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STREET TALK
by Kate Whittle
Asked Thursday, Feb. 2, during a party at the Independent office. The Indy’s owner and publisher, Matt Gibson, recently celebrated his 1,000th issue with the paper. What do you most appreciate about the Independent’s coverage over the years? Follow-up: What would you like to see more of in the Indy?
Charley Macorn (calendar editor): There was one story, “Best Medicine,” about a local comedian, that ran in February of last year. That really stuck with me for a really long time. Tacos everywhere: More views of snack food. In every context.
Dan Brooks (columnist): Most of the Independent I use for warmth, but I usually try to save local political coverage. Particularly I thought the Indy’s coverage of the Macy’s building downtown, the old Mercantile, was really outstanding. Frank Sinatra has a cold: I would like to see more magazine-style, longform personality profiles. I feel like it’s a town full of characters, and I would like to get to know them without leaving my home.
Ethan Sky: I really appreciate the medical marijuana coverage. Gooooaaaaaal: Honestly, there’s some amazing adult sports leagues in this town. Underground stuff like water polo, kickball, ultimate Frisbee.
Larry Abramson: The thing I appreciate most about the Independent is Dan Brooks and his continuing ability to skewer the powerful, and I just hope I’m never powerful enough to be skewered by Dan Brooks. Two Buck Chuck: I would like somebody to uncover the worldwide conspiracy that has prevented us from our birthright, which is to have a Trader Joe’s here in town.
Mindy Palmer: Everything that you guys do is valuable. You’re so good at shining a spotlight on local issues. Perfect score: It’s going to sound trite, but I really don’t see how you guys improve. It’s just so good, year after year.
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Renters rights Protecting Montana renters should be a priority for all lawmakers this legislative session. However, for Roger and Peggy Webb, a couple that has split their influence across Senate and the House, respectively, the 2017 session has provided a means for pushing an unfair and sometimes unlawful pro-landlord agenda. At first glance, the changes brought forward by the legislature seem to be simply cosmetic clarifications. Senate Bill 175, for instance, has a large section devoted to specifying a landlord’s right to enter and make repairs. In addition to “clarifying” this section, it also cuts in half the time a renter has to respond to a maintenance issue, gives the landlord “immediate” access to the residence, and allows the landlord to perform an impromptu inspection without notice. Furthermore, if this impromptu inspection finds a new issue in need of maintenance, the landlord can fix the problem and bill the renter with no notice and no opportunity to rectify the issue. House Bill 348 requires that renters notify their landlord every time they plan to be gone from their residence for longer than 24 hours, while landlords may currently require only that tenants inform them of absences longer than seven days. Changes like this, requiring that tenants notify their landlord before leaving town for something as simple as an overnight shopping trip or a basketball game, are not just unduly burdensome, but indicative of the tenant-averse laws that are being proposed this legislative session. Senate Bill 176, another example, removes all ability of a renter to refuse entry to their landlord, and goes further by forbidding tenants from adding locks to any portion of a residence, irreparably hindering renters’ right to privacy and safety. The most egregious of these bills is Senate Bill 174, from Sen. Roger Webb, which seeks to shift the legal and financial burden from landlord to renter by holding tenants liable for legal fees if they lose a case against their landlord. Its banality does nothing to change the fact that it presents a gross overreach of a landlord and a legislature by attempting to dictate how judges should rule. This renter-averse legislation from landlordlegislators like the Webbs presents a great danger to the balanced relationship of Montana renters and landlords. The bills currently introduced undermine tenant protections and call into question the fair and equal treatment that’s been at the heart of Montana law for 40 years. Our elected officials in Helena must make sure to also represent the voices of the one in three Montanans who rent their
homes, and prove that our landlord-tenant laws are here to serve and protect everyone. Mary O’Malley Director, ASUM Off-Campus Renter Center Missoula
Blood in the water Lemme get this straight—we took the water company on the notion that “corporations are bad,” but now we’re going to get a toxic loan from an overseas multinational investment bank (“Slow drip,” Feb. 2)? How does us hemorrhaging interest overseas benefit Missoula? Benjamin A. Hart posted at facebook.com/ missoulaindependent
“People with pets and children should always have a close eye on them, whether in the big city or in or near the woods. A bump in the road is just a bump in the road to a car, and meat is meat to a lion.”
Kitties cornered This is the cost of living in the wildland interface (“FWP removals draw ire,” Feb. 2). Everybody seems to want to live in the Montana woods—it’s the trendy thing to do these days. Lions are different from bears, they don’t relocate or change their habits well. The human population is growing and consuming the habitat of wild creatures. As lions populations grow, they need to find new territory. They move with their prey, and young lions often get in trouble with humans as they try to find a place to set up a home range. Seven billion people on this planet and counting—human growth has many consequences. People with pets and children should always have a close eye on them, whether in the big city or in or near the woods. A bump in the road is just a bump in the
road to a car, and meat is meat to a lion. We, as the animals with the bigger brains, should consider what our impacts are, and how we can limit them, what kind of place we want to live in, and what kind of life we want for the generations to come—human and animal. Joe Bear posted at missoulanews.com
Run, dog, run! Do not give that lunatic a dog (“Top dog?” Jan. 26). He doesn’t deserve one and would have no interest in it unless he could pose with it to boost his ego. As he has narcissistic personality disorder, it would be terrible for the dog because he would never get his needs for love, play, exercise, food and vet visits met. Do not give that sicko a dog! Patricia Bowers posted at missoulanews.com
Re-routing progress Move over, working-class Missoulians (“Mary Avenue freeze-out,” Feb. 2). Our “progressive” overlords are here to hit you with a big dose of gentrification, or “progress,” as they like to call it. Adam Hertz posted at facebook.com/ missoulaindependent
We see what you did there... “Critics call on Sen. Daines and others to recuse themselves over campaign donations.” And I call on all feral dogs to refrain from snapping at raw pieces of meat. Lee Conway posted at facebook.com/ missoulaindependent
Dinging Daines I’m a veteran. Sen. Daines does not represent me on health care. His support for repealing the Affordable Care Act will be disastrous for Montana veterans. Since passage of the ACA, the number of uninsured veterans has declined to less than 10 percent. Repealing the ACA will force veterans who currently have coverage to attempt to meet their health-care needs through an already overburdened Veterans Administration. Trump’s freeze on federal hiring (which Sen. Daines also supports) means that new doctors, nurses and technicians cannot be hired by the VA to meet our increased numbers and needs. Sen. Daines needs to think more clearly about his positions and how they will affect the veterans of our state. Pat Tucker Hamilton
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Wednesday, Feb. 1 Simon & Schuster announces that Butte native and Navy SEAL Robert O’Neill’s long-awaited book is slated to come out April 25. O’Neill’s autobiography is titled The Operator: Firing the Shots that Killed Osama bin Laden and My Years as a SEAL Team Warrior.
Thursday, Feb. 2 Lee Metcalf National Wildlife Refuge hosts a Groundhog Day celebration in which Bitterroot Bill, a yellow-bellied marmot, serves in the groundhog’s prognosticating role. Bitterroot Bill opts to stay inside his winter den at the appointed hour of 12:30 p.m.
Friday, Feb 3 The 100th annual Foresters’ Ball kicks off at the University of Montana’s Schreiber Gym. The event offers a UM-sanctioned beer garden, reversing a decades-long alcohol ban. Organizers say they hope alcohol sales might offset a trend of declining revenues at the event, which raises money for scholarships.
Saturday, Feb. 4 The roof of the Silver Theater on South Higgins collapses due to heavy snow. The theater had been slated to host screenings for the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival.
Maintenance crews repair a burst water main on Tuesday on Duncan Drive in the Rattlesnake Valley. Weekend snow combined with a temperature swing is wreaking havoc on city streets, leading Mayor John Engen to announce the beginning of “pothole season” and a short-notice closure of the Russell Street bridge Monday night. The city’s Street Maintenance Division says it tries to repair all potholes within 24 hours of being reported.
Sunday, Feb. 5 Sen. Steve Daines takes to Twitter to chime in during Super Bowl LI, including insightful commentary such as “Atlanta 28 Super Bowl Commercials 3.” He also expresses disappointment that George Strait isn’t performing at halftime.
Monday, Feb. 6 The massive Riverfront Triangle development agreement between the city and Hotel Fox Partners gets the green light from City Council, despite objections from labor groups who had been seeking stipulations regarding wages, housing and environmental issues.
Tuesday, Feb. 7 On President Donald Trump’s order, the Army Corps of Engineers tells Congress it will immediately grant a disputed easement for the Dakota Access Pipeline, cutting short an environmental review initiated in November, which had been seen as a win by pipeline opponents.
Money for justice
ACLU sees support spike In a climate of widespread fear about federal civil rights rollbacks, ACLU Montana is reporting a groundswell of support for its work. ACLU Montana counted about 1,400 active donors prior to the election. In the weeks since Nov. 8, more than 1,100 people have made first-time donations, according to Kileen Marshall, director of philanthropy and strategic initiatives. She says about 250 of those donors have joined just since Jan. 20, Inauguration Day. Nearly 2,000 new subscribers have signed up for ACLU email alerts. “My sense of why people are choosing to do this is they recognize the new administration is threatening—and has already threatened within its first week— several social justice and civil liberties issues that people feel passionately about,” Marshall says. Immigration, refugees, reproductive choice, LGBT protections, voting rights and racial justice are among the
issues widely perceived to be at risk under the Trump administration. “There’s a long list, and the ACLU works on all those issues,” Marshall says. The average donation in Montana has been about $35. Marshall emphasizes that even token amounts help spread the message. “There are over 2,500 supporters in Montana who’ve paid money and belong to the ACLU,” she says. “Our voice is strengthened when we can share how many people are with us.” In late January, the national ACLU reported an unprecedented spike in donations, to the tune of $24 million in a single weekend. That’s six times the organization’s annual average. Staffers attributed the uptick to outrage over the Trump administration’s antiimmigrant, anti-refugee policies. The ACLU has vowed to take on the administration through every legal avenue. ACLU Montana is joining some of those efforts, including a coordinated effort among 50 ACLU affiliates
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to request information from U.S. Customs and Border Protection offices regarding that agency’s implementation of Trump’s Jan. 27 immigration ban. (The ban is currently stayed by a federal judge’s order, pending legal review.) At the state level, ACLU Montana reports encouraging news. Advocacy and Policy Director SK Rossi says that so far, most of the organization’s work lobbying the 2017 Montana Legislature has been proactive, rather than reactive. Compared to past sessions, relatively few bills have cropped up that target reproductive choice or the LGBT community. ACLU Montana supports the legislature’s work this session regarding criminal justice reform, in particular Commission on Sentencing efforts to reduce incarceration rates, promote alternatives to prison and address racial and ethnic disparities in the judicial system. “It’s been a joy to work with legislators from both sides of the aisle finding common ground,” Rossi says. Kate Whittle
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Motl gets grilled on his way out The Montana Supreme Court didn’t waste much paper in answering the question that’s dogged the office of the Commissioner of Political Practices for nearly two months. On Feb. 1, justices issued a fourpage ruling declaring that Jonathan Motl’s term as the state’s political cop ended Jan. 1, stating that it would be “inappropriate” to change the date set by Gov. Steve Bullock nearly four years ago. Motl will now remain in office only as long as it takes Bullock and state lawmakers to agree on his successor. But Motl’s termed-out status didn’t stop Republicans from hammering him during a House Judiciary Committee hearing last Friday. The barrage began with Rep. Derek Skees, R-Kalispell, who was there to introduce a bill eliminating the Office of Political Practices. He did so in the blustery, informal tone of a salesman, dramatically taking his glasses off and putting them back on no fewer than seven times. “I’m sorry,” he said at one point, pausing for a drink of water. “I’m so darn excited to bring this bill I can’t even contain it.” Using words like “totalitarian” and “hyper-partisan,” Skees challenged the efficacy not only of Motl’s stint as commissioner, but of the office as a whole. The solution he suggests in House Bill 340 would divide the duties of the office and transfer them to two other agencies: the Secretary of State’s office in the case of campaign reporting, and the Attorney General’s office in the case of enforcement. Skees apparently couldn’t resist a joke at Motl’s expense on Friday, claiming that his bill, if unsuccessful, is “a sure way to get the Skees team investigated by the Office of Political Practices in 16 months” when he’s up for reelection. Skees didn’t reply to a request for information supporting his assertion that “there hasn’t been a Democrat or a Democrat committee investigated and fined or found guilty” by Motl. A cursory review of OPP decisions shows that the Montana Democratic Party paid at least $550 in three violation settlements in 2014. Republicans on the committee quickly picked up Skees’ line of criticism. Rep. Theresa Manzella, RHamilton, repeatedly dragged Motl to the microphone to grill him about a radio interview he’d conducted just prior to the 2016 election. Rep. Barry Usher, R-Helena, asked whether a failure by the state Senate to confirm his replacement would mean another two years of Motl.
“Under existing Montana state law, that is a correct interpretation,” Motl replied, maintaining a cool, analytical frankness throughout the nearly three-hour cannonade. “And I would presume and hope and expect that the Senate won’t do that.” So far three people have applied to step into Motl’s shoes: former Billings City Commissioner Michael Larson, former political practices investigator Robert Hoffman, and Jaime MacNaughton, acting attorney for the OPP. Candidates will be screened by a four-member bipartisan legislative committee, submitted to Bullock for nomination and, barring any hiccups, confirmed by the state Senate before session’s end. Alex Sakariassen
Wild, wild life
Dead bats and DDT Last July, Ravalli County staffers heard shrieks coming from the third floor of the administration building. The shrieks emanated from county employees who had just discovered dying bats crawling on the floor. Commissioner Ray Hawk says two dead bats were sent to state authorities to be tested for rabies, but came up clean. After that, Hawk says, the specimens were sent on to a laboratory in Michigan for an extensive toxicology test. In mid-January, Ravalli County officials finally received the results: The bats had died of DDT poisoning, and their corpses showed extraordinarily high levels of the poison—more than 4,000 parts per million. “Not only had they ingested it in some way, but they had the powder on the bats themselves,” Hawk says. Dichloro-diphenyl-trichloroethane has been outlawed since 1972 due to its toxicity. Hawk says that since bats don’t typically range very far from their roosts, he suspects that the source of the DDT is near the county administration building, which is in the middle of downtown Hamilton. “Somewhere within a mile of here there’s some heavy DDT, which could be anywhere. There’s lots of old barns around here,” Hawk says.
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Montanans burned up the congressional switchboard last week. They took to Twitter, to Facebook, to email, all in an effort to let Sen. Steve Daines know where they stood when it came to Betsy DeVos and her nomination as Secretary of Education. On Feb. 7, Daines responded by voting exactly the way he’d always said he would: to confirm. The same story played out in multiple states and with numerous senators. A Philadelphia teacher raised $71,419 through a GoFundMe page titled “Buy [Sen.] Pat Toomey’s Vote,” which by Feb. 3 had become the crowdfunding platform’s top-trending campaign. Toomey voted to confirm. Erin Erickson, founder of Missoula Rises, understands that the gut reaction to those unswayed senators—and to DeVos’ conformation on Tuesday—might be to dismiss such activism as “not worth it.” But it is worth it, she says. Her group has spearheaded much of the local pushback against Donald Trump’s cabinet nominees. From phone calls to tweets to gathering outside Daines’ Missoula office, Erickson is confident that Missoula Rises has put Daines and others on notice that “their constituents are watching.” And when it comes to education, DeVos isn’t the only office-holder the group’s members are keeping tabs on. Montana’s newly elected superintendent of public instruction, Elsie Arntzen, has a strong track record of supporting controversial school-choice measures. In a sense, Erickson says, voters had an opportunity to oppose a DeVos-like agenda at the state level last November. She chalks up Arntzen’s success to “voter disengagement,” and says Missoula Rises is already working with teachers to determine the best ways to resist any damaging state-level policy changes. The Atlantic described the opposition to DeVos as “unprecedented.” Politico estimated that calls to congressional offices numbered in the tens of thousands, and emails more than a million. Asked for the number of calls and emails Daines received, his office sent the Indy a link to an ABC News story reporting that Daines himself had helped man the phones. “I would really like to see how many people in this state voiced opposition to DeVos versus how many people called and offered support,” Erickson says. “And then I’d like to see those numbers next to his campaign contributions.”
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The state Agriculture Department has taken swabs of the county building to test for DDT residue, and will determine its next steps once results come back, according to Communications Officer Andy Fjeseth. Fjeseth says state officials have not yet searched the area around the building for signs of the DDT’s source. “Without knowing the location of the source, it’s difficult to determine the threat level,” Fjeseth says. “If anyone should find or come across any DDT, they should call us at the Department of Agriculture, and we can work with them to properly dispose of it.” Bryce Maxell, program coordinator for the Montana Natural Heritage Program, has studied bats for 12 years. He says he has no doubt that someone in Hamilton sprayed DDT directly onto the bats. In his experience, it’s common for people to be overly alarmed when they encounter bats roosting in their roof. “I’ve heard horror stories where there were big buildings where janitors were instructed to go up and spray pesticides directly on the bats, or bag them up, put them in garbage sacks and put them in the trash,” Maxell says. Bats roost in buildings only in the summertime. They spend winters hibernating in caves and other remote habitats. Maxell recommends that people take steps in early spring to prevent bats from roosting indoors. Non-lethal methods include sealing crevices and installing bat roost boxes by late April. He notes that residences with bat roosts report fewer mosquitos in the summer, since bats are insectivores. Kate Whittle
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Missoula’s urban tree canopy has long been dominated by the Norway maple, which settlers planted en masse in the early 20th century. The city’s urban forester, Chris Boza, predicts that in years to come the valley will burst with a more expansive variety of woody greenery if the city follows through on its neighborhoods’ proposals. The Riverfront Park neighborhood, for instance, would be marked by Western larch and Green Mountain maple. Sapporo autumn gold elm and cucumber magnolia might line the streets of Moose Can Gully. Rose Park’s residential streets could be shadowed by Marmo maple and accolade elm. That’s just a sample of the tree palettes designed by the first neighborhoods to engage in the city’s urban forest management plan, which was approved in 2015 and kicks into gear this year. Boza is also hoping the city can find a way to reduce the cost of planting nearly 16,000 trees throughout Missoula over the next few decades. (Plantings are set to start in 2020.) The need is pressing: The Norway maples, which account for about 30 percent of the current canopy, are reaching the end of their century-long lifespan, and most will die within a few decades. Missoula’s urban forest is valued at $89 million. “It’s a fairly large chunk of change,” Boza says. This winter, he’s been conducting an experiment to see if the city can grow its own saplings, instead of buying them on the open market. A dozen young Marmo Freeman maples and northern catalpas are wintering in a small gravel-bed nursery near the municipal wastewater treatment plant. Boza is optimistic they’ll survive and grow large enough to be transplanted to their final destinations. The city’s Public Works department is also looking into purchasing a few acres next to the Garden City Compost site, which might provide fertile ground for a city-run nursery. Boza says tree cultivars from commercial nurseries cost about $150 apiece. He estimates that it would cost the city about $45 to grow them locally. Martin says it’s also possible to grow trees on site from seed, but that can lead to problems down the road if the tree turns out to have undesirable traits. Female gingko trees, for instance, produce stinky cones that, Boza
says, smell like “cat manure and beer and pizza vomit.” “So that’s an instance where if you buy a cultivar, it’s a male cultivar,” he says. It’s up to each neighborhood to form a leadership team to choose from almost 140 approved species to create an individual neighborhood tree palette. In the Southgate Triangle neighborhood, longtime resident Bob Martin has led the charge. Southgate’s palette includes scarlet oak, ponderosa pine, sugar maple and purple beech.
hoods, like Lewis and Clark, have yet to sign on. Martin has observed that the most active neighborhood groups are led by retired people with more time to devote to civic engagement. Urban trees have proven benefits when it comes to neighborhood livability, crime reduction, noise absorption, walkability and biodiversity. And while Martin hopes that more neighborhoods will get involved, he acknowledges that tree selection can feel like a weighty decision, considering that trees
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In the early 1900s, settlers planted Norway maples throughout Missoula. As those maples die off, the city is redesigning its urban forest to be more diverse.
Martin has learned that those choices can be controversial, even though the planting palettes are only recommendations. “I know there’s been some backlash from people doing landscaping who say, ‘I’ll go out and stick any god-dang tree in the ground I want,’” Martin says. “Which is fine, but I’d rather see diversity, instead of the guy who gets a good deal on 200 of any particular tree.” Six of the city’s oldest and most heavily vegetated neighborhoods have produced tree plans so far. Most of the city’s newer and less densely planted neighbor-
planted now will help define the city’s character for generations to come. “We’re hoping people will look online for our forestry plan and choose trees around that list,” Martin says. “I just want to see trees getting planted.” Once the planting program begins in 2020, the city plans to evaluate its progress every five years. The last of the Norway maples should be removed by 2035. Forest plan information is available at ci.missoula.mt.us/230/Urban-Forestry. kwhittle@missoulanews.com
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A teen and a prayer Faith-based addiction treatment center faces challenge by Derek Brouwer
The few dozen people holding signs and rainbow flags outside the Hilton Garden Inn last Saturday knew their target: Phil Robertson, bearded patriarch of the Duck Dynasty family, who was scheduled to begin speaking at any minute. A Bible-belt icon, Robertson is also known for such gems of insight as his 2013 comment to GQ that vaginas have “more to offer” a man than another man’s anus. “I mean, come on, dudes! You know what I’m saying? But hey, sin: It’s not logical, my man. It’s just not logical.” Emily Withnall, who organized the rally, said that “deeply homophobic comments” like these prompted her and others to stand outside the hotel in the dark to convey the message that “love is love.” While the demonstrators were well versed in Robertson’s views, they admittedly knew less about Adult and Teen Challenge, the group that invited him to Missoula. At $50 a ticket, the event served as a major fundraiser for the local nonprofit’s faithbased treatment program for women with substance-abuse issues. Its small live-in facility in Missoula is part of a national network of more than 200 so-called Christian recovery centers. “What I have read about them is that what will pull you out of addiction is God in the morning, Jesus in the afternoon and the Holy Spirit at night,” said Sydney Cook, another demonstrator. That description may not be an exaggeration. According to a recent civil complaint filed in Missoula County District Court, the center takes its faith very seriously—so seriously, in fact, that a former employee claims she was fired for not praying hard enough for a client experiencing severe drug withdrawals. Jean Starr had been working as Adult and Teen Challenge’s counseling coordinator for a little more than a year when a new “student” arrived at the facility in February 2016. Staff expected the student to be difficult, given that she had previously been in two lockdown rehab programs, and was ill on arrival, according to the complaint. Starr claims she was instructed by Adult and Teen Challenge Executive Director Jan Henderson, who was apparently out of town at the time,
to gather what staff was present that day to “pray over” the student. Starr and one other staffer went to the woman’s room and did so, but it didn’t seem to have much effect. By the afternoon, she was complaining of nausea and pain and was visibly shaking. She was taken to the hospital and diagnosed with severe withdrawal symptoms before being returned to the Adult and Teen Challenge facility. At Henderson’s direction, Starr continued praying with the woman that night and the next morning.
ployee at the center-operated thrift store. She recalls one staffer showed students an instructional DVD about speaking in tongues. “She told some of the women, if you can’t speak in tongues, you’re not Christian,” DeLong says. DeLong says that in some cases medication was withheld until students allowed staffers to pray for them. What bothers her more, however, is what she describes as lack of training for some center staffers, which she claims led them to be “borderline emotion-
photo courtesy David Evans, UM School of Journalism
Demonstrators outside the Hilton Garden Inn said they were protesting an event featuring Phil Robertson of Duck Dynasty, who has made anti-LGBTQ remarks. The nonprofit that hired him to speak, Adult and Teen Challenge, uses prayer and other faith-based approaches to drug-abuse treatment.
The student walked out of the center later that day. The suit alleges that upon the executive director’s return the following day, Henderson fired Starr “in a screaming rage,” saying “she was neither spiritual enough, nor had she followed directions in regards to praying with the student.” Starr is seeking damages for wrongful discharge. Approached by a reporter at the Hilton event, Henderson said she was too busy to speak with the Indy. She did not return subsequent calls for comment by press time. The organization has denied Starr’s claims in a court filing. As the case continues, a recent program graduate tells the Indy that she witnessed other extreme religious practices at the Missoula site. Amanda DeLong lived at the Teen Challenge facility for more than two years, first as a “student” completing the program for drug addiction, then as an intern and em-
ally abusive” with students. DeLong is now in school pursuing a Licensed Addiction Counseling credential, and says she has slowly come to learn how the practices she experienced at Adult and Teen Challenge didn’t match the guidelines she’s now reading about in her textbooks. She says she quit her job at the center’s thrift store in 2015. “I just couldn’t watch the women go through what they were going through anymore,” she says. Back at the Hilton, Withnall herself got a taste of the center’s emphasis on prayer. She explained that she had emailed Henderson to give her notice about the demonstration. Henderson sent a polite email back. “She signed off by saying she would pray for us all,” Withnall says. “Basically implying that being gay is something you can pray away.” dbrouwer@missoulanews.com
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[opinion]
Better dumb than sorry? The Montana Senate’s pre-emptive Sharia strike by Dan Brooks
Ninth Annual Jeff Cole Distinguished Lecture Old School in the New Journalism Era Speaker: Susan Carey Aviation Reporter, The Wall Street Journal
Monday, Feb. 13, 2017, at 7 p.m. UM Law School 101 Susan Carey is a veteran Wall Street Journal reporter whose career has taken her around the world. She joined the paper at age 25 to cover coal mining, steel, labor unions and Appalachia. She later covered airlines, aerospace, and tourism in Europe, where she witnessed the fall of the Berlin Wall. From there, she reported for the Asian WSJ in Hong Kong and Kuala Lumpur. In 1993, she returned to the United States and has been covering airlines and aviation for the Journal’s Chicago bureau ever since. Her work has been nominated twice for the Pulitzer Prize. While in Asia, Carey first met Jeff Cole, the Journal’s aerospace “guru,” whom she describes as “a wonderful friend and an inspiration.” The Annual Jeff Cole Distinguished Lecture was established to recognize and remember Cole, the Journal’s aerospace editor and a 1980 graduate of the UM School of Journalism. He died in 2001 on assignment.
[10] Missoula Independent • February 9–February 16, 2017
One problem afflicting the Montana state Senate is that it is a historically reactive body. Some crisis emerges, such as the highways needing pavement or the federal government offering Medicaid, and the Senate moves to fix it. As any baseball coach will tell you, that’s not how a winning team plays. You can’t hang back and wait for the ball to come to you. You’ve got to run up on it and make a play. Last week, the Senate took a big step in that direction by approving SB97, a bill that prohibits state courts from applying foreign law. As most trained attorneys know, Montana courts currently apply United States law as described in the Constitution. They also obey the codes of Montana. But around the world, in undeveloped places that have failed to become the United States, foreign people apply foreign laws. Many of them believe in these laws fervently, even religiously. Only a fool would say such practices pose no threat to Montana. Take Sharia law, for example. It’s the code of religious governance derived from the sacred texts of Islam—like the Mosaic law in the Bible, only crazy. Instead of normal, common-sense rules about what fabrics you can wear together and what to do if your neighbor digs a pit and your ox falls into it (hint: death penalty), I’m pretty sure Sharia law says you can beat your wife. It definitely says you don’t have to be American, which is a clear violation of the Constitution. Sure, the people who practice Sharia law are safely contained in foreign places now, but what happens when they come here? It makes sense that they would bring their laws with them, just as Americans do when traveling abroad. As we speak, literally several immigrants from Muslim nations have settled in Montana, and they’re probably gearing up to implement Sharia law. Flathead resident Sandy Montgomery warned the Senate Judiciary Committee of just this problem last week. “We have allowed legal immigrants, illegal immigrants and now refugees to take advantage of our law and culture to take up
their own agendas,” she said, as reported in the Missoulian. “They have no intention to abide by our laws, nor are they interested in assimilating to our culture.” Gina Satterfield of Helena agreed. “We as a nation and state do not have to wait as a forced host to witness the growing population for this foreign law to implement its totalitarian system,” she said, presumably reading from two Sarah Palin
“I call on Sen. Regier to outlaw any theoretical future toaster that works by automatically detecting bread and sucking it into the slots with a powerful vacuum. It’s just too dangerous.” Facebook posts at once. Both these experts on Islamic culture testified before the committee in support of SB97, sponsored by Keith Regier (R-Kalispell). Now that the Senate has approved his bill, Sen. Regier stands as Montana’s chief defender against Sharia law. Or perhaps he’s second only to the U.S. Constitution, the Montana Code, our state and federal judiciaries, an overwhelmingly Christian police force and centuries of jurisprudence. But when those safeguards fail—as
they probably will once Polson gets a kebab restaurant—we’ll be glad to have the senator and his forward-thinking bill. But why stop there? Sharia law isn’t the only foreign custom threatening to overrun Montana. Is Sen. Regier aware that in many parts of the world, millions of people eat with sticks? These potential immigrants, legal and illegal, would like nothing better than to come to Montana and usurp our American utensil system. I call on the senator from Kalispell to sponsor a bill prohibiting Montana courts from confiscating forks and knives before it’s too late. In the interest of saving lives, however, we should first pass a law forbidding the Department of Motor Vehicles from allowing British immigrants to drive on the left side of the road. Such an application of Cheerio Law would be disastrous. And let us not forget that the past is a foreign country, too. In the spirit of SB97, I demand we pass a law declaring that if Jefferson Davis and other leaders of the Confederacy should construct a time machine and travel to the present day, Montana will not allow them to reinstitute slavery. Finally, and perhaps most important, I call on Sen. Regier to outlaw any theoretical future toaster that works by automatically detecting bread and sucking it into the slots with a powerful vacuum. It’s just too dangerous. Given the many foreign cultures that Montana cannot afford to become and the limited number of days left in the legislative session, this agenda might seem ambitious. Liberal types may even call it unnecessary. But if Sen. Regier has taught us anything, it’s that you can’t wait for a problem to emerge before you solve it. There’s a whole world of legal systems out there different from our own, and they’re exactly as bad as you can imagine. Dan Brooks writes about politics, culture, and the importance of never putting your hand in the toaster even if you just wonder what it’s like at combatblog.net.
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Give land a hand All land—public and private—deserves good stewardship by Dan West
What’s the smartest, most secure kind of investment? A long-term, self-sustaining one. In the United States, a big one is land. Yes, the U.S. could cash out on some of its land now, but before doing that, let’s pause for a moment to contemplate how valuable all that land will be in 100 years. I grew up on the Clark Fork river, where extractive monopolies from a century ago are still costing taxpayers billions to clean up. As other countries continue to focus solely on extraction, pushing development at any cost, U.S. public lands are different, gaining value with responsibly balanced and diverse use. Each unit is unique to its region, and its stewardship by the federal government runs in concert with private landowners. Only about 30 percent of Montana is federal public land. That’s less than Idaho (61 percent), Wyoming (48 percent), Colorado (35 percent) and California (46 percent). And yet, these public lands drive our economy. They support high-paying mining, timber and recreation jobs. They attract tourism dollars to the state, and they boost nearby local economies. There is consensus among Montanans that land is our most valuable resource. The feds have well-intentioned programs to direct revenue and royalties generated from public land back to local communities. The Payments in Lieu of Taxes and Secure Rural Schools programs send tens of millions of dollars to Montana counties each year. The Land and Water Conservation Fund finances local recreation and parks projects. It has sent about $540 million to Montana over its 50-year lifespan. Congress can champion programs like these. Removing arbitrary caps and pegging royalty rates to market prices would strengthen Payments in Lieu of Taxes. Secure Rural Schools recently expired, but could be reauthorized at any time. The Land and Water Conservation Fund is authorized at $900 million a year, yet it receives only about a third of that in real funding. Imagine all the
great projects that could be built around the country with an extra $600 million a year. And those are relatively obscure programs compared to our national parks. In 2015 alone, national park units in Montana generated nearly half a billion dollars in visitor spending and supported more than 8,000 jobs in the state.
“Blocking fire-sale bills like HR621 is only the first step. Public lands supporters shouldn’t claim victory simply for moving the needle back to zero and returning to business as usual.” Blocking fire-sale bills like HR621 (recently withdrawn by Utah congressman Jason Chaffetz) is only the first step. Public lands supporters shouldn’t claim victory simply for moving the needle back to zero and returning to business as usual. We need to work every angle to ensure that our public lands are serving the public interest to the fullest. That means advocating for more diverse energy jobs on public lands, expanding recreational access, pegging
fees to market prices, sunsetting leases and strengthening ecological and public health through more collaborative conservation practices. We should not stop there if we want to make returns on land investments truly long-term. Private landowners care about their land, too. Let’s work with them. To counter congressional federal land disposal efforts, let’s lobby for something like the opposite, a private land stewardship effort. In fact, this is already underway. Private landowners are working with their neighbors to restore native range in north-central Montana. Family farms and ranches are working with land trusts to put their property into conservation easements. Corporations are creating environmental asset accounts to embed directly into their financial statements. How can the federal government help? It could pursue more marketfriendly environmental policies, like pricing pollutants instead of regulating them, and encouraging individual landowners to take stewardship into their own hands. One option worth pondering is reforming split-estate laws to allow private landowners to buy subsurface mineral rights from the government. Selling federal subsurface rights to conscientious landowners will point us in a more positive direction than auctioning off vast swaths below market rates to remote bidders seeking to exploit a parcel on a map. This would keep existing public lands intact and support the case to peg federal mineral royalty rates to market prices. There are practical solutions that we probably haven’t even imagined yet. As the coalition grows to block a public lands fire sale, let’s dream up some creative ways that will ensure better longterm stewardship of all land, public and private. Our future generations will thank us for it. Dan West grew up in Missoula and formerly worked for Colorado Sen. Mark Udall on energ y and natural resources issues.
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WORK OF A RESEARCHER – “Field work is always challenging,” explained Courtney Marneweck of South Africa’s University of KwaZulu-Natal in a recent journal article, but studying the sociology of a white rhino’s dung meant developing a “pattern-recognition algorithm” to figure out “smell profiles” of 150 animals’ feces—after tracking them individually to observe them in the act. Wrote Marneweck, “I think my record for waiting for a rhino to poo was 7 1/2 hours.” Conclusion: Rhinos use feces to send distinct social signals on genetically compatible herds, mating access and predator dangers. (Or, in the Los Angeles Times “clickbait” version of the story, rhino dung “has a lot in common with a Facebook post.”) THE WAY THE WORLD WORKS – “Retiring” the Herd: Settlement of a class-action lawsuit against a group of dairy co-ops was announced in January with milk producers agreeing to pay $52 million on charges they had conspired to fix the dairy supply for years to get top-dollar prices. Among the producers’ primary tactics, allegedly, was using what the industry calls “herd retirement,” which is “retirement” only in the sense that 500,000 healthy young cows were slaughtered—just to drive up prices by eliminating otherwise-available milk. The $52 million will be for consumers in 15 states and Washington, D.C. Wrist-Slapping: (1) Rutgers University Athletic Director Pat Hobbs, responding to the NCAA’s announcement of violations against the school’s sports programs (including failure to penalize 16 football players who tested positive for drugs), told the Asbury Park Press in January that he would immediately dismiss from teams any player testing positive for hard drugs—upon the fourth violation (if for marijuana only, upon the fifth). (2) In January, the Russian parliament voted 380 to 3 to amend its assault law to allow a spouse one punishment-by-”ticketing” (i.e., not criminal) for domestic violence against his partner—provided the bodily harm was not “substantial” and that it happens no more than once a year. UNCLEAR ON THE CONCEPT – The “Virtuous Pedophile”: Gary Gibson, 65, of Chiloquin, Oregon, admits he is sexually attracted to little girls but never acts on his urges, and therefore, demands that people get off his case. He formed the Association for Sexual Abuse Prevention, campaigning, he says, to keep children safe from other pedophiles whose self-restraint may not match his. Gibson describes himself as a “normal, everyday person,” married to a British nurse (whom he met via a Christian singles organization), and has three children and 10 grandchildren—none so far molested (though in an interview, London’s The Sun allowed him to explain his side of various edgy events of his life, such as his having moved for a while to the South Pacific, where little girls sometimes played naked). WAIT, WHAT? – Surgery on a 16-year-old Japanese girl, reported in January by New Scientist, revealed that her ovary contained a miniature skull and brain. Doctors say that finding rogue brain cells in ovaries is not that uncommon, but that an already-organized brain, capable of transmitting electric impulses, is almost unheard-of. LEADING ECONOMIC INDICATOR – Doughnut lovers have legitimately mused for years how U.S. law could condemn, say, marijuana, yet permit Krispy Kreme to openly sell its seemingly addictive sugary delights on America’s streets. Sonia Garcia, 51, realized a while back that residents of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, so much needed Krispy Kreme fixes that she earns a handsome living running a black market from El Paso, Texas, bringing in 40 boxes at a time and re-selling from the trunk of her car at a 60 percent markup, pointing out to a Los Angeles Times reporter in January that her trafficking has already put one son through engineering school. (Mexico City now has Krispy Kremes, but apparently the company’s distribution system cannot yet vanquish Sonia Garcia’s car.) CAN’T POSSIBLY BE TRUE – Reporting from Mbyo, Rwanda, in January on the success of a “reconciliation” program following the country’s bloody genocidal wars, London’s The Guardian found, for example, Laurencia Niyogira living peacefully and forgivingly alongside neighbor Tasian Nkundiye— even though, 22 years ago, Nkundiye murdered Niyogira’s entire family (except for her and her siblings, left barely alive). (Over a 100-day span in 1994, 800,000 ethnic Tutsis were systematically slaughtered by Hutus.) A survey by the country’s national unity commission showed that 92 percent of Rwandans have come to accept reconciliation.
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e regret to report that in the year 2017, the idea that people can have sex for other than procreative reasons remains controversial. Our own Sen. Steve Daines supports the effort to defund Planned Parenthood, even though the clinics provide basic health care to millions of women and men. Legislators can make it more difficult for women to control their reproductive choices, but no law will never quell the astonishing breadth and depth of human sexual expression. Even while puritanical notions of sex and gender persist in mainstream culture, technology has opened up a broad expanse of new ways to communicate about and have sex. Consider
When my cue comes, call me, and I will answer. —Bottom, A Midsummer Night’s Dream Before Trump, before the alt-right, there was Gamergate. Born of an online harassment campaign against video game developer Zoë Quinn, Gamergate quickly ensnarled the industry in a proxy culture war. By 2015, Breitbart editor and self-proclaimed “supervillain of the internet” Milo Yiannopoulos was heralding the movement as an “online uprising against atrocious journalism and wacky social justice warriors in the world of video games,” presaging the battle lines now writ large upon American politics. One of the movement’s targets was the annual Hugo Awards, which honor works of science fiction and fantasy. Some saw the awards as overtaken by literary elitists who preferred diversity of authorship and progressiveness of theme over oldfashioned adventure and invention—a sort of pro-status-quo inversion of Hollywood’s #OscarsSoWhite backlash. So Gamergaters decided to game the system. Because Hugo nominees are crowdsourced, a voting bloc known as the “Sad Puppies” was able to hijack the 2015 shortlists in favor of authors who shared their ideology. The next year, 2016, a more extreme “Rabid Puppies” faction waged a scorchedearth campaign, installing 64 of the 81 finalists across all Hugo categories. The Puppies’ biggest coup was a prank in the Shakespearean mold. Think A Midsummer Night’s Dream. In that play’s most memorable moment, the faerie king tricks his wife, Titania, into sleeping with the laughable Bottom, a lowly actor whose head has been transformed into that of a donkey. The Rabid Puppies played a similar trick. They handed the Hugos an ass to kiss. The ass they chose was Chuck Tingle, a pseudonymous Billings writer who selfpublishes parody erotica e-books featuring sex between monsters and men. One of his stories follows an astronaut who
must negotiate between his spontaneous lust for a dinosaur he encounters on the planet Zorbus and his heteronormative anxiety. “Our difference in species surely couldn’t classify me as gay, could it?” the narrator says, before succumbing to his desire. The work, Space Raptor Butt Invasion, (available at Amazon.com for $2.99) was planted as a finalist for best short story. It was as if a pornographic Star Trek spoof had been nominated for an Oscar. Media outlets jumped on the story. The Puppies basked in the success of their “pro-level trolling,” as one admirer described it. Rabid Puppies leader Theodore Beale (pen name Vox Day) sarcastically touted Tingle as the “Shakespeare of our time.” More accomplished authors pressured Tingle to bow out of the running, but Tingle had his own ideas. First he penned a new story—he calls them “Tinglers”—about the situation. Title: Slammed in the Butt by my Hugo Award Nomination. A Sad Puppies
[14] Missoula Independent • February 9–February 16, 2017
blogger called it “amusing.” Next, Tingle invited Quinn, the Gamergate trolls’ original foe, to accept the award in his stead, in the event that he actually won. Then he registered www.therabidpuppies.com, using the domain to promote three women authors Vox Day’s group had targeted and, for good measure, the Billings Public Library. Tingle capped his counterattack with a 7-minute animated video that
the peach emoji. It’s such a beloved symbol of booty that users protested when Apple tried to redesign it in mid-2016 to look more like an actual piece of fruit. Apple buckled, and the emoji remains juicily evocative of (pardon our French) a ripe piece of ass. The peach emoji seemed like a fitting tie-in to this issue’s main subject, Chuck Tingle, who uses digital platforms to spread his bizarre (unless you’re into that kind of thing) brand of erotica about intergalactic, interspecies gay sex. This issue also delves into other internet subcultures and even the popularity of Bigfoot porn. Come along as we celebrate the weirder side of sexuality. —Independent staff
poked at the Puppies for being “sad, lonesome men” pushing an “anti-buckaroo agenda.” “Buckaroos,” in the Tingleverse, are Tingle followers. “Only way to fight bad dog blues is with good days ahead,” he says in the video, speaking in his idiosyncratic style. “Now is time to prove love is real for all who kiss, like a bud on a unicorn or a bud
on a plane or a bud and a handsome meatball.” It should be apparent from the quotations that Chuck Tingle is in no sense a traditional litterateur. Like Titania waking from her slumber, the Puppies began to realize their misjudgment. “Methought I was enamored of an ass!” Titania says in Shakespeare’s play, her spell broken. “Oh, how mine eyes do loathe his visage now!” Tingle, it turned out, wasn’t the strange bedfellow the right-wing trolls thought he’d be. He was something stranger still.
This is the silliest stuff I ever heard. —Hippolyta, A Midsummer Night’s Dream “Who is Chuck Tingle?” That was the question on scifi writer Naomi Kritzer’s mind as the Hugo episode unfolded. Kritzer was nominated alongside Tingle for her short story “Cat Pictures Please,” and she expected
that the event would be overshadowed by the same political insurrection that had swallowed the 2015 awards season. Tingle’s response to the Puppies, she says, offered respite to her and other sci-fi fans who were growing weary of it all. “Instead, we spent all summer talking about dinosaur buds and buckaroos and speculating about who Chuck Tingle was. That was a huge improvement,” she says. Tingle already had a following by that time, having published more than 50 “Tinglers” since My Billionaire Triceratops Craves Gay Ass introduced him as an author in late 2014. Tinglers arrived on the scene as the popularity of cryptozoological erotica, or monster porn, was already growing into an international phenomenon. The bizarre genre owed its ascendance to the ease of digital self-publishing on sites like Amazon, where first-time authors were able to reach fans and earn royalties by catering to the most niche of interests. Examples of the genre include Big foot Did Me from Behind and I Liked It, At the Mercy of the Boar God and Milked by the Aliens (aimed at sci-fi lactation fetishists). The books typically employ predictable tropes of male dominance: Well-endowed mythical beasts ravage human women, sometimes violently. Business Insider reported in 2013 that despite brisk sales, or perhaps because of them, Amazon and other online self-publishing platforms were cracking down on the works over fears that even creepier and more taboo material was making its way onto their sites. “Is cryptosmut the same thing as bestiality lit?” the magazine asked. The simplest way to read Tinglers is as light-hearted parodies of the genre. They deploy the same cringe-worthy prose and absurd plot lines, as in Creamed in the Butt by My Handsome Living Corn, about a small-town farmer who gets more than he bargained for at a big-city ag conference (spoiler alert: kernel-popping orgasms). The main characters are always gay, though they usually don’t know it. The stories unfold over 4,000 or so words and are sprinkled with typos. Tinglers sometimes veer into abstract realms, where concepts are embodied as hunky sex objects. The best example of this is Tingle’s Slammed in the Butthole by My Concept of Linear Time, which combines a metaphysical plot with dialogue that punches through the fourth wall separating author, reader and character. In the middle of a sex scene between the main character and a physical manifestation of Time itself, Tingle informs his characters that readers probably aren’t using the book to get off. Embarrassed, the narrator stops mid-fellatio to address readers: “Are you really just reading this
Chuck Tingle is as much a character as an author. His online avatar is a stock photo of a generic white man, while Tingle’s personal website features a panorama of the Billings skyline.
for a laugh?” Tingle informs him that, as a fictional character, he can’t address the reader directly. So Tingle conveys the question himself. But the author is a character, too. More than a pen name, Tingle presents as an intricately constructed persona, complete with his own biography, lexicon and supporting cast. He uses a stock photo of a generic white man as his avatar and claims to be a taekwondo master with a degree in holistic massage from online diploma mill DeVry University, which offers no such degree. He purports to live in Billings with his adult son, Jon. Tingle is more or less constantly writing his own story on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, describing his trips to Starbucks and the Billings Public Library and casting aspersions on his evil neighbor, Ted Cobbler. Together, these elements comprise what the author calls his Tingleverse. Tingle’s world has attracted a cult following, and his Tinglers now frequently rise to the top of Amazon’s erotica bestseller charts. His admirers include Quinn, who is currently developing a videogame based on Tingle’s work, complete with sexy unicorns. “I wish more people read past his titles,” Quinn wrote on a recent Reddit Ask Me Anything, “because there’s some seriously good writing in the books, an established metaverse that the stories take place in, and this social media component he’s acting out on Twitter and other places, too, and that’s really impressive to me.” Quinn didn’t end up accepting a Hugo for Tingle. He didn’t win the prize. Kritzer did, and as she received her award,
she recognized Tingle onstage, thanking him for his “outstanding performance art, and for giving us something to talk about.”
Is there no play to ease the anguish of a torturing hour? —Theseus, A Midsummer Night’s Dream On his first full day as president, Donald Trump seemed to be in another universe. He deployed Press Secretary Sean Spicer to deliver a press briefing focused
almost entirely on the size of his boss’ inauguration crowd. Later, when asked to explain why the administration had pushed no fewer than four falsehoods in making its untrue claim that the inauguration was the most-watched inauguration of all time, White House adviser Kellyanne Conway claimed that Spicer had simply offered “alternative facts.” Twenty-four hours later, Tingle had set up an online “alternative facts warehouse,” providing customers with “the finest alternative realities from across the deepest timeline layers.” For $5, Channing Tatum could be the president of the United States. For $15, you could affirm that “Domald Tromp cares about the poor and disenfranchised.” Try to put either of these cheerful facts in your digital cart and you’ll be redirected to Planned Parenthood’s donations page. The alternative facts warehouse is located at Tingle-produced www.buttbart.com, a parody of the alt-right, pro-Trump outlet Breitbart. With the tagline, “We take the truth seriously,” it features articles with headlines like “Donald Trump Develops State Of The Art ‘Embarrassment Machine’ To Create New And Inventive Ways Of Humiliating Himself.” “Domald Tromp” is also the subject of numerous Tinglers. During the campaign season, Tromp was revealed to be the Loch Ness Monster, and was later peed on by a blackmailing Russian Tyrannosaurus rex. In Tingle’s recent work Redacted in the Butt By Redacted Under the Tromp Administration, objects are spontaneously transmuted into black redaction bars on the president’s order.
To Kritzer, Tingle’s Buttbart project marks a shift in the author’s interests. “One of the things I’ve noticed about Tingle’s work is that it’s gotten weirder and more political over time,” Kritzer says. “His early books more closely resemble standard monster erotica as written by someone who’s having a really hard time taking the genre seriously.” On one hand, political commentary runs through all of Tingle’s work. It’s practically baked into the author’s stated mission to “prove love is real,” which he explained in recent correspondence. Tingle conducts interviews almost exclusively through email and in character. He writes in a distinctively ungrammatical style—his “unique way”—reproduced verbatim here. “As a published man original thought was ‘There are devils on TV saying that if a bud and a bud kiss then what is next A BUD AND A PLANE?’ and i thought YES I WOULD LIKE THAT HANDSOME WAY so then i decided it was important to publish and show that a world where a bud and his plane can kiss is actually a good way and i support that.” Tingle’s “internet magic,” as New York Times “Taking Note” blogger Anna North described it, has been his ability to use his strange erotic universe to deliver wholesome, empowering messages while playfully undermining anyone who stands in the way of love. In this way, he offers a sharp counterpoint to the hordes of online trolls who are, in Time writer Joel Stein’s words, “turning social media and comment boards into a giant locker room in a teen movie, with towel-snapping
photo courtesy of buttbart.com
Tingle’s Breitbart parody site “Buttbart” raises money for Planned Parenthood, the American Civil Liberties Union and the Billings Public Library Foundation. It also pokes fun at the alt-right news outlet and its political heroes, Donald Trump and Steve Bannon.
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Tingle, it turned out, wasn’t the strange bedfellow the right-wing trolls thought he’d be. He was something stranger still.” racial epithets and misogyny.” Tingle, it seems, is out to reclaim butt jokes. Starting with the Hugo Awards, Tingle’s efforts to “prove love” have led him into an arena that looks a lot like political activism. As with the “alternative facts warehouse,” his various projects encourage fans to donate to nonprofits from the Billings Public Library to the ACLU. Tingle’s messages appeared on signs at women’s marches across the country last month, and Tingle himself claims to have marched with his son’s partner in Helena. But Tingle resists the “activist” label, insisting that he sees his new work as an extension of the idea that propels his Tinglers. In other words, he’s a satirist. And that’s a mission, he says, that’s made more urgent by Trump’s ascent. During our exchanges, Tingle referred to the president variously as a “screaming pile of crabs,” a “certified voidbeast” and a “barrelman,” which Wikipedia describes as a silly pornographic souvenir from the Philippines. Expect the gay Tromp erotica
to keep on—ahem—coming. “i belive it is a real important tool for proving love in a time of devils,” Tingle writes.
Man is but an ass if he go about to expound this dream. … It shall be called “Bottom’s Dream” because it hath no bottom. —Bottom, A Midsummer Night’s Dream A disorienting twist to Tingle’s character was announced in an obscure Reddit AMA, ostensibly hosted by Chuck’s son, Jon Tingle, in 2015, in which Jon disclosed that his father is an autistic savant and diagnosed schizophrenic. “Jon” also referenced his dad’s history of self harm, apparently an attempt to explain some strange jokes that Chuck had made on Twitter and in interviews about removing his skin. Jon described writing as therapeutic for his father, adding that he performs substantial editing of Chuck’s Tingler drafts before publication.
Nor would Chuck help me confirm pointed me toward a photoshopped reAs others have pointed out, the detail of Tingle’s presumably ongoing mental his recent one-day fundraiser for the ceipt he posted to his social media achealth struggle forces the otherwise extra- ACLU, which he hosted after the publica- counts. I made a $5 donation so I could neous question of who he is and what he tion of Redacted in the Butt By Redacted compare the receipts. They looked similar, thinks he’s doing. Take the information on Under the Tromp Administration. Profits but the formatting was just different its face, and the Tingleverse begins to from a day’s sales, according to Tingle, enough that I couldn’t be certain it was make a lot more sense, of a sort, and the came out to around $461.00. I asked for genuine. The closest I came to tethering the author’s triumphs read as all the more re- an image of the donation receipt with his markable. But if self-harm and schizophre- personal information redacted. He Tingleverse to reality was when I asked if the Billings Public Library had acnia are just another part of the act, knowledged his years of promotion then what kind of performance is and support. Chuck wrote of a Tingle really putting on? “nice ladybuck” he sometimes A Vox reporter expended 5,600 speaks with. He gave me the words in a piece last fall trying to woman’s name but asked that I not parse these questions, to no avail. I print it. As it turned out, I had alfound myself falling into a similar ready called her: Billings Public Lirabbit hole as I tried to report asbrary Foundation Director Leslie pects of this story—Tingle’s link to Modrow. She wouldn’t confirm Montana and the fundraising comanything about Tingle on the ponent of his art. grounds that it violated foundation First, I asked if Billings was a policy to discuss donors, even cover in the same manner as his last though I wasn’t asking if Tingle name. He insisted he actually lives himself had donated. Then she in Montana, adding that Jon once asked me about the weather. took him to a rock concert in MisWhat does this say about Tinsoula and that “BUTT” is his favorite gle? Only that whomever he is, he city name. In the same breath, Tinisn’t interested in demystifying his gle repeated the claim that he grew own identity. Why should he? up in Home of Truth, Utah—a ghost Whether Tingle’s art is sincere or town vacated in the 1970s. “it was satirical, his medium is the internet. so lonesome there it was only me The web is a space of lingering unand mom and dad because everyreality, a warehouse of alternative one else left!” he wrote. He has facts. It’s a place (thanks to Tingle) posted photos of Bozeman’s Muof many butts, but which hath no seum of the Rockies to his Twitter, Tinglers make gratuitous use of stock imagery on but when I asked him to send me a their outlandish covers. The author also sells a bottom. postcard or a photo from Billings, collection of “full color” prints under the title “The he said Jon wouldn’t allow it. dbrouwer@missoulanews.com Art of the Tingle,” along with a line of apparel.
Beyond the Tinglers Perhaps Chuck Tingle’s unique brand of erotica strikes you as strange? Keep in mind that sexually charged imagery has been around as long as people have put pen to paper, or chisel to stone. Literary porn tracks back at least to the invention of the printing press. And as Ecclesiastes notes (and the very fact of teendom belies), there’s nothing new under the sun. Even so, the sheer quantity (or is it just availability?) of pornography-with-a-twist seems to have expanded exponentially in recent decades—thanks, internet!—to the point that Tingle’s topical and fantastical approach to sex (yes, even the dinosaurs) is probably more in line with his contemporaries than you might think. Put another way, Tingle is just the tip (ahem) of the alt-porn universe. Take the explosion of e-book erotica that’s accompanied the rise of the Kindle. Vying to replace all those Harlequin paperbacks your aunt used to read is an endless sea of $1.99 titles tapping into every fantasy imaginable. Wizards, sports stars, Bigfoot— they’re all yours for the taking. Or vice-versa, as in “Taken by the Pterodactyl,” a 17-page story penned by prolific dinosaur erotica authors Christie Sims and Alara Branwen. It features the buxom
Dianne, who, during an innocent hike among hillside flocks of sheep, finds herself trapped in a pterodactyl nest and… for just $2.99 and your pride, you can find out. Comics, too, have become a land of plenty for the pornographically promiscuous. Some come with a price tag—as much as $95.99 for a full year subscription at Slipshine, a sexpositive online aggregator of enthusiastically naughty comics. Others, like Chester 5000 XYV, a NSFW comic about the exploits of a steampunk sexbot, have stuck to the free model, making their pages available for free in an online archive (though you can buy a compiled book on Amazon as well). Meanwhile, the folks over at OhJoySexToy.com bill themselves as a “free weekly sex education webcomic,” and opt for the hand-drawn over the live-action even when it comes to their reviews of vibrators, dildos and all manner of other fun devices. (Vibrant, a sex toy company recommended by Oh Joy Sex Toy, donates 100 percent of its proceeds, after operating expenses, to Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains.) The digital pornucopia birthed by the internet hasn’t left audiophiles behind, either. Popular websites like PornHub
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have long lists of videos that are, in fact, strictly audio. Tumblr has an entire archive geared toward those who’d rather listen than watch, featuring files with titles like “quiet girl moans” and “great car sex.” Obviously, the more traditional video clips continue to outpace other outlets, with more free video and live webcam content than you could shake a Don Wand Pleasure Wand at. And as with Tingle’s books, contemporary video porn doesn’t shy away from current affairs. As highlighted in a Vice article last summer, the producers behind a series titled PropertySex have capitalized on the housing crisis in a porn-tastic way, shooting POV films that put you in the shoes—or, rather, the pants—of cash-strapped would-be renters or desperate real estate agents. We could go on and on, but that sounds like the boss coming downstairs, so it’s probably time to delete the cookies and get back to work. Hopefully we’ve illustrated that Tingle isn’t the only one proudly bucking so-called sexual norms in the 21st century. —Alex Sakariassen
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[arts]
No denying The life and loves and lyrics of Izaak Opatz by Erika Fredrickson
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ome of the best country music, whether from classic singers like Connie Smith and Patsy Cline or altcountry artists like Robbie Fulks, deals in transparent denial. Smith popularized the Bill Anderson song “Once A Day,” in which she assures listeners that when it comes to her breakup she only cries “once a day, all day long, and once at night, from dusk ’til dawn.” Fulks, who always leavens his heartbreak with sarcasm, sings a tune called “Busy Not Crying” in which “not thinkin’ ’bout her is a 24-hour affair.” Missoula’s Izaak Opatz takes a more nuanced approach to his country, but the incongruous feelings are still in there. In “Lubbock for Love,” for instance, a song he wrote for his band The Best Westerns, he takes on the point of view of a man who finds out the woman he loves is moving to Lubbock to chase after another man. “I tried to sell her on the Rocky Mountains/movin’ with me up north,” Opatz sings. “There’s a town on the river surrounded by mountains a thousand miles from Fort Worth/But she’s movin’ to Lubbock for love/that I can’t understand/You know there’s nothin’ there, honey/except for that man.” It’s a funny song because it’s a jab at the strip malls and smokestacks of the Texas town, but it’s also about a narrator who is certain that location—not that the woman has fallen in love with someone else—is the problem. Opatz is just shy of 30, but he’s been playing music in Missoula for more than a decade and has established himself as a top-tier songwriter with a penchant for gem-like lyrics. He started Friedrich’s Teeth in 2007 with his cousin Franny Opatz, playing melodic folk-songs with titles like “Blood Bath” and “Unhappy Whore.” The Best Westerns, which he formed in 2011, gained a wider audience and showcased Opatz’s Mark Laneganstyle baritone against a backdrop of yearning pedal-steel and loping Hoyt Axton-like melodies. The Best Westerns’ 2014 album, High Country, isn’t entirely full of unreliable and love-blinded narrators. One of its best tunes is opener “Emmylou,” an affection-
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Izaak Opatz releases his new album, Mariachi Static, this week.
ate and slightly regretful song about a singing partner and potential love interest. “Would you be my Emmylou,” he sings, and then later, “Would you be my June Carter Cash/I feel so stupid now for never having asked/you’re the one that dresses in black/if it gets too heavy I could carry you on my/back when we use to sing, I missed my chance to ask/would you, could you be my June Carter Cash.” On his new solo album, Mariachi Static, Opatz mostly takes an eyes-wideopen approach to songwriting, rather than indulging stories about denial. He’s been adrift for some time now, floating
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between Missoula, Nashville and Los Angeles, and the new songs reflect his contradictory feelings of loving the freedom of living in a sleeping bag on other people’s couches and wondering if he might be missing out on a more settled life. In “Not Yet” he sings about the way people cling to youth like it’s their “last gasp inside a plastic bag.” Opatz grew up in Whitefish listening to Frankie Valli and Dion and the Belmonts. When he first heard Bob Dylan’s “Hurricane,” he got a glimpse into the power of lyrics. In high school he got into Wilco, but he didn’t become a music con-
noisseur until his first summer out of high school, cleaning bathrooms in East Glacier for the National Park Service. The only station he could tune in was 107.5 out of Browning, which played country classics—Patsy Cline and Red Sovine— from morning to night. “That stuff had never really struck a chord before, but it just felt appropriate out there,” Opatz says. “I started identifying with it as a Montanan—a really corny feeling I’d never had before. I liked listening to the lyrics. I liked that they had a sense of humor. And then I went through my first really shitty breakup and I started
writing country songs automatically. I couldn’t help it.” Three years ago, Opatz moved to Nashville and became roommates with musician Jonny Fritz (known as Jonny Corndawg at the time), who helped him set up gigs and get his feet on the ground. When Fritz moved to L.A. a year later, Opatz followed. From time to time he’d travel back to Montana to play with the Best Westerns, but the new songs he was writing didn’t have a home. Malachi DeLorenzo, a music producer he met through Fritz, had an old four-track, and one day he invited Opatz to record a song in his living room. Opatz had written “Got to Me Since” as a country song, but in the 10 hours it took to record it, they added a Wurlitzer keyboard that happened to be in the room, and the song morphed. Over the next few weeks, they recorded more of Opatz’s songs with the Wurlitzer until he had an album with a 1960s-era garage-rock feel. “I fell in love with it,” he says. “It was a really nice instrument to play really simple lead lines without it sounding too thin. And that’s what kind of changed the tone.” Opatz will release Mariachi Static this week with a show at the Palace featuring an all-star cast of backing musicians: DeLorenzo on drums, Gibson Hartwell on guitar, Dave Martens on bass, Nate Biehl on Wurlitzer and Caroline Keys on vocals. Fritz and June West will open the show. This summer Opatz will skip working at Glacier Park—a job he’s returned to the last 9 years—and tour with the new album. It’s a firmer commitment to his music than he’s ever made before, and a leap that makes him anxious, but more determined than ever to keep writing songs. “Any writer will tell you it’s not easy,” he says. “You can establish routines that help you cut some corners and waste less time, but you can’t cut to the quick of writing lyrics. But every once in a while I feel like I’ve written something good, and with this album I’ve got something to show for it.” Izaak Opatz plays an album release show at the Palace Sat., Feb. 11, at 10 PM. $8. efredrickson@missoulanews.com
[comedy]
How not to bomb Comedian Will Thomas on picking up the pieces by Sarah Aswell
Will Thomas won Missoula’s Homegrown Comedy competition last spring.
Billings comedian Will Thomas is known by other comedians as the guy who will drive anywhere that will offer him a stage and a microphone—and his commitment has paid off. The four-year stand-up veteran wins competitions across Montana, including Missoula’s Homegrown Comedy competition last spring. In anticipation of his performance this week at Missoula’s Curry Comedy Series, one of the biggest local stand-up events of the year, we chatted about the best and worst aspects of being a comedian. (Disclosure: I’m also performing at the Curry Comedy Series.) How’d you get into comedy? My friend and I were really sad and depressed. We went to an open mic and I said, “I can do that!” I wrote down a joke or two and hopped on stage. The jokes were corny and I don’t say them anymore, but after that I just kept coming back to the mic. I hear from so many comics that they started because they were sad. It’s true of me, too. Why is that? Comics don’t start off happy—it’s the opposite. For 70 percent of comics, stand-up is a release. We’re getting rid of the negative. We find a creative way to share our lives and everyone can relate. That’s where the joy comes in. If I’ve got a problem, I’m going to get on stage and you’re going to hear about it. A mutual friend recently told me you were a paleontologist, and at that moment I realized that we only talk about comedy. Are you a freaking paleontologist? It’s true. I don’t talk about it. I went to U of M in geology with an emphasis on paleontology. Then I started going out to digs, then I did freelance digs. Right now I’m an environmental lab technician, but I’m focused on comedy. Comedy isn’t a hobby to me. What do you love about comedy? It’s so simple. I don’t mean the writing or the hours. I mean that you can make comedy out of any event in your life. Someone can have a 10-minute set about paper, and it can kill. When you find something that works, it’s amazing.
What’s the worst thing about comedy? Going back home after a big event. The feeling of destitution. The feeling of, “Now I am just driving my car and hoping not to hit a deer.” You have a reputation as a person who will drive anywhere at any time to get to a show. I’ll drive anywhere for a show as long as I can get back in time for work. I’ll do a weeknight show in Missoula, sleep on a couch until three in the morning, and get back to Billings at eight for work. I want to get on every stage possible and bring laughter to as many people as possible. When’s the worst time you’ve bombed? In Red Lodge one time I went up and nothing seemed to hit. Nothing reached them. Then the next comedian completely destroyed and I sat down and ate my free plate of spaghetti. A bomb is no more than a joke told incorrectly. You couldn’t emote correctly, or people couldn’t grasp what you were communicating. The bomb is always on you. The bomb is when you learn. You pick up the pieces—and with me, it’s usually about a thousand pieces—and you try again. What’s your advice for people who want to do stand-up? Get on that stage and do it. Write down two or three jokes, say them in front of a mirror, then find a mic. If we don’t laugh immediately, it doesn’t mean it’s not a good joke. The joy of comedy doesn’t come from us laughing instantly, it comes from making your jokes better. Are you still sad? I’m sad in a sense, but not for the same reasons. It’s therapeutic. I’m happier now that I’m doing this. It’s helped me become a better person. Will Thomas performs at the Curry Comedy Series Sat., Feb. 11, at the Public House at 6:30 PM. $17 at Ear Candy includes a dinner from Masala. arts@missoulanews.com
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[theater]
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Constellations asks the question: What if the consequences of all possible choices coexist as parallel realities? It’s a well-worn idea at this point—both the X-Men and Star Trek franchises have raided string theory’s shiniest trappings, and all three Butterfly Effect movies have, I assume, made physicists tear their hair out over Hollywood’s interpretations. Nick Payne’s play doesn’t dig too deeply into the science of quantum theory, which is probably for the best, since Constellations is really about love. It opens with two strangers standing side by side at a mutual friend’s barbecue. Marianne, an academic focused on “theoretical early universe cosmology,” sidles up to Roland, an aloof beekeeper, and asks him, “Do you know why it’s impossible to lick the tips of your elbows?” After a few seconds durphoto courtesy Nathan Snow ing which Marianne explains the goofy Jeff Medley and Kate Scott star in Constellations. notion that elbows hold the key to immortality, Roland shuts her down. “I’m in a relationship,” coming an “inferno” or a “hot house” or “a sauna,” depending on which parallel universe she’s overheathe says, and the stage lights go out. ing in. (Roland, depending on the universe, is either The end. At least that would be the end in a strictly linear horrified or turned on by this.) It’s these funny, unworld. Marianne, embarrassed, would probably just slink couth lines that keep a play exploring the mysteries away and Roland would carry on with his girlfriend. In- of space and time from playing too preciously. Later, as the storyline grows darker, the play’s stead, the lights come up and Roland and Marianne meet in the same scene again and again, with slight variations language becomes even more interesting. “Before each time. Sometimes Marianne’s delivery is a little more people had face. Face. Face. Before they had God,” suave and sometimes Roland is more receptive—and sin- Marianne says, stumbling over her words. She can’t gle—until finally the meet-cute becomes a love connec- figure out how to say “faith,” and it’s one of our first tion. Once that part of the story is settled, additional hints something is wrong with her. There are plenty of pitfalls in Constellations, just scenarios and multiple outcomes materialize. Between these scenarios are interludes during which we hear by virtue of its conceit. The multiple scenarios make Marianne and Roland in voiceover—conversations yet it harder to relate to the characters on an emotional level. Which version do you invest in? If all realities unspoken, as if on loan from the future. Between The Lines Theatre’s production of Con- exist equally, what’s really at stake? This is a difficult script in which lines are repeated stellations is directed by Mason Wagner and stars Jeff Medley as Roland and Kate Scott as Marianne. Medley with only slight tweaks, and while its execution is an imhas played plenty of outrageous characters on local pressive feat, it can also feel like an acting exercise, esstages, including Riff Raff in Montana Actors’ The- pecially at the beginning, when the concept overwhelms atre’s annual Halloween production of The Rocky the action. But Medley and Scott make up for it, patiently Horror Show. This is a chance to see him flex his the- building intimacy with each other through multiple enatrical muscles in a much more restrained role. He counters, without overacting. In this same manner they still offers some well-timed comedy, but most of the build a relationship with the audience. By the end, the idiosyncrasies fall to Scott, who embraces her char- nature of time has become less important than two people in search of one, sweet, authentic moment. acter’s geekiness without John Hughes-style cliché. Constellations continues at the Roxy Fri., It’s also refreshing to see a female character bumbling through the dating process in a real way. In one Feb. 10-Sun., Feb. 12 at 7:30 PM. $20. scene, Marianne laments the clothing she’s worn to efredrickson@missoulanews.com a ballroom dance class, which leads to her crotch be-
[film]
Women of the house Renovating the feminist moment of 1979 by MaryAnn Johanson
20th Century Women stars Annette Bening and Lucas Jade Zumann.
There’s sex—some—though with more awkwardness and regrets than action. There’s not much in the way of drugs, just some beer and lots of cigarettes. Rock ’n’ roll, definitely: an ongoing battle between punk and art music (think: Talking Heads). Plenty of talk about women’s orgasms, which—hey!—20th Century Women reminds us does not automatically fall under the Sex heading the way it does for men. And a scene around a dinner table in which menstruation and painful virginity-losing is discussed, and everyone else gets embarrassed. Ah, the glory of women making men—and sometimes other women—uncomfortable by talking about their lives! That’s 20th Century Women in its poignant, hilarious nutshell. Dorothea (Annette Bening) lives circa 1979 in Santa Barbara, California, in an old Victorian house that is being torn apart in an attempt to put it back together again in a better way. There is a gaping hole in the ceiling of the big central hall, a wound at the intersection of yesterday’s molding and tomorrow’s fresh paint. That renovation describes Dorothea, too. Now fifty-something, she had her son, Jamie (up-andcomer Lucas Jade Zumann), when she was in her 40s, and while she’s a hip divorcée with shades of bohemia about her, she’s also a product of her childhood. “She’s from the Depression,” 15-year-old Jamie says with bittersweet resignation, as if that explains her attitude about people needing to help each other out when everyone else at the moment is into hedonism and individualistic self-expression. Jamie’s a bit annoyed that his mother has chosen to enlist their lodger, punk art photographer Abbie (Greta Gerwig), and their morose neighbor Julie (Elle Fanning)—with whom Jamie is desperately and hopelessly in love— as assistants in turning Jamie into a feminist man who knows how to be friends with women.
This will somewhat backfire on Dorothea, because she’s that hole in the ceiling: It’s easier to see her past than her future, though a dim outline is taking shape. Bening, who has never been finer and more on fire with vitality and passion, whips Dorothea into one of the most pensively delightful characters you will ever meet onscreen. Writer-director Mike Mills, with his third feature after the wonderful Thumbsucker and Beginners, has spun a semi-autobiographical ode to the women of his childhood into a melancholy story of living in the now. This story may take place in 1979, but there is nothing nostalgic about it. 20th Century Women stays rooted in its moment, when the world was changing for women and men were forced to make some changes, too. (Another lodger, William, is a pleasant layabout jack-of-all-arts played by Billy Crudup as if he is content to get washed along with the tsunami of feminism.) Dorothea, Abbie and Julie (along with Jamie and William) are at the edge of a new world, like everyone always is. The relentless nowness and the charming confusions of this ad hoc family are a sort of relief: Oh, thank god, everyone else is screwed up too, and they always were. They’re all dealing with the results of unrealistic expectations, something Abbie applies to the punk rock musicians she loves: Their passion cannot save them from lack of talent, and that frustration is expressed in their ear-splitting songs. 20th Century Women is not a movie you walk out of feeling like you’re dancing on air. It’s an even rarer sort of movie that charges you up with its raw energy. 20th Century Women opens at the Roxy Fri., Feb. 10. arts@missoulanews.com
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[film] RINGS Twelve years after its last outing, the cursed VHS tape that kills all who watch it returns with a technological update for the digital era. Rated PG-13. Stars Matilda Lutz, Alex Roe and Vincent D’Onofrio. Playing at the Carmike 12 and the Pharaohplex.
OPENING THIS WEEK 20TH CENTURY WOMEN Some moms raise their kids by themselves. Some moms have a partner. This mom enlists a free-spirit punk artist and the girl next door to help with her son’s upbringing. Rated R. Stars Annette Bening, Elle Fanning and Alia Shawkat. Playing at the Roxy. (See Film) FIFTY SHADES DARKER America’s love affair with rich creeps with spanking fetishes continues. Rated R. Stars Dakota Johnson, Jamie Dornan and Hugh Dancy. Playing at the Carmike 12 and the Pharaohplex.
ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away a band of rebels must steal the designs for the Galactic Empire’s new super weapon, a moon-sized, planet-destroying Death Star. Rated PG-13. Stars Felicity Jones, Diego Luna and the CGI ghost of Peter Cushing. Playing at the Carmike 12.
JOHN WICK: CHAPTER 2 A retired super-assassin is dragged back into the life of international crime in this sequel to the coolest action movie of the last decade. I just hope no one messes with his puppy. Rated R. Stars Keanu Reeves, Ruby Rose and John Leguizamo. Playing at the Carmike 12 and the Pharaohplex.
SING The best way for a broke koala to save his failing theater is to host a local singing competition. Too bad his assistant offered $100,000 in prize money they don’t have. Rated PG. Stars the voice talents of Matthew McConaughey, Reese Witherspoon and Nick Kroll. Playing at the Carmike 12.
THE LEGO BATMAN MOVIE Na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na. . . tie in! Gotham’s caped crusader goes toe to toe with the Joker in the world of Lego. Rated PG. Stars the voice talents of Will Arnett, Zach Galifianakis and Michael Cera. Playing at the Carmike 12 and the Pharaohplex.
Call me crazy, but it looks like Batman’s had some plastic surgery. The LEGO Batman Movie opens at the Carmike 12 and Pharaohplex. A DOG’S PURPOSE A heroic pooch is resurrected as a series of different breeds. Doesn’t that sound nice? Maybe Google what happened behind the scenes before seeing this one. Rated PG. Stars Dennis Quaid, Josh Gad and K.J. Apa. Playing at the Carmike 12 and the Pharaohplex.
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EAST OF THE SUN AND WEST OF THE MOON First you lose your job, then you uncover a mystery, then you follow in the footsteps of an old fairy tale. College is a weird time. Not Rated. Playing Sat., Feb. 11 at 5:30 PM at the Roxy.
ANIMATED OSCAR SHORTS The animated shorts up for the Academy Award portray a girl who sees the past out of her left eye and the future from her right, a weathered sheriff on the path to redemption, a father-daughter road trip and more. Playing at the Roxy.
ELLE The head of a leading video game company is attacked in her own home. When she tracks her assailant down, they are both drawn into their own deadly game. Rated R. Stars Isabelle Huppert, Laurent Lafitte and Charles Berling. Playing at the Roxy.
ARRIVAL A linguistics professor leads an elite team of investigators when gigantic spaceships touch down in 12 locations around the world. Rated PG-13. Stars Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner and Forest Whitaker. Playing Wed., Feb. 15 at 7 PM at the Roxy. BEAUTIFUL LOSERS The careers and work of an art collective working in film, skateboarding and graffiti explores DIY esthetics. Not Rated. Directed by Aaron Rose and Joshua Leonard. Playing Mon. Feb., 13 at 7 PM at the Roxy. DIRTY HARRY Inspector Harry Callahan matches his wits (and .44 Magnum) against the sinister Scorpio killer. I wonder how lucky he feels. Rated R. Stars Clint Eastwood, Andrew Robinson and Harry Guardino. Playing Sat., Feb. 11 at 8 PM at the Roxy.
FENCES Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning play by August Wilson, a failed baseball player struggles to keep his bitterness from affecting his family while working as a garbage collector. Rated PG-13. Stars Denzel Washington, Viola Davis and Stephen McKinley Henderson. Playing at the Roxy Sun., Feb. 12 at 2:30 PM. GOLD Based on the true story of the Bre-X mining scandal, a schluby businessman teams with a geologist to get rich in the jungles of Indonesia. Rated R. Stars Matthew McCon-AU-ghey, Édgar Ramírez and Bryce Dallas Howard. Playing at the Carmike 12. HIDDEN FIGURES You think you’re underappreciated at work? These African-American women did the calculations that put
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John Glenn in orbit while they worked at a segregated facility. Rated PG. Stars Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer and Janelle Monáe. Playing at the Carmike 12 and the Pharaohplex. KING OF JAZZ Thanks to the Great Depression, this classic 1930 film disappeared from distribution. Lovingly restored, this Golden Age musical plays at the Roxy for one night only. Not Rated. Stars Paul Whitman, George Gershwin and Bing Crosby in his first ever singing role. Playing at the Roxy Mon., Feb. 13 at 7 PM. LA LA LAND An aspiring actress falls in love with a jazz pianist in this love letter to Hollywood musicals. Rated PG-13. Stars Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone and John Legend. Playing at the Carmike 12 and the Pharaohplex. LION Twenty five years after getting lost on a train and being taken thousands of miles away from his family, a man seeks out his lost home with the help of Google Earth. Rated PG-13. Stars Dev Patel, Rooney Mara and Nicole Kidman. Playing at the Roxy. LIVE ACTION OSCAR SHORTS The live action shorts up for the Academy Award portray a young woman working at a homeless shelter, security guards in love, a lonely woman on the train and more. Playing at the Roxy. RESIDENT EVIL: THE FINAL CHAPTER Alice returns to zombie apocalpyse ground zero to battle the evil Umbrella Corporation. Can you believe there are six of these movies? Rated R. Stars Milla Jovovich, Ali Larter and Ruby Rose. Playing at the Carmike 12 and the Pharaohplex.
THE SPACE BETWEEN US The first human born on Mars is now a hormonal teenager making his first trip to Earth to meet his online girlfriend and hopefully not die in our atmosphere. Rated PG-13. Stars Asa Butterfield, Britt Robertson and Gary Oldman. Playing at the Carmike 12. SPLIT After being kidnapped by a man with 24 personalities, three women discover something truly terrifying: they’re in an M. Night Shyamalan movie. Rated PG13. Stars James McAvoy, Betty Buckley and Haley Lu Richardson. Playing at the Carmike 12 and the Pharaohplex. WHAT SEPARATES US Produced and filmed in Helena and Missoula, this coming-of-age drama features a young brawler falling head over heels with a beautiful artist. Not Rated. Stars Mike Butters, Shannon Mary Dixon and Bryan Ferriter. Playing Wed., Feb. 15 and Thu., Feb. 16 at 7:30 PM at the Roxy. XXX: THE RETURN OF XANDER CAGE Vin Diesel’s thrill-seeking secret agent returns after taking the last sequel off to recover stolen military secrets. He also has a motorcycle that works on water. Rated PG-13. Also stars Donnie Yen and Ruby Rose. Playing at the Carmike 12 and the Pharaohplex. Capsule reviews by Charley Macorn. Planning your outing to the cinema? Visit the arts section of missoulanews.com to find up-to-date movie times for theaters in the area.
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Whoops it’s soup by Andrea Grimes
RESISTANCE KITCHEN
I cried in front of Bob, of Red Mill fame, yesterday. Bob was at the Berkeley Bowl, the second greatest grocery store chain of all time. Team Red Mill was passing out little coupon cards for bags of flour and grain and whatever the hell else Bob gets up to down at the ol’ mill. Bob’s shit is expensive, and the coupons they were giving out made the products like 50 cents or something. I don’t know because I was crying about whatever was the last thing I read about the coming demise of American democracy. It might have been the refugee ban or the border wall, it might have been Trump’s entirely false claims about voter fraud, it might have been his plans to launch some kind of Gestapo Weekly, a regular compilation of what the administration will claim are crimes committed by immigrants. I remember standing there staring at Bob’s wall of flour, and a woman is trying to hand me a coupon asking me if I want to meet Bob, and I’m just, the government is preparing to publish bald propaganda intended to foment the kind of fear and resentment the Trump administration needs to convince the Good, Real Americans that the camps—we’re calling them “detention centers” nowadays, I guess—will Keep Us Safe and can you not with the fucking flour coupon, lady. I kept telling her I didn’t want the coupon, and she kept telling me how cheap it would make the flour, and I kept telling her I didn’t want the coupon, and I could barely see through my swimming eyelids because I was trying not to cry at her but finally I just took the fucking coupon and here comes Bob, in his red vest or maybe it was a jacket, looking at me and the other people in the aisle, all of us holding our coupons, like what a beautiful sight it was to see a bunch of people giving a shit about how much his flour costs. There will be journalists and data nerds who will help Trump compile the Gestapo Weekly and they’ll think it’s an interesting project and hey, if you can’t beat them, join them. They’ll have nice degrees from good schools and they’ll be excited about Making America Safe Again. They will be repulsive, disgusting people and they will feel OK about it. I did not buy any of Bob’s flour. I did find the Berkeley Bowl’s amazing bargain closet (it’s a real closet, I’m serious), where the store puts the sort-of-on-the-outs produce for sale at a deep discount. I bought about 80 pounds of almost-too-squishy, ugly tomatoes for $2. Tomatoes are my favorite things, and I love the almost-too-squishy, ugly tomatoes. They deserve just as much love and care as the pretty tomatoes. I figured I would make some marinara sauce with them, because what else do you do with 80 pounds of fresh tomatoes? Well, it turns out that what you do with 80 pounds of almost-too-squishy, ugly fresh tomatoes is make soup because you don’t actually know how to cook fresh tomatoes, and you didn’t bother looking up a recipe for fresh tomato marinara sauce because you overestimated your own cooking prowess. If you can’t beat them, don’t join them. If you can’t beat them, make some fucking soup.
INGREDIENTS fuckload of tomatoes, quartered. Truly, I don’t know how many tomatoes I used for this recipe. I would say probably 12 good-sized tomatoes. Who’s counting tomatoes while Donald Trump destroys our country on Twitter? Not this lady. cup of white wine some water, I guess orzo or some other little piddly-ass pasta half a cup of fresh basil, julienned quarter cup of fresh oregano, chopped half an onion 8 tablespoons of butter (that is not a typo, and don’t fucking make some bullshit light version of this recipe without 8 tablespoons of butter, or if you do, don’t fucking tell me about it) DIRECTIONS Heat up a tablespoon of olive oil in a big-ass dutch oven on medium, and when it gets hot, put in all your tomatoes. Take turns letting some of them get kind of browned on the bottom of the pan. When they’re all a little mushy (eight minutes? I don’t know, I was thinking about all the asshole political journalist bros I know who would totally go work for Gestapo Weekly), pour in your white wine and scrape up the bottom frondy bits. Burn off the alcohol and pour in enough water to about three-quarters or half fill up to the level of tomatoes. I use already boiling water from the kettle for this because I hate waiting for shit to boil. Bring the business to a barely boil, you don’t want to assault your tomatoes. Add eight tablespoons of butter and half an onion. Don’t chop up the onion, you’re gonna take it out later. (If this sounds sort of Marcella Hazan-esque to you, that’s because it is.) Keep the pot hot enough to pretty severely simmer but not so hot your tomatoes burn, and cook for 45 minutes. At this point, I am guessing you will have an orange soupy thing. I don’t know for sure, because this is Whoops It’s Soup, not This Is Definitely Fucking Soup. If it’s soupy, cool. Take the onion out, throw in your basil and oregano, and use a hand blender to smooth out the texture. Put the onion back in, and toss in some orzo, like half a box of orzo, which is probably eight ounces of orzo, maybe. This will thicken your soup right the fuck up. Cook until the orzo is al dente, and serve. I added some sauteed hot Italian sausage and garlic and topped with grated parmesan, because life’s little pleasures are swiftly dwindling away, much like our freedoms. I like to eat the onion separately myself, but you can throw it away if you want. Live your life, eat an onion or not, just don’t go write for Gestapo Weekly. Resistance Kitchen is a blog about food, rage and politics at resistancekitchen.tumblr.com. Andrea Grimes is a journalist for hire, Bloody Mary expert and Texpat living in the Bay Area.
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[dish] Asahi 1901 Stephens Ave 829-8989 asahimissoula.com Exquisite Chinese and Japanese cuisine. Try our new Menu! Order online for pickup or express dine in. Pleasant prices. Fresh ingredients. Artistic presentation. Voted top 3 People’s Choice two years in a row. Open Tue-Sun: 11am-10pm. $-$$$
Our sushi sashimi for two is perfect for Valentine’s Day! 406-829-8989 1901 Stephens Ave
Bernice’s Bakery 190 South 3rd West 728-1358
Order online at asahimissoula.com. Delicious dining or carryout. Chinese & Japanese menus.
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Bernice's is committed to keepin' Missoula sweet and there is no better time to share our treasures than Valentines. Tempt her with a cream puff. Hold her hand and share a Red Velvet Heart Cake. Show the office how much you love 'em and get 'em a dozen roses. Rose cupcakes that is! Mini and full size. The infamous handfrosted conversation heart sugar cookie awaits a personalized message from you, or choose one of our pre-written delights. So much to choose from. What better way to say I Love You than to stop by Bernice's and buy Missoula's signature sweet treats for your sweetheart. xoxo bernice. www.bernicesbakerymt.com. p.s. Ordering ahead is always appreciated. $-$$
Butterfly Herbs 232 N. Higgins 728-8780 Celebrating 44 years of great coffees and teas. Truly the “essence of Missoula.” Offering fresh coffees, teas (Evening in Missoula), bulk spices and botanicals, fine toiletries & gifts. Our cafe features homemade soups, fresh salads, and coffee ice cream specialties. In the heart of historic downtown, we are Missoula’s first and favorite Espresso Bar. Open 7 Days. $
Doc’s Gourmet Sandwiches 214 N. Higgins Ave. 542-7414 Doc’s is an extremely popular gathering spot for diners who appreciate the great ambiance, personal service and generous sandwiches made with the freshest ingredients. Whether you’re heading out for a power lunch, meeting friends or family or just grabbing a quick takeout, Doc’s is always an excellent choice. Delivery in the greater Missoula area. We also offer custom catering!...everything from gourmet appetizers to all of our menu items. $-$$
Biga Pizza 241 W. Main Street 728-2579 Biga Pizza offers a modern, downtown dining environment combined with traditional brick oven pizza, calzones, salads, sandwiches, specials and desserts. All dough is made using a “biga” (pronounced bee-ga) which is a timehonored Italian method of bread making. Biga Pizza uses local products, the freshest produce as well as artisan meats and cheeses. Featuring seasonal menus. Lunch and dinner, Mon-Sat. Beer & Wine available. $-$$
Good Food Store 1600 S. 3rd West 541-FOOD The GFS Deli features made-to-order sandwiches, Fire Deck pizza & calzones, rice & noodle wok bowls, an award-winning salad bar, an olive & antipasto bar and a self-serve hot bar offering a variety of housemade breakfast, lunch and dinner entrées. A seasonallychanging selection of deli salads and rotisserieroasted chickens are also available. Locally-roasted coffee/espresso drinks and an extensive fresh juice and smoothie menu complement bakery goods from the GFS ovens and Missoula’s favorite bakeries. Indoor and patio seating. Open every day 7am-10pm $-$$
Bridge Pizza 600 S Higgins Ave. 542-0002 bridgepizza.com A popular local eatery on Missoula's Hip Strip. Featuring handcrafted artisan brick oven pizza, pasta, sandwiches, soups, & salads made with fresh, seasonal ingredients. Missoula's place for pizza by the slice. A unique selection of regional microbrews and gourmet sodas. Dine-in, drive-thru, & delivery. Open everyday 11am - 10:30pm. $-$$
Grizzly Liquor 110 W Spruce St. 549-7723 grizzlyliquor.com Voted Missoula’s Best Liquor Store! Largest selection of spirits in the Northwest, including all Montana micro-distilleries. Your headquarters for unique spirits and wines! Free customer parking. Open Monday-Saturday 9-7:30. $-$$$
Burns Street Bistro 1500 Burns St. 543-0719 burnsstbistro.com We cook the freshest local ingredients as a matter of pride. Our relationship with local farmers, ranchers and other businesses allows us to bring quality, scratch cooking and fresh-brewed Black Coffee Roasting Co. coffee and espresso to Missoula’s Historic Westside neighborhood. Handmade breads & pastries, soups, salads & sandwiches change with the seasons, but our commitment to delicious food does not. Mon-Fri 7am - 2pm. Sat/Sun Brunch 9am - 2pm. $-$$
Hob Nob on Higgins 531 S. Higgins • 541-4622 hobnobonhiggins.com Come visit our friendly staff & experience Missoula’s best little breakfast & lunch spot. All our food is made from scratch, we feature homemade corn beef hash, sourdough pancakes, sandwiches, salads, espresso & desserts. MC/V $-$$ Iron Horse Brew Pub 501 N. Higgins 728-8866 ironhorsebrewpub.com We’re the perfect place for lunch, appetizers, or dinner. Enjoy nightly specials, our fantastic beverage selection and friendly, attentive service. Stop by & stay awhile! No matter what you are looking for, we’ll give you something to smile about. $$-$$$
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[dish] Iza 529 S. Higgins 830-3237 izarestaurant.com Local Asian cuisine feature SE Asian, Japanese, Korean and Indian dishes. Gluten Free and Vegetarian no problem. Full Beer, Wine, Sake and Tea menu. We have scratch made bubble teas. Come in for lunch, dinner, drinks or just a pot of awesome tea. Open Mon-Fri: Lunch 11:30-3pm, Happy Hour 3-6pm, Dinner M-Sat 3pm-close. $-$$ Liquid Planet 223 N. Higgins 541-4541 Whether it’s coffee or cocoa, water, beer or wine, or even a tea pot, French press or mobile mug, Liquid Planet offers the best beverage offerings this side of Neptune. Missoula’s largest espresso and beverage bar, along with fresh and delicious breakfast and lunch options from breakfast burritos and pastries to paninis and soups. Peruse our global selection of 1,000 wines, 400 beers and sodas, 150 teas, 30 locally roasted coffees, and a myriad of super cool beverage accessories and gifts. Find us on facebook at /BestofBeverage. Open daily 7:30am to 9pm. Liquid Planet Grille 540 Daly 540-4209 (corner of Arthur & Daly across from the U of M) MisSOULa’s BEST new restaurant of 2015, the Liquid Planet Grille, offers the same unique Liquid Planet espresso and beverage bar you’ve come to expect, with breakfast served all day long! Sit outside and try the stuffed french toast or our handmade granola or a delicious Montana Melt, accompanied with MisSOULa’s best fries and wings, with over 20 salts, seasonings and sauces! Open 7am-8pm daily. Find us on Facebook at /LiquidPlanetGrille. $-$$ Missoula Senior Center 705 S. Higgins Ave. (on the hip strip) 543-7154 themissoulaseniorcenter.org Did you know the Missoula Senior Center serves delicious hearty lunches every week day for only $4 for those on the Nutrition Program, $5 for U of M Students with a valid student ID and $6 for all others. Children under 10 eat free. Join us from 11:30 - 12:30 M-F for delicious food and great conversation. $ The Mustard Seed Asian Cafe Southgate Mall 542-7333 Contemporary Asian fusion cuisine. Original recipes and fresh ingredients combine the best of Japanese, Chinese, Polynesian, and Southeast Asian influences. Full menu available at the bar. Award winning desserts made fresh daily , local and regional micro brews, fine wines & signature cocktails. Vegetarian and Gluten free menu available. Takeout & delivery. $$-$$$ Korean Bar-B-Que & Sushi 3075 N. Reserve 327-0731 We invite you to visit our contemporary KoreanJapanese restaurant and enjoy it’s warm atmosphere. Full Sushi Bar. Korean bar-b-que at your table. Beer and Wine. $$-$$$
Orange Street Food Farm 701 S. Orange St. 543-3188 orangestreetfoodfarm.com Experience The Farm today!!! Voted number one Supermarket & Retail Beer Selection. Fried chicken, fresh meat, great produce, vegan, gluten free, all natural, a HUGE beer and wine selection, and ROCKIN’ music. What deal will you find today? $-$$$ Pearl Cafe 231 E. Front St. 541-0231 pearlcafe.us Country French meets the Northwest. Idaho Trout with King Crab, Beef Filet with Green Peppercorn Sauce, Fresh Northwest Fish, Seasonally Inspired Specials, House Made Sourdough Bread & Delectable Desserts. Extensive wine list, local beer on draft. Reservations recommended. Visit us on Facebook or go to Pearlcafe.us to check out our nightly specials, make reservations, or buy gift certificates. Open Mon-Sat at 5:00. $$-$$$ Pita Pit 130 N Higgins 541-7482 pitapitusa.com Fresh Thinking Healthy Eating. Enjoy a pita rolled just for you. Hot meat and cool fresh veggies topped with your favorite sauce. Try our Chicken Caesar, Gyro, Philly Steak, Breakfast Pita, or Vegetarian Falafel to name just a few. For your convenience we are open until 3am 7 nights a week. Call if you need us to deliver! $-$$ Sushi Hana 403 N. Higgins 549-7979 SushiMissoula.com Montana’s Original Sushi Bar. We Offer the Best Sushi and Japanese Cuisine in Town. Casual atmosphere. Plenty of options for non-sushi eaters including daily special items you won’t find anywhere else. $1 Specials Mon & Wed. Lunch Mon–Sat; Dinner Daily. Sake, Beer, & Wine. Visit SushiMissoula.com for full menu. $$-$$$
Taco Sano Two Locations: 115 1/2 S. 4th Street West 1515 Fairview Ave inside City Life 541-7570 • tacosano.net Home of Missoula’s Best BREAKFAST BURRITO. 99 cent TOTS every Tuesday. Once you find us you’ll keep coming back. Breakfast Burritos served all day, Quesadillas, Burritos and Tacos. Let us dress up your food with our unique selection of toppings, salsas, and sauces. Open 10am-9pm 7 days a week. WE DELIVER. $-$$
Beer with a jolt
HAPPIEST HOUR
photo by Alex Sakariassen
What you’re drinking: There’s a fuzzy line at the end of any given work day where you find yourself asking the question: Do I continue drinking coffee, or do I switch to beer? No matter how you execute it, the transition is abrupt. Caffeine levels drop, alcohol levels rise. Depending on whether you skipped lunch, you could find yourself comatose before The Daily Show starts. If you still watch The Daily Show. Thankfully we’re in that time of year when, through the graces of local brewmasters, the transition gets a little easier. I’m talking about coffee-infused beers, those dark, malty pints that help stave off the sleepies without sacrificing the buzz. In the past month, four local breweries have tapped coffee seasonals— three stouts and one Scotch ale, to be exact. Missoula Brewing Company cooked up its coffee milk stout (6.7 percent ABV) using Black Coffee Roasting Company’s winter-time Drifter beans. Draught Works once again went with Black Coffee’s flagship AM blend in crafting its second annual batch of the Grinder Coffee Stout (7.4 percent ABV).
malty flavor of darker beers, due to the similarities between the roasting processes for coffee beans and malt. There’s about a third of a cup of coffee in each pint of the Grinder, Tripepi says, though you probably wouldn’t know it. The coffee is cold-steeped prior to the brewing process, so the taste is pretty mellow.
Why you’re drinking it: Because, as Draught Works brewer Ryan Tripepi says, coffee is a “universally loved and accepted commodity.” It also happens to complement the
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When to drink it: Asked if there’s an ideal time of day for a coffee beer, Tripepi punts. “There’s no wrong time for a coffee stout,” he says. Nonetheless, Draught Works is squirreling away some of its Grinder for inclusion in its slate of St. Patty’s Day stouts. Tripepi estimates Draught Works will have six stouts on tap come March 17, meaning a jolt of caffeine will probably come in handy. Where to drink it: For the Grinder, go to Draught Works at 915 Toole Ave. For the others, stop by the Southside KettleHouse, Great Burn Brewing or Missoula Brewing Company during any post-work gray area. —Alex Sakariassen
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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WED | 8 PM | WILMA Electronic rock band Lotus performs at the Wilma Wed., Feb. 15. Doors at 7 PM, show at 8. $25/$22 advance.
FRI | 8 PM | WILMA Pinky and the Floyd perform Pink Floyd's greatest hits at the Wilma Fri., Feb. 10. Doors at 7 PM, show at 8. $15.
WED | 7:30 PM | UM RECITAL Renowned jazz trumpet master Greg Gisbert performs at the UM Music Recital Hall Wed., Feb. 15. 7:30 PM. $25/$10 student.
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Get your WED | 9 PM | TOP HAT John Brown's Body plays the Top Hat Wed., Feb. 15. Doors at 8 PM, show at 9. $17/$15 advance.
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CLINIC SPOTS AVAILABLE NOW! FRI & TUE | TOP HAT One part cabaret, one part erotic cooking show, The Dirty Sexy Chocolate Show returns to the Top Hat Lounge Sat., Feb 11 at 5:30 and 9:45 PM and Tue., Feb 14 at 7:30 PM. $35.
FRI | 6 PM | TOP HAT The Balinese All Stars bring the sounds of Bali to the Top Hat Fri., Feb 10. 6 PM. Free.
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Thursday Friday Artist Bobbie McKibbin gives a talk on what it’s like to be an artist in contemporary Montana at Radius Gallery. 5 PM. Free.
Musicare’s annual fundraiser takes you under the sea with an aquatic affair to remember at the Palace. 9 PM. $9 singles/$15 couples.
form Pink Floyd’s greatest hits as well as a carefully crafted vignettes from Pink Floyd’s The Wall. Doors at 7 PM, show at 8. $15.
You’ll be in stitches at Yarns at the Library, the fiber-arts craft group that meets at the Missoula Public Library in the board room from noon–2 PM Fridays. No registration required, just show up!
The Rally & Dance Party for Public Lands at the Public House features live music by the Josh Farmer Band. Come out and dance to help save our public lands. 7 PM– 11 PM. Free, but donations accepted.
Djebe Community Drum and Dance is a class on the dance and drum traditions from many countries. Barn Movement Studio, 2926 S. Third St. every Thursday from 6–7 PM. $5 donation.
I don’t know about you, but wrapping up my work week by watching some poor cricket getting devoured by a large Chilean tarantula is somehow very satisfying. Tarantula feeding at the Missoula Butterfly House and Insectarium, every Friday at 4 PM. $4 admission.
The Lolo Creek Band head down 93 to play at Cowboy Troy’s. Free. 8 PM.
Say “yes and” to a free improv workshop every Thursday at BASE. Free and open to all abilities, levels and interests. 725 W. Alder. 6:30 PM–8 PM.
Zootown Arts Community Center opens a new exhibit of paintings by Missoula-based artist Shane Siegle with a grand opening from 5:30 PM–8:30 PM.
Attention people of Earth! Galactic plays at the Wilma. Doors at 7 PM, show at 8. $30/$25 advance.
nightlife
nightlife Tom Catmull plays Draught Works Brewery. 5 PM–8 PM. Free. I don’t think they look particularly pants-like. Britchy play Bitter Root Brewing. 6 PM–8 PM. Free.
BetweenTheLines Theatre presents Nick Payne’s Constellations, a play about free will, friendship, quantum multiverse theory and love. 7 PM. The Roxy. $20. All those late nights watching gameshow reruns are finally paying off. Get cash toward your bar tab when you win first place at trivia at the Holiday Inn Downtown. 7:30–10 PM. Kris Moon hosts and curates a night of volcanic party action featuring himself and a rotating cast of local DJs every Thursday at the Badlander. 9 PM. Free. Easter Island, Wojtek, Cannon and Drift created an archipelago of music at the Palace. 9 PM. Free. 21-plus. Start spreading the news! There’s karaoke today! You don’t need to be a veteran of the Great White Way to sing your heart out at the Broadway Bar. 9:30 PM. Free. Karl Marx’s favorite band, the Workers, play the Top Hat Lounge. 10 PM. Free. Faster Rabbit’s VFW Residency features music by Nate Hegyi and New Old Future. 10 PM. Free.
Bring an instrument or just kick back and enjoy the tunes at the Irish Music Session every Friday at the Union Club from 6–9 PM. No cover. Drumming and flutes accompany metal-keyed mallet instruments and gongs while beautifully dressed dancers express grace, comedy and power. The Balinese All Stars
Bob Wire unleashes solo acoustic mayhem at Wildwood Brewing. 6 PM–8 PM. Free.
bring the enchanting sights and sounds of Bali to the Top Hat. 6 PM. Free. Tom Catmull graces the stage of the Highlander taproom at Missoula Brewing Co. 6 PM–8 PM. Free. Bob Wire unleashes solo acoustic mayhem at Wildwood Brewing. 6 PM–8 PM. Free. All attendees receive a free CD copy of Bob Wire’s American Piehole. Enjoy the local music of Britchy with a glass of local wine at Ten Spoon Vineyard. 6 PM. Free.
Enjoy free cinema at Missoula Public Library’s World Wide Cinema night, the second Friday of every month. The series showcases indie and foreign films. Doors open at 6:45, show at 7 PM. Check missoulapubliclibrary.org for info. Free. BetweenTheLines Theatre presents Nick Payne’s Constellations, a play about free will, friendship, quantum multiverse theory and love. 7 PM. The Roxy. $20. To prove their mousey worth, they’ll overthrow the Earth. First they have to play the Wilma, though. Pinky and the Floyd per-
Greetings friends! I know that the wonders of the contemporary world have brought upon this nation many marvels undreamt of by our forefathers and foremothers. But one disease–yes friends, one terrible, dread disease–still spoils our lives and ruins the evenings of even the most stouthearted of us. I am speaking of not knowing which book to read. Why, I was once one of the poor wretches hobbled by it! Sitting in bed, looking WHAT: Dr. Potter's Medicine Show reading and signing WHO: Eric Scott Fischl WHERE: Fact and Fiction Books WHEN: Wed., Feb. 15 at 7 PM.
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Seattle’s Wardo takes over Monk’s with a free show featuring Ill Murray, Bass Chasers and Gryme. 9 PM. Free. Precocious punks The Permians, Proletatiat and Poverty Porn perform and pillage personal property at the VFW. 9 PM. $3. Mudslide Charley digs into the Union Club for a night of music. 9:30 PM. Free. Jameson and the Sordid Seeds play the Top Hat Lounge. 10 PM. Free.
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Did you know the Space Jam soundtrack features a track where Chris Rock riffs over a Barry White song? This is just one of the many things you’ll learn at Dead Hipster Dance Party: I Love the ‘90s at the Badlander. Makes sure to wear a ‘90s jersey. 9 PM. $3.
at my nightstand in dismay and horror at the pile of unread books. Did I want to read a biography? Did I
want to read fiction? Friends, I look at your faces and see you've had the same terror grip your hearts.
Do not despair, though, as the cure to what ails you is at hand. It's a marvelously modern solution to this problem that will keep you up at night, turning page after exciting page. Yes, friends, it's Dr. Potter's Medicine Show by Eric Scott Fischl. A novel so full of wonder and intrigue you'll never again be afraid to pick up a book. This miracle tome follows a disgraced Civil War surgeon hawking snake oil town to town as he travels the Pacific Northwest with an old-time medicine show. Friends, his vital tonic is supposed to cure all ills, but for a few of his grifted customers, the elixir offers something much, much worse. Step right up and get a book! Long life and prosperity are only a page away. —Dr. Charley Macorn
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Saturday You’ll be bright-eyed and bushytailed after Run Wild Missoula’s Saturday Breakfast Club Runs, which start at 8 AM every Saturday at Runner’s Edge, 325 N. Higgins Ave. Free to run. Visit runwildmissoula.org. Get your fresh produce and farmdirect goodies when Stage 112 hosts the Missoula Valley Winter Market from 9 AM–1 PM. Five Valleys Audubon invites the public to an owl-trapping field trip with world-renowned owl expert, Denver Holt of the Owl Research Institute. Who? Just kidding. That was an owl joke. He’s very well respected. Meet in the northwest corner of the Adams Center parking lot at 9 AM. For more information call Larry at 549-5632. Yoga and Beer: The two cornerstones of Missoula. The Yoga Spot and the Sweat Shop host yoga every Saturday morning at Imagine Nation Brewing. Class and a beer for $8. 10:45 AM. Learn how to catch trout, perch and walleye with Kit and Trevor Johnson at Bretz RV and Marine. 11 AM–12 PM. Family Storytime offers engaging experiences like storytelling, finger plays, flannel-board pictograms
and more at 11 AM on Sat. and 2 PM on Sun. at the Missoula Public Library. Free. Winter Storytelling at Travelers’ Rest State Park celebrates the Salish tradition of sharing stories during the long, dark winter every Saturday in January and February. This week Mary Jane Bradbury presents Well Behaved Women Rarely Make History: Women in Science. 11 AM. $5. The Montana Natural History Center presents activities for kids every Saturday. Free with admission to Center. 2 PM.
nightlife BetweenTheLines Theatre presents Nick Payne’s Constellations, a play about free will, friendship, quantum multiverse theory and love. 7 PM. The Roxy. $20. One part cabaret, one part erotic cooking show, The Dirty Sexy Chocolate Show returns to the Top Hat. 5:30 PM and 9:45 PM. $35. Tired of the same old same old construction paper hearts for your sweetheart? The ZACC takes you on a romantic journey full of art, live piano music and your own one-of-a-kind masterpiece you can take home. 5:30 PM. $60 for cou-
ples. Travis Yost brings an eclectic bit of funk to the stage at the Highlander taproom at Missoula Brewing Co. 6 PM–8 PM. free. Wake up, go to sleep, wake up, go to sleep. Shellshock Lullaby plays at Imagine Nation Brewing Co. 6 PM–8 PM. Free. The Frederico Brothers play Draught Works. 6 PM–8 PM. Free. The Curry Comedy Series returns with local curry and the best stand up comedians from across the state. The Public House. $17 for a full meal and a show. This can totally count as your Valentine’s date. Dinner at 6:30 PM, show at 7:30. Tango Missoula hosts a beginners’ lesson at 8 PM followed by dancing from 9 PM to midnight every second Sat. No experience or partner necessary! Potluck food and refreshments. Downtown Dance Collective. $10 per person. DJ Kris Moon completely disrespects the adverb with the Absolutely Dance Party at the Badlander, which gets rolling at 9 PM, with fancy drink specials to boot. $5.
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Sunday Many of us are wondering what we can do to build a more inclusive community in this new reality. EmpowerMT hosts a training on building skills for an inclusive community at Har Shalom. 2 PM–5 PM. $30. Wanna trade in that members only jacket for something more contemporary? Ole Beck VFW hosts a free clothing swap party from 12 PM–3 PM. Five Valley Accordion Dance and Jam hosts a Valentine’s celebration at the Sunrise Saloon. 1 PM–4 PM. $5. Year 4 of the Hunting Film Tour continues with a day of outdoor films at the Top Hat Lounge. 3:30 PM. $18.
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Kimberlee Carlson Trio plays Draught Works. 5 PM–7 PM. Free. Listen to the sounds of old Eire at the Highlander taproom at Missoula Brewing Company. Some of Missoula’s best celtic folk musicians assemble to jam from 5 PM– 8 PM. Free. The 18-piece Ed Norton Big Band is taking a break from annoying the Ralph Kramden Orchestra to put some swing in the month’s second Sunday when it plays the Missoula Winery, 5646 Harrier Way, 6–8 PM. $7. Polish your steps with $5 swing lessons at 4:45 PM. Visit missoulawinery.com. Sunday Funnies at Great Burn Brewing features hilarious local comics and delicious local beer. 6:30 PM. Free. Open mic at Lolo Hot Springs’ Bear Cave Bar and Grill offers cool prizes like cabin stays, bar
tabs and hot springs passes, plus drink specials, starting at 7 PM. Call 406-273-2297 to sign up. No cover. The 11th annual production of The Vagina Monologues features and all-bodied, all-gendered cast performing Eve Ensler’s famous play at the Dennison Theatre. All proceeds benefit Blue Mountain Clinic. $10. 7:30 PM.
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Did you know Eve Ensler, the author of The Vagina Monologues, served as consultant on George Miller’s Mad Max: Fury Road? This fact shows both the power of the playwright as well as The Vagina Monologues. When her play be-
have raised over $100 million dollars to support groups helping women and combating violence. Since 2006, the University of Montana's Women's Resource Center has used the play to support women through local charities. A Valentine's Day staple in Missoula, proceeds from this year's all-bodies, all-genWHAT: The Vagina Monologues ders production go to the YWCA of Missoula. WHO: UM Women's Resource Center Cast member Riley GraWHERE: Dennison Theatre ham, who has been involved in the production for WHEN: Fri., Feb. 10 at 7 PM three years, is proud of the inclusivity of this staging of HOW MUCH: $10 The Vagina Monologues. MORE INFO: umt.edu/wcenter “There has been a shift in feminism [since the original production] that focuses came an overnight success after its on the intersectionality of all marginpremiere off-Broadway in 1996, alized and oppressed groups, inEnsler went from being an unknown cluding people of color, trans* to a much sought after writer and people, the poor, etc. Therefore, it women's rights activist. The play, would be limiting to the power of which focuses on different aspects the monologues to not include of the feminine experience, became everyone who has experienced a rallying point for activism and womanhood.” change. Since its inception, productions of The Vagina Monologues —Charley Macorn
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It’s like a live action Choose Your Own Adventure. An info session on opportunities in the Peace Corps is held in the University Center Room 223. 12 PM.
Veterans are invited to take a free Tai Chi class from the Learning Center at the Missoula Vet Center. 3 PM. Call 406-721-4918 to register.
Spend Monday morning exploring before enjoying a hot beverage with Missoula Movers Coffee Walks. This week, explore North Hills Cherry Gulch. Meet at Currents Aquatics. 9 AM-12 PM. $5.
WordPlay! offers opportunity for community creativity. Word games, poetry, free writing and expansion all happen in Ste. 4 of the Warehouse Mall at BASE. Open to all ages and abilities every Mon. at 4 PM.
Shine a Light on Mental Health Week is dedicated to eliminating stigma, raising awareness, and providing information about mental health issues. Events on a variety of topics take place at the University Center and The Branch Center. Visit umt.edu/uc/studentinvolvement for a full schedule and more info. Sip a fancy cocktail for a cause at Moscow Monday at the Montgomery Distillery. A dollar from every drink sold is donated to a local organization. 12 PM–8 PM. Every Monday the Learning Center at Red Willow hosts Yoga for Wellness. 12 PM–1 PM. $40 for four classes, $12 for drop in. Helping Parents Heal, a support group and healing group for bereaved parents and families, meets at Unity Church of Missoula. This group allows for an open discussion of spiritual experiences and afterlife evidence. 7 PM. Shake off your Monday blues at the Dram Shop with $3 drinks every Monday. 12 PM–9 PM. Brush up on your skillz with the Bridge Group for beginners or those in need of a refresher course. Missoula Senior Center, Mondays at 1 PM. $2.25.
nightlife Prepare a couple of songs and bring your talent to Open Mic Night at Imagine Nation Brewing. Sign up when you get there. Every Monday from 6–8 PM. Bingo at the VFW: The easiest way to make rent since keno. 245 W. Main. 6:30 PM. $12 buy-in. Find out how the Garden City grows at the weekly Missoula City Council meeting, where you can no doubt expect ranting public commenters, PowerPoint presentations and subtle wit from Mayor Engen. Missoula council chambers, 140 W. Pine St. Meetings are the first four Mondays of every month at 7 PM, except for holidays. Veteran aviation reporter for the Wall Street Journal Susan Carey delivers the annual Jeff Cole distinguished lecture at 7 PM in the Alexander Blewett III School of Law. 7 PM. Free and open to the public. Red Bird Wine Bar hosts the acoustic Americana of Britchy. 7 PM–10 PM. We should just rename February “Pothole” and be done with it.
Learn about Montana’s aging infrastructure with a forum discussion at the Doubletree hotel. 11:30 AM. $20. VonCommon Vondays at the Roxy are all about incorporating visual art with film. This month the art collective screens the documentary Beautiful Losers. 7 PM. $8. Want to kick your swing dancing up a level? Learn the Lindy Hop with a class at Martha Jane’s Swing Ballroom. 1008 Burlington. 7:25 PM. $75 for six classes. Get mindful at Be Here Now, a mindfulness meditation group that meets Mondays from 7:30–8:45 PM at the Open Way Mindfulness Center, 702 Brooks St. Free, but donations appreciated. Visit openway.org. Brooke Tanner, founder and director of Wild Skies Raptor Center, describes her work to heal injured birds of all types at the next Five Valleys Audubon meeting at the UM Gallagher Business Building. She’s bringing live raptors with her! 7:30 PM. Aaron “B-Rocks” Broxterman hosts karaoke night at the Dark Horse Bar. 9 PM. Free. Every Monday DJ Sol spins funk, soul, reggae and hip-hop at the Badlander. Doors at 9 PM, show at 10. Free. 21-plus. Live in SIN at the Service Industry Night at Plonk, with DJ Amory spinning and a special menu. 322 N. Higgins Ave. 10 PM to close. Just ask a server for the SIN menu. No cover.
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Tuesday Shootin’ the Bull Toastmasters helps you improve your public speaking skills with weekly meetings at ALPS in the Florence Building, noon–1 PM. Free and open to the public. Visit shootinthebull.info for details.
and Albert Weinshank were among those killed during which event? Answer in tomorrow’s Nightlife. My favorite metal shows are the ones that sound like they could be painted by Boris Vallejo and Julie Bell. Spellcaster and Judgement Hammer play the Badlander. 9 PM. Free.
It’s Mule-Tastic Tuesday, which means the Montana Distillery will donate $1 from every cocktail sold to a local nonprofit organization. 12–8 PM. The Mindfulness Meditation Group meets every Tuesday at 12:10 AM at the Learning Center at Red Willow. $40 for four classes/$12 drop-in. Call 406721-0033 for more info. Yoga Beyond Cancer meets every Tuesday at the Learning Center at Red Willow. $40 for four sessions. Call 406-7210033 for more info and registration. Draught Works Brewery has teamed up with Black Cat Bake Shop for a Valentine’s event. Four different beer and dessert pairings get in the holiday spirit. Get your tickets now. 4 PM–8 PM. $15. The 1,000 Hands For Peace meditation group uses ancient mudras for cleansing the heart. Meets Tuesdays at 5:30–6:30 PM at Jeannette Rankin Peace Center. Donations accepted.
nightlife One part cooking show, one part cabaret, The Dirty Sexy Chocolate Show returns to the Top Hat Lounge. Doors at 6 PM, show at 7:30 PM. $35. Dust off that banjolin and join in the Top Hat’s picking circle, 6–8 PM every Tuesday. All ages.
Spellcaster plays at the Badlander Tue., Feb. 14 at 9 PM. Free.
Mike Avery hosts the Music Showcase every Tuesday, featuring some of Missoula’s finest musical talent at the Badlander, 7
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The Unity Dance and Drum African Dance Class is sure to teach you some moves you didn’t learn in junior high when it meets Tuesdays from 7 to 8:30 PM at the Missoula Senior Center. All ages and skill levels welcome. $10/$35 for four classes. Email tarn.ream@umontana.edu or call 549-7933 for more information. Step up your factoid game at Quizzoula trivia night, every Tuesday at the VFW. 8:30 PM. Free. Our trivia question for this week: Albert Kachellek, Adam Heyer
Get those thumbs limbered up! The Official MPL Gamers Club meets to play video games in the YA dept. at the Missoula Public Library. Ages 13–19, 6:30 PM. Take down the Athenian hegemony but pass on the hemlock tea at the Socrates Cafe, in which facilitator Kris Bayer encourages philosophical discussion. Bitterroot Public Library. 7–9 PM.
Parkinson’s Wellness Yoga meets every Tuesday at 10:30 AM at the Learning Center at Red Willow. $40 for four classes. Screening form required. Call 406-7210033 for more info and registration.
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NAMI Missoula hosts a free arts and crafts group for adults living with mental illness at 2 PM.
nightlife Wednesday Night Brewery Jam invites all musicians to bring an instrument and join in. Yes, even you with the tuba. Hosted by Geoffrey Taylor at Imagine Nation Brewing Co. 6–8 PM. Free. This open mic is truly open. The Starving Artist Café and Art Gallery, 3020 S. Reserve St. Every Wed., 6–8 PM. Free. TopHouse plays at Great Burn Brewing. 6 PM–8 PM. Free. Brains on Broadway Trivia Night at the Broadway Sports Bar and Grill. 7 PM. Trivia answer: Saint Valentine’s Day Massacre. Electronic forms at Doors at $25/$22
rock band Lotus perthe Wilma Theater. 7 PM, show at 8. advance.
Author Eric Scott Fischl reads from his debut novel Dr. Potter’s
Medicine Show at Fact & Fiction. 7 PM. Free. Renowned jazz trumpet master Greg Gisbert performs at the UM Music Recital Hall. 7:30 PM. $25/$10 student. Get up onstage at VFW’s open mic, with a different host each week. Half-price whiskey might help loosen up those nerves. 8 PM. Free. It’s a concert, not a wake. John Brown’s Body plays the Top Hat. Doors at 8 PM, show at 9. $17/$15 advance. Show your Press Box buddies you know more than sports and compete in Trivial Beersuit starting at 8:30 every Wednesday. Local DJs do the heavy lifting while you kick back at Milkcrate Wednesday down in the Palace. 9 PM. No cover. Get your yodel polished up for rockin’ country karaoke night, every Wed. at the Sunrise Saloon. 9 PM. Free.
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Release some stress during tai chi classes every Thursday at 10 AM at the Open Way Center, 702 Brooks St. $10 drop-in class. Visit openway.org. The Learning Center at Red Willow hosts a free meditation class for veterans at the Missoula Vet Center. 1 PM. Call 406-721-4918 for more info and registration. Ask a Black Person, a panel discussion on race in America sponsored by the Black Student Union, is held from 4PM–6PM in the University Center room 326. World-renowned, award-winning journalist Suzanne Goldenberg speaks on the human cost of climate change in UM Liberal Arts Building room 103. 5 PM. Free and open to the public. Radius Gallery probes into the work, biography and drinking preferences of Missoula-born artist Hadley Ferguson with 10 Questions. 5 PM. Free. RSVP to lisa.simon@radiusgallery.com.
Poet Heather Cahoon reads from her recent series of poems about Coyote’s children at Missoula Art Museum. 5:30 PM. Free. Say “yes and” to a free improv workshop every Thursday at BASE. Free and open to all abilities, levels and interests. 725 W. Alder. 6:30 PM–8 PM. Poet Grace Bonner reads from Round Lake, her first book of poems, at Shakespeare & Co. 7 PM. Free.
nightlife All those late nights watching gameshow reruns are finally paying off. Get cash toward your bar tab when you win first place at trivia at the Holiday Inn Downtown. 7:30–10 PM. You’ll have to wait until after nightfall to see Dusk at the Sunrise Saloon. 8:30 PM. Free. The ritual is complete. Swamp Ritual and Stone Elk perform at the Palace. 9 PM. Free.
Kris Moon hosts and curates a night of volcanic party action featuring himself and a rotating cast of local DJs every Thursday at the Badlander. 9 PM. Free. Start spreading the news! There’s karaoke today! You don’t need to be a veteran of the Great White Way to sing your heart out at the Broadway Bar. 9:30 PM. Free. Faster Rabbit’s VFW Residency continues with Helena’s Regan Clancy and Pender. 10 PM. Free. We want to know about your event! Submit to calendar@missoulanews.com at least two weeks in advance of the event. Don’t forget to include the date, time, venue and cost. Send snail mail to Cal-eesi, Mother of Calendars c/o the Independent, 317 S. Orange St., Missoula, MT 59801. Or submit your events online at missoulanews.bigskypress.com. Don't think it, don't say it, don't think it, don't say it.
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I only attended my senior prom under protest. My parents, concerned I was spending too much time working on my hip-hopera about Frankenstein, bought my tickets, rented me a limo and, cringingly, got me a date as well. Overall, it was a pretty sucky night. I missed the premiere of the remake of Dawn of the Dead, had to deal with a date that was even more socially awkward than myself (seriously, who says yes to something like this?) and put up with the DJ playing “Cotton Eye Joe” seven times throughout the night. As my date left to turn the money my parents paid them into a drug problem, I sat alone, wondering who these things were supposed to be for. Now, as an adult, I can really see the appeal of these events. It turns out legal drinking and raising money for a good cause is really all it takes for me to turn around on something I
Musicare Valentine's Gala: A Night Under the Sea kicks off at the Palace Fri., Feb. 10 at 9 PM. $9 or $15 for couples.
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The Rally & Dance Party for Public Lands at the Public House features live music by the Josh Farmer Band. Come out and dance to help save our public lands. 7 PM–11 PM. Free, but donations accepted.
Yoga Beyond Cancer meets every Tuesday at the Learning Center at Red Willow. $40 for four sessions. Call 406-721-0033 for more info and registration.
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The 1,000 Hands For Peace meditation group uses ancient mudras for cleansing the heart. Meets Tuesdays at 5:30–6:30 PM at Jeannette Rankin Peace Center. Donations accepted.
Many of us are wondering what we can do to build a more inclusive community in this new reality. EmpowerMT hosts a training on building skills for an inclusive community at Har Shalom. 2 PM–5 PM. $30. The monthly LGBTQ Spirituality Group meets to discuss queer perspectives on spirituality at the Western Montana Community Center. 3-4 PM.
MONDAY FEBRUARY 13 It’s like a live action Choose Your Own Adventure. An info session on opportunities in the Peace Corps is held in the University Center Room 223. 12 PM. Shine a Light on Mental Health Week is dedicated to eliminating stigma, raising awareness, and providing information about mental health issues. Events on a variety of topics take place at the University Center and The Branch Center. Visit umt.edu/uc/student-involvement for a full schedule and more info. Sip a fancy cocktail for a cause at Moscow Monday at the Montgomery Distillery. A dollar from every drink sold is donated to a local organization. 12 PM–8 PM.
swore off as a moody teen. That, and not having to slow dance in front of everyone who watched me get a C-minus in gym class. Musicare hosts its annual fundraiser with an undersea carnival at the Palace. This has everything you wish your high school dances had. Psychic readings, a burlesque kissing booth, live music, a DJ and the crowning of royalty. Money raised from the event goes to support Musicare's work bringing musicians to residents of care facilities. Relive those embarrassing teenage memories while raising money for a great cause. Does anyone want to be my date? Historically, you’ll probably get $100 out of it. I'll call my parents. —Charley Macorn
Parkinson’s Wellness Yoga meets every Tuesday at 10:30 AM at the Learning Center at Red Willow. $40 for four classes. Screening form required. Call 406-721-0033 for more info and registration.
WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 15 Every Wednesday is Community UNite at KettleHouse Brewing Company’s Northside tap room. A portion of every pint sold goes to support local Missoula causes. This week support Missoula YMCA. 5 PM–8 PM. Learn the ins and outs of farm planning with a series of workshops Wednesdays at the Missoula County Extension Building. This week learn how to manage your financials. $15. Visit farmlinkmontana.org for more info and registration.
THURSDAY FEBRUARY 16 Ask a Black Person, a panel discussion on race in America sponsored by the Black Student Union, is held from 4PM–6PM in the University Center room 326.
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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op quiz, hotshot. With Naturalist Trivia putting the best and brightest outdoors enthusiasts against each other in a competition of mountain minutia, it's time for a quick refresher. What is the scientific name of the ponderosa pine tree? a. Selachimorpha selachimorpha b. Pinus ponderosa c. Acer negundo How many hearts does an octopus have? a. 3 b. 2 c. 0
What is a group of elk called? a. A Gathering b. A Gang c. A Grand Mal What is the only creature, aside from humans, that can carry leprosy? a. Silverback Gorilla b. Sea Turtles c. Armadillos —Charley Macorn Naturalist Trivia starts Wed., Feb. 15 at 3:30 PM at the Montana Natural History Center. $5 donation or free for MNHC Members. Answers: b, a, b, c.
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I don’t know about you, but wrapping up my work week by watching some poor cricket getting devoured by a large Chilean tarantula is somehow very satisfying. Tarantula feeding at the Missoula Butterfly House and Insectarium, every Friday at 4 PM. $4 admission.
The XSports4Vets Ice Fishing Xtravaganza is a daylong, no cost fishing trip for veterans. Call Anton at 406-396-8390 to register. 9 AM–2 PM.
SATURDAY FEBRUARY 11 You’ll be bright-eyed and bushy-tailed after Run Wild Missoula’s Saturday Breakfast Club Runs, which start at 8 AM at Runner’s Edge, 325 N. Higgins Ave. Free to run. Visit runwildmissoula.org. Five Valleys Audubon invites the public to an owltrapping field trip with world-renowned owl expert, Denver Holt of the Owl Research Institute. Who? Just kidding. That was an owl joke. He’s very well respected. Meet in the northwest corner of the Adams Center parking lot at 9 AM. For more information call Larry at 549-5632. Winter Storytelling at Travelers’ Rest State Park celebrates the Salish tradition of sharing stories during the long, dark winter every Saturday in January and February. This week Mary Jane Bradbury presents Well Behaved Women Rarely Make History: Women in Science. 11 AM. $5. Learn how to catch trout, perch and walleye with Kit and Trevor Johnson at Bretz RV and Marine. 11 AM–12 PM. The Montana Natural History Center presents activities for kids every Saturday. Free with admission to Center. 2 PM.
Year 4 of the Hunting Film Tour continues with a day of outdoor films at the Top Hat Lounge. 3:30 PM. $18.
MONDAY FEBRUARY 13 Spend Monday morning exploring before enjoying a hot beverage with Missoula Movers Coffee Walks. This week, explore North Hills Cherry Gulch. Meet at Currents Aquatics Center. 9 AM12 PM. $5. Brooke Tanner, founder and director of Wild Skies Raptor Center, describes her work to heal injured birds of all types at the next Five Valleys Audubon meeting at the UM Gallagher Business Building. She’s bringing live raptors with her! 7:30 PM.
WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 15 The scientific name for the box elder maple is Acer negundo. You’re welcome. Naturalist Trivia at the Montana Natural History Center puts your outdoor knowledge to the test. $5 donation/free for MNHC members. 3:30 PM. The Wilderness Institute and Outdoor Women’s Alliance host a workshop to hone your skills as a travel writer. University Center Room 326. 6:30 PM–9 PM. $15.
Medical Marijuana Recommendations Alternative Wellness is helping qualified patients get access to the MT Medical Marijuana Program. Must have Montana ID and medical records. Please Call 406-249-1304 for a FREE consultation or alternativewellness.nwmt@gmail.com
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By Amy Alkon FLEE WILLY? I’m a 27-year-old woman, dating again after a six-year relationship. I slept with a guy on the third date and was dismayed when he didn’t spend the night. It didn’t feel like just a hookup, and it wasn’t a work night. Is this just how people date now—going home immediately after sex—or does this mean he’s not serious? —Confused There are two ways to solve this problem. One is to say,“Hey, I’d really like you to stay the night.” The other is to hide his shoes and keys. The “half-night stand”—avoiding the early-morning walk of shame, often via middle-of-the-night Uber—is being proclaimed the new one-night stand.The truth is, the just-post-sex adios isn’t exactly a new phenomenon; it’s probably just more prevalent, thanks to how easy smartphones make it to swipe office supplies, Thai food and sex partners right to your door. As for why this guy left, it’s hard to say. Maybe he’s gone for good, or maybe he just wasn’t sure you wanted him to stay. Maybe he sleepwalks, sleep-carjacks or can’t fall asleep in a strange bed. Or maybe he’s got some early-morning thing—seeing his parole officer, walking the goat or (more likely) making the bathroom smell like 12 dead goats. Your fretting about what the deal is suggests you might not be as comfortable as you think about having sex before there’s a relationship in place.You may unconsciously be succumbing to a form of peer pressure—peer pressure that mainly exists in your own mind—called “pluralistic ignorance.”This is social psychologists’ term for when many people in a group are personally uncomfortable with some belief or behavior but go along with it anyway—incorrectly concluding that most people are A-Okay with it and thinking they should be, too. (Basically, “monkey assume/monkey do.”) Consider how the millennial generation is supposedly “Generation Hookup.” Looking at survey data from Americans ages 20 to 24, psychologist Jean Twenge actually found that people born from 1990 to 1994 (millennials) were “significantly more likely” than those born from 1965 to 1969 (Gen Xers) to say they’d had ZERO sex partners since the age of 18. (Fifteen percent of millennials went sexless, versus 6 percent of Gen Xers.) And if millennials were clued in on pluralistic ignorance, the number in the “no sex for now” column might be even higher. For example, biological anthropologist Chris Reiber finds that women seriously overestimate other women’s comfort level with “hookup behaviors” (from “sexual
touching above the waist” to sex) in situations “where a more traditional romantic relationship is NOT an explicit condition of the encounter.” Figure out what actually works for you emotionally—whether you can just say “whatevs!” if a guy goes all nail-’n’-turn-tail or whether you might want to wait to have sex until you’ve got a relationship going. That’s when it becomes easier to broach uncomfortable subjects—so you won’t have to wonder, say, why he’s running out at 2:27 a.m. You will know: It’s not you; it’s his sleep apnea and how he likes to go home to his CPAP machine rather than die in your bed.
GIMME SUM OF YOUR LOVIN’ Resolve an argument, please. How often should married people be having sex to have a happy marriage? —Married Person It is kind of depressing if the last time you screamed in bed was two months ago when your husband rolled over in his sleep and elbowed you in the eye. However, consider that more of a good thing is not always better. For example, having more in the boobage area is generally great—unless that means having three.Well, according to social psychologist Amy Muise and her colleagues, once you’ve got a relationship going, sex works kind of the same way.They find that having sex once a week is associated with greater happiness; however, more sex than that doesn’t make for more happiness, and it can sometimes make for less. The researchers explain that many people are exhausted and feel overwhelmed, so “the pressure to engage in sex as frequently as possible may be daunting and even stressful.” But, interestingly, comparisons with one’s peers—positive or negative—also color how people feel. Sociologist Tim Wadsworth finds that, beyond simply having sex, what really makes people happier is thinking they’re having more of it than everybody else. Having sex just once a week can keep the spouse with a stronger sex drive feeling satisfied enough while keeping the less lusty spouse from feeling like a sexual pack mule. This, in turn, helps keep resentment from taking over your relationship to the point where you go around grumbling that the last time somebody got into your pants, it was because they paid $3.79 for them at Goodwill.
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Bartenders Frenchtown employer needs part-time BARTENDERS to mix and serve drinks for bar, restaurant and casino. Preparation of simple bar food is sometimes necessary. Cash-handling experience and knowledge of casinos is necessary. Shifts are nights and weekends. Must be able to work weekends. Wage is $8.15 + tips and hours will vary. Full job description at Missoula Job Service. employmissoula.com Job #10263722 Camp Support Local employer is seeking several seasonal CAMP SUPPORT members. You only need the annual RT-130 Yellow Card. If you do not have RT130 we can still use you for day positions. Must provide your own sleeping bag, tent, & personal hygiene items. Food & Lodging provided. Duties include running wash stations, setting up and taking down camps and other duties assigned. ON CALL BASIS. Pay is up to $15/hr depending on task. Need Yellow Card? Visit www.outbackfirefighting.com for a schedule of training dates. Full job description at Missoula Job Service. employmissoula.com Job #10258749
Cash Register Dealer needed. CashRegisterDealer.com. or 512514-4390 Handyman Duties include landscaping, janitorial work, light carpentry, snow removal and various other duties. Skilled at using carpentry tools, lawn mowers, cleaning and ability to drive a manual transmission. Must have high school diploma or equivalent, current driver’s license and clean driving record. Employer conducts random drug testing. Work days and hours vary Monday - Sunday; part-time and fulltime available. Wage is DOE with review after 30 days. Full job description at Missoula Job Service. employmissoula.com Job #10258718 Housekeeper Clean hotel rooms quickly, neatly, and efficiently; maintain neat and clean cart; maintain friendly attitude towards guests and staff; maintain a clean and professional appearance; document any deficiencies and report to supervisor; label and submit all lost and found items. Complete other duties as assigned. Full job description at Missoula Job Service. employmissoula.com Job #10265163
Laundry Production In busy commercial laundry. Duties can include sorting soiled and clean laundry, filling washers and dryers, folding, pressing and packaging. Attention to detail a must! Fast paced and physically demanding job. Will be bending, stooping, kneeling and lifting continually. Lifting requirements 50-60lb. $11/hour. 8am-4:30pm, or 6am2:30pm Monday-Friday. Pay raise and generous benefits after successful completion of probationary period! Full job listing online at lcstaffing.com Job ID# 39108 NEED A JOB? Let NELSON PERSONNEL help in your job search! Fill out an application and schedule an interview. Call Us at 543-6033 Property Manager/ Administrative Assistant You must have reliable transportation and are well organized, have time management skills and be detail oriented. Excellent communication skills, the ability to smile in a busy office. Reliability an absolute must! Answering multi-phone system, handling tenant issues, coordinating maintenance appointments and assisting customers with their application process. Providing written/verbal communication to clients, vendors and residents. Database management, managing multiple projects, and 2-4 years experience in an office setting. Upon satisfactory completion of 500 hours as a Temp-to-Hire, the company offers benefits. . $12.00/DOE. M-F 8:00-5:00. Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/Disability/Veteran. Full job listing online at lcstaffing.com Job ID# 39038 Run Wild Missoula Operations Coordinator to provide assistance to Executive Director and Program Coordinator in managing club races, classes, activities, events and related administrative and operational tasks. Part-Time, Non-Exempt Hourly. Flexible
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HEALTH CAREERS OB/GYN-PA. Request BID Packet by 2/20/2017 return by 2/26/2017. Full job description in packet. Kicking Horse Job Corps, Ronan, MT .Rhoda Couture @ 406.644.2217 RN Missoula County is seeking a full-time REGISTERED NURSE. Requires current license to practice as a registered nurse in Montana. Requires a current Healthcare Professional BLS Certification. Works with PHC medical providers to develop strategies to manage complex medical needs for clients with chronic illness including the diabetes self management education program. Full job description at Missoula Job Service. employmissoula.com Job #10264767 Travel Nurses RN/LPN Montana Health Care staffing agency that places nurse travelers on temporary assignment in health care facilities throughout Montana and North and South Dakota is seeking RN’s and LPN’s with acute
care and long term care skills and who are based in Missoula. Must have a current Montana nursing license and minimum of one year of experience. $29-$33/hr for RNs and $22.00-$24.00/hr for LPNs, plus round trip mileage reimbursement and housing. Must have a valid driver’s license and dependable vehicle with proof of insurance. Full-time and part-time available with flexible schedules! Full job description at Missoula Job Service. employmissoula.com Job #10257569Sales Saturday
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Temporary Baker Outstanding opportunity for the right person with professional baking experience. If you are interested in a temporary position, UM Bakery is hiring a full-time, temporary baker to begin work on March 6th and work until mid-May. Rate of pay DOE. Please contact Deb Hill at (406) 243-5160 for details.
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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY By Rob Brezsny ARIES (March 21-April 19): Your reputation is in a state of fermentation. Will this process ultimately produce the metaphorical equivalent of fine wine or else something more like pungent cheese? The answer to that question will depend on how much integrity you express as you wield your clout. Be as charismatic as you dare, yes, but always in service to the greater good rather than to self-aggrandizement. You can accomplish wonders if you are saucy and classy, but you’ll spawn blunders if you’re saucy and bossy. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Using a blend of warfare and diplomacy, Napoleon extended French control over much of Western Europe. In 1804, he decided to formalize his growing sovereignty with a coronation ceremony. He departed from tradition, however. For many centuries, French kings had been crowned by the Pope. But on this occasion, Napoleon took the imperial crown from Pope Pius VII and placed it on his own head. Historian David J. Markham writes that he “was simply symbolizing that he was becoming emperor based on his own merits and the will of the people, not because of some religious consecration.” According to my reading of the astrological omens, Taurus, you have the right to perform a comparable gesture. Don’t wait for some authority to crown you. Crown yourself. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Have you heard the fable about the four blind men who come upon an elephant for the first time? The first man feels the tail and declares that the thing they’ve encountered must be a rope. The second touches one of the elephant’s legs and says that they are in the presence of a tree. The third strokes the trunk and assumes it’s a snake. Putting his hand on a tusk, the fourth man asserts that it’s a spear. I predict that this fable will NOT apply to you in the coming weeks, Gemini. You won’t focus on just one aspect of the whole and think it’s the whole. Other people in your sphere may get fooled by shortsightedness, but you will see the big picture.
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CANCER (June 21-July 22): For now, at least, your brain is your primary erogenous zone. I suspect it will be generating some of your sexiest thoughts ever.To be clear, not all of these erupting streams of bliss will directly involve the sweet, snaky mysteries of wrapping your physical body around another’s. Some of the erotic pleasure will come in the form of epiphanies that awaken sleeping parts of your soul. Others might arrive as revelations that chase away months’ worth of confusion. Still others could be creative breakthroughs that liberate you from a form of bondage you’ve wrongly accepted as necessary.
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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): In the documentary movie Catfish, the directors, Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman, present a metaphor drawn from the fishing industry. They say that Asian suppliers used to put live codfish in tanks and send them to overseas markets. It was only upon arrival that the fish would be processed into food. But there was a problem: Because the cod were so sluggish during the long trips, their meat was mushy and tasteless. The solution? Add catfish to the tanks. That energized the cod and ultimately made them more flavorful. Moral of the story, according to Joost and Schulman: Like the cod, humans need catfish-like companions to stimulate them and keep them sharp. Do you have enough influences like that in your life, Leo? Now is a good time to make sure you do. (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): I know you haven’t literally been wrestling and wrangling with a sweaty angel. But if I were going to tell a fairy tale about your life lately, I’d be tempted to say this:Your rumble c VIRGO with the sweaty angel is not finished. In fact, the best and holiest part is still to come. But right now you have cosmic permission to take a short break and rest a while. During the lull, ratchet up your determination to learn all you can from your friendly “struggle.”Try to figure out what you’ve been missing about the true nature of the sweaty angel.Vow to become a stronger advocate for yourself and a more rigorous revealer of the wild truth.
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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Even if you’re not an occult wizard or pagan priestess, I suspect you now have the power to conjure benevolent love spells.There’s a caveat, however:They will only work if you cast them on yourself. Flinging them at other people would backfire. But if you do accept that limitation, you’ll be able to invoke a big dose of romantic mojo from both your lower depths and your higher self. Inspiration will be abundantly available as you work to reinvigorate your approach to intimacy and togetherness. (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Here’s some advice from Scorpio writer Norman Rush: “The main e SCORPIO effort of arranging your life should be to progressively reduce the amount of time required to decently maintain yourself so that you can have all the time you want for reading.” It’s understandable that a language specialist like Rush would make the final word of the previous sentence “reading.” But you might choose a different word. And I invite you to do just that. The coming weeks will be an excellent time to devotedly carve out more time to do The Most Important Thing in Your Life. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Sixteenth-century Italian painter Titian was renowned for his brilliant use of color. He was also prolific, versatile and influential. In 2011, one of his paintings sold for $16.9 million. But one of his contemporaries, the incomparable Michelangelo, said that Titian could have been an even greater artist if he had ever mastered the art of drawing. It seems that Titian skipped a step in his early development. Is there any way that your path resembles Titian’s, Sagittarius? Did you neglect to cultivate a basic skill that has subtly (or not so subtly) handicapped your growth ever since? If so, the coming weeks and months will be an excellent time to fix the glitch.
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According to a study by Microsoft, the average human attention span has shrunk to eight secg focus. onds—one second less than that of a typical goldfish. I’m guessing, though, that you Capricorns will CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Our obsessive use of digital devices has diminished our power to
buck this trend in the coming weeks. Your ability to concentrate may be exceptional even by pre-Internet standards. I hope you’ll take opportunity of this fortunate anomaly to get a lot of important work and play done. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): The time is now, Brave Aquarius. Be audacious about improving the big little things in your life. (That’s not a typo. I did indeed use the term “big little things.”) For example: Seek out or demand more engaging responsibilities. Bring your penetrating questions to sphinxlike authorities. Go in search of more useful riddles. Redesign the daily rhythm to better meet your unique needs. Refuse “necessary” boredom that’s not truly necessary. Trust what actually works, not what’s merely attractive. Does all that seem too bold and brazen for you to pull off? I assure you that it’s not. You have more clout than you imagine. You also have a growing faith in your own power to make subtle fundamental shifts. (That’s not a typo. I did indeed use the term “subtle fundamental shifts.”)
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PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): I“Love does not at first mean merging, surrendering, and uniting with another person,” wrote the poet Rilke, “for what would a union be of two people who are unclarified, unfinished, and still incoherent?”That’s an excellent meditation for you to entertain during the Valentine season, Pisces. You’re in the right frame of mind to think about how you could change and educate yourself so as to get the most out of your intimate alliances. Love “is a high inducement for the individual to ripen,” Rilke said, “to become something, to become a world for the sake of another person.” (Thanks to Stephen Mitchell for much of this translation.) Go to RealAstrology.com to check out Rob Brezsny’s EXPANDED WEEKLY AUDIO HOROSCOPES and DAILY TEXT MESSAGE HOROSCOPES. The audio horoscopes are also available by phone at 1-877-873-4888 or 1-900-950-7700.
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GAGE CORPORATION, its successors and/or assigns, Defendant. TO: GMAC MORTGAGE CORPORATION YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Complaint for Partial Quiet Title in this action which is filed in the Office of the Clerk of this Court, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to file your Answer and serve a copy thereof upon the Plaintiffs’ attorney within twenty-one (21) days after the service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service; and in case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default, for the relief demanded in the Complaint. This action is brought for the purpose of quieting title to land situated in Missoula County, Montana described as follows (the “Property”): The East 210 feet of a strip, piece or parcel of land situated in the SW1/4 of Section 14, Township 13 North, Range 19 West, Missoula County, Montana, being more particularly described as follows: Beginning at a point on the West boundary of Section 14, Township 13 North, Range 19 West, and 4010.85 feet South of the Northwest section corner of Section 14; thence North 89°54’ East a distance of 370.0 feet; thence South 0°15’10” East a distance of 133 feet; thence South 89°54’ West a distance of 370 feet; thence North 0°15’10” West, a distance of 133 feet to the place of beginning. Recording Reference Book 316 of Micro Records at Page 1105. The action also contains a request for (1) a decree declaring and adjudging that Plaintiff owns the Property free and clear of the HELOC Deed of Trust that is the subject of the action, by virtue of having ful-
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PUBLIC NOTICES MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Cause No. DP-16-249 NOTICE TO CREDITORS In the Matter of the Estate of Douglas D. Moeller, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the said deceased are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must be either mailed to Vicki L. Moeller, Personal Representative by certified mail, return receipt requested, c/o Hash, O’Brien, Biby & Murray, PLLP, Attorneys at Law, P.O. Box 1178, Kalispell, Montana 598031178, or filed with the Clerk of the above-entitled Court. DATED January 19, 2016 /s/ Vicki L. Moeller, Personal Representative Personal Representative’s Attorneys: Hash, O’Brien, Biby & Murray, PLLP By: /s/ C. Mark Hash MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Cause No. DP-17-21 Dept. No. 2 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF LEO ALBERT RHEIN, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named estate. All person having claims against the said decedent are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to Antonia Manus, Personal Representative, return receipt requested, c/o
GIBSON LAW OFFICES, PLLC, 4110 Weeping Willow Drive, Missoula, Montana 59803, or filed with the Clerk of the above-named Court. Dated this 27th day of January, 2017. /s/ Antonia Manus, Personal Representative By: /s/ Nancy P. Gibson, Attorney for Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Cause No. DP-17-28 Dept. No. 3 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF EVERETT VERNON TANDE, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the abovenamed estate. All person having claims against the said decedent are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to David Alan Tande, Personal Representative, return receipt requested, c/o GIBSON LAW OFFICES, PLLC, 4110 Weeping Willow Drive, Missoula, Montana 59803, or filed with the Clerk of the abovenamed Court. Dated this 3rd day of February, 2017. /s/ David Alan Tande, Personal Representative By: /s/ Nancy P. Gibson, Attorney for Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Cause No. DV-17-32 Dept. No. 2 The Honorable Robert L. Deschamps, III SUMMONS FOR PUBLICATION NANCY SELDIN, Plaintiff, vs- MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. (MERS), as nominee for GMAC MORT-
MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Cause No.: DP-16-242 Dept. No.: 2 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF: CAROL LEE HEIDEMANN, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the abovenamed estate. All persons having claims against the said deceased are required to present their claims within four (4) months after the date of the first publication of this Notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to RITA ELEANOR HEIDEMANN, Personal Representative, return receipt requested, in care of Douglas Harris, Attorney at Law, PO Box 7937, Missoula, Montana 59807-7937 or filed with the Clerk of the above-named Court. DATED this 24th day of January, 2017. /s/ Rita Eleanor Heidemann, PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Cause
No.: DP-16-257 Dept. No.: 2 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF MICHAEL CHARLES FELLOWS, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Steven Fellows has been appointed Personal Representative of the abovenamed estate. All persons having claims against the said deceased are required to present their claims within four (4) months after the date of the first publication of this Notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to STEVEN BRADLEY FELLOWS, Personal Representative, return receipt requested, in care of Clifford B. Irwin, Attorney at Law, P.O. Box 7937, Missoula, Montana 59807-7937 or filed with the Clerk of the above-named Court. DATED this 1 day of February, 2017. /s/ Clifford B. Irwin MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Cause No.: DV-17-2 Dept. No.: 2 In the Matter of the Name Change of Jenna Lynn Ruff, Petitioner. This is notice that Petitioner has asked the District Court for a change of name from Jenna Lynn Ruff to Jacob Lynn Troy Ruff. The hearing will be on 03/07/2017 at 11:00 a.m. The hearing will be at the Courthouse in Missoula County. Date: 1/24/17 /s/ Shirley E. Faust, Clerk of District Court By: /s/ Molly A. Reynolds, Deputy Clerk of Court Montana Fourth Judicial District Court, Missoula County Cause No.: DV-17-22 Dept. No.: 2 Robert L. Deschamps, III Notice of Hearing on Name Change In the Matter of the Name Change of Hunter DiBrito, Petitioner.
This is notice that Petitioner has asked the District Court for a change of name from Hunter Lynn DiBrito to Hunter Lynn Doty. The hearing will be on February 21, 2017 at 11:00 a.m. The hearing will be at the Courthouse in Missoula County. Date: January 10, 2017. /s/ Shirley E. Faust, Clerk of District Court By: /s/ Michael Evjen, Deputy Clerk of Court MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Cause No.: DV-17-58 Dept. No.: 1 Leslie Halligan SUMMONS FOR PUBLICATION. MARY ANN WONDERLY and THOMAS O. WILSON, Plaintiff’s vs. MARIAN DAHL, 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 Plaintiff ’s ownership or any cloud upon Plaintiff ’s title, whether the claim or possible claim is present or contingent, Defendants. THE STATE OF MONTANA SENDS GREETINGS TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANT: Marian Dahl; 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 Plaintiff’s ownership or any cloud upon Plaintiff’s title, whether the claim or possible claim is present or contingent. YOU ARE HEREBY summoned to answer to the Complaint in this action as filed in the office of the Clerk of Court, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to file your answer and serve a copy thereof upon Plaintiff’s
attorneys within 21 days after the service of this Summons, exclusive of the date of service; and in case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default, for the relief demanded in the Complaint. This action is brought for the purpose of quieting title, in favor of Mary Ann Wonderly and Thomas O. Wilson, to land situated in Missoula County, Montana and described as follows: That certain mining claim known as the CATO LODE QUARTZ LODE MINING CLAIM, situate, lying in, and being in Section 33, TWP 13, Range 14 of the Coloma Mining District in the County of Missoula, State of Montana. WITNESS my hand and seal of said Court this 24th day of January, 2017. (SEAL) /s/ Shirley E. Faust, Clerk of District Court By: /s/ Laura M. Driscoll, Deputy Clerk MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY DEPT. NO. 1 PROBATE NO. DP17-15 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF JEANNETTE S. TAWNEY, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the abovenamed estate. All persons having claims against the decedent are required to present their 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 CHARLES E. EISEMAN, JR., the Personal Representative, return receipt requested, at c/o Worden Thane P.C., P.O. Box 4747, Missoula, MT 59806-4747, or filed with the Clerk of the above Court.
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PUBLIC NOTICES DATED this 25th day of January, 2017. /s/ CHARLES E. EISEMAN, JR. c/o Worden Thane P.C. P.O. Box 4747, Missoula, Montana 598064747 WORDEN THANE P.C. Attorneys for Personal Representative By: /s/ Gail M. Haviland, Esq. MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 1 Probate No. DP-17-13 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF: RITA MARTINEZ, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that John Martinez has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the Deceased are required to present their claims within four (4) months after the date of the first publication of this Notice or their claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to Christian, Samson & Jones, PLLC, Attorneys for the Personal Representative, return receipt requested, at 310 W.
Spruce, Missoula, MT 59802, or filed with the Clerk of the above Court. I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of Montana the foregoing is true and correct. Dated this 24th day of January, 2017. /s/ John Martinez, Personal Representative /s/ Kevin S. Jones, Attorney for Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 2 Probate No. DP-17-26 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF EDDIE SCHWAB, 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 Ivy K.
Seifert, the Personal Representative, return receipt requested, c/o Boone Karlberg P.C., P. O. Box 9199, Missoula, Montana 59807-9199, or filed with the Clerk of the aboveentitled Court. I declare, under penalty of perjury and under the laws of the state of Montana, that the foregoing is true and correct. DATED this 3rd day of February, 2017, at Missoula, Montana. /s/ Ivy K. Seifert, Personal Representative BOONE KARLBERG P.C. By: /s/ Julie R. Sirrs, Esq. P. O. Box 9199 Missoula, Montana 59807-9199 Attorneys for Ivy K. Seifert, Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 3 Cause No. DV-17-57 Judge John W. Larson Notice of Hearing on Name Change In the Matter of the Name Change of Merry Ann Onken-Fryer, Petitioner. This is notice that Petitioner has asked the District Court for a change of name from Merry Ann Onken-Fryer to Merry Ann Onken. The hearing will be on February 23, 2017 at 10:00 a.m.The hearing will be at the Courthouse in Missoula County. January 18th, 2017. /s/ Shirley E. Faust, Clerk of District Court By: /s/ Casie Jenks, Deputy Clerk of Court MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 3 Probate No. DP-17-11 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF: ROY H.
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WINSLOW, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Nancy Winslow has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the Deceased are required to present their claims within four (4) months after the date of the first publication of this Notice or their claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to Martha L. Goodloe, Attorney for the Personal Representative, return receipt requested, at 1603 Jackson St., Missoula, MT 59802, or filed with the Clerk of the above Court. I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of Montana the foregoing is true and correct. Dated this 24th day of January, 2017. /s/ Nancy Winslow, Personal Representative of the Estate of Roy H. Winslow /s/ Martha L. Goodloe, Attorney for Personal Representative. MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF DEBRA KATHLEEN WILTGEN, Deceased. Probate No.: DV-16-17 Dept. No.: 2 NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the abovenamed 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 Halaron W. Wiltgen, return receipt requested, c/o Rhoades, Siefert & Erickson, PLLC, 430 Ryman, Second Floor, Missoula, Montana 59802, or filed with the Clerk of the above-entitled Court. Dated this 19th day of January, 2017. /s/ Halaron W. Wiltgen, Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF RITA FAYE WILTGEN, Deceased. Probate No. DP-16-236 Dept No.: 3 NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the said estate are required to present their claim within four (4) months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will forever be barred. Claims must either be mailed to Daniel C. Wiltgen, return receipt requested, c/o Rhoades, Siefert & Erickson, PLLC, 430 Ryman Street, Second Floor, Missoula, Montana 59802, or filed with the Clerk of the above-entitled Court. Dated this 27th day of January, 2017. /s/ Daniel C. Wiltgen, Personal Representative NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 09/08/14, recorded as Instrument No. 201414027 B: 933 P: 1350, mortgage records of Missoula County, Montana in which Aaron L Hunt and Tina A Hunt husband and wife was Grantor, Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as the nominee for Horizon Credit Union, successors and assigns was Beneficiary and Western Title and Escrow was Trustee. First NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT ON THE 21st DAY OF February 2017 AT 1:00 P.M.; A PUBLIC ONLINE AUCTION @ storagetreasures.com WILL BE HELD FOR THE PURPOSE OF SATISFYING A LANDLORD’S LIEN ON THE CONTENTS OF 3 (THREE) STORAGE UNIT(S), STORED AT THE U-HAUL MOVING AND STORAGE OF MISSOULA. THE GOODS TO BE SOLD ARE GENERALLY DESCRIBED AS HOUSEHOLD ITEMS, FURNITURE, AND CLOTHING. THE FOLLOWING ROOMS WILL BE SOLD UNLESS THE PAST DUE AMOUNT IS SATISFIED ON OR BEFORE FEBRUARY 21st, 2017 AT 1:00 P.M. AT 820 STRAND AVENUE, MISSOULA, MT 59801. Unit 104: Aleta Drumm, 369 Montezuma Ave. Sante Fe, NM 87501 - Unit 120: Amy Johson, 5265 Connell St. Missoula, MT 59801 - Unit 109: Donald Mogstad, 1500 Stoddard Missoula, MT 59802
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American Title Insurance Company has succeeded Western Title and Escrow as Successor Trustee. The Deed of Trust encumbers real property (“Property”) located in Missoula County, Montana, more particularly described as follows: Lands located in the SW1/4NE1/4 of Section 27, Township 13 North, Range 18 West, M.P.M., described as follows: Beginning at a point which bears South 89 degrees 30’ West from the East quarter corner of said Section 27, a distance of 2048.3 feet; running thence North 33 degrees 50’ West to an iron pin in North boundary of U.S. Highway No. 10 a distance of 50 feet; running thence North 52 degrees 56’ East a distance of 180 feet to an iron pin; running thence Southeasterly at right angles to last named course a distance of 183.2 feet to an iron pin in quarter section line; running thence South 89 degrees 30’ West a distance of 223.9 feet along quarter section line to place of beginning. Deed Exhibit #652.
Recording Reference: Book 193 of Deeds at Page 408 By written instrument recorded as Instrument No. 201520087 B: 952 P: 1170, beneficial interest in the Deed of Trust was assigned to Wells Fargo Bank, NA. Beneficiary has declared the Grantor in default of the terms of the Deed of Trust and the promissory note (“Note”) secured by the Deed of Trust because of Grantor’s failure timely to pay all monthly installments of principal, interest and, if applicable, escrow reserves for taxes and/or insurance as required by the Note and Deed of Trust. According to the Beneficiary, the obligation evidenced by the Note (“Loan”) is now due for the 11/01/15 installment payment and all monthly installment payments due thereafter. As of December 8, 2016, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $266,396.20. This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $250,281.91, plus accrued interest, accrued late charges, accrued escrow installments for in-
NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE
CLARK FORK STORAGE
The following described personal property will be sold at public auction to the highest bidder for cash or certified funds. Proceeds from the public sale for said personal property shall be applied to the debt owed to Rent-a-Space in the amounts listed below (plus as yet undetermined amounts to conduct the sale): Space/Name/$$$/Desc 4130/Jeffery Otich/$407/keyboard SALE LOCATION: Gardner’s Auction Service, 4810 Hwy 93 S, Missoula, MT www.gardnersauction.com SALE SALE DATE/TIME: Wed, Feb 22, 2017 @ 4:30 PM (check website for details) TERMS: Public sale to the highest bidder. Sold “AS IS”, “WHERE IS”. Cash or certified funds.
will auction to the highest bidder abandoned storage units owing delinquent storage rent for the following unit(s): 12, 82, 103, 191, 199, 217, 242, 271. Units can contain furniture, cloths, chairs, Toys, kitchen supplies, tools, sports equipment, books, beds, other misc household goods, vehicles & trailers. These units may be viewed starting 2/20/2017 by appt only by calling 541-7919. Written sealed bids may be submitted to storage offices at 3505 Clark Fork Way, Missoula, MT 59808 prior to at 2/23/17 at 4:00 P.M. Buyer’s bid will be for entire contents of each unit offered in the sale. Only cash or money orders will be accepted for payment. Units are reserved subject to redemption by owner prior to sale, All Sales final.
PUBLIC NOTICES surance and/or taxes (if any) and advances for the protection of beneficiary’s security interest (if any). Because of the defaults stated above, Beneficiary has elected to sell the Property to satisfy the Loan and has instructed Successor Trustee to commence sale proceedings. Successor Trustee will sell the Property at public auction on the front steps of the Missoula County Courthouse, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802, City of Missoula on April 24, 2017 at 11:00 AM, Mountain Time. The sale is a public sale and any person, including Beneficiary and excepting only Successor Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding at the sale location in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by trustee’s deed without any representation or warranty, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an asis, where-is basis. Grantor, successor in interest to Grantor or any other person having an interest in the Property may, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, pay to Beneficiary the entire amount then due on the Loan (including foreclosure costs and expenses actually incurred and trustee’s and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred. Tender of these sums shall effect a cure of the defaults stated above (if all non-monetary defaults are also cured) and
shall result in Trustee’s termination of the foreclosure and cancellation of the foreclosure sale. The trustee’s rules of auction may be accessed at www.northwesttrustee.com and are incorporated by the reference. You may also access sale status at www.Northwesttrustee.com or USA-Foreclosure.com. Hunt, Aaron L. and Tina A. (TS# 7023.117586) 1002.289813-File No. NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 05/31/07, recorded as Instrument No. 200714360 Book 798, Page 1446, mortgage records of MISSOULA County, Montana in which Roy D. Loewen and Karen C. Loewen was Grantor, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. was Beneficiary and Alliance Title and Escrow Corp was Trustee. First American Title Insurance Company has succeeded Alliance Title and Escrow Corp as Successor Trustee. The Deed of Trust encumbers real property (“Property”) located in MISSOULA County, Montana, more particularly described as follows: Tract 1 of Certificate of Survey No. 3240, located in the Southwest quarter (SW) of Section 21, Township 15 North, Range 22 West, P.M.M., Missoula County, Montana. By written instrument recorded as Instrument No. 201601146 B: 956 P: 971, beneficial interest in the Deed of Trust was assigned to Wilmington Trust, National Association, not in its individual capacity, but solely as trustee for MFRA
Trust 2015-2. Beneficiary has declared the Grantor in default of the terms of the Deed of Trust and the promissory note (“Note”) secured by the Deed of Trust because of Grantor’s failure timely to pay all monthly installments of principal, interest and, if applicable, escrow reserves for taxes and/or insurance as required by the Note and Deed of Trust. According to the Beneficiary, the obligation evidenced by the Note (“Loan”) is now due for the 02/01/14 installment payment and all monthly installment payments due thereafter. As of December 15, 2016, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $207,530.80. This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $167,304.71, plus accrued interest, accrued late charges, accrued escrow installments for insurance and/or taxes (if any) and advances for the protection of beneficiary’s security interest (if any). Because of the defaults stated above, Beneficiary has elected to sell the Property to satisfy the Loan and has instructed Successor Trustee to commence sale proceedings. Successor Trustee will sell the Property at public auction on the front steps of the Missoula County Courthouse, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802, City of Missoula on April 26, 2017 at 11:00 AM, Mountain Time. The sale is a public sale and any person, including Beneficiary and excepting only Successor Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding at the sale location in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by trustee’s deed without any representation or warranty, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an asis, where-is basis. Grantor, successor in interest to Grantor or any other person having an interest in the Property may, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, pay to Beneficiary the entire amount then due on the Loan (including foreclosure costs and expenses actually incurred and trustee’s and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred. Tender of these sums shall effect a cure of the defaults stated above (if all non-monetary defaults are also cured) and shall result in Trustee’s termination of the foreclosure and cancellation of the foreclosure sale. The trustee’s rules of auction may be accessed at www.northwesttrustee.com and are incorporated by the
reference. You may also access sale status at www.Northwesttrustee.com or USA-Foreclosure.com. Loewen, Roy D. and Karen C. (TS# 8410.20399) 1002.289817-File No. NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE To be sold for cash at a Trustee’s Sale on April 3, 2017, 09:00 AM at the main entrance of Missoula County Courthouse located at 200 West Broadway Street, Missoula, MT 59802, the following described real property situated in Missoula County, State of Montana: A tract of land located in a portion of Lot 30 of Dinsmore’s Orchard Homes No. 4, a Platted Subdivision in Missoula County, Montana, and more particularly described as follows: Beginning at a point on the South line of Lot 30, of said Dinsmore’s Orchard Homes No. 4, which point bears East a distance of 182.00 feet from the Southwest corner of said Lot 30; thence North a distance of 190.00 feet; thence East a distance of 80 feet; thence South a distance of 190 feet; thence West along the South line of said Lot 30, a distance of 80 feet to the point of beginning. Recording Reference: Book 346 of Micro at Page 705. Parcel ID 712400 More commonly known as 3130 South 7th Street, Missoula, MT 59804. Jonathan W. Burt and Christine K. Burt, as Grantors, conveyed said real property to Charles J Peterson, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for Countrywide Bank, FSB., its successors and assigns, by Deed of Trust on December 27, 2007, and filed for record in the records of the County Clerk and Recorder in Missoula County, State of Montana, on January 4, 2008 as Entry No. 200800249, in Book 811, at Page 482, of Official Records. The Deed of Trust was assigned for value as follows: Assignor: Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for Countrywide Bank, FSB., its successors and assigns Assignee: BAC Home Loans Servicing, LP FKA Countrywide Home Loans Servicing LP Assignment Dated: March 10, 2011 Assignment Recorded: March 14, 2011 Assignment Recording Information: as Entry No. 201104521, in Book 875 at Page 136 Benjamin J. Mann is the Successor Trustee pursuant to a Substitution of Trustee recorded in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Missoula County, State of Montana, on November 21, 2016 as Entry No. 201621275, in Book 971,
at Page 103, of Official Records. The Beneficiary has declared a default in the terms of said Deed of Trust due to Grantor’s failure to make monthly payments beginning March 1, 2016, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan. By reason of said default, the Beneficiary has declared all sums owing on the obligation secured by said Trust Deed immediately due and payable. The total amount due on this obligation is the principal sum of $226,988.80, interest in the sum of $7,665.53, escrow advances of $1,720.50, other amounts due and payable in the amount of $45,908.76, for a total amount owing of $282,283.59, plus accruing interest, late charges, and other fees and costs that may be incurred or advanced.The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantor. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary, the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust. Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds of this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale, and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation. The sale is a public sale and any person, including the Beneficiary, excepting only the Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by Trustee’s Deed, without any representation or warranty, including warranty of title, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an asis, where-is basis, without limitation, the sale is being made subject to all existing conditions, if any, of lead paint, mold or other environmental or health hazards. The sale purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th day following the sale. The Grantor, successor in interest to the Grantor, or any other person having an interest in the property, has the right, at any time prior to the Trustee’s Sale, to pay to the Beneficiary, or the successor in interest to the Ben-
eficiary, the entire amount then due under the Deed of Trust and the obligation secured thereby (including costs and expenses actually incurred and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred and by curing any other default complained of herein that is capable of being cured by tendering the performance required under the obligation or to cure the default, by paying all costs and expenses actually incurred in enforcing the obligation and Deed of Trust with Successor Trustee’s and attorney’s fees. In the event that all defaults are cured the foreclosure will be dismissed and the foreclosure sale will be cancelled. The scheduled Trustee’s Sale may be postponed by public proclamation up to 15 days for any reason. In the event of a bankruptcy filing, the sale may be postponed by the Trustee for up to 120 days by public proclamation at least every 30 days. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Successor Trustee and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. This is an attempt to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. Dated this 23rd day of November, 2016. /s/ Benjamin J. Mann Substitute Trustee 376 East 400 South, Suite 300 Salt Lake City, UT 84111 Telephone: 801-355-2886 Office Hours: Mon.-Fri., 8AM-5PM (MST) File No. 46437 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE To be sold for cash at a Trustee’s Sale on March 14, 2017, 9:00 AM at the main entrance of Missoula County Courthouse located at 200 West Broadway Street, Missoula, MT 59802, the following described real property situated in Missoula County, State of Montana: A parcel of land situated in the State of Montana, County of Missoula, with a street location address of 7140 Buckhorn Ln; Missoula, MT 59808-5688 currently owned by James B Keller and Margaret Keller having a Tax Identification Number of 04-2199-11-1-0218-0000 and further described as Country Crest 3-Lot 17 1.17AC MORE CORRECTLY DESCRIBED AS: Lot 17 of COUNTRY CREST NO. 3, a Platted Subdivision in Missoula County, Montana, according to the Official Recorded Plat thereof. Parcel ID 04-219911-1-02-18-0000 More commonly known as 7140 Buckhorn Lane, Missoula, MT 59808. James B. Keller and
Margaret Keller, as Grantors, conveyed said real property to Charles J Peterson, Attorney at Law, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., its successors and assigns, by Deed of Trust on November 10, 2007, and filed for record in the records of the County Clerk and Recorder in Missoula County, State of Montana, on January 17, 2008 as Entry No. 200801167, in Book 811, at Page 1400, of Official Records. The Deed of Trust was assigned for value as follows: Assignor: Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., its successors and assigns Assignee: Bank of America NA Assignment Dated: June 17, 2014 Assignment Recorded: June 19, 2014 Assignment Recording Information: as Entry No. 201408245, in Book 929 at Page 1168 Benjamin J. Mann is the Successor Trustee pursuant to a Substitution of Trustee recorded in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Missoula County, State of Montana, on November 1, 2016 as Entry No. 201620150, in Book 970, at Page 378, of Official Records.The Beneficiary has declared a default in the terms of said Deed of Trust due to Grantor’s failure to make monthly payments beginning July 1, 2014, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan. By reason of said default, the Beneficiary has declared all sums owing on the obligation secured by said Trust Deed immediately due and payable. The total amount due on this obligation is the principal sum of $34,422.10, interest in the sum of $6,888.94, other amounts due and payable in the amount of $2,082.76, for a total amount owing of $43,393.80, plus accruing interest, late charges, and other fees and costs that may be incurred or advanced. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantor. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary, the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust. Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds of this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s
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PUBLIC NOTICES
By Matt Jones
“Spellbound” –just pretend you're texting. ACROSS
1 Over again 5 Alcohol pads for wound care 10 ___ buco (veal entree) 14 Church or movie ending? 15 Drama with the fictional firm McKenzie, Brackman, Chaney and Kuzak 16 Indian restaurant basketful 17 "Don't point the finger ... the freeze was an accident!" 20 School crossing sign word 21 It may be copied for family members 22 Mitt Romney's alma mater, for short 23 "Ology," for short 24 Grass-like surfaces 26 Startle 27 Extremely 28 Far-sighted person? 29 Adjective for 2017 (but not 2018) 31 Uprising of a sort 32 Desert rest stop 34 Genre for many "Weird Al" Yankovic medleys 35 "That coffee holder won't work if it's ginormous" 39 Nastily derogatory 40 FX series with Billy Bob Thornton 41 Tacks on 42 "Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret" author 44 Prefix with byte or hertz 48 Nabokov ending? 49 Fencing weapon 50 Take, as a coupon 51 Cy Young Award stat 52 Vegas headliner? 53 Day-___ (fluorescent paint) 55 "Kneel before ___!" ("Superman II" line) 56 "I was impervious to constant chatter" 60 "Alice's Restaurant" singer Guthrie 61 Kerfuffles 62 "Sounds like a plan!" 63 Henchman created by J.M. Barrie 64 Loses it 65 Borscht ingredient
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1 Certain discriminators (var.) 2 What the befuddled have 3 Kiddie-lit character with a pinned-on tail 4 Amusingly twisted 5 Swing around a pivot 6 On guard 7 The "A" in many beer acronyms 8 Former pro wrestler ___ Bigelow 9 "Donnie Darko" actor Patrick 10 Put ___ show 11 Stayed put 12 "Twistin' the Night Away" singer 13 The tiniest amount 18 Green-lights 19 Owed right now 25 Palm features 26 Dollar amount in a Western? 29 Next-to-last Greek letter 30 Semi, to a trucker 31 Surname in a Styx song 33 "Fish" star Vigoda 34 Little dog 35 Deodorant's place 36 Like mechanical bulls and rocking horses 37 Drive headlong into 38 Cuprite, e.g. 39 Cut down on driving, say 42 Speaks too proudly 43 Champ before Ali 45 Source of a breakdown? 46 Rent co-payer, casually 47 Burning with desire 49 Reason for a yearly shot 50 Companion to five "W"s 53 Unappetizing food 54 Word often confused with "fewer" 57 Strummer or Cocker 58 Agcy. overseeing cosmetics 59 Lobster wearer's clothing
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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 asis, where-is basis, without limitation, the sale is being made subject to all existing conditions, if any, of lead paint, mold or other environmental or health hazards. The sale purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th day following the sale. The Grantor, successor in interest to the Grantor, or any other person having an interest in the property, has the right, at any time prior to the Trustee’s Sale, to pay to the Beneficiary, or the successor in interest to the Beneficiary, the entire amount then due under the Deed of Trust and the obligation secured thereby (including costs and expenses actually incurred and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred and by curing any other default complained of herein that is capable of being cured by tendering the performance required under the obligation or to cure the default, by paying all costs and expenses actually incurred in enforcing the obligation and Deed of Trust with Successor Trustee’s and attorney’s fees. In the event that all defaults are cured the foreclosure will be dismissed and the foreclosure sale will be cancelled. The scheduled Trustee’s Sale may be postponed by public proclamation up to 15 days for any reason. In the event of a bankruptcy filing, the sale may be postponed by the Trustee for up to 120 days by public proclamation at least every 30 days. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Successor Trustee and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. This is an attempt to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. Dated this 9th day of November, 2016. /s/ Benjamin J. Mann Substitute Trustee 376 East
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400 South, Suite 300 Salt Lake City, UT 84111 Telephone: 801-355-2886 Office Hours: Mon.-Fri., 8AM-5PM (MST) File No. 47748 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE To be sold for cash at a Trustee’s Sale on March 23, 2017, 9:00 AM at the main entrance of Missoula County Courthouse located at 200 West Broadway Street, Missoula, MT 59802, the following described real property situated in Missoula County, State of Montana: A tract of land located in the Southwest One-Quarter of the Northeast One-Quarter of Section 36, Township 14 North, Range 21 West, Principal Meridian, Montana, Missoula County, Montana more particularly described as follows: Beginning at the center of Section 36, Township 14 North, Range 21 West; thence due East on and along the North boundary of Missoula County Route #16 for 330.00 feet; thence North and parallel to the center of section line of said Section 36 for 860.0 feet; thence due West for 330.0 feet to the center of section line for said Section 36; thence South on and along the center of section line for said Section 36 for 860.0 feet to the point of beginning, as shown as Tract A on Deed Exhibit 3836. LESS AND EXCEPTING THEREFROM that portion conveyed by Warranty Deed to the Frenchtown Irrigation District recorded in Book 120 of Deed Records at Page 157. Recording reference in Book 172 at Page 68 Micro Records. Parcel ID 1304209 More commonly known as 14150 Harpers Bridge Road, Missoula, MT 59808. Marcia L. Seymour, as Grantor, conveyed said real property to Insured Titles, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to WMC Mortgage Corp., by Deed of Trust on August 22, 2002, and filed for record in the records of the County Clerk and Recorder in Missoula County, State of Montana, on August 28, 2002 as Entry No. 200224636, in Book 687, at Page 1031, of Official Records.The Deed of Trust was assigned for value as follows: Assignor: WMC Mortgage Corp. Assignee: Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for the Registered Holders of GSAMP Trust 2002-HE, Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2002-HE Assignment Dated: May 6, 2005 Assignment Recorded: July 19, 2005 Assignment Recording Information: as Entry No. 200517924, in Book 756, at Page 445 Benjamin J. Mann is the Successor Trustee pursuant to a Substitution of Trustee recorded in the of-
fice of the Clerk and Recorder of Missoula County, State of Montana, on October 25, 2016 as Entry No. 20169508, in Book 969, at Page 1136, of Official Records. The Beneficiary has declared a default in the terms of said Deed of Trust due to Grantor’s failure to make monthly payments beginning May 1, 2016, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan. By reason of said default, the Beneficiary has declared all sums owing on the obligation secured by said Trust Deed immediately due and payable. The total amount due on this obligation is the principal sum of $105,002.05, interest in the sum of $5,466.70, escrow advances of $994.76, other amounts due and payable in the amount of $1,977.87,for a total amount owing of $113,441.38, plus accruing interest, late charges, and other fees and costs that may be incurred or advanced.The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantor. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary, the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust. Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds of this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale, and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation. The sale is a public sale and any person, including the Beneficiary, excepting only the Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by Trustee’s Deed, without any representation or warranty, including warranty of title, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an asis, where-is basis, without limitation, the sale is being made subject to all existing conditions, if any, of lead paint, mold or other environmental or health hazards. The sale purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th day following the sale. The Grantor, successor in interest to the Grantor, or
any other person having an interest in the property, has the right, at any time prior to the Trustee’s Sale, to pay to the Beneficiary, or the successor in interest to the Beneficiary, the entire amount then due under the Deed of Trust and the obligation secured thereby (including costs and expenses actually incurred and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred and by curing any other default complained of herein that is capable of being cured by tendering the performance required under the obligation or to cure the default, by paying all costs and expenses actually incurred in enforcing the obligation and Deed of Trust with Successor Trustee’s and attorney’s fees. In the event that all defaults are cured the foreclosure will be dismissed and the foreclosure sale will be cancelled. The scheduled Trustee’s Sale may be postponed by public proclamation up to 15 days for any reason. In the event of a bankruptcy filing, the sale may be postponed by the Trustee for up to 120 days by public proclamation at least every 30 days. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Successor Trustee and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. This is an attempt to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. Dated this 17th day of November, 2016. /s/ Benjamin J. Mann Substitute Trustee 376 East 400 South, Suite 300 Salt Lake City, UT 84111 Telephone: 801-355-2886 Office Hours: Mon.-Fri., 8AM-5PM (MST) File No. 47783 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE To be sold for cash at Trustee’s Sale on June 2, 2017, at 10:00 a.m., on the front (south) steps of the Missoula County Courthouse located at 200 W. Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802, all of Trustee’s right, title and interest to the following-described real property situated in Missoula County, Montana: Tract C of Remick’s Swan River Tracts No. 2, Block 2, Lots 1-6, a platted subdivision in Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded plat thereof. Michael S. Sapp and Faye H. Sapp, as Grantors, conveyed the real property to First American Title Company of Montana, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Citizens Alliance Bank, f/k/a First Valley Bank, as Benefici-
ary, by Trust Indenture dated January 15, 2008, and recorded January 24, 2008, in Book 812 of Micro Records at Page 342, records of the Missoula County Clerk and Recorder. A Substitution of Trustee designating Kevin S. Jones as Successor Trustee was recorded January 20, 2017, records of the Missoula County Clerk and Recorder. The default of the obligation, the performance of which is secured by the aforementioned Trust Indenture, and for which default of this foreclosure is made, is for failure to pay the monthly payments as and when due. Pursuant to the provisions of the Trust Indenture, the Beneficiary has exercised, and hereby exercises, its option to declare the full amount secured by such Trust Indenture immediately due and payable. There presently is due on said obligation the principal sum of $96,058.97, which includes interest at a rate of 8% per annum, plus late fees of $585.00, for a total amount due of $96,643.97, as of January 19, 2017, plus the costs of foreclosure, attorney’s fees, trustee’s fees, escrow closing fees, and other accruing costs. The Beneficiary has elected, and does hereby elect, to sell the above-described property to satisfy the obligation referenced above. The Beneficiary declares that the Grantor is in default as described above and demands that the Trustee sell the property described above in accordance with the terms and provisions of this Notice. DATED 23rd day of January, 2017. /s/ Kevin S. Jones, Trustee STATE OF MONTANA))ss . County of Missoula) On this 23rd day of January, 2017, before me, the undersigned, a Notary Public for the State of Montana, personally appeared Kevin S. Jones, Trustee, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the within instrument, and acknowledged to me that he executed the same. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal the day and year first above written. (SEAL) /s/ Christy Shipp Notary Public for the State of Montana Residing at Missoula, MT My Commission Expires May 07, 2017
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EQUAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITY All real estate advertising in this newspaper is subject to the Federal and State Fair Housing Acts, which makes it illegal to advertise any preference, limitation, or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status or national origin, marital status, age, and/or creed or intention to make any such preferences, limitations, or discrimination. Familial status includes children under the age of 18 living with parents or legal custodians, and pregnant women and people securing custody of children under 18. This newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate that is in violation of the law. Our readers are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised in this newspaper are available on an equal opportunity basis. To report discrimination in housing call HUD at toll-free at 1-800-8777353 or Montana Fair Housing toll-free at 1-800-929-2611
108 W. Broadway #2. Studio/1 bath, just remodeled, W/D, DW, views of downtown. $950. Grizzly Property Management 542-2060
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1315 E. Broadway #4. 2 bed/1.5 bath, close to U, coin-ops, storage, pets? $850. Grizzly Property Management 542-2060
BONNER 4Bd/2Ba FENCED YARD Mobile home with covered deck, pets possible. Tenant pays heat and electric. SWG included. $1090. Nancy 880-8228
1324 S. 2nd Street West “B”. 3 bed/2 bath, central location, single garage, W/D. $1100. Grizzly Property Management 542-2060
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1920 S. 14th Street W. “C.” Studio/1 bath, newer unit, double garage, W/D. $675 Grizzly Property Management 542-2060 2205 ½ South Avenue West. 3 bed/1 ¾ bath, all utilities included. $1225. Grizzly Property Management 542-2060 2329 Fairview Ave. #2. 2 bed/1
DUPLEXES 1706 Scott Street “B’ 1 bed/1 bath, Northside, all utilities paid, pet? $700. Grizzly Property Management 542-2060 524 S. 5th Street E. “A”. 3 bed/2 bath, two blocks to U., W/D, yard $1300. Grizzly Property Management 542-2060
HOUSES 1502 Ernest Ave. #2. 1 bed/1 bath, central location, storage, W/D hookups $625 Grizzly Property Management 542-2060 650 South Avenue East. 3 bed/1 bath, blocks to U, W/D hookups, double garage, fenced yard $1400. Grizzly Property Management 542-2060
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REAL ESTATE HOMES 1001 Medicine Man Cluster. Stunning custom-built 3 bed, 3.5 bath with 3 car garage. $950,000. Shannon Hilliard, Ink Realty Group. 239-8350 shannonhilliard5 @gmail.com 18.6 acre building lot in Sleeman Creek, Lolo. $129,900. BHHS Montana Properties. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 2396696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com 1845 South 9th West. Updated triplex with 4 bed, 2 bath upper unit and two 1 bed apartments in basement. $470,000. Shannon Hilliard, Ink Realty Group. 2398350 shannonhilliard5@gmail.com 2 Bdr, 2 Bath, Rose Park home. $270,900. BHHSMT Properties. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com 3 Bdr, 2 Bath, Huson home on 5.5 acres. $425,500. BHHSMT Properties. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com More than 35 years of Sales & Marketing experience. JAY GETZ • @ HOME Montana Properties • (406) 214-4016 • Jay.Getz@Outlook.com • www.HOMEMTP.com
CONDOS 801 N Orange Street #303, Missoula, MT 59802 MLS #21605224 $159,710. Anne Jablonski, Portico Real Estate 546-5816 anne@movemontana.com Pinnacle Townhomes. Modern 3 bed, 2.5 bath with private fenced yard & double garage on Charlo Street. $289,900. Shannon Hilliard, Ink Realty Group 239-8350 shannonhilliard5@gmail.com
MANUFACTURED HOMES For Sale 2- 16x80 mobile homes in great condition $35,000 delivered and set up within 150 miles of Billings. 406-259-4663
LAND FOR SALE NHN Weber Butte Trail. 60 acre ranch in Corvallis with sweeping Bitterroot views. $800,000. Shannon Hilliard, Ink Realty Group 239-8350. shannonhilliard5 @gmail.com Real Estate - Northwest Montana. Small and large acre parcels. Pri-
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These pets may be adopted at Missoula Animal Control 541-7387 MARYLAND•
Maryland is a 5-year-old female Boxer mix. She is a very stoic lady that understands several commands. Maryland definitely lacks a silly bone and listens to commands with a regal, authoritative attitude. This girl takes life seriously, and if she doesn't think you're serious, she'll give you the cold shoulder. Maryland would do best as an only pet.
SHELBY•Shelby is a 7-year-old female Bulldog mix. She is what shelter staff affectionately term as being "intensely happy!" If Shelby could write, she'd end every sentence with a minimum of three exclamation points!!! Shelby loves life to the fullest, and is excited to go where ever you want to go. She loves people, and if she's given the chance, all 50 pounds of muscle will load up in your lap.
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MAYNARD• Maynard is a 2-year-old male Pointer mix. He has been waiting for a home since July 6, 2016, making him our longest term shelter resident at 210 days. He is also fearful of moving bikes, skateboards, and strollers. Maynard is quite the athlete and is not only able to jump 6 feet in the air, he can also climb chain link! Maynard would make a great agility dog with a little training.
NANETTE• Nanette is an approximately 10-year-old female brown Tabby. She has a tipped ear, and is obviously more comfortable around fewer humans than the shelter life can provide. Nanette's days of being a mouser are long past now, as she has no teeth to hunt and catch live prey. Instead, she prefers to spend her time in comfortable little cat nooks. EINSTEIN• Einstein is a 15-year male longhaired cat. This sweet old man is looking for a retirement home that can keep him for the rest of his days. Einstein doesn't require much; a warm comfy cat bed, a window sill, portioned meals, the occasional grooming, and a little attention will keep this handsome fellow one content cat. Einstein doesn't mind other cats, although his playful rambunctious years are in the past.
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SIF• Sif is a 1 1/2-year-old female brown Tabby. Sif is a funny little cat with tons of spunk and spirit; she is convinced she is part lion with her mighty roar! We affectionately call her "Squawk Box" due to her very loud meow. Sif loves to play, and just about anything becomes a toy. At the same time, she's happiest running around chasing feather toys, balls, or laser pointers.
These pets may be adopted at the Humane Society of Western Montana 549-3934 MIDNIGHT• Midnight is a super smart 1-
year-old lab cross who loves being the center of attention and going on adventures! We picture Midnight as the kind of dog who would totally sky dive if he could! He is up for anything, though he can be selective about which dogs can join in on his fun. Come by and meet Midnight today! 5930 Highway 93 South in Missoula.
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MACEY• Macey is a stunning purebred Persian with a heart of gold. He may take a moment to warm up to you; he looks to his older brother Sash for guidance. But soon Macey will be begging to sit on your lap! This beautiful boy is up to date on all his vaccines and is neutered; he is declawed in front, but it does not seem to detract from his mobility. He has lived with his brother all his life and they would love to go home together!
BABY• Baby is a Shepherd/Border Collie who
is still trying to figure out life indoors. She has lived outside her whole life, but she spent tons of time with her people, playing tag, wrestling, and snoozing! Baby is extremely loyal, and can take some time to warm up to strangers. She enjoys the company of other dogs and would love to go to an adult family. Come get to know her!
PENNY• This lovely hound is looking for an understanding home where she can live life to the fullest in spite of several health issues. Sweet Penny was recently diagnosed with hypothyroidism and has thyroid tumors. She's currently taking medicine and is as spunky and houndy as ever! She would prefer to be the only fur baby in the home.
SASH• Sash is handsome, purebred Persian who loves prowling around and showing off his good looks and stunning coat! He lived with his brother, Macey, enjoyed visiting kiddos, and met multiple types of dogs with a super relaxed, Persian-y attitude! This good-looking gentleman is declawed in front, but he doesn't seem to be bothered by it! Sash is a fan favorite and part of our Senior for Senior program.
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HORSE• Horse is one cool cat. He enjoys spending time with dogs of all sizes and loves to explore the outdoors. He is active, enthusiastic, and a one-cat opera musical! Horse was recently diagnosed with hypothyroidism, which we have begun to treat with daily medication. We're hoping he'll be feeling much more himself once the medicine kicks in, but his condition will likely require long-term management. missoulanews.com • February 9–February 16, 2017 [C11]
REAL ESTATE
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122 Ranch Creek Road. 3294 sq.ft. home on 37+ acres in Rock Creek. Bordered by Lolo National Forest on 3 sides. $1,400,000. Shannon Hilliard, Ink Realty Group. 239-8350 shannonhilliard5@gmail.com 3 Bdr, 2 Bath, River Road home. $304,900. BHHSMT Properties. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com 4 Bdr, 2 Bath, Clinton home on 1.5 acres. $300,000. BHHSMT Properties. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com 5578 Circle Drive, Florence. 3 bed, 2 bath on one acre near river trail. $263,000. Shannon Hilliard, Ink Realty Group. 239-8350 shannon-
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1645 S 6th Street West $197,000 MLS# 21700964 First Floor Living in Central Missoula For a Great Price! Clean 2 bed, 1 bath. www.MoveMontana.com
[C12] Missoula Independent • February 9– February 16, 2017
Amazing 2.52 acre parcel in Orchard Homes! This flat parcel has great views, frontage on an irrigation fed pond, and city sewer is close. If you're needing a little more room for gardens, animals, a shop, or all the above, come take a look. $174,900
Call Matt at 360-9023 for more information