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BILL TO CLARIFY CONSTITUTION GETS MIRED IN TRAPPING DEBATE
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Voices/Letters Air quality, closed primaries and net metering.......................................4 The Week in Review Wrestling memorabilia, McDonald’s and a rock slide..................6 Briefs Imagine Nation, low-power radio and Hyundai...................................................6 Etc. Hey Krakauer, can we talk about that title? ..............................................................7 News Bill to clarify constitution gets mired in trapping dispute ....................................8 Opinion More church, less porn and other big ideas from Helena .............................10 Opinion A Montana farmer tells what really happens after an oil spill ........................11 Feature Straight talk on marriage, dating, cheating, porn and Valentine’s ..................14
Arts & Entertainment
Arts A country singer’s journey to ag advocate.............................................................20 Books Last Orchard plays with genre but reveals little................................................22 Film Cumberbatch saves The Imitation Game .............................................................23 Film Salad Days examines seminal D.C. punk scene...................................................24 Movie Shorts Independent takes on current films ......................................................25 What’s Good Here Heart-shaped boxes.......................................................................26 Happiest Hour Grapefruit IPA......................................................................................28 8 Days a Week Who loves ya, baby? .............................................................................29 Mountain High The Runner’s Edge Treadmill Challenge............................................37 Agenda Good Jobs Missoula Benefit Concert ...............................................................38
Exclusives
Street Talk .......................................................................................................................4 In Other News ..............................................................................................................12 Classifieds....................................................................................................................C-1 The Advice Goddess...................................................................................................C-2 Free Will Astrology......................................................................................................C-4 Crossword Puzzle .......................................................................................................C-6 This Modern World...................................................................................................C-12 PUBLISHER Lynne Foland EDITOR Skylar Browning PRODUCTION DIRECTOR Joe Weston ADVERTISING SALES MANAGER Heidi Starrett CIRCULATION & BUSINESS MANAGER Adrian Vatoussis DIRECTOR OF SPECIAL PROJECTS Christie Anderson ARTS EDITOR Erika Fredrickson PHOTO EDITOR Cathrine L. Walters CALENDAR EDITOR Kate Whittle STAFF REPORTERS Kate Whittle, Alex Sakariassen, Ted McDermott COPY EDITOR Kate Whittle EDITORIAL INTERNS Courtney Anderson, Kellen Beck ART DIRECTOR Kou Moua GRAPHIC DESIGNER Pumpernickel Stewart CIRCULATION ASSISTANT MANAGER Ryan Springer ADVERTISING REPRESENTATIVES Steven Kirst, Tracy Lopez, Will Peterson ADMIN, PROMO & EVENTS COORDINATOR Leif Christian CLASSIFIED SALES REPRESENTATIVE Tami Allen FRONT DESK Lorie Rustvold CONTRIBUTORS Ari LeVaux, Scott Renshaw, Nick Davis, Ednor Therriault, Jule Banville, Matthew Frank, Molly Laich, Dan Brooks, Melissa Mylchreest, Rob Rusignola, Migizi Pensoneau, Brooks Johnson, Sarah Aswell
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[voices]
Whatever
STREET TALK
by Cathrine L. Walters
Asked Tuesday, Feb. 10, near the corner of Spruce and Higgins. Describe the best date you have ever been on. Follow-up: Describe the worst. Charlotte de Bekker: I’ve only been on one date because I grew up in Abu Dhabi and the dating culture there is really weird. It was a local guy and we went out to eat at Jones the Grocer and played 20 questions. Cross cultural: I guess that date was my best and worst but I have nothing to compare it to, only what I see in movies. He was nice but I didn’t really like him. The date felt too constructed and not natural.
Stuart Weber: My best was with the woman I ended up marrying. We went to Norris Hot Springs back when it was clothing optional one night of the week. It seemed to be a good ice breaker. Double date: I had a collision of women once. I accidentally told two women to meet me for a date at the same time and place and they both showed up at the same time. It was awkward. It didn’t last long.
Madison Schroeder: Probably camping. We went to Seeley Lake. It was a good test to get to know somebody. Can you build a fire? Can you cook hot dogs? Ain’t enough whiskey: Being stuck in a really long dinner with someone where you don’t have much to talk about and you’re trying to be polite.
Sarafina Ford: We went on a spur of the moment camping trip in the Jewel Basin and it was really a magical and beautiful place to be. Great company, great scenery and a full moon. Cashing in: I made my boyfriend at the time a coupon book with one that said “free dinner on me,” like I’d cook him dinner at home. Well, we went out to the Red Bird and spent like $200 and he handed me back my coupon.
Sara Ashley: It was pretty recently. We went to Les Misérables at the Missoula Children’s Theater then went out to eat at the Silk Road. Tubby time: It was a blind date and the guy kept asking me to go back to his place and hot tub with him. Just him. And he wanted me to bring my friends.
[For more Street Talk discussion about dating, love and sex, check out page 14.]
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The Montana Wilderness Association has been playing amateur politician for many years. MWA uses their ephemeral and subjective assessment of “political reality” to rationalize repeatedly sacrificing ancient, enduring wildlands rather than doggedly pursuing their former mission to protect Montana wildlands. They have made deals with the devil and are now apparently surprised at the results. An MWA blog now on their website reports, “It was a shock to outdoorsmen and women across Montana to learn that Sen. Steve Daines voted yes on all three [anti-wildlands] amendments. Worse yet, he introduced two of them.” How can MWA be shocked after they agreed to Daines’ ransom demand that the recent budget bill night rider release eastern Montana Wilderness Study Areas? “Whatever” is now MWA’s middle name. They essentially say to the actual politicians, “We don’t have any fight or substance left. Just invite us to the table and we will meekly give you whatever you want.” We need a new organization with the mission to protect Montana’s few remaining wildlands. MWA needs to get out of the way and quit taking money from people who believe in that mission and mistakenly think the Montana Whatever Association does also. Larry Campbell Darby
Opportunity lost A series of net metering bills introduced this session would have made it easier for you to use renewable energy. NorthWestern’s head lobbyist, John Fitzpatrick, would have none of it. He wants to keep you dependent on big utilities, instead of buying solar panels and generating your own electricity. You can see why he doesn’t like net metering. If you are producing your own electricity, you aren’t buying it from NorthWestern. And so, in various hearings, Fitzpatrick pulled out the rhetorical stops, tossing metaphors around like he was a medieval lord pouring oil over the ramparts on rebelling peasants below. Anything that was loose went over. I feared for the family dog. My Fitzpatrick favorite was when he compared net metering to cancer. As with cancer, he argued, there is no such thing as a small amount. If you let just one cell survive, it will multiply and spread, threatening the whole body. Though distorted and disingenuous, his attack admitted something true. Net metering truly is a transformative technology that could greatly benefit all Montanans. When Fitzpatrick condemned it as cancer, he admitted as much. As soon as one person does net metering, their neighbors will see the benefits, trying it as well, and that it is how it will spread. Neighbor telling neighbor. As Fitzpatrick would have it, we all die then, because cancer. But actually we would trans-
form the world, shifting from a centralized power system to a decentralized power system, maybe saving the planet in the process. Wade Sikorski Baker
More to the story My name is Wesley Rolle and I’m a freshman at Big Sky High School. In regards to the Dec. 24, 2014, article “Getting Rid of the Stigma,” I believe not enough relevant information about Missoula’s poor air quality was presented. In the article, the main cause of poor air quality was focused on wood stoves, unregulated sanding and unpaved roads. Though all these are variables that can contribute to poor air quality, this is a
“We need a new organization with the mission to protect Montana’s few remaining wildlands.” much more complex process than the simple wood stove label it’s been given. For starters, in order to have poor air quality, a high pressure system should be present because of the fact that Missoula is in a valley. Mountains surround us, which makes the only path for bad air to escape up. But if the pressure is high (which it usually is in Missoula), it will push all of the poor air back into the valley. Another major factor is the slow moving or stagnant air. If there is no wind to push the polluted air up and over the mountains, the air will stay trapped in the valley. This is very common in the winter because the earth can’t extract enough energy from the sun to heat the ground and create convection cells, which are responsible for the movement of the air. By no means is what the article stating wrong. The factors stated are absolutely causes of poor air quality, but the absence of the important environmental evidence I have presented makes the article not falsified but an insufficient conclusion about what poor air quality in Missoula is caused by. Wesley Rolle Missoula
Right for the family As a mother to two young children and someone who works daily in a field designed to empower women to make the best decisions for themselves and their families, I’m thrilled that public preschool may finally come to Montana thanks to Gov. Steve Bullock’s Early Edge initiative. I strongly believe this optional but univer-
sally available preschool strikes the right balance between leveling the playing field for all kids and allowing parents to keep their options open when it comes to deciding what’s right for their family. Montana is one of the eight remaining states without public pre-K, and our young people, and eventually our economy, pay the price. The verdict is in when it comes to the benefits of early high quality childhood education: fewer run-ins with the law, better graduation rates, higher test scores, and more productive careers. Montana lawmakers should put aside the partisan differences that too often lead to stalemate in Washington and work together to do what’s best for our kids and families. If you agree, please join me in taking action at earlyedgeaction.org. Diana Garrett Missoula
People over party Gaming the system is the focus of the party insiders, not popular policy. My party is suing in federal court to overturn a statue passed by the legislature providing for an “open” primary. I am opposed to a closed primary and the Montana Republican Party joining this federal lawsuit asking the court to order Montana to close the Republican primary; i.e, only Republicans can vote in the party primary. A closed primary bill has failed many times in the legislature. The plaintiffs want a federal judge, appointed for life, to override the elected legislature—not very Republican. These party insiders are confirming that they do not want a party about the people. They want a party about the party. That is a recipe for failure. Polls show Montana is about 37 percent Republican; the legislature is 58.6 percent. Why not stick with a winner? These insiders are the ones who brought us the ill-conceived “Republican Presidential Caucus” in 2008. The winner of the caucus was to receive our delegates to the National Convention, regardless of the winner of the primary. This alienated voters and was rescinded. Closing primaries will not prove wise now. It tells the voters of Montana that we care more for our party than the people, and trust a federal court more than our legislature. The court recently denied a partial summary judgment motion by the plaintiffs and asked how the plaintiffs even knew who was a Republican? Montanans do not register by party. However, it matters not because we have same day registration and a person can change their registration before every primary. Montana is made up of independent people who do not like to be labeled. If we deny them the chance to vote in our primary they will pay us back. Jim Shockley Victor
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WEEK IN REVIEW
VIEWFINDER
by Cathrine L. Walters
Wednesday, February 4 Missoula state Rep. Kim Dudik’s anti-bullying bill is heard before the House Education Committee. House Bill 284 would provide a legal definition of the act of bullying and prohibit it on school grounds. Montana is the last state without such a law.
Thursday, February 5 GlaxoSmithKline administrators tell employees they plan to close the company’s vaccine research and development operation in Hamilton sometime this year. As a result, 27 people will lose their jobs.
Friday, February 6 Thieves steal a collection of WCW and WWF wrestling memorabilia from a storage unit in Columbia Falls, according to a local police report. The owner claims in a Craigslist notice that the collection took 20 years to acquire and is mainly made up of Goldberg items.
Saturday, February 7 A Missoula man suspected in a San Francisco murder case involving a headless torso and dismembered legs, dies after being taken to the hospital for “drug related reasons,” according to a report in the San Francisco Chronicle.
Sunday, February 8 In a profile on “CBS: Sunday Morning,” actor J.K. Simmons gives a shout-out to his education at the University of Montana and early career at the Bigfork Playhouse. Simmons is nominated for an Oscar for his turn as a bullying music teacher in Whiplash.
Monday, February 9 A Missoula man is charged with two counts of felony child endangerment for driving while under the influence with children in the car after leaving a McDonald’s drive-thru the previous day. The drive-thru employee reported the defendant had slurred speech throughout his 10-minute attempt to order.
Tuesday, February 10 The Montana Department of Transportation closes Highway 12 west of Lolo after an early morning rock slide blocks most of the roadway. No vehicles were damaged and no injuries reported as a result of the slide.
Julia Maes selects cut flowers from a cooler full of Gerbera daisies, roses, orchids, hydrangeas, snapdragons and more to create custom Valentine’s Day bouquets on Feb. 10 at the Bitterroot Flower Shop, during one of the store’s busiest weeks of the year.
Radio
New to the dial If all goes well, a new low-power community radio station could hit the Missoula airwaves sometime next year. Ann Szalda-Petree, the general manager of Missoula Community Radio, says she is “so excited I can hardly stand it.” Much of the legwork has already been done, Szalda-Petree says, thanks to David Max, a Hot Springs-based farmer and radio aficionado who applied for the station’s FCC license in 2013, securing 105.5 FM as the potential spot on the dial. When Szalda-Petree heard about the license, she knew she wanted to help make Missoula Community Radio happen. Radio means a lot to Szalda-Petree because of her experiences as the “Ann” part of the “Ann and Teresa and Ann” comedy show on Wednesday mornings at KBGA College Radio. Through that program, she says she’s made friends she wouldn’t have otherwise and even started a band. “If we can provide that kind of community and learning experience, that’s our primary goal,” she says.
Time and money are of the essence, she says. The FCC set August as the deadline for MCR to be up and running, although stations can easily ask for exten-
Courts sions. Szalda-Petree says the basic start-up cost for a 100-watt station runs between $10,000-$12,000, with the plan being for the station to be entirely donationbased and volunteer run. At an upcoming meeting, date yet to be determined, MCR will put out a call for
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board members and volunteers to help shape the face of the station. Just what the Missoula station’s programming would include, or even what its call letters would be, is still up in the air. MCR co-manager Aaron Jennings, a local musician who met Szalda-Petree through KBGA, has ideas but wants it to be a democratic process. He mentions the possibility of a “Missoula Opry” program to broadcast traveling and local performers, as well as positioning MCR as a platform for alternative opinions. “Our news is getting more and more filtered, and from an outside perspective,” Jennings says. “I think it gives us a unique opportunity to lend a local voice to events around town, and a place where people can vent and talk about stuff.” Kate Whittle
Hyundai case settled On Jan. 14, the Montana Supreme Court officially closed an appellate case involving the Hyundai Motor Company and the families of two Missoula cousins killed in a 2011 automobile crash near Arlee. Hyundai
[news] filed the appeal last fall after a Lake County jury ruled it pay the families of Trevor and Tanner Olson $240 million in punitive damages—an amount later reduced to roughly $72 million. The parties announced they’d reached a settlement in a joint motion for dismissal filed with the Supreme Court last month. “The parties stipulate that the settlement documents have now been fully executed,” the motion states, “and that all settlement sums have been paid.” Attorneys on both sides of the case declined to comment, citing the confidentiality of that settlement. While the dismissal marks an end to more than two years of litigation, an issue raised in the course of those proceedings continues to play out before the Montana Supreme Court and in the 2015 Legislature. The $240 million in punitive damages leveled against Hyundai in May 2014 was the largest in state history. Yet Hyundai quickly countered that the amount violated the $10 million cap placed on punitive damages in Montana law. Attorney General Tim Fox filed as an intervenor in Hyundai’s appeal last October to defend the constitutionality of the cap. It’s the same stance Fox took in June in another appellate case still active before the Supreme Court: Masters Group International v. Comerica Bank. Masters alleged in district court last year that Comerica had reneged on a financial agreement, resulting in the failure of Masters’ plan to construct a multimillion-dollar office supply facility in Butte. A Butte jury demanded Comerica pay $10.5 million in punitive damages, and the constitutionality of the state’s damage cap became an issue in Comerica’s subsequent appeal. Fox filed an amicus brief last June arguing policy debates about such limitations “belong in the legislative branch.” “Instead of asking the Court to delve into matters consistently held to be properly in the legislative arena,” Fox wrote, “opponents of the cap should propose legislation or use the ballot initiative process to change the law.” No lawmakers have yet proposed changing the punitive damage cap, but Rep. Greg Hertz, R-Polson, is working on a measure addressing how those dollars are allocated. Hertz tells the Indy that LC 1296 will aim to shift some of that money to the state, as other state governments have opted to do. Plaintiffs
already receive compensatory damages, he says, and punitive damages are primarily meant to discourage future wrongdoing. “I’m not looking to gain a bunch of money into the state coffers to use for something,” Hertz says. “I just think, theoretically, when I look at punitive damages, they were not intended to reward the plaintiff. They were intended to punish the company.” Hertz adds he is still crafting the language of the bill, and expects to introduce a draft in early March. Alex Sakariassen
BY THE NUMBERS Confirmed reports of bears emerging from their dens in Yellowstone National Park due to the unseasonably warm weather. Officials observed a grizzly scavenging on a bison carcass Feb. 9 near the central portion of the park.
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and flowing,” Rivers says. “When you walk in, you look at the old cob, the adobe and the bar top and there’s something soothing about it.” Rivers and Krum hatched some intriguing ideas Beer in the process of dreaming up their taproom. The Imagine Nation gets real brewing operation is built around developing new Ladders, boxes and shop-vacuums still litter the ways to support and partner with local nonprofit orcavernous space inside 1151 W. Broadway. But sun- ganizations, Rivers says, prompting the couple to set light streams in through the finished skylights, illu- aside a room for nonprofit events and workshops— minating coats of crisp blue, green and yellow paint all of which will be advertised on a community board on the walls. The bar, custom made from a Bitterroot in the taproom proper. The two see it as a way to Valley ponderosa, snakes along one wall in a lazy “M” “give local groups a platform” to get the word out about their efforts. They also say they designed the space with an eye to the young families frequenting breweries these days. “All this dark green paint ... is all chalkboard paint,” Rivers says. “So when this space isn’t being used, we’re going to open the door so kids can come in here and basically draw all over the entire room.” Imagine Nation intends to work throughout the spring to establish a 900-square-foot patio out back overlooking the Clark Fork. The construction hasn’t kept photo by Alex Sakariassen Rivers from developing a growing list of beer recipes. He says a friend from shape. Most importantly, Robert Rivers has four Bell’s Brewery in Michigan came out earlier this year batches of craft beer fermenting in the back room. to help him tweak those recipes and clean equipment. Imagine Nation Brewing is speeding toward its He intends to have several beers ready for Imagine Naprojected opening in early March. And barring any tion’s opening, including an IPA and a pale ale (a small unforeseen delays, Rivers and his wife, Fernanda sample of the latter got an enthusiastic thumbs-up Krum, are more than ready to put these 80-hour from this Indy writer). When it comes to the brewing weeks behind them. They’ve been working on reno- side, Rivers and Krum attribute their inspiration to the vations since last summer, Krum says, tearing out humanitarian-driven monastic model. “We really appreciate that monastic brewery panel ceilings and breathing color into the once slategray interior. It’s not necessarily that the two saw po- model where the monks say basically the money tential in a shuttered car dealership office, Rivers that’s made is to take care of those involved … mainadds. “Maybe it was just the hope for potential.” tenance of the building and the rest goes to charity,” Both agree that hope has paid off. Rivers says. “I think we’ve really tried to build the “I think we wanted to find different ways of kind business on a model like that.” of breaking the space up and making it more fluid Alex Sakariassen
ETC. Monday in Missoula started with the sort of well-earned weekend hangover we locals tend to wear with pride. Downtown streets had teemed with art lovers during First Friday festivities. The Big Sky Documentary Film Festival opened at the Wilma to full houses. Springlike temperatures sent hikers throughout the area for jaunts that revealed early wildflowers. It wasn’t the typical February weekend—not by a long shot, or at least some 50 degrees—but it was just the sort of stretch we brag about to those living elsewhere. And come Monday morning, we’d damn well earned that extra cup of coffee from the barista we know by name and those couple extra minutes we needed to get up to speed on the latest news. News like this: Acclaimed author Jon Krakauer is set to release his new book April 21, titled MISSOULA: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town. Ouch. So much for the arts and outdoor recreation and small-town community feel-good vibe. With one press release—complete with a book cover featuring the title, bold as can be, looming over Main Hall—the idyllic Garden City has reverted back to “America’s so-called rape capital.” Krakauer’s publisher assures the book delivers a “powerful, meticulously reported narrative” about alleged sexual assaults at the University of Montana. Or, put another way in the same release, it’s a “dispassionate, carefully documented account” of a series of rapes in “a typical college town.” Considering the bestselling author’s past work, including Into the Wild, there’s little reason to believe his book on Missoula won’t be fair and thorough and an important addition to the conversation of how to fix a system that too often punishes victims. But that title. That title puts a brand on our town that will be hard to shake—and rest assured we will see that title everywhere. Publisher’s Weekly reported the first printing will be 500,000 copies. Marketing details from Doubleday call for full-page ads in The New Yorker and New York Times, and a Google campaign targeting Salon, Slate, CNN, Time, Jezebel and Rolling Stone, among others. Doubleday adds that one of the women featured in the book will join Krakauer in publicity efforts. Already there have been calls that this book does not define our city, that we’re being unfairly labeled as the face of a national problem. They’re right. It is unfair. But how is Missoula supposed to fight back against Missoula?
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Toby Walrath doesn’t quite remember when the discussion over House Bill 212 began to focus so heavily on trapping. At first blush, he says, the measure appeared to him to be little more than a clarification by the 2015 Legislature of one word in the state constitution: harvest. But HB 212 has quickly become ground zero in the latest debate over trapping in Montana. “I don’t know how this became specifically a trapping measure,” says Walrath, president of the Montana Trappers Association and field director for the U.S. Sportsmen’s Alliance. “My initial interest in the bill, and the reason I supported it ... was because it does include a clarification that includes furbearers among all the other species in the state that we are able to harvest.” The showdown over HB 212, sponsored by Rep. Kirk Wagoner, R-Montana City, comes less than a year after Trap Free Montana Public Lands unsuccessfully sought a ballot measure banning trapping on public lands statewide. Chair KC York says she anticipated a revival of the issue in the legislature this spring, but wasn’t expecting the approach taken in HB 212. In her eyes, the measure seeks to alter the Preservation of Harvest Act—a constitutional amendment passed by the legislature in 2003 and affirmed by voters on the 2004 ballot. York calls the effort to extend the meaning of “harvest” to include trapping little more than a “backdoor attempt to rob democracy.” “It’s to preserve hunting and fishing,” she says of the Preservation of Harvest Act. “Nowhere is the word ‘trapping’ in that constitutional amendment. It’s not in the voter handbook. The words hunting and fishing resonate in that 2004 voter handbook, but not once is the word trapping mentioned.” Walrath acknowledges the original amendment wasn’t trapping specific. However, he maintains the Preservation of Harvest Act applied to the overall harvest heritage of the state—trapping included. Given that the original amendment technically only referred to “wild game animals”—defined by the state as deer, elk, antelope and a handful of other big game species—Walrath argues that clarifying the definition of “harvest” also protects hunting opportunities for those pursuing migratory birds, upland game birds and predators. “It doesn’t change anything,” he says. “We’re not adding anything that wasn’t intended originally. It’s just a nice bill simply defining the term ‘harvest’ and
including it where it was intended to be back in 2003.” Those on both sides agree that passage of HB 212 would increase the pressure on future ballot initiatives seeking to change trapping laws by increasing the signature requirements from 25,000 to 50,000. The authors of the 2004 amendment—former state Sen. Joe Balyeat and Montana Shooting Sports Association President Gary Marbut—testified before
with both the text of HB 212 and the 2004 amendment it seeks to clarify, and says the legislature is well within its duties to draft its own suggestion as to how the constitution should be applied. At a basic level, he adds, “it happens all the time.” That doesn’t mean the legislature’s interpretation is the be-all end-all, though. “The question ‘does the Preservation of Harvest heritage amendment protect trapping’ is a question about the meaning of what’s in the constitution,” Johnstone
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In recent weeks, trapping has become the central talking point around House Bill 212. Proponents of the measure argue it merely seeks to clarify the word “harvest” in the state constitution, while trapping critics claim it warps the original intent of a 2004 constitutional amendment.
the House Fish, Wildlife and Parks Committee Jan. 20 that their original intent did, in fact, extend to trapping. Yet York and other opponents like Footloose Montana aren’t buying the argument. To come back with such testimony more than 10 years after the fact and in the wake of a ballot initiative effort to ban trapping on public lands, York says, seems to reinforce her belief that some trapping proponents are pushing to silence critics and keep the issue away from the voting public. “From my understanding, it’s not even about trapping,” York says of HB 212. “It just sets a bad precedent—the legislature can go in after the fact and make changes that they say aren’t changes to the constitution but are. That sets a very bad precedent.” Anthony Johnstone, an assistant professor at the University of Montana specializing in constitutional law, disagrees on the point of precedent. He’s familiar
says. “Everything else that is said outside of the constitution, including legislation, is at best persuasive evidence of that meaning.” In other words, should HB 212 be legally challenged, it would fall to the courts to issue their own decision regarding the constitution’s true intent. So far HB 212 has sailed through the House and on to the Senate. Walrath remains hopeful it will pass and “have the appropriate intent of the harvest preservation act made widely known.” Whether or not that happens, Trap Free Montana Public Lands intends to continue its push to take the issue to the ballot. “We’re going to watch how this plays out,” York says. “We’re still committed to achieving trap-free Montana public lands, and at least getting it before the public to vote on it.” asakariassen@missoulanews.com
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The Burnett Method More church, less porn and other big ideas from Helena by Dan Brooks
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[10] Missoula Independent • February 12–February 19, 2015
Last week, Rep. Tom Burnett, R– Bozeman, sent his colleagues on the Joint Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services an email titled “Curtailing Section B crises.” Section B of the 2015-2016 state budget, currently in subcommittee hearings as House Bill 2, covers Health and Human Services. “Social program spending could be a fraction of what it presently is,” Burnett writes, “if this recipe was followed by those at risk, (all people!), or those presently in crisis.” He then describes his six-point “method of preventing seriously disabling mental illness, addiction, depression, obesity, diabetes, low-income status and dementia.” So good news for Montanans who are poor (low-income status), fat (obesity status) or debilitated by serious mental illness (crazy status): Rep. Burnett has found a way out. The bad news is you have to go to church. “Weekly church attendance” is the first item in part four of Burnett’s strategy to end diabetes, shortly after nutritious meals “eaten with others, at a table, not on the couch” but before “obtain life’s necessities by long, hard work.” The phrasing of this last admonition should not be taken to contradict part three of the Burnett Method, which prescribes zero tolerance for porn. As a member of the eating-alone-andmasturbating community, I welcome Rep. Burnett’s plan as a dash of cold water. Not for me, of course—I’m not poor. It’s cool that I skip my “6-10 hours a week of aerobic exercise” and “reading from holy books daily,” because I am not part of the Section B crisis. Probably I am at risk of turpitude and obesity (all people!), but my moral failings are not the business of the legislature, because I don’t get SNAP. No, the real crisis in Montana morality comes from food stamp recipients, 40 percent of whom are children. The condition of childhood, like so many others afflicting the poor, can be cured with the aforemen-
tioned life of long, hard work. Another 19 percent of SNAP beneficiaries are elderly or disabled, which is less obviously addressed by a specific element of the Burnett Method, but I bet 10 hours of aerobic exercise would fix things one way or another. The plan really shines, though, when you apply it to the 26 percent of food stamp recipients who are adults living with children—many of them single moms. Burnett has written about the fail-
“As a member of the eating-aloneand-masturbating community, I welcome Rep. Burnett’s plan as a dash of cold water.” ings of this demographic before, most notably in his 2011 essay “Hunger in America: The Myth.” In this treatise of political economy, Burnett argues that “assertions of dire hunger lack credibility,” mostly because SNAP participation and obesity both increased between 2000 and 2010. “How can Americans be getting fatter and hungrier at the same time?” Burnett asks. Presumably he is being rhetorical, because there are a lot of good answers to that question that his essay does not address. Instead, he points out that “food stamp program participation is positively related to obesity in low income women.” Burnett’s source for this claim is the 1979 National Longitudinal Survey of Youth—data that predates his cited in-
creases in obesity and food stamp participation by 30 years. But the point is not that Burnett’s “facts” and “statistical trends” in social spending are “true.” The point is that many poor people are fat, so they are obviously not hungry, and neither are their kids. That makes me feel a whole lot better. I was worried that the 20 percent of Montana children who benefit from food stamps were hungry, but now I know they are well-nourished by solitary consumption of high fructose corn syrup, skipping church and masturbating away. Before I read Burnett’s scholarly inquiry into why poor people are fat, I felt guilty about having so much when others had so little. But now I know that it’s single moms who should feel guilty, not me. I suspect that this is the Section B crisis the Burnett Method really solves. His six-point prescription may not help people who suffer from low-income status, but by scrupulously attending church, eating nutritious food with your family and working a lot, you can rid yourself of compassion for those who don’t. This is the mandate that Republicans on the Health and Human Services Committee seem determined to fulfill. I welcome their bold plan for the 2015 legislative session. Haven’t the non-poor suffered enough? And have the poor perhaps suffered too little? If you ask Rep. Burnett, the answers to those questions are yes and yes. Your reward for believing him is money. Cut all welfare spending from Section B—eliminate human and community services, along with child and family services of all kinds and employment services for the disabled—and the general fund saves $78 for each Montanan. Ask yourself who deserves that money. You, or some mom who says her kid is hungry, even though she’s totally fat? Dan Brooks writes about politics, culture and high moral character at combatblog.net.
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Oil and water A Montana farmer tells what really happens after a spill by Alexis Bonogofsky
On the second day of July in 2011, I walked down to my hay fields to see if the Yellowstone River had flooded its banks. It had—but so had crude oil leaking from Exxon’s Silvertip Pipeline, which runs underneath the river upstream from my farm south of Billings. That was the beginning of months of dealing with cleanup workers, water and soil testing, while my family suffered from chronic coughs and a lot of stress. In the end, it was determined that 1,500 barrels of oil had spilled into the river. Three and a half years later, last month on Jan. 17, another oil pipeline broke under the Yellowstone River, 200 miles downstream from me and close to the eastern Montana town of Glendive. It is estimated that around 39,000 barrels spilled into the frozen river; we will probably see this number climb as time goes on. The spill in Glendive happened despite the promises made by our politicians that oil pipelines would be made safer, and despite the passage of the Pipeline Safety, Regulatory Certainty, and Job Creation Act of 2011. Really, not much has changed. Here’s how oil spills work: An oil pipeline breaks and the public is the last to know. You are told everything is under control. When you start to feel sick, you’re told not to worry—there is no threat to public health. Getting answers always takes longer than it should. The state’s Department of Emergency Services seems incapable of dealing with the spill and directs all public questions to the oil company. People from the Environmental Protection Agency arrive. They tell you that even though you drank some benzene, it’s not enough to hurt you. You trust them because they’re the EPA, or else you don’t trust them, because they’re the EPA.
Politicians take tours of the site, nod their heads solemnly and pose for photos so they can show how much they care. The oil spill will get press coverage but the amount of attention will correspond with the location of the spill and the political importance of the residents affected. In Glendive’s case, it helps that the Yellowstone River is an iconic river in Montana, but let’s be honest here: Glendive is a small town and it’s in eastern Montana, two strikes against it.
“It is your responsibility to advocate for your community and to be a voice for the people who can’t, or won’t, speak out.” The company lowballs the estimate of the amount of oil spilled in the beginning, and then that amount gradually increases as time goes on and fewer people are paying attention. In a river oil spill, once the oil is out, it is out. The company’s booms and white napkins do a little, but not enough. Most of the oil that is in the river is in the river for good. Here are some of the hard-earned lessons that landowners like me learned about pipeline oil spills: Being exposed to oil can make you sick. That may seem obvious, but citizens
are usually told that public health is not threatened. So when people do get sick, many don’t go to the hospital. I finally went to the emergency room with acute hydrocarbon exposure. (If people do not seek treatment, there is no record of the public health impacts from oil spills, which can be severe.) You have to be your own advocate. You need to do research, go to public meetings and ask tough questions. It can be hard to confront people, and that is especially true in smaller communities. It is your responsibility to advocate for your community and to be a voice for the people who can’t, or won’t, speak out. Don’t assume the people running the cleanup operations—either from the government or the oil company—know what they are doing. In 2011, I was told by various people who were part of the cleanup that oil was organic so it was safe for my livestock to eat, that oil was essentially a fertilizer, and that our grass would come back greener than ever. Our public health agency even sent out a press release that said being exposed to oil was like being sprayed by a skunk. Both of the recent oil spills in the Yellowstone River were preventable. Yet oil spills will keep happening to communities all over the West until politicians on both sides of the aisle decide to take pipeline safety seriously and not just pay lip service to the changes needed in oversight and regulation of oil companies. Until then, we’re on our own. Alexis Bonogofsky, a fourth-generation Montanan, is a contributor to Writers on the Range, a column service of High Country News (hcn.org ). She works for the National Wildlife Federation in Billings and blogs at eastofbillings.com.
missoulanews.com • February 12–February 19, 2015 [11]
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John Balmer, 50, was arrested at a Kmart store in Hudson, Fla., while wearing a T-shirt that read, “Who needs drugs?” Below that, it said, “No, seriously, I have drugs.” When a sheriff’s deputy entered the store, Balmer tried to hand a “bag of green leafy substance” to the person behind him, officers reported, but the person wouldn’t take the bag, which deputies retrieved and said contained marijuana and methamphetamine. (Tampa Bay Times) BLESSING IN DISGUISE – After Charlene Ross, 75, was accidentally shot in the neck with a “birdshot” pellet by her husband in Medina, Ohio, doctors treating her discovered she had an irregular heartbeat. They transferred her to an Akron hospital to have a pacemaker inserted. (The Medina Gazette) Internal Revenue Service Commissioner John Koskinen warned that budget cuts could delay tax refunds, even for people who file electronically, but he added that fewer agents would be available to audit returns. Congress cut this year’s IRS budget by $346 million, leaving it with only $10.9 billion. (Associated Press) PLEDGE DRIVE – After Bill Kelly earned $600,955 as executive director of public broadcasting station WVIA-TV in Scranton, Pa., he proposed a new position: raising money for the station’s new endowment fund. The board of directors agreed and notified its 15,000 station members, anticipating they would welcome the station’s continuing its ties with Kelly, an employee of 40 years. Instead, 6,300 members dropped out. About 2,300 of them specifically cited excessive executive compensation as the reason. The organization’s 22 board members cut ties with Kelly by donating $291,878 of their own money to buy out hIs contract. (Scranton’s The Times-Tribune) RESEARCHERS CONCLUDE MORE FUNDING NEEDED – A year after Colorado legalized marijuana, a panel of doctors studying the health effects of marijuana and how people are using it concluded that the $8 million the state earmarked for its research isn’t enough. “We don’t have the answers yet,” said Mike Van Dyke of the state Department of Public Health and Environment, who heads the panel. Among the topics needing investigation: the health effects on pot-smoking skiers. (Associated Press) ONE STEP BELOW A CORPORATION – An Argentine court ruled that a 29-year-old orangutan held by a Buenos Aires zoo is a “non-human person” unlawfully deprived of its freedom, paving the way for her to be transferred to a sanctuary. The decision came after the Association of Officials and Lawyers for Animal Rights filed a habeas corpus petition claiming the ape had sufficient cognitive skills and should not be treated as an object. Adrian Sestelo, the zoo’s head of biology, responded that to claim an animal “suffers abuse, is stressed or depressed, is to make one of man’s most common mistakes, which is to humanize animal behavior.” (Reuters) RESCUE FOLLIES – John Arwood, 31, and Amber Campbell, 25, told police who found them in a closet at Florida’s Daytona State College that they had spent two days locked in the closet before calling 911 to be rescued. Officers tracked the phone’s location and simply opened the door, which they said had been unlocked the entire time. (Orlando Sentinel) When Rob Dorzek, 29, called 911 to report he and three friends had been boating on Ontario’s Lake Wanapitei after dark and crashed into a small island, the dispatcher delayed alerting rescuers for an hour while she tried to figure out their location, despite being sent a map that pinpointed it using GPS. During this time, the dispatcher instructed Dorzek to start a signal fire. Dorzek told her he couldn’t because he was holding his girlfriend to keep her from slipping into the water. After the dispatcher insisted the fire was the only way to direct rescuers, Dorzek used a boat cushion to start one. It quickly spread to the underbrush and then to the boat hull, which ignited, killing one of the four. A rescue boat was finally launched after the crew, which didn’t know of the 911 call, spotted the fire and arrived in eight minutes. Another man and Dorzek’s girlfriend died from injuries. An internal report by the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care commended the dispatcher who handled the call. (The Toronto Star) NEXT STEP: TOMACCO – SuperNaturals Grafted Vegetables introduced seeds for “Ketchup’n’Fries,” a hybrid plant consisting of thin-skinned white potatoes attached to a vine of red cherry tomatoes, aimed at home gardeners with limited growing space. Also known as TomTato, it was created by Britain’s Thompson & Morgan and previously available only in Europe. (New York Daily News) SPECIAL DELIVERY – Police arrested Paul Bennett, 45, for trying to have sex with a mailbox at a shopping arcade outside Manchester, England. A witness spotted Bennett approaching the mailbox with his pants down and making “sexual advances towards it.” He then rubbed himself against it while holding his hands in the air and shouting “wow.” After completing the act, he pulled up his pants and started swinging on a lamppost. The witness called police, who found Bennett again exposing himself. (Britain’s Manchester Evening News) HOLIDAY FOLLIES – Arkansas lawmakers rejected a proposal to remove Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee from the state holiday honoring the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Arkansas is one of three states that jointly celebrate the two men on the third Monday in January. The proposal designated Nov. 30 as a state memorial day honoring Lee and Confederate Gen. Patrick Cleburne and would have repealed June 3 as a state memorial day honoring Confederate President Jefferson Davis. (Associated Press) SMART PHONES, DUMB PEOPLE – Hong Kong authorities caught a man trying to smuggle 94 iPhones, worth more than $48,000 on the black market, into mainland China by strapping the devices to his body. The man’s luggage contained no contraband, but customs officials noticed him walking with a “stiff posture.” When he set off a metal detector, they searched him and found the phones taped to his chest, abdomen, thighs, calves and groin. (International Business Times)
[12] Missoula Independent • February 12–February 19, 2015
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sk a million people what Valentine’s Day means to them and you’re bound to get a million different responses. It’s anything from a heartwarming day of affection with a significant other to a Hallmark-created aberration. It’s a chance to indulge—in naughty bedroom accoutrements, in chocolate (see page 26), in the new 50 Shades of Grey movie—or to commiserate. It’s an excuse to finally ask that crush out on a date or to hide on the couch with a
good book. The point is that, love it or hate it, all of us tend to mark the day in some personally meaningful way. Indy writers are no different. For our Love & Sex Issue, one writer needed to get some things straight about how Missoula deals with online dating apps. What better time than the biggest date night of the year to do it? Another wanted to counter-program against all the mushiness of the holiday and unapologetically celebrate the single lifestyle—a rallying cry no doubt shared by many.
[14] Missoula Independent • February 12–February 19, 2015
Porn and cheating are certainly not part of the usual Valentine’s Day narrative, but they are not unfamiliar topics to those doing the difficult work of maintaining a relationship, and both get covered here. And speaking of the difficult work required to stay with someone for any prolonged amount of time, one writer shares how she and her husband have kept on the same page despite kids, career changes and an entire backseat full of barfed pickles. These essays are just starting points.
Not everyone has cheated or been the victim of cheating, nor dated via Tinder, nor, hopefully, had to take disinfectant to the upholstery of their car during a romantic weekend. That’s why we also extended our usual Street Talk column (page 4) and surveyed locals with questions about love and sex. Their candid answers—in a tree?!— are included across the next three pages and help provide just a little more context to a time of year that has all of us thinking about those we’re with.
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The State of the Union by Sarah Aswell ach year in February, my husband and I take a romantic overnight trip to a snowy cabin and decide whether or not we want to stay married for another year. It happens exactly one week after Valentine’s Day, on our wedding anniversary, Feb. 21. It’s called the State of the Union. Historically, the night is part two-person summit and part cheesy date. It requires two sets of typed notes (one set written by each of us, outlining the year in review, plus detailed goals for next year), plus one of those giant heart-shaped frosting-covered grocery store cookies that’s inevitably on clearance after Valentine’s Day. Plus wine. You seriously do this, our friends ask. With notes? Yes, we seriously do this. With notes. Over the last seven years, a lot has been discussed and decided at the State of the Union. We’ve each made the final decision to quit a job and try
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something new, with the other’s support and blessing. We’ve set the goal of buying a house, hashed out budgets and retirement plans, and resolved to get a puppy. We’ve sat up late, giddy, planning big trips to Tokyo, Berlin and Rio de Janeiro. In more recent years, since we started our family (thanks, romantic trip to Berlin), we’ve had long and serious arguments about the fair division of household chores, career sacrifices and how to raise our daughter. It’s an opportunity to officially reflect on the year we’ve had together. It’s a chance to organize our goals as a couple for the coming year. It’s a special occasion to make sure that we are still connected, unified and on the same page of our marriage. We also usually do a lot of cross-country skiing. This year’s State of the Union will be a bit different than it’s ever been, though. I’m currently enormously pregnant with our second child and will be just a week shy of my due date on Feb. 21. The pregnancy nixes the overnight trip, the skiing and all but a few ounces of wine, while a gestational diabetes diagnosis nixes one of the few remaining joys of the night: the big grocery store clearance cookie. On another level, the State of the Union will be different this year because we’ve been married long enough, and been parents long enough, to know that this coming year—our first year of raising two children—will be largely immune to planning. If our first daughter has taught us anything, it is that even two sets of notes couldn’t prepare us for all of the challenges of parenthood, our careers, our relationship
and that puppy we decided to get, who is somehow now 7 years old. It’s very tough for an obsessive planner like me to take in: 2015 will be a year that will resist all of our resolutions, all of our number crunching, all of our attempts at organization, preparation and forecasting. We will have a brand new human living in our house. We will be trying to plow ahead in our professional lives. We will be raising a toddler who recently decided she only likes one shirt of all the shirts that exist on earth. Forget our life When you are naked with a partner what are you most self conscious goals—what the hell’s for dinner? about? A few weeks ago, my husband I guess if I look attractive when I’m in a certain position. He doesn’t and I were driving home from a care, but sometimes I think about it. weekend trip to Glacier National What’s your favorite sex position? Park. The trip had been a bit of a I guess just being on top. It’s a very powerful thing. disaster, colored by bitterly cold What do you typically do right after sex? temperatures (even for Glacier in Cuddle. We always high-five after too. Is that weird? January) and an unparalleled toddler-projectile-vomit incident in day seem slightly less crappy. But as those friends our car that involved a huge volume of pickles. The gradually abandon the party barge of confirmed bachweekend had been a depressing illustration of what elorhood and surrender to the tides of commitment, happens to the best laid plans of mice and men, and Feb. 14 starts to become more of an annual barstool outlining our goals for the entire next year seemed debate between finally creating a Match.com profile extremely, utterly stupid. and just going home to watch porn. “What are we going to do about State of the Due to a couple rather unfortunate pieces of writUnion this year?” I asked Ben, trying to breathe ing over the years, I’ve developed a bit of a reputation through my mouth until we could get home and deep clean the car with Costco-sized amounts of baking in the Indy newsroom for being something of a romantic. And while, yes, I’ve written a whole how-to guide soda and vinegar. “I think we should plan to enjoy the next year,” about presenting a “date in a box” to your significant he said. He reached across the seat and touched that other, someone around here needs to speak up for the place on the back of my neck. He said we should plan holiday haters, of which I count myself a proud memto be patient, to enjoy our family and to remember ber. So log out of Tinder, put down the damn smartphone and listen up, because there are plenty of that it’s going to go by really fast. It’s a plan that doesn’t need typed notes. It’s a barstools in the sea. Or something like that. First off, stop with all this Singles Awareness Day plan that understands that sometimes planning needs to wait. It’s a plan that understands that sometimes nonsense. The faux holiday may have started as a simply agreeing to stay married for another year is funny jab at society’s Cupid complex, but the joke has reached the point of self-indulgence. You know enough. who’s already pretty aware that there are single peoAmerica, the State of the Union is strong. ple in the world? Singles. Valentine’s Day won’t remind you of anything that single-serving TV dinner in the freezer isn’t already screaming. The single side of Valentine’s Since Feb. 14 falls on a Saturday this year, there’s by Alex Sakariassen always the option to hunker down beneath the covers gnoring Valentine’s Day used to be easy. One of and simply wait it out ’til the 15th. But why surrender the perks of being in your early 20s is the abun- when you could seize the day, hike Waterworks Hill, dance of single friends with whom to cast off the wax your skis or catch up on those thank-you cards shroud of holiday-mandated romance and enjoy the from Christmas? Hiding insinuates you have somesame adolescent shenanigans that make every crappy thing to hide from, and that for whatever reason, not
being in a relationship on Valentine’s Day is a bad thing. Take a book to brunch. Navigate the hand-holding masses at the Winter Farmer’s Market on South Third Street. Cook a lavish dinner for two, then eat both servings. Own that shit. Unfortunately, Missoula doesn’t offer much in the way of anti-Valentine’s nightlife. But as local couples enjoy a night in or flock to events like Ten Spoon’s Valentine’s Day Date Night and the Downtown Dance Collective’s tango, you can bet there’ll be additional elbow space at bars throughout Missoula. If it’s solace you’re looking for, you’ll probably find plenty of it dancing with randos at the Union, the Badlander or what Monk’s is billing as a DJ-driven, singles-welcome “Valentine’s Ball.” And there’s always fun to be had in staying home and developing elaborate drinking games to romance-tinged horror films like Love Actually and You’ve Got Mail. The National Retail Federation estimates couples will spend $18.9 billion on all the Valentine’s Day trappings this year, roughly $190.53 on average for men and $96.58 for women. My biggest expenses will be the $25 bottle of scotch and the $13 plate of sesame chicken I plan to down while watching The Magnificent Seven for the 30th time. Screw Singles Awareness Day. It’s high time we made Feb. 14 a day to toast those great minds in history who gleefully dodged romantic entanglement. Imagine if Leonardo da Vinci—famed doodler of weird flying machines and the “Mona Lisa”—had spent his time in line for chocolates at Hallmark instead of in front of a canvas. Or if Isaac Newton had been too busy making restaurant reservations to discover gravity. Or if Beethoven had actually combed his hair for a Valentine’s date. Now hold that thought while I check this email. Apparently my Match.com account has been confirmed ... Rob Norton
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What’s the biggest turn on in a potential mate? And turn off? Big cannons and brains. Turn offs: A short attention span and too much time on the iPhone. Where did you meet your last hookup? At the 406 T-shirt shop when it was downtown. Where’s the craziest place you’ve ever had sex? Down by the Clark Fork River.
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Morgan Phillips
A Letter from The Other Woman
by Anonymous
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What’s the biggest turn off in a potential mate? Going to dinner and having the guy talk about himself the whole time. What do you typically do right after sex? Pee. What’s your favorite sexual position? Missionary.
i. We haven’t been introduced, but we have a lot in common. I’m the woman your boyfriend cheated on you with. I’m not here to defend what happened, because I made a lousy decision that hurt a lot of innocent people in ways I couldn’t foresee. But I’m here to say that you don’t need to hate me, even though I understand why you do. On a hot summer night involving a party and cheap booze, I wound up in a compromising position with your boyfriend. I don’t know why everybody cheats, but I know what happened that night. We sat on the riverbank, your boyfriend took me by the hand and he talked at length about how unhappy he was in the relationship, how he felt trapped and hen-pecked, how you always felt threatened by my mere presence. His sob story came from a place of honesty, but I realize now that it was incredibly manipulative nonetheless. Making matters more complicated, a long time ago your boyfriend used to be my boyfriend. Drunk and sad, and seeking an old nostalgic feeling, I kissed him back. Almost instantly, I realized that it was a terrible mistake, and I did not love him any-
more—but the damage was done, and your jealousy had already become a self-fulfilling prophecy. In the days that followed, word got out what happened, and the fallout was not pretty. I got Facebook messages from your family members and texts from strange numbers warning me to “stay away” from him. One person called me a “homewrecker,” which implies that I arrived at that party determined to lure your boyfriend away from his happy home with my magical powers of seduction. Here’s what I learned from this unpleasant little incident: Sometimes, when people cheat, it is a symptom of unhappiness, and not the cause. Calling me a homewrecker also gives in to our culture’s poisonous idea that we do not need to hold men accountable for their sexual desires, and that women must be the gatekeepers of sexuality. Saying that I seduced your man with my feminine wiles is the same kind of “He just couldn’t help himself ” argument used by people who blame rape victims for the outfits they were wearing (although I am not comparing this event to the trauma of rape, to be clear). I understand that it’s easy and satisfying to blame the bogeyman of the homewrecker, the heartless temptress, rather than take a cold, hard look at the
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man who has betrayed you. My mistakes have led to the only bit of relationship advice that I feel confident about, and it’s exactly what I told your boyfriend that night: Being happy and single is infinitely preferable to being unhappily shacked up, and if you make each other miserable, you should not be together. Melodrama is not a sign of all-consuming passionate love; it’s a sign of immaturity and selfishness. Time has passed since that unfortunate evening,
pimples, hair, untimely boners—was still relatively fresh. My self-esteem was low, even by my standards. But I really wanted to have sex. And when I finally did get a girlfriend, and it seemed as if my day might actually come, I found solace in one fact: my parents had bought the premium cable package, the one with the movie channels. I’d watched a lot of porn. If the idea that an anxious, sexually curious teen could summon courage from lessons learned through Sharon Milanos
What are some of your biggest fears when having sex with someone for the first time? Am I gonna like it? Are they gonna like it? Do I want to wake up next to this face? Did I make the right choice? Where’s the craziest place you’ve ever had sex? Up in a tree. Describe the best date you’ve ever been on. In California we went to a little town, stayed at a B&B, and I just walked hand-in-hand along the coast with my husband-to-be.
and, wonder of wonders, you two seem more committed than ever. But this is a small town. The other day, I was at the grocery store, reaching for a bottle
of vinegar, and said, “’Scuse me,” to a man standing next to me. I didn’t even realize it was your boyfriend until he had already turned and fled. If I’d had a chance to speak, though, all I would say is: neither of you have anything to fear from me.
Softcore memories
by Jamie Rogers
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porn seems pathetic or sad, get real. Without it, donating all of my skin to a tissue bank would’ve been more appealing than being naked in front of a girl. As I assume is the case for many teenagers, my dad’s attempt at the “birds and the bees” chat consisted of him looking squeamish and me assuring him that I wasn’t having sex. And my middle school sex-ed class wasn’t much more helpful. We learned about basic anatomy, the velocity of swimming sperm and how to unwrap a condom. Worthwhile stuff, but it did nothing to answer the more pressing questions of my pubescent brain. Like how long should it last? What should it feel like? How do you start? I wasn’t equipped to ask these questions. The adults in my life were even more inept at providing answers. Porn, though, did a pretty good job. This might seem dubious, but this was before the Internet was everywhere. The only porn I had access to aired after 11 p.m. on Cinemax and Showtime. Even by ’90s standards it was softcore. Shows like “Hotel Erotica,” “Passion Cove” and, my favorite, “Emmanuelle in Space,” mostly depicted people getting to know each other. Each episode had three or four 5- to 8-minute-long sex scenes, which were two-parts heavy petting, two-parts missionary, and then a tri-
If you could have more of one thing in your sex life what would it be? Openness. Having a partner being open to new things and telling me what they want or like. What do you typically do right after sex? I’m a germophobe kind of guy, so I shower. Sometimes with my partner, sometimes not. Then I get a Gatorade.
f not for Cinemax, the anxiety I felt about losing my virginity would’ve been too much to bear. I am a naturalborn American worrier, which means that I not only despise myself, but I am convinced everyone else does as well. This was particularly true as I approached the age of 16, when sex suddenly seemed like a thing I should do. I was a junior in high school then, and though most of the wounds had scabbed over, the trauma of puberty—
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umphant orgasm, after which the dude always looked astounded and appreciative. I’m not saying porn taught me how the world works—I’ve never torn the dress off a hotel maid or rendezvoused with a barista in the backroom of her coffee shop—but it gave me some clues I wasn’t getting from other places. It
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showed me what consensual sex between two people looks like, and it made the experience of losing my virginity just scary. Not terrifying. But that was a long time ago. Today, I am married to a woman who makes me happy, and who I want nothing more than to make happy. There is no one in the world I would rather have sex with, and I look forward to lots more of it with her. But I still watch porn. We only get PBS and the networks, so I have to go online. What I find is different from the porn of my younger years. Admittedly, I’m no connoisseur of Internet porn. Like most married people, I usually watch in hurried and clandestine circumstances, but what I find makes softcore seem like rom-coms. No more “Passion Cove” or “Beverly Hills Bordello.” Most of what I see is the kind of sex that can’t be followed by cuddling or even really sleeping. It’s more like take a shower and hope the other person is gone when you’re out. It’s not helpful to me. I’m not getting many applicable tips these days. And it makes me a bit nostalgic for the golden years of my youth, when the world of sex became knowable.
No kid pics! And other dos and don’ts of Tinder in Missoula by Dan Brooks
eople of Missoula: I beg you to stop putting pictures of your kids on Tinder. I know that your kids are an important part of your life. I know that anyone who might take an interest in you will also, someday, take an interest in them. A picture of you with your kids is okay. A picture of just three 7-year-
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When you are naked with a partner what are you most self conscious about? Nothing. What’s the biggest turn on in a potential mate? And turn off? Brunettes. Turn off: If she talks too much. Where’s the craziest place you’ve ever had sex? A horse trailer.
olds holding up a trout is not. Unless you are a fish, I worry that you do not understand what Tinder is for. Tinder is not just a hookup app. I get that. It started that way—as a hetero version of Grindr, the app that allowed gay men to sort through pictures of other gay men based on proximity. There’s an eleAsta So gance to that which I accept the straight community of Missoula is not going to achieve. It’s cool to use Tinder as a dating app. It’s cool to specify “just friends” in your profile. It is not cool for that profile to be four pictures of your son in his football uniform. I don’t want to chat with and eventually meet your son. He and I would have nothing to talk about except our mutual exasperation with you. I am on Tinder to meet adult women who might like to go on dates. As a childless 37-year-old who works from home and lives alone, most of the women I meet are either a) married to my friends What’s the biggest turn on in a potential mate? And turn off? or b) in my yoga class. Obviously Thoughtfulness and intelligence. Turn off: Mean-spirited people. category (a) is right out, and there’s Describe the worst date you’ve ever been on. no way I’m going to jeopardize my In Kyoto I met up with a guy I met online and we went on a date to transverse abdominal flexibility by some very nice places, but he kept talking about himself the whole time. trying category (b). Literally. No room for silence. Tinder is therefore a godsend, if god lived in Silicon Valley and survived by exploiting venture capitalists. It allows me to meet women who are neither in love with my friends nor trying to maintain a state of meditative William Dunn non-attachment. Because it only lets you chat with people who have liked your photo and vice versa, I know that these women are at least mildly interested in my looks. And because interactions on Tinder are confined to text, I am briefly freed from the handicap of my personality. The only problem with Tinder, at least in Missoula, is how quickly the profiles run out. I am told this is not a problem on the women’s side; as with all Internet dating platforms, the ratio of men to women on Missoula Tinder appears to hover around 10 to one. That’s why every new profile counts. When my screen switches from “there’s no one new around you” to a picture, I experience a frisson of hope. When Where did you meet your last hookup? that picture is a toddler wearing a At Fantasy for Adults downtown. stegosaurus costume, followed by two When you are naked with a partner youth soccer photos and a dog, what are you most self conscious hope falls back into despair. And about? despair lives right next door to My legs. They’re very pale. resentment. What are some of your biggest fears I don’t want to resent when having sex with someone for the Tinder. We live in a golden first time? age of meeting strangers on the After a specific incident—that I find out Internet, and Tinder is its Parthenon. they’re married. Please, don’t let it turn into Facebook. editor@missoulanews.com
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Miraculous lentils A country singer’s journey to ag advocate and author by Liz Carlisle
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n March of 2008, I filled up my Subaru at the cheapest gas station in Somerville, Mass. Three dollars and twenty-two cents was more than I’d ever paid for a gallon of regular unleaded, even at the height of summer. But I’d scouted the marquees around town, and this was as low as I was going to get. The pump clicked off, and I stuffed the receipt into an envelope in the glove compartment without looking at the total. I knew I couldn’t afford it. And gas prices didn’t appear to be going down. Four years into my career as a country singer, I was tired. Exhausted. At first, it had been thrilling to open for LeAnn Rimes and Travis Tritt, to record at Martina McBride’s studio in Nashville, and to sing the national anthem at an NFL game. Born and raised in Montana, I’d grown up on country radio, and I loved weaving romantic agrarian lyrics into pretty melodies. When I’d graduated from college, with a new record to sell and a full schedule of shows for the summer, it had seemed like the greatest thing in the world to travel through rural America and tell its story. But now that I’d crisscrossed the country several times in my station wagon, I knew the sobering truth. I’d been lying. As I listened to the people who came up to chat after my shows, it dawned on me that life in the heartland was not what I’d thought. Farming had become a grueling industrial occupation, squeezed between the corporations that sold farmers their chemicals and the corporations that bought their grain. To my disappointment, I discovered that most American farmers weren’t actually growing food but rather raw ingredients for big food processors. These multinational corporations dictated everything their growers did, from the seeds they planted to the expensive fertilizers and herbicides they needed to grow them. It
was a losing game for the farmers, who kept sinking further into debt as their input costs rose and grain prices fell. But the arrangement was great for the corporations, which kept right on dealing chemicals to their captive suppliers of cheap corn, soy, and wheat. Flush with marketing dollars, Big Food was working hard to convince middle America that their folksy branded products were the protectors of the family farm and its wholesome values. I thought about the companies that sponsored my shows and felt a creeping wave of guilt. I’d bought into their phony story hook, line and sinker—and I was propagating it. The song I always sang to open my concerts talked about corn popping up in neat rows next to a peaceful river. In fact, the fertilizer running off America’s cornfields had so thoroughly choked the Mississippi watershed with nitrogen that farm towns were subsisting on bottled water, and the Gulf of Mexico was sporting a dead zone the size of Massachusetts. It wasn’t as if the flood of fertilizer was helping farmers. All those fossil fuel-based chemicals were sending rural households into bankruptcy, just like gas prices were crushing me. As I drove away from the pump in Somerville, I realized it was time for me to tell the real story of farming, food and rural America. Maybe I could even help to change it. So in
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the spring of 2008, I quit the music business. And I joined the lentil underground. Strictly speaking, I didn’t exactly know I was joining the lentil underground when I went to work for U.S. Sen. Jon Tester in June of 2008. What I knew was that Jon was an organic farmer from a small town in my home state of Montana. He seemed to have some good ideas for fixing the problems with American agriculture, so that farmers could make a good living growing healthy food. And in the process, he was changing the face of national politics. By unseating a three-term Republican incumbent, Jon had handed Senate Democrats a razorthin majority—and a flattopped populist poster child. From my first week on the job as Tester’s legislative correspondent for agriculture and natural resources, I started getting calls from his equally colorful fellow farmers. They surprised me with deeply considered, homegrown policy proposals, recalling an era of our democracy so distant that I’d long since dismissed it as mythological. Was I on the phone with Franklin? Jefferson? I might as well have been, given how seriously these farmers took their civic duty to tinker, diagram and reason their way to a better polity. Although I was dubious that I could do anything to shepherd these farmers’ unorthodox proposals to
the floor of the Senate, I had to admit that my enthusiastic correspondents had some pretty good ideas. Of course, most establishment types thought Jon’s buddies were crazy. Strange crops. Messy-looking fields. “Weed farmers,” one prominent constituent told me. “They’re a bunch of damn weed farmers.” But if these were weed farmers, I gathered, they were remarkably solvent ones. Unlike the other growers who called into the office, these organic farmers weren’t complaining about grain prices, because they didn’t sell to big corporations, and they were raising a lot more than just grain. They weren’t complaining about the cost of chemicals either, because they didn’t use them. They’d found a crop that could grow its own fertilizer: lentils. I got so curious about these farmers and their miraculous lentils that I started calling them, peppering them with questions about all the crops in their rotations. But as quickly as I’d gotten excited, I found myself frustrated again. I thought I’d happened onto a simple, technical solution to the crisis in farm country. Instead, my farmer informants kept regaling me with meandering stories that dragged long into my lunch break before I finally cut them off with a polite “Thanks for sharing your thoughts.” I was about to give up when one of the farmers leveled with me. “I know you folks out in D.C. are always looking for a quick fix, and I just want you to know that this isn’t it,” the farmer said. “But if you’d like to come out and visit, you’re always welcome.” I hung up the phone, grouchy. I was at work late again, vainly attempting to stay on top of the flood of e-mails about wolves, guns and abortion. I knew the office wasn’t about to send me on a junket to Montana to check out a field of lentils. I was mad at myself for my foolish idealism, mad at myself for wasting time on a dead end.
But as I lay in bed that night, I started thinking the soil amendments he was using. I didn’t tell him that more seriously about the farmer’s invitation. As he’d I’d been doing my homework on him and his lentils, warned, this wouldn’t be a quick fix. It would take a and that this was more than just a short-term research long time to really understand what these organic project. I didn’t mention any of the uncanny parallels growers were up to. I would need to quit my job and in our stories. The fact that I was 27, the same age he’d focus on this project full-time, probably for several been when he came back to this farm. The fact that I’d years. I had a lot to learn about ecology, economics come here on the same road from Missoula that he’d and the real history of the agrarian West—not just the traversed 35 years before. The fact that I, too, had been version I’d absorbed from country radio. And yet, trying to save the world in faraway places before realizing that I needed to start at home. I didn’t remind maybe it was worth it. The next evening, I started researching graduate him that I was from Montana myself and that my “reschools, looking for a place where I could get the search vehicle” was my parents’ car. But of course, my journey had been far longer than training I needed and then conduct in-depth field research. It wasn’t easy to find a doctoral program with the four-hour drive from my parents’ house. I’d spent the breadth I was looking for, since most departments my entire adulthood combing through poetry, policy and scholarship in search of focused their students on a an agrarian answer to the vexhighly specialized area of ing problems of modern socistudy. But the PhD at UC ety. I’d consulted authorities Berkeley’s Geography Deof all stripes, from salt-of-thepartment seemed like a good earth sages in Nashville, to pofit. In June of 2009, after 13 litical gurus in Washington, to months in D.C., I said goodscientists and food activists in bye to Jon Tester, promising Berkeley. How could we feed that our next visit would be the world without destroying at his Montana farm. And in it? After several years of August, I moved to Northern searching, I knew there were California to register for my important answers to this first semester of classes. question that I couldn’t find in By the summer of 2011, a high-tech lab or a high-powI’d made it far enough into ered policy summit, or even my formal studies to venture in popular local food moveout to Montana to meet some ments in San Francisco and farmers. I picked up my parNew York. But those answers ents’ station wagon in Mismight be here in Conrad, if soula, then headed off for a only I could get Dave to talk. part of the state I’d never And then he smiled. been to before—the dry Without moving his mouth, plains just east of the Rocky Montana native Liz Carlisle has gone Mountains. There, in a sleepy from country singer to working for Sen. Dave vaulted his eyebrows into his forehead and opened little town named Conrad, I Jon Tester to author. his eyes so wide they nearly found the man I was looking filled the yawning lenses of his glasses. He’d noticed for: Dave Oien. Dave wasn’t the first farmer I’d spoken to when I the number four on the far left of my license plate, started working in the Tester office. In fact, I’m not which every Montanan knows as the code for Missure I ever talked directly to him at all. But when I soula. “Did you know Joseph Brown?” he asked me. Joseph Epes Brown was a legendary figure in my asked people to tell me who had convinced them to go organic, the answer always circled back to this little hometown, a professor of religious studies who’d Conrad farm. On these 280 acres—his parents’ home- passed away in 2000 after an illustrious but somewhat stead—Dave had done something truly radical. During enigmatic career at the University of Montana. At age the height of the 1980s farm crisis, he’d become the 27, he had traveled the West in an old truck, seeking first in his county to plant organic lentils. Back then, Lakota elder Black Elk. When Brown finally found the Dave had been laughed off as a kook. But now he had elderly medicine man in Nebraska, Black Elk was more than a dozen other people growing for his small nearly blind, but he greeted his young visitor knowbusiness, Timeless Seeds, which had gotten specialty ingly. “I’ve been expecting you,” Black Elk told lentils on the shelves at Whole Foods and on the Brown, who would later publish an account of their conversations at the Lakota man’s request. menus of the nation’s finest restaurants. Although I hadn’t mentioned it to Dave, I’d read When I pulled in to the Oien place, I was greeted by an unassuming man in a faded plaid work shirt and that account. And I knew he had too. One day in the jeans. He’d tucked his spectacled eyes under a too- Tester office, curious about this farmer that everyone big ball cap, which shaded his face from the sun but kept mentioning to me, I’d started digging around for also gave the impression that his head was smaller information about Dave and discovered that he had than it was. Slumping a bit as he traversed his garden, once been a student of Brown’s at UM. In fact, if I had the balding farmer curled his six-foot frame toward the dates right, it appeared Dave would’ve taken the landscape, refusing to stand out. He answered my Brown’s class right before returning to this homequestions politely and factually, as if he were a repair- stead. As my mind raced to find an answer to Dave’s man explaining how he’d fixed my faucet. While Dave question, my mouth settled for “Yes.” “C’mon in the house,” Dave said. “And bring that played the common yeoman, I settled into my own performance, inspecting his soil as though that was notebook with you.” all I was interested in. As I had explained to Dave on Excerpted with permission from Gotham the phone, I was here to conduct research for my dis- Books, from Lentil Underground. Liz Carlisle sertation about diversified farming systems on the reads from her new book at UM’s North Urey northern Great Plains. lecture hall on Tue., Feb 24, at 7 PM. Dave and I talked through each other for several minutes, as I dutifully wrote down his list of crops and arts@missoulanews.com
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[books]
Noir within noir Last Orchard plays with genre but reveals little by Chris La Tray
One of my favorite quotes about storytelling is at- which Peck described as an “attempt to dilute the comtributed to the legendary Jim Thompson, an early noir mon detective story to everything but its essentials in writer whose name deserves mention alongside other less than 2,000 words.” It appeared at the online jourgreats like Chandler, Hammett, Goodis, Himes and nal The2ndhand. In 2012, the earliest stages of the Cain. “There are 32 ways to write a story,” Thompson novel were serialized, again via The2ndhand. Ultisays, “and I’ve used every one, but there is only one mately Peck partnered with the journal to publish the plot: Things are not as they seem.” This is certainly the entire novel via Kickstarter, a successful campaign that case with Michael Peck’s debut novel, The Last Orchard reached its funding goal in December 2014. It is a short book, one that can be—and maybe should be, if one in America. When we meet private detective Harry Jome, our wants to keep everything straight—read in a single sitfirst-person narrator of the novel, he is broke and on ting without too much difficulty. As in all successful the verge of losing not only his seedy office, but his noir, there aren’t too apartment as well. many likable qualities in Then he is visited by any of the principal charSue Longtree, who ofacters. The setting, a perfers him $8,000 to inpetually rain-soaked vestigate the suicide environment simply redeath of her brother, ferred to as “the city,” is Ben Bergen. Jome handled very well in takes the case, gets his Peck’s adventurous pistol out of hock and prose. The homes the begins to learn of the characters live in, the crazy history of the the bars they inhabit, the Longtree family. Along dark streets and loomthe way he spars with a ing architecture are police investigator, his key elements in the tailor, several other primood of the book. vate dicks who seem to be The cast of characters on his tail everywhere he is suitably quirky, goes, and develops a whether captured in love/hate relationship with the personas of a Sue, beautiful and obvious pair of bumbling femme fatale. It all spirals detectives hired by to a bleak and bloody conJome’s employer to clusion that doesn’t find its keep an eye on climax without a surprising him, or in the regtwist or two. ular appearance of If you’ve read any deteca “midget” named tive novels, or seen any Leo who shows up, movies, these plot points are guitar in hand, often all familiar to you. And that is The Last Orchard in America Michael Peck enough to warrant where we hit the “things are Paperback, The2ndhand attention, which not as they seem” part of this 186 pages, $12 never really materibook. Peck has delivered a alizes. Who is Leo story here that manages to perfectly capture so many tropes of the genre that I and why is he always around? Is he really there, or just can’t help but feel this novel is a send-up, or even pas- a figment of Jome’s imagination? I closed the book tiche, of the hardboiled gumshoe stories of some of without really knowing. This is probably the biggest problem I have with those names mentioned earlier. The thing is, I’m not completely convinced. There are some chuckles along Orchard. We spend significant time with Jome wanderthe way, but it isn’t quite a black comedy. The stereo- ing seemingly in circles, interacting with this posse of typical beats are so obvious they must be intentional, characters whose reasons for being around are cloudy, but the way the story unfolds leaves me less than cer- without much happening. Jome’s snappy, wise-ass ditain that there is a joke for me to be in on with Peck. alogue is fun until it gets tiresome. It isn’t until the final The writing even gets quite purple at times, a not-un- quarter or so of the book that any interesting reveals common trait of the early masters, but I can’t tell if that occur to advance the story. Those revelations are a bit is intentional or just a sign of a loose hand on the ed- anti-climatic at that point, and I found that by then I iting reins. Which means Peck’s send-up is either subtly didn’t really care. I’d lost interest in learning how Jome brilliant and I lack the sophistication to really get it, or arrived at the predicament he seems to be in during the prologue, and I’d certainly lost interest in the wacky he missed the mark of what he is trying to do. Peck has written for The Los Angeles Review of Longtree family. I would have liked to know more Books, The Believer and Pank, and he’s a sometimes about Leo, though. book reviewer for the Indy. The Last Orchard in Amerarts@missoulanews.com ica began life in 2008 as a kind of flash fiction piece,
[22] Missoula Independent • February 12–February 19, 2015
[film]
Human intelligence Cumberbatch saves The Imitation Game by Molly Laich
Where’s Watson when I need him?
The trouble with biopics is that historical accuracy often doesn’t make for good cinema. Real life is long, boring and complicated; it doesn’t fit neatly into three acts. The Imitation Game, directed by Morten Tyldum, is a safe, entertaining and hopelessly old-fashioned piece of filmmaking. It’s the kind of film that garners eight Oscar nominations from an academy made up mostly of old white males. The movie’s a dinosaur, but it’s a dinosaur about our beloved Alan Turing starring an even more beloved Benedict Cumberbatch, so let’s not throw the baby out with the bathwater just yet. World War II is underway, and British intelligence is desperate to decode Germany’s radio transmissions, a nebulous, unrelenting stream of symbols collectively known as ENIGMA. Turing shows up on the scene as a brilliant mathematician with a different idea of how to do things. So far the Brits have been trying to solve the riddle with human intelligence, but why not build a big, ominous machine instead. Hence the introduction of the now famous “Turing Machine,” grandfather to the modern computer. Cumberbatch brings to his character a good dose of movie autism so in fashion these days. He takes everything literally, doesn’t understand jokes and has a hard time getting along with his fellow code breakers. It probably didn’t happen that way, but a movie needs interpersonal conflicts, and what the hay? When Turing eventually wins over the crew by awkwardly presenting each one of them an apple, it’s touching and I’m moved. Some hackneyed moments, however, I’m less willing to forgive, like when their cartoonishly mean military supervisor attempts to get Turing fired when his machine doesn’t work according to an arbitrary, made up deadline. As the soundtrack swells, each of his employees comes forward with the whole “If you fire him you’ll have to fire me” song and dance we’ve seen so many times before. Indeed, so many scenes in The Imitation Game have that movie sheen of made-up urgency. In real life, there are very few occasions for mathematicians to break into a run. Many critics are troubled by the more glaring historical inaccuracies, like how the film fails to mention it was actually Poland that did much of the groundwork in inventing and building the encryption machine. It’s a fair point, but this I can understand and forgive from a storytelling perspective. Sometimes you need to alter
history and distort personal legacies to get that emotional resonance. (Movies like JFK and A Beautiful Mind come to mind. Both are great and largely untrue.) I’m troubled more by this basic hypocrisy: There’s a message woven throughout the narrative that it’s awesome to be different. The two shining examples are Turing’s homosexuality and his friend and colleague Joan Clarke who has the gall to be an unmarried female mathematician. It’s a good message and of course I agree, so why not have some gumption and depict their plight in a way that honors what it was really like for them? Turing’s homosexuality is treated throughout the film as a shameful, furtive secret. Of course homosexuality was a very serious, illegal thing, but in reality he was much more out to his friends and coworkers than the film suggests. Why not let us see how people close to Turing actually handled his sexuality, which by all accounts seems to have been with acceptance and grace. As for the Clarke character: If ever such an award existed, I’d like to nominate Keira Knightley for most uninspired, cowardly casting of the year. This is a movie that heavy-handedly and repeatedly asserts that odd people can do great things, and yet it assumes the audience can’t stomach a strong leading lady unless she’s also beautiful. The real Clarke looked like a typical mathematician, which is to say, ordinary. Movies do this so often and yet we don’t even have a name for it. What kind of a message does that send to talented, unpretty girls who hope to make it in male-dominated industries? The movie’s still worth seeing because Cumberbatch’s soulful, quirky embodiment of Turing is just that good. Here was a man who spent a lifetime overcorrecting his eccentricities in an attempt to fit in, who made a tremendous contribution to defending the free world, and still, just look at how the government repaid him. Cumberbatch as Turing manages to remain sympathetic and likable even as his unfortunate circumstances force him to do unlikable things. Certainly the scope of Turing’s influence on not just the war but computer science as we know it deserves more attention than history has shown. My hope is that people will see this movie and be compelled to learn on their own about what really happened. The Imitation Game continues at the Carmike 12. arts@missoulanews.com
missoulanews.com • February 12–February 19, 2015 [23]
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Out of step Salad Days examines seminal D.C. punk scene by Kate Whittle
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[24] Missoula Independent • February 12–February 19, 2015
The New York, L.A. and London punk scenes have gotten their due in plenty of documentaries and books. Now Washington, D.C. gets its just deserts as a major influence on punk rock in the new Salad Days: The D.C. Punk Revolution. Director Scott Crawford launches into how things originally began in Georgetown, with explanations from Ian MacKaye and Henry Rollins, who were lived nearby as teenagers in the late 1970s. They started hearing about exciting bands like Iggy and the Stooges, the Sex Pistols and the Ramones. Combine that with a lifeless neighborhood and teen boredom, and they had all the right ingredients to start rock bands. Out of that stew came some of punk’s most important groups, like Minor Threat, Government Issue, Bad Brains and Fugazi—and, just as crucially, much of punk’s DIY ethos. Salad Days is also a great introduction to lesser-known bands that were integral to the community at the time, like Kingface, Teen Idles and Faith. Early on, a musician remarks that, unlike other places, the defining bands of D.C. were short-lived, partially because the kids were so young when they started their bands; no older than 15 or 16, in most cases. Minor Threat produced a brief, furious, brilliant discography and disbanded after internal fighting. Void lasted three years before the members quit, saying that mosh pits had become too violent. Those bands, and many others, were kaput by 1983. Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore, who also grew up in the area, at one point theorizes that the scene changed once a lot of people started to get laid. It’s a funny point to make, but it’s also indicative of why D.C. sometimes gets short shrift in retrospectives: these bands did what they set out to do and then switched focus, unlike, say, the undying entities of Black Flag and the Ramones, which have kept touring throughout the years, reminding everyone of their former glory (for better or for worse). Only MacKaye’s record label, Dischord, has really stuck around, although he readily admits it’s far from profitable. Several of the interviewees acknowledge the scene was a boy’s club, and the director works to include the
women and people of color who contributed to the creativity of the era with bands like Fire Party, Tsunami and Jawbox, which I appreciate. It’s an acknowledgment that’s often missing from these kinds of nostalgic remembrances. Visually, Crawford sometimes livens things up with collages of old punk posters and LPs, but it’s not very flashy compared to, say, 2013’s Filmage: The Story of the Descendents/ALL, which is proving itself to be one of the best examples of the punk-documentary genre. The biggest drawback here is that Salad Days bites off a little more than it can chew by trying to touch on an entire decade. Almost two hours is a long time for a punk documentary to run; it detracts from the immediacy and the power of the music. It’s unnecessary to dwell on how Henry Rollins got into punk, for instance. The film really drags during a sequence that gets into the minutia of how a particular local zine was formed. Crawford also leans on MacKaye’s perspective a little too heavily, considering how much he’s been quoted in other places—I kept thinking about a recent article on The Hard Times, a punk-rock parody site, titled “Ian MacKaye Prepares For Another Long Day of Documentary Interviews.” Things pick up a little bit when we get to Rites of Spring, Fugazi and the emergence of post-hardcore and emo, which MacKaye, showing his grumpy old man status, insists on referring to as “emocore” and sputters about how it’s not a genre. By the late ’80s, the sounds had changed, but much of the D.C. punk ethos and DIY spirit remained, influencing bands that went on to become more commercially successful, like Sonic Youth and Nirvana. Salad Days runs a little long, but it’s still a worthy trip back to the raw power of the early ’80s bands that started it all. Many of those records still resonate because they touch on timeless themes of restlessness, rage and catharsis. Salad Days screens as part of the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival at the Top Hat on Sat., Feb. 14, at 4:15 PM. $8/included with BSDFF pass. kwhittle@missoulanews.com
[film]
More like 50 shades of white people, amirite? 50 Shades of Grey opens Friday at the Carmike 12.
OPENING THIS WEEK FIFTY SHADES OF GREY A naive young woman dates a controlling loner. It’s totally not abusive or manipulative, though, because he’s hot and rich. ‘K. Starring Dakota Johnson, Jamie Dornan and Jennifer Ehle. Rated R. Carmike 12, Showboat. KINGSMAN: THE SECRET SERVICE A slick, modern spy organization recruits a smarttalking kid off the street. Will the protege be able to save the world from an evil genius in time?!?!? Gosh, I have no idea. Starring Colin Firth, Taron Egerton and Samuel L. Jackson. Rated R. Carmike 12. THE METROPOLITAN OPERA: IOLANTA & DUKE BLUEBEARD’S CASTLE Soprano Anna Betrebko stars in a Tchaikovsky double bill of a whimsical fairy tale followed by a sexy erotic thriller. Screening at the Roxy Sat., Feb. 14 at 10:30 AM, Tue., Feb. 17 at 6:30 PM and Tue., Feb. 24 at 6:30 PM. Visit mtlive.org for tickets and more info. PULP FICTION A long time ago I saw the edited-for-TV version of this, so if I recall correctly, Uma Thurman almost dies from drinking a $5 milkshake. Also starring John Travolta and Samuel L. Jackson. Rated R. Screening at the Roxy Thu., Feb. 12, at 7:15 PM. TWO DAYS, ONE NIGHT (DEUX JOURS, UNE NUIT) A young Belgian woman learns that her company is about to fire her and distribute her salary as a
raise to its other employees. She gets the weekend to convince them not to do it. Starring Marion Cotillard, Fabrizio Rongione and Catherine Salée. Rated PG-13. Wilma. THE WIND RISES (KAZETACHINU) Miyazaki’s last film chronicles the life and times of Jiro, an innovative airplane designer in the early 20th century. Screening at the Roxy Fri., Feb. 13Sun., Feb. 15 and Fri., Feb. 20-Sun., Feb. 22 at 7 PM nightly, plus 5:15 PM matinees on Saturdays and Sundays.
NOW PLAYING 2015 OSCAR NOMINATED ANIMATION SHORTS Pixar animations and indie hand-drawn pieces compete for this year’s Academy Award. Wilma. 2015 OSCAR NOMINATED LIVE ACTION SHORTS Nominated shorts for 2015 include international dramas and comedies set in Tibet, Northern Ireland and Jerusalem. Wilma. AMERICAN SNIPER Clint Eastwood directs the based-on-a-true-story tale of legendary Navy SEAL sniper Chris Kyle. Starring Bradley Cooper, Sienna Miller and Kyle Gallner. Rated R. Carmike 12, Pharaohplex, Showboat. BLACK OR WHITE Kevin Costner stars as a clueless grandfather battling for custody of his young granddaughter. Also
starring Octavia Spencer and Gillian Jacobs. Rated PG-13. Carmike 12. THE IMITATION GAME Benedict Cumberbatch plays computer genius Alan Turing. Guest Reviewer Kate’s Mom says, “Just when I think I never want to see another WWII movie, this blew me away. I’ll see it again when the DVD comes out, feel like I missed a lot with the annoying uber jerk squeaking his chair behind me.” Rated PG-13. Carmike 12, Pharaohplex. JUPITER ASCENDING A genetically engineered warrior-hunk and predestined heroine get together to fight bad guys and change the cosmos. They probably also make out at some point. Starring Channing Tatum, Mila Kunis and Eddie Redmayne. Rated PG-13. Carmike 12, Pharaohplex. PADDINGTON A London family is surprised to find that inviting a talking bear to their home causes more comedic trouble than they expected. Starring Hugh “Lord Grantham” Bonneville, Sally Hawkins and Julie Walters. Rated PG. Carmike 12, Pharaohplex. PROJECT ALMANAC When teens build a homemade time machine, things start to go awry. Kids these days! Starring Amy Landecker, Sofia Black-D’Elia and Virginia Gardner. Rated PG-13. Carmike 12, Pharaohplex, Showboat. THE SEVENTH SON A young dude whose destiny is to fight evil spirits
must first do battle with the badass witch lady Mother Malkin. Starring Ben Barnes, Julianne Moore and Kit “Know Nothing Jon Snow” Harington. Rated PG-13. Carmike 12. THE SPONGEBOB MOVIE: SPONGE OUT OF WATER The Square One embarks on a quest for a stolen recipe that takes him onto dry land. Starring Tom Kenny, Antonio Banderas and Bill Fagerbakke. Rated PG. Carmike 12, Pharaohplex, Showboat. THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING In Stephen Hawking’s college days, his developing illness tests his relationship with his wife. Starring Eddie Redmayne, Felicity Jones and Tom Prior. Rated PG-13. Carmike 12. WHIPLASH Our homeboy J.K. Simmons stars as a music instructor who’s merciless to promising young students. Also starring Miles Teller and Melissa Benoist. Rated R. Wilma.
Capsule reviews by Kate Whittle. Planning your outing to the cinema? Visit the arts section of missoulanews.com to find up-to-date movie times for theaters in the area. You can also contact theaters to spare yourself any grief and/or parking lot profanities. Theater phone numbers: Carmike 12 and Village 6 at 541-7469; Wilma at 728-2521; Pharaohplex in Hamilton at 961-FILM; Showboat in Polson and Entertainer in Ronan at 883-5603.
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Heart-shaped boxes by Kate Whittle The origins of Valentine’s Day are shrouded in Christian legends of martyred saints and ancient Roman celebrations, but we owe a lot of current Valentine’s traditions to the courtly, romantic Victorians and globalization. In the 1840s, it became popular for couples to mark the occasion with gifts and cards. At the same time, the expanding world trade market was bringing exotic products like cocoa beans and vanilla to Europe and America. An enterprising British chocolatier, Richard Cadbury, is recognized as being among the first to specifically market Valentine’s chocolates in heart-shaped boxes. Today, Valentine’s is the second biggest holiday for most candy makers after Christmas; about 36 million heart-shaped boxes of chocolates are sold annually in the U.S. Regardless of whether you’re buying something sweet for your sweetie—or just treating your bad self—we asked three local chocolatiers about their favorite flavors and what special treats they’re whipping up for the holiday.
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[26] Missoula Independent • February 12–February 19, 2015
Sweets Barn “The other day I was sitting here, drinking wine and tasting chocolate and it was 10 a.m.,” says Heather McDonald, who makes all the chocolates at the Lolo-based Sweets Barn. “I love my job.” McDonald’s truffles require a three-day process. First, she pours a melted Swiss chocolate into a mold, and lets that set up for a day. Meanwhile, she makes the ganache, a combination of melted chocolate and cream. Once the ganache is poured in and cooled, it’s time to top off the truffle and add nifty patterns on top using a transfer sheet of colored cocoa butter. The result yields a crisp snap when you bite into it, giving way to a creamy ganache that’s infused with flavors like lemon-wasabi, huckleberry and Montana Roughstock whiskey. McDonald prefers fillings that are less cloyingly sweet and richer in flavor than the traditional mass-market store-bought stuff. The Sweets Barn’s featured flavors this year, available at the Lolo headquarters and the downtown Missoula branch, include cheesecake, coconut and a special merlot flavor, which incorporates vino into the ganache and the coating. McDonald points out the latter is probably the best way to get your wine and chocolate fix all at once, no matter the time of day. The Sweets Barn is located at 11380 U.S. Hwy 93 in Lolo and 119 S. Higgins Ave. in Missoula.
WHAT’S GOOD HERE
The Montana Chocolate Company Stevensville-based chocolatier Sheila Schiwal, creative mastermind behind The Montana Chocolate Company, says she hits the gym five times a week to balance the rigorous taste-testing she does every day at work. Her passion for all things sweet shows in The Montana Chocolate Company’s Valentine’s specials, which include a “Just Desserts” box of truffles with flavors like German chocolate cake, cheesecake and red velvet. The latter is a white-chocolatecheesecake coating a filling of real red velvet cake. “It’s really dangerous to be around that all the time,” Schiwal says. Schiwal also gets a kick out of playing around with words. Montana Chocolate Co.’s special “grizzly paws,” with caramel and cashews swathed in white chocolate, come with a special message: “I’d like to get my paws on you, Valentine!” The Montana Chocolate Company is located at 755 Main St. in Stevensville and 129 N. Higgins Ave. in Missoula. Posh Chocolat Assertive, evocative flavors and artisan ingredients have helped make Posh Chocolat a Missoula staple in the 10 years since the business was started by husbandand-wife team Jason and Ana Willenbrock, both professional chefs by trade. Since then, every one of their bars, truffles and caramels have been handmade in a commercial kitchen hidden away in the Wilma building. Ana says sometimes people are skeptical about their flavors, like the aromatic and slightly savory garam masala truffle. “People are like, ‘I don’t know about this,’” she says, “and then they try it and they’re like, ‘Oh my god.’” When Jason started on this year’s Valentine’s special, he first reduced a case of pricey Krug Grand Cuvee French Champagne to go into the ganache for the Champagne-flavored truffles, which are paired with strawberry-flavored truffles. It’s a playful way to create the sense of drinking bubbly and eating chocolate-covered strawberries, he says. Ana admits, with a laugh, that when Valentine’s rolls around, the last thing she wants is chocolate. The early February rush tends to take the romance out of the holiday for the Willenbrocks—but the final product shows a lot of passion. Posh Chocolat is located inside the Florence Building at 111 N. Higgins Ave. kwhittle@missoulanews.com
[dish] Bernice’s Bakery 190 South 3rd West 728-1358 Bernice’s is committed to keepin’ Missoula sweet and there is no better time to share our treasures than Valentines. Tempt her with a strawberries-n-cream cream puff. Hold her hand and share a Red Velvet Heart Cake. Show the office how much you love ´em and get ´em a dozen roses. Rose cupcakes that is! Mini and full size. The infamous hand-frosted sugar cookie awaits with a special message or choose our new Vintage Valentine design. 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. $-$$ Biga Pizza 241 W. Main Street 728-2579 Biga Pizza offers a modern, downtown dining environment combined with traditional brick oven pizza, calzones, salads, sandwiches, specials and desserts. All dough is made using a “biga” (pronounced bee-ga) which is a time-honored Italian method of bread making. Biga Pizza uses local products, the freshest produce as well as artisan meats and cheeses. Featuring seasonal menus. Lunch and dinner, Mon-Sat. Beer & Wine available. $-$$ Black Coffee Roasting Co. 525 E. Spruce 541-3700 Black Coffee Roasting Company is located in the heart of Missoula. Our roastery is open Mon.–Fri., 7:30–4, Sat. 84. In addition to fresh roasted coffee beans we offer a full service espresso bar, drip coffee, pour-overs and more. The suspension of coffee beans in water is our specialty. $ The Bridge Pizza Corner of S. 4th & S. Higgins 542-0002 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 11 to 10:30 pm. $-$$ Brooks & Browns Inside Holiday Inn Downtown 200 S. Pattee St. 532-2056 Martini Mania with $4 martinis every Monday. The Griz Coaches Radio Show LIVE every Tuesday at 6pm, Burger & Beer special $8 every Tuesday. $2 well drinks & $2 PBR tall boys every Wednesday. Big Brains Trivia every Thursday at 8pm. Have you discovered Brooks & Browns? Inside the Holiday Inn, Downtown Missoula $-$$ Burns Street Bistro 1500 Burns St. 543-0719 burnsstbistro.com We cook the freshest local ingredients as a matter of pride. Our relationship with local farmers, ranchers 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, affordable food and over-the-top fun and friendly service does not. Mon-Fri 7 AM – 2 PM. Sat and Sun Brunch 9 AM – 2 PM. Reservations for Prix Fixe dinners on Fri and Sat nights. $-$$ Butterfly Herbs 232 N. Higgins 728-8780 Celebrating 42 years of great coffees and teas. Truly the “essence of Missoula.” Offering fresh coffees, teas (Evening in Missoula), bulk spices and botanicals, fine toiletries & gifts. Our cafe features homemade soups, fresh salads, and coffee ice cream specialties. In the heart of historic downtown, we are Missoula’s first and favorite Espresso Bar. Open 7 Days. $
Cafe Zydeco 2101 Brooks 406-926-2578 cafezydeco.com GIT’ SOME SOUTH IN YOUR MOUTH! Authentic cajun cuisine, with an upbeat zydeco atmosphere in the heart of Missoula. Indoor and outdoor seating. Breakfast served all day. Featuring Jambalaya, Gumbo, Étouffée, Po-boys and more. Beignets served ALL DAY! Open Monday 9am-3pm, Tuesday-Saturday 11am-8pm, Closed Sundays. Doc’s Gourmet Sandwiches 214 N. Higgins Ave. • 542-7414 Doc’s is an extremely popular gathering spot for diners who appreciate the great ambiance, personal service and generous sandwiches made with the freshest ingredients. Whether you’re heading out for a power lunch, meeting friends or family or just grabbing a quick takeout, Doc’s is always an excellent choice. Delivery in the greater Missoula area. We also offer custom catering!...everything from gourmet appetizers to all of our menu items. $-$$ Eagles Lodge #32 Missoula 2420 South Avenue 543-6346 Tailgate with us before each Griz home game, and get a FREE ride to the game on our shuttle. Soup, salad and burgers served for lunch Monday thru Friday 11:00am to 2:30pm. Don’t forget to stop in for our Thursday Night Matadors & Friday Night Burgers, 6:00 to 8:00pm both nights. Live music EVERY Friday and Saturday night and admission is always FREE! El Cazador 101 S. Higgins Ave. 728-3657 Missoula Independent readers’ choice for Best Mexican Restaurant. Come taste Alfredo’s original recipes for authentic Mexican food where we cook with love. From seafood to carne asada, enjoy dinner or stop by for our daily lunch specials. We are a locally owned Mexican family restaurant, and we want to make your visit with us one to remember. Open daily for lunch and dinner. $-$$ The Empanada Joint 123 E. Main St. • 926-2038 FREE DELIVERY DOWNTOWN. Offering authentic empanadas BAKED FRESH DAILY! 9 different flavors, including vegetarian and gluten-free options. NOW SERVING BREAKFAST Empanadas! Ask us about our Take and Bake Service! Plus Argentine side dishes and desserts. Super quick and super delicious! Get your healthy hearty lunch or dinner here! Wi-Fi, Soccer on the Big Screen, and a rich sound system featuring music from Argentina and the Caribbean. Mon-Thurs 11 am - 6 pm. Friday and Sat 11-8 pm Downtown Missoula. $ Good Food Store 1600 S. 3rd West • 541-FOOD The GFS Deli features made-to-order sandwiches, Fire Deck pizza & calzones, rice & noodle wok bowls, an award-winning salad bar, an olive & antipasto bar and a self-serve hot bar offering a variety of housemade breakfast, lunch and dinner entrées. A seasonally-changing selection of deli salads and rotisserie-roasted chickens are also available. Locally-roasted coffee/espresso drinks and an extensive fresh juice and smoothie menu complement bakery goods from the GFS ovens and Missoula’s favorite bakeries. Indoor and patio seating. Open every day 7am-10pm $-$$ Grizzly Liquor 110 W Spruce St. 549-7723 www.grizzlyliquor.com Voted Missoula’s Best Liquor Store! Largest selection of spirits in the Northwest, including all Montana microdistilleries. Your headquarters for unique spirits and wines! Free customer parking. Open Monday-Saturday 9-7:30 www.grizzlyliquor.com. $-$$$ Hob Nob on Higgins 531 S. Higgins • 541-4622 hobnobonhiggins.com Come visit our friendly staff & experience Missoula’s best little breakfast & lunch spot. All our food is made from scratch, we feature homemade corn beef hash, sourdough pancakes, sandwiches, salads, espresso & desserts. MC/V $-$$
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Grapefruit IPA HAPPIEST HOUR What it is: A new beer available at the Northside Kettlehouse Brewery. Walker Scarborough, the brewery’s assistant manager and merchandise coordinator, says the specialty brew has quickly become one of their top-five selling pints.
beers in the last couple years as part of an ongoing series. Every few weeks the brewery experiments with different ingredients to create new flavors until the tap goes dry. The Grapefruit IPA was the third installment. “It’s a collaboration between production and retail and it’s a fun brainstorming process, thinking of different beers,” Scarborough says. “This one is really a home run.”
What it tastes like: You can smell the grapefruit, but the taste is more subtle. Scarborough describes it as having photo by Cathrine L. Walters the right balance for a citrusy beer. “So you do get a very fresh, zesty flavor,” Where to drink it and how much: he says, “but you can still get a little hint of some of those heavier malt-hopped flavors Scarborough says the Grapefruit IPA should be on tap for two or three more weeks; the that come through the body of the beer.” brewery made about 18 kegs and it’s alWhat it’s made with: The brewery ready been on tap for a couple weeks. Pints added natural ingredients to their established run $4 and growlers $9. Find it at KettleIPA, using fresh grapefruit juice and herbal tea. house’s Northside location, 313 N. First St. The blend includes dried grapefruit rinds to West. —Courtney Anderson prevent an overwhelming herbal taste that would throw off the grapefruit flavor. The tartHappiest Hour celebrates western Monness evens out the hoppy flavors of the IPA. tana watering holes. To recommend a bar, Why it’s here: The Northside Kettle- bartender or beverage for Happiest Hour, house has made other grapefruit and citrusy email editor@missoulanews.com.
Iron Horse Brew Pub 501 N. Higgins 728-8866 www.ironhorsebrewpub.com We’re the perfect place for lunch, appetizers, or dinner. Enjoy nightly specials, our fantastic beverage selection and friendly, attentive service. Stop by & stay awhile! No matter what you are looking for, we’ll give you something to smile about. $$-$$$ Iza 529 S. Higgins • 830-3237 www.izarestaurant.com Contemporary Asian cuisine featuring local, vegan, gluten free and organic options as well as wild caught seafood, Idaho trout and buffalo. Join us for lunch and dinner. Happy Hour 3-6 weekdays with specials on food and drink. Extensive sake, wine and tea menu. Closed Sundays. Open Mon-Fri: Lunch 11:303pm, Happy Hour 3-6pm, Dinner 5pm-close. Sat: Dinner 5pm-close. $-$$ Jimmy John’s 420 N. Higgins 542-1100 jimmyjohns.com Jimmy John’s - America’s Favorite Sandwich Delivery Guys! Unlike any other sub shop, Jimmy John’s is all about the freshest ingredients and fastest service. Freaky Fast, Freaky Good - that’s Jimmy John’s. Order online, call for delivery or visit us on Higgins. $-$$ Le Petit Outre 129 S. 4th West 543-3311 Twelve thousand pounds of oven mass…Bread of integrity, pastry of distinction, yes indeed, European hand-crafted baked goods, Pain de Campagne, Ciabatta, Cocodrillo, Pain au Chocolat, Palmiers, and Brioche. Several more baked options and the finest espresso available. Please find our goods at the finest grocers across Missoula. Saturday 8-3, Sunday 8-2, Monday-Friday 7-6. $ Market on Front 201 E. Front St. marketonfront.com The Market on Front is more than a market with a restaurant. It is an energetic marketplace which offers an epicurean experience to excite the senses. It is also an energetic, vibrant marketplace creating an opportunity to taste and take home the products of artisans who create excellent products at awesome prices. This community centered specialty food destination features gourmet yet traditional prepared foods, sandwiches, salads, specialty cheeses, charcuterie, local brews, wines, espresso and so much more! $-$$ Missoula Senior Center 705 S. Higgins Ave. (on the hip strip) 543-7154 themissoulaseniorcenter.org Did you know that the Missoula Senior Center serves delicious hearty lunches every weekday for only $3? (Missoula County residents over 60: $3, only $6 if younger and just stopping by) Anyone is welcome to join us from 11:30-12:30 Monday- Friday for delicious food and great conversation. For a full menu, visit our website. $ The Mustard Seed Asian Cafe Southgate Mall 542-7333 Contemporary Asian fusion cuisine. Original recipes and fresh ingredients combine the best of Japanese, Chinese, Polynesian, and Southeast Asian influences. Full menu available at the bar. Award winning desserts made fresh daily , local and regional micro brews, fine wines & signature cocktails. Vegetarian and Gluten free menu available. Takeout & delivery. $$-$$$ Korean Bar-B-Que & Sushi 3075 N. Reserve 327-0731 We invite you to visit our contemporary Korean-Japanese restaurant and enjoy it’s warm atmosphere. Full
Sushi Bar. Korean bar-b-que at your table. Beer and Wine. $$-$$$ Orange Street Food Farm 701 S. Orange St. 543-3188 www.orangestreetfoodfarm.com Experience The Farm today!!! Voted number one Supermarket & Retail Beer Selection. Fried chicken, fresh meat, great produce, vegan, gluten free, all natural, a HUGE beer and wine selection, and ROCKIN’ music. What deal will you find today? $-$$$ Pearl Cafe 231 E. Front St. 541-0231 pearlcafe.us Country French meets the Northwest. Idaho Trout with Dungeness Crab, Rabbit with Wild Mushroom Ragout, Snake River Farms Beef, Fresh Seafood Specials Daily. House Made Charcuterie, Sourdough Bread & Delectable Desserts. Extensive wine list; 18 wines by the glass and local beers on draft. Reservations recommended for the intimate dining areas. Visit our website Pearlcafe.us to check out our nightly specials, make reservations, or buy gift certificates. Open Mon-Sat at 5:00. $$-$$$ Pita Pit 130 N Higgins 541-PITA (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! $-$$ Plonk 322 N Higgins 926-1791 www.plonkwine.com Plonk is an excursion into the world of fine wine, food, cocktails, service and atmosphere. With an environment designed to engage the senses, the downtown establishment blends quality and creativity in an all-encompassing dining experience. Described as an urban hot spot dropped into the heart of the Missoula Valley and lifestyle, Plonk embodies metropolitan personalities driven by Montana passions. Ruby’s Cafe 2101 Regent St. at Brooks 728-9890 True American Diner! Come join us at the counter, grab a booth or find a table. Breakfast all day, Lunch & Dinner. Homemade Pies. Homemade Soups. Mon-Sat 6am - 9pm and Sun 8am - 3pm. “You keep us cookin!” $-$$ Taco Sano 115 1/2 S. 4th Street West 1515 Fairview Ave inside City Life 541-7570 • tacosano.net 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-9am 7 days a week. WE DELIVER. $-$$ Ten Spoon Vineyard + Winery 4175 Rattlesnake Dr. 549-8703 www.tenspoon.com Made in Montana, award-winning organic wines, no added sulfites. Tasting hours: Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, 5 to 9 pm. Soak in the harvest sunshine with a view of the vineyard, or cozy up with a glass of wine inside the winery. Wine sold by the flight or glass. Bottles sold to take home or to ship to friends and relatives. $$ 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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Let me show you the world’s tiniest violin. The UM School of Theatre and Dance presents Translations at the Masquer Theatre in the PARTV Center, Feb. 17–21 and 24–28 at 7:30 PM.
THURSDAYFEB12 Shake that moneymaker at the J. Sherri residency, with a gaggle of groovemeisters, arty types and “carnal delights” at the VFW, Thursdays in February, starting at 10 PM. Feb. 12 features a nifty event wherein Modality will play with two members present at the VFW, and two members beamed in via the Internet. (Thanks, Al Gore!) Plus there will be a mixtape swap before the show! Young artists ages 2 and up can get off on the right foot at Art Start, a morning DIY series at the ZACC, where you and your kid will work on an array of engaging projects at your own pace. Thursdays, 11 AM-1 PM, through Feb. 26. $6/$5 for members; drop-ins welcome.
The Montana Law Review hosts a panel discussion about animal cruelty laws with the filmmakers of A Dog Named Gucci, a documentary about an abused puppy and his rescuer. (I was going to Google more details but I am already tearing up, so, no.) Discussion at the UM School of Law, room 101, from noon-1 PM. Learn to love them lentils when vegan cookbook author JL Fields visits Missoula to share her expertise in Vegan Pressure Cooking 101, starting with a cooking class at Natural Grocers at 1 PM, book signing at Fact and Fiction, 220 N. Higgins, at 4 PM and potluck at the Missoula Vegans group, 405 University Ave., 6 PM. Free. Call 728-2100 for info. Think about that cuppa joe in a new light when photographer Stephanie Parker presents a coffee tasting, photography and chat about Nicaraguan coffee farmers and how the coffee rust
epidemic is decimating a way of life. Buttercup Market, 1221 Helen Ave, from 3-5 PM. Yoga newbies can get hip to a gentle, mindful practice with Easy Yoga for Beginners, led by Harriet Alterowitz and Marina Zaleski, including basic poses and breath work. Learning Center at Red Willow, 825 W. Kent Ave. Meets Thursdays from 45:15 PM. $45 for six weeks, or $10 drop in.
nightlife Hot giggity, it’s the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival once again, featuring a slew of thoughtprovoking films, performances and special guests like Yo La Tengo. Feb. 6-16 at venues including the Wilma, Top Hat, Crystal and Dennison. Visit bigskyfilmfest.org. $299 for all-access pass/$149 for allscreening pass/$32 for five-film punch card/$8 for individual films.
Mary Place and Blue Moon heat up the afternoon with jazz at the Union Club every Thursday from 5:30-8 PM. Free. The Missoula One Billion Rising group is putting on a flashmob-style dance to raise awareness of the global epidemic of violence against women. Learn the dance with practice sessions at the Missoula Senior Center on Feb. 3, 5, 10, 11, or 12, from 6-7 PM. Take note the Feb. 12 practice is for men and boys only. Dances are downtown on Feb. 6 and at the UC Atrium on Feb. 13. Find Missoula One Billion Rising on Facebook to learn more. The Djebe Community Drum and Dance class offers interactive instruction in performance traditions from nations including Guinea, Senegal, Mali, Zimbabwe and South Africa. Barn Movement Studio, 2926 S. Third St. Meets on the second and fourth Thursday of each month from 6-7:30 PM. $5 donation requested. Gill and the Spills, AKA “The strumminest, pluckinest, bowinest, shredinest, wailinest bunch of sorry sons of guns this side of Mount Jumbo,” rile up the establishment at Draught Works, 915 Toole Ave., 5-8 PM. No cover. Unleash your cogent understanding of the trivium at Brooks and Browns Big Brains Trivia Night. $50 bar tab for first place, plus specials on beer. 200 S. Pattee St. in the Holiday Inn Downtown. 7:30–10 PM. Bust out a little geetar, tunesmiths, at the Open Mic with Cheree at the Eagles Lodge Missoula, 2420 South Ave. W. Runs 7:30-10:30 PM. Impress ‘em enough and you could get paid $50 as a showcased performer. Text 406-396-5934 to sign up early. Bottoms up at the Drop Culture Dance Party, featuring hot beats, cheap drinkies and people of assorted genders shaking their tailfeathers. Monk’s Bar. 9 PM. Small town girls, city boys and whomever that leaves out can share the night on and on and on at the Dead Hipster Dance Party of lore, at the Badlander on Thursdays. No cover, plus $1 wells from 9 PM to midnight. Ask Kalamazoo’s Fly Paper whether they’ve seen Elvis lately after the bluesy rock outfit plays the Palace, starting at 9 PM. No cover. Get Thursday nite ‘nessy when Ted Ness and the Rusty Nails light up the Montana-grass at the Top Hat. 10 PM. No cover.
FRIDAYFEB13 Celebrate the Pleasure State at The Last Best Printfest, featuring works by 40 printmakers, and by golly you can take some of it home in the silent auction, which runs all month at the ZACC. Second Friday Superstitions reception from 5:308:30 PM. Check out zootownarts.org/lastbest. Bundle up, baby, ‘cuz Missoula in Motion hosts a free commuter breakfast for bicyclists and pedestrians today from 7:35-10 AM on the Madison Street bike/ped bridge. If you can’t make the
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down ‘n’ dirty There are lots of options for your Valentine’s Day shenanigans, should you and your main squeeze choose to venture out on the town. Sure, you can go the traditional dinner and flowers and drinks route, and that would be just smashing. But a few places are offering more, shall we say, stimulating activities, like the Ghost night at the Clay Studio. WHAT: Ghost Date Night WHERE: Clay Studio WHEN: Sat., Feb. 14, 6–8 PM HOW MUCH: $35 per couple, or $30 for Clay Studio members
You recall, of course, the legendary pottery scene in the 1990 flick Ghost, wherein Demi Moore’s character, wearing a button-up shirt, is up late at night throwing a vessel on her pottery wheel. In walks Patrick Swayze, at the height of his lithe, toned beauty, and he sits behind her and starts to stroke her arms, completely distracting her from her work. He’s obviously out to get in her pants—and wouldn’t you know, she isn’t wearing pants! Since Ghost inspired so many people to take up pottery, the Clay Studio takes advantage of the obvi-
breakfast, you can also take a picture of your commute, post it to Facebook or email it to mim@missoulainmotion.com by 10 AM to enter a prize raffle. (Cruise over to the Missoula in Motion Facebook page to learn more.) Young artists can check out cardboard sculpture master Chris Gilmour and learn his techniques at the Cardboard Sculpture class at the ZACC. Fridays, 3:30-5:30 PM through March 13. $90/$80 for members. Visit zootownarts.org/youngartists. Get jazzed up for the retro-themed performance from Acrotainment, featuring high-flying private eyes, flappers and mobsters cavorting around the Missoula Children’s Theatre. Fri., Feb. 13 at 4 and 7 PM, and Sat., Feb. 14 at 3 and 6:30 PM. $16. Friday matinee is $8 with donation of non-perishable food. Call 728-4258 to learn more.
nightlife Hot giggity, it’s the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival once again, featuring a slew of thought-provoking films, performances and special guests like Yo La Tengo. Feb. 6-16 at venues including the Wilma, Top Hat, Crystal and Dennison. Visit bigskyfilmfest.org. $299 for all-access pass/$149 for all-screening pass/$32 for five-film punch card/$8 for individual films. Sip a Guinness and be whisked away to the Emerald Isle with the Irish Music Session, every Friday at the Union Club from 6-9 PM. No cover. Family Friendly Friday invites little ones to boogie while parental units kick back at the Top Hat, starting at 6 PM, with a rotating lineup of local musicians providing all-ages tunes. No cover. Enjoy zee cinema at Missoula Public Library’s World Wide Cinema night, the second Friday of every month. The series showcases indie and foreign films. Doors
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ous connection at its couples’ date night. It includes casual pottery-making lessons, plus a screening of Ghost, accompanied by Biga pizza and BYOB drinks. The evening will end with a lighthearted throwing competition with prizes. The date night ends pretty early, too, so you have plenty of time to scamper off and get as artistic as you want with the rest of your romantic evening. —Kate Whittle
open at 6:45, show at 7 PM. Check missoulapublibrary.org for info. Free. Jam out with your clam out when UM Women’s Resource Center presents an all-bodied, all-gendered adaptation of the Vagina Monologues, plus silent auction. Dennison Theatre, 7 PM. $10. Proceeds benefit the Gender Expansion Project! Serenade your valentine with classic love songs at the Missoula Winery’s benefit concert for the UM School of Music’s Vienna Program and Opera Theatre. Tickets are available at the door, $10 for students and $15 for general public. Performances are at 7PM and 9PM, Missoula Winery 5646 West Harrier. The UM School of Music pulls out all the lovey-dovey classics for Sing Me A Valentine, a benefit concert for the UM Voice’s Vienna Program and Opera Theater. Missoula Winery, 5646 W. Harrier. Shows at 7 and 9 PM. $15/$10 students. Hanna and Harry Heart’s romantic evening is cut short by a dinner guest’s demise, and you can help solve it at the interactive Til Death Do We Part Valentines Murder Mystery Party, with menu and full bar. Stensrud Playhouse, Feb. 67 and 13-14 at 7 PM. $39/$70 for two/$128 for four. The Feb. 14 date is already sold out, so cruise over to stensrudplayhouse.com pronto for more info and tickets. Cut a rug when the Golden Age Club hosts dancing and live music in an alcohol-free environment. 727 S. Fifth St. in Hamilton. 6-10 PM. $3. Call 2409617 to learn more. Western Union brings the swing and country tunes guaranteed to melt hearts and get feet movin’ at the Eagles Lodge, 2420 South Ave. W. 8 PM. No cover. Win big in Arlee at the weekly karaoke contest, with everything from Asia to Zeppelin in the book to choose to from. Stockman’s, 92580 U.S. 93, starting
at 8 PM. Best singer wins 50 bux. May the odds be in your favor at the three-week Battle of the Bands, Feb. 6, 13 and 20 at the Palace, with semifinalists including Dripping Orface, Time to Kill and Boston Tea Party duking it out each night, with finals to be held in March. Doors at 9 PM. $12/$10 in advance. 18-plus. VIsit tanzer4.com for tickets and more info. Find out what the kids are SnapChatting about these days when electronic duo Odesza busts into Stage 112. The 10 PM show is sold out, but there might be some tickets left for the all-ages early show at 6 PM. $15/$13 in advance at 1111presents .com and Rockin’ Rudy’s. All ages. We’re gonna party in the citaaaay when Dead Hipster presents the annual Dre Day: California Love edition, plus a special West Coast vs. East Coast set at midnight “of epic proportions,” openers Sharkwe3k and mega booty popping. Monk’s Bar. 9 PM. $3, plus five bucks for 40s of Old English. Yasssss. Go big or go home when your affable local funk outfit 20 Grand makes it rain at the Top Hat. 10 PM. No cover.
SATURDAYFEB14 The restless warriors of the Josh Farmer Band want you to feel the love tonight, yeah baybay, at a Valentine’s show at the Top Hat. 9:30 PM. No cover. The new Missoula Winter Public Market features all manner of Zproduce, meats, eggs, honey and treats, plus coffee and craft vendors. 800 S. Third St. W. Now open every Saturday, Jan. 10-April 25. 10 AM-2 PM. Visit facebook.com/mslawinterpublicmarket.
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[calendar] The Saturday Family Art Workshops bring together young, old and inbetween for hands-on creativity at Missoula Art Museum, one Saturday each month at 11 AM. Jan. 10 features small wire sculptures, Feb. 14 features simple printmaking, and March 14 is sculpture inspired by crystal formations. Free, but come early to get a seat. As part of the Winter Storytelling Series, Tom Schenarts chats about the intrepid women involved with the Clark’s Corps of Discovery, like Sacajawea, Yellow Corn and Capt. Lewis’ problems with the ladies. Traveler’s Rest State Park, 11 AM. $5/free for TRPHA members and kids under 18. Coffee, tea and treats available. Kick back and unleash your inner Van Gogh at Art on Tap, a sociable painting class led by an instructor, where you’ll depart with a finished artwork. Ten Spoon Vineyard, 4175 Rattlesnake Drive, on Feb. 14, March 14 and April 18 from noon-3 PM. The Valentine’s Thai Massage workshop teaches you how to use elbows, knees and feet to give a deep and effective massage, thereby upping your personal awesomeness level 200 percent. Inner Harmony Yoga, 12:30-3 PM. $25 per couple. Bring a pillow. Registration required at yogainmissoula.com. Get jazzed up for the retro-themed performance from Acrotainment, featuring high-flying private eyes, flappers and mobsters cavorting around the Missoula Children’s Theatre. Fri., Feb. 13 at 4 and 7 PM, and Sat., Feb. 14 at 3 and 6:30 PM. $16. Friday matinee is $8 with donation of non-perishable food. Call 728-4258 to learn more.
Join in on the family friendly fun with carnival games, face painting, raffles and live music at the Valentine’s day family bash. Western Montana Fairgrounds, 3-6 PM. Free, but donations are accepted. Proceeds benefit Mended Little Hearts of Montana, a nonprofit that supports the families of children suffering from heart disease. Sweep your main squeeze off their feet with the date night at Ten Spoon Winery, which includes tunes from George Carlton and flights paired with Biga antipasto plates and locally crafted chocolates. Tasting starts at 4 PM, tunes at 6. Reserve chocolates and antipasto plates at 549-8703.
nightlife Hot giggity, it’s the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival once again, featuring a slew of thought-provoking films, performances and special guests like Yo La Tengo. Feb. 6-16 at venues including the Wilma, Top Hat, Crystal and Dennison. Visit bigskyfilmfest.org. $299 for all-access pass/$149 for all-screening pass/$32 for five-film punch card/$8 for individual films. Bring your sweetie and sweet-talk ‘em real good with the Valentine’s beer and dessert pairing at Draught Works, with tunes from Ten Skip Stone from 58 PM. No cover. Get creative with bae at Alternative Date Night, an arty evening full of wine, chocolate and crafting at the ZACC, 5:30-7:30 PM. $60 per couple. Check out zootownarts.org/alternative_valentines_date. If whispering “vitae summa brevis spem nos vetat incohare longam” doesn’t get your sugar-pie’s heart a-flut-
ter, just promise that the Daly Mansion’s Evening of Wine and Roses celebration includes such alluring treats as a wine tasting at 5:30 PM, followed by live tunes, dancing, hors d’oeuvres and flowers aplenty at the Daly Mansion. $55/$100 per couple. Call 363-6004 for info. Bozeman songstress Jeni Fleming plays very sultry sets to get y’all in the mood at the Hot Date Valentine’s show, which stops at Plonk, 322 N. Higgins Ave., for performances at 6 and 8:30 PM. $100 per couple, includes fourcourse dinner. Reservations required at at plonkwine.com. Baby, will you be my Swayze at the Clay Studio’s Ghost Date Night? Couples are invited to watch the iconic 1990 romantic flick, eat pizza and try their hands at throwing on a potter’s wheel. What you do with your hands after the party is up to you, lovebirds. $35 per couple/$30 for Clay Studio members. Registration is a good idea at 543-0509 or email info@theclaystudioofmissoula.org. (See Spotlight.) The Bitterroot Dancers kick up their heels twice a month upstairs in the Bedford Building in downtown Hamilton. 7-11 PM. $8 when a live band is playing/$5 during DJ nights. Visit letsdancemt.wix.com/letsdancemt or call 381-1392. Discover what romance lies in store when Band in Motion boogies at the Eagles Lodge, 2420 South Ave. W, starting around 8 PM or so. No cover. Bandleader and songwriter Pokey LaFarge croons his way into your heart as part of this year’s series at the Hamilton Performing Arts Center. 8 pm. $25$33. Visit bitterrootperformingarts.org. Slip into something red and spice up your evening at the February Argentine Tango Milonga at Downtown Dance Collective. Dance lesson at 8 PM, milonga with potluck refreshments from 9 PM to midnight. $10/$16 per couple. Absolutely DJs Kris Moon and Monty Carlo deliver the primo Saturday nite party at the Badlander. Doors at 9 PM. Two-fer-one Absolut vodka drinks until midnight. No cover. You start walkin’ your way, and I’ll start walkin’ mine, and we’ll meet in the middle at the Sunrise Saloon’s Valentine’s dance, with 406 Band providing the country romance. 9:30 PM. The multitaskin’ Floozies serve up EDM and drum/guitar funk duo wizardry at the Palace, along with Manic Focus. Doors at 9 PM. $15/$13 in advance. 18-plus. Tickets at seafarerentertainment.com and Rockin Rudy’s. MudSlide Charley performs upbeat blues at the Union Club, with dancing starting at 9:30 PM. No cover.
SUNDAYFEB15 Valentine’s, shmalentines, the real hotties are at McMackin’s Musical Matinee, featuring Johnson and Saylor, Wet Piss and Chemical Lawns. (Hey, some people are into that kinda weirdo stuff, you know what I’m saying?) VFW, 245 W. Main St. The tunes start nice ‘n early at 7 PM. Halfoff drinks. No shirts, no masters. As part of Last Best Printfest, y’all can take advantage of an entire day of free printmaking demos from talented local artists at the ZACC, starting at 9:30 AM with Josh Quick, and continuing to three more locations with other printmakers. Visit zootownarts.org/lastbest for full details.
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The Montana Fiddlers get into the string of things at the Sunrise Saloon, corner of Strand and Regent. 1 PM. The History Roundtable: Managing Timberlands includes three speakers chatting about the history of forestry in Bonner. St. Ann Catholic Church, 9015 Hwy. 200 E. 2-4 PM.
nightlife Hot giggity, it’s the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival once again, featuring a slew of thought-provoking films, performances and special guests like Yo La Tengo. Feb. 6-16 at venues including the Wilma, Top Hat, Crystal and Dennison. Visit bigskyfilmfest.org. $299
for all-access pass/$149 for all-screening pass/$32 for five-film punch card/$8 for individual films. Triple Sec juices up the joint with swing, ballads, blues and bossa nova (but not necessarily in that order), 5-7 PM, at Draught Works. No cover.
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Whatever suits you. The Floozies play the Palace Sat., Feb. 14, along with Manic Focus. 9 PM. $15/$13 in advance at seafarerentertainment.com and Rockin Rudy’s.
The Lolo Squares host beginning square dance lessons for all you hotsteppers out at the Lolo Square and Round Dance Center, 2.5 miles west of Lolo on Highway 12. Sundays at 5:30 PM. Call 273-0652 to learn more. Cello-brate good times, come on, with the Portland Cello Project and its classically trained babes at the Top Hat. 7 PM. Advance tickets sold out. Open mic at Lolo Hot Springs’ BearCave Bar and Grill offers scintillating 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. Sundays are shaken, not stirred, at the Badlander’s Jazz Martini Night, with $5 martinis all evening, live jazz and local DJs keepin’ it classy. Music starts at 8 PM. Free. Mark the Sabbath with some Black Sabbath or whatever else twangs your
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heartstrings at the Sunday Funday evening karaoke at the Lucky Strike, 1515 Dearborn Ave., featuring $1 domestic drafts and wells. Free.
MONDAYFEB16 You provide the belly, Aniysa provides the expertise at the ongoing Middle Eastern Dance Classes, where dancers will incorporate finger cymbals and other props into an introductory level class at St. Patrick Wellness Center. Mondays, 6:30-8 PM, until Feb. 23. $36 for four weeks. Email ann@aniysa.com to learn more. Several local human rights advocates host the LGBT Equality Bus Trip, which departs Missoula at 9 AM to arrive at a hearing in the capitol about establishing statewide protections against discrimination. Includes a post-
dialogue Happy Hour and return at 8 PM. Registration is required to guarantee a seat, so visit the Forward Montana Facebook page to learn more. Relax and realign with Yoga for Wellness, a gentle class led by Rasa O’Neill, with an emphasis on mindfulness. Beginners are welcome, but previous experience is helpful. Meets at the Learning Center at Red Willow, 825 W. Kent Ave., Mondays from noon-1 PM. $45 for six classes, or $10 drop-in. Call 721-0033 or visit redwillowlearning.org. Simply Signing’s Robin Clason presents an ASL sign and story time for kiddos and their parents at Starving Artist Cafe, 3020 South Reserve St. 1:30-2 PM. Free.
nightlife Hot giggity, it’s the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival once again, featuring a slew of thought-provoking films, performances and special guests like Yo La Tengo. Feb. 6-16 at venues including the Wilma, Top Hat, Crystal and Dennison. Visit bigskyfilmfest.org. $299 for all-access pass/$149 for all-screening pass/$32 for five-film punch card/$8 for individual films. Dancer-types and anyone seeking to get into touch with their body can check out the Authentic Movement Group, where a facilitator will help you find and follow your own movement. The Barn Movement Studio, 2926 S. Third St. Mondays from 6-8 PM through May. $30. Call 529-2322 to register. Nathan Fillion fans, revv your engines, ‘cuz the Roxy is showing episodes of the cult-classic sci-fi series “Firefly,” on Mondays at 7 PM. $5-$7. Visit theroxytheater.org. Shake, rattle ‘n roll at the Beginner/Intermediate Jazz Dance class, led by Jennifer Meyer-Vaughan on Mondays at Downtown Dance Collective, 7:30-8:55 PM. Regular rates apply. Maintain dignity for best results at Super Trivia Freakout. Winners get cash prizes or shots after the five rounds of trivia at the Badlander, including picture and music rounds. 9 PM. Free. To get those neurons sparking, here’s a question: What do apples, pears,
[calendar] quinces, almonds and strawberries have in common? Find answer in tomorrow’s nightlife. Mysterious dames and intriguing gents put the funday back into Masquerade Monday, a DJ night at the Palace. 9 PM. No cover. Arrive with your own mask, if you please. 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.
TUESDAYFEB17 As part of a benefit for the Good Jobs Missoula Photovoice Project, Bird’s Mile Home, Whiskey Hooves and Johnny Baker (formerly of Cold Beans ‘n Bacon) play a tasty show at the upstairs Union Hall. 7 PM. Donations of cash or nonperishable food items appreciated. Join Missoula’s Chamber of Commerce for a discussion of 2015 community goals at the DoubleTree Hotel, 100 Madison St. 11 AM to 1:30 PM. $35/$25 for Chamber members; includes lunch. Call 543-6623 or visit missoulachamber.com to register. Bev Glueckert will guide young ones to artistic excellence with the After-School Art Adventure in all manner of media for ages 7-11. Meets at the Missoula Art Museum on Tuesdays, 3:45-5:15 PM, until Feb. 17. $50/$45 for members. Register at 728-0447 or missoulaartmuseum.org.
nightlife The ongoing, uninstructed Open Figure Drawing invites adults to pop in to the Missoula Art Museum for the chance to observe and sketch a live model. 5:30-7:30 PM, $7/$5 for members. Some art supplies available. Visit missoulaartmuseum.org. Spin a yarn of your own or just kick back and learn about the oft-astonishing stories from everyday peeps at Tell Us Something: Adventure, featuring 10-
minute, unscripted tales. Top Hat. 6 PM. $5. Kerry Maier and Kate Chapin facilitate The Beauty of Imperfection: A Women’s Support Group, which invites gals to reconsider the un-ending quest for perfection and find self-acceptance. Learning Center at Red Willow, 825 W. Kent Ave. Meets 6-8:30 PM on Tuesdays, Jan. 13-Feb. 17 and March 30April 21. $145 for six-week course. Visit redwillowlearning.org. 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 Tuesday from 7 to 8:30 PM at the Missoula Senior Center, 705 S. Higgins Ave. All ages and skill levels welcome. $10, $35 for four classes. Email tarn.ream@umontana.edu or call 549-7933 for more information. The UM Alumni Association’s Community Lecture Series, every Tuesday at 7 PM at the UC Theatre, features such radass profs as Ken Dial, Bret Tobalske, Creagh Breuner, Dick Hutto and Erick Greene, plus special guest Emily Graslie ‘11, host of The Brain Scoop and Internet Sensation. $20/$15 for UMAA dues-playing members/$10 students. Find info and full schedule at grizalum.org/events/cls/default.php. The UM School of Theatre and Dance explores love in the time of 1800s Ireland and international conflict in Translations. Performances at the Masquer Theatre in the PARTV Center, Feb. 17-21 and Feb. 24-28 at 7:30 PM. $9/$6 for students who are required to attend. Visit umt.edu/theatredance. MC Tory Lanez gets down on this phat Tuesday at Monk’s, along with local mic-droppers Codependents, Rude Max and Hemingway. 9 PM. $12/$8 in advance. Tickets at Rockin Rudy’s and standupmt.com. (Trivia answer: They are all members of Rosaceae, the rose family.) Mike Avery hosts the Singer-Songwriter Showcase, now on Tuesdays at the Badlander at 9 PM. No cover. Email michael.avery@live.com ahead of time to sign up.
WEDNESDAYFEB18 Ed Hamer chats about his work as a farmer and leader of the British young farmer movement and the Landworkers’ Alliance at Farm School: Farming Abroad, a potluck with beer provided. Burns Street Bistro, 5:30-8 PM. Visit missoulacfac.org/farmschool.html to learn more about this and other events in the Farm School series. The Reflective Morning Movement aims to put a spring in your step with thoughtful self-led dance. Participants enter in silence, explore their own dance and movement and depart in silence. Wednesdays at Downtown Dance Collective at 7 AM. $5 suggested donation. Visit ddcmontana.com. The inaugural Stair Climb-A-Thon invites you to compete alongside local firefighters on stair machines while raising money for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. Pledges are based on a per-step basis. Peak Health and Wellness Center, 5000 Blue Mountain Road. 7 AM-7 PM. Sign-up sheets are available at the gym or call 251-3344. The Art Associates of Missoula get together to hear from Maryanne Eikens, who chats about the beauty and strength of bronze sculptures. Missoula Art Museum. 10 AM. Call Susie to learn more at 544-0891. Painter Alison Dillon leads the Teen Artist Workshop: Beyond the Surface, where students will combine traditional techniques with mixed media materials to produce an old-school selfie. Missoula Art Museum, 4-6 PM. Free, with pizza and snacks provided.
nightlife Kommen Sie, bitte, and kick it with the cool cats of Montana Campus Compact at Bayern’s Biers for Benefits. 1507 Wyoming St. 5-8 PM. Get your beak wet at the Community uNite for MUD, where 50 cents from every pint purchased at the Northside
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[calendar] Kettlehouse between 5-8 PM goes toward the sustainability nonprofit’s programs. Let your little ones sing their hearts out at the new Missoula Kid’s Choir for ages 8-13, directed by Joshua Farmer and Caleb Van Gelder. Meets at Sussex School on Wednesdays, Feb. 18-May 20, with rehearsal from 6-7:30 PM, and performance at the Top Hat’s Family Friendly Friday on May 15. $225. Email missoulakidschoir@gmail.com to learn more. The UM School of Theatre and Dance explores love in the time of 1800s Ireland and international conflict in Translations. Performances at the Masquer Theatre in the PARTV Center, Feb. 17-21 and Feb. 24-28 at 7:30 PM. $9/$6 for students who are required to attend. Visit umt.edu/theatredance. Candy is dandy, but liquor will do just fine while John Floridis plays folky tunes at the Montana Distillery, 631 Woody St. 6 PM. Local DJs do the heavy lifting while you kick back at Milkcrate Wednesday down in the Palace. 9 PM. No cover, plus $6 PBR pitcher special. Feb. 18 features the stylings of Flintlock Leslie Kernswood, Geeter Tron and Swamp Ritual, because why the heck not?
THURSDAYFEB19 Venture into the world of relief printing with the five-week series at the ZACC, which goes over how to carve and print a relief block, and other techniques. Meets Thursdays from 68 PM until March 19. $115/$105 for members. Visit zootownarts.org/relief.class_Feb to learn more. photo courtesy Bronson Selling
Business meets casual. Odesza plays Stage 112 Fri., Feb. 13, at 10 PM (sold out) and 6 PM. $15/$13 in advance at 1111presents.com and Rockin Rudy's. All ages.
Young artists ages 2 and up can get off on the right foot at Art Start, a morning DIY series at the ZACC, where you and your kid will work on
an array of engaging projects at your own pace. Thursdays, 11 AM-1 PM, through Feb. 26. $6/$5 for members; drop-ins welcome.
nightlife The Social Sustainability Series invites business-y types to kick back with some refreshments and get hip to cultivating happy, productive employees, with topics like transit-friendly workplaces, inclusive work environments and environmental health. Adventure Cycling, 150 E. Pine St., Feb. 5 and Feb. 19, from 5:30-7 PM. Free. Visit sustainablebusinesscouncil.org. Party down with the divine Ms. Caroline Keys when she brings Jeff Turman along to boogie at Draught Works, 6-8 PM. No cover. The UM School of Theatre and Dance explores Translations. Performances at the Masquer Theatre in the PARTV Center, Feb. 17-21 and Feb. 24-28 at 7:30 PM. $9/$6 for students who are required to attend. Visit umt.edu/theatredance. Bottoms up at the Drop Culture Dance Party, featuring hot beats, cheap drinkies and people of assorted genders shaking their tailfeathers. Monk’s Bar. 9 PM. Load up on Vitamin R when Cain and Fable, Fallow and Dragon Fruit Parfait bring the rock ‘n roll music down to the Palace. 9 PM. No cover. Hips are shaken, not stirred when Good Old Fashioned plays honky tonk rock ‘n roll at the Top Hat, starting at 9:30 PM. No cover. Sugar pie, honey bun. Submit events at calendar@missoulanews.com at least two weeks in advance of the event to guarantee publication. Don’t forget to include the date, time and cost. If you must, snail mail to Calapatra c/o the Independent, 317 S. Orange St., Missoula, MT 59801. You can also submit online. Just find the “submit an event� link under the Spotlight on the right corner at missoulanews.com.
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he Runner’s Edge Treadmill Challenge includes six men and six women hitting treadmills for 10 minutes at a time—at a 12 percent grade, no less—to see who can cover the most distance. Over the course of six heats, competitors will be narrowed down to crown the sweatiest King and Queen of the treadmill. I dunno about you, but such a display of endurance and determination really inspires me to grab a beer and watch the competition while pretending I know everything about what it takes to win. (This is the basic theme of most sports spectating, right?) At the Treadmill Challenge, you can hang out, drink Big Sky beer and, if you correctly predict the winners, you
might win a prize yourself. Fame, glory and beer are all worthy pursuits, but they aren’t the only points here: The Treadmill Challenge is a fundraiser for Missoula Youth Homes’ Inner Roads Wilderness Program, which takes at-risk youth on affordable therapeutic trips into the woods. I’ll raise a pint to that. —Kate Whittle The Runner’s Edge Treadmill Challenge features 12 runners competing, while everybody else drinks beer and watches. Thu., Feb. 12, at 304 N. Higgins Ave. Doors at 6:30, race at 7 PM. $7 to attend; proceeds benefit Missoula Youth Homes. Cash only, please.
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THURSDAY FEBRUARY 12 The Winter Wildlands Alliance Backcountry Film Festival marks 10 years of “Snow Less Traveled” with a screening at the Hamilton City Hall, 223 S. Second St. Doors at 6 PM, show at 7. $10. Morgan Valliant, and that is his real name, chats about the fight against weeds and the Missoula Conservation Lands Vegetation Management Program at the Gallagher Business Building, room L09. 7:30 PM.
MONDAY FEBRUARY 16 The Winter Walking Tours series invites folks on guided winter walks/hikes through conservation lands in the Missoula area. Snowshoes provided if they’re necessary. Meets at Currents Aquatic Center on Mondays at 9 AM, with hot cocoa provided after. $5. Call 721-7275.
TUESDAY FEBRUARY 17 As the earth tilts on its axis, the Montana Dirt Girls switch gears to host weekly hikes in the Missoula area, Tuesday evenings at 6 PM, November through March, with the chance to grab dinner afterward. Foot-grippers and headlamps advisable. Find out locations and info by signing up for the mail list at mtdirtgirls.tripod.com. The Northern Rocky Mountain Grotto caving club (*not* spelunkers, that is for amateurs, yo) meets to hear from Daryl Greaser about “Wilderness
Expedition Caving in the Scapegoat Wilderness.” Bayern Brewing upstairs meeting room, 6 PM. Research scientist Alan Watson presents “Bigger than Wilderness: Transformative Realizations from Doing Wilderness Science” as part of the Wilderness Lecture Series. Gallagher Business Building, room 123. 7 PM.
SATURDAY FEBRUARY 18 If you can spot a hoary marmot a mile away, you’ll crush the competition at the Naturalist Trivia Night, hosted by the Montana Natural History Center, 120 Hickory St. 7-8:30 PM. $4 suggested donation/free for members. BYOB. Hump day just got friskier with the Wednesday Night Ski Race League, where teams of four (including at least one woman) race weekly at Snowbowl, Wednesdays from 7-10 PM until March 6. $395 per team. Contact missoulaalpinerace@gmail.com or 240-0836 for info.
THURSDAY FEBRUARY 19 The Bitterroot Trout Unlimited Meeting brings “indefatigable” MFWP biologist Chris Clancy to give the good news and the bad news about the Bitterroot River. Hamilton Elks Lodge, 203 State St. 7 PM. (Plus, folks are having dinner with Chris at Spice of Life at 5 PM prior.) calendar@missoulanews.com
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The old nugget about “walk a mile in another man’s shoes” might seem a little cliché, but it still holds true that learning what someone else’s life is like can foster empathy and compassion. To that end, the nonprofit Good Jobs Missoula, which was launched in 2013 by the Missoula Area Central Labor Council, is spearheading a new PhotoVoice photography project. The photos depict the everyday experience of people who make their living in the service industry. As a fundraiser for PhotoVoice, the Missoula chapter of International Workers of the World hosts a show at the Union Hall on Tuesday. The event will include a screening of Together We Win: The Fight to Organize Starbucks, a short 2006 documentary about the IWW Starbuck’s Workers Union. After the film, stick around to hear a set from such blue-collar bands as Bird’s Mile Home, Whiskey Hooves and Johnny Baker. The show is free, but bring some cash and/or nonperishable food; proceeds will benefit the Pho-
toVoice project and the Missoula Food Bank. Requested items include canned chili, condiments, cooking oil and salad dressings. —Kate Whittle As part of a benefit for the Good Jobs Missoula Photovoice Project, Bird’s Mile Home, Whiskey Hooves and Johnny Baker play a tasty show at the upstairs Union Hall Tue., Feb. 17. 7 PM. Donations of cash or nonperishable food items requested. Call Diane at 531-0601 or email dl.kafer@yahoo.com for more info.
[AGENDA LISTINGS] THURSDAY FEBRUARY 12 The National Alliance on Mental Illness’s Missoula chapter hosts an informal support group and meeting every Thursday at the Providence Center in Missoula, Room 109. 10 AM-noon. Email namimissoula@gmail.com to learn more. Adults with mental illness can get friendly support at NAMI Connection, every Thursday at the NAMI office in St. Paul Church, 202 Brooks St., Room 210. 1:30-3 PM. Find the “NAMI” sign on the courtyard door. Email namimissoula@gmail.com for info.
from 9 AM-3 PM and Mon., Feb. 16 from 8 AM-4 PM. Cash or check only.
TUESDAY FEBRUARY 17 Get the most bang for your buck at the Financial Fitness Class at Homeword, which goes over the basics of saving, budgeting and debt management. Meets Tue., Feb. 17-Thu., Feb. 19 from 6-9 PM. Childcare available and refreshments provided, plus $20 gift cards are offered if you complete the class. Free, but make sure to register at homeword.org or call 532-4663, ext. 10.
Doff your top hat when poli sci prof Diana Schaub presents “Lincoln at Gettysburg: Statesmanship in Speech,” examining how Honest Abe dealt with the crises of the Civil War. Dell Brown Room of Turner Hall. 7 PM.
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Learn more about Missoula’s history at Partner Connections, a networking event with presentations about the planned celebrations for the city’s 150th anniversary this summer. Fort Missoula, 5-7 PM. Food and drinks will be provided.
For Valentine’s Day, the Missoula County Employees’ Council will host a bake sale and raffle in the courthouse rotunda from 8:30 AM-3 PM. For questions, or to purchase a raffle ticket, call 258-3228. Proceeds benefit Missoula Mended Hearts, a nonprofit that supports patients with heart disease. Grab a pen and paper and get crackin’ at Learning from Your Life: Writing for Resilience, which teaches how to work through difficult events and celebrate life’s joys through writing. Learning Center at Red Willow, 825 W. Kent Ave. Meets Fridays from 11 AM-1 PM through March 13. $145 for five-week course. Call 721-0033 or visit redwillowlearning.org for registration and info.
SUNDAY FEBRUARY 15 The Missoula Area Secular Society presents the M.A.S.S. Lunch, where atheists, secular humanists, agnostics and other freethinkers meet. Take note the group is now meeting on the first and third Sunday of every month for brunch at 10 AM at the Stone of Accord, 4951 N. Reserve St. Free to attend, but the food costs you. Visit secularmissoula.org.
MONDAY FEBRUARY 16 Get ahead of the game at the St. Patrick Hospital Trauma Services low-cost helmet sale, with affordable bike, skateboard, ski and equestrian gear. Garden City Medical Building, 601 W. Spruce, Ste. G. Wed., Feb. 4
UM professor Terry Weidner chats about “Politics under China’s ‘New Mao:’ The Good, The Bad, and the Downright Ugly,” as part of the Brown Bag Lecture series. University Center, room 333. 12:10-1 PM.
People looking for help with overeating issues can come to Overeaters Anonymous meetings on the third floor of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church on Brooks St., Wednesdays. Newbies can come at 6:30 PM, and the regular meeting begins at 7 PM. The Montana Satsang Society, an Eckankar affiliate, hosts an open forum to discuss spiritual experiences. Missoula Public Library, 6:30-7:30 PM.
THURSDAY FEBRUARY 19 The MCPS Smart Schools 2020 Bus Tours invite community members to tour facilities that need to be updated. Meet at the MCPS administration building, 215 S. Sixth St. W. Jan. 22’s tour departs at 9 AM to visit Mount Jumbo, Whittier and Lowell schools. Feb. 19’s tour leaves at 10 AM for Hellgate, Paxson and Lewis and Clark. Sign up for the tour by visiting mcpsmt.org. UM groups host a screening of Race to Nowhere: The Dark Side of America’s Achievement Culture, about overstressed and overburdened students who enter college depressed and uninspired. Oof, I need a beer just thinking about that. Anyhoo, there’s also a discussion to follow with Phi Delta Kappa and UM’s College of Education and Human Sciences. University Center Theater. 7 PM. Free.
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SEISMIC MATTERS I have a wonderful new boyfriend, but I've been avoiding sleeping over at his place because I snore. Not cute ladylike snores but loud, bed-shaking ones. I'm not overweight. (In fact, I'm in really great shape from CrossFit.) I don't have sleep apnea. And snore strips and bite guards are useless. (This is something I'll eventually need surgery for.) I'm afraid my boyfriend won't be so attracted to me once he hears my "night noises." — Stressing A guy will generally appreciate a woman who's kind of a wild thing in bed— just not when he jolts awake to call Animal Control to show up with nets and a tranquilizer gun. Luckily, it doesn't have to get to that point—if you and he can think a little differently about doing your sleeping in separate beds, which is supposedly the province of couples who last had sex when FDR was in office. It's actually that of couples looking to wake up rested instead of exhausted. Though romantic partners insisted to sleep researcher James Horne that they sleep best when they share a bed, the squiggly line of his sleep-monitoring gizmo said otherwise, suggesting that separate beds make for a far less interrupted night's rest. (This is especially true for anyone with a partner who cagefights in her dreams, wakes up frequently to sleep-drive to Home Depot, or snores like an asthmatic wolverine.) Because that which does not kill us can still scare us awake—and because big scary facts tend to shrink to a more manageable size when revealed in advance—you should tell the guy about your snoring instead of letting him find out. And because we judge things by comparison, let him think the worst—if only for a moment. Say, "There's something I have to tell you..." He'll wonder, "Oh, no … do I need to go to the clinic?" He should be relieved when you reveal that you "breathe loudly" in your sleep—that is, in a way that announces you're still alive … to neighbors two doors down. Next, present the solution: doing the fun stuff together in the same bed but slumbering separately. If the guy's got any smarts, he'll put this in perspective. The good news: You have the body of a 22-year-old stripper. The bad news: You snore like a drunken hobo on a bench. (Can't win 'em all!)
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PLAYING WITH MISMATCHES I like this woman I've been seeing, but she's really in love with me. I've been clear that I'm not ready to get more serious and that I'm really never going to be up for that with her. She's chosen to stick around, but her best friend called me crying, saying I'm breaking her heart. (Yikes!) Is it wrong to stay with somebody whose feelings are much stronger than yours? —Troubled She sees the two of you getting old together. You see the two of you getting together for sex on Friday. The French make this sort of mismatch sound sexy and fabulous, calling what she's feeling "la douleur exquise"—the "exquisite pain" of wanting somebody you can't have. But look under the hood and you'll see an ugly stew of hormones and the psychological gotchas called cognitive biases—unconscious errors in reasoning—leading to an acute case of adult-onset puppy love. Some would argue that this woman is worshipping at your altar of her own free will (laying if not crops and a goat at your feet, then undying love, Doritos, and beer). The truth is, a cognitive bias called the "sunk cost fallacy" probably has a good bit to do with her sticking around. This describes our tendency to be irrational "investors"—deciding whether we'll continue putting time, energy, and/or money into something based on what we've already put in. This is dumb, because our initial investment is gone, and throwing in more whatever won't change that. Unfortunately, though we humans have a reasoning department built into our brain, cognitive biases can keep it a plastic-wrapped no-go zone, much like my late grandma's living room couch. Love is not always 50/50, but it also shouldn't be, oh, 90/10. Eventually, if you have a conscience, taking advantage of her futile hopes will prey on you (if it hasn't already). And sooner or later, she's likely to resent and maybe even hate you for sticking around to never give her what she wants—instead providing the dating version of "Hey, we don't sell what you need at this store, but please hang out here till we go out of business."
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PROFESSIONAL Development Coordinator Montana Food Bank Network, a statewide nonprofit located in Missoula, is seeking a Development Coordinator to further its mission to end hunger in Montana. Under the direction of the Chief Development Officer, this position has responsibility for managing logistics for special events, recruitment and retention of volunteers for operational and fundraising needs, and identification and submission of grant proposals. Requirements include a Bachelor’s degree and minimum 1 year of experience in similar work, at least 3 years of experience working in customer service, ability to type at least 60 WPM with a high level of accuracy, and proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite. Must have or ability to obtain Food Safety Certificate. Requires valid driver’s license. Preferred experience includes working with nonprofits, along with previous experience working with volunteers, special events and grants management with a non-profit. Must be sensitive to needs of low-income and diverse populations. This is a full time position. Will work Monday - Friday day shift. Pay is $27,478/year, plus benefits.
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CANCER (June 21-July 22): Want to infuse your romantic interludes with wilder moods now and then? Want to cultivate a kind of intimacy that taps deeper into your animal intelligence? If so, try acting out each other's dreams or drawing magic symbols on each other's bodies. Whisper funny secrets into each other's ears or wrestle like good-natured drunks on the living room floor. Howl like coyotes. Caw like crows. Purr like cheetahs. Sing boisterous songs and recite feral poetry to each other. Murmur this riff, adapted from Pablo Neruda: "Our love was born in the wind, in the night, in the earth. That’s why the clay and the flower, the mud and the roots know our names."
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GEMINI (May 21-June 20): I'd like to bestow a blessing on you and your closest ally. My hope is that it will help you reduce the restlessness that on occasion undermines the dynamism of your relationship. Here's the benediction, inspired by a Robert Bly poem: As you sit or walk or lie next to each other, you share a mood of glad acceptance. You aren't itchy or fidgeting, wondering if there's something better to be or do. You don't wish you were talking about a different subject or feeling a different emotion or living in a different world. You are content to be exactly who you are, exactly where you are.
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TAURUS (April 20-May 20): "We assume that others show their love in the same way that we do," writes psychologist Amy Przeworski, "and if they don’t follow that equation, we worry that the love is not there." I think you're on track to overcome this fundamental problem, Taurus. Your struggles with intimacy have made you wise enough to surrender your expectations about how others should show you their love. You're almost ready to let them give you their affection and demonstrate their care for you in ways that come natural to them. In fact, maybe you're ready RIGHT NOW.
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By Rob Brezsny ARIES (March 21-April 19): I hope you have someone in your life to whom you can send the following love note, and if you don't, I trust you will locate that someone no later than August 1: "I love you more than anyone loves you, or has loved you, or will love you, and also, I love you in a way that no one loves you, or has loved you, or will love you, and also, I love you in a way that I love no one else, and never have loved anyone else, and never will love anyone else." (This passage is borrowed from author Jonathan Safran Foer's book Everything Is Illuminated.)
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Is there any sense in which your closest alliance is a gift to the world? Does your relationship inspire anyone? Do the two of you serve as activators and energizers, igniting fires in the imaginations of those whose lives you touch? If not, find out why. And if you are tapping into those potentials, it's time to raise your impact to the next level. Together the two of you now have extra power to synergize your collaboration in such a way that it sends out ripples of benevolence everywhere you go.
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VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): The poet Rainer Marie Rilke said that people misunderstand the role of love. "They have made it into play and pleasure because they think that play and pleasure are more blissful than work," he wrote. "But there is nothing happier than work. And love, precisely because it is the supreme happiness, can be nothing other than work." I'm sharing this perspective with you for two reasons, Virgo. First, of all the signs in the zodiac, you're most likely to thrive on his approach. Second, you're in a phase of your astrological cycle when this capacity of yours is at a peak. Here's how Rilke finished his thought: "Lovers should act as if they had a great work to accomplish."
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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): About 2,600 years ago, the Greek poet Sappho wrote the following declaration: "You make me hot." In the next ten days, I'd love for you to feel motivated to say or think that on a regular basis. In fact, I predict that you will. The astrological omens suggest you're in a phase when you are both more likely to be made hot and more likely to encounter phenomena that make you hot. Here are some other fragments from Sappho that might come in handy when you need to express your torrid feelings: 1. "This randy madness I joyfully proclaim." 2. "Eros makes me shiver again . . . Snake-sly, invincible." 3. "Desire has shaken my mind as wind in the mountain forests roars through trees." (Translations by Guy Davenport.)
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SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): In the TV science-fiction show Doctor Who, the title character lives in a time machine that is also a spaceship. It's called a Tardis. From the outside, it appears to be barely bigger than a phone booth. But once you venture inside, you find it's a spacious chateau with numerous rooms, including a greenhouse, library, observatory, swimming pool, and karaoke bar. This is an excellent metaphor for you, Scorpio. Anyone who wants your love or friendship must realize how much you resemble a Tardis. If they don't understand that you're far bigger on the inside than you seem on the outside, it's unlikely the two of you can have a productive relationship. This Valentine season, as a public service, make sure that everyone you're seriously involved with knows this fact.
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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Love and intimacy come in many forms. There are at least a billion different ways for you to be attracted to another person, and a trillion different ways to structure your relationship. Maybe your unique bond involves having sex, or maybe it doesn't. Maybe it's romantic or friendly or holy, or all three of those things. Do the two of you have something important to create together, or is your connection more about fueling each other's talents? Your task is to respect and revere the idiosyncratic ways you fit together, not force yourselves to conform to a prototype. To celebrate the Valentine season, I invite you and your closest ally to play around with these fun ideas.
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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Anais Nin wrote the following passage in her novel A Spy in the House of Love: "As other girls prayed for handsomeness in a lover, or for wealth, or for power, or for poetry, she had prayed fervently: let him be kind." I recommend that approach for you right now, Capricorn. A quest for tender, compassionate attention doesn't always have to be at the top of your list of needs, but I think it should be for now. You will derive a surprisingly potent alchemical boost from basking in kindness. It will catalyze a breakthrough that can't be unleashed in any other way. Ask for it!
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AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): How many desires do you have? Take a rough inventory. Identify the experiences you continually seek in your quest to feel relief and pleasure and salvation and love and a sense of meaning. You can also include fantasies that go unfulfilled and dreams that may or may not come true in the future. As you survey this lively array, don't censor yourself or feel any guilt. Simply give yourself to a sumptuous meditation on all the longings that fuel your journey. This is your prescription for the coming week. In ways you may not yet be able to imagine, it is the medicine you need most.
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PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): The German word Nachkussen refers to the kind of kiss that compensates for all the kissing that has not been happening, all the kissing that has been omitted or lost. If it has been too long since you've kissed anyone, you need Nachkussen. If your lover hasn't kissed you lately with the focused verve you long for, you need Nachkussen. If you yourself have been neglecting to employ your full artistry and passion as you bestow your kisses, you need Nachkussen. From what I can tell, Pisces, this Valentine season is a full-on Nachkussen holiday for you. Now please go get what you haven't been getting. Go to RealAstrology.com to check out Rob Brezsny’s EXPANDED WEEKLY AUDIO HOROSCOPES and DAILY TEXT MESSAGE HOROSCOPES.
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MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Case No. DP-14-242 Dept. No. 3 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN RE THE ESTATE OF: KAREN L. MILLER, 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 (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 William Applegate, the Personal Representative, return receipt requested, at 4732 Graham Street, Missoula, MT 59808, or filed with the Clerk of the above Court. Dated January 23, 2015. /s/ William J. Applegate, Personal Representative, 4732 Graham Street, Missoula, MT 59808
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MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Case No. DP-15-20 Dept. No. 2 NOTICE TO CREDITORS In the Matter of the Estate of ROSINA DARIDA CROONENBERGHS, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned have been appointed Personal Representatives 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 the Personal Representatives, Alberta K. Kronen and Steven J. Croonenberghs, return receipt requested, at Tipp & Buley, P.C., PO Box 3778, Missoula, MT 59806 or filed with the Clerk of the above Court. DATED this 4th day of February, 2015 /s/ Alberta K. Kronen, Personal Representative /s/ Steven J. Croonenberghs, Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Case No. DP-15-21 Dept. No. 1 NOTICE TO CREDITORS In the Matter of the Estate of ELVER ANDREAS HEHN, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the decedent are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to the Personal Representative, Lynette Joy Hill, return receipt requested, at Tipp & Buley, P.C., PO Box 3778, Missoula, MT 59806 or filed with the Clerk of the above Court. DATED this 28th day of January, 2015 /s/ Lynette Joy Hill, Personal Representative
MISSOULA COUNTY Cause No.: DR-14-855 Department No.: 3 SUMMONS FOR PUBLICATION IN RE THE MARRIAGE OF: Sharon Elizabeth Schneider, Petitioner, and Robert James Schneider, Respondent. THE STATE OF MONTANA SENDS GREETINGS TO THE ABOVE-NAMED RESPONDENT: You, the Respondent, are hereby summoned to answer the Petition in this action, which is filed with 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 Petitioner within twenty-one days after 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 for the relief demanded in the Petition. This action is brought to obtain a Dissolution of Marriage. Title to and interest in the following real property will be involved in this action: None. DATED this 27th day of January, 2015. /s/ Shirley E. Faust, Clerk of Court By: /s/ Andy Brunkhart, Deputy Clerk MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 1 Probate No. DP-15-13 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF EARL L. SHERRON, JR. Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Donna Jean Sherron has been ap-
MNAXLP pointed 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, Montana 59802, or filed with the Clerk of the above Court. Dated this 21st day of January, 2015. /s/ Kirby S. Christian, Attorney for Personal Representative /s/ Donna Jean Sherron MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 2 Probate No. DP-15-19 NOTICE OF HEARING OF PETITION FOR FINAL ACCOUNT AND FOR SETTLEMENT AND DISTRIBUTION OF THE TRUST IN THE MATTER OF SUPROCK TRUST, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Lorraine Curtis by and through her counsel of record has filed in the above Court and cause a Petition for Final Account and for Settlement and Distribution of the Trust. For further information, the Petition, as filed, may be examined in the office of the clerk of the above Court. Hearing upon said Petition will be held in said Court at the courtroom in the courthouse at Missoula, Mon-
tana, on the 3rd day of March, 2015, at the hour of 11:00 o’clock a.m., at which time all interested persons may appear and object. Dated this 3rd day of February, 2015. BOONE KARLBERG P.C. By: /s/ Julie R. Sirrs P. O. Box 9199 Missoula, Montana 59807 Attorneys for Lorraine Curtis MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 2 Probate No. DP-15-2 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF JOHN T. GIBLIN, JR., Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned have been appointed Co-Personal Representatives of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the said estate are required to present their claim within four (4) months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to ROBERT C. GIBLIN and SARAH E. GIBLIN, return receipt requested, c/o Worden Thane P.C., PO Box 4747, Missoula, Montana 59806 or filed with the Clerk of the above-entitled Court. DATED this 7th day of January, 2015. /s/ ROBERT C. GIBLIN, Co-Personal Representative /s/ SARAH E. GIBLIN, Co-Personal Representative WORDEN THANE PC By: /s/ Gail M. Haviland
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PUBLIC NOTICES MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 3 Cause No. DP-15-8 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN RE THE ESTATE OF: THOMAS HARRISON HAYES, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Thomas Harrison Hayes, Jr., 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 Thomas Harrison Hayes, Jr., Personal Representative, return receipt requested, c/o, Timothy D. Geiszler, GEISZLER STEELE, PC, 619 Southwest Higgins, Suite K, Missoula, Montana 59803 or filed with the Clerk of the above Court. DATED this 13th day of January 2015. GEISZLER STEELE, PC. BY: /s/ Timothy D. Geiszler, Attorneys for the Personal Representative. I declare under penalty of perjury and under the laws of the state of Montana that the foregoing is true and correct. DATED this 13th day of January 2015. /s/ Thomas Harrison Hayes, Jr., Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 3 Probate No. DP-14-259 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF HELEN KOZLOWSKI, 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 either be mailed to Carol Coats, 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 above-entitled 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 5th day of February, 2015, at Missoula, Montana. /s/ Carol Coats BOONE KARLBERG P.C. By: /s/ Julie R. Sirrs, Esq. P. O. Box 9199 Missoula, Montana 59807 Attorneys for Carol Coats, Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 4 Cause No. DV-15-44 NOTICE OF PENDING NAME CHANGE IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION FOR CHANGE OF NAME OF: BONITA GAIL GRIFFIN BISHOP, Petitioner. TO ALL PERSONS INTERESTED HEREIN: PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a Peti-
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tion for Name Change of BONITA GAIL GRIFFIN BISHOP to obtain an order of this Court granting leave to assume the name of GAIL GRIFFIN BISHOP, will be presented to the above-entitled Court, at the Missoula County Courthouse at Missoula, Montana, on Tuesday the 24th day of March, 2015 at 1:30 p.m., or as soon thereafter as counsel can be heard, and that at such time, application will be made for the relief sought in the said Petition. DATED this 26th day of January, 2015. WELLS & MCKITTRICK, P.C. By: /s/ JAMIE J. McKITTRICK, Attorneys for Petitioner MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 4 Probate No. DP-14-244 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF SARAH JANE SAVAGE., Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Teresa Nollmeyer 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 said 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 West Spruce, Missoula, Montana 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 6th day of January. 2015. /s/ Teresa Nollmeyer, Personal Representative of the Estate of Sarah Jane Savage /s/ Kevin S. Jones, Attorney for Personal Representative NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 12/14/05, recorded as Instrument No. 200533743 BK 766 Pg 391, mortgage records of MISSOULA County, Montana in which James K. Harbison and Susan E. Harbison, as Joint Tenants was Grantor, Wells Fargo Financial Montana, Inc. was Beneficiary and First American Title Company was Trustee. First American Title Insurance Company has succeeded First American Title Company as Successor Trustee. The Deed of Trust encumbers real property (“Property”) located in MISSOULA County, Montana, more particularly described as follows: The E1/2 of Lot 25, all of Lot 26 and 27 and the W1/2 of Lot 28 in Block 61 of Supplement to Car Line Addition, a platted subdivision in the City of Missoula, Missoula County, Montana, according to the Official Recorded Plat thereof. Recording reference: Book 522 of Micro records at Page 733.
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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 01/31/14 installment payment and all monthly installment payments due thereafter. As of December 9, 2014, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $209,239.43. This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $193,022.70, 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 21, 2015 at 11:00 AM, Mountain Time. The sale is a public sale and any person, including Beneficiary and excepting only Successor Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding at the sale location in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by trustee’s deed without any representation or warranty, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis. Grantor, successor in interest to Grantor or any other person having an interest in the Property may, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, pay to Beneficiary the entire amount then due on the Loan (including foreclosure costs and expenses actually incurred and trustee’s and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred. Tender of these sums shall effect a cure of the defaults stated above (if all non-monetary defaults are also cured) and shall result in Trustee’s termination of the foreclosure and cancellation of the foreclosure sale. The trustee’s rules of auction may be accessed at www.northwesttrustee.com and are incorporated by the reference. You may also access sale status at www.Northwesttrustee.com or USA-Foreclosure.com. (TS# 7023.111330) 1002.276205File No. NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on April 10, 2015, at 11:00 o’clock A.M. at the Main Door
of the Missoula County Courthouse located at 200 West Broadway in Missoula, MT 59802, the following described real property situated in Missoula County, Montana: Tax Id Number(s):2493109 Land Situated in the City of Missoula in the County of Missoula in the State of MT Lots 17 and 18 in Block 65 of South Missoula Addition, a platted subdivision in the city of Missoula, Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded plat thereof. Commonly known as: 825 Marshall St, Missoula, MT 59801 Michael J. Patterson, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to Title Source, Inc., as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated on December 12, 2011 and recorded on December 27, 2011 in Book 887, Page 435 as Document No. 201121608. The beneficial interest is currently held by Quicken Loans Inc. First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., is the Successor Trustee pursuant to a Substitution of Trustee recorded in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Missoula County, Montana. The beneficiary has declared a default in the terms of said Deed of Trust by failing to make the monthly payments due in the amount of $863.92, beginning May 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. The total amount due on this obligation as of November 1, 2014 is $168,770.33 principal, interest at the rate of 4.25% totaling $4,184.11, late charges in the amount of $207.36, escrow advances of $694.12, and other fees and expenses advanced of $238.56, plus accruing interest at the rate of $19.65 per diem, late charges, and other costs and fees that may be advanced. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary, the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust. Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds of this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation. The sale is a public sale and any person, including the beneficiary, excepting only the Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will
be made by Trustee’s Deed without any representation or warranty, including warranty of Title, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis, without limitation, the sale is being made subject to all existing conditions, if any, of lead paint, mold or other environmental or health hazards. The sale purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th day following the sale. The grantor, successor in interest to the grantor or any other person having an interest in the property, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, may pay to the beneficiary or the successor in interest to the beneficiary the entire amount then due under the deed of trust and the obligation secured thereby (including costs and expenses actually incurred and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred and thereby cure the default. The scheduled Trustee’s Sale may be postponed by public proclamation up to 15 days for any reason, and in the event of a bankruptcy filing, the sale may be postponed by the trustee for up to 120 days by public proclamation at least every 30 days. THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Dated: December 8, 2014 /s/ Dalia Martinez Assistant Secretary, First American Title Company of Montana, Inc. Successor Trustee Title Financial Specialty Services PO Box 339 Blackfoot ID 83221 STATE OF Idaho)) ss. County of Bingham) On this 8th day of December, 2014, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Dalia Martinez, known to me to be the Assistant Secretary of First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., Successor Trustee, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that she executed the same. /s/ Lisa J Tornabene Notary Public Bingham County, Idaho Commission expires: 11/6/2018 Quicken V Patterson 42010.026 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on April 10, 2015, at 11:00 o’clock A.M. at the Main Door of the Missoula County Courthouse located at 200 West Broadway in Missoula, MT 59802, the following described real property situated in Missoula County, Montana: Lot 4 of Sweet Grass addition at Maloney Ranch Phase I, a platted subdivision in Missoula County, Montana, According to the official recorded plat thereof Steven C. Taylor and Kelley L. Taylor, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to Ticor Title Insurance Company, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage
PUBLIC NOTICES Electronic Registration Systems, Inc, as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated February 23, 2006 and recorded March 1, 2006 in Book 769, Page 1035 under Document no. 200604573; Modification Agreement recorded March 21, 2012 in Book 891, Page 554 under Document no. 201205277. The beneficial interest is currently held by LPP Mortgage Ltd.. First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., is the Successor Trustee pursuant to a Substitution of Trustee recorded in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Missoula County, Montana. The beneficiary has declared a default in the terms of said Deed of Trust by failing to make the monthly payments due in the amount of $1,466.45, beginning March 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. The total amount due on this obligation as of December 5, 2014 is $367,804.98 principal, interest at the rate of 3.00% totaling $9,316.02, escrow advances of $5,475.55, and other fees and expenses advanced of $1,278.14, plus accruing interest at the rate of $30.23 per diem, late charges, and other costs and fees that may be advanced. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary, the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust. Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds of this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation. The sale is a public sale and any person, including the beneficiary, excepting only the Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by Trustee’s Deed without any representation or warranty, including warranty of Title, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis, without limitation, the sale is being made subject to all existing conditions, if any, of lead paint, mold or other environmental or health hazards. The sale purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th day following the sale. The grantor, successor in interest to the grantor or any other person having an interest in the property, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, may pay to the beneficiary or the successor in interest to the beneficiary the
entire amount then due under the deed of trust and the obligation secured thereby (including costs and expenses actually incurred and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred and thereby cure the default. The scheduled Trustee’s Sale may be postponed by public proclamation up to 15 days for any reason, and in the event of a bankruptcy filing, the sale may be postponed by the trustee for up to 120 days by public proclamation at least every 30 days. THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Dated: December 8, 2014 /s/ Dalia Martinez Assistant Secretary, First American Title Company of Montana, Inc. Successor Trustee Title Financial Specialty Services PO Box 339 Blackfoot ID 83221 STATE OF Idaho )) ss. County of Bingham) On this 8th day of December, 2014, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Dalia Martinez, known to me to be the Assistant Secretary of First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., Successor Trustee, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that she executed the same. /s/ Lisa J Tornabene Notary Public Bingham County, Idaho Commission expires: 11/6/2018 Dmi V Taylor 41212.589 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on April 13, 2015, at 11:00 o’clock A.M. at the Main Door of the Missoula County Courthouse located at 200 West Broadway in Missoula, MT 59802, the following described real property situated in Missoula County, Montana: Tract 3-A3 of Certificate of Survey No. 1909, being a portion of Tract 3A of Certificate of Survey No. 1743, located in the Northeast quarter of Section 3, Township 11 North, Range 20 West, P.M.M., Missoula County, Montana. TOGETHER WITH a 60 foot private roadway easement for ingress and egress as shown on Certificate of Survey Nos. 1369, 1743 and 1909. Orion A Heath aka Orion Allen Heath, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to Stewart Title of Missoula County, Inc, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to World Alliance Financial Corp., as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated on March 10, 2009 and recorded on March 16., 2009 Book 835 Page 611 as Document No. 200905777. The beneficial interest is currently held by Bank of America, N.A.. First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., is the Successor Trustee pursuant to a Substitution of Trustee recorded in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Missoula County, Montana. The beneficiary has
MNAXLP declared a default in the terms of said Deed of Trust by vacating the property on March 23, 2012. The total amount due on this obligation as of October 31, 2014 is $280,056.72 principal, interest at the rate of 5.830% now totaling $1,360.61 and other fees and expenses advanced of $13,836.53, plus accruing interest at the rate of $51.20 per diem, late charges, and other costs and fees that may be advanced. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary, the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust. Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds of this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation. The sale is a public sale and any person, including the beneficiary, excepting only the Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by Trustee’s Deed without any representation or warranty, including warranty of Title, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis, without limitation, the sale is being made subject to all existing conditions, if any, of lead paint, mold or other environmental or health hazards. The sale purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th day following the sale. The grantor, successor in interest to the grantor or any other person having an interest in the property, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, may pay to the beneficiary or the successor in interest to the beneficiary the entire amount then due under the deed of trust and the obligation secured thereby (including costs and expenses actually incurred and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred and thereby cure the default. The scheduled Trustee’s Sale may be postponed by public proclamation up to 15 days for any reason, and in the event of a bankruptcy filing, the sale may be postponed by the trustee for up to 120 days by public proclamation at least every 30 days. THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Dated: December 3, 2014 /s/ Dalia Martinez Assistant Secretary, First American Title Company of Montana, Inc. Successor Trustee Title Financial Specialty Services PO
Box 339 Blackfoot ID 83221 STATE OF Idaho )) ss. County of Bingham) On this 3rd day of December, 2014, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Dalia Martinez, known to me to be the Assistant Secretary of First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., Successor Trustee, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that she executed the same. /s/ Lisa J Tornabene Notary Public Bingham County, Idaho Commission expires: 11/6/2018 Reverse Mortgage V Heath 42083.005 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on April 6, 2015, at 11:00 o’clock A.M. at the Main Door of the Missoula County Courthouse located at 200 West Broadway in Missoula, MT 59802, the following described real property situated in Missoula County, Montana: Lot 7 in Block 1 of Susan Addition, a platted subdivision in Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded plat thereof. Keith E. Jacobsen, and Eula G. Jacobsen, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to Insured Titles, LLC, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to ABN Amro Mortgage Group, Inc., as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated on October 24, 2002 and dated on October 24, 2002 in Book 691, Page 208 as Document No. 200230935. The beneficial interest is currently held by CitiMortgage, Inc. successor by merger to ABN Amro Mortgage Group, Inc.. First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., is the Successor Trustee pursuant to a Substitution of Trustee recorded in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Missoula County, Montana. The beneficiary has declared a default in the terms of said Deed of Trust by failing to make the monthly payments due in the amount of $942.67, beginning June 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. The total amount due on this obligation as of October 17, 2014 is $128,772.35 principal, interest at the rate of 5.875% now totaling $3,483.88, late charges in the amount of $315.45, escrow advances of $1,025.73, and other fees and expenses advanced of $61.38, plus accruing interest at the rate of $20.73 per diem, late charges, and other costs and fees that may be advanced. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary, the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations
secured by the Deed of Trust. Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds of this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation. The sale is a public sale and any person, including the beneficiary, excepting only the Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by Trustee’s Deed without any representation or warranty, including warranty of Title, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis, without limitation, the sale is being made subject to all existing conditions, if any, of lead paint, mold or other environmental or health hazards. The sale purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th day following the sale. The grantor, successor in interest to the grantor or any other person having an interest in the property, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, may pay to the beneficiary or the successor in interest to the beneficiary the entire amount then due under the deed of trust and the obligation secured thereby (including costs and expenses actually incurred and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred and thereby cure the default. The scheduled Trustee’s Sale may be postponed by public proclamation up to 15 days for any reason, and in the event of a bankruptcy filing, the sale may be postponed by the trustee for up to 120 days by public proclamation at least every 30 days. THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Dated: November 26, 2014 /s/ Lisa J Tornabene Assistant Secretary, First American Title Company of Montana, Inc. Successor Trustee Title Financial Specialty Services PO Box 339 Blackfoot ID 83221 STATE OF Idaho )) ss. County of Bingham) On this 26th day of November, 2014, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Lisa J Tornabene, known to me to be the Assistant Secretary of First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., Successor Trustee, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that she executed the same. /s/ Diana Steinmetz Notary Public Bingham County, Idaho Commission expires: 7/16/2016 Citi V Jacobsen 42090.162 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE
on April 6, 2015, at 11:00 o’clock A.M. at the Main Door of the Missoula County Courthouse located at 200 West Broadway in Missoula, MT 59802, the following described real property situated in Missoula County, Montana: Lot 3 in Block 8 of West View No. 3, a platted subdivision in Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded plat thereof Lori Ann Muchmore and David Muchmore, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to Charles J Peterson, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc, as Beneficiary, by Deed of trust dated January 15, 2009 and Recorded January 21, 2009 in Book 832, Page 252 under Document No. 200901221. The beneficial interest is currently held by Lakeview Loan Servicing, LLC. First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., is the Successor Trustee pursuant to a Substitution of Trustee recorded in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Missoula County, Montana. The beneficiary has declared a default in the terms of said Deed of Trust by failing to make the monthly payments due in the amount of $1,157.18, beginning March 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. The total amount due on this obligation as of January 1, 2015 is $188,240.57 principal, interest at the rate of 5.50% totaling $9,490.47, late charges in the amount of $489.11, and other fees and expenses advanced of $4,895.39, plus accruing interest at the rate of $28.37 per diem, late charges, and other costs and fees that may be advanced. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary, the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust. Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds of this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation. The sale is a public sale and any person, including the beneficiary, excepting only the Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by Trustee’s Deed without any representation or warranty, including warranty of Title, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis, without
limitation, the sale is being made subject to all existing conditions, if any, of lead paint, mold or other environmental or health hazards. The sale purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th day following the sale. The grantor, successor in interest to the grantor or any other person having an interest in the property, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, may pay to the beneficiary or the successor in interest to the beneficiary the entire amount then due under the deed of trust and the obligation secured thereby (including costs and expenses actually incurred and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred and thereby cure the default. The scheduled Trustee’s Sale may be postponed by public proclamation up to 15 days for any reason, and in the event of a bankruptcy filing, the sale may be postponed by the trustee for up to 120 days by public proclamation at least every 30 days. THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Dated: November 26, 2014 /s/ Lisa J Tornabene Assistant Secretary, First American Title Company of Montana, Inc. Successor Trustee Title Financial Specialty Services PO Box 339 Blackfoot ID 83221 STATE OF Idaho )) ss. County of Bingham) On this 26th day of November, 2014, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Lisa J Tornabene, known to me to be the Assistant Secretary of First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., Successor Trustee, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that she executed the same. /s/ Dalia Martinez Notary Public Bingham County, Idaho Commission expires: 2/18/2020 M&t Bank V Muchmore 41902.377
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will auction to the highest bidder abandoned storage units owing delinquent storage rent for the following unit(s): 44, 103, 176, 237. 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 2/16/2015 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 2/19/2015 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.
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These pets may be adopted at Missoula Animal Control 541-7387 RUSTY• Rusty is a 7-year-old male Chow Chow mix. He is the sweetest Chow you will ever meet. Rusty is great with dogs of all size and kids. Come fall in love with this fluffy guy!
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HANZ•Hanz is a 5-year-old male Spaniel mix. He can be very scared of new people, but once you earn his trust, he is all sorts of adorable. He'll roll over to have his belly rubbed. He'll follow you where ever you want to go, and he loves to play. Hanz does have cherry eye that will need to be medically addressed at some point.
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TIMBER•Timber is a 1-year-old male Collie mix. He tends to be the dominant male, but loves to play and go for walks. 2330 South Reserve Street, Missoula, Montana, 59801 He is a medium-sized dog, which makes Lobby: 9:00am-5:00pm (Mon-Fri) • Drive-thru: 7:30am-6:00pm (Mon-Fri) him the perfect companion dog for hiking 3708 North Reserve Street, Missoula, Montana, 59808 or camping. Lobby: 9:00am-5:00pm (Mon-Fri) Drive-thru: 7:30am-6:00pm (Mon-Fri) • Drive-thru: 9:00am-12:00pm (Sat)
JUDE•Jude is a 9-year-old female black Lab. She's a sweet old gal who needs a retirement home. Jude is very mellow and quiet - just a happy old dog. She is currently on pain medication for a knee injury and is looking at possibly needing an ACL repair down the road. She is a really wonderful gal and would be great in a home with young children or in a senior home.
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ORCHID•Orchid is a 2-year-old female APBT. She is a sensitive and somewhat skittish little girl who really wants an owner that can baby her and help her develop confidence. Orchid is young and very trainable which means she can become just the dog you're looking for with a little bit of work.
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COSMO• Cosmo is a male Pit Bull mix. He is good with kids, but might knock them over trying to play with them. He would be great in a home with older kids that could wrestle with him. Cosmo also knows basic commands, and would love to curl up next to you at night..
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These pets may be adopted at the Humane Society of Western Montana 549-3934 ROMEO• Romeo is a 4.5-month-old Wirehaired Pointer Mix and he is ready to meet his forever family! This friendly boy enjoys squeaker toys and playing with his siblings. If you are interested in meeting Romeo and his siblings, stop by The Humane Society of Western Montana today!
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MOLLY• Molly is a long-haired beauty looking for a caring home. She would prefer to be the only cat and be treated like a princess . She enjoys primping her nails on her cardboard scratching post and finding a warm lap to relax on. Come visit Molly at the Humane Society of Western Montana. We are open 1-6 Tuesdays through Fridays and 12-5 on Saturdays.
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miss Dahlia! She is a goofy, lovable lady who is looking for her furrever home. She is active, friendly, and loves playing fetch. She is energetic and playful and loves dog treats. Come meet this sweetheart today.
KODA•Koda is the complete package, brawn and brains! He is a young, athletic fellow who would love to be your winter activity sidekick. While staying fit and active is one of Koda's favorite pastimes, he also (really) enjoys treat-based training and is quickly learning how to sit and wait at doors. Visit the Humane Society today so Koda can show off what he is learning!
ANGEL• Meet Angel! Angel is an adorable little Tiger girl with the prettiest green eyes! She can be a bit shy at first when meeting new people, but is the biggest sweetie who would love nothing better than to snuggle in your warm lap once she has had some time to warm up to you. She even loves to have her tummy rubbed!
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BENJAMIN• Meet Benjamin! Looking for a smart, quirky cat who will never cease to entertain you? Then Benjamin's your guy! Benjamin has a bit of a silly-looking face and only has 3 teeth, but that's all just part of the charm that makes him a staff favorite. He is a whiz with interactive food toys and will make you smile as he serenades you with his lovely voic.
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PUBLIC NOTICES NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on March 30, 2015, at 11:00 o’clock A.M. at the Main Door of the Missoula County Courthouse located at 200 West Broadway in Missoula, MT 59802, the following described real property situated in Missoula County, Montana: All that certain Lot, Piece or Parcel of land, situate, lying and being in the county of Missoula, State of Montana, bounded and particularly described as follows, to wit: Tract 17 of Grass Valley Tracts Subdivision No. 2, a platted subdivision in Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded plat thereof. Being the same property converted by fee simple deed from Raymond H. Burg and Ruth Mary Burg to Randall T. Burg, dated 09/07/2001 Recorded on 09/10/2001 in Book 667, Page 1173 in Missoula County records, State of MT. Randall T Burg, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to Finiti Title, LLC, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to CitiFinancial, Inc., as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated on April 3, 2007 and recorded on April 6, 2007 in Book 794, Page 1375 as Document No. 200708078. The beneficial interest is currently held by CitiFinancial Servicing LLC. First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., is the Successor Trustee pursuant to a Substitution of Trustee recorded in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Missoula County, Montana. The beneficiary has declared a default in the terms of said Deed of Trust by failing to make the monthly payments due in the amount of $1,371.48, beginning May 9, 2014, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan. The total amount due on this obligation as of December 13, 2014 is $149,091.15 principal, interest at the rate of 10.3860% totaling $19,882.79, and other fees and expenses advanced of $9,257.56, plus accruing interest at the rate of $43.01 per diem, late charges, and other costs and fees that may be advanced. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary, the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust. Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds of this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the
obligation. The sale is a public sale and any person, including the beneficiary, excepting only the Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by Trustee’s Deed without any representation or warranty, including warranty of Title, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis, without limitation, the sale is being made subject to all existing conditions, if any, of lead paint, mold or other environmental or health hazards. The sale purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th day following the sale. The grantor, successor in interest to the grantor or any other person having an interest in the property, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, may pay to the beneficiary or the successor in interest to the beneficiary the entire amount then due under the deed of trust and the obligation secured thereby (including costs and expenses actually incurred and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred and thereby cure the default. The scheduled Trustee’s Sale may be postponed by public proclamation up to 15 days for any reason, and in the event of a bankruptcy filing, the sale may be postponed by the trustee for up to 120 days by public proclamation at least every 30 days. THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Dated: November 18, 2014 /s/ Dalia Martinez Assistant Secretary, First American Title Company of Montana, Inc. Successor Trustee Title Financial Specialty Services PO Box 339 Blackfoot ID 83221 STATE OF Idaho)) ss. County of Bingham) On this 18th day of November, 2014, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Dalia Martinez, know to me to be the Assistant Secretary of First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., Successor Trustee, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same. /s/ Lisa J. Tornabene Notary Public Bingham County, Idaho Commission expires: 11/6/2018 Citifinancial Vs Burg 42044.084 NOTICE THAT A TAX DEED MAY BE ISSUED TO: Occupant 12508 Cramer Creek Road Clinton, MT 59825 Cramer Creek, Inc. 3807 Lincoln Road Missoula, MT 59802-3087 Missoula County Treasurer 200 W. Broadway Missoula, MT 59802 Cramer Creek, Inc.
MNAXLP 333 Daly Avenue Missoula, MT 59801 Montana Dept. of Revenue PO Box 5805 Helena, MT 59604 Cramer Creek, Inc. 209 East Bridge Street Granbury, TX 76048 Missoula City Finance Dept. 435 Ryman St. Missoula, MT 59802 Cramer Creek, Inc. 12500 Cramer Creek Road Clinton, MT 59825 Agtexas, FLCA 6901 Quaker Avenue, Suite 300 Lubbock, TX 79413 Cramer Creek, Inc. c/o John McKay (Registered Agent) 12508 Cramer Creek Road Clinton, MT 59825 Agtexas, FLCA c/o Patrick F. Brown, Esq. Nexsen Pruet, PLLC 201 South Tryon Street, Suite 1200 Charlotte, NC 28202 Cramer Creek, LLC 3807 Lincoln Road Missoula, MT 59802-3087 MTAG as Custodian for ATCF II Montana LLC PO Box 54292 New Orleans, LA 70154-4292 Cramer Creek, LLC 333 Daly Avenue Missoula, MT 59801 Isidro Esquibel 2036 Mark Drive Las Vegas, NV 87701 Cramer Creek, LLC 209 East Bridge Street Granbury, TX 76048 Isidro Esquibel 2403 Otwi Road Santa Fe, NM 87505 Cramer Creek, LLC 12500 Cramer Creek Road Clinton, MT 59825 Carol McKay PO Box 370 Lipan, TX 76462 Cramer Creek, LLC 12508 Cramer Creek Road Clinton, MT 59825 David Cockrum 501 East June Street Alpine, TX 79830 William McKay PO Box 370 Lipan, TX 76462 Ronald Vigil 2061 Placita De Vida Santa Fe, NM 87505 Barry Blevins PO Box 1325 Fort Davis, TX 79734 Bill McKay 209 East Bridge Street Granbury, TX 76048 Gloria Gallegos P.O. Box 133 Watrous, NM 87753 John McKay 333 Daly Avenue Missoula, MT 59801 P G Middlebrook III 209 East Bridge Street Granbury, TX 76049 Peggy Robertson 1744 South Pacific #101 Oceanside, CA 92054 Jack Terrell 2929 McGhee Traffic Way #202 Kansas City, MO 64108 Marcia Brenden 705 La Joya, Suite C Espanola, NM 87532 Dionne Bagsby 6912 Visa Ridge Drive E. Fort Worth, TX 76132 Carlton Bartley PO Box 801 Ruidoso, NM 88345 Pursuant to Section 15-18-212, Montana Code Annotated, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN: 1. As a result of a property tax delinquency, a property tax lien exists on the following described real property in which you may have an interest: Property is described in the Missoula County Treasurer’s Office under Tax Sale Certificate No. 2905909177 and Tax Code Parcel No. 4202478 as follows: The Southwest Quarter (SW1/4) of Section 35, Township 12 North, Range 16 West, P.M.M., Missoula County, Montana. Street address: 12508 Cramer Creek Road, Clinton, MT 59825. 2. The property taxes became delinquent on December 31, 2010. 3. The property tax lien was attached as the result of a
tax lien sale held on July 16, 2010. 4. The property tax lien was purchased at a tax lien sale on July 16, 2010 by Missoula County, 200 W. Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802. 5. The lien was subsequently assigned to MTAG AS CUSTODIAN FOR ATCF II MONTANA, LLC on July 12, 2013. On July 10, 2014, Missoula County purchased the tax sale certificate and acquired a lien for property taxes due for 2013. On July 11, 2014, Missoula County assigned Tax Sale Certificate No. 2905910013 to MTAG as Custodian for ATCF II Montana, LLC. 6. As of January 30, 2015, the amount of tax due is: 2010 TAXES: $ 32,276.48 PENALTY: $645.52 INTEREST: $7,884.75 FEE: $3.53 TOTAL: $ 40,810.28 2011 TAXES: $ 41,536.95 PENALTY: $830.74 INTEREST: $5,962.51 TOTAL: $ 48,330.20 2012 TAXES: $ 41,771.59 PENALTY: $ 835.44 INTEREST: $1,788.10 FEE: $75.00 TOTAL: $ 44,470.13 2013 TAXES: $ 43,502.90 PENALTY: $ 870.08 INTEREST: $4,103.72 FEE: $75.00 TOTAL: $ 48,551.70 TOTAL DUE: $182,162.31 7. For the property tax lien to be liquidated, the total amount listed in paragraph 6 must be paid by April 6, 2015 which is the date that the redemption period expires or expired. 8. If all taxes, penalties, interest, and costs are not paid to the county treasurer on or prior to April 6, 2015, which is the date the redemption period expires, or on or prior to the date on which the county treasurer will otherwise issue a tax deed, a tax deed may be issued to the purchaser on the day following the date that the redemption period expires or on the date the county treasurer will otherwise issue a tax deed. 9. The business address and telephone number of the county treasurer who is responsible for issuing the tax deed is: Missoula County Treasurer, 200 W. Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802, (406) 258-4847. 10. The address of interested party Cramer Creek, LLC is believed to be 3807 Lincoln Road, Missoula, MT 59802-3087. 11. This published notice meets the legal requirements for notice of a pending tax deed issuance. 12. The rights of Cramer Creek, LLC, the occupant of 12508 Cramer Creek Road, Clinton, MT 59825, and any other interested parties in the property may be in jeopardy. DATED at Billings, Montana this 30th day of January, 2015. /s/ Eli J. Patten By: Eli J. Patten Crowley Fleck PLLP PO Box 2529 Billings, MT 59103 Attorney for: MTAG, AS CUSTODIAN FOR ATCF II MONTANA, LLC
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110 Rolling Green. 3 bed, 2 bath with deck & 2 car garage adjacent to Highlands Golf Course. $239,900. Pat Mc-
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THE UPTOWN FLATS #303 $159,710 Top floor unit looks out to the “M” and includes all the wonderful amenities that The Uptown Flats offers. Call Anne for more details or visit www.movemontana.com. 2014 Best Real Estate Agent
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3 Bdr, 2 Bath, Central Missoula home. $275,000. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com 3 Bdr, 2 Bath, East Missoula home. $225,000. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com 3 Bdr, 2 Bath, East Missoula home. $249,000. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com 3010 West Central. 5 acres in Target Range with 3 bed, 1 bath home. Borders DNRC land. $325,000. Pat McCormick, Properties 2000. 240-7653 pat@properties2000.com 3010 West Central. Five acres bordering DNRC in Target Range with 3 bed, 1 bath home. $325,000. Pat McCormick, Properties 2000. 240-7653 pat@properties2000.com 4 Bdr, 2 Bath, University District home. $439,000. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit... www.mindypalmer.com 4 Plex By The River 319/321 1st St. Dream location! 3-plex and alley house (2 efficiencies and 2 one bed units) behind Bernices ‘hood, River views and end of the street. Reduced $365,000. KD 240-5227 porticorealestate.com
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612 Parkview. 3 bed, 2 bath in Farviews with 2 car garage. $289,900. Shannon Hilliard, Prudential Missoula. 239-8350 shannon@prudentialmissoula.com Are your housing needs changing? We can help you explore your options. Clark Fork Realty. 512 E. Broadway. (406) 728-2621. www.clarkforkrealty.com Buying or selling homes? Let me help you Find Your Way Home. Please contact me David Loewenwarter, Realtor, Prudential MT Real Estate 406-241-3221 LOEWENWARTER.COM Farviews Home 404 Westview. Three bedroom, 2 bath
REAL ESTATE home in the desirable Farviews neighborhood for $265,000! Solar panels, views, great home. KD 240-5227. porticorealestate.com Former MUD Site 633 Phillips - $150,000. Excellent opportunity to own a home at the former MUD demonstration site on the Northside. Many outbuildings and so many possibilities. KD 240-5227 porticorealestate.com I’ll save you time and energy. Let me help you Find Your Way Home. I know Missoula and have lived here 30+ years. Please contact me David Loewenwarter, Realtor, Prudential MT Real Estate 406-241-3221 LOEWENWARTER.COM If you’ve been thinking of selling your home now is the time. The local inventory is relatively low and good houses are selling quickly. Please contact me David Loewenwarter, Realtor, Prudential MT Real Estate 406-241-3221 LOEWENWARTER.COM Interested in real estate? Successfully helping buyers and sellers. Please contact me David Loewenwarter, Realtor, Prudential MT Real Estate 406-241-3221 LOEWENWARTER.COM Orange Street Triplex 201 S Orange Street Triplex. Reduced $300,000. Location is awesome, near the river and downtown and river trails and bike trails and all sorts of conveniences. Two main floor units, one upper. Some hardwood floors and some upgrades and tons of character! KD 240-5227 porticorealestate.com
Put my experience and dedication to work for you. JAY GETZ, Prudential Montana Real Estate. (406) 214-4016 • jay.getz@prumt.com • www.JayGetzMissoula.com Rattlesnake Farmhouse A friendly home with large garden in the middle Rattlesnake. 1145 Lolo Street. At corner of Gilbert and Lolo Streets. 3 bedroom, 2 bath, 10,200 sq. ft. lot [0.23 acres] Fruit trees. Access to town and trails. For sale by owners of 24 years. $279,000. Main and Second floors have 1,375 Sq. Ft. Unfinished basement 240 Sq.Ft. Parking off street. Fenced yard and garden. All SIDs paid including city sewer,sidewalk. Natural gas heat. Roof one year old. Taxes $2304.33 in 2014. Pictures on craigslist. 406-4371800 or masirr@yahoo.com South Hills Ranch Style 2615 Arcadia - $250,000. OPEN HOUSE SUNDAY 1-3. 3 bed/1 bath. Open floor plan, gorgeous updates including kitchen abd bath, backs to open space, large backyard. KD 2405227 porticorealestate.com We’re not only here to sell real estate, we’re your full service senior home specialists. Clark Fork Realty. 512 E. Broadway. (406) 7282621. www.clarkforkrealty.com When considering a move please call Missoula native JAY GETZ, Prudential Montana Real Estate. (406) 214-4016 • j a y. g e t z @ p r u m t . c o m • www.JayGetzMissoula.com WHO CARES? We do, in good times & bad... Auto; SR-22; Renters; Homeowners. JT Zinn In-
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CONDOS/ TOWNHOMES 1823 H Montana. 3 bed, 2.5 bath near Good Food Store & Source Gym. $134,900. Shannon Hilliard, Prudential Missoula 239-8350. shannon@prudentialmissoula.com 4801 Bordeaux. 2 bed, 2 bath with A/C & 2 car garage. $168,000. Rita Gray, LambrosERA Real Estate 532-9283. ritagray@lambrosera.com Burns Street Condo 1400 Burns #16 $160,000. Three bedroom upper level unit offers spacious, convenient, and beautiful living space. One of the best things about Burns Street Commons is its gorgeous exterior and great community atmosphere. KD 240-5227 or Sarah 3703995 porticorealestate.com Clark Fork River Condo 1401 Cedar Street #16. $122,500. Charming 2 bedroom, 1.5 bathroom townhouse set on the Clark Fork River. What an amazing home! KD 2405227 porticorealestate.com
looks out to the “M” and includes all the wonderful amenities that The Uptown Flats offers. $159,710. Anne Jablonski, Portico Real Estate 546.5816. annierealtor@gmail.com Uptown Flats #306. 1 bed, 1 bath top floor unit with lots of light. W/D, carport, storage & access to exercise room. $162,000. Anne Jablonski, Portico Real Estate 546-5816. annierealtor@gmail.com Uptown Flats #312. 1 bed, 1 bath modern condo on Missoula’s Northside. $151,900. Anne Jablonski, Portico Real Estate 546-5816. annierealtor@gmail.com
Why Rent? Own Your Own 1400 Burns #10. Designed with energy efficiency, comfort and affordability in mind. Next to Burns Street Bistro and Missoula Community Co-op. 2 bedroom unit for $119,000. KD 240-5227 porticorealestate.com
Lot 33 Old Mill Loop, St. Regis. 1.02 acre with 150’ of Clark Fork River Frontage. Mary Louise Zapp-Knapp, Lambros ERA Real Estate 532-9296. mlzappknapp@lambrosera.com LOWER RATTLESNAKE LAND FOR SALE- NHN RAYMOND- .62 ACRES. Please contact me David
Loewenwarter, Realtor, Prudential MT Real Estate 406-241-3221 LOEWENWARTER.COM NHN Arnica. Pattee Canyon acreage with great view of Missoula. Mary Louise Zapp-Knapp, Lambros ERA Real Estate. 5329296 mlzappknapp@lambrosera.com
LAND FOR SALE 1625 Lot 12A Cote Lane. Level 1 acre with fantastic views. Mary Louise Zapp-Knapp, Lambros ERA Real Estate 532-9296. mlzappknapp@lambrosera.com
Uptown Flats. Upscale gated community near downtown. All SS appliances, carport, storage and access to community room and exercise room plus more. Anne Jablonski, Portico Real Estate 546-5816. annierealtor@gmail.com www.movemontana.com
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NHN Rock Creek Road. 20 acres bordered on north by Five Valleys Land Trust. Direct access to Clark Fork River. $189,900. Shannon Hilliard, Prudential Missoula 239-8350. shannon@prudentialmissoula.com
COMMERCIAL Great Business Opportunity! Excellent Hwy 93 exposure! 8 Unit motel, coffee & gift shop all with the back drop of the gorgeous Mission Mountains. Comfortable living quarters, offers the opportunity to earn a paycheck out of your own home. The town of St Ignatius adds the country charm! Great spot to raise a family and have the flexibility of your own business. Priced at $349,500. Contact Jill Ursua @ 406-240-8386
Very reasonable! Call 406-4282390 or 406-366-2181 Rose Park commercial building with attached rental. $265,000. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 2396696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com
OUT OF TOWN 1476 Eastside Highway, Corvallis. 3 bed, 2 bath Victorian on over 7 fenced acres with barn & outbuildings. $399,900. Shannon Hilliard, Prudential Missoula
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2 Bdr, 2 Bath, Stevensville home. $180,000. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com
5 Bdr, 3 Bath, Florence area home on 3.2 acres. $479,000. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 2396696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com
4 Bdr, 2 Bath, Nine Mile Valley home on 12.3 acres. $350,000. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 2396696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com
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