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Voices The readers write................................................................................................4 Stree Talk You on the tube ............................................................................................4 The Week in Review The news of the day, one day at a time ......................................6 Briefs Regents self-assess, parsing a bathroom bill, and NorthWestern’s PSC beef ......6 Etc. Are you ready for the Democratic Socialists of America?........................................7 News In search of the real Montana “look” ...................................................................8 News Reforming criminal justice, bill by bill .................................................................9 Opinion We can deport Audemio Orozco-Ramirez. But should we? ..........................10 Opinion The religious case for fighting climate change .............................................11 Feature Colin Meloy and the Decemberists bring a Travelers’ Rest to Montana ........14

Arts & Entertainment

Arts Naomi Moon Siegel on jazz stereotypes and Lakebottom Sound........................18 Books Wonderlandscape takes a new angle on Yellowstone......................................19 Books Funny or Die’s Nate Dern searches for the grand theory of laughter .............20 Film In defense of The Dark Tower .............................................................................21 Movie Shorts Independent takes on current films .....................................................22 What’s Good Here Desperado times, Desperado measures ......................................23 Happiest Hour Great Burn brews a pineapple wheat................................................25 8 Days a Week Missoula’s most overstuffed calendar ................................................26 Agenda A Rachel Patrie sandwich at Burns St. Bistro..................................................33 Mountain High Be prepared to run ...........................................................................34

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News of the Weird ......................................................................................................12 Classifieds....................................................................................................................35 The Advice Goddess ...................................................................................................36 Free Will Astrology .....................................................................................................38 Crossword Puzzle .......................................................................................................41 This Modern World.....................................................................................................42 PUBLISHER Matt Gibson GENERAL MANAGER Andy Sutcliffe EDITOR Brad Tyer PRODUCTION DIRECTOR Joe Weston BOOKKEEPER Ruth Anderson ARTS EDITOR Erika Fredrickson CALENDAR EDITOR Charley Macorn STAFF REPORTERS Alex Sakariassen, Derek Brouwer, Michael Siebert COPY EDITOR Jule Banville EDITORIAL INTERNS Margaret Grayson, Rebecca Keith, Parker Seibold ART DIRECTOR Kou Moua GRAPHIC DESIGNER Charles Wybierala CIRCULATION ASSISTANT MANAGER Ryan Springer ADVERTISING REPRESENTATIVES Steven Kirst, Beau Wurster, Toni Leblanc, Declan Lawson ASSISTANT SALES MANAGER Tami Allen MARKETING & EVENTS COORDINATOR Ariel LaVenture CLASSIFIED SALES REPRESENTATIVE Declan Lawson FRONT DESK Lorie Rustvold CONTRIBUTORS Scott Renshaw, Nick Davis, Matthew Frank, Molly Laich, Dan Brooks, Rob Rusignola, Chris La Tray, Sarah Aswell, Migizi Pensoneau, April Youpee-Roll, MaryAnn Johanson

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STREET TALK

By Derek Brouwer

Asked Tuesday at Great Burn Brewing On Saturday, Missoula was host to a casting call for extras in the upcoming television series Yellowstone, starring Kevin Costner and set in Montana ranch country. Have you ever been on television or in the media before? Follow-up: If you could cast yourself in any television role, what would it be and why?

Dylan Foley: I actually was on Dutch TV. I walked in as a cheerleader for a punk group in 1998, for a band called Army of Darkness. This band was quite big in the Netherlands. I was part of the band—we would basically take people and throw them in the mosh pit. Extinguishing the torch: I would be the guy on Survivor, the main guy. That would be the most interesting job.

Aaron Sullivan: I made the news when I was in an accident on the Alberton Gorge one year. I left in a helicopter. Benevolent dictator: I would be the guy on The Apprentice who used to be Trump, but instead of firing people, I would give them jobs. You’re hired! You’re hired! And you’re hired! An apprentice, like apprenticeships are supposed to be.

Cuts across the board This is terrible (“Western Montana Mental Health Center braces for big cuts,” Aug. 3). Many programs are facing cuts. I work for Opportunity Resources Inc. and our agency, along with the Developmental Disabilities Program, are facing cuts. Everyone needs to push back and push back hard. If people are not receiving services, many will end up homeless, in the ER, in jail. That all costs money.

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Drumpf Tower? Really?

Disagreeing with the author of the article here (“Looking a TIF horse in the mouth: Is the MRA getting our money’s worth at the Marriott?” July 20).

I see no real downside to the nowdemolished Merc property ending up as a vacant lot. That $3.6 million of taxpayer money could do a lot of interesting things there. A park, a market, a community garden, a rentable/leasable venue, a food cart farm, etc. Missoula sure doesn’t need another Drumpf Tower.

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More fake news Brandon Schlueter: Nope. Special Agent: I think it would be fun to be on a crime mystery show like Criminal Minds.

I would be David Rossi. He is one of the investigators.

Eric Pietrykowski: No. Genius baby: Stewie on Family Guy. He’s always got a comment, he’s always got something to say. That’s who I most resemble, definitely not who I aspire to be.

Holliday Jeremiassen: No. Star, writer, producer, and director: Probably something that involves traveling around and history and beer. It’s an idea my friends and I have had in the works forever.

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So here you are again, Siebert!

My god, with the Kaimin not staffed over the summer, I’ve been languishing without essays to write. But here is a little ray of sunshine in my otherwise less-than-typeful days.

Now first of all, Siebert, you should have linked to the video to which you are referring so your audience can see and hear for themselves what your account is referring to (“A reporter runs afoul of the Red Pill brigade,” Aug. 3). This is supposed to be “news” after all.

Your argumentation sounds eerily similar to your colleague Derek Brouwer, claiming that you are not “inaccurate” while excusing your piece’s grievous bias and clear manipulation as simply caused by wordlimit. I’ve written plenty of letters to the editor constrained to 300 words, Siebert, and that is plenty of room to be balanced if you so wish. We both know that you are being deceptive to the wider audience, who believes “being accurate” means “being relevant and true to the overall picture.”

“Fake News” is not the accusation merely that some unethical journalists make up falsehoods and call them facts. That can be part of it, but since that is easily provable and exposes their companies to libel suits it is gen-

erally cautioned against. No, Fake News refers to the deceptive practices: Gatekeeping, wherein you admit or omit factual details in a way that bolsters your overarching bias; Definition Play, where you use a specially defined word in journalism like “accuracy” that has a common connotation of “truth” to mislead readers into thinking your claim is something other than it is; Framing, where your report has an overarching narrative that denotes judgment on the subject … The list goes on. These are all deceptive, manipulative practices designed not to inform readers but to guide them into your pre-constructed conclusion.

“‘Fake News’ is not the accusation merely that some unethical journalists make up falsehoods and call them facts. …

No, Fake News refers to deceptive practices.”

You call this “news”? Bullshit. You call the video a bunch of “conspiratorial musings,” which I am sure carries no such context of dis-credibility in your journalistic definitions of “accurate,” right? Save that kind of bias for the opinion sections. And yet lo and behold, what is this article labeled?

And the last one? “News.” This is Fake News, Siebert.

Garret Morrill missoulanews.com

Phantom bikes?

Just read By the Numbers in the July 6 Independent. According to the City Bicycle Facilities Master Plan, Missoulians bike 19 million miles a year. Really? Let’s do some simple math: 19 million divided by Missoula’s population, 72,364, would

mean every man, woman and child bikes 263 miles per year or 22 miles per month, actually more like 44 miles a month since the town isn’t bikeable for half of the year.

In addition to that fantastical claim, the Bicycle Master Plan tells us more than 50 percent of Missoulians, or 36,182 people, have ridden a bike in the last 30 days.

So where are they hiding all the bikes—about one for every vehicle in town? There must be a huge parking lot somewhere filled with bikes as far as the eye can see, just not ours. What these numbers really add up to is a justification to narrow city streets and arterials to build yet more bike lanes, even in Linda Vista, where they want to give half the road to phantom bikes.

Does anyone ever question this stuff? Does the City Council own a calculator? The city does better when it deals in vague generalities than when it gets mixed up with numbers.

It’s like the fabled $400,000 that Mayor Engen projected for legal fees on the water acquisition battle. That, in fact, turned into $7.7 million.

As a general rule, it always becomes a problem when our city government starts dealing in millions.

Five million dollars for the bike bridge over Reserve, a $3 million incentive for an outside corporation to build a new downtown hotel, $5 million for the “blighted” Southgate Mall to build an additional exit onto Reserve Street, and $30 million for the new library.

The millions spent annually by the city divide into uncomfortably large amounts for members of an ever-shrinking tax base. And then there are those smaller amounts which find their way into the annual budget, just two of which include more money for Missoula parks right after they spent the largest figure ever on Missoula Parks: $39 million for the soccer park and $3 million for other city parks, and a 5 percent annual increase for city salaries. Sounds reasonable until you find out the Social Security cost-of-living annual increase for many Missoula taxpayers last year was just .03 percent.

I have a suggestion: How about the Mayor and his crony City Council manage business and get out of social engineering? And how about they roll back the budget to pre-Engen times and use it to pay for the retrograde utopia they dream about and imagine for us?

Vicky Gordon Missoula

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WEEK IN REVIEW Wednesday, August 2 Hotshot crew member Brent Witham is killed by a falling tree while working on the Lolo Peak fire. In response to the deaths of Witham and Missoula firefighter Trenton Johnson, Gov. Bullock orders flags in Montana lowered to half-mast on Aug. 5.

Thursday, August 3 Warming water prompts Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks to implement “hoot owl” restrictions on the Bitterroot River, meaning anglers have to pull in their lines at 2 p.m. sharp.

Friday, August 4 After numerous reports of a man posing as a Coast Guard officer stopping boats on Flathead Lake, the Lake County Sheriff’s Office declares on Facebook that it has identified a suspect. A photo accompanying the post shows a man smoking a cigarette on a jet ski.

Saturday, August 5 A Jeep carrying nine passengers crashes on I90, killing two Missoulians and injuring seven.

The vehicle rolled after James William Bayford, 42, reportedly took hold of the steering wheel. Bayford was on probation for assaulting two nephews at the time of the crash.

Trans rights

Bathroom fight begins The term “transgender” does not appear in the ballot language approved by Montana Attorney General Tim Fox for the “Montana Locker Room Privacy Act,” the initiative that seeks to enact a statewide bathroom bill similar to the one that led to outrage and boycotts in North Carolina.

Of course, transgender people are at the center of the initiative, but its description obscures that fact from would-be petition signers and eventual voters, according to an ACLU of Montana brief to the Montana Supreme Court challenging the legality of the current ballot language. It’s the opening salvo in the state’s biggest fight yet between transgender rights and what the Christian-conservative Montana Family Foundation conceives as “privacy from persons of the opposite sex.”

The foundation is turning to the ballot to enact its bathroom bill after the Republican-controlled Legislature rejected identical legislation earlier this year.

The measure was approved for signature collection by the Montana Department of Justice and Secretary of State last month. MFF needs about 26,000 signatures in 11 months to get the initiative on the ballot.

Civil rights groups are already combatting the effort. The ACLU petition argues that Fox improperly ap-

proved a ballot statement that “obscures, favorably frames, and misstates the impact of the initiative.”

In particular, the group’s legal director, Alex Rate, takes aim at the foundation’s rhetoric suggesting the initiative is about protecting privacy—“a vague term describing something most people want.” He argues that signature gatherers be required to present the initiative’s concrete effects: that it would bar transgender people from using restrooms or changing facilities that match their gender identity and invalidate parts of municipal nondiscrimination ordinances already in effect in cities including Missoula. MFF did not return to a call for comment.

The ACLU also claims the ballot statement dramatically understates the initiative’s economic consequences. The statement indicates that taxpayers will be on the hook for $545,699 to renovate and re-sign facilities, but the original fiscal note prepared for the Attorney General by the budget office accounts for just the first four years and warns that costs as high as $1 billion could be incurred should the state lose federal funding for universities or face civil lawsuits.

If the ACLU challenge is successful, signature gatherers with MFF will criss-cross the state pushing revised language. The Montana Human Rights Network is ready for them. This month the organization published a guide for activists encouraging them to ask certain questions of signature gatherers to be sure they are comply-

ing with state rules. Co-director Kim Abbott says the group is part of a coalition that is seeking to “be out in front talking about what this policy is.”

“We don’t think this is about increasing privacy or safety,” she says. “It’s simply about denying one community access.”

Derek Brouwer

The going rate

NorthWestern’s PSC beef David Hoffman didn’t pull any punches when it came to the Montana Public Service Commission July 31. Standing before the Legislature’s Energy and Telecommunications Interim Committee, he accused the commission’s five members of having “lost their regulatory minds,” and claimed several recent PSC actions had put NorthWestern Energy—where Hoffman works as government affairs director—in a serious bind.

“They’re destroying existing law and they’re out of control,” Hoffman told lawmakers.

Near the root of Hoffman’s dismay was a lateJune decision by the PSC to reduce rates and contract lengths for energy generation projects. Small-scale solar developers were first to pillory the commission’s vote, arguing that the 40-percent reduction in rates paid to them by utilities and the 10-year cap on

Sunday, August 6 Missoula’s Mt. Sentinel Little League team bests its Ketchikan, AK, opponents at the Northwest Regional Tournament in San Bernardino, CA, 12–0. The following day’s game against La Grande, OR, resulted in a 3–2 loss, knocking Missoula out of the tournament.

Monday, August 7 The 9th Circuit dismisses the Montana Trappers Association’s attempt to overturn a settlement establishing lynx protection zones in the state.

Tuesday, August 8 Billings attorney John Heenan announces he will run against congressman Greg “Slammer” Gianforte as a Democrat in 2018. Heenan focuses his appeal on Gianforte’s ambiguous position on the Republican health care bill.

Rangers have been stretched pretty thin responding to the increased number of calls this summer.” —Glacier National Park Superintendent Jeff Mow, explaining an effect of the 23 percent increase in July park visitation over last year. The park saw a 29 percent jump in emergency medical calls in 2017.

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[news] those contracts would make it too difficult to secure financing.

Had the PSC’s decision stopped there, Hoffman’s voice might not have joined the choir of dissatisfaction. NorthWestern had, after all, requested a lower rate structure in spring 2016. But, Hoffman tells the Indy, the PSC didn’t stop there. Instead, the commission extended the rate and contract reductions to utility-owned generation as well. Hoffman speculates that if the decision stands, NorthWestern will likely opt in the future to buy power on the open market rather than pursue new generation facilities in the state.

“Bottom line is it means loss of investment, loss of jobs, and exposure to the market for Montana customers,” he says. Hoffman adds that his other primary concern was the PSC’s apparent attempt to fast-track a comprehensive and lengthy review of NorthWestern’s energy portfolio, which he acknowledges the commission has since abandoned.

Hoffman has sought to bolster his bluntly brutal characterization of the PSC by quoting recent reports from financial analysts cautioning investors to sell or reduce their NorthWestern stock holdings. In late July, the multinational holding company Credit Suisse downgraded NorthWestern to “underperform” based on increased regulatory risk. The Williams Capital Group was slightly more candid, titling its July 31 equity research paper on the Montana utility “Ugggggggh, More MPSC Shenanigans.”

PSC Chair Brad Johnson countered Hoffman’s bluster with a measured response on July 31, stating simply that he disagrees with the scenario presented by those analysts. Vice-chair Travis Kavulla didn’t play quite so nice in a guest editorial in the Billings Gazette this week, dismissing as “nonsense” any suggestion that the PSC is moving toward deregulation.

“NorthWestern’s bad-mouthing of the PSC marks a change in company strategy,” Kavulla wrote.

“Rather than convince us, the monopoly is lobbying legislators to apply political pressure to us. This is inappropriate.”

According to Hoffman, NorthWestern Energy was just one of several parties to formally request the PSC reconsider its decision. He says the commission could complete its review of those motions as early as Aug. 20.

Alex Sakariassen

Self-assessment

Regents retreat after a rift The exam began at 7:30 a.m. sharp. The room number wasn’t publicized, but test takers had no trouble finding their way to a second-floor conference room of the new Missoula College building.

They were members of the Montana Board of Regents, seven gubernatorial appointees who dole out funds to, set tuition rates for and oversee management of state universities.

The regents were both pupil and professor this day, tasked with conducting a periodic “self-evaluation” during one of the most volatile periods in Montana University System history. A quick review for crammers: Enrollment is plummeting in Missoula and Billings. Two-year colleges are grumbling about being stuck in the shadow of the four-year flagships.

UM is leaning on an interim president and provost to identify personnel and programs for termination.

Tuition is increasing across the board.

While the causes of these challenges are many, it is the regents’ job to handle them. What grade would they give themselves?

The regents didn’t produce any document (or even written notes) during their seven-and-a-half-hour retreat. The idea instead, as consultant/facilitator Kevin Reilly explained, was to get them talking. Hinting at the tone that would follow, Reilly, a senior fellow with AGB, the firm also conducting the University of Montana presidential search, began by commending Commissioner Clayton Christian as “highly regarded and respected around the country.” Later, when the regents were asked how well they’re balancing advocacy and oversight responsibilities, vice-chair Bob Nystuen said, “I think we’re doing just fine.”

Nonetheless, the group did identify areas for improvement. Reilly encouraged the board to hone its communications, saying that “the more unified voice you are, the more your messages and actions have impact.” He reminded the regents that their meetings are a “media event,” and encouraged

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$200,000 Minimum gift required to secure naming rights for the bike-skills facility planned at Syringa Park. The minimum gift for naming rights to the planned facility at Bellevue Park is $40,000. them to think about the “message” they want reporters to write about.

That was particularly topical advice. The board’s last full meeting, in May, exposed a rift among regents that Nystuen described at the time as “really awkward.” Regents unexpectedly split 3–3 over whom to name as board chair, forcing heir-apparent Fran Albrecht, of Missoula, to vote for herself to keep her nomination alive. She bested D.A. Davidson CEO Bill Johnstone, who was absent, only after regents Nystuen and Martha Sheehy agreed that Johnstone would have withdrawn his name, because “that’s the kind of statesman that Bill is.” Minutes later, the regents split again over whom to elect as vicechair.

Tension over board leadership stemmed from concern by Sheehy, of Billings, that Albrecht, who is involved with the UM presidential search, is too closely associated with Missoula during a “really strange time in the university system.” She preferred Johnstone’s financial expertise, since the system’s “biggest needs are financial.” The regents used the self-evaluation, in part, to help smooth things over. Albrecht reiterated that she’s “not the Missoula regent” and agreed that “the goal shouldn’t always have to be 7–0” votes.

“Are you happy about the messages the media has gotten?” Reilly asked the board.

“I feel like deliberating is the message,” Sheehy said. “I think our meetings should show what we’re doing, but not be a show.”

Derek Brouwer

ETC. Last weekend in Chicago, 11 Montanans representing the state chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America, including Indy reporter Michael Siebert, crowded into the University of Illinois at Chicago’s Forum building to vote on the future of the largest socialist organization in the country.

The Democratic Socialists of America held its national convention August 3-6. Almost 700 elected delegates from 49 states participated in the weekend-long process of steering and defining the organization: where its priorities lie, what issues it supports and its general structure.

The DSA has seen explosive growth in the past year, with the election of Donald Trump serving as a catalyst for a tripling of its membership, from just 8,000 members in November 2016 to more than 25,000 members today—a small slice of the pie, all things considered, but a marker of significant interest nonetheless. In Montana, chapters and organizing committees are springing up in Helena, Billings, Missoula and the Flathead.

DSA is not a political party. Its website’s homepage describes the group as a “political and activist organization.” Its primary goal is not to elect, say, a socialist president, but rather to “fight for reforms that empower working people.” To date, that has largely meant rallying around single-payer health care and other traditionally socialist causes. DSA has no affiliation with the Democratic Party, and is generally critical of that party’s policies, in line with its strident anti-capitalism stance.

Though a membership of 25,000 pales in comparison to more established political organizations, the rapid growth of the DSA signals a new trend in national politics. Plenty of people—Montanans included—are beginning to question the very systems that govern us, and attempting to dismantle them. But is DSA’s offer enticing enough to appeal to a critical mass of Americans disillusioned with mainstream politics? How successful the group will be depends on whether its surge is sustainable, and whether the nation can buy into the idea that an alternative—a country, if not a world, in which capitalism is no longer the organizing principle—is attainable.

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Casting call Seeking genuine Montanans. Must have ‘the look.’

by Alex Sakariassen

They showed up without stars in their eyes. Most of them, anyway. If any had dreams of being discovered, the conference room in downtown’s Holiday Inn wasn’t the place for it.

And yet by 2:30 p.m. Saturday, more than 400 people had jotted their names and measurements, posed for a photo and left. R.J. Burns looked dazed by the day’s routine. His cargo-shorted nonchalance didn’t exactly scream Hollywood, but neither did the forms he passed out asking for suit sizes and email addresses. Burns wasn’t here for talent. He was here in search of a look that would look at home in the background of the forthcoming cable series Yellowstone, starring Kevin Costner and set in Montana’s ranch country.

“I’m pretty good at finding the look, I think,” Burns said. “I haven’t failed yet.

Thought I was going to fail on this one just because the numbers were so high. But a day like this? It’s great.”

Paul Toussaint fit the bill, with his cowboy hat and handlebar mustache. They looked genuine on Toussaint, a rancher and former Montana law enforcement officer. Toussaint wasn’t looking for a big Hollywood break. Just an opportunity to see if his look passed muster.

“It’s a matter of luck,” Toussaint said, with more than a hint of a Belgian accent.

“If you have the appearance for what they are looking for exactly, then I guess you have a chance to be there, stay quiet and not say a word.”

Jacquelyne Eileraas was no more starry-eyed than Toussaint. She certainly wasn’t there for a chance to share a set with Costner. She admitted, timidly, that she wasn’t even sure who he was. But as a lifelong Montana resident and former high school theater tech, Eileraas thought it might be exciting to revisit the world of drama on a project set in her home state.

“I’ve spent my whole life here, so I see myself as a part of Montana,” she said. “And being a part of that would be nice, kind of fun to do.”

Many applicants said they’d heard about the casting call through Facebook or

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local media. Brandon Taylor had other sources. He’d been messaging with a girl on Tinder, he said, and when he mentioned he was an acting major, she let him know the auditions were coming to town.

Taylor, a Great Falls native and lifelong fan of Westerns, had dressed as Western as he could in a short-sleeve button down shirt, jeans and workboots. A bit as an extra wouldn’t look bad on his acting resume, he said, and besides, it’s Costner. Asked what movie he best remembered the two-time Oscar winner for, Taylor didn’t miss a beat: “Waterworld.”

“It’s about a family trying to keep their ranch,” Roberts said of Yellowstone. “I’ve done a lot of ranch work, so I was like, ‘Huh, that might be something where I just fit right into the swing of things.’”

Applicant traffic picked up around four o’clock. Burns bustled to and fro, his stack of blank forms growing smaller. Then the crowd waned again and Burns returned to his chair, reminiscing about past casting work in Montana. One time, he said, he had to find a bunch of extras for a bar scene in an hour. He knew the look he was looking for. So, his story goes, he went

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R.J. Burns, Montana extras casting director for Yellowstone, helps Suzette Dussault fill out the form that could land her in the background of the forthcoming cable series.

The prize for longest commute in pursuit of a sliver of screen time may have gone to Raven Martin and Kristen Roberts, smalltown adolescents who drove to Missoula from Reed Point and defined opposite ends of the Costner-fandom spectrum. Martin cited Waterworld and Armageddon (the latter, oddly, did not star Costner); Roberts prefers Dances With Wolves. The casting call forms contained no check-box for fandom, but if Burns was after the Montana look, the couple had an honest shot. Martin carried himself like the scrappy rural firefighter he said he was. Roberts’ square-toe boots and belt buckle backed her story about riding horses since age 10. She made no attempt to hide her Kentucky accent.

to a bar across the street and offered the patrons $50 each, then marched them to the set. “The director looked around and said, ‘God, they even look drunk.’ I said, ‘They are. Just let ’em be.’”

As Burns talked, more hopefuls trickled through. Ana Noell was in and out in minutes, explaining her motivation by rubbing her thumb against two fingers (extras could make as much as $150 a day on the shoots in Darby and Livingston). Then she laughed, and said acting runs in her family.

“My mom was an extra in Hello, Dolly!” asakariassen@missoulanews.com

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Eight steps forward Reforming criminal justice, bill by bill

by Michael Siebert

Montana’s criminal justice system is on the path to reform. Throughout the 2017 legislative session, state Republicans and Democrats both worked to rectify myriad problems with how the justice system handles criminals, including jail overcrowding and inconsistent sentencing guidelines.

The legislature-wide effort culminated in the passage of a package of bills born of the interim commission on sentencing.

It was in no small part the work of Sen. Cynthia Wolken, D-Missoula, that helped get these bills across the finish line. Wolken introduced seven of the eight bills that ultimately became law, and asked Rep. Nate McConnell, D-Missoula, to carry the other in the House.

Wolken says her intent was to modernize the state’s justice system, long hamstrung by an excessive focus on incarceration and out of line with evidencebased best rehabilitation practices. “We’ve been more concerned about sort of locking people up, and not really what happens on the other side of the wall,” Wolken says.

We sat down with Sen. Wolken and asked her to walk us through how each of the eight bills, signed into law by Gov. Steve Bullock in July, will affect Montana’s approach to criminal justice, from victims to offenders.

HB 133: The bill that arguably received the most attention during the session, HB 133 takes major steps toward re-tiering jailable offenses. Wolken says the bill’s most notable changes include statewide decriminalization of first-offense marijuana possession under one ounce and the closing of a loophole that allowed judges to sentence perpetrators of sexual offenses against children to probation. “Most Montanans do and should expect violent crime to garner more time in prison than nonviolent crime,” Wolken says.

SB 59: Establishes what Wolken calls a “risk assessment tool” to be used during the pretrial phase to determine an offender’s risk to public safety. This assessment is intended to reduce jail overcrowding, reserving space primarily for violent offenders.

The bill also requires a “lethality assessment” that’s designed, in part, to keep domestic violence offenders away from their victims if they’re determined to present a significant threat to that person’s safety.

SB 60: Streamlines the pre-sentence assessment process. In Montana, before a judge can hand down a sentence, a “presentence investigative report” must be written. The reports help judges determine whether an offender might be better placed in treatment or in prison. Wolken says these reports can take up to four months to

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Sen. Cynthia Wolken helped pass a raft of new bills aimed at reforming Montana’s criminal justice system.

write, leaving offenders in jail while they’re drafted. SB 60 designates specific employees to write the reports, and sets a 30-day deadline for their completion.

SB 62: Authorizes peer counseling as a treatment option for offenders with substance-abuse issues. Wolken says peer support was already utilized statewide, but can now be implemented as part of a convict’s official treatment plan. Former offenders with a proven record of sobriety can help new offenders through the treatment process. Wolken says hearing from inmates who can “talk the talk” can be very effective for newer offenders.

SB 63: Effectively reduces the time that low-risk offenders remain on probation.

Wolken says people are most at risk of reoffending within their first 12 to 18 months on probation. Yet Montana tends to impose lengthy probationary periods, extending into periods when offenders are considered low-risk. Wolken’s goal was to prioritize resources toward ex-convicts who are considered more dangerous, and therefore more in need of supervision.

SB 64: Significantly revises operations of the state parole board. Previously, the board consisted of seven volunteer members who did not necessarily have a background in criminal justice or addiction and mental health services. As a result of SB 64, the board now must be composed of professionals in those areas. The bill also requires the use of a “structured decisionmaking grid” to help inform parole decisions. Wolken says the chief complaint she’s heard about the board is that its decisions seemed arbitrary to offenders and their families. “This is just an attempt to create some expectations and some transparency,” Wolken says.

SB 65: Helps former inmates navigate the process of finding housing after incarceration. Wolken says offenders often have serious difficulty finding housing while they’re still inside prison, and that SB 65 will allow them to apply for housing assistance through the Department of Corrections for up to three months after they are released from incarceration. “The whole idea is, they’re less likely to come back to prison and reoffend if the transition goes smoothly,” Wolken says.

SB 67: Creates a standard for Batterer’s Intervention Programming. BIP is required for offenders convicted of domestic violence. Programming varies widely across the state. Wolken says that in some communities with limited resources, it can entail as little as a sixquestion online survey. SB 67 requires that BIPs be built around evidencebased recidivism research. msiebert@missoulanews.com

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[opinion]

Long way from home We can deport Audemio Orozco-Ramirez. But should we?

by Dan Brooks

Audemio Orozco-Ramirez has been living in the United States for 20 years, but he is not a citizen. He was born in Michoacan, Mexico. Although he has no criminal record, he was picked up as a passenger in a 2013 traffic stop, charged with a civil immigration violation and put in a jail cell with nine other men. There, according to a federal lawsuit he filed against Jefferson County, Orozco-Ramirez was held down and raped.

The county settled in December. Although it did not admit liability, it paid Orozco-Ramirez $125,000 in exchange for dropping the suit. Since then, he has checked in with Immigrations and Customs Enforcement each month—an arrangement common among “low-priority” illegal immigrants. During his last check-in, he was arrested and scheduled for deportation.

That’s legal. Whether it’s moral is another question.

Orozco-Ramirez came to the United States 20 years ago, and he did it illegally.

Since then, he has lived an American life without any of the protections Americans enjoy. He obeys the law, but doesn’t get to vote. He submits to the authority of government, but government can do as it pleases with him.

With one notable exception, OrozcoRamirez has played by the rules. He has been coming to the ICE office for months, even though it made him vulnerable to deportation. He cooperated with officers, even though the one time he was asked to show his papers it got him forcibly sodomized. There are video cameras in the Jefferson County jail, but the footage from the hours when he was raped mysteriously vanished. Even still, he trusted American law enforcement.

More importantly, he participated in the social contract. He works. He has never been charged with a crime. He has raised a family here and, by all accounts, become a valued member of his community. If American society is a deal we all make together, Orozco-Ramirez has held up his end. In return for his cooperation, we will separate him from his family and

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send him back to a country where he hasn’t lived since the 1990s.

I would invite the reader to imagine doing that to an American citizen, but there’s no situation in which we would. A citizen wouldn’t be raped in jail, given a sixfigure settlement and then arbitrarily arrested nine months later, because the government can only arrest citizens who are charged with crimes.

“If American society is a deal we all make together, Orozco-Ramirez has held up his end. In return for his cooperation, we will separate him from his family and send him back to a country where he hasn’t lived since the 1990s.”

ICE, on the other hand, arrests arbitrarily. It allows illegal immigrants to live in the United States, but reserves the right to deport them later. By not enforcing the law against “low-priority” aliens, it creates a permanent underclass of people like Orozco-Ramirez—people who live here just like citizens, but who enjoy none of the same protections. The present administration’s priorities underscore how unethical that arrangement is.

President Trump has instructed ICE to aggressively pursue deportation against undocumented immigrants, who made up 3.4 percent of the U.S. population in 2015. We think of them as people who don’t really live here—people who crossed the border weeks ago, who go to work and return home without making friends, falling in love, starting families or participating in the larger community. But many of them are like Orozco-Ramirez. They have made their lives here. They are Americans in every way but one.

That one difference makes them vulnerable to the kind of abuses this country was founded against. In Orozco-Ramirez’s case, it made him vulnerable to rape. It gave the U.S. government the power to separate him from his family and remove him from his home of 20 years. Living here that long didn’t make him American, but a piece of paper would.

That system runs counter to logical and moral sense. It is illogical to argue that everyone born here has certain inalienable rights, but people without visas don’t. It is immoral to say that I can move from New York City to Missoula and enjoy the same protections as everyone else on day one, but a man who traveled the same distance from Mexico doesn’t deserve them after two decades.

The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has issued a stay against Orozco-Ramirez’s deportation while it reviews his case. One hopes that it will decide morally, but the law authorizes it to put him on a plane.

When the law so directly conflicts with common decency, the law should change.

America was a place before the United States was a legal construct. The construct was founded on the principle that everyone in the place had the same rights, no matter who they were. Anyone who reads history knows it took us centuries to put that principle into meaningful practice. To read the news is to realize that we are still working it out.

Dan Brooks writes about politics, culture, and who gets inalienable rights at combatblog.net.

[opinion]

WWGD? Making the religious case for fighting climate change

by Christine Colbert

Not long after President Trump decided that the United States should withdraw from the Paris Agreement, Michigan Republican Rep. Tim Walberg told his constituents that if it turned into a “real” problem, God would “take care of ” climate change.

Social media buzzed with dismay and alarm over the Michigan congressman’s attitude, since it runs counter to overwhelming scientific evidence concerning climate change.

Yet if you live in a religiously conservative state, as I once did, Walberg’s statement would not be surprising. I was born and raised in a Mormon family in Utah, where the word “environmentalist” is still considered by many to be foul language. I’m no longer a practicing Mormon, but rather a convert to the wonder of the outdoors, thanks to the education I received while exploring Utah’s vast public lands. I did not need to lose my religion to become an environmentalist, but I’m sure it didn’t hurt.

Years ago, I asked my dad why he didn’t think climate change was a threat. He replied that the second coming of Jesus Christ would take care of any “problems.” In other words, he believed a wipe-down of our planet would ensue upon Christ’s arrival back on Earth. I was alarmed. This seemed to me like a rather large bet to make. But my father added that because he “knew” Christ would come again, it wasn’t a gamble for him and he didn’t need to worry about the future.

But as the public response to Walberg’s statement demonstrated, this idea is not very reassuring to the majority of the American people. The science behind global climate change is overwhelming. What if the supernatural cleanup orchestrated by God failed to occur? And what if it came too late to matter?

I believe there is a strong religious argument to be made that we all have a responsibility to protect our planet.

Caring for creation is emphasized in many religious texts, and in particular by the Bible. Pope Francis wrote an entire encyclical on the subject— Laudato SI’, subtitled On Care for Our Common Home. In the case of my family’s religion, in the Book of Mormon as well as Doctrine and Covenants, God instructs his children to tread lightly upon the earth, to be

“Years ago, I asked my dad why he didn’t think climate change was a threat. He replied that the second coming of Jesus Christ would take care of any ‘problems.’”

sure that we do not defile or pollute it, and to use the planet’s gifts sparingly and conscientiously.

All scripture is open to interpretation. But here’s my take: Imagine your mother asked you to clean your room, and not only that, to take good care of your things, including your stuffed animals, your Barbie dolls and your action figures. She told you to care for each one because she gave them to

you, and she loves them just like she loves you. ( Yes, in my story, Mom loves your childhood toys.)

But you decide not to clean up your room. In fact, you dump a couple cans of paint on the carpet and smear fecal matter all over the walls.

You light a fire in the middle of the room, throw your toys and plush animals into it, and let the air fill with smoke—endangering the house and everyone in it. How do you think your mom will react? I remember numerous mentions in the Bible about a vengeful God who doesn’t take kindly to man’s willful disregard for his commandments. Epic flood, anyone?

Which brings me back to Rep. Tim Walberg and his dismissal of science and the future of our planet. Walberg and others like him can decide that climate change doesn’t concern them, and if they’re correct, God will fix it all. But when? And after how many of the Earth’s plant and animal species have disappeared, become displaced or gone extinct by the effects of climate change? And by destroying our environment for the sake of continued fossil fuel extraction and use, what do we say about ourselves as stewards of the land?

Creating harmony between religious beliefs and the conservation of our planet is really quite easy. Even for those who believe that our warming planet poses no real threat, advocating for clean air, water and protecting Earth’s teeming diversity of plants and wildlife is still something everyone can get behind. Or mostly everyone.

Because I’m thinking that God would love to see his children taking care of their planet, and not totally gutting the place.

Christine Colbert is a contributor to Writers on the Range, the opinion service of High Country News (hcn.org ). She lives and writes in Washington.

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[offbeat]

THE THREATENED AMERICAN WORKER – A local chapter of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees in Battle Creek, Michigan, is butting heads with Western Michigan University this summer after the school brought in a goat crew to clean up an overgrown woodlot on campus, leaving union workers without jobs. The AFSCME’s grievance cites a collective bargaining agreement with WMU, but university officials counter that “the area is rife with poison ivy and other invasive species,” which are difficult for humans to remove. The 20-goat crew, rented from Munchers on Hooves in Coldwater, Michigan, is ahead of schedule in clearing a 15-acre area.

THE ENTREPRENEURIAL SPIRIT – First bikes, then cars ... now umbrellas. Maybe. Sharing E Umbrella hit the streets of 11 Chinese cities in April with more than 300,000 umbrellas for rent from subway and bus stations. Unfortunately, the company’s founder, Zhao Shuping, didn’t provide instructions about returning the rentals after use, and most of the umbrellas have disappeared. Zhao noted his mistake, saying, “Umbrellas are different from bicycles ... With an umbrella you need railings or a fence to hang it on.” He plans to replenish his stock with 30 million umbrellas nationwide by the end of the year.

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But on July 1, buffalo trainer Dinh Xuan Huong, 46, met his doom when his own bull turned on him. The buffalo first knocked Dinh to the ground, then flipped him over its head, goring Dinh’s leg with its horn. Dinh later died at the Vietnam-Czech Friendship Hospital. Buffalo fighting was stopped in the country during the Vietnam War, but the fights resumed in 1990.

UNDER THE INFLUENCE – Police in Slidell, Louisiana, stopped a “car full of drunks” on July 8 and arrested the driver for driving while intoxicated. The car’s passengers rode home in a taxi, but one of the women then drove back to the police station to bail out the driver. Slidell officers arrested the woman for DWI, and she joined her friend in jail. “Lesson of the day,” Slidell officers posted on their Facebook page: “Don’t drive drunk to a police station in order to bail out your drunk friend!”

LACKING A FILTER – Baseball fans at the Los Angeles Dodgers-Kansas City Royals game in Dodger Stadium on July 8 were treated to some righteous moves on the dance cam by “Rally Granny,” an older fan who capped her performance by flashing her bra at the 40,000-plus spectators. “You don’t see THAT much at a baseball stadium,” deadpanned Dodgers first baseman Cody Bellinger (who actually missed the spectacle).

FROM BAD TO WORSE – Two women in Arlington, Texas, called police for help on July 10 as a mentally ill man doused himself with gasoline in preparation to commit suicide. When responding officers began talking with the distraught man, he poured more gasoline on himself and appeared to be holding a lighter in his hand. Hoping to subdue him, one of the officers used his Taser on the man and the gasoline ignited, engulfing him in flames. Officers wrapped him in blankets and removed him from the house. His family reports he was severely burned, and at press time he was in critical condition.

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ou shouldn’t yell things at the band. No requests. No heckles. Not even an “I love you” (much as it might be appreciated). And, especially, you shouldn’t shout something in a quiet moment between songs by an already-quiet, folk-inspired band like Offa Rex. But there its members were, playing a sold-out show at Portland’s Aladdin Theater. And not just any show, but a nerve-wracking first-ever show, even if Offa Rex’s components—all five Decemberists and the British folk singer Olivia Chaney—are not exactly rookies.

And then someone had to share.

“Colin, I still miss Tarkio,” a female voice declared loudly.

“Oh,” replied Colin Meloy.

(Silence) “That was many projects ago,” he said, finally.

Indeed.

Namechecking Meloy’s college band might have been a less-weird thing to shout out at a boisterous Decemberists show. In Missoula. Then it would merely be like yelling for Green River’s “Swallow My Pride” at a Pearl Jam gig (hey, it happened once). Or demanding an Uncle Tupelo song from Wilco (which happens pretty often).

But the moment showed how much the Montana connection lingers for Meloy, a Helena native and University of Montana graduate who’s been gone to Oregon for almost 20 years. Which is why it makes sense that, even though the Decemberists are a Portland band in every way, they’ve put together a music festival in Missoula—perhaps to the Portland media’s chagrin.

ing thing to happen in Montana since … um … we’ll get back to you on that.”

Named for the famous Lewis and Clark expedition stop (sorry Portland: Montana gets those guys, too) Travelers’ Rest will take place over two days at the Big Sky Brewing Amphitheater, with two Decemberists sets and 16 other bands, including Belle and Sebastian, the Head and the Heart, Charles Bradley & His Extraordinaires and Sylvan Esso. Offa Rex is also on the bill, along with Olivia Chaney solo, and Decemberists drummer John Moen’s side group, Eyelids.

I spoke to Meloy about the festival, the trials of being an indie music fan in Helena and many other topics in late

spotlight other artists that we’re fans of and bring music to Montana, as sort of a curated weekend.

Always involving the Decemberists in some way, or do you hope to kind of give it its own legs?

CM: No, I think … as long as we’re capable of holding that top spot, I think that we’ll keep it.

Do you sense that things have changed since you were in Missoula, in terms of the music scene and the amount of bands people get to see there now?

CM: I don’t know, having not lived there for a long time. I can speak

tour routing. You were always forced to go to Seattle or Portland to see shows. Which is a 10-hour drive. But we would do it, dutifully. Go see PJ Harvey at La Luna.

So, I remember we were going to see the Pixies in Seattle but our ride fell through, and that night I sat with my friends and we wrote a really angry letter to the Pixies. I don’t know whether or not we posted it, but you know, it was sort of pithily complaining, why they don’t come to Montana?

I guess I maybe sort of held a grudge from that point on until I started a band myself, and started to realize how difficult it is on a shoestring budget with a

It seems like it’s improving. It’s kind of a chicken/egg: you’ve got two major promoters competing in town now, and the way the music business is, people tour harder, so they hit smaller markets more frequently.

CM: Yeah, it seems that way. But all the stuff that I wanted to see was little: the Replacements or Husker Du or Mission of Burma—bands that were in a van.

I think geography is the real hurdle, and that’s not going to change.

I guess the upside to that is Missoula will never grow as crazily as Portland has.

CM: Yeah, you would think. I was just in Missoula three weeks ago and there are some changes for sure, but not to the degree of Portland. They’ll avoid that.

So did you guys sort of personally book the whole bill or was there input from the promoters?

CM: I made a wish list, which was totally random and not really based on people’s actual recording or touring schedule. Then our management and the promoters and our booking agent came to us with people who were submitting, or we had feelers out for. So many of them, I felt, were super-great.

I’ve been a fan of Real Estate for a while. Sylvan Esso is fantastic. I was a fan of Mountain Man, [Amelia Meath’s] previous band.

And then the fact that we’re responsible for getting Belle and Sebastian into Montana for the first time is very exciting, because those first couple of records kind of changed my life. My last year in college was soundtracked by If You’re Feeling Sinister. And I remember Carson

photo courtesy Autumn de Wilde

“The Decemberists launch their own music festival … in Montana,” was the headline at the Oregonian’s website.

“The Decemberists Are Curating a Music Festival … in Montana,” echoed Willamette Week, with writer Matthew Singer going on to call it “the most excit-

July, just before both Offa Rex and the Decemberists headed out on tour.

Is this supposed to be an annual event?

Colin Meloy: I think that’s the plan: to keep it going as long as people want to come out. It’s a fun project to do, to

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to my growing up in Montana and, you know, falling in love with this music: kind of the indie, alternative music of the ’80s and early ’90s, and constantly bemoaning the fact that Helena, and typically not even Missoula, were ever really a part of anybody’s

tour. Making the jaunt to Missoula is not a thing that makes a ton of financial sense. But still, the Decemberists do a Montana show on every tour. I felt like I would be a hypocrite [otherwise], going back to writing that angry letter to the Pixies.

[Ellis], my wife, we had a house together, we were roommates with a bunch of other people and we had a little five-CD changer, and we would just put all of those early EPs on, and If You’re Feeling Sinister, and it would just shuffle all day long. That was all we would listen to. So

it’s really neat to be bringing them, in our own way, to Montana.

So why “Travelers’ Rest?”

CM: Well, we were searching around and wanted to find a name that felt regionally appropriate, but not too cloying or patronizing. And there’s something nice about that name. A full 50 percent of the ticket sales are from out of state.

So I think it will really be a travelers’ rest for a lot of people. Everybody who needed an excuse to go to Montana in August, it seems like it’d be a nice destination. If the whole state isn’t on fire.

Hopefully there won’t be one confused person who actually goes to the historic site.

CM: Yeah, that was a concern, but nobody seemed to be too [worried]. If you do end up in Lolo, you don’t have far to backtrack.

It’s nice to think that some kid from Glendive or Casper or Williston might make the trip.

CM: Absolutely. I mean, I might have hated the Decemberists when I was in high school. That’s the impossible question. But I have a feeling that I would road-trip to Missoula for this one. My 17year-old self would.

Your 17-year-old self would not have liked the Decemberists?

CM: I would have been snotty about liking their early records, I’m sure.

What’d you think of that fan in Portland shouting about Tarkio?

CM: That was a long time ago. And some things are best left in the past. But she meant it nicely. There are some holdout people who are Tarkio fans. Like, 10.

And she was one of them!

There’s been a little good-natured teasing from Portland that you’re having a festival in Montana instead of there.

CM: We’d actually kind of investigated doing something like this in Portland, but we couldn’t really find an appropriate venue. And honestly, I think Portlanders would love an excuse to get out of Portland. There’s sort of, not an exodus, but Portlanders needing a break from Portland is a common sentiment that I’m hearing.

So now that the Offa Rex album is out, what are the Decemberists up to? Are you working on a record?

CM: Yeah, we are. We’re going into the studio in late September, and we’re going to be working with John Congleton [Ed note: best-known for producing Swans, St. Vincent, Future Islands]. You may be the first to know that. We just sort of locked that down about a month ago.

Over the last six or seven years, everyone in the band has done a lot of other things. Has that been a deliberate process?

CM: Well, I think it makes sense that we should slow down production a little bit. I think, when we were starting out, the thing had its … we were kind of creating momentum and we were growing and we were younger and we didn’t have families, and so, constant work felt right.

Now we’re older, we have our lives, we have a thing that I think we’ve built that sort of runs on its own steam and we can take a little bit more time away from it for our own health. And also, we don’t want to just beat everybody over the head with our band.

And you know, I’ve got other interests and so does everybody else in the band. I think after The King is Dead we took a long break and didn’t do any shows for I

think two or three years while I was working on books, and it felt nice to take that time. But getting out and doing a few weeks on the road every six months or so feels good. It kind of keeps the engine running and keeps all the songs feeling fresh and we can work on new stuff. It’s evolved into a nice, easy pattern.

And I assume all the side projects feed their way back into the band creatively.

CM: Yeah, I think everybody gets kind of refilled a little bit and comes back with new ideas. Or at least is ready to get back to playing songs that we’ve been playing for many years now. You do need that time away.

Are Kelly Hogan and Nora O’Connor still in the band?

CM: Yeah, they’re going to be out for the August shows, and then I think they’ll

photo courtesy Justin Haider Photography

The Travelers’ Rest festival takes place at Big Sky Amphitheater, which opened in June with a concert from Trey Anastasio and recently hosted Lee Brice, above.

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The road to Offa Rex Good things can come from a tweet.

In June of 2015, the Decemberists’ Colin Meloy was listening to The Longest River, the debut album by unconventional English folk-singer and multi-instrumental Olivia Chaney. Blown away, he took to Twitter with a dream.

“I suppose if @OliviaChaney ever did ‘willie o’winsbury’ I would lose my shit,” Meloy told his 1.5 million followers, referring to the traditional Scottish ballad (“Child Ballad 100,” if you know your British folk minutiae).

“It was just a sort of an idle moment,” Meloy says now. “Listening to her record and just really enjoying it, and enjoying the arrangements of these old songs she was doing. Even the ones that were her own or were contemporary, they felt very timeless and I did feel like she was working in the tradition, very directly, of Ann Briggs and Sandy Denny. I rarely think about tweeting more than like, a few seconds before it goes out.

[But] I tagged her in it, so maybe I wasn’t just throwing it out into the ether. I think I was maybe hoping that it would come to be.”

It came to be. Two years later—and this is a direct quote from the band’s website, tickets and concert billings—“The Decemberists and Olivia Chaney are Offa Rex.” And the eighth track on Offa Rex’s debut album, The Queen of Hearts, is “Willie O’Winsbury.”

Obviously, Chaney saw the tweet. “I was like, ‘Oh wow, what an honor,’ she says. “It happens to be one of my absolutely favorite songs and ballads. But also, I had a pretty good hunch that in his head he was thinking of Ann Briggs’ rendition, which for me is one of the greatest recordings of all time, of anything.”

Being somewhat more Twitter-shy than Meloy, Chaney took the exchange to direct message, which almost immediately led to a handful of opening slots toward the end of the Decemberists’ What a Terrible World, What a Beautiful World tour cycle. “Let us be your backing band,” Meloy would say to Chaney on the road, half-seriously. In particular, he thought they could form a kind of modern version of the Albion Dance Band, in which members of Fairport Convention, Steeleye Span and other luminaries backed up Shirley Collins.

But where the Albion Dance Band was a group involving people from the same scene who’d already played together (leader Ashley Hutchings was married to Collins at the time), Offa Rex is something entirely untried, with Chaney and the Decemberists not only coming from distinct (if sometimes overlapping) musical worlds, but also different countries.

“The whole project is unknown territory for all of us, in a nice way,” says Chaney.

“Although I’ve collaborated very widely, I haven’t made records with other people really.” Chaney had to adapt to the Decemberists, the Decemberists had to accommodate her, and Meloy had to embrace, as Chaney puts it, “an inverted commas ‘sideman’ role.”

Overseeing the collaboration was the Decemberists’ longtime producer, Tucker Martine. It was Chaney’s first time recording to tape instead of digital, which she was

For example, by the time the band played its first show, Chaney’s preference for unconventional time signatures—something she attributes to her love of Stravinsky and Eastern European music—had become a bit of joke between her, Query and drummer John Moen. “Before we went on stage it was like, ‘Hey, can everyone count up to 13, and then 7, and then 9?,’” she says. “I just naturally tend to not write in 4/4. So I think that was a bit of a brain-fuck for John.”

Decemberists guitarist Chris Funk also gets to show off his multi-instrumental tal-

photo courtesy Shervin Lainez

Offa Rex is a collaboration between the Decemberists and British folk singer Olivia Chaney.

happy about, and also doing fewer takes, which she was not.

“That’s my classical training,” says Chaney, who attended London’s Royal Academy of Music. “Just, really obsessing over the details. It can get unhealthy sometimes. I think this project was a really nice learning curve in that way, of just letting go.

Collaborating is a good way to generate that kind of spirit, when there’s everyone’s different ideas.”

“There was kind of a learning curve,” Meloy says. “A learning curve that is still happening. I’ve been playing with [keyboardist Jennie Conley and bassist Nate Query] since like, 2000. You kind of share a brain. This really shook everybody out of their comfort zone.”

“Working with a really different musical brain from Colin’s was kind of a fun challenge for everyone,” Chaney says. “Sometimes it probably drove them up the wall.”

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ents (autoharp, hammer dulcimer, mandolin) to even greater effect in Offa Rex, while Meloy’s step to the back as a vocalist is also a step to the front as a guitarist. “I’m not sure you get to hear how good his guitar playing is on all the Decemberists stuff,” Chaney says. “He’s really great.”

Besides “Willie O’Winsbury” and the title track (made famous by Martin Carthy), The Queen of Hearts includes a version of Ewan MacColl’s “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face,” Lal Waterson’s “To Make You Stay,” and a Morris Dancing instrumental medley.

There’s also “Sheep Crook and Black Dog,” with Offa Rex’s arrangement bringing out the prog/metal lineage that has always been a part of British folk (as Meloy notes, Sandy Denny sang on Led Zeppelin’s “Battle of Evermore”). “For whatever reason, that song, which we learned from Steeleye Span, that sort of triumphal melody has a darkness to it,” Meloy says.

“To my ear it felt almost like a metal melody. Thankfully, I think the experiment sort of played out well.”

Song selection was another area where the two camps had different viewpoints.

Meloy, whose solo discography includes covers EPs of Morrissey, Shirley Collins and Sam Cooke, was obviously up for anything.

Chaney was more reticent about taking on certain classics, in some cases because she thought they’d been done too many times.

She also feared the British folk scene would judge her for letting five Americans have their way with the canon. She went so far as to call up Martin Carthy to ask him, “Do you mind if I do a version of ‘The Queen of Hearts?’”

“And he was just like, ‘What are you talking about?,’” Chaney recounts. “‘It’s a folk song. It’s anyone’s turf. It’s yours.’”

Meloy very much recognizes that the lines between preservation/fealty and reinvention/progress are tricky to walk. He’s even referred to the whole project as an exercise in “cultural appropriation” (if entirely between Anglo-Saxon cultures).

“Americans are such a hodge-podge that we’ve felt comfortable tackling things that other people would not feel so comfortable doing,” he says. “Just because we are sort of without a history.”

One song Chaney didn’t want to touch was “Blackleg Miner,” which Meloy also knew via Steeleye Span. As someone who grew up in Oxford, she didn’t feel authentic singing a song that’s rooted in a different region (home of the U.K.’s northern union strongholds). “I felt like people were going to be like, ‘What the fuck is she doing singing this song? This is not her territory.’”

Whereas Meloy, as an Irish Montanan from a lefty family who studied labor history in college, felt a connection, however indirectly. “I love union songs and I agree with their sentiment,” he says.

In a larger sense, the folk tradition isn’t really that far away from the Decemberists, or from the punk and indie music Meloy loved in college. “You could write a dissertation on what is folk music and what isn’t folk music,” he says. “I think for many people it’s just songs being played on acoustic instruments. To other people it’s doing slavish renditions of Child Ballads, or going to the Cecil Sharp House and digging though and rediscovering these old songs. But I tend to think of folk music as being kind of a populist music, and in that sense I feel like there is a connection between the punk movement and the folk movement. Pete Seeger did as much to make music populist as the Sex Pistols did.”

be part of the recording as well. I have a feeling they’ll be part of the Decemberists for a while. We’ve always brought in other people to cover instrumental or vocal duties, and nobody quite nailed it like the two of them did. Just having that blanket of beautiful harmonizing … I don’t know why it took us so long to get to that, but it’s something I’ve been really enjoying.

I’ve heard a lot of frontmen say that they fantasize about not having to sing and not having to run the band and just getting to play guitar. Did that happen for you in Offa Rex? CM: Yeah, a little bit. It’s nice to get out there. For one thing, it’s nice to prep for a show or a tour and not be terrified like Olivia is. Constantly paranoid about your voice going out. There’s a great weight that gets lifted off your back, just being able to sort of be on the sidelines.

It’s really a novel and interesting experience for me.

No spoilers I guess, but what will fans at Traveler’s Rest get out of the Decemberists playing twice?

CM: Oh, I think they’ll get two very different sets. We have no intention of doing the same one. Inevitably, there’ll be a few repeats, just because I think that

there are people coming for one night or the other.

I’m always fascinated by that calculus, of those three or four songs that you can’t not play, even if you’re tired of them.

CM: I knowwww. So much of being a band and playing on the road, it’s not

What do you think those one or two songs are?

CM: Ohhh... It’s probably arbitrary.

“O Valencia,” or “16 Military Wives.”

“Down by the Water.” Those things get trotted out. “Mariner’s Revenge Song,” I hope that people can forgive us for giving it a break every once in a while.

little break, and we can get back to it with aplomb.

never heard it. It’s an impossible dilemma.

Does “Apology Song” get played every time you come back to Missoula?

CM: Yeah, I think it probably does … whether people like it or not. I’ve become oblivious to that. You write songs

One dollar of every Travelers’ Rest ticket is going to the Montana ACLU, and you’ve also played similar benefit shows in Portland and Seattle. Did you keep tabs on the special election?

CM: Yeah, absolutely I kept tabs on that. It’s really dismaying. And you know, coming back to Montana in July, it felt different, you know? It’s always had this sort of independent streak politically, and so much of it is just sort of live and let live. I don’t feel like that’s what the GOP is espousing. I feel like they are an invasive species, and they are making their way into these crooks and crannies of our country, and it’s really frightening.

Travelers’ Rest Big Sky Brewing Company Amphitheater, 5417 Trumpeter Way Sold out Saturday, Aug. 12 The Decemberists, the Head and the Heart, Shakey Graves, Charles Bradley & His Extraordinaires, Offa Rex, Eyelids, Alialujah Choir, the Sasha Bell Band, Caroline Keys and the Lanesplitters.

Sunday, Aug. 13 The Decemberists, Belle and Sebastian, Sylvan Esso, Real Estate, Julien Baker, Khun Narin, Olivia Chaney, Kyle Craft and 1939 Ensemble.

about you, it’s about the audience.

There’s a balance there and, you know, an audience wants to be challenged but also wants… maybe this is the first time they’re seeing you, or it may be the only time they will have seen you ever. That’s something you have to keep in mind. I think it’s fair to have that be part of the calculus.

I’m sure we’ll be playing it at Travelers’ Rest. But we gave it a break on this last little run we did, and it felt nice not to have that just hanging at the end of the show every night. It’s a work-out, you know? And it requires a healthy dose of enthusiasm on our part, and if that enthusiasm is not there, it’s not that fun to do. But, I’ve found, we just give it a

about places, and then there’s part of you that wants to trot it out every time. But somebody tweeted me, I think before one of our L.A. shows, and he was like, “Once, just once, I would like to go see you play a show in L.A. without you playing ‘Los Angeles I’m Yours.’” Oh my god!

There is something to be said for that.

But then there’s other people who’ve

You think you’ll ever move back?

CM: Uhhh …. I don’t know. I think that my wife would love to move back.

She’s from New York and she loves Montana. I love Montana too, but I have baggage. I came to Portland and I found my place and I found my way, and my identity apart from Montana. It’d be hard to give up. And flying anywhere would be such a hassle. editor@missoulanews.com

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[arts]

Art of listening Naomi Moon Siegel on jazz stereotypes and the launch of Lakebottom Sound

by Erika Fredrickson

S

ometimes it all comes down to the instrument you happened to pick in elementary school band class, and that was the case with Naomi Moon Siegel. She chose the trombone because she liked its low register and the way it slides, plus her older brothers had already paired themselves with trumpet and sax, and Siegel wanted to do something different.

“And it just stuck,” she says. “It wasn’t like I heard a song with trombone and was like, ‘Oh I want to play that.’ I just kept playing the trombone and then I started hearing it in songs and that perpetuated my interest. I would hear it in reggae or salsa and jazz—though jazz didn’t register when I was younger, but later in life it did.”

Siegel was raised in Chicago and got a bachelor’s degree in jazz trombone performance at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music in Ohio. The choice to play jazz trombone opened up a whole world of music for her—and it also opened her eyes to some of the inequalities that music and, in particular, jazz has carried since its rise in popularity in the 1920s.

In college, she and the few other women in jazz classes found themselves backburnered in often subtle ways. They were almost never taught anything about the history of women in jazz. They were often called “baby” and treated as second-stringers.

“I grew up in this liberal suburb in the 1990s, and we thought we were so progressive,” she says, “but really what that amounted to was we never had conversations about sexism, racism or homophobia in our comfortable white home. And I found that to be the case in jazz education. Everyone was like, ‘Look!

You’re playing trombone, so sexism doesn’t exist, there’s no problem here.’

But meanwhile, we were all being indoctrinated in sexism everywhere we go, me included.”

Siegel didn’t let any of that stop her, though she didn’t formally address it in her professional work, either. She spent the past decade living first in Oakland and then in Seattle, where she established a solid pool of fellow musicians with whom

photo by Amy Donovan

Naomi Moon Siegel launched Lakebottom Sound to produce a concert series, improv sessions and educational workshops.

to play. Her debut album, Shoebox View, was recorded in 2015 and released in June 2016 to positive reviews from Downbeat Magazine and Jazz Weekly.

The album features 13 musicians besides Siegel, and the instrumental songs weave elements of folk and jazz in a smart, updated manner, evoking baroque-pop bands like Beirut that have crossed over into indie-rock circles. She recorded Shoebox View during a nine-month period in places she was either living or visiting at the time: Seattle, Costa Rica and Brooklyn. Some of the tracks were made recording solo in living rooms, where she overdubbed trombone, ukulele and piano parts. Other tracks were recorded in studios with multiple musicians.

Last year, Siegel moved to Missoula with her wife to be closer to her

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brother’s family, and to the outdoors.

Without her crew of Seattle musicians to accompany her, Siegel is working to develop her solo chops in composition and performance. She’s already played a few shows in Missoula, for which she liveloops her music and improvises on trombone. She recently announced the launch of her new organization, Lakebottom Sound, which she hopes to develop into a resource for concert series, improv sessions and educational workshops.

The launch of Lakebottom begins with a concert at Ten Spoon Winery featuring Siegel and Josh Farmer, accompanied by Bethany Joyce and Smai Fullerton, and in September the series continues with a show at Shakespeare & Co. The idea is to play in spaces where people can focus on the music.

“I want to present concerts in environments that are conducive to intentional listening,” she says. “I’m choosing venues based on the time of year, and based on the music that is being presented and what acoustics will work well, and that kind of thing.”

Once she gets the concert series rolling, Siegel plans to get to work organizing monthly improv sessions and classes. In Seattle, she was part of the Racer Sessions, a weekly event at the Racer Cafe where musicians took turns curating the evening: bringing in prompts, compositions and themes to share with other musicians in a collaborative, improvisational way. In October, Siegel returned to Seattle to host a Racer Sessions in which she explored the idea of feminine principles in improvisation

by asking musicians to play while keeping in mind what she describes as feminine qualities: subtlety, listening, stillness.

This kind of exercise is provocative for a lot of reasons, and it’s what makes Siegel’s take on music so compelling. People usually ascribe feminine qualities to women and masculine qualities to men.

“But that’s not the reality of any individual,” Siegel says. “No matter what gender we are, we are a mix of these qualities.”

But because we live in a culture that often equates femininity with weakness (because of sexist associations with women), both conventional men and feminist women sometimes prickle at the idea of embracing their own feminine traits. In music, and especially in jazz, such issues of femininity and masculinity affect the music itself.

“We live in this culture that values masculine principles—bigger, faster, brighter, build-it-higher—and those have become the most valued aesthetics, and they are attributed to men,” Siegel says.

“In jazz it becomes about how fast can you play, how virtuosic you are.”

Siegel’s goal with Lakebottom Sound is to do her part to strengthen Missoula’s music scene of all ages, all genres—not the well-resourced touring acts, but the local musicians who work to make a living here. Her interest in larger conversations about inequalities in music are not just about changing the culture, but thinking about ways of making good music. The trombone is seen as a bright, bold instrument, and Siegel loves to indulge that aspect of it, but she sees the instrument’s simpler, slower, restrained potential as vital to the quality of performance.

“There are the stereotypes about jazz, and then there are the stereotypes of what a typical jazz solo should be,” she says. “I like exploring the more subtle qualities that balance those things out.”

Naomi Moon Siegel, Josh Farmer and special guests Bethany Joyce and Smai Fullerton play Ten Spoon Winery Thu., Aug. 10. Music starts at 7 PM. $10. efredrickson@missoulanews.com

[books]

Park culture Wonderlandscape: a new view of Yellowstone

by Chris La Tray

Besides opportunities to view wildlife and the establishment of Yellowstone as the first national gape at astonishing vistas, America’s National Parks park, and his name is attached to several man-made provide a literary well that never seems to run dry. features in the park. While Roosevelt was renowned Every year new books about the parks are pub- as a conservationist—as president he set aside more lished: hiking guides, natural histories, even works national parks (five), nature reserves and federal land of fiction that inhabit the park landscape and often than all of his predecessors combined—he had little address current issues related to park politics or to do with Yellowstone. It was established by Ulysses policy. With crowds swelling annually, particularly S. Grant when Roosevelt was 13 years old.

“Roosevelt did visit the park and loved it,” across the West, the demand for fresh reads shows Clayton writes. But he “didn’t expand it, didn’t no sign of letting up.

John Clayton is one of the most recent authors make lasting alterations to its management, didn’t create the National Park Service.” to contribute to the rich mix of naWhat Roosevelt did do is estabtional park literature. In Wonderlish a cultural narrative that played landscape: Yellowstone National to the story Americans wanted to Park and the Evolution of an Amertell about themselves. He was this ican Cultural Icon, the Red Lodge rugged man of the wilderness—or writer focuses primarily on the seemed to be—who came along at country’s first national park. His apjust the right time “to rescue high proach is somewhat novel. Rather society from the effete Victorian than rehash the known history of era.” Roosevelt celebrated the West Yellowstone’s origin, Clayton looks as being responsible for turning through the lens of American culhim into the manly man he became. ture as it relates to the park. What “As he spread that credit, thick and made it popular in the first place? wide,” Clayton writes, “a great deal Why has it remained popular for so Wonderlandscape of it pooled into the national park.” long? Who are the people and what John Clayton What about the line, most often are the events that have shaped it hardcover, Pegasus Books attributed to writer Wallace Stegner, over the years? Yellowstone is a pre384 pages, $27.95 calling our national parks “Amerhistoric landscape so vast it seems unchanged in the tiny scope of our known history, ica’s best idea”? It is a sentiment that has been reand that is largely true. America, though, has stated over and over again, never more loudly than changed, even in the brief 150 years or so since Yel- in the title of Ken Burns’ 2009 documentary about lowstone was founded. And Wonderlandscape ex- the national parks. In Wonderlandscape, Clayton plores how those changes have affected the way asks whose “idea” it was in the first place—something the documentary fails to reveal—and sets out Americans have come to view the park.

Clayton creates this narrative through 10 dis- to learn the truth. His research looks into what’s tinct stories. Each story occupies a different period known as the campfire myth, a story created by Yelin the park’s history that echoes the zeitgeist of lowstone’s first superintendent about a group of America at the time. For example, early in the book men who came up with the concept of the park we see how the magnificent paintings of artist while sitting around a campfire. The story was perThomas Moran, who was part of an expedition to petuated by another park superintendent, Horace Yellowstone in 1871, were used by lobbyists argu- Albright, to help Yellowstone transition from a ing in favor of establishing Yellowstone as a na- train-based destination for the wealthy elite to a tional park. His work at capturing these landscapes, destination for a common, car-touring audience.

Wonderlandscape does an excellent job of givso unlike the Euro-centric landscapes Americans were most familiar with, buttressed the growing ing the reader new ways to appreciate the park, and perception that the United States had its own spe- the personalities that have shaped it. It depicts Yellowstone as a kind of super-lab for understanding cial character—with the geography to prove it.

Some myths are busted along the way. Clayton how to manage wildlife, and in the process, reveals possesses something of a contrarian streak that I how the park has been anything but a static, unenjoy, and one of his first targets is Theodore Roo- changing wilderness. There have been many failures sevelt. “For years,” Clayton writes, “I wanted to vote along with successes, but Clayton shows that, regardfor Theodore Roosevelt as Yellowstone’s Most Over- less, the outcomes have always been fascinating. rated celebrity.” He points out that it is fairly common for Americans to associate Roosevelt as a key player in arts@missoulanews.com

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[books]

Comedy equation Funny or Die’s Nate Dern searches for the grand theory of laughter

by Sarah Aswell

The Travelers’ Rest festival is bringing more than music to town. Funny or Die news editor Nate Dern is visiting Missoula to catch The Decemberists et al. for a weekend of live acts. While he’s in the area, he’s also taking the opportunity to promote his new humor essay collection, Not Quite a Genius (Simon & Schuster), which officially published on Tuesday.

“A thing that I learned really early on in the marketing process is that if you’re a first time author, you can tour all across the country as long as you fund it,” Dern says. “So, my book tour is mainly places I’m going to be anyway.”

The frugal marketing strategy means that Dern, a widely published humor writer and the former artistic director of the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater, will hold his first reading after the publication of the book at Fact & Fiction instead of in Los Angeles or New York.

Dern has been interested in comedy since he was a kid. He wrote parody news pieces for his high school paper (when, for one issue a year, The Claw turned into The Flaw) and read the dark humor of Kurt Vonnegut. At Harvard, he sharpened his skills with the university’s improv troupe and famed Harvard Lampoon.

Dern has always balanced two passions: comedy and academia. The Colorado native, who now works out of Los Angeles, decided to pursue both loves after college, attending Columbia’s sociology graduate program as well as staying active at the UCB theater. While earning his Ph.D. (he’s still in the process of finishing up his thesis), he was also publishing short humor and essays for places like The New Yorker, McSweeney’s, The New York Magazine and Vice.

Unlike many comics, who traditionally think analyzing humor is next to useless, Dern’s academic side means he can’t help but investigate, research and dissect his other love. His dissertation is about gender performance in improv and his short humor pieces reflect what he’s learned by taking a microscope to the art.

“I think most of the grand theories about comedy fall short,” he says. “But I look at laughter a lot – why we laugh. It’s hard to ask why something is funny. But if you say, why do we laugh? We can tie it to this specific act. Then we can say, we laugh when we are nervous, or to make someone feel good. Or maybe we do it because it is out of our control. It’s a form of communication.”

Dern writes comedy in the same academic way.

He produces a wide range of pieces, from short whimsical “Shouts & Murmurs” pieces to longer first-person essays to sketches for Funny or Die. His

photo courtesy Mindy Tucker

Nate Dern’s new collection, Not Quite a Genius, includes short “Shouts & Murmurs” pieces, first-person essays and Funny or Die sketches.

book collects his best previously published pieces, plus new essays and memoirs. But his approach is the same.

“I’m very mathematical about writing,” he says.

“First, I think of a premise. The next step is: If this is the premise, what else is true about my premise?

And I heighten it from there, making sure the logic is there for my piece. It has to be more than just funny joke, funny joke, funny joke, funny joke. Then I go back through and punch it up. And that’s much more trial and error.”

For the last three years, Dern has been with

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Funny or Die, first as a writer and more recently as an editor. There, he tracks the daily news and trends while managing a stable of a few dozen freelance writers.

“I can’t believe that I get to do this for a job,” he says. “I get to come to a place and hang out with people that I consider friends and we talk about the news and think about funny things about the news.

That I get to do it as a job is incredible.”

But in the future, he hopes to fuse his two favorite things.

“Comedy is fun, but there’s a lot of uncertainty

in the comedy job market,” he says. “I’m enjoying doing it, but I also love academia. I have a vision that I want to be a teacher in a school somewhere.

I’d like to end up in a communications department or creative writing department. I’ve always loved school, and I want to end up on a college campus some day, after a year or two in comedy, if that’s the case, or after a long and illustrious career.”

Nate Dern reads from Not Quite a Genius at Fact & Fiction Sat., Aug. 12, at 3 PM. Free. arts@missoulanews.com

[film]

Not that bad In defense of The Dark Tower

by Molly Laich

Idris Elba stars in the film adaptation of Stephen King’s Dark Tower series.

The majority of critics agree that the long awaited adaptation of Stephen King’s beloved series The Dark Tower is a dumb, murky mess of a film, but what this review presupposes is … maybe it isn’t?

Here are the basics: Beyond Earth, there exist many other worlds that access each other through a series of portals. A dark tower stands at the center of everything, but perilously. Mischievous, malevolent forces are all the time trying to topple the tower, which would unleash a world of demons and hellfire that have thus far stayed contained on the outskirts of the universe. When the tower suffers an attack, it causes a series of corresponding quakes on Earth, unexplainable by our precious plate tectonics theory (and excuuuse me for thinking that’s neat).

Matthew McConaughey plays a madman named Walter, a.k.a. “The Man in Black.” Likely a nerd in high school, Walter overcompensates with tremendous magical powers that he uses to make people effortlessly bend to his will. For example, he says, “Stop breathing,” and the person drops dead on the spot (but shouldn’t it take a minute or two for them to die? I feel like the command should be “snap neck” or “explode heart”). Only Roland is impervious, the last known gunslinger and Walter’s nemesis, played with total dignity by Idris Elba. Walter compromises by killing everyone Roland ever walked with, and thus, a reluctant hero is born.

Meanwhile on Earth, we meet Lucas (Nicholas Hamilton), who is plagued by cinematic dreams of the whole dark tower drama. Lucas insists his visions are real, draws everything he sees in excruciating detail and then lines the walls of his pre-teen New York City bedroom with the insane pictures.

Of course his mother and stepdad think he’s crazy, but Mom’s a little more gentle with the delivery.

“These therapists are a waste of money,” the evil stepfather opines, and herein lies a perfect ex-

ample of what I assume people hate about this film, which is its painfully literal, expository dialogue.

“I’m sworn to defend the tower,” Roland says. “The tower will fall,” Walter retorts, and so on. We see a thing happen on screen and then a character further explains the action in the context of the larger story, dutifully. It’s stupid, but consider the tradeoff. This could have been a three-hour-long slogfest through impenetrable details in an attempt to satisfy fans of the series, and I’m pretty sure everyone would still hate it. Instead, The Dark Tower’s rich cosmology has been condensed into a palatable, archetypal story of good versus evil with laughably bad dialogue to see us through in a merciful 95 minutes.

Chief among the film’s strengths are McConaughey and Elba, who embody their roles with gusto. And the movie’s brief moments of comedy totally worked on me. For example, when the gunslinger travels to New York in tailored, old-timey clothes and a preternatural ability to heal his wounds, oh boy, he’s a real fish out of water. A couple of girls flirt with Roland and Lucas on the bus, and Roland icily, hilariously says to them, “You have forgotten the faces of your father.”

At a critical arc in the story, a heartbreaking thing happens on Earth that brings Roland and Lucas together in an entirely earned moment of solidarity and love. At this turn, our reluctant hero has remembered the face of his father and now the two are united in a struggle in which the entire fate of humanity hangs in the balance. The Dark Tower unpacks eight books for the price of one movie ticket and still, the bellyaching. Such rude unthankfulness!

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[film] KIKI’S DELIVERY SERVICE (1989) A young girl takes off on a broom in her endeavor to become a proper witch. Too bad she’s stuck working at a bakery until things pick up. Rated G. Stars the voice talents of Kirsten Dunst, Phil Hartman and Debbie Reynolds. Playing Thu., Aug. 11 at 11 AM and 8 PM at the Roxy.

OPENING THIS WEEK ANNABELLE: CREATION The evil doll from hell returns in this prequel to the spinoff of a film loosely based on the writings of a con artist to make us wonder why everything has to be part of a connected cinematic universe. Rated R. Stars Stephanie Stigman, Talitha Bateman and Miranda Otto. Playing at the Missoula AMC 12 and the Pharaohplex.

THE LITTLE HOURS Medieval nuns lead a simple life in their convent until a virile young servant shows up. Now this repressed nunnery is about to overdose on horniness, substance abuse and wicked revelry. Rated R. Stars Alison Brie, Aubrey Plaza and Dave Franco. Playing at the Roxy.

ENDLESS POETRY (POESIA SIN FIN) Director and professional weird beard Alejandro Jodorowsky recounts his early years as a starving poet in Chile’s vibrant and surreal art scene. Not Rated. Stars Adan Jodorowsky, Jeremias Herskovits and Brontis Jodorowsky. Playing at the Roxy.

THE GLASS CASTLE Is there anything better than going on a road trip with your free-spirited dad and artist mother? I mean, aside from going to a real school, learning social skills and not ending up a depressed wreck unable to connect with anyone? Rated PG-13. Stars Brie Larson, Woody Harrelson and Naomi Watts. Playing at the Missoula AMC 12.

THE NUT JOB 2: NUTTY BY NATURE Let’s be honest, no one remembers the film that this is supposed to be a sequel to. Rated PG. Stars the voices of Will Arnett, Liam Neeson and Brendan Fraser. Playing at the Missoula AMC 12 and the Pharaohplex.

NOW PLAYING ATOMIC BLONDE On the eve of the end of the Cold War, a top-level MI6 Agent forms an uneasy alliance with the Berlin station chief to take out a ruthless spy ring. Rated R. Stars Charlize Theron, James McAvoy and John Goodman. Playing at the Missoula AMC 12.

BABY DRIVER A young getaway driver finds himself part of a doomed heist after getting grifted by a crime boss.

Good thing he’s hell on wheels. Did I mention it’s also a jukebox musical? Rated R. Stars Ansel Elgort, Jon Hamm and Kevin Spacey. Playing at the Missoula AMC 12.

THE DARK TOWER Stephen King’s magnum opus, made up of eight core books, dozens of tie-in novels and a long running comic book series, hits the big screen as a single 90-minute film. O Discordia! Rated PG-13. Stars

“Do not take the brown acid. The brown acid is bad.” Alejandro Jodorowsky’s Endless Poetry opens at the Roxy.

Idris Elba, Matthew McConaughey and Abbey Lee. Playing at the Missoula AMC 12 and the Pharaohplex. (See Film) DETROIT Fifty years ago a botched police raid led to a multiday riot that left many dead and injured. Except some of those deaths could have easily been prevented if the police force wasn’t torturing and murdering civilians. Rated R. Stars John Boyega, Will Poulter and Anthony Mackie. Playing at the Missoula AMC 12.

DUNKIRK Director Christopher Nolan takes a break from blowing our minds with high-concept sci-fi to recreate one of the most harrowing and famous battles of World War II. Rated PG-13. Stars Harry Styles, Tom Hardy and Cillian Murphy. Playing at the Missoula AMC 12 and the Pharaohplex.

THE EMOJI MOVIE . Rated PG. Starring Anna Faris, T.J. Miller and Patrick Stewart as a pile of poop. Playing at the Missoula AMC 12.

A GHOST STORY Recently deceased, a white-sheeted ghost returns to his home to find himself unstuck from time. Good news for anyone looking for a cheap and easy Halloween costumes this year. Rated R. Stars Casey Af-

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fleck, Rooney Mara and Grover Coulson. Playing at the Roxy.

GIRLS TRIP It’s been five years since these best friends have had a chance to cut loose. New Orleans has no idea what in store. Rated R. Stars Queen Latifah, Regina Hall and Jada Pinkett Smith. Playing at the Missoula AMC 12 and the Pharaohplex.

HARE KRISHNA! THE MANTRA, THE MOVEMENT AND THE SWAMI WHO STARTED IT During the height of the ‘60s counterculture, a 70year-old swami from India travels to New York to start a movement and inadvertently inspire one of the best jokes from Airplane! Not Rated. Directed by John Griesser. Playing Sun., Aug. 13 at 7 PM at the Roxy.

HARRY AND THE HENDERSONS (1987) While returning from a trip in the woods, a suburban family make the discovery of a lifetime when they befriend a sensitive Sasquatch. I sure hope he’s house broken. Rated PG. Stars John Lithgow, M. Emmet Walsh and a Skunk Ape. Playing Wed., Aug. 16 at the Roxy.

KIDNAP A day at the carnival goes bad fast. Not because her 6-year-old got sick on the tilt-a-whirl, but because he got grabbed by desperate kidnappers. Rated R. Stars Halle Berry, Sage Correa and Lew Temple. Playing at the Missoula AMC 12.

MAUDIE She overcame juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, homelessness and Ethan Hawke being a jerk to her before becoming Canada’s premier folk artist. Rated PG-13.

Also stars Sally Hawkins, Kari Matchett and Gabrielle Rose. Playing at the Roxy.

MYSTERY MEN (1999) When Champion City’s number one superhero goes missing, it’s up to a group of wannabes and losers to answer the call of justice. Luckily they won’t let something as minor as not having superpowers stop them. Rated PG-13. Stars Ben Stiller, Janeane Garaofalo and Eddie Izzard. Playing Sat., Aug. 12 at 9 PM at the Roxy.

SPIDER-MAN: HOMECOMING Is he strong? Listen, bud, he’s got radioactive blood.

Marvel’s friendly neighborhood wall-crawler battles supervillains while trying to not be outshone in his own movie by Robert Downey, Jr. Rated PG-13. Also stars Tom Holland, Michael Keaton and Marisa Tomei. Playing at the Missoula AMC 12 and the Pharaohplex.

SPIRITED AWAY (2001) Hayao Miyazaki’s masterpiece follows a little girl as she navigates a mysterious spirit world and tries to save her parents from being turned into nightmare pigs. Rated PG. Stars the voices of Daveigh Chase, Lauren Holly and Michael Chiklis. Playing Thu., Aug. 17 at 11 AM and 8 PM at the Roxy.

Capsule reviews by Charley Macorn.

Check with local theaters for up-to-date showtimes to spare yourself any grief and/or profanity. Theater phone numbers: Missoula AMC 12 at 406-541-7469; The Roxy at 406-728-9380; Pharaohplex in Hamilton at 406-961-3456.

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photo by Parker Seibold

Desperado times, Desperado measures

by Michael Siebert Appetizers are my lifeblood. When I go out to eat, I often construct entire meals out of apps, opting out of burgers or pasta in lieu of mozzarella sticks and an onion ring tower. The appetizer designation implies that these are little more than glorified snacks, but in practice, I’d argue, appetizers are among humanity’s greatest culinary achievements. The circumstances under which one eats them—ravenously hungry, awaiting the main course—perhaps contribute to the regard in which I hold them. All I know for sure is that by the time my actual meal has arrived, my hunger has more often than not been sated.

Plenty of appetizers—think jalapeno poppers and li’l smokies—make my mouth water just imagining them, but the most tantalizing of all apps are chicken wings. The ideal snack-turned-meal, wings are at once versatile and almost irreducibly simple.

The base is the same—fried chicken—but wings can be rendered into dozens of different styles with the addition of a variety of sauces. They’re bite-sized, require no utensils and, best of all, it’s fairly difficult for a competent kitchen to screw them up.

And one Missoula eatery far exceeds the median. Desperado Sports Tavern, located at 3101 South Russell Street, serves up some of the most delicious wings I’ve had the pleasure of enjoying in Montana. With plenty of beer and wine choices and a rustic, athletic-centric decor, it’s exactly the kind of place where you’d want to spend an afternoon watching SportsCenter.

WHAT’S GOOD HERE If you’ve lived in Missoula for more than six months, you probably already knew this. Desperado is known far and wide for the quality of its poultry, and has the distinction of winning the Indy’s “Best Wings” award roughly a gazillion times. But for years after moving here, I was completely unaware of its existence until one night, starving at home with less than $50 in my checking account, I discovered the wings I craved were less than five minutes from my house. I placed a pick-up order and waited impatiently.

The wait was worth it. Desperado wings have all the winning attributes: They’re fried to a delectable crisp, dressed without excessive sauce, and have an excellent meat-to-bone ratio. I’m particularly partial to the Desperado’s barbecue sauce (mild, with just the slightest tang), but the tavern’s crowning achievement is the “sissy sauce,” a toneddown take on the also-delicious—but hot!—hot sauce. The sissy sauce packs all the flavor of the best traditional hot wing sauce without the overwhelming heat that makes people like me stick their tongues under running faucets. And price-wise, you’re looking at $13 for a plate that will fill you up until midday tomorrow.

Some of us go to restaurants in search of a refined dining experience. Others relish getting our hands dirty, and have little patience for conventional wisdom regarding what constitutes “dinner.” For us, Desperado’s wings couldn’t be a better fit. msiebert@missoulanews.com

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[dish] Asahi 1901 Stephens Ave 829-8989 asahimissoula.com Exquisite Chinese and Japanese cuisine. Try our new Menu! Order online for pickup or express dine in.

Pleasant prices. Fresh ingredients. Artistic presentation.

Voted top 3 People’s Choice two years in a row. Open Tue-Sun: 11am-10pm. $-$$$

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Bernice’s Bakery 190 South 3rd West 728-1358

406-829-8989 1901 Stephens Ave Chinese & Japanese menus.

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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. Come in and say hello or goodbye. 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. $-$$

Biga Pizza 241 W. Main Street 728-2579 Biga Pizza offers a modern, downtown dining environment combined with traditional brick oven pizza, calzones, salads, sandwiches, specials and desserts. All dough is made using a “biga” (pronounced bee-ga) which is a time-honored Italian method of bread making. Biga Pizza uses local products, the freshest produce as well as artisan meats and cheeses. Featuring seasonal menus. Lunch and dinner, Mon-Sat. Beer & Wine available. $-$$ Bridge Pizza 600 S Higgins Ave. 542-0002 bridgepizza.com A popular local eatery on Missoula’s Hip Strip. Featuring handcrafted artisan brick oven pizza, pasta, sandwiches, soups, & salads made with fresh, seasonal ingredients. Missoula’s place for pizza by the slice. A unique selection of regional microbrews and gourmet sodas. Dine-in, drive-thru, & delivery. Open everyday 11am - 10:30pm. $-$$ Brooks & Browns 200 S. Pattee St. 721-8550 Brooks & Browns Bar and Grill has the best patio in town, relax and unwind with great food and a selection of Montana Brews on tap. Come down as you are and enjoy Happy Hour each day from 4-7p and all day Sunday with drink and appetizer specials!

Thursday is Trivia Night from 7:30-9:30p and we have Live Music each Friday. Inside the Holiday Inn Downtown Missoula. $-$$ Burns Street Bistro 1500 Burns St. 543-0719 burnsstbistro.com We cook the freshest local ingredients as a matter of pride. Our relationship with local farmers, ranchers and other businesses allows us to bring quality, scratch cooking and fresh-brewed Black Coffee Roasting Co. coffee and espresso to Missoula’s Historic Westside neighborhood. Handmade breads & pastries, soups, salads & sandwiches change with the seasons, but our commitment to delicious food does not. Mon-Fri 7am 2pm. Sat/Sun Brunch 9am - 2pm. $-$$

Butterfly Herbs 232 N. Higgins 728-8780 Celebrating 45 years of great coffees and teas. Truly the “essence of Missoula.” Offering fresh coffees, teas (Evening in Missoula), bulk spices and botanicals, fine toiletries & gifts. Our cafe features homemade soups, fresh salads, and coffee ice cream specialties. In the heart of historic downtown, we are Missoula’s first and favorite Espresso Bar. Open 7 Days. $ Doc’s Gourmet Sandwiches 214 N. Higgins Ave. 542-7414 Doc’s is an extremely popular gathering spot for diners who appreciate the great ambiance, personal service and generous sandwiches made with the freshest ingredients. Whether you’re heading out for a power lunch, meeting friends or family or just grabbing a quick takeout, Doc’s is always an excellent choice. Delivery in the greater Missoula area. We also offer custom catering!...everything from gourmet appetizers to all of our menu items. $-$$

Good Food Store 1600 S. 3rd West 541-FOOD The GFS Deli features made-to-order sandwiches, Fire Deck pizza & calzones, rice & noodle wok bowls, an award-winning salad bar, an olive & antipasto bar and a self-serve hot bar offering a variety of housemade breakfast, lunch and dinner entrées. A seasonally-changing selection of deli salads and rotisserie-roasted chickens are also available. Locally-roasted coffee/espresso drinks and an extensive fresh juice and smoothie menu complement bakery goods from the GFS ovens and Missoula’s favorite bakeries. Indoor and patio seating. Open every day 7am-10pm. $-$$

Grizzly Liquor 110 W Spruce St. 549-7723 grizzlyliquor.com Voted Missoula’s Best Liquor Store! Largest selection of spirits in the Northwest, including all Montana microdistilleries. Your headquarters for unique spirits and wines! Free customer parking. Open Monday-Saturday 9-7:30. $-$$$ Hob Nob on Higgins 531 S. Higgins • 541-4622 hobnobonhiggins.com Come visit our friendly staff & experience Missoula’s best little breakfast & lunch spot. All our food is made from scratch, we feature homemade corn beef hash, sourdough pancakes, sandwiches, salads, espresso & desserts. MC/V $-$$ Iron Horse Brew Pub 501 N. Higgins 728-8866 ironhorsebrewpub.com We’re the perfect place for lunch, appetizers, or dinner.

Enjoy nightly specials, our fantastic beverage selection and friendly, attentive service. Stop by & stay awhile!

No matter what you are looking for, we’ll give you something to smile about. $$-$$$

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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 Korean-Japanese restaurant and enjoy it’s warm atmosphere. Full Sushi Bar. Korean bar-b-que at your table. Beer and Wine. $$-$$$

Orange Street Food Farm 701 S. Orange St. 543-3188 orangestreetfoodfarm.com Experience The Farm today!!! Voted number one Supermarket & Retail Beer Selection. Fried chicken, fresh meat, great produce, vegan, gluten free, all natural, a HUGE beer and wine selection, and ROCKIN’ music. What deal will you find today? $-$$$

A touch of pineapple at Great Burn

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Pearl Cafe 231 E. Front St. 541-0231 pearlcafe.us Country French meets the Northwest. Idaho Trout with King Crab, Beef Filet with Green Peppercorn Sauce, Fresh 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. $-$$

photo by Derek Brouwer

What you’re drinking: A pineapple American wheat concocted by Lolo homebrewer Clint Nissen and on tap for a limited time at Great Burn Brewing.

of pineapple juice, which gives it a tangy flavor distinct from your typical orangey wheat.

Finding enough pineapple juice for five barrels wasn’t simple, or cheap, he notes.

What’s the story: All these beer origin stories start the same way: over beers. Great Burn head brewer Mike Howard was having a cold one in his taproom with representatives from Zoo City Zymurgists, the local homebrew club. (Zymurgist, by the way, is a fancy term for scientists who study fermentation). Howard agreed to sponsor a contest whereby the winner got to brew five barrels of his or her recipe on Great Burn’s equipment for distribution in the taproom. Rules: Stick to summertime beers, and bonus points for using Great Burn’s house yeast.

About the winning brewer: Clint Nissen, of Lolo, is a frequent winner on the Montana homebrew circuit. He’s been brewing for a decade and has won similar contests at Bridger Brewing in Bozeman and Mighty Mo Brewing in Great Falls.

About the winning beer: It’s certainly summery and sessionable at 20 IBUs and 5.6 percent alcohol by volume. Howard describes it as a pretty simple wheat beer with the twist

In other news: Great Burn celebrates its third anniversary later this month. Mark the party on your calendar, though, for Sept. 10.

It will feature food and free drinks for the brewery’s mug club members.

Where to find it: Great Burn Brewing, 2230 McDonald Ave. Howard expects the pineapple wheat will be on tap for about three more weeks.

—Derek Brouwer

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MON | 8 PM Trombone Shorty plays the Wilma Mon., Aug 14. Doors at 7 PM, show at 8. $37.50/$32.50 advance.

SAT | SUN Belle and Sebastian play the inaugural Travelers' Rest festival at Big Sky Brewing Company Amphitheater Sat., Aug 12 and Sun., Aug 13. Visit travelersrestfest.com for more info.

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THU | 8/17 | 8 PM Tyto Alba plays the ZACC Below Thu., Aug. 17. Doors at 7 PM, show at 8. $5.

SAT | 7 PM Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo play the KettleHouse Amphitheater with Melissa Etheridge Sat., Aug. 12.

Doors at 5:30 PM, show at 7. $49.50/$39.50 advance.

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SUN | 8 PM Ghost Mice play the ZACC Below Sun., Aug. 13. Doors at 7 PM, show at 8. $5.

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Thursday It’s Fair Week in Missoula. Visit missoulafairgrounds.com for a full schedule of events.

It’s Fair Week in Missoula. Visit missoulafairgrounds.com for a full schedule of events.

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Missoula’s favorite evening music and food festival continues with Ryan Chrys & the Rough Cuts playing at Downtown ToNight. Enjoy local food and local tunes at Caras Park every Thursday night between 5:30 PM and 8:30 PM. Free.

All proceeds from the purchase of each roast turkey, coleslaw and swiss sandwich goes to help defer the medical costs of Rachel Patrie, the ZACC’s Alternative Music program director. Burns Street Bistro. 5 PM–8 PM.

Eryn Bent plays Draught Works Brewery at 6 PM. Free.

Authors Kayla Cagan and Nicole Dieker and musicians Marian Call and Seth Boyer mix words and music at Fact & Fiction. 5:30 PM. Free.

A new concert series kicks off at Ten Spoon Winery. Lakebottom Sound aims to enliven and value live music in Missoula.

The inaugural show features the music of Naomi Moon Siegel and Joshua Farmer. Doors at 6 PM, show at 7. $10.

Djebe Community Drum and Dance immerses you in the dancing and drumming of many countries at Barn Movement Studio Thursdays at 6 PM. $5 donation.

Imagine Nation Brewing celebrates the release of the second issue of its art and literature magazine, Beyond Beer, with a party from 6 PM–8 PM. Say “yes and” to a free improv workshop every Thursday at BASE. Free and open to all abilities, levels and interests. 725 W. Alder. 6:30 PM–8 PM. Legendary reggae band The Wailers play outside The Thomas Meagher Bar. Doors at 5:30 PM, show at 7. $25.

Trivia at the Holiday Inn Downtown. 7:30–10 PM.

Intimate Landscapes, the new exhibit exploring imaginary worlds by a. elliot, opens in the hallway gallery of the ZACC. 5:30 PM– 8:30 PM. The ZACC welcomes Digital Organics, a new exhibit featuring the works of Michael Greytak, with an artists reception from 5:30 PM–8:30 PM. Edwin Johnson provides the tunes at the Montana Distillery. 6 PM– 8 PM. Free.

Don’t feel down! Luna Blue plays Ten Spoon Vineyard. 6 PM. Free.

Enjoy free cinema at Missoula Public Library’s World Wide Cinema night, the second Friday of every month. The series showcases indie and foreign films.

Doors open at 6:45, show at 7 PM. Check missoulapubliclibrary.org for info. Free.

Primus plays the KettleHouse Amphitheater Fri. Aug., 11. Doors at 6:30 PM, show at 7:30. $49.50/$39.50 advance.

Primus and Clutch play a joint show at the KettleHouse Amphitheater. Doors at 6:30 PM, show at 7:30. $49.50/$39.50 advance.

The Bitter Root Water Forum presents the Run for the River 5K. This family friendly run begins at 7 PM and winds through a scenic course beginning and ending at River Park in Hamilton. $27. Register at racemontana.com.

Enjoy stars under the stars during another season of Missoula Out-

A good band name is hard to come by. San Francisco punk rockers The Band Ice Cream started as The Surfer Monks. This name lasted approximately a week. The group got stoned between their second and third gigs, and decided

Honeycomb Dance Party at Monk’s. 9 PM. Free.

WHO: The Band Ice Cream

Karaoke at the VFW kicks off at 9:30 PM. The Misfortune Tellers scare up some fun at the Top Hat. 10:15 PM. Free.

Scottie Pippen, the Olsen Twins and tube tops are never going out of style! Dead Hipster I Love the ‘90s Dance Party keeps your late century hopes alive. 9 PM. $3 Seattle electronic and dubstep

Spotlight

Missoula Children’s Theatre presents The World of Broadway, a showcase of the nearly 200 kiddos who spent the last two weeks rehearsing their butts off. MCT Center for the Performing Arts. 8 PM. $6–$15.

Kris Moon hosts a night of volcanic party action at the Badlander. 9 PM. Free.

door Cinema. Tonight’s offering features a young boy who loves books, a nameless empress and racing snails. The Neverending Story starts at approximately 8:45 PM at Headstart School.

Free, but donations encouraged.

WHERE: ZACC Below WHEN: Mon., Aug. 14 at 7 PM HOW MUCH: $5 suggested donation

they hated that name. After brainstorming a series of potential replacements, the band settled on Ice Cream. Everyone, they reasoned, loves ice

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maestros Super Square plays the VFW. 9 PM. $3.

A little whiskey could have helped me get through World War I. JD and the Western Front play the Sunrise Saloon at 9:30 PM. Free.

My fences are in shambles! Idle Ranch Hands play the Union Club at 9:30 PM. Free.

Would you kindly leave me alone? The Hasslers play the Top Hat at 10 PM. Free.

we scream cream. And they were absolutely right. People love ice cream so much, the band had to change names again to avoid any potential branding problems.

Touring on their new album Classically Trained (which was produced by the legendary Bruce Botnick, the engineer on The Beach Boys’ Pet Sounds), The Band Ice Cream performs a sundae of garage-rock songs about masturbation, surfing and getting rich. It’s the kind of music you’d expect to hear at a house show in an unfinished basement. But even with the punk base, The Band Ice Cream reaches some stark emotional points. Despite having to separate themselves from the frozen dairy treat, the

band actually has quite a bit in common with ice cream. Both are a little sticky, but surprisingly sweet.

—Charley Macorn

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Saturday Join the Bitter Root Water Forum for the River Clean-Up. Volunteers are assigned stretches covering all 155 miles of the Bitterroot River from Sula and Painted Rocks to the confluence at the Clark Fork in Missoula.

Help out by walking or floating a stretch of the river during the clean-up. Visit br water forum.org/bitterroot-river-cleanup to register.

The Clark Fork Market features farm-fresh produce, live music and delicious food every Saturday in the Riverside Parking Lot below the Higgins Avenue Bridge. 8 AM–1 PM. The Missoula Farmers Market continues its 45th season with local produce, artisanal meats and cheeses and diverse delicacies. Join the fun every Saturday through September.

Circle Square by the XXXXs. 8 AM– 12:30 PM. As long as they aren’t swords. I draw a line at decorative swords

after seeing what happened to Trip Fisk. The Custom Knife Show and Sale lets you fulfill your knife fantasies at Grizzly HarleyDavidson. 9 AM–5 PM. Free.

It’s Fair Week in Missoula. Visit missoulafairgrounds.com for a full schedule of events.

Descendants of the Nez Perce Flight of 1877, Leroy Seth and Silas Whitman give a presentation on the traditional resources and culture of the Nez Perce at Big Hole National Battlefield Visitor Center. 12 PM and 3 PM. Free.

Nate Dern, Senior Writer at Funny or Die, reads from his new book Not Quite a Genius at Fact & Fiction. 3 PM–6 PM. The Decemberists headline both days of the inaugural Travelers’ Rest festival. Belle and Sebastian, The Head and the Heart, Shakey Graves and many more converge on the shiny new Big Sky Brewing Company Amphitheater. $54.50. Get your

tickets fast at Big Sky Brewing and Rockin’ Rudy’s.

Downtown Dance Collective. $10 per person.

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Watch stars under the stars during another season of Missoula Outdoor Cinema. This week’s offering features Gene Wilder as a scientist embracing his family’s monstrous heritage in Mel Brook’s Young Frankenstein. The film starts at approximately 9 PM at Headstart School. Free, but donations encouraged.

Take a dip in the live music of Geoffrey Lake at Draught Works.

5 PM–7 PM. Free.

Rock and roll legends Pat Benatar, Neil Giraldo and Melissa Etheridge unite for a one-of-akind show at KettleHouse Amphitheater. Doors at 5:30 PM, show at 7. $49.50/$39.50 advance.

The Carla Green Jazz Trio plays Ten Spoon Vineyard. 6 PM. Free.

My own brother isn’t even returning my phone calls. The Frederico Brothers play Draught Works from 6 PM–8 PM. Free.

Tango Missoula hosts beginners lessons at 8 PM followed by dancing from 9 PM to midnight every second Saturday. No experience or partner necessary!

Potluck food and refreshments.

DJ Kris Moon completely disrespects the adverb with the Absolutely Dance Party at the Badlander, which gets rolling at 9 PM, with two for one Absolut Vodka specials until midnight. I get the name now. Free.

Check out the hook while my DJ revolves it. Kaleidoscope Karaoke at the VFW kicks off at 9:30 PM. This town ain’t big enough for the both of us. ShoDown plays the Sunrise Saloon. 9:30 PM. Free.

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Sunday It’s Fair Week in Missoula. Visit missoulafairgrounds.com for a full schedule of events.

Join Whitney Ford-Terry for a day-long bicycle tour of former land art installations in and around Missoula. The trip begins at Missoula Art Park and is approximately 30 miles one-way. Cyclists are responsible for their own gear, food, and water. RSVP by calling Missoula Art Museum at 406-7280447.

The annual Demolition Derby raises funds to support our hardworking wildlands firefighters.

Missoula County Fairgrounds.

4:30 PM and 8:30 PM. $16.

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month’s second Sunday when it plays the Missoula Winery from 6 PM–8 PM. $7. Polish your steps with $5 swing lessons at 4:45 PM. Visit missoula winery.com.

Missoula Symphony Orchestra & Chorale presents Symphony in the Park. Take the family to Caras Park for a music-filled evening featuring movie themes, light classics and pop favorites at 7 PM. Free.

Should we call an exorcist or an exterminator? Ghost Mice plays the ZACC Below with Morgan Eldridge, Chris Calvin and Idaho Green. Doors at 7 PM, show at 8. $5.

Indulge your inner Lisa Simpson with live jazz and a glass of craft beer on the river every Sunday at Imagine Nation Brewing. 5 PM–8 PM.

Every Sunday is “Sunday Funday” at the Badlander.

Play cornhole, beer pong and other games, have drinks and forget tomorrow is Monday. 9 PM.

The 18-piece Ed Norton Big Band is taking a break from annoying the Ralph Kramden Orchestra to put some swing in the

Check out the hook while my DJ revolves it. Kaleidoscope Karaoke at the VFW kicks off at 9:30 PM.

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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 from 3 PM–4 PM. Free for veterans.

WordPlay! offers opportunity for community creativity. Word games, poetry, free writing and expansion all happen in Ste. 4 of the Warehouse Mall at BASE. Open to all ages and abilities every Mon. at 4 PM.

nightlife Prepare a couple of songs and bring your talent to Open Mic Night at Imagine Nation Brewing. Sign up when you get there.

Every Monday from 6–8 PM. Bingo at the VFW: The easiest way to make rent since keno.

6:30 PM. $12 buy-in.

I’m a little disappointed because I could sure go for a scoop right about now. The Band Ice Cream plays the ZACC Below. Doors at 7 PM, show at 8. $5. (See Spotlight) Revelators frontman Russ Nasset plays the Red Bird Wine Bar from 7 PM–10 PM. Free.

New Orleans soul meets hiphop swagger when Trombone Shorty plays the Wilma. Doors at 7 PM, show at 8. $37.50/$32.50 advance.

Aaron “B-Rocks” Broxterman hosts karaoke night at the Dark Horse Bar. 9 PM. Free.

Every Monday DJ Sol spins funk, soul, reggae and hip-hop at the Badlander. Doors at 9 PM, show at 10. Free.

21-plus.

Turn around! Every now and then I get a little bit lonely so I head to Karaoke Monday at the Union Club. 9 PM.

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Start your day with Yoga for Everyone at Missoula Senior Center at 9 AM. $4.

Shootin’ the Bull Toastmasters helps you improve your public speaking skills in the Florence Building, noon–1 PM. Free. 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. Start the school year with a blast.

Southgate Mall hosts a back to school party featuring crafts, chats and free activities. 4 PM– 7 PM.

nightlife Enjoy beer and wine from around the world every Tuesday at Wine Tasting at the Iron Griz.

5 PM–7 PM. $18.

Missoula Farmers’ Market’s T uesday Evening Market runs every Tuesday through September. Enjoy fresh produce, baked goods, flowers and more at the north end of Higgins at the XXXXs. 5:30 PM–7 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.

What do good beer and good fishing have in common? Drink a pint and help Montana Trout Un-

Ocelot Wizard and Red Onion Purple head out on tour with a kick-off show at E3 Convergence Gallery.

7 PM. Free. limited stand up for clean water.

Learn what you can do at Imagine Nation Brewing. 6 PM–8 PM. Dust off that banjolin and join in the Top Hat’s picking circle, 6–8 PM every Tuesday. All ages.

Ocelot Wizard and Red Onion Purple head out on tour with a kick-off show at E3 Convergence Gallery. 7 PM. Free.

Learn the two-step at country dance lessons at the Hamilton Senior Center, Tuesdays from 7–

9 PM. $5. Bring a partner. Call 381-1392 for more info.

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.

Raise funds and awareness for suicide prevention while creating

Spotlight Despite what you might have been told, Missoula is not called the Garden City because we all know at least three people growing plants in their closet. Let's just keep that to ourselves. Our enduring nickname comes from a time when MisWHAT: PEAS Farm Party

Check out the hook while my DJ revolves it.

Kaleidoscope Karaoke at the VFW kicks off at 9:30 PM.

WHERE: PEAS Farm, 3010 Duncan Dr.

Live in SIN at the Service Industry Night at Plonk, with DJ Amory spinning and a special menu. 10 PM to close. Just ask for the SIN menu. No cover.

MORE INFO: gardencityharvest.org

WHEN: Thu., Aug. 17 from 5:30 PM–9 PM HOW MUCH: $25/$18 advance

soula's farms and gardens provided the overwhelming majority of fruits and vegetables eaten in mining towns and lumber camps across early

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a masterpiece at Painting with a Purpose at Painting with a Twist.

7 PM. $35.

Step up your factoid game at Quizzoula trivia night, every Tuesday at the VFW. 8:30 PM. Free. Our trivia question for this week: What is the closest star to the planet Earth? Answer in tomorrow’s Nightlife.

Check out the hook while my DJ revolves it. Kaleidoscope Karaoke at the VFW kicks off at 9:30 PM.

garden city Montana. Today, in our modern era of refrigerated trucks and chain grocery stores, more than 90 percent of our produce ships in from out of state. But the good folks at PEAS Farm are dedicated to keeping Missoula's tradition for locally grown food alive, and they've been doing it for 21 years.

Celebrating its 21st year of building community through growing produce for people with low incomes and training folks in ecologically conscious agriculture, PEAS Farm kicks off its anniversary with a farm-fresh, locally-sourced meal. Keeping with the homegrown bent, local fa-

vorites Mudslide Charley and Good Old Fashioned provide the tunes while Draught Works provides the drinks.

—Charley Macorn

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Slayer plays the KettleHouse Amphitheater Wed., Aug. 16. Doors at 5:30 PM, show at 7. $54.50/$44.50 advance.

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.

Help Clark Fork Coalition remove tons (literally) of trash from the floodplain by the Reserve Street Bridge. 9 AM. Email Katie@clarkfork.org to RSVP. Out to Lunch features the music of Moneypenny in the riverfront setting of Caras Park. Enjoy a variety of food and drink from 20 vendors. 11 AM–2 PM. Free.

NAMI Missoula hosts a free arts and crafts group for adults living with mental illness every Wednesday at 2 PM.

nightlife 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 Women’s Opportunity & Resource Development. 5 PM–8 PM. \m/(>.<)\m/ Heavy metal icons Slayer, Lamb of God and Behemoth start their reign of blood at the KettleHouse Amphitheater. Doors at 5:30 PM, show at 7. $54.50/$44.50 advance.

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.

Dan Henry provides the soundtrack at Great Burn Brewing. 6 PM. Free.

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. 7 PM. Trivia answer: The Sun. Jazz Night at the Top Hat lets you listen to all the notes they aren't playing. But you get to listen to the ones they are playing as well. It's like a two-for-one deal.

Enjoy Night Blooming Jasmine. 7 PM. Free.

Let the drums roll out, let the trumpet call.

Strike up the Missoula City Band. See local musicians perform together every Wednesday at the Bonner Park Band Shell. 8 PM.

Get up onstage at VFW’s open mic, with a different host each week. Half-price whiskey might help loosen up those nerves.

8 PM. Free.

Show your Press Box buddies just how brainy you are at Trivial Beersuit starting at 8:30 PM every Wednesday. $50 bar tab for the winning team.

Make the move from singing in the shower to a live audience at the Eagles Lodge karaoke night. $50 prize to the best singer.

8:30–10:30 PM. No cover.

Kraptastic Karaoke indulges your need to croon at the Badlander. 9 PM. No cover.

Check out the hook while my DJ revolves it. Kaleidoscope Karaoke at the VFW kicks off at 9:30 PM.

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Missoulaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s favorite evening music and food festival continues with Letter B playing at Downtown ToNight Thursday, Aug. 10.

Start your day with Yoga for Everyone at Missoula Senior Center at 9 AM. $4.

nightlife Join Garden City Harvest for a summer party at Peas Farm featuring live music by Good Old Fashioned and Mudslide Charley. 5:30 PMâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;9 PM. $25.

(See Spotlight) Missoulaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s favorite evening music and food festival continues with Letter B playing at Downtown ToNight. Enjoy local food and local tunes at Caras Park every Thursday night between 5:30 PM and 8:30 PM. Free.

Punish your core in the great outdoors with Pilates in the Park. This week bring your exercise mat to Bonner Park. 6 PM. $3.

Old Sap regales Draught Works with his stories and songs. 6 PMâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;8 PM. Free.

Say â&#x20AC;&#x153;yes andâ&#x20AC;? to a free improv workshop every Thursday at BASE. Free and open to all abilities, levels and interests.

725 W. Alder. 6:30 PMâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;8 PM. Denverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Tyto Alba plays the ZACC Below. Doors at 7 PM, show at 8. $5.

All those late nights watching gameshow reruns are finally

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paying off. Get cash toward your bar tab when you win first place at trivia at the Holiday Inn Downtown. 7:30â&#x20AC;&#x201C;10 PM. Trio Noir serenades the pinot noir with jazz at Plonk from 8 PMâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;11 PM. Free.

Kris Moon hosts a night of volcanic party action featuring himself, DJ T-Rex and a rotating cast of local DJs projecting a curated lineup of music videos on the walls every Thursday at the Badlander. 9 PM. Free.

Is it big? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not small. No, no, no. Groove the night away at the Honeycomb Dance Party at Monkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s. 9 PM. Free.

Check out the hook while my DJ revolves it. Kaleidoscope Karaoke at the VFW kicks off at 9:30 PM. What are Stinger, Ricochet and Prodigy going to be doing?

Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re welcome, Spider-man nerds. Dusk plays the Sunrise Saloon. 8:30 PMâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;12:30 AM. Free.

We want to know about your event! Submit to calendar@missoulanews.com at least two weeks in advance of the event.

Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t forget to include the date, time, venue and cost. 0 Days Since Last Political Nightmare.

Agenda H o w m u c h would you pay for a roast turkey sandwich on rye, loaded with coleslaw, Russian dressing and swiss cheese? Don't answer that just yet.

Rachel Patrie has been an integral part of Missoula's art scene for years.

She's performed in such bands as Glass Spiders, J. Sherri, Fantasy Suite, Eminent Curse and Haunted by Waters.

Currently she serves as the Zootown Arts Community Center's Alternative Music program director. In 2012, at the age of 20, Patrie was diagnosed with stage III ovarian cancer. It took two years of invasive treatments and a kidney transplant, but Rachel came out on the other side cancer free.

Over the past year, however, Patrie’s transplanted kidney has started to fail her. She has suffered blood poisoning, infections and a multitude of other problems including a $1,600-a -month pharmacy bill.

Friday evening, Burns Street Bistro hosts a special fundraiser in support of Patrie's medical expenses. All proceeds from the purchase

THURSDAY AUGUST 10

TUESDAY AUGUST 15

Strap a pool noodle to your bicycle and peddle down to Silver Park to learn about how to safely pass cars. 7 PM. Free. BYONoodle.

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.

FRIDAY AUGUST 11 All proceeds from the purchase of each roast turkey, coleslaw and swiss sandwich goes to help alleviate the medical costs of Rachel Patrie, the ZACC music program director. Burns Street Bistro. 5 PM–9 PM.

SATURDAY AUGUST 12 Join the Bitter Root Water Forum for the River Clean-Up. Volunteers are assigned stretches covering all 155 miles of the Bitterroot River from Sula and Painted Rocks to the confluence at the Clark Fork in Missoula. Help out by walking or floating a stretch of the river during the clean-up. Visit brwaterforum.org/bitterroot-river-clean-up to register.

SUNDAY AUGUST 13 The monthly LGBTQ Spirituality Group meets to discuss queer perspectives on spirituality at the Western Montana Community Center. 3-4 PM.

MONDAY AUGUST 14 of the Patrie, the above-mentioned turkey sandwich, go directly to Patrie's medical costs. You can pay whatever you'd like for the sandwich.

The goal is to raise enough money to cover a year's worth of prescription causes and help Patrie get back on her feet, and back into the arts scene to which she is so vital.

—Charley Macorn A Rachel of an Evening takes place at Burns Street Bistro Fri., Aug. 11, from 5 PM to 9 PM.

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.

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. Caregiver Support Group, for caregivers to an older adult or person with a disability, meets every third Tuesday of the month from 4–5 PM at Missoula Aging Services, 337 Stephens Ave. Call 728-7682 for more information.

Raise funds and awareness for suicide prevention while creating a masterpiece at Painting with a Purpose at Painting with a Twist. 7 PM. $35.

WEDNESDAY AUGUST 16 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 Women’s Opportunity & Resource Development.

5 PM–8 PM.

THURSDAY AUGUST 17 Start your day with Yoga for Everyone at Missoula Senior Center at 9 AM. $4.

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.

For tickets, visit the MSO Hub in downtown Missoula, call 543-3300 or go to

MissoulaOsprey.com.

Friday, August 11

Saturday, August 12

WE WIN "U" WIN NIGHT It's We Win "U" Win Night sponsored by "U" 104.5! Cheer loud for your Osprey & stay for an entire game if the Osprey win, you'll recieve a voucher good for a complimentary GA ticket good for any Sunday through Tuesday regular season home game.

Gates 6:30; Game time 7:05

Sunday, August 13

vs. Orem Owlz

vs. Orem Owlz

vs. Orem Owlz

BARK IN THE PARK

SENIOR SUNDAY 2-for-1 tickets for anyone 55+ with ID.

Wag Your Tail with the Missoula Osprey! Join the Osprey for Bark in the Park & bring your dog to the ballpark with you. That's right, you & man's best friend can enjoy Osprey Baseball together - All you need is a game ticket & your pup gets in FREE! Special seating for you & your furry friend with access to water. One dog per person.

Sponsored by The HAWK CLASSIC COUNTRY

KIDS’ DAY

The game is centered on kids’ promotions, music & activities. Following the game, all fans can run the bases and play catch on the field.

Sponsored by Mountain FM Gates 6:30; Game time 7:05

Sponsored by NOW 106.7

Gates 4:30; Game time 5:05

Monday, August 14

Tuesday, August 15

Wednesday, August 16

Wednesday, August 17

vs. Grand Junction Rockies

vs. Grand Junction Rockies

vs. Grand Junction Rockies

vs. Grand Junction Rockies

FAMILY NIGHT

BIKE TO THE BALLPARK

Four general admission tickets, hot dogs, bags of chips and sodas for just $30 ($64 value), with the donation of nonperishable food items at the ticket booth.

All food donated benefits the Missoula Food

2-for-1 tickets for anyone who bikes to the game.

Sponsored by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Montana, Native Grill & Wings, and Cherry Creek Radio

Sponsored by Chipotle Mexican Grill & Trail 103.3

Gates 6:30; Game time 7:05

Gates 6:30; Game time 7:05

GAME SHOW NIGHT The Osprey promo staff recreates your favorite game shows of the past.

Sponsored by Cracker Barrel Old Country Store & Jack FM

Gates 6:30; Game time 7:05

HAPPY HOUR

Food & beverage specials from 6:30-7:30.

Sponsored by the Trail 103.3

Gates 6:30; Game time 7:05

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Mountain High

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issoula hosts more marathons, fun runs and races than you can shake a chaffed nipple at. With so many dedicated and skilled runners in Missoula, it might seem intimidating to get started, especially if you're a real couch potato. But, as the old saying goes, the best time to plant a tree is 20 years ago, while the second best time is today. This same spirit of preparedness also applies to running. Run Wild Missoula's Get in Shape is a 10-week class that prepares participants for either the Diva Day Run on Sat., Oct. 7 or the Pumpkin Run on Sun., Oct 22.

Get in Shape uses the Run-Walk-Run system pioneered by Olympian Jeff Galloway. This method alternates between gentle running with frequent walk breaks, to help you body build up the stamina it needs for marathon running.

The class meets for an hour and a half on Sunday mornings in the basement of Runner's Edge as well as throughout the week for short informal 30 minutes runs in the evenings. The Sunday runs begin at 1 mile and build gradually to 3.5 miles over the two and a half months. Special speakers will be on hand to discuss introductory running topics to help make sure your mind is as prepared as your body.

—Charley Macorn Get in Shape starts on Sun., Aug. 13 at 8 AM at Run Wild Missoula.

Registration costs $20 plus Run Wild Missoula membership. Visit runwildmissoula.org for more info and registration.

2017 PERFORMING ARTS CAMP

THURSDAY AUGUST 10 Punish your core in the great outdoors with Pilates in the Park. This week bring your exercise mat to McLeod Park. 6 PM. $3.

Strap a pool noodle to your bicycle and peddle down to Silver Park to learn about how to safely pass cars. 7 PM. Free. BYONoodle.

SATURDAY AUGUST 12

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Thurs Aug 10 @ 8:00 PM Fri Aug 11 @ 5:00 & 8:00 P PM Sat Aug 12 @ 1:00, 4:00 & 200 N Adams St, M Missoula, s M MT 59802 | MCTinc.org

Need a little inspiration to get out of bed on the weekend? Run Wild Missoula’s Saturday Breakfast Club takes you on a run through Missoula. A free breakfast follows. 8 AM. Email hillaryo@runwildmissoula.org for more info and registration.

As long as they aren’t swords. I draw a line at decorative swords after seeing what happened to Trip Fisk. The Custom Knife Show and Sale lets you fill your knife fantasies at Grizzly Harley-Davidson. 9 AM–5 PM. Free.

SUNDAY AUGUST 13 Wonder if YOU could ever be a runner? Run Wild Missoula hosts a 10-week class that gets you marathon ready in time for the Diva Day Race. 8 AM. Jog over to runwildmissoula.org for registration and more info. $20.

Partial funding for this project was provided by a Legislative Grant.

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Join Whitney Ford-Terry for a day-long bicycle tour of former land art installations in and around Missoula. The trip begins at Missoula Art Park and is approximately 30 miles oneway. Cyclists are responsible for their own gear, food, and water. RSVP by calling Missoula Art Museum at 406-728-0447.

TUESDAY AUGUST 15 What do good beer and good fishing have in common? Drink a pint and help Montana Trout Unlimited stand up for clean water. Learn what you can do at Imagine Nation Brewing. 6 PM– 8 PM.

WEDNESDAY AUGUST 16 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.

THURSDAY AUGUST 17 Punish your core in the great outdoors with Pilates in the Park. This week bring your exercise mat to Bonner Park. 6 PM. $3.

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By Amy Alkon NO MORE MR. KNIFE GUY You’ve answered some questions about online dating recently, but I haven’t seen you mention dating sites that do criminal background checks. Do you think it’s a smart idea to sign up for one of these, or is it just more marketing hogwash?

—Wondering There’s that very attractive man you see on a dating site who spends “a lot of time abroad”—as one must, when primarily employed as a drug mule.

These dating sites that do criminal background checks probably seem like a wise choice. And they do offer their members something extra: a false sense of security. First, as one of the sites with “extensive background checks” admits: “Some people do manage to slip through the cracks. When in doubt, report it!”

Charming. Kind of like telling bank customers, “If you notice armed robbers in the bank, feel free to tackle them while yelling, ‘Citizen’s arrest!’”

Of course safety is a primary concern, but ponder this: Your friends don’t background-check their party guests. Nor does the supermarket: “Hey, handsome, can’t let ya into the trendy baby veggies section till we check for outstanding warrants.” Also, not every person with a criminal record is someone to avoid. There’s being arrested because your little brother left a pillowcase of weed in your trunk versus being nabbed for your armed carjacking hobby: “No, officer, I swear ... nothing of interest in the trunk ... um, that is, if we don’t count the boundand-gagged widow who owns the car.”

There are countless articles listing some pretty obvious ways to protect yourself: Drive your own car to the date; meet in a public place; don’t leave your drink unattended; and don’t front anyone money. Another common piece of advice is to tell someone where you’re going and whom you’re meeting. Right. Surefire psychopath-stopper: “I told my roommate all about you, so you’d better put away that huge knife, buster!”

One thing you can do to protect yourself—in online dating or any dating scenario—is gag the voice that’s shouting, “Happily ever after, here we come!” so you can pay attention to feelings that something just doesn’t add up. These feelings often don’t come out of nowhere. Research by neuroscientist Yue-jia Luo, among others, finds that our brain reacts to subtle signs we’re in danger—including ones we aren’t consciously aware of. The brain messages the body to get ready for “fight or flight,” adrenaline courses, blood

gets pumped to our extremities, and goosebumps form on our arms (part of the physical basis of feeling creeped out).

Online dating, like all dating, involves risk. Assess your level of risk and whether it’s worth the benefit—immediate access to numerous potential partners.There are some crafty criminals out there, but odds are, the problems you’ll experience will be the ordinary kind—finding out that a guy has a few girlfriends and not a few girlfriends out back under the tomatoes.

PIPPI BONGSTOCKING I’m in recovery, and my best friend and I have sleepovers every few months. She’s come over drunk and/or high on pot the past few times. It’s not that it’s triggering for me; she’s just annoying and not herself when she’s loaded. How do I ask her to not come over trashed?

—Sober What does she do when she isn’t visiting you—attend Mass in a “Lucifer Rules!”

T-shirt, pop by the animal rights march in a mink vest, and then park her ice cream truck outside the Jenny Craig meeting?

Though you know what you need to tell her—don’t come over trashed— you’re probably being tripped up by something I wrote about recently: how women evolved to be the confrontation-avoiders of our species, probably to protect their ability to have and care for children. In 1990, developmental psychologist Eleanor Maccoby reviewed the research on sex differences in communication and found what researchers continue to see today: A major goal of girls’ (and women’s) speech is “to be ‘nice’ and sustain social relationships,” while for males,“the agenda is more often the single one of self-assertion.”

Though being direct may not be natural for you, there are many things in our lives that aren’t “natural”: deodorant, motor vehicles, buying dinner at the supermarket instead of waiting behind a tree to club it with a rock.You could open with an air bag of sorts—“I love you and love having you over”—and then say, “But, from now on, please don’t show up drunk or high for our sleepovers.” Enduring a little discomfort in the moment should keep you from being commandeered into future “fun” drinking games like “Let’s flip your cat over and do shots off her belly. I’ll do vodka; you do water. Last one to lose an eye wins!”

Got a problem? Write Amy Alkon, 171 Pier Ave, #280, Santa Monica, CA 90405, or e-mail AdviceAmy@aol.com.

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Additional duties will include warehouse work including but not limited to picking orders and loading truck for deliveries. Position is 30 + hours a week. These are temporary positions that have the potential to become long term. Full job listing online at lcstaffing.com Job ID #40137 Driver Roses and More is seeking a part-time D R I V E R / WA R E H O U S E WORKER. Must have reliable transportation to get to work near the Wye. MUST PASS A DRUG TEST. Unloading and loading boxes from trucks and organ-

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PROFESSIONAL Racial Justice Coordinator Part-time Racial Justice Coordinator will coordinate the development of the Racial Justice Initiative; facilitate Racial Justice Programming, including a number of community events, Must have an Associate or Bachelor degree in social sciences, human services, criminal justice, related field, or equivalent experience. A valid Montana drivers license and proof of auto insurance is required. Full job description at Missoula Job Service. employmissoula.com Job #10303440

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INSTRUCTION Assistant Teacher Bambini’s Playschool is hiring an Assistant Teacher to aide in all aspects of implementing early childhood education and care for a small mixed age group. Cleaning and meal prep included. Position is hourly and DOE; $9-$10 to start.

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HEALTH CAREERS Medical Laboratory Technician This position will be ideal for someone looking to work a couple of hours each day, allowing time for school, family, and/or hobbies! This position allows you to set your own schedule Monday through Sunday with the option of a morning shift or evening shift. Full job listing online at lcstaffing.com Job ID# 39942 Northwest Community Health Center Is Looking For Dependable and Team-Oriented Clinical Administrative Assistant to Work

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Psychiatrist Seeking a BC/BE Psychiatry physician. Full-time position. Primarily an outpatient and consultation-liaison practice with small amount inpatient care.Very light call schedule. This is a very progressive psychiatric service line which includes a wide range of services including Behavioral Health Integration in numerous Patient Centered Medical Homes. Full job description at Missoula Job Service. employmissoula.com Job #10300305 RN Responsible for skilled nursing care and admissions for hospice clients mainly throughout the Bitterroot area and Missoula area. Coordinate services to ensure continuity of care, conduct assessments, plan and implement care (including patient/family instruction and evaluation), all with the help of an interdisciplinary team. Participate in rotating oncall, holiday, and weekend coverage. Part-time up to full-time, generally during weekday busi-

ness hours. Eligible for our comprehensive benefits package. Sign on bonus Available! Recent grads welcome! Montana RN license, valid driver’s license, reliable transportation, auto insurance, reliable access to the internet, general competence with computers and software, and basic keyboarding skills. Full job description at Missoula Job Service. employmissoula.com Job #10298326Sales

SALES Auto Sales Local dealership seeks an AUTOMOBILE SALESPERSON. Qualified applicants must be ambitious, productive in sales and have good customer relations. Must have valid drivers license and good driving record.

Employer is willing to train for this type of position. Duties will be selling new and used automobiles. This is full time. Hours and days vary, Monday through Sunday. Full job description at Missoula Job Service. employmissoula.com Job #10303142

Heritage University Clinical Faculty 2017-2018 Academic Year

PUBLIC NOTICES MNAXLP IN THE JUSTICE COURT OF THE STATE OF MONTANA IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF MISSOULA BEFORE MARIE A. ANDERSEN, JUSTICE OF THE PEACE Case No.: CV-20171797 SUMMONS FOR POSSESSION BY PUBLICATION GATEWEST PROPERTY MANAGEMENT, Plaintiff, v. STUART ANDERSON, et al., Defendants. TO: Stuart Anderson, 329 East Front, Apt. A6, Missoula, MT 59802 YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer a Complaint filed in Justice Court, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to file your answer upon Plaintiff ’s attorney, Thomas C. Orr, Thomas C. Orr Law Offices, P.O. Box 8096, Missoula, Montana 59807, within ten (10) days after service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service; and in the case of your failure to appear or answer, relief sought by Plaintiff will be taken against you as requested. A $30.00 filing fee must accompany Defendant’s answer. DATED this 25 day of July, 2017. By: /s/ Honorable Marie A. Andersen

POSITION: Full time Clinical faculty to assist in coordinating and advising clinical students in the PA Program. May not need to reside in Central WA.

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Cause No. DP-17-144 Dept. No. 1-Leslie Halligan NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF GAIL SLOAN CARTER AKA GAIL CARTER, DECEASED NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the decedent are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to HAROLD HIGGINS CARTER aka HAROLD H. CARTER, Personal Representative, return receipt requested, at 2687 Palmer Street, Suite D, Missoula, Montana 59808, or filed with the Clerk of the above Court. I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of Montana that the foregoing is true and correct.

DATED this 5th day of July, 2017. /s/ Harold Higins Carter aka Harold H. Carter, Personal Representative DARTY LAW OFFICE, PLLC /s/ H. Stephen Darty, Attorney for Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JU-

DICIAL DISTRICT COURT MISSOULA COUNTY Cause No. DN-17-86 Cause No. DN-17-87 Cause No. DN-17-88 Department No. 2 Judge Robert L. Deschamps, III SUMMONS AND CITATION IN THE MATTER OF DECLARING L.C., A.C., AND M.R. A YOUTH IN NEED OF CARE. TO: TIFFANY NEWHOFF AND ANY AND ALL PUTATIVE FATHERS OF L.C. AND M.R. Re: L.C., born on December 19,2000; A.C., born July 20, 2002; and M.R., born November 9, 2005. YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services, Child and Family Services Division (CFS), 2677 Palmer, Suite 300, Missoula, Montana 59808, has filed a Petition for Adjudication as a Youth in Need of Care and Temporary Legal Custody. CFS has petitioned for temporary legal custody of L.C., A.C., and M.R. for six months, or for said youth to be otherwise cared for. Now, Therefore, YOU ARE HEREBY CITED AND DIRECTED to appear on Tuesday,, the 29th day of August, 2017 at 9:00 a.m. at the Courtroom of the above entitled Court at the Courthouse, 200 West

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Broadway, Missoula, Missoula County, Montana, then and there to show cause, if any you may have, why the above-named child should not be adjudicated a youth in need of care; why CFS should not be awarded temporary legal custody of L.C., A.C., and M.R. for six months; why the Petition should not be granted or why said youth should not be otherwise cared for.

Tiffany Newhoff is represented by Kelli Sather, Office of the State Public Defender, 610 Woody St., Missoula, MT 59802, 406523-5140, ksather@mt.gov.

Any and all putative fathers of L.C. and M.R. are represented by the Office of the State Public Defender, 610 Woody St., Missoula, MT 59802, 406-523-5140, missoulapublicdefender@mt.go v. Your failure to appear at the hearing constitutes a denial of your interest in the custody of the youth, which denial will result, without further notice of this proceeding or any subsequent proceeding, in judgment by default being entered for the relief requested in the Petition. A copy of the Petition hereinbefore referred to is filed with the Clerk of the District Court for Missoula County, telephone: (406) 258-4780. WITNESS the Honorable Robert L. Deschamps, III, Judge of the above-entitled Court and the Seal of this Court. /s/ Hon. Judge Robert L. Deschamps, III Montana Fourth Judicial District Court Missoula County Cause No.: DV-17719 Dept. No.: 4 Notice of Hearing on Name Change of Minor Child In the Matter of the Name Change of Kristopher Anthony Ocampo Andrea Knight, Petitioner. This is notice that Petitioner had asked the District Court to change a child’s name from Kristopher Anthony Ocampo to Kristopher Anthony Knight.

The hearing will be on 09/05/2017 at 3:00 p.m. The hearing will be at the Courthouse in Missoula County. Date: July 24, 2017 /s/ Shirley E. Faust, Clerk of District Court By: /s/ Deputy Clerk of Court MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 4 Cause No. DP17-186 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF DEBORAH D. GREGORY, Deceased.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed as Personal Representative of the above-named Estate. All persons having claims against the said 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 TERESA E. SNOW, the Personal Representative, return receipt requested, c/o Goodrich & Reely, PLLC, 3819 Stephens Avenue, Suite 201, Missoula, Montana 59801, or filed with the Clerk of the above-entitled Court.

DATED this 15 day of July, 2017 /s/ Teresa E. Snow, Personal Representative GOODRICH & REELY, PLLC 3819 Stephens Avenue, Suite 201, Missoula, Montana 59801 Attorneys for Personal Representative By: /s/ Shane N. Reely, Esq. MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY CAUSE NO. DP-17-58 DEPT. NO. 1 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF JEAN E. LEMONS, Deceased.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Lonnie Lemons 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 Lonnie Lemons, the Personal Representative, return receipt requested, c/o Eric Rasmusson, Bulman Law Associates, PLLC, P.O. Box 8202, Missoula, MT 59807-8202 or filed with the Clerk of the above Court. DATED this 20th day of July, 2017. /s/ Eric Rasmussan, Esq. BULMAN LAW ASSOCIATES, P.L.L.C. P.O. BOX 8202 Missoula, MT 59807-8202 Attorney for Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Cause No.: DV-17-531 Dept. No.: 4 Notice of Hearing on Name Change In the Matter of the Name Change of Alexandera Deschamps, Petitioner. This is notice that Petitioner has asked the District Court for a change of name from Alexandera Kay Deschamps to Alexandera Kay Miller.

The hearing will be on August 22, 2017 at 2:30 p.m.

The hearing will be at the Courthouse in Missoula County. Date: July 11, 2017 /s/ Karen S. Townsend, District Court Judge MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Cause No.: DV-17-532 Dept. No.: 4 Notice of Hearing on Name Change In the Matter of the Name Change of Danell Kay Deschamps, Petitioner. This is

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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY

By Rob Brezsny ARIES (March 21-April 19): I hope you’re making wise use of the surging fertility that has been coursing through you. Maybe you’ve been reinventing a long-term relationship that needed creative tinkering. Perhaps you have been hammering together an innovative business deal or generating new material for your artistic practice. It’s possible you have discovered how to express feelings and ideas that have been half-mute or inaccessible for a long time. If for some weird reason you are not yet having experiences like these, get to work! There’s still time to tap into the fecundity.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Uruguayan writer Eduardo Galeano defines “idiot memory” as the kind of remembrances that keep us attached to our old self-images, and trapped by them.

“Lively memory,” on the other hand, is a feisty approach to our old stories. It impels us to graduate from who we used to be. “We are the sum of our efforts to change who we are,” writes Galeano. “Identity is no museum piece sitting stock-still in a display case.” Here’s another clue to your current assignment, Taurus, from psychotherapist Dick Olney: “The goal of a good therapist is to help someone wake up from the dream that they are their self-image.”

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Sometimes, Gemini, loving you is a sacred honor for me—equivalent to getting a poem on my birthday from the Dalai Lama. On other occasions, loving you is more like trying to lap up a delicious milkshake that has spilled on the sidewalk, or slow-dancing with a giant robot teddy bear that accidentally knocks me down when it suffers a glitch. I don’t take it personally when I encounter the more challenging sides of you, since you are always an interesting place to visit. But could you maybe show more mercy to the people in your life who are not just visitors? Remind your dear allies of the obvious secret—that you’re composed of several different selves, each of whom craves different thrills.

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CANCER (June 21-July 22): Liz, my girlfriend when I was young, went to extreme lengths to cultivate her physical attractiveness. “Beauty must suffer,” her mother had told her while growing up, and Liz heeded that advice.To make her long blonde hair as wavy as possible, for example, she wrapped strands of it around six empty metal cans before bed, applied a noxious spray and then slept all night with a stinky, clanking mass of metal affixed to her head. While you may not do anything so literal, Cancerian, you do sometimes act as if suffering helps keep you strong and attractive—as if feeling hurt is a viable way to energize your quest for what you want. But if you’d like to transform that approach, the coming weeks will be a good time. Step One: Have a long, compassionate talk with your inner saboteur.

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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Each of us comes to know the truth in our own way, says astrologer Antero Alli. “For some it is wild and unfettered,” he writes. “For others it is like a cozy domesticated cat, while others find truth through their senses alone.” Whatever your usual style of knowing the truth might be, Leo, I suspect you’ll benefit from trying out a different method in the next two weeks. Here are some possibilities: trusting your most positive feelings; tuning in to the clues and cues your body provides; performing ceremonies in which you request the help of ancestral spirits; slipping into an altered state by laughing nonstop for five minutes. assistance? Would you smirk and roll your eyes if I advised you to find clues to your next c natural big move by analyzing your irrational fantasies? Would you tell me to stop spouting nonsense if I VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Would you scoff if I said that you’ll soon be blessed with super-

hinted that a guardian angel is conspiring to blast a tunnel through the mountain you created out of a molehill? It’s OK if you ignore my predictions, Virgo. They’ll come true even if you’re a staunch realist who doesn’t believe in woo-woo, juju or mojo.

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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): This is the Season of Enlightenment for you.That doesn’t necessarily mean you will achieve an ultimate state of divine grace. It’s not a guarantee that you’ll be freestyling in satori, samadhi or nirvana. But one thing is certain: Life will conspire to bring you the excited joy that comes with deep insight into the nature of reality. If you decide to take advantage of the opportunity, please keep in mind these thoughts from designer Elissa Giles: “Enlightenment is not an asexual, dispassionate, head-in-the-clouds, nails-in-the-palms disappearance from the game of life. It’s a volcanic, kick-ass, erotic commitment to love in action, coupled with hard-headed practical grist.” it in their gardens. Apparently the stuff scares off wandering house cats that might be e sprinkle tempted to relieve themselves in vegetable patches. I nominate this scenario to be a provocative SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Some zoos sell the urine of lions and tigers to gardeners who

metaphor for you in the coming weeks. Might you tap into the power of your inner wild animal so as to protect your inner crops? Could you build up your warrior energy so as to prevent run-ins with pesky irritants? Can you call on helpful spirits to ensure that what’s growing in your life will continue to thrive?

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): The fates have conspired to make it right and proper for you to be influenced by Sagittarian author Mark Twain. There are five specific bits of his wisdom that will serve as benevolent tweaks to your attitude. I hope you will also aspire to express some of his expansive snappiness. Now here’s Twain: 1. “You cannot depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus.” 2. “Education consists mainly in what we have unlearned.” 3. “It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare.” 4. “When in doubt, tell the truth.” 5. “Thunder is good, thunder is impressive; but it is lightning that does the work.”

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will only get darker,” wrote I. G. Edmonds in his book Trickster Tales. “But if you let the muddy g itwater stand still, the mud will settle and the water will become clearer,” he concluded. I hope this

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): “My grandfather used to tell me that if you stir muddy water

message reaches you in time, Capricorn. I hope you will then resist any temptation you might have to agitate, churn, spill wine into, wash your face in, drink or splash around in the muddy water.

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AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): In 1985, Maurizio Cattelan quit his gig at a mortuary in Padua, Italy, and resolved to make a living as an artist. He started creating furniture, and ultimately evolved into a sculptor who specialized in satirical work. In 1999 he produced a piece depicting the Pope being struck by a meteorite, which sold for $886,000 in 2001. If there were ever going to be a time when you could launch your personal version of his story, Aquarius, it would be in the next ten months. That doesn’t necessarily mean you should go barreling ahead with such a radical act of faith, however. Following your bliss rarely leads to instant success. It may take years. (16 in Cattelan’s case.) Are you willing to accept that?

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PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Tally up your physical aches, psychic bruises and chronic worries.

Take inventory of your troubling memories, half-repressed disappointments and existential nausea. Do it, Pisces! Be strong. If you bravely examine and deeply feel the difficult feelings, then the cures for those feelings will magically begin streaming in your direction. You’ll see what you need to do to escape at least some of your suffering. So name your griefs and losses, my dear. Remember your near-misses and total fiascos. As your reward, you’ll be soothed and relieved and forgiven. A Great Healing will come.

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PUBLIC NOTICES

notice that Petitioner has asked the District Court for a change of name from Danell Kay Deschamps to Danell Kay Miller. The hearing will be on August 22, 2017 at 2:30 p.m. The hearing will be at the Courthouse in Missoula County.

Date: July 11, 2017 /s/ Karen S. Townsend, District Court Judge MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Cause No.: DV-17-645 Dept. No.: 1 Leslie Halligan Notice of Hearing on Name Change In the Matter of the Name Change of Elizabeth Anne Sedar, Petitioner. This is notice that Petitioner has asked the District Court for a change of name from Elizabeth Anne Sedar to Elizabeth Anne Stoker. The hearing will be on August 23rd, 2017 at 1:30 p.m. The hearing will be at the Courthouse in Missoula County. Date: 7-13-2017 /s/ Shirley E. Faust, Clerk of District Court By: /s/ Laura M. Driscoll, Deputy Clerk of Court MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY DEPT. NO. 4 PROBATE NO. DP-17-190 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF BERNICE EVA MOBLEY, 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 Estate are required to present their claim within four (4) months after the date of the first publication of this Notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be certified mail, return receipt requested, to Tracy Lynn Charles, c/o Worden Thane P.C., P.O. Box 4747, Missoula, MT 59806-4747, or filed with the Clerk of the above-entitled Court.

DATED this 25 day of July, 2017. /s/ Tracy Lynn Charles, Personal Representative WORDEN THANE P.C. Attorneys for Personal Representative By: /s/ Ross Keogh MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Probate No.: DP-17-182 Dept No.:2 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF RUTH L. CHANDLER, 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 estate are required to present their claim within four (4) months after the date of the first publication of this

notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to Joseph Lloyd Chandler, return receipt requested, c/o Rhoades Siefert & Erickson PLLC, 430 Ryman Street, Missoula, Montana 59802, or filed with the Clerk of the above-entitled Court.

DATED this 21st day of July, 2017. /s/ Joseph Lloyd Chandler, Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY, Cause No. DP-17-185, Dept. No. 4, NOTICE TO CREDITORS, IN RE THE ESTATE OF JAMES LAWTON OSBORN, DECEASED. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Layne Fisher has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the deceased are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of this Notice to Creditors or the claims will be forever barred.

Claims must either be mailed to Layne Fisher, the Personal Representative, return receipt requested, at c/o MacDonald Law Office, PLLC, P.O. Box 9222, Missoula, Montana 59807-9222 or filed with the Clerk of the above-entitled Court.

DATED July 25, 2017. /s/MacDonald Law Office, PLLC by Spencer T. MacDonald, Attorney for Personal Representative.

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 12/15/98, recorded as Instrument No. 199834018; BK 566; Pg 1422, mortgage records of MISSOULA County, Montana in which David E Chamberlain, a single person was Grantor, Norwest Mortgage, Inc. was Beneficiary and First Montana Title was Trustee. First American Title Insurance Company has succeeded First Montana Title as Successor Trustee. The Deed of Trust encumbers real property (“Property”) located in MISSOULA County, Montana, more particularly described as follows: Parcel E of Certificate of Survey No. 3983, located in the Northwest quarter (NW1/4) of Section 17, Township 12 North, Range 17 West, P.M.M., 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 07/01/15 installment payment and all monthly installment payments due thereafter. As of June 22, 2017, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $73,700.53. This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $57,556.74, plus accrued interest, accrued late charges, accrued escrow installments for insurance and/or taxes (if any) and advances for the protection of beneficiary’s security interest (if any). Because of the defaults stated above, Beneficiary has elected to sell the Property to satisfy the Loan and has instructed Successor Trustee to commence sale proceedings.

Successor Trustee will sell the Property at public auction Missoula County Courthouse, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802, On the Front Steps, City of Missoula on November 2, 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 w w w. n o r t h w e s t trustee.com and are incorporated by the reference.

You may also access sale status at www.Northwesttrustee.com or USA- Foreclosure.com. Chamberlain, David E. (TS# 7023.115228) 1002.285034-File No. NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE To be sold for cash at a Trustee’s Sale on October 6, 2017, 09:00 AM at the main entrance of Missoula

County Courthouse located at 200 West Broadway Street, Missoula, MT 59802, the following described real property situated in Missoula County, State of Montana: Lot 342 of PLEASANT VIEW HOMES NO. 4, Phase 1, a platted subdivision in Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded Plat thereof. More commonly known as 3944 O’Shaughnesy Street, Missoula, MT 59808. Kagan M. Yochim and Traci L. Yochim, as Grantors, conveyed said real property to Stewart Title, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for First National Bank of Montana, its successors and assigns, by Deed of Trust on April 20, 2007, and filed for record in the records of the County Clerk and Recorder in Missoula County, State of Montana, on April 25, 2007 as Instrument No. 200709917, in Book 795, at Page 1612, of Official Records. The Deed of Trust was assigned for value as follows: Assignee: Green Tree Servicing LLC, a Delaware Limited Liability Company Assignment Dated: January 13, 2014 Assignment Recorded: January 14, 2014 Assignment Recording Information: as Instrument No. 201400507, in Book 924, at Page 430, All in the records of the County Clerk and Recorder for Missoula County, Montana Benjamin J. Mann is the Successor Trustee pursuant to a Substitution of Trustee recorded in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Missoula County, State of Montana, on May 17, 2017 as Instrument No. 201708365, in Book 978, at Page 1223, of Official Records. The Beneficiary has declared a default in the terms of said Deed of Trust due to Grantor’s failure to make monthly payments beginning March 1, 2016, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan. By reason of said default, the Beneficiary has declared all sums owing on the obligation secured by said Trust Deed immediately due and payable. The total amount due on this obligation is the principal sum of $243,463.90, interest in the sum of $5,085.23, escrow advances of $6,805.52, other amounts due and payable in the amount of $2,830.66 for a total amount owing of $258,185.31, plus accruing interest, late charges, and other fees and costs that may be incurred or advanced. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse

PUBLIC NOTICES MNAXLP such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantor. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary, the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust. Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds of this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale, and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation. The sale is a public sale and any person, including the Beneficiary, excepting only the Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by Trustee’s Deed, without any representation or warranty, including warranty of title, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis, without limitation, the sale is being made subject to all existing conditions, if any, of lead paint, mold or other environmental or health hazards. The sale purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th day following the sale. The Grantor, successor in interest to the Grantor, or any other person having an interest in the property, has the right, at any time prior to the Trustee’s Sale, to pay to the Beneficiary, or the successor in interest to the Beneficiary, the entire amount then due under the Deed of Trust and the obligation secured thereby (including costs and expenses actually incurred and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred and by curing any other default complained of herein that is capable of being cured by tendering the performance required under the obligation or to cure the default, by paying all costs and expenses actually incurred in enforcing the obligation and Deed of Trust with Successor Trustee’s and attorney’s fees. In the event that all defaults are cured the foreclosure will be dismissed and the foreclosure sale will be canceled. The scheduled Trustee’s Sale may be postponed by public proclamation up to 15 days for any reason. In the event of a bankruptcy filing, the sale may be postponed by the Trustee for up to

120 days by public proclamation at least every 30 days. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Successor Trustee and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. This is an attempt to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. Dated this 30th day of May, 2017. /s/ Benjamin J. Mann Substitute Trustee 376 East 400 South, Suite 300 Salt Lake City, UT 84111 Telephone: 801-355-2886 Office Hours: Mon.-Fri., 8AM-5PM (MST) File No. 49468 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE To be sold for cash at a Trustee’s Sale on September 29, 2017, 01:00 PM at the main entrance of Missoula County Courthouse located at 200 West Broadway Street, Missoula, MT 59802, the following described real property situated in Missoula County, State of Montana: Lot 14 of River Pine Addition - Phase 2, a Platted Subdivision in Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded plat thereof.

More commonly known as 2621 Anthony Lane, Missoula, MT 59803. Michele Nault-Richter and Von Richter, as Grantors, conveyed said real property to Title Services, Inc., as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to ABN AMRO Mortgage Group, Inc., by Deed of Trust on June 24, 2003, and filed for record in the records of the County Clerk and Recorder in Missoula County, State of Montana, on June 25, 2003 as Instrument No. 200322549, in Book 709, at Page 1602, of Official Records. The Deed of Trust was assigned for value as follows: Assignee: Ditech Financial LLC F/K/A Green Tree Servicing LLC, a Delaware Limited Liability Company Assignment Dated: July 27, 2016 Assignment Recorded: July 27, 2016 Assignment Recording Information: as Instrument No. 201612460, in Book 964, at Page 1088, All in the records of the County Clerk and Recorder for Missoula County, Montana Benjamin J. Mann is the Successor Trustee pursuant to a Substitution of Trustee recorded in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Missoula County, State of Montana, on May 11, 2017 as Instrument No. 201707945, in Book 978, at Page 803, of Official Records. The Beneficiary has declared a default in the terms of said Deed of Trust due to Grantor’s failure to make monthly pay-

ments beginning August 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. By reason of said default, the Beneficiary has declared all sums owing on the obligation secured by said Trust Deed immediately due and payable. The total amount due on this obligation is the principal sum of $134,525.06, interest in the sum of $9,018.91, escrow advances of $11,314.29, other amounts due and payable in the amount of $1,255.25 for a total amount owing of $156,113.51, plus accruing interest, late charges, and other fees and costs that may be incurred or advanced. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantor. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary, the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust. Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds of this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale, and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation. The sale is a public sale and any person, including the Beneficiary, excepting only the Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by Trustee’s Deed, without any representation or warranty, including warranty of title, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis, without limitation, the sale is being made subject to all existing conditions, if any, of lead paint, mold or other environmental or health hazards. The sale purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th day following the sale. The Grantor, successor in interest to the Grantor, or any other person having an interest in the property, has the right, at any time prior to the Trustee’s Sale, to pay to the Beneficiary, or the successor in interest to the Beneficiary, the entire amount then due under the Deed of Trust and the obligation secured thereby

(including costs and expenses actually incurred and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred and by curing any other default complained of herein that is capable of being cured by tendering the performance required under the obligation or to cure the default, by paying all costs and expenses actually incurred in enforcing the obligation and Deed of Trust with Successor Trustee’s and attorney’s fees. In the event that all defaults are cured the foreclosure will be dismissed and the foreclosure sale will be canceled. The scheduled Trustee’s Sale may be postponed by public proclamation up to 15 days for any reason. In the event of a bankruptcy filing, the sale may be postponed by the Trustee for up to 120 days by public proclamation at least every 30 days. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Successor Trustee and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. This is an attempt to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. Dated this 19th day of May, 2017. Benjamin J. Mann Substitute Trustee 376 East 400 South, Suite 300 Salt Lake City, UT 84111 Telephone: 801-3552886 Office Hours: Mon.Fri., 8AM-5PM (MST) File No. 47072 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on November 16, 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 C-51 OF WINDSOR PARK PHASE IV, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF. John A. Copeland and Kari A Copeland, as Grantors, conveyed said real property to Stewart Title, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Community Bank Missoula Inc., as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust on February 13, 2009, and recorded on February 13, 2009 as Book 833 Page 751 Document No. 200903119. The beneficial interest is currently held by Carrington Mortgage Services, LLC. First American Title Company of Montana Inc., is the Successor Trustee pursuant to a Substitution of Trustee recorded in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Missoula County, Montana.

The beneficiary has declared a default in the terms of said Deed of Trust by failing to make the monthly payments beginning January 1, 2017, 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 July 1, 2017 is $137,247.94 principal, interest totaling $4,003.09 late charges in the amount of $370.80, escrow advances of $1,756.64, and other fees and expenses advanced of $226.60, plus accruing interest, late charges, and other costs and fees that may be advanced. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts

of taxes are paid by the Grantors. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary, the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust. Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds of this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation. The sale is a public sale and any person, including the beneficiary, excepting only the Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by Trustee’s Deed without any representation or warranty, including warranty of Title, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis, without limitation, the sale is being made subject to all existing conditions, if any, of lead paint, mold or other environmental or health hazards. The sale purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th day following the sale. The grantor, successor in interest to the grantor or any other person having an interest in the property, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, may pay to the beneficiary or the successor in interest to the beneficiary the entire amount then due under the deed of trust and the

obligation secured thereby (including costs and expenses actually incurred and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred and thereby cure the default. The scheduled Trustee’s Sale may be postponed by public proclamation up to 15 days for any reason, and in the event of a bankruptcy filing, the sale may be postponed by the trustee for up to 120 days by public proclamation at least every 30 days. THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Dated: June 29, 2017 /s/ Rae Albert Assistant Secretary, First American Title Company of Montana Inc. Successor

NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE The following described personal property will be sold at public auction to the highest bidder for cash or certified funds. Proceeds from the public sale for said personal property shall be applied to the debt owed to Rent-a-Space in the amounts listed below (plus as yet undetermined amounts to conduct the sale): Space/Name/$$$/Desc 2214/Mike Finnegan Jr./$335/bike 2220/Mike Finnegan Jr./$391/bed 2236/Mike Finnegan Jr./$275/ladder 2229/Seth Nelson/$246/fishing poles 3345/Laura Graham/$269/dresser 3385/Sam Sudderth/$209/N/A

SALE LOCATION: Gardner’s Auction Service, 4810 Hwy 93 S, Missoula, MT www.gardnersauction.com SALE DATE/TIME: Wed, August 23, 2017 @ 4:30 PM (check website for details) TERMS: Public sale t the highest bidder. Sold “AS IS”, “WHERE IS”. Cash or certified funds.

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Trustee Title Financial Specialty Services PO Box 339 Blackfoot ID 83221 STATE OF Idaho )) ss. County of Bingham) On this 29th day of June, 2017 before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Rae Albert, know to me to be the Assistant Secretary of First American Title Company of Montana Inc., Successor Trustee, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same. /s/ Kaitlin Ann Gotch Notary Public Bingham County, Idaho Commission expires: 07/29/2022 Carrington Mortgage Services vs Copeland 103433-1 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on November 30, 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: UNIT 613 OF THE RIVERFRONT PARKSIDE CONDOMINIUMS, A RESIDENTIAL CONDOMINIUM SITUATED ON THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED REAL PROPERTY IN MISSOULA, MONTANA, TO WIT: A TRACT OF LAND LOCATED IN MCCORMICK`S ADDITION NO. 2, TO THE CITY OF MISSOULA, MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, AND BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT THE INTERSECTION OF THE SOUTHERLY RIGHT-OFWAY LINE OF THE MULLAN ROAD (A PUBLIC ROAD) AND THE WESTERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF THE U.S. HIGHWAY NO. 10 AND 93 AS PRESENTLY EXISTING, WHICH POINT OF INTERSECTION IS S.68°11`E., 637.80 FEET FROM AN INTERSECTION OF THE SOUTHERLY RIGHT-OFWAY LINE OF SAID MULLAN ROAD AND THE WESTERLY BOUNDARY OF SAID MCCORMICK`S ADDITION NO. 2; THENCE N.68°11`W., 225.0 FEET; THENCE

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S.21°49`W., 398.54 FEET TO THE TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE S.21°49`W., 191.26 FEET, THENCE S.53°30`E., 376.81 FEET; THENCE N.21°49`E., 286.77 FEET; THENCE N.68°11`W., 364.50 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. TOGETHER WITH A PRIVATE ACCESS, PARKING AND PUBLIC UTILITY EASEMENT RECORDED SEPTEMBER 30, 1993 IN BOOK 393 AT PAGE 877 OF MICRO RECORDS. ALSO TOGETHER WITH A SEWER LINE EASEMENT RECORDED JULY 28, 1966 IN BOOK 3 AT PAGE 1435 OF MICRO RECORDS. ALSO TOGETHER WITH A UTILITY EASEMENT RECORDED DECEMBER 18, 1968 IN BOOK 15 AT PAGE 929 OF MICRO RECORDS. TOGETHER WITH A 1/55TH INTEREST IN THE GENERAL COMMON ELEMENTS, IS ANY, AND A 100% RIGHT TO USE THE LIMITED COMMON ELEMENTS APPERTAINING EXCLUSIVELY TO EACH UNIT, AS SAID GENERAL COMMON ELEMENTS AND LIMITED COMMON ELEMENTS ARE DEFINED IN SAID DECLARATION OF CONDOMINIUM FOR RIVERFRONT PARKSIDE CONDOMINIUM. AND SUBJECT TO THE BYLAWS OF THE RIVERFRONT PARKSIDE CONDOMINIUM RECORDED DECEMBER 1, 1994 IN BOOK 430 MICRO RECORDS AT PAGE 445, THE AMENDMENT TO THE BYLAWS RECORDED AUGUST 27, 2013 IN BOOK 918 OF MICRO RECORDS AT PAGE 798 AND THE DECLARATION OF CONDOMINIUM RECORDED DECEMBER 1, 1994 IN BOOK 430 OF MICRO RECORDS AT PAGE 429.

Kevin Harrington, as Grantor, conveyed said real property to Charles Peterson, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to U.S. Bank N.A., as Beneficiary,

by Deed of Trust on August 27, 2015, and recorded on September 8, 2015 as Book 950, Page 910, as Document No. 201517027. The beneficial interest is currently held by U.S. Bank National Association. 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 February 1, 2017, 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 August 4, 2017 is $103,880.93 principal, interest totaling $2,150.81, escrow advances of $560.11, 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

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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: July 14, 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 14 day of July, 2017, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Rae Albert, known to me to be the Assistant Secretary of First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., Successor Trustee, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to

me that she executed the same. SEAL /s/ Shannon Gavin Notary Public Bingham County, Idaho Commission expires: 01/19/2018 US Bank National Association vs Kevin Harrington 103600-1

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6 Elk Ridge. 4 bed, 3 bath in gated Rattlesnake community with shared pool & tennis court. Many new upgrades. $795,000. Shannon Hilliard, Ink Realty Group 2398350, shannonhilliard5 @gmail.com 665 E Kent. Wow, university area charmer on a double lot for $320,000! 3 bedroom, 1 bath, in great condition and ready to move into! KD 240-5227 PorticoRealEstate.com 6869 Deadman Gulch. Private 4 bed, 3 bath on 2.71 acres with deck & 3 car garage. $890,000.

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HOMES For Sale 2- 2013 16x80 mobile homes in great condition $43,900 delivered and set up within 150 miles of Billings. 406-259-4663

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NHN Weber Butte Trail. 60 acre ranch in Corvallis with sweeping Bitterroot views. $675,000. Shannon Hilliard, Ink Realty Group 239-8350. shannonhilliard5@ gmail.com

13221 Old Freight. Approximately 11 acres near St. Ignatius with incredible Mission Mountain views. $86,900. Shannon Hilliard, Ink Realty Group. 239-8350 shannonhilliard5@gmail.com

Real Estate - Northwest Montana – Company owned. Small and large acre parcels. Private. Trees and meadows. National Forest boundaries.

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18.6 acre building lot in Sleeman Creek, Lolo. $129,900. BHHS Montana Properties. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 2396696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com

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2.1 acre waterfront lot in Alberton. $179,000. BHHS Montana Properties. For more info call

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Holland Lake Lodge. Lodge with restaurant, gift shop & Montana liquor license on 12 acres of USFS land. $5,000,000. Shannon Hilliard, 239-8350. shannonhilliard5 @gmail.com

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ACROSS 1 Indian drum 6 Toward the back of an airplane 9 Poison dart frog in "Rio 2" played by Kristin Chenoweth 13 "Please continue" 14 OMG or LOL 15 ___ rock (genre for Emerson, Lake & Palmer) 16 "Ditto!"

17 Activist org. that can't decide?

19 Soccer team whose players are scarecrows?

21 Smartphone bill info 22 Basketball announcer's phrase 23 D&D or FFXV, e.g.

25 ___ Plaines, Illinois 26 Chemistry suffix 28 PokÈmon protagonist Ketchum 30 "A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius" author Dave 32 Fail to ever mention God in France?

36 Green with the clean version "Forget You" 37 Outdoor sporting gear chain 38 Orangey-brown, like some port 42 Food list with amortized appetizers and beveraged buyouts?

45 Classic 1981 Galaxian followup with tractor beams 48 Devoured 49 President pro ___ 50 Summer in the citÈ?

51 Tool before down or cakes 53 Highlight reel segment 56 Dragging feeling 58 Spaghetti sauce brand you can only get in one place?

62 Megastore for all your ballet accessory needs?

64 Skin softener ("or else it gets the hose again") 65 Compound with a hydroxyl group 66 Too close ___ comfort 67 Moves around in a Newton's cradle 68 Contradict 69 Clip-___ (pinchy earrings) 70 ___ a customer

DOWN 1 Perfectly 2 Make upset 3 Fake Kazakh 4 Luxury hotel chain 5 Weak conditions 6 Letters on an envelope addressed to a company 7 Bakery sackful 8 ___ and feather 9 Report cards' stats 10 "Everything Now" group ___ Fire 11 "The Wizard of Oz" scarecrow portrayer 12 "Uh...possibly..."

13 Rag on 18 Team Carmelo Anthony was

drafted into in 2003 20 Aziz of "Parks and Recreation" 24 Louvre Pyramid architect 26 "Monsters, ___" 27 Ruby of "Do the Right Thing" 29 Shenzi in "The Lion King," e.g.

31 Island "where America's day begins" 33 Actor Idris of 2017's "The Dark Tower" 34 Camp out in the elements 35 Low-cal Cadbury-Schweppes drink 39 "Don't touch this wall!" sign 40 First compass point clockwise from N (on a 16-point compass) 41 Taco Bell's parent company ___! Brands, Inc. 43 ___ Paulo (Brazil's most populous state) 44 Dictionary cross-reference phrase 45 Doted on Doctor Who or Dothraki, maybe, with "out" 46 When some kids' bedtimes are set 47 "Imagine" songwriter 52 He sang about Bennie and Daniel 54 Pennywise, for one 55 Bandleader Shaw 57 Reprehensible 59 It's never mine alone 60 L.A. rock club Whisky a ___ 61 Young ___ (kids) 63 Eerie sighting

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REAL ESTATE

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$250,000. KD 406-240-5227 PorticoRealEstate.com

3 Bdr, 2 Bath, Stevensville home on

230 Lakeside Drive- Lolo- Amazingly sweet lot with peaceful and private back yard complete with small pond/water feature, beautiful rock and garden landscaping.

3 Bdr, 2 Bath, Stevensville home on 1.6 acres. $750,000. BHHSMT Properties. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com

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15 acres. $385,000. BHHSMT Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com

18740 E MULLAN RD, CLINTON $310,000 Charming 2 bedroom, 1 bath home on 1.37 acres. Includes a 4 car garage and large barn which is divided into 4 16x20 storage spaces renting @ $200 a mo. and 9 5x10 spaces renting @ $95 a mo. Mobile home hook up rents for $400.

Apple tree, 2 plum trees and UG sprinklers. MLS #21707610 Call Vickie Amundson at 544-0799 for more information

2025 Mullan Rd #306 — $249,000

324 Stephens — $317,000

2 master suites plus a guest bath, river view condo $249,000 MLS # 21709992

3525 Washburn — $330,000 5 bed 2 bath plus one, on half acre in town MLS # 21709997

Victorian style home $317,000 see MoveMontana.co m for more details

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2161 South 10th Street • $269,900 Large 4+ bed, 3 bath across from Franklin Park with Rattlesnake views. New furnace & water heater. Lots of shade trees.

Pat McCormick Real Estate Broker Real Estate With Real Experience

pat@properties2000.com 406-240-SOLD (7653)

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