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News

Voices The readers write .............................................................................................................4 Street Talk You know your farmer, but do you know your councilmember?..........................4 The Week in Review The news of the day, one day at a time..................................................6 Briefs The Reserve St. bridge for real, REAL ID delay, and Snowbowl’s lift that isn’t (yet).....6 Etc. Time to die?...........................................................................................................................7 News Engen and Triepke stagger to the finish line of Missoula’s ugliest mayoral race...........8 Opinion Insurance Commissioner Matt Rosendale wants it both ways ................................10 Opinion It’s time to move past the rooftop solar myths.........................................................11 Feature The Indy endorsements.....................................................................................14

Arts & Entertainment

Arts Photographer Alan McQuillan sees the forest and the trees ...............................18 Theater Melissa Bangs brings Playing Monopoly home .............................................19 Books Aaron Parrett’s unfettered Maple & Lead ........................................................20 Film New documentary captures Bill Nye’s passion ...................................................21 Movie Shorts Independent takes on current films .....................................................22 BrokeAss Gourmet Roasted cippolini onion soup ....................................................23 Happiest Hour Herbal brews from the Botanical Brewess ........................................25 8 Days a Week If it’s not in our calendar, it’s probably not fun.................................26 Agenda Karaoke Gong Show for Open Aid Alliance ...................................................35 Mountain High Riding high at the Missoula Bike Ball ...............................................36

Exclusives

News of the Weird ......................................................................................................12 Classifieds....................................................................................................................37 The Advice Goddess ...................................................................................................38 Free Will Astrology .....................................................................................................40 Crossword Puzzle .......................................................................................................45 This Modern World.....................................................................................................46

GENERAL MANAGER Andy Sutcliffe EDITOR Brad Tyer PRODUCTION DIRECTOR Joe Weston BOOKKEEPER Ruth Anderson ARTS EDITOR Erika Fredrickson CALENDAR EDITOR Charley Macorn STAFF REPORTERS Alex Sakariassen, Derek Brouwer Susan Elizabeth Shepard COPY EDITOR Jule Banville EDITORIAL INTERN Margaret Grayson ART DIRECTOR Kou Moua GRAPHIC DESIGNER Charles Wybierala CIRCULATION ASSISTANT MANAGER Ryan Springer ADVERTISING REPRESENTATIVES Steven Kirst, Beau Wurster, Toni Leblanc, Declan Lawson ASSISTANT SALES MANAGER Tami Allen MARKETING & EVENTS COORDINATOR Ariel LaVenture CLASSIFIED SALES REPRESENTATIVE Declan Lawson FRONT DESK Lorie Rustvold CONTRIBUTORS Scott Renshaw, Nick Davis, Hunter Pauli, Molly Laich, Dan Brooks, Rob Rusignola, Chris La Tray, Sarah Aswell, Migizi Pensoneau, April Youpee-Roll, MaryAnn Johanson Melissa Stephenson

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STREET TALK

By Susan Elizabeth Shepard

This week the Indy rolls out its endorsements.

Are you voting, and what’s the most important issue to you?

Who represents your City Council ward?

Walt Kero: Oh, the biggest issue for me is the mayor’s race! I voted. This might become a theme: Don’t know.

Anne Smyrl: I haven't decided yet, but probably. I don’t know if I’ve lived in Missoula long enough to know what the issues of Missoula are. Certainly, locally speaking, things like housing and transportation are important to me. Just being honest: Not a clue

Appreciating the dead I read with interest the recent feature article on our Day of the Dead activities and conflicts (“Dead ahead: With the Festival of the Dead approaching, Missoula takes an uncomfortable look in the mirror,” Oct. 26).

My late husband was born Nov. 2, and we enjoyed watching the parade and then going out to dinner. After he died, our related activities helped my family in its healing process.

In 2004, the fall after his death, our community was offered the chance to create offendras that were displayed in businesses downtown.

Offendras are shrine-like displays to honor a loved one. Mine was displayed near the front window at the Dana Gallery. Mel was an artist, so that was very fitting. Creating mine and being able to share it was very important to me.

Another fall, my daughter created one of the large steamroller prints based on a piece of Mel’s art that she and my son carried in the parade. That touched my heart deeply. I appreciate all who support our community activities and hope they will continue.

Susan Flanagin Missoula

Unoffended Danielle Penny: I intend to, I haven’t gotten my ballot. I feel stupid because it’s my civic duty, I should know that. I've read in the Missoulian about John Engen. You and Walt must be neighbors: Don’t know.

Rick Shields: I didn’t know there was an election. I would say affordable housing. They’re putting up all of these apartment buildings, but everything is starting out at like $700 for a one bedroom. I grew up in South Dakota, so $700 would get you at least a townhome back home. That’s Ward 6: I have no idea.

James Burkhart: I probably will, yeah. I just haven’t educated myself on any of the stuff just yet. I honestly have no idea. I have nothing to say about it right now I’m sorry. Roads maybe? I know everyone says work on the roads. A perfect 5 for 5: I have no idea.

Asked Tuesday morning at the Target Starbucks

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Hola amigos. My name is Martin Herrera, and I was born and raised here in Torreon, Mexico. I have seen the news about the controversy surrounding the Festival of the Dead in Missoula. I do not feel that the voices of actual Mexicans are being considered in this dialogue.

As a Mexican citizen, I think this parade is absolutely beautiful and respectful to our culture. I am also connected directly with members of the OAO Temple who host annual sugar skull workshops in Missoula. I do not believe this Missoula festival is appropriating our culture. I do not find it offensive in any aspect. On the contrary, I think your city has adapted in a very special way a personal culture toward death, one that honors the dead and celebrates life, love and community.

Here in Mexico we traditionally make offerings to remember our deceased.

In Missoula, you have created a beau-

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tiful festival and a series of events that help open doors culturally.

In moments like this, I marvel and rejoice to think that there are people beyond Mexico who love our culture.

I also see that the most affected are people who organize these events from the depth of their hearts and souls. I see that there are also people who believe that we Mexicans feel oppressed by “white people” who appropriate our traditions. Pardon me? I do not know by which power these people feel entitled to fight for our “rights”—maybe only when it is con-

“Now it is ridiculous people dressed up and drinking. I don’t see any tie to the festival other than people appropriating sugar skull iconography.

The past two years made me feel dirty.”

in Missoula. Your unique way of honoring the dead and helping our culture through art, workshops, parades and sugar skulls is truly amazing. This is adaptation, not appropriation. This festival clearly unites families and community. Please preserve this important festival. It would be very sad to see these activities come to an end due to a few Americans worried about offending us. Trust me: You’re not.

Martin Herrera Torreon, Mexico

Uninspired Honestly, I think it is the parade.

It used to be a somber, respectful procession that was centered on art as a tool to explore death. Now it is ridiculous people dressed up and drinking.

I don’t see any tie to the festival other than people appropriating sugar skull iconography. The past two years made me feel dirty. It went from something inspired by to making fun of. I do think it is worth considering, regardless of how small a matter it may seem, especially because we are a community that prides itself on inclusiveness.

How can we remove the splinter with a beam in our own eye?

Amy Singer Missoulanews.com

Unconsidered That’s really dumb. Lots of people celebrate St. Patrick’s day who aren’t Irish, celebrate Halloween who aren’t Pagan, etc. Just celebrate what you want and have fun without all the guilty hand-wringing!

Lynne Marie Duncan facebook.com/missoulaindependent

We have a listener venient for them? I see people who know very little about our traditions stand up as our “cultural defenders.”

This is offensive. It is sad to see how many Americans fight against their fellow American in an emotionally violent manner over something that is actually a non-issue as far as we are concerned.

Myself, my family and my friends do not feel oppressed by this Missoula festival whatsoever. On the contrary, we feel proud. I love what you all do

How interesting. I think it’s great that Missoula is being open-minded and looking for solutions.

Meagan Thompson facebook.com/missoulaindependent

Learn a new language Good Lord, leave Missoula alone.

I love coming home from Vegas so I can enjoy the vast majority of citizens that speak only English.

Laura Johnston facebook.com/missoulaindependent

etters Policy: The Missoula Independent welcomes hate mail, love letters and general correspondence.

Letters to the editor must include the writer’s full name, address and daytime phone number for confirmation, though we’ll publish only your name and city. Anonymous letters will not be considered for publication. Preference is given to letters addressing the contents of the Independent. We reserve the right to edit letters for space and clarity. Send correspondence to: Letters to the Editor, Missoula Independent, 317 S. Orange St., Missoula, MT 59801, or via email: editor@missoulanews.com.

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WEEK IN REVIEW Wednesday, October 25 A report released by legislative fiscal analysts says this year’s fire season cost Montana $74.2 million, and that it’s “likely to be the most expensive state fire year in Montana’s history.” So far.

Thursday, October 26 The Montana Department of Transportation announces it will stop operating nearly all of the state’s airway beacons, saying it’s a financial burden. Since 1972, Montana has been the only state to maintain a beacon system.

Friday, October 27 A Missoula County Public Schools press release says that water from three sinks in Seeley Swan High School were found to have high lead content. The school is importing water for drinking and cooking until MCPS can conduct further tests.

Saturday, October 28 The Clark Fork Market has its last day of the season, meaning you’ll finally be able to drive downtown on Saturday again. A weekly winter market will open Nov. 11 at the Missoula Senior Center.

Southern crossings

Bridge to somewhere On a sunny Monday afternoon, the South Reserve Pedestrian Bridge is a fine place to get a 360 degree view of the mountains surrounding Missoula. Look down, and the view is of boxy retail stores, a car dealership and many, many cars on the road. The bridge, which connects the Bitterroot Branch trail to the Missoula-to-Lolo trail, allows cyclists and pedestrians to cross Missoula’s largest, fastest surface street.

It also has become a flashpoint in debates over city spending and infrastructure priorities.

At the launch of her mayoral campaign, Lisa Triepke distributed mailers featuring a doctored image of the bridge with a giant screw through it. City Council candidates have described it as a “bridge to nowhere”—a phrase popularized by Sarah Palin in describing an unbuilt bridge in Alaska.

Missoula Redevelopment Agency Director Ellen Buchanan says the bridge didn’t cause taxes to rise, because the bonds that were issued to pay for the design and construction will be repaid by tax increment financing funds. The tax base of an Urban Renewal District (the bridge is in URD III)

is frozen when the district is created, and increased tax collections resultant of rising property values is the “increment” used to finance special projects.

“We can’t take that money and patch potholes,” Buchanan says. TIF funds have to be spent within their district and can’t be taken by the city to pay for city services, she says.

Rachelle Christopher was using the bridge for the first time to go from her office to pick up her car after it had been worked on. “I honestly think it’s stupid. I think its a waste of money,” Christopher says. Her desk sits in front of a window overlooking the bridge, and she estimates that “just a handful” of people use it each day.

Actual daily usage numbers currently hover around 200, and the bridge is being used by twice as many cyclists as pedestrians, according to Ben Weiss, of the city’s Bicycle and Pedestrian program. Data from a counter installed on the crossing is viewable at eco-visio.net by entering “public” for a login and password, so anyone can see the trends for the Reserve bridge and several other trail crossings in Missoula. In the summer, some days saw more than 500 crossings.

“The total count since open is approaching 50,000 people crossing,” Weiss says. “There was

clearly latent demand. It went from no one crossing to 300 people a day crossing.”

As the sun begins to set, Sydney Morical stops for a minute during her afternoon run. “If I’m on my bike or if I’m running, this is always the route I take to go south, especially if it’s the afternoon, because the sun shines right up this whole segment right here,” Morical says. She says she uses the bridge two or three times a week. When offered an apology for the interruption of her run, she’s gracious: “Anything to further thank the people that decided this was a good idea!”

Susan Elizabeth Shepard

Real ID

Path to compliance Montana caught a break last week regarding the state’s implementation of the 2005 Real ID Act. The Department of Homeland Security granted the state a year-long extension to comply with the federal law, meaning residents can still board domestic flights with a Montana driver’s license until early 2019. But with 12 years now separating us from the law’s initial passage, the obvious question is: What’s the holdup?

Sunday, October 29 Puerto Rico’s power company says it will cancel its $300 million contract with Whitefish Energy Holdings at the urging of the territory’s governor. A day later, the Wall Street Journal reports the F.B.I. is investigating the deal.

Monday, October 30 Judy Martz, Montana’s only female governor, dies at age 74. Martz, a Republican and former Olympic speed skater, served as lieutenant governor and one term as governor, from 2001 to 2005.

Tuesday, October 31 Sen. Jon Tester picks an 11-year-old boy from Bozeman to flip the switch to light the Capitol Christmas tree in December. Like Tester, Ridley Brandmayr lost several fingers in a childhood accident.

My hometown paper sucks… @MontanaStandard”—Butte native Robert O’Neill, the Navy SEAL who took credit for shooting Osama bin Laden, in an Oct. 27 tweet taunting the Butte newspaper for a perceived lack of coverage of his accomplishments, namely a private dinner with President Donald Trump. It was O’Neill’s third tweet at the Montana Standard in a week.

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[news] For starters, compliance was illegal under state law until this spring. The Montana Legislature passed a law in 2005 barring the state from enacting Real ID, declaring it an expensive and inconvenient violation of the 10th Amendment. Only with the passage this year of Senate Bill 366, sponsored by Sen. Jill Cohenour, D-East Helena, was that restriction lifted and a path toward compliance laid out.

Cohenour’s bill enabled the Montana Motor Vehicle Division to secure a $4.6 million loan for Real ID implementation. MVD Administrator Sarah Garcia says the high cost stems largely from training and staffing needs at exam stations statewide, as she anticipates a rush on the IDs once they’re available.

The division will also need to supply those stations with scanners, she adds, to upload “authorized presence documents” like birth certificates. MVD will pay back the loan by charging a $50 fee for those seeking a Real ID card outside their license renewal period, or $25 for those renewing their licenses (in addition to the standard $10 new-card fee or the $40.50 renewal fee). SB 366 allows Montanans to opt out of Real ID, but those who do will need a passport for commercial air travel once the extension expires.

According to Garcia, MVD has tapped public relations and marketing classes at Montana State University-Billings to develop “talking points” to inform the public when they need to get a Real ID, and what to do if they want to opt out. Garcia says Montana isn’t “any worse off ” than the 24 other states that are not yet compliant.

“The federal government’s drop-dead date that they’ve given us is Oct. 1 of 2020,” she says. “So I feel like we’re still well within the window.”

The fears that perpetuated the Real ID controversy were still on display during the Legislature’s deliberations on SB 366 this spring. Lawmakers raised questions about the collection of biometric data and whether the state would be sharing more information about license holders with the NSA. One legislator on the House Judiciary Committee even referred to the Real ID card as a “national ID,” a common phrase among critics, which Cohenour was quick to point out is incorrect.

Under the new extension, which includes a 90day grace period, Montanans will have until Jan. 22, 2019 to get Real ID-compliant licenses. Garcia says the state intends to file for another extension, but

adds that her department is currently operating with the 2019 deadline in mind.

Alex Sakariassen

Always next year

New Snowbowl lift delayed The debut of Montana Snowbowl’s new TV Mountain lift will once again be delayed. Snowbowl co-owner Brad Morris confirmed for the Indy this week that, due to myriad issues that arose during construction this year, the longawaited expansion won’t be complete in time for the coming ski season.

“We just got caught by this fire season, basically,” Morris said. “I mean, we didn’t have any fires up there, fortunately, but pretty much half of our workers left to fight fires.”

For western Montana skiers, anticipation of the 22-tower double chair and the new runs it will access has been building since well before the Forest Service approved the area’s master plan in May 2014. The lift is the first major step in a multi-phase expansion that will roughly double Snowbowl’s acreage and capacity, ultimately increasing the resort to eight chairlifts and 80 trails.

Snowbowl even has renowned artist James Niehues working on a new trail map that includes the TV Mountain runs, and updates on his progress have been posted to Snowbowl’s Facebook page.

The resort had hoped to have the new lift up and running last season, but as mountain manager Pat McKay explained to the Missoulian in October 2016, installation of the towers was taking longer than expected.

In addition to losing workers to the firefighting season, Morris told the Indy, the project was delayed this summer due to issues with a power-

BY THE NUMBERS

10,908 Municipal ballots returned to the county elections office as of Oct. 31, out of 43,608 issued, amounting to a 25 percent turnout to date. Ballots must be received by 8 p.m. on Nov. 7. line. Initial plans were to bury the line where it bisected the lift, he said, but crews decided it would be better to bury the entire mile-long line.

“Then easement issues came up,” Morris said. “They decided it would be better to run the powerline in the road so there wouldn’t be any ground disturbance. That required a change in easement with the Forest Service.”

Morris adds that while much of the run-cutting has already been completed, dry conditions and the allocation of harvest equipment to help with area fires set the associated timber sale back slightly. The end date for that sale, he said, was extended to Sept. 15, 2018. This fall’s fair weather has given Snowbowl an opportunity to continue its own thinning work.

Despite the hiccups, installation of the lift continued. According to Morris, lift towers are up, the bottom terminal is done, and the concrete for the top terminal has been poured. “We’re just hoping that the weather reports are going to happen and that the forecasters are right, and we’ll get going next year,” he said. “I would think for sure we’ll be ready to go [in 2018].”

Alex Sakariassen

ETC. In depictions of the Danse Macabre, that medieval trope for the universality of death, the dead and the living skip together to the grave in eerie celebration of their collective, inevitable demise.

The Nov. 2 processional through downtown Missoula, the final event of the 25th annual Festival of the Dead, is likely to feel just as macabre. Intended as a chance to “reflect on the importance of those who have gone before us in shaping our lives,” the processional has come to be seen by indigenous activists as the emblem for what’s problematic about the festival as a whole.

University of Montana professor Rosalyn LaPier summed up the criticism in a recent Indy cover story (“Dead Ahead,” Oct. 26): “One of the main issues is that this does appropriate an indigenous religious practice with its own traditions. A vast majority [of Montanans] see it as Halloween Part 2, a day to have a parade, dress up, paint their faces, listen to live music and drink.”

The day after that story was published, one of the groups protesting the event appeared to break news that suggested this year’s procession could be the last.

The Montana Racial Equity Project announced Oct. 27 on its Facebook page that the festival’s fiscal sponsor, the Zootown Arts Community Center, would pull out of the event next year. The announcement was odd, however, in that it didn’t come from the ZACC. Two days later, the Racial Equity Project added a follow-up post “standing by” its earlier statement and explaining that its representatives, along with those from the Montana Human Rights Network and the ACLU, had met with festival organizers on Oct. 26.

By REP’s account, the meeting did not go well. The group wrote that festival committee head Tarn Ream “rejected even the slightest notion that most elements and the working philosophy behind Missoula’s FOTD, particularly the procession, are racist and discriminatory due to cultural and religion appropriation despite detailed explanation.”

Ream declined to comment on the meeting and directed questions about fiscal sponsorship to the ZACC. Director Kia Liszak didn’t return a call, but did post in an online blog comment that her organization has not issued a statement regarding its sponsorship of the event.

Presumably the ZACC will clarify its position after the procession wraps up. But if REP’s claim holds up, this year’s Festival of the Dead may turn out to be a wake for its own demise.

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Mayoral mudslinging Triepke allegations shadow the campaign’s final push

by Susan Elizabeth Shepard and Derek Brouwer

Lisa Triepke’s campaign troubles appeared right when she wasn’t expecting them. Just as ballots were about to be mailed, as the first-time mayoral candidate’s campaign was shifting from talking points to getting out the vote, damaging news sprang from the past: Front-page headlines in the Missoulian, two days apart, detailing Triepke’s extensive purchases while on food stamps and energy assistance, including two homes, an RV and a car.

The October surprise seemed sure to spook voters away from a candidate who made a divorce-induced stint on government assistance part of her public introduction.

In the second story, Triepke told the paper she was done talking about her past.

Or at least done talking to newspapers about it. On Oct. 19, the day the second Missoulian article was published, the candidate posted to Facebook, where she could speak on her own terms without follow-up questions from reporters, who she claimed were party to the revelations. “It is with the initiation of my ex-husband in collusion with local media and the opposition that these articles have surfaced with halftruths,” she wrote.

Triepke has said from the start that she intended to run an issues-oriented campaign, with “transparency” as issue No. 1. “We have tried to take a high road,” she told the Independent earlier in October. The high road has gotten awfully muddy. The embattled candidate claims that her campaign has been unfairly maligned by a meddling ex and an establishment media that’s cozy with her opponent. In the paranoid style of contemporary politics, the Triepke camp has retreated to its self-described “grassroots” campaign’s home turf—social media—to fight back. But the online battleground has proved to be at least as dirty.

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riepke has not elaborated on her claim that the media, her ex-husband and Mayor John Engen’s reelection campaign “colluded” to damage her. She and her campaign treasurer,

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Diane Beck, have not responded to repeated calls and emails seeking comment over the past week.

Triepke’s ex, Rod, was driven to deny having dished dirt to the Missoulian in a public post to his Facebook page. He acknowledged emailing financial details about the couple’s 2016 di-

of a rental property around the time she moved out in 2015. Rod claims that after he posted on Facebook, Lisa’s campaign surrogates threatened through intermediaries to publicly reveal unflattering information about him.

The Triepkes’ public divorce records point to an acrimonious split, including a

A Vent Missoula post that was given a paid boost.

vorce to acquaintances who had been “asking how I could leave my kids in financial harm” after hearing of the candidate’s need for public assistance. He said he sent the email to Lisa and Beck to allow them to respond.

Rod, in subsequent correspondence with the Indy, documented an additional settlement of nearly $300,000 from a retirement account—doubling the amount reported by the Missoulian—and said Lisa also received $108,000 from the proceeds of the sale

dispute over a few months of tutoring support for their oldest child. (Engen and his wife divorced in May, according to previously unreported county court records, but the public filings do not appear to include information relevant to the campaign.) No evidence points to Rod’s involvement in the Missoulian’s coverage of Lisa’s spending. Missoulian editor Kathy Best says the paper’s initial story was prompted by a letter to the editor signed “Jim Benton.” Neither the Missoulian nor the Indy could verify the

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existence of a letter writer by that name, but Best says she forwarded the allegations to the paper’s reporting staff for vetting. Subsequent information about vehicle purchases was provided by a self-identified attorney and “supporter of Triepke’s opponent” after the first story was published, which the paper disclosed in the follow-up story.

Triepke’s Facebook post doesn’t indicate whether she believed the paper’s “collusion” extended beyond an unsolicited information drop. But days later, a prominent Triepke surrogate, attorney Quentin Rhoades, of Rhoades, Siefert & Erickson, flagged what he argued was additional suspicious activity by the paper. Rhoades noticed that the paper had paid Facebook to “boost” its endorsement of Engen, and asked the Commissioner of Political Practices to rule the expenditure an unreported, illegal, corporate contribution to the mayor by Lee Enterprises, which owns the Missoulian and the Independent.

In an interview with the Indy, Rhoades described the boosted post as one in a series of “coincidences” that indicate coordination between the Missoulian and the Engen campaign. He points to the timing of the article on Triepke’s purchases, the editorial board’s praise of Engen in its endorsement and the newsroom’s photography choices. He also says newspaper staff and Engen campaign officials spend time together socially. Pressed to explain that claim, Rhoades said that Lee General Manager Matt Gibson and an Engen campaign official are “socially well acquainted.”

The Missoulian’s endorsement of Engen included an editor’s note stating that Gibson, a member of the paper’s editorial board, did not participate in its endorsement decision. Best tells the Indy she included the disclaimer as a response to “rumors and social media posts” linking Gibson to the Engen campaign. Gibson did attend editorial board interviews with both candidates, Best says, because other editorial board members were out of town.

Gibson, who oversees business operations at both papers, declined to comment on his social relationships, saying, “my personal life isn’t a matter for public discussion, and it has no bearing on the content of the Independent or the Missoulian.”

Commissioner Jeff Mangan swiftly dismissed Rhoades’ COPP complaint, determining that sponsoring Facebook posts is legitimate newspaper activity and that the post was boosted automatically,

according to a Lee company formula, independent of the Engen campaign. The paper spent 76 cents to sponsor the post, Mangan found.

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riepke’s “collusion” accusation came a week after the Indy reported an attempt by her paid campaign consultant, Wes Spiker, to arrange a confidential meeting between this newspaper and Triepke’s team “to bring down John Engen by exposing him and his administration for their illegal activities” (see Meet Lisa Triepke, Oct. 12).

Rhoades’ scrutiny of Facebook posts came at the same time that Engen supporter Rep. Bryce Bennett filed his own complaint about sponsored posts on an anonymous pro-Triepke Facebook page titled “Vent Missoula.”

Social media has been a central pillar of Triepke’s campaign strategy, with Spiker, whose firm has managed the campaign’s web presence, describing social media in September as the campaign’s primary battlefield, and Triepke later calling it a “fantastic” tool.

Triepke’s campaign has had no bigger online advocate than the 200-plus followers of Vent Missoula, which has functioned as a kind of anti-Engen water cooler since it was created in August.

Bennett’s complaint claims that Vent Missoula is operating as an undisclosed political committee in support of Triepke.

He presents as evidence an administrator post encouraging readers to vote for the candidate, as well as a sponsored post that received far more shares (70) than the page’s other posts. That post, from Oct. 19, features a list of common grievances against Engen with links to various articles—and one link (since deleted) to the divorce proceedings of a Norwegian man named Jon Engen.

Someone paid to boost the post, but who?

Mangan says the Facebook-related complaints in Missoula’s mayoral race stretch the state’s new campaign finance rules to their limit, but he offers two bright lines for when social media activity must be disclosed: 1) when social media users are paid to conduct campaign advocacy, and 2) when any user, except a news outlet, pays to promote a post that advocates for or against a candidate.

Mangan had yet to rule on Vent Missoula by press time, but the Indy’s own effort to learn about the group’s administration was met by a series of confusing responses.

The Indy first contacted Brandon Naasz, an official Triepke endorser who created an online petition that appeared on the Vent Missoula page. Naasz initially denied any involvement, but a few hours later, after Bennett’s complaint was filed, he sent a detailed response listing the date he started the page and the date he turned it over to another administrator. He explained that he was providing the new information “for transparency.”

Naasz was transparent only in comparison with the alleged new administrator, a person who contacted the Indy under the name “John Tyler.” Tyler presented himself as just a guy running a page, confused about what, exactly, the paper wanted to know. After writing that he would only be able to answer questions via email, he abruptly deleted the email account he’d been using.

At the same time, the LinkedIn page for a Missoula property manager/former attorney named Tyler John Theisen went dark. That’s because “John Tyler” was actually Tyler J. Theisen, who is also listed as a Triepke endorser on the candidate’s website. His previously public LinkedIn profile noted that Theisen is “actively engaged in public relations, speech writing, and political analysis for various political campaigns and organizations.”

Spiker has “liked” several posts on Vent Missoula from his personal Facebook account, though he denied to the Indy having ever heard of the group, or of Theisen, and Triepke’s campaign account “likes” the Vent Missoula page. Spiker Communications has charged Triepke thousands of dollars for an unitemized “press/publicity program” and “social media strategy”—expenses that were revealed only as a result of an earlier campaign finance ruling against the campaign. At one point, the campaign was managed by a nine-member volunteer committee, but Triepke campaign treasurer Beck did not respond to requests for members’ names.

Whether the mudslinging on Vent Missoula is tied to Triepke staff, surrogates or just unaffiliated supporters is one question that Mangan is investigating. He appears to have started the search at the most obvious possible place: by posting an inquiry on the page itself.

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Designed to fail Insurance Commissioner Matt Rosendale wants it both ways

by Dan Brooks

Back in October, President Trump issued an executive order that halted the federal payments to state health insurance exchanges known as CSRs. These subsidies made it profitable for insurance companies to cover people at lower rates under the Affordable Care Act. Trump ended CSR (Cost Sharing Reduction) payments after the Republican-controlled Congress failed to repeal or replace the ACA—ostensibly because he considered the payments unconstitutional, but probably because ending the subsidies would push state insurance exchanges toward collapse.

It’s like my grandmother used to say: You can’t make an omelette great again without urinating all over it so people want you to make a new one. I miss her. Anyway, the companies on Montana’s insurance exchange had already submitted their 2018 rates when Trump stopped the CSR subsidies. The next day, State Auditor and Insurance Commissioner Matt Rosendale issued a statement saying that it was too late for the state to change.

“Any Montana consumer who purchases these products can be assured that my office verified that Montana’s insurers, whether receiving subsidies or not, are financially able to provide the benefits for the posted rates regardless of action taken at the federal level,” the statement said.

Insurance companies are in the business of predicting the future, after all, and plenty of people had predicted Trump would stop CSRs before he did. It seemed like insurers guessed wrong and would have to pay the price—kind of like I did when the premiums on my gold plan doubled over two years, so instead I got the bronze plan for $350 a month and wound up paying a $6,500 deductible when I dislocated my shoulder. Sometimes you guess right, and sometimes you give your whole margin to the hospital.

Commissioner Rosendale did not hold Montana’s insurance companies to that standard, though. Instead, he let them submit new rates, after the deadline, that reflected the disappearance of CSRs. Montana Health Co-Op, for example, originally filed for a 4-percent increase on its silver

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plans, but raised premiums another 24 percent after the news was announced. In response, Rosendale’s office issued another statement: “My department was advised by both companies just months ago, that with or without [cost-sharing reduction] payments, they would be able to honor the rates they provided to us and the public,” he said. “Today, by their actions, they inform me that was not true.”

“It’s like my grandmother used to say: You can’t make an omelette great again without urinating all over it so people want you to make a new one.”

If only we had some kind of official whose job it was to regulate insurance premiums. Rosendale seems to be having it both ways, here. He let insurers file new rates after the deadline, even though they assured him before the deadline that losing CSRs wouldn’t change anything. Then he lambasted them for accepting his offer.

Yet criticizing him for complaining about the new rates is unfair. What is he supposed to do—praise insurers for raising

premiums yet again? Rosendale has a difficult job, and he is in something of a loselose situation. Still, it is a situation of his own making.

Our state insurance commissioner has made no secret of his contempt for our national insurance system. As a Republican, he has attacked Obamacare and the state exchange, even as he has been charged with making it work. If his critics have taken his complaints about higher rates as disingenuous, it is because he has not convinced us that he actually wants the exchange to succeed.

Ironically, he may have saved it by letting Montana Health Co-Op and PacificSource raise premiums. Were those two insurers to take a bath in 2018, they might withdraw from the exchange in 2019, leaving us with only Blue Cross Blue Shield (which factored the loss of CSRs into its estimates and raised rates 23 percent before the deadline).

Rosendale has said he had no authority to prevent the rate hike—an odd claim, when the original deadline was specified by law—but he might as easily have framed it as a necessary evil to save the exchange.

Instead, he has presented it to the public as a calamity beyond his control, the next stage in Obamacare’s inevitable collapse.

That’s an odd strategy from a man running for the United States Senate. As the only Republican candidate who holds statewide office, Rosendale will be known for his performance as insurance commissioner. It remains to be seen whether voters will respond to his message of, “Can you believe how badly this thing I’m in charge of is going, due to factors beyond my control?”

He’s in a bad spot, and it’s not fair to attack him for being against rate hikes, too.

We all are. Unlike the rest of us, though, he’s in a position to do something. Thus far, his plan to let the exchange fail and then say he told us so has done little to distinguish him from the rest of his party.

Dan Brooks writes about politics, culture and the abject venality of the American health care system at combatblog.net.

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Strawman no more It’s time to move past the rooftop solar myths

by Jessica Herrera

It’s undeniable that renewable energy is booming, changing the way we get our power and shifting us away from fossil fuels that damage the environment. Yet in my hometown of Tucson, which gets nearly 300 sunny days every year, a lot of plentiful Arizona sunshine is going to waste.

And it isn’t just happening in the Copper State. Across the West and throughout the U.S., in the face of this rapidly changing energy market, investor-owned utilities and some energy co-ops are impeding the transition.

They’re trying to protect their profits and coal-fired power plant investments at the expense of the well-being of people and the planet.

These power companies support lobbying groups like the American Legislative Exchange Council and Edison Electric Institute, which spout myths about renewable energy. In Florida, a Koch-brothers-funded consultant encouraged the use of “political jiu-jitsu” to mislead the public and policy makers about solar.

Perhaps one of the most misleading claims is that solar energy customers don’t pay their fair share for grid services and that everyone else pays the price. This “cost shift” claim has been repeated over and over again.

What’s usually the focus of this argument is net metering, a program that reimburses owners of solar panels for the excess energy they put back into the grid. When rooftop solar customers generate more energy than they use, the utility either gives them credit on their bills or repays them for the extra energy at a predetermined rate. Because each solar installation means less power the utility can sell itself, utilities complain that net metering puts the cost of keeping the grid working on others.

This myth has been so successfully disseminated that it led Nevada to halt its net metering program at the end of 2015. The result was a freeze in rooftop solar growth. Large solar companies left the state and took the good jobs they

created with them. Local installers I talked to lost 90 percent of their business and had to downsize and lay off employees during the winter holiday.

These losses are only now being reversed as the state walks back its decision and reinstates net metering.

Other states like Arizona and Indiana have also moved to end net metering or tacked on unfair and unnecessary grid access fees, fixed charges and monthly minimums. These tactics often target solar customers, but sometimes they’re foisted on everyone.

“Research has actually found that rooftop solar and net-metering programs reduce electricity prices for all utility customers, not just those with solar panels.”

But here’s the thing: This cost-shift argument has been debunked over and over again by independent research and state-funded studies from Mississippi to Maine. That research has actually found that rooftop solar and net-metering programs reduce electricity prices for all utility customers, not just those with solar panels.

That savings is possible because rooftop solar installations provide energy exactly when it’s needed. That takes pressure off the grid—especially during peak hours—and reduces the

need for inefficient and expensive power plants. It also eliminates the need to transport energy over long distances and reduces the costs of maintaining the power grid. There is less wear-and-tear on the power transmission system and less energy loss.

As our energy markets change, jobs in the extraction and maintenance of fossil fuels dry up as well. Meanwhile, the rapid growth of rooftop solar is creating well-paying jobs at a rate that’s 17 times faster than the total U.S. economy.

Diversifying the way we get our energy also helps to secure America’s energy interests and provide for greater independence. It puts energy choices in the hands of customers rather than centralized monopolies. Net metering makes going solar affordable for middle-class Americans and supports local sources of power rather than relying on imported fossil fuels.

Finally, there are the immense health and environmental benefits of renewable energy—benefits that are often overlooked when we weigh the costs and merits of our power mix. Reducing air pollution by replacing coal power with solar would reduce respiratory problems and heart disease.

That could save an estimated 52,000 lives each year. Solar also helps us fight the worst effects of climate change and protect wildlife and their habitats from the destructive effects of fossil fuel development and use. Rooftop solar doesn’t require additional land use because it can be built on existing structures like homes and businesses, making it the most environmentally friendly power source available.

Utility myths like the thoroughly disproven cost-shift argument shouldn’t be given airtime. It’s time to let the myths fade so that we can focus on the renewable energy future.

Jessica Herrera is a contributor to Writers on the Range, the opinion service of High Country News (hcn.org ).

She writes in New Mexico.

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EWWWWW! – Quick-thinking paramedics in Dorset, England, saved the life of a man whose fishing outing went south when a dover sole jumped down his throat and blocked his windpipe on Oct. 5.

Sam Quilliam, 28, had just caught the 5-and-a-half-inch-long fish and went to give it a kiss when it wriggled free and lodged in his throat. “I ran round the pier like a headless chicken and then passed out,” Quilliam told The Guardian. When first responders arrived, Quilliam was not breathing, but friends were performing CPR. Paramedic Matt Harrison said: “It was clear that we needed to get the fish out or this patient was not going to survive. ... I was able to eventually dislodge the tip of the tail and very carefully, so as not to break the tail off, I tried to remove it—although the fish’s barbs and gills were getting stuck on the way back up.” Finally, the fish “came out in one piece,” Harrison said. Quilliam said his brush with death won’t put him off fishing. “Once I am back at work and fit, I will probably get back at it again,” he said.

WHAT’S IN A NAME? – Carrie L. Hitt, 42, of Junction City, Oregon, died after her Ford Bronco left the road on Territorial Highway and rolled on Oct. 4. Hitt was ejected from her car and then struck by a second vehicle, driven by Nadine M. Killmaster, 32, of Yakima, Washington. Oregon State Police told The Register-Guard they believe Hitt was using a mobile phone just before the crash.

HORSING AROUND – Lindsey Partridge of Ontario, Canada, booked herself at a pet-friendly Super 8 in Georgetown, Kentucky, for the Retired Racehorse Project’s Thoroughbred Makeover on Oct. 4. At check-in, Partridge asked the front desk clerk if the pet policy included horses, to which the clerk answered, “Aw, I wouldn’t mind. You could do that.” So Partridge returned to her horse trailer and brought Blizz, her retired racehorse, into the hotel. Partridge and Blizz took a video and a few photos in the room, but eventually Partridge took Blizz to the Kentucky Horse Park, where the rooms are more suited to equine visitors. The Lexington Herald-Leader reported that Blizz took third place in the trail competition during the event.

Meanwhile, in Iowa, a pair of women stopped at a traffic light in Altoona in October looked at the car next to them and saw a horse staring back from the back seat. “This is the most Iowa thing that has EVER happened to me,” Hannah Waskel tweeted, along with a video of the miniature horse. “We started laughing and the people driving the horse saw us and waved,” Hannah told UPI. “They even rolled the window down for the horse.”

QUESTIONABLE JUDGMENT – Tucson, Arizona, firefighters were called on Oct. 15 to a mobile home park after a resident there tried to remove spiderwebs from beneath his trailer using a propane torch, but ended up setting his home on fire. KVOA-TV reported that the unnamed man’s elderly mother, who also lived there, suffered minor injuries while being carried out of the mobile home with the help of neighbors.

WAIT, WHAT? – U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport made an unusual discovery in the luggage of a traveler arriving from Vietnam in October: 54 illegal bird nests. The nests, which are considered a delicacy in some countries, are built out of solidified bird saliva and are used to make soup and broth, reported UPI. However, they are banned from entering the United States because they may carry infectious diseases. The nests were destroyed.

WHAT WE’LL DO FOR LOVE – The Daily World in Centralia, Washington, reported that Rachel A. Deckert, 27, tried to turn herself in at the Lewis County Jail on an outstanding DUI warrant on Aug. 21, but was turned away because she brought along her partner—literally glued to Deckert by her pinky finger.

When Deckert tried again the next day, still attached to her partner, police and firefighters were called.

The two women were attached by a copper elbow pipe into which they had each inserted a pinky finger secured with “some kind of epoxy,” a firefighter said. They told authorities they had been that way about a week at the suggestion of a couples therapy counselor. “They haven’t been able to feel their fingers for three days,” said police detective Patty Finch. Efforts to separate the women were unsuccessful, and Deckert was released with advice to seek medical attention.

TIMING IS EVERYTHING – Eva Pandora Baldursdottir, a member of the Icelandic parliament from the Pirate Party, was scheduled to take part in a debate on Oct. 12, according to UPI, but an unexpected injury lent her an especially jaunty look for the televised event: She had to conduct the debate wearing an eye patch after her toddler daughter scratched her eye. “Sometimes astounding things can happen at the worst time,” Baldursdottir shared on Facebook, along with a photo of her wearing the eye patch.

AWESOME! – For the last time, Flight 666, traveling from Copenhagen, Denmark, to HEL (Finland’s Helsinki-Vantaa airport), took off on Friday the 13th of October. A Finnair spokesman said the flight, questionably numbered for the superstitious among us, has been making the trip for 11 years and has flown on Friday the 13th 21 times. “Today will actually be the final time that our AY666 flight flies to HEL,” a spokesman told The Telegraph. Some Finnair flights are getting new numbers, and the infamous route will be renumbered to 954. The flight arrived safely in Helsinki.

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here’s a running debate in the journalism world, which is pretty much everyone with a social media account now, about whether newspapers should endorse political candidates. The core of the con argument seems to be that endorsements are ineffective. Just look at Donald Trump! (But not directly, and only through protective eyewear.) This argument jumps off from the false premise that newspapers should be telling readers how to vote, and readers should vote the way newspapers tell them to.

We’re not interested in telling you how to vote. That’s not our job. Our job is to report on who’s running, and on whoever gets elected. Vote for who you want, by your own lights. If you’re among the minority who typically bothers to vote at all, you probably already have. Thanks, and good for you.

So why endorse, then?

Because we still think there’s value in the exercise of setting out to develop an opinion and come to a conclusion. As editors and reporters, we’re in a privileged position. We can call and email the candidates and they’ll (mostly) come spend an hour of their day answering questions about why they’re running and what they hope to accomplish and how. We get to hear their pitch and observe their presentation and press for clarification when they, or we, are unclear. Then we get to gather in a smoke-free basement and compare notes and argue nuances and decide who we, as voters, would choose to represent us, and why.

It’s the same thing, with varying levels of access, that you do—at least we hope you do—with your friends and family and colleagues.

We have the additional privilege of possessing a platform from which to share our deliberations and decisions, in hopes of participating in those conversations. We hope that these endorsements offer some combination of information and food for thought. They show, at least, how we think about the candidates and the issues in play. But we certainly don’t presume to sway you. Deciding who to vote for is your job. We salute those of you who do it.

—Brad Tyer The Independent endorsement interviews were conducted by general manager Andy Sutcliffe, editor Brad Tyer and staff reporters Derek Brouwer, Alex Sakariassen and Susan Elizabeth Shepard. Endorsements were written by the Indepenent’s editorial staff.

MAYOR John Engen is a personable guy. He’s a likable guy. He’s a smart guy, and he seems to be a frank guy. He has a lot of fans—obviously, given the tenure of his time in office. During that time, he has also, it seems, generated a motivated minority—(well, we’ll see)—of people who appear to hate his guts. Most anti-Engen voters would never be so crude, but the gist of the ascendant Engen critique is memorably (and, yes, shittily) conveyed in the title of a not-quite-viral blog post

by City Council candidate and writer Greg Strandberg: “Fat, drunk & stupid.”

The mayor is a recovering alcoholic, recently divorced and has a well-documented history of struggles with depression and weight, and those facts have exposed him to character attacks.

We reject the character attacks. We’re all flawed. Flawed people can govern well.

Likewise, we reject the character attacks on Lisa Triepke. We’re not inclined to nitpick the bureaucratic scheduling of whatever government benefits she received during a significant transition in her financial life, and we’ve seen no evidence to suggest that she was trying to

game the system during the brief period in which she received those meager benefits. In fact, we (at least some of us) think that Triepke’s financial navigation of her divorce, rental property acquisitions and all, is, as the candidate has suggested, a feather in her cap as a manager of assets.

Which circles back to the more substantive critique of Engen, which is held or at least flirted with by a constituency much broader than the Anyone-but-Engens: that he’s spendthrift when it comes to taxpayer money. Exhibit A, of course, is Mountain Water. The legal bill for that acquisition, once predicted by Engen at $400,000, is now $8 million and possibly counting, and the city has yet to release invoices, which feeds into a narrative of the Engen administration as over-controlling and opaque.

Clearly, there’s a constituency that isn’t feeling heard and an overlapping constituency that’s chafing under the bond-happy obligations of a boomtown that gives the appearance of outgrowing some of its citizens’ means. We get it. The angle for us is more minimum wage and home prices than fixed wage and property taxes, but the frustrations are similar.

Unfortunately, it’s expensive to live in a thriving city, and we haven’t heard any solutions from Triepke—who declined to participate in our endorsement interviews—more substantive than that she’d take a “close look” at city expenditures. As a justification for change, that strikes us as pretty thin soup, and we can’t say we feel positively motivated by a campaign that from its “Enough Is Enough” motto on down seems fueled more by resentment and suspicion than by anything else.

And yes, the media, too, have been looped into the climate of suspicion, with vague allegations of influence peddling. We’re closer to those supposed mechanisms than most people, and that allegation is both specious and false. It’s based on a fantastical premise, too: that absent a directive from above, we’d be endorsing Triepke. We wouldn’t be, and we’re not. Solely because we haven’t been convinced that she’s the best candidate currently vying for the job. We think that Engen, for all his flaws and challenges, is.

Endorsement: John Engen John Engen

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photo by Celia Talbot Tobin

WARD 1 Candidates in other wards have talked a lot about South Reserve’s infamous (and so-called) “bridge to nowhere.” In Ward 1, incumbent Bryan von Lossberg is concerned about a bridge to somewhere. Specifically, he’s troubled about the state of the Northside pedestrian bridge, a piece of infrastructure that he, his family and scores of others use on a regular basis to access downtown.

choices: jail or the ER,” von Lossberg says. “Those aren’t great choices for those responders, and those aren’t good choices for the person who needs help.”

Von Lossberg confesses that much of his first term was spent simply getting up to speed on the ins and outs of city business. And true, he spent a fair amount of time last year shepherding a co-sponsored ordinance to extend background checks to private gun sales past Council, only to have Attorney General Tim Fox overturn the law. But even if he weren’t

Jordan Hess

Bryan von Lossberg

“It’s in horrible shape,” he told us, painting a picture of cracked concrete and rusted steel stemming from water damage. The state of the bridge, he says, is indicative of the broader connectivity problems plaguing his ward that he’d like to tackle in another term.

There’s a lot to like about von Lossberg at the end of his first term. He cochairs the mayor’s Downtown Advisory Commission, placing him at the forefront of issues like infrastructure improvement and panhandling, and he hopes to resurrect the now-dormant issue of open-access broadband in Missoula. Von Lossberg also played an active role in the Mountain Water acquisition, which he said necessitates a significant amount of city follow-through regarding service line upgrades, water rights and conservation issues. Another area where he feels a particular need to help move Missoula forward is the establishment of low-barrier housing for the homeless—or, as it’s more commonly and crassly known, “wet housing.”

Absent low-barrier housing, “Our first responders essentially have two

photo courtesy Bryan von Lossberg

running unopposed this year, we’re confident we’d like to see what von Lossberg does with the knowledge and momentum he’s built.

Endorsement: Bryan von Lossberg

WARD 2 “Enough is enough” is the battle cry of the disgruntled and tax-burdened opponents of the current city administration. “Enough of what?” retorts Ward 2 incumbent Jordan Hess.

The line makes us chuckle, readying us for the defense of city spending that follows. “We’ve done some really good work,” Hess says, referencing Mountain Water and the city’s transportation policy.

Transportation is in Hess’ wheelhouse (he’s the transportation director at UM), and it’s where he’s able to make the most convincing case that city priorities are not misplaced. Take one of the “enough is enough” crowd’s favorite targets: the Reserve Street pedestrian bridge. Look, Hess says (we’re paraphrasing here), people use the bridge, and

even if you don’t, you’re benefitting from the pressure it relieves from a congested intersection (see “Southern crossings,” pg. 6).

Good public officials can explain their decisions clearly and confidently while still keeping an ear open to different viewpoints. As Hess runs unopposed for a second term, he passes that test. He won’t let trails and bike lanes become ensnarled in a provincial culture war, yet he was recently willing to hear out residents in the Linda Vista neighborhood who insisted that a city-mandated bike lane didn’t make sense along one of their streets.

Hess says Missoula is undergoing an “exciting, transformative period of growth”—a true statement, certainly, but one that tastes a little too much like KoolAid without acknowledgement of the city’s accompanying growing pains. Hess adds that Council ought to be using the tools at its disposal, including TIF, zoning and “transparent investment” to “guide that development.” We agree, and hope he can translate the approach he’s brought to transportation to the city’s housing conundrum, where leadership on Council is sorely needed.

photo courtesy Jordan Hess

second glance, beneath the surface, differences in experience and personality become apparent.

Tom Winter is youthful and enthusiastic, and we appreciate his obvious willingness to learn. He also understands that no single Ward 3 issue is independent of the others—that transportation, housing and historic preservation are all

intertwined. His thoughts on policy, however, need some more time in the oven; one of them includes a theoretical big box store tax, which makes little sense in a retail climate where shopping centers are losing box retailers at a clip that mimics the loss of mom-and-pop stores two decades ago.

Heather Harp is a more-than-qualified candidate who would make an excellent councilmember. Her time as president of the Poverello board gives her a solid grounding in the challenges facing the house-less and precariously housed citizens of Missoula. For two decades, she has been an engaged community member, and she’s racked up an impressive list of endorsements. Like many of the first-time candidates in this election, Harp was compelled to run for office in part by the results of the last presidential election. Harp is thoughtful and compassionate and would surely work to do right by Missoulians. Given her endorsements, her yard sign saturation and her deep community ties, we suspect she’ll win handily, and that she’ll be an asset to the Council.

But, unlike voters restricted to candidates running to represent their ward, we have the luxury of considering this election in terms of the overall makeup of City Council. Fact is, there are a lot of good, thoughtful councilmembers, and sometimes they need some pushing to reach further, especially in negotiations concerning development. Investing in redevelopment does pay dividends, but so does

Endorsement: Jordan Hess

WARD 3 At first glance, all three candidates in Ward 3 seem ideologically similar, a trio of progressive and engaged citizens. At

Jon Van Dyke

photo courtesy Jon Van Dyke

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ensuring that developers who do more for Missoulians get more done for them. Jon Van Dyke, one of the founders of Missoula community radio station KFGM, is among this crop of candidates’ most insistent voices about how the Fox Triangle developers could have been held to higher standards of green building and worker treatment—after all, they’re not making any more downtown riverfront land.

Van Dyke’s academic (political science and public administration) and practical (anyone who’s worked at a community radio station knows about thankless tasks) background gives him a solid policy grounding. And we think he would bring a welcome dose of stubbornness to Council. He’s not the most charismatic speaker we interviewed, but he would be an important addition to a City Council that could stand a little vinegar mixed into its honey.

While it’s not a bad thing that we have a functional city government, it would be nice to see someone on Council willing to really push for an agenda that keeps the daily lives of working Missoulians at the forefront. Van Dyke suggests by far the most willingness to push back on what the city should require from developers who are incentivized to build here.

“The Fox Triangle, there was somebody knocking on the door saying, ‘Hey, yes, we will get this empty lot out of your way and have some new development here.’ There was the sense of, ‘All right, these developers have a great plan and they’re being responsive to our needs.’

We’re not getting any guarantees on labor or wages but ‘trust us,’ and I wasn’t convinced. And I wish the Council and the mayor’s office would have fought a little harder to get some guarantees.” We think that with Van Dyke on board, they’d fight a little harder.

Endorsement: Jon Van Dyke

WARD 4 We’d never have guessed, prior to our endorsement interviews, that urban deer would feature so prominently in a Council race. Every single candidate in Ward 4 has mentioned at one time or another what a risk to public safety these hoofed renegades pose. For voters looking for a representative to solve this and the myriad other issues facing Missoula’s southern reaches, there’s no shortage of choices this year. With four candidates to pick from, Ward 4 is by far this election’s most crowded field.

Which of the candidates is the best fit for Council is a different question altogether. There’s no denying that incum-

Chris Badgley

bent Jon Wilkins, seeking reelection to a fourth term, has the most experience.

Twelve years is a long time in city government, and in that time Wilkins has made a name for himself as a man of consistency and candor. He voted in favor of Missoula’s non-discrimination ordinance, supported efforts to bolster citywide sex assault education and never backed from his critical view of Accessory Dwelling Units, despite taking flak.

But we’re not convinced that Wilkins’ status as an independent wildcard is itself enough to win another Indy endorsement. The fact that this is Wilkins’ first re-election run with opposition suggests that maybe Ward 4 agrees.

Wilkins declined to participate in our endorsement interviews, citing our coverage of his behavior on Council during a budget disagreement over the city’s relationship with a nonprofit run by his wife.

While we don’t take his rebuff personally, it is professionally troubling. Combined with our uncertainty whether another four years will lead to anything more substantial from Wilkins than unpredictability, we find it difficult to support him again.

On to the competition. Though Greg Strandberg’s concern for Ward 4 and its residents seems earnest enough, his nihilistic campaign is far more focused on what’s wrong with Missoula.

Taxes are too high and wages are too low, Strandberg told us, and he lays the blame squarely at the feet of Mayor John Engen—a man Strandberg has called “fat,

photo courtesy Chris Badgley

drunk & stupid” on his blog, Big Sky Words. Asked if he felt he could work with Engen after leveling such criticism, Strandberg said he couldn’t see himself winning a race in an election in which Engen also won, adding that he is “riding [Lisa] Triepke’s coattails.” Strandberg has expended his efforts identifying what he sees as wasteful city spending, and spent too little time articulating exactly what he’d do differently. On top of that, he’s already filed to run for Sen. Jon Tester’s U.S. Senate seat next year, leading us to doubt how serious his Council bid really is.

Then there’s Jesse Ramos, the financial adviser whom Wilkins criticized earlier this year for campaigning at Council meetings (after a brief dust-up, Ramos voluntarily dropped the issue). Ramos said he’s running primarily in response to rising property taxes. And in a twist, he brought a certain level of financial savvy to our conversation, focusing on how the city could make its budget more efficient by identifying each department’s base needs and then allocating for additional costs as they arise.

Ramos insinuated that his work with corporate clients has prepared him to manage a municipal budget—a comment that sounded dangerously close to that whole “run government like a business” shtick. As for cutting costs, Ramos recommended having city cemetery employees double as snowplow drivers in winter.

We have a hard time buying that as a path toward major savings.

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Then we have Chris Badgley. A single dad with his own home renovation company, Badgley impressed us on a number of counts, not least of which was that he showed up to the interview with several pages of notes. He hasn’t built his candidacy on complaints, but he isn’t promising the moon, either. In fact, Badgley’s suggestions for improving Ward 4 were small enough and simple enough to actually sound doable. For starters, he’s in favor of building a roundabout at the base of Pattee Canyon Drive to alleviate congestion. He’s also interested in making Council meetings more accessible for single parents and others who can’t attend in person, and in streamlining the permitting process for residential and commercial projects (something he said could be as easy as developing a flowchart).

Badgley also did some math in preparation for our meeting. His personal property taxes penciled out to $8 a day, he said, which he considers a bargain for the list of city services he gets in return. We were particularly intrigued

by Badgley’s thoughts on affordable housing; one suggestion involved the construction of starter homes on cityowned land that would allow would-be homeowners to prove their ability to cover long-term mortgage payments.

Any affordable housing project would have to include easy access to public transportation, Badgley added, whether that be a bike trail or a bus line. Speaking of buses, Badgley wants to see

Stacie Anderson

Mountain Line run on Sundays and past 6 p.m. on Saturdays. Amen.

Endorsement: Chris Badgley

WARD 5 Cathy Deschamps has a long history of serious neighborhood involvement via the South 39th Street Neighborhood Council, working to increase traffic safety along Brooks. She also has a fascinating family background in the Missoula area, having grown up on land that would later become part of Travelers’ Rest. Her granular neighborhood concerns make her a great advocate for the ward.

But Deschamps has a shaky grasp on some basic tenets of democracy. Last week, when a visitor commented on Deschamps’ campaign Facebook page that it was unfair that county residents who own businesses in Missoula (and pay Missoula taxes) couldn’t vote in city elections, Deschamps said she agreed. We’re disturbed she so readily agreed that taxes should buy a vote in place of citizenship.

Stacie Anderson astutely summed up one of Ward 5’s unique challenges: “It’s a ward that may feel a little detached from what’s happening in the urban center in downtown Missoula.” While the central city enjoys a revitalized downtown, public transportation and the appearance of being prioritized for city services, the highly residential Ward 5 sometimes feels like a bedroom commu-

photo courtesy Stacie Anderson

nity. But it needs an infusion of commercial life and its own place in city planning and infrastructure, Anderson says.

For her ward, she advocated for a greater inventory of starter homes and homes at all levels, an expansion of Mountain Line service and more restaurants and (early-closing) bars to give people places to congregate without having to drive into the more commercial parts of town. Her grasp of city policy was thorough, from the details of the Mountain Water and EKO Compost acquisitions to the financing of the South Reserve pedestrian bridge.

Anderson spoke with great enthusiasm about all the doors she’s knocked on in Ward 5, and the time she’s taken to address residents’ concerns in person. “People’s eyes start glazing over because I get really wonky,” Anderson says, but we don’t think that’s really true, because she’s so animated in itemizing the 36 percent of property taxes that goes to the city that it’s hard not to find it fascinating. We commend her willingness to try to communicate the complexities of city finance to the public.

Anderson serves as the executive director for Carol’s List, an organization whose aim is to elect progressive women candidates to office. She’s also served on the board of Planned Parenthood Advocates of Montana. She returned to Montana after a brief time in Seattle with her husband. We think her depth of understanding of policy and her willingness to patiently engage with constituents will serve them well.

Endorsement: Stacie Anderson

WARD 6 Typically, candidates for public office will “pin” their most flattering posts to the top of their social media profiles. Say, a photo of the candidate kissing a baby, or something practical, like John Engen’s three-point graphic explaining how to vote for him.

The post pinned to Ward 6 candidate Julie Merritt’s Facebook campaign page is neither. It’s a photo of a letter published in the Missoulian in September, titled “Cronyism to increase on City Council?”

The letter calls out Merritt for her day job as a water resource specialist with WGM Group, an engineering firm that gets a lot of city contracts. Merritt captions the photo with an explanation of how she’ll commit to avoiding “real and perceived conflicts of interest” on Council by abstaining from votes and discussions tied to her work.

She took the same tack during our interview, not shying from the topic even

defender in Billings, Helena and Polson, four years at the Montana Innocence Project and two years as a sex crimes prosecutor in Lake County comprise a balance of experiences that should allow him to appreciate both sides of a case.

But he’ll certainly have a learning curve.

His critiques of Jenks’ court sound like they’re channeled directly from the judge’s objectors, including criminal justice reformers and a significant number of public defenders, and his advocacy for a more compassionate judicial philosophy doesn’t come with a specific plan to implement it.

Neither situation is surprising in a challenger. We do worry, however, that the objectors McQuillan is channeling have allowed themselves to villainize Jenks.

Julie Merritt

a bit, and responding to questions without the least hint of defensiveness.

That’s a relief, since Merritt is voters’ only choice in Ward 6—a neighborhood that needs, and has enjoyed, strong representation by outgoing Council chair Marilyn Marler. Merritt certainly has the background to be a worthy successor.

She’s led the Franklin to the Fort Neighborhood Council and raised money for playground equipment at Franklin School as PTA president.

In addition to knowing her neighborhood, Merritt demonstrates a good grasp of city issues, particularly the complexities of development. She notes that developers “feel hog-tied by regulations,” but is also willing to lend an ear to inclusive zoning as part of a housing policy.

Then she really surprises us, saying she liked what Mark Anderlik, of the Missoula Area Central Labor Council, was trying to accomplish by (unsuccessfully) pushing for labor, housing and environmental stipulations at the Riverfront Triangle.

Given WGM’s financial stake in that development, it’s an encouraging display of independent thought.

Endorsement: Julie Merritt

MUNICIPAL COURT We were at the Missoula County Public Defender Office, talking to an attorney about her frustration with a current case, when another attorney walked in with a sentencing order from 2013. He set it

makes an important point when she says that real progress on jail diversion will require some taxpayer investment. She came across as sincere and even charming when she joked that she’s “not incapable of learning.”

That comment was made in reference to her recent change in courtroom policy regarding suspended driver’s licenses. Criminal justice reformers have identified the practice of suspending licenses as an area where courts help trap poor people in a cycle of poverty and incarceration. Jenks says she’s been using the tool responsibly for years, but recently agreed, at the request of public defenders, to more frequently waive the $100 so-called license reinstatement fee for poor defendants trying to get their lives back on track.

photo courtesy Julie Merritt

down and pointed to notes scribbled in the margins. The charge: theft of $9.92 sweatpants from Walmart. The defendant, a mentally ill woman, spent 19 days in county jail before being transferred to Warm Springs, all before pleading no contest to the crime.

Public defenders deal with hundreds of cases each year, so it takes an especially upsetting one to stick with an attorney four years later. We spoke with four public defenders sharing similar stories, which they offered up in that scattershot fashion that’s a telltale sign of exasperation.

Their stories mirror those relayed in the city-county jail diversion master plan, completed last year, including the time an individual was jailed for failing to appear on a $75 dog-at-large ticket (the night in jail cost the county $108). The report included worrisome information that the average jail stay for people booked out of Judge Kathleen Jenks’ court nearly doubled from 2011 to 2015, to 13 days.

Challenger Brendan McQuillan is running on a promise to embrace jail diversion and bring restorative justice to the bench. We’re convinced that’s the right direction: Courts should not be in the business of allowing low-level infractions to derail lives at taxpayer expense.

The question is whether Jenks, an experienced judge, can effect change herself, and whether McQuillan, who’s never been on the bench, can do it better.

There’s a lot to like in McQuillan’s background. His three years as a public

Brendan McQuillan

We understand why. Jenks talks about her court in strictly analytical terms, emphasizing accountability without pausing to signal empathy for defendants in difficult circumstances, or really even paying lip service to the moral perils of overincarceration.

In other ways, we find Jenks to be competent and convincing. Her success in overhauling courtroom logistics, for instance, is no trivial matter. And she

photo courtesy Brendan McQuillan

We were glad to hear it. Then, a few days later at the public defender office, one of the attorneys was venting about a pending case. She had asked one of Jenks’ assistant judges to waive the license reinstatement fee for her client, a man on food stamps. The request was denied.

Endorsement: Brendan McQuillan editor@missoulanews.com

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In the pines Photographer Alan McQuillan sees the forest and the trees

by Erika Fredrickson

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n April, photographer Alan McQuillan visited the farm on which both his mother and grandmother were born. The house sits in the Scottish countryside, and McQuillan had visited the place sporadically since his childhood growing up in London. He felt like he knew the farm well—that is, until the new owners invited McQuillan and his wife to look around.

“They asked me, ‘Do you want to take a walk up on the hill? There’s a hillfort up there,’” McQuillan recalls. “I realized I’d never walked up on the hill before, though my mother had talked about playing up there when she was little. But she never said anything about it being a hillfort.”

At the top of the hill, sure enough, McQuillan found what looked like a clump of trees surrounded by a ditch and raised on a circular site, which would have been used as a fortified refuge during the Bronze or Iron Age. McQuillan, a tree enthusiast for more than 40 years, took a shot of the hillfort trees surrounded by bright green grass and Scotch broom, their bare branches like small lightning bolts against the backdrop of swirling clouds and brilliant blue patches of sky.

That photograph is one of approximately 20 images of trees that McQuillan has taken over the years that will be on display at the Montana Natural History Center for First Friday. It’s just a sliver of his tree-themed work, but a solid example of his more recent efforts (all but one are taken with a digital camera).

It’s no wonder McQuillan spends so much time with trees—he got his master’s degree at the University of Montana in forestry and taught in the department for 24 years before retiring. He focused on the ways economics (which he studied as an undergrad in London) and computer modeling (which he got into in the early 1970s) could be applied to forest management. But all the while he was admiring the beauty of the trees from behind the lens, and wrestling with the best way to capture them.

“Trees are hard to photograph,” McQuillan says. “If you’re in a forest, by the

photo courtesy Alan McQuillan

Alan McQuillan’s photo of a Scottish hillfort is part of his new solo exhibit featuring trees.

time you get far enough back to see the tree, you can’t see the tree, because all these other trees have gotten in the way.”

Taking pictures of trees standing by themselves is easier, he says. And he’s taken plenty of those. But he likes the challenge of finding the best angle and good lighting on a tree surrounded by other trees, and he’s spent a lot of time in West Coast forests to get just the right shot. His largest piece, a 60-inch-high image of a western red cedar, shows the tree almost all the way up, perfectly framed by leaves.

Sometimes, it takes an outside influence to make the tree stand out.

“Once, just about sunset, there was a little buck wandering around, and he didn’t seem to be spooked by me at all,” he says. “He was running around, and then he just goes and stands in front of the tree and looks at me like he’s posing.

And that was luck. There’s a lot of luck involved.”

McQuillan got his first camera—a Hong Kong knockoff of a Leica—when he was 12. He built a darkroom in his parents’ attic and worked in it throughout high school. In college, he dabbled in 16mm films, street photography and landscape photography.

“I took a portfolio of black and white prints to commercial studios in London and then didn’t hear anything for a long time,” he says.

During that waiting period, McQuillan applied to UM and was accepted.

“About that same time I got a letter from J. Walter Thompson, an advertising firm in London, offering me a photography job at starting level,” he says. “But I’d already decided I was going to America to study forestry, so I didn’t take that job. That was the road not taken.”

For the decade after he moved to Montana, McQuillan didn’t do photography. He was a stickler about printing

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his own work, and he didn’t have a darkroom. In 1984, he finally built one, though he rarely had time to indulge the pursuit. Retirement has sent McQuillan fully down the photography path once again. In the early 2000s, he embraced the digital age, buying a Leica digital camera to which he was able to adapt his old Leica lenses. In 2009, he was made an Associate of Britain’s Royal Photographic Society, a prestigious honor in the oldest photographic society in the world. In 2013, he took first place at the International Photography Awards in New York for his series on the Bakken oil fields.

“It’s such an amazing sort of gold rush phenomenon,” he says, “whether you’re for it or against it.”

McQuillan has worked on a variety of subjects, but trees combine his two loves, merging the paths he’s been toggling between ever since he got his first

camera. Each year, he and his wife travel to Europe to spend time in his old stomping grounds, where he’s able to capture a landscape dramatically different from Montana’s. In September, he took a trip along the Olympic Peninsula and through eastern Oregon to photograph the forests there, which is where many of the exhibit’s photographs come from.

“I don’t know why I love trees so much,” he says. “I guess it’s because they’re so long-lived. And in Scotland, where it’s damp, the forests have a wonderful smell to them. It’s the sort of sensual, textural element that I like so much.”

Alan McQuillan’s Trees opens at the Montana Natural History Center Fri., Nov. 3, with a reception from 4:30 to 6:30 PM. efredrickson@missoulanews.com

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For the win Melissa Bangs brings Playing Monopoly home

by Erika Fredrickson

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Melissa Bangs celebrates the 30th production of her one-woman show about her journey back from postpartum depression.

The last time we wrote about Missoula artist Melissa Bangs it was 2015 and she had just opened a one-woman show at the Crystal Theatre called Playing Monopoly with God & Other True Stories.

The first-person account of Bangs’ experience with postpartum depression and mania detailed her journey from psychotic break and hospitalization to recovery. And because Bangs is a comedian, the show turned out to be—despite the dark subject matter—disarming and funny.

In 2012, after Bangs gave birth to her daughter, Adelaide, she developed severe insomnia and began showing signs of mania. After she broke a glass against the floor and walked barefoot on the shards (to show her husband that “everything becomes light”) her family took her to Providence’s in-patient unit. The pain of the experience (especially being separated from her daughter), the mania (playing Monopoly with someone she thought was God) and her eventual recovery through medication, therapy and a naturopath, all became part of the story. She first told it publicly in 2014 at the Tell Us Something storytelling event.

“That night the response was so profound, I walked off that stage knowing I was doing a onewoman show,” Bangs says. She booked the Crystal and gave herself four months to make it happen.

Since those Missoula shows, Bangs, and her husband, Eric Ellingson, have taken Playing Monopoly on the road—first, in late 2015, to sold-out theaters in places like Helena and Bozeman, and then on a long West Coast tour where she sold out venues in cities like Seattle and Los Angeles. This week, she brings the performance back to Missoula for its 30th production.

A lot has happened with the show, including how Bangs performs it. For a long time, for instance, Providence was a place she made her family promise never to send her again, even though she’d been treated with kindness and it saved her life. In the last two years, as Bangs has become a support for new mothers going through similar experiences,

even walking them into ERs during their darkest moments, her feelings have changed and in response, she’s changed certain lines of the show.

She’s also added some parts. Bangs met a woman in Detroit who had perhaps the hardest story to bear: She’d become so psychotic that she took her child’s life and spent 10 years in prison.

The same year Bangs met her, the woman took her own life. “Now, there’s a whole new part to the end of the show inspired by her,” Bangs says.

Playing Monopoly has also had an impact on health workers. At her Helena show, Bangs met Montana Director of Public Health and Human Services Richard Opper, who told her that for his birthday he’d asked his wife to take him to her show. “A show on postpartum depression and psychosis,” Bangs says, laughing. “Afterward he told me that people’s true mental health stories are so important because one of the biggest barriers to getting help is stigma and shame.

‘A story like yours,’ he told me, ‘allowed me to lean in and have compassion. I could imagine being you.’”

According to Bangs and a press release from Community Hospital, there’s been a greater push to offer more postpartum services to mothers and fathers. Bangs has always used her show as a way to connect people with options, and the medical community is working in tandem on that goal: Chief sponsors include Community Medical Center, Dr. Christine White Deeble of Blackbear Naturopathic and St Pat’s/Providence. “When I told Eric about Providence sponsoring it, he said, ‘Hey! It’s your alma mater!’” Bangs says, laughing again. “But I’m not the cause of the changes. It’s synchronicity. There is a way this show has been a major catalyst, but I also think the winds of change are a blowin’.”

Melissa Bangs performs Playing Monopoly with God & Other True Stories at the Roxy Thu., Nov. 2, Fri., Nov. 3, and Sat., Nov. 4, at 7 PM. Matinee Sun., Nov. 5, at 2 PM. $21 at playingmonopolywithgod.com. efredrickson@missoulanews.com

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Pure story Aaron Parrett’s unfettered Maple & Lead

by Melissa Stephenson

I’ll admit to being a fan of Aaron Parrett before I items sold on eBay until, in the end, his house goes ever picked up his new short story collection. To be up for auction and we’re left with the observation fair, though, I didn’t know much about the Dr. Aaron that, “life often outbids us.” Yes, it does. This story Parrett who is a Helena-based writer and bookmaker. is a prime example of how Parrett can make you The Aaron Parrett I know is the musician who, circa laugh and punch you in the gut at the same time.

Parrett’s voice is playful, philosophical and 1998, sported a long, ZZ-Top-style beard on the cover (often when you least expect it), poignant. The colof an album titled “Aaron Parrett and The Sinners.”

This album came into my possession through lection begins with “Side of the Road,” an earnest a series of events I can no longer recall. I don’t re- and heartbreaking tale of a father and son. The member who released it, but it was not a major story has a reflective quality that brings to mind the label creation. I gave it a listen, then another, and poetry of Theodore Roethke or William Stafford.

The most common type of story it quickly became part of my regular in this collection, however, involves rotation. To this day I know almost a narrator whose name changes every word on that record. It’s a while his voice remains the same. He tight and inspired creation from beis a man down on his luck in love ginning to end. and tying knots in his life faster than I guess I shouldn’t be surprised he can unravel them. These loveto discover Parrett’s first short story gone-wrong stories have a Charles collection, Maple & Lead, is crafted Bukowski or Jim Harrison quality to and curated with the same kind of them. The voice is the engine of the expertise. Except I am, surprised, book, and entirely Parrett’s own. that is. How often does a single perIn these pages, you’ll find two 20son become a skilled musician, something wanderers, hunting for psysongwriter and short story writer? chedelic mushrooms while traveling Parrett is not only those things.

Maple & Lead from Missoula to Wallace to Seattle and He is also the author of several books Aaron Parrett back. You’ll see familiar landmarks, like of nonfiction rooted in Montana hispaperback, the Atlantic Hotel, Jay’s, Charlie B’s and tory. He runs Territorial Press, to Territorial Press Al’s and Vic’s. You’ll witness a disturbboot, the press that produced Maple 149 pages, $20 ing game of chess, read about peculiar & Lead. What you’re thinking might be what I was thinking when I first came across items picked up by highway maintenance, not to menAaron Parrett’s album: What is this? Something self- tion the many other things sold on eBay. The final sum of all these parts—the Montanapublished? Homemade?

Yes. And no. All of the stories in Maple & Lead made book, the voice like that of a wise man whisperfirst appeared in quality literary journals. Here’s the ing in your ear at the bar before sundown and the thing: The publishing world in general is not search- vagabond nature of stories rooted firmly in our neck ing for the next great poetry or short story collection of the West—is something worth reading and rereadbecause they don’t tend to be revenue-makers. Many ing. It is a collection that is to Montana what Dubliners stellar writers have to find a creative path to getting was to James Joyce’s Ireland 100 years ago. This is a their work in print, as Parrett did. The book is inde- collection rooted in place, and place shapes these charpendent art at its best, made in collaboration with He- acters who struggle, like many of us, to get by here.

Parrett’s stories aren’t old-fashioned. They’re claslena artist Seth Roby, whose prints appear throughout, sic. They weren’t whittled into the latest literary shapes elegantly illustrating the central images.

I have a habit of reading books with a pencil in by an MFA workshop or the marketing department at hard to mark the passages that appeal to me. Flipping a New York City publishing house. They’re pure story, back through Maple & Lead, I notice that I marked told without pretense, for readers like you. Us. This week, you can hear some of Maple & Lead every opening line. I challenge you to pick up a copy in the bookstore and read the first sentence of each read out loud. You might learn a thing or two about short story. I would include them all here, but this the making of an illustrated, letterpress book as review would then be nothing but a hodge-podge of well. If you’re really lucky, Dr. Parrett might even bring his fiddle. opening lines I wish I would have written myself.

Aaron Parrett reads from Maple & Lead at The story “Thirteen Things I Have Sold on eBay,” for example, opens with, “1. Uncle Frankie’s Shakespeare & Co. Wed., Nov. 8, at 7 PM. appendix.” The story does not disappoint as it chronicles the narrator’s increasingly absurd list of arts@missoulanews.com

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Science warrior New doc captures Bill Nye’s passion

by Sarah Aswell

As it turns out, Bill Nye stars in the Bill Nye documentary.

Most anyone who has existed in America over the past few decades is familiar with Bill Nye: first as the zanily enthusiastic bowtie-wearing host of the children’s show Bill Nye the Science Guy on PBS and more recently as a passionate climate change bowtie-wearing educator for adults. The Bill Nye: Science Guy documentary sets out to draw the line between those two dots, painting a more complete picture of the man and his mission.

The movie begins with a look at the wildly successful PBS show, offering neat footage of the early’90s series along with interviews with the two behind-the-scenes creators. From there, we delve into Nye’s family life and background, revealing, rather unsurprisingly, a theatrical nerd with a passion for education and advocacy.

The film also covers his long history of headbutting with creationists and climate-deniers, from creationist museum CEO Ken Ham to Fox News talking head and climate denier Joe Bastardi. The filmmakers do a commendable job of both showing Nye’s commitment to defending science as well as his slightly problematic need for the spotlight, even when it gives the spotlight to those who might not deserve it.

The most surprising segment comes when the filmmakers visit the Planetary Society, where Nye, the CEO of the nonprofit organization, is working to complete the dream of his former teacher and mentor Carl Sagan to launch a working solar sail.

Here, we see Nye at his most determined and emotional. We also see him fully evolved: He’s no longer just a science educator, he’s an active member of the community, dedicated to forwarding what we know, literally to the outer reaches of the universe.

The documentary is not as moving or revelatory as similar recent living biography-style films, like Roger Ebert’s Life Itself. In fact, during the segment where Nye visits fellow science educator Neil deGrasse Tyson, it’s hard not to want to watch a

documentary about the eloquent, scene-stealing Tyson instead of Nye. But the movie is interesting and pleasing, even if you didn’t watch the original, Emmy-laden Science Guy series as a kid.

Perhaps the most intriguing aspect of the film is how it explores what happens when you are forever attached to a television personality of the same name: What is life like over the years and decades when no one quite understands where Bill Nye the Science Guy starts and Bill Nye the regular guy ends. There’s a lot of overlap between the two, of course, but the movie captures the moments where they are distinct, like when Nye admits that he’s spent his life unmarried because of intimacy problems, or when he talks about the genetic disorder that runs in his family that has stopped him from having children.

Nye is also touchy about one fact about him that is often repeated by his (and science’s) detractors: He doesn’t have a doctorate or a master’s degree, “only” a BS in mechanical engineering from Cornell University. It’s a fact that seems unimportant to those who understand that he’s an ambassador more than anything else, but you can tell it stings him. If anything, though, it shows how supporters of science, as much as scientists, can help us continue to learn.

During one segment, Nye visits a group of scientists studying climate change on a glacier in Greenland. Here, Nye is completely in his element: learning about ice core studies directly from researchers, asking questions, deeply curious. Really, it’s the segment that looks most like an original Bill Nye the Science Guy episode, and all at once, you can see how he rose to fame and why we’re still listening.

Bill Nye: Science Guy screens as part of the Big Sky Film Series at the MCT Center for Performing Arts Thu., Nov. 9, at 7 PM. A discussion with a special panel of climate specialists follows. Free.

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OPENING THIS WEEK BILL NYE: SCIENCE GUY This former star of a popular kids show is now the CEO of an organization looking to advocate the importance of science, research and discovery in public life. Not Rated. Directed by David Alvarado and Jason Sussberg and starring Bill, Bill, Bill, Bill! Screening for free at the MCT Center for the Performing Arts Thu., Nov. 9 at 7 PM as part of the Big Sky Film Series. (See Film) GOODBYE CHRISTOPHER ROBIN Before those sharks at Disney plastered his face on everything from baby wipes to theme parks, Winnie the Pooh was just a stuffed animal belonging to a little boy with an imaginative father in World War I England.

Rated PG. Stars Domhnall Gleeson, Margot Robbie and beloved character actor Piglet. Playing at the Roxy.

HUMAN FLOW More than 65 million people around the world have been forced from their homes to escape famine, climate change and war. Director Ai Weiwei examines the staggering scale of the refugee crisis. Rated PG13. Playing at the Roxy.

MARSHALL Before he became the first African American to serve as a Supreme Court Justice, Thurgood Marshall was fighting for justice in a country that hated him. Rated PG-13. Stars Chadwick Boseman, Josh Gad and Dan Stevens. Playing at the Missoula AMC 12.

THOR: RAGNAROK Marvel Comics’ god of thunder dives directly into the Guardians of the Galaxy’s zany pool of space adventure, hoping we’ll all forget how boring his previous movies were. Rated PG-13. Stars Chris Hemsworth, his biceps and Tom Hiddleston. Playing at the Missoula AMC 12 and the Pharaohplex.

NOW PLAYING A BAD MOMS CHRISTMAS Total elapsed time between the original Bad Moms and this holiday-themed sequel: 15 months. Rated R. Stars Mila Kunis, Kristen Bell and Susan Sarandon.

Playing at the Pharaohplex and the Missoula AMC 12.

The tortoise lies on its back, its belly baking in the hot sun. But you’re not helping because they’ve finally made a sequel to Blade Runner and you’ve got to get tickets. I can’t wait to watch a hundred different director’s cuts of this one. Rated R. Stars Harrison Ford, Ryan Gosling and Jared Leto. Playing at the Missoula AMC 12 and the Pharaohplex.

alive. Unbeknownst to the killers, there are hidden cameras throughout the home documenting their every move. Rated R. Featuring Bella Thorne, Chandler Riggs and a plot taken straight from Night Trap.

Playing at the Missoula AMC 12.

sailing. Not Rated. Featuring Kirk Douglas in front of the camera, Stanley Kubrick behind it and George Macready in an iconic performance. Playing Mon., Nov. 6 at 7 PM at the Roxy.

THE LOST BOYS (1987) One thing about living in Santa Carla I never could stomach, all the damn vampires. Rated R. Stars Jason Patrick, both of the Coreys and a sexy shirtless hunk wailing on a saxophone at a beach party. Playing Sat., Nov. 4 at 8 PM at the Roxy.

POKÉMON THE MOVIE: I CHOOSE YOU! Ash Ketchum wants to be the very best, like no one ever was. Who am I kidding? You know the rest.

Rated PG. Spoilers: Brock and Misty aren’t in this one, so why should I even care? Stars the voices of Sarah Natochenny, Ikue Ôtani and Carter Cathcart.

Playing Nov. 5 and 6 at the Missoula AMC 12.

THE FOREIGNER Jackie Chan enters the fighting-terrorists-who-killedhis-daughter portion of his career, and he’s bringing the director of Casino Royale along for the ride.

Rated R. Also stars Pierce Brosnan, Katie Leung and Simon Kunz. Playing at the Pharaohplex.

LOVING VINCENT He was a brilliant, passionate painter who changed the world of art forever. Now Vincent Van Gogh’s story is told through painstaking animation. Every single one of this film’s 65,000 frames is an oil-painting, hand-painted by hundreds of artists around the world. Rated PG-13. Stars Douglas Booth, Saoirse Ronan and Aidan Turner. Playing at the Roxy.

THE SNOWMAN Detectives find themselves in a cat-and-mouse game with a frosty serial killer who loves cutting the heads of ladies. This one has a bunch of snow in it, which should help differentiate it from all the other movies with exactly the same plot. Rated R. Stars Michael Fassbender, Rebecca Ferguson and J.K. Simmons. Playing at the Missoula AMC 12.

GEOSTORM Good news: weather-controlling satellites are making natural disasters a thing of the past. Bad news: someone has infected the systems with a virus and is literally raining destruction down on the earth. Worse news: the only one who can stop it is Gerard Butler. Rated PG-13.

Also stars Abbie Cornish, Andy Garcia and Ed Harris.

Playing at the Missoula AMC 12 and the Pharaohplex.

THE MOUNTAIN BETWEEN US A bride-to-be and a busy surgeon charter a private flight to get them home when weather delays commercial airlines. Too bad they didn’t know about their sudden and unplanned layover on the side of a frozen mountain in the middle of nowhere. Rated PG-13.

Stars Kate Winslet, Idris Elba and Dermot Mulroney.

Playing at the Missoula AMC 12 and the Pharaohplex.

SUBURBICON Director George Clooney digs into the seedy underbelly of an idyllic suburban community in the late ‘50s.

Adapted from a screenplay by the Coen Brothers, and we all know how well non-Coens direct Coen scripts, right? Rated R. Stars Matt Damon, Julianne Moore and Oscar Isaac. Playing at the Missoula AMC 12.

HAPPY DEATH DAY Wake up with a hangover, have a bad day, get murdered by masked psychopath, repeat. That’s as strange as having Groundhog Day on Friday the 13th. Rated PG-13. (Wait, really? That’s disappointing.) Stars Jessica Rothe, Israel Broussard and Ruby Modine. Playing at the Missoula AMC 12.

MY LITTLE PONY: THE MOVIE The equestrian gang from Friendship is Magic gets a big-screen adventure, much to the delight of little girls and adults wearing fedoras the world over.

Rated PG, presumably for horse play. Stars the voices of Emily Blunt, Tara Strong and Liev Schreiber. Playing at the Pharaohplex.

JIGSAW The eponymous killer, thought dead since he took a bonesaw to the neck back in 2006’s Saw III, is the prime suspect in a new series of brutal deathtrap murders. Is he back from the dead, or is someone else carrying on his sinister work? Rated R. Featuring Tobin Bell, Matt Passmore and a screenplay by the guy who wrote The Hungover Games. Playing at the Missoula AMC 12. I’ll save you a trip to Google, this is the eighth film in the franchise.

ONLY THE BRAVE The director of Tron: Legacy tells the harrowing true story of the Granite Mountain Hotshots, the elite crew of firefighters who ended up battling one of the worst fire disasters in history. It’s a good thing none of us are sick of forest fires, right? Rated PG-13. Stars Josh Brolin, Taylor Kitsch and Jeff Bridges. Playing at the Missoula AMC 12 and the Pharaohplex.

CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF (1958) A family reunion, a former sports star, a secret cancer diagnosis and booze, booze, booze. Must be a Tennessee Williams film. Not Rated. Stars Paul Newman, Elizabeth Taylor and Burl Ives. Playing Wed., Nov. 8 at 7 PM at the Roxy.

BEARTREK Renowned biologist Chris Morgan travels across four continents in an effort to save one of the planet’s bears. Looks like he’s doing better than Grizzly Man did, that’s for sure. Not Rated. Directed by Joe Pontecorvo. Playing Thu., Nov. 9 at 6 PM at the Roxy.

JULIE & JULIA (2009) A frustrated New Yorker embarks on a quest to prepare all 524 recipes in Julia Child’s landmark cookbook. But who is this Julia Child person, and how did she turn her passion and fearlessness into culinary genius?

Rated PG-13. Stars Amy Adams, Meryl Streep and Chris Messina. Playing Thu., Nov. 9 at 7:15 PM at the Roxy.

BLADE RUNNER 2049 You’re in a desert, walking along in the sand, when all of a sudden you look down and see a tortoise.

KEEP WATCHING When two deranged serial killers break into their home, a family has to stick together to make it out

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PAPER TIGERS (2015) An alternative high school tries to break the cycles of poverty, violence and disease. I wonder what the Rock Lobster and Scissors Lizard are doing to give back? Not Rated. Directed by James Redford. Playing Wed., Nov. 8 at 6:30 PM at the Roxy.

PATHS OF GLORY (1957) Join the army, they said. Be a hero, they said. No, I’m awaiting execution so my commanding officers can save face over a botched mission. I’d rather be

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE Getting through war was difficult enough, but for this group of soldiers returning home, the real battle is just beginning. Rated R. Stars Miles Teller, Haley Bennett and Amy Schumer. Playing at the Missoula AMC 12.

VICTORIA & ABDUL Queen Victoria was the undisputed monarch of the British Empire for over 60 years. Abdul Karim was a humble Indian Muslim servant. Despite their different stations, these two unlikely friends became inseparable, much to the condemnation of the big wigs in Parliament.

Based on the true story. Rated PG-13. Stars Judi Dench, Ali Fazal and Eddie Izzard. Playing at the Pharaohplex.

WALKING OUT Shot against the beautiful and dramatic mountains of Montana, this film follows a teenager whose annual hunting trip with his dad takes a bloody turn.

Rated PG-13. Stars Matt Bomer, Josh Wiggins and Lily Gladstone. Playing at the Pharaohplex.

Capsule reviews by Charley Macorn.

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

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NOVEMBER

COFFEE SPECIAL

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BUTTERFLY HERBS

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232 N. HIGGINS • DOWNTOWN

232 N. HIGGINS AVE • DOWNTOWN

COFFEES, TEAS AND THE UNUSUAL

Coffees, Teas & the Unusual

Roasted cippolini onion soup

by Gabi Moskowitz

BROKEASS GOURMET

French onion soup, I’ve found, is an incredibly elaborate, time-consuming thing to make and calls for vermouth, a delicious but expensive ingredient that pretty much no one I know keeps on hand.

Here’s my pared-down spin on it.

Oh, and traditionalists, save your breath. I realize this isn’t exactly how you make French onion soup. That’s why I’m not calling it French Onion Soup. :-) Serves 2 Ingredients 1/2 lb cippolini onions, peeled, ends removed extra virgin olive oil salt and pepper 2 tbsp balsamic vinegar 4 cups vegetable, chicken or beef broth 1/4 cup half-and-half 4-6 whole fresh sage leaves 1/4 sourdough baguette, sliced on the bias (about 8 slices) 1/2 cup shredded Gruyere or Swiss cheese Directions Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Place peeled onions on a baking sheet and drizzle liberally with olive oil. Season with salt and pepper.

Roast for 25-30 minutes, or until very soft. Remove from oven (keep the oven on—you’ll be using it again) and let cool until onions can be handled comfortably. Slice roasted onions thinly.

Heat 1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil in a large soup pot over medium heat and add the sliced roasted onions. Cook for 1-2 minutes until very fragrant.

Add the balsamic vinegar and cook for 1 minute, stirring frequently.

Slowly add the broth, stirring as you go. Cover, bring to a boil, then reduce heat to low to simmer.

Simmer, covered, for 10 minutes.

While soup cooks, spread the baguette slices onto a baking sheet (the one you used for the onions is fine—no need to clean it first). Drizzle the slices with olive oil and bake for 6-8 minutes or until crisp (check them periodically to make sure they don’t burn).

Remove lid and whisk in half-and-half. Cook uncovered for 6-8 minutes, stirring occasionally or until soup has thickened slightly. Season with salt and pepper to taste.

While soup cooks, heat 2 tbsp olive oil in a small frying pan over medium-high heat. Add sage leaves and cook just until crisp, 1-2 minutes. Remove from pan using tongs and drain on paper towels until ready to use.

Ladle the soup into oven-proof bowls and top each bowl with 3-4 baguette slices (break them to fit them into the bowl if you need to). Top the baguettes with the Gruyere cheese.

Preheat the broiler to high and place soup bowls underneath the flame. Broil for 2-3 minutes or until cheese is bubbly and lightly browned.

Top soup bowls with the crispy sage and serve immediately.

BrokeAss Gourmet caters to folks who want to live the high life on the cheap, with delicious recipes that are always under $20. Gabi Moskowitz is the blog’s editor in chief and author of The BrokeAss Gourmet Cookbook and Pizza Dough: 100 Delicious Unexpected Recipes.

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

Pleasant prices. Fresh ingredients. Artistic presentation.

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

“PROST!”

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

Located above Bayern Brewery 1507 Montana Street Monday–Saturday | 11a–8pm BayernBrewery.com

WARM UP with Curries, Noodles, Sakes, Teas, Wines.

Gluten-Free & Vegan NO PROBLEM

Ahh, Autumn in Missoula! There’s no better way to embrace the changing of the seasons than with a freshly baked pastry and a piping hot cup of joe from Bernice’s! Our carefully crafted coffee and espresso drinks are perfect for a stroll through the fallen leaves. From two different daily quiche flavors to our handcrafted bran muffins, scones and croissants, we’ve got your breakfast needs covered. Of course we’re known for our cookies, cupcakes and specialty cakes but did you know we serve lunch seven days a week? Soups, sandwiches and salads are available from 11-4 every day. And don’t forget: Halloween treats are coming! Keep an eye out for Monstrous Cupcakes and Cookies October 25 - 31 as well as our Festival of the Dead treats on Nov 1st and 2nd! Stop by, check out our new designs and treat yourself! xoxo bernice. bernicesbakerymt.com $-$$

Biga Pizza 241 W. Main Street • 728-2579 Biga Pizza offers a modern, downtown dining environment combined with traditional brick oven pizza, calzones, salads, sandwiches, specials and desserts. All dough is made using a “biga” (pronounced bee-ga) which is a time-honored Italian method of bread making. Biga Pizza uses local products, the freshest produce as well as artisan meats and cheeses. Featuring seasonal menus. Lunch and dinner, Mon-Sat. Beer & Wine available. $-$$ Bridge Pizza 600 S Higgins Ave. • 542-0002 bridgepizza.com A popular local eatery on Missoula’s Hip Strip. Featuring handcrafted artisan brick oven pizza, pasta, sandwiches, soups, & salads made with fresh, seasonal ingredients. Missoula’s place for pizza by the slice. A unique selection of regional microbrews and gourmet sodas. Dine-in, drive-thru, & delivery.

Open everyday 11am - 10:30pm. $-$$ Brooks & Browns 200 S. Pattee St. 721-8550 Brooks & Browns Bar & Grill is the place to relax and unwind while enjoying our New Feature Menu. Great selection of Montana Brews on tap! Come down as you are and enjoy Happy Hour every day from 4-7p and all day Sunday with drink and appetizer specials changing daily. Thursday Trivia from 7:30-9:30. Inside the Holiday Inn Downtown Missoula. $-$$ Burns Street Bistro 1500 Burns St. 543-0719 burnsstbistro.com We cook the freshest local ingredients as a matter of pride. Our relationship with local farmers, ranchers and other businesses allows us to bring quality, scratch cooking and fresh-brewed Black Coffee Roasting Co. coffee and espresso to Missoula’s Historic Westside neighborhood. Handmade breads & pastries, soups, salads & sandwiches change with the seasons, but our commitment to delicious food does not. Mon-Fri 7am 2pm. Sat/Sun Brunch 9am - 2pm. $-$$

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

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

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

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

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

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[dish] Iza 529 S. Higgins • 830-3237 izarestaurant.com Local Asian cuisine feature SE Asian, Japanese, Korean and Indian dishes. Gluten Free and Vegetarian no problem. Full Beer, Wine, Sake and Tea menu. We have scratch made bubble teas. Come in for lunch, dinner, drinks or just a pot of awesome tea. Open Mon-Fri: Lunch 11:30-3pm, Happy Hour 3-6pm, Dinner M-Sat 3pm-close. $-$$ Liquid Planet 223 N. Higgins • 541-4541 Whether it’s coffee or cocoa, water, beer or wine, or even a tea pot, French press or mobile mug, Liquid Planet offers the best beverage offerings this side of Neptune.

Missoula’s largest espresso and beverage bar, along with fresh and delicious breakfast and lunch options from breakfast burritos and pastries to paninis and soups. Peruse our global selection of 1,000 wines, 400 beers and sodas, 150 teas, 30 locally roasted coffees, and a myriad of super cool beverage accessories and gifts. Find us on facebook at /BestofBeverage. Open daily 7:30am to 9pm.

Liquid Planet Grille 540 Daly • 540-4209 (corner of Arthur & Daly across from the U of M) MisSOULa’s BEST new restaurant of 2015, the Liquid Planet Grille, offers the same unique Liquid Planet espresso and beverage bar you’ve come to expect, with breakfast served all day long! Sit outside and try the stuffed french toast or our handmade granola or a delicious Montana Melt, accompanied with MisSOULa’s best fries and wings, with over 20 salts, seasonings and sauces! Open 7am-8pm daily. Find us on Facebook at /LiquidPlanetGrille. $-$$ Missoula Senior Center 705 S. Higgins Ave. (on the hip strip) 543-7154 themissoulaseniorcenter.org Did you know the Missoula Senior Center serves delicious hearty lunches every week day for only $4 for those on the Nutrition Program, $5 for U of M Students with a valid student ID and $6 for all others. Children under 10 eat free. Join us from 11:30 - 12:30 M-F for delicious food and great conversation. $ The Mustard Seed Asian Cafe Southgate Mall • 542-7333 Contemporary Asian fusion cuisine. Original recipes and fresh ingredients combine the best of Japanese, Chinese, Polynesian, and Southeast Asian influences. Full menu available at the bar. Award winning desserts made fresh daily , local and regional micro brews, fine wines & signature cocktails. Vegetarian and Gluten free menu available. Takeout & delivery. $$-$$$ Korean Bar-B-Que & Sushi 3075 N. Reserve 327-0731 We invite you to visit our contemporary Korean-Japanese restaurant and enjoy it’s warm atmosphere. Full Sushi Bar. Korean bar-b-que at your table. Beer and Wine. $$-$$$ Orange Street Food Farm 701 S. Orange St. • 543-3188 orangestreetfoodfarm.com Experience The Farm today!!! Voted number one Supermarket & Retail Beer Selection. Fried chicken, fresh

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

Herbal brews

HAPPIEST HOUR

Pearl Cafe 231 E. Front St. • 541-0231 pearlcafe.us Country French meets the Northwest. Idaho Trout with King Crab, Beef Filet with Green Peppercorn Sauce, Fresh Northwest Fish, Seasonally Inspired Specials, House Made Sourdough Bread & Delectable Desserts. Extensive wine list, local beer on draft. Reservations recommended. Visit us on Facebook or go to Pearlcafe.us to check out our nightly specials, make reservations, or buy gift certificates. Open MonSat 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! $-$$ Rumour 1855 Stephens Ave. • 549-7575 rumourrestaurant.com We believe in celebrating the extraordinary flavors of Montana using local product whenever it's available. We offer innovative vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free, meat & seafood dishes that pair beautifully with one of our amazing handcrafted cocktails, regional micro-brews, 29 wines on tap or choose a bottle from our extensive wine list. At Rumour, you'll get more than a great culinary experience....You'll get the perfect night out. Open daily: restaurant at 4.00pm, casino at 10.30am, brunch sat & sun at 9.30am Sushi Hana 403 N. Higgins • 549-7979 SushiMissoula.com Montana’s Original Sushi Bar. We Offer the Best Sushi and Japanese Cuisine in Town. Casual atmosphere. Plenty of options for nonsushi eaters including daily special items you won’t find anywhere else. $1 Specials Mon & Wed. Lunch Mon–Sat; Dinner Daily. Sake, Beer, & Wine. Visit SushiMissoula.com for full menu. $$-$$$ Taco Sano Two Locations: 115 1/2 S. 4th Street West 1515 Fairview Ave inside City Life 541-7570 • tacosano.net Home of Missoula’s Best BREAKFAST BURRITO. 99 cent TOTS every Tuesday. Once you find us you’ll keep coming back. Breakfast Burritos served all day, Quesadillas, Burritos and Tacos. Let us dress up your food with our unique selection of toppings, salsas, and sauces. Open 10am-9pm 7 days a week. WE DELIVER. $-$$

photo by Erika Fredrickson

Who’s making them? It’s not as popular as brewing regular beer, but people like Brittany Breitenbach, aka the Botanical Brewess, are giving it a try. Breitenbach lives in a cozy house in the center of Missoula that smells of spice and herbs and resembles an apothecary. In the kitchen, she’s set out a collection of brown bottles with handwritten labels for tasting. These beers and wines are fermented with herbs she grows, foraged berries and a few less common items she sourced from local shops or online.

How they taste: For the most part, you wouldn’t drink a pint of these brews anymore than you’d drink a pint of Jägermeister.

But for sipping? Many of them are really good. Favorites: The dandelion ale, which is clear, light and sweet; the molasses ginger ale, which is super carbonated and, according to the Brewess, good for an upset stomach; the ebulon, a brew made with

elderberries and allspice that tastes like the holidays and is supposed to be good for the immune system.

How to get them: If you’re not friends with a brewess of your own, you can take Breitenbach’s class at Green Path Herb School. She’ll discuss the basics of herbal brews and give you some hands-on experience. “More importantly, we’ll learn about the magic that is yeast, the sacredness of plant medicine and fermentation,” she says. “Brewing is more than just a social drink, it’s an alchemic process that’s been around for thousands of years. It’s delicious—and it gives you a buzz.”

Where to go: Green Path Herb School, 180 S. 3rd St. W., Ste 2. Thu., Nov. 9, from 6 to 8 PM. $20. Sign up through Facebook @Green.Path.Herb.School.

—Erika Fredrickson

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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THU | 11/9 | 8PM Stone Foxes play Monk's Thu., Nov. 9.

Doors at 7 PM, show at 8. $10.

THU | 11/2 | 9 PM Electronic-funk duo The Floozies play the Top Hat Thu., Nov. 2. Doors at 8 PM, show at 9. $18/$16 advance.

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THU | 11/9 | 8 PM Trevor Hall plays the Top Hat Thu., Nov. 9. Doors at 7 PM, show at 8. $25.

TUE | 8 PM Ramonda Hammer plays the VFW Tue., Nov. 7 at 8 PM. $5.

SAT | 7:30 PM Composer, singer and choreographer Meredith Monk performs at the University Congressional Church Sat., Nov. 4 at 7:30 PM. $15.

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BEST APPETIZERS 1. Top Hat Lounge 2. Tamarack Brewing Company 3. Jakers Bar & Grill

BEST SUSHI BEST SEAFOOD BEST WAITER 1. Sushi Hana and Matt Maddox FINALISTS, BEST SUSHI 2. Nara Korean BBQ and Sushi 3. Kobe Seafood and Steakhouse FINALISTS, BEST SEAFOOD 2. The Depot 3. Jakers Bar & Grill FINALISTS, BEST WAITER/WAITRESS 2. Cheryl Nickey, Jaker’s Bar & Grill 3. Kate, Scotty’s Table

BEST ASIAN FOOD BEST DESSERTS 1. Mustard Seed FINALISTS, BEST ASIAN FOOD 2. Sa Wad Dee 3. Iza Asian Restaurant FINALISTS, BEST DESSERTS 2. Bernice’s Bakery 3. Black Cat Bake Shop

BEST STEAK 1. Lolo Creek Steakhouse 2. The Depot 3. Jakers Bar and Grill

BEST BAKERY 1. Bernice’s Bakery 2. Black Cat Bake Shop 3. Le Petit Outre BEST BARBECUE 1. The Notorious P.I.G. 2. Famous Dave’s 3. Dickey’s Barbecue Pit BEST BREAKFAST 1. Paul’s Pancake Parlor 2. Catalyst Cafe 3. The Shack BEST BRUNCH BEST CATERER BEST CHEF 1. Burns St. Bistro; Walker Hunter and Ryan Smith FINALISTS, BEST CHEF 2. Scott Gill, Scotty’s Table 3. Bob Marshall FINALISTS, BEST BRUNCH 2. Old Post 3. Catalyst Cafe FINALISTS, BEST CATERER 2. Silk Road 3. Bravo Catering BEST BUDGET LUNCH BEST PLACE TO EAT ALONE 1. Five on Black FINALISTS, BEST BUDGET LUNCH 2. Taco del Sol 3. Bridge Pizza FINALISTS, BEST PLACE TO EAT ALONE 2. Taco del Sol 3. Good Food Store BEST COFFEE 1. Black Coffee Roasting 2. The Loose Caboose 3. Good Americano

BEST DOUGHNUTS 1. Rosauers 2. Krispy Kreme 3. Tandem Doughnuts

BEST PIZZA 1. Biga Pizza 2. Bridge Pizza 3. Pie Hole

BEST BURGER 1. Missoula Club 2. Five Guys Burgers & Fries 3. Flipper’s Tavern & Casino

BEST RESTAURANT BEST RESTAURANT SERVICE BEST ROMANTIC DINING 1. Pearl Café FINALISTS, BEST RESTAURANT 2. Red Bird 3. Scotty’s Table FINALISTS, BEST ROMANTIC DINING 2. Red Bird 3. Plonk Wine Bar FINALISTS, BEST RESTAURANT SERVICE 2. Jakers Bar & Grill 3. Red Bird

BEST FRIES 1. James Bar 2. Five Guys Burgers & Fries 3. Hoagieville BEST FOOD TRUCK/CART BEST MEXICAN FOOD 1. El Cazador / El Cazador Taco Truck FINALISTS, BEST MEXICAN FOOD 2. Fiesta en Jalisco 3. Tia’s Big Sky FINALISTS, BEST FOOD CART/TRUCK 2. Beastro, Burns St. Bistro 3. Big Thai Country BEST FRESH PRODUCE BEST SALAD BEST VEGETARIAN FOOD 1. Good Food Store FINALISTS, BEST PRODUCE 2. Orange Street Food Farm 3. Farmers markets FINALISTS, BEST VEGETARIAN FOOD 2. Masala 3. Green Source FINALISTS, BEST SALAD 2. Romaines 3. Jakers Bar and Grill

BEST NEW RESTAURANT 1. Tia’s Big Sky 2. Poke Bowl 3. Green Source BEST FAMILY-FRIENDLY RESTAURANT 1. Red Robin 2. Montana Club 3. Top Hat Lounge BEST PLACE TO BUY MEAT 1. Diamond Bar Meats 2. Cloven Hoof 3. Good Food Store BEST RESTAURANT WINE LIST 1. Red Bird 2. Plonk Wine Bar 3. Caffè Dolce

BEST TEA 1. Lake Missoula Tea Co. 2. Butterfly Herbs 3. Liquid Planet

BEST ICE CREAM/FROZEN YOGURT 1. Big Dipper 2. Sweet Peaks 3. Dairy Queen

BEST OUTDOOR DINING 1. Finn & Porter 2. Plonk Wine Bar 3. Iron Horse

BEST DELICATESSEN 1. Tagliare 2. Worden’s Market & Deli 3. Good Food Store

BEST MILKSHAKE 1. Uptown Diner 2. Big Dipper 3. Butterfly Herbs

BEST SANDWICH SHOP 1. Doc’s Sandwich Shop 2. Tagliare 3. Worden’s Market and Deli

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BEST SUPERMARKET BEST RETAIL BEER SELECTION 1. Orange Street Food Farm 2. Good Food Store 3. Missoula Fresh Market FINALISTS, BEST RETAIL BEER SELECTION 2. Worden’s Market & Deli 3. Pattee Creek Market BEST RETAIL WINE SELECTION 1. Worden’s Market & Deli 2. Good Food Store 3. Orange Street Food Farm BEST WINGS 1. Desperado Sports Tavern 2. Buffalo Wild Wings 3. Bridge Pizza BEST COFFEE HUT 1. Florence Coffee Co. 2. The Loose Caboose 3. Good Americano BEST CONVENIENCE STORE 1. Ole’s Country Store 2. Grizzly Grocery 3. Holiday Stationstore BEST LIQUOR STORE 1. Grizzly Liquor 2. Krisco Liquor 3. Magic Diamond on Brooks BEST PIZZA DELIVERY 1. Bridge Pizza 2. Howard’s Pizza 3. Pizza Hut BEST ALL-NIGHT DINING 1. The Oxford Saloon & Café 2. Denny’s 3. 4Bs BEST BARISTA 1. Sammy Rodriques, Liquid Planet 2. Kendra Bell, Drum Coffee 3. TIE: Bri Polluck, Loose Caboose Racquelle, Burns St. Bistro

nightlife The Mary Place Trio provides the tunes at Draughtworks from 6 PM–8 PM. Free.

The Missoula Festival of the Dead culminates in a processional from the XXXXs down through Higgins to Caras Park.

Things kick off with pre-parade performances at 6 PM, parade starts at 7:30 PM. Free.

Say "yes and" to a free improv workshop every Thursday at BASE. Free and open to all abilities, levels and interests.

725 W. Alder. 6:30 PM–8 PM

Playing Monopoly With God opens at the Roxy Theater.

Doors at 6 PM, show at 7. $21. Visit playingmonopolywithgod.com for more info.

Mamma Mia continues at the MCT Center for the Performing Arts. 7:30 PM. $25.

Singer-songwriter A.J. Croce plays the Dennison Theater.

7:30 PM. $26.50.

It's like if Wassily Kandinsky flipped you off. Rapper Abstract Rude plays Monk's.

Google it. Doors at 7:30 PM, show at 8:30. $10/$7 advance.

Trivia at the Holiday Inn Downtown. 7:30–10 PM. Electronic-funk duo The Floozies bring the Funk Jesus Tour to the Top Hat. Doors at 8 PM, show at 9. $18/$16 advance.

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Bring your jack-o-lantern to Emmaus Campus Ministry for a good ol' fashioned pumpkin smash. All pumpkins will be composted. All you have to do is your best Billy Corrigan impression. 3 PM–6 PM. Author Deanne Stillman reads from her book, Blood Brothers, about the unlikely friendship between Buffalo Bill Cody and Sitting Bull. Fact and Fiction. 5:30 PM. Astronomers guide audiences through the grand finale of NASA's Cassini spacecraft's journey to Saturn at the Payne Family Native American Center Star Gazing Room. 6:30 PM and 8 PM. $6.

nightlife FundRISEr, a benefit for the nonprofit Rise Now, which travels to communites in Mexico to build playgrounds our of recycled materials, features the music of Caracol and Breakfast For Dinner at Free Cycles. 7 PM–11 PM.

Playing Monopoly With God, Melissa Bangs hilarious and powerful play about the birth of her daughter, a bipolar diagnosis and the transformative power of laughter, opens at the Roxy Theater. Doors at 6 PM, show at 7. $21. Visit playingmonopolywithgod.com for more info.

Take a chance on me. Mamma Mia continues at the MCT Center.

7:30 PM. $25.

Brother Ali plays Monk’s Fri., Nov. 3. Doors 9 PM, show at 10. $18–$65.

The Lolo Creek Band flood into the Eagles Club for your dancing pleasure. 8 PM. Free.

Dad? Dakota Poorman plays the Sunrise Saloon at 9 PM. Free.

Brother Ali plays Monk's. Doors at 9 PM, show at 10. $18–$65.

18-plus.

\m/(>.<)\m/ Walking Corpse Syndrom, Undying Avarice and Headcase Harmony awaken the

Mudslide Charley slides into the Union Club for an evening of music. 9:30 PM. Free.

Chuck Florence, David Horgan and Beth Lo provide the jazzy soundtrack at Plonk Wine Bar from 8 PM–11 PM. Free.

Spotlight

Singer-songwriter Jared Finck plays the VFW at 8 PM. Free.

BetweenTheLines Theatre returns with a new season of contemporary theater. First up is Gruesome Playground Injuries by Pulitzer Prize-nominated playwright Rajiv Joseph. The play starts with two grade-schoolers meeting for the first time in the nurse's office of their parochial school. Kayleen has a stomach

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

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

heavy metal gods at the Dark Horse. 9 PM. $10.

WHAT: Gruesome Playground Injuries

Eurotech Dance Party at the VFW. The party starts at 9 PM. Free.

WHEN: Tue., Nov. 7 through Sun., Nov. 19

Why did the chicken cross the road? To get to Missoula's HomeGrown Comedy Standup Open Mic at the Union Club. Signup at 9:30 PM, show at 10. Free.

HOW MUCH: $20

WHERE: The Roxy

MORE INFO: theroxytheater.org

ache and Doug jumped off the roof. Over the next 30 years, Doug and Kayleen cross paths, meeting in hospitals, sickbeds and funeral

Drop Culture is back with new resident DJ Smokey Rose on the decks with Mark Myriad. The Badlander. 9:30 PM. Free.

Moe and Curly are just going to have to move on. Dead Larry plays the Top Hat at 10:15 PM. Free.

scar crossed homes. Each meeting, the battered pair exchange stories on their expanding roster of scars, both physical and emotional.

Unlike BetweentheLines’ last season, where each of the plays had their own dedicated runs, this year the company is stacking up some plays, opening Danny and the Deep Blue Sea on Sat., Nov. 11, halfway through Gruesome's run.

“We have given these two shows an overlapping, repertory run to put them in direct communication with one another,” says Mason Wagner, director of BetweenTheLines. “One takes place over the course of 30 years, the other, a single night. Both plays confront the same big questions: Do we

change? Does love have the power to save us? How do we write the stories of our own future?"

—Charley Macorn

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Saturday University of Montana professor Ted Catton reads from his new book, Rainy Lake House at Shakespeare & Co. at 1 PM. Free.

Oh no, my sweater! The Loose String Band plays Draught Works from 5 PM–7 PM. Free.

nightlife Roll some dice and make new friends at Board Game Night at Retrofix Games. 6 PM–10 PM. Free.

Playing Monopoly With God, Melissa Bangs’ hilarious and powerful play about the birth of her daughter, a bipolar diagnosis and the transformative power of laughter, opens at the Roxy Theater. Doors at 6 PM, show at 7. $21. Visit playingmonopolywithgod.com for more info.

See that girl? Watch that scene.

Mamma Mia continues at the

MCT Center for the Performing Arts. 2 PM and 7:30 PM. $25.

Pioneering composer, singer, director and choreographer Meredith Monk assembles dancers, singers and actors from UM for a kinetic journey through her spiritual quest. University Congressional Church. 7:30 PM. $15.

Join the University of Montana OUTlaws for an evening of fun, drag and someone singing Don't Stop Believing off-key. The Karaoke Gong Show raises funds for the Open Aid Alliance. The Public House.

7:30 PM. $15/$10 if you're in drag.

The Lolo Creek Band flood into the Eagles Club for your dancing pleasure. 8 PM. Free.

Barley & Sage provide the music to the Missoula Folklore Society Contra Dance at Union Hall. All dances are taught and called, no partner necessary. Workshop at 7:30 PM, dancing at 8. $9.

Shakewell plays the Top Hat. Doors at 9:30 PM, show at 10:15 PM. $5.

Dad? Dakota Poorman provides the tunes at the Sunrise Saloon at 9 PM. Free.

DJ Kris Moon completely disrespects the adverb with the Absolutely Dance Party at the

Badlander, which gets rolling at 9 PM, with two for one Absolut Vodka specials until midnight. I get the name now. Free.

Idle Ranch Hands play the Union Club while I've got a herd of cat-

tle to brand. Typical. 9:30 PM. Free.

I recognize this band from the orange juice instructions. Shakewell plays the Top Hat. Doors at 9:30 PM, show at 10:15 PM. $5.

First Friday Mixed media artist Stacey Dykeman combines multimedia techniques with explosive color at Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices. 5 PM–8 PM. Lake Missoula Tea Company hosts the pen and ink drawings of Britt Felgate and the music of singer-songwriter Joey Running Crane. 5 PM– 8 PM. Flux, a new exploration of water and our environment through fabric and mapping by Carly Prentice, opens at La Stella Blu. 5 PM–8 PM.

Femme4Femme4Ever, a collection of pen and marker illustrations focusing on queerness and femininity by Hazel Videon, opens at Butterfly Herbs. 5 PM–8 PM. Joseph Grady displays his new graphic novel at Kulture Missoula. 5 PM–8 PM. A flock of ravens is called a conspiracy. That's what they want you to think, anyway. The Blackbird: It's a Conspiracy, 4 Ravens Gallery's 5th invitational show features blackbird-inspired art. 5 PM–8 PM. Bathing Beauties Beads hosts the jewelry of Elizabeth Costigan. 5 PM–8 PM. The Clay Studio hosts an exhibition of work by University of Montana graduate and post baccalaureate students. 5:30 PM–9 PM. Bilingual art, representing social or environmental issues in Latin American countries, cre-

ated by Hellgate 4th year Spanish students, go on display in The Wilma's front windows. 5 PM–8 PM.

Radius Gallery hosts a closing reception for Mind Fields, featuring the work of eight imaginative artists. 4 PM–8 PM.

Planned Parenthood's First Friday features art, info on health insurance enrollment and complimentary virtual reality goggles. What a future we live in! 5:30 PM– 8:30 PM.

But seriously, please don't. Betty's Divine's annual Please Don't Tell My Dad collaborative art show features the obscene, the vulgar and the embarrassing. Music by Close But No Seger.

6 PM–8 PM. 18-plus.

The Bike Doctor hosts the paintings of Chloe House from 5 PM–8 PM.

Noteworthy Paper & Press celebrates its grand reopening with a First Friday reception at its new location. 219 S. 3rd Street W. 4 PM–8 PM.

Piece of Mind displays the work of Montana artists Alderson Glass and Kso Glass from 5 PM–10 PM. The delicate lifelike figures of Terra Chapman and Maurilo Milone lynchpin Gallery 709's First Friday reception. 5 PM–9 PM. Glacier Sotherby's International Realty present the artwork of Bijou by SAM. 5 PM–8 PM. Artist Jessie Smith presents pieces from her Ode to Art collection, including portraits of famous artists, poetry and photography. The Western Montana Community Center. 5 PM– 8 PM. Patti Jo Thomas, a self-taught artist and sixth generation Montanan, shares her collection of oil paintings at The Artists' Shop. 5 PM–8 PM. The Olive Branch hosts the framed commissions, tattoo designs and pagan crafts of Kayla Beal. 5 PM–8 PM.

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Shed/AfterNow: Works by Linda Stoudt in the Missoula Art Museum Collection opens with a reception from 5 PM–8 PM. Now this is art I can get behind. Halisia Hubbard's watercolor and oil paintings are each paired with a matching cake, baked by Jenny Fawcett of Poppy Bakery. Clyde Coffee. 5 PM–8 PM. Korean artist Soon Kim displays her paintings at Frontier Space in the alley between Spruce and Pine in Downtown Missoula 5 PM–9 PM. Free.

Internationally-acclaimed photographer Alan McQuillan displays the majesty of the mighty forests at Montana Natural History Center.

4:30 PM–6:30 PM. Gears, clockworks and unusual repurposed items mix steampunk flavor with industrial style

at Linda Cohen's Steampunk and Beyond at Bernice's Bakery. 5 PM–8 PM. The Public House hosts Opportunity Resources 2018 Calendar Awards featuring art, music and food. 6 PM–8 PM. See the work of pint-sized Picasso at Imagine Nation Brewing's Origins Art Show. Art from students at Origins Education Preschool display from 6 PM–8 PM. The Montana Distillery hosts Fire and Ice Night, featuring the artwork of Peter Chinikaylo and the music of Basses Covered.

5 PM–8 PM. The Missoulian Angler Fly Shop host the photography of David Detrick's fly-fishing excursions throughout Montana. 5 PM–8 PM. The Market on Front hosts the photography of Paul Teigen. 6:30 PM–8 PM. Liquid Planet showcases the paintings and handmade jewelry of Magnus Andrews. 223 N. Higgins. 5:30 PM–8 PM. Austin Slominski blurs authorship between machine and creator with video installations, photography and audience interaction at E3 Convergence Gallery. A reception for Naive/Beginner runs from 5 PM–9 PM. The Dram Shop hosts the photography of Chris Gibisch in the new exhibit A Closer Look at Everday Places. 5 PM–8 PM.

Sunday Get an introduction to the fascinating world of encaustic art.

Learn the skills and safety of working with hot wax. Zootown Arts Community Center. 11 AM–1 PM. $40.

Playing Monopoly With God, Melissa Bangs' hilarious and powerful play about the birth of her daughter, a bipolar diagnosis and the transformative power of laughter continues at The Roxy Theater. 2 PM. $21. Visit playingmonopoly-

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Tuesday withgod.com for more info.

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

Artists Courtney Blazon and Cori Crumrine host a Q&A about their research and studio practices at Shakespeare & Co. 6 PM–7:30 PM. Free.

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Every Sunday is "Sunday Funday" at the Badlander. Play cornhole, beer pong and other games, have drinks and forget tomorrow is Monday. 9 PM.

South Carolina native Trevor Hall brings his eclectic mix of acoustic rock, reggae and Sanskrit chanting to the Top Hat. Doors at 7 PM, show at 8. $25.

Charcoal Squids, Go Hibiki and Jeff Beam bring the tunes to the ZACC Below. 8 PM. $5.

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Grunge rockers Ramonda Hammer play the VFW with Walker Lukens, Iress and Tiny Plastic Stars. 8 PM. $5.

Charcoal Squids, Go Hibiki and Jeff Beam play the ZACC Below. 8 PM. $5.

Step up your factoid game at Quizzoula trivia night, every

Tuesday at the VFW. 8:30 PM. Free. Our trivia question for this week: What poet said "Novem-

ber always seemed to me the Norway of the year"? Answer in tomorrow's Nightlife.

Revelators impresario Russ Nasset plays the Red Bird Wine Bar. 7 PM–10 PM. Free.

Get your tastebuds ready for Feast Week, a weeklong celebration of the best food and drink in Missoula. Visit MissoulaFeastWeek.com for a full schedule of events and locations.

Sip a fancy cocktail for a cause at Moscow Monday at the Montgomery Distillery. A dollar from every drink sold is donated to a local organization.

12 PM–8 PM. Prepare a couple of songs and bring your talent to Open Mic Night at Imagine Nation Brewing. Sign up when you get there. Every Monday from 6–8 PM. Bingo at the VFW: The easiest way to make rent since keno.

6:30 PM. $12 buy-in.

nightlife Revelators impresario Russ Nasset plays the Red Bird Wine Bar. 7 PM–10 PM. Free.

The University of Montana Jazz program keeps things swinging with a tribute to Thelonius Monk at Break Espresso. 7:30 PM– 9:30 PM. Free.

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

Every Monday DJ Sol spins funk, soul, reggae and hip-hop at the Badlander. Doors at 9 PM, show at 10. Free. 21-plus.

Your tastebuds are going to thank you. Feast Week continues with foodie events across the city. Visit MissoulaFeastWeek.com for a full schedule.

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Wednesday Environmental journalist Matthew Frank discusses his time chronicling climate change in Indonesia. University Center Alumni Boardroom. 12 PM. Free and open to the public.

Your tastebuds are going to thank you. Feast Week continues with foodie events across the city. Visit MissoulaFeastWeek.com for a full schedule.

Every Wednesday is Community UNite at KettleHouse Brewing Companyﾒ s Northside tap room. A portion of every pint sold goes to support local Missoula causes. This week support the Watershed Education Network. 5 PM–8 PM.

nightlife Bob Wire turns the honky tonk

knob to maximum at Great Burn Brewing. 6 PM–8 PM. Free.

Helena author Aaron Parrett reads from his new fiction collection, Maple & Lead, at Shakespeare & Co. 7 PM. Jack Reacher author Lee Child has a conversation with Montana author David Abrams at Dennison Theatre. 7 PM. $30.

Win big bucks off your bar tab and/or free pitchers by answering trivia questions at Brains on Broadway Trivia Night at the Broadway Sports Bar and Grill.

7 PM. Trivia answer: Emily Dickinson.

Over the course of 30 years, the lives of two childhood friends repeatedly intersect to compare the scars and the physical

Author Lee Child has a conversation with Montana author David Abrams at the Dennison Theatre Wed., Nov. 8 at 7 PM. $30. calamities that draw them together. Gruesome Playground Injuries kicks off another season of BetweenTheLines Theatre at the Roxy. 7:30 PM. $20.

Are you a DJ? Of course you are; it's 2017! Join the Missoula

Open Decks Society for an evening of music. Bring your gear and your dancing shoes to the VFW at 8 PM. Kraptastic Karaoke indulges your need to croon, belt and warble at the Badlander. 9:30

PM. No cover.

Get up onstage at VFW's open mic, with a different host each week. Half-price whiskey might help loosen up those nerves. 8 PM. Free.

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Thursday

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Your tastebuds are going to thank you. Feast Week continues with foodie events across the city.

Visit MissoulaFeastWeek.com for a full schedule.

of biology and entomology at Cornell University, talks about monarch butterflies, their migration and the toxic plants they love. The Wilma. Doors at 6 PM, show at 7. Free.

Austin-based singer-songwriter Omarr Awake plays Imagine Nation Brewing. 6 PM. Free.

Say "yes and" to a free improv workshop every Thursday at BASE. Free and open to all abilities, levels and interests. 725 W. Alder. 6:30 PM–8 PM

nightlife Dr. Anurag Agrawal, professor

Medusa really hates cable news. Stone Foxes play Monk's.

Doors at 7 PM, show at 8. $10.

Over the course of 30 years, the lives of two childhood friends repeatedly intersect to compare the scars and the physical calamities that draw them together. Gruesome Playground Injuries kicks off another season of BetweenTheLines Theatre at the Roxy. 7:30 PM. $20.

All those late nights watching gameshow reruns are finally paying off. Get cash toward your bar tab when you win first place at trivia at the Holiday Inn Downtown. 7:30–10 PM.

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

Is it big? Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's not small. No, no, no. Groove the night away at the Honeycomb Dance Party at Monk's. 9 PM. Free.

Your favorite local and touring electronic DJs assemble at the VFW every Thursdays for the No Cover Eurotech Dance Party.

The party starts at 9 PM. Free.

Seattle's The Dip plays the Top Hat. 10 PM. Free.

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

Don’t forget to include the date, time, venue and cost. Remember remember the fifth of November, the Gunpowder Treason and Plot.

Agenda

Somewhere in my closet, no doubt buried by my ex's clothing and at least half of a horse costume, is the glass dildo I won for taking first place at the Karaoke Gong Show a couple years back. It's still probably the most prestigious award I’ve ever won. I proudly displayed it, mint in package, on my mantle at home, until my mom popped by unexpectedly and we had a long awkward conversation about living godly. And while that glass “sculpture” (the descriptor my mother used through gritted teeth) is no longer displayed in my home, the memory of achieving victory while giving back to a good cause remains something I'm incredibly proud of.

THURSDAY NOVEMBER 2 Enjoy a cold beer while raising funds for local charity Dubber's Care and its work supporting local families in need. Imagine Nation Brewing hosts a special pint night from 5:30 PM–7:30 PM. Standing Rock Leader LaDonna Brave Bull Allard gives the keynote address at the 12th Annual DiverseU symposium. University Center Ballroom. 7 PM. Free and open to the public.

FRIDAY NOVEMBER 3 FundRISEr, a benefit for the nonprofit Rise Now, which travels to communities in Mexico to build playgrounds our of recycled materials, features the music of Caracol and Breakfast For Dinner at Free Cycles. 7 PM–11 PM. Raise a glass whiling raising funds for educa-

Put on each year by the UM Law School's LGBTQI+ group the OUTlaws (and seriously, how great of a name is that?), Karaoke Gong Show raises funds for local groups working within Missoula. This year all funds raised by the show go to help Open Aid Alliance and its work with HIV and STI screenings and education. I can't promise the prizes will be as prestigious as mine, but it's not about what you win, it's about what you give back.

—Charley Macorn The Karaoke Gong Show takes place Sat., Nov. 4 at 7:30 PM at the Public House. $15/$10 if you come in drag. tional programs at Travelers' Rest. Montgomery Distillery donates $1 for every cocktail sold to fund field trips, family programs and more. 12 PM–8 PM.

TUESDAY NOVEMBER 7 Soft Landing Missoula hots the lecture Timeless Iraq, a fresh look at a fascinating country at the University Center Theater. Presented by recent refugee, Mushtaq Al-Rashidany, the lecture begins at 6 PM. Free and open to the public.

WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 8 Every Wednesday is Community UNite at KettleHouse Brewing Company’s Northside tap room.

A portion of every pint sold goes to support local Missoula causes. This week support the Watershed Education Network. 5 PM–8 PM.

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

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Mountain High

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e’re rapidly approaching the time of year where biking, Missoula’s favorite pastime after floating and beer-drinking, becomes a hazard. The streets will soon be icy and the cold winds will freeze fingers to handlebars. Soon biking will be reserved for the most dedicated and those with no other options.

MTB Missoula will be celebrating the end of mountain biking season with the Bike Ball, a party and fundraiser at Burns St. Bistro. MTB recently helped put on the USA Cycling Collegiate Mountain Bike National Championships, and Missoula will host the championship again next year. MTB builds and maintains trails, supports the city’s youth cycling program, hosts races throughout the summer and fights for cyclists’ access to public lands.

—Margaret Grayson The MTB Missoula Bike Ball starts at Burns St. Bistro on Sat., Nov. 4, at 6 PM. $15 advance or $20 at the door. More info on Facebook.

THURSDAY NOVEMBER 2

SUNDAY NOVEMBER 5

Lolo Community Center hosts a free screening of the National Geographic documentary Lewis & Clark: Great Journey West. 7 PM. Free.

The Top Hat hosts a screening of Drop Everything, a new ski film by Matchstick Productions.

Door at 5 PM, show at 6. $15/$13 advance.

SATURDAY NOVEMBER 4

MONDAY NOVEMBER 6

Join Five Valleys Audubon for a full-day field trip to the Metcalf refuge to search for waterfowl and other migrant birds. Meet in the northwest corner of the Adams Center parking lot at 8:40 AM. Bring a lunch and binoculars.

Tie some flies with IFlyFishMontana and The Missoulian Angler at a tying party at Imagine Nation Brewing. 6 PM–8 PM.

The Mount Jumbo Elk Ramble, the final race in Montana Trail Crew's inaugural Treasure State Trail Series, rounds out a year of outdoor adventure. 10 AM. Visit runwildmissoula.org for more information.

The 12th Annual Reel Rock Film Tour brings the best climbing and adventure films to the University Center Theater. 7 PM. $18/$15 advance.

Celebrate biking in Montana at the MTB Missoula Bike Ball at Burns St. Bistro. Come for tacos and beer, stay for a raffle that helps build, maintain and protect our public lands. 6 PM–11 PM. $20/$15 advance.

The Montana Trail Crew presents the 5th Annual Mountain Running Film Festival at the Wilma. 7 PM. $12.

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This week, though, it’s offering you tacos, raffle prizes and a silent auction to support another year of bike-related action.

If you’re not quite ready to give up the tires yet, fear not. Free Cycles will host a Break the Ice potluck and workshop on Wednesday to teach you to winterize your bike and give you tips on riding in the colder weather, along with prepping the Free Cycles building itself for the coming season.

WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 8

Off the Record, a gathering of outdoor writers, photographers and other media-creators, meets at the Union Club. 7 PM.

THURSDAY NOVEMBER 9 Learn how to get your bicycle through the winter with a panel at Free Cycles. 5 PM–8 PM. Free.

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By Amy Alkon WHILE YOU WERE SWEEPING My boyfriend unplugs my laptop when it’s charging and plugs the charger into his, despite knowing that I need my computer charged for work. This is actually part of a pattern— a general lack of consideration, from constantly being late to always leaving messes for me to clean up to knocking the shower door off the track and then just leaving it leaning against the tub. Recently, my dad emailed him three times without hearing back—in response to a favor he’d asked of my dad!—and I had to bug him to reply. How can I get him to be more considerate?

—Disturbed There are people who go all crazybiscuits if you don’t immediately email them back—confusing the ability to reply nearly instantly with a mandate to do that. Still, there’s a middle ground between frantically responding to every message and taking so long that somebody sends the cops around to peer in the windows for a body.

When you’re romantically involved with someone, it’s kind of a problem if the most reliable thing about them is their unreliability. Granted, we all fail in the followthrough department every now and then—like when my car got ticketed because the registration sticker I’d paid for remained in a pile of unopened mail that had gradually migrated under my bed.

But when somebody has a pretty pervasive pattern of carelessness—when they’re basically an entitlement-infused, corner-cutting slacktastrophe of a person—it points to their coming up short on what psychologists call “conscientiousness.” This is one of the five core personality dimensions (along with openness, extroversion, agreeableness and emotional stability), and it reflects a person’s level of self-control and sense of responsibility to others.

Personality researcher Brent Roberts explains that people who are “high in conscientiousness” “tend to write down important dates, comb their hair, polish their shoes, stand up straight, and scrub floors.”

That last one is an unexpected plus if you have dingy grout; however, there’s such a thing as too much conscientiousness— which is cool if your “type” is a rigid, perfectionistic mini-Mussolini.

Meanwhile, on the perennially chillaxed end of the spectrum, people “low in conscientiousness” tend to break promises, cancel plans, watch more TV, oversleep and see credit limits as credit suggestions.

The plan-canceling and promise-breaking reflect something noteworthy—self-cen-

teredness and a lack of concern for how their behavior affects others. (Essentially, they tend to do things halfway—but only when they can’t get away with doing them a third of the way or less.)

Not surprisingly, researchers find that people’s lives work better if they keep their promises, don’t go around with yesterday’s sloppy Joe on their shirt, and get to work at an hour that does not require an explanation that opens with “you’ll never believe what happened this time!”

However, it isn’t just your own level of conscientiousness that impacts your life.

Psychologists Brittany Solomon and Joshua Jackson find that having a partner high in conscientiousness makes you likely to have higher income and job satisfaction and a better shot at getting promoted.They suggest that having a more conscientious partner makes for a more satisfying and supportive home life, allowing a person to focus more on their work.

Personality traits are, to a great extent, genetic and are largely stable because of that. However, Roberts finds evidence that people can increase their level of conscientiousness.This starts in the smallest ways, like making the bed and tidying the house in the morning so it looks more “lived in” than “ransacked.” Repeated behaviors become habits, and collectively, our habits form who we are.

Of course, changing starts with wanting to change—valuing conscientiousness enough to be motivated to make it an integral part of everything one does. This sometimes happens when a person gets a tragedy-driven wake-up call. Absent that, your best chance for inspiring your boyfriend to want to live more conscientiously is by using empathy as a motivator—gently explaining to him how unloved you feel and how disrespected other people must feel in the wake of his constant sloppy disregard for anyone but himself.

If he says he wants to change, give yourself a deadline—perhaps two or three months down the road—to see whether he’s making meaningful improvement. If you decide to break up, you might want to make conscientiousness one of the “musthaves” on your “What I Need In A Man” list so your next relationship feels more like a romantic partnership than a remedial finishing school for one. Lesson 36: One should email the girlfriend’s dad back in less time than it would take to deliver the message by pony express—if you first had to get the mare and the stallion to hook up to make the pony.

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PUBLIC NOTICES MNAXLP MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT MISSOULA COUNTY Case No.: DV 17-638 Judge: Karen S. Townsend (Dept.

4) SUMMONS FOR PUBLICATION ALLY FINANCIAL INC., Plaintiff, vs.TED A. FIELD, Defendant. THE STATE OF MONTANA TO: TED A. FIELD 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 Plaintiff’s attorney within twenty-one (21) days after the service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service; and in case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default, for the relief demanded in the Complaint. The object of this action is for the purpose of seizure and repossession of a certain 2013 Dodge Ram, VIN 3C6TR5CT4DG527859, as described in Plaintiff ’s Complaint, which property is situated in the County of Missoula, State of Montana, and for the further purpose of liquidating said property pursuant to the Uniform Commercial Code (Mont.

Code Ann. §§ 30-9A-101, et seq.). DATED this 12th day of October, 2017. /s/ Shirley E. Faust CLERK OF DISTRICT COURT By: /s/

Molli Zook (Deputy Civil Clerk) MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 2 Cause No. DP-17-246 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF DONALD STEVEN POLINSKY, a/k/a Donald S. Polinsky, 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 MARY LORRAINE POLINSKY, the Personal Representative, return receipt requested, at c/o Thomas C. Orr Law Offices, P.C., 523 South Orange Street, Missoula, Montana 59801, or filed with the Clerk of the above-entitled Court.

DATED this 24th day of October, 2017. /s/ Mary Lorraine Polinsky, Personal Representative THOMAS C. ORR LAW OFFICE, P.C. By: /s/ Thomas C. Orr, Esq. Attorneys for Mary Lorraine Polinsky, Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA

COUNTY Cause No.: DV17-932 Dept. No.: 1 Leslie Halligan Notice of Hearing on Name Change In the Matter of the Name Change of Michael Paul Hawthorne, Petitioner.

This is notice that Petitioner has asked the District Court for a change of name from Michael Paul Hawthorne to Michael Paul Taylor. The hearing will be on 12/6/2017 at 11:00 a.m. The hearing will be at the Courthouse in Missoula County. Date: 10/25/17 /s/ Shirley E. Faust, Clerk of District Court By: /s/ Casie Jenks, Deputy Clerk of Court MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 2 Probate No. DP-17-268 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF EUGENE C. HEMGREN a/k/a EUGENE CARROLL HEMGREN, Deceased.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the said deceased are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred.

Claims must either be mailed to Robyn Nickel, the Personal Representative, return receipt re-

quested, c/o Boone Karlberg P.C., P. O. Box 9199, Missoula, Montana 598079199, or filed with the Clerk of the above-entitled Court. I declare, under penalty of perjury and under the laws of the state of Montana, that the foregoing is true and correct. DATED this 16th day of October, 2017, at Helena, Montana. /s/ Robyn Nickel PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE’S ATTORNEY BOONE KARLBERG P.C. By: /s/ Thomas H. Boone, Esq. P. O. Box 9199 Missoula, Montana 59807 Attorney for Robyn Nickel, Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 4 Case No. DP-17-215 NOTICE TO CREDITORS In the Matter of the Estate of BONNIE LEE KELLER MENDENHALL, Deceased.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the decedent are required to present their claims within four (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 Brennan Mendenhall, the Personal Representative, at PO Box 3778, Missoula,

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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY

By Rob Brezsny ARIES (March 21-April 19): America’s Civil War ended in 1865. A veteran from that conflict later produced a daughter, Irene Triplett, who is still alive today and collecting his pension. In the coming months, I foresee you being able to take advantage of a comparable phenomenon, although it may be more metaphorical. Blessings from bygone times, perhaps even from the distant past, will be available to you. But you’ll have to be alert and know where to look. So now might be a good time to learn more about your ancestors, ruminate exuberantly about your own history, study the lives of your dead heroes, and maybe even tune in to your previous incarnations.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): “I wasn’t in the market to buy a Day-Glo plastic fish from a street vendor,” testified a witty guy named Jef on Facebook, “but that’s exactly what I did. The seller said he found it in someone’s trash. He wanted fifty cents for it, but I talked him up to a dollar. The best part is the expression on the fish’s face. It’s from Edvard Munch’s The Scream.” I bring this testimony to your attention, Taurus, because I feel it’s good role-modeling for you. In the coming days, I bet you won’t know exactly what you’re looking for until you find it. This prize may not be highly valued by anyone else but you. And it will amuse you and be of use to you in just the right ways.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Where are Chinese gooseberries grown? In New Zealand. What is a camel’s hair brush made of? Squirrel fur. When England and France waged their Hundred Years’ War, how long did it last? 116 years. When do Russians celebrate their October Revolution? In November.Trick answers like these are likely to be a recurring theme for you in the coming weeks, Gemini. That’s why I advise you to NOT be a Master of the Obvious.

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CANCER (June 21-July 22): In accordance with the astrological omens, I recommend you indulge in any or all of the following exercises. 1. Dedicate an entire day to performing acts of love.

2. Buy yourself flowers, sing yourself a song and tell yourself a story about why you’re so beautiful.

3. Explain your deeply-felt opinion with so much passion and logic that you change the mind of a person who had previously disagreed with you. 4. Make a pilgrimage to a sacred spot you want to be influenced by. 5. Buy a drink for everyone in a bar or cafe.

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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): “Dear Rob: I saw a photo of you recently, and I realized that you have a scar on your face. I hope you don’t mind me telling you it resembles an ancient Mayan hieroglyph that means ‘Builder of Bridges for Those Who Are Seeking Home.’ Did you know this? If so, do you think it’s an accurate title for what you do? – Renegade Leo Scholar.” Dear Scholar: Thanks for your observation. I don’t know if I fully deserve the title “Builder of Bridges for Those Who Are Seeking Home,” but it does describe the role I’m hoping to play for Leos. The coming weeks will be an excellent time for your tribe to clarify and cultivate your notion of home.

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VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Author Clarissa Pinkola Estés encourages us to purge any tendencies we might have to think of ourselves as hounded animals, angry, wounded victims, leaky vessels aching to be filled, or broken creatures yearning for rescue. It so happens that now is a perfect time for you to perform this purgation. You have maximum power to revise your self-image so that it resounds with more poise, self-sufficiency and sovereignty.

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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): I used to scoff at people who play the lottery.The chance of winning big is almost nil. Why not invest one’s hopes in more pragmatic schemes to generate money? But my opinion softened a bit when the planet Jupiter made a lucky transit to an aspect in my personal horoscope. It really did seem like my chances of winning the lottery were unusually high. I started dreaming about the educational amusements I’d pursue if I got a huge influx of cash. I opened my mind to expansive future possibilities that I had previously been closed to. So even though I didn’t actually get a windfall during this favorable financial phase, I was glad I’d entertained the fantasy. In alignment with current astrological omens, Libra, here’s the moral of the story for you: Meditate on what educational amusements you’d seek if you had more money.

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SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): In the early stages of Johnny Cash’s development as a musician, his mother hired a coach to give him singing lessons. But after a few meetings, the teacher counseled him to quit. Johnny’s style was so unique, the seasoned pro thought it better not to tamper with his natural sound. I hesitate to offer you comparable advice, Scorpio. I’m a big believer in the value of enhancing one’s innate talents with training and education. On the other hand, my assessment of your destiny between now and October 2018 impels me to offer a suggestion: It may be useful for you to give some credence to the perspective of Johnny Cash’s voice coach. Make sure you guard and revere your distinctiveness.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): I used to nurture a grudge against Tony Pastorini. He was the high school math teacher who kicked me out of the extracurricular Calculus Club because my proofs were too “intuitive and unorthodox.” The shock of his rejection drove me away from a subject I had been passionate about. Eventually, though, I came to realize what a good deed he had done. It would have been a mistake for me to keep specializing in math—I was destined to study literature and psychology and mythology—but it took Pastorini to correct my course. Now, Sagittarius, I invite you to make a similar shift of attitude. What debt of gratitude do you owe a person you have thought of as a source of frustration or obstruction?

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MT 59806 or filed with the Clerk of the above Court. Dated this 29th day of September, 2017. /s/ Brennan Mendenhall, Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY PROBATE NO. DP-17-272 DEPT. NO. 2 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF ESTHER ANN IRENE CHESSIN, Deceased.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Robert L. Chessin 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 the notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims may be mailed to Robert L. Chessin, 133 Crestview Drive, Missoula, Montana 59803, or filed with the Clerk of the above-entitled Court. DATED this 23 day of October, 2017.

HOWARD TOOLE LAW OFFICES, PO Box 8774, Missoula, MT 59807 By: /s/ Howard Toole, Attorney for Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Probate No.: DP-17-269 Dept. 1 Leslie Halligan NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN RE THE ESTATE OF: LYNN FORREST FORBES, Deceased.

NOTICE IS HEREBY

GIVEN that Linda A. Bentley has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the decedent are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred.

Claims must either be mailed to Linda A. Bentley, Personal Representative, return receipt requested, c/o Christopher W. Froines, FROINES LAW OFFICE, Inc., 3819 Stephens Ave., Suite 301, Missoula, Montana 59801 or filed with the Clerk of the above Court. DATED this 16th day of October, 2017. FROINES LAW OFFICE, Inc. By: /s/ Christopher W. Froines, Attorney for the Personal Representative I declare under penalty of perjury and under the laws of the state of Montana that the foregoing is true and correct.

DATED this 16th day of October, 2017. /s/ Linda A. Bentley, Personal Representative Notice of Default and Notice of Intent to Sell Contents of Storage Unit at Public Auction Date: October 26th, 2017 To: Aliyah Bayliss 312 S Surrey Missoula, MT 59808 Re: Storage Unit A4 Riverside Self Storage 3645 Clark Fork Way Missoula, MT 59808 Past Due Amount: $1,083.00 + incurring fees.

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fire from his fellow deities and sneakily gave it to us humans. Before our patron provided us g stole with this natural treasure, we poor creatures had no access to it. As I gaze out at your possibilities CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): In the lore of ancient Greek mythology, the god Prometheus

in the coming months, Capricorn, I foresee you having Promethean inclinations. Your ability to bestow blessings and spread benevolence and do good deeds will be at a peak. Unlike Prometheus, however, I don’t expect you’ll get into trouble for your generosity. Just the opposite!

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AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Here’s a parable you may find useful. An armchair explorer is unexpectedly given a chance to embark on an adventure she has only read and dreamed about.

But she hesitates on the brink of seizing her opportunity. She asks herself, “Do I really want to risk having ragged reality corrupt the beautiful fantasy I’ve built up in my mind’s eye?” In the end she takes the gamble. She embarks on the adventure. And ragged reality does in fact partially corrupt her beautiful fantasy. But it also brings her unexpected lessons that partially enhance the beautiful fantasy.

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PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): “A game of chess is usually a fairy tale of 1,001 blunders,” said chess grandmaster Savielly Tartakower, a Pisces. “It is a struggle against one’s own errors,” he added.

“The winner of the game is the player who makes the next-to-last mistake.” I think this is excellent counsel during the current phase of your astrological cycle, Pisces. It’s time to risk bold moves, because even if they’re partly or wholly mistaken, they will ultimately put you in a good position to succeed in the long run. Here’s a further point for your consideration. Remember the philosopher Rene Descartes’ famous dictum, “Cogito ergo sum”? It’s Latin for “I think, therefore I am.” Tartakower countered this with, “Erro ergo sum,” which is “I err, therefore I am.”

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the contents of the Storage Unit will be sold at public auction. The public auction will be held at 11:00AM on November 28th, 2017 at 3645 Clark Fork Way Missoula, MT 59808. The proceeds of the public auction will first be applied to the costs of the sale and then to the unpaid rental fees and charges, and the excess proceeds, if any, will be paid to you. If you cannot be located, however, then

the excess proceeds, if any, will escheat to the state of Montana as provided in Title 72, chapter 14 of Montana Code Annotated. All sales at the public auction vest title to the property sold in the purchaser of the property.

You may respond to this Notice by contacting Riverside Self Storage’s designated agent, Kim Johnson, at 3645 Clark Fork Way Missoula, MT 59808 or at 406-830-

6838. Thank you, RIVERSIDE SELF STORAGE By: Kim Johnson Notice of Default and Notice of Intent to Sell Contents of Storage Unit at Public Auction Date: October 17, 2017 To: Cody Glover 533 Eddy Missoula, MT 59801 Re: Storage Unit No. E105 Riverside Self Storage 3645 Clark Fork Way Missoula, MT 59808 Past Due Amount: $274.87 + incurring fees

PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT you are more than sixty (60) days in default in the payment of rental fees and other charges for the above-referenced Storage Unit. As a result, the owner of the storage facility, Riverside Self Storage, has placed an “overlock” on the Storage Unit. Any attempt to remove the “overlock” on the Storage Unit without the express permission of Riverside Self Storage constitutes a

criminal offense. You are prohibited from entering the Storage Unit and may not access any contents of the Storage Unit unless and until you comply with the terms of this Notice.

Please be advised that Riverside Self Storage claims a lien against the contents of the Storage Unit pursuant to Mont.

Code Ann. § 71-31201(2)(a), and that said lien shall not be lost by reason of any forcible or

fraudulent taking of said contents from the possession of Riverside Self Storage. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT you have thirty (30) days from the date of this Notice to pay the Past Due Amount set forth above and to claim the contents of the Storage Unit. If the entire Past Due Amount is not paid within thirty (30) days of the date of this Notice, the contents of the Storage Unit will be sold at

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Real estate focus

Missoula Single Family Homes Under $175,000

$174,500

$165,000

$167,000

288 Speedway Ave. • MLS# 21712727

450 Speedway Ave. • MLS# 21712348

Unique 1st home in the sunny East Missoula neighborhood ready to move into today! You are biking and floating distance to downtown, Missoula College and Mountain Campus.

Close to Mount Jumbo Trail access. Updated Items: Roof, Windows, Kitchen Cabinetry-built-ins,sink faucet & flooring, Tiled Bathroom-sink faucet. Hardwood floors just refinished, Rain Gutters. Private fenced landscaped yard with deck, Dog run/ Storage shed.W/D-as is. Call Kathleen Walters at 406-880-8818 or your realtor to arrange showings. It is recommended all buyers and/or their agents verify all property information provided to their full satisfaction.This information is acquired through outside, public sources and is deemed reliable, but not guaranteed by the seller, listing agent or Montana Realty Network.

Kathleen Walters • Montana Realty Network 542-7077 • kathleen@montanarealtynetwork.com

Fantastic corner lot with an adorable sweet little bungalow, and a fully fenced yard!

This solid stucco sided home has a great floor plan and is convenient to downtown, mountain trails, river, the University, and more. The garage has an enclosed room within perfect for storage or a hobby room or workshop.

The yard has full sun in the back and a wonderful large mature tree in front providing ample shade. There is fresh paint inside, Italian tile on the kitchen floor, a large mudroom/laundry. High efficiency furnace 2010; newer vinyl in bath and laundry; newer kitchen faucet and pedestal sink in bathroom.

Clean, cute, and ready to move into.

KD Dickinson • Portico Real Estate • 240-5227 www.homesbykd.com

1718 South 5th St. West MLS# 21709651

Cute 3 bedroom, 1 bath home, close to Good Food Store and bike path. Zoned RM1-45 and C1-4. Needs some updating with great potential. Back yard has lots of possibilities. Call Chay Hughes 546-3717 or your real estate professional to view today.

Chay Hughes • Keller Williams Western MT 926-3434 • www.sellingmissoula.com

PUBLIC NOTICES public auction. The public auction will be held at 11:00AM on December 20th, 2017 at 3645 Clark Fork Way Missoula, MT 59808. The proceeds of the public auction will first be applied to the costs of the sale and then to the unpaid rental fees and charges, and the excess proceeds, if any, will be paid to you. If you cannot be located, however, then the excess proceeds, if any, will escheat to the state of Montana as provided in Title 72, chapter 14 of Montana Code Annotated. All sales at the public auction vest title to the property sold in the purchaser of the property.

You may respond to this Notice by contacting Riverside Self Storage’s designated agent, Kim Johnson, at 3645 Clark Fork Way Missoula, MT 59808 or at 406-8306838. Thank you, RIVERSIDE SELF STORAGE By: Kim Johnson Notice of Default and Notice of Intent to Sell Contents of Storage Unit at Public Auction Date: Oc-

tober 26, 2017 To: Brian Lofink 14001 Turah Rd Clinton, MT 59825 Re: Storage Unit No. B22 Riverside Self Storage 3645 Clark Fork Way Missoula, MT 59808 Past Due Amount: $1,642.00 + incurring fees. PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT you are more than sixty (60) days in default in the payment of rental fees and other charges for the above-referenced Storage Unit. As a result, the owner of the storage facility, Riverside Self Storage, has placed an “overlock” on the Storage Unit. Any attempt to remove the “overlock” on the Storage Unit without the express permission of Riverside Self Storage constitutes a criminal offense. You are prohibited from entering the Storage Unit and may not access any contents of the Storage Unit unless and until you comply with the terms of this Notice.

Please be advised that Riverside Self Storage claims a lien against the contents of the Storage Unit pursuant to Mont.

Code Ann. § 71-3-

1201(2)(a), and that said lien shall not be lost by reason of any forcible or fraudulent taking of said contents from the possession of Riverside Self Storage. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT you have thirty (30) days from the date of this Notice to pay the Past Due Amount set forth above and to claim the contents of the Storage Unit. If the entire Past Due Amount is not paid within thirty (30) days of the date of this Notice, the contents of the Storage Unit will be sold at public auction. The public auction will be held at 11:00AM on November 28th, 2017 at 3645 Clark Fork Way Missoula, MT 59808. The proceeds of the public auction will first be applied to the costs of the sale and then to the unpaid rental fees and charges, and the excess

proceeds, if any, will be paid to you. If you cannot be located, however, then the excess proceeds, if any, will escheat to the state of Montana as provided in Title 72, chapter 14 of Montana Code Annotated. All sales at the public auction vest title to the property sold in the purchaser of the property.

You may respond to this Notice by contacting Riverside Self Storage’s designated agent, Kim Johnson, at 3645 Clark Fork Way Missoula, MT 59808 or at 406-8306838. Thank you, RIVERSIDE SELF STORAGE By: Kim Johnson Pew Corporation is accepting proposals from all qualified DBE, DVBE, MBE, WBE, SBE, LBE, owned business concerns for the construction of Lee Gordon Place a seven unit

townhome project, located at 203 E. Front St., Missoula, MT 59802. This project is in whole or part being funded with federal funds through the Home Investment Partnerships Program (HOME) that is administered by the Montana Department of Commerce.

HOME requirements governing the grant require that, to the greatest extent feasible, opportunities for training and employment arising in connection with this HOME-assisted project be extended to lowerincome residents. Further, to the greatest extent feasible, business located in or substantially owned by residents of the project area will be utilized. Proposals must be received

NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE The following described personal property will be sold at public auction to the highest bidder for cash or certified funds. Proceeds from the public sale for said personal property shall be applied to the debt owed to Rent-a-Space in the amounts listed below (plus as yet undetermined amounts to conduct the sale): Space/Name/$$$/Desc 3301/Daniel J. Aamold/$305/clothes 4131/Tiana Kellberg/$392/furniture SALE LOCATION: Gardner’s Auction Service, 4810 Hwy 93 S, Missoula, MT

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www.gardnersauction.com SALE DATE/TIME: Wed, Oct. 4, 2017 @ 4:30 PM (check website for details) TERMS: Public sale t the highest bidder.

Sold “AS IS”, “WHERE IS”.

Cash or certified funds.

no later than November 9, 2017 at 10:00 a.m. For more information, please contact Pew Corporation at P.O. Box 2100, Missoula,

CLARK FORK STORAGE will auction to the highest bidder abandoned storage units owing delinquent storage rent for the following unit(s): 233. 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 11/7/2017 by appt only by calling 541-7919. Written sealed bids may be submitted to storage offices at 3505 Clark Fork Way, Missoula, MT 59808 prior to 11/9/2017 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.

MT 59806 or call 406721-2001. Pew Corporation is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT ON THE 6TH DAY OF NOVEMBER 2017 AT 1:00 P.M.; A PUBLIC ONLINE AUCTION @ storagetreasures.com WILL BE HELD FOR THE PURPOSE OF SATISFYING A LANDLORD’S LIEN ON THE CONTENTS OF 3(THREE) STORAGE UNIT(S), STORED AT THE U-HAUL CENTER OF MISSOULA. THE GOODS TO BE SOLD ARE GENERALLY DESCRIBED AS HOUSEHOLD ITEMS, FURNITURE, AND CLOTHING. THE FOLLOWING UNITS WILL BE NOVEMBER 6TH, 2017 AT 1:00 PM AT 820 STRAND AVE, MISSOULA, MT 59801.

UNIT 117 Adam Wilson 438 Axle Helena, MT 59602 UNIT 108 Kyle Wood 9463 Upper Miller Ck Rd Missoula, MT 59803 UNIT 113 Kalyn Thomas 1856 Strand Ave Missoula, MT 59801

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

GAR ON • Garçon is a 13 year male Jack Russell Terrier. He is not only the shelter's old-timer, but also our longest-term canine resident. He is a very happy and well-trained old chap. He came to us when his previous owner's health issues became too advanced to also care for a senior dog. Garçon does not particularly like other dogs or cats, but he loves people of all ages.

This sweet and affectionate girl is a bit timid at first and has a submissive demeanor. She knows a great deal of commands, including sit, lay down, roll over, shake, and high five. Shelter life is a bit stressful for this nervous girl, and she's really hoping to find an established home that can shower her with love and affection which she would gladly reciprocate.

TOBY•Toby is a 3 year old male Catahoula/Lab mix. This big goofy boy is likely the happiest dog you've ever met. He's so full of joy that he literally bounces everywhere he goes!

Toby loves to play and will fetch in his own clownlike way. Toby doesn't know basic commands, but is very motivated by treats, which means he would likely learn quickly.

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DONALD • Donald is a 2 year old male Pit Bull. This silly boy is a bit thick headed, and it takes him a fair amount of time to relate to people. He has never had a consistent owner, and is hoping that his next home is permanent. Donald walks well on leash and knows not a single command. He is very gentle when taking treats and just recently started showing interest in toys.

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DEMPSEY• Dempsey is a 3 year old male Pit Bull/Lab mix. He loves playing with other dogs and getting human attention. Dempsey enjoys playing with plush toys, has no idea how to fetch, will perform a few basic commands when treats are readily available. However, extended time in the shelter has caused him to forget some of those good habits.

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DAISY• Daisy is a 2 year old female American Pit Bull Terrier. She loves all people and enjoys kids. Daisy needs a cat free home, and is a bit picky about what kind of dogs she wants to hang out with. Daisy is an energetic dog that would love to have a fenced yard in her new home so she always has a place to play. Once she has had her exercise, Daisy is content to lounge on the couch for the rest of the day.

These pets may be adopted at the Humane Society of Western Montana 549-3934 RALPHIE• Sweet Ralphie is a tender spirit, searching for his forever home. He is looking for a quiet home full of lots of TLC. Little Ralphie is a friendly guy that would love to go to a more mature home. This guy wants to be the center of attention and get all of your love! Come visit Ralphie during our open hours, Wed-Fri form 16pm and Sat-Sun form 12-5pm!

FRY• Fry is a smart cat that likes to explore.

He comes from an active household with kids, dogs, and other cats. He is a friendly guy and is could be a great fit for any type of home! This guy likes to adventure outside on his own, but also enjoys affection from his person. Come visit Fry during our open hours, Wed-Fri from 1-6 pm and Sat-Sun from 12-5 pm.

MOOSE • Moose is a polite young boy that loves the outdoors! This gentle fella would love to be outside all day, either on walks around the neighborhood or just hanging out in the yard.

Moose is very friendly with new friends, including kids! He's a smart guy that is looking for an active home. If Moose is the guy for you, give us a call at 406.549.3934 to learn more!

ACE• Ace is a friendly little man that is looking for a loving home to give him lots of pets. He likes new people, and will nuzzle his head against your leg until he gets some sweet scratches behind the ears. His laid-back nature makes him a great companion for someone looking for a buddy to lounge around with. Give us a call at 406.549.3934 to find out more about Ace!

SUZIE• Suzie is a happy dog, as you can see with her big goofy smile! This smart girl loves to play indoors and outdoors, just as long as she's with her person! Some of her favorite activities include hiking in the mountains, playing with other dogs, and cuddling with her people. Suzie has lived with small children and other dogs, and she gets along with everyone!

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FANNIE• Fannie is on the search for endless pets. This sweet girl is shy at first, but as soon as she feels your hand on her, she comes out of her shell. She loves the attention and will let you pet her as long as you like. Her sweet purr tells you just how much she is enjoying your time together. Come give Fannie some love during our open hours! missoulanews.com • November 2–November 9, 2017 [43]

RENTALS APARTMENTS 1 bed, 1 bath, Cooper Street, $725, DW, AC, coin-op laundry, storage & off street parking W/S/G paid. No pets, no smoking. Gatewest 728-7333 1 bed, 1 bath, S. Russell, $700, DW, AC, coin-op laundry, storage & off street parking W/S/G paid. No pets, no smoking Gatewest 728-7333 108 W. Broadway #2. Studio/1 bath, newly remodeled, W/D, A/C, downtown $950. Grizzly Property Management 542-2060 1315 E. Broadway #10. 3 bed/2.5 bath, near University, coin-ops, carport, pet? $1075. Grizzly Property Management 542-2060

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 1-800-877-7353 or Montana Fair Housing toll-free at 1-800-929-2611

2 bed, 1 bath, Downtown, $795, coin-op laundry, off-street & carport parking,W/S/G Paid. NO PETS, NO SMOKING. Gatewest 728-7333 2 bed, 1 bath, near Good Food Store, $800, DW, coin-op laundry, off-street parking, HEAT Paid. NO PETS, NO SMOKING. Gatewest 728-7333 2 bed, 1 bath, S 3rd W, $895-905, A/C, DW, W/D hookups, flat top stove, storage & off street parking W/S/G paid. NO PETS, NO SMOKING. Gatewest 728-7333 210 Grant St. #4. 2 bed/1 bath, close to Milwaukee Trail, W/D hookups, DW $825. Grizzly Property Management 542-2060

3712 W. Central #1 2 bed/1 bath, upper Target Range unit, W/D hookups, storage $800. Grizzly Property Management 542-2060 Beautiful, sunny completely remodeled high-end finishes, hardwood floors, stainless appliances, quiet 2 bedroom, large Lower South Hills apt. Carport, hookups, G/W/S. $900/month. 1 month deposit. 406531-8119

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MOBILE HOMES Lolo RV Park. Spaces available to rent. W/S/G/Electric included. $495/month. 406-273-6034

DUPLEXES 211 S. 4th Street East #1. 3 bed/1 bath, close to U, W/D hookups $1050. Grizzly Property Management 542-2060 2300 McDonald #1. 1 bed/1 bath, new flooring and paint, close to shopping and parks $650. Grizzly Property Management 542-2060

237 1/2 E. Front St. “A” Studio/1 bath, downtown, HEAT PAID, coinops on site $625. Grizzly Property Management 542-2060

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Studio, 1 bath, near Good Food Store, $595, DW, coin-op laundry, off-street parkIng, HEAT Paid. NO PETS, NO SMOKING. Gatewest 728-7333

509 S. 5th St. E. #1. 1 bed/1 bath, two blocks to University, sunroom, coin-ops, HEAT PAID $775. Grizzly Property Management 542-2060

OUT OF TOWN 11270 Napton Way 2C. 3 bed/1 bath, HEAT PAID, central Lolo location, lots of interior updates. $925. Grizzly Property Management 542-2060

Rainbow Mini-Storage Storage units available: 10 x 20 $75 a month 10 x 10 $55 a month 880-8228

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REAL ESTATE HOMES 1049 South 1st. 2 bed, 1 bath at the heart of it all. New roof & many other upgrades. $219,900.

Shannon Hilliard, Ink Realty Group 239-8350. shannonhilliard5@gmail.com 1702 Bancroft. 2 bed, 1 bath brick cottage with fenced backyard & single garage. Great investment. $225,000. Shannon Hilliard, Ink Realty Group. 239-8350, shannonhilliard5@gmail.com 1728 Ernest. Updated 4 bed, 2 bath with basement, large fenced backyard & single garage. $315,000. Shannon Hilliard, Ink Realty Group. 239-8350 shannonhilliard5@gmail.com 2 Bdr, 1 Bath Westside home, $240,000. BHHSMT Properties.

For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com 2755 Lower Lincoln Hills Dr. Easy jaunt to downtown It’s a nature paradise in town with a magical trail leading up to the fabulous home and land. 3 Bed 1 Bath $425,000 KD 240-5227

with covered deck, UG sprinklers & double garage. $269,500. Shannon Hilliard, Ink Realty Group 239-8350 shannonhilliard5 @gmail.com

6770 Roberta Drive Under Construction Now. 3 Bedroom, 2 Bath, 1510 sq. ft. in Linda Vista’s newest phase.

Priced at an entry-level for homes in this brand new neighborhood. Cul-de-sac lot has wide views of both mountains and valley. Still time to select finishes including paint, appliances, cabinets and flooring. $309,950. Learn more at 3genbuilders.com or 240-9857.

CONDOS River Road Duplex on a 0.30 acre lot, $375,000. BHHS Montana Properties. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com

3625 Kingsbury. Pleasant View 3 bed, 3 bath on corner lot with 2 car garage. $274,900. Shannon Hilliard, Ink Realty Group. 2398350 shannonhilliard5 @gmail.com

1 Bdr, 1 Bath, Lolo Townhome. $184,900. BHHSMT Properties.

For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com

4 Bdr, 2 Bath, University District home. $515,000. BHHSMT Properties. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com

2025 Mullan Heights #306. 2 bed, 2.5 bath facing the Clark Fork River. $227,500. Anne Jablonski, Portico Real Estate 546-5816 anne@movemontana.com

4 Bdr, 3 Bath, Grant Creek home on 5.7 acres. $415,000. BHHSMT Properties. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com

The Uptown Flats #303. UNDER CONTRACT. Modern 1 bed, 1 bath, 612 sq.ft. near downtown and Clark Fork River. $159,710.

Anne Jablonski, Portico Real Estate 546-5816 anne@movemontana.com

425 S 5th St West-This is an amazing stunning historic gem.

The beautiful Victorian was built in 1890 and has absolute charm of yesteryear. $625,000 KD 2405227 PorticoRealEstate.com 450 Speedway- Fantastic corner lot with an adorable sweet little bungalow, with fully fenced yard!

Close to University, Hiking Trails, Downtown and More! $165,000.

KD 240-5227 PorticoRealEstate.com 6 Elk Ridge. 4 bed, 3 bath in gated Rattlesnake community with shared pool & tennis court. Many new upgrades. $795,000. Shannon Hilliard, Ink Realty Group 2398350, shannonhilliard5 @gmail.com

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OUT OF TOWN

2.1 acre waterfront lot in Alberton. $169,000. BHHS Montana Properties. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com

3 Bdr, 2 Bath, Stevensville home on 1.6 acres. $700,000. BHHSMT Properties. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com

NHN Raymond. Beautiful .43 acre lot in quiet Rattlesnake neighborhood. $229,500. Shannon Hilliard, Ink Realty Group.

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3 Bdr, 2 Bath, Stevensville home on 15 acres. $378,500. BHHSMT Properties. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com

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4 Bdr, 2 Bath, Upper Rattlesnake home on a half acre lot. $325,000. BHHSMT Properties.

For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com

COMMERCIAL

415 Central Avenue Hot SpringsCentrally Located on 4 Lots.

Great Potential- Multiple Outbuildings-Mature Apple, Pear and Plum Trees as well as Shade trees. $45,000. KD 240-5227 PorticoRealEstate.com

Holland Lake Lodge. Lodge with restaurant, gift shop & Montana liquor license on 12 acres of USFS land. $5,000,000. Shannon Hilliard, Ink Realty Group 2398350. shannonhilliard5 @gmail.com

New home just completed!

7000 Guinevere Enjoy the spectacular views from the large and openconcept living space. Kitchen has stainless steel appliances, large sink and island.

Master bedroom is spacious with a walk-in closet and double vanity bathroom. Two additional bedrooms and a full guest bathroom top off this fantastic single level home. Fully landscaped, underground sprinklers and air conditioning! House is on corner of Shaver and Guinevere, upper Linda vista.

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REAL ESTATE

2900 ST. MICHAEL DR $1,400,000

5 Bdr, 3 Bath, Alberton home on 20 acres with Petty Creek frontage. $475,000. BHHSMT Properties. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com

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Homes: 2755 Lower Lincoln Hills Dr. - It's a nature paradise in town with a magical trail leading up to the fabulous home and land. ........................................................$425,000 450 Speedway- Solid stucco-sided home has great floor plan and is convenient to downtown, mountain trails, river, UM, and more................................................$165,000 2883 E Fork Road- 2 bedroom 1 bath home is located up the scenic East Fork with incredible access to fishing, hunting & public lands galore...............................$225,000 415 Central Ave- Hot Springs Centrally Located on 4 Lots. Great Potential- Multiple Outbuildings. Mature Shade, Apple, Pear & Plum Trees ...................................$45,000 607 Overlook Way Easy living awaits you in wonderful 3 bedroom 2 bath South Hills home. Light pours in huge picture windows of open living dining area.........$295,000 1779-81 W Sussex Duplex on corner lot in great neighborhood. Close to Trempers, mall, parks, schools & bike trails........................................................................$192,500 6301 Helena Dr. 4 bed, 2 bath on nearly 1/2 acre. Includes 12 fruit trees, blueberries, blackberries, raspberries & more..................................................................$275,000 425 S 5th St W- Beautiful Victorian built in 1890 has absolute charm of yesteryear. Exterior brick work is glorious artwork. ...........................PRICE REDUCTION! $625,000

Townhomes/Condos 616 Toole- Modern new townhome will be finished late Spring or early Summer. This wonderful home features 3 bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms and bonus room in daylight basement. .............................................................................................................................................................................$350,000 618 Toole- Modern new townhome will be finished late Spring or early Summer. This wonderful home features 3 bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms and bonus room in daylight basement. .............................................................................................................................................................................$350,000 620 Toole- Modern new townhome will be finished late Spring or early Summer. This wonderful home features 3 bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms and bonus room in daylight basement. .............................................................................................................................................................................$350,000 622 Toole- Modern new townhome will be finished late Spring or early Summer. This wonderful home features 3 bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms and bonus room in daylight basement. .............................................................................................................................................................................$350,000 2101 Dearborn #13 If you are looking for a gorgeous, affordable condo, this might be it. Centrally located near the mall and the bike path is right outside your door..........$134,000 1400 Burns St #6- Walk out your back door to a beautifully landscaped courtyard & pop over to Burns Street Bistro for great coffee or an amazing meal....................$115,000 1400 Burns St #16 - Burns Street Commons is a very special place to call home. Three bedroom upper level unit is spacious, convenient & beautiful. ........................$158,000 2025 Mullan Rd #306 River facing unit takes full advantage of southern exposure to let in light during short winter days.........................................................................$249,000 801 N Orange- Uptown Flats #303. Third floor, south facing. 1 bed 1 bath. .........................................................................................................................................$159,710

Featured: 450 Speedway Solid stuccosided home has a great floor plan and is convenient to downtown, mountain trails, river, UM, and more. $165,000

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4 bedroom, 5 bath home situated on 4.2 park like acres with spectacular views, vaulted ceilings and an abundance of natural light. Indoor pool with beautiful tile work and spa.

2 bedroom, 1 bath guest house.

2883 E Fork Road This 2 bedroom 1 bath home is located up the scenic East Fork with incredible access to fishing, hunting, and public lands galore. $225,000

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4860 Jaiden Lane • $389,900 Linda Vista 5 bed, 3 bath with sweeping mountain views from a very private deck.

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