with the bar selling out of PBR, Rainier and every Kettlehouse draft besides Coldsmoke. Rock band Rooster Sauce takes the “break a leg” showbiz motto literally when guitarist Dave Jones’ exuberant stage moves lead to a possibly broken ankle. “When I fell it probably appeared to be scripted!” Jones later tells the Indy. “Or I looked like an elderly rocker buffoon.”
Monday, Feb. 1 Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks starts offering hunting and fishing licenses for 2016, with slight price hikes for the first time in a decade.
Tuesday, Feb. 2 The Associated Students of the University of Montana announces the city’s Udash fleet will be outfitted with new electric-powered Proterra buses.
Cross-country skiers make their way along groomed trails at Lolo Pass on Jan. 31.
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Liberty responds in debate On Jan. 29, the Montana Public Service Commission announced its intent to sue Liberty Utilities over its unauthorized purchase of the Mountain Water utility and its parent company. Now Liberty says the PSC is overreaching its authority. Liberty Utilities President Greg Sorensen and Mountain Water President John Kappes elaborated on their thinking during an interview with the Indy, saying the PSC has no jurisdiction over the purchase of Mountain Water’s parent company. That $327 million purchase was announced Jan. 11 as the city of Missoula attempted to negotiate its own deal with the utility’s previous owner, The Carlyle Group. The PSC is now planning to levy legal action and seek fines from Liberty. Sorensen says he “empathizes” with the PSC’s frustration over being left out of the discussion.
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“We feel that frustration … is misdirected at us,” Sorensen says. “Perhaps people should be looking at the city and the role that they had in this.” Liberty had initially filed an application seeking the PSC’s permission for the sale, but then withdrew the application and notified the PSC of the deal’s closing. Sorensen claims Liberty had intended to start a friendly relationship with the PSC. “Originally we certainly applied, in some ways, as a way to make sure that the PSC became acquainted with Liberty Utilities,” he says. “The process itself can be a good one for an exchange of information, and a ‘getting to know you’ phase. And that process had been hijacked by the city and in a way taken out of the PSC’s control. So it created a situation where we were no longer able from a business standpoint to continue that process and felt it best to finalize the transaction.” Liberty did seek and receive permission from California regulatory authorities for the purchase.
Kappes says that’s because California state law clearly outlines that requirement, where Montana does not. “Montana doesn’t have a specific statute of how the PSC should or shouldn’t review these kind of transactions,” Kappes says. “It’s more an implied jurisdiction. Whereas in California there’s a clear statute that Liberty did follow through for the whole Park Water, Western Water [transaction], because they were buying Western Water in California.” The PSC argues its authority over the deal is clearly implied by state law. In a statement released Jan. 29, PSC Commissioner Bob Lake wrote, “It’s very unfortunate that the PSC was unable to review the purchase application through the proper procedure, but the Commission’s actions today aim to ensure that the customers of Mountain Water are not harmed while the utility remains under private ownership.” While the PSC is preparing to bring action
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Student newspaper
MCPS fears the nipple Officials with Missoula County Public Schools didn’t talk to the journalism students at Willard Alternative High School before yanking copies of their newspaper from the racks. If they had, the officials would have heard that the bare breasts pictured in the January issue of the Willard Wire were the culmination of months of planning by a newspaper staff determined to change the way their peers treat women. They would have heard, too, that the papers they were confiscating meant more to the troubled teens than any classroom. “This paper is the only thing that’s kept me going and pushed me to graduate,” says Kylie Hoedel, the Wire’s coeditor. “I love this paper, I care about this paper more than anything.” Instead, the students say administrators at another high school where the Wire is distributed pulled them into an office and scolded them for crossing a line. When someone asked if the principal had read the accompanying article, he said he hadn’t, but added, “I’m sure it’s wonderful,” according to Wire photojournalist Sarah Donald. District administrators “recalled” the publication a week after its printing when they discovered the cover contained an image of six bare-breasted individuals, including a young man and a pregnant woman, with red dots over their nipples. Another photo of two individuals with exposed nipples accompanied a feature column inside the paper. After investigating, MCPS Superintendent Mark Thane announced Feb. 1 the images, as well as a sexually explicit reference in a related Q&A, violated district policy governing student publications. Thane says while the article written by Chase Boehmler supporting the “Free the Nipple” movement has “great value,” the images were deemed to violate a policy clause barring material that may “cause a substantial disruption of the school.” In addition to pulling papers, Thane issued a reprimand to the students’ journalism instructor and suspended Willard Principal Jane Bennett for three days.
“The students certainly should have received some guidance and feedback from the staff,” he says. Students say that’s exactly what their teachers did, by putting the responsibility on them to vet their controversial project. Hoedel says the paper’s editorial team spent hours researching school codes of conduct, local ordinances and journalistic codes of ethics before deciding to run the photos. They typed up confidentiality and liability agreements for the photo subjects, ensuring each was at least 18 years old and not a district student. And they composed the photos for impact while trying to eschew sensationalism. “We meant it as a good, informative thing, almost like picking up a National Geographic, not a Playboy,” Hoedel says. “We were trying to make people think with that.” Such has always been the Wire way, coeditor Keaton Alexander adds. He says the students take pride in the paper’s tradition of not shying away from edgy ideas and serious topics. Alongside Boehmler’s piece, the latest issue featured a column on going braless, personal essays on depression and slutshaming, and articles on animal cruelty and sexual abuse. “I feel the role of media is to target societal ills and try to reroute the way people see social doctrine,” Alexander says. “Just because we’re this high school newspaper doesn’t mean we can’t do that.” Derek Brouwer
Cycling
An American in Belgium Rain pounded down on the tens of thousands of spectators gathered in Heusden-Zolder, Belgium, Jan. 30 and 31 for the 2016 Cyclocross World Championships. Mud-caked cyclists from more than a dozen countries whizzed past their flag-toting fans, heads down and legs pumping. Just off the course in an area called the material post or “pit,” Missoula’s Dave Hartman stood amid a cluster of bikes, wheels, tools and spare parts, his multitool and Craftsman cordless air gun at the ready. “Belgium is the epicenter for bike racing,” Hartman tells the Indy. “So having the World Championships there is like a major football game in the states. Sixty-five thousand people were at the races on Sunday ... Rainy, muddy and cold, and the people love it.” Hartman, who co-owns Hellgate Cyclery, was invited
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$2 million Donation from two University of Montana alumni to create the university’s first endowed dean’s position in the School of Business Administration. to Zolder last month as one of eight mechanics on wrench-monkey duty for the USA Cycling team’s 30 racers. Hartman says his path to the sidelines of the top cyclocross competition in the world actually goes back to 2010, when Helena English teacher and national cyclocross coach Geoff Proctor hired Hartman on for the EuroCrossCamp program. Hartman wound up helping out at the 2013 world championships in Louisville, Ky.—the first championships held outside of continental Europe— but never expected to be called up for a mechanic position this year. “I think just having this big a team they needed extra help, and I guess I’m kind of first on the list outside of full-time guys,” he says. Cyclocross is a particularly grueling discipline within the cycling world. Courses typically consist of pavement, dirt trails, steep hills and sharp turns. Video from the Zolder race shows seasoned cyclists slipping and tumbling in the mud. One racer even got his foot tangled in the spokes of Belgium’s Wout van Aert, who powered through to win the men’s elite division. The event was no less chaotic for mechanics like Hartman, who have an average of four to eight minutes to clean bikes, lube drivetrains and execute any necessary repairs between handoffs. “We’re pressure-washing a bike sometimes, on a race day, nine or 10 or 12 times a day,” Hartman says. “They just get trashed.” Despite becoming so soaked by the end of the first day that he “couldn’t move,” Hartman returned from Belgium with some indelible memories. He has long been a fan of famed Belgian cyclocross racer Sven Nys and the world championship Hartman worked just happened to be Nys’ last. “Even when Sven was warming up, the crowd, it was crazy how loud it was,” Hartman says. “You could just hear it coming like a wave of sound.” Alex Sakariassen
ETC. A busload of conservative activists from the Flathead Valley converged outside the Missoula County Courthouse on Feb. 1 to oppose a local group’s effort to help refugees settle in Missoula. The activists’ official message wasn’t unlike that of Montana’s Republican legislators, who want to keep away Iraqi and Syrian refugees unless federal officials can verify each isn’t a terrorist. Supporters’ signage, however, betrayed the party line. John and Dee Gibney, of Hamilton, sat in lawn chairs along the outskirts of the crowd holding up signs that read, “They Rape, Kill, Destroy” and “They hate Christians, Jews, Women, Gays.” “They” refers to “the Syrian refugees,” according to Dee. But the Indy’s reporter could only manage to ask one question of the couple before another demonstrator ushered him over to someone else. That person was Calvin Beringer, cochair of the Flathead chapter of Act! for America, a controversial political group whose campaign against “radical Islam” has been accused by civil rights groups of mingling with hate speech. Beringer, who chartered a bus from Kalispell for 27 supporters, said the group’s goal was to begin educating Missoulians about what they consider the social and financial costs of welcoming refugees. He said the effort by city residents to start a resettlement program (for refugees of all nationalities) is of concern to Kalispell residents because the impacts extend beyond city limits. In particular, Beringer said refugees could congregate on Montana’s Indian reservations, which he says have attracted interest from Arab governments. Jim Buterbaugh, who organized the rally from his home in Whitehall, said he was disappointed that some participants brought signs condemning Muslims specifically, because he said not all Muslim refugees are violent. He compared the hateful speech in his crowd to the “same fraction” of potentially violent individuals among refugees from the Middle East. He then added, “The difference is, they talk about it, they don’t slit your throat.” The Gibneys weren’t mincing words. Both agreed they would not consent to living next to any Muslim family. They also believe President Obama is Muslim. John Gibney added he’s frustrated by how mainstream media covers the topic and he encouraged the Indy’s reporter to investigate further. Then Gibney directed his harsh language toward another target: many times after reading a news article, he said, he “would personally like to get my hands on the reporter who wrote that.”
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Cooler heads Missoula senator travels to Washington on behalf of Colstrip by Alex Sakariassen
Montana Sen. Duane Ankney, R-Colstrip, recent years. The utility co-owns two of Col- with Sen. Jim Keane, D-Butte, and Sen. took a seat before the Washington Legisla- strip’s four units with Talen Energy, the PPL Rick Ripley, R-Wolf Creek. ture’s Senate Energy, Environment and Montana spinoff founded last year. Legislative “It’s opened the door to have a diaTelecommunications Committee in Olympia efforts in Washington to buy out Talen’s por- logue,” Larsen says, “so we could underJan. 20 ready to defend the coal-fired power tions and close both units failed last spring, stand in Montana what they were trying to plant in his hometown from a cross-border but Puget Sound Energy is now backing two do with their legislation and they could unassault. When the floor opened to him, new bills—one in the state House and one in derstand what the consequences are in Ankney explained how for the past four the state Senate—that would decommission Montana when these plants are shuttered.” decades, energy from Colstrip has been Larsen acknowledges that his responsible for helping Washington measured approach to the issue—idenlight its schools, build its industry and tifying alternative, renewable sources of employ its young people. How then, energy in Montana before getting too Ankney demanded, could neighboring far down the decommissioning path— lawmakers justify pushing legislation might not be the most popular among that would potentially accelerate desome Missoula constituents. He quips commissioning the plant and displacthat he gets “a bloody nose” talking ing hundreds of workers? about it with some people in town. But “Now one neighbor is going to most he’s spoken with, from members turn to another neighbor and say, of the solar industry to a former Sierra ‘You’re out. Goodbye. We’re going to Club state director, understand the walk away from you,’” Ankney said. “I need for rational thinking. don’t think so.” “In only one case did one of my It’s not the first time Ankney has constituents get in my face and just gotten testy over the potential impacts said, ‘Well, there’s no tolerance for it of Washington coal policy on Monat all. We have to just stop it,’” Larsen tanans. Last April, he publicly blasted says. “I said, ‘That’s fine. You tell the what he claimed were “hostile maneu[Montanans] that are using 2,200 vers” to prematurely close Colstrip and megawatts of energy they can’t have Photo courtesy of Talen Energy fired back with his own legislation putenergy tomorrow.’” ting Washington utilities on the hook Sen. Cliff Larsen, D-Missoula, recently traveled Missoula groups like the Blue Skies for any resulting economic and tax- to Olympia with an envoy of Montana Campaign and 350 Missoula have been base losses. Ankney’s statements from lawmakers to testify before the Washington Leg- quick to celebrate the anti-coal message islature and help explain the negative impacts last month may still reflect a degree of of prematurely shuttering Colstrip’s power plant. coming from Washington officials in refrustration, but tempers between the cent years. With the proposed Tongue two state legislatures have calmed consider- the units and pass the cost of the shuttering River Railroad in limbo and Otter Creek ably over the past six months. And one of the off to Washington ratepayers. driver Arch Coal now bankrupt, 350 Missoula more reasoned voices at the center of that diLarsen says once the initial fireworks cochair Jeff Smith says local activists are turnalogue is Sen. Cliff Larsen, D-Missoula. subsided in 2015, officials in Washington ing more of their attention to the question of “We’re not debating whether those and Montana began to move toward a Colstrip. Smith isn’t up on the latest news out plants should be shuttered,” says Larsen, more open dialogue on Colstrip’s future, of the Washington Legislature or Larsen’s who traveled with Ankney and two other encouraged by members of the statutory work to develop a viable path toward decomMontana state senators to testify in Wash- nonprofit Pacific NorthWest Economic Re- missioning. But from the sounds of it, state ington. “They should be and they will be. gion. Delegations from both legislatures lawmakers and environmentalists are apBut how we do it and the timing of it, I met last September in Spokane to discuss proaching common ground. think we really got their attention because interests and concerns on both sides. Sev“I think we are starting to get to the they were thinking mostly about the con- eral Washington lawmakers followed up point at 350 Missoula where we’re trying sequences to the [Washington] ratepayers in late November with a tour of the Col- to imagine what the future should look and the governor’s mandate about con- strip facilities. Montana’s Environmental like,” Smith says, “trying to have a vision Quality Council and Energy and Telecom- for where Montana needs to go and how version to green energy.” Increasing environmental regulation has munications Interim Committee accepted it gets there.” prompted Washington-based Puget Sound the offer to testify in Olympia last month, Energy to reconsider its stake in Colstrip in voting to send Larsen and Ankney along asakariassen@missoulanews.com
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Step right up Fairgrounds planners seek balance between history, future by Kate Whittle
After five years of discussion, Missoula County is moving closer to finding a master plan for bringing the historic fairgrounds into the 21st century. The biggest challenge is deciding just how modern the grounds should become. “I heard a comment somewhere that was, ‘Embrace the past, provide for future success,’” says fairgrounds director Todd Garrett. “I think about that a lot.” Preliminary plans drawn up by A&E Architects suggest making the 46-acre property a more landscaped, aesthetically appealing location that connects to the surrounding neighborhood, while still accommodating events ranging from Election Day polling to monster truck shows to the annual Western Montana Fair. Ideas include a new 22,000square-foot Learning Center, upgrading the rodeo grandstand and replacing the aging exhibit buildings. Garrett is careful to emphasize that nothing’s been finalized yet, especially since planners are waiting on the results of a feasibility study, due in March, on the possibility of adding a third sheet of ice to Glacier Ice Rink. Consultants have also recommended adding a parking garage, though no funding has been identified for it. “It would work really well to not only serve our lack of space, because we don’t wanna take up our valuable open space with parking, but then also to help out our neighbors,” Garrett says. “But we’re in really preliminary discussions right now.” Garrett is also about to start searching for a full-time marketing coordinator to join the fairgrounds staff. Part of the new position would involve researching and recruiting other major events to host besides the Western Montana Fair. “That’s the goal,” Garrett says. “And it might just be one or two. I have a couple ideas in mind. What we want are events like the fair that reach out to the entire community, involve the business
community and provide more fun things to do, take advantage of the wonderful space that we’re going to have.” One group that’s not thrilled with the idea of a major fairgrounds overhaul is Preserve Historic Missoula. Board member Jennifer Anthony says the proposals lose sight of the role the fair has played in the community for decades. “The first thing they say is that the fair is the No. 1 use for the grounds. Then they proceed trying to go about trying to cram everything else in there
racks that were moved to the fairgrounds after WWII. “If it’s going to change significantly, we’d like to at least see the site’s historic imprint preserved in some way,” adds Preserve Historic Missoula co-president Page Goode. She’d like to see some sort of landscaping or plaques giving tribute to the major historic features of the grounds, like the horse racing track. She also hopes that a way can be found to rehabilitate buildings instead of razing them. “It’s one of our landmark historical
courtesy of A&E Architects
One proposal for redesigning the Missoula County Fairgrounds suggests a new Learning Center, larger parking lot and expanded ice rink.
that has nothing to do with the fair, like ice skating,” Anthony says. “So basically they’re taking everything away from the fair and what they’re proposing would very likely cause the fairgrounds to be delisted from the National Register [of Historic Places].” The fairgrounds have national historic status since the racetrack and many of the Craftsman-style buildings were built in 1914 and haven’t been altered much since. In addition, the fair office and 4-H exhibit building are repurposed Fort Missoula internment bar-
Missoula places, along with the Mercantile, the Florence Hotel, a lot of the school buildings,” Goode says. “The more structures and sites that we lose to development or sanitizing—because people look at an old building and say they’d rather tear it down than fix it up—the more of those we lose, the more Missoula’s identity disappears.” The next Missoula County Fairgrounds Advisory Committee planning meeting is scheduled for Feb. 22. kwhittle@missoulanews.com
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[opinion]
Job well done Motl clears political complaint backlog before Wittich trial by Dan Brooks
Jonathan Motl is doing what few of his predecessors could: his job. Last week, The Associated Press reported the backlog of complaints to the Montana Commission of Political Practices was clear for the first time in 18 years. For the rest of 2016, the commissioner hopes to answer all complaints about improper political practices before the November election. “Montanans should feel assured that in 2016 elections, when they file a campaign practice complaint, it will be dealt with in real time,” Motl said. “And by real time, I mean that it will be handled, resolved and decided in the election period.” That’s a thrilling promise. It is made more thrilling by the fact that no one has kept it for almost two decades. The commissioner’s office has a fraught history. There have been 11 commissioners since the position was created in 1975—an oddly high number, considering they are appointed to sixyear terms. Since Gordon Higgins took office in 2004 and resigned in 2006, no commissioner of political practices has completed a whole term. We’ve had six commissioners in 10 years. That may be because the governor appoints them but the Senate approves them. While Democrats have held the governor’s office since 2005, Republicans have controlled the Senate since 2009. As the commissioner of political practices became a political football, the backlog of complaints grew accordingly. Motl changed that. For the first time in 18 years, he has given his office meaningful power to protect voters by making candidates who break election laws vulnerable to punishment before Election Day. In light of this achievement, the argument that he is biased rings false. Mostly, that argument against Motl has come from Art Wittich. The representative from Bozeman is the object of a political practices lawsuit alleging he illegally failed to report in-kind contributions and illegally coordinated with conservative nonprofits during the 2010 campaign.
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Wittich insists he is the victim of a politically motivated smear. In January, he got a boost from an unsigned editorial in the Wall Street Journal arguing that Motl has used his office to persecute conservatives. It notes that “since taking office, Mr. Motl has gone after conservative groups or parties, with suits against nine conservative groups in 2014.” That’s true. But Motl filed a total of 23 suits that year, in the process of re-
“Whether Wittich carried water for them is in dispute until March, but they’re sure taking care of him now.”
solving all 86 complaints submitted to his office. If he went after Republicans, he did it in the process of going after everybody else. The Journal also claims Motl “has not produced any evidence” that Wittich coordinated with Western Tradition Partnership. Presumably he will produce that evidence during the trial, but until then we can speculate. I quote the same editorial, a few paragraphs down: “After the Supreme Court’s 2010 decision in Citizens United, then Attorney General Scott [sic] Bullock tried to claim that Montana could continue to limit corporate expenditures. He was smacked down by the Justices in American Tradition Partnership v. Bullock; Mr. Wittich’s law firm brought that case.”
Western Tradition Partnership changed its name to American Tradition Partnership in 2009. Although the Wall Street Journal has yet to see evidence that Wittich coordinated with Western Tradition Partnership, his firm did represent them in a campaign finance lawsuit during the 2010 campaign. Three weeks after the Wall Street Journal published its editorial, Reason.com ran its own piece casting Wittich as a victim of political persecution. “Montana Commission on Political Practices Targets Ideological Opponents,” the headline read. The piece was by author Will Swaim and is thus far his only contribution to Reason. Swaim is an editor at Watchdog.org, a project of the Franklin Center for Government and Public Integrity. In 2011 for instance, the Franklin Center received 95 percent of its funding from two affiliated charities: Donors Trust and Donors Capital Fund. The funds promise their donors anonymity and the guarantee their money won’t be given to liberal causes. Besides bankrolling the Franklin Center, Donors Trust has also given to the legal defense foundation of National Right to Work—one of the organizations with which Wittich is accused of illegally coordinating in 2010. Whether he carried water for them is in dispute until March, but they sure appear to be taking care of him now. That’s why we need a commissioner of political practices, and that’s why Motl is a good one. People keep accusing him of investigating complaints unequally. He has disproved that by resolving every single one. Every one but five, that is. Four of them relate to a 2012 lawsuit over Montana’s campaign contribution limits that is currently working its way through federal court. The fifth is Motl v. Wittich. I can’t wait to see how that one comes out. Dan Brooks writes about people, politics, culture and the donor-editorial complex at combatblog.net.
[opinion]
Get real The folly of “taking back” the West by Ted Williams
Do 700 million acres of national parks, national monuments, national forests, national wildlife refuges and Bureau of Land Management units belong to you and your fellow Americans? No, according to the increasingly popular notion in the West that it’s time for states to “take back” federal land. “Taking back” property of Alaskans and Floridians and everyone between is even a plank in the GOP platform. A resolution, entitled “In Support of Western States Taking Back Public Lands” reads: “The Republican National Committee calls upon all national and state leaders and representatives to exert their utmost power and influence to urge the imminent transfer of public lands to all willing Western states.” Taking back something that never belonged to you presents multiple problems, not the least of which is semantics. But this has never discouraged proponents whose first order of business is to ignore constitutional law. Here’s a fact they don’t want you to know: As a condition for entering the union, Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Wyoming and Nevada disclaimed all legal right and title to unappropriated public lands. Nevertheless, in 2015 state lawmakers in the West introduced 37 grossly unconstitutional bills promoting seizure of lands belonging to all Americans. Utah’s Legislature has gone so far as to appropriate $2 million supposedly to oversee the land grab. And a commission of Utah legislators has voted to spend $14 million suing the federal government for control of public lands. The bills and litigation can’t possibly succeed, but that’s not their intent. They’re designed as messages to the U.S. Congress. That’s where the danger lies. The messages are getting through. Last February Sen. James Inhofe, R-Okla., introduced the “Federal Land Freedom Act of 2015,” which would transfer to the states management of energy production on millions of U.S. acres.
In March the House and Senate passed a joint nonbinding resolution to help states seize and sell America’s public lands. The same month Rep. Mark Amodei, R-Nev., introduced a bill that would authorize his state to sell your land. Presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, introduced legislation in 2014 that would have prohibited the federal
“Taking back something that never belonged to you presents multiple problems, not the least of which is semantics.”
government from owning more than half the land within one state. On the stump in Nevada last June, presidential candidate Sen. Rand Paul, RKy., drew thunderous applause when he declared: “I’d either sell or turn over all the land management to the states.” Leading the ovation, and granted a private audience by Paul, was take-backthe-West folk hero Cliven Bundy, who has intentionally trespassed his cattle on BLM range for more than two decades, amassing $1 million in unpaid grazing fees (almost four times more than the 16,000
other BLM grazing leasers combined). In March 2014, when BLM agents finally mustered the resolve to impound Bundy’s cattle, he summoned a 300-man “militia” that ran them off at gunpoint. They then returned the cattle. Neither Bundy nor his militia has been prosecuted. The Department of Homeland Security had it right when it warned that Bundy’s “perceived success likely will embolden other militia extremists.” Jerad and Amanda Miller attended Bundy’s felonious standoff and spewed support for his cause on Facebook and YouTube (getting “likes” from the National Rifle Association, Rand Paul and Ron Paul). Three months later the couple shot to death two cops and a civilian in Las Vegas. Then, on Jan. 2, 2016, an armed militia, led by Bundy’s sons Ammon, Ryan and Mel, broke into and occupied the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge Building in Oregon, vowing to kill anyone who jailed two arsonists convicted of purposely setting fire to BLM land where they’d poached deer. Anyone who wonders what Western states would do with U.S. land should consider what they’ve already done with it. In exchange for relinquishing all claims on public property new states were awarded “trust lands.” Trust lands have generally been used to create revenue via oil and gas extraction, logging, mining and outright sale. For example, of Nevada’s original 2.7 million acres of trust land only 3,000 acres remain. In Colorado you can fish and camp on virtually all federal land and hunt on most. But you can’t hunt, fish or camp on most state land because it’s reserved for extractive industry. The attempted heist of your land in the West is about one thing only—private profiteering. If it succeeds, it will mean no-trespassing signs and death to much of your fish and wildlife. Ted Williams is a contributor to Writers on the Range, an opinion service of High Country News (hcn.org ). He serves as conservation editor for Fly Rod & Reel magazine.
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NEWEST FASHIONISTAS – In January, the upscale Italian fashion house Dolce & Gabbana introduced stylish hijabs and abayas aimed at Muslim women unafraid to call attention to themselves as they exercise their obliged modesty. D&G’s marketing effort even accessorized models’ headscarves and cloaks with stilettos and oversized, gaudily framed sunglasses. It was clear from the suggested retail prices that D&G would be pitching the line mainly in the wealthy Persian Gulf countries like United Arab Emirates. UNCLEAR ON THE CONCEPT – Awkward Signals in New Jersey: (1) The government watchdog MuckRock requested records on the cause of death of a dolphin in New Jersey’s South River last year (to investigate larger dangers to the animal), but in January 2016 the state’s Department of Agriculture initially declined to release them—citing “medical privacy” (usually requested, for autopsies, by “the deceased’s family”). (2) At the same time, Maria Vaccarella is facing a $500 fine in Howell, New Jersey, for violating a state law because she illegally rendered “care” to two apparently orphaned baby squirrels when their mother abandoned them. She was due in court as News of the Weird went to press. QUESTIONABLE JUDGMENTS – The director of senior services for Cranston, Rhode Island, resigned in January after a mayor’s press-conference went badly. To publicize a snow-removal program that would benefit seniors unable to shovel for themselves, the director (needing a proper example of a beneficiary of the program) instructed a middle-aged male subordinate to (unconvincingly) don a wig and dress and stand beside the mayor during the announcement. CULTURAL DIVERSITY – Weird Japan, Again: (1) Among the sites Japan has submitted for 2017 United Nations World Heritage status is the island of Okinoshima, home of a sacred shrine with which Shinto gods have been “protecting” fishermen as long ago as the fourth century. (The island is so sacred that females have never been allowed on it—judged either too delicate to make the trip or menstrually unclean). (2) A current Tokyo craze, reported an Australian Broadcasting correspondent, involves “stressed out” professionals and office workers publicly outfitted in colorful, full-body lycra suits (“zentai”) in a rebellion against the nation’s stultifying conformity. Said one, “I’m a different person wearing this. I can be friendly to anyone.”
these are the good old days.
SUSPICIONS CONFIRMED – Crescent City, California, drug dealer James Banuelos pleaded guilty in January in exchange for a lighter sentence (three years in prison), thus avoiding for police the airing of an embarrassing hidden-camera video of the raid showing arresting officers stealing the dealer’s money and valuables. “Multiple” officers were shown laughing and helping themselves, and a gold chain belonging to Banuelos wound up for sale a few days later on Craigslist. As part of the plea agreement, the prosecutor agreed to give all Banuelos’ stuff back to him. The United Nations announced at year-end that the book most often checked out last year at its inhouse Dag Hammarskjold Library in New York was the nearly 500-page “Immunity of Heads of State and State Officials for International Crimes.” The list of borrowers was not revealed. (In general, the book concludes, current heads of state have immunity but not past ones.) TOO MUCH INFORMATION – In January, the British sex toy company Hot Octopuss, trying for a spurt of publicity in New York City, unveiled a reconfigured pay phone booth at 5th Avenue and 28th Street in Manhattan that offered a seat, a laptop, a Wi-Fi connection, and a “privacy curtain” to help people (mostly men, one imagines) relieve stress “on both your mind and body.” A company rep claimed that about 100 men “used” the booth its first day, but what the men actually did there is “private.” THE CONTINUING CRISIS – Think Your Commute Was Bad? (1) The main road linking the port city of Mombasa, Kenya, to Nairobi and beyond (to landlocked Uganda) was blocked in mid-November by damage from heavy rains, leading to a 30-mile-long stream of stopped vehicles, stranding more than 1,500 trucks. (2) In October at the end of China’s traditional, annual weeklong getaway, new traffic checkpoints for the notorious G4 Beijing-Hong Kong-Macau Expressway reduced the previous 50 lanes of traffic (yes, that’s “fifty”) to 20. Videos from a TV network’s drone showed a breathtaking traffic jamcum-parking lot that quickly inspired delight, or compassion, all around the Internet. Police chiefs of six small Ohio towns recently demanded an investigation of Sandusky County Sheriff Kyle Overmyer after, comparing notes, they learned that Overmyer had approached each one claiming to be helpfully “collecting” for “disposal” their departments’ confiscated drugs—on behalf of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency. (DEA, reportedly, knew nothing of this.) The Ohio attorney general is investigating.
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or a guy who claims to be “terrible” at reminiscing, Matt Singer has zero problem rehashing old times. Nearly 10 years have passed since he began sharing his political insights through the rising forum of blogs, since national media outlets credited him and a handful of others with shaping a Montana election with national implication. Jon Tester, at the time merely a long-shot Democratic challenger to incumbent Sen. Conrad Burns, did one better and proclaimed on his 50th birthday that the writings of Singer and his fellow progressive bloggers were “critically important” to his campaign. Looking back on it now from a seat in one of Missoula’s newer breweries, Singer’s first thought isn’t what you’d expect, and it comes with a laugh. “It’s the worst word,” he says. “Blogger.” All joking aside, 2006 was in many ways the year when progressives finally decided they’d had enough. On the national stage, people were frustrated and weary over the Iraq War, the federal government’s botched response to Hurricane Katrina and attempts by President George W. Bush to privatize Social Security. In Montana, Burns’ connections to scandalmired lobbyist Jack Abramoff left room for hope that the three-term Republican could be toppled. And into this landscape marched a new forum for criticism and discourse free from the trappings of traditional media: the blog. “I had been writing on a national site with Ezra Klein who now, obviously, has his own massive operation,” Singer says. “Daily Kos was still in its early period but was turning into a giant. Tens of millions of page views a month, right? … Huffington Post was in its early days. And a lot of that stuff was also pretty similar to those Montana blogs in that it was being run volunteer. If it was a business, it wasn’t a successful business since it was mostly hobby.” Jay Stevens, who founded the Missoula-based 4&20 Blackbirds partly to support Tester’s bid, agrees the timing was right for a rise in alternative online discussion. Montana’s collection of blogs traded compliments and barbs, depending on the post, and the public was free to weigh in on comment boards. The medium was “hip and new,” Stevens says. It felt like people had been thirsting for alternative opinions. The blogs quickly became not only a forum for discussion but an online home for a growing progressive community, one that promoted activism and, in Stevens’ view, was even poised to influence policy. When Gov. Brian Schweitzer bumped into Stevens at an event in early 2006, Stevens was surprised to learn some of
the state’s highest ranking politicians were among his readers. “There was this sense that not only were we speaking to people who were like-minded or speaking to people who were thirsting for fresh views, but we were also nudging the Democratic party, nudging politics towards a more populist, progressive approach,” Stevens says. “We were writing for lawmakers.” 4&20 Blackbirds and Singer’s Left in the West established a following in Montana, as well as nationwide, that ulti-
still online but Stevens now lives in Minneapolis, and though he voiced his hopes for the site to get back to its “original vision” last summer, it’s been months since anyone posted. Even Pogreba acknowledges that being in the political blogging biz 10 years later “is the exception.” A medium once commended for its power, influence and sense of community appears to have faded just as quickly as it emerged. The question entering a volatile 2016 election season isn’t just why this
political blogs were writing about events with national implications. Yet in many ways, Obama’s 2008 victory and the majority won by Democrats in the Senate that year were also the beginning of hard times for progressive bloggers. The Great Recession hit. Congress went into gridlock over health care reform. Enthusiasm turned to frustration and criticism. The issues that had drawn voters to a growing progressive movement suddenly appeared to get no attention from policymakers.
photo by Sarah Daisy Lindmark
Jon Tester debates incumbent Republican Sen. Conrad Burns during their 2006 election battle. Progressive blogs in Montana strongly advocated for Tester, hosting a Missoula fundraiser and drawing national attention for their ability to influence campaigns.
mately put the blogs themselves in the spotlight. A segment of the weekly PBS program “NOW” prominently featured Stevens a few months prior to the 2006 general election, posing the question whether cyberspace activists like him truly could swing a race. Tester’s subsequent victory over Burns seemed to answer that question. The momentum continued to build through the 2008 election cycle and beyond, with sites like Montana Cowgirl and Don Pogreba’s Intelligent Discontent continuing to publish outsider commentary on a daily basis and even break political stories. But poke around the Internet for signs of Singer’s blogging days and you’ll turn up little more than news articles referencing his online exploits. Left in the West closed up shop shortly after his move to Portland five years ago. Stevens’ 4&20 Blackbirds is
switch happened, but how those still engaged in local progressive politics are filling the void.
Thanks, Obama On April 1, 2008, 4&20 Blackbirds blogger Pete Talbot declared the Democratic primary battle between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama “the biggest political thing to happen in Big Sky Country since Sen. Jon Tester took out Sen. Conrad Burns.” Montana’s progressive activists were in a frenzy over Obama’s promise of “change we can believe in” and the opportunity to move on from the Bush years. Four days after Talbot’s declaration, Obama appeared at a sold-out rally on the University of Montana campus. The next day, Clinton spoke to nearly 400 people at a brunch fundraiser at Missoula’s Hilton Garden Inn. Once again, Montana’s
“In election night 2008, there were, like, people marching out of the Badlander doing an impromptu parade through downtown,” Singer says. “Then the first hundred days of the Obama administration turned into, ‘How do we stop the sky from falling? Let’s bail out major banks. Let’s bail out the auto manufacturers. Let’s pass the Stimulus Act. Let’s deal with emergencies that are different than what a bunch of people thought they were working on.’ No one was like, ‘Oh my god, let the economy collapse so we can stop global warming.’ But they were still like, ‘We have to get to this other stuff.’” The problem wasn’t that the blogs had revolved solely around election coverage. In fact, Stevens had increasingly turned his attention at 4&20 Blackbirds to more local issues at the city and county level. Pogreba at Intelligent Discontent
says his favorite feeding ground for posts has always been the Montana Legislature and the extreme agendas of far-right lawmakers. For Singer, who was also cofounder and executive director of the nonprofit Forward Montana, the emphasis among progressives in 2010 was on electing a pro-equality legislative majority before shifting to LGBT nondiscrimination ordinances in cities statewide. No, the problem became a decline in reader enthusiasm. While Pogreba maintains his traffic has grown steadily over the years, Stevens and Singer both say 2009 marked a slump in their audiences. “Once Obama was elected and the Senate was won for the Democratic party,” Stevens says, “a lot of fair-weather progressives said, ‘Okay, our work here is done,’ and stopped paying attention as much or stopped participating as much.” Pogreba adds that in the case of some blogs, stability also became an issue. By 2010, Stevens had shifted from 4&20 Blackbirds to Left in the West. Later that year, he and Singer announced they were bowing out entirely, leaving the Montana blogosphere without two of its most influential founders. Stevens notes that traffic declined notably in that time. 4&20 logged 26,493 visits in November 2006, Stevens says. By the time he “pulled the plug” last year, monthly traffic had dropped to roughly 2,000 visits a month. Pogreba wonders if new writers had the energy required to preserve a following. “It’s hard to build an audience,” he says. “It took a long time to get readership at my site. We had a big spike in the 2006 election, but it’s a slow build to get people checking your site. And if you turn them off with a change in direction …” Pogreba’s persistence has paid off for Intelligent Discontent, at least. He notes that traffic has increased at his blog from 43,534 visitors and 131,508 views in 2013 to 88,658 visitors and 255,890 views last year. The anonymous founder of the Montana Cowgirl blog notes a similar upward trajectory beginning with the first wave of Tea Party legislators in 2009. In an interview with the Independent, Cowgirl refers to the more madcap legislative sessions that followed as a “golden era” for her blog. Those posts eventually attracted national attention, with The Washington Post’s Chris Cillizza declaring Montana Cowgirl one of the best state-based blogs in the country in 2011. “It’s even spurred national stories,” says Cowgirl, who agreed to an interview only on the grounds that she not be asked about her identity. “The stories about the dress code in the Montana Legislature were written about by The New York Times and linked to the blog. The story about the yoga pants ban in the Montana Legislature
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or the story about that Stanford entity that sent out fake Supreme Court mailers, that got national coverage. I think people come to the blog because they like to read about crazy Tea Party antics and because the network of tipsters has been able to come up with some scoops that no one else had first.” The blogs that remain still have plenty to write about: gun policy, changes in the Montana media, Bozeman tech mogul Greg Gianforte’s run for governor. Talbot, who jumped ship from 4&20 Blackbirds to write for Intelligent Discontent a year and a half ago, says he’s looking forward to regularly posting his analysis of the 2016 U.S. House race between Juneau and Zinke. Pogreba jokingly calls Zinke the “white whale of my blogging life.” But there’s a clear distinction between these hobbyist bloggers attempting to inform the public and the activist bloggers who so regularly promoted online and on-the-ground engagement, and disillusionment among progressives wasn’t the only development that drove the latter to extinction.
“One thing we didn’t have in 2006 was an outlet for conversation. In 2016, all we have are outlets for conversation.”
“One thing we didn’t have in 2006 was an outlet for conversation,” Stevens says. “In 2016, all we have are outlets for conversation.”
Twitter, trolls and succession On election night 2006, updates were coming in on 4&20 Blackbirds several times every hour. The title of the post was “Live blogging, Tester HQ,” and the site was keeping readers across the state tuned in to the returns. By the following day Tester was up on Burns by fewer than 2,000 votes. But in a separate post titled “Tester wins,” Singer—temporarily posting at 4&20 due to domain issues at Left in the West—praised the victory and proclaimed it was time to get the country “back on track.” “Alright, conservative friends,” Singer wrote. “You can all stop that ‘Matt Singer suicide watch’ or whatever it was. ’Cause it is looking clearer and clearer that we won. Jon Tester has declared victory.” Six years later, on the final night of Tester’s tense 2012 reelection campaign against Denny Rehberg, voters had their
eyes locked on a different medium. Dozens of politicians, staffers, reporters and wonks watched Twitter for return updates every few seconds, giving Montana a real-time view of one of the most watched races in the country. At 9:30 the next morning, Tester once again declared victory. It wasn’t the first time live-tweeting had taken the place of live-blogging in Montana politics, and it was far from the last. From debates to nominating conventions, Twitter hasn’t just invaded the territory once occupied by blogs. It’s annexed it. When the state’s blogs first hit it big, the social media craze was still years away. Facebook was only opened to the general public in late 2006, the same year Twitter first launched. According to Singer, those in Montana with something to say still had few outlets other than “sitting at the bar and haranguing their friends.” “Now with Twitter and Facebook and YouTube and vlogs, there’s just so many other places where people are doing this stuff that also no longer has the incentive for the sit-down-and-write-out-a-multiparagraph piece,” Singer says. “You send
A Q&A with one of Montana’s more popular—and mysterious—political bloggers ontana Cowgirl has been rattling the right wing since she first began blogging as a contributor at Left in the West. The profile of her own blog reached new heights in 2011 when The Washington Post named Cowgirl one of the top state-based political blogs in the country. Cowgirl’s identity remains a closely guarded secret, and the topic of much speculation in Montana’s political sphere. Nonetheless, she agreed to an interview with the Independent—the first she’s ever conducted on record.
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So what’s your take on the evolution of political blogs in Montana? Montana Cowgirl: From my perspective, I think what has made the Cowgirl blog so successful is that the conservative movement right now is so wacky and out of touch with the rest of Montana. There’s just a wealth of material out there. And while maybe there are fewer blogs than there were in 2006, the Cowgirl blog at least and probably Intelligent Discontent gets several times more traffic than the original founding-father blogs of Montana got. But Cowgirl’s kind of a different animal than those old blogs like Left in the West, what with the anonymity and the political insider feel. Who do you see as your primary audience? MC: I’ll tell you the secret to the Cowgirl blog: It’s been successful because of a strong, strong
base of reader tips. Probably 80 percent of the content generates from tips from readers across the state. Those tipsters include reporters, editors, elected officials, legislators, Republicans, local volunteers, independents ... I think people also like that the discussion is a free and open debate. The kind of commenters that come onto the blog to debate the issues are everyone from Congressman Ryan Zinke to the editor of the Montana Standard to legislators and other officials. What originally drove you to join the Montana blogosphere? MC: I was a big fan of these blogs in 2006 [Left in the West, 4&20 Blackbirds], and realized that there just weren’t a lot of women’s voices in the blogosphere. So with some encouragement from Matt and Jay and others, I decided to start my own blog. Was there a particular post or string of posts at Cowgirl when you felt you were hitting your groove? MC: It’s sort of become a tradition to list the top nut-job bills of the state legislature. People really enjoy reading the list of wacky introduced legislation ... There was one about a local Tea Party group called Montana Shrugged, and their leader posted a racist joke about the president on her Facebook page. That one generated some national outrage.
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Why did you choose to go anonymous and maintain that anonymity? MC: I think anonymous speech is a long, established political tradition going back to Thomas Paine and Ben Franklin, who distributed anonymous pamphlets and leaflets during the American Revolution. And I think the commenters on my blog are afforded the same opportunity. My blog isn’t really about me. It’s about the subjects I write about, it’s about the politics and people of Montana and it’s just about the content. Do you get any added criticism or added attention as a result of the anonymity? MC: I do think the anonymity adds a certain level of mystique to the blog that is fun. In some ways, having it be a faceless entity has actually encouraged more participation and tips and conversation. What’s next for the Cowgirl blog, besides the 2016 election of course? MC: Just over the last year, I’ve got more tips than I will ever have time to write and I’ve even gotten to where I sometimes have more guest posts than I have time to put up. So I’m trying to think about how to take it to the next phase, whether there’s a way to monetize it or whether there’s a way to involve more writers with a greater reach.
a snarky tweet instead. That changes the way the conversation goes.” While none of Montana’s bloggers past or present blame social media for any decline in readership, they do agree that the presence of Facebook and Twitter has changed where exchanges of opinion take place. Comment boards at 4&20 Blackbirds, Left in the West and Intelligent Discontent used to be rife with conversation. They also allowed the writers to encourage others to start their own blogs, Stevens says, “so it was a chorus of voices.” For the most part, he sees those early days of comments and cross-blog interaction as “really civil and constructive.” Now, Pogreba says, comments have become “a wasteland on blogs.” As more people chose to take their opinions and commentary to social media, the spaces below posts were increasingly dominated by anonymous trolls bent on derailing discourse with a constant stream of vitriol. Pogreba says he was recently going through archives at Intelligent Discontent and noticed a considerable difference in the “tenor of discussion” between five or 10 years ago and today. “There would be 10 or 15, on a good post, interesting comments and a little debate,” he continues. “Now if you look at our site at all, it’s going to be three people posting 25 comments and you’re in a nowin. You start moderating them and you’re an asshole. You don’t moderate them, you’re an asshole. And then it drives other people away.” The most obvious place where political blogs failed to pick up or maintain a large enough following was on the conservative side. Sites like Hardliner or the Montana Republican Party-endorsed MTPundit flamed out quickly. Common Sense Montana briefly came on the scene in 2011 with the exclusive goal of attacking Tester well ahead of the 2012 election. And of course there was the heavily partisan Treasure State Politics, which Pogreba once accused on Intelligent Discontent of serving up some of the “most egregious violations of the English language this side of a TEA Party poster making party.” “So many of them were just flash in the pan, especially these pretty obviously astroturf conservative sites that roll out for about three months before an election and then go away. I think those kinds of blogs really discredit blogging,” Pogreba says. “When it’s so transparent what’s happening, it’s functionally the same as those fake newspapers [American Tradition Partnership] put out.” In the progressive world, Singer feels the migration to social media opened another void as well. As some of Montana’s most celebrated blogs faded, newer blogs weren’t coming in to fill the space. James
Conner’s long-running Flathead Memo kept on with its usual mix of hyper-local, state and national posts, albeit with no comment boards. Other blogs like Alexis Bonogofsky’s East of Billings arrived with a more narrow geographic focus. None seemed to quite fill the same shoes as 4&20 Blackbirds and Left in the West. “It feels to me like genuine newcomers stopped coming into the space in 2009 and 2010,” Singer says. “Cowgirl either already was up and running by then or was soon to be, and Pogie was up and running by then. But new things stopped and eventually the folks who had been there were leaving, so the conversation becomes less vibrant.”
tion in 2016 than they have since 2012, just because the presidential election is an easy thing to wrap your head around. And also it might be Donald Trump as a Republican candidate and everyone will be like, ‘Holy shit, this is crazy’ … If Donald Trump is the nominee, there will be an uptick in engagement that will seem a lot like 2004 of very oppositional progressive energy that is not necessarily for something so much as it knows it’s opposed to something.”
The barstool and beyond For more than half a year now, progressives across the country have been buzzing about Sen. Bernie Sanders’ presi-
Montanans for Hillary has just 123 likes so far. But the level of grassroots enthusiasm going into the Democratic presidential primary in the Treasure State bears a striking resemblance to 2006. Except, that is, when it comes to the blogs. Last fall, Montana Cowgirl wrote a post chastising Clinton and the political action committee Emily’s List for accusations of sexism leveled against Sanders following an October debate. Save for two other posts from guest writers, it’s the only time the blog has touched on a candidacy that has so many progressives fired up. Over at Intelligent Discontent, Talbot tackled the differences between Clinton and Sanders earlier this year. Blogger Greg
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Missoula voters took to downtown streets on election night 2008 to celebrate Barack Obama’s victory in the presidential race. While Montana’s blogosphere helped build local progressive energy around the Obama campaign, the ensuing years proved challenging for both the country and state bloggers.
The issue Singer takes with social media is that, unlike the progressive blogs of old, it doesn’t ground people in community. Singer cites the rise of Black Lives Matter, a movement that is “strong in a bunch of places” yet “very much rooted in Twitter.” At the end of the day, Singer says, those protesters moving from community to community are talking about police and judges and prosecutors—in other words, elected officials. “And if you want to figure out how to deal with that,” he adds, “you need to have shit rooted in that community that can respond.” Montana’s blogs and the conversations they fostered helped energize a progressive base and tilt elections. Whether the same will hold true in the future, whether they’ll see a resurgence, depends not necessarily on the bloggers themselves but on the willingness of their audiences to participate. “This stuff ’s always cyclical, right?” Singer says. “People will pay more atten-
dential campaign. His self-proclaimed socialist standing and desire to see free tuition offered at public universities come as a welcome contrast to former First Lady/U.S. Senator/Secretary of State Clinton’s more mainstream Democratic leanings. Sanders’ supporters have taken to countering accusations that his presidency could get nothing passed through Congress by framing his bid as part of a political revolution, one that could potentially wind back the clock on the Republican majorities. Even voters in Big Sky Country are gobbling up the bait. The group Montanans for Bernie Sanders has hosted meetings, potlucks and debate-watching parties throughout the state since last summer. Their Facebook page now has more than 7,000 likes. Supporters also rallied at Missoula’s VFW in January for a fundraiser rock show dubbed “Berning Man 2016.” Clinton’s bid may not be generating quite the same hype; the Facebook group
Strandberg at Big Sky Words has come closest to documenting the presidential primary picture with the kind of brutal, observational style once common on 4&20 Blackbirds; last September, he described a meeting of Montanans for Bernie Sanders at the Missoula Public Library as “pretty haphazard, uncoordinated, and about as grassroots as you can get.” Singer feels the similarities between the 2016 election cycle and the blogging heyday of 10 years ago don’t just lie in the presidential race. There’s a lot of potential for progressive voters to rally behind Juneau’s run against incumbent Zinke for the U.S. House seat, he says, basing his theory on what happened with Tester during his first Senate campaign. “I was talking to a friend about Denise Juneau, and Jon and Denise I think both have this interesting thing about them where … the progressive base loves them even though they are not far-left people
themselves,” Singer says. “There’s a relationship and a trust there that is different than what Max Baucus ever had with progressives.” The progressive community seems to have moved on from the blogosphere, though—following it, sure, but not utilizing it for fundraising, outreach and discourse as was once the case. In many ways the conversation has moved back to, as Singer put it earlier, friends “haranguing” friends with barstool punditry—just in a more organized and overt manner. Downtown watering holes like the Badlander, Union Club and Stage 112 offer gathering places for young progressives to watch political debates or follow election returns side-by-side with peers, as opposed to in online comment sections. One of Forward Montana’s longest-running events is its monthly Progressive Happy Hour, and the nonprofit’s continued success following Singer’s departure—particularly its expansion to Bozeman in 2014—would suggest his legacy in Missoula was far from dependent on a single blog. Singer’s exit from Left in the West and Missoula didn’t take him out of the action. If anything, he traded his regular online posting for a bigger role on the progressive scene. Before leaving the state, Singer transformed Forward Montana from a small collection of activists into a statewide army dedicated to voter registration and outreach. He now heads the Portland-based Bus Federation, a nonprofit with a similar mission to Forward Montana, and actively promotes progressive politics across the country. The answers Singer and others sought for declining interest in the blogs—and declining energy among progressives in general—continue to inform his efforts. By way of example, he points to his latest target community, Miami, where he’s attempting to apply lessons learned in the West. “Miami gets invaded by people for presidential elections every four years and then none of that energy stays around to say, ‘What should the city of Miami look like? What should Miami-Dade County look like? What should the state of Florida look like? What are we doing about climate change given that we’re going to have to start building sea walls?’” Singer says. “It turns out that with very little help from the outside, once we’ve started talking to people about that question, there’s now a group called Engage Miami that’s going to be the Forward Montana of Miami.” Much of what kept Singer going at Left in the West for four years continues to drive him today. And in that sense, the influence of Montana’s activist blogs goes well beyond a single election cycle. asakariassen@missoulanews.com
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Best medicine How comedian Charley Macorn found redemption, identity—and some good punch lines by Kate Whittle
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n the podcast Best Films Never Seen, three Montana comedians gather to spiritedly review “forgotten gems” of cinema. In one episode, hosts Charley Macorn and John Howard discuss the Prince Thanksgiving Special, a holiday movie starring the legendary recording artist responsible for “Purple Rain.” “It’s kinda like a somehow more straight but also more gay Rocky Horror Picture Show,” Macorn says. “Prince is a rather sexual person, and he turns to the camera and he goes, ‘The turkey’s expanding inside of me,’” adds Howard. “I literally lost my shit.” Sadly, the Prince Thanksgiving Special is not a real film, nor are any of the titles (Clive Barker’s A Christmas Carol and Ravage of the Pet Squirrels) discussed in Best Films Never Seen. The comedians make up the plot of each movie as they go along, riffing on each other’s ideas and often digressing into nerdy topics like whether Michael Keaton or Christian Bale was more authentic as Batman. While sipping a scotch and soda at the Golden Rose on a quiet evening, Macorn explains the inspiration behind the podcast. “There’s so many bad movie podcasts out there and there’s so many improv shows,” Macorn says. “We’re gently ribbing things that inspired us.” The podcast is part of “Macorn Industries,” which is how Macorn, 29, jokingly refers to a hodgepodge of jobs and hobbies. That mishmash includes working as a freelance writer, teaching computer classes and hosting a late-night horror program on YouTube called “The Spooky Spooky Spooky Spooky Movie Show.” Just last summer, Macorn started performing standup comedy. Whether onstage or in casual conversation, Macorn comes across as easygoing and amiable, sharing outlandish yet relatable bits about life, love and what it’s like to be dumped by your boyfriend while eating dinner at China Buffet. Much of Macorn’s comedy derives from some “hairy times” in the past. Macorn grew up in Deer Lodge as a repressed queer kid (Macorn doesn’t identify as male or female and prefers the pronoun “they”). In the pre-“It Gets Better” era of the early 2000s, Macorn didn’t have the language or tools to understand queer sexuality or non-binary gender presentation. After graduating high school in 2004, Macorn moved to Missoula, married a woman and tried, unsuccessfully, to live as a straight man. “I pushed a lot of stuff down and was a real shitty person as result of that,” Macorn says. The marriage ended, and Macorn floundered for months. In a dark, depressed period in 2007, Macorn attempted suicide.
photo by Cathrine L. Walters
Charley Macorn, host of the “Spooky Spooky Spooky Spooky Movie Show,” is part of an increasingly diverse group of local standup comedians.
“It didn’t work, as far as I know,” Macorn cracks. But Macorn emerged from that time with an epiphany. “I had this weird moment where I was looking in the mirror and I went, ‘Oh shit, I see you for the first time,’” Macorn says, pointing to an imaginary mirror. “And so I freaked out, rightly so, ’cause I didn’t know what to do, and took time to find myself. And it’s great. I love it. I’m not a terrible person anymore, which helps.” Macorn has found a welcoming group of likeminded nerds in the local comedy scene, as well as a small but devoted following online. Transsexual porn star Bailey Jae follows Macorn on Twitter and is a fan of the Spooky Movie Show. “She’ll retweet me sometimes, and then my phone explodes,” Macorn says.
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Macorn believes it helps that the comedy scene is growing increasingly diverse, though there’s still a long ways to go when it comes to dealing with cruel or mean-spirited humor. As an example, Macorn attended a recent local comedy night where white comedians used the N-word. “I’m a big believer that people can say whatever they want,” Macorn says. “But come on. If you can make something funny—legitimately funny, not funny at someone else’s expense—go for it. Find a way. I think it’s the healing process. But yeah, there’s people who are like, ‘Here’s a dirty joke I know.’ It just doesn’t work.” Macorn is planning to host an all-queer comedy night in April, with the details yet to be ironed out. But they’re optimistic that if a diverse group of peo-
ple continue to perform and watch local comedy, things will get better. “It’s really good to have more representation,” Macorn says. “There are people out there who don’t have a word for their lives … I always try, in my own stuff, to talk about things I care about, and things I care about happen to be, like, the world around us, and inequality. And also goofy stuff, like dogs in bandanas.” Charley Macorn and other comedians perform at the Curry Comedy Night Thu., Feb. 11., at the Silver Theatre, 2023 S. Higgins Ave., at 6:30 PM. $25, includes performances and curry dinner provided by Masala. kwhittle@missoulanews.com
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Scratch the itch KBGA fundraiser serves up old-school hip-hop People Under the Stairs have been making hip-hop for 19 years, and they’re not about to stop now. If the genre is radically different since the 1990s, its changes have only defined their style. The first track on their new EP, The Gettin’ Off Stage, Step 1, begins with a sample from a fan who praises their music as “fun, like Run-DMC.” As if to clarify what that means, it is followed by scratching. That’s not the only golden-age signifier on the EP, which is built around jazz and R&B samples organized by boom-bap, analog drum loops. The rapping is metrically even, which is a nice way of saying it’s singsong by contemporary standards. But the Peo-
ple Under the Stairs aren’t trying to be contemporary. They’re pursuing a style of hiphop that feels relaxing and pleasant, in contrast to the glowering get-money bangers that dominate the field today. It’s a niche act, in other words. But what The Gettin’ Off Stage sacrifices in broad appeal, it amply makes up for in commitment to the form. For many rap fans, People Under the Stairs is as close to a time machine as they’re going to get. (Dan Brooks) People Under the Stairs play KBGA’s 20th EndofThon at Stage 112 Sat., Feb. 6, at 8 PM, along with Portland’s Hosannas and locals Farch and Shahs. $23/$20 in advance at kbga.org.
Shakewell, Shakewell EP I danced to Shakewell at a friend’s wedding in 2013, just before they won best new band in the Indy readers’ poll. “Hmm,” I thought, between trips to the open bar, “a new horn band. They’re not bad. I wonder if there’s any Double Haul left?” They’re back with a new lineup and sound better than ever, as evidenced by their Top Hat show this past New Year’s Eve. This three-song EP should serve as notice to every local funk/soul/R&B band that this is how it’s done. Shakewell is a neo-funk outfit with one foot in the jazz world and the other foot sliding across the Apollo stage with James Brown. A band is only as good as its drummer, and Trickshot Johnson handles the kit with aplomb. But
from the opening bars of “Indubitable,” it’s clear that Shakewell wisely builds their sound on Sam Ore’s ultra-funky bass. It’s the rhythm section that makes you want to dance, but it’s the bass that makes you want to dance from the waist down. Ore’s rubbery tone and nimble licks are a throwback to Motown’s great James Jamerson, the father of the electric bass. Add crisp horns, spanky-clean rhythm guitar and the tight vocals of Cove Jasmin and Jordan Smith and you have a winner. More, please. (Ednor Therriault) Shakewell play a release show at the Top Hat Fri., Feb. 5, along with Hornz Cru. Doors at 9:30 PM, show at 10. $5.
Grace Potter, Midnight Grace Potter is literally a child of the ’80s, born in 1983. Her solo debut is so heavy with drum machines and New Wave synthesizer licks, I can only assume her pregnant mom cranked a lot of Prince, Pet Shop Boys and other dancepop bands which must have seeped into her in-utero consciousness. Midnight is a radical departure from the guitar-driven rock of her band, the Nocturnals. Although Potter seems to have more in common with tough rockers like Carrie Brownstein or Chrissie Hynde, you can hear a little bit of Britney, a touch of Katy, even a snippet of Gaga throughout Midnight. It’s a jarring stylistic left turn, but you can’t fault someone with Potter’s prodigious talents for wanting to step outside the rock box.
With a voice that has the power to straighten your spine, she’s savvy enough to keep her vocals front and center in the mix, never taking a backseat to the adventurous arrangements. A lot of Midnight achieves a level of emotional involvement, despite the Reagan-era drum machines and icy synths. “Empty Heart” is catchy as hell, soulful even, with a chugging acoustic guitar offsetting the boom-clap beat. The coda to “Delirious” goes from a whisper to a scream, showcasing a gorgeous set of pipes that would sound great singing just about anything. (Ednor Therriault) Grace Potter plays the Wilma Wed., Feb. 10. Doors at 7 PM, show at 8. Show is sold out.
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Finding ants MAM auction features Albin’s fantastical work by Sarah Aswell
Cristina Simona Marian Albin got a phone call recently from a woman who bought one of her paintings three years ago. She wanted to know if there were 13 ants in the picture she’d purchased or if there were still more to find. It is the kind of question that Albin likes to get. It means her art is doing the exact job she created it to do. “That call was great for me,” she says. “That after three years, she was still looking more and more closely and going more and more deeply. After three years, she was still finding ants.” For Albin, art has always been her playground—and she wants others to play, too. Born in a small city in communist Romania in 1979, she didn’t have many toys or books to spark her imagination. There was no library and even the Cristina Simona Marian Albin’s “Here and There” is part of MAM’s th school had limited resources. Her 44 Benefit Art Auction. early childhood was spent simply “I paint stories without words because I want pretending, with whatever she could find in the nat- people to imagine their own,” said Albin. “What they ural world for inspiration. Encouraged by an attentive see there might be different from what I saw there.” art teacher and then discovered through an internaWith elements that evoke Roald Dahl, Dr. Suess tional art competition for children, she soon found and traditional folk tales, “Here and There” starts with herself studying painting at the National University the realistic focal point of a traditional farmhouse beof Arts in Bucharest and then touring the world as an fore spinning outward to stranger images, like upartist. But although her circumstances changed, her side-down trees and whispers of fern leaves, inspired whimsical imagination and childlike view of nature by the natural world. has lived on in her works. Each day, Albin looked at her painting anew, Now living with family in Bozeman, Albin says even turning it upside down before she continued she feels truly at home in Montana. She splits her her work. As the piece solidified, she began the time between teaching art to both children and adults process of working on smaller and smaller details, and creating in her studio. Experimenting with a va- working with a magnifying glass to make certain that riety of media, from oil paints to pastels to colored the person who takes the painting home will be surpencil to gold leafing, each of her pieces begins not prised years from now—that the story of the picture with any sketch or plan but with a single feeling, will continue to evolve. image or idea. “I think having a painting is not only about own“I think there are infinite possibilities, and that’s ing a nice object that decorates your house,” she says. where I start,” she says. “Then I add an element—a “I don’t want people to get bored or used to my house or a tree—and then these elements start to re- painting in their house. Every time they look, they late to each other. Every day I start something new.” might discover something new or see it with other For Missoula Art Museum’s 44th Benefit Art Auc- eyes. It’s about exploring a story.” tion, Albin created a mixed media piece on canvas MAM hosts its 44th Benefit Art Auction at the UC called “Here and There.” A shimmering swirl of colors Ballroom Sat., Feb. 6, at 5 PM. $100 for members, and images, the painting features two strange worlds: $125 for non-members. Visit missoulaartmuseum.org one floating on a cloud suspended by a ladder, an- for tickets. Visit cristinamarianart.com to view other that seems to exist above the sky. The exact Albin’s work. meaning behind the intricate piece is ambiguous and uncertain, but that is one of Albin’s goals. arts@missoulanews.com
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Michael Galinsky’s exhibit The Meadow isn’t quite what it seems. On the surface, the large prints of bees and long grass fall into the nature photography category. A slide show of Galinsky’s Instagram feed seems like random pictures from his life—trains, diners, live bands, sunsets, spiderwebs, his kids. But while The Meadow, which opens Friday at The Brink Gallery, is both an exploration of nature and a jumble of personal artifacts, it’s also a window into a larger story about pain—and a doctor named John Sarno who changed Galinsky’s life. Galinsky is best known as a documentary filmmaker. His 2002 film Horns and Halos, which he made with his wife and filmmaking partner Suki Hawley, won best of festival at Missoula’s first Big Sky Documentary Film Michael Galinsky’s The Meadow brings a street photography Festival in 2004. It tells the story of the approach to nature. ex-con biographer and janitor-turned-publisher behind though it also includes stories from Sarno’s high-proGeorge W. Bush’s controversial biography, Fortunate file patients like Larry David and Howard Stern. The Meadow shows the photographs and video Son. Since then, BSDFF has screened every documentary Galinsky has made, including 2014’s Who Took footage Galinsky took during his walks, a lot of which Johnny, the story of a 30-year-old cold case that Galinsky has ended up in the film. It isn’t your stereotypical shot with his other filmmaking partner, David Beilinson. glossy nature photography. Galinsky says he took a This year, Galinsky and Hawley will screen their street photography approach to his subjects and it’s documentary-in-progress, All the Rage, at BSDFF’s Doc easy to see that: The bee shot is gritty. The silhouette Shop, in search of critical feedback. Rage is what The of leaves, almost noir. “I don’t really like nature photography myself,� Meadow is based on, and it’s about how Galinsky’s back pain led him to Sarno, a professor of rehabilitation med- he says, laughing. “So much of the time it’s about icine at the New York University School of Medicine. making everything perfect. With street photography Sarno is controversial because of his belief that a lot of it’s about taking chances. You see something that chronic pain, from whiplash to back problems, are psy- catches your eye and you grab it before it’s gone.� At the beginning of All the Rage, Galinsky talks chosomatic—the result of stress and unattended emoabout how culture influences the stories we tell ourtional weight that manifests as muscle pain. Originally, the film was meant to be a profile of selves, including about how pain works. “It often feels like our stories are written for us the doctor, but Galinsky says it fell flat. They needed a personal narrative. All the Rage languished for 12 and we get stuck in these patterns we can’t even see,� years, and Galinsky and Hawley even workshopped he narrates. The Meadow is also about seeing things in a new it twice at BSDFF. Then, in 2011, Galinsky’s back pain way and breaking those patterns. resurfaced in a bad way. “Shooting in the meadow is a meditation,� Galin“I hit the floor,� he says. “And I screamed in crazy pain, ‘Get the goddamned camera. I’ll have to be a sky says. “But it’s about trying to see things differently every day so you don’t get stuck in your own narrow character.’� Around the same time, after his mother moved perception of the world.� Michael Galinsky’s The Meadow opens at The into an assisted living center, Galinsky, Hawley and their children moved from New York to Chapel Hill, Brink Gallery Fri., Feb. 5, with a reception from N.C., and into the house where Galinsky grew up. The 5 to 8 PM. All the Rage screens at BSDFF Doc reconnection to his childhood and daily walks in an Shop Wed., Feb. 24. old cow pasture near the house helped Galinsky turn efredrickson@missoulanews.com All the Rage into a personal journey of recovery—
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Too easy Missed opportunities in The Danish Girl by Molly Laich
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The Danish Girl is a sometimes bizarre, pretty and surprisingly safe film about a husband and wife living in Copenhagen in the 1920s. They’re both successful painters and very much in love until the husband comes to know herself as a woman, which has a way of changing a relationship. The film’s adapted from a 2001 novel of the same name, which is itself a fictionalized retelling of a real life couple under similar circumstances. The real Einer had been assigned male at birth and then underwent five separate surgeries to correct the mistake at a time when trans issues were only beginning to be understood. The details of her transformation to Lili were housed at an Institute for Sexual Research in Berlin that was destroyed by the Nazis in the 1930s, so what we know of her actual life comes mostly from letters and diary entries assembled after her death. Last year’s Oscar winner for best actor, Eddie Redmayne (The Theory of Everything), stars as Einer/Lili. Alicia Vikander plays her wife Gerda, who you may also remember as the robot with an agenda in last year’s Ex Machina. Both have received Oscar nominations for their roles. Redmayne likely won’t win for a few reasons: Firstly, he won last year for playing Stephen Hawking in a role that required a similarly drastic body transformation. As Lili, he is sympathetic and sincere, but the feminine hand gestures and serious looks in the mirror seem overly practiced; it’s just a little too perfect. Vikander as best supporting actress outshines her costar, although it’s not a “supporting” role at all. She’s the heart of the film and has more screen time than Redmayne, but never mind. Einer’s transition into Lili begins on accident and then escalates quickly. At first Gerda seems open to and even titillated by what appears to be her husband’s kink for wearing women’s clothing, and I wanted the film to embrace that space. Instead, Gerda oscillates unpre-
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dictably between accepting Lili for who she is and conforming to the movie trope of the doting, suffering, heterosexual wife. The real life Gerda was probably at least bisexual, as evidenced by her erotic paintings of women and other historical details, so why does the film choose instead to make her a straight woman who stoically endures what is essentially the death of her husband? This is a sensitive story that deserves a brave and honest treatment. Forgive me for being a tad prescriptive, but I feel like director Tom Hooper missed a great opportunity here to make a period film that understands even in dark periods of history, queer and gender nonconforming people have always had allies. (For a good example of what I mean, see 2009’s A Single Man.) I wish the filmmakers had dwelled in the strange nature of Gerda and Lili’s sexuality as they came to understand it together. Instead, it devolves into something a lot more sentimental and easy. Besides acting, the film is up for Oscars in production and costume design. The women’s dresses are gorgeous and fun to look at, just as you would expect them to be in 1920s Europe. Lili and Gerda are at the center of the art scene in Copenhagen and Paris, surrounded by beautiful things and aesthetically minded people, but I don’t quite buy it. The Danish Girl feels like a modern story, transplanted awkwardly into a world of British accents in Denmark, playing dress up. And at two hours, the story feels about 15 minutes longer than the weight of the tragedy can reasonably expect us to endure. Still, there’s a lot to admire in The Danish Girl, and despite my criticisms, it remains a powerful, good-looking film with provocative performances. This is a near miss for me. The Danish Girl opens at the Roxy starting Fri., Feb. 5. arts@missoulanews.com
[film] FARGO The Coen Brothers Retrospective continues with Fargo, their arctic-noir classic featuring boneheaded criminals, black comedy brilliance, and the most tenacious pregnant sheriff you will likely ever see. Showing at the Roxy Thu., Feb. 4, 7 PM.
OPENING THIS WEEK CHASING BUDDHA This intimate portrait of Robina Courtin shatters the stereotypes of a Buddhist nun, as she visits inmates in a Kentucky prison and changes their spiritual outlook as well as her own. Showing at the Roxy Mon., Feb. 8, 6 PM.
THE FINEST HOURS The Coast Guard attempts a daring rescue off the coast of Cape Cod in 1952 when a blizzard destroys two oil tankers. Stars Chris Pine. Rated PG13. Showing at the Carmike and Pharaohplex.
THE CHOICE Travis and Gabby meet in a small coastal village and, after a thorny start, fall for each other. Then zombies attack! Just kidding. Their relationship is tested by a difficult challenge in this Nicholas Sparks-based story. Rated PG-13. Showing at the Carmike and Pharaohplex. THE DANISH GIRL Loosely based on the love story between Danish artists Lili Elbe and Gerda Wegener, The Danish Girl follows the couple’s story as they deal with the challenges of Lili’s transgender journey. Rated R. Showing at the Roxy. Check theroxytheater.org for showtimes. HAIL, CAESAR! The Coen brothers are back with a sprawling farce set in the glory days of Hollywood. Stars Jonah Hill, Tilda Swinton, George Clooney, Scarlett Johansson and many more. Rated PG-13. Showing at the Carmike. THE METROPOLITAN OPERA: TURANDOT Bizet’s opera of lust and longing in the Far East. Showing at the Roxy Tue., Feb. 9, 6:30 PM. MOVIE CULT: A CLOCKWORK ORANGE This week’s Movie Cult is a bracing jolt of sex and violence. A Clockwork Orange stars Malcolm McDowell as Alex DeLarge, a delinquent with a taste for cruelty. You’ll never hear “Singing In the Rain” the same again. Rated X. Showing at the Roxy Sat., Feb. 6, 10 PM. O BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU? The Coen Brothers Retrospective continues with this Depression-era comedy of three escaped convicts who somehow bumble their way into recording a hit bluegrass song. Stars George Clooney, John Goodman and John Turturro. Rated PG-13. Showing at the Roxy Thu., Feb 11, 7 PM. PRIDE The Roxy presents its new series, Out at the Roxy, featuring LGBT-themed films. First up is Pride. Realizing they share common foes in Margaret Thatcher, the police and the conservative press, London-based gays and lesbians lend their support
JANE GOT A GUN Natalie Portman stars in this Western about a woman who asks help from her ex-lover to save her husband from a murderous gang. Rated R. Showing at the Carmike.
“Brutus, hand me that dagger. I have some spinach in my teeth.” The Coen brothers’ Hail Caesar! opens Fri., Feb. 5 at the Carmike. to striking coal miners in 1984 Wales. Rated R. Showing Wed., Feb. 10, 7 PM. PRIDE AND PREJUDICE AND ZOMBIES This update of Jane Austen’s tale of love between social classes is the latest in the current trend of mashing up zombies with anything imaginable. Stars Lily James and Jack Huston. Rated PG-13. Showing at the Carmike and Pharaohplex. SO INDIE: HONOLULU This documentary follows several indie hip-hop artists on their tour in Hawaii. Check out the show at the Palace afterwards, featuring several stars of the movie. Showing at the Roxy Fri., Feb. 5, 7 PM. TIMBER THE TREASURE DOG This family adventure filmed in the Paradise Valley features Wilford Brimley and Missoula’s own Jeff Medley and Averie South in the story of some kids and their animal friends trying to find a legendary treasure in order to save their family farm. A Q&A with filmmaker and cast follows the screening. Rated PG. Showing at the Roxy Wed., Feb. 10, 6 PM.
NOW PLAYING 13 HOURS: THE SECRET SOLDIERS OF BENGHAZI Director Michael Bay reportedly shows massive restraint on the flying cars and moon-sized fireballs in this based-on-true-events account of the attack on the U.S. embassy in Libya. Rated R. Showing at the Carmike and Pharaohplex.
2016 OSCAR -NOMINATED SHORTS - ANIMATED Get a gander at this year’s Oscar-nominated animated film shorts. Showing at the Roxy Thu., Feb. 4. Visit theroxytheater.org for showtimes. 2016 OSCAR-NOMINATED SHORTS - LIVE ACTION Check out this year’s Oscar-nominated short films so you’ll know which ones to pull for while watching the Oscars. Showing at the Roxy Thu., Feb. 4. Visit theroxytheater.org for showtimes. THE 5TH WAVE Aliens are attacking the planet and humans are just about extinct. For Cassie Sullivan (Chloë Grace Moretz) all that matters is reuniting with little brother Sam (Zackary Arthur). Opening at the Carmike and Pharaohplex. See websites for listings. CAROL Todd Haynes directs this Oscar-nominated love story of an aspiring photographer who falls for an older woman. Stars Cate Blanchett and Mara Rooney. Rated R. Showing at the Roxy Thurs., Feb. 4. For showtimes visit theroxytheater.org. DADDY’S HOME Will Farrell and Mark Wahlberg play stepdad and biological dad, competing for the children’s affections. Rated PG-13, showing at the Carmike and Pharaohplex. DIRTY GRANDPA Dirty Grandpa, Bad Grandpa, who can keep track? Starring Zac Efron and Robert De Niro. At the Carmike. See website for listings.
KUNG FU PANDA 3 Po (voiced by Jack Black) continues his “legendary adventures of awesomeness” as he faces two foes. One is supernatural, the other, not so much. Rated PG. Showing at the Carmike and Pharaohplex. THE MARTIAN The For Your Consideration series brings Oscar nominees to the Roxy. Left for dead on the Red Planet, Matt Damon attempts to survive until a rescue mission can come for him. Rated PG-13. Showing Sun., Feb. 7, 6:30 PM. THE REVENANT After being brutally mauled by a bear, a fur trader struggles to survive in the 1820s wilderness with only his wits and less than one bar of cell service. Stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hardy. Rated R, showing at the Carmike and Pharaohplex. STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS Han Solo, Luke, Leia and Chewy are back as J.J. Abrams hefts the yoke of the mighty Star Wars franchise, picking up where 1983’s Episode VI: The Return of the Jedi left off. Rated PG-13. Showing at the Carmike, Pharaohplex, and pretty much every theater everywhere. Capsule reviews by Ednor Therriault Planning your outing to the cinema? Visit the arts section of missoulanews.com to find upto-date movie times for theaters in the area. You can also contact theaters to spare yourself any grief and/or parking lot profanities. Theater phone numbers: Carmike 12 at 541-7469; The Roxy at 728-9380; Wilma at 728-2521; Pharaohplex in Hamilton at 961-FILM; Showboat in Polson and Entertainer in Ronan at 883-5603.
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A little extra sauce by Jamie Rogers Good things are usually born of necessity, and Arthur Wayne Hot Sauce is no exception. Growing up in Sacramento, Arthur Wayne Schubert liked his food spicy. His mother, who is second-generation MexicanAmerican, often cooked with hot chilies, and Schubert remembers “there was always a bottle of something spicy on the table.” Though his affinity for heat followed him into adulthood, it wasn’t until he was in his late 20s that Schubert began to wonder if the pepper-infused sauces he’d forever poured on his food were as good as they could be. “I woke up one day and I wasn’t satisfied,” he says. Schubert, now 38 and transplanted to Missoula, began researching ingredients, cooking processes and bottling techniques. He wanted a sauce that satisfied his appetite for heat but not at the expense of flavor. Before long, the solution to his problem was clear: he had to make his own. Schubert started with simple formulas. He made sauces based on America’s most popular hot sauce, Tabasco, which utilizes only red peppers, vinegar and salt to create a tangy and mildly spicy flavor. Eventually, he graduated to more fiery pepper varieties like habanero, red fresno and cayenne and started adding fruits and dried spices to complement and counteract the heat. He also began growing varieties of peppers like ghost and scorpion, which he couldn’t find in Missoula’s grocery stores. In time, Schubert’s once vast collection of hot sauces was slowly replaced by bottles of his own concoctions. “I started giving bottles to friends, and they would ask for more … I was spending so much time making sauce,” he says, “I decided to take it to the next level.” Schubert quit his job as a bar manager and, in 2013, Arthur Wayne Hot Sauce was born. Before tasting Arthur Wayne, I was ambivalent about hot sauce. I like spicy food, but I’ve often found hot sauce to be an unsatisfactory vehicle for kick. On one hand, the most ubiquitous sauces (Tabasco, Cholula, Tapatio) are too timidly spiced and don’t add much to whatever I’m eating. On the other, many of the boutique brands sold at specialty grocers are so hot they seem better suited for fraternity hazing rituals than a bowl of rice and beans. Schubert understands
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WHAT’S GOOD HERE this conundrum, and his hot sauces—all of which he makes from scratch using fresh and, when possible, homegrown or locally sourced peppers—strike a delicate balance between too much and not enough. His Haba Haba Spicy Tomatillo is like a bouillon cube of salsa verde, with subtle heat and a tomato sweetness underlined with fresh lemon flavor. The Haba Haba Dime Sauce, named for the 10 recipes Schubert tested before he was satisfied, offers the kick of habanero and cayenne without a sweat-inducing burn. The Scorpion Pineapple, a blend of pineapple, honey and Trinidad moruga scorpion peppers—which is about 400 times hotter than a jalapeno—has the sort of fire that might make you panic, if not for the extinguishing fruit accent. “My goal is to offer something different for people,” Schubert says of his product line, “but I also want to offer something for everyone.” Arthur Wayne has managed an impressive level of success in the few years since its inception. Schubert’s six bottled sauces are available on his website as well as at more than 70 regional stores and restaurants, including just about every grocer in Missoula. “I’m happy with it ... Demand is growing,” he says. “But I know we can do more.” He has good reason to feel this way. A few months ago, he got a call from Ed Currie, a pepper breeder and hot sauce maker in South Carolina, who was lionized by chili-heads everywhere when he bred the world’s hottest pepper, the Carolina Reaper. Currie had heard about Schubert, and he wanted to sell Arthur Wayne Hot Sauce in South Carolina. “I thought it was a friend messing with me,” says Schubert. “Then I realized it was actually him and he wanted my hot sauce. It was the coolest.” The conversation with Currie added fuel to Schubert’s fire. He’s already testing three new recipes he hopes to begin bottling sometime this summer, and he is negotiating with national wholesalers to help introduce Arthur Wayne to the rest of the country. “The success we’ve had so far is amazing and I feel good about it. But I want to keep going. I want this sauce to be on every table, every shelf in Montana and beyond,” he says. “I want Arthur Wayne to be a name people recognize.”
[dish] Asahi 1901 Stephens Ave 829-8989 asahimissoula.com Exquisite Chinese and Japanese cuisine. Try our new Menu! Order online for pickup or express dine in. Pleasant prices. Fresh ingredients. Artistic presentation. Voted top 3 People’s Choice two years in a row. Open Tue-Sun: 11am-10pm. $-$$$
and other businesses allows us to bring quality, scratch cooking and fresh-brewed Black Coffee Roasting Co. coffee and espresso to Missoula’s Historic Westside neighborhood. Handmade breads & pastries, soups, salads & sandwiches change with the seasons, but our commitment to delicious food does not. Mon-Fri 7am 2pm. Sat/Sun Brunch 9am - 2pm. Dinners on Fri & Sat nights 5 - 9 PM. $-$$
Bernice’s Bakery 190 South 3rd West • 728-1358 Bernice's is committed to keepin' Missoula sweet and there is no better time to share our treasures than Valentines. Tempt her with a cream puff. Hold her hand and share a Red Velvet Heart Cake. Show the office how much you love 'em and get 'em a dozen roses. Rose cupcakes that is! Mini and full size. The infamous hand-frosted conversation heart sugar cookie awaits a personalized message from you, or choose one of our pre-written delights. So much to choose from. What better way to say I Love You than to stop by Bernice's and buy Missoula's signature sweet treats for your sweetheart. xoxo bernice. www.bernicesbakerymt.com. p.s. Ordering ahead is always appreciated. $-$$
Butterfly Herbs 232 N. Higgins 728-8780 Celebrating 43 years of great coffees and teas. Truly the “essence of Missoula.” Offering fresh coffees, teas (Evening in Missoula), bulk spices and botanicals, fine toiletries & gifts. Our cafe features homemade soups, fresh salads, and coffee ice cream specialties. In the heart of historic downtown, we are Missoula’s first and favorite Espresso Bar. Open 7 Days. $
Biga Pizza 241 W. Main Street 728-2579 Biga Pizza offers a modern, downtown dining environment combined with traditional brick oven pizza, calzones, salads, sandwiches, specials and desserts. All dough is made using a “biga” (pronounced bee-ga) which is a time-honored Italian method of bread making. Biga Pizza uses local products, the freshest produce as well as artisan meats and cheeses. Featuring seasonal menus. Lunch and dinner, Mon-Sat. Beer & Wine available. $-$$ Black Coffee Roasting Co. 525 E. Spruce 541-3700 Black Coffee Roasting Company is located in the heart of Missoula. Our roastery is open M-F 6:30-5:30, Sat. 7:30- 4, Sun. 8-3. In addition to fresh roasted coffee beans we offer a full service espresso bar, drip coffee, pour-overs and more. The suspension of coffee beans in water is our specialty. $
Bridge Pizza 600 S Higgins Ave. 542-0002 bridgepizza.com A popular local eatery on Missoula’s Hip Strip. Featuring handcrafted artisan brick oven pizza, pasta, sandwiches, soups, & salads made with fresh, seasonal ingredients. Missoula’s place for pizza by the slice. A unique selection of regional microbrews and gourmet sodas. Dine-in, drive-thru, & delivery. Open everyday 11am - 10:30pm. $-$$
Brooks & Browns Inside Holiday Inn Downtown 200 S. Pattee St. 532-2056 Martini Mania with $4 martinis every Monday. The Griz Coaches Radio Show LIVE every Tuesday at 6pm, Burger & Beer special $8 every Tuesday. $2 well drinks & $2 PBR tall boys every Wednesday. Big Brains Trivia every Thursday at 8pm. Have you discovered Brooks & Browns? Inside the Holiday Inn, Downtown Missoula $-$$ Burns Street Bistro 1500 Burns St. 543-0719 burnsstbistro.com We cook the freshest local ingredients as a matter of pride. Our relationship with local farmers, ranchers
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Cafe Zydeco 2101 Brooks 406-926-2578 cafezydeco.com GIT’ SOME SOUTH IN YOUR MOUTH! Authentic cajun cuisine, with an upbeat zydeco atmosphere in the heart of Missoula. Indoor and outdoor seating. Breakfast served all day. Featuring Jambalaya, Gumbo, Étouffée, Po-boys and more. Beignets served ALL DAY! Open Monday 9am-3pm, Tuesday-Saturday 11am-8pm, Closed Sundays.
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. $-$$
El Cazador 101 S. Higgins Ave. 728-3657 Missoula Independent readers’ choice for Best Mexican Restaurant. Come taste Alfredo’s original recipes for authentic Mexican food where we cook with love. From seafood to carne asada, enjoy dinner or stop by for our daily lunch specials. We are a locally owned Mexican family restaurant, and we want to make your visit with us one to remember. Open daily for lunch and dinner. $-$$
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Good Food Store 1600 S. 3rd West 541-FOOD The GFS Deli features made-to-order sandwiches, Fire Deck pizza & calzones, rice & noodle wok bowls, an award-winning salad bar, an olive & antipasto bar and a self-serve hot bar offering a variety of housemade breakfast, lunch and dinner entrées. A seasonally-changing selection of deli salads and rotisserie-roasted chickens are also available. Locally-roasted coffee/espresso drinks and an extensive fresh juice and smoothie menu complement bakery goods from the GFS ovens and Missoula’s favorite bakeries. Indoor and patio seating. Open every day 7am10pm $-$$
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Great Burn Brewing’s Smoky Picnic
HAPPIEST HOUR What you’re drinking: A mix of two of Great Burn’s flagship pours. Start with a half-pint of Church Picnic Cream Ale (5.2 percent alcohol by volume) and top with a slow pull of Smoke Chase Porter (6.5 percent). Hence, a smoky picnic. Or a church chase, if you prefer.
photo by Skylar Browning
Put it another way: Great Burn’s take on a black-and-tan. Beer slinger Paula Peterson, who’s been at the Southside brewery since it opened in August 2014, says the smoky picnic has something of a cult following. “We don’t get a lot of requests for it,” she says, “but for certain people, it’s their favorite.” What it tastes like: Great Burn’s aptly named porter carries a strong smoky flavor. The sweet cream ale cuts through that heaviness, making this more of a session beer. Another variation: A black-and-tan usually includes a porter or stout combined with
a pale ale or lager. Great Burn currently has its seasonal Hotshot Coffee Stout (8 percent) on tap, and it also mixes well with the cream ale. Not as smoky as the porter, of course, but still delicious and smooth. Peterson says the stout will probably last another couple of weeks before rotating out.
What other specials does Great Burn offer: Right now you’ll also find a Double Dryhopped IPA and Amber Sun Ale. Perhaps the brewery’s most popular special is the Tie One On Coconut Brown, especially on nitro. (Peterson admits it’s her personal favorite.) It was on tap earlier this winter and should return in coming months. Where to find your smoky picnic: Great Burn is located at 2230 McDonald Ave., behind Jakers, off Brooks Street. —Skylar Browning
Grizzly Liquor 110 W Spruce St. • 549-7723 grizzlyliquor.com Voted Missoula’s Best Liquor Store! Largest selection of spirits in the Northwest, including all Montana microdistilleries. Your headquarters for unique spirits and wines! Free customer parking. Open Monday-Saturday 9-7:30. $-$$$ Hob Nob on Higgins 531 S. Higgins 541-4622 hobnobonhiggins.com Come visit our friendly staff & experience Missoula’s best little breakfast & lunch spot. All our food is made from scratch, we feature homemade corn beef hash, sourdough pancakes, sandwiches, salads, espresso & desserts. MC/V $-$$
Iron Horse Brew Pub 501 N. Higgins 728-8866 ironhorsebrewpub.com We’re the perfect place for lunch, appetizers, or dinner. Enjoy nightly specials, our fantastic beverage selection and friendly, attentive service. Stop by & stay awhile! No matter what you are looking for, we’ll give you something to smile about. $$-$$$ Iza 529 S. Higgins 830-3237 izarestaurant.com Local Asian cuisine feature SE Asian, Japanese, Korean and Indian dishes. Gluten Free and Vegetarian no problem. Full Beer, Wine, Sake and Tea menu. We have scratch made bubble teas. Come in for lunch, dinner, drinks or just a pot of awesome tea. Open Mon-Fri: Lunch 11:30-3pm, Happy Hour 3-6pm, Dinner M-Sat 3pm-close. $-$$
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 weekday 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. $
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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 Korean-Japanese 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? $-$$$
Pearl Cafe 231 E. Front St. 541-0231 • pearlcafe.us Country French meets the Northwest. Idaho Trout with Dungeness Crab, Rabbit with Wild Mushroom Ragout, Snake River Farms Beef, Fresh Seafood Specials Daily. House Made Charcuterie, Sourdough Bread & Delectable Desserts. Extensive wine list; 18 wines by the glass and local beers on draft. Reservations recommended for the intimate dining areas. Visit our website Pearlcafe.us to check out our nightly specials, make reservations, or buy gift certificates. Open Mon-Sat at 5:00. $$-$$$
Pita Pit 130 N Higgins • 541-7482 pitapitusa.com Fresh Thinking Healthy Eating. Enjoy a pita rolled just for you. Hot meat and cool fresh veggies topped with your favorite sauce. Try our Chicken Caesar, Gyro, Philly Steak, Breakfast Pita, or Vegetarian Falafel to name just a few. For your convenience we are open until 3am 7 nights a week. Call if you need us to deliver! $-$$
The Starving Artist Cafe & Art Gallery 3020 S. Reserve St., Ste A 541-7472 missoulastarvingartist.com Local, high quality pastries and desserts from Missoula bakeries. Top of the line coffee blends from Hunter Bay Coffee, and specialty, hand crafted beverages. Monthly events, featured artists, and open mic night every Wednesday. The Starving Artist Cafe & Art Gallery is sure to please your palette! $
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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THURSDAYFEB04 Brothers Gow are back, bringing their skintight funk-rock and mind-melting light show to the Top Hat. 10 PM. Free. If you’ve been waiting for just the right play to audition for, Studs Terkel’s Working might be for you. Call Gretchen at the Stevensville Playhouse, 777-0520, to set up an audition. Artist Alissa Wynne’s exhibition The Inevitable Comparison opens with a reception at the University Center Gallery. Wynne’s work features stretched garments that comment on rebellion and upbringing. 4–6 PM. Free.
nightlife What Lay Before—What Lay After, sculpture and paintings by Paul Pearson, is on exhibit through Thu., Mar. 3 at UM’s Gallery of Visual Art in the Social Science Building. Opening reception 5–7 PM. Basses Covered share their sweet musical chemistry at Lolo Peak Brewery. 6–8 PM. Free. Dan Dubuque shreds on the slide guitar at Bitter Root Brewing. 6–8 PM. Free. Black Mountain Moan sing the blues to the universe and you at Draught Works Brewery. 6–8 PM. Free. Montana Repertory Theatre’s production of All My Sons by Arthur Miller continues at UM’s Montana Theatre in the PAR/TV Center at 7:30 PM. $20/$16 seniors and students/$10 kids 12 and under. For tickets visit umt.edu/umarts/theatredance. Dusk take the stage at the Sunrise Saloon for your dancing and listening pleasure. 8 PM. No cover.
“Um, we’ll take what’s behind Curtain #1.” Mandolin Orange play their acclaimed folk Americana at the Top Hat with The Dead Tongues Thu., Feb. 11. Doors at 8 PM, show at 8:30. $15/$13 advance at tophatlounge.com.
Wisenheimers will be cracking wise at John Howard’s Homegrown Stand-Up Comedy at the Union Club. Sign up by 9:30 PM to perform; things usually start around 10. Free.
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The Wild West returns, at least for the weekend, when the Forester’s Ball cuts loose at the UM’s Schreiber Gym. It’s a night of dancing, revelry and music by Led Stetson. Warning: if you’re liquored up, you won’t get through the door. 7 PM. $15 at the door, $12.50 at griztix.com. Enjoy a great dance concert and help raise funds to get UM Theatre and Dance Dept. students to the Northwest Regional Conference in Wyoming in March. Performances range from contemporary ballet to hip-hop, with choreography from the students, guest artists and faculty. PAR/TV Center, 7:30 PM. $5–$10 sugg. donation at the door. 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 the perfect lead-in to happy hour. Tarantula feeding at the Missoula Butterfly House and Insectarium every Friday at 4 PM. Free with $4 admission to MBHI. Warm up with wine and live music by Britchy. Wine available by the glass or flight. Pack a picnic or buy a fresh antipasto plate made by Biga Pizza at Ten Spoon Vineyard and Winery. Tasting Room open 4–9 PM, music starts at 6 PM.
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reopening. MASC Indiegogo Getdown features local beer and wine, raffle prizes and local DJs Peanut Butter and Amory. 1200 Shakespeare St., 5–8 PM. Get your Gaelic on at the Irish Music Session, every Friday at the Union Club from 6–9 PM. No cover. Mix up your arts disciplines with a free First Friday dance performance. The theme is Love at Downtown Dance Collective, 121 W. Main. St. 6 PM. Family Friendly Friday invites little ones to boogie while parental units kick back at the Top Hat. Tonight’s music provided by folk rocker Andrea Harsell. 6 PM. No cover. The American College Dance Association Benefit Concert is presented by the School of Theatre and Dance. Open Space in the PAR/TV building. 7:30 PM, min. $5 donation at the door. For more info check umt.edu/umarts /theatredance/. Fusion VII features every style the UM School of Music has to offer. More than 20 high-energy performances give an overview of the program. Dennison Theatre, 7:30 PM. $11/$6 seniors/$5 students. Dark Horse Band comes out of nowhere to fill the dance floor at the Eagles Lodge. 8 PM–1 AM. No cover. Blues monsters Black Mountain Moan fill the night air with the greasy rhythms of longing and dirty urges. Boxcutters get things lubed up. Stage 112, 9 PM.
Danaco and Mr. Soap stir up some rock ‘n roll soup at the Real Lounge. 9 PM. Free. Band in Motion play a rare twonighter at the Union Club. Dig their wide variety of danceable rock, starting at 9:30 PM. No cover.
Buy local, eat local at the Missoula Winter Public Market. Enjoy fresh produce, frozen meat, eggs, honey and other locally sourced food. Snag a hot cup of locally roasted coffee and check out the handmade crafts too. 10 AM, 800 S. 3rd St. W.
Country crooners Dakota Poorman Band are back for a two-night go ‘round at the Sunrise Saloon. 9:30 PM, no cover.
The Winter Storytelling series continues. Travelers’ Rest State Park, 11 AM. $5/free for members of TRPHA.
The stars of So Indie, which premiers tonight at the Roxy, throw down with a major celebration at the Palace. Tonsofun, Syntax Vernac, DAR, Ric Rollin, Codependents, Tajbo, Sincerely Grown and DJ BVS keep the joint hopping. 10 PM. $5.
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Button up your favorite Hawaiian shirt (for the love of god, don’t tuck it in!) and head out to Fishbowl Friday at Monk’s. $5 fishbowls all night, and tracks from Chaddabox, Milkcrate Mechanic and Wolf Trap. 10 PM. Free. Funk-soul swingers Shakewell celebrate the release of their new EP with a party at the Top Hat. Hornz Cru open. Doors at 9:30 PM, show at 10. $5. (See Music.)
SATURDAYFEB06 KBGA wraps up their RadioThon with the 20th anniversary celebration of EndofThon. Legendary hip-hop duo People Under The Stairs are joined by Hosannas, Farch, Shahs and more. Stage 112, 8 PM. $20. (See Music.)
Enjoy an evening of art and celebration at the Missoula Art Museum’s 44th Benefit Art Auction: Out of the Box. Live auction, silent auction and an auction in the round. Third floor of the University Center, 5 PM. $100/Member & $125/Non-Member. Tickets must be purchased by Jan. 24. For more info, visit missoulaartmuseum.org. (See Art.) Andrea Harsell and Bitter Root Brewing beer go together like Triscuits and sardines. Trust me, it’s perfect. 6–8 PM. Free. Malarkey bring their blend of disparate influences into one sweet sound at Blacksmith Brewing Co. 6–8 PM. Free. Letter B play rockin’ originals and other stuff at Draught Works Brewing. 6–8 PM. Free. The Wild West returns, at least for the weekend, when the Forester’s Ball cuts loose at the UM’s Schreiber Gym. It’s a night of dancing, revelry and music by Led Stetson. Warning: if you’re liquored up, you won’t get through the door. 7 PM. $15 at the door, $12.50 at griztix.com.
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Adornment 4: Expressions in Contemporary Jewelry features works by Montana metalsmiths Pam Caidin, Kris Kramer, Rob Funk and Kristina Okonski. 4 Ravens Gallery, 248 N. Higgins. Opening reception 5–8 PM.
Last Best Dream: Surrealism Here and Now features 14 artists showing 2D and 3D works that mess with your head. Radius Gallery, 114 E. Main St. Opening reception 5–8 PM.
Two exhibits, one venue. Timelapse by Emily Elliott and Timeboat by Lindsey Tucker explore ideas of time and its relation to memory and change. Sushi Hana, opening reception 5–8 PM.
David Lewis uses old CDs and discs from recycled computers to create cyber sculptures. Whimsy runs through Feb. at the Artists’ Shop, 127 N. Higgins. Opening reception 5–8 PM. John Zelazny shares his paintings at Lake Missoula Tea Company. Opening reception 5–7 Foxy ladies. “Twin Foxes” by Jennifer French is part PM.
Claire Burgeson has captured a series of black and white images of powerful women. Her exhibit Clean Energy is on display at Betty’s Divine. Opening reception 5–8 PM. Join fiber artist Lizzi Juda for
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E3 Gallery presents Bayla Ari- Radius Gallery. First Friday reception 5–7 PM. etta. Working primarily in watercolors on hot press paper, Bayla Spruce Streets behind Wordens Mardraws and paints her subjects out of ket. Gallery is open 5-9 PM. (See reality and into ethereal new interpre- Spotlight.) tations of our surrounding world. Michael Galinsky’s exhibition The Opening reception 5–9 PM, music by Meadow features photos and videos shot River City Ramblers. behind his home in Chapel Hill, N.C. Assemblage artist B. MartiNez Opening reception at the Brink Gallery, shares her new exhibit Can’t Sleep, 111 W. Front St., 5–7 PM. (See Art.) Dreaming of an Early Spring at This month’s First Friday at Dana Draught Works Brewing. Opening reGallery features staff picks. Selections ception 5–8 PM. include works from Dana favorites like Gaurav Misra is the star at Love Caleb Meyer, Robert Moore, Diane From India at JRPC. Check out Misra’s Ainsworth and many more. 246 N. art and ask him to write your name in Higgins, reception 5–7 PM. Hindi or create a henna design on See the Bob like you’ve never seen your hand. Jeannette Rankin Peace it before. Lee Silliman’s Bob Marshall Center, 5–7 PM. Country features 8x10 contact prints Sarah Knobel shares her exhibit taken with his 180-lb. view camera, Drips, featuring still lifes and videos of which he packed by mule into the “insignificant household items with wilderness area. Gallery 709 inside short-term functionality.” Frontier- Montana Art and Framing, 709 Ronan Space, in the alley between Pine and St. Opening reception 5–9 PM.
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Missoula Sculptor Maryann Eikens discusses her sculptures and answers questions on how bronze sculptures are made. Also enjoy hot spiced cider and cookies. Freshwater Studio and Gallery, 101 E. Broadway, 5:30–8 PM. The artist Dorothy, an alter ego of Marshall Granger, presents “Manic Pixel Dream Girl,” a music and video performance that explores technology and personal identity. Real Good, 1205 Defoe #1, 8–10 PM.
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Best soundcheck ever. Bright Light Social Hours opens for funk masters Dr. Dog at the Wilma Tue., Feb. 9. Doors at 7 PM, show at 8. $25/$22 adv. at thewilma.com. The American College Dance Association Benefit Concert is presented by the School of Theatre and Dance. Open Space in the PAR/TV building. 7:30 PM, min. $5 donation at the door. For more info check umt.edu/umarts /theatredance/. The UM Jazz Series III continues as world-renowned drummer Jeff Hamilton brings his trio to Missoula. Music Recital Hall, 7:30 PM. $25/$15 seniors/$10 students at griztix.com. Montana Repertory Theatre’s production of All My Sons by Arthur Miller continues at UM’s Montana Theatre in the PAR/TV Center at 7:30 PM. $20/$16 seniors and students/ $10 kids 12 and under. For tickets visit umt.edu/umarts/theatredance. Dark Horse Band comes out of nowhere to fill the dance floor at the Eagles Lodge. 8 PM–1 AM. No cover. Celebrate DAT Music Conference’s half-birthday. Sinistarr returns to Missoula for a special performance marking the halfway point to DAT at the end of July. The Palace, 9 PM. Donations accepted at the door. For more info visit datmusicconference.com. Band in Motion play a rare twonighter at the Union Club. Dig their wide variety of danceable rock, starting at 9:30 PM. No cover. Country crooners Dakota Poorman Band are back for a two-night go ‘round at the Sunrise Saloon. 9:30 PM, no cover. The John Adam Smith Band bring a world flavor to their percussive roots music. At the Top Hat with Hawthorne Roots, 10 PM. Free.
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SUNDAYFEB07 Celebrate the Chinese New Year with the UM’s Confucius Institute’s Chinese Talent Show. Students from kindergarten through high school perform Chinese songs, martial arts, dances and more. UC Ballroom, 2 PM. Free and open to the public.
nightlife Old Sap isn’t just something you’ll find on display at the Law Enforcement Museum. It’s also a young poet playing country blues on his banjo. Draught Works Brewery, 6–8 PM. Free. Rebecca Schaffer’s Viscosity Theatre wraps up its residency at the Crush Lounge with a trio of performances. RIP Crush Cabaret celebrates the troupe’s short but fruitful stay at Crush, which closes its doors Feb. 16. Shows are at 8 PM. $20/$15 adv. at viscositytheatre.org. Here’s your one-way ticket out of Squaresville. Jazz Martini night offers live, local jazz and $5 martinis every Sunday night at the Badlander. 9 PM. No cover.
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Montgomery Distillery, 129 W. Front St. A dollar from every drink sold is donated to a cause each week. Family friendly, noon–8 PM.
nightlife Local Deadheads have got you covered when the Top Hat presents Raising the Dead, a curated broadcast of two hours of Jerry Garcia and Co. 5–7 PM. Free, all ages. Caroline Keys and Gibson Hartwell make beautiful music together at the Red Bird Wine Bar. 7–10 PM. Free. Rebecca Schaffer’s Viscosity Theatre wraps up its residency at the Crush Lounge with a trio of performances. RIP Crush Cabaret celebrates the troupe’s short but fruitful stay at Crush, which closes its doors Feb. 16. Shows are at 8 PM. $20/$15 adv. at viscositytheatre.org. Black Mountain Moan hosts Blues Monday every week at the Badlander with a rotating cast of local blues musicians. 9 PM. No cover.
TUESDAYFEB09 Le bon temps roulé on this Fat Tuesday at Bitter Root Brewing. Celebrate Mardi Gras with Louisiana food specials, beer discounts and great Delta blues from MudSlide Charley. 5–8 PM. Free.
It’s a local(ish) author twofer when Missoula’s Josh Wagner reads from his collection of shorts Nothing In Mind and Helena’s Shawn Mihalik reads from his novella The Assured Expectations of Things Hoped For. Shakespeare & Co., 6 PM.
It’s Mule-Tastic Tuesday, which means Montana Distillery will donate $1 from every cocktail sold to a local nonprofit organization. 12–8 PM.
Sip a fancy soda for a cause at this edition of Moscow Monday at the
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[calendar] Irish tunes in the taproom at Imagine Nation Brewing Co., 1151 W. Broadway, 6–8 PM. Psychedelic-folk band Dr. Dog comes to the Wilma, with Bright Light Social Hour. Doors at 7 PM, show at 8. $25/$22 adv. at thewilma.com. Rebecca Schaffer’s Viscosity Theatre wraps up its residency at the Crush Lounge with a trio of performances. RIP Crush Cabaret celebrates the troupe’s short but fruitful stay at Crush, which closes its doors Feb. 16. Shows are at 8 PM. $20/$15 adv. at viscositytheatre.org. You some kinda wise guy (or gal)? Prove it at the Quizzoula trivia night at
the VFW, 245 W. Main St., with current events, picture round and more. Gets rolling around 8:30 PM. To get you warmed up, here’s a trivia question: What was KBGA’s nickname when they took to the airwaves in 1996? Find answer in tomorrow’s nightlife. Joy’s Open Mic Night at Stage 112 welcomes all genres. Sign up at 8 PM, music starts at 9. Also $2 tallboys. 112 Pattee St. Mike Avery hosts the Music Showcase every Tuesday, featuring some of Missoula’s finest musical talent at the Badlander, from 9 PM to 1 AM. To sign up, email michael.avery@live.com.
inside drips Sarah Knobel doesn’t always know what she’s trying to say. “I’m reacting to whatever I’m experiencing at the time,” she said in a 2012 interview with Hamiltonian Artists. In a series of photographs where she served as her own model playing different characters, she frequently was unsure of the message or meaning until she’d composed and shot several photos. “When I have this idea in my head I usually shoot it over and over again a million times until it’s really clear to me—what it is and why I’m doing it. It’s interesting to kind of do psychology on myself.”
birth and post-partum functionality of my body. To deal with the awkwardly distant and intangible occurrences of reproduction, I began to create simple arrangements of organic and synthetic materials. The arrangements play with the idea of simulation and reduction of the corporeal form.”
A trained psychotherapist might indeed have a field day with Knobel’s latest exhibit, Drips, which is on display at FrontierSpace Friday evening. The photographer and video artist juxtaposes organic objects with mundane household WHAT: Drips First Friday exhibit items, introduces some WHO: Sarah Knobel gooey or wet substance and creates a colorful, WHEN: Friday, Feb. 5, 5–9 PM provocative composition WHERE: FrontierSpace, between that seems stark in its careSpruce and Pine streets fully lit still life setting, yet vulnerable and unsettling HOW MUCH: Free in its suggested vitality. “The imagery overlaps between product photography with its sleek and clinical disposition and the history of the nature morte still life with its display of abundance and decay,” she writes about the images. The series was inspired by “my own physical experience of being pregnant, giving
Knobel’s work has been displayed in exhibitions from Seattle to Greece. She holds an MFA in Photography from the University of Cincinnati and is currently an assistant professor of art at MSU Billings. —Ednor Therriault
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WEDNESDAYFEB10 Bob Wire is climbing back in the saddle to deliver a withering blast of maximum honky tonk at Blacksmith Brewing Co. in Stevi. 6–8 PM. Free.
nightlife Every Wednesday is Community UNite, wherein 50 cents of each pint of tasty KettleHouse brew goes to a deserving organization. This week it’s the Missoula Downtown Foundation. KettleHouse Northside Taproom, 5–8 PM. Wednesday Night Brewery Jam invites all musicians to bring an instrument and join in. Hosted by Geoffrey Taylor at Imagine Nation Brewing Co., 6–8 PM. Free. “Texas” Tom Roat plays all the country favorites that will be your favorites too. Great Burn Brewing, 6–8 PM. Free. This open mic is truly open. Jazz, classic rock, poetry, spoken word, shadow puppets—share your creative spark at The Starving Artist Café and Art Gallery, 3020 S. Reserve St., 6–8 PM. Free. Win big bucks off your bar tab and/or free pitchers by using your giant egg to answer trivia questions at Trivia Night at the Broadway Sports Bar and Grill, 1609 W. Broadway Ave. 7 PM.
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West Coast jazz? Continental jazz? Bebop? Avant-garde? It’s all free jazz, as in no charge, Dad, when the Top Hat hosts a local band every Wednesday for Jazz Night. Tonight: Captain Wilson Conspiracy. 7 PM, no cover, all ages. Grace Potter is rock and roll from the toes up, and she’ll prove it all night at the Wilma. Eliza Hardy Jones opens. Doors at 7 PM, show at 8. Show is sold out. (See Noise.) You knew this is Burt Reynolds’ birthday, right? Come celebrate the man who said, “There are no awards in Hollywood for being an idiot.” Ryan Bundy and P.D. Lear provide the tunes. BR movies, t-shirts and of course a mustache contest. VFW, 9 PM. (Trivia Answer: Revolution Radio.)
THURSDAYFEB11 The Curry Comedy Series kicks off at the Silver Theater on Higgins. Indian cuisine by Masala Restaurant is followed by surefire hilarity from a passel of talented local comedians. Hosted by standup veteran John Engen. 6– 9:30 PM. For tickets and info, visit thecurrycomedyseries.com. (See Arts.) The Five Valley Chorus of Sweet Adelines International is awarding a vocal music scholarship to Montana res-
idents pursuing a college degree or are active in music. Deadline for application is April 1. For info, visit fivevalley sweetadelines.com.
nightlife Ten Skip Stone take the stage in just a few hops at Draught Works Brewery. 6– 8 PM. Free. Captain Wilson Conspiracy fills the room with cool jazz at Bitter Root Brewing. 6–8 PM. Free. Northern Lights at the Sunrise Saloon? Anybody see the irony here? Music from 8 PM–12:30 AM. No cover. Mandolin Orange play their acclaimed folk Americana at the Top Hat. The D e a d To n g u e s o p e n . D o o r s a t 8 PM, show at 8:30. $15/$13 adv. at tophatlounge.com. Mr. Calendar Guy wants to know about your event! Submit to calendar@ missoulanews.com at least two weeks in advance of the event to guarantee publication. Don’t forget to include the date, time, venue and cost. Or snail mail to Calendar c/o the Independent, 317 S. Orange St., Missoula, MT 59801. You can also submit online. Just find the “submit an event” link under the Spotlight on the right corner at missoulanews.com.
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even a snowshoe race, open to all ages. Cyclists can cure their cabin fever with a fat-tire bike race, and all racers receive a buff winter hat. As if that’s not enough, there’s food and drink, wildlife information, and music from Wolf and the Moons. All in all, it’s a great way to have some nearby fun in our winter wonderland. —Ednor Therriault The Winter Carnival at Marshall Mountain is Sat., Feb. 6, 11 AM–4 PM, 5250 Marshall Mountain Road. Suggested donation is $1. For more info visit missoulaparks.org.
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THURSDAY FEBRUARY 4 Grizzly expert Dr. Sterling Miller holds forth on what we can learn from the Lewis and Clark’s expedition’s encounters with the grizzlies, as recorded in their journals. Lolo Community Center, 7 PM. Free and open to the public.
SATURDAY FEBRUARY 6 Several stars from Warren Miller’s ski movies join other pro skiers and snowboarders for Anaconda PTA/Billy Poole Memorial Fund’s ski school program at Discovery Basin Ski Area. Visit BillyPoole.org for details.
MONDAY FEBRUARY 8 The pow-pow is back, make sure your gear is in tip top shredding shape at the ski and snowboard tuning workshop. REI Missoula, 6:30 PM. Free. Travel with Five Valleys Audubon to the majestic Berkeley Pit in Butte. At the meeting, Andrea Stierle describes some of the research that she and husband/collaborator Donald Stierle have explored with the fungi and bacteria surviving and thriving in this acid mine waste lake. The meeting will be in room L14.
TUESDAY FEBRUARY 9 Join the Montana Dirt Girls every Tuesday for an all-women hike or bike somewhere in the area. You can find the upcoming trip posted at facebook.com/MontanaDirtGirls. Various locations, 6 PM.
At this month’s Rocky Mountaineers meeting, Joshua and Susanna Philips will share stories and images from their Denali ascent by the west buttress route. The Trail Head, 221 E. Front St., 7 PM. Free and open to the public. UM’s Wilderness Institute hosts a weekly free lecture series, What’s the Wild Worth? The Price of Nature’s Amenities Through a 21st Century Conservation Lens. This week’s speaker is Prof. Jeffrey Englin from Arizona State University. UM’s Gallagher Building, room 122. 7:10–8:30 PM. Free and open to the public. Practice your Eskimo rolls and flat spins at the Open Kayak session. Bring your own kayak and gear, ages 14 and under require adult supervision. Currents Aquatic Center, 8–10 PM. Normal entry fees apply. Visit ci.missoula.mt.us/161/Aquatics.
WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 10 It’s all downhill from here. Missoula Alpine Race League runs every Wed. at 7 PM through Mar. 2 at Snowbowl. For info and signup sheets, email missoulaalpinerace@gmail.com. Learn some new facts, or show off your big ol’ brain at Naturalist Trivia Night. BYOB. Montana Natural History Center, 120 Hickory St. 7–9 PM. $4 sugg. donation, free for members.
THURSDAY FEBRUARY 11 Learn the movements that will help you get/stay in shape for your outdoor winter fun with Yoga for Outdoor Fitness. REI Missoula, 7 PM. Free.
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Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Take a man fishing and he will probably drink all your Hamm’s. Teach a man to cook black bean burgers, though, and he’ll have some fun feeding his family and learn a bit about nutrition along the way. Real Meals is a program hosted by the North Missoula Community Development Corporation that’s designed to help families gain the cooking and nutrition knowledge that will help them get the most bang for their buck. Once a month people gather at the Real Meals workshop to work with a food or nutrition specialist who shares their particular set of skills and knowledge. Chefs, farmers, moms, nutritionists, they run the gamut and bring a little something new to the table, so to speak. Families who participate in federal nutritional assistance are the primary focus of Real Meals, which takes place at the Missoula Food Co-op. The neighborhood is largely populated with the families of Lowell School students, 80 percent of whom qualify for the Free and Reduced Meal program. It’s the highest rate of any elementary school in the city. About 25 percent of the neighborhood’s families rely on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, double the rate of the rest of Missoula.
Real Meals provides a great opportunity for families to not just learn about nutrition and pick up some healthy recipes, but they also get to spend time preparing meals, figuring out grocery lists, and other bonding activities. The goal of Real Meals is to keep the cost per serving under $2.50, so there’s a lot of creativity that goes into the process. Choosing local foods and low-cost staples is an important facet of the program, and nobody’s eating fish every day. This month Linda Petrucelli from the Lowell Health Center will be sharing her recipe for black bean burgers. —Ednor Therriault Real Meals is Wed., Feb. 10 at 5:30 PM. Missoula Food Co-op, 1500 Burns St. Child care is provided. Participants take home recipes and leftovers. To sign up, call 829-0873 or email herminaharold@gmail.com.
[AGENDA LISTINGS] THURSDAY FEBRUARY 4 Climate Smart Missoula’s monthly meeting features a discussion about moving Missoula toward zero waste. Imagine Nation Brewing Co., 5–7 PM. Short presentation at 5:45.
SATURDAY FEBRUARY 6 Buy local, eat local at the Missoula Winter Public Market. Enjoy fresh produce, frozen meat, eggs, honey and other locally sourced food. Snag a hot cup of locally roasted coffee and check out the handmade crafts too. 10 AM, 800 S. 3rd St. W.
MONDAY FEBRUARY 8 Sip a fancy soda for a cause at this edition of Moscow Monday at the Montgomery Distillery, 129 W. Front St. A dollar from every drink sold is donated to a cause each week. Family friendly, noon–8 PM. Climate change causes so much more than bigger tornadoes and warmer seas. Learn about the threats to public health at Climate Change: The Public Health Challenge of Our Time. Experts on public health and global warming share information at St. Patrick Hospital, Conference Center #1. 5:30–7 PM. Surviving Menopause and Perimenopause every Mon. through Feb. 8 at Women’s Health Club and Fitness Center, 6–7 PM. $50. For more info visit thewomensclub.com.
The monthly meeting of the Bonner Milltown Community Council features guest speaker Abby Useth, with a discussion about creating a communityowned gathering place that would be the home of a community food project. Bonner School Library, 7 PM.
TUESDAY FEBRUARY 9 Shootin’ the Bull Toastmasters help 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 Montana Distillery will donate $1 from every cocktail sold to a local nonprofit organization. 12–8 PM.
WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 10 Every Wednesday is Community UNite, wherein 50 cents of each pint of tasty KettleHouse brew goes to a deserving organization. This week it’s the Missoula Downtown Foundation. KettleHouse Northside Taproom, 5–8 PM.
THURSDAY FEBRUARY 11 SAFE offers an informational tour of its program offices. Learn about programs and services offered for folks in the Bitterroot dealing with abuse and violence. 150 Morning Star Way in Hamilton. Tour starts at noon, RSVP to 363-2793.
AGENDA is dedicated to upcoming events embodying activism, outreach and public participation. Send your who/what/when/where and why to AGENDA, c/o the Independent, 317 S. Orange, Missoula, MT 59801. You can also email entries to calendar@missoulanews.com or send a fax to (406) 543-4367. AGENDA’s deadline for editorial consideration is 10 days prior to the issue in which you’d like your information to be included. When possible, please include appropriate photos/artwork.
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I’m a woman in my 40s, and I’ve been happily married for 22 years. Unfortunately, my husband and I have never been very compatible sexually. I had read so much Cosmo in college that I believed sex was something we could work on. Well, he is quick in the sack and uninterested in my pleasure. It’s been two decades of “Wham, bam, thank you, ma’am,” and our old four minutes of intercourse now lasts for about two. And yes, I have asked him to attend to my needs—for years. He just blows me off. He’s always been satisfied, so he is not motivated to change. After a particularly quick encounter this morning left me feeling used, my thought was that I need a divorce. I’m distraught to think this way. Is there another option? —Unsatisfied Sex can sometimes be confusing, but timewise, it shouldn’t leave you wondering whether you’ve been having it or poaching an egg. There is only so much room for improvement if, in bed, two people go together like peanut butter and an oar. Still, Cosmo wasn’t entirely wrong. Sexual technique can be tweaked at least somewhat by working on it -- that is, if both partners show up to the office and admit that there’s a job to do. And then there’s your husband, dead set on continuing to have sex on the “success in bank robbery” model: in and out before anybody knows what hit ‘em. Though your sex face is obviously a frown, the big issue here isn’t bad sex; it’s bad love. You don’t seem to see it that way, perhaps due to “cognitive dissonance.” That’s social psychologist Leon Festinger’s term for the psychological discomfort of simultaneously holding two conflicting views—like the belief that you’re worthy of love and the observation that your husband’s about as attentive to you in bed as he is to the headboard. To smooth out an inconsistency like this, we typically grab for whichever explanation helps us feel good about ourselves—which is maybe why you describe yourself as “happily married” to a man who acts like the clitoris is a rare exotic bird. If, outside of bed, he’s actually loving enough for you to want to fix this, you might say something like “I love you and want to save our marriage, but I feel deeply unloved whenever we have sex.” Explain that if he isn’t willing to take steps to change, you don’t think you can stay with him. Specify the steps, like
VOLUNTEERS practice sessions in which you show him what you like and maybe some get-togethers with a sex therapist (a referee to call him on his sense of sexual entitlement). Even if he were to agree to all of it, be realistic. Sex might start feeling more like being made love to than being bumped into by a naked man, but it’s unlikely to ever be mind-blowing or anything close. Still, you might be happy if you just see that he cares enough to make an effort in bed—one leisurely enough that you don’t expect it to be followed by “meep meep!” and a cartoon cloud of dust.
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This guy I’m dating had a mean, demanding girlfriend, and it left him kind of a relationship-phobe. He says meeting me two months ago made him want to change that. He is loving and seems excited to be with me, except for how he introduces me—as his “friend” or “ladyfriend.” Should I be worried that he doesn’t call me his girlfriend? —Irked It’s easy to go straight to all the worst reasons for why he won’t call you his girlfriend, like that it would seem disloyal to that secret wife he has stashed away in the suburbs. However, keep in mind that a label (like “girlfriend”) isn’t just a word. Labels actually have power over our behavior. Research by social psychologist Elliot Aronson finds that we seem to have a powerful longing for consistency—for things to match. So, committing to a label tends to make us feel obligated to follow through with the behavior that goes with it—and never mind figuring out whether it’s what we really want. Give the guy some time. He’s (understandably!) slow to do a cannonball into a new relationship, but you say he is “loving” and seems “excited” to be with you. So, sure, he may be on the fence, but he doesn’t seem to be on the run. Until his answer to “What are we doing here?” is no longer “Not sure yet,” you might ask him to drop the likes of “ladyfriend” and just use your name— charming as it is to be introduced with what sounds like 19th-century code for “two-dollar hooker.”
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High school student looking for a job. PartTime or Temp. $8/hr. Available after-school and weekends. What do you need done? Data entry, yard work, distribute flyers/marketing materials, cold calling to schedule meetings, etc.
EMPLOYMENT GENERAL Accounting Clerk Seeking a Bookkeeping Assistant with knowledge in Excel and midlevel AP/AR experience for a full-time/long term opportunity. Some Bookkeeping experience required. This position will support the Controller, as needed, answer phones, provide document scanning and shredding and be the primary on managing the Forklift 7 truck expense spread sheets. Salary/DOE. Full job listing online at lcstaffing.com Job ID #26406
Election Aide Missoula is seeking a regular, On-Call ELECTIONS ASSISTANT. Requires high school diploma or GED. Requires experience performing physical labor and basic clerical skills. Elections Administrator will determine if a prospective employee’s qualifications are acceptable. Will perform duties related to preparing for and processing elections. Work is OnCall and pay is $9.61/hr. CLOSE DATE: 03/11/16 Full job description at Missoula Job Service. employmissoula.com Job # 10177881
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Embroiderer Company seeking part-time employee to operate embroidery machine. The ideal candidate will have 2 to 5 years experience in operating an embroidery machine, be able to run the machine by themselves if need, an eye for quality, attention to detail and a desire to produce a great product for our customers. Flexible hours with an option of full time in the future. Company is fast paced and fun to work for! Full job listing online at lcstaffing.com Job ID #26557
Dining Assistant PT to provide assistance in all dietary functions as directed in accordance with established dietary policies and procedures. Must possess the ability to make independent decisions, follow instructions, and accept constructive criticism. Must be able to deal tactfully with personnel, residents, family members, visitors, government agencies/personnel, and the general public. Must be able to work with ill, disabled, elderly, emotionally upset, and potentially hostile people within the facility. Must be able to speak, write and understand English in a manner that is sufficient for effective communication with supervisors, employees, residents, and families. Prepare and serve meals that are palatable and appetizing in appearance. Assist in cleaning duties. Full job description at Missoula Job Service. employmissoula.com Job # 1017686
Family Support Assistant Youth Dynamics holds a Three-Year Accreditation by CARF International in the areas of Care Management/Services Coordination for Children & Adolescents: Mental Health, Day Treatment : Mental Health, Intensive Family-Based Services: Mental Health, Intensive Outpatient Treatment: Integrated: AO/MH, Out-of-Home Treatment: Mental Health, and Outpatient Treatment: Mental Health. We are looking for PT Family Support Assistants to work directly with youth and families in the community; Family Support Assistants provide supervised therapeutic services to youth and families with behavioral and emotional difficulties for the purpose of maintaining and supporting the family. Must be High School graduate or equivalent; must maintain a valid driver’s license, the minimal vehicle insurance required by law, and must maintain a good driving record. Full
job description at Missoula Job Service. employmissoula.com Job # 1017866 Ranch Hand Dunrovin Ranch, a small guest ranch in Lolo, is looking for a ranch hand for the 2016 season. Responsibilities include but are not limited to: feeding and caring for horses, preparing horses for guided trail rides, drag riding on guided trail rides, pasture irrigation, lawn maintenance, cleaning accommodations and helping with youth programs. Full job description at Missoula Job Service. employmissoula.com Job # 10177487 Recruiter This is a temporary position. Progressive company is seeking a recruiter for 3 to 6 months, with potential long term employment, to manage a large volume recruiting effort as we work to restructure and expand our company. Wage $15/hr. Full job listing online at lcstaffing.com Job ID #26818 Transfer Driver Drive UHAUL trucks needing repair or
maintenance, or that have been repaired, to or from a repair shop location to a U-Haul center. Tow trailers as needed. Perform pre-inspection checks for preventive maintenance. Keep accurate time and mileage logs. Position requires a valid driver’s license and and the ability to maintain a good driving record to operate motor vehicles with both types of transmissions. Successful applicants must be on-call during normal business hours to include weekends. This is a part-time position. Limited benefits available. Full job description at Missoula Job Service. employ missoula.com Job # 1017412
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EMPLOYMENT Church Administrator A Missoula church is seeking a fulltime CHURCH ADMINISTRATOR. The administrator will need to have excellent writing, verbal and active listening skills. The successful applicant will need to have excellent organizational skills with a working knowledge of church process, financial/bookkeeping, payroll, taxes and technology. Knowledge of WordPress, Social Media and Microsoft Publisher is a plus. The Church Administrator will be expected to maintain the highest levels of confidentiality. Will facilitate and supervise the day-to-day business operations of the church. This position is salaried, full-time position and will include some weekend hours, particularly on Sunday mornings. Pay range is between $32,000-$36,000 annually depending on experience. CLOSE DATE: 02/10/16. Full job description at Missoula Job Service. employmissoula.com Job # 10177416 Construction Engineer Provides engineering support for gas and electric growth, expansion projects, extensions, rebuilds, relocations, and assists with operating electric and natural gas utilities. Must have a B.S. degree in Engineering or equivalent experience. Ability to obtain a Professional Engineer’s License is preferred. Working knowledge and experience in construction and design preferred. Experience with SAP, line design and LDPro preferred. Knowledge of International Fuel Gas Code, NESC, NEC, and the DOT. Part 191 and 192 is preferred. General understanding of survey and inspection techniques and microprocessor-based equipment preferred. Demonstrate and maintain a good safety record. First Aid/CPR Certification. Valid driver’s license and satisfactory driving record. Design electric and/or natural gas facilities following the Capital Business Processes. Supervise projects and oversee contract and company construction crews. Perform computer related functions such as engineering analysis, drawing, spreadsheets, and database compilations. Compile and write technical reports. Respond to customers’
needs by performing field investigations. Survey and inspect routes. Ensure that cost estimates meet company standards and current tariffs. Assist to develop project-specific capital budgets. Complete on-call after-hours duties, periodically, for one week at a time; this requires the individual to reside in the greater metro area; includes response to emergency situations and calling personnel out for after-hours activities. Full job description at Missoula Job Service. employmissoula.com Job #1017809
SKILLED LABOR Carpenter Residential Locally owned construction firm in search of skilled and semikilled carpenters for both residential projects. Work will be full time and long term. This is not a seasonal job we are looking for employees to continue on with our company long term. Projects are in and around the Missoula area so travel is minimal. Employees must have current valid license and clean driving record. Wage DOE. Full job listing online at lcstaffing.com Job ID #26383 CHIP TRUCK DRIVERS NEEDED from the Missoula area. • Must be present to apply • Local hauls • Home daily • Good pay • Benefits • 2 years exp. required Call 406-4937876 9am-5pm M-F. Iron Works Fabricator Employee will be prepping parts (deburring & machining) on assembly line. Additional duties will include welding. Employee will be standing for duration of shift. Bending and lifting #75. Appropriate PPE to be provided. Full job listing online at lcstaffing.com Job ID #26714 TRUCK DRIVER TRAINING. Complete programs and re-
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HEALTH CAREERS Clinical Pharmacist Providence is calling a Clinical Pharmacist (Grant Creek Family Practice Clinic, Day Shift, 0.25FTE) to Providence Medical Group in Missoula. This is a parttime position (10 hours/week), Variable shift. Supervise clinical specialties in medication management, asthma education, and anticoagulation protocol. Function as the primary liaison with the medical staff, and provides for staff education and development. Provides drug information to patients and other health care professionals. Consults and advises members of the medical staff on matters relating to specific drug therapy problems. Required qualifications for this position include: Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm. D.) degree or clinically oriented Master of Science (M.S.) Licensed to practice pharmacy in the state of Montana
Current Basic Life Saving (BLS) certification through the American Heart Association. Five years or more clinical experience Preferred qualifications for this position include: Board of Pharmacy Specialties certification. American Society of Health-System Pharmacists residency in pharmacy practice. Full job description at Missoula Job Service. employmissoula.com Job # 1017715 CPR, EMT, PARAMEDIC & MORE. Missoula Emergency Services Inc. Training Center. Flexible solutions for your education needs. missoulaems.com Dental Assistant The Dental Assistant will assist the Dentist and support staff with patient care, office, and laboratory duties. The ideal candidate will be productive and proficient in preparing and maintaining dental instruments, materials, and
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SALES Retirement Plan Counselor This is an opportunity to join Empower Retirement, a leading provider of group retirement services with more than a century of providing financial security to people across America, as a Retirement Plan Counselor. We provide you, as a salaried employee, with the training, equipment, career growth and support; you bring the professionalism and passion for educating about retirement planning. Assist in developing the commu-
nication and education strategy for assigned plan(s). Assist in maintaining & retaining existing client relationships. Facilitate communication and education strategy by conducting group meetings and one-on-one employee/participant sessions. Provide consultative expertise to employees to increase enrollment and per participant revenue and retain participants. Typically handle moderately complex problems or inquiries. Complete and submit client related forms during employee contact sessions in accordance with policies and procedures. Keep track of participant information and enter into proprietary systems. Provide feedback to field management. Full job description at Missoula Job Service. employ missoula.com Job # 1017746
monthly and annual sales target and the Company’s overall strategic goals. Full job listing online at lcstaffing.com Job ID #26814
WORK WANTED High school student looking for a job. PartTime or Temp. $8/hr. Available after-school and weekends. What do you need done? Data entry, yard work, distribute flyers/marketing materials, cold calling to schedule meetings, etc. Lets talk, call Dominick @ 5445859. Need a Laborer? My name is Thomas Hogarty. I will work a day for free to show you I am worth it. 406-544-9250 leave a message with Tom.
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FLEET TECH/MANAGER FT responsible for assisting with preventative maintenance requirements of vehicles, and equipment. Automotive exp required. M–F: 8a– 5p. $13.00-$15.00 /hr. DOE. Position open until filled.
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542-3377 YOU CAN MAKE A POSITIVE IMPACT ON A PERSON'S LIFE! NEW PROGRESSIVE WAGE SCALE FROM $10-17.50 DOE AND POSITION OUR EMPLOYEES HAVE ENJOYED A 6.5% WAGE INCREASE IN 2015. Find truly rewarding & meaningful work at Missoula Developmental Service Corporation. We're a non-profit serving adult clients with severe developmental disabilities in communitybased group homes. We are seeking Direct Support Professionals, Assistant Managers, and LPNs. Day, evening, overnight positions available from 24 - 40 hours/week. Flexible schedules are great for students. Positions include excellent paid time off, comprehensive benefit package and extensive paid new hire training.
SHIFT SUPERVISOR (5) FT Positions supporting persons with disabilities in a residential setting. $9.80-$10.30/hr. Positions open until filled. See website for more info. CASE MANAGER FT providing targeted case management/ coordinating support services to persons age 16 or older w/developmental disabilities in Conrad, MT. Minimum requirements: BA in Human Services and 1 year exp w/individuals with disabilities. M-F: 8a-5p. $15.80/hr. Position open until filled. DIRECT SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL Supporting Persons with Disabilities in Enhancing their Quality of Life. Evenings, Overnights & Weekend hours available. $9.25-$10.75/hr. Must Have: Valid driver license, No history of neglect, abuse or exploitation. Applications available at OPPORTUNITY RESOURCES, INC., 2821 S. Russell, Missoula, MT. 59801 or online at www.orimt.org. Extensive background checks will be completed. NO RESUMES. EEO/AA-M/F/disability/protected veteran status.
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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): After fighting and killing each other for years on end, the Roman and Persian armies agreed to a truce in 532 A.D. The treaty was optimistically called “The Endless Peace.” Sadly, “endless” turned out to be just eight years. By 540, hostilities resumed. I’m happy to announce, though, that your prospects for accord and rapprochement are much brighter. If you work diligently to negotiate an endless peace anytime between now and March 15, it really is likely to last a long time.
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VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): “I shiver, thinking how easy it is to be totally wrong about people, to see one tiny part of them and confuse it for the whole.” Author Lauren Oliver wrote that, and now I’m offering it to you, just in time for your Season of Correction and Adjustment. The coming weeks will be a favorable time for you to get smarter about evaluating your allies—and maybe even one of your adversaries, as well. I expect you will find it relatively easy, even pleasurable, to overcome your misimpressions and deepen your incomplete understandings.
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CANCER (June 21-July 22): We all go through phases when we are at odds with people we love. Maybe we’re mad at them, or feel hurt by them, or can’t comprehend what they’re going through. The test of our commitment is how we act when we are in these moods. That’s why I agree with author Steve Hall when he says, “The truest form of love is how you behave toward someone, not how you feel about them.” The coming weeks will be an important time for you to practice this principle with extra devotion—not just for the sake of the people you care about, but also for your own physical, mental, and spiritual health.
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GEMINI (May 21-June 20): When winter comes, pine trees that grow near mountaintops may not be able to draw water and minerals from the ground through their roots. The sustenance they require is frozen. Luckily, their needle-like leaves absorb moisture from clouds and fog, and drink in minerals that float on the wind. Metaphorically speaking, Gemini, this will be your preferred method for getting nourished in the coming weeks. For the time being, look UP to obtain what you need. Be fed primarily by noble ideals, big visions, divine inspiration, and high-minded people.
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TAURUS (April 20-May 20): People turn to you Tauruses for help in staying grounded. They love to soak up your down-to-earth pragmatism. They want your steadfastness to rub off on them, to provide them with the stability they see in you. You should be proud of this service you offer! It’s a key part of your appeal. Now and then, though, you need to demonstrate that your stalwart dependability is not static and stagnant—that it’s strong exactly because it’s flexible and adaptable. The coming weeks will be an excellent time to emphasize this aspect of your superpower.
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By Rob Brezsny ARIES (March 21-April 19): Do you know Emily Brontë’s novel Wuthering Heights? At one point, the heroine Catherine tells her friend about Edgar, a man she’s interested in. “He wanted all to lie in an ecstasy of peace,” Catherine says, “and I wanted all to sparkle and dance in a glorious jubilee. I said his heaven would be only half alive; and he said mine would be drunk: I said I should fall asleep in his; and he said he could not breathe in mine.” If you’re a typical Aries, you’re more aligned with Catherine than with Edgar. But I’m hoping you might consider making a temporary compromise in the coming weeks. “At last, we agreed to try both,” Catherine concluded, “and then we kissed each other and were friends.”
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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): In June 1942, the U.S. Navy crushed Japanese naval forces at the Battle of Midway. It was a turning point that was crucial to America’s ultimate victory over Japan in World War II. One military historian called it “the most stunning and decisive blow in the history of naval warfare.” This milestone occurred just six months after Japan’s devastating attack on U.S. forces at Pearl Harbor. To compare your life to these two events may be bombastic, but I’m in a bombastic mood as I contemplate your exciting possibilities. I predict that in the second half of 2016, you’ll claim a victory that will make up for a loss or defeat you endured during the last few months of 2015. And right now is when you can lay the groundwork for that future triumph.
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SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Playwright Edmond Rostand (1868-1918) had a lot of friends, and they often came to visit him uninvited. He found it hard to simply tell them to go away and leave him alone. And yet he hated to be interrupted while he was working. His solution was to get naked and write for long hours while in his bathroom, usually soaking in the bathtub. His intrusive friends rarely had the nerve to insist on socializing. In this way, Rostand found the peace he needed to create his masterpiece Cyrano de Bergerac, as well as numerous other plays. I suggest you consider a comparable gambit, Scorpio. You need to carve out some quality alone time.
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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): “I opened my mouth, almost said something. Almost. The rest of my life might have turned out differently if I had. But I didn’t.” The preceding reminiscence belongs to a character in Khaled Hosseini’s novel The Kite Runner. I bring it up in hopes that you will do the opposite: Say the words that need to be said. Articulate what you’re burning to reveal. Speak the truths that will send your life on a course that’s in closer alignment with your pure intentions.
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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): According to some traditional astrologers, you Capricorns are vigilant to avoid loss. Old horoscope books suggest that you may take elaborate measures to avoid endangering what you have accumulated. To ensure that you will never run out of what you need, you may even ration your output and limit your self-expression. This behavior is rooted in the belief that you should conserve your strength by withholding or even hiding your power. While there may be big grains of truth in this conventional view of you Capricorns, I think it’s only part of the story. In the coming weeks, for instance, I bet you will wield your clout with unabashed authority. You won’t save yourself for later; you’ll engage in no strategic self-suppression. Instead, you will be expansive and unbridled as you do whatever’s required to carry out the important foundation work that needs to be done.
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AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): “It seems that the whole time you’re living this life, you’re thinking about a different one instead,” wrote Latvian novelist Inga Abele in her novel High Tide. Have you ever been guilty of that, Aquarius? Probably. Most of us have at one time or another. That’s the bad news. The good news is that the coming months will bring you excellent opportunities to graduate forever from this habit. Not all at once, but gradually and incrementally, you can shed the idea that you should be doing something other than what you’re doing. You can get the hang of what it’s like to thoroughly accept and embrace the life you are actually living. And now is an excellent time to get started in earnest on this project.
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PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): “Even nightingales can’t be fed on fairy tales,” says a character in Ivan Turgenev’s novel Fathers and Sons. In other words, these marvelous birds, which sing sublimely and have long been invoked by poets to symbolize lyrical beauty, need actual physical sustenance. They can’t eat dreamy stories. Having acknowledged that practical fact, however, I will suggest that right now you require dreamy stories and rambling fantasies and imaginary explorations almost as much as you need your daily bread. Your soul’s hunger has reached epic proportions. It’s time to gorge. Go to RealAstrology.com to check out Rob Brezsny’s EXPANDED WEEKLY AUDIO HOROSCOPES and DAILY TEXT MESSAGE HOROSCOPES.
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MONTANA FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, LEWIS AND CLARK COUNTY Cause No. ADA-2015-24 NOTICE OF PROCEEDINGS AND HEARING FOR TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS IN THE MATTER OF THE PARENTAL RIGHTS TO BABY GIRL H. TO: Man known only as “V.” to the birth mother of Baby Girl H. who was born on July 27, 2015, in Missoula, Montana. PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a petition for the termination of your parental rights to Baby Girl H. has been filed with the Montana First Judicial District Court, Lewis and Clark County, 228 Broadway, Helena, Montana 59601, Deeann Cooney, Presiding Judge. The Court has scheduled a hearing for the determination of your parental rights starting at 11:00 A.M. Mountain Time on Tuesday, February 16, 2016. Pursuant to Montana Code Annotated Section 42-2-605(2), your failure to appear at the hearing will constitute a waiver of your interest in custody of the child, and will result in the Court’s termination of your parental rights. Pursuant to Montana Code Annotated Section 42-2-616(1), if you appear at the scheduled hearing and object to the termination of your parental rights and request custody of the child, the Court will then set deadlines allowing the parties to complete discovery, and will set a hearing on the determination of your rights to the child. DATED: January 13, 2016. FRANZ & DRISCOLL, PLLP /s/ William P. Driscoll Attorney for Petitioner MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 1 Cause No. DP-16-4 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF LOIS E. BLEVINS, 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 (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 BRIAN A. BLEVINS, the Personal Representative, return receipt requested, c/o Reely Law Firm, P.C., 3819 Stephens Avenue, Suite 201, Missoula, Montana 59801, or filed with the Clerk of the above-entitled
Court. DATED this 13th day of January, 2016. /s/ Brian A. Blevins, Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 4 Cause No. DP-16-3 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF DAVID C. TERRY, 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 (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 RICHARD E. TERRY, the Personal Representative, return receipt requested, c/o Reely Law Firm, P.C., 3819 Stephens Avenue, Suite 201, Missoula, Montana 59801, or filed with the Clerk of the above-entitled Court. DATED this 11th day of January, 2016. /s/ Richard E. Terry, Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, Dept. No. 4 Cause DP-16-6 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF JAMES M BARNETT, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative in the above-referenced estate. All persons having claims against 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 be either mailed to SOL BARNETT, the Personal Representative, return receipt requested c/o Kathryn Kay, Attorney, P.O. Box 1154, Lolo, MT 59847; or filed with the Clerk of the above Court. Dated this 20th day of January, 2016. /s/ Sol Barnett, Personal Representative. MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Case No. DP-16-17 Dept. No. 1 NOTICE TO CREDITORS In the Matter of the Estate of Eldon R. Caster, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the decedent are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to the Personal Representative, Evan Ray Caster, return receipt requested, at Tipp & Buley, P.C., PO Box 3778, Missoula, MT 59806 or filed with the Clerk of the above Court. DATED this 29th day of January, 2016. /s/ Evan Ray Caster, Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Department No. 2 Cause Probate No. DP-15-251 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF ROBERT W. COOK, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the abovenamed estate. All persons having claims against the said deceased are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to Candace Ann Cook-Drader, the Personal Representatives, return receipt requested at GEORGE LAW OFFICES, PLLC, 210 North Higgins Avenue, Suite 234, Missoula, Montana 59802 or filed with the Clerk of the aboveentitled Court. DATED: January 11, 2016 /s/ Candace Ann Cook-Drader Personal Representative’s Attorney: GEORGE LAW FIRM, PLLC, 210
MNAXLP N. Higgins Ave., Suite 234, Missoula, Montana 59802 Under penalty of perjury, I declare the foregoing is true and accurate to the best of my knowledge and belief. DATED: January 11, 2016 /s/ Andrew A. George, Attorney for the Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Department No. 3 Cause No. DP-15-95 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF ALPHONSE D. PONTRELLI, a/k/a AL D. PONTRELLI, DECEDENT. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed as Personal Representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the said estate are required to present their claim within four (4) months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to Daniel J. Pontrelli, return receipt requested, at St. Peter Law Offices, P.C., 2620 Radio Way, P.O. Box 17255, Missoula, MT 59808, or filed with the Clerk of the above-entitled Court. DATED this 11th day of January, 2016 ST. PETER LAW OFFICES, P.C. /s/ /Don C. St. Peter I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true, accurate and complete to the best of my knowledge and belief. DATED this 7th day of January, 2016. /s/ Daniel J. Pontrelli, Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 1 Hon. Leslie Halligan Probate No. DP-16-9 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF ALAN W. DIX, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersignedI has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named Estate. All persons having claims against the said deceased are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of this Notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to EMILY F. DIX, the Personal Representative, return receipt requested,in care of Thiel Law Office, PLLC, 327 West Pine, PO Box 8125, Missoula, Montana 59807 or filed with the Clerk of the above-entitled Court. DATED this 15 day of January, 2016. THIEL LAW OFFICE PLLC Attorney for Personal Representative /s/ Matthew B. Thiel MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 3 Case No. DV-16-50 NOTICE OF HEARING ON PROPOSED NAME CHANGE In the Matter of the Name Change of Tony Russell Evans, Petitioner. PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT Petitioner, Tony Russell Evans, has petitioned the District Court for the Fourth Judicial District for a change of name from Tony Russell Evans to Tony Disco, and the petition for name change will be heard by a District Court Judge on the 3rd day of March, 2016 at 9:00 a.m., in the Missoula County Courthouse located at 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802. At any time before the hearing, objections may be filed by any person who can demonstrate good reasons against the change of name. DATED this 21st day of January, 2016. /s/ Shirley E. Faust, Clerk of Court By: /s/ Michael Evjen, Deputy Clerk of Court MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 3 Cause No. DV-15-1231 SUMMONS FOR PUBLICATION DAVID E. CARRIERE, LINDA C. CARRIERE, ALLAN D. CARRIERE AND PAUL A. BJERKE, Plaintiffs, v. ESTATE OF JEAN G. MERCER, SANDRA MERCER LEE, f/k/a SANDRA MERCER LECLAIRE,
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ADA B. REEP, a/k/a ADA BELLE MERCER REEP, TEX L. MERCER, a/k/a TEX LEW MERCER, CHET A. MERCER, a/k/a CHET ATOM MERCER, DON H. MERCER, a/k/a DON HARVE MERCER, SUE ANN MERCER, f/k/a SUE ANN MERCER BOWMAN, JERRY J. MERCER, a/k/a JERRY JAY MERCER, SANDRA L. SEIBEL, WILLIAM MERCER, AND ALL UNKNOWN OWNERS, UNKNOWN HEIRS, OR ANY UNKNOWN DEVISEES OF ANY DECEASED PERSON, AND ALL OTHER PERSONS, UNKNOWN, CLAIMING OR WHO MIGHT CLAIM ANY RIGHT, TITLE, ESTATE OR INTEREST IN OR LIEN OR ENCUMBRANCE UPON THE REAL PROPERTY DESCRIBED IN THE COMPLAINT ADVERSE TO PLAINTIFFS’ OWNERSHIP OR ANY CLOUD UPON PLAINTIFFS’ TITLE THERETO, WHETHER SUCH CLAIM OR POSSIBLE CLAIM BE PRESENT OR CONTINGENT, Defendants. THE STATE OF MONTANA TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANTS, GREETINGS: You are hereby SUMMONED to answer the Complaint to Quiet Title in this Action which is filed with the abovenamed Court, a copy of which is served upon you, and to file your written answer with the Court and serve a copy thereof upon Plaintiffs’ attorney within twenty-one (21) days after service of this SUMMONS FOR PUBLICATION, or such other period as may be specified by law, exclusive of the day of service. Your failure to appear or answer will result in judgment against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint. A filing fee must accompany the answer. This action is brought for the purpose of quieting title the following-described real property located in Missoula County, Montana: The Southeast one-quarter (SE1/4) of the Southeast one-quarter (SE1/4) of Section 25, Township 15 North, Range 20 West, Principal Meridian, Montana, Missoula County, Montana. Recording Reference: Book 173 of Micro Records at Page 443 Dated this 15th day of January, 2016. /s/SHIRLEY E. FAUST By: /s/ Deputy Michael Evjen Deputy Clerk MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 4 Cause No. DV-15-1300 JOHN S. CARLSON and REBECCA D. CARLSON, Plaintiffs, v. EARL DENNIS, BERNICE E. BROWN, LOUISE M. KYLE, AND ALL UNKNOWN OWNERS, UNKNOWN HEIRS, OR ANY UNKNOWN DEVISEES OF ANY DECEASED PERSON, AND ALL OTHER PERSONS, UNKNOWN, CLAIMING OR WHO MIGHT CLAIM ANY RIGHT, TITLE, ESTATE OR INTEREST IN OR LIEN OR ENCUMBRANCE UPON THE REAL PROPERTY DESCRIBED IN THE COMPLAINT ADVERSE TO PLAINTIFFS’ OWNERSHIP OR ANY CLOUD UPON PLAINTIFFS’ TITLE THERETO, WHETHER SUCH CLAIM OR POSSIBLE CLAIM BE PRESENT OR CONTINGENT, Defendants. SUMMONS FOR PUBLICATION THE STATE OF MONTANA TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANTS, GREETINGS: You are hereby SUMMONED to answer Complaint to Quiet Title in this Action which is filed with the abovenamed Court, a copy of which is served upon you, and to file your written answer with the Court and serve a copy thereof upon Plaintiffs’ attorney within twenty-one (21) days after service of this SUMMONS FOR PUBLICATION, or such other period as may be specified by law, exclusive of the day of service. Your failure to appear or answer will result in judg-
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ment against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint. A filing fee must accompany the answer. This action is brought for the purpose of quieting title the following-described real property located in Missoula County, Montana: The East 40’ of Lot 10 and the W1/2 of Lot 11 in Block 69 of Knowles Addition No. 2. a platted subdivision in the City of Missoula. Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded plat thereof. Dated this 4th day of January, 2016. By: /s/ Karen S. Townsend MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No.: 1 Cause No.: DP-15-175 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF: DONALD L. SKILLICORN, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the decedent are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to Debbie Stone, the Personal Representative, return receipt requested, at c/o Bjornson Law Offices, PLLC, 2809 Great Northern Loop, Suite 100, Missoula, MT 59808, or filed with the Clerk of the above Court. DATED this 25th day of January, 2016. /s/ Debbie Stone, Personal Representative Bjornson Law Offices, PLLC By /s/ R. Nick Jones, Attorneys for Debbie Stone, Personal Representative NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE THE FOLLOWING LEGALLY DESCRIBED TRUST PROPERTY TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE. Notice is hereby given that the undersigned Successor Trustee will, on June 1, 2016 at the hour of 11:00 AM, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, the interest in the following described real property which the Grantor has or had power to convey at the time of execution by him of the said Deed of Trust, together with any interest which the Grantor or his successors in interest acquired after the execution of said Deed of Trust, to satisfy the obligations thereby secured and the costs and expenses of sale, including reasonable charges by the Successor Trustee, at the following place: On the front steps of the Missoula County Courthouse, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802 John A. “Joe” Solseng, a member of the Montana state bar, of Robinson Tait, P.S. is the duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to the Deed of Trust in which Gary J. Simecek, as Grantor, conveyed said real property to Stewart Title of Missoula County, Inc. as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for GMAC Mortgage Corporation, Beneficiary of the security instrument, said Deed of Trust which is dated February 16, 2005 and was recorded on February 22, 2005 as Instrument No. 200504139, of official records in the Office of the Recorder of Missoula County, Montana. The Deed of Trust encumbers real property (“Property”) located at 522 E Pine Street, Missoula, MT 59802 and being more fully described as follows: LOT 16 OF BLOCK H, OF MCWHIRK ADDITION TO MISSOULA, MISSOULA COUNTY MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL MAP OR PLAT THEREOF. The beneficial interest under said Deed of Trust and the obligations secured thereby are presently held by Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for GMACM Mortgage Loan Trust 2005-AF1. The Beneficiary has declared the Grantor in default of the terms of the Deed of Trust and the Promissory Note
MNAXLP (“Note”) secured by said Deed of Trust due to Grantor’s failure to timely 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. The default for which foreclosure is made is grantors’ failure to pay when due the following sums: monthly payments totaling $3,084.21 beginning March 1, 2015; plus interest due of $6,035.07; plus escrow payment of $3,678.87; less suspense balance of $140.31; together with title expense, costs, trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees incurred herein by reason of said default; any further sums advanced by the beneficiary for the protection of the above described real property and its interest therein; and prepayment penalties/premiums, if applicable. By reason of said default, the beneficiary has declared all sums owing on the obligation secured by said trust deed immediately due and payable, said sums being the following, to wit: $101,982.79 with interest thereon at the rate of 6.00000 percent per annum beginning February 1, 2015; plus late charges of $190.00; plus escrow advances of $2,776.31; plus property inspection fee of $119.25; plus title search of $463.25; plus other foreclosure fees and costs of $1,912; plus other costs of $37.00; less suspense credit of $140.31; together with title expense, costs, trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees incurred herein by reason of said default; any further sums advanced by the beneficiary for the protection of the above described property and its interest therein; and prepayment penalties/premiums, if applicable. Due to the defaults stated above, the Beneficiary has elected and has directed the Trustee to sell the above-described property to satisfy the obligation. Notice is further given that any person named has the right, at any time prior to the date last set for the sale, to have this foreclosure proceeding dismissed and the Deed of Trust reinstated by making payment to the Beneficiary of the entire amount then due (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, together with Successor Trustee’s and attorney’s fees. 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. Dated: January 14th, 2016 /s/ John A. “Joe” Solseng John A. “Joe” Solseng, a member of the Montana state bar, Attorney of Robinson Tait, P.S., MSB #11800 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE MARCH 24, 2016 To be sold for cash at Trustee’s Sale on the 24th day of March, 2016, at 11:00 o’clock A.M., at the Missoula County Courthouse, Missoula County, Montana, is the following described real property in Missoula County, to wit: Lot A135 of WINDSOR PARK, PHASE IV, a platted subdivision in the City of Missoula, Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded plat thereof. Subject to those rights, reservations, exceptions and easements of record. Robert T. and Kristy L. Frye, whose address is 4214 Diagon Lane, Missoula, MT 59808, as Grantors, to secure the performance of certain obligations, including the payment of the principal sum of $87,413.94, in favor of Habitat for Humanity of Missoula, Inc., whose address is P.O. Box 7181, Missoula, MT 59807, as Beneficiary, which Trust Indenture was dated December 2, 2008, and recorded on December 3, 2008, in Book 830 at page 210, of Micro Records of Missoula County, Mon-
tana, AND under that certain Trust Indenture made and executed by Robert T. and Kristy L. Frye, whose address is 4214 Diagon Lane, Missoula, MT 59808, as Grantors, to secure the performance of certain obligations, including the payment of the principal sum of $42,164.22, in favor of Habitat for Humanity of Missoula, Inc., whose address is P.O. Box 7181, Missoula, MT 59807, as Beneficiary, which Trust Indenture was dated December 2, 2008, and recorded on December 3, 2008, in Book 830 at page 211, of Micro Records of Missoula County, Montana, covering the following described real property located in Missoula County, State of Montana, AND under that certain Trust Indenture made and executed by Robert T. and Kristy L. Frye, whose address is 4214 Diagon Lane, Missoula, MT 59808, as Grantors, to secure the performance of certain obligations, including the payment of the principal sum of $40,015.78, in favor of Habitat for Humanity of Missoula, Inc., whose address is P.O. Box 7181, Missoula, MT 59807, as Beneficiary, which Trust Indenture was dated December 2, 2008, and recorded on December 3, 2008, in Book 830 at page 211, of Micro Records of Missoula County, Montana, covering the following described real property located in Missoula County, State of Montana: Lot A135 of WINDSOR PARK, PHASE IV, a platted subdivision in the City of Missoula, Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded plat thereof. Subject to those rights, reservations, exceptions and easements of record. The default obligations, the performance of which are secured by the aforementioned Trust Indenture, and for which default this foreclosure is made, is the failure by the Grantor, or other person owing an obligation, or by their successors-in-interest, to pay the monthly installments. Grantor’s failure made said obligation subject to interest at the rate of 0% per annum applied to the underlying indebtedness until paid in full and accruing late charges of 5%, advances, and expenses of foreclosure, including Trustee’s and attorney’s fees and costs. There is presently owed on the obligation secured by the Trust Indenture the principal sum principal balance of 1st mortgage $87,413.94 and 2nd mortgage $42,164.22, and 3rd mortgage $40,015.78 plus interest thereon at the above described rates which shall be applied to his underlying indebtedness, until said indebtedness is paid. Other expenses to be charged against the sale proceeds include accruing late charges, escrow shortages, if any, Trustee’s and attorney’s fees and costs, and expense of foreclosure and sale. The Beneficiary has elected to sell the above-described property to satisfy the aforementioned obligation and has instructed the undersigned Trustee to do so. DATED this 4th day of November, 2015. ORR LAW OFFICES, PC By: /s/ Thomas C. Orr, Trustee STATE OF MONTANA ):ss County of Missoula) On this 4th day of November, 2015, before me, the undersigned, a Notary Public for the State of Montana, personally appeared Thomas C. Orr, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same in his capacity as Trustee. In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Notarial Seal the day and year first above written. (SEAL) /s/ Lisa G. Carter Notary Public for the State of Montana Residing at Missoula, Montana My Commission Expires September 20th, 2018 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE THE FOLLOWING LEGALLY DESCRIBED TRUST PROPERTY TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE. Notice is hereby given that the undersigned Successor
Trustee will, on March 25, 2016 at the hour of 11:00 AM, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, the interest in the following described real property which the Grantor has or had power to convey at the time of execution by him of the said Deed of Trust, together with any interest which the Grantor or his successors in interest acquired after the execution of said Deed of Trust, to satisfy the obligations thereby secured and the costs and expenses of sale, including reasonable charges by the Successor Trustee, at the following place: Missoula County Courthouse, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802 John A. “Joe” Solseng, a member of the Montana state bar, of Robinson Tait, P.S. is the duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to the Deed of Trust in which George Hardie and Mayme Hardie, as Grantor, conveyed said real property to TITLE SERVICES as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. SOLELY AS NOMINEE FOR MOUNTAIN WEST BANK, N.A. CORPORATION, Beneficiary of the security instrument, said Deed of Trust which is dated September 29, 2008 and was recorded on September 29, 2008 as Instrument No. 2000822269, of official records in the Office of the Recorder of Missoula County, Montana. The Deed of Trust encumbers real property (“Property”) located at 2320 Sage Hen Ct, Missoula, MT 59808 and being more fully described as follows: LOT 24 IN BLOCK 4 OF EL MAR ESTATES PHASE I, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECOREDE PLAT THEREOF. The beneficial interest under said Deed of Trust and the obligations secured thereby are presently held by Ocwen Loan Servicing, LLC. The Beneficiary has declared the Grantor in default of the terms of the Deed of Trust and the Promissory Note (“Note”) secured by said Deed of Trust due to Grantor’s failure to timely 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. The default for which foreclosure is made is grantors’ failure to pay when due the following sums: monthly payments of principal and interest totaling $29,705.10 beginning December 1, 2013; together with title expense, costs, trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees incurred herein by reason of said default; any further sums advanced by the beneficiary for the protection of the above described real property and its interest therein; and prepayment penalties/premiums, if applicable. By reason of said default, the beneficiary has declared all sums owing on the obligation secured by said trust deed immediately due and payable, said sums being the following, to wit: $199,752.85 with interest thereon at the rate of 3.75000 percent per annum beginning November 1, 2013; plus escrow advances of $8,146.39; less a suspense balance of $3.78; plus property inspection fees $310.31; plus other fees and costs in the amount of $8,255.37; together with title expense, costs, trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees incurred herein by reason of said default; any further sums advanced by the beneficiary for the protection of the above described property and its interest therein; and prepayment penalties/premiums, if applicable. Due to the defaults stated above, the Beneficiary has elected and has directed the Trustee to sell the above-described property to satisfy the obligation. Notice is further given that any person named has the right, at any time prior to the date last set for the sale, to have this foreclosure proceeding dismissed and the Deed of Trust reinstated by making payment to the Beneficiary of the entire amount then due (other than such
PUBLIC NOTICES 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, together with Successor Trustee’s and attorney’s fees. 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. Dated: November 3, 2015 /s/ John A. “Joe” Solseng John A. “Joe” Solseng, a member of the Montana state bar, of Robinson Tait, P.S., MSB #118002320 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE THE FOLLOWING LEGALLY DESCRIBED TRUST PROPERTY TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE. Notice is hereby given that the undersigned Successor Trustee will, on May 27, 2016 at the hour of 11:00 AM, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, the interest in the following described real property which the Grantor has or had power to convey at the time of execution by him of the said Deed of Trust, together with any interest which the Grantor or his successors in interest acquired after the execution of said Deed of Trust, to satisfy the obligations thereby secured and the costs and expenses of sale, including reasonable charges by the Successor Trustee, at the following place: Missoula County Courthouse, on the front steps of the Missoula County Courthouse, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802 John A. “Joe” Solseng, a member of the Montana state bar, of Robinson Tait, P.S. is the duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to the Deed of Trust in which Lee T. Davidson, as Grantor, conveyed said real property to Western Title & Escrow as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. (MERS), as nominee for Mountain West Bank, N.A., Beneficiary of the security instrument, said Deed of Trust which is dated October 25, 2006 and was recorded on October 25, 2006 as Instrument No. 200627787, Book 785 of Micro Records of Page 1401, of official records in the Office of the Recorder of Missoula County, Montana. The Deed of Trust encumbers real property (“Property”) located at 852 DAKOTA AVENUE, Missoula, MT 59802 and being more fully described as follows: LOT 14 OF CORRECTED PLAT OF EL DORADO, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL PLAT OF RECORD IN BOOK 13 OF PLATS AT PAGE 9. The beneficial interest under said Deed of Trust and the obligations secured thereby are presently held by BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. The Beneficiary has declared the Grantor in default of the terms of the Deed of Trust and the Promissory Note (“Note”) secured by said Deed of Trust due to Grantor’s failure to timely 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. The default for which foreclosure is made is grantors’ failure to pay when due the following sums: monthly payments totaling $10,937.04 beginning January 1, 2014; plus late charges of $91.13; plus property inspection fees of $210.00; together with title expense, costs, trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees incurred herein by reason of said default; any further sums advanced by the beneficiary for the protection of the above described real property and its interest therein; and prepayment penalties/premiums, if applicable. By reason of said default,
the beneficiary has declared all sums owing on the obligation secured by said trust deed immediately due and payable, said sums being the following, to wit: $67,266.43 with interest thereon at the rate of 6.12500 percent per annum beginning December 1, 2013; plus late charges of $91.13; plus property inspection fees of $210.00; plus escrow overdraft of $5,838.35; plus other fees and costs in the amount of $7.00; together with title expense, costs, trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees incurred herein by reason of said default; any further sums advanced by the beneficiary for the protection of the above described property and its interest therein; and prepayment penalties/premiums, if applicable. Due to the defaults stated above, the Beneficiary has elected and has directed the Trustee to sell the above-described property to satisfy the obligation. Notice is further given that any person named has the right, at any time prior to the date last set for the sale, to have this foreclosure proceeding dismissed and the Deed of Trust reinstated by making payment to the Beneficiary of the entire amount then due (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, together with Successor Trustee’s and attorney’s fees. 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. Dated: December 23, 2015 /s/ John A. “Joe” Solseng John A. “Joe” Solseng, a member of the Montana state bar, of Robinson Tait, P.S., MSB #11800 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE THE FOLLOWING LEGALLY DESCRIBED TRUST PROPERTY TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE. Notice is hereby given that the undersigned Successor Trustee will, on May 30, 2016 at the hour of 11:00 AM, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, the interest in the following described real property which the Grantor has or had power to convey at the time of execution by him of the said Deed of Trust, together with any interest which the Grantor or his successors in interest acquired after the execution of said Deed of Trust, to satisfy the obligations thereby secured and the costs and expenses of sale, including reasonable charges by the Successor Trustee, at the following place: On the front steps of the Missoula County Courthouse, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802 John A. “Joe” Solseng, a member of the Montana state bar, of Robinson Tait, P.S. is the duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to the Deed of Trust in which Debra L. Leitzke, as Grantor, conveyed said real property to Title Services as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to New Century Mortgage Corporation, Beneficiary of the security instrument, said Deed of Trust which is dated October 12, 2004 and was recorded on October 18, 2004 as Instrument No. 200429553, book 741, page 1141, of official records in the Office of the Recorder of Missoula County, Montana. The Deed of Trust encumbers real property (“Property”) located at 13033 Kimwood Drive, Lolo, MT 59847 and being more fully described as follows: LOT 54 OF SHELBY ADDITION, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN THE CITY OF MISSOULA, MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF. The beneficial interest under said Deed of Trust and the ob-
MNAXLP ligations secured thereby are presently held by DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, as Trustee for MORGAN STANLEY ABS CAPITAL I INC. TRUST 2005-HE2, MORTGAGE PASSTHROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2005-HE2. The Beneficiary has declared the Grantor in default of the terms of the Deed of Trust and the Promissory Note (“Note”) secured by said Deed of Trust due to Grantor’s failure to timely 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. The default for which foreclosure is made is grantors’ failure to pay when due the following sums: monthly payments totaling $11,396.21 beginning March 1, 2010; plus interest due of $41,016.70; plus escrow payment of $12,311.86; less a suspense balance of $89.12; together with title expense, costs, trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees incurred herein by reason of said default; any further sums advanced by the beneficiary for the protection of the above described real property and its interest therein; and prepayment penalties/premiums, if applicable. By reason of said default, the beneficiary has declared all sums owing on the obligation secured by said trust deed immediately due and payable, said sums being the following, to wit: $103,555.99 with interest thereon at the rate of 7.05000 percent per annum beginning February 1, 2010; plus uncollected late charges of $479.83; plus escrow advances of $11,148.73; plus property inspection fee of $371.50; plus title search of $933.93; plus other foreclosure fees and costs of $1755.00; plus other costs of $782.62; less suspense credit of $89.12; together with title expense, costs, trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees incurred herein by reason of said default; any further sums advanced by the beneficiary for the protection of the above described property and its interest therein; and prepayment penalties/premiums, if applicable. Due to the defaults stated above, the Beneficiary has elected and has directed the Trustee to sell the above-described property to satisfy the obligation. Notice is further given that any person named has the right, at any time prior to the date last set for the sale, to have this foreclosure proceeding dismissed and the Deed of Trust reinstated by making payment to the Beneficiary of the entire amount then due (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, together with Successor Trustee’s and attorney’s fees. 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. Dated: January 13, 2016 /s/ John A. “Joe” Solseng John A. “Joe” Solseng, a member of the Montana state bar, Attorney of Robinson Tait, P.S., MSB #11800 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE THE FOLLOWING LEGALLY DESCRIBED TRUST PROPERTY TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE. Notice is hereby given that the undersigned Successor Trustee will, on June 3, 2016 at the hour of 11:00 AM, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, the interest in the following described real property which the Grantor has or had power to convey at the time of execution by him of the said Deed of Trust, together with any interest which the Grantor or his successors in interest acquired after the execution of said
Deed of Trust, to satisfy the obligations thereby secured and the costs and expenses of sale, including reasonable charges by the Successor Trustee, at the following place: On the front steps of the Missoula County Courthouse, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802 John A. “Joe” Solseng, a member of the Montana state bar, of Robinson Tait, P.S. is the duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to the Deed of Trust in which Richard Sales and Rene Sales, as Grantor, conveyed said real property to Title Services of Missoula as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., AS NOMINEE FOR POPULAR FINANCIAL SERVICES, LLC, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS, Beneficiary of the security instrument, said Deed of Trust which is dated March 24, 2004 and was recorded on March 29, 2004 as Instrument No. 200408179, of official records in the Office of the Recorder of Missoula County, Montana. The Deed of Trust encumbers real property (“Property”) located at 24600 Frenchtown Frontage Rd, Huson, MT 59846 and being more fully described as follows: LOT 8 OF HIDDEN HILLS, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF. The beneficial interest under said Deed of Trust and the obligations secured thereby are presently held by The Bank of New York Mellon f/k/a The Bank of New York as successor trustee for JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders of Equity One ABS, Inc. Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates Series 2004-3. The Beneficiary has declared the Grantor in default of the terms of the Deed of Trust and the Promissory Note (“Note”) secured by said Deed of Trust due to Grantor’s failure to timely 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. The default for which foreclosure is made is grantors’ failure to pay when due the following sums: monthly payments totaling $3,510.27 March 1, 2015; plus interest due of $9,493.45; plus escrow payment of $4,765.20; plus suspense balance of $224.67; together with title expense, costs, trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees incurred herein by reason of said default; any further sums advanced by the beneficiary for the protection of the above described real property and its interest therein; and prepayment penalties/premiums, if applicable. By reason of said default, the beneficiary has declared all sums owing on the obligation secured by said trust deed immediately due and payable, said sums being the following, to wit: $136,810.50 with interest thereon at the rate of 6.88000 percent per annum beginning February 1, 2015; plus uncollected late charges of $484.45; plus escrow advances of $3,225.24; plus property inspection fees and costs totaling $1,095.00; plus title search of $3,003.44; plus other foreclosure fees and costs of $3,732.00; plus other costs of $4,491.02; less suspense credit of $224.67; together with title expense, costs, trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees incurred herein by reason of said default; any further sums advanced by the beneficiary for the protection of the above described property and its interest therein; and prepayment penalties/premiums, if applicable. Due to the defaults stated above, the Beneficiary has elected and has directed the Trustee to sell the above-described property to satisfy the obligation. Notice is further given that any person named has the right, at any time prior to the date last set for the sale, to have this foreclosure proceeding dismissed and the Deed of Trust reinstated by making payment to the Beneficiary of the entire amount then
due (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, together with Successor Trustee’s and attorney’s fees. 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. Dated: January 15, 2016 /s/ John A. “Joe” Solseng John A. “Joe” Solseng, a member of the Montana state bar, Attorney of Robinson Tait, P.S., MSB #11800 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE THE FOLLOWING LEGALLY DESCRIBED TRUST PROPERTY TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE. Notice is hereby given that the undersigned Successor Trustee will, on June 1, 2016 at the hour of 11:00 AM, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, the interest in the following described real property which the Grantor has or had power to convey at the time of execution by him of the said Deed of Trust, together with any interest which the Grantor or his successors in interest acquired after the execution of said Deed of Trust, to satisfy the obligations thereby secured and the costs and expenses of sale, including reasonable charges by the Successor Trustee, at the following place: On the front steps of the Missoula County Courthouse, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802 John A. “Joe” Solseng, a member of the Montana state bar, of Robinson Tait, P.S. is the duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to the Deed of Trust in which John Jenkins and Candace Jenkins, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to Mark E. Noennig as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for WMC Mortgage Corp., Beneficiary of the security instrument, said Deed of Trust which is dated July 11, 2005 and was recorded on July 19, 2005 as Instrument No. 200517872, of official records in the Office of the Recorder of Missoula County, Montana. The Deed of Trust encumbers real property (“Property”) located at 1211 Cooper Street, Missoula, MT 59802 and being more fully described as follows: THE WEST 5 FEET OF LOT 2, ALL OF LOTS 3, 4 AND 5 IN BLOCK 56 OF SUPPLEMENTAL PLAT OF SCHOOL ADDITION, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN THE CITY OF MISSOULA, MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF. The beneficial interest under said Deed of Trust and the obligations secured thereby are presently held by U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Trustee under POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT Dated as of September 1, 2005 WACHOVIA MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST MORTGAGE LOAN ASSETBACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2005-WMC1. The Beneficiary has declared the Grantor in default of the terms of the Deed of Trust and the Promissory Note (“Note”) secured by said Deed of Trust due to Grantor’s failure to timely 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. The default for which foreclosure is made is grantors’ failure to pay when due the following sums: monthly payments totaling $7,422.83 beginning March 1, 2011; plus interest due of $54,054.64; plus escrow payment of $20,002.21; together with title ex-
pense, costs, trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees incurred herein by reason of said default; any further sums advanced by the beneficiary for the protection of the above described real property and its interest therein; and prepayment penalties/premiums, if applicable. By reason of said default, the beneficiary has declared all sums owing on the obligation secured by said trust deed immediately due and payable, said sums being the following, to wit: $169,488.23 with interest thereon at the rate of 6.00000 percent per annum beginning February 1, 2011; plus late charges of $52.12; plus escrow advances of $14,412.13; plus property inspection fees of $414.41; plus title search of $1,350.50; plus other foreclosure fees and costs of $1,512.00; plus other costs of $1,044.19; together with title expense, costs, trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees incurred herein by reason of said default; any further sums advanced by the beneficiary for the protection of the above described property and its interest therein; and prepayment penalties/premiums, if applicable. Due to the defaults stated above, the Beneficiary has elected and has directed the Trustee to sell the above-described property to satisfy the obligation. Notice is further given that any person named has the right, at any time prior to the date last set for the sale, to have this foreclosure proceeding dismissed and the Deed of Trust reinstated by making payment to the Beneficiary of the entire amount then due (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, together with Successor Trustee’s and attorney’s fees. 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. Dated: January 15, 2016 /s/ John A. “Joe” Solseng John A. “Joe” Solseng, a member of the Montana state bar, Attorney of Robinson Tait, P.S., MSB #11800 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE THE FOLLOWING LEGALLY DESCRIBED TRUST PROPERTY TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE. Notice is hereby given that the undersigned Successor Trustee will, on June 10, 2016 at the hour of 11:00 AM, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, the
NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE The following described personal property will be sold at public auction to the highest bidder for cash or certified funds. Proceeds from the public sale for said personal property shall be applied to the debt owed to Rent-a-Space in the amounts listed below (plus as yet undetermined amounts to conduct the sale): Space/Amount/Property Desc. 1244/Jennifer Herr/$364/furniture 3164/Megan Collins/$371/car parts 3316/Jessica D. Hill/$293/furniture SALE LOCATION: Gardner’s Auction Service, 4810 Highway 93 S, Missoula, MT www.gardnersauction.com SALE DATE/TIME: Wednesday, Feb 24, 2016 @ 5:30 PM (check website for details) TERMS: Public sale to the highest bidder. Sold “AS IS”, “WHERE IS”. Cash or certified funds.
interest in the following described real property which the Grantor has or had power to convey at the time of execution by him of the said Deed of Trust, together with any interest which the Grantor or his successors in interest acquired after the execution of said Deed of Trust, to satisfy the obligations thereby secured and the costs and expenses of sale, including reasonable charges by the Successor Trustee, at the following place: On the front steps of the Missoula County Courthouse, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802 John A. “Joe” Solseng, a member of the Montana state bar, of Robinson Tait, P.S. is the duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to the Deed of Trust in which Owen Hirschi and Cheryl Hirschi, as joint tenants, as Grantor, conveyed said real property to Title Services as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. (“MERS”), solely as nominee for GMAC Mortgage, LLC f/k/a GMAC Mortgage Corporation, Beneficiary of the security instrument, said Deed of Trust which is dated April 21, 2008 and was recorded on April 25, 2008 as Instrument No. Book 817, page 1055, of official records in the Office of the Recorder of Missoula County, Montana. The Deed of Trust encumbers real property (“Property”) located at 4450 CHIEF LOOKING GLASS RD, FLORENCE, MT 59833 and being more fully described as follows: A TRACT OF LAND LOCATED IN THE SOUTHWEST ONEQUARTER OF SECTION 26, TOWNSHIP 11 NORTH, RANGE 20 WEST OF THE PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT A POINT ON THE SOUTH LINE OF SECTION 26, BEING S.89°39`30”W., 496.10 FEET FROM THE SOUTH ONEQUARTER CORNER OF SAID SECTION 36; THENCE S.89°39`30”W., 494.50 FEET ALONG SAID SECTION LINE; THENCE N.0°27`55”W., 440.54 FEET; THENCE N.89°39`30”E., 494.50 FEET; THENCE S.0°27`55”E., 440.54 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING, MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA. DEED EXHIBIT NO. 2856 EXCEPTING THEREFROM A
COPPERSTONE STOR-ALL COPPERSTONE STOR-ALL will auction to the highest bidder abandoned storage units owing delinquent storage rent on Friday, February 19th, 2016 at 11:00 a.m. Units can contain furniture, clothes, chairs, toys, kitchen supplies, tools, sports equipment, books, beds & other misc. household goods. A silent auction will be held Friday, February 19th at 11:00 a.m. at 8700 Roller Coaster Rd, Missoula, MT 59808. Buyer's bid will be for entire contents of each unit offered in the sale. Only cash or money orders will be accepted for payment. Units are reserved subject to redemption by owner prior to sale. All Sales final.
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ROAD RIGHT-OF-WAY AS SHOWN AS DESCRIBED IN CERTIFICATE OF SURVEY NO. 610. The beneficial interest under said Deed of Trust and the obligations secured thereby are presently held by Ocwen Loan Servicing, LLC. The Beneficiary has declared the Grantor in default of the terms of the Deed of Trust and the Promissory Note (“Note”) secured by said Deed of Trust due to Grantor’s failure to timely 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. The default for which foreclosure is made is grantors’ failure to pay when due the following sums: monthly payments totaling $2,325.55 beginning June 1, 2015; plus interest due of $5,297.99; plus escrow payment of $2,140.92; less suspense balance of $860.52; together with title expense, costs, trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees incurred herein by reason of said default; any further sums advanced by the beneficiary for the protection of the above described real property and its interest therein; and prepayment penalties/premiums, if applicable. By reason of said default, the beneficiary has declared all sums owing on the obligation secured by said trust deed immediately due and payable, said sums being the following, to wit: $135,578.25 with interest thereon at the rate of 5.25000 percent per annum beginning May 1, 2015; plus uncollected late charges of $803.69; plus escrow advances of $963.60; plus property inspection fee of $269.25; plus other foreclosure fees and costs of $1,852.00; plus other costs of $7.00; less suspense credit of $860.52; together with title expense, costs, trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees incurred herein by reason of said default; any further sums advanced by the beneficiary for the protection of the above described property and its interest therein; and prepayment penalties/premiums, if applicable. Due to the defaults stated above, the Beneficiary has elected and has directed the Trustee to sell the above-described property to satisfy the obligation. Notice is further given that any person named has the right, at any time prior to the date last set for the sale, to have this foreclosure proceeding dismissed and the Deed of Trust reinstated by making payment to the Beneficiary of the entire amount then due (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, together with Successor Trustee’s and attorney’s fees. 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. Dated: January 26, 2016 /s/ John A. “Joe” Solseng John A. “Joe” Solseng, a member of the Montana state bar, Attorney of Robinson Tait, P.S., MSB #11800
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NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on April 1, 2016, 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 3 of Emma Court, a platted subdivision in the City of Missoula, Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded plat thereof. Phyllis H Nowlen, as Grantor, conveyed said real property to Stewart Title MSLA, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to World Alliance Financial Corp., as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust on April 24, 2008, and recorded on
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April 30, 2008 as Book 818 Page 59 under Document No. 200809683. The beneficial interest is currently held by Nationstar Mortgage LLC d/b/a Champion Mortgage Company. 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 due to non-occupancy, beginning June 25, 2015. The total amount due on this obligation as of October 31, 2015 is $123,293.24 principal, interest at the rate of 1.18400% totaling $4,488.32, and other fees and expenses advanced of $12,465.44, plus accruing interest, late charges, and other costs and fees that may be advanced. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary, the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust. Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds of this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation. The sale is a public sale and any person, including the beneficiary, excepting only the Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by Trustee’s Deed without any representation or warranty, including warranty of Title, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis, without limitation, the sale is being made subject to all existing conditions, if any, of lead paint, mold or other environmental or health hazards. The sale purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th day following the sale. The grantor, successor in interest to the grantor or any other person having an interest in the property, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, may pay to the beneficiary or the successor in interest to the beneficiary the entire amount then due under the deed of trust and the obligation secured thereby (including costs and expenses actually incurred and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred and thereby cure the default. The scheduled Trustee’s Sale may be postponed by public proclamation up to 15 days for any reason, and in the event of a bankruptcy filing, the sale may be postponed by the trustee for up to 120 days by public proclamation at least every 30 days. THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Dated: November 24, 2015 /s/ Dalia Martinez 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 24 day of November, 2015, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Dalia Martinez, 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/ Diana Steinmetz Notary Public Bingham County, Idaho Commission expires: 7-16-16 Champion Mortgage LLCvs Phyllis H Nowlen 100482-1
MNAXLP NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on March 28, 2016, 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 28 OF THE VILLAGE AT BENTLEY PARK, PHASE 3, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN THE CITY OF MISSOULA, MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF MARGARET BOSTICK, as Grantor, conveyed said real property to First American Title , as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. (MERS), as nominee for GMAC Mortgage, LL f/k/a GMAC Mortgage Corporation, its successors and/or assigns , as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust on May 28, 2008, and recorded on May 30, 2008 as Book 819 Page 1151 Document No. 200812174. Modification Agreement recorded November 16, 2012, Book 903 of Micro Records at Page 1113. The beneficial interest is currently held by Ditech Financial LLC FKA Green Tree Servicing LLC. 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 due in the amount of $907.00, beginning July 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 12, 2015 is $144,847.07 principal, interest at the rate of 4.62500% totaling $3,028.40, late charges in the amount of $132.64, escrow advances of $257.61, plus accruing interest at the rate of $18.36 per diem, late charges, and other costs and fees that may be advanced. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary, the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust. Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds of this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation. The sale is a public sale and any person, including the beneficiary, excepting only the Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by Trustee’s Deed without any representation or warranty, including warranty of Title, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis, without limitation, the sale is being made subject to all existing conditions, if any, of lead paint, mold or other environmental or health hazards. The sale purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th day following the sale. The grantor, successor in interest to the grantor or any other person having an interest in the property, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, may pay to the beneficiary or the successor in interest to the beneficiary the entire amount then due under the deed of trust and the obligation secured thereby (including costs and expenses actually incurred and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due
had no default occurred and thereby cure the default. The scheduled Trustee’s Sale may be postponed by public proclamation up to 15 days for any reason, and in the event of a bankruptcy filing, the sale may be postponed by the trustee for up to 120 days by public proclamation at least every 30 days. THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Dated: November 18, 2015 /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 18 day of November, 2015 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/ Dalia Martinez Notary Public Bingham County, Idaho Commission expires: 02/18/2020 Ditech vs MARGARET C BOSTICK 1006171 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on March 28, 2016, at 11:00 o’clock A.M. 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 6A of River Road Estates Lots 6A & 7A, a platted subdivision in Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded plat thereof Theodore E Weber, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to Insured Titles, a Montana Corporation, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Washington Mutual Bank FSB, a Federal Association, as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated June 26, 2002 and recorded June 29, 2002 in Book 684, Page 752 as Document No. 200218611. The beneficial interest is currently held by LSF9 Master Participation Trust. 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 due in the amount of $250.29, beginning December 1, 2012, 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 30, 2015 is $72,250.57 principal, interest at the rate of 2.58900% totaling $5,760.30, escrow advances of $12,222.46, suspense balance of $-433.42 and other fees and expenses advanced of $8,473.41, plus accruing interest, late charges, and other costs and fees that may be advanced. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary, the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust. Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds of this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation. The sale is a public sale and any person, including the beneficiary,
excepting only the Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by Trustee’s Deed without any representation or warranty, including warranty of Title, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis, without limitation, the sale is being made subject to all existing conditions, if any, of lead paint, mold or other environmental or health hazards. The sale purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th day following the sale. The grantor, successor in interest to the grantor or any other person having an interest in the property, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, may pay to the beneficiary or the successor in interest to the beneficiary the entire amount then due under the deed of trust and the obligation secured thereby (including costs and expenses actually incurred and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred and thereby cure the default. The scheduled Trustee’s Sale may be postponed by public proclamation up to 15 days for any reason, and in the event of a bankruptcy filing, the sale may be postponed by the trustee for up to 120 days by public proclamation at least every 30 days. THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Dated: November 19, 2015 /s/ Dalia Martinez 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 19 day of November, 2015, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Dalia Martinez, known 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 she executed the same. /s/ Shannon Gavin Notary Public Bingham County, Idaho Commission expires: 01/19/2018 Caliber V Weber 42097.069 NOTICE Third Judicial District Court, State of Utah, Salt Lake County In the matter of the adoption of E.M., Case No. 152900369 STATE OF UTAH TO: Unknown A petition for adoption has been filed in the Third Judicial District Court, State of Utah, regarding a child born on September 2, 2015 in West Jordan, Utah, to R.A. IF YOU INTEND TO CONTEST THE ADOPTION, YOU MUST FILE A MOTION TO INTERVENE IN THE ADOPTION WITHIN 30 DAYS OF THIS NOTICE. IF YOU DO NOT, THE COURT WILL ENTER AN ORDER THAT YOU HAVE WAIVED ANY RIGHT TO FURTHER NOTICE IN CONNECTION WITH THE ADOPTION OF THE CHILD, FORFEITED ALL RIGHTS IN RELATION TO THE CHILD, AND ARE BARRED FROM THEREAFTER BRINGING OR MAINTAINING ANY ACTION TO ASSERT ANY INTEREST IN THE CHILD. Any motion must be filed with the Third Judicial District Court, Salt Lake County, 450 S. State St., P.O. Box 1860, Salt Lake City, UT 84114, and a copy mailed to Larry Jenkins, 60 E. South Temple, #1800, Salt Lake City, UT 84111. A motion must set forth specific relief sought accompanied by a memorandum specifying factual and legal grounds on which the motion is based. For a copy of the petition, contact Mr. Jenkins at (801) 328-3600.
These pets may be adopted at Missoula Animal Control 541-7387 MOOSE•
Moose is a 3-year-old male American Pit Bull Terrier. Moose loves to snuggle and give kisses. Bones are his favorite chew toys and he knows basic commands like sit and lay down. Moose would do best in a home with no other pets. He does well with other dogs and cats but in his home, he doesn't want to share. He is mellow and easy going. Moose is one of the best pit bulls that we have had in the shelter!
MAISEY•Maisey is a 3-year-old female Lab mix. She is an energetic young girl that is eager to please and ready to play. She would love an active family that will give her lots of exercise. Her play drive something to be reckoned, but her prey drive is also pretty strong. She cannot go to a home with cats, small dogs, or other small critters. Maisey really enjoys some larger dogs though.
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NYLES•Nyles is a 7-month-old male Queensland Heeler. Eager to please, Nyles has a lot of great young spunk and personality. He is a very affectionate and attentive boy, always checking 2330 South Reserve Street, Missoula, Montana, 59801 in with the people walking him to make sure he Lobby: 9:00am-5:00pm (Mon-Fri) • Drive-thru: 7:30am-6:00pm (Mon-Fri) is performing as expected. Nyles may have a lot of energy, but he would be easy to train to meet 3708 North Reserve Street, Missoula, Montana, 59808 Lobby: 9:00am-5:00pm (Mon-Fri) his families needs. Drive-thru: 7:30am-6:00pm (Mon-Fri) • Drive-thru: 9:00am-12:00pm (Sat)
IRELAND•Ireland was found living under a bridge with a litter of kittens living off of rotting deer carcasses. After a much needed bath, a quality diet, and some TLC, she is a much happier cat. Ireland can be a little skeptic of people and big changes, but has made some great strides toward becoming a more confident and playful cat. She loves other cats and being cuddled, but would likely enjoy a quiet household. RUDY•Rudy is a 5-year-old male short-haired black cat. He is our shelter's Heavy Weight Champion. Rudy could use a strict diet and exercise program. However, the exercise part might be a little tough. Rudy is not the least bit interested in being active. He's a quiet and reserved kind of cat that would prefer to spend his time curled up in a comfy and secure spot. MARGO• Margo is a 1-year-old female shorthaired black cat. Found in a feral colony, Margo is slowly coming around to the idea of liking human affection. She loves to have her ears scratched and her chin rubbed. Margo does not particularly enjoy being held yet would be best in a home without young children as their excitement will prove to be too much for her.
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These pets may be adopted at the Humane Society of Western Montana 549-3934 CARMEN• Carmen is looking for a loving, patient family with an older canine sibling she can learn from. This 4 1/2-month-old pointer mix can be very shy at first, but once she warms up she’ll quickly show you her personality. Her exuberance is contagious, which can make training a little tricky – but our training and behavior staff can work with Carmen and her new family to start her off on the right paw.
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LADYBIRD•Active, friendly, wiggly and snuggly, Ladybird would be a wonderful hiking or walking partner and someone to watch TV with in the evening. Friendly with other dogs, she is a houndy girl who will tell you exactly how she feels. If you are looking for a wonderful, up beat companion, Ladybird may be the dog you have been looking for.
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GOLDIE• Goldie loves sleeping on the back of the couch and being held. This 4-year-old feline is very quiet, but will let you know when she wants attention. Friendly, independent and playful, this lovely lady is ready for her furrever Missoula’s Locally Owned Neighborhood Pet Supply Store www.gofetchdog.com - 728-2275 home! Come meet Goldie today! South Russell • North Reserve
CECIL•Cecil loves, loves, loves to hike. Cecil
is in our Paws Ahead Volunteer dog-training program to provide him with the mental stimulation he craves. Since he is participating in this program his adopter will receive one FREE private lesson at the shelter, a $60 value! Cecil would be psyched to join you on any adventure you can think of but would prefer to be the only fur child.
CHUNK• Chunk is worth his weight in gold. He is a charming fellow that would like to find a home that will give him a warm bed and catnip. He will reward you with his magnificent purr and unconditional love.
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BUTTERS• Butters is a talkative guy who is ready for his furrever home! He loves going outside and mousing, as well as being a playful indoor lap cat. Butters will let you know when he is hungry or wants attention. Eating treats, sleeping and being in your lap are some of his favorite activities. He has been around dogs and older children, and seems to not mind other cats. Come meet Butters today and let him melt you hearts! missoulanews.com • February 4–February 11, 2016 [C9]
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HOMES FOR SALE 2 Bdr, 1 Bath, North Missoula home. $165,000. BHHSMT Properties. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com 2004 Silver Tips Cluster. 5 bed on 1/2 acre in Circle H Ranch gated community. $675,000. Anne Jablonski, Portico Real Estate 546-5816 annierealtor@ gmail.com 3 Bdr, 1 Bath, Downtown Missoula home. $265,000. BHHS Montana Properties. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 2396696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com 360 Stone Street. 5 bed, 4 bath ranch style on 3 acres. Additional 2.52 and 6.49 acre parcels also available. Anne Jablonski, Portico Real Estate 546-5816. annierealtor@ gmail.com 4 Bdr, 3 Bath, South Hills home. $350,000. BHHSMT Properties. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com 442 Kensington. Totally remodeled 1 bed, 1.5 bath with fenced yard, patio, deck & garage. $239,900. Rochelle Glasgow, Ink Realty Group 728-8270 glasgow@montana.com
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Are your housing needs changing? We can help you explore your options. Clark Fork Realty. 512 E. Broadway. (406) 728-2621. www.clarkforkrealty.com Fidelity Management Services, Inc. • 7000 Uncle Robert Lane #7, Missoula • 406-251-4707. Visit our website at fidelityproperty.com. Serving Missoula area residential properties since 1981. Lewis & Clark Neighborhood 631 Pattee Creek Drive. Across from Splash, wheelchair accessible, wonderful, spacious, light, beautiful Lewis & Clark area home. Over 3300 s.f. of living space. $299,500. KD 2405227 porticorealestate.com Natural Housebuilders, Inc. Building comfortable energy efficient craftsman homes with radiant floor heat. 406369-0940 OR 406-6426863. Facebook/Natural House builders,inc. Solar Active House. www.faswall.com. www.naturalhousebuilder.net Real Estate. NW Montana. Tungstenholdings.com. (406)2933714 We’re not only here to sell real estate, we’re your full service senior home specialists. Clark Fork Realty. 512 E. Broadway. (406) 728-2621. www. clarkforkrealty.com
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$94,900. Rochelle Glasgow, Ink Realty Group. 728-8270 glasgow@montana.com
Shannon Hilliard, Ink Realty Group 239-8350. shannonhilliard5@gmail.com
2 Bdr, 1 Bath, Tina Ave Condo. $139,000. 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
acres. $389,900. Shannon Hilliard, Ink Realty Group. 2398350 shannonhilliard5 @gmail.com
Old Indian Trail. Ask Anne about exciting UNZONED parcels near Grant Creek. Anne Jablonski, Portico Real Estate 546-5816. annierealtor@gmail.com
3 Bdr, 2 Bath, Stevensville home. $190,000. BHHSMT Properties. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com
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3 Bdr, 2 Bath, Stevensville home. $200,000. BHHSMT Properties. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com
Burns Street Condo 1400 Burns #16. Burns Street Commons is a very special place to call home and this three bedroom upper level unit offers spacious, convenient, and beautiful living space. $158,000. KD 240-5227 or Sarah 370-3995 porticorealestate.com Uptown Flats #210. 1 bed, 1 bath modern condo on Missoula’s Northside. $149,000. Anne Jablonski, Portico Real Estate 546-5816. annierealtor@gmail.com Uptown Flats #301. Large 1 bed, 1 bath plus bonus room with all the amenities. $210,000. Anne Jablonski, Portico Real Estate 546.5816. annierealtor@ gmail.com
NHN Old Freight Road, St. Ignatius. 40.69 acres with 2 creeks & Mission Mountain views. $199,900. Shannon Hilliard, Ink Realty Group 239-8350. shannonhilliard5 @gmail.com NHN Old Freight Road, St. Ignatius. Approximately 11 acre building lot with Mission Mountain views. $86,900. Shannon Hilliard, Ink Realty Group 2398350. shannonhilliard5 @gmail.com NHN Rock Creek Road. 20 acres bordered on north by Five Valleys Land Trust. Direct access to Clark Fork River. $135,000.
3106 West Broadway. 20,000 sq.ft. lot with 6568 sq.ft. building with office, retail & warehouse space. Zoned M1-2. $810,000. Pat McCormick, Properties 2000. 240-7653 pat@properties 2000.com BIG TIMBER WATERSLIDE — Buy entire business or parts (slides, pumps, heaters, etc...) For info call (406) 930-1586 or (406) 932-6571.
OUT OF TOWN 1476 Eastside Highway, Corvallis. Lovely 3 bed, 2 bath with barn & greenhouse on 7 fenced
3 Bdr, 2.5 Bath, Frenchtown home. $350,000. BHHSMT Properties. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com 4 Bdr, 2 Bath, Florence home on 4.85 acres. $285, 000. BHHSMT Properties. For more info call Mindy Palmer
@ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com
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LAND FOR SALE 2003 Lil Diamond Cluster. Beautiful .58 acre lot in Circle H Ranch gated community.
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Homes 631 Pattee Creek Dr. Spacious 3 Bed, 3 Bath. Full Finished Basement ..............................................................$299,500 2004 Silver Tips Cluster Rustic Meets Romantic...............................................................................................$675,000
Homes With Land 360 Stone St. Sprawl Out In This 5 Bed Ranch on 3 Acres...................................................................................$440,000 856 Duck Bridge Lane Awesome Tiny Farm .......................................................................................................$250,000 406 Aspen View Rd, Polaris, MT. Wow, Check It Out! .......................................................................................$295,000
Townhomes/Condos Burns Street Commons #14 Next to Food Co-op & Bistro! 3 Bed ....................................................................$160,000 Burns Street Commons #16 Such convenience & charm ..................................................................................$158,000 Burns Street Commons #17 Wow! Awesome floor plan ....................................................................................$154,000 Uptown Flats #210 Efficient 1 Bed ......................................................................................................................$149,000 Uptown Flats #301 Large 1 Bed + Bonus Room...............................................................................................$210,000
Land Stone 2.52 Acres Pond Fed By Irrigation Is Home to Ducks & Wildlife in Summer ...........................................$175,000 Stone 6.49 Acres Fantastic Woods With Lots of Walking Trails to the River.........................................................$175,000 Old Indian Trail 4.77 Acres. South Facing Slope of Hillside at Base of Grant Creek ...........................................$90,000 Old Indian Trail 15 Acres. Views of Lolo Peak & Missoula Valley ........................................................................$148,000 Old Indian Trail 19.77 Acres Buy Both Above For Less ......................................................................................$230,000
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9435 Summit 40x60' Shop + Almost 2 Acres.......................................................................................................$250,000 631 Pattee Creek Drive $299,500 Spacious & light 3 bed, 3 bath with 2 fireplaces, fenced yard & 2 car garage
360 Stone Street $440,000 Lovely 5 bed, 4 bath on 3 acres with additional adjacent lots available
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1329 BRIDGECOURT $183,000 3 bed 2 bath located in quiet neighborhood featuring a south-facing backyard, hand-laid brick patio, pergola & beautiful landscaping perfect for entertaining.
FOR SALE • $810,000 Building & Land Only 6568 sf Building / 20,000 sf land Offices and Warehouse
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