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Voices/Letters The readers write ....................................................................................4 Street Talk What would you do?.....................................................................................4 The Week in Review The news of the day—one day at a time ......................................6 Briefs Sanders stumps for Quist, RMSP shoots the moon, and fire dept. takes heart....6 Etc. Oh, we’re still here?..................................................................................................7 News: And now a word from our publisher ...................................................................8 News A sanctuary suit’s Ravalli County roots..................................................................9 Opinion Lee gets lucky..................................................................................................10 Feature With Lee’s purchase of Independent Publishing, a changing of the guard.....14
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STREET TALK
[voices] by Derek Brouwer and Alex Sakariassen
Asked Tuesday evening at Draught Works If the Indy had to be sold to any person or organization, who would you want to buy it? Follow-up: If you were the new owner, what’s the first thing you would change?
Denison von Maur: I would have sold it to Tom Mullen, who owns the Philipsburg Mail. I think he would have been perfect. Flattered: I wouldn’t change anything, I like it the way it is.
Jeff Smallcomb: The Onion in Boulder, because they’re fucking hilarious. I wouldn’t change a thing. Umm...: I would keep providing the local news and the local forecast to people who pick up the paper. Written text is kind of a dying breed, and I appreciate that it gets printed every day.
Seth Shults: I’d have to research that, and see what’s best for a small weekly. You’d need to have a lot of quality control, attention to detail. Whoever can put quality news out. Liar! I think it’s fine the way it is. I’ve seen a lot of weekly newspapers from a lot of different cities, and I think it’s right on par with a weekly publication.
Natalie Schaefer: Jimmy Kimmel. Keep it fun, keep it fresh—he’s always in the know with the news, but he always puts a sarcastic spin on it. Write more: I don’t know that I’d change much. Is it a weekly? I might change it to a bi-weekly, twice a week, because I feel like oftentimes it’s the same paper, and I’m thinking I’m getting a new paper. I’d like more of it.
Jenna Behle (& Townes): I don’t know many news organizations. I guess Vice. I feel like everything I see from them is relevant to me and honest in a lot of ways. I’ve heard they’re kind of dicks. Preach: Street Talk. Fuck Street Talk.
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We love you too I loved you. I never loved or trusted Lee Enterprises. My heart goes out to all you workers, but as a brand, put a fork in it. It’s done. Everyone but your officers that made this decision should start another (truly) independent publication with the original intent. Hoyt Smith posted at facebook.com /missoulaindependent
Maybe we will... Sellout to Lee Enterprises. The Independent should change its name to The Missoulian: Lifestyle edition. David M. Holder posted at facebook.com /missoulaindependent
Voice of experience I was an editor with the Flathead newspapers—including the Pulitzer Prize-winning Hungry Horse News—when Lee bought us in 1999. We were lied to from start to finish as they cut staff, damaged the products, shed readers, angered the communities and finally dumped the badly degraded newspapers to Hagadone. Don’t believe a word you are told. And be aware that people might lose vacations—we all did. Tom Lawrence posted at facebook.com /missoulaindependent
Keep Missoula weird Ouch. That independent feeling must remain. I rely on you being against the curve and the norm, now more than ever. Best of luck on keeping that cool edge. Always thankful for your stories and viewpoint. Robert Eckert posted at facebook.com /missoulaindependent
‘When I was a boy…’ When you sell to a big company, even a well meaning one, you destroy the very reason people seek alternative and independent journalism. OK, so they stay separate for now. What about in 10 years when an even bigger company buys the Missoulian? You can’t guarantee that level of independence, unless you retain control over it yourself. If you had done a vote by your readers, I have no doubt the answer would have been a resounding no to selling the paper. If the paper is for the public, they should have had a say. Disappointing. I’ve been bragging about this paper for years. I’m so tired of everything small getting absorbed into everything big. Whatever happened to the entrepreneurial spirit in this
country? People used to see things through to the end and make sure it was kept in generations to come. We used to compete, not buy the competition all the time. Curtis Medina posted at facebook.com /missoulaindependent
Beacon in the darkness I worked for the Missoulian in the early ‘90s, around the time the Lee stooges bought the Messenger and killed it That is what they do: buy and kill. It is time for a new newspaper. Cancel your subscription to the Missoulian. Support the Flathead Beacon. Bill Turner posted on missoulanews.com
“If you had done a vote by your readers, I have no doubt the answer would have been a resounding no to selling the paper.” Message received I helped move the Indy into its original offices because Eric, the original editor, asked for a hand. The Indy is no longer precisely because it is no longer independent, and if you cannot get the message of that defacement, then you probably never saw the peace sign painted over again and again. Staff of the Indy, I’m sorry this has occurred, good luck, but edit your CVs. Shawn Farrell posted at facebook.com /missoulaindependent
You’re welcome Thank you, Indy. Hearing from you is important (“So, about that sale…,” April 23). Hope you don’t ever have to “hand over the reins,” as you say. Kathleen Kimble posted on missoulanews.com
Credit where due Finally! I have been waiting for someone to write an article about the injustices perpetrated on the water protectors, the Standing Rock Sioux and Wind River
Cheyenne (“Standing Rock and the lessons of Andrew Jackson,” March 23). Gundars Rudzitis did an excellent job. I would like to add my two cents’ worth. There was no reason for the police presence. The ensuing events started with the pipeline bigwigs ordering their hired security forces to harass the Sioux and Cheyenne for their peaceful protest. It escalated from there when the Bismarck mayor and governor of North Dakota brought in police from neighboring states. Then came razor wire and barricades. Now the governor of North Dakota is crying about $30 million paid out to said police. He has nobody to blame but himself. All he had to do was leave them alone. The Native Americans who were arrested were treated very badly, thus, heaping more indignities upon them. Again, through no fault of their own. I am a proud member of the Blackfeet tribe. I thank all the people who stood with us against this fiasco. Ken Haugen Missoula
Sign of the times Sad that people have such little respect for private property. (“Indy sign (inevitably vandalized,” April 17). In my experience, the Indy has a great staff with a lot of integrity. We don’t always (or really ever) agree on issues, but if any news organization has leadership capable of pushing back against Lee’s corporate machine, I think it’s the Indy. Good luck! Adam Hertz posted at facebook.com /missoulaindependent
Missing in inaction People in my town are offended that Greg Gianforte’s health-care op-ed, which we saw in the major Montana newspapers, supports preserving rural access without a single mention of how impossible it is to access health care in rural Montana. That is what happens when an engineer gets into your business without making effort to understand the problem. And why would he? After all, when has anyone seen this fella in Libby or Malta or Culbertson or Broadus or Darby or Dillon? Maybe Gianforte would have a deeper respect for how far away affordable health care is from rural Americans if he got out of the television studio and into his SUV to visit those little towns that don’t have a pharmacy or a doctor, much less a hospital bed. Jerry McDonald Thompson Falls
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WEEK IN REVIEW Wednesday, April 12 Missoula City Council sets a public hearing for a $48,000 budget request by the parking commission to hire a consultant to analyze parking garage gate equipment. The hearing is set for May 1.
Thursday, April 13 Cowboy Cricket Farms (see “Bug bites,” April 13) is awarded $20,500 in the University of Montana’s 28th annual John Ruffatto Business Startup Challenge for its Bozemanbased cricket-farming business.
Friday, April 14 State attorneys move to dismiss a petition to revoke the suspended sentence of Barry Beach, who was charged with violating a protection order after being granted clemency by Gov. Steve Bullock in 2015.
Saturday, April 15
A cue from NASCAR
Relearning resuscitation Over Easter weekend, the Missoula Fire Department was dispatched to assist a man who had collapsed while running on a treadmill at the YMCA and gone into cardiac arrest. The city’s first responders receive 50 or 60 calls like this each year, MFD Chief Jason Diehl says. The patient’s life hinges on what happens during the first few minutes. A year ago, if the Y staff had just dialed 911, the man probably would have died. Missoula cardiac arrest patients who weren’t given CPR by a witness had only a 3 percent survival rate, according to the department. In this case, chief Jason Diehl says Y staff administered CPR and a portable defibrillator while engines were on the way. Doing so makes a huge difference. Patients who receive aid from a witness stand an 80 percent chance of living. The patient
was recovering at the hospital a few days later, Diehl says. But responses like the one at the Y remain an exception, not the rule. So last year MFD looked at what it could do to save more lives, and discovered a clue from the world of stock car racing. Actually, EMS Coordinator Ron Brunell says, he stumbled upon it. “Honestly, I was surfing Facebook one night,” he says. The Spokane Valley Fire Department had posted its patient survival rate, which was orders of magnitude higher than MFD’s. Brunell decided to call them up. The department, he learned, was using a “pit crew” approach to treating patients on-scene. The idea, generally, is that every first responder performs one very specific task—from keeping a finger on the patient’s pulse to administering compressions to dealing with worried family members. What that means in terms of humanpower is this: Instead of sending five responders to a scene,
MFD would start sending 10. And instead of rushing the patient into an ambulance, the pit crew would stay on scene administering treatment for as long as 15 minutes. Brunell trained everyone at MFD on the new procedure and retrained them on CPR. A year later, he says, it’s showing results. MFD’s survival rate for cardiac arrest patients has jumped from 3 percent to 22 percent. “All we changed is how we do CPR,” Brunell says. Derek Brouwer
Shooting for the future
RMSP launches new program Last year, two major photography schools abruptly closed their doors: the Hallmark Institute of Photography in Turner Falls, Mass., folded under scandal a few years after the owner pleaded guilty to charges of bank fraud and tax evasion. The Brooks Institute in
The 40th International Wildlife Film Festival kicks off at the Roxy Theater. The documentary festival runs through April 22. Elsewhere, children hunt down 30,000 eggs at the first Missoula Easter Eggstravaganza not held on the University of Montana campus.
Sunday, April 16 Missoula’s evangelical Zootown Church livestreams its Easter Sunday service, which reportedly drew 2,000 attendees to the Adams Center.
Monday, April 17 Asked by Montana Public Radio producer Sally Mauk if he subscribes to the theory of evolution by natural selection, Republican congressional candidate Greg Gianforte answers that he believes God created the Earth. When pressed to clarify, Gianforte replies, “I think I’ve answered your question.”
Tuesday, April 18 The Southern Poverty Law Center sues neoNazi blogger Andrew Anglin on behalf of Whitefish real estate agent Tanya Gersh in connection with the high-profile “troll storm” he orchestrated last December. The federal lawsuit claims Gersh was subjected to a “campaign of terror.”
My thoughts were lost in the elegance of France when the message caught my eye. It would set the tone for the rest of my day, and there was nothing French about it.” —Missoula Current founder Martin Kidston, in a column describing how he learned the Indy had been sold to Lee Enterprises, which also owns the Missoulian, which Kidston quit in 2015. Kidston was listening to a UM student pitch an idea for a crepe business when someone texted him with the news.
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[news] Ventura, Calif., which was purchased by a large corporation, closed after several years of consolidations and downsizing. The loss of two nationally prominent photography schools provides an opportunity for other institutions to take the lead, and the locally owned Rocky Mountain School of Photography is looking to fill that role. Andy Kemmis, RMSP’s marketing coordinator, says the Missoula-based school has seen an increase in enrollment since its 1989 inception, but mostly the rise has been associated with the school’s six-week summer intensive program, where photography enthusiasts from all over the world come to learn the basics of shooting in places like Glacier National Park. RMSP also offered longer, more career-oriented intensives, but those were harder to fill. “The numbers would taper off for those programs largely because it was more money, and it’s harder for people to take 21 weeks off to do it,” Kemmis says. “We decided to take a long look at that and the changing landscape of photography.” This fall, RMSP is rolling out a new professional program that the organization is hoping will serve as a trade school-style alternative for those who want a career in photography, but don’t want to invest in a four-year—or even two-year—college. The eight-week course is meant to shepherd participants from newbie photographer to fully loaded professional with a business plan and logo. When it first opened, RMSP took advantage of its surroundings as a natural place to teach wildlife and landscape photography. Over the last few years, founders Neil and Jeanne Chaput de Saintonge have created programs that appeal to a broader, more cosmopolitan audience, and that work has continued since the Chaput de Saintonge’s son, Forest, and his wife, Sarah, took over RMSP last year. The school has brought in high-profile guests, including fashion photographer Lindsay Adler, who will teach breakout sessions in the fall program, along with adventure-sports photographer Michael Clark and advertising photographer Wes Kroninger. In January 2016, the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center released numbers showing that while more students are getting high school diplomas, fewer of them are enrolling in college. Part of that is attributed to a recovering economy in which jobs are more available to those without a degree. But it’s also true that tuition hikes have made college prohibitive for some families, leading to enrollment in community
and tech colleges. Kemmis says RMSP is keeping that in mind. Fine arts and photojournalism schools are still the best route for photographers in those fields, he says, but the RMSP professional intensive is for those who don’t want to take that path. “College down the road might not look like a fouryear Michigan State-style experience,” Kemmis says. “We’re teaching all the technical stuff you need to know so you can apply it to whatever crazy fine-art desire you have, or if you want to be an architecture photographer—it doesn’t matter to us. You still need to know your camera.” Erika Fredrickson
On the stump
Sanders back to assist Quist Bernie’s back. Or at least he will be. The details are still being hammered out, but it was confirmed this week that Sen. Bernie Sanders—everyone’s favorite shaker-upper of the Democratic establishment in 2016—will return to Montana in May. And this time it won’t be his own campaign he’ll be stumping for, but that of U.S. House candidate Rob Quist. “I’m excited that Bernie Sanders recognizes that our grassroots campaign is building momentum and has the best chance in decades to take back Montana’s U.S. House seat for the rest of us,” Quist said in a statement Monday. According to the Quist campaign, the Sanders schedule is still being finalized. Though Quist’s campaign has gained steam in recent weeks, reporting more than $1.3 million in donations and pulling the trigger on its second statewide ad buy, the Sanders announcement is the first major nod from national Dems. Quist’s bid has attracted endorsements and contributions from national groups like the American Federation of Musicians, the AFL-CIO and Democracy for America, the PAC founded by former Democratic National Committee chair Howard Dean. Yet mainstream party organizations have kept themselves at arm’s length, even as outside conservative groups and, most recently, the National Republican Congressional Committee have pummeled Quist with attack ads.
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OMG, are you OK? We’ve received chocolates from a former Lee employee (thank you kindly), been treated to two cases of KettleHouse beer by a former contributor and longtime supporter (bless you, friend), gotten awkward hugs from near-strangers on the street (uh, thanks?) and had our sign defaced to read “dependent” (it’s funny cos it’s true, right?). It’s like somebody died. Listen: Nobody died. But something certainly changed on the morning of Thursday, April 13, when word spread that Lee Enterprises—corporate owner of the daily Missoulian and a longtime favorite punching bag of (certain) local journalists and (some) readers— had purchased the Independent. Judging by the reaction on Facebook, the sky had fallen. What are you going to do? Staff speaking here: We get why you’re asking. Boy, do we get it. We consider ourselves independent journalists, and we have allowed ourselves no small amount of pride in that designation. Editor Brad Tyer, who recently rejoined the staff after editing the Indy from 2002 to 2007, has only ever worked at alt-weeklies and nonprofit magazines. Erika Fredrickson, who’s been helming the Indy’s arts pages since 2008, came to the paper directly from the heart of the scene she covers. Reporter Kate Whittle, who announced her upcoming resignation weeks before the sale, has spent 5-plus years mastering just about every editorial job we’ve got. Reporter Alex Sakariassen, aiming for some sort of newsroom record, has been writing for the Indy since 2009. And then there’s reporter Derek Brouwer, who in 2015 took a pay cut to leave Lee’s Billings Gazette to come work for the Indy. Because it’s the Indy. Add Mother of Calendars Charley Macorn and that’s a collective 30-plus years of Indy experience in our editorial department alone. We mention that not to brag, or to bemoan, but to explain that we have an investment in this endeavor that’s too big to just drop. Changes are coming. We won’t know what all of them are until they get here. We won’t like some of them. A lot of you are worried about Lee ruining the Indy. We hear you, and we don’t intend to just wait around to be “done to.” We’re going to keep doing what we’ve always tried to do: put out the best paper that dedication and a sense of purpose can muster. Lee has an opportunity to help us do that, and Lee has an opportunity to hurt us. We’re going to do our best to help them help us.
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It’s not entirely clear if Sanders’ willingness to campaign for Quist signals a change in the national Democrats’ hands-off approach to the race. The DNC’s April 10 press release announcing Montana as a spring stop for Sanders—part of his multi-state “Come Together and Fight Back Tour” alongside DNC chair Tom Perez—didn’t mention the May 25 special election at all. Instead, the stated purpose of the trip was “to begin the process of creating a Democratic Party which is strong and active in all 50 states.” Quist’s campaign confirms that any event or events it collaborates on with Sanders won’t be part of that DNC tour. Regardless of whether the DNC and others decide to start supporting Quist, Sanders himself will likely provide a powerful boost. Thousands packed into Caras Park for Sanders’ presidential campaign event last May, and he defeated Hillary Clinton in the Montana Democratic primary by more than 9,300 votes. Shirley Juhl, a Missoula-based Quist volunteer who was scurrying Tuesday to set up a livestreamed “Stand with Rob” fundraiser at the Public House, says Sanders will undoubtedly help “ignite the younger generation.” Quist isn’t the only congressional candidate to attract a celebrity guest. Last week brought the announcement that Republican Greg Gianforte, the Bozeman tech mogul who unsuccessfully ran for governor last year, will be joined on the campaign trail by Donald J. Trump Jr., the president’s son. The two will be appearing in Kalispell, Hamilton and Billings this Friday and Bozeman on Saturday, with tickets starting at around $35 per person. The Quist campaign has no plans to charge an entry fee for any Sanders events. Alex Sakariassen
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Over the years, the staff of the Indy has given me plenty of terrific moments, but none more gratifying than these last few days, as I’ve watched them go from shock to anxiety to what I’d describe as a cautious maturity toward the sale of the paper. It’s going to take some courage and trust on everybody’s part to move forward, and I’ve been really impressed with how quickly the crew here assessed the situation, set aside their legitimate fears, and got down to business. And that business is providing western Montana with a weekly paper that captures life here with smart, stylish reporting that matters. Since I bought the paper in 1997, I have become even more deeply committed to the work we do. By telling compelling true stories about our neighbors, we help our readers understand each other a little better. And with that understanding, we’re better prepared to face the challenges of living together as a community. If we don’t know what others think and experience, we have no chance of finding the common ground necessary to make social choices. When we do our work well, people can end up caring about things they’d never thought about and appreciating people that might otherwise seem incomprehensibly strange. It occurs almost by accident in the course of searching out the stories that might interest you. We’re really just trying to create a vivid impression of the world, and it just sort of happens that we discover each other along the way. I find that process utterly profound, regardless of practical results—the policy outcomes, personal achievements or business failures. It’s all holy communion to me. And advertising makes it all go. More than half the people working here at the Indy focus their energy on the paying customers, striving to maintain an effective platform for other businesses to promote their goods and services. That work has become increasingly challenging, not necessarily because we’ve grown weaker, but because
Google, Facebook and Amazon have become some of the largest businesses on Earth, capturing a grossly disproportionate share of ad revenue and forcing local merchandisers to compete with international discounters. They’re undermining our business without having even a token local presence or creating any original substance.
“Print advertising still works very effectively. But we’re losing ground. To compete in the digital realm, we need a leg up, and the partner that makes the most sense is Lee Enterprises.”
It’s hard to imagine what could stop that train from running us over. The Indy reaches as many readers as it ever did, and I think our overall operation runs as well as it ever has. Print advertising still works very effectively. But we’re losing ground, like virtually all traditional media. To compete in the digital realm, we need a leg up, and the partner that makes the most sense is Lee
Enterprises, parent company of the Missoulian and the Ravalli Republic. As one of the largest newspaper publishers in America, Lee’s got the resources to make a credible stand. And by joining arms, we can better sustain our work here in Missoula for a lot longer than either of us can do it alone. I know suspicion of Lee comes easily to a lot of Montanans, and some of that is understandable. Lee has a long, prominent history here. It’s not all glorious. (Neither is the Indy’s.) But there are plenty of high-quality people working there, trying to do it right, day in and day out. I’ll be proud to be one of them, and I hope the rest of the crew here will feel the same way. And the work—telling true stories about the lives we’re all living—has become more important than ever. Powerful forces promoting ignorance have shocked us all with their shameless and stunningly potent attacks on truth, decency and the profession of journalism itself. Our world, from Moscow to Washington, D.C, to Missoula, is teeming with corrupt forces bent on preventing you from learning what your neighbors are really like and from letting your neighbors better understand you. Their cynical lies threaten to reduce our democratic institutions to brutish contests of manipulation and coercion. The Indy’s work, Lee’s work, the committed work of conscientious journalists everywhere is the antidote to that poison. I don’t see any rival teams among those who share our professional commitments. Circumstance has brought the Indy face to face with what will likely be remembered as one of the epic struggles of the era. A lot of tough, smart, talented people will need to come together to steady the bulwark around local journalism. The struggle will not be injury free. But success will make Missoula’s newspapers better and enrich our community for generations to come. gibson@missoulanews.com
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‘Gun to the head’ San Francisco’s sanctuary suit has Montana roots by Anthony Johnstone
San Francisco is suing over President Donald Trump’s executive order against “sanctuary cities.” A federal court began hearing arguments April 14, and a decision is expected soon after. The order, signed in January, defined “sanctuary jurisdictions” as any that “attempt to shield aliens from removal from the United States.” It lists several actions the federal government may take, including denial of federal funds and other “appropriate enforcement action.” Attorney General Jeff Sessions repeated the threat in March. According to San Francisco’s lawsuit, the order “commandeers state and local governments in violation of the 10th Amendment to the Constitution.” In other words, the federal government intends to enlist the help of the 765,000 or so law enforcement officers who work for state and local governments to enforce federal immigration laws. This is cheaper for the federal government than hiring more agents, but it is costly to unwilling state and local governments. That’s the “commandeering” problem at the heart of this legal challenge. San Francisco’s challenge to President Trump’s immigration policies draws on an unlikely precedent: a Montana sheriff ’s challenge to federal gun control policy. More cities are considering similar challenges. The city of Seattle has filed suit. In my work on constitutional law, I study how principles of federalism established by deep red rural counties against a liberal national policy agenda are now serving deep blue urban cities resisting a conservative national policy agenda. In these legal challenges, red and blue states agree on at least one thing: The federal government’s powers are limited under the Constitution. This principle might save what some commentators have called a “bad marriage” between increasingly polarized red and blue states. Our federal system of government allows diverse state policy agendas. Under federalism, state and local dissenters retain some power to govern themselves. This can help soften the blow of national political victories for losing parties.
San Francisco’s case against Trump cites a lawsuit filed in Ravalli County in the first year of President Clinton’s term. Clinton lost the county in a landslide, though not as badly as Trump lost San Francisco. In his first term, Clinton signed the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act of 1993, or the “Brady Bill.” The law requires background checks for handgun purchases. The law required local law enforcement officers to run the background checks until the federal system was up and running. That did not sit well with Jay Printz, an old-school Montana sheriff who eventually would join the National Rifle Association’s board of directors. The Brady Bill’s mandate conflicted with Montana law, which prohibited Printz from regulating firearm purchases. So he sued. He took his case all the way to the Supreme Court and won. In a 5–4 opinion authored by the late Justice Antonin Scalia, the court held that the “Federal Government may neither issue directives requiring the States to address particular problems, nor command the States’ officers, or those of their political subdivisions, to administer or enforce a federal regulatory program.” It relied on the 10th Amendment to the United States Constitution, which states: “The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.” The justices interpreted the Constitution as reserving control over state officials to the states alone. The ruling prohibited federal commandeering of state officials like Sheriff Printz by enlisting them to enforce federal law. It also meant that as long as the federal government is not coercive, making an offer the states can’t refuse, it can persuade them with the promise of federal funding. For example, in 1987, South Dakota challenged the federal government’s withholding of a small share of highway funding if the state did not raise its drinking age to 21. The Supreme Court allowed the spending condition as a “relatively mild encouragement” to follow federal policy. Yet it
warned that at some point, “pressure turns into compulsion.” The Supreme Court found the government reached that point in 2012, when it struck down the Affordable Care Act’s expansion of Medicaid. Under the act, holdout states were faced with losing around 10 percent of their total budgets if they refused to accept the Medicaid expansion. In the Affordable Care Act case, the court extended the reasoning of the Printz case to federal spending programs. In a metaphor Sheriff Printz might appreciate, Chief Justice Roberts wrote that the threat of losing so much federal funding was “a gun to the head.” It was as good as commandeering the states themselves. Two of the more liberal justices joined Chief Justice Roberts and the four more conservative justices in a 7–2 decision on the issue. San Francisco now argues that if the Brady Bill’s requirement that Sheriff Printz conduct background checks is unconstitutional, then President Trump’s sanctuary city policy is, too. Making federal funds conditional on compliance with federal immigration enforcement, San Francisco argues, would be “a gun to the head.” Federalism allows for people in the states to reach local compromises that cannot be reached at the national level in the current political climate. Other state and local governments may seek sanctuary from federal drug laws, for example. The anti-commandeering rule lets people in the states resist some federal mandates, or even the threatened loss of federal funds. Today, a conservative administration in Washington is ruling over a center-left plurality in the states. One consequence is the appointment of conservative Supreme Court justices, who typically support states’ federalism arguments. Given these shifts, we can expect more liberal jurisdictions to find common ground with Sheriff Printz’s resistance in years to come. Originally published April 10 in The Conversation. Anthony Johnstone is a professor of constitutional law at the University of Montana.
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You got lucky, Lee Daily chain, on life support, buys a helping hand by Dan Brooks
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Big changes are afoot at Lee Enterprises. The struggling media conglomerate, which owns 49 daily newspapers including the Missoulian, got a second chance at life last week when it purchased the Independent. Now it can use the enormous profits from this newspaper to make up for its losses on other properties, such as the Baraboo (Wisconsin) News Republic, which has yet to recover after accidentally printing a Family Circus cartoon that contained the n-word. But what does it mean for us? And by “us,” I mean you, the loyal Indy reader, and the hundreds of reporters, editors, designers, sales associates, bartenders and exterminators who make this paper possible. Can you expect to keep reading quality journalism? And can those other people expect to keep making hundreds of millions of dollars producing it? You will be relieved to learn that the answers to those questions are yes and totally. Lee Enterprises wouldn’t have bought the Indy if we weren’t making money faster than our interns could hide it in plush children’s toys. Sure, Lee has a reputation for buying struggling papers and then cutting costs to extract as much value as possible before they go under, but it wants to keep the golden goose laying around here. Here’s Lee vice president Mike Gulledge, as quoted in the Missoulian, where he is also the publisher: “Independent Publishing is an excellent addition to the Lee portfolio in Montana and further expands our already strong audience in Missoula and the surrounding communities. I look forward to working with Matt Gibson and The Independent team to build on the success they have generated in the Missoula region.” That’s the kind of plain talk that people in this region appreciate. Gulledge has promised that the Indy and the Missoulian will remain separate on both the editorial and the business sides. The same story reports his assurance that “all employees at the Indy … will have the opportunity to keep the jobs they have now.” Admittedly, that makes it sound like they will also have the opportunity to lose the jobs they have now. But why would Lee buy the Indy and then try to change it? It just doesn’t make sense.
Lee is a large, publicly traded media corporation. Its executives must answer to stockholders who demand timely returns on their investments. It would never buy an alternative newsweekly to build on its success in the Missoula region if that alternative newsweekly weren’t profitable already. To
“Lee would never buy an alternative newsweekly to build on its success if that alternative newsweekly weren’t profitable already. To confirm this reasoning, I called former Indy owner and current publisher Matt Gibson at his solid gold house.” confirm this reasoning, I called former Indy owner and current publisher Matt Gibson at his solid gold house. “What? Who?” he said. “Damned interference—let me go out in the yard.” After a brief period of inaudible muttering and the echo of rhinoceros-leather shoes on a marble floor, I heard the unmistakable sound of peacock song. “How did you get this number?” he shouted over his
outdoor cognac fountain. “How dare you interrupt my baccarat lesson?” Then he hung up. When I got home, I found that he had purchased my house. Such is the temperament of the altweekly tycoon. But I thought I detected a note of sadness in our brief conversation, despite the Taiwanese larynx implants that add reverb to his voice. When Gibson purchased the Indy in 1997, it was purely a business decision. He detests reading, particularly in others. But even as he rode the newspaper boom of the last two decades to unimaginable wealth, only to sell the Indy to a gullible media conglomerate for even more than it’s worth, he seems to have developed a sentimental attachment. I guess we all have. I know that when I got into this business, it was strictly for the cash. But over the last few years, I have developed an affection for you, the seemingly useless reader. Although writing this column provides me with enough money and drugs to deaden my connection to ordinary people, I cannot help but feel that we are in this together. We live in the same region, after all. Might it be too much to say that we belong to the same community? That community belongs to Lee now, and there’s nothing we can do about it. I am sorry to report that this is probably my last column. Although the Indy is a lean and often mean profit-generating machine, even our new owners cannot ignore the cost of my services. There’s my fee, which is exorbitant, and the salaries of my research staff—as well as retainers for the lawyers who defend me against harassment suits from said staff, plus crisp hundreds for the bagmen who pay the lawyers to keep quiet. It all amounted to a day’s blimp fuel for the previous owner, but Lee has debt to service. I knew the party couldn’t go on forever. You can come see me at my new job as a weekend substitute at Fred’s, at least until I die of caviar withdrawal. When you inscribe my tombstone, say I did it for the money. Dan Brooks writes about people politics, culture and the bracing liberties of freelancing at combatblog.net.
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TRY, TRY AGAIN – Samuel West announced in April that his Museum of Failure will open in Helsingborg, Sweden, in June, to commemorate innovation missteps that might serve as inspiration for future successes. Among the initial exhibits: coffee-infused Coca-Cola; the Bic “For Her” pen (because women’s handwriting needs are surely unique); the Twitter Peek (a 2009 device that does nothing except send and receive tweets—and with a screen only 25 characters wide); and Harley-Davidson’s 1990s line of colognes (in retrospect as appealing, said West, as “oil and gas fumes”). (West’s is only the latest attempt to immortalize failure with a “museum.” Previous attempts, such as those in 2007 and 2014, apparently failed.) GOVERNMENT IN ACTION – Toronto, Ontario, Superior Court Justice Alex Pazaratz finally ridded his docket of the maddening, freeloading couple that had quibbled incessantly about each other’s “harassments.” Neither Noora Abdulaali, 32, nor her now-ex-husband, Kadhim Salih, 43, had worked a day in the five years since they immigrated from Iraq, having almost immediately gone on disability benefits and begun exploiting Legal Aid Toronto in their many attempts to one-up each other with restraining orders. Approving the couple’s settlement in March, Judge Pazaratz added, “The next time anyone at Legal Aid Ontario tells you they’re short of money, don’t believe it ... Not if they’re funding cases like this.” In May, a new restaurant-disclosure regulation mandated by the Affordable Care Act is scheduled to kick in, requiring eateries (except small chains and independents) to post calorie counts for all menu items including “variations”—which a Domino’s Pizza executive said meant, for his company, “34 million” calorie listings. The executive called the regulation, for the pizza industry, “a 20th-century approach to a 21st-century question,” since for many establishments, orders increasingly arrive online or by phone. REDNECK CHRONICLES – Dennis Smith, 65, was arrested in Senoia, Georgia, and charged with stealing dirt from the elderly widow of the man Smith said had given him permission to take it. Smith, a “dirt broker,” had taken more than 180 dump-truck loads. New for Valentine’s Day from the SayItWithBeef.com company: a bouquet of beef jerky slices, formed to resemble a dozen full-petaled roses ($59). Also available: daisies. Chief selling point: Flowers die quickly, but jerky is forever. NEW WORLD ORDER – In March, Harvard Medical School technicians announced a smartphone app to give fertility-conscious men an accurate semen analysis, including sperm concentration, motility and total count—costing probably less than $10. Included is a magnification attachment and a “microfluidic” chip. The insertable app magnifies and photographs the “loaded” chip, instantly reporting the results. (To answer the most frequent question: No, semen never touches your phone. The device still needs Food and Drug Administration approval.) PRETENTIONS – Hipsters on the Rise: (1) The Columbia Room bar in Washington, D.C., recently introduced the “In Search of Time Past” cocktail—splashed with a tincture of old, musty books. Management vacuum-sealed pages with grapeseed oil, then “fat-washed” them with a “neutral high-proof” spirit, and added a vintage sherry, mushroom cordial and eucalyptus. (2) The California reggae rock band Slightly Stoopid recently produced a vinyl record that was “smokable,” according to Billboard magazine—using a “super resinous variety of hashish” mastered at the Los Angeles studio Capsule Labs. The first two versions’ sound quality disappointed and were apparently quickly smoked, but a third is in production. The telephone “area” code in the tony English city of Bath (01225) is different than that of adjacent Radstock (01761) and probably better explained by landline telephone infrastructure than a legal boundary. However, a Bath councilwoman said in April that she is dealing with complaints by 10 new residents who paid high-end prices for their homes only to find that they came with the 01761 code. Admitted one Bath resident, “I do consider my phone number to be part of my identity.” WEIRD SCIENCE – Magnificent Evolvers: (1) Human populations in Chile’s Atacama desert have apparently developed a tolerance for arsenic 100 times as powerful as the World Health Organization’s maximum safe level (according to recent research by University of Chile scientists). (2) While 80 percent of Americans age 45 or older have calcium-cluttered blood veins (atherosclerosis), about 80 percent of Bolivian Tsimane hunter-gatherers in the Amazon have clean veins, according to an April report in The Lancet. (Keys for having “the healthiest hearts in the world”: walk a lot and eat monkey, wild pig and piranha.) AWESOME – University of Basel biologists writing in the journal Science of Nature in March calculated that the global population of spiders consumes at least 400 million tons of prey yearly—about as much, by weight, as the total of meat and fish consumed by all humans. University of Utah researchers trained surveillance cameras on dead animals in a local desert to study scavenger behavior and were apparently astonished to witness the disappearances of two bait cows. Over the course of five days, according to the biologists’ recent journal article, two different badgers, working around the clock for days, had dug adjacent holes and completely buried the cows (for storage and/or to keep the carcasses from competitors). Thanks This Week to Stan Kaplan and to the News of the Weird Board of Editorial Advisors.
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You know that Lee bought the Indy. Do you know why? It had to happen. I don’t mean that in the weaselly sense of change is inevitable. I mean that the option, sooner than later, was likely no Missoula Independent at all. Nobody wants to say that quite entirely out loud, for obvious reasons, but you tell me what to make of this, from the paper’s publisher and now-former owner, Matt Gibson: “There were no better outcomes available for the Independent. And the worst possible outcomes were clearly possible. If we had any kind of unexpected trouble it was going to threaten the very existence of the paper.” That’s not to say that Gibson isn’t optimistic about the paper’s prospects under its new ownership. But it is to note that it’s an optimism born in the crucible of necessity. I had the good fortune to be able to edit this newspaper from 2000 to 2007. Since October, I’ve had the good fortune to be able to edit it again. It’s different now. The page count is leaner. We used to have a bureau reporter in the Flathead. We don’t have a staff photographer anymore. Just this year the editorial department has taken a 15 percent budget cut. I negotiated our already negligible syndicate fees for Free
Will Astrology and The Advice Goddess to half-price. We cut our copy editor’s hours by two-thirds. The point is that all the arrows were pointing in the wrong direction, and the Independent had neither the reserves nor the resources to either turn it around or ride it out. That, as best I understand from Gibson and personal experience, is why he sold the paper to Lee Enterprises. Now what does Lee get out of it? Lee thinks it can get the Independent’s attractive and remarkably loyal audience, and with it the advertisers who find that audience appealing. That audience is ours, not theirs, and so it is entirely logical for Lee vice president and Missoulian (and Billings Gazette) publisher Mike Gulledge to say, “If we try to change the Independent, we’re making a mistake. I don’t want to change the Independent. I want to build on it.” Lee’s forbearance with the Indy’s editorial approach will be proofed in pudding (and Gulledge acknowledges that “We’re going to have to prove to the folks that are doubting”). Otherwise, of course there will be change, though little if any has
so far been specified. The papers may combine their printing processes and save on freight. They might eventually share office space to save on rent. Gulledge and Gibson both think that Lee’s resources in the digital realm can be leveraged to increase Independent revenues. Gulledge also expresses special interest in the Independent’s events business, Big Sky Orogenic Racing and Events, which encompasses the Montana Mucker series and the Montana Snow Joke half-marathon. “We don’t have a platform here that’s event marketing,” Gulledge says, “and I do think that’s a big piece of the future when it comes to marketing opportunities.” So, why is this happening? Because we need Lee’s help, and because Lee wants our business. That’s the simple story. In the pages that follow we try to complicate it—with what we’ve learned about Lee and Gulledge, what we know about the import and aftermath of similar sales in other parts of the country, reactions and advice from a who’s-who of Indy luminaries, and a Q&A cheat-sheet of what to expect. Some of which is simply unknown. Because nothing this complicated is ever that simple. —Brad Tyer
Meeting Uncle Lee Riding for a new, old brand by Derek Brouwer
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he sludge in the Indy coffeepot is reliably terrible, and I was in the mood for a spit-take-caliber brew the morning former owner Matt Gibson gathered the staff and announced he’d sold the paper to our corporate competitor. Lee Enterprises executives, he said, were on the way over to tell us more. I headed for the break room. That’s where Mike Gulledge found me. Gulledge is Lee’s highest-ranking employee in Montana, a company lifer and vice president who earned $456,411 last year, according to company financial disclosures. He’s been publisher of the state’s largest newspaper, the Billings Gazette, since 2000 and overseen the Missoulian since March, when former publisher Mark Heintzelman’s position was eliminated. Gulledge negotiated the Indy sale for Lee.
Gulledge smiled—he looks a lot like Fantasia-era Mickey Mouse when he does—and extended an arm. It was good to see me again, he said. For two years I worked as a reporter for Lee, in Helena and then in Billings. My only extended conversation with Gulledge took place after I submitted my notice at the Gazette. He wanted to know why I was leaving his newspaper for the altweekly in Missoula, where I would earn a lot less. I remember three details about the meeting: 1) Gulledge requested it through his assistant; 2) he closed the door to his office with the push of a button behind his desk; and 3) a framed, unsigned quote about what makes a “good newspaper” hung on the wall (more on that later). A couple of weeks prior, company cost-cutting had claimed the state’s
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Mike Gulledge, who splits his time between Billings and Missoula as publisher of the Gazette and Missoulian, negotiated the purchase of the Indy for Lee Enterprises.
two most-respected reporters, Chuck Johnson and Mike Dennison, from Lee’s capital bureau. I think I told Gulledge I wanted to do a kind of journalism that hadn’t seemed possible at Lee. I felt pretty righteous. (Gulledge recalls me telling him that I wasn’t unhappy, I just wanted to seek out other opportunities while I was young.) Now Gulledge was at the Indy office, shaking my hand again, my god-awful cup of coffee in the other. Uncle Lee, as some seasoned staffers used to call the company, had me back in his grasp. The company known today as Lee Enterprises has been the dominant newspaper group in Montana for more than half a century, since a Wisconsin publisher purchased papers in Missoula, Billings, Helena and Butte from the Anaconda Copper Mining Company in 1959. Of the 49 daily newspapers that Lee owns around the country, five are in Montana— more than are owned by all other media companies in the state combined. The Iowa-headquartered company’s outsized presence here brings the benefits of scale, University of Montana journalism historian Dennis Swibold notes, but it also means that when the company runs into trouble, news suffers statewide.
The last decade or so in particular has brought plenty of trouble. Lee’s recent woes are well known to many Indy readers—this paper has covered them for years. The defining moment arrived in 2005, when Lee took on more than $1 billion in debt to purchase the Pulitzer chain of newspapers. It was a bad time for a newspaper company to enter into debt. The ground under the media industry was shifting, decimating advertising revenue. A recession followed, and by 2011 Lee sought bankruptcy protection to restructure its debt payments. Since then, Lee, like every media company, has been in a race to cut costs more quickly than its revenues are falling, while also using “substantially all available cash” to pay down debt, as Lee chairwoman Mary Junck said in an investor call last February. The fallout has been considerable. Company disclosures with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission indicate that Lee’s workforce has been cut in half since 2008. Corporate managers developed a reputation for being “pretty quick with the hook” on local publishers who didn’t meet financial goals, Swibold says. Johnson, the former capital bureau chief, recalls staff at
the Independent Record throwing their own Christmas parties after the company stopped sponsoring them. Veteran staffers stopped getting raises. Lee’s Montana dailies now have their pages designed out of state. “After the purchase of the Pulitzer papers, it just seemed to be a downward spiral in terms of their finances,” Johnson says. “That’s when they didn’t invest too much in the product.” Turmoil wrought by tight finances has been on prominent display at the Missoulian, which is now on its third editor and third publisher since 2015. As part of a Montana Human Rights Bureau case brought by former editor Sherry Devlin last year, the company disclosed that 55 Missoulian employees were either terminated or quit between September 2014 and November 2015. Earlier this year, company-wide cost reductions eliminated three more positions from the Missoulian newsroom, including 25-year veteran sports editor Bob Meseroll. The trend continued in Lee’s latest quarterly report. Total operating revenue dropped 7.2 percent, despite growth in the digital sector, where Lee is concentrating its efforts. In a press release, Kevin
Mowbray, president and chief executive officer, said, “We remain highly focused on cost reductions” on the order of another 5 or 6 percent in 2017. Gulledge is the only Lee publisher in Montana to have survived the last decade. Three former Lee employees who worked with Gulledge in recent years describe him as a savvy manager who runs a tight ship but rarely tries to shape editorial coverage. “He’s a very strategic thinker, creating plans and hitting benchmarks financially,” says former Gazette marketing and niche publications director Allyn Hulteng, who left last year to start a marketing firm. While still based in Billings, Gulledge assumed publisher duties over the Missoulian in March after Heintzelman departed (Heintzelman declined to discuss his exit with the Indy). The Missoulian story announcing the change noted Gulledge’s tie to western Montana in the form of a home on Flathead Lake, which state property tax records appraise at $1.2 million. He will now supervise Gibson, who remains as Indy publisher. The pair will lead Lee’s experiment in running an alt-weekly newspaper. Announcing the purchase to Indy
staff, Gulledge made mention of Lee’s 2004 purchase of the Casper Journal, a community weekly in Wyoming that was started as a competitor to the Lee-owned Casper Star-Tribune. Dale Bohren sold the Journal to the Star-Tribune and today is executive editor of both publications. He says the Journal continued to operate separately for several years as he searched for ways to “find a margin, of course.” Over time, Bohren says, it made sense to integrate his old weekly into the primary product. First, the Journal became a free paper distributed to residents who weren’t Star-Tribune subscribers, and it retained original content, letters and editorials. In February of this year, 13 years after the sale, Bohren decided to scrap the original content. The Journal now consists of repackaged material that was previously published in the daily paper. “Congratulations,” Bohren told me when I called him. “You’re in for a really good ride.” The Indy’s journey may not follow the Journal’s. Based on her experience running niche magazines for the Gazette, Hulteng says the company is likely to see the Indy’s
established style and audience as an asset. “From a business perspective, it would seem appealing to add that to the portfolio while maintaining distinct personalities,” she says. The quotation I noticed in Gulledge’s office, about what makes a good newspaper, is still there. Last week, I asked a former coworker to send me a photo of it. It reads: “A good newspaper is not afraid to put its arms around its town and say it loves its community. Readers know; they always know. They know the difference between mindless boosterism and being the village scold. They are quick to detect indifference or scorn parading in the name of objectivity.” I tracked the line back to a 1996 column in industry magazine Editor & Publisher, a screed by North Carolina publisher Rolfe Neill about the newspaper industry’s plummeting circulation numbers. The column is titled, “Newspapers Must Save Their Own Lives.” When I asked Gulledge on Tuesday about the quote, he told me he wasn’t the one who’d hung it on the wall. “I inherited it, but I didn’t want to move it,” he said. “I think it’s spot-on. All we have is credibility.”
What happens when this happens? The Indy isn’t the first independent weekly to fall under corporate ownership. Here’s how it’s played out elsewhere. by Alex Sakariassen
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hen Nick Coltman broke the news to his staff at the Anchorage Press in 2006 that he’d sold the paper to the multi-state media corporation Wick Communications, the reception wasn’t exactly warm. Coltman and his wife had helped cofound the free news weekly in 1992, and Coltman had served as publisher since 1996. Making the announcement was tough, Coltman says, because “you’re messing with people’s lives.” “Honestly, it kind of felt like I was betraying my family,” he says now. “When you sell the company, as the patriarch of that family, it was hard. There were a lot of tears when I announced it. That was probably the hardest thing.” There weren’t any tears (that we saw) last week as 19-year Missoula Independent owner Matt Gibson informed us that he’d sold the paper to Lee Enterprises, the same company that owns the Missoulian.
But there were some arched eyebrows, some downcast glances and enough questions to fill a Best of Missoula issue. Chief among them: What would this mean for the future of this community’s alternative media voice? It’s a question that, for now, remains unanswered and unanswerable. What we do know is this: The Indy isn’t the first alt-weekly in the country to abruptly change hands. Jason Zaragoza, executive director of the Association of Alternative Newsmedia, says such developments aren’t exactly common, but they’re far from unheard of. He cites The Baltimore Sun’s acquisition of the Baltimore alt, City Paper, in 2014, and the $3 million purchase of the Chicago Reader in 2012 by the parent company of the Chicago Sun-Times. Both situations brought the weekly under the same umbrella as the local daily without dealing too big a blow Continued on page 17
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pparently nothing sparks anger, confusion and resentment in the Missoula community quite like a shakeup in the Fourth Estate. Based on the response to Lee Enterprise’s purchase of the Indy’s sale in local bars and on social media, you might have thought that Lee had rebuilt the Merc just to knock it down again. And it felt nice—really, really nice—not being the only ones going, “Wuh-huh?” That cocktail of strong emotions wasn’t confined to Missoula, or to our staff and loyal readers. In its 26 years, the Indy has attracted and provided a temporary home for all kinds of talented misfits and mavens, many of whom continue to keep a close eye on their beloved former paper. There was nothing wistful about their reactions to the new ownership. Indy cofounder Erik Cushman worked through “long winters and low wages” here from the paper’s inception in 1991 until shortly after its sale to Jeff Smith in 1996. Asked about the sale, the first words out of his mouth were, “I do think a name change is in order.” He says the Indy’s “oppositional nature” has always been “part of its gestalt,” forged out of the tenacity and creativity of the people it attracts. That’s hard stuff to fake, and his prognostications for a Leeowned Indy echo a lot of the fears we’ve already heard. “It’s not necessarily, ‘You can’t use the word fuck, and you can’t write about dope and rock and roll,’” says Cushman, now publisher of the locally owned Monterey County Weekly in California. “It’s going to be, ‘Here, we’re going to consolidate and find opportunities to combine resources.’ That’s what their DNA is.” Zach Dundas started his stint at the Indy in 1994 as a University of Montana freshman, pulling double-duty as a contributor and delivery boy. He stayed on through two ownership changes—Jeff Smith’s 1996 acquisition, and Matt Gibson’s purchase from Smith in 1997. For Dundas, the sale is the end of one story for sure: that of the Independent as a freestanding paper owned by a succession of “outsized personalities.” “In some romantic sense, it’s sad to see that era of entrepreneurial hustle come to an end,” says Dundas, now executive editor at Portland Monthly (Oregon), “because I think really that was key to the paper’s identity and part of what made it great.” Dundas adds that if Lee is smart, the company will invest in the Indy’s current staff and let it keep doing what it does best with improved resources. Good jour-
photo courtesy Eric Johnson
Indy cofounders Eric Johnson, left, and Erik Cushman at a Flaming Lips concert in Big Sur in 2012. The two were saddened by news of our sale, but wish us the best. Thanks guys.
nalism can thrive under all kinds of ownership, and the Indy’s voice has stayed strong through some jarring moments in the past. It’s a “keep calm and carry on moment,” Dundas says, one that requires a skeptical eye and open mind from everyone. Former editor Andrea Peacock, whose stint as an Indy reporter was also her first paid gig, was saddened by news
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of the sale. It seemed to her then that investigative journalism was “a necessary and honorable profession.” It still is. “But I don’t know that anyone’s come up with a way to make the business model work, so that reporters can make a living at it,” Peacock says. “I don’t doubt that Matt [Gibson] poured an obscene amount of money into the Independent over the last 20 years. So did Eric John-
son and Erik Cushman, and so did Jeff Smith. All those guys made enormous personal and financial sacrifices because they believed in what we were doing.” Peacock adds that she’s “truly not worried” about Lee exerting editorial control over the Independent. She does, however, believe the company will “squeeze that paper dry,” demanding it meet tougher and tougher financial goals.
The same story has played out at papers all over the country. “It’s been going on for decades,” she says. The change is sad as well for former Indy photographer Chad Harder. The paper has covered stories in ways the Missoulian couldn’t or wouldn’t, he says, from “religious nutballs in the Bitterroot” to 2000’s downtown riots—during which Harder was pepper-sprayed while photographing the news. In the face of stressful hours, unreturned calls and stacked deadlines, Harder says, it was always empowering to know we “weren’t working for The Man.” Skylar Browning, an 11-year veteran who left the editor’s chair last fall, says he was “bummed” by news of the sale. During his time at the Indy, Browning was always appreciative of the paper’s sole-ownership status, and never took it for granted. Was he surprised? Not really. “I think as the media landscape changed, it was clear that that might not last forever.” Asked for advice, Browning—who hired everyone currently on the editorial staff except current editor Brad Tyer, whom he recommended for the position when he departed—advised a renewed focus on the job. Readers will judge for themselves, he says, whether anything important changes. “As long as the people there are able to do the type of work that they’ve always done, and even better work, then the Indy will stay in good hands,” Browning says. “But I’m as curious as anyone how things are going to play out from here.” The sale has been a constant theme in cofounder Eric Johnson’s life over the past several days. He heard of it almost immediately through phone calls and Facebook, with one post from a friend declaring the news “your worst nightmare.” Johnson says he was shocked and disappointed. As he began to read Gibson’s comments on his ambition to leverage Lee’s resources to strengthen the Indy, and our own statements of continuing editorial purpose, he says, he became increasingly heartened. He gets that the community is “freaking out.” For many readers, he says, it wasn’t some independent owner’s paper—it was their paper. And he wants us to give it a chance to work. “Give Matt a chance to fight battles for you so that you can keep the paper alive. Because if the Independent was to go away because the seasoned, experienced, deeply ethical staff decided to walk on principle ... the paper would suffer and the community would suffer.” —Alex Sakariassen
You’ve got questions... Q: Wait, Lee Banville owns the Indy now? A: Nope, he’s still a journalism prof at UM, and they hardly make that kind of money. We’ll still quote him in every other issue, though. Q: Umm, how does this not run afoul of federal antitrust laws? A: Even with its acquisition of the Indy, Lee’s nowdominant print footprint is still just a fraction of Missoula’s available media. It’s unlikely that antitrust regulators will care. Q: Can you still swear in print? A: Our policy remains that we generally try to avoid gratuitous vulgarity except in quotation, where salty language may add color and realism to a narrative. So “fuck yeah.”
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to their weekly style. The City Paper, Zaragoza says, continues to produce its annual weed issue, and the news staff ’s coverage of 2015’s Freddie Gray-inspired Baltimore uprising took a notably different tone from than that of the Sun. “There are still ways for an AAN paper that’s under that type of ownership to maintain an independent voice and be true to the values that they started with,” Zaragoza says. Coltman observes that while the community’s fears about a weakened editorial voice at the Anchorage Press were eventually realized, the change wasn’t immediate. “Despite everything, [the staff] still, in the trenches, were keeping up that independent spirit.” Coltman says that only when Robert Meyerowitz, the editor who
Q: Will the paper still be free? A: Yep, and a bargain at twice the price.
Q: Will the Independent comments section stay? A: As long as y’all keep it civil.
Q: Will the Independent still be able to report on the Missoulian? A: Of course. And now, when we scoop them, they’ll have to give us credit in their follow-ups. It’s in the contract.
Q: So does this mean Indy staffers can’t take guns to work anymore? A: ’Fraid so. You knew something had to change.
Q: Are the two papers going to combine offices? A: They’d better hope not. Q: Is the Missoulian going to continue publishing Corridor? A: What’s Corridor?
weathered the transition (and who later edited the Indy), left did the newsroom fall apart. The size of the paper gradually dwindled, Coltman says, from weekly page-counts in the 50s to maybe 32. The editorial staff shrank from 10 to two. In Coltman’s assessment, while some of those changes were inevitably a “sign of our economic times,” Wick was driven less by editorial success than by the business’ bottom line. Coltman stayed on as publisher for just six months after the purchase, at which point he grew too frustrated with being a mere link in the bureaucratic chain. He returned to the publisher’s chair in March 2014, and immediately set about correcting what he perceived to be the failings of a string of “knucklehead” publishers. “We got threatened with lawsuits three times in the first couple of months I
Q: If the staffs remain separate and the publications remain the same, how is Lee going to make money? A: We don’t have a clue. You should ask someone who’s made some money. Q: What’s the best-case scenario? A: Lee infuses the Indy with desperately needed cash and resources and we both become better papers through healthy competition and operational efficiencies.
was back, and I said, ‘Yeah, see, I’m doing my job. We’re shaking shit up,’” he says. “That surprised the daylights out of [Wick], but they were OK with it as long as I was going to stand by the stories and defend what we were doing.” Coltman once again stepped down as publisher late last year, entering a diminished role as publisher emeritus after Wick’s consolidation of the publisher position at three of its Alaska papers. Unlike Lee in Missoula, Wick didn’t own the local daily in Anchorage, though it did own the nearby Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman. But even newsweekly ownership by the local daily hasn’t always resulted in tumult. In spring 2015, the Minneapolis Star-Tribune bought the nearly 40-year-old alt City Pages from the privately held weekly chain Voice Media Group (formerly New Times). City Pages
Q: What’s the worst-case scenario? A: Donald Trump goes to war with North Korea, which fires a nuclear missile that triggers the Yellowstone caldera, and everything dies except the Missoula Current, which becomes more relevant than ever. Q: Is Dan Brooks/News of the Weird/Free Will Astrology/The Advice Goddess/Tom Tomorrow still going to be in the paper? A: Until the end of time. Q: Is Uncle Lee making you say all this? Wink if you need us to send help.
editor Pete Kotz, who along with publisher Mary Erickson stayed on through the transition, says that deal wound up being a good thing. A 17-year veteran of the alt-weekly world, Kotz notes that under Voice ownership, wages had been frozen for “more years than I can count with a public school education.” Were staff and readers leery about the prospects for continued editorial independence? Sure. “They’re not buccaneers like the Voice was,” Kotz says of Star Tribune Media, “so they’re much more skittish about the things we do. But just in terms of job security, it was a very good thing for most of the employees.” Still, Kotz doesn’t offer his story as a parable for the Indy. Locally owned Star Tribune Media lacks the “Wall Street feel” of Lee Enterprises, he says. That said, he believes the troubles the Indy is bound to
face will be largely operational—staffing, financials, IT issues. There might be some “hand-wringing from the mothership,” he says, but his advice is straightforward: Keep doing what you’re doing until you’re told to stop. “They natively won’t understand what you do and why it works, and they’ll often view you as a lesser species, a practicer of a lesser brand of journalism. So you’ll just have to kind of deal with that. But as long as they keep it to hand-wringing and admonishing looks and still let you do what you do, I think you’ll be fine.” As for whether he feels comfortable covering the Star-Tribune critically—another question that’s been raised given the Indy’s suddenly shared parentage with the Missoulian—Kotz’s answer arrives without pause: “I wouldn’t really hesitate at all.”
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Jamie Rogers, left, and Travis Yost started a podcast that explores the everyday lives of locals.
Two dudes laughing Jamie and Travis Present… the strangely ordinary essence of Missoula by Erika Fredrickson
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ravis Yost likes to imagine Missoula as a fictional place, a mountain town where colorful characters hold down strange jobs, circling around each other in coffee shops, bars and breweries, making art, entertaining one another in new and absurd ways and sometimes having soul-searching conversations. “Garrison Keillor has the fake town of Lake Wobegon with all its characters,” Yost says. “‘Welcome to Night Vale’ has characters and events that almost seem real. And Missoula is that place for me.” The conceit is the basis of a podcast called “Jamie and Travis Present…” in which Yost and co-host Jamie Rogers interview local people about whom they’re curious: sometimes acquaintances or business owners, sometimes friends or family. On one episode they talk with Colin
Hickey, a longtime Missoula fixture who once booked punk shows at the locally famous Jay’s Upstairs and now runs the internationally popular online video conference, Vidcon, while still living in Missoula. Another episode profiles beloved Masala baker Jenny Lynn Fawcett on the occasion of her big leap into her own business, Poppy Bakery. In yet another, Yost brings on photographer Timmy Arrowtop and musician/architect Ryan Bundy to convince Rogers to finally watch Star Trek, after watching them discuss its virtues on a Facebook post. “I follow you on Facebook because it doesn’t matter if it’s positive or negative, it’s always super hilarious,” Yost tells Arrowtop during the recording. Even in the seemingly small circles of Missoula’s art scene, people don’t always get to know each other outside of social media, and
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Yost and Rogers use the podcast as a way to make room for more in-real-life conversation. “Missoula is such a cool community and you can’t talk to everybody,” Rogers says. “I have known who Colin Hickey is for so long and seen posts on Facebook and heard he was a cool dude, but had never been in a situation to have a one-on-one conversation with him. It’s really gratifying to ask people like him questions, and maybe other people are similarly curious.” So far Yost and Rogers have taped 32 episodes, and if you listen to enough of them, a snapshot of Missoula comes into focus. Podcast guest Ben Weiss works for the city, plays in a noise band, runs a radio station and serves as an art auctioneer, among other things. Dishwashers make sculptures. Reporters leave their jobs to become farmers. It’s a place where podcast guest John Wicks,
the drummer for nationally popular neo-soul band Fitz and the Tantrums, decided to settle down and start a coffee shop. The people they interview—always around Yost’s kitchen table—are more or less part of the town’s progressive bubble (the culture you find downtown, as opposed to out on Reserve and beyond). The wandering conversations and odd collection of characters, the inside jokes and casual references, does give it the feel of fiction. The podcast indulges in the “only-in-Missoula” attitude that people both love and make fun of by celebrating ordinary creative people (and, disclosure: recently interviewing me) without slipping too far into self-congratulation. Mostly it works because the hosts are vibrant local characters themselves. Rogers, a drummer, and Yost, a multi-instrumentalist, met while playing in a David Bowie
cover band, Glass Spiders, and they just started a Bob Seger cover band together (Close, But No Seger). Yost makes his living playing gigs and Rogers (who used to write for the Indy) grows microgreens (in the cellar of Yost’s house) with his wife, Carly, for their business Killing Frost Farm. Every few episodes of the podcast they forgo a guest and just talk with each other: about Costco hot dogs, NPR, winter depression—whatever comes to mind. The conversation is manic, funny and fueled by pots of coffee. “It’s as if we’re in your kitchen,” Yost says, “sitting around the table talking.” “It’s gabbing,” Rogers adds. “And two dudes laughing.” Visit jamieandtravispresent. podbean.com. efredrickson@missoulanews.com
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The Beet Tops play a monthly square dance at the Top Hat.
For a long time, square dancing has been viewed as a relic—enjoyed by the old and rural, exiled to barns and fields. Its resurgence within the last decade began in major cities (with organizations like Dare to be Square West) and spread to smaller college towns in much the same way most retro trends do. In Missoula, a monthly square dancing event has popped up at the Top Hat, hosted by an oldtime band called the Beet Tops. And this weekend marks the first-ever Old Time Social, a three-day event that offers a bevy of old-school activities and workshops (think clogging and yodeling) plus a culminating community square dance and cake walk at the Public House. At the center of all of this old-time activity is Chelle Karcher, one of two fiddlers for Beet Tops and the band’s built-in dance caller. She stumbled onto the scene after college, when she discovered the joy of learning to play music by ear from older musicians. Soon her musical interests led her to dancing and being a caller—the person who shouts dance instructions to revelers. She spent some time researching the old-time revival on the West Coast and then decided to try expanding the scene in Missoula. “It’s different than having just a band playing,” Karcher says. “It’s an energetic feedback loop between the band and the dancers, and before you know it, you have this big smile on your face.” In case you’re confused about what traditional square dancing is (and it can be confusing), here’s how this particular form works: Multiple groups of eight people (four couples) follow the instructions of a caller and dance to a band that usually features a banjo, guitar, fiddle and bass. Dress is casual for dancers and gender doesn’t really matter. You don’t have to bring your own partner and you don’t have to know a thing about square dancing to jump in. While Karcher is part of the newer wave of local
square dance enthusiasts, another participant, Bev Young, has been calling and dancing for three decades. A regular at community events, barn dances and weddings around Missoula and the Northwest, she’s seen square dancing’s popularity rise in the past few years, and she isn’t surprised. “Everyone likes to get together and have a good time,” she says. “The younger generation likes to listen to live music, hang out in bars and have a good time together. It’s a tradition that has been on the uptick simply because we have great musicians that inspire us to dance.” The Montana Arts Council, the Missoula Folklore Society and the Country Dance and Song Society are all nonprofits helping to fund the Old Time Social, while the Top Hat and Free Cycles have created free spaces for dances, all of which has done wonders for introducing the pastime to a new generation. The movement’s revival is more than a matter of community support, though. Karcher always goes back to the simple idea that square dances connect people in a way that modern technology can’t, and that’s what has been pulling people in. “You are with seven other people, and you are all physically interacting,” she says. “You are holding hands with people who are different ages, who have different political views, and you are trying moves that are sometimes silly and that sometimes fall apart. It’s not a connection you can get online. It’s not even a connection you can get from a deep, face-to-face conversation. It’s old, but it still fits into modern life. I love keeping the music alive.” The Old Time Social Square Dance and Cake Walk takes place at the Public House Sat., April 22, at 8 PM. No experience needed. Free. arts@missoulanews.com
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In the opening scene of Gwen Florio’s latest For example, Lola is white but Charlie is a Blackfeet book, an old Navajo man sets up his lawn chair in the policeman who is criticized for not living on the middle of the Arizona desert on a day that promises reservation. The stress creates a wedge between Lola to be a scorcher. As he waits for tourists to pass by— and her husband, making the reader wonder how hoping they’ll hire him as a guide to a roadside at- loyalties will play out. Then there’s Charlie’s brother, traction—he, along with the billboard he seeks shade Edgar, who lives with his wife, Naomi, on her Navajo behind, is blown to bits by a bomb. It’s a sudden and reservation. Edgar and Naomi, both Ivy League-edushocking event in which the Missoula author does a cated professionals, are clearly far wealthier than the great job of setting the wheels of the story in motion. vast majority of their neighbors and kin. The relationReservations is the fourth installment of Florio’s ships can be complicated, and Florio skillfully ratchLola Wicks mystery series. In this one, investigative re- ets up the pressure around the small family group. Florio does several things well. Right from the beporter Lola, her husband, Charlie, and their daughter, Margaret, find themselves in the middle of the chaos sur- ginning of the book she captures life in the desert perfectly. I felt the heat, the dryness, rounding the bombing, which octhe seeming desolation of the landcurs the day they leave Montana to scape, the harsh light and relentvisit Charlie’s family on the Navajo less sun, and the way it saps a reservation. Charlie’s estranged person’s energy. In addition, Florio brother and sister-in-law are key knows how to tell a compelling players in a conflict between instory that keeps the reader flipping digenous rights and the expansion pages. Her pacing is excellent of a giant coal mine on Indian land. when it comes to balancing action When the bombing happens, ecowith the creation of suspense. Floterrorists are suspected, since the rio clearly did an impressive mine is a center of anti-coal acamount of digging into the comtivism. Then a second bomb—this plex politics between the federal one set off along a mine access government and indigenous peoroad—destroys a truck and kills the ple, but she avoids letting all the driver, increasing the tension even research overwhelm the story. more. Who is the bomber, what is That’s a hallmark of the Lola Wicks the motivation, and when will the series across the board. Setting has next one strike? The narrative reveals fairly Reservations (A Lola Wicks Mystery) been a character in each of the four books, and Florio handles that asearly on who the bomber seems Gwen Florio Paperback, Midnight Ink pect masterfully. These kinds of to be, but this criminal is clearly 312 pages, $14 stories can be tricky to navigate working at the behest of someone behind the scenes. Discovering who these responsible and Florio deftly avoids making it feel like she’s appropeople are is the mystery, and clues point to members priating another culture’s stories to pursue her own. Characters are what keep readers coming back to of Lola’s new extended family. Or do they? As the centerpiece of Florio’s series, Wicks is both a series like this, and Lola Wicks is a memorable one. the strength and weakness of the story. She is dogged In Reservations, she doesn’t escape unscathed from in the pursuit of answers, fiercely independent and her desert adventures (though I think this isn’t the last relatively fearless. In addition, she is often obnoxious we’ll hear from her) and there is a final twist that may and not self-aware enough to realize it. She is consis- throw off some readers. That’s how life is, though, and tently rude to people around her, hard-headed and Florio’s series is well rooted in the real world. Gwen Florio reads from Reservations at prone to endangering others through her single-mindedness. These traits may be endearing to some readers Shakespeare & Co. Thu., April 20, at 7 PM. in the way Florio handles them, others may find her [Note: This review of a Missoulian editor’s book too prickly. I have something of a love-hate relationship with Lola. She’s not a person anyone with a thin was assigned before we knew the Indy would be purchased by Lee Enterprises. Lee didn’t make us do it. skin would find enjoyable to be around. A lot of the book’s scenes take place in a kitchen We would have reviewed Gwen’s book anyway, just or on a shady porch, where the characters’ interac- as we have reviewed her earlier books. We’ll probations are on full display. Passive aggressiveness bly review her next one, too.] abounds, along with barely veiled prejudices. Racial tension, class and tribal loyalty are key issues here. arts@missoulanews.com
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The war, at home Sand Castle unpacks Operation Iraqi Futility by Molly Laich
Nicholas Hoult stars in the new Netflix movie Sand Castle.
My mom’s Netflix account has been working overtime lately to provide me, my roommates and untold ex-boyfriends a constant stream of programming. (Just how many places can one woman’s login stretch before it reaches its limit? The world may never know.) The latest Netflix original film, Sand Castle, hits select theaters (nowhere near Montana), and more ubiquitously, a living room near you on streaming media this Friday. Set in 2003, during the early days of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Sand Castle epitomizes a distinctive time in filmmaking—now—when an independent war movie of pretty good but not earth-shattering quality gets produced and then one day unceremoniously shows up on our computers, waiting patiently to be discovered. What kind of world are we living in? I remember when new films arrived like live grenades, and to unpack them required a modicum of deliberation and effort. Now you can just roll out of bed, click a few buttons and halfway pay attention to this sincere, upsetting picture about the futility of war. Sand Castle comes to us from Brazilian director Fernando Coimbra, from a script by Iraq war veteran Chris Roessner. Nicholas Hoult stars as Private Matt Ocre, whom we are introduced to as he repeatedly slams his own hand with a Hummer door in a failed attempt to get out of active duty. You may or may not remember Hoult from his earlier work, most notably as the kid opposite Hugh Grant in 2002’s About a Boy. Kid actors turned soldiers is somehow doubly unsettling. He doesn’t belong in Army fatigues; he should be back in grade school with his mother and his British accent! But never mind.
In a small village on the outskirts of Baqubah, Iraq, Ocre and his fellow soldiers are tasked with repairing a water-pumping station that’s been damaged by U.S. bombs. Special Forces Captain Syverson, played by Henry Cavill (Man of Steel) heads the mission armed with a sinking certainty that the Iraqi people are distrustful of the soldiers’ help, and that whatever work they complete will quickly be turned again to rubble. The film’s overt and persistent theme of the chaos and futility of these early missions feels both refreshing and depressing. To be clear, I don’t know anything about war, but I know a little about what happens to the men who come back from it. There was the ex-sniper turned schizophrenic I used to hang out with at the Golden Rose, the ex-Marine with the violent temper who used to spend hours at night watching combat videos on YouTube at frighteningly high volumes, and his best friend who came home to a wife and baby only to shoot himself in the head a few months later. All of them carried an aura that I can only describe as regret, and the nagging sense of missions left unaccomplished. And I’ve heard stories about little kids approaching the cavalry asking for water, but surprise: They’re strapped with bombs. Roessner’s script, based on his direct experience of war, confirms what I’ve heard. It imagines the paranoia and distrust that war breeds between soldiers and occupied citizens. Sand Castle isn’t exactly a modern classic in the tradition of Platoon, but it feels authentic in a way that I suspect those touched by war will find cathartic and comforting. arts@missoulanews.com
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OPENING THIS WEEK BORN IN CHINA Disney ventures into the wilds of China to document the lives of the animals that call it home. Rated G. Directed by Chuan Lu. Playing at the Missoula AMC 12.
PAPER MOON (1973) During the Great Depression, a grifter finds himself saddled with a young girl who may or may not be his daughter. Now the con is on. Rated PG. Stars Ryan O’Neal, Tatum O’Neal and Madeline Kahn. Playing Tues., April 25 at 5 PM at the Roxy.
FREE FIRE Ever have someone deliver the wrong pizza to you? It’s like that except instead of a pizza it’s several cases of assault rifles, and instead of one hungry person, it’s a warehouse full of international criminals. Rated R. Stars Brie Larson, Armie Hammer and Cillian Murphy. Playing at the Missoula AMC 12. PHOENIX FORGOTTEN A group of teenage UFO-hunters discover something truly terrifying: they’re in a PG-13 found-footage horror film. Stars Chelsea Lopez, Florence Hartigan and Justin Matthews. Playing at the Missoula AMC 12. UNFORGETTABLE It’s okay to be stressed following a break up, but that doesn’t mean you should try to kill your ex-husband’s new fiancée. Rated R. Stars Katherine Heigl, Rosario Dawson and Cheryl Ladd. Playing at the Missoula AMC 12 and the Pharaohplex.
NOW PLAYING 40TH INTERNATIONAL WILDLIFE FILM FESTIVAL Visit wildlifefilms.org for a full line up and schedule for the International Wildlife Film Festival running April 15–22 at the Roxy. BEAUTY AND THE BEAST A tale as old as time, an intelligent woman falls in love with an angry, well-dressed French water buffalo in a haunted castle. Rated PG. Stars Emma Watson, Dan Stevens and Emma Thompson. Playing at the AMC Missoula 12 and the Pharaohplex.
THERE WILL BE BLOOD (2007) This oil man is here to drill for crude and drink milkshakes, and he’s all outta milkshakes. Rated R. Stars Daniel Day-Lewis, Paul Dano and Paul F. Tompkins. Playing Wed., April 26 at 7 PM at the Roxy. “Okay, folks. If anyone asks, we're the cast from American Hustle, Got it?” Free Fire opens at the Missoula AMC 12.
THE BOSS BABY Older children sometimes feel jealousy toward new siblings. Of course most newborns aren’t high-powered executive spies. Are we sure this isn’t a 30 Rock joke? Rated PG. Stars the voice talents of Alec Baldwin, Steve Buscemi and Lisa Kudrow. Playing at the AMC Missoula 12 and the Pharaohplex. THE FATE OF THE FURIOUS You’ve seen the last seven movies in this franchise, I doubt this one is a big departure from fast cars, exotic locals and beefy hunks punching each other. Rated PG-13. Stars Vin Diesel, Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham. Playing at the Missoula AMC 12 and the Pharaohplex. THE FITS (2015) While training to be a boxer, a young tomboy becomes entranced by a dance troupe. As she struggles with fitting in, the dancers suddenly begin to suffer from fainting spells. See? Exercise leads nowhere good. Not Rated. Stars Royalty Hightower, Alexis Neblett and Lauren Gibson. Playing Thu., April 27 at 7 PM at the Roxy.
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GHOST IN THE SHELL A one-of-a-kind human-cyborg does battle against criminals, hackers and terrorists in a cyberpunk future. Rated PG-13. Stars Scarlett Johansson, Takeshi Kitano and Michael Pitt. Playing at the Missoula AMC 12 and the Pharaohplex. GIFTED After the suicide of his math-obsessed sister, a man discovers his seven-year-old niece has the same gift for numbers her mother did. Rated PG-13. Stars Chris Evans, Lindsay Duncan and Jenny Slate. Playing at the Missoula AMC 12 and the Pharaohplex. GOING IN STYLE Three retired steelworkers decide to rob the bank that canceled their pensions. That seems fair. Rated PG-13. Stars Morgan Freeman, Alan Arkin and Michael Caine. Playing at the Missoula AMC 12 and the Pharaohplex. LIFE The crew of the International Space Station discovers proof of alien life. That’s great! Then they discover proof the alien life really
TOAD TO NOWHERE Two local Missoula filmmakers journey to the Sonoran Desert in Arizona to find a psychedelic toad in this mind-expanding documentary. Not Rated. Playing at the Roxy Sun., April 23 at 7 PM. TWIN PEAKS: FIRE WALK WITH ME (1992) Sterces htiw dellif s’ehs. The final week of Laura Palmer’s life is chronicled in this prequel to the cult T.V. show. Rated R. Stars Sheryl Lee, Moira Kelly and David Bowie. Playing Sat., April 22 at 8 PM at the Roxy. Y TU MAMÁ TAMBIÉN (2001) Two rich teenagers, hoping to impress an older woman at a wedding, brag about a beautiful and secret beach they’re driving to. Now she wants the duo to take her to this fictional vacation spot. Rated R. Stars Gael García Bernal, Diego Luna and Maribel Verdú. Playing Mon., April 24 at 7 PM at the Roxy. Capsule reviews by Charley Macorn. Planning your outing to the cinema? Visit the arts section of missoulanews.com to find up-to-date movie times for theaters in the area.
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Hummus from scratch by Gabi Moskowitz Real hummus, which I tasted for the first time as an 18-year-old in Tel Aviv, is ethereally creamy, rich with olive oil, redolent of fresh lemon, lots of garlic and good tahini, plus just enough salt to make it pop. It was revolutionary to me just how good it was, scooped onto a warm piece of hot-out-of-theoven pita. Though many countries claim hummus as their own, the chickpea-tahini-olive oil-lemon-garlic preparation of hummus is Egyptian in origin. Its complete name, ummu bi a na, means “chickpeas with tahini” in Arabic. And while, yes, it is available in plastic containers at your local grocery store, hummus made from scratch is in its own category. Here’s how: Start with dry chickpeas. Don’t give in to the desire to use canned—they’re really not as good. Besides, $5 worth of dry chickpeas will last you a whole lot longer than $5 worth of canned beans. If you have the time, soak them overnight, with some baking soda. If, like me, you are less patient, do the quick soaking method and stir some baking soda into the chickpeas and water, simmer for a few minutes, then cover for 10 minutes. This helps loosen the peels, and as you will find, this is the key to the smoothest, creamiest hummus. The beans cook low and slow. Don’t worry about them getting too mushy—they’re just going to be pureed. After cooking for a long time, it’s into the food processor with tahini, olive oil, lemon, garlic and salt. Don’t forget the extra olive oil to garnish. This is not a low-fat food. Don’t ever bother with a hummus that claims to be low-fat. I like to top mine with zaatar, an oregano-based spice-and-herb blend. If you can’t find zaatar, sumac, paprika, chopped parsley or cilantro, or even just freshly ground black pepper works nicely. Don’t you just want to dive in with a hot piece of pita? Serves 8–10 INGREDIENTS 2 cups dried chickpeas 3 tablespoons baking soda 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil, plus more to garnish 1/4 cup tahini
BROKEASS GOURMET juice of 1 lemon 3 cloves garlic, roughly chopped 2 teaspoons salt (more or less to taste) zaatar (optional) DIRECTIONS Pick over the dried chickpeas and remove any that are still green. Put the chickpeas in a large, heavy-bottomed pot, and add enough water so the chickpeas are under about 2 inches of water. Stir in the baking soda. Cover the pot and bring to a boil over high heat. Reduce the temperature to medium and let simmer for 5 minutes. Let the chickpeas sit in the pot, covered, for 10 minutes. Turn off the heat and drain the chickpeas in a colander or strainer. Run cold water over the chickpeas until they are cool to the touch. Working in small batches, rub a handful of chickpeas between your hands to remove the peels. Repeat until most of the peels have been removed from the chickpeas. Place the peeled chickpeas back in the pot and cover with 2–3 inches of water. Cover the pot with the lid. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to medium-low. Let the pot simmer for 1 hour and 15 minutes. Once the chickpeas have finished cooking, lift the lid and use a slotted spoon to remove any peels that floated to the top during cooking. Drain the chickpeas in a colander or strainer and run cold water over them to bring them to room temperature. Place the chickpeas in the bowl of a food processor. Run the machine until all lumps disappear and the chickpeas are very smooth With the machine running, stream in the olive oil. Add the tahini, lemon juice, garlic and salt and blend until the hummus is completely smooth. Scrape the hummus into a serving bowl and garnish with a heavy sprinkle of zaatar and a generous drizzle of olive oil. Serve with fresh vegetables, pita, pita chips, kebabs or anything else you like.
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Asahi 1901 Stephens Ave 829-8989 asahimissoula.com Exquisite Chinese and Japanese cuisine. Try our new Menu! Order online for pickup or express dine in. Pleasant prices. Fresh ingredients. Artistic presentation. Voted top 3 People’s Choice two years in a row. Open Tue-Sun: 11am-10pm. $-$$$
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Bernice’s Bakery 190 South 3rd West 728-1358
Butterfly Herbs 232 N. Higgins 728-8780 Celebrating 44 years of great coffees and teas. Truly the “essence of Missoula.” Offering fresh coffees, teas (Evening in Missoula), bulk spices and botanicals, fine toiletries & gifts. Our cafe features homemade soups, fresh salads, and coffee ice cream specialties. In the heart of historic downtown, we are Missoula’s first and favorite Espresso Bar. Open 7 Days. $
It’s a done deal! No foolin’. Bernice’s Bakery will be introducing a new owner June 1st! Christine and Marco have spent the last 15 years stewarding the development and sustainability of one of Missoula’s iconic businesses. Congratulations to Marco and Christine! And, congratulations to the new owner Missy Kelleher. When purchasing cakes for Graduation and treats Mother’s Day (or just a sunny day pop-in) we want to see you. Come in and say hello or good-bye. Follow that up by a “hello” to Missy in June as you snag your favorite treat or a cup o’joe. Bernice’s Bakery Keepin’ Missoula Sweet $-$$
Doc’s Gourmet Sandwiches 214 N. Higgins Ave. 542-7414 Doc’s is an extremely popular gathering spot for diners who appreciate the great ambiance, personal service and generous sandwiches made with the freshest ingredients. Whether you’re heading out for a power lunch, meeting friends or family or just grabbing a quick takeout, Doc’s is always an excellent choice. Delivery in the greater Missoula area. We also offer custom catering!...everything from gourmet appetizers to all of our menu items. $-$$
Biga Pizza 241 W. Main Street 728-2579 Biga Pizza offers a modern, downtown dining environment combined with traditional brick oven pizza, calzones, salads, sandwiches, specials and desserts. All dough is made using a “biga” (pronounced bee-ga) which is a timehonored Italian method of bread making. Biga Pizza uses local products, the freshest produce as well as artisan meats and cheeses. Featuring seasonal menus. Lunch and dinner, Mon-Sat. Beer & Wine available. $-$$
Good Food Store 1600 S. 3rd West 541-FOOD The GFS Deli features made-to-order sandwiches, Fire Deck pizza & calzones, rice & noodle wok bowls, an award-winning salad bar, an olive & antipasto bar and a self-serve hot bar offering a variety of housemade breakfast, lunch and dinner entrées. A 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 $-$$
Bridge Pizza 600 S Higgins Ave. 542-0002 bridgepizza.com A popular local eatery on Missoula's Hip Strip. Featuring handcrafted artisan brick oven pizza, pasta, sandwiches, soups, & salads made with fresh, seasonal ingredients. Missoula's place for pizza by the slice. A unique selection of regional microbrews and gourmet sodas. Dine-in, drive-thru, & delivery. Open everyday 11am - 10:30pm. $-$$
Grizzly Liquor 110 W Spruce St. 549-7723 grizzlyliquor.com Voted Missoula’s Best Liquor Store! Largest selection of spirits in the Northwest, including all Montana micro-distilleries. Your headquarters for unique spirits and wines! Free customer parking. Open Monday-Saturday 9-7:30. $-$$$
Burns Street Bistro 1500 Burns St. 543-0719 burnsstbistro.com We cook the freshest local ingredients as a matter of pride. Our relationship with local farmers, ranchers and other businesses allows us to bring quality, scratch cooking and fresh-brewed Black Coffee Roasting Co. coffee and espresso to Missoula’s Historic Westside neighborhood. Handmade breads & pastries, soups, salads & sandwiches change with the seasons, but our commitment to delicious food does not. Mon-Fri 7am - 2pm. Sat/Sun Brunch 9am - 2pm. $-$$
Hob Nob on Higgins 531 S. Higgins • 541-4622 hobnobonhiggins.com Come visit our friendly staff & experience Missoula’s best little breakfast & lunch spot. All our food is made from scratch, we feature homemade corn beef hash, sourdough pancakes, sandwiches, salads, espresso & desserts. MC/V $-$$ Iron Horse Brew Pub 501 N. Higgins 728-8866 ironhorsebrewpub.com We’re the perfect place for lunch, appetizers, or dinner. Enjoy nightly specials, our fantastic beverage selection and friendly, attentive service. Stop by & stay awhile! No matter what you are looking for, we’ll give you something to smile about. $$-$$$
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[dish] Iza 529 S. Higgins 830-3237 izarestaurant.com Local Asian cuisine feature SE Asian, Japanese, Korean and Indian dishes. Gluten Free and Vegetarian no problem. Full Beer, Wine, Sake and Tea menu. We have scratch made bubble teas. Come in for lunch, dinner, drinks or just a pot of awesome tea. Open Mon-Fri: Lunch 11:30-3pm, Happy Hour 3-6pm, Dinner M-Sat 3pm-close. $-$$ Liquid Planet 223 N. Higgins 541-4541 Whether it’s coffee or cocoa, water, beer or wine, or even a tea pot, French press or mobile mug, Liquid Planet offers the best beverage offerings this side of Neptune. Missoula’s largest espresso and beverage bar, along with fresh and delicious breakfast and lunch options from breakfast burritos and pastries to paninis and soups. Peruse our global selection of 1,000 wines, 400 beers and sodas, 150 teas, 30 locally roasted coffees, and a myriad of super cool beverage accessories and gifts. Find us on facebook at /BestofBeverage. Open daily 7:30am to 9pm. Liquid Planet Grille 540 Daly 540-4209 (corner of Arthur & Daly across from the U of M) MisSOULa’s BEST new restaurant of 2015, the Liquid Planet Grille, offers the same unique Liquid Planet espresso and beverage bar you’ve come to expect, with breakfast served all day long! Sit outside and try the stuffed french toast or our handmade granola or a delicious Montana Melt, accompanied with MisSOULa’s best fries and wings, with over 20 salts, seasonings and sauces! Open 7am-8pm daily. Find us on Facebook at /LiquidPlanetGrille. $-$$ Missoula Senior Center 705 S. Higgins Ave. (on the hip strip) 543-7154 themissoulaseniorcenter.org Did you know the Missoula Senior Center serves delicious hearty lunches every week day for only $4 for those on the Nutrition Program, $5 for U of M Students with a valid student ID and $6 for all others. Children under 10 eat free. Join us from 11:30 - 12:30 M-F for delicious food and great conversation. $ The Mustard Seed Asian Cafe Southgate Mall 542-7333 Contemporary Asian fusion cuisine. Original recipes and fresh ingredients combine the best of Japanese, Chinese, Polynesian, and Southeast Asian influences. Full menu available at the bar. Award winning desserts made fresh daily , local and regional micro brews, fine wines & signature cocktails. Vegetarian and Gluten free menu available. Takeout & delivery. $$-$$$ Korean Bar-B-Que & Sushi 3075 N. Reserve 327-0731 We invite you to visit our contemporary KoreanJapanese restaurant and enjoy it’s warm atmosphere. Full Sushi Bar. Korean bar-b-que at your table. Beer and Wine. $$-$$$
Orange Street Food Farm 701 S. Orange St. 543-3188 orangestreetfoodfarm.com Experience The Farm today!!! Voted number one Supermarket & Retail Beer Selection. Fried chicken, fresh meat, great produce, vegan, gluten free, all natural, a HUGE beer and wine selection, and ROCKIN’ music. What deal will you find today? $-$$$ Pearl Cafe 231 E. Front St. 541-0231 pearlcafe.us Country French meets the Northwest. Idaho Trout with King Crab, Beef Filet with Green Peppercorn Sauce, Fresh Northwest Fish, Seasonally Inspired Specials, House Made Sourdough Bread & Delectable Desserts. Extensive wine list, local beer on draft. Reservations recommended. Visit us on Facebook or go to Pearlcafe.us to check out our nightly specials, make reservations, or buy gift certificates. Open Mon-Sat at 5:00. $$-$$$
Pita Pit 130 N Higgins 541-7482 pitapitusa.com Fresh Thinking Healthy Eating. Enjoy a pita rolled just for you. Hot meat and cool fresh veggies topped with your favorite sauce. Try our Chicken Caesar, Gyro, Philly Steak, Breakfast Pita, or Vegetarian Falafel to name just a few. For your convenience we are open until 3am 7 nights a week. Call if you need us to deliver! $-$$ Sushi Hana 403 N. Higgins 549-7979 SushiMissoula.com Montana’s Original Sushi Bar. We Offer the Best Sushi and Japanese Cuisine in Town. Casual atmosphere. Plenty of options for non-sushi eaters including daily special items you won’t find anywhere else. $1 Specials Mon & Wed. Lunch Mon–Sat; Dinner Daily. Sake, Beer, & Wine. Visit SushiMissoula.com for full menu. $$-$$$
Taco Sano Two Locations: 115 1/2 S. 4th Street West 1515 Fairview Ave inside City Life 541-7570 • tacosano.net Home of Missoula’s Best BREAKFAST BURRITO. 99 cent TOTS every Tuesday. Once you find us you’ll keep coming back. Breakfast Burritos served all day, Quesadillas, Burritos and Tacos. Let us dress up your food with our unique selection of toppings, salsas, and sauces. Open 10am-9pm 7 days a week. WE DELIVER. $-$$
Jane Goodale Milkshake IPA
HAPPIEST HOUR What you’re drinking: Is it beer? Is it a milkshake? Shouldn’t milk only be used in milk stouts? Yes; no; apparently not. Milkshake IPA isn’t the most mouthwatering name for a beer style, but Imagine Nation head brewer Robert Rivers doesn’t want you to be misled. This isn’t a hopped-up glass of milk. Instead, Rivers takes an iteration of the juicy, New England-style IPAs he’s building the taproom around and adds lactose to the boil kettle. Why you’re drinking it: Jane Goodale is the official beer of the 40th International Wildlife Film Festival, which continues through April 22. After the festival board approached Rivers about the partnership, he says, they “wanted to do something special for it.” Got milk? Here’s how it works: The milk sugars don’t break down during the fermentation process, so they impart a silky mouth feel that’s more juicy than milky without over-sweetening the brew. Get learned: Imagine Nation names many of its beers after social changemakers, and this one makes a pretty obvious pun on primatologist Jane Goodall. Goodall began studying chimpanzees in Tanzania in the 1960s, at which time she had no formal scientific training. Unshackled in her inquiry, Goodall was able to observe emotional behaviors and social relationships in primates that others had missed.
photo by Derek Brouwer
She named her subjects, too, instead of giving them numbers. Rock on, Jane—but is the beer any good? Of course it’s good. Would I write about it otherwise? The brew has certainly piqued local interest. Rivers says he poured 30 percent of his stash at the launch party. “I don’t think we’ve had a beer that’s moved this fast,” he says. Where to find it: Imagine Nation Brewing, 1151 W. Broadway St. Rivers says he expects the kegs will be killed by the end of the month. —Derek Brouwer
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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MON | 8 PM | WILMA Jimmy Eat World plays the Wilma Mon., April 24. Doors at 7 PM, show at 8. $35/$27.50 advance.
FRI | 10 PM | TOP HAT Explosive horn-and-percussion trio Moon Hooch plays the Top Hat Fri., April 21. Doors at 9 PM, show at 10.
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WED | 9 PM | MONK’S Seattle Rapper Sadistik plays Monk’s Wed., April 26 at 9 PM. $12/$10 advance.
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Rap superstar Lil Wayne plays the Adam Center Mon., April 24. Doors at 6 PM, show at 8. $35-$55.
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The 40th Annual International Wildlife Film Festival continues at the Roxy with guided walks, workshops and more. Visit wildlifefilms.org for a full schedule of films and events.
The 40th Annual International Wildlife Film Festival continues at the Roxy with classic and new films. Visit wildlifefilms.org for a full schedule of films and events.
Mellow Mood’s annual 4/20 Block Party features glassblowing, flameworking demonstrations and live music by TATR, Voodoo Horseshoes, Tonsofun and Wormwood. 1 PM–6 PM.
nightlife Folk rocker David Boone plays Bitter Root Brewing. 6 PM–8 PM. Free. Montgomery Distillery hosts the Old Time Social, a friendly and inclusive gathering to celebrate traditional music and dance. Have a jam at 6 PM. Free. Jazzoula continues at St. Anthony Church with performances by Melody Anderson, Basement Boyz and more. Food and full bar available. 6 PM. $12. Say “yes and” to a free improv workshop every Thursday at BASE. Free and open to all abilities, levels and interests. 725 W. Alder. 6:30 PM–8 PM. Irish poet Leanne O’Sullivan reads from her award-winning collections at Fact & Fiction. 6:30 PM. Free. Missoula’s own award-winning journalist and author Gwen Florio reads from her new novel Reservations at Shakespeare & Co. 7 PM. (See Books.) UM’s School of Theatre and Dance presents a raucous glimpse at backstage life and the perils inherent in the production process in Michael Frayn’s Noises Off. Montana Theatre in the PARTV Center. 7:30 PM. $20. The Wilma screens the stoner classic Half Baked. Why are they doing that today? 7:30 PM. Free.
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Folks with disabilities can get creative at Art Group, every second and fourth Friday of the month at Summit Independent Living from 2– 4 PM. Call 728-1630. Load up on craft brews and Missoula’s own Daily’s bacon at the Bacon and Brew Fest at Caras Park. 4 PM–9 PM. Free entry, $15 for three drink tickets. Celebrate the opening of the Missoula Art Park, a new outdoor art gallery, with a reception for By the Bike with live music, food and a cash bar. Corner of Pattee and Pine. 4:30 PM–7:30 PM.
UM's School of Theatre and Dance presents Michael Frayn's Noises Off at the Montana Theatre in the PARTV Center April 19–23 abd April 26–30. 7:30 PM. $20.
nightlife Jazzoula closes out its run with performances by Bob Packwood, the Absent Wilson Conspiracy and more at St. Anthony’s Church. Food and full bar available. 6 PM. $12. Old-time musicians Steve and Sally O’Neill and Ben Guzman & Friends gather to celebrate traditional music and dance with the Old Time Social at the Top Hat. 6 PM– 8 PM. Free. X marks the spot at Missoula Brewing Co. where Treasure State treasure Travis Yost performs from 6 PM–8 PM. Free. Socially conscious rappers T-Zank and Ben Frankie bring high energy beats to Monk’s. 8 PM. $10/$7 advance.
Eat some bugs, and not just because Jesse Meagher threatened to punch you in the stomach at recess if you don’t. Bug Appétit at Burns Street Bistro lets you taste delicious bugs. Visit missoulabutterflyhouse.org for more info and ticket information. Can I get an event, a location and a profession? Zootown Improv at the Badlander will make you laugh, even if you’re a dental hygienist. 7 PM. Free. UM’s School of Theatre and Dance presents a raucous glimpse at backstage life and the perils inherent in the production process in Michael Frayn’s Noises Off. Montana Theatre in the PARTV Center on the UM campus. 7:30 PM. $20.
Nightliner brings bluesy rock and country music to the Eagles. 8 PM. Free. The final qualifying round of the Missoula HomeGrown Comedy Competition features comedians from across the Big Sky State going head to head at the Public House. 8 PM. $10. I’ll House You is gonna make you sweat with a night full of non-stop house bangers from the ‘80s and ‘90s. 9 PM. The Badlander. Free. Explosive horn-and-percussion trio Moon Hooch plays the Top Hat. It’s two saxophones and a drum kit, how cool is that? Doors at 9 PM, show at 10. $15/$12 in advance. This is your first chance to see the Last Chance Band play at the Sunrise Saloon this week.
Spotlight The Sonoran Desert toad, known as bufo alvarius to those sciWHAT: Toad to Nowhere WHO: Filmmakers Andrew Rizzo and Marshall Granger
Trivia at the Holiday Inn Downtown. 7:30–10 PM.
WHERE: The Roxy Theater
Rooster Sauce’s VFW residency continues with performances by The PCCS, Lucky Penny and Cory Fay. 9:30 PM. $3.
HOW MUCH: $8
Honeycomb, Missoula’s newest dance party, kicks off at Monk’s. 9 PM. Free.
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WHEN: Sun., April 23 at 7 PM
MORE INFO: theroxytheater.org
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toad trip bruh to those who sell bootleg CDs at music festivals, inhabits northern Mexico and a small chunk of the southwestern United States. Despite some of the wacky misconceptions that exist about these little guys, they do, in fact, produce a defensive venom powerful enough to kill a fullgrown dog. In humans, however, the venom creates a strong sense of euphoria and auditory hallucinations. And it is that use of the toad's
venom that led Missoula filmmakers Andrew Rizzo, an admitted old hand at hallucinogens, and Marshall Granger, his psychedelic sidekick, to seek out the Sonoran Desert toad in their documentary Toad to Nowhere. Unlike what might be expected in a movie about two Missoulians traveling over a thousand miles to ingest toad venom in the desert, Toad to Nowhere is a reflective film about consciousness, friendship and selfdiscovery. Striking images of both the Montana landscape and the Arizona desert frame the filmmakers as they confront the world and themselves. — Charley Macorn
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Saturday You’ll be bright-eyed and bushytailed after Run Wild Missoula’s Saturday Breakfast Club Run, which starts at 8 AM every Saturday at Runner’s Edge, 325 N. Higgins Ave. Free to run. Visit runwildmissoula.org. The 40th Annual International Film Festival enters hibernation for another year. See the festival award winners and all six episodes of Planet Earth 2. Visit wildlifefilms.org for a full schedule of films and events. Spend your Earth Day revegetating the area surrounding the new fish screens on Rattlesnake Creek at Tom Green Memorial Park. 9 AM. Email colton.kyro@umontana.edu for more info. Take a discovery field trip to the Clark Fork River to collect aquatic insects and other critters with folks from the Watershed Education Network. Meet at Missoula Art Museum. 9:30 AM–12 PM. Free for all ages. Keep our rivers spick and span with a morning of picking up recyclables along the Clark Fork River. Cleanup is 10 AM to noon followed by a free barbecue lunch at Caras Park. Email liz@ clarkfork.org for more info. The Thomas Meagher Hurling Club and Montana Grizzlies Hurling host the annual USGAA Northwest Division Irish Hurling tournament at Washington-Grizzly Stadium. I used to be in the Sean Kelly’s hurling club, but that’s because of the drink specials. 10 AM. Free. Yoga and Beer: The two cornerstones of Missoula. The Yoga Spot and the Sweat Shop host yoga every Saturday morning at Imagine Nation Brewing. Class and a beer for $8. 10:45 AM. Celebrate sustainability with MUD’s Earth Day Celebration at Free Cycles. Events throughout the day include kids activities, discussions, music, food and beverages. 3 PM–7 PM. Free.
nightlife Mike Murray provides the soundtrack at Draught Works Brewery. 5 PM–7 PM. Free. I scream, you scream, we alI scream for the Captain Wilson
Keys N Krates and Minnesota perform at Socotra 2017 at the Wilma. Doors at 7 PM, show at 7:30. $42/$37 advance. Conspiracy. Come get hip to its jazzy toppings at Missoula Brewing Co. 6 PM–8 PM. Free. Keys N Krates and Minnesota perform at Socotra 2017 at the Wilma. Doors at 7 PM, show at 7:30. $42/$37 advance. What good is sitting alone in your room? Come hear the music play as the Zootown Cabaret celebrates the work of Kurt Weill at Missoula Winery and Event Center on West Harrier. 7 PM–11 PM. $10. UM’s School of Theatre and Dance presents a raucous glimpse at backstage life and the perils inherent in the production process in Michael Frayn’s Noises Off. Montana Theatre in the PARTV Center. 7:30 PM. $20. Nightliner brings bluesy rock and country music to the Eagles. 8 PM. Free. Tango Missoula hosts an introductory class and milonga social dance on the fourth Saturday of each month. The beginners lesson starts at 8 PM followed by dancing from 9 PM to midnight. No experience or partner necessary! Potluck food and refreshments. $8/$6 for students.
Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, people outside the binary system, step on up to the ISCSM’s CarnEvil Drag show benefiting the Rosalinda De La Luna Scholarship at the Badlander. Doors at 8 PM, show at 9. $5. Newlyweds release its new album at the VFW. Joining Missoula’s selfdescribed sweatiest band is Dead Presleys from Billings. 8 PM. $5. DJ Kris Moon completely disrespects the adverb with the Absolutely Dance Party at the Badlander, which gets rolling at 9 PM, with 2 for 1 Absolut Vodka specials until midnight. I get the name now. Free. How’s this for a tall tale? Yarn plays the Dark Horse Bar. 9 PM. Free. How high’s the water, papa? The Lolo Creek Band floods into the Sunrise Saloon. 9 PM. Free. Away, away, away rode the Cold Hard Cash Show, but now the tribute to the Man in Black returns to the Top Hat. Doors at 9:30 PM, show at 10. $10. Wardo and Ill Murray keep your night going with the Socotra after party at Monk’s. 11 PM. $10/$5 with Socotra ticket stub.
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Sunday UM’s School of Theatre and Dance presents a raucous glimpse at backstage life and the perils inherent in the production process in Michael Frayn’s Noises Off. Montana Theatre in the PARTV Center. 2 PM. $20.
Former white supremacist Christian Picciolini discusses how he left the skinhead movement he helped build to work with youth and counter racism. University Center Room 332. 7 PM.
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Produced by local Missoula filmmakers, Toad to Nowhere chronicles the exploratory journey through the world of hallucinogens as two documentarians attempt to find the Sonoran Desert
The Carla Green Trio play Draught Works Brewery. 7 PM–10 PM.
toad known for its psychedelic venom. The Roxy. 7 PM. $8. (See Spotlight) Every Sunday is “Sunday Funday” at the Badlander. Have drinks and forget tomorrow is Monday. 9 PM. Just a small town girl, living in a lonely world! She took the midnight train to Kaleidoscope Karaoke at the Press Box. 9:30 PM.
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Monday Spend Monday morning exploring before enjoying a hot beverage with Missoula Movers Coffee Walks. This week, explore the Moon-Randolph Homestead. Meet at Currents Aquatics Center. 9 AM-12 PM. $5.
nightlife No frauds here. Lil Wayne plays the Adam Center. Doors at 6 PM, show at 8. $35-$55.
Prepare a couple of songs and bring your talent to Open Mic Night at Imagine Nation Brewing. Sign up when you get there. Every Monday from 6–8 PM. Bingo at the VFW: The easiest way to make rent since keno. 245 W. Main. 6:30 PM. $12 buy-in. Well, you’ve been arrested at a protest. Bob Wire celebrates the release of his new album Thunderbird with a party at the What happens next? Union Club featuring special guest guitarist Chip Whitson. 7 PM–9 PM. Free. Seattle criminal defense attorney Neil Fox discusses everyWhat’s the word? Thunderbird. Badlander. Doors at 9 PM, show thing you should know if you find What’s the price? Zero twice. Bob at 10. Free. 21-plus. yourself behind bars for the cause. Wire celebrates the release of his UM Law School. 6:30 PM. Free. new album Thunderbird with a Just a small town girl, living in a party at the Union Club featuring lonely world! She took the midnight Dan Dubuque brings his famous special guest guitarist Chip Whit- train to Kaleidoscope Karaoke at slide guitar and charango to prothe Press Box. 9:30 PM. son. 7 PM–9 PM. Free. vide the tunes at the Red Bird Wine Bar. 7 PM–10 PM. Free. Aaron “B-Rocks” Broxterman hosts Live in SIN at the Service Industry karaoke night at the Dark Horse Night at Plonk, with DJ Amory Is there a gluten-free option? Jimmy spinning and a special menu. 322 Bar. 9 PM. Free. Eat World plays the Wilma. Doors N. Higgins Ave. 10 PM to close. at 7 PM, show at 8. $35/$27.50 Every Monday DJ Sol spins funk, Just ask a server for the SIN menu. advance. soul, reggae and hip-hop at the No cover
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These pets may be adopted at Missoula Animal Control 541-7387 KING•
King is a 2-year-old male American Bully. He has the adorably squat build and raucous bark of a Bulldog, without the health issues of the smooshed in face. Combine that with the sensitive demeanor and whine of a Pit Bull, and you've got the best of both bully breed worlds. King loves to destroy stuffy toys. Once you've found a sample of his handy work, he gives the best guilty look you've ever seen.
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IZZY•Izzy is a 3-year-old Pointer/Hound mix. This sweet girl is deaf, so she needs a family that understands the needs and behaviors of hearing impaired dogs. Izzy is a sweet and playful girl who gets along well with people of all ages and other dogs. She can startle easily if you sneak up on her or interrupt her while sleeping. She also has a knack for chasing small animals and wildlife.
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BODIE• Bodie is a 2-year-old male Pit Bull. He is a very loving and playful boy. Bodie loves to go for walks and play in the yard. His favorite toys are stuffed animals and tennis balls. Bodie would love a home with a fenced yard. Bodie just wants to be loved. He gets along well with small dogs and is terrified of cats. He will also defend his fence line from anyone on the other side with his big, scary bark.
CHELSEA• Chelsea is a 4-year-old female Tabby/Tortie. She enjoys flying solo when it comes to dogs and cats. She can be affectionate and talkative when she's in the mood. When she's not, she'll find somewhere to perch herself and people watch. Chelsea would make the perfect companion for someone with a busy lifestyle that's looking for a less needy pet. HAYDEN• Hayden is an approximately 12year-old female cat. This older lady is a lovely silver tabby. She is friendly and curious with a settled and relaxed personality. Hayden was found as a stray on someone's front porch in very rough shape. She has come a long way to recovering her health, and this dignified lady is searching for a forever home that can help her live out the remainder of her days in the lap of luxury.
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These pets may be adopted at the Humane Society of Western Montana 549-3934 GISELLA• Gisella, a 4-year-old tuxedoed girl, is the queen of the world and she knows it! This beautiful black and white gal is flirty, fun, and enjoys being around cats (so she can boss them around!). Gisella is spayed, up to date on all her shots, litterbox-trained and raring to go home with you today! Call Humane Society of Western Montana for more information
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ZEUS• Zeus is our kind of mythology! This independent 1-year-old gentleman is tolerant of busyness and lots of activity, but he'd prefer to be in charge of a moderately quiet household. You'll fall in love as soon as you meet this black and white cat! Zeus has lived with lots of cats, dogs, and kiddos! Come say hi today! 5930 Highway 93 S, just south of Missoula!
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COCOA PUFF• This 9-year-old Boxer cross is looking for a home where she can be the only fur baby in an adult family. She loves going on walks around the neighborhood before taking over the couch for a well-deserved nap. Cocoa Puff walks nicely on leash and is laid back! She loves the three s’s: snacks, snuggling, and sniffing around! Come meet her today! 406.549.3934 BLAZE• Blaze is an utterly gorgeous Rottweiler cross who, at just 1-year-old, is so ready to learn and explore the world! This wonderful guy would love to attend Basic Manners courses and go on lots of adventures with his people! Come meet Blaze at Humane Society of Western Montana! Our hours are WednesdayFriday, 1pm-6pm, and Saturday-Sunday, 12pm5pm! STEPH• One look into Steph’s golden German Shepherd eyes, and you’ll know just how smart this stunner is! Steph is young, active, and excited to find a forever family where she can gets lots of exercise and positive reinforcement training! Come play a chess game or two with Steph at Humane Society of Western Montana today! 406.549.3934
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Tuesday Leaders in health business and early childhood participate in a talk about the current state of young children at the Hilton Garden Inn. 11:30 AM–1 PM. $20.
Mike Avery hosts the Music Showcase every Tuesday, featuring some of Missoula’s finest musical talent at the Badlander. 8 PM. Free.
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Step up your factoid game at Quizzoula trivia night, every Tuesday at the VFW. 8:30 PM. Free. Our trivia question for this week: German cartographer Martin Waldseemüller was the first to print what word on a map published on today’s date in 1507? Answer in tomorrow’s Nightlife.
The 1,000 Hands For Peace meditation group uses ancient mudras for cleansing the heart. Meets Tuesdays at 5:30–6:30 PM at Jeannette Rankin Peace Center. Donations accepted. Dust off that banjolin and join in the Top Hat’s picking circle, 6–8 PM every Tuesday. All ages. The Unity Dance and Drum African Dance Class is sure to teach you some moves you didn’t learn in junior high when it meets Tuesdays from 7 to 8:30 PM at the Missoula Senior Center. All ages and skill levels welcome. $10/$35 for four classes. Email tarn.ream@umontana.edu or call 549-7933 for more information.
Why don’t they just call themselves dinosaurs? Futurebirds mix twangy southern rock with reverbsoaked psychedelia at the Top Hat. Doors at 8:30 PM, show at 9. $12/$10 advance. Just a small town girl, living in a lonely world! She took the midnight train to Kaleidoscope Karaoke at the Press Box. 9:30 PM.
The En Plein Air Coffee Club mixes coffee and biking every Wednesday at the Missoula Art Park. The beans are free, but BYO camp stove and water. 8 AM– 9:15 AM. Head to therethere.space/coffeeclub for more info. NAMI Missoula hosts a free arts and crafts group for adults living with mental illness every Wednesday at 2 PM. Exeter University’s Emma Cayley talks about working on a team to develop an iPad app that presents medieval manuscripts in a digital environment. UM Liberal Arts Building Room 304. 4 PM.
nightlife At the Phish Happy Hour you can enjoy Phish music, video and more at the Top Hat every Wednesday at 4:30 PM. But I know you’ll show up at 4:20. Free. All ages. Every Wednesday is Community
UNite at KettleHouse Brewing Company’s Northside tap room. A portion of every pint sold goes to support local Missoula causes. This week, support the Community Food & Agriculture Coalition. 5 PM–8 PM. The last Wednesday of every month you can join a few dozen other thirsty road warriors for Run Wild Missoula’s Last Wednesday Beer Run. This month’s run starts at Draught Works. 6 PM. Free. Wednesday Night Brewery Jam invites all musicians to bring an instrument and join in. Yes, even you with the tuba. Hosted by Geoffrey Taylor at Imagine Nation Brewing Co. 6–8 PM. Free. The Wild Rivers Film Tour showcases river-specific adventure and conservation films in one evening of entertainment at the UC Theater. The 2017 tour includes eight films including The Super Salmon, The Shape of a River and Every Bend. Proceeds go to the UM
American Fisheries Society. No entry fee, donations accepted. Win big bucks off your bar tab and/or free pitchers by answering trivia questions at Brains on Broadway Trivia Night at the Broadway Sports Bar and Grill, 1609 W. Broadway Ave. 7 PM. Trivia answer: America. Got two left feet? Well, throw them away and head down to Sunrise Saloon for beginners’ dance lessons. 7 PM. $5. UM’s School of Theatre and Dance presents a raucous glimpse at backstage life and the perils inherent in the production process in Michael Frayn’s Noises Off. Montana Theatre in the PARTV Center. 7:30 PM. $20. Missoula’s HomeGrown Comedy Showcase/Open Mic returns with headliner Ethan Sky and host Dan Brooks at the Roxy. 7:30 PM. Free with two item concession purchase.
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Thursday Silver Park hosts the Zoo Town Surfers Gear Swap and Social. Local experts will be on hand for all of your kayaking, rafting and surfing questions. 4 PM–8 PM.
nightlife Keema & the Keepsakes serve Americana with a bluegrass twist at Draught Works Brewery. 6 PM–8 PM. Free. Say “yes and” to a free improv workshop every Thursday at BASE. Free and open to all abilities, levels and interests. 725 W. Alder. 6:30 PM–8 PM. Ttrivia at the Holiday Inn Downtown. 7:30–10 PM. UM’s School of Theatre and Dance presents a raucous glimpse at backstage life and the perils inherent in the production process in Michael Frayn’s Noises Off. Montana Theatre in the PARTV Center. 7:30 PM. $20. Pinot noir meets Trio Noir when the terrific threesome plays Plonk Wine Bar. 8 PM–11 PM. Free. Kris Moon hosts a night of party action at the Badlander. 9 PM. Free.
Honeycomb, Missoula’s newest dance party, kicks off at Monk’s. 9 PM. Free. The Copper Mountain Band gets your boots scooting and your hands clapping at the Sunrise Saloon. 9 PM. Free. Trapdoor Social is a lot like the superhero Birdman. Both are powered by the sun and both kick ass. The solarpowered rock group from L.A. plays the last night of Rooster Sauce’s VFW Residency. 9 PM. $5. Start spreading the news! There’s karaoke today! You don’t need to be a veteran of the Great White Way to sing your heart out at the Broadway Bar. 9:30 PM. Free. I have seen the light! Russ Nasset & the Revelators open the seventh seal of rockabilly roots at the Union Club. 9:30 PM. Free.
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Agenda At the age of 16, Christian Picciolini became leader of the newly merged white supremacist groups CASH (Chicago Area Skinheads) and the Hammerskins. Throughout his teenage years he was a frequent attendee of Klan rallies and a stockpiler of weapons. Emboldened by the community of hate he was fostering, Piccionlini formed the rock band Final Solution, who both look and sound exactly like you're imagining, to spread his venomous ideology. By the time he turned 21, however, having spent six years leading hate groups in and around Chicago, he began to have some very serious doubts about the movement he helped create. Just a year later, at the age of 22, he walked away from the white supremacist movement, dedicating himself to non-racist rock and combatting the same systems of hate and oppression he used to lead. In 2010 he founded Life After Hate, a group dedicated to fighting the
THURSDAY APRIL 20 Learn the ins and outs of copyright protection in a workshop hosted by the Intellectual Property Law Section of the State Bar of Montana. Missoula City Council Chambers. 6 PM. Free.
FRIDAY APRIL 21 Folks with disabilities can get creative at Art Group, every second and fourth Friday of the month at Summit Independent Living from 2–4 PM. Call 7281630. The Sewcialist Union meets the third Friday of every month to sew, socialize and swap ideas. The Confident Stitch. 6 PM–9 PM.
SUNDAY APRIL 23 Former white supremacist Christian Picciolini discusses how he left the skinhead movement he helped build to work with youth and counter racism. University Center Room 332. 7 PM.
MONDAY APRIL 24 Reinvest Montana calls for full divestment from fossil fuels with a Rally for Climate Justice at 11 AM at the University of Montana Oval.
extremist hate message he once spread himself. This non-profit peace advocacy group brings Christian Picciolini to Missoula to tell his story, explore how hate groups recruit and talk about what can be done to combat the rising tide of hate in the United States. –Charley Macorn Life After Hate: Lessons from a former white supremacist takes place Sun., April 23 at 7 PM at the University Center Theater.
Sip a fancy cocktail for a cause at Moscow Monday at the Montgomery Distillery. A dollar from every drink sold is donated to a local organization. 12 PM–8 PM. The Missoula Vet Center hosts T’ai Chi for Veterans with Michael Norvelle every Monday from 3 PM– 4 PM. Free for veterans.
Well, you’ve been arrested at a protest. What happens next? Seattle criminal defense attorney Neil Fox discuss everything you should know if you find yourself behind bars for the cause. UM Law School. 6:30 PM. Free.
TUESDAY APRIL 25 Leaders in health business and early childhood participate in a talk about the current state of young children at the Hilton Garden Inn. 11:30 AM–1 PM. $20. Shootin’ the Bull Toastmasters helps you improve your public speaking skills with weekly meetings at ALPS in the Florence Building, noon–1 PM. Free and open to the public. Visit shootinthebull.info for details. It’s Mule-Tastic Tuesday, which means the Montana Distillery will donate $1 from every cocktail sold to a local nonprofit organization. 12–8 PM. The 1,000 Hands For Peace meditation group uses ancient mudras for cleansing the heart. Meets Tuesdays at 5:30–6:30 PM at Jeannette Rankin Peace Center. Donations accepted.
WEDNESDAY APRIL 26 NAMI Missoula hosts a free arts and crafts group for adults living with mental illness every Wednesday at 2 PM. Every Wednesday is Community UNite at KettleHouse Brewing Company’s Northside tap room. A portion of every pint sold goes to support local Missoula causes. This week, support the Community Food & Agriculture Coalition. 5 PM–8 PM.
AGENDA is dedicated to upcoming events embodying activism, outreach and public participation. Send your who/what/when/where and why to AGENDA, c/o the Independent, 317 S. Orange, Missoula, MT 59801. You can also email entries to calendar@missoulanews.com or send a fax to (406) 543-4367. AGENDA’s deadline for editorial consideration is 10 days prior to the issue in which you’d like your information to be included. When possible, please include appropriate photos/artwork.
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arth Day was first celebrated on thousands of American college campuses in 1970, and now it’s observed by almost 200 countries around the world. Every year on April 22, people are encouraged to celebrate by engaging in activities that help raise awareness about the environment. Big events, such as this year's March for Science in Washington, D.C., are getting a lot of attention, but there's still plenty that can be done in Missoula to ensure future generations of Missoulians can enjoy the natural beauty we see every day. Last year nearly 700 people volunteering for Clark Fork Coalition pulled two tons of trash and 651 pounds of recyclables out of a 15-mile stretch of the Clark Fork. This year on Earth Day, the Clark
Fork Coalition, an organization that aims to protect and restore the Clark Fork River Basin, continues its effort to keep our rivers beautiful with another cleanup, running from 10 a.m. to noon. Volunteers will be treated to a free barbecue lunch at Caras Park immediately afterward. While Earth Day comes but once a year, that doesn't mean we can slouch on our responsibilities to protecting the beauty of Missoula. –Charley Macorn Clark Fork Coalition's Clean Up the Clark Fork starts at 10 AM at Caras Park on Sat., April 22. Email liz@clarkfork.org for more info.
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THURSDAY APRIL 20 Montana Wilderness legend Bill Cunningham leads an audio-visual tour of Montana’s unprotected wilderness areas at the Pubic House. 7:30 PM. Free entry, cash bar. All proceeds go towards wild lands protection.
FRIDAY APRIL 21 See crickets fed to big fuzzy spiders at the tarantula feeding at the Missoula Butterfly House and Insectarium every Friday at 4 PM. $4 admission.
SATURDAY APRIL 22 You’ll be bright-eyed and bushy-tailed after Run Wild Missoula’s Saturday Breakfast Club Run, which starts at 8 AM every Saturday at Runner’s Edge, 325 N. Higgins Ave. Free to run. Visit runwildmissoula.org. The Thomas Meagher Hurling Club and Montana Grizzlies Hurling host the annual USGAA Northwest Division Irish Hurling tournament at Washington-Grizzly Stadium. I used to be in the Sean Kelly’s hurling club, but that’s because of the drink specials. 10 AM. Free.
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ing a hot beverage with Missoula Movers Coffee Walks. This week, explore the Moon-Randolph Homestead. Meet at Currents Aquatics Center. 9 AM-12 PM. $5.
WEDNESDAY APRIL 26 The En Plein Air Coffee Club mixes coffee and biking every Wednesday at the Missoula Art Park. The beans are free, but BYO camp stove and water. 8 AM–9:15 AM. Head to therethere.space/coffeeclub for more info. The last Wednesday of every month you can join a few dozen other thirsty road warriors for Run Wild Missoula’s Last Wednesday Beer Run. This month’s run starts at Draught Works. 6 PM. Free. The Wild Rivers Film Tour showcases river-specific adventure and conservation films in one evening of entertainment at the UC Theater. The 2017 tour includes eight films including The Super Salmon, The Shape of a River and Every Bend. Proceeds go to the UM American Fisheries Society. No entry fee, donations accepted.
THURSDAY APRIL 27 Silver Park hosts the Zoo Town Surfers Gear Swap and Social. Local experts will be on hand for all of your kayaking, rafting and surfing questions. 4 PM–8 PM.
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THE SCIENCE ADVICE GODDESS By Amy Alkon LOOT CONQUERS ALL Nobody expects a free meal from a restaurant. So what’s with wedding guests who think it’s acceptable to give no gift or just $100 from two people? My understanding is that you are supposed to “cover your plate”—the cost of your meal (at least $100 per person). If you can’t, you shouldn’t attend. I’m planning my wedding and considering not inviting four couples who gave no gift at my two siblings’ weddings. Upsettingly, most are family members (and aren’t poor). I’d hate to cut out family, but if they won’t contribute, what else can I do? —Angry Bride If gift price is tied to meal price, it seems there should be a sliding scale. Uncle Bob, who’ll singlehandedly suck down 16 trays of canapes and drain the open bar, should pony up for that Hermes toaster oven. But then there’s Leslie, that raw vegan who only drinks by licking dew off leaves. Whaddya think ... can she get by with a garlic press and a handmade hemp card? The truth is, this “cover your plate” thing is not a rule. It’s just an ugly idea that’s gained traction in parts of the country— those where bridezillas have transformed getting married into a fierce social deathmatch, the wedding spendathalon. What gets lost in this struggle to out-lavish the competition is the point of the wedding— publicly joining two people in marriage, not separating their friends and relatives from as much cash as possible. And though it’s customary for guests to give gifts, The Oxford English Dictionary defines “gift” as “a thing given willingly”—as opposed to “a mandatory cover charge to help fund the rented chocolate waterfall, complete with white mocha rapids and four-story slide manned by Mick Jagger and Jon Bon Jovi.” But because you—incorrectly—believe that guests owe you (more than their company), you’ve awakened your ancient inner accountant, the human cheater-detection system. Evolutionary psychologists Leda Cosmides and John Tooby describe this as a specialized module the human brain evolved for detecting cheaters— “people who have intentionally taken the benefit specified in a social exchange rule without satisfying the requirement.” Identifying and punishing freeloading slackers was especially vital in an ancestral environment, where there weren’t always enough grubs to go around. These days, however, maybe you have the luxury to do as I advise in “Good Manners for Nice People Who Sometimes Say F*ck”: refuse to let a few (apparent) Stingy McMingies
shape “who you are—which is created through ... how you behave.” Instead of grinding down into tit for tat, you can decide to be generous. It’s a thematically nice way to start a marriage—in which 50/50 can sometimes be 95/“Hey, don’t I at least get your 5 percent?” It also makes for a far less cluttered invitation than “RSVP ... with the price of the gift you’re getting us—so we know whether to serve you the Cornish game hen at the table or the bowl of water on the floor.Thanks!”
HELLO HATH NO FURY Though my boyfriend is loving and attentive, he’s bad at responding to my texts. He’s especially bad while traveling, which he does often for his work. Granted, half my texts are silly memes. I know these things aren’t important, so why do I feel so hurt when he doesn’t reply? —Angry Bride You’d just like your boyfriend to be more responsive than a gigantic hole. (Yell into the Grand Canyon and you’ll get a reply. And it isn’t even having sex with you.) What’s getting lost here is the purpose of the GIF of parakeets re-enacting the Ali/Frazier fight or the cat flying through space on the burrito. Consider that, in the chase phase, some men text like crazy, hoping to banter a woman into bed. But once there’s a relationship, men (disproportionately) use texting as a logistical tool—“b there in 5”—while women continue using it as a tool for emotional connection. That’s probably why you feel so bad. Feeling ignored is also not ideal for a relationship. In research psychologist John Gottman did on newly married couples, the newlyweds who were still together six years down the line were those who were responsive toward their partner’s “bids for connection”—consistently meeting them with love, encouragement, support or just attention. Explain this “bids for connection” thing to your boyfriend. (That mongoose in a dress is just meme-ese for “Yoo-hoo! You still there?”) However, especially when he’s traveling, a little reasonableness from you in what counts as a reply should go a long way. Maybe tell him you’d be happy with “Ha!”, “LOL” or an emoji. You’d just like to see more than your own blinking cursor—looking like Morse code for “If he loved you, he’d at least text you that smiling swirl of poo.”
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HEALTH CAREERS Animal Control Census Taker Canvasses Missoula neighborhoods to acquire information on pet ownership and to educate pet owners. Candidate must have a High School Diploma or GED. Requires six months of experience working with the general public. Requires experience working with a personal computer. Requires a valid Montana Driver’s License. Makes neighborhood door-todoor contacts to inquire about dog ownership. Completes survey forms. Instructs dog owners in licensing requirements. Distributes educational material to residences, providing information to occupants of the city and county about spaying and neutering pets, rabies vaccinations and dog and cat ordinances. Enters data from the census into spreadsheet database, prints licensing letters, and maintains records of census activity. Work involves regular exposure to animals, primarily dogs and
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PUBLIC NOTICES IN THE JUSTICE COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA MISSOULA COUNTY COURTHOUSE, ROOM 302, 200 WEST BROADWAY MISSOULA, MT 59802 CAUSE NO. CV-2017-0550 SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION PLUM PROPERTY MANAGEMENT, LLC, PLAINTIFF, v. SKYLAR SEALS, AND ALL OTHER TENANTS, DEFENDANT.THE STATE OF MONTANA TO: Skylar Seals, 417 E. Spruce St., Unit #2 Missoula, MT 59802 YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Complaint in this action which is filed in the office of the above-entitled Justice of the Peace, a copy of which is herewith served upon you. In the event you deny any or all of the material facts stated in your complaint, you must file your written answer together with a $30.00 answer fee for each Defendant with the above-entitled Court, and serve a copy of your answer upon the Plaintiff or attorney at the address as shown on the Complaint.The answer must contain a denial of any or all of the material facts stated in the Complaint that the Defendant believes to be untrue, and also a statement, in plain or direct manner, of any other facts constituting a defense. Any matter no denied shall be deemed admitted. If you fail to answer or assert a counterclaim with ten (10) days after the service of the Complaint and Summons, the Plaintiff may request entry of default judgment against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint. DATED: March 28, 2017. /s/ Marie A.Anderson, Justice of the Peace Montana Fourth Judicial District Court Missoula County Cause No.: DV-17-256 Dept. No.: 4 Notice of Hearing of Name
Change In the Matter of the Name Change of Paisley Schuman, Petitioner. This is notice that Petitioner has asked the District Court for a change of name from Paisley Loren Schuman to Paisley Loren Miles.The hearing will be on 05/02/2017 at 3:00 p.m. The hearing will be at the Courthouse in Missoula County. Date: 3/29/17. /s/ Shirley E. Faust, Clerk of District Court By: /s/ Molli Zook, Deputy Clerk of Court MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Cause No.: DP-17-954 Dept. No.: 1 SUMMONS DeMAROIS, INC., doing business as DeMAROIS BUICK-GMC-MERCEDESBENZ, Plaintiff, v. BEATRICE L. GILL, doing business as MONTANA ROADS AND PARKING LOTS, and MONTANA ROADS AND PARKING LOTS, LLC, Defendants. THE STATE OF MONTANA SENDS GREETINGS TO THE ABOVENAMED DEFENDANT: BEATRICE L. GILL. YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Complaint for Amounts Due and Order of Sale on Agister’s Lien in this action, which is filed in the office of the District Court of the Montana Fourth Judicial District, Missoula County, Montana, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to file your answer and serve a copy thereof upon the Plaintiff’s attorney, Douglas D. Harris, of Douglas Harris Law Offices, 322 West Spruce Street, P.O. Box 7937, Missoula, Montana 598077937, within twenty-one (21) days after the service of this Summons exclusive of the day of service; and in case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default, for the relief de-
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manded in the Complaint.WITNESS my hand and the seal of said Court, the 28th day of March, 2017. /s/ Shirley E. Faust, Clerk of the District Court By: /s/ Gayle Johnston, Deputy Clerk HARRIS & IRWIN LAW OFFICES, PLLP, By: /s/ Douglas D. Harris, Attorney for Plaintiff MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 3 Probate No. DP-17-66 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF SUNG WON “JOHN” KIM, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the abovenamed estate. All persons having claims against the said deceased are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to Marian Wilson, 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 30th day of March, 2017, at Missoula, Montana. /s/ Marian Wilson, Personal Representative for the Estate of Sung Won “John” Kim, deceased. BOONE KARLBERG P.C. By: /s/ Julie R. Sirrs, Esq. P. O. Box 9199 Missoula, Montana 59807-9199 Attorneys for Marian Wilson, Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 4 Probate No. DP-17-57 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF: ELTON WILLIAM BETHKE, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed personal representative of the above-named estate.All persons having claims against the said decedent are required to present their claims within four (4) months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to Evonne Smith Wells, attorney for the Personal Representative, return receipt requested, at PO Box 9410, Missoula, Montana 59807 or filed with the Clerk of the above-entitled Court. DATED: March 28th, 2017. /s/ Jennifer Bethke Larson, Personal Representative DATED this 28th day, March, 2017. WELLS & McKITTRICK, P.C. /s/ Evonne Wells, Attorneys for Personal Representative
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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY By Rob Brezsny ARIES (March 21-April 19): After George Washington was elected as the first President of the United States, he had to move from his home in Virginia to New York City, which at the time was the center of the American government. But there was a problem: He didn’t have enough cash on hand to pay for his long-distance relocation, so he was forced to scrape up a loan. Fortunately, he was resourceful and persistent in doing so. The money arrived in time for him to attend his own inauguration. I urge you to be like Washington in the coming weeks, Aries. Do whatever’s necessary to get the funds you need to finance your life’s next chapter. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Fantasize about sipping pear nectar and listening to cello music and inhaling the aroma of musky amber and caressing velvet, cashmere and silk. Imagine how it would feel to be healed by inspiring memories and sweet awakenings and shimmering delights and delicious epiphanies. I expect experiences like these to be extra available in the coming weeks. But they won’t necessarily come to you freely and easily. You will have to expend effort to ensure they actually occur. So be alert for them. Seek them out. Track them down. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Contagion may work in your favor, but it could also undermine you. On the one hand, your enthusiasm is likely to ripple out and inspire people whose help you could use. On the other hand, you might be more sensitive than usual to the obnoxious vibes of manipulators. But now that I’ve revealed this useful tip, let’s hope you will be able to maximize the positive kind of contagion and neutralize the negative. Here’s one suggestion that may help: Visualize yourself to be surrounded by a golden forcefield that projects your good ideas far and wide even as it prevents the disagreeable stuff from leaking in.
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CANCER (June 21-July 22): A reader named Kris X sent me a rebuke. “You’re not a guru or a shaman,” he sneered. “Your horoscopes are too filled with the slippery stench of poetry to be useful for spiritual seekers.” Here’s my response: “Thank you, sir! I don’t consider myself a guru or shaman, either. It’s not my mission to be an all-knowing authority who hands down foolproof advice. Rather, I’m an apprentice to the Muse of Curiosity. I like to wrestle with useful, beautiful paradoxes. My goal is to be a joyful rebel stirring up benevolent trouble, to be a cheerleader for the creative imagination.” So now I ask you, my fellow Cancerian: How do you avoid getting trapped in molds that people pressure you to fit inside? Are you skilled at being yourself even if that’s different from what’s expected of you? What are the soulful roles you choose to embody despite the fact that almost no one understands them? Now is a good time to meditate on these matters.
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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): In the coming weeks, there will be helpers whose actions will nudge you— sometimes inadvertently—toward a higher level of professionalism. You will find it natural to wield more power and you will be more effective in offering your unique gifts. Now maybe you imagine you have already been performing at the peak of your ability, but I bet you will discover—with a mix of alarm and excitement—that you can become even more excellent. Be greater, Leo! Do better! Live stronger! (P.S.: As you ascend to this new level of competence, I advise you to be humbly aware of your weaknesses and immaturities. As your clout rises, you can’t afford to indulge in self-delusions.)
indescribable. I get thrills and chills whenever I watch your fine mind trying to make sense of the c the fabulous and the foreign and the unfathomable. What other sign can cozy up to exotic wonders and VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): I love to see you Virgos flirt with the uncharted and the uncanny and
explore forbidden zones with as much no-nonsense pragmatism as you? If anyone can capture greased lightning in a bottle or get ahold of magic beans that actually work, you can.
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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): A friend told me about a trick used by his grandmother, a farmer. When her brooding hens stopped laying eggs, she would put them in pillowcases that she then hung from a clothesline in a stiff breeze. After the hens got blown around for a while, she returned them to their cozy digs.The experience didn’t hurt them, and she swore it put them back on track with their egg-laying. I’m not comfortable with this strategy. It’s too extreme for an animal-lover like myself. (And I’m glad I don’t have to deal with recalcitrant hens.) But maybe it’s an apt metaphor or poetic prod for your use right now. What could you do to stimulate your own creative production? (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Now would be an excellent time to add deft new nuances to the e SCORPIO ways you kiss, lick, hug, snuggle, caress and fondle. Is there a worthy adventurer who will help you experiment with these activities? If not, use your pillow, your own body, a realistic life-size robot or your
imagination.This exercise will be a good warm-up for your other assignment, which is to upgrade your intimacy skills. How might you do that? Hone and refine your abilities to get close to people. Listen deeper, collaborate stronger, compromise smarter and give more. Do you have any other ideas? SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): “If I had nine hours to chop down a tree, I’d spend the first six sharpening my ax,” said Abraham Lincoln, one of America’s most productive presidents. I know you Sagittarians are more renowned for your bold, improvisational actions than your careful planning and strategic preparation, but I think the coming weeks will be a time when you can and should adopt Lincoln’s approach. The readier you are, the freer you’ll be to apply your skills effectively and wield your power precisely.
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even among species that care tenderly for their young. So when critters eat their kids, it’s defg kingdom, initely “natural.” But I trust that in the coming weeks, you won’t devour your own children. Nor, I hope, CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Zoologists say that cannibalizing offspring is common in the animal
will you engage in any behavior that metaphorically resembles such an act. I suspect that you may be at a low ebb in your relationship with some creation or handiwork or influence that you generated out of love. But please don’t abolish it, dissolve it or abandon it. Just the opposite, in fact: Intensify your efforts to nurture it.
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AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Your astrological house of communication will be the scene of substantial clamor and ruckus in the coming weeks. A bit of the hubbub will be flashy but empty. But much of it should be pretty interesting, and some of it will even be useful. To get the best possible results, be patient and objective rather than jumpy and reactive. Try to find the deep codes buried inside the mixed messages. Discern the hidden meanings lurking within the tall tales and reckless gossip. If you can deal calmly with the turbulent flow, you will give your social circle a valuable gift.
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PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): The best oracular advice you’ll get in the coming days probably won’t arise from your dreams or an astrological reading or a session with a psychic, but rather by way of seemingly random signals, like an overheard conversation or a sign on the side of a bus or a scrap of paper you find lying on the ground. And I bet the most useful relationship guidance you receive won’t be from an expert, but maybe from a blog you stumble upon or a barista at a café or one of your old journal entries. Be alert for other ways this theme is operating, as well. The usual sources may not have useful info about their specialties. Your assignment is to gather up accidental inspiration and unlikely teachings. Go to RealAstrology.com to check out Rob Brezsny’s EXPANDED WEEKLY AUDIO HOROSCOPES and DAILY TEXT MESSAGE HOROSCOPES. The audio horoscopes are also available by phone at 1-877-873-4888 or 1-900-950-7700.
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MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No.: 1 Robert L. Deschamps, III Cause No.: DP-17-69 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN RE THE ESTATE OF: JAN H. HAUSER, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Mary S. Hauser, 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 Mary S. Hauser, Personal Representatives, 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 29 day of March, 2017. 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 29 day of March 2017. /s/ Mary S. Hauser, Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Probate No. DP-17-71 Dept. No. 2 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF LOUISE BROWNLEE, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Frank D. Heston has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named estate.All persons having claims against the said deceased are required to present their claims within four (4) months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to Frank D. Heston, Personal Representative, return receipt requested, c/o Sally Johnson, Johnson Law Firm, 234 E. Pine Street, Missoula, Montana 59802 or filed with the Clerk of the above Court. Dated this 31st day of March, 2017. /s/ Sally J. Johnson, Attorney for Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Probate No.: DP-17-64 Dept. No. 1 NOTICE OF CREDITORS IN RE THE ESTATE OF FLORA A. BLOCK, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Donna F. Tyler has been ap-
pointed personal representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the said deceased are required to present their claims within four (4) months after the date of the first publication of this Notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to Donna F. Tyler, the Personal Representative, return receipt requested, in care of Reep Bell Laird Simpson & Jasper, P.C., P.O. Box 16960, Missoula, Montana 59808, or filed with the Clerk of the above-entitled Court. DATED this 29th day of March, 2017. REEP BELL LAIRD SIMPSON & JASPER, P.C.. /s/ Lance P. Jasper, Attorneys for Personal Representative NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 05/04/12, recorded as Instrument No. 201208270 B: 893 P: 747 and Re-recorded on 10/25/2013 under Auditor’s File No. 201321009 B: 921 P: 375 and Modified on 2/4/2016 under Auditor’s File No. 201601689 Book 957 Page 114, mortgage records of MIS-
SOULA County, Montana in which Michael K Fitzpatrick, a married person was Grantor, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. was Beneficiary and Alliance Title & Escrow Corp. was Trustee. First American Title Insurance Company has succeeded Alliance Title & Escrow Corp. as Successor Trustee. The Deed of Trust encumbers real property (“Property”) located in MISSOULA County, Montana, more particularly described as follows: Tract 16 of Certificate of Survey No. 370, located in the Southeast One-Quarter of Section 11,Township 15 North, Range 20 West, Principal Meridian, Montana, Missoula County, Montana. Beneficiary has declared the Grantor in default of the terms of the Deed of Trust and the promissory note (“Note”) secured by the Deed of Trust because of Grantor’s failure timely to pay all monthly installments of principal, interest and, if applicable, escrow reserves for taxes and/or insurance as required by the Note and Deed of Trust. According to the Beneficiary, the obligation evidenced by the Note (“Loan”) is now due for the 09/01/15 installment payment and all monthly installment payments
due thereafter. As of February 8, 2017, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $235,572.71. This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $218,015.32, 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 June 28, 2017 at 11:00 AM, Mountain Time. The sale is a public sale and any person, including Beneficiary and excepting only Successor Trustee, may bid at the sale.The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding at the sale location in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by trustee’s deed without any representation or warranty, ex-
PUBLIC NOTICES press 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.Northwes ttrustee.com or USA-Foreclosure.com. Fitzpatrick, Michael 7023.115750) (TS# K. 1002.287445-File No. NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to trust certain that trust of indenture/deed (“Deed of Trust”) dated 12/13/06, recorded as Instrument No. 200631950 Bk-788 Pg-1219, mortgage records of MISSOULA County, Montana in which Phillip W. Starkel and Jodi J. Starkel was Grantor, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. was Beneficiary and Alliance Title and Escrow Corp. was Trustee. First American Title Insurance Company has succeeded Alliance Title and Escrow Corp. as Successor Trustee.The Deed of Trust encumbers real property (“Property”) located in MISSOULA County, Montana, more particularly described as follows: Lot 4 in Block 2 of Sunnyside Park, Phase II, a platted subdivision in Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded Plat thereof. By written instrument recorded as Instrument No. 201701509 B 973 P 1367, beneficial interest in the Deed of Trust was assigned to U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee for Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust 2007-WFHE2, AssetBacked Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2007-WFHE2. Beneficiary has declared the Grantor in default of the terms of the Deed of Trust and the promissory note (“Note”) secured by the Deed of Trust because of Grantor’s failure timely to pay all monthly installments of principal, interest and, if applicable, escrow reserves for taxes and/or insurance as required by the Note
and Deed of Trust. According to the Beneficiary, the obligation evidenced by the Note (“Loan”) is now due for the 07/01/16 installment payment and all monthly installment payments due thereafter. As of February 14, 2017, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $214,862.71. This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $204,830.68, 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 June 30, 2017 at 11:00 AM, Mountain Time. The sale is a public sale and any person, including Beneficiary and excepting only Successor Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding at the sale location in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by trustee’s deed without any representation or warranty, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, 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.northwest trustee. com and are incorporated by the reference.You may also access sale status at www.Northwesttrustee.com USA-Foreclosure.com. or Starkel, Phillip W. and Jodi J. 7023.117729) (TS# 1002.290484-File No. NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on August 3,
2017, at 11:00 AM at the Main Door of the Missoula County Courthouse located at 200 West Broadway in Missoula, MT 59802, the following described real property situated in Missoula County, Montana: Lot 6 of WILDROSE, a platted subdivision of Missoula County, Montana, according to the official plat of record in Book 19 of Plats at Page 53. WESLEY B SWALLING, as Grantor, conveyed said real property to Western Title & Escrow, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Mountain West Bank, N.A., corporation, as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust on July 15, 2009, and recorded on July 16, 2009 as Book 843 Page 1243 under Document No. 200917601. The beneficial interest is currently held by SunTrust Mortgage, 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 beginning November 1, 2016, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan. The total amount due on this obligation as of April 1, 2017 is $129,464.39 principal, interest totaling $3,236.64 escrow advances of $486.42, and other fees and expenses advanced of $165.98, plus accruing interest, late charges, and other costs and fees that may be advanced. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary, the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust. Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds of this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation. The sale is a public sale and any person, including the beneficiary, excepting only the Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding in cash or cash
equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by Trustee’s Deed without any representation or warranty, including warranty of Title, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis, without limitation, the sale is being made subject to all existing conditions, if any, of lead paint, mold or other environmental or health hazards. The sale purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th day following the sale.The grantor, successor in interest to the grantor or any other person having an interest in the property, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, may pay to the beneficiary or the successor in interest to the beneficiary the entire amount then due under the deed of trust and the obligation secured thereby (including costs and expenses actually incurred and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred and thereby cure the default.The scheduled Trustee’s Sale may be postponed by public proclamation up to 15 days for any reason, and in the event of a bankruptcy filing, the sale may be postponed by the trustee for up to 120 days by public proclamation at least
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every 30 days. THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Dated: March 20, 2017 /s/ Rae Albert Assistant Secretary, First American Title Company of Montana, Inc Successor Trustee Title Financial Specialty Services PO Box 339 Blackfoot ID 83221 STATE OF Idaho)) ss. County of Bingham) On this 20th day of March, 2017, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Rae Albert, know to me to be the Assistant Secretary of First American Title Company of Montana, Inc, Successor Trustee, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same. /s/ Shannon Gavin Notary Public Bingham County, Idaho Commission expires: 01/19/2018 SunTrust Mortgage Inc vs SWALLING 100304-2 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on August 8, 2017, at 11:00 AM at the Main Door of the Missoula County Courthouse located at 200 West Broadway in Missoula, MT 59802, the following described real property situated in Missoula County, Montana: LOT 6 IN BLOCK 3 OF EL MAR ESTATES PHASE II, A
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PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF. JONATHAN M LOW and SARA LOW, as Grantors, conveyed said real property to First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. (“MERS”), as nominee for Guild Mortgage Company, a California Corporation, its successors and assigns, as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust on July 2, 2012, and recorded on July 2, 2012 as Book 896 Page 524 Document No. 201212247. The beneficial interest is currently held by Guild Mortgage Company, A California Corporation. The beneficiary has declared a default in the terms of said Deed of Trust by failing to make the monthly payments beginning August 1, 2016, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan. The total amount due on this obligation as of February 1, 2017 is $184,839.33 principal, interest totaling $4,416.10 late charges in the amount of $338.52, and other fees and expenses advanced of $804.75, plus accruing interest, late charges, and other costs and fees that may be advanced.The Beneficiary anticipates and may
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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: March 21, 2017 /s/ Rae Albert Assistant Secretary, First American Title Company of Montana, Inc. Trustee Title Financial Specialty Services PO Box 339 Blackfoot ID 83221 STATE OF Idaho)) ss. County of Bingham) On this 21 day of March, 2017, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Rae Albert, know to me to be the Assistant Secretary of First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., 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/ Shannon Gavin Notary Public Bingham County, Idaho Commission expires: 01/19/2018 GUILD MORTGAGE COMPANY vs JONATHAN M LOWSara Low 102587-1 MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 1 Probate No. DP-17-94 NO-
TICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF DONALD G. LACHMAN, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the abovenamed estate. All persons having claims against the said deceased are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to Jennie Carol Karr, 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 14th day of April, 2017, at Missoula, Montana. /s/ Jennie Carol Karr BOONE KARLBERG P.C. By: /s/ Thomas H. Boone, Esq. P. O. Box 9199 Missoula, Montana 59807-9199 Attorneys for Jennie Carol Karr, Personal Representative NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on July 31, 2017, at 11:00 AM at the Main Door of the Missoula County Courthouse located at 200 West Broadway in Missoula, MT 59802, the following described real property situated in Missoula County, Montana: LOT 2, BLOCK 12,WEST VIEW ADDITION, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL PLAT OF RECORD IN BOOK 10 OF PLATS AT PAGE 1 PENNY DICKEY, as Grantor, conveyed said real property to First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., a Montana Corporation, as Trustee, to se-
NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE Summit Property Management will auction to the highest bidder the contents of an abandoned storage unit, due to delinquent storage rent. A silent auction will be held Tuesday, May 23rd at 11:00 am until noon, at 2704 W Broadway. Buyers will bid for the entire contents of the unit. No cash or personal checks accepted. The winning bid must have payment in cashier’s check or money order to the Summit Property office by 5 pm. Units are reserved subject to redemption by owner prior to sale. 406-549-3929
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The following described personal property will be sold at public auction to the highest bidder for cash or certified funds. Proceeds from the public sale for said personal property shall be applied to the debt owed to Rent-a-Space in the amounts listed below (plus as yet undetermined amounts to conduct the sale): Space/Name/$$$/Desc 2256/Ricky Olson/$269/furniture 3377/Michael Bragg/$287/misc 4131/Tiana Kelberg/$264/furniture SALE LOCATION: Gardner’s Auction Service, 4810 Hwy 93 S, Missoula, MT
www.gardnersauction.com SALE DATE/TIME: Wed, May 10, 2017 @ 4:30 PM (check website for details) TERMS: Public sale to the highest bidder. Sold “AS IS”, “WHERE IS”. Cash or certified funds.
cure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Guild Mortgage Company, a California Corporation, as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust on November 1, 2011, and recorded on November 4, 2011 as Book 885 Page 293 under Document No. 201118666. The beneficial interest is currently held by JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association. First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., is the Trustee.The beneficiary has declared a default in the terms of said Deed of Trust by failing to make the monthly payments beginning October 1, 2015, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan. The total amount due on this obligation as of March 31, 2017 is $184,174.41 principal, interest totaling $11,664.29, escrow advances of $4,803.99, and other fees and expenses advanced of $3,639.16, plus accruing interest, late charges, and other costs and fees that may be advanced. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary, the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust. Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds of this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation. The sale is a public
sale and any person, including the beneficiary, excepting only the Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by Trustee’s Deed without any representation or warranty, including warranty of Title, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, whereis 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: March 20, 2017 /s/ Rae Albert Assistant Secretary, First American Title Company of Montana, Inc. Trustee Title Financial Specialty Services PO Box 339 Blackfoot ID 83221 STATE OF Idaho)) ss. County of Bingham)
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will auction to the highest bidder abandoned storage units owing delinquent storage rent for the following units 80, 157, 159, 203, 318, 419 & 744. Units can contain furniture, clothes, chairs, toys, kitchen supplies, tools, sports equipment, books, beds, & other misc. household goods. These units may be viewed starting Monday April 24, 2017. All auction units will only be shown each day at 3 P.M. written sealed bids may be submitted to storage office at 4101 Hwy 93 S., Missoula, MT 59804 prior to Thursday April 27, 2017 4:00 P.M. Buyers bid will be for entire contents of each unit offered in the sale. Only cash or money orders will be accepted for payment. Units are reserved subject to redemption by owner prior to sale. All Sales final.
will auction to the highest bidder abandoned storage units owing delinquent storage rent for the following unit(s): 117. 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 4/24/2017 by appt only by calling 541-7919. Written sealed bids may be submitted to storage offices at 3505 Clark Fork Way, Missoula, MT 59808 prior to at 4/27/17 at 4:00 P.M. Buyer’s bid will be for entire contents of each unit offered in the sale. Only cash or money orders will be accepted for payment. Units are reserved subject to redemption by owner prior to sale, All Sales final.
On this 20th day of March, 2017, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Rae Albert, know to me to be the Assistant Secretary of First American Title Company of Montana, Inc.,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/ Amy Gough Notary Public Bingham County, Idaho Commission expires: 6-92021 J P Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. vs PENNY DICKEY 101034-3
Missoula Storage, LLC dba Missoula Self Storage, Formally American Mini Storage will auction to the highest bidder abandoned storage units owing delinquent storage rent for the following units 105, 122, 125, 230, 235, 405, 408, 411, 413, 420, 422, 430, 447, and 502. Units can contain furniture, clothes, chairs, toys, kitchen supplies, tools, sports equipment, books, beds, & other misc household goods. These units may be viewed May 16th, 17th and 18th 2017 at 3:00pm each day. Written sealed bids may be submitted in the drop box or in person at 2505 Railroad St W prior to 5/18/17 at 5:00pm. Buyers bids will be for the entire contents of each unit offered for 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.
COPPERSTONE STOR-ALL COPPERSTONE STOR-ALL will auction to the highest bidder abandoned storage units owing delinquent storage rent on Saturday April 29th, 2017 at 11:00 a.m. Units can contain furniture, clothes, chairs, toys, kitchen supplies, tools, sports equipment, books, beds & other misc. household goods. A silent auction will be held Saturday April 29th at 11:00 a.m. at 8700 Roller Coaster Rd, Missoula, MT 59808. Buyer's bid will be for entire contents of each unit offered in the sale. Only cash or money orders will be accepted for payment. Units are reserved subject to redemption by owner prior to sale. All Sales final.
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