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HOW VALUE-BASED FRATS ARE MESSING WITH CAMPUS LIFE

BIOLOGISTS NEWS BEAR-MAGEDDON? WARN OF INCREASED ACTIVITY

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GUN FIGHT: PASSIONS RUN HIGH AS CITY COUNCIL CONSIDERS BACKGROUND CHECKS ORDINANCE

PAINTER ANDY CLINE KEEPS MONTANA REAL

OPINION

HOW VALUE-BASED FRATS ARE MESSING WITH CAMPUS LIFE

BIOLOGISTS NEWS BEAR-MAGEDDON? WARN OF INCREASED ACTIVITY

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News

cover photo by Amy Donovan

Voices/Letters Heroin and Zinke....................................................................................4 The Week in Review The Wilma reopens, Zoofest and vaccinations ............................6 Briefs Cooking, Volkswagen and seeds...........................................................................6 Etc. The Fourth Estate gets a little help...........................................................................7 News In poor food year, biologists grapple with “bear-mageddon”...............................8 News Proposed rule targets criminals but could also catch business.............................9 Opinion Value-based fraternities, sororities are ruining the college experience. ........10 Opinion How visitors get hooked on the West.............................................................11 Feature The story behind Oula, the fitness craze started in our backyard...................14

Arts & Entertainment

Arts Painter Andy Cline keeps it real .............................................................................18 Music Angel Olsen, Clearance and The Bottle Rockets ................................................19 Theater Hearing all sides of the story in SLUT..............................................................20 Books Spending time in Kantner’s harsh Alaska ..........................................................21 Film Pawn Sacrifice can’t save the endgame ................................................................22 Movie Shorts Independent takes on current films.......................................................23 BrokeAss Gourmet Sweet potato nachos....................................................................24 Happiest Hour Mae West..............................................................................................26 8 Days a Week Taylor Swift > Ryan Adams .................................................................27 Mountain High Inspired Ski Movie Tour......................................................................33 Agenda Jeannette Rankin Peace Center’s Peace Party ..................................................34

Exclusives

Street Talk .......................................................................................................................4 News of the Weird ........................................................................................................12 Classifieds....................................................................................................................C-1 The Advice Goddess...................................................................................................C-2 Free Will Astrology .....................................................................................................C-4 Crossword Puzzle .....................................................................................................C-10 This Modern World...................................................................................................C-12 PUBLISHER Lynne Foland EDITOR Skylar Browning PRODUCTION DIRECTOR Joe Weston ADVERTISING SALES MANAGER Heidi Starrett CIRCULATION & BUSINESS MANAGER Adrian Vatoussis DIRECTOR OF SPECIAL PROJECTS Christie Anderson ARTS EDITOR Erika Fredrickson CALENDAR EDITOR Ednor Therriault STAFF REPORTERS Kate Whittle, Alex Sakariassen, Derek Brouwer COPY EDITOR Gaaby Patterson ART DIRECTOR Kou Moua GRAPHIC DESIGNER Charles Wybierala CIRCULATION ASSISTANT MANAGER Ryan Springer ADVERTISING REPRESENTATIVES Steven Kirst, Ariel LaVenture, Toni LeBlanc ADMIN, PROMO & EVENTS COORDINATOR Leif Christian CLASSIFIED SALES REPRESENTATIVE Tami Allen FRONT DESK Lorie Rustvold CONTRIBUTORS Scott Renshaw, Nick Davis, Matthew Frank, Molly Laich, Dan Brooks, Rob Rusignola, Chris La Tray, Jed Nussbaum, Sarah Aswell, Josh Wagner, Lacy Roberts, Migizi Pensoneau

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STREET TALK

[voices] by Kate Whittle

Asked Tuesday, Oct. 6 on campus and the Riverfront Trail. This week’s Indy looks into Oula, the fitness craze that originated out of Missoula. How do you typically break a sweat and get your exercise? Followup: More importantly, what’s your secret to recovery after a good workout?

Ethan Jenkins: I love going out and playing pickup basketball with some friends. I think it’s pretty good [exercise], it’s two or three hours at a time of running across a gym, so I get real tired. Hit the hay: I just go home, drink some water, take a nap.

Kaylee Swope: I exercise every day, at least an hour, hour and a half, two hours maybe. I work at Title Boxing Club, so that’s a blast. It’s a different workout. We blare music and do more boxing, kickboxing. That’s a stretch: Food, protein, and then stretching. I try to make sure that I gradually slow down, so I end with walking, stretching, rolling out those muscles.

Klaire Kramer: I definitely need to do more. But I like to bike, just on the trail. I live in Florence, so I like to go on the trail on the highway there. Sweet treat: With some ice cream, or I just chill out and watch TV.

Matt Neuman: I don’t really think of it as exercise, just going on hikes with my dogs and things like that. Vitamin B: I guess beer?

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Working together Thank you for the informative article published in the July 23 edition of the Independent regarding opiate abuse (see “Shooting up”). It is a grim picture indeed. Twenty-one thousand Montanans are dependent on illegal drugs, there are hundreds of overdose deaths each year in Montana from prescribed and illicit narcotics, opioid therapy medication clinics are overflowing with patients, 5 percent of Missoula teens have tried heroin. Parents struggling with addiction find the job of parenting and holding a household together that much more difficult, and sometimes impossible. A problem of this magnitude requires a multifaceted approach and the collaboration of community, state and federal agencies. Fortunately, many local, state and national leaders are beginning to take note. As a public health nursing supervisor at the Missoula City-County Health Department, I am a member of the Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention Task Force facilitated by MUSAP (Missoula Underage Substance Abuse Prevention), a workgroup of Missoula County’s Forum for Children and Youth. This multidisciplinary team includes members of our community who work in health care, education, law enforcement, prevention and youth services. This dedicated group understands that a multipronged approach is essential to curb the epidemic of opiate abuse in our community. Some of the areas the members of this task force have focused on in Missoula include the development of drop-off locations for unused medications, promotion of better prescribing practices among health care practitioners, reducing risk of secondary health issues in individuals who are currently using, and promoting and delivering effective prevention messages to youth. Raising community awareness is also essential to this effort, as is the availability of affordable and accessible treatment for opiate withdrawal. On a state level, the Montana Medical Association recently held a “Statewide Launch” of the MMA’s Prescription Drug Abuse Reduction Initiative at Partnership Health Center’s Family Residency Program of Western Montana, with guest speaker Attorney General Tim Fox. We appreciate the efforts of the MMA and Fox in raising awareness of the problem and the role individuals and health care providers play in combating this epidemic. On a national level, the Department of Health and Human Services Health Resource and Services Administration and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, as well as the Centers for Disease Control and other agencies, are working to develop responses to these issues that address the multifaceted nature of the

problem. It is no easy task to strike the necessary but delicate balance between effective pain relief and prevention of misuse. HRSA and SAMHSA recently announced they have made addressing the national opioid abuse problem a “high priority” and are focused on implementing evidenced-based approaches to reduce overdoses and opioid use disorder. Their initiative focuses on three priority areas: opioid prescribing practices to reduce opioid use disorders and overdose, the expanded use of naloxone to treat opioid overdoses and the expanded use of Medication-Assisted Treatment to reduce opioid use disorders and overdose. In addition, the CDC and Harvard Medical School have been advisors and contributors to the development of evidenced-based curriculums and DVDs for youth, such as those being created by the group Words Can Work. This group also provides training and

“We need an open discussion before passing any bills restricting citizens’ rights.”

networking for health care providers and community service agencies—their November conference in Boston is titled “Engaging Youth in Preventing Opioid Addiction.” It will take a state, nation, and community working together, communicating effectively and collaborating in the best interest of our citizens to help solve this problem. The Missoula County Prescription Drug Task Force has worked toward a campaign to educate the public about these issues, including the proper use, storage and disposal of prescription drugs. To learn more, or to receive printed educational materials, please visit choicesmattermissoula.com Vicki Dundas, RN, BSN Nursing Supervisor Missoula City-County Health Department

Collaboration? Rep. Ryan Zinke is sponsoring a bill that requires a person challenging a collaboratively based forest activity to post a bond cov-

ering costs of the Forest Service to defend against a lawsuit. I represented an environmental group on the Bitterroot Restoration Committee for several years. It’s comprised of people with diverse views and is guided by written principles used to make decisions when collaborating. All the projects began as true “restoration” projects. Examples included aspen/larch regeneration or decommissioning roads that posed threats to fisheries. However, the Forest Service always expanded the projects to full timber sales that would not meet the principles our group used to evaluate and endorse projects. This was brought up many times and the response always turned to money, even though one of the principles clearly states “. . .priorities should be based on ecological considerations and not be influenced by funding projections.” I left meetings feeling I was not collaborating on projects beneficial to the landscape but was being asked to concede as much as possible toward a timber sale so it could be called collaboration. Clear-cutting old growth lodge pole never seemed like collaborative restoration to me. The committee would support a small component of the project that met our principles, but not support the project as a whole, as it did not meet our established principles. It could be construed that because we supported a very small aspect of true restoration, we had collaborated and supported the entire project. It was very gray and raises a lot of questions about how collaboration is being done/used. Collaboration can be beneficial, but before passing any bills we should ask basic questions: What are the consistent guidelines? How are participants chosen? Are any participants paid? Is collaboration always appropriate? Are recreation and extraction promoted over wildlife? These are just some of many questions. We need an open discussion before passing any bills restricting citizens’ rights. Regardless of the answers to the above questions, limiting a citizen’s right to challenge their government seems counter to democracy. It certainly should not be proposed by a government employee. Hello, big government. Limiting a citizen’s ability to oppose government projects unless they can financially do so, or are part of a certain group, is counter to the core principles our country was founded on. People of all political persuasions should be concerned about the precedents this bill could set. Zinke should withdraw his bill until basic information about collaboration is made transparent. That would be the true spirit of collaboration. Gary Milner Corvallis

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WEEK IN REVIEW

VIEWFINDER

by Amy Donovan

Wednesday, Sept. 30 Metal fans wait in line for more than half an hour to get into the Palace Lounge for an energetic show with Red Fang, Wild Thrones and Total Combined Weight. Attendees later report sore necks from head-banging.

Thursday, Oct. 1 Missoula County Public Schools extends the deadline for students to be up-to-date on vaccinations, including a pertussis booster and chickenpox. This year, Montana became the last state to pass a law requiring chickenpox vaccinations for public school students.

Friday, Oct. 2 The Whizpops! and Lil’ Smokies kick off The Wilma’s “soft opening,” playing to a packed house of locals eager to get a glimpse of the newly renovated historic theater.

Saturday, Oct. 3 Headwaters Dance Company, formerly known as MoTrans, concludes its final concert after 22 years in Missoula. The evening’s last piece features company alumni and current dancers in a collaboration guided by artistic director Amy Ragsdale.

Sunday, Oct. 4 Zoofest wraps up two days of live music, performance artists and vendors at Caras Park with the Lil’ Smokies playing past dark to a crowd of dedicated fans. The set marked guitarist Pete Barrett’s last with the popular local band.

Monday, Oct. 5 Missoula City-County Relationship Violence Services announces receiving a $625,000 grant to provide prevention education and direct assistance to rural communities in Missoula and Mineral counties.

Tuesday, Oct. 6 A state judge rules that Montana’s use of the drug pentobarbital in lethal injection doesn’t meet state requirements to be humane and fast-acting. The state’s two impending death row executions are now on hold pending further legal action.

Edson “House” Magana, a visiting hip-hop dance professor at the University of Montana, works on a graffiti wall during last weekend’s Zoofest. The Indy-sponsored event featured more than 20 live music acts and performance artists over two days at Caras Park.

Home cooking

Cottage foods off the leash A sweeping set of recent changes to Montana food regulations has become a game-changer for small-scale producers, also called cottage food. House Bill 478, which passed during this year’s legislative session and took effect Oct. 1, expanded the kinds of foods people can make at home and sell directly to customers. Rebecca Peart, who runs Missoula-based Crave Catering & Cakes, says she looks forward to being able to cut down on production costs. Her baked goods include birthday cupcakes and tiered wedding cakes with fruity fillings like lemon and huckleberry. Peart had been dreaming of running her own business for years, and had been held back in the past by the elaborate and confusing food regulations. “The start-up costs are astronomical, and the biggest roadblock has always been finding a commer-

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cial kitchen,” Peart says. She’s now hoping to bake some cakes at home and cut down on the cost of renting a commercial kitchen, which can range from $15$26 per hour. Alisha Johnson, an environmental health specialist with the Missoula City-County Health Department, worked with the committee that drafted the law. She calls the effort a “sweeping change” and says it came as part of significant improvements to the industry. “To back up, 2015 was a huge year when it comes to food safety regulations for the state of Montana,” she says. “We updated our food rules for the first time in 15 years.” Cottage producers must still fill out an extensive application and ensure their home kitchen is clean and free of any domestic animals. Once approved, they can start making shelf-stable treats such as jams, jellies, scones, cookies, granolas and breads. They now also operate under a statewide regulation, in-

stead of the former hodgepodge of county rules. Peart says she’ll still go to her preferred commercial kitchen, Moonlight Kitchens, to put together most of the meals for her catering business. Moonlight opened last winter to become one of the few commercial kitchens in the Missoula area where cottage food producers can rent by the hour. Moonlight Kitchens proprietor Anne Little applauds the new, less-restrictive food regulations, even if it might mean there’s less need for clients like Crave Catering to use her industrial-grade facilities. “In some ways it decreases my clientele, which is fine, because we’re going to have plenty of people using this space and we did this summer,” Little says. Clients can rent out one of three kitchens, which are about 900 square feet total, to assemble dishes for food trucks, small-scale catering and baking operations. Little’s currently planning to expand the space and add a walk-in cooler in the back. She anticipates the changed food laws will make it easier for cottage

[news] food operations to get off the ground and kitchens like hers to stay afloat. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The food bill is easier to read, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s in English now,â&#x20AC;? she says. Kate Whittle

Volkswagen

Locals sue over diesel scandal Montanaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s former top clean air regulator and her husband have been burned by the Volkswagen emissions scandal, and they want to force the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s largest automaker to buy back the keys to their car. Tracy Stone-Manning and Richard Manning are joining 10 other Montana VW diesel car owners in a lawsuit accusing the company of fraud. Stone-Manning headed the state Department of Environmental Quality from 2012 to 2014 and is currently chief of staff for Gov. Steve Bullock. Her husband, Dick, is a longtime environmental author and journalist. VW has come under fire in recent weeks upon revelations that it installed so-called â&#x20AC;&#x153;defeat devicesâ&#x20AC;? on millions of its â&#x20AC;&#x153;clean dieselâ&#x20AC;? vehicles so they would pass emissions regulations during testing but spew smog on the road. The cars were billed as eco-friendly yet fun to drive, making them popular among some environmentally conscious consumers. The Stone-Mannings both declined to comment, but their attorney, Timothy Bechtold of Missoula, says they purchased their 2013 diesel Jetta for its fuel efficiency and supposed clean emissions. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I just think itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not fair,â&#x20AC;? says Kristine Akland, another of the plaintiffs. Akland, of Missoula, is a newly minted attorney herself practicing environmental law, and she dreads driving her 2015 Golfâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;her first carâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;to work each day. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I bought this car on the premise that it was efficient and better for the environment than the other cars out there,â&#x20AC;? she says. The case, filed Sept. 28 in Missoula County District Court, seeks damages under Montanaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s consumer protection law for each client. Moreover, the plaintiffs want to compel Volkswagen to buy back the used vehicles, which Bechtold says are part of a â&#x20AC;&#x153;monumental example of fraud.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the relief weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re asking for, to have Volkswagen take the car back and give people their money back,â&#x20AC;? Bechtold says. The case already includes 12 VW owners, a number that will likely increase, but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s different

than a class action lawsuit where a few plaintiffs bring suit on behalf of others. Class action lawsuits, Bechtold says, often benefit attorneys more than individual victims. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think in this case, there are better options for consumers than being involved in a class action,â&#x20AC;? he says. More trouble could be in store for VW in Montana. Last week, the state Attorney Generalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s office announced it is joining with 32 others to investigate VWâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s actions. In announcing the step, Attorney General Tim Fox suggested the automakerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s repairs to recalled vehicles, which are expected to reduce performance and fuel economy, may violate the stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s consumer protection law. Derek Brouwer

Native plants

City seeds open spaces While many Montanans might be eyeing the calendar and awaiting their winter recreation opportunities, local plant experts are thinking about spring. In recent weeks, Missoula Parks and Recreation staff and volunteers have begun hauling sacks of seed up Mount Sentinel, Mount Jumbo and the North Hills to scatter a few thousand pounds of native varieties. Conservation Lands Manager Morgan Valliant says many native plants require wet, freezing winter weather before theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll kick-start germination in the spring. He hopes to restore and preserve the natural diversity of 3,000 acres of cityowned open grasslands. â&#x20AC;&#x153;People take them a little for granted because theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re super showy for parts of the year, and then other parts theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re all brown,â&#x20AC;? Valliant says. One of the most impacted areas due for reseeding is the patch of the North Hills where vandals carved a peace sign in March. It turns out that, despite reports to the contrary, the vandalism didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t directly harm patches of the rare alpine perennial called Missoula phlox, Valliant says. The plantings are actually located about 200 feet above it. But the trench did disturb a hillside that was already struggling with invasive species. â&#x20AC;&#x153;That really sets us back, because it allows the nonnatives to move in and take over,â&#x20AC;? Valliant says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;One of the reasons the Missoula phlox is tanking is because of

BY THE NUMBERS The last year fall enrollment at the University of Montana and Missoula College was lower than it is today. Last week UM announced a headcount of 13,358 students, down 2,311 students since 2011.

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the way we use the North Hills. And not just now, but for hundreds of years.â&#x20AC;? He warns that when hikers go off-trail, especially in winter to get around muddy or icy spots, they can severely damage the dormant plants resting underneath the snow. Valliant and his team use cement mixers to make their seed blends, which include bluebunch grass, fescue, cutleaf daisy, arrowleaf balsamroot and prairie sagewort. Some seeds can cost up to $500 a pound, he says, because many of these varieties arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t cultivated on a commercial scale. The city sources some of its plants from the Native Ideals seed farm in Arlee, where farmers Rebecca Shoemaker and Bryce Christiaens have been cultivating drought-tolerant, sun-loving species since 2007. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not rare on the [wild] landscape, but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hard to find a lot of the seeds that we grow,â&#x20AC;? Shoemaker says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This particular year was really limited because of the dry summer. It really affected our yield.â&#x20AC;? Shoemaker and Christiaens, self-described â&#x20AC;&#x153;plant nerds,â&#x20AC;? started out hand-collecting seeds while out on hikes. These days, they harvest by using a tractor-mounted vacuum. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an upgrade from the handheld model they formerly used. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You kind of felt like a dork out going in your field with a shop vac,â&#x20AC;? Christiaens says. Cultivating native species isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t just for the benefit of a colorful hillside or foraging fodder for small animals. Shoemaker adds that itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also a way to prepare for climate change and continuing trends of drought and heat. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Definitely in the back of our heads, we figured our seeds would only become more and more relevant as fresh water became less predictable in the mountains,â&#x20AC;? she says. The cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s reseeding project will continue throughout the month of October. Kate Whittle

ETC. When it comes to constitutional rights in this country, freedom of the press falls in just behind freedom of religion. Edmund Burke went so far as to call it the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Fourth Estate,â&#x20AC;? a moniker that might make it seem like the U.S. has some of the strongest journalistic freedoms in the world. But over the past decade, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve repeatedly fallen well outside the top 30 on the World Press Freedom Index, beaten out by countries like Finland, Ghana and Canada. The latest index, compiled by Reporters Without Borders, described 2014 as a year marked by â&#x20AC;&#x153;judicial harassmentâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;arbitrary arrestsâ&#x20AC;? for the American media. Journalists here are â&#x20AC;&#x153;still not protected by a federal shield law,â&#x20AC;? the nonprofit states, referencing the basic reporter rights to not reveal source names or other confidential information. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s here that weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re hoping Montana gets a bit of a shout-out in the next year-end report. House Bill 207 went into effect last week, barring government agencies in Montana from securing a journalistâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s confidential information through electronic communications providers. Our state now boasts the strongest protections for reporters in the country. The fact that it was Montana and not some East Coast liberal bastion seemed to stun the nonprofit Poynter Institute as much as the â&#x20AC;&#x153;libertarian Republican state legislatorâ&#x20AC;? who acted as the lawâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s chief architect. Actually, the fact that Rep. Daniel Zolnikov, R-Billings, was the one to score such a victory makes perfect sense. He may swing with the more conservative crowd in opposing Medicaid expansion, the Flathead water compact and the Montana Disclose Act. But Zolnikov has made a name for himself over the past two sessions when it comes to digital privacy, touting his youth as the primary reason he is â&#x20AC;&#x153;one of the few legislators who even remotely understands the threats and concerns of the collection of personal information.â&#x20AC;? This isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t the first Zolnikov win to attract national attention. His success in passing a bill in 2013 requiring warrants to access cellphone location information helped land him on Forbesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; â&#x20AC;&#x153;30 Under 30â&#x20AC;? list for law and policy last year. We might not see eye-to-eye with him on many issues, but in an era when the word â&#x20AC;&#x153;journalistâ&#x20AC;? isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t always uttered in the kindest tone, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nice to see someone sticking up for our favorite four words in the First Amendment.

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Bearing down In poor food year, biologists grapple with “bear-mageddon” by Alex Sakariassen

On a recent Friday morning, Jamie ably going to be thinking about apples and and perfectly appropriate behavior,” Jonkel sat in a Reserve Street bakery taking a pears and plums and that garbage can filled Lindler says. “As the weeks have passed, unbrief reprieve from his duties with Montana with moldy potato salad and spare ribs,” he fortunately, this bear is being seen during Fish, Wildlife and Parks. He hadn’t even says. “A bad food year like this is going to the daytime, and that really doesn’t work so good because the bear also then is far tasted his bear claw before his cellphone make it pretty tough for everyone.” more willing to be seen very close chimed. The voice on the other end to the homes.” belonged to an older gentleman from up the Rattlesnake who witnessed a His biggest fear is that the bear lone black bear cub wandering near will eventually start rummaging his apple trees. Jonkel jotted down a through garbage cans, so Lindler’s few notes before offering the man an set up a sandwich board at the abridged version of the latest bear head of Prospect Drive reminding news around town. his neighbors not to take their trash And there is plenty of bear news. out to the curb until the morning The longtime FWP bear specialist esof collection day. Grant Creek falls timates more than 80-plus black bears within Missoula’s bear “buffer are foraging for food in the greater zone,” an area established by city Missoula area. Poor food conditions ordinance in 2009 that allows at higher elevations drove the bruins animal control to fine residents for into the valleys earlier and in greater leaving garbage out overnight. numbers than usual, a scenario Jonkel Lindler believes the ordinance says tends to play out roughly every hasn’t been enforced enough to 10 years. He likens it to Missoula discourage that behavior. throwing a huge food fair and attractJonkel cites similar concerns in ing people from other communities the South Hills. There are currently dozens of miles away. 15 or more black bears “working” the area between Pattee and Miller “We’re calling it bear-magedcreeks, he says, and garbage cans are don,” Jonkel says. photo courtesy of Bob Wiesner being regularly left out all week. He The resulting bear hijinks might attributes the issue partly to the lack elicit a chuckle at first, even from A female black bear—with three cubs in tow— Jonkel. He and others in Region 2 seeks shelter in a tree up the Rattlesnake earlier of a bear aware network in that have already had to deal with bears this month. State biologist Jamie Jonkel estimates neighborhood, adding that one will getting stuck in garages, opening car 80 or more black bears have descended on the likely be established soon if the bears begin targeting those cans. doors and hanging out in treetops Missoula area this fall in search of food. Jonkel remains optimistic that mere blocks away from Sentinel High School. Some Missoula neighborhoods have Missoula residents will turn to resources like “We had to trap one bear in a fairly become quite adept at discouraging such missoulabears.org to help alleviate the situarural area,” Jonkel says. “He had set up behavior, particularly those with “bear tion and reduce the likelihood of black bears shop at a lone house with lots of apple aware” networks headed by volunteer res- picking up bad habits. But even if they do, trees, but the roost tree that he had chosen idents. One such volunteer, Bert Lindler October is usually the roughest month for to stay in every day was about 4 feet from a in the Prospect Meadows area of Grant bear conflicts, and while there hasn’t been a bedroom window.” Creek, keeps a watchful eye on black bear violent conflict in the valley yet, Jonkel is The chuckles subside, however, at the activity each fall. Up until a few weeks ago, nervous about the weeks ahead. “If we got some good moisture, it would first mention of longterm ramifications. Lindler found that bears were keeping to Bear-mageddon won’t simply end with the the wilder portions along Grant Creek sure help,” he says. “But the bears came onset of winter. Come next fall, these bears where they could forage on hawthorn down a month early to get to the food that will remember the feast they enjoyed on bushes. But as the hawthorns dwindled, a they needed to put them in the den. That the fringes of Missoula, Jonkel says, and he large, brownish black bear began seeking food is now pretty much gone. Even the apbelieves that learned behavior could out apples in residential yards and has be- ples and the plums are withering ... So these bears I think are going to get really, really, prompt them to return three or four years come increasingly active during the day. “If the bears hide during the day and really desperate.” down the road. “Even if we have a really wonderful, wet they come out and feed on natural foods asakariassen@missoulanews.com year with lots of huckleberries, they’re prob- at night … that’s perfectly natural behavior

[8] Missoula Independent • October 8–October 15, 2015

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Gun fight Proposed rule targets criminals but could also catch business by Derek Brouwer

Hayes Otoupalik has run the Missoula Gun Show for 47 years, regularly drawing thousands of enthusiasts to the Adams Center for the state’s oldest and largest event of its kind. But if gun control advocates have their way with the Missoula City Council, Otoupalik says the tradition will soon end. “You’re just going to kill the Missoula Gun Show,” he says. “It’s going to be dead.” Otoupalik can barely contain his frustration as he talks about a proposal before council that would extend instant background checks to all firearms sales within city limits, including at gun shows. He yells into the phone, veering between arguments for why he thinks it’s a bad idea. Rather than keep guns away from criminals, he says, a background check requirement would simply deter law-abiding enthusiasts from his event. Background checks cost up to $25 in fees, plus a few minutes of paperwork, and some customers oppose the federal system on principle. Otoupalik is convinced they’ll go elsewhere in Montana instead of submitting to the hassle and expense. As attempts to expand background checks at the state and federal level have stalled, advocates are turning to local reform to reduce gun violence. But critics say municipal gun control will do more harm than good. “It’s just a way to make life more difficult for gun owners,” says Gary Marbut, president of the Montana Shooting Sports Association. America has been at an impasse on background checks since the mass shooting at Colorado’s Columbine High School in 1999. More recent events, such as the one at Connecticut’s Sandy Hook Elementary School in 2012, failed to sway Congress to endorse what President Barack Obama called “even the mildest restrictions” on guns. Last week the president stood up to the podium again, after another mass shooting in Roseburg, Ore., and pleaded for change. Otoupalik’s level of exasperation is equaled by local activists with Moms Demand Action, a group formed in Sandy Hook’s wake, as they discuss the need for the Missoula ordinance.

photo courtesy of Michael Glasgow

An ordinance before Missoula City Council would require federal background checks for all gun sales within city limits, including those at gun shows. A public hearing is scheduled for Oct. 19.

“It’s just, we have to do something,” says Heidi Kendall, a school board trustee who backs the proposal. “Something, anything.” Background checks may enjoy broad support in public opinion polls, but within the current gun policy landscape, the Missoula ordinance is out on a limb. Over the last few decades, cities have lost their ability to regulate firearms as gun advocates lobbied state legislatures. The Law Center for Preventing Gun Violence, which tracks policy trends, can’t point to another example among the 43 states with preemption laws where a city has enacted an ordinance similar to Missoula’s. The city’s attorney believes Montana law leaves room for municipalities to expand background checks, but Second Amendment defenders are already threatening a bitter legal fight. Attorney General Tim Fox declined comment. Nancy de Pastino, the Moms Demand Action chapter director, says this issue is worth the trouble. Background checks are proven tools for keeping guns away from criminals, she says, and this ordinance would at least begin to address the problem. De Pastino adds the ordinance isn’t designed to undermine gun shows or “ban” private sales, as conservative news outlets have characterized it. Felons, minors and the mentally ill are already prohibited from buying guns, and background checks simply help ensure they can’t do so. “We know the majority of gun owners are very responsible,” de Pastino says. “This is a measure that helps them be responsible.

Part of that responsibility is knowing who you’re transferring a gun to.” Marbut, who has pledged to sue if council passes the ordinance, opposes all forms of government background checks, calling them ineffective and a ruse to identify and eventually disarm gun owners. He acknowledges that gun sellers have some “moral responsibility” to know their customers, but doesn’t see a need for his organization to encourage safe sales practices between gun owners. Should the ordinance pass, private residents looking to sell their guns would be required to do so through a local dealer authorized to perform the instant background check. Tim Taunt, who owns A Nickels Worth pawn shop, says his store occasionally facilitates online gun sales, which are required to ship through federal dealers, for a $25 fee. He doesn’t think the ordinance would lead to a sharp increase in this sort of service. “I doubt it would affect it very much at all. Most people are going to avoid the issue,” he says. If council does pass the ordinance, its backers hold a broader hope that it could encourage other cities to take action and, eventually, pressure lawmakers to enact broader reform. “There’s part of me that hopes we’re waking the sleeping giant with this,” Kendall says.

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[10] Missoula Independent • October 8–October 15, 2015

Old school Since when did fraternities, sororities become so value-based? by Dan Brooks

Last week, the University of Montana banned fraternities and sororities from sponsoring any events that involve alcohol, citing some Greeks’ rowdy behavior over Homecoming weekend. Caitlin Parker, interim assistant director of the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Involvement, criticized chapter leaders in her letter announcing the ban. “The actions and behaviors of members over the last few weeks have showcased that our community has lost track of our purpose as value-based organizations,” she wrote. It was bad news for me, because I had just started my own fraternity and sorority involvement by pledging Delta Fresca Nu. As a middle-aged man, I couldn’t wait to contrast my stodgy adult persona with hard-partying frat hijinks in hilarious and unpredictable ways. But it turns out movies misled me about the nature of today’s valuebased Greek collegiate social organizations. All my frat brothers care about is helping sick kids, and now I have to do it sober. The trouble started on day one, at around 2:45 a.m. That’s when my new friends got me out of bed by spraying me with a fire extinguisher, scaring me half to death and potentially damaging my orthopedic leg pillow. “On your feet, pledge!” Brother Hawkeye shouted. He was wearing a moose hat with antlers. We all have frat names in Delta Fresca; Brother Hawkeye is so called because he’s great at spotting when someone is being treated unfairly. In the predawn light, I recognized my fellow pledges: Walrus (fat), Hard Drive (nerd) and Lieutenant Stevens (undercover police officer). Making liberal use of the fire extinguisher, Hawkeye herded us all out of my apartment and into the back of the frat van. I was thrilled to see it was full of toys. There were whiffle bats, roller skates, helmets—everything we needed for a grueling but hilarious drinking

game that would prove we could party hard enough to join Delta Fresca Nu. “I’m scared,” Hard Drive said. “I should really get back to the dorms and study.” “And I’m hungry,” Walrus said. He meant that he was scared. “Shut up, guys,” I consoled them. “We need to man up, take this van to the liquor store and use my fake ID that says I’m 38 years old to buy a bunch of booze.”

“My system can’t handle 36 hours of binge service and hard-charging community involvement after every Griz game.”

“Great idea,” Lieutenant Stevens said. “Let’s stop off on the way and get some marijuana from one of our established dealers.” Lieutenant Stevens always likes my ideas. For whatever reason, we seem to have a lot in common. But Hawkeye told us to quiet down. “Buckle up, pledges,” he said, refusing to put the van in drive until we realized he was speaking literally. “It’s time you learned to party like real UM fraternity or sorority members.” Passing several gas stations and other licensed sellers of beer on the way, Hawkeye drove us to the hospital.

There we were greeted by the sisters of Loofa Beta Pi, who were unloading case after case of Red Bull from their sorority Outback. “Fleek!” I said, perhaps correctly. “Let’s get this party started.” I reached for a can of Red Bull, but one of the sisters glared at me. “Those are for the kids with narcolepsy,” she scolded. After Hawkeye got consent to shake her hand, they led us inside, where my initiation began. I spent the next four hours reading to children in the pediatric oncology wing. It was the hardest thing I’ve ever done. I knew joining a frat would expand my horizons and help me negotiate the difficult transition from my mid-30s to my late-30s, but I didn’t think we’d be helping people. That’s where I draw the line. “I can’t take it anymore,” I said, after a chorus of bald kids ordered me to read Where the Wild Things Are for the ninth time. “I think I’m going to pass out.” And sure enough, the world went black. I woke up in the back of the frat van. Hawkeye was standing over me, holding a funnel and a rubber hose. “I just have to siphon some gas out of the van,” he said, “to help this family.” By the time we got home, we had stopped twice to help change tires and once to rake an old lady’s yard. Walrus found a box of doughnuts in a tree, but Hawkeye made us take it to the food bank. Once we were back at the frat house, I tendered my resignation. I guess I’m just too old to stay up all night helping people. My system can’t handle 36 hours of binge service and hard-charging community involvement after every Griz game. So Lieutenant Stevens and I joined the College Socialists instead. They’re not as popular as the frat guys, but at least they let you have a drink now and then. Dan Brooks writes about politics, culture and the intoxicating thrill of community service at combatblog.net.

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Teaching moments How visitors get hooked on the “miracle drug” of the West by Marcia Hensley

There are tourists, and then there’s Jim Unger, a Pennsylvania resident who headed out this summer on his 41st pilgrimage to some of the places that have become his second home—the national parks, monuments and historic sites of the West. It all started in 1971, when Jim and his wife, Sandy, both elementary school teachers, took a two-week vacation in Yellowstone and Grand Teton parks. They were captivated by the experience, enough to return each summer for the next five years, while also deciding that they wanted to learn more about the region. In 1977, they took their first class— geology—at the Teton Science School at the foot of the Tetons. Then, for the next two years, they increased the time they spent in the West to four weeks each year so they could take yet more classes and expand their explorations to Glacier and Rocky Mountain national parks. They took classes in everything from meteorology to the lives of mountain men, from astronomy to storytelling. They studied bears and birds, coyotes and wolves, deer and pronghorn, insects and amphibians. They learned about the history of the parks and the ecosystems that support them. And then, once they were back home in their classrooms, Jim and Sandy shared what they knew with their young students. In the 1980s, the Ungers spent three weeks getting to know other national parks in the West, including Rocky Mountain, Mesa Verde and Black Canyon of the Gunnison in Colorado, and Utah’s Bryce and Zion national parks. They went to Crater Lake and Mount Rainier, and to Kenai Fjords and Denali national parks in Alaska, soaking up stories and lore that they could then pass on to the children in their classes. When I met them in the early ’90s, they were attending a conference in western Wyoming at the college where I taught. They wanted to know what

made my corner of the High Plains desert a microcosm of the West’s history, so they hiked along the Oregon Trail’s ruts, floated the Green River where John Wesley Powell began his historic journey and were introduced to contentious modern-day land-use issues like natural gas drilling. The next year, they returned to spend a few days with a ranching family near the Wind River Mountains. The Ungers made friends they’d correspond with and visit on return,

“They took classes in everything from meteorology to the lives of mountain men, from astronomy to storytelling.”

and they became avid readers of both fiction and nonfiction about the West. All winter, as they planned their next trip West, Jim and Sandy immersed themselves in reading about it. By spring, they were ready to make their reservations. Their trips got longer after they retired, stretching to two months in the West. Sandy’s last trip, however, was in 2004: Her diabetes had finally made her too ill to travel. After her death, Jim made the hard journey back to Yellowstone to revisit all their favorite places. As he resumed their pattern of Western

immersion, Jim told me he began to find purpose in his life again. Since his first solo trip in 2008, Jim has spent more and more time in the West. His longest trip? Four months exploring the Canadian Rockies, Glacier, Yellowstone, the Tetons and the Black Hills. Sometimes, his sister or son come along on his travels, which is how they’ve come to know why these places keep calling Jim back. Recently, Jim’s own health problems have prevented him from hiking the way he did with Sandy. But he has—and cherishes—his memories. “I’ll stop at a trailhead and spend hours just watching and listening … to the wind in the grass, the trees, birds, whatever wildlife shows up. And I’ll reminisce about when I came before and hiked the trail.” Asked if he keeps a journal, Jim said, “No, but I remember every twist and turn of the trail, how it looked, what we saw.” He explains that the beauty of nature calms him, gives him a feeling of tranquility, even euphoria, and transports him back to his youth. “Spending time in the West is like a miracle drug,” he says. Jim’s words remind me of what Wallace Stegner said in his Wilderness Letter: “We simply need that wild country available to us, even if we never do more than drive to its edge and look in. For it can be a means of reassuring ourselves of our sanity as creatures, a part of the geography of hope.” Perhaps that’s why the national parks and campgrounds of the West overflow all summer, every year. People from all over the world are not only curious to see our public lands, they are also searching for some kind of refuge in what is left of our country’s wild places, each person seeking a personal geography of hope. Marcia Hensley is a contributor to Writers on the Range, the column service of High Country News (hcn.org). She lives in the Denver area.

missoulanews.com • October 8–October 15, 2015 [11]

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PRIORITIES – PlayStations and Xboxes, However, State-of-the-Art: A New York University Center for Justice study released in September warned that, unless major upgrades are made quickly, 43 states will conduct 2016 elections on electronic voting machines at least 10 years old and woefully suspect. Those states use machines no longer made or poorly supported, and those in 14 states are more than 15 years old. There are apprehensions over antiquated security (risking miscounts, potential for hacking), but also fear of election-day breakdowns causing long lines at the polls, depressing turnout and dampening confidence in the overall fairness of the process. The NYU center estimated the costs of upgrading at greater than $1 billion.

WAIT, WHAT? – In a “manifesto” to celebrate “personal choice and expression” in the standard of beauty “in a society that already places too many harmful standards on women,” according to a July New York Times report, some now are dyeing their armpit hair. At the Free Your Pits website, and events like “pit-ins” in Seattle and Pensacola, Florida, envelope-pushing women offer justifications ranging from political resistance to, according to one, “want(ing) to freak out (her) in-laws.” Preferred colors are turquoise, hot pink, purple and neon yellow. Actress Melissa Gilbert (a star of TV’s “Little House on the Prairie”), 51, announced in August that she would run for Congress from Michigan’s 8th Congressional District—even though she is currently on the hook to the IRS and California for back taxes totaling $470,000. Gilbert, a former president of the Screen Actors Guild and member of the AFL-CIO Executive Council, promised that she (and her actor-husband) would pay off her tax bill—by the year 2024.

MEN ARE SIMPLE – Update: Five years after News of the Weird mentioned it, Japan’s Love Plus virtual-girlfriend app is more popular than ever, serving a growing segment of the country’s lonely males—those beyond peak marital years and resigned to artificial “relationships.” Love Plus models (Rinko, Manaka and Nene) are chosen mostly (and surprisingly) not for physical attributes, but for flirting and companionship. One user described his “girlfriend” (in a September Time magazine dispatch) as “someone to say good morning to in the morning and ... goodnight to at night.” Said a Swedish observer, “You wouldn’t see (this phenomenon) in Europe or America.” One problem: Men can get stuck in a “love loop” waiting for the next app update—with, they hope, more “features.” “Odette Delacroix,” 25, of North Hollywood, California, is a petite (86 pounds) model who runs an adult fetish website in which people (i.e., men) pay to watch her tumble around, bikini-clad, with “plus-size” models, up to five at a time, squashing and nearly suffocating her in “pigpiles.” “Odette” told London’s edition of Cosmopolitan that her PetiteVsPlump website has so far earned her about $100,000.

POLICE REPORT – Relentless Wannabes: (1) Authorities in Winter Haven, Florida, arrested James Garfield, 28, with the typical faux-police setup—Ford Crown Victoria with police lights, uniform with gold-star badge, video camera, Taser, and business cards printed with “law enforcement.” (Explained Garfield lamely, the “law enforcement” was just a “printing mistake.”) (2) In nearby Frostproof, Florida, Thomas Hook, 48, was also arrested in September, his 14th law-enforcement-impersonator arrest since 1992. His paraphernalia included the Crown Vic with a prisoner cage, scanner, spotlight, “private investigator” and “fugitive recovery” badges, and an equally bogus card identifying him as a retired Marine Corps major. Hook’s one other connection to law enforcement: He is a registered sex offender. BUDDHISTS ACTING OUT – (1) Police in Scotland’s Highlands were called in September when a Buddhist retreat participant, Raymond Storrie, became riled up that another, Robert Jenner, had boiling water for his tea, but not Storrie’s. After Storrie vengefully snatched Jenner’s own hot water, Jenner punched him twice in the head, leading Storrie to threaten to kill Jenner (but also asking, plaintively, “Is this how you practice dharma?”). (2) A Buddhist monk from Louisiana, Khang Nguyen Le, was arrested in New York City in September and accused of embezzling nearly $400,000 from his temple to fuel his gambling habit (blackjack, mostly at a Lake Charles, Louisiana, casino). NO LONGER WEIRD – Stories that were formerly weird, but which now occur with such frequency that they must be permanently retired from circulation: (1) Once again, in July, despite being handcuffed (by a King County, Washington, sheriff’s deputy) and placed in the back seat of a squad car, the prisoner managed to drive off alone. Teddy Bell, 26, was apprehended a while later with the help of K-9 officers. (2) And once again (in July in Bergen, Norway) the accused was convicted of murder based on a telltale Internet-search history. Police discovered about 250 computer queries such as “How do you poison someone without getting caught?” (Ultimately, the woman confessed that she killed her husband by lighting a charcoal grill in his bedroom while he slept.) Thanks this week to Richard Player, Richard Judkins, Duane Knight, and Scott Lichtenberg, and to the News of the Weird Board of Editorial Advisors.

[12] Missoula Independent • October 8–October 15, 2015

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Shake it off Oula is more than the latest fitness craze.

The Missoula-created dance workout just might change how you think about exercise. by Kate Whittle • p hotos by Amy Donovan

n a weekday evening, I am standing in a small gym in the Lifelong Learning Center alongside a dozen other women. I’m waiting for my first Oula aerobic dance class to start, and I’m already a little flushed and hot. That might be because I had a wee glass of wine before leaving the house, just to work up my courage to do something I’ve spent most of my life avoiding:

working out in front of other people. The petite, muscular instructor, Lizzie Dolan, stands at the front of the class. She explains that she likes to sing along, shout and shake her butt a lot, and we are welcome to do the same as she leads us through frenetic routines of kicking, jumping, skipping and twirling our arms to tracks from Pitbull, Walk the Moon and Andy Grammer. I try to keep up as best

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I can, inwardly cringing when I screw up a move and turn in the wrong direction. Oddly, though, nobody else seems to notice my mistakes. As a slow, clumsy kid growing up, I assumed that all exercise was just like gym class, where I routinely got teased and belittled. It wasn’t until I got to college that I found my place in solo or non-competitive activities like hiking or yoga. Though I rely on regular

exercise to keep me sane and burn off steam, I still avoid gyms, and I’m skeptical of modern-day fitness fads and their promises to “blast fat” and “melt away the pounds.” Oula, a locally grown fitness format, bills itself as an easygoing and quirky alternative to the status quo. It’s more about waving your hands in the air than clinched fists, less gritted teeth than unrestrained

energy. In other words, it’s a bit more approachable to someone like me. And it’s certainly garnered a devoted following in the five years since it began, growing from Missoula to the Pacific Northwest and beyond. Gyms as far as Los Angeles and Alaska offer Oula classes. This winter, the second stand-alone Oula Studio is set to open in Bozeman. “So the thing about Oula is it’s not just a workout,” says founder and owner Kali Lindner. Rather, she wants to help “create a healthy mind-body experience.” My first class didn’t exactly feel like a holistic transformation, and I was more than a little relieved when it was over. But I felt invigorated after class, rather than worn-out. That’s when it occurred to me that Oula just might have stumbled on the one weird trick to get people to exercise—by not making it about the “exercise” at all.

The Oula logo, which is a silhouette of a woman leaping with outstretched limbs, makes total sense after watching Lindner in action. When she leads a class, she is all unrestrained joy and sweat, yelling along to the songs and jumping into the air. Outside of class, Lindner comes across as a serious businesswoman, one who balances running a small company with parenting a 1-year-old. She explains that Oula originated when she realized that she wanted to tap into some of her favorite childhood memories of dancing around to CDs while alone in her bedroom. Back in the day, that was to artists like Ani DiFranco. More recently, she recalls a pivotal moment five years ago when she was alone in a Bozeman hotel, kicking back after a day of yoga instruction. “I remember, after a long day of being very serious in my yoga training, that Rihanna’s “Umbrella” came on MTV, and I stood up and I just started dancing,” Lindner says. “And I was like, this feels so good just to dance, and it feels good to dance to music like this.”

Lindner grew up in Helena, taking dance classes like ballet and jazz. She went on to become an instructor in yoga and Nia, an aerobic dance workout. While Lindner says she loved yoga and dance, she wanted to create something that was less serious or precise and more about free expression.

In 2010, she started teaching a class at the Downtown Dance Collective that combined several styles of energetic dance and yoga poses with a fast-paced workout set to blaring pop music. The class, dubbed “Oula” in honor of Missoula, soon spread to the Peak Health & Wellness Center,

Oula founder Kali Lindner says teaching several of the high-energy cardio classes each week is her sole form of workout.

“A thing that never worked for me was, in yoga, they’re like, come to this space, focus on your breathing, leave all distractions out the door, don’t think about your grocery list, like, be here, be now,” she says. “I wanted to flip that whole philosophy upside down and put it on its head and say, no, we’re all dealing with shit in our lives, we’ve all got things going on, so why don’t we use the music and the movement? Why don’t we use this safe space that we create, this sense of connection to complete strangers, and just dance our stuff out?”

and Lindner couldn’t keep up with teaching all the classes herself. She brought on additional instructors, and in 2013 opened the Oula Studio off West Broadway and Maple Street. About 150 instructors around the country are certified to teach Oula classes, with about 40 of those based in the Garden City. On any given week, there are about 80 Oula classes throughout town at several gyms, the Lifelong Learning Center and the Oula Studio itself. Unlike many other fitness formats, instructors are required to go through an initial training, as well as

three months of mentoring and yearly recertification processes to teach Oula. Instructors typically start out as students. One of those early boosters was Lacie Ellis, who, like me, says she went to the gym begrudgingly, at least until she started taking Lindner’s classes. “I’m not the most coordinated person on the planet, but [Lindner] just made it feel so natural and so good,” Ellis says. “It didn’t matter if I was going in there feeling down, if I was having a bad day or sad day, I worked through the emotions and felt better. I haven’t experienced that in a fitness class, ever.” Ellis eventually became an Oula teacher herself and currently leads the Oula Junior class, where preteens can dance to age-appropriate songs. Like many instructors, she teaches Oula alongside other jobs and calls it her “treat” for getting through everything else in her day. She also helped devise some of the unapologetically cheery lingo of Oula, where students are called “Oulagins,” and each month features a different affirmation, like “Be Silly,” “Be Connected,” “Be Legit” and the recent “Be Fierce.” Inspirational mottos like that normally prompt me to roll my eyes. And yet, after an hour spent leaping around to Demi Lovato and Taylor Swift songs, it’s hard to say no when your instructor hands out fake mustaches and everybody lines up for a picture in honor of “Be Silly” month. The affirmations help make it clear that snark or self-deprecation are simply not part of Oula, and that was a big step in teaching me how to not give a damn about how I look when I’m moving. Ellis says she and Lindner came up with the affirmations while brainstorming ways to bring more positive thinking into their daily routines. “I told Kali the other day, I said, ‘I don’t know of many other things that people are so dedicated to, when they throw their hearts into it, that isn’t a religion,’” Ellis says. “It just blows my mind the level of intent people have for being part of it, without it being something that pays them to do it.”

A typical Oula playlist might include tracks by Kesha, David Guetta, Grace Potter, Fall Out Boy, Lady Gaga, Walk the Moon and Nicki Minaj.

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Every Oula routine is devised by Lindner, who comes up with the choreography while listening to headphones on long walks with her dog. “Sometimes I’ll stop and come up with a bit in my head, but then check it with my body, like, is the weight on the right foot?” I ask if this leads to awkward interactions if strangers catch her dancing on a hiking trail. She laughs. “Oh, sometimes people get really weirded out, or I think I’m alone on a trail and I look behind me and I’m like, uh oh, sorry.” Once Lindner finalizes the choreography, she trains the other instructors, and one new routine each week is added to a rotating “Top 10” of tracks incorporated into every class. From there, instructors can add another six or seven songs that suit their particular mood. Instructors will often chat with their students and disclose how they’re feeling on that particular day, since if they’re upset or sad, they’ll likely pick songs that help work through those emotions. Oula classes aren’t designed with specific workout targets in mind. Rather, they’re all about creating an emotional arc, from heartbreak to lust to love to just plain goofiness. The high energy and familiar verse-chorus-verse patterns of Top 40 tunes are key to creating the vibe, Lindner says. The vibe is undeniably fun, but I’d never really known whether the classes made for an effective exercise routine. To find the answer I ventured into a dimly lit basement laboratory at the University of Montana to meet Matt Bundle, an exercise science professor. The biomechanics lab is filled with equipment I find intimidating, like treadmills, stationary cycles and charts with complex mathematical equations. It’s all everyday gear to Bundle, whose area of research is the “integrative study of locomotion.” A tall man with a mop of surfer-dude blond hair, he chats about his work with a relaxed attitude, leaning back in his chair, until he gets excited about a topic and starts to play with the pens on his desk. When I ask Bundle if he considers himself a reasonably active person, he laughs. As an undergraduate, Bundle used to captain several cross-country and track and field teams and sometimes ran about 100 miles a week. These days, as a professor and a parent, he admits that he’s one of the millions of Americans who don’t exercise regularly. “Time, you see,” Bundle says. “Some days my physical activity is limited to my commute, which is bicycle 10 months of the year, as long as there’s not too much snow. I totally understand why people make decisions not to be physically active. I would say most weeks of the year, I’m not getting the recommended amount of physical activity.” Most American health authorities recommend something like twice-weekly strength training and 2.5 hours of aerobic activity per week, which works out to about 20 minutes of cardio per day. Increased activity is associated with a wealth of benefits, from improved cardiovascular health to smoother cognitive function—but 80 percent of American adults don’t even manage the bare minimum, according to the Centers for Disease Control. Unfortunately, we’re up against the barrier of daily American life, with the prevalence of cars, easy

parking, desk jobs and busy schedules, all of which conspire to keep us on our butts. “Like one of the classic things is that when we have kids, or we try and encourage kids to be physically active, the main mechanism we do that is through organized team sports,” he says. “And we develop these habits based around being active for soccer or football or baseball or whatever it may be, and yet the prevalence of adults or older-than-college-age that are participating in team sports is tiny, it’s miniscule.” Montanans do have an advantage over other states in our abundant recreational opportunities. Residents are more active than average Americans, according to the CDC, and the state ranks as having the 10th lowest adult obesity rate. “We’re fortunate to have all sorts of things at immediate disposal that’ll elevate your heart rate and give you all the benefits,” he says. “Or, you know,

That sentiment is echoed by instructors such as Katie Geoghan, who started taking Oula about four years ago while training to run a half-marathon. “My first class, I hated it and swore I’d never come back,” Geoghan says. “I was like, ugh, I feel like an idiot, I don’t know any of the steps. But then I realized I was getting just as good of a workout as running or doing a bootcamp class, and I was meeting people, and it was just, like, ‘Oh, going to the gym doesn’t have to be miserable. It can be fun and I can look forward to it.’”

One of my favorite routines is set to Havana Brown’s “Warrior.” The Australian pop star’s high-energy track features a pounding chorus and pump-youup lyrics like “I stand like a soldier/ March like a

freely in it, and I don’t care if it’s anybody else’s business,” she says. Just as Lindner is averse to putting specific workout targets into the framework of Oula, she’s also hesitant to outline any specific goals for further expansion. “As a society we’re so programmed to equate numbers with value, but if you can change one person’s little universe, it’s huge,” she says. “I hear stories all the time about what Oula has done in people’s lives, and that is, to me, what matters. Obviously, there’s making sure the numbers align so we can continue to do this, and pay our bills, but more than anything, I want to be proud of everything that we do and we represent and put out.” One of the Oula cool-down songs is set to Florence and the Machine’s heartbreak anthem “Cosmic Love.” We recently danced to it in my regular Wednesday class at the Lifelong Learning Center, where I’ve come to find

Typical moves in Oula include booty popping and “twerkling,” where students twirl in a circle while shaking their hips up and down.

we’ve got all these innovative dance classes that you’ve taken. Or biking or hunting, whatever. I think most people will identify with the reason they live in Montana is for the ease of being able to get out and do some of these things.” Bundle loans me a heart rate monitor to wear to my regular hour-long Oula class. The readouts indicate that it’s a moderately taxing activity, and I average about 140-160 beats per minute during the course of the hour. The target heart rate for my age is 130-190 beats per minute, according to a Mayo Clinic formula. Bundle says regardless of numbers, it’s helpful just to find something that I enjoy doing on a routine basis that gets me moving. “I think there’s a lot of evidence to support that position,” he says. “That if it’s enjoyable, and it’s built in a structured way into your day, that you’re much more likely to engage in that kind of physical activity over the long haul. Just like dieting, or people who are perhaps up and down with their weight, so too are they with physical activity. And the easier it is and more enjoyable it is to engage in it, the better off they’ll be.”

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champion/ I’m gonna dance, dance, dance to the beat of my drum.” During the verses, we bend into side lunges and claw at the air and snarl like tigers. Lindner says it’s intentionally goofy. “When else do you get to do that with a group of people and no one’s going to be like, ‘You’re weird’?” Lindner says. “I mean, it is weird. But no one cares, ’cause that’s the thing.” It didn’t take long for me to figure out that in Oula, there’s no time to feel self-conscious, because if you lose concentration for even a split second, you run the risk of slamming into someone who’s spinning into your path. The freedom to booty pop and gyrate while sober, in broad daylight, without judgment, is very freeing. I haven’t lost any weight this year—nor was that my intention going in—but I don’t think it’s a coincidence that after months of Oula classes, I felt confident enough to buy a two-piece swimsuit for the first time in my life. Lindner says that’s been a huge part of the reason she created Oula to begin with and continues to be the main appeal. “I can shake my ass, I can own this body, I can enjoy how it feels to move

a comforting familiarity in the assembly of 15 or so women who shake their butts alongside me. I’ve been doing Oula long enough now that I can sometimes glance around the class. My personal hero is the older, grandmotherly woman who doesn’t really seem to ever be sure of what she’s doing or what direction we’re turning in next. But she does it all with a big smile and rarely misses a class. To the pounding drumbeat of “Cosmic Love,” we sashay back and forth, sway our hips and pretend to pluck stars from the air above our heads. “Pick your basket of stars!” says my instructor, Dolan, as the chorus soars and Florence sings, “The stars/ The moon/ They have all been blown out.” As the song ends, Dolan yells, “Now put one star back!” and we all reach toward the ceiling and pretend to place a star back into the sky. It probably looks patently absurd to anyone who might be able to see us through the window. But in the moment, every sweating, rosy-cheeked woman in the room bears the same expression. It looks something like rapture. kwhittle@missoulanews.com

Chef Ben Jones oversees the culinary operation at the Resort at Paws Up, which includes two restaurants, five dining pavilions within the luxury tented camps and a variety of outdoor dining venues. He also serves as the host chef for a growing number of culinary events, including Montana Master Grillers, Montana Long Table, Montana Master Chefs and Upper Crust.

Chef Bruce Kalman has appeared on "Beat Bobby Flay "earned a "Chopped" championship title and a win on "Knife Fight." Kalman's firm commitment to serving handcrafted, soulful cuisine in his latest starring role at Union restaurant in Pasadena has won him numerous recommendations and accolades from top food critics around the country.

Honored by media outlets such as the Los Angeles Times and Forbes as a culinary mastermind, Chef Brooke Williamson was the youngest-ever female chef invited to cook at the James Beard house. She has appeared on TV shows such as "Top Chef," "Knife Fight," "House of Food "and "Top Chef Duels." She and her chef-husband Nick Roberts run Playa Provisions, The Tripel and Hudson House in Los Angeles.

MEET OUR CHEFS Chef Andy Blanton joins us from Cafe Kandahar in Whitefish where they serve modern American with roots ripe with in French and Creole influences. He is a James Beard Award winner for Most Outstanding Restaurant and his been granted The Wine Spectator Award of Excellence and Wine Enthusiasts Award of Unique Distinction. He’s a 3-time finalist in the James Beard Best Chef Northwest category, and has been a guest chef at the James Beard House.

Chef Tanya Holland is known for her inventive takes on modern soul food, as well as comfort classics. She has appeared on TV shows including "Soul Food," "The Today Show," "Ready, Set, Cook!" and "The Wayne Brady Show.” Holland has contributed to The Huffington Post, Food & Wine and others, and has been featured in articles in O Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, Better Homes & Gardens, and Sunset.

For more info and to purchase tickets: chef2015.brownpapertickets.com. Tickets may also be purchased at the Missoula Independent, 317 S. Orange, or by phone: 406-543-6609, x104.

Please join us for the James Beard Foundation's Celebrity Chef Tour on October 16 in the Governor's Room at the Historic Florence Hotel! The tour features six amazing chefs coming together to create a fantastic multi-course dinner paired with some great premium wines and beers. Seating for this exclusive event is limited - get your tickets today!

Chef Beth Higgins and her sister Susan own Missoula's Two Sisters Catering, voted Best of Missoula eight years running. They've been featured in Sunset Magazine, Outdoor Magazine, LA Times, NY Times and Food Network's "Classic Chicken." Tickets: $150/person includes hors d’oeuvres and six courses. This event, presented by the Missoula Independent, is a fundraiser for the James Beard Foundation whose mission is to celebrate, nurture, and honor America’s diverse culinary heritage through programs that educate and inspire.

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[arts]

Keeping it real Painter Andy Cline holds a mirror up to the myth of the Montana landscape by Erika Fredrickson

ndy Cline’s landscape paintings capture matches. After graduating in 2003, he and his now- the shots that seemed to challenge the notion of the tana were definitely present, but maybe the highway was slicing through it or there was the sign of man,” scenes from Montana roads, including the wife, artist Nici Holt Cline, took a road trip across the ideal Montana landscape. “All the ones I was drawn to were the ones where he says. “I started painting and instantly fell in love classic features you’d expect: snowcapped state. When they got home, he flipped through the mountains, hay bales stacked across green fields and pictures he’d taken and found himself captivated by the mountains and the picturesque scenery of Mon- with them. I showed them to friends and whoever would come by and a lot of them could inbig blue skies filled with cotton clouds. stantly name random locations.” What’s disconcerting about Cline’s work, Another layer to Cline’s work is his titles. though, is how he details everything. Bright “A Popular Watering Hole” plays with the yellow highway signs poke into view. Power viewer’s assumptions. If you heard the title lines slice through the sky. The butts of big but hadn’t seen the painting yet you might rigs aim toward the horizon. On the side of imagine a famous fly-fishing spot on the river. the road where you might anticipate—perOr maybe an old dive bar—the kind that haps even hope for—a jungle of wildflowers Richard Hugo wrote about. Instead, the wathere is, instead, a crumpled dead deer, tering hole in Cline’s painting is of the Town patchy with wounds and surrounded by skid Pump parking lot outside of Rocker, where marks of dried blood and dirt. the ground is covered by pavement and rows “They’re sometimes graphic, some of of gas pumps sit outside the super-sized conthe paintings,” Cline says. “They can be a litvenience store. (There are burly mountains tle bit depressing, but then again, it’s what in the background but it takes a moment to we see every single day driving around. I notice them.) “Prime Habitat” shows a cluster find it sad when I see a dead deer on the of trailer homes and broke-down trucks, side of the road. But it’s the reality of where again with a mountain range in the backwe live.” ground. “Riding the Range” is a Buick cruisPart of the allure of Cline’s paintings is ing down the highway, driven by a man in a how much they look like photographs. The cowboy hat. combination of his slightly unsettling subject If you ask Cline whether his works are matter and the mega-realism of his technique political, he won’t say they are for certain. keeps viewers riveted. In 2013, Cline exhibSome of his titles come off as critique, while ited a large collection of his work at Turman others feel like nonjudgmental observation. Larison Contemporary in Helena. During the His ambivalence goes back to childhood. Beopening, Cline recalls listening in as visitors sides Red Lodge he spent a brief time as a casually scanned his paintings. young kid in Colstrip while his father worked “A lot of them knew the owners of the at the coal plant. He lived in a trailer park. He gallery,” Cline says. “They’d go up and start still sees so many of these human-made marks chatting with them and they’d say, ‘These on the landscape as necessary or understandphotos are really neat.’ And the owners able or, at least, worth noting. He likes the would say, ‘They’re actually paintings.’ It way the paintings don’t erase the truth, even was fun for me to watch as the same people when the truth is ugly or mundane or sad. would go back and get up close, and it Often, though, the story told through the would dawn on them, ‘Holy shit. It is a painting isn’t as straightforward as it seems. painting.’ The fact that they are paintings “I’ve done some paintings of these trailer forces you to spend some time with them. houses,” he says. “The yards are filled with Yeah, you can ignore the deer and focus on crap and it looks neglected. But after a while how the trees are rendered or the colors are I’m looking at them and thinking, ‘Look in the sky, but it’s the whole picture that where they live!’ Maybe they don’t have as makes it.” much money or maybe they don’t care what Cline’s new exhibit, Keep Right, opened their house looks like, but look at their view at the Brink Gallery last Friday, and includes every day. So maybe the joke’s on us. Maybe several of his Montana roadsides, plus a few they’ve got it figured out.” outliers like a painting of Disneyland’s Magic Andy Cline’s Keep Right continues at Kingdom. Cline grew up in Red Lodge where the Brink Gallery through October. Visit he learned to paint from a high school art thebrinkgallery.com for more info. teacher, but when he studied art at the University of Montana, he spent most of his time making 3D pieces of, for instance, stacks of “Almost Home” is one of several paintings featured in Andy Cline’s show Keep Right at The Brink Gallery. efredrickson@missoulanews.com

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[music]

Fire starter Angel Olsen fans the flames on Burn Olsen’s street cred It’s hard not to decomes from being a vocalist velop some sort of crush for Will Oldham for a few on Angel Olsen. Her most years, but her solo flight has recent release, 2014’s gained serious critical props. Burn Your Fire For No WitBurn Your Fire popped up ness, is a sweetheart’s teson many Best of 2014 lists. tament to the lost, the Each track comes across like lonely and the loved. some lucid dream, perfect Lyrics are sealed with a for the first waking moment kiss. The music swoons photo courtesy of Kelly Giarrocco of the day. It offers a kind of from dark corners and out into the wilderness, hopping a few fences and kicking mystical flavor that could only be conjured from the mind up a bit of dust. Olsen’s voice has such conviction of a Midwestern gal looking beyond her St. Louis roots. and purity that it lands somewhere between a win- The icing on this cake is Olsen’s kickass band, which dow sill serenade and something you might hear at nicely interprets the recordings for the stage with a simthe Grand Ol’ Opry. In “Lights Out,” her vocals are plified, precise and haunting beauty. (Bryan Ramirez) Angel Olsen plays the Top Hat Sat., Oct. 10, filled with a kind of cry that lends some comparison to what Linda Ronstadt was going for in her mid-’70s with openers Lion Limb. Doors at 8 PM, show at 9. $15 advance at tophatlounge.com. country crusade.

Clearance, Rapid Rewards Even though they’re rock-androll, Clearance has the kind of cool, even-keeled sound you could curl up with on a late autumn afternoon. Melancholy tones blend with sparkly riffs and fuzzy guitar melts into warm bass lines. On the Chicago band’s debut album, there’s still enough bite to keep you on edge. Brief bursts of cacophony right themselves before they become too unsettling. There’s a whisper of attitude and an air of swagger. There are satisfying crescendoes and emotional tumult. Rapid Rewards could easily fit alongside a Pavement, Silkworm or Halo Benders release, which makes it feel classic in a good way. The album title, plus tracks like “You’ve Been Pre-Approved,” “Total

Closeout” and “Delays Expected” seem to reach for commercial lingo as metaphors for love and life. Maybe it’s a critique? “Break it down to size/ You don’t have to be what you despise,” sings Mike Bellis on the anthemic “Parlance Quote.” “I know it won’t amount to much without the prize, but you’ll make it back all in stride.” The more I listened, the more potent this record became, like a piece of jalapeño trapped under the tongue—a golden afternoon turned to a night on the town. (Erika Fredrickson) Clearance plays the VFW Wed., Oct. 13, at 9 PM along with Grandmother Witch, Grant Atticus & His Deadbeat Friends and Paris Mingus. $5.

The Bottle Rockets, South Broadway Athletic Club With some bands, it takes only a few moments into a new album before you feel like you’re getting a phone call from an old friend. With South Broadway Athletic Club, The Bottle Rockets have recorded a fully mature, complete distillation of their sound. They’ve reunited with producer Eric “Roscoe” Ambel, and if anyone knows what the essence of the B-Rox sound is, it’s Roscoe. Songs like “Nuthin’,” about the joy of being a couch potato, mix seamlessly with “Building Chryslers,” a Crazy Horse-influenced guitar onslaught about the apathy engendered by a union job. The

album is chock-full of guitar goodness, from shimmering Nashvilletuned acoustics to filthy, raging distortion, to what sounds like a sitar on “XOYOU.” This lineup has been together 10 years, and that allows Brian Henneman to explore a whole universe of material knowing that they will turn it into a great song. “Dog” couldn’t be more simple, repeating the single lyric, “I love my dog, he’s my dog/ And if my dog don’t love you, that’s okay/ I don’t want him to/ He’s my dog.” That’s archetypal Henneman: straightforward, clever and true. (Ednor Therriault)

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[theater]

Culture norms Hearing all sides of the story in SLUT—The Play by Kate Whittle

photo by Celia Talbot Tobin

Hillary Sea Bard directs Slut—The Play, which includes a cast of Missoula high school students.

The HBO hit series “Game of Thrones” has spurred discussion and controversy for its use of rape as a plot device. Over the course of the last six seasons, the show has included rape 50 times, according to one analysis. “Game of Thrones” drew the most criticism during the sixth season, in which one of the leading heroines is raped on her wedding night, while a lackey looks on in horror. Hillary Sea Bard, the director of the upcoming production SLUT—The Play, says she watched the show for the first time to better understand a reference to it in the script. “To me, being in this process right now, seeing the plot device of rape on ‘Game of Thrones’ and other media, more than anything it just shows that that’s a representation of our culture,” Bard says. “Plot device, sure, but part of our culture. Art is always a representation of what’s around us.” So while the frequency of sexual assaults as a plot device on TV shows might be disturbing, it’s much more distressing that in real life, one in four women in the United States have been raped during their lifetime according to the Department of Justice. And yet, our culture continues to view victims’ claims with suspicion. In SLUT, a teenage girl delivers testimony against her rapist while family, friends and acquaintances talk about whether they believe her. Some of the characters defend the victim, while others say she was a promiscuous girl just “asking” to be assaulted after a drunken incident. The one-act play was developed at New York-based youth theater program The Arts Effect and written by its artistic director, Katie Cappiello. The Univeristy of Montana’s Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies Program and Student Advocacy Resource Council teamed up to bring the production to Missoula, with funding from a grant through the Centers for Disease Control.

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SLUT presents several challenges, including a startling, provocative title. It’s also a dual-dialogue play, which means that throughout the entire production one character will perform as the rape victim delivering her version of events, while elsewhere on stage other characters react to her story. “It pulls your heartstrings in two different ways,” Bard says. “You get to see and connect to two different opinions at once. And it will keep the audience alert and listening and on the edge of their seat and wanting to know more.” Bard, who has a master’s in directing from the UM, says it made sense to cast local high school students to portray teenage characters. She gives them credit for taking on a “really heavy, hard play to perform.” Rehearsing the drama has also prompted some soul searching and realizations for its cast and director. “Like, ‘Oh, maybe I have experienced sexual aggression and I haven’t been aware of it because I live in a society that makes it seem like a cultural norm,’” Bard says. “For me, a lot of things have resurfaced that happened in my past that I had brushed off.” Bard hopes the community—and young men and boys in particular—will bring an open mind to the play. “Oh, rape makes you uncomfortable? Good. It should,” Bard says. “It should make you uncomfortable. So let’s make sure it stays uncomfortable, and let’s talk about it.” SLUT—The Play shows at the Crystal Fri., Oct. 9–Sat., Oct. 10 and Fri., Oct. 16–Sat., Oct. 17, at 7:30 PM nightly with a 2 PM matinee Sun., Oct. 18. Free. Reservations can be made at tinyurl.com/SlutThePlayTickets. kwhittle@missoulanews.com

[books]

Swallowed whole Relishing time in Seth Kantner’s harsh Alaska by Chris La Tray

The Alaska Seth Kantner writes about in Swal- otherwise”) trying to fit in; and people Kantner grew lowed by the Great Land: And Other Dispatches from up with who are now, like him, limping into middleAlaska’s Frontier isn’t the one of glossy travel maga- age in a place that isn’t kind to growing old. The charzines and calendar photography. His is rainy and acters in these stories lend a drama and humor lacking muddy and cluttered with broken down vehicles and in what could easily be a showcase for being tough and machinery. When the ground dries out, the landscape stoic. Kantner’s love for the land and his community becomes either full of bugs or so cold and ice-covered is apparent in every sentence, as is his concern about that simply venturing outside will leave scabs of frost- how he has chosen to raise his daughter, China. “Maybe all the stuff I teach my daughter is backbite on one’s face. Finally, most of the food the people who live there trade and eat with vigorous relish ward,” Kantner writes. “China’s going off to boarding school back East next year. There seems like fare that would turn are going to be brilliant mathemost visitors green. With wit, a dry, maticians there, kids with Porsches self-deprecating humor and a probably, maybe future CEOs. I whole lot of heart, Kantner keep thinking about those million nonetheless manages to keep this people a month moving to cities. volume of 51 nonfiction essays And that private space flight. from devolving into mere gross-out Where she’s going, knowing how or hardship porn. That’s because to gut a goose is bound to be Kantner is a gifted storyteller. pretty unimpressive.” Most of us came to know of This passage makes me smile. I Kantner via his 2004 debut novel, spend an inordinate amount of time Ordinary Wolves. Wolves was the feeling exactly opposite in my own story of Cutuk, a young white man ruminations. What is the usefulness raised much like a traditional Naof being able to back up a SQL datative, who struggles to find his base if suddenly society collapses place between an ancient world being overrun by “civilization” and Swallowed by the Great Land: and I still need to feed my family? the modernity that threatens it. He And Other Dispatches from Where are my own culturally gifted hunting and gathering skills? I guarfollowed the novel up in 2009 Alaska’s Frontier antee my great-grandmother, who with Shopping for Porcupine: A Seth Kantner Life in Arctic Alaska, a memoir Paperback, Mountaineers Books never in her life rode in an automobile, never made prepackaged bullthat details how his own upbring192 pages, $15.95 shit dragged out of the local grocery ing was the mirror reflecting the tale he told in Ordinary Wolves, as well as a showcase store on a nightly basis. Nor is it likely I can count more for his nature photography. Like his fictional protag- than three or four people I know who could get their onists, Kantner was raised in a sod igloo on the Arctic vehicle back up and running if stranded out in 40-below tundra by parents who had retreated there in the temperatures using cobbled together bits of junk from 1950s to live close to the land, as traditionally as pos- the glove box and behind the seat. Swallowed underscores that remote Alaska isn’t sible. Home-schooled and educated in the arts of subsistence living, he attended both the University of the frozen paradise many of us imagine it to be. It’s Alaska and finally the University of Montana, where dirty and poor, riddled with drugs and alcohol, full of death and hunger and sadness. But I still love he received a bachelor’s degree in journalism. Swallowed essentially picks up where Porcupine spending time in Kantner’s world via his writing, leaves off. Kantner still makes his home in northwest where the air smells of salt and woodsmoke—when Alaska with his wife and daughter, where he earns a it isn’t clogged with diesel fumes and Snogo exliving outside of writing as a commercial fisherman, haust—and a pleasant afternoon may be spent watchteaching, and selling photographs. He hunts and ing herds of caribou storm the river just beyond the gathers to feed his family, doing whatever he needs front yard. I’d happily take a seat in Kantner’s fishing to avoid “a real job.” This lifestyle is the framework boat over a berth on one of those Alaskan cruise ships any day, any time of year. on which Kantner hangs his anecdotal stories. Seth Kantner reads from Swallowed by the Like in great fiction, it is the characters in Kantner’s essays that make the book strong: Native elders who Great Land at Fact & Fiction Sat., Oct. 10, at still spend their time alone on the tundra; outsiders 1:30 PM. (“commonly referred to as ‘white people,’” Kantner writes, “even if they happened to be black, Asian, or arts@missoulanews.com

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[film]

Pinned Pawn Sacrifice can’t save the endgame by Molly Laich

“I said, ‘CHECKMATE!’”

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Pawn Sacrifice tells the story of the troubled Bobby Fischer, who was really good at chess and not much else. The film takes place in the 1960s and ’70s, with most of the action focusing on the 1972 World Chess Championship. These were Cold War times, when America was obsessed with beating the Russians at everything, women were marginalized shadows in the background, televisions were small and fuzzy and the world was made out of muted pastels. Alas, I am sad to report both the color and the life have been drained out of the movie. We first meet Fischer as a precocious, serious little boy with a dutiful older sister and a mother obsessed with socialist revolution. He’s visited by “The 25th best” chess player in New York City, who sees the kid’s potential and takes him under his wing. Fischer would go on to win many important chess titles as a young person and beyond. The film even includes cute images of an impatient little boy’s legs dangling from a chair too high off the ground, which is how I’ve always imagined the great chess master in my head. Fischer grows into a petulant man, played by Tobey Maguire, who also produced the film. Director Edward Zwick’s other work includes a lot of bigscope, competent but not mind-blowing films such as The Last Samurai, Glory and Courage Under Fire. I’ve made it clear in the past that I have a slight allergy to biopics. They are, by definition, contrived, and always there’s this layer of “how did it really happen” floating in your head. This one is mostly faithful to history: Some of the games have been condensed for time and suspense purposes, thankfully, and the extent of Fischer’s descent into madness may or may not be exaggerated. People with a passing familiarity with chess should find the game play in the film

about as riveting as one could hope. If you truly know what’s going on you might be more frustrated. The camera doesn’t linger on the board long enough to get a full sense of the game, but whatever, it’s not a documentary. As Fischer grows up, his genius increases at the same rate as his ego, paranoia and greed. He hates his mother and Russian people and spends a good deal of the film yelling at people and disassembling phones in hotel rooms in a search for wire taps that don’t exist. Not unlike the supermodel Linda Evangelista who famously said she wouldn’t wake up for less than $10,000 a day, Fischer refuses to play a tournament in Iceland until they give him more money. Later he complains about the cameras making too much noise during the game, affecting his concentration. More than anything else, Pawn Sacrifice is a story about a mean man’s untreated and pitiful descent into psychosis. Still, important men will always have friends in their corner. Peter Sarsgaard plays Father Bill Lombardy as a kind of surrogate dad, alongside Paul Marshall (Michael Stuhlbarg), the wildly patriotic lawyer who really wants to bring home the win for America. The other meaty role belongs to Liev Schreiber as the Russian opponent Boris Spassky. Schreiber has a gift for elevating any film he appears in, and so it is here— but it’s not enough to save the picture. Pawn Sacrifice has all the pieces in place (ha ha) and yet it’s missing that intangible spark necessary to elevate a biopic beyond the realm of dramatic reenactment. Pawn Sacrifice opens at the Roxy Fri., Oct. 9. arts@missoulanews.com

[film] friends try to bring out the monster in his halfhuman, half-vampire grandson. Sandler wrote the screenplay, but it’s reportedly funny anyway. Rated PG. Showing at the Carmike, Showboat, Pharaohplex.

OPENING THIS WEEK A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET Freddy Krueger, disfigured face and all, revels in terrorizing a gaggle of Elm Street residents in their dreams, and eventually, in reality. Rated R. Showing at the Roxy Sat., Oct. 10, 7:30 PM.

THE MARTIAN Left for dead on the Red Planet, astronaut Mark Watney attempts to survive until a rescue mission can come for him. Stars Matt Damon, based on the best-selling novel by ex-NASA guy Andy Weir. Rated PG-13. Showing at the Carmike, Pharaoh, Showboat.

ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS Two hard-drinking British women get into hilarious situations in this cult BBC TV series. Three episodes screen every Monday at the Roxy, 7 PM. FINDERS KEEPERS When an amputee’s leg is found in a grill sold at an auction, he finds himself at the center of a worldwide media frenzy in this documentary. Rated R. Showing at the Roxy Fri., Oct. 9 through Thu., Oct. 15. Check theroxytheater.org for showtimes. NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE: THE BEAUX STRATAGEM In this wild comedy of love and money, two young charmers have blown their fortunes in London and head out for Lichfield, where they plan to marry some wealthy young ladies. Comedy ensues, followed by personal revelations. Showing at the Roxy Tue., Oct. 13, 7 PM. OUT OF NOTHING Four men from the Pacific Northwest work to conquer the world’s motorcycle land speed record at Bonneville Salt Flats in this true story. Unrated. Showing at the Roxy Fri., Oct. 9, 7:30 PM. PAN How did Peter Pan become Peter Pan? Here’s the prequel to the beloved J.M. Barrie story. Stars Hugh Jackman. Rated PG. Showing at the Carmike, Pharaohplex. PAWN SACRIFICE Tobey Maguire and Liev Schreiber portray Bobby Fischer and Boris Spassky as the chess masters duke it out at the 1972 World Chess Championship. Rated PG-13. Showing at the Roxy Fri., Oct. 9 through Thu., Oct. 15. Check theroxytheatre.org for showtimes. (See Film.)

MAZE RUNNER: THE SCORCH TRIALS They escaped the Maze, but the Gladers probably had no idea they would be facing an entire new movie’s worth of challenges and obstacles. Rated PG-13. Showing at the Carmike 12, Pharaohplex, Showboat.

Oh, man, I wish I’d gone to the bathroom first. The Walk opens Fri., Oct. 9, at the Carmike and Pharaohplex. SCREAM The original send-up of the horror genre, Scream stars Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox and David Arquette. Rated R. Showing at the Roxy Sat., Oct. 11, 10 PM. THE WALK Robert Zemeckis uses his trademark visual wizardry to tell the true story of Philippe Petit, the only person to ever walk a tightrope between the twin towers of the World Trade Center. Rated PG. Showing at the Carmike, Pharaohplex.

NOW PLAYING COAL COCKED Montana Death Trains joins Gene Bernofsky’s 30minute documentary Coal Cocked to expose the destructive result of coal mining in Montana. Not

rated. Showing at the Roxy Theatre Thu., Oct. 8 at 7 PM. EVEREST Based on a true story, Everest chronicles a climbing team that is brutalized by a surprise snowstorm. Rated PG-13. Showing at the Carmike. HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX The Harry Potter series continues with Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. Harry and Dumbledore are targeted by the Ministry of Magic as an authoritarian bureaucrat slowly seizes power at Hogwarts. Rated PG-13. Showing at the Roxy, Thu., Oct. 8 at 7 PM, and Sun., Oct. 11 at 3 PM. HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA 2 Andy Samberg, Adam Sandler and Selena Gomez provide the vocal fireworks as Dracula and his

SICARIO The buzz is heavy on this gritty tale of an idealistic FBI agent’s battle with the border drug cartels of Mexico. Emily Blunt stars with Benecio Del Toro and Josh Brolin in this tense thriller. Rated R. Showing at the Carmike. WAR ROOM This movie from the faith-oriented Kendrick brothers portrays a seemingly perfect family that’s really on the verge of implosion. A wise old woman appears and gives them hope. Rated PG. Showing at the Pharaohplex.

Capsule reviews by Ednor Therriault. Planning your outing to the cinema? Visit the arts section of missoulanews.com to find upto-date movie times for theaters in the area. You can also contact theaters to spare yourself any grief and/or parking lot profanities. Theater phone numbers: Carmike 12 at 541-7469; The Roxy at 728-9380; Wilma at 728-2521; Pharaohplex in Hamilton at 961-FILM; Showboat in Polson and Entertainer in Ronan at 883-5603.

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Sweet potato nachos by Gabi Moskowitz Life has been good. To celebrate, I whipped up this delicious, gluten-free, non-fried, absolutely fabulous nacho dish. Healthy sweet potatoes—one of my all-time favorite ingredients—get sliced, tossed with extra virgin olive oil and lightly salted. After a quick trip to the oven, and a flip halfway through, they get clustered together, ready to be cheesed. Then cheese, oven time and delicious toppings get added, and you have yourself a glorious grain-free, lower-carb but still utterly decadent appetizer, snack or even lunch. Happy October! Ingredients 1 medium sweet potato, scrubbed and sliced into 1 ⁄8-inch rounds ($1) 1 ½ tablespoons extra virgin olive oil (pantry) pinch of salt (pantry) ½ cup shredded cheddar or jack cheese ($3.50 for 8 ounces) chopped onion, chopped cilantro, sliced black olives, sliced jalapeños, sour cream, guacamole, salsa or other desired toppings (optional) (Recipe serves 2; estimated cost $4.50) Directions Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Place the sweet potato rounds into a large mixing bowl. Drizzle with the olive oil and use your hands to toss well, coating each round. Arrange the oiled sweet potato rounds on a baking sheet, ensuring there is space between each one. Use two baking sheets if necessary.

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BROKEASS GOURMET Sprinkle lightly with salt. Bake the sweet potato rounds for 12-13 minutes, until they begin to brown lightly. Once they have begun to brown, flip the rounds and bake for another 9-11 minutes. Remove the sweet potatoes from the oven (but leave the oven on), flip the browned sweet potato rounds once again and arrange in a cluster so they are all touching (you may have to make two batches).

Sprinkle the shredded cheese over the top of the sweet potato rounds and return to the oven for another 5-6 minutes, or until cheese is melted. Remove from the oven and garnish with desired toppings. Serve immediately. Gabi Moskowitz is the editor-in-chief of the nationally acclaimed blog BrokeAss Gourmet (brokeassgourmet.com) and author of The BrokeAss Gourmet Cookbook and Pizza Dough:100 Delicious, Unexpected Recipes. She is also the producer of “Young & Hungry,” an ABC Family comedy inspired by her life and writing.

[dish] Asahi 1901 Stephens Ave 406-829-8989 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. $-$$$

Bernice’s Bakery 190 South 3rd West 728-1358 Gotta love Missoula in October and gotta love Bernice’s! Piping hot cups of carefully crafted coffee or espresso compliment the fall chill. For breakfast (or after your morning workout) think of Bernice's as the perfect stop for tummy satisfaction. Handcrafted bran muffins, quiche, garlic hummus, jalapeno-cheddar croissants or pumpkin poundcake are just the tip of the iceberg. And don’t forget that Halloween & Day of the Dead are Bernice’s favorites. Come by and see what we have designed as you choose your sweet treats October 27 - November 2. xoxo bernice. $ - $$

Biga Pizza 241 W. Main Street 728-2579 Biga Pizza offers a modern, downtown dining environment combined with traditional brick oven pizza, calzones, salads, sandwiches, specials and desserts. All dough is made using a “biga” (pronounced bee-ga) which is a time-honored Italian method of bread making. Biga Pizza uses local products, the freshest produce as well as artisan meats and cheeses. Featuring seasonal menus. Lunch and dinner, Mon-Sat. Beer & Wine available. $-$$ Black Coffee Roasting Co. 525 E. Spruce • 541-3700 Black Coffee Roasting Company is located in the heart of Missoula. Our roastery is open M-F 6:30-5:30, Sat. 7:30- 4, Sun. 8-3. In addition to fresh roasted coffee beans we offer a full service espresso bar, drip coffee, pour-overs and more. The suspension of coffee beans in water is our specialty. $ Brooks & Browns Inside Holiday Inn Downtown 200 S. Pattee St. • 532-2056 Martini Mania with $4 martinis every Monday. The Griz Coaches Radio Show LIVE every Tuesday at 6pm, Burger & Beer special $8 every Tuesday. $2 well drinks & $2 PBR tall boys every Wednesday. Big Brains Trivia every Thursday at 8pm. Have you discovered Brooks & Browns? Inside the Holiday Inn, Downtown Missoula $-$$ Burns Street Bistro 1500 Burns St. • 543-0719 burnsstbistro.com We cook the freshest local ingredients as a matter of pride. Our relationship with local farmers, ranchers and other businesses allows us to bring quality, scratch cooking and fresh-brewed Black Coffee Roasting Co. coffee and espresso to Missoula’s Historic Westside neighborhood. Handmade breads & pastries, soups, salads & sandwiches change with the seasons, but our commitment to delicious food does not. Mon-Fri 7am - 2pm. Sat/Sun Brunch 9am - 2pm. Dinners on Fri & Sat nights 5 - 9 PM. $-$$ Butterfly Herbs 232 N. Higgins • 728-8780 Celebrating 43 years of great coffees and teas. Truly the “essence of Missoula.” Offering fresh coffees, teas (Evening in Missoula), bulk spices and

botanicals, fine toiletries & gifts. Our cafe features homemade soups, fresh salads, and coffee ice cream specialties. In the heart of historic downtown, we are Missoula’s first and favorite Espresso Bar. Open 7 Days. $ Cafe Zydeco 2101 Brooks • 406-926-2578 cafezydeco.com GIT’ SOME SOUTH IN YOUR MOUTH! Authentic cajun cuisine, with an upbeat zydeco atmosphere in the heart of Missoula. Indoor and outdoor seating. Breakfast served all day. Featuring Jambalaya, Gumbo, Étouffée, Po-boys and more. Beignets served ALL DAY! Open Monday 9am-3pm, Tuesday-Saturday 11am-8pm, Closed Sundays. Doc’s Gourmet Sandwiches 214 N. Higgins Ave. • 542-7414 Doc’s is an extremely popular gathering spot for diners who appreciate the great ambiance, personal service and generous sandwiches made with the freshest ingredients. Whether you’re heading out for a power lunch, meeting friends or family or just grabbing a quick takeout, Doc’s is always an excellent choice. Delivery in the greater Missoula area. We also offer custom catering!...everything from gourmet appetizers to all of our menu items. $-$$ El Cazador 101 S. Higgins Ave. 728-3657 Missoula Independent readers’ choice for Best Mexican Restaurant. Come taste Alfredo’s original recipes for authentic Mexican food where we cook with love. From seafood to carne asada, enjoy dinner or stop by for our daily lunch specials. We are a locally owned Mexican family restaurant, and we want to make your visit with us one to remember. Open daily for lunch and dinner. $-$$ The Empanada Joint 123 E. Main St. 926-2038 Offering authentic empanadas BAKED FRESH DAILY! 9 different flavors, including vegetarian and gluten-free options, plus Argentine side dishes and desserts. Super quick and delicious! Get your healthy, hearty lunch or dinner here. Wi-Fi, Ping Pong, Soccer on the Big Screen, and music from Argentina and the Caribbean. Ask about our Take & Bake and Catering too! Mon - Wed 11a - 6p, Thur - Sat 11a - 8p. Downtown Missoula. $

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Good Food Store 1600 S. 3rd West 541-FOOD The GFS Deli features made-to-order sandwiches, Fire Deck pizza & calzones, rice & noodle wok bowls, an award-winning salad bar, an olive & antipasto bar and a self-serve hot bar offering a variety of housemade breakfast, lunch and dinner entrées. A seasonally-changing selection of deli salads and rotisserie-roasted chickens are also available. Locally-roasted coffee/espresso drinks and an extensive fresh juice and smoothie menu complement bakery goods from the GFS ovens and Missoula’s favorite bakeries. Indoor and patio seating. Open every day 7am10pm $-$$

Grizzly Liquor 110 W Spruce St. 549-7723 www.grizzlyliquor.com Voted Missoula’s Best Liquor Store! Largest selection of spirits in the Northwest, including all Montana microdistilleries. Your headquarters for unique spirits and wines! Free customer parking. Open Monday-Saturday 9-7:30 www.grizzlyliquor.com. $-$$$

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Mae West Huckleberry Sour HAPPIEST HOUR The pitch: A mildly tart beer, made with local huckleberries, that somehow isn’t overwhelming. “I think people who don’t like sours will like this,” bartender Shelby Duncan says. “It will convert you.”

When the microbes are introduced in the kettle, rather than the fermentation tank, the beer sours in just a day or two and the rest of the brewing equipment isn’t contaminated.

How it’s served: In a tulip glass as elegant as the beer’s Say more: Sour beers are namesake. Drinking a sour is as hard to find in Montana, but much like drinking wine as it is a Draught Works has committed to beer. What’s interesting about this including them in its repertoire of one is how light it sits on the rotating seasonals, co-owner palate—by the end of one glass, I Paul Marshall says. Each is photo by Derek Brouwer still feel like I could drink another. named after an old movie starlet—Myrna Loy, Loren Bacall and now Mae The details: $6 for a glass (5.8 percent West. For this one, Draught Works sent a staff member to the farmers market to find a local ABV, 7 IBU) at Draught Work’s Northside taphuckleberry supplier. They’ve stuffed 150 room, 915 Toole Ave. The brewery has not yet pounds of the wild fruit into the brew, or 5 announced when its hours will extend. —Derek Brouwer pounds per keg. It went on tap this month. How it’s made: The brewers use a technique called “kettle souring,” which basically inverts the traditional process by which lactobacillus are used to convert sugar into acid.

Happiest Hour celebrates western Montana watering holes. To recommend a bar, bartender or beverage for Happiest Hour, email editor@missoulanews.com.

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2101 Brooks • 926-2578 • www.cafezydeco.com Mon 9am - 3pm • Tues-Sat 11am - 8 pm • Closed Sundays

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 $-$$ Iron Horse Brew Pub 501 N. Higgins 728-8866 www.ironhorsebrewpub.com We’re the perfect place for lunch, appetizers, or dinner. Enjoy nightly specials, our fantastic beverage selection and friendly, attentive service. Stop by & stay awhile! No matter what you are looking for, we’ll give you something to smile about. $$-$$$ Iza 529 S. Higgins 830-3237 www.izarestaurant.com Local Asian cuisine feature SE Asian, Japanese, Korean and Indian dishes. Gluten Free and Vegetarian no problem. Full Beer, Wine, Sake and Tea menu. We have scratch made bubble teas. Come in for lunch, dinner, drinks or just a pot of awesome tea. Open Mon-Fri: Lunch 11:30-3pm, Happy Hour 3-6pm, Dinner M-Sat 3pm-close. $-$$ Missoula Senior Center 705 S. Higgins Ave. (on the hip strip) 543-7154 themissoulaseniorcenter.org Did you know the Missoula Senior Center serves delicious hearty lunches every weekday for only $4 for those on the Nutrition Program, $5 for U of M Students with a valid student ID and $6 for all others. Children under 10 eat free. Join us from 11:30 - 12:30 M-F for delicious food and great conversation. $ Missoula Farmer’s Market N. Higgins by the XXX’s missoulafarmersmarket.com Find us on Facebook Seasonal, Homegrown and Homemade! Fresh local vegetables, fruits, flowers, plants, eggs, honey, baked goods and coffee provided by over 100 vendors. Saturdays 8am-12:30pm. “Music at the Market” performers on Saturdays 9am-noon.

The Mustard Seed Asian Cafe Southgate Mall 542-7333 Contemporary Asian fusion cuisine. Original recipes and fresh ingredients combine the best of Japanese, Chinese, Polynesian, and Southeast Asian influences. Full menu available at the bar. Award winning desserts made fresh daily , local and regional micro brews, fine wines & signature cocktails. Vegetarian and Gluten free menu available. Takeout & delivery. $$-$$$ Korean Bar-B-Que & Sushi 3075 N. Reserve 327-0731 We invite you to visit our contemporary Korean-Japanese restaurant and enjoy it’s warm atmosphere. Full Sushi Bar. Korean bar-b-que at your table. Beer and Wine. $$-$$$ Orange Street Food Farm 701 S. Orange St. 543-3188 www.orangestreetfoodfarm.com Experience The Farm today!!! Voted number one Supermarket & Retail Beer Selection. Fried chicken, fresh

meat, great produce, vegan, gluten free, all natural, a HUGE beer and wine selection, and ROCKIN’ music. What deal will you find today? $-$$$

Pearl Cafe 231 E. Front St. 541-0231 pearlcafe.us Country French meets the Northwest. Idaho Trout with Dungeness Crab, Rabbit with Wild Mushroom Ragout, Snake River Farms Beef, Fresh Seafood Specials Daily. House Made Charcuterie, Sourdough Bread & Delectable Desserts. Extensive wine list; 18 wines by the glass and local beers on draft. Reservations recommended for the intimate dining areas. Visit our website Pearlcafe.us to check out our nightly specials, make reservations, or buy gift certificates. Open Mon-Sat at 5:00. $$-$$$

Pita Pit 130 N Higgins 541-7482 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! $-$$ Romaines 3075 N. Reserve Suite N 406-317-1829 www.romainessalads.com Romaines is a Certified Green Restaurant ® dedicated to making environmentally sustainable choices in all operations. We serve salads, sandwiches, and soups made from locally grown and raised produce and meats. The menu also includes vegan, vegetarian, and gluten free options, providing something for everyone on the menu. Locally brewed beers are on tap as well as regional wines pairing well with salads and sandwiches. $-$$

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 nonsushi 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 10am9pm 7 days a week. WE DELIVER. $-$$ Westside Lanes 1615 Wyoming 721-5263 Visit us for Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner served 8 AM to 9 PM. Try our homemade soups, pizzas, and specials. We serve 100% Angus beef and use fryer oil with zero trans fats, so visit us any time for great food and good fun. $-$$

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October 8–October 15, 2015

THURSDAYOCT08 You’ll need the Mohs scale of mineral hardness to measure the rock of Rooster Sauce, American Falcon and Judgment Hammer. The Palace, 10 PM. $3. Indigenous peoples have tied legends from their heritage to celestial objects for thousands of years. Hear some of these stories at Stories Under the Stars, which runs monthly through the fall. Star Gazing Room at the Payne Family Native American Center, 4–6 PM. Free.

nightlife Blue Moon play mellow blues at Draught Works Brewery, 5–8 PM. Free. Joan Zen sings jazz at Bitter Root Brewing. 6– 8 PM. Free. Ticket Sauce brings their hot guitar and funky rhythms to Lolo Peak Brewing. 6–8 PM. Free. A screening of The World’s Fastest Indian will be followed by a tour of rare Indian motorcycles at the Miracle of America Museum. 6:30 PM. Free, donations accepted. Zan Bockes and Jack Shifflett read their poetry in conjunction with Mental Illness Awareness Week. Fact & Fiction, 220 N. Higgins, 7–8 PM. Free.

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Seriously, does this hangnail look infected? Horse Feathers play the Top Hat, with Asheville’s River Whyless, Thu., Oct. 8. Doors at 8 PM, show at 9. $15/$12 in advance at tophatlounge.com. 18 and over.

Signals Midwest from Cleveland join NYC’s Timeshares, with Buddy Jackson, Petunia and Tre (not) Cool for Tribute Residency Week. VFW, 9 PM. $5/18 and over, $3/21 and over.

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[calendar] Bottoms up at the Drop Culture Dance Party, featuring hot beats, drink specials aplenty and attractive local singles in your area. Monk’s Bar. 9 PM. No cover.

Britchy, Missoula’s original acoustic Americana duo featuring Richie Reinholdt and Britt Arnesen, play the Montana Distillery, 631 Woody St. 6–8 PM. Free.

Singer Justin Ringle of Horse Feathers is so mumbly he makes Michael Stipe sound like a speech therapist. But, like REM, the music is so beautiful it somehow fits. Horse Feathers plays the Top Hat, doors at 8 PM, show at 9. Tickets $15/$12 adv., 18 and over.

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. The Writers’ Fall Opus, an annual fundraiser and auction to benefit UM’s Creative Writing program, roars to life at the Florence Building’s Governor’s Room, 111 N. Higgins, 6:30 PM. $75 per couple, $40 single.

This just in: The Newsboys bring their platinum-selling Christian music to the Adams Center, joined by Hawk Nelson and Ryan Stevenson. Doors at 6 PM, show at 7. Tickets $15–$50, available at the Adams Center box office, or online at griztix.com. SLUT: The Play was written by activist Katie Cappiello and features a

Sophie Jester and the Medicine play soulful blues and rock at the Eagles Lodge, 8 PM–1 AM. No cover.

FRIDAYOCT09 Get your glow sticks ready. The Missoula Independent presents Night of the Griz, a nighttime 5K suitable for all ages and abilities. Friends and family can run as a team or individually through the streets of beautiful downtown Missoula, along the Clark Fork River and through University of Montana’s majestic campus, looping back and finishing in Caras Park. A light show and DJ at Caras Park will get the run started, and Glow Zones along the course will keep the party going! The run kicks off at Caras Park at 8 PM. $35. To register, go to nightofthegriz.com. National Coming Out Day will be celebrated at the UC and the Oval on the UM campus. The Student Involvement Network will offer events and stories, with an open-mic session in the South Atrium, noon–1 PM.

nightlife Celebrate Missoula International School’s 20th Anniversary at the Fall Family Round Up, with hayrides and animal fun at the barn. Also dinner and auctions. 8501 Ranch Club Rd., 5–9 PM. $40/adults, $10/kids. Christopher Kelly signs copies of his new book, Italy Invades. Fact & Fiction, 220 N. Higgins, 5 PM. Free. “What We Leave Behind” is the theme of this year’s Day of the Dead celebration. Artworks of dozens of Montana artists will be on display at the ZACC gallery, with a grand opening reception 5:30–8:30 PM. Free.

Bring It Home is a fundraiser for 100 New Gardens, Blue Sky Stewardship, Reinvest Montana and Free Cycles. Local beers, an entirely local meal, and music by Mendelssohn and Caleb Coffee & Emily Emmons. 7 PM, 732 S. 1st St. W. $5 food, $5 beer. Sam Shepard’s True West begins its two-week run at O’Shaughnessy Center in Whitefish. See whitefishtheatreco.org for tickets and details.

wango tango

Dance to Northern Lights at the Sunrise Saloon. 9 PM. Free.

cast of teen actors from Missoula high schools. Crystal Theatre, 7:30 PM. Sold out. (See Theatre.)

The Cigarette Girls Burlesque want you to find that Flashdance sweatshirt and best spandex wear for their “Excellent ‘80s Adventure.” The show includes a totally rad costume contest. Stage 112, doors at 7 PM, show at 8. $15/$12 advance at ticketfly.com. Three-Eared Dog throw down the gauntlet of rock ‘n’ roll at the Union Club. 9:30 PM. Free. Shodown plays country music at the Sunrise Saloon. Corner of Regent and Strand, 9:30 PM. No cover.

One song I have on most of my playlists is “Tim’s Tango,” by a band called Big Dixie. It’s one of those songs that shows off a band’s versatility, but does so with a wink and an elbow to the ribs. The drummer merrily rolls out the beat on a floor tom, while the electric guitar picks out the melody with a bawdy

WHAT: Tango Concert and Dance WHO: Alejandro Ziegler Quartet WHEN: Sun., Oct. 11, 7–9 PM

The Alejandro Ziegler Quartet, who will be performing Sunday at the Downtown Dance Collective, have that ability to drive this Latin dance music with such power and grace that it conjures an image. When Ziegler’s dramatic, pounding piano gallops along to the yearning chords of the violin and cello, Javier Stromann’s banoneon provides that iconic tango concertina tone. You can’t help but envision a bold, elegant couple wrapped up closer than a pair of copulating starfish, gliding across the hardwood floor, spinning and dipping to the sensual rhythm.

WHERE: Downtown Dance Collective, 121 W. Main St. HOW MUCH: $25 MORE INFO: ddcmontana.com

panache. It’s a hell of a lot of personality crammed into a minute and three seconds. I harbor a secret wish that a pair of contestants on “So You Think You Can Dance” (a guilty pleasure I share with my wife and daughter, who feel no guilt whatsoever) will perform a steamy Miriam Larici and Leonardo Barrionuevo routine while “Tim’s Tango” blasts to 10 million unsuspecting viewers. The song needs a visual.

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And yet the Quartet is much more than simply a tango machine. While they are rooted in the traditional tango, the Buenos Aires musicians have developed their own style that draws from chamber music and romanticism to forge an expressive, tight and playful sound. The interplay between the four is a perfect illustration of how the best musicians have learned to listen to the other players and not just focus on their own expression. The dynamics created by these talented world-travelers create some powerful moments in their music. Whether you’re listening or dancing, it will move you. —Ednor Therriault

Pennsylvania’s The Districts play garage rock, but, like, from a really nice garage. Sun Club open. Playing at the Top Hat, door at 9 PM, show at 10. $15/$12 adv., 18 and over show. Tickets available at the Top Hat or at tophatlounge.com.

SATURDAYOCT10 Cage, Ekoh, Codependents and Rude Max bring rock music from all over the West to the Real Lounge. Doors at 9 PM, show at 10. $8/$5 advance at ticketfly.com. 18 and over. Mingle among the sweet abundance at the Missoula farmers markets and People’s Market, with produce, arts, crafts, baked goods, hot breakfasts and strong coffee at the XXXXs, Pine Street and riverside parking lot east of Caras Park. Things get running about 8 AM and last ‘til 1 PM.

[calendar] Seth Kantner reads from and signs his new book, Swallowed by the Great Land. Fact & Fiction, 1:30 PM. Free. (See Books.)

nightlife MudSlide Charley plays the blues at Bitter Root Brewing, 6–8 PM. Free. Triple Sec plays jazz at the Draught Works Brewery, 6–8 PM. Free. The New-Matics take the stage at Blacksmith Brewing Co., Stevensville. 6–8 PM. Free. Sam Shepard’s True West continues at O’Shaughnessy Center in Whitefish. See whitefishtheatreco.org for tickets and details. Indie singer-songwriter Angel Olsen plays the Top Hat. Doors at 8 PM, show at 9. $15. (See Noise.) Sophie Jester and the Medicine play soulful blues and rock at the Eagles Lodge, 8 PM–1 AM. No cover. Idle Ranch Hands play honky tonk, country and surf music in the closest thing Missoula has to an actual honky tonk. Union Club, 9:30 PM. Free. Country Boogie Boys play country music at the Sunrise Saloon, 9:30 PM. No cover. The Ruins play original rock at the Dark Horse. Corner of Regent and Strand, 9:30 PM. Free.

SUNDAYOCT11 Get all funked up and take it to the bridge when The New Mastersounds bring their UK funk—by way of New Orleans—to the Top Hat Lounge. Kung Fu Kongress opens. Doors at 7 PM, show at 8. $22/$18 adv. Tickets available at tophatlounge.com or ticketfly.com. Get all keyed up with the Five Valley Accordion Association, which presents its dance jam every second and fourth Sunday of the month at alternating locations, 1–5 PM. $4/$3 for members. Email helenj4318@hotmail.com for info. The preservation of the US Navy’s Museum Collection is the focus of

“Blue Water Battle Relics,” a discussion with Kelly Dixon and Katie Stevens Goldich of UM’s Dept. of Anthropology. Rocky Mountain Museum of Military History, Fort Missoula, 2 PM. Free. The Jeannette Rankin Center is hosting its 29th annual Peace Party. Gourmet meal provided by Homestead Organics, beer and wine will be available. There will also be a raffle and live entertainment. Caras Park, 3 PM. $30/individual, $45/couple, $55/family. For more info visit civicrm.jrpc.org. An Alien Place: The Fort Missoula Detention Camp 1941-1944 is a documentary that seeks to shed light on the imprisonment of over 2000 Italian and Japanese men held at Fort Missoula during the WWII internment era. Showing at the Roxy, 4 PM.

nightlife Sam Shepard’s True West continues at O’Shaughnessy Center in Whitefish. See whitefishtheatreco.org for tickets and details.

MONDAYOCT12 Never Young from the Bay Area plays noise rock, with FUULS, at the Real Lounge, 112 N. Pattee. Doors at 8 PM, show at 9. $7.

nightlife Dan Dubuque plays slide guitar and Charango at the Red Bird Wine Bar. 7–10 PM. Free. Viscosity Theatre continues with Cabaret Horror Play, a mix of comedy, horror and illusion. Crush Lounge, Whitefish, at 8 PM. $20/$15 advance at viscositytheatre.org.

More events online: missoulanews.com The Badlander’s latest weekly event is Blues Monday, with a rotating cast of local blues musicians hosted by Black Mountain Moan. 9 PM, no cover.

The 18-piece Ed Norton Big Band puts some swing in the month’s second Sunday when it plays the Missoula Winery, 5646 Harrier Way, from 6–8 PM. $7. Polish your steps with $5 swing lessons prior at 4:45 PM. Visit missoulawinery.com. Aran Buzzas plays original honky tonk at Great Burn Brewing, 2230 McDonald, 6–8 PM. Free. John Smith plays at the Draught Works Brewery, 6–8 PM. Free. From Buenos Aires, the Alejandro Ziegler Tango Quartet plays tango music. Seating arranged around an open dance floor. Downtown Dance Collective, 7–9 PM, $25. (See Spotlight.)

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Viscosity Theatre presents Cabaret Horror Play, a mix of comedy, horror and illusion. Crush Lounge, Whitefish, 8 PM. $20/$15 advance at viscositytheatre.org. Jazz and martinis go together like cops and pepper spray. Jazz Martini night offers live, local jazz and $5 martinis every Sunday night at the Badlander. No cover. Dig it, and dig it deep, sister.

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Viscosity Theatre continues with Cabaret Horror Play, a mix of comedy, horror and illusion. Crush Lounge, Whitefish, at 8 PM. $20/$15 advance at viscositytheatre.org.

Sammy Warm Hands, Dubldragon, Ogar Burl, Codependents and Wormwood play the Real Lounge. Doors at 9 PM, show at 10. $5, 18 and over.

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Get those thumbs limbered up! The Official MPL Gamers Club meets to play Wii and Xbox 360 in the YA dept. at the Missoula Public Library. Ages 13–19, 6:30 PM.

A Phish Happy Hour? Sounds like a Trey Anastasio solo. Phish music, video and more at the Top Hat every Wednesday at 4:30 PM. Free, all ages.

Come watch the first Democratic Presidential Debate where you can get a good stiff drink. Union Club, 6:30–10 PM. Free, all are welcome. You some kinda wise guy (or gal)? Prove it at the Quizzoula trivia night at the VFW, 245 W. Main St., with current events, picture round and more. Gets rolling around 8:30 PM. To get you warmed up, here’s a trivia question: What’s the longest river in the U.S.? Find answer in tomorrow’s nightlife. Mike Avery hosts the Music Showcase every Tuesday, featuring some of Missoula’s finest musical talent. Also enjoy pool and drink specials. The Badlander, 9 PM–1 AM. To sign up, email michael.avery@live.com. photo courtesy of Pooneh Ghan

I don’t mind geography class, but I wish we had our own desks. Bully bring their screaming pop-punk from Nashville to the Badlander, with Heat and Deadsoft. Doors at 8:30 PM, show at 9. $10/$8 advance at ticketfly.com.

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Compassion & Choices Montana is the recipient of this week’s Community UNite at the Kettlehouse Northside Taproom. 5–8 PM. Great Burn Brewing hosts Pint Night every Wed. A portion of each pint sold will go to a community nonprofit or charity. 2230 McDonald behind Jaker’s. 5–8 PM. John Floridis plays at Blacksmith Brewing Co., Stevensville, 6–8 PM. Free. This open mic is truly open. Jazz, classic rock, poetry, spoken word, dance, shadow puppets—share your creative spark at The Starving Artist Café and Art Gallery, 3020 S. Reserve St. Every Wed., 6–8 PM. Free. Anyone is welcome to join the free Acoustic Bluegrass picking circle every Wednesday evening, sponsored by the Rocky Mountain Bluegrass Association at Tangled Tones Music Studio, 2005 South Ave. W, Suite F. 6–9 PM. Free.

[calendar] Sam Shephard’s True West begins its two-week run at O’Shaughnessy Center in Whitefish, Oct. 9–11 and Oct. 15–17. See whitefishtheatreco.org for tickets and details.

Independent, 317 S. Orange St., Missoula, MT 59801. You can also submit online. Just find the “submit an event” link under the Spotlight on the right corner at missoulanews.com. And take it easy on the punctuation.

Alicia Bognanno’s Nashville band Bully will be slashing through some tunes from their debut album Feels Like when they take the stage at the Badlander. Heat and Deadsoft get things started. Doors at 8:30 PM, show at 9. $10/$8 advance at ticketfly.com. Residency Tribute Week continues with Swamp Ritual as Fu Manchu, Wojtek as The Clash, P.D. Lear as GG Allin, and more. VFW, 9 PM. $5 for 18 and over, $3 for 21 and over. Bottoms up at the Drop Culture Dance Party, featuring hot beats, drink specials aplenty and attractive local singles in your area. Monk’s Bar. 9 PM. No cover.

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I knew that third breakfast burrito was a mistake. Pennsylvania’s The Districts play the Top Hat with Sun Club opening. Fri., Oct. 9. Doors at 9 PM, show at 10. $15/$12 advance at tophatlounge.com.

Win big bucks off your bar tab and/or free pitchers by using your giant egg to answer trivia questions at Brains on Broadway Trivia Night at the Broadway Sports Bar and Grill, 1609 W. Broadway Ave. 7 PM. (Trivia answer: The Missouri River, 2540 miles.) Viscosity Theatre continues their Cabaret series with Cabaret Horror Play, a mix of comedy, horror and illusion. Crush Lounge, Whitefish, 8 PM. $20/$15 advance at viscositytheatre.org.

The Inspired Ski Movie Tour comes to the Dennison Theatre. Watch ski films, meet your favorite athletes, wins some prizes. 8 PM, $5/$12 students/$10 advance at griztix.com. Show ‘em your chops at the Open Mic with Cheree at the Eagles Lodge Missoula, 2420 South Ave. W. Runs 8:30-10:30 PM. Impress ‘em enough and you could get paid $50 as a showcased performer. Text 406396-5934 to sign up early. MURS, Red Pill and King Fantastic heat up the mic with some multiflavored hip-hop. The Palace, 9 PM. $17/$15 advance. 18 and over. Kill the Noise will pump your electronica tank full of nitro at Stage 112, with special guest Getter. Doors at 9:30 PM, show at 10. $20/$16 advance at 1111presents.com.

THURSDAYOCT15 Motherhood Out Loud explores the comedy as well as the personal truths inherent in parenthood. Top Hat Lounge, 7 PM. $10 at ticketfly.com. If you’re in charge of kids in any way, you know it can be

trying. Join comedic speaker Doug Fields for Beautiful Mess, as he shares his ideas on how to give kids purpose in their lives. At the Wilma, doors at 6 PM, show at 7. $8 at thewilma.com.

Pitch Perfect is this week’s Outdoor Movie at the UM Oval. Anna Kendrick stars as a misfit who finds a home in a group of a cappella singers. 9 PM. Free. Clear Grain plays at the Sunrise Saloon, 9 PM. No cover.

nightlife Hone your chops at the Slow Jam where musicians will play celtic, old time and contra dance tunes at relaxed tempos so beginners can easily join in. Starving Artist Cafe and Art Gallery, 3020 S. Reserve St., off the corner of Reserve and Harve. Every third Thursday of the month from 6–7:30 PM. Visit missoulastarvingartist.com or email rocu@rocketmail.com for more info.

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Tom Catmull plays original folk-blues at Draught Works Brewery, 6–8 PM. Free. Andrea Harsell plays acoustic rock and folk at Bitter Root Brewing, 6–8 PM. Free. Elwood plays the Lolo Peak Brewery taproom. 6–8 PM. Free. Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street begins its twoweek run at MCT. Oct. 15–18, and Oct. 21–25. For tickets and info, visit MTCinc.org.

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MOUNTAIN HIGH T here might be scattered reports of rogue snowstorms in Southwest Montana, and some tantalizing Facebook video of blizzard conditions south of Butte last weekend, but ski season is still several torturous weeks away. To keep you powder hounds from going all fist-through-thedrywall, can’t-wait apeshit, there’s the Inspired Ski Movie Tour, bringing eye-popping ski adventures to the big screen at Dennison Theatre. The program features three ski films. Be Inspired is a five-minute quickie featuring the worldwide shredding of pro skiers Phil Casabon and Henrick Harlaut. In Search, filmed in Alaska and British Columbia, showcases fun and innovative skiing in all kinds of backcountry terrain.

Award-winning feature film The Masquerade rounds out the program, with the story of five pro skiers who scam their own industry while getting involved in the underground gambling world of Whistler, B.C. This ski-centric party will also feature a swag toss and group photos for Instagram. Casabon and Harlaut will be on hand to sign posters and answer questions, such as, “When the hell is it going to snow, already?” —Ednor Therriault

Inspired Ski Movie Tour plays at the Dennison Theatre Wed., Oct. 14, 8 PM. $15/$12 students/$10 advance. Tickets at griztix.com.

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Get powdered up and double check your bolts for the 10th Annual Reel Rock Film Tour. This program of climbing and adventure films also features a raffle. UC Theater, 7 PM. $12/$10 advance at the Outdoor Program, campusrec@mso.umt.edu.

Join fellow morning ambulators for Fall Coffee Walks every week, part of Parks and Rec’s “Too Much Fun Tuesdays” program. Meet at Currents, walk a local trail (ride to trailhead provided), then hang a local coffee shop. Currents, 9 AM–noon, $5.

FRIDAY OCTOBER 9 The Fall Planetarium Show is open to the public, sponsored by the Dept. of Physics and Astronomy. UM’s Payne Family Native American Center, 6:30– 8 PM. $6 adults/$4 children. For tickets visit eventbrite.com. Get your glow sticks ready. The Missoula Independent presents Night of the Griz, a nighttime 5K suitable for all ages and abilities. Friends and family can run as a team or individually through the streets of beautiful downtown Missoula, along the Clark Fork River and through University of Montana’s majestic campus, looping back and finishing in Caras Park. A light show and DJ at Caras Park will get the run started, and Glow Zones along the course will keep the party going! The run kicks off at Caras Park at 8 PM. $35. To register, go to nightofthegriz.com.

SATURDAY OCTOBER 10 Not in our house, says Montana’s favorite sports team. The Griz defend their home field against Weber State at Washington Grizzly Stadium. Kickoff is at 2 PM. For tickets, visit griztix.com.

Folf in the Park! Join the Garden City Flyers for a free round of disc golf every Tuesday, part of Parks and Rec’s “Too Much Fun Tuesday” program. Fort Missoula, 5–7 PM, all ages. The Montana Dirt Girls kick into gear with group cycling trips and hiking in the Missoula area, meeting up at 6 PM every Tuesday at various locations. Visit mtdirtgirls.tripod.com to sign up for the mailing list and find out more. The Rocky Mountaineers meeting will feature a presentation on bike packing in Montana. The Trail Head, 221 E. Front St., 7 PM. Free and open to the public.

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pair of blue and black kingfishers zoomed overhead, chattering, as I chose a dry spot among the rocks on the edge of the Clark Fork to eat a sandwich and turn my face to the sun on this perfect autumn afternoon. As the water burbled around me, weaving through the smooth stones toward the main channel, I could feel knots of stress begin to loosen. The kingfishers were chased off by a crow, then the curious corvid swooped in just over my head, lighting on a rock 10 feet away. She regarded me the way crows do, head pulled back, quartered to the side, looking with one obsidian eye. “Nice day to be on the river,” I said, hoisting my water bottle. Any day is a nice day to be on the river. The tributaries that wind through our landscapes and gather smaller tributaries, joining bigger ones as they course inexorably to the ocean, feed us all with energy and abundant life. From the discovery of Moses in the bullrushes of the Nile to the lyrical

descriptions of flyfishing the Blackfoot in Norman McLean’s A River Runs Through It, authors and poets, filmmakers and musicians have shared their stories of rivers forever. Life is a river. Springsteen explained it all in a double album. The Jeannette Rankin Peace Center invites you to celebrate rivers this Sunday for their annual Peace Party. This year’s theme is “Peace Like a River,” honoring the life-giving resource of the world’s waters. Along with live entertainment, there will be kids’ activities, silent auctions, and dinner provided by Homestead Organics. You’ll be eating better than that crow, who had to make do with a piece of bread crust. —Ednor Therriault Jeannette Rankin Peace Center’s annual Peace Party is Sun., Oct. 11 at Caras Park, 3– 7 PM. Tickets are $30–$55. Sponsored tables are also available. Tickets available at JRPC, 519 S. Higgins, or at jrpc.org.

[AGENDA LISTINGS] THURSDAY OCTOBER 8 Learn more about the Smart Schools 2020 initiative, and how it will help improve the state of our schools’ infrastructure and technology. Open house at Seeley-Swan High School, 5–6 PM.

FRIDAY OCTOBER 9 Learn more about the Smart Schools 2020 initiative, and how it will help improve the state of our schools’ infrastructure and technology. Open house at Big Sky High School, 5:30–6:30 PM.

SATURDAY OCTOBER 10 Keep It In The Ground is a rally for climate change solutions. Folks from across Montana will converge on the State Capitol to demand action against climate change. Car and vanpools leave Missoula from the E. Broadway Park-n-Ride at 9 AM. Learn more and RSVP at 350missoula.org/rally.

MONDAY OCTOBER 12 Sip a fancy soda for a cause at this edition of Moscow Monday at the Montgomery Distillery,

129 W. Front St. A dollar from every drink sold is donated to a cause each week. Family friendly, from noon–8 PM.

TUESDAY OCTOBER 13 Draught Works Brewing’s Cheers for Charity night supports a local charity or nonprofit. Every Tuesday the Northside brew pub donates 50 cents of each pint sold between 5 PM and closing time.

WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 14 The Mansfield Center’s Brown Bag Lunch Series continues with “Collaborative Responses to Sexual Exploitation in our State.” University Center Room 331/332, 12:10 PM–1 PM. People suffering from Lyme disease, as well as their family and friends, are invited to the Lyme Disease Support Group at St. Francis Community Hall, 411 S. Fifth St. in Hamilton. Meets on the second Wednesday of every month at 1 PM. Call 360-1415 or 360-0170 for more info.

AGENDA is dedicated to upcoming events embodying activism, outreach and public participation. Send your who/what/when/where and why to AGENDA, c/o the Independent, 317 S. Orange, Missoula, MT 59801. You can also email entries to calendar@missoulanews.com or send a fax to (406) 543-4367. AGENDA’s deadline for editorial consideration is 10 days prior to the issue in which you’d like your information to be included. When possible, please include appropriate photos/artwork.

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DO I LOOK INFATUATED IN THIS? Is there anything inherently bad about getting into a serious relationship quickly? I met this guy about a month ago. We hit it off instantly, became boyfriend and girlfriend two weeks later, and have been dropping I-love-yous. It all feels pretty great; I don’t have a history of poor relationship judgment; and I wasn’t desperate or even looking for a new partner. However, popular opinion seems to run against getting involved so fast. Your thoughts? —Speedy Ah, yes ... your love is like a summer’s day—if a summer’s day chased its lemonade with two Red Bulls and a five-shot latte. It’s easy for you to assume you’re in your right mind, just because you haven’t started throwing peanuts at people in the park while debating abortion with a squirrel. But there are three stages of love: the “falling in it” stage, the “figuring out how it’ll work” stage, and finally, the “you’re the one!” commitment stage. You’re in the starting days of the “falling in it” stage—getting hit by rushing hormones and neurotransmitters—which is to say that you’re chemically dazed. Which is to say that making any sort of decision about what you two have is like getting really high and going off to sign papers for a bank loan. In fact, according to research by psychiatry professor Donatella Marazziti, it’s likely that right now, you and this guy are each chemically different people—and thus behaviorally different people—than you will be once the chemical storm dies down. Marazziti found significant shifts in testosterone levels in both men and women who’d recently fallen in love. Compared with single people and people who’d been in relationships awhile, women newly in love had elevated testosterone, likely making them more sexually tigress-y, while the T levels of men newly in love dropped, likely making them more gooey and emotional— to the point where even a Navy SEAL might start sounding like a Valentine’s Day card. How long the biochemical inebriation lasts varies, but Marazziti’s research suggests that couples are pretty much out of the falling in love daze a year to two years later. It’s only then—once you sober up—that you find out what you actually have together. The kind of love that sticks around is not just a feeling but a feeling that inspires loving action. As novelist Marlon James, quoting a former lover, put it: “Love isn’t saying ‘I love

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TAURUS (April 20-May 20): As I meditated on your astrological aspects, I had an intuition that I should go to a gem fair I’d heard about. It was at an event center near my home. When I arrived, I was dazzled to find a vast spread of minerals, fossils, gemstones, and beads. Within a few minutes, two stones had commanded my attention, as if they’d reached out to me telepathically: chrysoprase, a green gemstone, and petrified wood, a mineralized fossil streaked with earth tones. The explanatory note next to the chrysoprase said that if you keep this gem close to you, it “helps make conscious what has been unconscious.” Ownership of the petrified wood was described as conferring “the power to remove obstacles.” I knew these were the exact oracles you needed. I bought both stones, took them home, and put them on an altar dedicated to your success in the coming weeks.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): If I warned you not to trust anyone, I hope you would reject my simplistic fear-mongering. If I suggested that you trust everyone unconditionally, I hope you would dismiss my delusional naiveté. But it’s important to acknowledge that the smart approach is far more difficult than those two extremes. You’ve got to evaluate each person and even each situation on a case-by-case basis. There may be unpredictable folks who are trustworthy some of the time, but not always. Can you be both affably open-hearted and slyly discerning? It’s especially important that you do so in the next 16 days.

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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): We all go through phases when we are tempted to believe in the factuality of every hostile, judgmental, and random thought that our monkey mind generates. I am not predicting that this is such a time for you. But I do want to ask you to be extra skeptical toward your monkey mind’s fabrications. Right now it’s especially important that you think as coolly and objectively as possible. You can’t afford to be duped by anyone’s crazy talk, including your own. Be extra vigilant in your quest for the raw truth.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Do you know about the ancient Greek general Pyrrhus? At the Battle of Asculum in 279 BCE, his army technically defeated Roman forces, but his casualties were so substantial that he ultimately lost the war. You can and you must avoid a comparable scenario. Fighting for your cause is good only if it doesn’t wreak turmoil and bewilderment. If you want to avoid an outcome in which both sides lose, you’ve got to engineer a result in which both sides win. Be a cagey compromiser.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): If I could give you a birthday present, it would be a map to your future treasure. Do you know which treasure I’m referring to? Think about it as you fall asleep on the next eight nights. I’m sorry I can’t simply provide you with the instructions you’d need to locate it. The cosmic powers tell me you have not yet earned that right. The second-best gift I can offer, then, will be clues about how to earn it. Clue #1. Meditate on the differences between what your ego wants and what your soul needs. #2. Ask yourself, “What is the most unripe part of me?”, and then devise a plan to ripen it. #3. Invite your deep mind to give you insights you haven’t been brave enough to work with until now. $4. Take one medium-sized bold action every day.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Galway Kinnell’s poem “Middle of the Way” is about his solo trek through the snow on Oregon’s Mount Gauldy. As he wanders in the wilderness, he remembers an important truth about himself: “I love the day, the sun . . . But I know [that] half my life belongs to the wild darkness.” According to my reading of the astrological omens, Scorpio, now is a good time for you, too, to refresh your awe and reverence for the wild darkness—and to recall that half your life belongs to it. Doing so will bring you another experience Kinnell describes: “an inexplicable sense of joy, as if some happy news had been transmitted to me directly, by-passing the brain.”

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): The last time I walked into a McDonald’s and ordered a meal was 1984. Nothing that the restaurant chain serves up is appealing to my taste or morality. I do admire its adaptability, however. In cow-loving India, McDonald’s only serves vegetarian fare that includes deep-fried cheese and potato patties. In Israel, kosher McFalafels are available. Mexicans order their McMuffins with refried beans and pico de gallo. At a McDonald’s in Singapore, you can order McRice burgers. This is the type of approach I advise for you right now, Sagittarius. Adjust your offerings for your audience.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): You have been flirting with your “alone at the top” reveries. I won’t be surprised if one night you have a dream of riding on a Ferris wheel that malfunctions, leaving you stranded at the highest point. What’s going on? Here’s what I suspect: In one sense you are zesty and farseeing. Your competence and confidence are waxing. At the same time, you may be out of touch with what’s going on at ground level. Your connection to the depths is not as intimate as your relationship with the heights. The moral of the story might be to get in closer contact with your roots. Or be more attentive to your support system. Or buy new shoes and underwear. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): I haven’t planted a garden for years. My workload is too intense to devote enough time to that pleasure. So eight weeks ago I was surprised when a renegade sunflower began blooming in the dirt next to my porch. How did the seed get there? Via the wind? A passing bird that dropped a potential meal? The gorgeous interloper eventually grew to a height of four feet and produced a boisterous yellow flower head. Every day I muttered a prayer of thanks for its guerrilla blessing. I predict a comparable phenomenon for you in the coming days, Aquarius.

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AND TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: A Fact Finding Hearing will be held on this matter on: October 20, 2015 at 1:30 P.M. at Pierce County Family and Juvenile Court, 5501 6th Avenue, Tacoma WA 98406. YOU SHOULD BE PRESENT AT THIS HEARING. THE HEARING WILL DETERMINE IF YOUR CHILD IS DEPENDENT AS DEFINED IN RCW 13.34.030(6). THIS BEGINS A JUDICIAL PROCESS WHICH COULD RESULT IN PERMANENT LOSS OF YOUR PARENTAL RIGHTS. IF YOU DO NOT APPEAR AT THE HEARING THE COURT MAY ENTER A DEPENDENCY ORDER IN YOUR ABSENCE. To request a copy of the Notice, Summons, and Dependency Petition, calls DSHS at 1-800-423-6246. To view information about your rights in this proceeding, go to www.atg.wa.gov/DPY.aspx. DATED this 8th day of September 2015 by MARGARET PIWONSKI, Deputy County Clerk MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 3 Cause No. DP-15-180 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF MARILYN J. COFFEE, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the above named Estate. All persons having claims against the said deceased are required to present their claims within four (4) months after the date of the first publication of this Notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to PATRICIA ANNE KIRSCHTEN, the Personal Representative, return receipt requested, c/o Reely Law Firm, P.C., 3819 Stephens Avenue, Suite 201, Missoula, Montana 59801, or filed with the Clerk of the above-entitled Court. DATED this 15th day of September, 2015. /s/ Patricia Anne Kirschten, Personal Representative REELY LAW FIRM, P.C. 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. DP15-146 Dept. No. 3 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF STANLEY PEARCE, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has

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MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Cause No. DV14-1287 Dept. No. 4 SUMMONS FOR PUBLICATION DANIEL J. YOUNG, Plaintiff, vs. BRYCE ERROL BONDURANT; JAMES ARTHUR BONDURANT; DENICE MAE BONDURANT; and all other persons unknown, claiming or who might claim any right, title, estate, or interest in, or lien or encumbrance upon, the real property described in the Complaint, or any part thereof, adverse to Plaintiff ’s ownership, or any cloud upon Plaintiff ’s title thereto, whether such claim or possible claim be present or contingent, inchoate or accrued, Defendants. THE STATE OF MONTANA SENDS GREETINGS TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANT: DENICE MAE BONDURANT and all other persons unknown, claiming or who might claim any right, title, estate, or interest in, or lien or encumbrance upon, the real property described in the Complaint, or any part thereof, adverse to Plaintiff ’s ownership, or any cloud upon Plaintiff ’s title thereto, whether such claim or possible claim be present or contingent, inchoate or accrued YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Complaint in this action, which is filed in the office of the Clerk of this Court, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to file your answer and serve a copy thereof upon the Plaintiff ’s attorney within twenty-one (21) days after the service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service. In case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief de-

MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Cause No.: DV15-406 Dept. No.: 3 Notice of Hearing on Name Change In the Matter of the Name Change of Lori Jean Richards Langan, Petitioner This is notice that Petitioner has asked the District Court for a change of name from Lori Jean Richards Langan to Lori Josey Moralez. The hearing will be on 10/08/15 at 9:00 a.m. The hearing will be at the Courthouse in Missoula County. Date: 9/1/15 /s/ Shirley E. Faust, Clerk of District Court By: /s/ Matt Tanna, Deputy Clerk of Court MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Department No. 2 Cause No. DP-15-123 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF TERESA JEANETTE DRAKOS, DECEDENT. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed as Successor Personal Representative of the abovenamed estate. All persons having claims against the said estate are required to present their claim within four (4) months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to Edward Copps, return receipt requested, at St. Peter Law Offices, P.C., 2620 Radio Way, P.O. Box 17255, Missoula, MT 59808, or filed with the Clerk of the above-entitled Court. DATED this 16th day of September, 2015. ST. PETER LAW OFFICES, P.C. /s/ Michael O’Brien I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true, accurate and complete

to the best of my knowledge and belief. DATED this 16th day of September, 2015. /s/ Edward Copps, Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Department No. 4 Cause No. DP-15-169 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF HELEN W. QUINN. Deceased NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned have been appointed as Co-Personal Representatives of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the said estate are required to present their claim within four (4) months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to Braden Quinn and Krystie Zarllin, return receipt requested, at St. Peter Law Offices, P.C., 2620 Radio Way, P.O. Box 17255, Missoula, MT 59808, or filed with the Clerk of the above-entitled Court. DATED this 31st day of August, 2015. ST. PETER LAW OFFICES, P.C. /s/ Don C. St. Peter I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true, accurate and complete to the best of my knowledge and belief. DATED this 20th day of August, 2015. /s/ Krystie Zarlin, Co-Personal Representative /s/ Braden Quinn, Co-Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 1 Hon. Leslie Halligan Probate No. DP-15-193 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF DARRYL JOHN MARIUCCI, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that KATHRYN M. MARIUCCI has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named Estate. All persons having claims against the said deceased are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of this Notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to KATHRYN M. MARIUCCI, the Personal Representative, return receipt requested,in care of Thiel Law Office, PLLC, 327 West Pine, PO Box 8125, Missoula, Montana 59807 or filed with the Clerk of the above-entitled Court. DATED this 30th day of September, 2015. THIEL LAW OFFICE PLLC Attorney for Personal Representative /s/ Matthew B. Thiel

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These pets may be adopted at Missoula Animal Control 541-7387 LENA•

Lena is a 6-year-old female Rottweiler/German Shepherd mix. Lena loves people, but really does not enjoy dogs or cats. She would need to be in an only pet household, but would love to have a few older kids to play with. Lena has been adopted and returned to the shelter twice in her lifetime. She's really looking for a forever home where she can retire and never have to leave.

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THEODORE•Theodore is a 2-year-old male American Pit Bull Terrier. He is a big goofy boy who loves to play tug with the leash, has a fascination for squeaker toys, and can often be found carrying big plush toys in his mouth. He can be a little excited when you first get him on leash, but he walks really well on leash once he gets going. Theodore can be a little dog selective. He will also need a home with no cats. CORKY•Corky is an 8 year-old-male Pekingese. This little guy loves everybody and everything. He's the happiest little one-eyed dog you've ever met. His only fault is that he could stand to lose a little weight. Corky was adopted from the shelter six months ago and returned because of his owner's failing health conditions. He'd be a great dog for a young family or a retired person.

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MARGIE•Margie is a 4-6-year-old female Tabby/Tortie. Margie is a rather loving kitty, but can still be a little cantankerous when things don't go her way. She loves lap time and ear rubs, but complains a great deal when you have to pick her up from a favorite lounging spot. Margie is declawed, which means she will need to be an indoor-only cat.

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ZEEK•Zeek is a 2-4-year-old male Gray Tabby. He is a very affectionate and attentive cat. He would love nothing more than to spend his day rubbing his head against you, receiving belly rubs, and playing with string toys. This handsome gentleman craves human interaction and would like a home with more than one person to adore him. ANN• Ann is a 8-10-year-old female Lilac Point Ragdoll. She is a very sweet cat with the most rewarding purr when you give her attention. Ann has been a little depressed at the shelter lately. This was likely not the retirement home she had envisioned for herself. Ann would love a quiet home with someone who would enjoy helping her keep groomed, as she loves to be brushed.

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These pets may be adopted at the Humane Society of Western Montana 549-3934 BETHANY• Miss Bethany is a cute little girl who is now grown-up enough to find her forever home. Playful and active, this young lady loves to play with toys and then settle down for a kitten-nap. If you are looking for a snuggly and playful kitten, come meet Bethany at Petco this Saturday from noon to 3pm. We'll have other kittens available, too, just in case Bethany goes home sooner!

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PRETTY• Pretty by name, pretty by nature. This lovely brindle Pit Bull Terrier mix was recently found in Missoula. Now she's available for adoption. Friendly and protective, this lady enjoys swimming and playing with some of her fellow canines. If you find her as beautiful as we do, come visit Pretty today!

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BANDIT•Meed Bandit, a handome gentleman with striking blue eyes! Playful, friendly and vocal, this guy is always ready for a good conversation. He enjoys hunting bugs and playing with random items such as shoelaces and pens that he considers to be toys. Curious and a bit mischievous, this lap cat also likes to play hide-andseek with household items, sleep, and use his scratching post.

SOPHIE• Meet Sophie, a 7-year-old Vizsla/Rhodesian Ridgeback mix! If you loved "Dug" (from the movie Up) you will love this sweet & energetic lady! She absolutely loves to be with humans whether it's an adventure up Blue Mountain or curling up on the couch to Missoula’s Locally Owned Neighborhood Pet Supply Store watch a movie. She gets along great with other www.gofetchdog.com - 728-2275 South Russell • North Reserve dogs, but would prefer a cat-free home.

ROCKY•Rocky is a 9-year-old hound, but don't let his white muzzle fool you! This happy-golucky soul is still young at heart. Rocky loves swimming, hiking, and going for car rides. He still has plenty of energy to be your best friend on your outdoor adventures, but is mature enough to relax with you on the couch at the end of the day. Come meet Rocky at the Humane Society of Western Montana on Tues-Fri 1-6 or Sat 12-5.

PIPPA• Pippa is in our volunteer Paws Ahead dog training program and has learned a variety of skills. She’d love to continue her education in a Basic Manners class at the Humane Society of Western Montana once she’s adopted. These group classes teach you how to use reward-based training to train your dog and are only $85 for dogs adopted from any shelter.

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PUBLIC NOTICES MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 2 Cause No. DV-15-980 SUMMONS FOR PUBLICATION ED A. STEVENSON and MAROLANE L. STEVENSON, Plaintiffs, v. JOHN VANN, BEULA M. VANN, THOMAS L. METCALF, DELORES E. HERRON, GRAYDON HALLOCK, MARCI HALLOCK, AND ALL UNKNOWN OWNERS, UNKNOWN HEIRS, OR ANY UNKNOWN DEVISEES OF ANY DECEASED PERSON, AND ALL OTHER PERSONS, UNKNOWN, CLAIMING OR WHO MIGHT CLAIM ANY RIGHT, TITLE, ESTATE OR INTEREST IN OR LIEN OR ENCUMBRANCE UPON THE REAL PROPERTY DESCRIBED IN THE COMPLAINT ADVERSE TO PLAINTIFFS; OWNERSHIP OR ANY CLOUD UPON PLAINTIFFS’ TITLE THERETO, WHETHER SUCH CLAIM OR POSSIBLE CLAIM BE PRESENT OR CONTINGENT, Defendants. THE STATE OF MONTANA TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANTS, GREETINGS: You are hereby SUMMONED to answer the Complaint to Quiet Title in this Action which is filed with the above-named Court, a copy of which is served upon you, and to file your written answer with the Court and serve a copy thereof upon Petitioner’s attorney within twenty-one (21) days after service of this SUMMONS FOR PUBLICATION, or such other period as may be specified by law, exclusive of the day of service. Your failure to appear or answer will result in judgment against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint. A filing fee must accompany the answer. This action is brought for the purpose of quieting title the following-described real property located in Missoula County, Montana: A tract of land located in the East one-half of the Northeast one-quarter of Section 27, Township 11 North, Range 20 West, P.M.M., and more particularly described as follows: Beginning at a point on the east boundary of said Section 27, which point is N.0º45’10”W., 1272.63 feet from the East quarter section corner of said Section 27; thence N.0º45’10”W., along the said East boundary of Section 27, 354.51 feet; thence West 1322.32 feet to the East boundary of a County Road; thence S.0º50’15”E., along said County Road boundary 354.52 feet; thence East 1321.82 feet to the point of

beginning. Recording Reference: Book 135 at Page 1406 Micro Records. DATED this 21st day of September, 2015. /s/ Shirley E. Faust By: Michael Evjen, Deputy Clerk NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 06/22/09, recorded as Instrument No. 200917081 Bk: 843 Pg: 723, mortgage records of MISSOULA County, Montana in which Rebecca S. Mathews, unmarried was Grantor, Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. solely as nominee for Nationstar Mortgage LLC was Beneficiary and LSI - Lender’s Service, Inc. was Trustee. First American Title Insurance Company has succeeded LSI Lender’s Service, Inc. as Successor Trustee. The Deed of Trust encumbers real property (“Property”) located in MISSOULA County, Montana, more particularly described as follows: Lot 3 in Block “B” of Meadowlark Addition No. 1, a Platted Subdivision in Missoula County, Montana, according to the Official Recorded Plat thereof. By written instrument recorded as Instrument No. 201406112 Bk: 928 Pg: 435, beneficial interest in the Deed of Trust was assigned to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.. 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 03/01/14 installment payment and all monthly installment payments due thereafter. As of August 6, 2015, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $216,806.83. This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $194,602.81, plus accrued interest, accrued late charges, accrued escrow installments for insurance and/or taxes (if any) and advances for the protection of beneficiary’s security interest (if any). Because of the defaults stated above, Beneficiary has elected to sell the Property to satisfy the Loan and has instructed Successor Trustee to commence sale proceedings. Successor Trustee will sell the Property at public auction on the front steps of the Missoula County Courthouse, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802, City of Missoula on December 16,

MNAXLP 2015 at 11:00 AM, Mountain Time. The sale is a public sale and any person, including Beneficiary and excepting only Successor Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding at the sale location in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by trustee’s deed without any representation or warranty, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis. Grantor, successor in interest to Grantor or any other person having an interest in the Property may, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, pay to Beneficiary the entire amount then due on the Loan (including foreclosure costs and expenses actually incurred and trustee’s and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred. Tender of these sums shall effect a cure of the defaults stated above (if all non-monetary defaults are also cured) and shall result in Trustee’s termination of the foreclosure and cancellation of the foreclosure sale. The trustee’s rules of auction may be accessed at www.northwesttrustee.com and are incorporated by the reference. You may also access sale status at www.Northwesttrustee.com or USA-Foreclosure.com. (MATHEWS, REBECCA S. TS# 7023.114168) 1002.282475-File No. NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE THE FOLLOWING LEGALLY DESCRIBED TRUST PROPERTY TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE. Notice is hereby given that the undersigned Successor Trustee will, on January 8, 2016 at the hour of 11:00 AM, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, the interest in the following described real property which the Grantor has or had power to convey at the time of execution by him of the said Deed of Trust, together with any interest which the Grantor or his successors in interest acquired after the execution of said Deed of Trust, to satisfy the obligations thereby secured and the costs and expenses of sale, including reasonable charges by the Successor Trustee, at the following place: Missoula County Courthouse, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802 John A. “Joe” Solseng, a member of the Montana state bar, of Robinson Tait, P.S. is the duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to the Deed of Trust in which Shawn J. Christensen, as Grantor, conveyed said real

property to Western Title & Escrow as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC.,SOLEY AS NOMINEE FOR MOUNTAIN WEST BANK, N.A., CORPORATION, Beneficiary of the security instrument, said Deed of Trust which is dated June 18, 2009 and was recorded on June 23, 2009 as Instrument No. Book 842 of Micro Records at Page 199, of official records in the Office of the Recorder of Missoula County, Montana. The Deed of Trust encumbers real property (“Property”) located at 3534 RODEO ROAD, Missoula, MT 59803 and being more fully described as follows: LOT 3 OF STILL WATER ADDITION AT MALONEY RANCH,-PHASE I, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF, AS RECORDED IN BOOK 24 OF PLATS AT PAGE 62. The beneficial interest under said Deed of Trust and the obligations secured thereby are presently held by BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. The Beneficiary has declared the Grantor in default of the terms of the Deed of Trust and the Promissory Note (“Note”) secured by said Deed of Trust due to Grantor’s failure to timely pay all monthly installments of principal, interest and if applicable, escrow reserves for taxes and/or insurance as required by the Note and Deed of Trust. The default for which foreclosure is made is grantors’ failure to pay when due the following sums: monthly payments from March 1, 2014 totaling $27,440.05; plus late charges of $66.33; together with title expense, costs, trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees incurred herein by rea-

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will auction to the highest bidder abandoned storage units owing delinquent storage rent for the following unit(s): 24, 82, 205, 248, OS28. Units can contain furniture, cloths, chairs, toys, kitchen supplies, tools, sports equipment, books, beds, other misc household goods, vehicles & trailers. These units may be viewed starting 10/19/2015 by appt only by calling 541-7919. Written sealed bids may be submitted to storage offices at 3505 Clark Fork Way, Missoula, MT 59808 prior to 10/22/2015 at 4:00 P.M. Buyer's bid will be for entire contents of each unit offered in the sale. Only cash or money orders will be accepted for payment. Units are reserved subject to redemption by owner prior to sale. All Sales final.

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PUBLIC NOTICES son of said default; any further sums advanced by the beneficiary for the protection of the above described real property and its interest therein; and prepayment penalties/premiums, if applicable. By reason of said default, the beneficiary has declared all sums owing on the obligation secured by said trust deed immediately due and payable, said sums being the following, to wit: $225,793.38 with interest thereon at the rate of 4.62500 percent per annum beginning February 1, 2014; plus late charges of $66.33; plus escrow balance of $5,233.38; plus county recording fee of $7.00; together with title expense, costs, trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees incurred herein by reason of said default; any further sums advanced by the beneficiary for the protection of the above described property and its interest therein; and prepayment penalties/premiums, if applicable. Due to the defaults stated above, the Beneficiary has elected and has directed the Trustee to sell the above-described property to satisfy the obligation. Notice is further given that any person named has the right, at any time prior to the date last set for the sale, to have this foreclosure proceeding dismissed and the Deed of Trust reinstated by making payment to the Beneficiary of the entire amount then due (other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred) and by curing any other default complained of herein that is capable of being cured by tendering the performance required under the obligation or to cure the default, by paying all costs and expenses actually incurred in enforcing the obligation and Deed of Trust, together with Successor Trustee’s and attorney’s fees. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Successor Trustee and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. Dated: 7/28/2015 /s/ John A. “Joe” Solseng John A. “Joe” Solseng, a member of the Montana state bar, of Robinson Tait, P.S., MSB #11800 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on December 11, 2015, 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 44 OF PLEASANT VIEW HOMES NO. 2, PHASE II, A PLATTED

SUBDIVISION IN MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF LANCE HILAND, as Grantor, conveyed said real property to Charles J Peterson, Mackoff, Kellogg, Kirby & Kloster, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated on September 30, 2002, and recorded on October 1, 2002 as Book 689 Page 738 under Document no. 200228243. The beneficial interest is currently held by Nationstar Mortgage LLC. First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., is the Successor Trustee pursuant to a Substitution of Trustee recorded in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Missoula County, Montana. The beneficiary has declared a default in the terms of said Deed of Trust by failing to make the monthly payments due in the amount of $806.16, beginning March 1, 2015, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan. The total amount due on this obligation as of July 6, 2015 is $98,204.76 principal, interest at the rate of 6.62500% now totaling $2,799.97, late charges in the amount of $96.75, escrow advances of $1,433.66, suspense balance of $0.00 and other fees and expenses advanced of $66.01, plus accruing interest at the rate of $18.07 per diem, late charges, and other costs and fees that may be advanced. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary, the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust. Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds of this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation. The sale is a public sale and any person, including the beneficiary, excepting only the Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or

MNAXLP cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by Trustee’s Deed without any representation or warranty, including warranty of Title, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an asis, where-is basis, without limitation, the sale is being made subject to all existing conditions, if any, of lead paint, mold or other environmental or health hazards. The sale purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th day following the sale. The grantor, successor in interest to the grantor or any other person having an interest in the property, 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: August 4, 2015 /s/ Dalia Martinez Assistant Secretary, First American Title Company of Montana, Inc. Successor Trustee Title Financial Specialty Services PO Box 339 Blackfoot ID 83221 STATE OF Idaho)) ss. County of Bingham) On this 4 day of August, 2015, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Dalia Martinez, know to me to be the Assistant Secretary of First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., Successor Trustee, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same. /s/ Amy Gough Notary Public Bingham County, Idaho Commission expires: 06-09-2021 Nationstar Mortgage LLCvs LANCE HILAND 1000061 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on November 23, 2015, at 11:00 o’clock A.M. at the Main Door of the Missoula County Courthouse located at 200 West Broadway in Missoula, MT 59802, the following described real property situated in Missoula County, Montana: All of lots 1 and 2

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in Block D of Replacement Plat of Lapoint Addition, a platted subdivision in Missoula County, Montana according to the Official recorded plat thereof George G Fifield, Jr. and Nina J Fifield, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to Charles J Peterson at Mackoff, Kellogg, Kirby & Kloster, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to PHH Mortgage Services, as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated August 3, 2001 recorded August 8, 2001 in Book 666 Page 283 under Document No 200119336; loan modification recorded September 19, 2006 in Book 783, Page 532 under Document no. 200623880; loan modification recorded January 23, 2015 in Book 939, Page 803 under Document no. 201501520. The beneficial interest is currently held by PHH Mortgage Corporation dba PHH Mortgage Services. First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., is the Successor Trustee pursuant to a Substitution of Trustee recorded in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Missoula County, Montana. The beneficiary has declared a default in the terms of said Deed of Trust by failing to make the monthly payments due in the amount of $524.76, beginning February 1, 2015, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan. The total amount due on this obligation as of June 4, 2015 is $81,810.40 principal, interest at the rate of 7.25% totaling $2,520.10, late charges in the amount of $52.46, escrow advances of $1,081.95 and other fees and expenses advanced of $207.61, plus accruing interest at the rate of $16.25 per diem, late charges, and other costs and fees that may be advanced. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary, the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust. Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds of this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation. The sale is a public sale and any person, including the beneficiary,

excepting only the Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by Trustee’s Deed without any representation or warranty, including warranty of Title, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an asis, where-is basis, without limitation, the sale is being made subject to all existing conditions, if any, of lead paint, mold or other environmental or health hazards. The sale purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th day following the sale. The grantor, successor in interest to the grantor or any other person having an interest in the property, 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: July 16, 2015 /s/ Dalia Martinez Assistant Secretary, First American Title Company of Montana, Inc. Successor Trustee Title Financial Specialty Services PO Box 339 Blackfoot ID 83221 STATE OF Idaho)) ss. County of Bingham) On this 16th day of July, 2015 before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Dalia Martinez, know to me to be the Assistant Secretary of First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., Successor Trustee, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same. /s/ Shannon Gavin Notary Public Bingham County, Idaho Commission expires: 01/19/2018 Phh V Fifield 42067.173 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on November 9, 2015, at 11:00 o’clock A.M. at the Main Door of the Missoula County Court-

house located at 200 West Broadway in Missoula, MT 59802, the following described real property situated in Missoula County, Montana: Lot 18A of Car Line Addition, Block 15, Lots 17A, 18A, 19A, 20A and 21A, a platted subdivision in Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded plat thereof, recorded in Book 23 of plat at page 66 Together with an easement across the Southerly 8 feet of Lot 17A of said subdivision for utility purposes Gabriel T Moree, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to Insured Titles, LLC, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated April 4, 2006 recorded April 6, 2006 in Book 771 Page 932 under Document No 200607683. The beneficial interest is currently held by U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee, on behalf of the holders of the Home Equity Asset Trust 2006-6; Home Equity Pass Through Certificates, Series 2006-6. First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., is the Successor Trustee pursuant to a Substitution of Trustee recorded in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Missoula County, Montana. The beneficiary has declared a default in the terms of said Deed of Trust by failing to make the monthly payments due in the amount of $910.06, beginning February 1, 2014, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan. The total amount due on this obligation as of May 7, 2015 is $129,689.44 principal, interest at the rate of 7.99% totaling $13,947.18, late charges in the amount of $630.16, escrow advances of $7,749.99, and other fees and expenses advanced of $3,494.73, plus accruing interest at the rate of $28.22 per diem, late charges, and other costs and fees that may be advanced. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary, the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust. Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds of this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale and late

charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation. The sale is a public sale and any person, including the beneficiary, excepting only the Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by Trustee’s Deed without any representation or warranty, including warranty of Title, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an asis, where-is basis, without limitation, the sale is being made subject to all existing conditions, if any, of lead paint, mold or other environmental or health hazards. The sale purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th day following the sale. The grantor, successor in interest to the grantor or any other person having an interest in the property, 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: July 2, 2015 /s/ Dalia Martinez Assistant Secretary, First American Title Company of Montana, Inc. Successor Trustee Title Financial Specialty Services PO Box 339 Blackfoot ID 83221 STATE OF Idaho)) ss. County of Bingham) On this 2nd day of July , 2015, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Dalia Martinez, know to me to be the Assistant Secretary of First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., Successor Trustee, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same. /s/ Shannon Gavin Notary Public Bingham County, Idaho Commission expires: 01/19/2018/ Select V Moree 42085.107

RENTALS APARTMENTS

W/S/G paid. NO PETS, NO SMOKING Gatewest 728-7333

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1 bedroom, 1 bath, $550, Downtown near Public Library & walk to U of M, large walk in closet, carport parking, W/S/G Paid. NO PETS, NO SMOKING. Gatewest 728-7333

Palace Apartments 149 W. Broadway is currently renting studio, 1 and 2 bedroom apartments, starting at $533. The 2 bedroom is ADA 504 accessible. This is an income quality propa is Palace The erty. beautiful, historic, recently remodeled property, with elevators and onsite management. The units are light and airy with tall ceilings and wood floors. Centrally located near bus line, the river and Caras Park. Only tenant paid utility is electric; about $15-$25 monthly. Income restrictions apply. Call Elizabeth Marshall 406.549.4113 ext. 130 for more info!

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1 bedroom, 1 bath, $685, Newer Complex, DW, W/D hookups, large walk in closet, off-street parking, balcony, Heat Paid. NO PETS, NO SMOKING Gatewest 728-7333 1024 Stephens Ave. #1 2 bed/1 bath, central location, coin-ops, cat? $725. Grizzly Property Management 542-2060 1918 Scott St. “D”. 2 bed/1 bath, Northside, coin-ops, storage. $725 Grizzly Property Management 542-2060 2 bedroom, 1 bath, $650, Northside of Missoula, W/D hookups, fenced yard, off-street parking. S/G paid. NO PETS, NO SMOKING Gatewest 7287333 2208 Foothills: 3 Bedroom, All redone, Garage & huge storage, Dining, $995. Garden City Property Management 549-6106 3712 W. Central #3. 2 bed/1 bath, Target Range, W/D hookups, storage, shared yard, pet? $725. Grizzly Property Management 542-2060 818 Stoddard St. “C”. 2 bed/1 bath, Northside, W/D hookups, storage. $700. Grizzly Property Management 542-2060 NEW COMPLEX!! Near Southgate Mall, Studio, 1 bedroom, 3 $575bath, bed/2 $1,150/month, wood flooring, A/C, DW, new appliances, walk in closets, coin-op laundry, storage & off-street parking.

PUBLISHER’S NOTICE

EQUAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITY All real estate advertising in this newspaper is subject to the Federal and State Fair Housing Acts, which makes it illegal to advertise any preference, limitation, or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status or national origin, marital status, age, and/or creed or intention to make any such preferences, limitations, or discrimination. Familial status includes children under the age of 18 living with parents or legal custodians, and pregnant women and people securing custody of children under 18. This newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate that is in violation of the law. Our readers are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised in this newspaper are available on an equal opportunity basis. To report discrimination in housing call HUD at toll-free at 1-800-8777353 or Montana Fair Housing toll-free at 1-800-929-2611

Russell Square apartments, located at 1235 34th street, is currently renting two bedroom units, beginning at $660.00. These traditional, 2 bedroom units have full kitchens, bath as well as W/D hookups, and onsite parking. W/S/G/H is provided, and residents are responsible for their own electric. RSA is located on the Southside, with shopping, golf and swimming just minutes away! RSA is also a 55+ community, with accessibility units available. Income and lease rePlease call strictions apply. at P.M., Reed, Matthew 406.549.4113 x118 today, for more information!” Studio, $550, near The Good Food Store, separate room for bedroom but no door, DW, Coinop Laundry, off-street Parking, Heat Paid. NO PETS, NO SMOKING Gatewest 728-7333 The Garden District Apartments, located at 1665 Milwaukee Way, is currently renting 1 and 2 bedroom units, starting at $595.00. Our beautiful, modern units include HVAC, stacked W/D, as well as on-site parking, and personal storage. W/S/G is provided. The units are located adjacent to the Milwaukee Bike Trail system, as well as shopping and transportation services. This is an income qualifying property, so please call today to discuss your options and potentially new apartment!” Call Matthew Reed, P.M., at the Missoula Housing Authority at 406.549.4113 x118, today!

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1016 Charlo St. #2. 2 bed/1 bath, Northside, W/D hookups, storage, small yard. $700. Grizzly Property Management 5422060 1706 Scott St. “B” 1 bed/1 bath, Northside, lower unit, shared yard, all utilities paid, pet? $700 Grizzly Property Management 542-2060 3915 Buckley Place. 2 bed/1 bath, W/D hookups, single garage. $725. Grizzly Property Management 542-2060

524 S. 5th St. E. “B”. 2 bed/1 bath, 2 blocks to U, W/D, all utilities included. $1000 Grizzly Property Management 5422060 Triplex 2329 Fairview Ave. #2. 2 bed/1 bath, upper unit, off-street parking, shared yard, deck. $725. Grizzly Property Management 542-2060

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Lolo, 2 bedroom, 2 bath, shed, nice park. Water, sewer, garbage paid. No dogs. $710/mo. 406-544-9568 Lolo, nice park. Lot for single wide 16x80. Water, sewer No paid. garbage and dogs. $280/mo. 406-273-6034 Lot for single wide $260/mo. No pets. WSG paid.

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REAL ESTATE

"It's HA-MA Time!"--2 legit to solve.

by Matt Jones

HOMES FOR SALE 10955 Cedar Ridge. Loft bedroom, 1 bath on 20+ acres with guest house & sauna near Blue Mountain Recreation Area. $289,900. Shannon Hilliard, Prudential Missoula 239-8350. shannonhilliard5@gmail.com 1924 Kensington. Classic 3 bed, 1 bath with hardwood floors and large fenced yard. $193,000. Pat McCormick Properties 2000. 2407653 pat@properties2000.com 2 Bdr, 1 Bath, North Missoula home. $165,000. BHHSMT Properties. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com 216 Tower. 2 bed, 1 bath bungalow on 1/2 acre near Clark Fork River. $185,000. Pat McCormick, Properties 2000. 2407653 pat@properties2000.com

ACROSS

1 Fizzling firecracker 4 Aquarium growth 8 Crumbly coffeehouse buy 13 "Cheerleader" singer 14 Fishing line holder 15 James Cameron blockbuster film 16 Another name for #, before it became a "tag" 18 Certain VWs 19 Event for someone who displays a "13.1" bumper sticker 21 "Dr. Mario" platform 22 Air France destination 23 Dix + dix 26 Writer Kesey 28 Pet advocacy org. 32 ___ En-lai 33 Crankcase container 35 The Sugarhill Gang's genre 36 Highbrow monthly that's the second-oldest continuous publication in the U.S. 39 William McKinley's First Lady 40 Deletes 41 Baseball's Vizquel 42 Result of rolling in the dough, maybe? 44 "The Chronicles of Narnia" monogram 45 In an abundant way 46 1978 hit song with notable letters 48 "Doctor Who" airer 49 Adam Sandler's production company, named after two of his films 54 Comic strip frames 55 Nastygrams 58 3/4-time dance 59 "True dat!" 60 2015 Melissa McCarthy comedy 61 Duel preludes 62 Pigeon fancier on "Sesame Street" 63 Clod-breaking tool

Last week’s solution

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1 "I just realized I messed up" outburst 2 "Be Cool" actress Thurman 3 Spoon companion, in a nursery rhyme 4 Band on a sleeve 5 Toronto Maple ___ (hockey team) 6 Hand sanitizer target 7 ___-Seltzer 8 Wife of Russian prime minister Dmitry Medvedev 9 "___ Clown" (Everly Brothers song) 10 Palindromic name 11 Palindromic bread 12 Urgent care center alternatives 15 Barely open 17 End a call 20 2008 presidential candidate 23 Monitoring device in some 1990s TVs 24 "If ___ nickel ..." 25 Ephron and Dunn, for two 26 Stadium display where you'll see couples smooching 27 "___ World" ("Sesame Street" segment) 29 Groom fastidiously 30 Word after ear or Erie 31 Copycatting 33 Iron source 34 Artist's rep. 37 Some may be good to set 38 Movie like "Shaun of the Dead" or "Warm Bodies" 43 Prepare for editing 45 Classless? 47 Dermatologist's concern 48 Challenge for a dog trainer, maybe 49 Icy pellets 50 Faris of films 51 "Call me Ishmael" speaker 52 Judi Dench, e.g. 53 "A Beautiful Mind" mathematician 54 Some Brit. statesmen 56 Fitbit's was in June 2015 57 Corrosive cleaner

3 Bdr, 1 Bath, Downtown Missoula home. $295,000. BHHS Montana Properties. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 2396696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com 4 Bdr, 2 Bath, South Hills home. $205,000. BHHSMT Properties.

For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com 442 Kensington. Totally remodeled 1 bed, 1.5 bath with fenced yard, patio, deck & garage. $245,000. Rochelle Glasgow, Prudential Missoula 728-8270 glasgow@montana.com 515 Cooley. Northside 2 bed, 1 bath with double garage across from park & community gardens. $264,500. Shannon Hilliard, Prudential Missoula 239-8350 shannonhilliard5@gmail.com 5442 Prospect Drive. 4 bed, 3 bath in Grant Creek with lower level, deck & double garage. Next to open space. $349,900. Shannon Hilliard, Prudential Missoula 239-8350 shannonhilliard5@gmail.com 615 Overlook. Modern 3 bed, 2.5 bath with open floor plan, loft, balcony and double garage. $335,000. Shannon Hilliard, Prudential Missoula 239-8350 shannonhilliard5@gmail.com 6892 Alisha Drive. Brand new 3 bed, 2 bath with 3 car garage in Linda Vista. $389,900. Pat McCormick, Properties 2000. 240-7653 pat@properties2000.com 706 Hiberta. 2 bed, 1 bath one one +/- acre in Orchard Homes. $215,000. Pat McCormick, Properties 2000. 240-7653 pat@properties 2000.com 909 Rodgers. At $149,900 this three bedroom, one bath house

on the Northside is going to make someone a very nice home! Anne Jablonski, Portico Real Estate 546-5816. annierealtor@gmail.com www.movemontana.com 9755 Horseback Ridge. 3 bed, 3 bath on 5 acres with MIssion Mountain & Missoula Valley views. $385,000. Pat McCormick, Properties 2000. 2407653 pat@properties2000.com Are your housing needs changing? We can help you explore your options. Clark Fork Realty. 512 E. Broadway. (406) 728-2621. www.clarkforkrealty.com Buying or selling homes? Let me help you Find Your Way Home. Please contact me, David Loewenwarter, Realtor, BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY HOME SERVICES MONTANA PROPERTIES 406-241-3221 LOEWENWARTER.COM East Base of Mount Jumbo 970 Discovery. Awesome 3 bedroom East Missoula home in a great ‘hood with gorgeous views! $190,000 KD 2405227 porticorealestate.com Lower Rattlesnake 3bdrm/ 1ba for $249,900! Wood floors & charm. MLS# 20155982. Prudential Missoula Properties. Sheena 544-0506. If you’ve been thinking of selling your home now is the time. The local inventory is relatively low and good houses are selling quickly. Let me help you Find Your Way Home. Please contact

442 Kensington $245,000

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Cute 1 bed, 1.5 bath house on fenced and landscaped lot with deck, patio and detached oversized single garage. Total remodel throughout, including new furnace. For location and more info, view these and other properties at:

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REAL ESTATE me David Loewenwarter, Realtor, BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY HOME SERVICES MONTANA PROPERTIES 406-241-3221 LOEWENWARTER.COM Interested in real estate? Successfully helping buyers and sellers. Please contact me, David Loewenwarter, Realtor, BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY HOME SERVICES MONTANA PROPERTIES 406-241-3221 LOEWENWARTER.COM Lewis & Clark Neighborhood 631 Pattee Creek Drive. Across from Splash, wheelchair accessible, wonderful, spacious, light, beautiful Lewis & Clark area home. Over 3300 s.f. of living space. $320,000. KD 2405227 porticorealestate.com Milwaukee Trail Home 2144 Trail St. Very beautifully updated 3 bedroom 2 bath home right on the bike trail; large private back yard with gorgeous landscaping. $286,500. KD 240-5227 porticorealestate.com Natural Housebuilders & Terry Davenport Design, Inc.. Building Survivalist Homes, Sustainably, Off Grid. www.faswall.com, www.naturalhousebuilder.net. Ph: 406-3690940 & 406-642-6863.

W/D (not coin-op),carport pkg & storage unit. Great investment opportunity, must see. $89,900 view at forsalebyowner.com Listing ID: 24027866 or 406.214.7519 Uptown Flats #210. 1 bed, 1 bath modern condo on Missoula’s Northside. $149,000. Anne Jablonski, Portico Real Estate 546-5816. annierealtor@gmail.com Uptown Flats #303. Top floor unit looks out to the “M” and includes all the wonderful amenities that The Uptown Flats offers. $159,710. Anne Jablonski, Portico Real Estate 546.5816. annierealtor@gmail.com Uptown Flats #306. 1 bed, 1 bath corner unit on top floor with deck & community room. $155,000. Anne Jablonski, Por-

tico Real Estate 546-5816 annierealtor@gmail.com

MANUFACTURED HOMES 1956 8’x37’ mobile home. Located at 1839 Sherwood lot #29. Furnished trailer with covered front porch. $3,000. Contact Kent at 370-5368.

LAND FOR SALE

THE UPTOWN FLATS Unit 301 is a third larger than most of the condos at The Uptown Flats. Great for Investment or owner occupancy at $210k. New on market look it up at MoveMontana.com

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18 acre building lot with incredible views. Lolo, Sleeman Creek. $129,000. BHHS Montana Properties. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com

3338 Hollis Street $320,000 MLS# 20153915 A lovingly cared for rancher in the desirable Lewis and Clark neighborhood. 4 bed, 2 bath, functional floor plan, sunken living room, formal dining room, spacious kitchen, main floor laundry and mudroom off garage, large private backyard. Easy access to schools, shopping and downtown.

Near Good Food Store 1952 S 4th W. Centrally located 3 bedroom home in great shape with a double lot and tons of gardening, chicken coop and shop. $225,000. KD 240-5227 porticorealestate.com Open House • Sunday, Sept. 27 • 2-4PM. Lower Rattlesnake. 1149 Harrison St. Gorgeous 4 bd 2 ba, Close to Mt. Jumbo and downtown. 1922 Craftsman home, excellent condition, huge, bright modern kitchen, formal dining, 2 family rooms f o r s a l e b y o w n e r. c o m #24037586. MLS# 20154522. Buyer’s agents welcome. 5493506 for private showing. $475,000. “There once was an agent named Dave/Whose clients they all would rave. He’ll show you a house/loved by both you and your spouse. Both your time and money he’ll save.” Tony and Marcia Bacino. Please contact me David Loewenwarter, Realtor, BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY HOME SERVICES MONTANA PROPERTIES 406-241-3221 LOEWENWARTER.COM We’re not only here to sell real estate, we’re your full service senior home specialists. Clark Fork Realty. 512 E. Broadway. (406) 7282621. www.clarkforkrealty.com WHO CARES? We do, in good times & bad... Auto; SR-22; Renters; Homeowners. JT Zinn Insurance. 406-549-8201. 321 SW Higgins. Find us on Facebook. Condo for Sale-901 Rodgers St 2BR/1.5 bath, 2 level condo, quite Northside neighborhood. Carpet throughout, laminate flooring in LR. Close to downtown, bike to UM, bus stop on same block. Includes

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REAL ESTATE

4.6 acre building lot in the woods with views and privacy. Lolo, Mormon Creek Rd. $99,000. BHHS Montana Properties. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com Missoula Lot 310 Sussex. Residential Lot in a very desirable

neighborhood, close to the University, downtown, bike trails and more! 6,000 square foot, ready to build. $137,500. KD 2405227 porticorealestate.com NHN Old Freight Road, St. Ignatius. 40.69 acres with 2 creeks & Mission Mountain views. $199,900. Shannon Hilliard,

Prudential Missoula 239-8350. shannonhilliard5@gmail.com

@ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com

NHN Old Freight Road, St. Ignatius. Approximately 11 acre building lot with Mission Mountain views. $86,900. Shannon Hilliard, Prudential Missoula 239-8350. shannonhilliard5 @gmail.com

3 Bdr, 2 Bath, Stevensville home. $200,000.. BHHS Montana Properties. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit... www.mindypalmer.com

NHN Rock Creek Road. 20 acres bordered on north by Five Valleys Land Trust. Direct access to Clark Fork River. $149,900. Shannon Hilliard, Prudential Missoula 239-8350. shannonhilliard5@gmail.com

3 Bdr, 2.5 Bath, Frenchtown

home. $367,500. BHHSMT Properties. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com 4 Bdr, 2 Bath, Nine Mile Valley home on 12.3 acres. $350,000. BHHSMT Properties. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 2396696, or visit

OUT OF TOWN 15520 Mill Creek, Frenchtown. High-end 5 bed, 3.5 bath with 3 car garage. Basketball court & gym. Fantastic views. $595,000. Pat McCormick, Properties 2000. 240-7653 pat@properties 2000.com 2 Bdr, 1 Bath, Stevensville home. $159,000. BHHSMT Properties. For more info call Mindy Palmer

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5 Bdr, 3 Bath, Alberton area home on 20 acres on Petty Creek. $465,000. BHHSMT Properties. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com 8905 Mormon Creek Road. Private Lolo Peak 3 bed, 3 bath on

1329 BRIDGECOURT $183,000 3 bed 2 bath located in quiet neighborhood featuring a south-facing backyard, hand-laid brick patio, pergola & beautiful landscaping perfect for entertaining.

NHN Roundup. Two 20 acre, unzoned, bare land parcels. $3,000,000. Anne Jablonski, Portico Real Estate 546-5816. annierealtor@gmail.com Old Indian Trail. Ask Anne about exciting UNZONED parcels near Grant Creek. Anne Jablonski, Portico Real Estate 546-5816. annierealtor@gmail.com

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Pat McCormick

216 Tower • $185,000

Real Estate Broker Real Estate With Real Experience

Light & bright 2 bed, 1 bath on 1/2 acre pat@properties2000.com 406-240-SOLD (7653) near Clark Fork River. Large 2 car garage. Properties2000.com

Contact Matt at 360-9023 for more information.

over 4 acres with fireplace, deck, hot tub & fantastic views. $395,000. Pat McCormick, Properties 2000. 240-7653 pat@properties2000.com Lolo Acre 5565 Brady Lane, Lolo. An acre with a view, large shop/garage; beautiful setting. $170,000. KD 240-5227 porticorealestate.com