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OPINION

DRUNK ON POWER: RACIST COMMENTS PUT RAVALLI LEADERS BACK ON HOT SEAT

UNSPOKEN TRIBUTE FOR THE MAN AN ODE TO OLIVER! FIRE BORROWING ESSAY NEWS HOW THEATER WHO HELPED SAVE A LANGUAGE AND STEAMPUNK! HURTS PUBLIC LANDS

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OPINION

DRUNK ON POWER: RACIST COMMENTS PUT RAVALLI LEADERS BACK ON HOT SEAT

UNSPOKEN TRIBUTE FOR THE MAN AN ODE TO OLIVER! FIRE BORROWING ESSAY NEWS HOW THEATER WHO HELPED SAVE A LANGUAGE AND STEAMPUNK! HURTS PUBLIC LANDS

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cover illustration by Josh Quick

News Voices/Letters Dogs, wolves and pensions ...............................................................4 The Week in Review Turkey, Walmart and a drug bust .............................................6 Briefs KSPS, digital maps and food ................................................................................6 Etc. What’s for dinner? Roadkill......................................................................................7 News Ravalli comments leave tribal elders thinking of the past ....................................8 News How “fire borrowing” impacts all public land use ...............................................9 Opinion Honoring the life of a Blackfeet language advocate ......................................10 Opinion Bitterroot leaders can’t get out of own way ..................................................11 Feature Our annual holiday gift guide .........................................................................14

Arts & Entertainment Arts An ode to Oliver!...................................................................................................20 Music Chance the Rapper, Audacity and Los Campesinos!..........................................21 Arts Kikut’s Manifestdestination looks to the West .....................................................22 Books Caputo’s Road sheds light on an American truth .............................................23 Film Darlings gives new life to the Beats.....................................................................24 Movie Shorts Independent takes on current films .....................................................25 Flash in the Pan Pairing beer with food ......................................................................26 Happiest Hour Whistling Andy whiskey ......................................................................28 8 Days a Week Definitely on the naughty list..............................................................29 Mountain High Bozeman Ice Climbing Festival..........................................................41 Agenda Humane Society volunteer orientations .........................................................42

Exclusives

Street Talk..............................................................................................................4 In Other News......................................................................................................12 Classifieds ..........................................................................................................C-1 The Advice Goddess ...........................................................................................C-2 Free Will Astrolog y.............................................................................................C-4 Crossword Puzzle...............................................................................................C-7 Camp Sleepover .................................................................................................C-9 This Modern World...........................................................................................C-11

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STREET TALK

by Cathrine L. Walters

Asked Monday, Dec. 3, outside the Orange Street Food Farm.

What’s the best homemade gift you’ve ever made or received?

Follow-up: What’s one thing you’re hoping to find wrapped for you this holiday season?

Shawn Hanson: I received a chest made of wood. My grandma and grandpa made it for me. Gamers: I don’t need anything.

I just want to spend time with family. Actually, I would like a PlayStation 4 to play with my son. Right now we have the PlayStation 3.

Chris Ramsey: The best gift I made was a wooden bench I gave to my mom that I made in high school. The best gift I received was a knitted blanket from my grandmother. Strung out: I would like an acoustic-electric bass guitar. I played cello all through high school and middle school and want to try something else.

Charlie Gasco: Last year my son turned 8 and he made me a pop-up book. There was a pop-up bear and a whole story he made up to go with it. Bring ’em home: To bring the Marines back home. Specifically, Gunny Durham. We were in the Marine Corps together. He doesn’t need to be wrapped up, though.

Quinn Lai: The best gift I made was a chess board in wood shop for my older brother. Priorities: I’m not looking for much this year because I already self-indulged in the new Xbox One system. But I would like any clothes that will keep me warm—maybe some jeans.

Mike Matthews: The best thing I ever made was a rock album. In the ’70s I was in a doom rock band called Bedemon and we got picked up by a record company. I gifted the album to my niece who was a fan. Rock on: A new Fender Stratocaster guitar would be nice.

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Alternate view I’m sorry to hear about the tragic loss of Layne Spence’s malamute (see “etc.,” Nov. 21). Mr. Spence, however, should be ashamed. He needs to be scolded.

Mr. Spence took his dogs out in the woods during hunting season without leashes and at least an orange vest. Animal Control and/or the Humane Society should charge him with animal endangerment and animal cruelty.

People should feel sorry for Mr. Spence’s pup. But people should hold Mr. Spence accountable. His two other dogs should be taken away from him and adopted out.

The guy who shot Mr. Spence’s dog probably feels really bad. He thought he shot a wolf. Now he has to live with killing Mr. Spence’s dog that he was lucky to have. Malamutes do look like wolves and wolves are in season.

Joe Morgan Helena

Complex issue The topic of public pensions is an important and complicated one, and it is easily oversimplified. I want to respond to the Missoula Independent article “Private players: Billionaires attempt to remake Montana’s pension system” (Oct. 31) and explain how The Pew Charitable Trusts approaches this important issue.

Maintaining sustainable public retirement systems is arguably one of the most significant fiscal challenges facing states, including Montana, which had amassed $1.5 billion in unfunded pension debt even before the 2008 recession hit. By the end of 2012, the state’s retirement systems were collectively only 64 percent funded, well below the level needed to ensure the systems’ long-term fiscal health. If not addressed, the state’s growing pension debt of $4.3 billion would threaten public workers’ salaries and benefits and could crowd out other essential state services. Montana needed to find a balanced set of solutions that would offer retirement security to public workers while protecting taxpayers and maintaining the ability to deliver important public services.

Pew works on this issue to improve public policy, and with no hidden agenda.

All public employees—past, present, and future—deserve a secure retirement. This begins with paying for pension promises that have already been made. But policymakers also need to ensure that they have

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a sustainable retirement system for the future. This can involve keeping the existing retirement plan but doing a better job of funding it. And it can also involve looking at how pension plans are designed.

At the end of the day, there is no onesize-fits-all solution. How states choose to address pension challenges is up to their policymakers and citizens to decide.

Going forward, we need an honest discussion centered around a fair set of solutions that will offer retirement security to public workers while protecting state taxpayers and maintaining the ability of states to deliver important public services.

Greg Mennis Director Public Sector Retirement Systems The Pew Charitable Trusts Washington, D.C.

“Malamutes do look like wolves and wolves are in season.”

Not okay From the bottom of our hearts, we apologize for the disrespect shown to you by our county leaders (see “Revisiting racism” on page 8). The chairman of the planning board should be immediately dismissed for his ignorant bigoted comments. The commissioners also should be and will be voted out during the next election. Their extreme views do not reflect the views of the majority of the citizens of Ravalli County. We are sorry that they have disrespected you under the guise of taking care of the county citizens to the tune of $808 per year. It is shameful, ignorant and deceitful.

Sarah and Andy Roubik Corvallis

Ignorant leaders The Ravalli County Commissioners invited CSKT tribal representatives to discuss the transfer of the Medicine Tree site

to federal trust. They came in good faith— not to seek permission, defend the validity of their culture, history and rights, or to be insulted by racist public comment.

The commissioners plan to submit an apology for the racist comment made by Planning Board Chairman Jan Wisniewski.

The commissioners have an apology of their own to make for less obvious but far more damaging actions. The county has no jurisdiction over tribally owned land and yet assumed they could control the transfer with an opposing vote. The sarcastic tone, line of questioning and rude assumptions demonstrated a stark contrast of conflicting cultural world views with regard to value of place, history and respect.

In addition to respectful conduct, K12 students have more knowledge of local tribes than our county leaders, due to years of dedication on behalf of the CSKT, schools and cultural organizations and the implementation of Indian Education for All into our public school curriculum. Our government leaders did not have access to this education in school. Hopefully, a new generation will be better prepared to build good working relations with Montana’s 12 Indian tribes. The IEFA “Essential Understandings Regarding Montana Indians” implemented in our public schools may be viewed at www.opi.mt.gov. Answers to the commissioners’ questions are in this concise document, including the validity of oral histories, and the original necessity of tribal/federal trust agreements. Ironically, they were created due to misinterpretations, non-Indian expectations and points of view occurring on the local level.

Hopefully, the commissioners have learned something from this unfortunate event and will take full responsibility and necessary steps to mend a valuable and enriching relationship that so many have strived long and hard to build.

Marina Weatherly Art and Indian Education Specialist Stevensville Correction: Last week’s article, “Speaking out,” misquoted Doug Coffin’s comments at a Nov. 13 rally at the University of Montana. The professor and state legislator referred to for-profit education companies, not UM administrators, as “corporatists and bureaucrats.” The Independent regrets the error.

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WEEK IN REVIEW

VIEWFINDER

by Cathrine L. Walters

Wednesday, November 27 A Missoula police officer suffers a minor gunshot wound during an incident on the 2300 block of Reserve Street. Law enforcement officials say the shootout occurs during a High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Task Force operation, and that one of four suspects is also injured.

Thursday, November 28 Marking an annual right of passage, Missoula’s Goodfellows Club and a cadre of Boy Scout volunteers serve roughly 525 free Thanksgiving dinners at Fuddruckers, which donates restaurant space. Meals come complete with turkey, mashed potatoes, corn and pumpkin pie.

Friday, November 29 Fifteen protestors gather outside the Walmart on Brooks Street in solidarity with Our Walmart, a group seeking increased wages and more full-time jobs at the retail chain. The local Black Friday demonstration is one of an estimated 1,500 held at Walmarts across the country.

Saturday, November 30 Coastal Carolina beats Bethune-Cookman 48-24 in the first round of the Football Championship Subdivision playoffs, setting up a second-round game against Montana on Dec. 7 in Missoula. The Chanticleers are coached by former CEO and program booster Joe Moglia.

Sunday, December 1 A 27-year-old hunter goes missing in Wallace Creek near Clinton, prompting three twoperson teams from Missoula County Search and Rescue to scour the area on ATVs. The man is found safe the next morning.

Monday, December 2 Missoula’s Urban Forestry Division announces that the city will replace 98 dead or dying trees along residential streets throughout the city beginning in December. The city says these trees “represent an unacceptable level of risk to citizens” and plans to replace them with fast-growing species like bur oak and honey locust.

Tuesday, December 3 The Montana Organizing Project and the Alliance for a Just Society release their annual Montana Jobs Gap Study at a mid-morning gathering of politicians, activists and workers at the YWCA. The report calls for Medicaid expansion and a living wage of $13.92 an hour for single workers in the state.

Mrs. Claus reads children’s holiday books at Walking Stick Toys Dec. 2. The readings continue every Monday at 10:30 a.m. through December.

Farms

Proposed regs raise issues Early in October, the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition launched a campaign to fix new safety regulations set down in the Food Safety Modernization Act of 2010. The federal Food and Drug Administration was taking public comments on the revised standards at the time, and the NSAC sought to inform as many people as possible about the major impacts of those revisions on small-scale farms across the country.

The FDA has since closed public comment, and farmers nationwide are waiting to see what changes—if any—the agency makes in response to nearly 20,000 written comments. The concern is serious in western Montana. Bonnie Buckingham, executive director of the Clark Fork Agricultural Coalition, says that for small farms in the Missoula area, the FDA’s proposals are “onerous to the point of just being unaffordable.”

“At a time when people are wanting more local food, wanting to know their farmer, wanting to really connect with their food and where it comes from,” Buckingham says, “this is a rather big blow.”

Sen. Jon Tester drafted a letter last month taking

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aim at the FDA for its one-size-fits-all approach, requesting, among other things, that the agency soften the terms used to determine which small farms qualify for exemptions. Those exemptions were created to apply “common-sense rules for food safety at small operations that would still allow small, local markets and farms to flourish,” Tester wrote. “We need more small farms and facilities, not fewer, and these proposed rules must not stymie this local economic growth.”

Other areas of concern include stricter testing of water sources for diseases like E. coli that could dramatically increase the cost of even small-farm operations.

The FDA is also recommending lengthening the required time between manure application and crop harvest to nine months, an added challenge in Montana’s already short growing season.

Dave Prather, general manager of the Western Montana Growers Cooperative, hopes the FDA heeds the feedback and revisit its proposals. As written, he says, the new regulations would overburden small farmers to the point of driving some out of business. Consumers could see an increase in the price of locally grown foods and a reduction in the amount available.

“The big guys will be okay,” Prather says. “They just

have to shore up a few things. But smaller producers, if they’re not going to qualify under any exemptions, are going to have a tough time.”

Alex Sakariassen

Wildlife

Bad news for hunters Roughly 400 white-tailed deer dropped dead in the greater Missoula area this fall, most in or around water.

Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks promptly sent samples in for testing, but the state was candid about its suspicion: epizootic hemorrhagic disease. Lab tests confirmed the theory. The outbreak became the first-ever appearance of EHD in Missoula County.

According to Doug Inkley, a senior scientist at the National Wildlife Federation, the prevalence of EHD could be on the rise. During a Nov. 22 press conference, Inkley explained that the virus—carried by biting midges commonly known as “no-see-ums”—is directly linked to drought conditions that are becoming more frequent across the United States. Longer, hotter summers prompt big game populations to spend more time near the very water sources where midges thrive.

[news] Afflicted animals will seek out water to relieve symptoms like fever and dehydration, and since the insects tend to stick around until the first frost, late winters significantly lengthen the amount of time deer are exposed.

“With climate change, there are going to be surprises,” Inkley said.

The sudden rash of white-tailed deer carcasses near the Clark Fork even stunned state biologists, who are trying to piece together why EHD has shown up in Missoula now. However, the agency has voiced skepticism about whether the recent outbreak indicates a growing trend in western Montana.

While reports of disease similar to EHD date back to the late 1800s, the first confirmed cases occurred in eastern states back in 1955. Since then, EHD has popped up in 30 states from Florida to Washington. Last year, nearly 15,000 white-tailed deer died from the virus in Michigan, and the extent of an outbreak in South Dakota prompted state officials to halt the sale of deer tags in six counties.

FWP was quick to note this fall that EHD poses no threat to humans. But the list of susceptible species includes mule deer, pronghorn antelope and livestock, making the frequency of future drought conditions and subsequent outbreaks a growing concern for hunters and ranchers alike. Several cases of EHD were reported among cattle in North Dakota just this fall. FWP responded to outbreaks elsewhere in Montana by halting the sale of antlerless white-tailed hunting permits in certain districts at the end of October.

Todd Tanner, a Flathead hunter and board president of the nonprofit Conservation Hawks, added during last month’s discussion that there are no “winners and losers” among big game populations when it comes to climate change. Disease is just one indication that, eventually, all populations will be “slammed.”

“I hate to be blunt,” Tanner said. “For hunters, it’s going to suck.”

Alex Sakariassen

Television

KSPS down, but not out When public television station KSPS’s three Missoula channels went dark on Oct. 25, local fans of educational programming were dismayed to find some of their favorite shows had simply vanished.

“Suddenly it’s like, we can’t get it,” says Mike Kreisberg, a retired teacher and regular contributor to the viewer-sponsored channels.

Kreisberg, who moved to Missoula in 1964, is among several local residents who have called station represen-

tatives in recent weeks to find out what happened to staple programming such as Kreisberg’s preferred “Foyle’s War,” a British detective drama set in WWII. “I personally have had conversations with about a half dozen people,” says KSPS General Manager Gary Stokes.

Stokes says KSPS went off the air after Missoula’s CBS affiliate, KPAX, ended a rental agreement between the two stations. The agreement enabled the Spokanebased KSPS to lease space from KPAX on Missoula’s TV Mountain for its antenna and transmitter.

“They told us that we needed to find another path,” Stokes says. “It became apparent to us that we needed to find another place to go.”

KPAX General Manager Bob Hermes would not elaborate on what prompted the station to end the

agreement, other than to say, “It was just a business decision that the company decided to do.”

Stokes says the decision left KSPS scrambling to again establish the infrastructure needed to broadcast in Missoula, hence the three-week blackout. Despite the hiccup, he says KSPS is committed to continuing its Missoula service. “You can either go ahead and say, ‘Okay, that’s it, game over, let’s go ahead and go home,” Stokes says, “or you find a way to get it done.”

KSPS got it done and began broadcasting again Nov. 15 from a new perch on TV Mountain. While the current signal is weaker than before it went off the air, Stokes says engineers are working to improve the situation.

Kreisberg for one is relieved to have KSPS back even if the signal is lacking. “You have to move the antenna all the time,” he says.

Jessica Mayrer

BY THE NUMBERS Acres of public land in Montana fully landlocked by private property, acto a recent study cording million by the Center for Western Priorities into how much public space in the West is potentially inaccessible.

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Maps

Forest Service goes digital Adventurers sick of the Forest Service’s waxy, oldfashioned, hard-to-fold maps are now in luck. The agency has entered the Android and iPhone app business with a new product for Internet-age orienteers.

On Nov. 20, the Forest Service launched its PDF Maps Mobile App, available for free from the Android Play Store and iTunes. The app allows national forest users to buy digital maps for their mobile devices and track their location using GPS technology. Digital maps for the Lolo, Bitterroot, Flathead and Beaverhead Deerlodge national forests are already available for purchase.

“We had this overwhelming cry from the public that they really want to see more of our maps online,” says Betsy Kanalley, national manager of the Forest Service map sales program. “What we realized we could do right now was geospatially reference PDFs of our visitor maps, which are now available for download, and allow you to track your location on the map as long as you are in range of a GPS satellite.”

Avenza Systems Inc. was the contractor responsible for developing the map app.

Going forward, the Forest Service has still bigger plans for bringing its maps into the digital age: interactive visitor maps. Unlike the PDFs, these interactive maps could eventually show users which campsites are open, advise them about closed trails or even warn them of incoming inclement weather.

“Ideally we will have something that will provide all the information users need,” says Kanalley. “We are working toward that. We would love to do that.”

There’s one obvious catch to this digital craze: What happens if you run out of battery power in the backcountry?

“I have a feeling a lot of people feel more comfortable having that paper product, especially if they will be out in remote areas for a while,” says Kanalley. “I would want to have a paper map with me, but there are different users with different desires.”

Kanalley, a professional cartographer, says for her, nothing can beat those “busy, beautiful” paper maps for reliability. And rest assured, those old-fashioned maps will continue to be available.

Jimmy Tobias

ETC. Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks began issuing its latest breed of big game permit last week, and what many had regarded as a joke proved to be instantly popular. As hunters prepared to pack up their gear at the close of the general rifle and archery seasons, dozens of opportunistic Montanans began turning battered fenders into food sources.

As of Monday, FWP had issued 45 permits for roadkill salvage statewide.

Rep. Steve Lavin, R-Kalispell, came off as somewhat self-deprecating in February when he referred to his proposal allowing the state to issue roadkill salvage permits as “the first true clean-up bill of this session.” Turns out he may have been right. FWP reports that Montanans have already claimed three elk, 13 mule deer and 29 white-tailed deer from roadsides, including three white-tailed deer right here in Missoula County.

The permits only apply to deer, elk, moose or antelope and can be obtained free of charge from law enforcement officers at the scene of a wildlife-vehicle collision or through an online application page at fwp.mt.gov. You don’t have to hit it to claim it, but logic (read: the overwhelming desire to not get sick) dictates it’s best to make sure the kill is fresh before making dinner plans.

The law does require, however, that you get the animal home before processing it.

Indy food columnist Ari LeVaux has written about the virtues of the new permit system, as well as the safety concerns. He likens the process to hunting, noting that a hunter always opens the body cavity as soon as possible to let body heat escape, and the same should be true when gutting roadkill.

“Until you open it up, you have no idea what it looks like inside. It could be a total mess,” LeVaux says, adding that a trained nose will tell you as soon as you open up the animal if the meat is still good.

As gruesome and unappetizing as the idea might sound to some, there’s an apparent demand for fresh roadkill—and the potential to grow the program. Two Republican state senators in Michigan recently introduced legislation to ease the pressure on peckish drivers by allowing them to take a dead animal right away and apply for a salvage tag later. It’s a logical extension of the current law. After all, roadkill is already a ticking clock. Who has time for paperwork before dinner?

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Revisiting racism Ravalli comments leave tribal elders thinking of the past

by Jessica Mayrer

Confederated Salish and Kootenai trust helps the tribes gain back losses ac- tural insensitivity and ignorance” that gartribal elder Tony Incashola Sr. says that de- crued when the federal government nered nearly 500 signatures.

Such criticism helped persuade the spite experiencing racism from the time he opened the Flathead Reservation to non-nawas a child growing up in the 1950s on the tive homesteaders in 1910. Between 2009 commissioners on Nov. 27 to issue an apolFlathead Indian Reservation, he couldn’t and August 2013 alone, the CSKT placed ogy to the tribes. Roughly 20 Bitterroot residents attended the meeting, with many of help feeling surprised by a Ravalli County approximately 81,000 acres into trust.

“Part of the process of restoring our them verbally lashing out at the commisofficial’s portrayal of American Indians during a public meeting last month as drunken homeland includes restoring the land,” sioners, characterizing the county’s overall Wall-McDonald says. “It is part of rebuilding treatment of the CSKT as “paternalistic” and lawbreakers.

“I guess I shouldn’t be,” Incashola, 67, our homeland, what I call nation building.” akin to “an inquisition.”

“The whole tone of says. “I’ve lived with that all this meeting was conof my life … When I was a frontational,” former kid, it was like standing at Ravalli County attorney a department store on the George Corn said. “They outside looking in. You see were grilled by your attorthe non-Indian children neys … At best it was denhaving fun. You felt like an igrating. At worst, it outsider, that you weren’t implied racism.” welcome, because you didIn response to the n’t dress right and you had onslaught, county coma different color.” missioners say that the Incashola, who serves Nov. 20 discussion was as director of the Salishtaken out of context—that Pend d’Orielle Culture they were only attempting Committee, has dedicated photo courtesy of Ravalli County Museum to evaluate all possible much of his life to fostering an understanding of in- The Ram’s Horn Medicine Tree, shown here in 1923. The Confeder- outcomes that could reated Salish and Kootenai Tribes recently approached the Ravalli digenous ways. Education County Board of Commissioners about transfering the property from sult from the transfer. “It breeds familiarity, he says. tribal ownership into federal trust with the Bureau of Indian Affairs. was in no way condescending or adversarial,” Familiarity helps break The Ravalli County Commission, how- Commissioner Jeff Burrows said last week, down the fear that breeds racism. Efforts such as his are paying off. Incashola says that ever, has steadily opposed the CSKT’s re- before the commission voted to hand-deracism is less apparent than when he was quest. Among the commissioners’ stated liver an apology to the tribes.

Wisniewski’s legal advisor, Robert C. young. That makes the Nov. 20 meeting in concerns is the loss of roughly $800 in property taxes that would result from the Myers, echoes the commissioners when Ravalli County all the more troubling.

The meeting involved a discussion transfer. They also worry about the poten- maintaining that his client’s statements between CSKT delegates and the Ravalli tial impacts of having a pocket of sovereign were taken out of context. “We don’t know County Board of Commissioners about land set aside within their county, and why yet fully what was actually said,” he says. how best to care for a historic Bitterroot Val- the tribes would want to work with the fed- “People hear what they think they hear.”

For Incashola, the issue comes back to ley property known as Medicine Tree that eral government rather than local. At the the Salish have considered sacred for hun- Nov. 20 meeting, they asked specifically if education and respect. For instance, he says dreds of years. CSKT wants to transfer the the tribes intended to erect a casino atop the thought of the tribes placing a casino on Medicine Tree is preposterous and reflects property from tribal ownership into federal the parcel.

Later during the same meeting, a misunderstanding of the importance the trust with the Bureau of Indian Affairs.

CSKT representatives stated that the 58-acre Ravalli County Planning Board Chair Jan CSKT place on preserving their culture.

“I think the county commissioners parcel is central to Salish creation stories, Wisniewski warned commissioners of the ones that detail how “Coyote,” a being im- CSKT’s request, saying that American In- don’t understand,” Incashola says.

The whole back and forth leaves him bued by the creator with special powers, dians have a history of using trust lands made the land “safe for humans yet to as a refuge to “get drunk and try and run weary.

“I get so tired of trying to defend my back into the reservation so they don’t get come,” Incashola says. identity, to try to defend my values,” he When explaining the importance of caught,” according to meeting minutes.

“The county cannot go into that sov- says. “I feel that what happened in Hamilton such a transfer, the CSKT say that the Medicine Tree parcel provides a connection to ereign nation to apprehend the drunken is just plain ignorant.”

Incashola says his elders, who faced the indigenous history—a link that helps pre- Indians,” he said. “So the jails are full of serve a strong sense of tribal identity. The Indians (sic) which cost us tax dollars. worst kind of racism, taught him that there CSKT add that the transaction will help One jail in particular (Havre?) had a count are more good people in the world than bad. He takes some comfort in that thought. grow their land base and, therefore, give of 58.”

In response to Wisniewski’s testimony In light of what transpired in Ravalli County, them a more powerful voice when negotiating their rights and responsibilities with and the behavior of the Ravalli County offi- however, Incashola isn’t confident that cials, Bitterrooter Pam Small posted an on- racism will ever completely disappear. government agencies.

CSKT attorney Teresa Wall-McDonald line petition demanding that the jmayrer@missoulanews.com told the Independent that placing land into commission apologize for the county’s “cul-

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Creative accounting How “fire borrowing” impacts all public land use

by Jimmy Tobias

Dave Campbell, the recently retired Steve Bull, a veteran trail worker on the fighting efforts borrowed $45,000 from the West Fork district ranger who responded to Bitterroot National Forest, has done it all Lolo National Forest trail budget alone.

“When you look at the challenges that the fire in its early stages, says that air supduring his 23 years on the job. He’s built bridges, blasted rocks and packed mules in we are facing now, with heavy accumula- port was the major expense.

“We used helicopters to drop water on the narrow canyons of the Bitterroot Range. tions of hazardous fuels, long-term drought He says it’s hard work and it is getting harder in many areas, climate change, the insect the fire,” says Campbell. “I think the helidisease infestations, the non-native species, copter costs were the big costs. Those are because of ongoing budget constraints.

Bull’s trail budget suffers from a practice all those things make fires bigger, our fire very expensive machines to operate.” known as “fire borrowing,” which involves seasons longer and fires more difficult to Hourly costs for air tankers and helicopters the U.S. Forest Service transferring money control,” says Jennifer Jones, NIFC’s public range from $2,350 to $12,000, according to out of other agency programs to cover the affairs specialist. “That, combined with the Jones at NIFC. costs of fighting wildfires. “When they pull funding formula we have in place, has led Until recently, the Forest Service tried money it makes it more difficult,” Bull says. many times over the last 10 years to the ex- to let wildfires burn if they were in wilder“But we have been underfunded my whole haustion of fire suppression funding.” ness areas far from human settlement. That career. We don’t have changed in 2012 when the enough money to do the agency released a Wildfire job. It’s not even close.”

Guidance memo that proLate last summer, as moted “safe aggressive iniwildfires raged in the arid tial attack,” noting that West, top Forest Service “this is not a desirable apbrass realized that their proach in the long run” congressionally appropribut necessary to keep costs ated fire suppression in check. That summer the budget was dwindling fast agency more aggressively as the fiscal year neared its put out blazes in their early end. On Aug. 16, Forest stages, and to this day its Service Service Chief Tom policy on wildfire suppresTidwell sent out a memo to sion remains unclear. regional foresters, station “Contradictory statedirectors and deputy chiefs. ments by the USFS’ Washphoto by Cathrine L. Walters ington office, a wildland “As predicted this year’s fire season has led to Air tankers and helicopters used for wildland firefighting cost be- fire response protocol that costs that exceed appropri- tween $2,350 and $12,000 an hour to operate, according to the includes a slew of new ated fire suppression National Interagency Fire Center. The Forest Service helps cover planning requirements for increased firefighting expenses by “borrowing” funds from other fire use, and the [Forest funds,” he wrote. “Once programs, like trail maintenance.

Service] Chief still boastagain we must now transBut natural phenomena are not the ing that over 98% of all wildfires are supfer funds from other accounts to make up only cause of increased fire spending and pressed have left many people wondering: the difference.”

Shortly thereafter, the agency trans- frequent fire borrowing, says Timothy In- what is the agency’s policy direction?” wrote ferred $505 million from a variety of pro- galsbee, executive director of Firefighters Ingalsbee in a recent press release.

One thing is certain: Increased firefightgrams, with $97 million “borrowed” from United for Safety, Ethics and Ecology. The discretionary programs like roads, trails and increases also result from agency policy and ing and the prevalence of fire borrowing imrecreation. The Bitterroot National Forest the high cost of contractors and other on- pacts all forest users.

“If you remove funds from a trail aclost more than $16,000 from his already the-ground expenditures. tight trails budget.

“The major problem is that the federal count then you can’t clear the trail and that “That’s not a lot of money, but that agencies, especially the Forest Service, have affects the users that want to hike that trail could pay for a couple people,” says Bull, a suppression-centric fire management pol- and want to get into the wilderness,” Campwho oversees the forest’s seven-person trail icy that basically says we must fight fire in all bell says. “If you have to cut back on recrecrew. “That’s significant.” places at all times and at all cost,” says Ingals- ation funds then there might be people The agency says it tries to borrow bee. “In addition, a lot of money is going to adversely affected there as well.”

Steve Bull agrees. money that has not yet been devoted to spe- for-profit contractors for renting their air“The trail system, in my opinion, is in cific project work. It eventually repaid the crafts and vehicles and heavy equipment and a state of decline,” he says. “If we are not money it borrowed from the Bitterroot, but all the other services and supplies.” not until the field season was over.

The Gold Pan fire, which burned on funded appropriately to do what we need Since 2002, the Forest Service more approximately 43,000 acres in and around to do, if we are not maintaining it, than it than $3 billion from roads, trails and other the Bitterroot National Forest this summer, decays.”

This year the federal government spent programs and funds nationwide to help fi- is an example. The fire mostly burned in nance its firefighting operations, according designated wilderness areas, but the Forest $1.74 billion on fire suppression nationto the National Interagency Fire Center. Service still spent more than $11 million to wide. It was the fifth most expensive year Thanks to the ever-growing cost of wildland manage the blaze. The amount spent on on record. firefighting, there were seven major fire that single fire was more than 20 times the jtobias@missoulanews.com transfers in the last 12 years. In 2012, fire- Bitterroot’s 2013 trail budget.

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missoulanews.com • December 5–December 12, 2013 [9]

[opinion]

Drunk on power Bitterroot leaders can’t get out of own way

by Dan Brooks

Two weeks ago, Ravalli County Planning Board Chairman Jan Wisniewski ended a meeting between the county commission and representatives from the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes by observing that jails in Havre were filled with “drunk Indians.” His sources for this information, he said, were law enforcement officials he had spoken to during a “fact-finding mission” across the state.

Wisniewski did not offer many numbers to back his claim, suggesting that his mission to find facts was not especially successful. He seems to have turned up racist pseudoknowledge, which I suspect was in his possession before he left Darby. Regardless, tribal members were rightly incensed, and Ravalli Commissioner Suzy Foss said she was offended.

That’s a moment that should give anyone pause. When Foss thinks you’ve said something awful, it is time to stop talking.

The Ravalli County Commission has since drafted a letter of apology to the CSKT disclaiming Wisniewski’s remarks, which is like the cast of Oliver! suggesting that you wash your face.

And yet Wisniewski remains unbowed.

He insists that he was speaking as a private citizen when he made his comments, although that distinction is blurry for a county official at a county commission meeting. He invoked the First Amendment. The day before the commission sent its letter, Wisniewski’s attorney wrote his own letter to the board, saying it “has neither the legal nor moral authority to apologize for the words of a private citizen of this county.”

I am not a board-certified attorney, but it is my understanding that the laws of the United States do not specifically mention who can apologize for whom. As a supporter of the First Amendment, Wisniewski should welcome the robust competition between “Indians are drunk” and “Jan Wisniewski is a nimrod” in the marketplace of ideas. As for moral authority, the contest between Wisniewski and the Ravalli County Commission looks like a race to the bottom.

This whole kerfuffle started because the

CSKT wants to place a 58-acre parcel of land in trust of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Known as Medicine Tree, the land holds historic and religious importance for the Salish and Kootenai tribes. It also annually generates $808 in property taxes for Ravalli County.

Those $808 are the basis for the county’s objection to the tribes’ plan to place Medicine Tree in trust. The commission also expressed concern that the CSKT might build a casino or a racetrack on their sacred

“Wisniewski should welcome the robust competition between ‘Indians are drunk’ and ‘Jan Wisniewski is a nimrod’ in the marketplace of ideas.” land, but that’s too mind-numbing an idea to even consider. Mostly, the commission is trying to get between the federal government and the CSKT regarding a piece of land the county doesn’t own for the price of a transmission overhaul.

The last time Ravalli finances were in the news, the commission rejected $50,000 in Title X funding for the county’s family planning clinic. Maybe they’ve become a little more pennywise since that decision, and they’re trying to make up for it 1.6 percent at a time. Or maybe the commissioners are less concerned with governing Ravalli County than with making a

show of themselves.

It’s an easy show to follow. The bad guys are the federal government and maybe Indians. The good guys are the commissioners, who boldly stand for some vague idea of independence even if it means worsening the lives of everyone in the county.

Two months ago, when Foss was explaining why the commission decided to reject free money and close the county’s only family planning clinic, she said she didn’t want the federal government influencing Ravalli County. That specious argument came trotting out again in the debate over Medicine Tree.

Deputy County Attorney Howard Recht said he was “baffled” that CSKT would want to hand over administration of the land to the Bureau of Indian Affairs rather than local government. The tribe’s acting land director explained that placing the land in trust with the BIA gave it more reliable protection. After all, the county and the tribes had clashed over the administration of Medicine Tree in the past.

Having heard this explanation, the commission reiterated its desire for $800, warned the Indians not to build a casino on their sacred land, made some racist remarks and called it a night. Is it any wonder the Salish and Kootenai tribes don’t want these people in charge of their property?

Time and again, Ravalli officials have prioritized their ideology over their offices.

They are more interested in politics than in government, and they have shown it in their inept administration of the county. Two weeks ago, they meddled in the tribe’s legal and moral authority over a piece of land Ravalli County doesn’t even own.

The Salish and Kootenai are lucky it doesn’t. The Ravalli County Commission is a poor steward, and its planning board contains at least one unapologetic racist.

I never thought I’d say this, but the tribes are better off with the BIA. Dan Brooks writes about politics, culture and lying at combatblog.net. His column appears every other week in the Independent.

photo by Chad Harder

[10] Missoula Independent • December 5–December 12, 2013

[opinion]

Beyond words Honoring the life of a legendary Blackfeet language advocate

by Mick Faherty

Nearing midnight on Nov. 24, the thousand or so people who had come to the Cuts Wood School in Browning had dwindled to a dozen. They had come throughout the day to pay respect to Darrell Kipp, who died three days earlier at the age of 69. Everyone who arrived was fed heaping plates of beef and ham with sides of baked beans and mac and cheese salad, topped with heavy slabs of fry bread. At the urging of Roberta Kipp, Darrell’s wife of 45 years, most left balancing a stack of dinners to take home to family and neighbors who could use a hot meal.

One of the mourners still in attendance was Kipp’s 72-year-old cousin, Cynthia Kipp.

She sat in a fold-out chair in front of the open casket, thumbing through a Blackfeet language app on a nephew’s smartphone.

She listened to the recorded voice, repeating the phrases. “You know,” she said, “learning our language as an adult was so hard. I really struggled. I spoke Blackfeet as a child, but then they sent me away to Kansas. When I finally came home, I only knew English. I once asked my mother why they didn’t teach us Blackfeet again. She said, ‘Because we loved you.’ They thought they were doing the right thing, you see. Darrell changed all that.”

According to the Salish leader Kevin Howlett, Kipp was first inspired to study the Blackfeet language because he was having trouble communicating with his aging mother. The effort it took to re-learn his native tongue led Kipp to the realization that the Blackfeet language was in danger of disappearing altogether. During a life’s work on behalf of Native peoples and their culture, this would become his signal effort— preserving Blackfeet and other indigenous languages.

Internationally and nationally, Kipp’s work on behalf of Native languages would coalesce around the Piegan Institute, which he co-created in 1987. The institute has pro-

duced books, films, pamphlets and teaching aids from its headquarters on the Blackfeet Nation ever since. Kipp traveled across the country and the world, as far away as the Arctic Circle, meeting with Native peoples to energize and inform their efforts at preserving what he called “the truth keeper” for Native cultures—their indigenous language.

In Browning, in the homeland of the Blackfeet, Kipp’s most visible and tangible accomplishment was the co-founding of

“As they had the night before, the group sat at a table playing hands of gin rummy and reminiscing about Darrell with his casket in the next room” the private Cuts Wood School, a K-8 Blackfeet language immersion school that has been producing Blackfeet-fluent students since 1995. The school’s curriculum and methods have provided a model for other Native language immersion schools across the Americas.

By 3 a.m. on Nov. 25, only five men remained at the Cuts Wood School. One of them was 44-year-old Darren Kipp, Darrell’s

son and a documentary filmmaker. Most recently, he produced the film Indian Relay, currently airing on PBS. The other four men were all in their early 20s.

“They were some of my father’s first students at the school,” Darren Kipp explained.

“They’re honoring him by keeping vigil.”

As they had the night before, the group sat at a table playing hands of gin rummy and reminiscing about Darrell with his casket in the next room, surrounded by flower arrangements and sacred herbs.

Around 4 o’clock, loud voices were heard outside. A man and a woman came through the door. Plates of food and hot coffee were found in the Cuts Wood kitchen, and the group of mourners expanded by two for a while.

By 5, the game of cards had played out and Darren and the boys began stacking the chairs and tables against the walls of the three large, open rooms that make up the bulk of the Cuts Wood School. They methodically swept and mopped the wood floors, took out the trash and shook the prairie dirt out of the door mats. When the floors dried, they replaced the chairs and tables, readying the school for the morning’s visitation.

There were many other powerful moments over the two days of Native American ceremonies and Catholic sacraments that made up the celebration of Darrell Kipp’s life. But perhaps the greatest testament to his accomplishments was exemplified by the quiet and contented discipline of his son and the four former students who kept him company through two long nights at the Cuts Wood School.

As the sun finally rose, the first of the aunties began arriving loaded with huge sheet cakes, cookies and muffins. Having fulfilled their responsibility, the five men headed home to shower and get dressed for the funeral.

photo courtesy of Town of Browning

missoulanews.com • December 5–December 12, 2013 [11]

[quirks]

CURSES, FOILED AGAIN - Authorities thwarted a high school student’s plan to kill a classmate after he warned the intended victim on Facebook that he was bringing a gun to school to “pop” the boy. Several students saw the threat and alerted the school. Police arrested Thomas Braasch, 19, of Alsip, Ill. (Chicago Sun-Times) Troy Foster Mitchell, 47, was in the process of robbing a bank in Modesto, Calif., when another teller called out, “Hi, Troy.” The teller recognized Mitchell because he’d been in the bank a month earlier to apply for a car loan. After Mitchell made off with $5,000, bank officials showed Mitchell’s application form to police, who arrested him at the address he’d given. “Most people make more of an effort to hide, wear a mask or have a getaway vehicle,” Lauren Horwood of the U.S. Attorney’s Office said, “but he had nothing.” (Stockton’s The Record)

WEARABLE FOOD OR EDIBLE FOOTWEAR - Police who arrested Rachel Gossett and Frank Lucas for having sex in a Waffle House parking lot in Loganville, Ga., said the woman was so drunk that when she “finally got dressed she attempted to put a cheeseburger on her foot as if it were a sandal.” (The Huffington Post) WRONG ARM OF THE LAW - A 51-year-old police sergeant in Tokyo came under investigation after he tried to catch a bicycle thief by staking out a decoy bike. After camping out nine times, the sergeant at Denchoufu police station failed to make a single arrest. Meanwhile, while he was focused on the decoy, three more bicycles were stolen. (Japan Today) AVOIRDUPOIS FOLLIES - Frenchman Kevin Chenais, 22, who weighs 500 pounds, was stranded in the United States after being denied a seat on his flight home because British Airways officials said he was too heavy. He tried to sail home, but the owners of the cruise ship Queen Mary 2 denied him passage.

Chenais finally made it to London’s Heathrow airport when Virgin Atlantic agreed to fly him from New York at no charge, but when he tried to take the Eurostar cross-channel train home, officials refused to let him board. (Agence France-Presse) Some soldiers are resorting to liposuction because they’re worried about passing the Defense Department’s body fat test. It relies on neck and waist measurements and can determine soliders’ military futures. The number of Army soldiers discharged for being overweight has jumped tenfold in the past five years to 1,815 last year. Service members who opt for liposuction have to pay for the procedure themselves. Dr. Michael Pasquale of Aloha Plastic Surgery in Honolulu said his military clientele has jumped by 30 percent since 2011, noting, “They have to worry about their careers.” (Associated Press)

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[12] Missoula Independent • December 5–December 12, 2013

ONE MORE REASON TO BE BITTER - After working four years as a chicken catcher in Northumberland County, Pa., Joshua Spickler was informed that his bonus was being cut because of a downturn in the chickencatching business. He reacted to the news by developing a bad attitude, according to his employer, B&B Catching Service, which finally fired him after he failed to heed its warning to change his ways. Unable to find another job catching chickens, he claimed unemployment benefits. Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court denied his claim, concluding that his negativity constituted willful misconduct. (Harrisburg’s The Patriot-News) HOMELAND INSECURITY - Responding to a call of a man carrying a handgun at a shopping mall in Port Charlotte, Fla., sheriff’s deputies locked down the building. They searched for the armed man for an hour before finding him. The weapon turned out to be a folded up apron being carried by a waiter at a local restaurant. (United Press International) After a man brought a Thermos-type container that he said he found on his lawn to a police station in Oklahoma City, officers told the man to leave the device outside and then called the bomb squad. X-rays revealed the device contained a burrito, according to Capt. Dexter Nelson, who recommended that people who find suspicious items not take them to police stations: “Call the authorities, and we will investigate it there.” (Oklahoma City’s The Oklahoman) Virginia state police compiled license plate numbers of millions of cars at political events, including rallies for President Obama and Sarah Palin in 2008 and Obama’s 2009 presidential inauguration, according to documents obtained by the American Civil Liberties Union under the state’s Freedom of Information Act. After the ACLU charged that this data collection violated attendees’ First Amendment rights, state police official Corinne Geller said the practice was necessary for public safety. “It’s not unusual for a stolen vehicle to be used as a car bomb or as some way to infiltrate,” Geller explained. (The Washington Times)

IT HAPPENS - The Food and Drug Administration lifted restrictions on fecal transplants after pooh-poohing them for years. The treatment attacks the intestinal bug Clostridium difficile, which can flourish when a person’s natural intestinal bacteria are diminished, most often by antibiotics, and can cause relentless diarrhea.

The procedure, introduced in 2005 and technically known as a fecal microbiota transplant (FMT), involves giving fecal matter from a donor to a recipient via colonoscopy. Acknowledging there’s a “yuk” factor, Dr. Francis Riedo, an infectious disease specialist at EvergreenHealth in Kirkland, Wash., said that by the time patients come to see him, they’re “so miserable, so desperate, they would try anything.” (Seattle Times) THINGS THAT GO KABOOM - Police investigating the explosion of an unoccupied truck in Los Angeles learned that it was sparked by a man trying to get high on propane. The driver, who showed up at a police station hours after the blast with a burned scalp and face, explained that he was inhaling propane in the cab and tried to charge his cellphone by plugging the charger into the truck’s auxiliary outlet, creating a spark that ignited the gas. The dazed man wandered away from the truck before police arrived, according to police Sgt. Glenn McNeil, who called him “the luckiest guy in the world.” (Los Angeles Times)

SEX IS ITS OWN PUNISHMENT - Washington state psychologist Sunil Kakar, 46, was suspended after he admitted giving a prostitute his laptop as collateral while he went to an ATM to get cash to pay her.

He returned to find the woman had left with the computer, which contained personal and health information of his 652 clients. Police recovered the laptop from a pawnshop, but by then the Department of Health had had to refer Kakar’s clients to new providers. (The Seattle Times)

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missoulanews.com • December 5–December 12, 2013 [13]

A LITTLE—AND BIG—SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE

’Twas a few weeks before the holidays when all through the town, Not a single present was purchased, not a single gift found.

The shopping had started with attention and care, In hopes that ideas would spring out of thin air.

That ain’t gonna happen, no way and no how.

You need some assistance, right here and right now.

While the children are sleeping all snug in their beds, Settle down with our gift guide and calm your heads.

On Main Street! On Higgins! And from local artists, too!

We’ve covered the bases, yes, even for you.

So flip through these pages, maybe grab a drink, Plenty of suggestions follow even if our rhyming may stink.

by Independent staff Sin Cleanser Soap Don’t pretend your friends don’t need this. Remember that night at Al’s and Vic’s that nobody talks about anymore? Remember that other night at the T&C when your friend ended up … well, you know? And it was a Tuesday? We all learned some things that night that are probably illegal in most southern states. That’s why this is the perfect gift for your good-hearted but wayward sinner. This bar of soap encourages them to rinse away their wrongdoings in an effort to regain a righteous path. And according to the packaging it “may be used in conjunction with confession for improved results.” Hey, anything that helps.

How much: $10 Available at Bhavana, 101 East Broadway, Ste. B

photo by Cathrine L. Walters

Knot-tying book and rope Knot tying is a survival skill that, over the years, has been used to help build structures, fasten a line to a hook, lash a spear to a shaft and even keep track of time. Nowadays, you at least need to know how to keep your canoe tied to the top of a car.

This gift encourages your loved ones to learn proper knot-tying skills and offers them an easy way to perfect the craft. Make sure to suggest they keep it next to the toilet for regular practice.

How much: $8 for The Handbook of Knots and Knot Tying and $1 for a 4-foot section of climber’s rope Handbook available at The Book Exchange, 2335 Brooks St., and rope at The Trail Head, 221 E. Front St.

photo courtesy of Silk Road

Silk Road spices For the home cook who wants to bone up on their foreign cuisines, Silk Road offers a series of spice blends from around the world, like ras el hanout, harissa, garam masala and five spice powder. The restaurant orders the ingredients whole, roasts them and grinds and blends everything in-house. The Spice of the Month deal includes a featured spice and two recipes from Chef Abe Risho to go along with it.

How much: $44 for four months of Spice of the Month, $88 for eight, $132 for a year Available at silkroadcatering.com

photo by Cathrine L. Walters

Wild House of Bees Living in the Garden City means having friends who cultivate their own backyard gardens, flower beds and fruit trees. Help them attract important pollinators with a handmade solitary bee house for species that don’t gather in hives. Made from mostly recycled materials like locally gathered plants and weeds, the hollow tubes encourage mason bees to nest in early spring and attract leafcutter bees in late summer.

How much: $50 Available at The Naturalist Mercantile, 131 E. Main St.

[14] Missoula Independent • December 5–December 12, 2013

photo by Cathrine L. Walters

Thera Cane Work hard, play hard. Many Missoulians live by that motto, but we often forget one nasty little addendum: pain. As in, sore muscles, nagging knots and looming aches. In lieu of a personal massage therapist, check out the simple-looking but miracle-working Thera Cane. This green thing is like a back-scratcher on steroids, making it easy for anyone to go to work on their own hard-to-reach delts, traps and IT bands. A handy booklet comes with the purchase and details dozens of additional ways to mend what ails so your loved one can get back to working—and playing—hard.

How much: $38.95 Available at The Trail Head, 221 E. Front St. photo by Cathrine L. Walters

Shimmerwing pendants

Handmade Himalayan salt lamp Ancient cultures believed salt to be the gift of the gods.

For hundreds of years, people have lauded its healing properties. The idea behind the salt lamp is that it emits negative ions, electrically charged particles that, according to lamp manufacturers, purify the air and promote calm, while also relieving migraine, allergy and respiratory problems. When touting the benefits of salt therapy, advocates point to Eastern European salt caves used to treat a variety of infirmities and the contentment of Himalayan salt miners. Such claims—and the fact that this lamp emits a warm orange glow—make us wish that someone would give us a salt lamp for Christmas.

How much: $29.99 Available at Rockin Rudy’s, 237 Blaine St.

Leave it to Butterfly Herbs, one of downtown Missoula’s best stores, to stock something that features actual butterfly wings. These stunning pendants are made in Peru. (No butterflies were harmed in the making of these; we’re told they died naturally.) The wings are placed between two pieces of glass and fashioned into a pendant, creating a natural and unique bit of bling. Consider this for someone who has everything because no two of these pendants are exactly alike. (Also available in earrings for roughly double the price.)

How much: $34-$68 Available at Butterfly Herbs, 232 N. Higgins Ave.

Breakfast with Santa Some choose to wait in line in a crowded mall for a few fleeting moments on Santa’s lap. But the savvier Christmas devotee might opt for a more culinary interaction with jolly old St. Nick. A Carousel for Missoula hosts a fun and affordable opportunity to do just that. On Dec. 21, treat someone to a special holiday breakfast complete with unlimited carousel rides. Santa rolls up at 9 a.m. via pony cart to collect those eleventh-hour gift requests, but the experience seems like a gift unto itself—one that comes complete with coffee. Alternatively, the Carousel is offering free rides Christmas Day from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

How much: $6 for adults, $4 for children over 3. Kids under 3 are free.

Available at A Carousel for Missoula, 101 Carousel Dr. photo by Cathrine L. Walters

Stiff Nights Compared to Viagra, which costs upwards of $25 per pill, Stiff Nights is inexpensive and, we’re told, doesn’t trigger some of the nasty after-effects that pharmaceuticals do, such as headaches. One Stiff Nights capsule lasts up to three days, with erections occurring only when the user is aroused. The product promises increased stamina and delayed ejaculation and is one of many herbal performance enhancing pills to gain popularity in recent years. “We have repeat customers for it,” says one Adam & Eve staffer, “so it definitely works.” Though effective, one should use caution when taking supplements. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration in 2009 found that Stiff Nights, though branding itself allnatural, contained a chemical similar to the active ingredient in Viagra, which if mixed with certain prescription drugs can cause “dangerously low blood pressure.” We’re not deterred. If your sweetie is healthy, your holiday could be a little more fun by stuffing a stocking with Stiff Nights.

How much: $8.95 Available at Adam & Eve, 1401 West Broadway

Montana is for Badasses bibs and onesies

photo by Cathrine L. Walters

Because it’s never too early to build the little one’s self esteem and colorful vocabulary, right?

How much: $20 for bibs; $25 for onesies Available in multiple colors at Green Light, 301 N. Higgins Ave.

missoulanews.com • December 5–December 12, 2013 [15]

Hellgate Rollergirls 2014 calendar Eco-friendly DIY manicure/pedicure kit If you know a frazzled gal or guy who could use some relaxation after the holidays, assemble an at-home pampering kit for less than the cost of a spa visit with the eco-friendly beauty products we found at Good Food Store. You’ll want to include a basic metal nail file ($1.09) and pumice stone ($3). Throw in a moisturizer like Burt’s Bees Lemon Butter Cuticle Cream ($6) or splurge on the Whitefishmade Kettle Care Lavender Cream With Goji ($16). And your recipient can top off those nails with quick-drying, non-toxic Gabriel polish ($7), which comes in an array of sparkly jewel tones.

How much: $17-$27 Items available at Good Food Store, 1600 S. Third St. W.

This is perhaps the Hellgate Rollergirls’ best calendar yet.

It’s not your typical derby calendar, oftentimes featuring pin-up stylings or ultra sporty poses. Rather, Missoula-based Athena Photography captures rollergirls like Registered Nasty, Psyco Bows and Foghorn posing as “Women in History.” Notables portrayed include Nefertiti, Cleopatra, Joan of Ark, Rosie the Riveter and, because they were among the first independent women to live in the public eye, Laverne and Shirley. We especially like the month of April, which features Sylvia Plath, Gertrude Stein and Mary Shelly. We dig this gift because it looks great and proceeds help sustain the four-year-old league, which has united an entire subculture of strong women.

How much: $15 Available online at hellgaterollergirls.com or at Rockin Rudy’s, 237 Blaine St., Piece of Mind, 123 W. Main St., or the Bike Doctor, 1101 Toole Ave.

photo courtesy of Athena Lonsdale

A bottle opener for bikers Nearly everyone in this town has at least one friend who has taken a nasty spill while riding a bike home from the bar.

In honor of that friend’s courage, and in recognition of a DUIfree lifestyle, snag one of these bike-themed bottle openers from Upcycled. For the moderate imbiber, we’d recommend the bottle opener with a bike-chain handle. For the big-time boozer, buy the front fork remade to pop bottle tops.

How much: $10 Available at Upcycled, 517 S. Higgins Ave.

Plant the Box Candle How’s that old cliché go? Give the gift that keeps on giving?

Yeah, those types of gifts—Soap of the Month club, etc.—usually stink. But not this one. In fact, quite the opposite. Check this out: At a minimum, this gorgeously packaged present provides a lucky someone with a floral smelling, 60-hour candle in scents such as sweet sunflower, somerset thyme and siam poppy. But that’s not all. Follow a few basic instructions and that gorgeous packaging can be planted in the backyard to grow … sweet sunflowers, somerset thyme or siam poppy!

Mind. Officially. Blown. And you win the gift-giving season.

How much: $32 Available at House, 133 N. Higgins Ave.

photo by Cathrine L. Walters

Permaculture playing cards A deck of cards is practically a necessity in every household. And yet the classic design of Kings and Queens can be a bore. Montana-based permaculture expert Paul Wheaton—who runs permies.com, the biggest permaculture site in the world—has created a deck of cards with graphic artist and permaculture scholar Alexander Ojeda Jr. The cards were funded through a Kickstarter campaign that generated more than $70,000.

(Supporters giving $550 got to have their name or business craftily designed into the cards.) Each one offers a fairytale-like illustration with tips and histories of permaculture, including short explanations on food forests, wildcrafting, natural swimming pools, rocket mass heaters and solar dehydrators. This one’s for the environmental geek, the art lover and, really, anyone who’s curious about how things work.

How much: $21.95 Available on Amazon.com

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photo by Cathrine L. Walters

Books on fire When it comes to books, one is never enough. Bundle a few together around a theme and you’ve got a gift that will last well beyond the holiday season. Fire plays a prominent role in shaping Montana’s landscape, making it a good place to start. Pick up a copy of The Big Burn, Timothy Egan’s narrative of the devastating fires that ripped through Montana, Idaho and Washington in 1910. Throw in Norman Maclean’s titular Young Men and Fire about the 1949 Mann Gulch fire that claimed the lives of 13 firefighters on the Helena National Forest. Cap it all with Richard Manning’s It Runs In The Family, the memoir of a Montana environmental writer with a strong connection to the land and a deep knowledge of the forces—natural and political—at work in our forests.

How much: $51.95 Available at Shakespeare and Co., 103 S. Third St.

photo by Cathrine L. Walters

BRILLIANT BIG-TICKET ITEMS

Goertzen fly-fishing bag Like a good fly rod, this smooth leather bag will last a lifetime.

It’s modeled after the rustic creel baskets that the Maclean clan carried during their fishing adventures on the Blackfoot River. The bag has room for all of an angler’s cherished possessions, and features two pockets for fly boxes, a holster for forceps and plenty of room in the main pouch for a trout or two. Strap it around your shoulder and feel proud, for this item is handmade in Missoula.

How much: $350 Available at Goertzen Adventure Equipment, leatherandcanvas.com photo courtesy of Derek Gallagher

Winter bike pogies

Fur mouth stole and purses

photo by Cathrine L. Walters

As part of a recent First Friday experimental fashion show, Missoula artist Jazmine Penelope created elaborate sci-fi headdresses, a stole and a series of “fur mouth” coin purses. They boast shiny red lips and fur on the outside, and open to reveal little felt teeth and a long red tongue. It’s a real statement piece for the fashion-forward metaphorlover in your life.

How much: $80 for coin purses, price upon request for garments.

Available directly from the artist at jazminepenelope.com

Commuting on two wheels in Missoula this time of year can be a cold and wet adventure, but don’t let frozen fingers keep your friends from throwing a leg over their steel steed. These custom-made bike pogies from local company Hans Bagworks keep hands jazzy. Water and wind resistant, the pogies can be crafted to fit completely over handlebar grips, brakes and shifters. Available in many colors and in two styles: basic, which features Cordura exterior and fleece interior, but no insulation, or deluxe, with the Cordura exterior, Thinsulate insulation and a ripstop nylon interior (pictured).

How much: $100 Order by emailing Jesi and Paul at hansbagworks@gmail.com

A town all your own Early last year, an entire Montana town went up for auction. Yet Pray, a five-acre burg in the Paradise Valley not far from Chico Hot Springs, went unsold. The property includes a post office, a general store, four rental units and a separate owner’s residence. The view is breathtaking, with snowy peaks and miles of open rangeland. And according to the photos, there’s even a high-end billiard table. When Pray first made headlines in 2012, the going price was $1.4 million. That price has since dropped to $679,000—still steep, but a little more sensible if you’re looking to fulfill a loved one’s lifelong dream of presiding over their own kingdom.

How much: $679,000 Available through the Bozeman Broker Group. Head to bozemanbrokers.com for a virtual tour.

photo courtesy of PrayMontana.net

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Stronic Eins pulsator sex toy The Stronic has changed the sex toy industry. Rather than simply vibrating, it actually thrusts, therefore more accurately simulating intercourse. Since Fun Factory introduced the product earlier this year, reviewers have lauded it.

“Redhead Bedhead,” a blogger “on a mission to save the world from mediocre sex,” called the pulsator a “thing of beauty” while admiring it for being “downright bendy at the turned up end and in the nub by the handle.” Since Fantasy For Adults started stocking both anal and vaginal Stronic pulsators about four months ago, they’ve sold briskly. There’s a reason for that, one Fantasy employee says glowingly: “It’s like a Mac truck.”

How much: $199.95 Available from Fantasy for Adults Only, 210 E. Main St.

Parajet SkyRunner When you live in Montana, there’s a certain caché attached to your outdoor gear. Sure, some pride comes from having a pair of Carhartts that’ve lasted you three decades.

But what turns heads and gets you boasting at the bar is that cutting-edge something-or-other that leaves your friends jealous and you beaming with smug satisfaction. Consider the SkyRunner the mother of all smug satisfaction. It’s a fully loaded all-terrain vehicle, and it flies. Yes, flies. The website describes it as, “An adventure-filled mix of all-terrain buggy with thoroughbred aviation technology aimed at those who seek the ultimate recreational experience.” We consider it the ultimate gear gift.

How much: $119,000 (fully loaded) Available at flyskyrunner.com

Griz Coat Hunting season is over, so this unusual—but oh-so-stylish—garment is a sure-fire hit. Created by Buffoonery Factory and originally funded through a Kickstarter campaign, Griz Coats are described as “shockingly lightweight, with a comfortable foam interior” and feature eyes, teeth, claws and a nose that have a “striking resemblance to the real deal.” For the truly daring fashionista and/or trendy activist, consider the Wolf Coat for the same price.

How much: $249 Available online through outgrow.me

HANDMADE AND FROM THE HEART

Mason jar candles After a long hike through the woods with our bestie we can empty our pockets to find rocks, bark, pine cones, feathers and colorful leaves we collected along the way. This season, consider giving your bestie the mementos of your hike with a nature candle. All you need is a Mason jar and lid ($12.99 for a dozen at Ace Hardware, 2301 Brooks St.), smokeless and odorless paraffin oil ($6.99 at Ace), and a fiberglass wick and wick holder insert ($2.79, also at Ace).

Simply place your found treasures inside the jar, arrange them to your liking and fill it with the paraffin oil. Drill a hole in the lid the same size as the wick holder insert. Insert the wick, screw the cap on tight and, voila, you have a handmade candle.

Homemade bread buddy and infused oil ’Tis the season to introduce your friends to the bread buddy. All you need is a clean Mason jar, flour, water and yeast (preferably the hand-me-down sourdough variety you snagged from the cat lady next door), and mix them together. Watch as your new pal comes alive.

Once you’ve got the bread starter ready, start on its perfect complement. To make an infused oil, dump your favorite herbs—from cracked pepper to thyme—into a jar and pour in olive oil. Your home-grown dough and the rich dipping sauce will make your closest pals swoon.

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photo courtesy of Armommy

Personalized cross-stitch art For the hard-to-shop-for family member who likes retro crafts and snappy sayings, what could be more perfect than a framed piece of cross-stitch art with a witty message? If you can tie your shoe, you can learn to cross stitch, and the materials—embroidery thread, needle and canvas—are easy to find at any craft store. Then head online for instructions and PDF patterns. You can make them in classic motifs to read something basic and sweet like “Happy Holidays,” or maybe spice it up a bit with “Bite Me” or “Be Nice Or Leave.” We like the snarky (and often foul-mouthed) patterns at subversivecrossstitch.com.

photo by Cathrine L. Walters

photo by Cathrine L. Walters

Montana-themed dinner Missoula’s got more locally sourced goodies than you could shake a fork at, so why not give the gift of happy tastebuds and a full belly? Our personal recommendation: A nice Montana meatloaf, made from local beef (or bison, for the heart-healthy), bread, onions and eggs. Ditch the ketchup for some huckleberry jam, which doubles well as a glaze, and throw in a side salad of Missoula greens. Chase with a cold pint of your favorite area beer or a tall glass of Ten Spoon wine. Of course, that’s just one menu idea. A stroll through the Heirloom Winter Farmers Market at the Missoula County Fairgrounds, held every Saturday, is sure to spark some creativity.

Clay creations at Zootown Arts Community Center The Zootown Arts Community Center (235 N. First St. W.) offers those who might not otherwise feel inspired myriad opportunities to tap latent creativity. For $10 you can purchase an avocado-sized hunk of clay and make anything you can dream up, like a unicorn. The $10 also covers the costs of firing and glazing, meaning you can color your unicorn orange and give it a blue horn. Those who are a little less creative can choose from ZACC’s assortment of pre-formed mugs, plates, jewelry boxes and, as ZACC staffer Linds Sanders says, “ornaments up the wazoo,” and then apply the glazing, giving it a handmade touch. Premade items cost between $3 and $45. And if you’re really serious about honing those pottery skills, the ZACC hosts a clay hand-building orientation class on Dec. 17 taught by local artist Lee Stuurmans for $25. photo courtesy of Kia Liszak

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Orphan life Daydreaming of Oliver, steampunk and childhood games

by Erika Fredrickson

Oliver! stars, from left, Christoph Lawton, Jane Trina and Suzie Wambeke.

W

hen you were a child you played makebelieve games. The scenario could have involved anything—a space battle, a trek through the wilderness, a carriage ride into a bustling London marketplace. The floor turned to hot lava. The garden wall became a prison from which to break out. Household dogs were wild wolves. A cluster of old trees, your home. And parents? Many of us love our parents dearly, but you can’t be a protagonist in your own adventure if you have to follow some dumb old rules. You obviously can’t face off with villains when you’re already protected. So, in your daydreams, you became an orphan and left to find your way in the world alone.

As it turns out, orphan literature is a real category for this very reason. Huck Finn, Harry Potter, James (and the Giant Peach), Bruce Wayne, the Little Princess, Mary Lennox in her secret garden, Cinderella, Little Orphan Annie, every would-be kung fu master—all these characters had to be brave without parental guidance and usually in the face of uncaring and cruel authority figures who, fortunately, always got their comeuppance.

My favorite of all orphan stories remains Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens. The boy is bounced from

workhouse to mortuary, from band of thieves to violent offenders, and is rarely given reprieve from the dark underbelly of life. Plus, we’re talking about life at the turn of the 20th century, in industrial London. Orphans at the time were as common as rats, and treated no kinder.

What better environment to test your greatness?

Oliver himself isn’t even the best part of Oliver.

It’s the gang of pickpockets Oliver holes up with—led by the thief with a heart of gold, Fagin—that makes the gritty lifestyle alluring. Maybe I was a weird child, but make-believing you are an orphan who has the skills to snatch jewelry off unwitting adults and who lives in a bunkhouse with a bunch of other kids was the ultimate role play. And the fact that there was a musical, Oliver!—I listened to it on the record player—only glamorized the whole ordeal because the characters were always breaking into song. Playing a crafty ragamuffin is always more fun when you can sing in a cockney accent, like the Artful Dodger, “Consider yourself, one of us! Consider yourself, part of the family.”

The upcoming production of Oliver! from the Whitefish Theatre Company is adding one more seductive element to the story: steampunk. There’s still an air of London’s industrial revolution, but as if in a

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photo courtesy of Rebecca Schaffer

parallel universe that might have been created by Tim Burton, the Hell’s Angels and Crass. Recycled leather, metal, gratuitous pockets and zippers, art nouveau patterns and old-fashioned pilot goggles give more conventional knickers and double-breasted suits a retro-future feel. The creators of this production include costume designer Lonnie Porro and director Rebecca Schaffer, who’s known for her experimental work with Missoula’s Viscosity Theatre.

“I started thinking about steampunk theatrically when I saw a production of Cinderella at the Arden Theatre,” Schaffer tells me. “I know it’s been around for a long time but I think suddenly everybody’s doing it now. And, for Oliver! it makes sense because Oliver Twist was written right at the tail end of the industrial revolution, so it’s the proper time. It’s the proper place. And the industrial revolution is the last time we experienced such rapid-fire technological change and now we’re going through a digital revolution.”

The steampunk quality adds a little more visual edginess to a story that is already profoundly dark.

But there’s a fantastical feel to steampunk, too, which gets at the heart of why the story of Oliver isn’t a downer for kids.

“There’s an inherent theatricality in the script,” Schaffer says. “And then you take the idea that this is seen through Oliver’s eyes. He’s a child, and when you’re a child everything is magical because you’re experiencing these things for the first time. And that’s part of that larger-than-life element that the steampunk brings.”

Adults get a bad rap for losing their sense of wonder, but how can you not? There is no romance to violence or being orphaned, nothing to embrace in an unloving society. If you have children of your own, you know this with terrifying sharpness. Kids don’t know that yet, though. They just know that if you have to fight for survival, you might as well do it in style, and while singing.

Whitefish Theatre Co.’s Oliver! opens at the O’Shaughnessy Center with a sneak preview Thu., Dec., 5 at 7:30 PM, $10 at the door. It continues each Fri. and Sat. Dec. 6, 7, 13, 14, 20 and 21 at 7:30 PM, with Sun. matinees Dec. 8, 15 and 22 at 4 PM. $20/$18 seniors/$8 students, at the box office or online at whitefishtheatreco.org. efredrickson@missoulanews.com

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For almost two decades now, rap has been about being a scary monster. Certainly Alizé and the club are well represented, but the dominant narrative in hiphop is that the rapper is a powerful, aggressive person with a lot of money who would not mind killing you.

It’s fun. It’s also a theme that has been mined so deeply by gangsta rap, snowman rap, trap rap and horrorcore as to reveal its fundamental limitations.

Enter Chance the Rapper. He is not scary, although he is periodically scared. He is not dark, although he is sometimes drug-addled. Mostly he is light, both in his behind-the-beat wordplay and in his production, which regularly reaches for the ecstatic mellow of Arrested Development and leaves room for Chance’s quirky vulnerability.

Will this year’s Acid Rap frighten people when you blast it out of your car? Probably not. It’s hard to think of an influence less cool than Arrested Development, and thankfully Chance eschews their smug sincerity. He is honest, though, and he invites the listener to identify with his particular universal problems. “You blast this shit in Abercrombie when your work is finished,” Childish Gambino says on his feature in “Favorite Song.” It’s a moment that acknowledges where rap is listened to and what it’s for, and it is realer than what heads call real.

(Dan Brooks) Chance the Rapper plays the Wilma Thu., Dec. 12, at 8 PM. Doors at 7 PM. $25/$22 advance at Rockin Rudy’s and online at jadepresents.com.

Audacity, Butter Knife Audacity’s latest album comes in two flavors: short and snappy, and shorter and snappier. This Southern California garage-punk band originated in the early 2000s, when the members were in ninth grade. Ten years later, their musicianship is solid and their immature glee tireless. The band doesn’t mess with the rock and/or roll formula very much; the downside is that Butter Knife doesn’t make for a very intellectually stimulating listen. Nor do the songs have much emotional heft; the final track, “Autumn,” tries to be a cute little lovelorn ode, but comes off as treacle. This is to be expected from an album with

cover art that’s a vibrantly rendered reference to Goatse, the stretched-anus internet meme.

Chug a Mountain Dew (or whatever beverage puts you in a more teenage state of mind) though, and Butter Knife reveals itself in a different light, as a solidly played dose of punk rock, with infectious riffs and just the right amount of fidelity on the production. You’ll be playing air guitar before you even realize it. (Kate Whittle) Audacity plays the ZACC Sat., Dec. 7, at 8 PM with Whoopass Girls, Armaund Hammer and My Two Dads. $6.

Los Campesinos!, No Blues It would be unfair to demand that Los Campesinos! recreate the staggering pop-punk consistency of Hold On Now, Youngster. The Welsh sextet’s 2008 debut beats the Ramones for sheer density of mixtape-quality songs. Their follow-up, We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed, was good, and the title track is fantastic. Romance Is Boring did not have a single, and Hello Sadness was a mopey breakup album. Like that, Los Campesinos! became one of those bands whose every release is worse than the one before.

No Blues solves that problem with alacrity. In the sense that it is upbeat and poppy, it constitutes a re-

turn to form. But it does not just atavistically revisit the screaming choruses of HONY, even if it resembles that album more than the other Campesinos releases.

No Blues integrates the self-lacerating lyrics and upward phrasing that has made latter-day Los Campesinos! sound like the Cure, but it does so in a way that solidifies the band’s sound. It’s like a career retrospective of new songs—for better and for worse.

Los Campesinos! are a particular taste, and the band’s fifth album suggests the musicians’ artistic development may be a closed loop. But I am glad to find them back at the beginning. (Dan Brooks)

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While walking along the shores of Barter Island, ist, Caputo is critical here, marveling that people Alaska, in 1997, Philip Caputo was struck by the notion blame the government and not big business. In an that everyone—from children of the Alaskan Inupiat to extremely large parenthetical he writes, “One of the Cuban immigrants in Florida—“pledged allegiance to things we learned on the trip was that the age of inthe same flag.” The Longest Road: Overland in Search stant communication has not slowed but accelerated of America, from Key West to the Arctic Ocean is Ca- the spread of myth and rumor.” As an antidote, he puto’s attempt, 14 years later, to investigate the ways spends a great deal of time fact-checking many of the in which U.S. citizens are—or aren’t—united. Spurred tales he is told.

Montana plays a strong role in Caputo’s travels. by the death of his father, and facing his own 70th birthday, the 1973 Pulitzer Prize-winning writer and He and Leslie visit Little Big Horn Battlefield and spend a weekend at a dude former war correspondent ranch in Livingston. These for the Chicago Tribune, hits are the moments when the the road to talk with ordinary book feels obvious and people at a time when he cliché—unaware of a Monfeels the nation is most ditana outside of the stereovided. Whether it is more ditype. More than anything, it’s vided now than ever is the book’s broad study that arguable (the Civil War, anyinherently keeps Caputo one?), but as Caputo sees it, from capturing the cultural the speed of misinformation quirks or nuanced politics of and hate from the internet the state (and, perhaps, have exacerbated the battle other states). fatigue and aggravation AmerCaputo regains his footicans feel toward Wall Street ing, however, via Highway and K Street. If these are the 12, when he encounters the examples of division, he wonfirst megaload shipment near ders, where is the glue?

Lolo Hot Springs. Its passage Caputo is not immune to is temporarily stalled by a the romance of the open road federal judge, and Caputo indespite the grit of his quesvestigates the truck as it sits tion, and he plays off that. It’s at the campground, two sethis romantic tone that keeps curity guards protecting it the book from falling too far The Longest Road from the threat of protestors. into academic social studies.

Philip Caputo Several miles up Fish Creek As a means for getting a full hardcover, Henry Holt & Co. Road he is delighted to disexperience, Caputo is deter320 pages, $28 cover the Round River Renmined not to stay in hotels or use the interstate, and he purchases a Toyota Tundra dezvous, the annual gathering of the Northern and an Airstream Trailer, naming them “Gray Hawk” Rockies Rising Tide. The group has come together to and “Nomadica” respectively. He reminisces fondly decide how best to protest the megaload. (That about driving through Wisconsin in the summer with protest would end up taking place at the state capitol, his father, a traveling machinist for a canning company. six people linking themselves with PVC pipe to symWith boyish glee, he maps his journey using The Jour- bolize the pipeline.) And Caputo takes the opportunals of Lewis and Clark, edited by Bernard DeVoto, as nity to interview them, with some interesting results. his guide. The bucolic memories of Caputo’s boyhood He talks to Nick Stocks, media representative for the travels are thwarted by the practical, which provides organization, whose philosophies are remarkably plenty of humorous moments. For instance, his initial similar to the Florida legislator’s. “Maybe we need plan is to travel alone accompanied by his two English less government,” Stocks says. “Maybe we need more setters. After realizing that he can’t do his work and decision-making power on the local level as opposed dog wrangle, he recruits his wife, Leslie, on the jour- to on a federal level.”

For all his questioning, Caputo never offers a deney. “Gray Hawk” and “Nomadica” are renamed “Fred” and “Ethel,” and Caputo’s Kerouac adventure suddenly finitive answer. In the end, he’s written a road trip book placed in an existential landscape. The young becomes more like Two for the Road.

The meat of the book showcases a cast of mostly horse wrangler who escaped the streets of Detroit randomly chosen interviewees who attempt to an- to work on the dude ranch in Livingston posits that swer Caputo’s question. Very few answers are the we need conflict in order to “grow as a nation.” A same, of course, but the most common is first stated Lakota shaman in South Dakota describes the counby Dean Cannon, the 2010-2012 Republican Speaker try as “a blanket of color, all sewn in the shape of the of the Florida House of Representatives. Cannon con- U.S.” to answer what unites the country. Both seem tends that people are not angry, but frightened by right. With each interview and misadventure, Caputo perceived threats to their liberty and personal free- builds an illustrated guide to individual freedom— doms. “The gravest threat to liberty is too strong a one that would likely look different every time he took the journey. central government,” Cannon tells Caputo.

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“The Architect,” top, and “The Homesteader” are part of Patrick Kikut’s Manifestdestination exhibit at The Brink.

from the University of Montana. Over the years he has traveled widely across the West, and these trips have formed the backbone of his earlier work. Research for painting landscapes turned into expeditions requiring camping gear and maps, whether it was an exploration of the High Plains or mining in Nevada.

Manifestdestination, he says, required none of this.

His subjects were all around him.

“After I’d done all these gesture drawings they became characters in this song I was writing,” Kikut says, “From there I [incorporated] other images of the West, like cactus and nuclear explosions.”

Kikut wanted to ground some of his work in more traditional Western art, so he borrowed figures from the paintings of Frederic Remington and Charlie Russell. He dug through their pieces, searching for examples of people looking out into the landscape.

He found plenty, but in the classic Old West style they were all carrying guns. That aspect fit perfectly for Kikut as he considered contemporary discussions surrounding gun debates; the armed silhouettes became mysterious characters added to his landscapes.

Whether or not Manifestdestination looks like a Western pop song will be for the viewer to decide. Either way, like a good lyrical turn, Kikut takes those regional tropes and spins them in subtle ways.

“I prefer art that asks questions,” Kikut says, “and a lot of that stuff doesn’t ask any questions. It is telling you something. It is telling you to look at this magnificent trophy animal. It isn’t raising any questions in your mind about the loss of that animal’s habitat, for example. I hope my art raises a few questions for whoever looks at it.”

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The idea for Patrick Kikut’s latest exhibit, Manifestdestination, came in atypical fashion for the Wyoming-based artist and teacher. While leading a class of students through drawings at Teton Lodge in Jackson Hole, he momentarily looked away from Mount Moran and noticed all the tourists also standing in observation of the mountains. Instead of the natural landscape, Kikut began focusing on the people looking at the landscape as the subjects for his drawings. After the class, he continued with the theme of “subject engaged in looking,” scoping out places like galleries where he could illustrate people in the act of viewing art.

The oil paintings of Manifestdestination are devised from gesture paintings, a technique often used in drawing classes as a warm-up that requires making quick rapid strokes that capture action and movement. They are also inspired by Kikut’s love of music, and he sees the project as one “epic” pop song. In fact, the body of work feels like a kind of visual art version of a road movie, and in that way you can imagine that the colors and characters of the paintings provide not only the imagery but the soundtrack as well.

Even though he isn’t a musician or songwriter himself, music, landscapes and drawing have always been intimately part of Kikut’s life. When he was a boy, his parents bought a Volkswagen van in 1974 and used it to take road trips from Southern California to Mexico, Arizona, the Mojave Desert and the Sierra Nevadas. Kikut and his brother rode in the back, absorbing the scenery and rendering their impressions to paper via a steady supply of art materials.

“At that time,” Kikut says, “[during] a lot of those trips that we took, the songs that my folks were playing were some of those big Bob Dylan songs from, like, Blood on the Tracks and another album called Desire. Kind of epic, romantic songs that I never got to the bottom of.”

In 1987 he left California behind, earning a bachelor’s from the University of Colorado and a master’s

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[24] Missoula Independent • December 5–December 12, 2013

Someone once asked me, “Who the hell is Syd Barrett?” 15 minutes into a conversation about Pink Floyd. “Do you mean Sid Vicious?” they wondered.

Everyone knows Pink Floyd, but its founding member’s name is less familiar. Who is this obscure Syd? Lucien Carr, who began one of the most vibrant and lasting underground literary movements of the 20th century, will get the same reaction from most casual readers of the Beat writers. Most of us are familiar with On the Road, Naked Lunch and Howl, the big works from the group’s heavy hitters: Jack Kerouac, Williams S. Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg, respectively. But who the hell is Lucien Carr? Kill Your Darlings, the debut film from director John Krokidas, tells the origin story of these young writers, and how Carr, a frenzied young Columbia University intellectual, brought them all together in an episode that ended in tragedy.

If you’re a fan of the Beats, you’re in for something special, particularly after the disappointment of last year’s On the Road. Krokidas could have botched this film a million ways, but he avoids overindulging the clichés associated with the Beat generation, and instead lets their work inspire his own voice. The photography is gorgeous and poetic, with a manipulation of shadow that often nears perfection. The film sustains pace and tension. It is consistently musical and visionary, while restraining itself from slipping into something overt and incomprehensibly avant-garde.

As someone who spent way too much time in his 20s trying to figure out which of his friends was most like which Beat poet, I couldn’t imagine better casting. At first I was skeptical of Daniel Radcliffe playing Ginsberg, but even in those round glasses I was only pulled out of the story briefly, when I realized I was watching Harry Potter get a blow job. Dane DeHaan, like an alluringly evil Leo DiCaprio, arouses a superposition of sympathy and sexiness, but one all his own. It’s a kick seeing Michael C. Hall and David Cross on the big screen, but for my money Ben Foster steals the show from the first moment you see him, curled up in a bathtub, nitrous oxide mask strapped

to his face. His confidently slithering William Burroughs voice gave me all the fanboy chills.

Krokidas doesn’t quite pull off an A+ film, though.

Kill Your Darlings starts to lose focus in the second half.

The dramatic thread of Carr’s obsession and murder doesn’t quite have the substance to stand on its own— without some interest in the Beats subject matter, the story probably won’t grab you where it counts.

Even so, Kill Your Darlings takes ownership of the struggle to find equity between the pathetically indulgent and the mystically optimistic that defines the Beat generation. There’s maybe a bit too much sugarcoating of the characters’ flaws, a little too much romanticizing, but Krokidas balances it out by providing a strong sense of time and place.

It’s not hard to stereotype Kerouac as self-indulgent, Ginsberg as naive and Burroughs as totally deranged, but to do so ignores the context in which they lived and wrote. The ’50s weren’t that long ago, and we sometimes forget how far we’ve come since then.

The American psyche was still tender from war with fascism—and even more jumpy about communism— which only compounded the nation’s disturbing civil rights record with an atmosphere of social oppression toward a wide net of fringe lifestyles and subcultures.

If nothing else, Kill Your Darlings is a reminder of how American poetry no longer feels dangerous, and publishing has become something sheltered and safe, lacking real revolutionary substance.

Like Syd Barrett, Carr was a mysterious personality too absorbed in his own experience to develop pervasive work and too off the rails to make his genius comprehensible. But he provided the spark of inspiration and madness that ignited an entire movement. The tragedy is that the only source of kindling for these prophets is themselves, and they burn up or burn out while trying to get the fire started. We need filmmakers like Krokidas who sift through the ashes and tell their stories for them.

Kill Your Darlings continues at the Wilma. arts@missoulanews.com

[film] THE HUNGER GAMES: CATCHING FIRE Katniss Everdeen and boring ol’ Peeta are back for the second installment of the dystopian teen fantasy. Starring Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson and Liam Hemsworth. Rated PG-13.

Carmike 12, Village 6, Pharaohplex, Showboat.

OPENING THIS WEEK BLUE IS THE WARMEST COLOR (LA VIE D’ADÈLE) Two young French women fall in love and discover insights about life over a decade of a complex relationship. Starring Léa Seydoux, Adèle Exarchopoulos and Salim Kechiouche.

Rated NC-17 (because depicting women’s sexuality is racy, y’all). Wilma.

JACKASS PRESENTS: BAD GRANDPA Johnny Knoxville plays an 86-year-old Irving Zisman on a trip with his 8-year-old grandson, Billy.

Heartwarming situations will ensue, I betcha.

Also starring Jackson Nicoll and Spike Jonze.

Rated R. Carmike 12, Village 6, Pharaohplex, Entertainer.

A CASE OF YOU Justin Long stars as a dorky guy who woos a cute barista through a deceptive online dating profile. Also starring Evan Rachel Wood, Peter Dinklage and Brendan Fraser. Not rated. Screens at the Roxy Dec. 6-8 at 7:15 and 9:15 PM.

KILL YOUR DARLINGS Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: Allen Ginsburg, Jack Kerouac and Williams Burroughs walk into a bar... and become entangled in a 1944 murder case based on a true story. Starring Daniel Radcliffe, Dane DeHaan and Michael C. Hall. Rated R. Wilma. (See Film.)

FAMILY FRIENDLY CLASSIC HOLIDAY FLICKS Every Who down in Whoville is getting ready for Christmas, and so the Roxy hosts an afternoon party screening holiday flicks including “Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer”, “Frosty the Snowman”, “A Charlie Brown Christmas” and more.

Sat., Dec. 7 from 1-4 PM. Free.

OUT OF THE FURNACE Russell Baze is a beardy, rugged man seeking justice after his younger brother mysteriously disappears. Starring Christian Bale, Woody Harrelson and Zoe Saldana. Rated R. Carmike 12.

SANTA CLAUS VS. THE DEVIL Santa Claus is up against the devil, Pitch, in a battle to save Christmas, in this 1959 Spanishlanguage film known for being one of the strangest holiday movies ever. Starring José Elías Moreno, Cesáreo Quezadas ‘Pulgarcito’ and José Luis Aguirre ‘Trotsky’. Not rated. Screening at the Roxy Thu., Dec. 5 at 7 PM.

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LAST VEGAS Robert De Niro, Michael Douglas and Morgan Freeman were all somehow convinced to appear in a tamer version of The Hangover. Rated PG-13. Carmike 12.

Lord Tyrion’s emo phase: the lost years. A Case of You shows at the Roxy Dec. 6–8 at 7:15 and 9:15 PM.

DELIVERY MAN A single dude discovers fatherhood in a big way when he finds out his sperm donations fathered 533 children. Starring Vince Vaughn, Chris Pratt and Cobie Smulders. Rated PG-13.

(Fun film trivia: Chris Pratt gained 60 pounds for his role as an out-of-shape friend, because talented fat people are just so scarce these days.) Carmike 12, Village 6, Entertainer, Pharaohplex.

12 YEARS A SLAVE A free black man is lured by con artist and sold into slavery in the antebellum United States.

Starring Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael K. Williams and Michael Fassbender. Rated R. Carmike 12.

ENOUGH SAID A middle-aged woman seeking love realizes the fella she likes is a friend’s ex. You’re never too old for sloppy seconds! Starring Julia Louis-Dreyfus, James Gandolfini and Catherine Keener.

Rated PG-13. Wilma.

ABOUT TIME Rachel McAdams tries to date a cute dude who can time travel. This in no way resembles any other Rachel McAdams film, nope, no sir. Calapatra will probably see it anyway. Also starring Domhnall Gleeson and Bill Nighy. Rated R. Village 6, Pharaohplex.

FREE BIRDS Two turkeys must avoid fowl play and work together to avoid getting gobbled for Thanksgiving dinner. Starring the voices of Woody Harrelson, Owen Wilson and Amy Poehler. Rated PG. Carmike 12, Village 6, Pharaohplex.

FROZEN A Nordic princess endeavors to find her sister and bring her back to their snowy kingdom. A whimsical talking snowman joins in the adventure, too. Starring the voices of Kristen Bell, Josh Gad and Idina Menzel. Rated PG. Carmike 12, Pharaohplex.

HOMEFRONT Jason Statham is a former DEA agent who moves to a quiet town only to run into a meth dealer, in a story based on the novel by Chuck Logan and adapted for the screen by Sly Stallone himself. I can smell the testosterone already. Also starring James Franco and Winona Ryder. Rated R. Village 6, Pharaohplex.

THOR: THE DARK WORLD Everyone’s favorite Norse God, his hammer and his fierce mane of hair are back at it again. Starring Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman and Tom Hiddleston. Rated PG-13. Carmike 12, Pharaohplex, Showboat.

Capsule reviews by Kate Whittle.

Planning your outing to the cinema? Visit missoulanews.com’s arts section to find up-to-date movie times for theaters in the area. You can also contact theaters to spare yourself any grief and/or parking lot profanities.

Theater phone numbers: Carmike 12 and Village 6 at 541-7469; Wilma at 728-2521; Pharaohplex in Hamilton at 961-FILM; Showboat in Polson and Entertainer in Ronan at 883-5603.

HOW I LIVE NOW An American teenager just starts to get all loveydovey with a hot British dude when nuclear war breaks out. Struggling to survive can be such a boner killer. Starring Saoirse Ronan, Tom Holland and George MacKay. Rated R. Roxy Theater, Dec. 6-8 at 7 and 9 PM.

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Pairing food with beer

by Ari LeVaux

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When food and drink cross paths, wine usually hogs the spotlight during the act of ingredient pairing.

And when beer is on tap, the meal is all too often relegated to the role of sponge.

This perception seems to be changing. The interwebs are flooded with beer-based recipes and beer/food pairing suggestions, while many big city restaurants have added beer sommeliers to their staffs to assist customers in ordering suds to complement their suppers.

Some enthusiasts go as far as to claim that beer is more food-friendly than wine. While wine makers have only grapes to play with, beer makers can use bitter hops, sweet barley, bready yeast, as well as spices, nuts, fruit, chocolate, pumpkin, licorice, orange peel … basically anything in their brews. This opens the door to more complex and nuanced pairings beyond color-coded rules of thumb like “red wine with red meat, white wine with white meat.”

Personally, I’m skeptical.

A parallel is often drawn between lager and ale and white and red wines, respectively, allowing for easy conversion between wine pairing and beer pairing. But the number-one rule in pairing food and beverage is that both should taste better because of it. And personally, I don’t think there is a beer in existence that will bring more out of a steak than the cheapest glass of red wine. And no beer, however sweet, will beat a good dessert wine alongside your lemon meringue pie. Beer with your cheese? Not unless the cheese is on pizza, inside a chile relleno, or on a burger.

So the first question you should ask is: Does this food want wine or beer?

In my opinion, foods that are greasy, salty and spicy are the best for beer. Spicy foods go well with hoppy beers like an IPA, if you want to bring out and appreciate the spice. Alternatively, if you’re afraid of spice, you might want to smother it with a sweet, thick porter. Carbonation cuts grease, so heavily carbonated beer goes well with pizza.

Yeasty beers make sense with bread, and a sweet beer nicely balances an acidic meal. But the bottom line is: Beer drinkers are often particular about their preferences, and not likely to switch types based on what’s on their plate.

That’s why cooking with beer deserves more attention than pairing. And in keeping with the simplicity of wine-pairing lore, it’s the foods cooked with beer that are best washed down with beer.

A good beer batter can be magical. Just ask my college date after she ate some fried chicken I’d marinated overnight in beer batter before frying. That meal got me a lot further than I probably deserved.

(Liz, if you’re out there, you know it’s true).

These days, halibut is my beer-battered protein of choice, and I use a recipe I pried from the proprietor of the Cooper Landing Roadhouse in southern Alaska.

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To make the batter, use 1 cup Krusteaz pancake mix, ½ cup amber beer, 2 pinches of dried dill and 1 pinch seasoned salt.

Cut the halibut into 1 ½-inch pieces. Dip them in the batter, then roll in Japanese panko flakes. Place the battered pieces on wax paper so they don’t touch each other, and freeze. When frozen, put them in a plastic bag and keep frozen until ready for use.

To cook, immerse the frozen battered chunks of fish in hot grape seed or safflower oil. These fish chunks, with hot sauce and tartar sauce, need beer like fries need ketchup.

And then there is that delicately named tailgating delicacy: “beer-butt chicken.”

Mix together 1 tablespoon paprika, 2 teaspoons of chili powder, 1 teaspoon of oregano, 1 teaspoon salt, 1 teaspoon black pepper, ¼ teaspoon cayenne powder, 1 tablespoon garlic powder and 2 tablespoons of brown sugar. At both openings of the bird, gently pull the skin away from the flesh, slide your hand in, and gently separate the skin from the flesh all around the chicken. Rub the spice mixture onto the flesh underneath the loose skin.

When the grill is hot, open a can of beer. Drink half, and add chopped garlic and onions to the can.

Place the can upright on the grill. Lower the chicken so the can enters the body cavity. Cover, and cook until the wings hang loose.

Of course, no discussion of beer and food would be complete without mention of the tribal dish of Wisconsinites: bratwurst and beer. In principle, the brats are bathed in warm beer, which often contains chopped onion and garlic, and black pepper. This adds moisture and flavor to the brats.

I can only wade so deep into this topic, because of a great schism in the beer brat community between those who pre-cook their brats in warm beer (not boiling, not even simmering, except for the occasional lazy bubble) before grilling, versus those who bathe their brats in beer after grilling.

Each camp has reams of documentation and anecdotal evidence for why their method is the one true way to prepare beer brats, none of which addressed the also sticky question of whether the beer must be Old Milwaukee.

But at the risk of being pelted to death by cheese curds, I’ll admit that, much to my surprise, soaking the grilled brats in beer was preferable to the presoak. And my favorite beer for this procedure—and for drinking with the finished product—was a microbrew pilsner.

This column originally appeared April 29, 2010.

Ari LeVaux will return to Flash in the Pan next week.

[dish] Bagels On Broadway 223 West Broadway • 728-8900 (across from courthouse) Featuring over 25 sandwich selections, 20 bagel varieties, & 20 cream cheese spreads. Also a wide selection of homemade soups, salads and desserts.

Gourmet coffee and espresso drinks, fruit smoothies, and frappes. Ample seating; free wi-fi. Free downtown delivery (weekdays) with $10.00 min. order. Call ahead to have your order ready for you! Open 7 days a week. Voted one of top 20 bagel shops in country by internet survey. $-$$ Bernice’s Bakery 190 South 3rd West • 728-1358 It’s the little things we do together. Bernice’s takes these moments to heart. This Christmas when you want “just the right size” gift or party package, think Bernice’s cookie plates, frosted Christmas trees (Yep! Those famous sugar cookies), packaged Bernice’s Hot Cocoa, a Joyous Kringle, Mini Macaroons, Gingerbread Coffeecake, Loaves of Poundcake, and so much more! Have you checked out Bernice’s wear-ables lately? Downright smart.

Coffee mugs? Oh, yeah. Bernice’s wishes you a Merry Little Christmas. 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 beega) which is a time-honored Italian method of bread making.

Biga Pizza uses local products, the freshest produce as well as artisan meats and cheeses. Featuring seasonal menus.

Lunch and dinner, Mon-Sat. Beer & Wine available. $-$$ Black Coffee Roasting Co. 1515 Wyoming St., Suite 200 541-3700 Black Coffee Roasting Company is located in the heart of Missoula. Our roastery is open Mon.–Fri., 7:30–4, Sat. 84. In addition to fresh roasted coffee beans we offer a full service espresso bar, drip coffee, pour-overs and more. The suspension of coffee beans in water is our specialty. $ The Bridge Pizza Corner of S. 4th & S. Higgins • 542-0002 A popular local eatery on Missoula’s Hip Strip.

Featuring handcrafted artisan brick oven pizza, pasta, sandwiches, soups, & salads made with fresh, seasonal ingredients. Missoula’s place for pizza by the slice. A unique selection of regional microbrews and gourmet sodas. Dine-in, drive-thru, & delivery. Open everyday 11 to 10:30 pm. $-$$ Brooks & Browns Inside Holiday Inn Downtown 200 S. Pattee St. • 532-2056 This week at Brooks and Browns: Thursday Trivia Night 7:30-10 pm. Friday 12/6: Andrea Harsell 6-9 pm. Sunday Funday (Happy Hour all day). Martini MONDAY ($4 select martinis). Tuesday 12/10 Tom Catmull 6-9 pm. Have you discovered Brooks and Browns? Inside the Holiday Inn, Downtown Missoula. $-$$ Butterfly Herbs 232 N. Higgins • 728-8780 Celebrating 41 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. $ Ciao Mambo 541 S. Higgins Ave. 543-0377 • ciaomambo.com The vibrant energy at Ciao Mambo is fantastically accompanied by steaming hot pizzas, delicious assortments of pastas and of course authentic Italian wine. We focus on making sure that whether it be date night, family night, or business dinners we accommodate whatever the need! And do not forget there are always leftovers! Open 5 to close every day, come make us your go to dinner destination! $-$$ Claim Jumper 3021 Brooks 728-0074 Serving Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner 7 days a week. We feature CJ’s Famous Fried Chicken, Delicious Steaks, and your Favorite Pub Classics. Breakfast from 7am11am on Weekdays and 7am-2pm on Weekends. Lunch and Dinner 11am-9pm Sun-Wed and 11am-10pm ThursSat. Ask your Server about our Players Club! Happy Hour in our lounge M-F 4-6 PM. $-$$ Dickey’s Barbecue Pit 143 W. Broadway Downtown Missoula • 203.1557 Taste why Dickey’s Barbecue is the world’s best barbecue since 1941! Try our 8 juicy hot pit smoked

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meats, like our southern pulled pork or our family recipe polish sausage. We even offer 11 home-style sides, like our creamy cole slaw and fried okra. Don’t forget we’re also your catering experts! Any event, any size – let Dickey’s do the cooking, and you can take the credit. Graduation parties, weddings, office functions, you name it! Dickey’s Barbecue is the perfect catering choice for groups of all sizes – from 10 to 10,000! Don’t forget-Kids Eat Free Sundays & everyone enjoys FREE ice cream every day! Dickey’s Barbecue. Seriously, Pit Smoked. Open 7 days a week. Offering a full liquor bar. $-$$ Doc’s Gourmet Sandwiches 214 N. Higgins Ave. • 542-7414 Doc’s is an extremely popular gathering spot for diners who appreciate the great ambiance, personal service and generous sandwiches made with the freshest ingredients. Whether you’re heading out for a power lunch, meeting friends or family or just grabbing a quick takeout, Doc’s is always an excellent choice. Delivery in the greater Missoula area. We also offer custom catering!...everything from gourmet appetizers to all of our menu items. $-$$ El Cazador 101 S. Higgins Ave. • 728-3657 Missoula Independent readers’ choice for Best Mexican Restaurant. Come taste Alfredo's original recipes for authentic Mexican food where we cook with love.

From seafood to carne asada, enjoy dinner or stop by for our daily lunch specials. We are a locally owned Mexican family restaurant, and we want to make your visit with us one to remember. Open daily for lunch and dinner. $-$$ The Empanada Joint 123 E. Main St. • 926-2038 Offering authentic empanadas BAKED FRESH DAILY! 9 different flavors, including vegetarian and gluten-free options. NOW SERVING BREAKFAST Empanadas! Plus Argentine side dishes and desserts. Super quick and super delicious! Get your healthy hearty lunch or dinner here! Wi-Fi, Soccer on the Big Screen, and a rich sound system featuring music from Argentina and the Caribbean. Mon-Sat 10am-5pm. Downtown Missoula. $

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5pm to close • Reservations accepted.

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Food For Thought 540 Daly Ave. • 721-6033 Missoula’s Original Coffehouse/Café located across from the U of M campus. Serving breakfast and lunch 7 days a week+dinner 5 nights a week. Also serving cold sandwiches, soups, salads, with baked goods and espresso bar. HUGE Portions and the Best BREAKFAST in town. M-TH 7am-8pm, Fri 7am-4pm, Sat 8am-4pm, Sun 8am-8pm. $-$$

To see Chef Beth’s recipe, visit twosisterscateringmontana.com

Good Food Store 1600 S. 3rd West • 541-FOOD The GFS Deli features made-to-order sandwiches, a rotating selection of six soups, 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 smoothie menu complement bakery goodies from the GFS ovens and from Missoula’s favorite bakeries. Indoor and patio seating. Open every day, 7am – 10pm. $-$$ Grizzly Liquor 110 W Spruce St • 549-7723 www.grizzlyliquor.com Voted Missoula's Best Liquor Store! Largest selection of spirits in the Northwest, including all Montana micro-distilleries. Your headquarters for unique spirits and wines! Free customer parking. Open Monday-Saturday 97:30 www.grizzlyliquor.com. $-$$$ Heraldo's Mexican Food 116 Glacier Dr. • Lolo, MT 59847 406-203-4060 HeraldosMexicanRestaurant.com Lunch and Dinner. Open 7 Days • Eat-in or Carry-out • Handmade Tamales • Burritos • Chimichangas • Flautas • Fajitas • Combo plates and MORE. See our menu at www.heraldosmexicanrestaurant.com. Order Your Holiday Tamales Now! Also sold year-round. Call for details. $-$$

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Hob Nob on Higgins 531 S. Higgins • 541-4622 hobnobonhiggins.com Come visit our friendly staff & experience Missoula’s best little breakfast & lunch spot. All our food is made from scratch, we feature homemade corn beef hash, sourdough pancakes, sandwiches, salads, espresso & desserts. MC/V $-$$ Iron Horse Brew Pub 501 N. Higgins 728-8866 www.ironhorsebrewpub.com We’re the perfect place for lunch, appetizers, or dinner. Enjoy nightly specials, our fantastic beverage selection and friendly, attentive service. Stop by & stay awhile! No matter what you are looking for, we’ll give you something to smile about. $$-$$$

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Whistling Andy Whiskey HAPPIEST HOUR tasting room Nov. 27 for $45 a bottle, with a limit of two per person.

It has yet to pop up in local liquor stores, likely due to the Thanksgiving holiday. But Whistling Andy’s Dana Marchetti says the state’s Liquor Control Division has “plenty” of bottles at the warehouse in Helena, and she expects the bourbon will start appearing on retail shelves over the next week as orders are placed and filled. If you aren’t lucky enough to be in the Flathead in the next few days, keep your eyes peeled around town.

The backstory: Roughly three years ago, Whistling Andy Distillery co-owner Brian Anderson poured bourbon into several barrels and capped them. Since then he’s released limited batches of moonshine and year-old whiskey, but the anticipation for one of Montana’s first true bourbons—hand-crafted, locally sourced and triple distilled— has steadily grown. Now the time has come. Whistling Andy Straight Bourbon Whiskey officially rolled out last week.

What you’re drinking: Montana’s latest bourbon is, for all intents and purposes, the liquid essence of western Montana grain.

Whistling Andy sourced its barley, wheat and rye from two family farms—one in Ronan and one in Moiese. The product spent the past three years mellowing in charred white-oak barrels and went into bottles at a light 80 proof.

When to look for it: Whistling Andy started selling its straight bourbon whiskey straight out of the

Photo courtesy of Whistling Andy Distillery

Iza 529 S. Higgins • 830-3237 www.izarestaurant.com Contemporary Asian cuisine featuring local, vegan, gluten free and organic options as well as wild caught seafood, Idaho trout and buffalo. Join us for lunch and dinner. Happy Hour 3-6 weekdays with specials on food and drink. Extensive sake, wine and tea menu. Closed Sundays. Open Mon-Fri: Lunch 11:30-3pm, Happy Hour 3-6pm, Dinner 5pm-close. Sat: Dinner 5pm-close. $-$$ Jimmy John’s 420 N. Higgins • 542-1100 jimmyjohns.com Jimmy John’s - America’s Favorite Sandwich Delivery Guys! Unlike any other sub shop, Jimmy John’s is all about the freshest ingredients and fastest service.

Freaky Fast, Freaky Good - that’s Jimmy John’s. Order online, call for delivery or visit us on Higgins. $-$$ Le Petit Outre 129 S. 4th West • 543-3311 Twelve thousand pounds of oven mass…Bread of integrity, pastry of distinction, yes indeed, European hand-crafted baked goods, Pain de Campagne, Ciabatta, Cocodrillo, Pain au Chocolat, Palmiers, and Brioche.

Several more baked options and the finest espresso available.

Please find our goods at the finest grocers across Missoula.

Saturday 8-3, Sunday 8-2, Monday-Friday 7-6. $

Where to get it: Grizzly Liquor carries a full complement of Whistling Andy bottles at 110 Spruce St. If all else fails and you’re in the neighborhood, Whistling Andy Distillery is at 8541 Highway 35 South in Bigfork.

—Alex Sakariassen

Missoula Senior Center 705 S. Higgins Ave. 543-7154 (on the hip strip) Did you know that the Missoula Senior Center serves delicious hearty lunches every week day for only $6? Anyone is welcome to join us for a delicious meal from 11:3012:30 Monday- Friday for delicious food, great conversation and take some time to find a treasured item or garment in our thrift shop. For a full menu and other activities, visit our website at www.missoulaseniorcenter.org.

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

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. $$-$$$ Pearl Cafe 231 East Front St. 541-0231 • pearlcafe.us Country French meets the Northwest. Idaho Trout with Dungeness Crab, Rabbit with Wild Mushroom Ragout, Snake River Farms Beef, Fresh Seafood Specials Daily. House Made Charcuterie, Sourdough Bread & Delectable Desserts. Extensive wine list; 18 wines by the glass and local beers on draft. Reservations recommended for the intimate dining areas. Visit our website Pearlcafe.us to check out our nightly specials, make reservations, or buy gift certificates. Open Mon-Sat at 5:00. $$-$$$ Philly West 134 W. Broadway • 493-6204 For an East-coast taste of pizza, stromboli, hoagies, salads, and pasta dishes and CHEESESTEAKS, try Philly West. A taste of the great “fightin’ city of Philadelphia” can be enjoyed Monday - Saturday for lunch and dinner and late on weekends. We create our marinara, meatballs, dough and sauces in-house so if “youse wanna eat,” come to 134 W. Broadway. $-$$

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Plonk 322 N Higgins • 926-1791 www.plonkwine.com Plonk is an excursion into the world of fine wine, food, cocktails, service and atmosphere. With an environment designed to engage the senses, the downtown establishment blends quality and creativity in an all-encompassing dining experience. Described as an urban hot spot dropped into the heart of the Missoula Valley and lifestyle, Plonk embodies metropolitan personalities driven by Montana passions.

Romaines 3075 N. Reserve Suite N 406-214-2659 www.romainessalads.com We provide you with the convenience of delicious salads, sandwiches and soups. Our salads include over 30 wholesome ingredients. Our homemade soups change with the season as different ingredients become available. If hearty sandwiches are your favorite, then visit Romaines for one

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of our braised meat sandwiches. We also have a Montana Hummus sandwich made from Montana grown garbanzo beans. At last, local, fresh, and healthy! $-$$ Roxiberry Gourmet Frozen Yogurt Southgate Mall Across from Noodle Express 317.1814 • roxiberry.com Bringing Missoula gourmet, frozen yogurt, using the finest ingredients (no frozen mixes), to satisfy your intense cravings with our intense flavors. Our home-made blends offer healthy, nutritional profiles. We also offer smoothies, fresh-made waffle cones, and select baked goods (gluten-free choices available).

Join Club Roxi for special offers. See us in-store or visit our website for information. $-$$ Silvertip Casino 680 SW Higgins • 728-5643 The Silvertip Casino is Missoula’s premiere casino offering 20 Video gaming machines, best live poker in Missoula, full beverage liquor, 11 flat screen tv’s and great food at great prices. Breakfast Specials starting at $2.99 (7-11am) For a complete menu, go to www.silvertipcasino.com. Open 24/7. $-$$ Sis’s Kitchen 531-5034 • sisskitchen.com Wheat, Gluten & Allergen Free Foods. Frozen & Dry Mix Products. Sis’s Kitchen plays a part in Best of Missoula “Best Pizza” Winner’s for 2008-2012. Find our products at: The Good Food Store • Biga Pizza • Bridge Pizza • Pizza Cafe in Ronan (12”crust). $-$$ NOT JUST SUSHI We have quick and delicious lunch specials 6 days a week starting at $7, and are open for dinner 7 nights a week. Try our comfort food items like Pork Katsu and Chicken Teriyaki. We also offer party platters to go and catering for all culinary styles. Lunch 11:30-3 Mon-Sat. Dinner 5-9:30 Every Night. Corner of Pine and Higgins. Very Family Friendly. 549-7979. $-$$ Taco Del Sol 422 N. Higgins • 327-8929 Stop in when you’re in the neighborhood.

We’ll do our best to treat you right! Crowned Missoula’s best lunch for under $6. Mon.-Sat. 11-10 Sun 12-9. $-$$ Taco John’s 623 W Broadway 2600 S Reserve West-Mex® is about fresh taste and BOLD flavors. Taco John’s recipes make you smile and yell “OLÉ”. We combine hearty helpings of seasoned meats, crispy Potato Olés®, and flavorful cheeses with fresh-made Mexican specialties like burritos, tacos, and quesadillas. All topped off with bold sauces, spices and salsas. You’ll find West-Mex® cooking makes for an unbeatably satisfying meal. See you soon ... Amigo :) $-$$ Taco Sano 115 1/2 S. 4th Street West Located next to Holiday Store on Hip Strip 541-7570 • tacosano.net Once you find us you’ll keep coming back. Breakfast Burritos served all day, Quesadillas, Burritos and Tacos. Let us dress up your food with our unique selection of toppings, salsas, and sauces. Open 10am-9am 7 days a week. WE DELIVER. $-$$ Ten Spoon Vineyard + Winery 4175 Rattlesnake Dr. 549-8703 www.tenspoon.com Made in Montana, award-winning organic wines, no added sulfites. Tasting hours: Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, 5 to 9 pm. Soak in the harvest sunshine with a view of the vineyard, or cozy up with a glass of wine inside the winery.

Wine sold by the flight or glass. Bottles sold to take home or to ship to friends and relatives. $$ Walking Moustache 206 W. Main St. • 549-3800 www.walkingmoustache.com 12/7 Live Music with Kristi Neumann 7:30 pm. Our aim is to offer excellent food with five star service. Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner, Daily Specials + 2 am Special. Restaurant Hours: Tues 6 am – Sun 5 pm. Monday Lunch 11 am - 2:30 pm. Winebar Hours: Tues 11 am – Sat 11 pm.

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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Dialogues Across Cultures, a guided event that covers race, gender, sexual orientation, class, religion and ability. 4-6 PM, Phyllis J. Washington College of Education and Human Sciences Room 241. Held on Nov. 7 and 21 and Dec. 5.

Look, back in the day, you probably made a serviceable ashtray in middle school art class, but take a seat and let the talented peeps strut their stuff with the 28th Annual Art Annex Holiday Sale and Juried Show. Emerging Ceramic Artists and the Student Sculpture Association put up their neat wares for sale.

Art Annex, next to the Adams Center. Opening reception on Thursday, Dec. 5 from 4-7 PM. Sale runs 9 AM-7 PM on Friday and 9 AM-5 PM on Saturday.

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Playing the world’s tiniest invisible violin. “Jackass” star Bam Margera performs at the Palace Lounge, along with Wilson and Kissing Candice. Thu., Dec. 5 at 10 PM. $23/$20 in advance, plus $5 surcharge for ages 18-20. Limited VIP meet-and-greet tickets available, too. Inquire at Rockin Rudy's, 1111presents.com or by calling 866-300-8300.

THURSDAYDEC05 Bono-approved singer Liam O Maonlai, of Hothouse Flowers fame, performs as part of the Irish Music and Song series at UM Music Recital Hall. 7:30 PM. $20/$15 for students and members.

The ZACC’s Print Shop Orientation Class teaches peeps everything you need to know to use the print shop. In just two hours you’ll be able to impress your friends and family with your knowledge in silk-screening, relief printing, and woodcut printing. Once you get the tour, you can work there during business hours. Limited to six people per month. $20.

To register call 549-7555.

UM students in the Psychology of Family Violence Class will showcase their work in advocacy, donation drives and awareness campaigns with presentations at the Skaggs Building, Room 246. 11:10 AM-12:10 PM. UM students can safely engage in discussion on some heavy topics at Bridging

Contemplate the Geology of Glacier Lake when Judy Reese gives a talk on the subject as part of the Natural History Lecture Series at the Ravalli County Museum, 205 Bedford St. 6 PM. The UM Climate Action Now Meeting is out to save the day, promoting sustainability and environmental action. UM FLAT, 633 Fifth St. E. Now meeting at 6 PM. Overcome your fears and take a stand when Treasure State Toastmasters mentors folks in leadership and public speaking.

Community Medical Center meeting rooms, 2827 Ft. Missoula Road. 6–7 PM. Free.

Fiddle dee dee, that will require a tetanus shot. But not if you wear shoes when Ted Ness and the Rusty Nails play Draught Works, 915 Toole Ave., from 6-8 PM. No cover.

Reggae-rockin’ fella Aaron Williams plays tunes all by his lonesome at the Bitter Root Brewery in Hamilton. 6-8:30 PM. No cover.

Poet and UM professor Henrietta Goodman reads from her new compilation, Hungry Moon, at Shakespeare and Co., 103 S. Third St. W. 7 PM. Put on the ritz when the Kimberlee Carlson Jazz Trio (with Ron Meissner and Pete Hand) plays the Top Hat from 7-9 PM, with dance lesson at 6 PM. No cover.

Honor your connection to the earth and the glorious array of life on it during the Children of the Earth Tribe Song and Chant Circle at the Jeannette Rankin Peace Center.

519 S. Higgins, enter through back alley door.

7:30-9 PM. Free will offering.

Embark on a gay fantasia during the play Angels in America: Millennium Approaches at the Montana Theatre in the PARTV Center.

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[calendar] Nov. 19-Nov. 23 and Dec. 3 through Dec. 7 at 7:30 PM. $20/$16 for seniors and students/$10 for kids 12 and younger.

Tickets at the UMArts Box Office.

See umt.edu/theatredance.

Save your bump â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;nâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; grind for after the Dance Up Close performance by the UM School of Theatre and Dance. The concert invites the audience to sit up close and intimate-like while professionals and students present 17 original performances ranging from hip-hop to ballet. Masquer Theatre. 7:30 PM nightly, plus a 2 PM matinee on Sat., Dec. 7. $9/$6 for kids under 12. UMArts Box Office, 243-4581 or tickets.umtheatredance.org.

Please sir, may I have another cog? The Whitefish Theatre Company presents a steampunked-out performance of the classic musical Oliver. Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Shaughnessy Center, 1 Central Ave. in Whitefish. Showing Dec. 6-7, 13-14 and 20-21 at 7:30 PM., plus Sunday matinees on Dec. 8, 15 and 22 at 4 PM. $20/$18 for seniors/$8 for students. (See Arts.)

Unleash your cogent understanding of the trivium at Brooks and Browns Big Brains Trivia Night. $50 bar tab for first place. $7 Bayern pitchers. 200 S. Pattee St. in the Holiday Inn Downtown. 7:30â&#x20AC;&#x201C;10 PM. The Stumptown Players get heavy with Spirit Control, a drama about an air traffic controller guiding a passenger through an emergency landing. Performances at the KM Theatre, 40 Second St. E. in Kalispell, from Dec. 5â&#x20AC;&#x201C;Dec. 7 and Dec. 12â&#x20AC;&#x201C;Dec. 14 at 8 PM. $18.

Tickets available at stumptownplayers.org.

During Open Mic Night at Sean Kellyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, local talented folks may titillate your eardrums. 8:30 PM. Free.

Call 542-1471 after 10 AM Thursday to sign up.

Fight for your right to belt out tunes at the Dark Horseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Combat Karaoke, hosted by Aaron B. and accompanied with drink specials.

1805 Regent Street. 9 PM. Free.

Live for the applause at the Badlanderâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s new Thursday night dance party, Drop Culture, with a rotating DJ line-up and club-worthy tunes. $3, with $1 well drink special from 9 PM to midnight. Women get in free before 10.

Alaskan synthy rock outfit Historian plays the VFW, 245 W. Main St., along with Ryan Bundy and Joey Running Crane. 10 PM. $5/$7 for ages 18-20.

Slide on a blazer (donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t forget to roll up the sleeves) and drop some â&#x20AC;&#x153;In Soviet Russiaâ&#x20AC;? jokes at Missoulaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Homegrown Stand-Up Comedy at the Union Club. Sign up by 9:30 PM to perform. Free.

Fill your fingers with nothinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; but rocks and bypass the velvet rope at VIP Thursdays, with light show, DJs Efren Duarte and Mo, hourly shot specials, $3 flavored vodkas and, most importantly, $1.50 Fireball shots from 11 PM to midnight. Monkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Bar, 225 Ryman.

10 PM. No cover.

Twelve-year-old boys and everyone whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s twelve at heart shalt rejoice to the heavens on this day.

FOR INFO OR TO REQUEST AN ACCESSIBILITY ACCOMMODATION CALL 243-5082

WWW.UMT.EDU/UC

Montana attorney Roberta Zenker recounts her life as a transgender woman and reads from her memoir, TransMontana, A Memoir of Transformation in Body, Mind & Spirit. Shakespeare and Co., 103 S. Third St. W. Tue., Dec. 10 at 7 PM.

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;Jackassâ&#x20AC;? star Bam Margera performs as â&#x20AC;&#x153;Fuckface Unstoppableâ&#x20AC;? at the Palace Lounge, along with Wilson and Kissing Candice. 10 PM. $23/$20 in advance, plus $5 surcharge for ages 18-20. Limited VIP meet-and-greet tickets available, too. Inquire at Rockin Rudyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, 1111presents.com or by calling 866-300-8300.

Get weird, Missoula-stylie, when Skin Flowers, Needlecraft and Minneapolis experimental outfit American Cream play the Top Hat. 10 PM. Free.

FRIDAYDEC06 Knock knock. Whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s there?

Holly. Holly who? Holly-days are here again! Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all pray to Santa that the comedians at the Holiday Laughs Charity Comedy Showcase have better jokes than that. Locals Kyle Kulseth, Brian Scheirer, Becky Margolis, Matthew Kettelhake, Nicholas J. Hyde and John Howard are on deck, plus Wyomingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Aaron Snyder. Elbow Room, 1855 Stephens Ave. 8 PM. $5. Proceeds benefit The Playground Project: An All-Abilities Playground for Missoula; jokes are â&#x20AC;&#x153;PG-13â&#x20AC;?.

Art aficionados and downtown revelers alike can enjoy First Friday, wherein shops, cafes, bars and galleries host free art viewings for all to enjoy. Sometimes thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s totally excellent free wine and snax, too.

Runs about 5-8 PM every first Friday of the month. Check out firstfridaysmissoula.blogspot.com and our special listings.

Hallelujah, pupils, today is the last day of regular classes at the University of Montana before finals week and Christmas break.

Stevi is decking all the halls for A Montana Country Christmas, a two-day celebration with a parade of lights, caroling, decorations, live nativity, music and oleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Saint Nick. Parade on Fri., Dec. 6 at 6:30 PM, wagon rides on Friday and Saturday evening, Rocky Mountain Bank gala on Sat. at 6 PM, and much more. Check out mainstreetstevensville.com for a full schedule.

Sorry, Ace Frehley, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll have to sit out KYSS-Mas for Kids. KYSS Real Country 94.9 FM hosts an on-air and online auction to raise money for gifts for Montana kids in need. 6 AM-7 PM. Check out kyssfm.com.

In probably the easiest raffle I have ever heard of, alls you need to do today is check out a book or sign up for a library card and you can enter your name to win one of 20 mugs handmade by students from the UM Ceramics Departments. Missoula Public Library. The idea is to â&#x20AC;&#x153;bring handmade ceramics into the community while celebrating reading.â&#x20AC;? Shweet. 10 AM-6 PM. Free.

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live the dream Let’s get one thing out of the way: American Cream is a fantastic band name. And though in my heart of hearts, I might have hoped it was some kind of butt-rocking ’80sthrowback a la Steel Panther, neither of the two bands who go by the name of American Cream sound like that. One is a so-so indie rock band from Las Vegas. The other, from Minneapolis, has opted to push boundaries and get weird with sonic experiments. It is the Minneapolis band that we shall discuss further.

American Cream’s latest album, Nathan, is a collection of live and studio recorded improvised music by 24 musicians, master-minded by Nathan Nelson. As a whole, it comes off as slow- American Cream burning, ominous psych-rock with quietly menBut I can’t say whether American Cream sounds acing basslines and underlining computer-y blips. A anything like that live, because for the tour, American saxophone occasionally squeals. Some tracks on Cream is inviting local musicians on each stop to join Nathan are less than two minutes; some careen and in the performance. meander for more than 10. Nelson’s husky, deep, Missoula gets to join the American Cream dream broody vocals sort of tie things together. when Nathan Nelson plays back-to-back shows on Dec. 5 and Dec. 6. The first, at the Top Hat, includes a line-up with Skin Flowers and Needlecraft. Friday WHO: Minneapolis band American Cream night at the VFW is sure to amp up the Missoulastyle weirdness, as rock outfits The Juveniles, Thee WHEN AND WHERE: Dec. 5 at the Top Hat at 9 PM, Dec. 6 at the VFW at 10 PM Hounds and experimental trio Modality are showing up, too. There’s mutterings on the Twitterverse that local poets might appear in order to read works HOW MUCH: Free on Dec. 5. $4/$6 for ages while backed by the music. Things could get a little 18-20 on Dec. 6 strange–and that’s the joy of it.

MORE INFO: realamericancream. bandcamp.com/ —Kate Whittle

Flathead Lake’s a little chilly, but the atmosphere ought to be plenty warm and friendly at the Sandpiper Gallery Members Holiday Show and Sale, with a reception during the holiday art walk on Fri., Dec. 6 from 3-7 PM and Sat., Dec. 7 from 10 AM-4 PM. 306 Main St in Polson.

nightlife Give and receive empathy with Patrick Marsolek during Compassionate Communication, a non-violent communication weekly practice group, at the Jeannette Rankin Peace Center, 519 S. Higgins Ave. Noon. Free.

The Humane Society of Western Montana seeks good eggs to help care for the shelter’s critters. Volunteer duties include dog walking, cat socializing, cleaning, office work and more. 5930 Highway 93 S. Orientations are Dec. 6 at 5 PM and Dec. 7 at 11 AM. Apply first at myhswm.org.

Eco-minded peeps are getting party-minded at the annual Clark Fork Coalition holiday party. Free food, beer and wine, plus tunes from Way Too Cool and Shane Clouse and Stomping Ground. 140 S. Fourth St. 5 PM. Free for members, or $25 at the door, which in-

cludes a one-year CFC membership. If you buy a ticket online before Dec. 6, you get a free Montgomery cocktail at the party.

Check out clarkfork.org.

If you don’t like the weather, wait five minutes and then head on over to the 2014 NBC Weather Calendar release, where the KECI weather dream team signs the thing. Fact and Fiction, 220 N. Higgins. 5-7 PM. Let’s make Jasmine tea and sticky buns a new holiday tradition after the Chinese Christmas High Tea fundraiser with Chef Wang Hao, a fundraiser presented by New Hong Kong Chef and Seedlings of Change. Raffle tickets are for sale, too. 2009 Brooks St. 6 PM, with raffle drawing at 7:30. Check out seedlingsofchange.org to learn more about SOC. Kid-friendly, mom-approved Whizpops launch their Kickstarter campaign and party down at Family Friendly Friday at the Top Hat. 6-8 PM. Free.

Homegrown Montana gal Charla Bauman presents a Christmas concert with country flair at the North Valley Public Library in Stevi. 6-8 PM. Free. Light refreshments will be served, too.

Drink with the fishies tonight when the Bassface Krew hosts Fishbowl Friday, with tunes spun by Christian Jackson, Deadline, Wargasm, Jason Woo and Digerati. Badlander. 7 PM. No cover, plus $5 fishbowls dranks.

Thumbsucker and Up In the Air author Walter Kirn visits UM for a reading at the Dell Brown Room of Turner Hall. 7 PM. Free.

Embark on a gay fantasia during the play Angels in America: Millennium Approaches at the Montana Theatre in the PARTV Center. Nov. 19-Nov. 23 and Dec. 3 through Dec. 7 at 7:30 PM. $20/$16 for seniors and students/$10 for kids 12 and younger. Tickets at the UMArts Box Office.

See umt.edu/theatredance.

Save your bump ‘n’ grind for after the Dance Up Close performance by the UM School of Theatre and Dance. The concert invites the audience to sit up close and intimatelike while professionals and students present 17 original performances ranging from hip-hop to ballet. Masquer Theatre. 7:30 PM nightly, a 2 PM matinee on Sat., Dec. 7. $9/$6 for kids under 12. Ticket at the UMArts Box Office, 243-4581 or tickets.umtheatredance.org.

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FIRST FRIDAY The artists of Opportunity Resources, Inc. present a First Friday group show at the Missoula Art Museum, 335 N. Pattee St. Reception from 5-9 PM. Tom Lind, ORI arts director, gives a talk about the program at 7 PM. KBGA DJs provide tunes and tasty beverages are available for purchase, too.

Check this out, horsie lovers. Photographer Marcel Huijser’s displays his work capturing images of Mongolian landscapes and wildlife in winter, with photos of Przewalski’s horse, the last true wild horses in the art courtesy of Chris Olson world. Ponies! Wee! WildEarth Guardians, The artists of Opportunity Resources, Inc. present a group show at the Missoula 117 W. Broadway. 5 Art Museum, 335 N. Pattee St. First Friday reception on Dec. 6 from 5–9 PM. PM. There’ll be some her colorful portraits in wood, Artist Mark Matthews shows treats on hand, too.

Photographer Antonia Wolf thread, beeswax and perler beads. his quirky sculptures at MCAT, presents New Images from Reception at Betty’s Divine, 5-8 PM. 500 N. Higgins Ave. 5 PM. Petra, Jordan, capturing the an- Nature-inspired works are the All sorts of critters will be afoot cient city that’s carved into sand- order of the day when the Sus- when David Miles Lusk presents stone mountains (you know, the tainable Business Council hosts Zoological Lessons, his collection one in Indiana Jones and the Last an art show and website launch of block prints for an upcoming Crusade), at Bhavana, 101 E. party, with works by Josh Quick, book by Eduardo Chirino. Butterfly David Wilson, Lane Timothy and Herbs, 232 N. Higgins Ave. 5 PM. Broadway. 5-8 PM. Creative baubles and adorn- more. Higgins Plaza, 415 N. Hig- Shari Montana presents Origins, ments are on display for the Tides gins Ave., Ste. 119. 5-8 PM. Le an exhibit of mixed media works Gallery Holiday Show, featuring Petit, Liquid Planet and Big Sky re- that contemplate prehistoric images new work by jewelers and artists in- freshments on hand, too. and contemporary issues. Recepcluding Adena Hofer, Shannon Painter Bobbe Almer presents tion at Montana Art and Framing, Kemp, Jazmine Penelope, Tiffany her oil, pastel and watercolor 709 Ronan St., from 5-9 PM. Zal and Katie Ghen-Simpson. works at Your Energy Fix, in the Bathing Beauties, 501 S. Higgins. Higgins Plaza, 415 Higgins Ave., Feast your eyes on Nancy Seiler’s acrylics of fresh veggies Opening reception 5-8 PM. Ste. 19. Reception from 5-8 PM. and herbs at Market on Front, 201 Dixon-based artist Crystal Monte Dolack and Mary Beth E. Front St. 5-8 PM. Kingston presents her series of Percival present Animal Rights: paintings and prints on handmade Honoring our Montana Wildlife, The most festive of vases shall cattail paper at the Union Club, with real and magically real por- be on hand for your viewing and starting around 5 PM. traits of Rockies critters. Monte shopping pleasure at the Clay StuThe Artist’s Shop hosts work Dolack Gallery, 139 W. Front St. 5- dio of Missoula’s Holiday Exhibition and sale. Nifty mugs and by a Queen—Wayne Queen of 8 PM. Hamilton, that is—for the pencil A slew of Western artists, like sculptures are about, as well. work and oil pieces in the exhibit Meagan Blessing, Michael Blessing, 1106 A Hawthorne St. Reception When Time Stands Still. 127 N. Alan Chan, Wesley Drake, Kira Fer- from 5:30-9 PM. Higgins ave. 5 PM. cho, Louise Lamontagne and Jen- River’s Mist Gallery of Fine Art Take a road trip through the nifer Li, are on tap for the Dana presents its last show, and it’s a Wild West with artist Patrick Kukut Gallery’s First Friday shindig. 5-8 PM. blowout with artists including Rich and his Manifestdestination: An Photographer Melissa Glad- Adams, Howard Knight, Amy Epic Western Pop Song. The se- win shows off her pinhole and Knight, Bobbie McKibbin, Barbara ries of paintings portrays vibrant photo montage work that explores Michelman, Michael Rees and rugged scenery and quirky charac- “how we interact within our sur- more. 317 Main St. in Stevi. Reters. Reception at the Brink roundings through the layering ception from 6-9 PM. Gallery, 111 W. Front St., from 5-8 and uniting of individual parts.” Paint it black this Friday with a PM. (See Art.) Romeo’s Italian Kitchen, 919 SW special VonCommon conceptual art experience. You’ll spend speArtist Valerie Laboski’s repur- Higgins Ave. 5 PM. posed guitar-string jewelry is on Esteemed folks such as Theo cial Blizzard Dollars on a “cathartic display at Upcycled, 517 S. Hig- Ellsworth, Leslie Van Stavern Mil- holiday fit,” and get to break stuff gins Ave. Twang! 5 PM. lar, Connie Murray and Francis with Caitlin Hofmeister. Cool. Also, Get Up Close and Personal with Switzer display their works at the there will be gift things for sale for artist Donna Michelle Watson, and Brunswick Gallery, 223 W. Railroad real U.S. dollars. 127 E. Main St., Ste. 316. 6-9 PM. St. Reception from 5-8 PM.

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THANKS TO YOU

our adoption rate is

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When the national average is only 35%, we’re more than proud of our 98% adoption rate. We’re grateful. Thanks to our generous donors and supportive community over the last 50 years, we continue to provide top-notch care and a wide range of services to help pets find and keep forever homes.

Saving Every Animal. Every Time.

You can help. To donate or volunteer, please visit myHSWM.org, call us at 549.4796, or stop by the shelter on Hwy 93.

Please sir, may I have another cog? The Whitefish Theatre Company presents a steampunked-out performance of the classic musical Oliver. O’Shaughnessy Center, 1 Central Ave. in Whitefish. Showing Dec. 6-7, 13-14 and 20-21 at 7:30 PM., plus Sunday matinees on Dec. 8, 15 and 22 at 4 PM. $20/$18 for seniors/$8 for students. (See Arts.)

Be a real globe-trotter at The Barn Movement Studio’s international folk dance classes led by Michael Sweet, where newcomers can explore the folk traditions from the Eastern Europe and Middle East. Partners not necessary. 2926 S. Third St. W. Classes meet on selected Fridays through December from 7:30-9 PM. $3 donation, Wear comfortable sneakers; leave the street shoes at home. Call 5437060 to learn more.

The Stumptown Players get heavy with Spirit Control, a drama about an air traffic controller guiding a passenger through an emergency landing. Performances at the KM Theatre, 40 Second St. E. in Kalispell, from Dec. 5–Dec. 7 and Dec. 12–Dec. 14 at 8 PM. $18.

Tickets available at stumptownplayers.org.

Let the spirit be willing and the flesh rock out when Soul City Cowboys play dancing tunes at Cowboy Troy’s, 2359 Hwy 93 in Victor. 8 PM. No cover.

Keep your post-First Friday gadabout classy and sassy when Mendelssohn, The Hasslers, Catamount and Boston Tea Party play Monk’s Bar, 225 Ryman St. 9 PM. No cover.

Cash For Zeppo insists you gotta get down on Friday, Friday, Friday at the Union Club. 9 PM. No cover.

Vegas rapper Dizzy Wright puts on the ritz with the Golden Age Tour: School’s Out Edition, and Ambedext, Codependents, Traff the Wiz, Oso and DJ Megatrees are playing hooky, too. Stage 112. 9 PM. $20/$25 for ages 18-20. Tickets at standupmt.com and Rockin Rudy’s.

Three Eared Dog and Micah Swanson take to the stage this eve at Sean Kelly’s. 9 PM. No cover.

Get messy when Minneapolis outfit American Cream plays the VFW, 245 W. Main St., along with The Juveniles, Thee Hounds and Modality.

10 PM. $4/$6 for ages 18-20.

John “Poncho” Dobson hosts open mic at Fergie’s Pub every Fri., where you’re bound to mingle with a mix of resort celebs, odd locals and dizzy soakers. You never know who’ll show up and play. It could be you. Starts at 3 PM. 213 Main Street in Hot Springs. Sign up ahead at 406-721-2416 or just show up.

Lolo Hot Springs Resort hosts the weekly TomBourine Show, plus you can get your soak on and rent a cabin. 9:30 PM. No cover.

Get out of the cold and into my heart when Mark Duboise and Crossroads play the Sunrise Saloon, 1101 Strand Ave. 9:30 PM to close.

No cover.

Polyrhythmics, the world-beat eight-piece party posse, roll into the Top Hat, along with Missoula’s own Shakewell. 10 PM. $5.

SATURDAYDEC07 Even stop lights blink a festive red and green for the 11th annual Parade of Lights, which starts in front of the Missoulian on Fourth Street and heads south toward East Alder Street at 6 PM. Food, bonfire, cocoa, caroling and cookies all on tap afterward.

If you’re having trouble paying for daycare for the little ones, Missoula’s Child Care Resources offers scholarships. New guidelines mean a family of three can earn up to $2,386 per month to potentially qualify. Call 406-728-6446 or visit childcareresource.org to learn more.

Stevi is decking all the halls for A Montana Country Christmas, a two-day celebration with a parade of lights, caroling, decorations, live nativity, music and ole’ Saint Nick. Parade on Fri., Dec. 6 at 6:30 PM, wagon rides on Friday and Saturday evening, Rocky Mountain Bank gala on Sat. at 6 PM, and much more. Check out mainstreetstevensville.com for a full schedule.

Have no fear, Krampus ain’t allowed at the Florence Holiday Bazaar. But baked goods, gifts and crafts are, plus a smorgasboard of tasty breakfast and lunch eats.

Santa’s gonna be hanging out as well to hear what the kiddos want for Christmas. Florence-Carlton High School. 9 AM. Free, but donations of cash or canned goods to the local food pantry would be appreciated.

The crafty denizens of Frenchtown presents a Craft Fair for your

A chilly reception. Miller Creek play the Top Hat, Sat., Dec. 7, along with Baby Tyger. 10 PM. $5.

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Dreaming of one-upping Ansel Adams? Take the leap and check out the Career Training Information Day and Open House at the Rocky Mountain School of Photography, 216 N. Higgins Ave. Starts at 9:30 AM, no need to call ahead or register. Free. Check out rmsp.com.

Huckleberry-loving critters might be afoot when Missoula author Laura Budds signs her kids’ book, Have You Ever Seen a Bear with a Purple Smile? Fact and Fiction, 220 N. Higgins. 10 AM. Stay true to your root vegetables with the Heirloom Winter Farmers Market, which offers produce, honey, crafts and more, in the Floriculture Building on the Western Montana Fairgrounds. 10 AM-2 PM on Saturdays.

Flathead Lake’s a little chilly, but the atmosphere ought to be plenty warm and friendly at the Sandpiper Gallery Members Holiday Show and Sale, with a reception during the holiday art walk on Fri., Dec. 6 from 3-7 PM and Sat., Dec. 7 from 10 AM-4 PM. 306 Main St in Polson.

Sentinel High School hosts a Holiday Craft Fair to benefit the Positive Student Reward Program.

All sorts of positively lovely handicrafts and nibbles will be available.

Sentinel Auxiliary Gym, entrance off Bancroft. 10 AM-4 PM. Pinkies out, ‘tis time for Christmas Tea at the Old Flynn Ranch. 2298 Tipperary Way. 10 AM-5 PM. Call 360-4870 for reservations.

If Spontaneous Music By Children doesn’t sound like a punishment to you, then check out University Village Community Center’s 14th season of monthly sessions for parents and kids to dance and see professional performances. Instruments and snack provided. 10:30 AM, with dancing at 11 and guest musician around 11:20. $3.50 per child, $2 for additional kiddos. Free for parents. Call Jen at 370-0300 to reserve a spot.

Loretta Vizzutti presents Standing Light, the first of three Creativity For Life gift-making workshops, for anyone facing illness and loss. Living Art of Montana, 725 W. Alder St., Ste. 17. Free. Call 549-5329 or visit livingartofmontana.org to learn more.

It’ll be paw-some when author Randy Rupert signs copies of his new children’s book, A Dog-gone Tale, at Costco, 3220 N. Reserve St. 11 AM. Calapatra sure ain’t ready for 2014, but some folks are raring to go, so Fact and Fiction hosts a First Night Missoula Book Fair with author signings throughout the day.

All right, who invited Tony the Tiger? Minneapolis’ Gypsy Lumberjacks plays the Top Hat Thu., Dec. 12 at 10 PM. Free.

Laura Budds, Mary O’Brien, Bill Whitfield, Bud Cheff, Jr, Ryan Newhouse, Dariusz Janczewski and Richard Manning will be hanging out. 220 N. Higgins. 11 AM. Seasoned reporter Gwen Florio reads from her hard-bitten mystery, Montana, at Shakespeare and Co., 103 S. Third St. W. 11 AM. Learn about maintaining healthy relationships at Co-Dependents Anonymous, which meets at 11:30 AM on Saturdays at the Fourth D Alano Club, 1500 W. Broadway. Contact Koryn for more information at 493-4431.

Teenage poet Matthew Kittel reads and signs his book Meticulous Mind at the North Valley Public Library, 208 Main St. in Stevi. Noon.

Helping Hands of Alberton hosts its 18th annual fundraiser to benefit local kiddos. River Edge Resort in Alberton. Fish and chips lunch at noon, live auction at 1 PM. Call 722-3338 to learn more.

Jump ahead of your holiday card duties when the ZACC hosts Christmas Card Making as part of the Festival of Lights. Use supplies from the community art room.

Noon-3 PM. Free.

The guild that sews together, stays together, so join Selvedge Studio, 509 S. Higgins Ave., at Craft Vigilantes, its monthly Modern Quilt Guild for beginners and pros alike.

12–5 PM. $20 (first few sign-ups are free).

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Whitefish’s up-and-coming Noble Dance Performing Company presents the third annual Winter Celebration Ballet, which is sure to be en pointe. Whitefish Performing Arts Center, 600 Second St. Saturday and Sunday at 2 PM, plus 8 PM performance on Saturday. $18/$12 for ages 18 and under. Call 212-0293 for tickets.

Get your beak wet with the Watershed Education Network’s holiday party. There’ll be soup, wine, raffles for outdoorsy gear, and tunes from The Workers. Ten Spoon Winery, 4175 Rattlesnake Drive. 4 PM. Free.

The Top Hat joins Parade of Lights festivities with a dance party and holidaythemed menu. Andrea Harsell and co. provide the tunes. 4 PM. Free, all ages.

School of Theatre and Dance. The concert invites the audience to sit up close and intimate-like while professionals and students present 17 original performances ranging from hip-hop to ballet. Masquer Theatre.

7:30 PM nightly, plus a 2 PM matinee on Sat., Dec. 7. $9/$6 for kids under 12. Ticket at the UMArts Box Office, 243-4581 or tickets.umtheatredance.org.

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Guys, it’s not “in egg shells sis deo,” remember? Now that we’ve got the immaturity out of the way, go enjoy the class and sophistication at the 14th annual Holiday Pops concert from the Missoula Symphony Orchestra. Dennison Theatre. Performances Sat., Dec. 7 at 7:30 PM and Sun., Dec. 8 at 3 PM. $10-$40. Tickets at missoulasymphony.org, 721-3194 or the box office at 320 E. Main St.

The Humane Society of Western Montana seeks good eggs to help care for the shelter’s critters. Volunteer duties include dog walking, cat socializing, cleaning, office work and more. 5930 Highway 93 S. Orientations are Dec. 6 at 5 PM and Dec. 7 at 11 AM. Apply first at myhswm.org.

Tip: jazz hands are never not awesome.

Now then, let us proceed to snap our fingers for Swing 13 at Draught Works, 915 Toole Ave. 6-8 PM. No cover.

The fellows of Pinegrass have been playing together since your calendar editor was a gleam in her daddy’s eye, and so you better believe they’ll provide time-polished bluegrass tunes at the Bitter Root Brewery in Hamilton. 6-8:30 PM. No cover.

Garage-punks Audacity had just better bring some California sunshine with ‘em when they play the ZACC, along with the feisty Whoopass Girls, rawkin’ Armaund Hammer and apparently risen-from-theashes hardcore outfit My Two Dads. 7 PM. $6. All ages, no alcohol. (See Music.)

Stay snazzy with the Captain Wilson Conspiracy when the jazzy fellas play Finn and Porter, 100 Madison St., from 7-9 PM. No cover.

A bunch of ragtag musicians with who-knows-what kind of instruments get together from 7 to 9:30 PM on the first Sat. of every month for the Bitterroot Valley Good-Time Jamboree at the Grange Hall, 1436 South First St. in Hamilton. This month there’s Irish tunes, cowboy poetry, jazz and western swing. $3 donations are encouraged. Call Clem at 961-4949.

The Coke’s in the icebox, popcorn’s on the table, and you and your baby can dance the night away at the Weekly Country Dances at the Hamilton Eagles Lodge, 125 N. Second St., with the Bitterroot Dancers and appearances from live bands like Northern Lights and the Revelators. $7.

Embark on a gay fantasia during the play Angels in America: Millennium Approaches at the Montana Theatre in the PARTV Center. Nov. 19-Nov. 23 and Dec. 3 through Dec. 7 at 7:30 PM. $20/$16 for seniors and students/$10 for kids 12 and younger. Tickets at the UMArts Box Office. See umt.edu/theatredance.

Save your bump ‘n’ grind for after the Dance Up Close performance by the UM

Please sir, may I have another cog? The Whitefish Theatre Company presents a steampunked-out performance of the classic musical Oliver. O’Shaughnessy Center, 1 Central Ave. in Whitefish. Showing Dec. 6-7, 13-14 and 20-21 at 7:30 PM., plus Sunday matinees on Dec. 8, 15 and 22 at 4 PM. $20/$18 for seniors/$8 for students. (See Arts.)

Try to avoid rug burn when Balled In Burlap provides the tunes at the Missoula Folklore Society Contra Dance. Mark Matthews has the call. Union Hall. Beginner workshop at 7:30 PM, dance from 8-11 PM. $9/$6 for members.

The Stumptown Players get heavy with Spirit Control, a drama about an air traffic controller guiding a passenger through an emergency landing. Performances at the KM Theatre, 40 Second St. E. in Kalispell, from Dec. 5–Dec. 7 and Dec. 12–Dec. 14 at 8 PM. $18. Tickets available at stumptownplayers.org.

Dimebag Darrell might have gone to the great Guitar Shop in the Sky, but he is certainly not forgotten. Dimestock ‘13 brings the seventh edition of the memorial to the legendary guitar god, with Blessiddoom, Mahamawaldi and the Royal Fingers covering their fave songs. Plus, there’s a black tooth grin special and pink beard contest. Dark Horse Bar, 1805 Regent Ave. 8 PM. $5.

Absolutely DJs Kris Moon and Monty Carlo are like Shabba-Doo and Boogaloo Shrimp, saving rec centers one beat at at time. Get hip to their jamz, hippies. Badlander. Doors at 9 PM. 2-for-1 Absolut drinks until midnight. $2.

The Jack Saloon and Grill (formerly the venerated Lumberjack) presents live music on Saturdays. 7000 Graves Creek Road. 9 PM. We’re on a mission from God to party, and Russ Nasset and the Revelators aim to please. Union Club. 9 PM. No cover.

Cure your Saturday nite fever when funk-rock outfit Velocivox plays the Palace.

Doors at 9 PM. No cover.

Find out who put the ram in the rama lama ding dong when the Bop A Dips play the Sunrise Saloon from 9:30 PM to close.

1101 Strand Ave. No cover.

Garden City faves Miller Creek play the Top Hat, along with the cuddly yet fierce rock outfit Baby Tyger. 10 PM. $5.

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SUNDAYDEC08 Whitefish’s up-and-coming Noble Dance Performing Company presents the third annual Winter Celebration Ballet, which is sure to be en pointe. Whitefish Performing Arts Center, 600 Second St. Saturday and Sunday at 2 PM, plus 8 PM performance on Saturday. $18/$12 for ages 18 and under. Call 212-0293 for tickets.

Craft nerds, start your engines. The 2013 Holiday MADE Fair is here to separate the weak from the strong and the mere browsers from the shoppers. You know the drill: tons of neat local handmade goods and crafts, plus a student art show, nonprofit tables and activities, boatloads of hipsters and moms and dads and determined calendar editors.

Adams Center. 11 AM-6 PM. The Five Valley Accordion Association invites one and all to tra-la-la and do-si-do with a Christmas party and dance at the Rustic Hut in Florence. 1-4 PM. $4/$3 for members. Call 240-9617 to learn more.

Discover how to pretty up your petals when Allisen Justman, flower arranger extraordinaire, presents a class on the secrets of flower arranging at China Woods Home and Garden, 716 N. Dickens St. 2 PM. As part of a salute to the Montana World Affairs Council, Meradeth Snow and Richard Drake sign their work throughout the day. Plus newly minted author Elliott Oppenheim reads from his novel, Kaleidoscope, a tale of a young Jewish man who gets himself into hot water with two gals. Fact & Fiction, 220 N. Higgins Ave. 2-4 PM. Kick out the jams down the ‘Root at the dining room of the Sapphire Lutheran Homes, corner of 10th and River streets. Players of all levels are invited to bring their guitars, mandolins, harmonicas, fiddles, banjos, dobros, or other acoustic instrument. Music includes old-time country, bluegrass, swing, cowboy, folk, old standards, etc. Folks who want to play or just listen are encouraged to come. For more information, call John at 3812483. Free.

Seeking all concerned citizens who want to develop a new worldview, a new Tribal Wisdom and Deep Ecology Discussion Group will chat about environmental ethics and living in relationship to the earth. Meets Sundays at 4 PM at a home in Missoula. Call Louisa at 2142410 for location and details.

nightlife Guys, it’s not “in egg shells sis deo,” remember? Now that we’ve got the immaturity out of the way, go enjoy the class and sophistication at the 14th annual Holiday Pops concert from the Missoula Symphony Orchestra.

Dennison Theatre. Performances Sat., Dec. 7 at 7:30 PM and Sun., Dec. 8 at 3 PM. $10$40. Tickets at missoulasymphony.org, 7213194 or the box office at 320 E. Main St. Please sir, may I have another cog? The Whitefish Theatre Company presents a steampunked-out performance of the classic musical Oliver. O’Shaughnessy Center, 1 Central Ave. in Whitefish. Showing Dec. 6-7, 13-14 and 20-21 at 7:30 PM., plus Sunday matinees on Dec. 8, 15 and 22 at 4 PM. $20/$18 for seniors/$8 for students. (See Arts.)

Let the Soul City Cowboys, Curtis Rathburn and Teri Llovet, do all the work while you do

all the twirling at the Jammin’ in the Root Open Mic and Jam at Fort Owen Inn, 3854 Highway 93 N, a little outside of Stevensville.

5 PM. Aaron Williams provides tunes while you work on your self esteem at Draught Works, 915 Toole Ave. 5-7 PM. No cover.

The Ed Norton Big Band puts some swing in the month’s second Sunday when it plays the Missoula Winery, 5646 Harrier Way, from 6–8 PM. $5.

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Pass the naan at the UM School of Journalism’s fundraiser dinner to send students abroad to Pune, India to study environmental issues related to overpopulation. Sean Kelly’s.

6-8 PM. $20, includes four Indian-style recipes and live entertainment. Email umtoindia@yahoo.com or head over to Sean Kelly’s for tickets.

John Floridis plays his folky rock stuff at the Bitter Root Brewery from 6-8:30 PM. No cover.

Try not to eat anybody’s hat when the Top Hat shows the Packers Vs. Falcons game, with special Wisconsinite grub on deck. Kick-off’s at 6:30 PM. Close out the weekend in style at the Badlander’s Jazz Martini Night, with $4 martinis from 7:30 PM to midnight, plus live jazz and DJs. Starts at 8 PM with Front Street Jazz. Free.

MONDAYDEC09 Love will tear us apart, of course. But perhaps beer will bring us back together when the Top Hat shows the documentary Joy Division, about the legendary British post-punks. 7:30 PM. Free, all ages.

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Come on down for Moscow Monday at the Montgomery Distillery, 129 W. Front St., where the distillery redistributes the wealth.

(It ain’t called Wall Street Wednesday, amiright?) $1 from every drink sold is donated to a different non-profit each Monday.

Family friendly, from noon–8 PM.

nightlife Show how big your gray matter can get at Super Trivia Freakout. Win a bar tab, shots and other mystery prizes during the five rounds of trivia at the Badlander. 8:30 PM. Free.

Local Deadheads have got you covered when the Top Hat presents Raising the Dead, a curated broadcast of two hours of Jerry Garcia and co. from 5 to 7 PM. Free, all ages.

Bingo at the VFW: the easiest way to make rent since keno. 245 W. Main. 6:45 PM. $12 buy-in.

Find an Abe’s Cabe and let’s ankle to Monk’s for Jazz Mondays. Line-ups vary, but generally the four-piece Basement Boys kick things off at 7 PM and a vetted jazz jam starts at 9. $5 suggested donation. 21-plus. Nov. 18 features Ron Messner and the Grand Poobahs.

Hey, David Lynch lovers, The Roxy Theater shows episodes of “Twin Peaks,” a few at a time, every Monday at 7 PM. Homemade pie and Black Coffee Roasting Co. decaf and regular available. $5.

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Where are the matches? Alaskan indie rock band Historian plays the VFW Thu., Dec. 5, along with Ryan Bundy and Joey Running Crane. 10 PM. $5/$7 for ages 18-20.

Let that case of the Mondays get redacted like an FBI file when Captain Wilson Conspiracy plays Red Bird Wine Bar, 111 N. Higgins Ave. 7-10 PM. No cover.

Open mic at the VFW, 245 W. Main St., seems like a fine idea, especially with 2-for-1 drink specials for musicians and the working class. 10 PM. Free. Call Joey at 406-229-0488 to get yourself a spot.

TUESDAYDEC10 If you can swing a sack of doorknobs, head on down to the Badlander when Them Damn Bandits play an acoustic set. 9 PM. No cover, plus $3 Montgomery drink special.

The Learning Center at Red Willow hosts a Successful Trade Show Marketing workshop, where business owners can learn about how to plan for, you guessed it, trade show marketing. 825 W. Kent.

10 AM. $25. Email info@missoulamarketing.com or call 203-4200 to learn more.

Hey hunters and other liars, come on down to the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation conference room for Shootin’ the Bull Toastmasters, at 5205 Grant Creek Dr., and work on your elk-camp locution with the best. All are invited. Noon– 1 PM. Free.

Early childhood professionals can check out the New Provider Orientation at Child Care Resources, where you’ll learn about the rules and regs of getting licensed to take

care of kiddos. 105 E. Pine St. 12:30-2:20 PM. Free. Register at childcareresources.org/registration or call 728-6446.

nightlife It’s always a glutenous good time when Wheat Montana, 2520 S. Third St. W., presents Black Mountain Boys Bluegrass from 5:30 to 8 PM. Free. Call 327-0900.

If the pen is mightier than the sword, then you’ll be one tough cookie after the Introduction to Calligraphy class. Missoula Calligraphers Guild President Jeanne Moon will go over the history and basics of this elegant art form, which you can then use to make holiday cards this season. ZACC, 235 N. First St. 6 PM. $20/free for members.

Dust off that banjolin and join in the Top Hat’s picking circle, from 6 to 8 PM. All ages.

Montana county attorney Roberta Zenker recounts her life as a transgender woman and reads from her memoir, TransMontana, A Memoir of Transformation in Body, Mind & Spirit. Shakespeare and Co., 103 S. Third St. W. 7 PM. The Bitterroot Public Library hosts an Origami Lantern Folding class with artist Karen Coombs. 7-8 PM. Class are free, but register ahead of time so there’ll be enough supplies at 363-1670.

The Unity Dance and Drum African Dance Class is sure to teach you some moves you didn’t learn in junior high when it meets Tuesday from 7 to 8:30 PM at the Missoula Senior Center, 705 S. Higgins Ave. All ages and skill lev-

els welcome. $10, $35 for four classes. Email tarn.ream@umontana.edu or call 549-7933 for more information.

Drink from the cup of knowledge during the Socrates Café at the Bitterroot Public Library West Meeting room in Hamilton. Questions are chosen, terms discussed and thoughts given. 7–9 PM. Free.

Sean Kelly’s invites you to another week of free pub trivia, which takes place every Tuesday at 8 PM. Here’s a question to tickle your brainwaves: December 6 is the Feast of Saint Nicholas in Catholic tradition. How is it often celebrated by German children? (See answer in tomorrow’s nightlife.)

Get a breath of fresh air when Pinegrass plays bluegrass at the Top Hat. 8:30 PM. Free. 21-plus after 9 PM.

WEDNESDAYDEC11 Let the love light shine when Dolce Canto presents Luminescence, a choir concert featuring new works and old favorites. Dec. 11 at St. Anthony Parish, 217 Tremont, and on Dec. 16 at the Stevensville United Methodist Church. 7:30 PM. $18/$15 for students. Tickets for the Missoula concert available at Fact and Fiction, Rockin’ Rudy’s or DolceCanto.info.

Teen artists are invited to discover the magic of cattle marker painting, which, a quick Google in-

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A shady proposition. Shawn Mihalik reads from his novel, Brand-Changing Day, at Shakespeare and Co. Wed., Dec. 11 at 7 PM.

dicates, is not a thing that cattle use to paint but a thing you paint the cattle with. Or, lacking cows, some kind of paper. Missoula Art Museum. 4-6 PM. Free. Call 728-0447 to learn more.

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Mark your calendars for the bluegrassinspired picking circle at Tangled Tones, now every week on Wednesday. Bring anything from your violin to your accordion, as long as itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s got â&#x20AC;&#x153;strings or buttons that you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t plug in.â&#x20AC;? All skill levels welcome, listeners too. 2005 South Ave. W. 6 PM. Free.

Perfect your camel roll and shake that washing machine at the tribal improv and fusion belly dance class offered by The Barn Movement Studio, 2926 S. Third St. W. Wednesdays at 6 PM until Dec. 18. $40/$8 to drop in.

Captain Wilson Conspiracy plays jazzy tunes for your noshing pleasure at the Top Hat. 6-8 PM. No cover.

Missoula Alliance Church hosts the MACKidsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Christmas Party, with cookie decorating, gift making and special Christmas messages. 6-8 PM. (Trivia answer: children put their shoes outside their door on the night of Dec. 5 to find treats inside in the morning.)

Let me tell you something I learned the hard way: Meatloaf songs are not appropriate for karaoke. Now go forth to Kraptastic Karaoke at the Badlander, beginning at 9 PM. Featuring $6 pitchers of Budweiser and PBR, plus $1 selected shots. Free.

Red Solo cup, I fill you up. Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s have a party at Stage 112â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Solo Cup Wednesdays with live music and/or DJs. . 9 PM. 21-plus.

Let the Milkcrate Mechanic do the heavy lifting during Milkcrate Wednesday at the Palace. 9 PM. No cover, plus free pool and $6 PBR pitchers.

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nightlife Classical music aficionado Nathan Eyre plays tunes on guitar, mandolin and piano at the Top Hat, starting at 6 PM. Free.

Overcome your fears and take a stand when Treasure State Toastmasters mentors folks in leadership and public speaking.

Community Medical Center meeting rooms, 2827 Ft. Missoula Road. 6â&#x20AC;&#x201C;7 PM. Free.

Singer-songwriter Kristi Neumann buoys spirits at Draught Works Brewery, 915 Toole Ave. 6-8 PM. No cover.

Bret Mosley puts his boots on and goes to work playin tunes at the Bitter Root Brewery, 6-8:30 PM. No cover.

Chicagoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Chance the Rapper hits the Wilma stage, along with DJ Rashad and Spinn. Doors at 7 PM, show at 8. $25/$22 in advance at jadepresents.com/chance-therapper-missoula. (See Music.)

Unleash your cogent understanding of the trivium at Brooks and Browns Big Brains Trivia Night. $50 bar tab for first place. $7 Bayern pitchers. 200 S. Pattee St. in the Holiday Inn Downtown.

7:30â&#x20AC;&#x201C;10 PM. If you ainâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t gettinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; drunk, get the bleep out the club when Dead Hipster presents Crunskmas VI at Monkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Bar, 225 Ryman St. Light show and all sortsa festivities are planned. 9 PM. $3.

Gypsy Lumberjacks do the work while you do the partying at the Top Hat. 10 PM. No cover.

I look forward to crushing you all in the Little Drummer Boy Challenge this year. (Get in littledrummerboy at know the challenge.com.) Submit events to Calapatra by 5 PM on Friday to calendar@missoulanews.com to ensure publication in print and online. Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t forget to include the date, time and cost. If you must (my email is organized, but my desk is a disaster) snail mail to Calapatra c/o the Independent, 317 S. Orange St., Missoula, MT 59801 or fax your way to 543-4367. You can also submit events online. Just find the â&#x20AC;&#x153;submit an eventâ&#x20AC;? link under the Spotlight on the right corner at missoulanews.com.

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ome people might gaze upon a slick, snow-andice-covered rock wall of a canyon and think, “Hey, that looks neat,” and retreat back to their car and a Thermos of hot cocoa. Other, more intrepid, souls might look at it and think, “Hey, let’s climb that.” I fall firmly into the former camp, but I can still admire people who endeavor to ice climb. It’s the wintertime version of rock climbing, pioneered in 1908 when climber Oscar Eckenstein designed the grippy boot attachments called crampons. (You can tell who’s a serious climber if they don’t snicker and joke about tampons when they hear that.)

The Bozeman Ice Climbing Festival, started in 1996, brings climbers together for clinics and competition in the Hyalite Canyon in Gallatin National Forest.

The Hyalite is a near-legendary destination for ice climbers, with 150 routes from moderately difficult to the extremely gnarly, like the Winter Dance, first ascended in 2007. (Whit Magro, one of the climbers, is

quoted in an Alpinist article as saying the third pitch was “so heady, if you had fallen, you would definitely sustain some major damage to the body. You wouldn’t die.” Comforting!) Proponents of ice climbing like the challenging workout that comes with really cool views.

You’ll have to descend back down to ground to tell me about it, though.

—Kate Whittle The 17th annual Bozeman Ice Climbing Festival runs Wed., Dec. 11 to Sun., Dec. 15 in Hyalite Canyon. The event draws professional athletes and participants to the Emerson Center in downtown Bozeman for myriad clinics, demos of the latest gear, slide shows and evening entertainment at This year hos.ts the UIAA North American Championships. Visit bozemanicefest.com for clinic registration.

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SUNDAY DECEMBER 8

Cinderella, dressed in yella, went upstairs to kiss a fella. Made a mistake, kissed a snake, how many doctors did it take? Query this during the Montana Super Skippers Workshop for Runners, which provides a challenging, fun way to bump up your cardio, and hint hint, it involves jump rope. Rattlesnake School Gym, Thu., Dec. 5 at 5:15-6:15 PM. $25 for the two days. Ropes are provided. Check out montanasuperskippers.com or call Bev at 360-9469.

Five Valleys Audubon hosts a junket to see raptors, like rough-legged hawks, northern harriers and eagles, wintering in the Mission Valley. Meet at the UM Field House parking lot to depart at 8 AM or at the Cenex station in Ronan at 9 AM. Free. Bring a lunch and bundle up.

Ditch the plastic craft-store stuff and learn to make garlands and wreaths with real conifer boughs at the Montana Natural History Center’s workshop at the Fort Missoula Native Plant Garden. Plus, you’ll learn about identifying tree varieties as you go. 5:307:30 PM. $10/$5 for MNHC members, supplies included. Registration is required by calling 327-0405.

SATURDAY DECEMBER 7 You’ll be bright eyed and bushy tailed after Run Wild Missoula’s Saturday Breakfast Club Runs, which start at 8 AM every Saturday at Runner’s Edge, 325 N. Higgins Ave. Grab breakfast with other participants afterward.

Free to run.

Visit runwildmissoula.org.

The West Central Montana Avalanche Foundation hosts an Avalanche Transceiver Clinic, in which you’ll learn to use the handy devices. UM Outdoor Program office in the Rec Center on campus. $15, includes instruction and transceivers. Call 243-5172 to register, or visit life.umt.edu/CREC/Outdoor/TripClassDetails to learn more.

Them waters might be chilly, but you can b.s. about trout anyway when the Rock Creek Fisherman’s Mercantile hosts a weekly Fly Tyer’s Roundtable. Rock Creek Fisherman’s Mercantile, 73 Rock Creek Road in Clinton. 10 AM. Call 825-6440 or email rcmerc@blackfoot.net for more details.

Dance and prance through the jingle-bell square at the Missoula Jingle Bell Run/Walk 5K, where runners are encouraged to wear costumes and bells to raise funds for arthritis research. Starts at Caras Park at 10 AM. Register at missoulajinglebellrun.kintera.org.

MONDAY DECEMBER 9 It won’t be vanilla when Paul Loehnen presents a travelogue about the wildlife of the island nation of Madagascar at the Five Valleys Audubon meeting.

Gallagher Business Building, room L14. 7:30 PM.

WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 11 Demonstrate the power of your glutes this season with the Ski/Winter Sports Conditioning class at Summit Athletics, designed to get your butt in gear for everything from ice skating to snow shoeing.

1920 Montana St. Wednesday nights through March. 5 PM. $5 drop-in/$20 per month.

Snow enthusiasts have another shot at brushing up on their safety skills with an Avalanche Awareness Lecture from Dudley Improta of the West Central Montana Avalanche Center. Stone Hall on campus. 6 PM. Free.

Consider those weaselly rascals, wolverines and fishers, with Wolverines and Fishers: Conserving Rare Mammals in the Rockies,” a talk from Defenders of Wildlife’s Kylie Paul. Montana Natural History Center, 120 Hickory St. 7-8 PM. $4 suggested donation/free for MNHC members.

THURSDAY DECEMBER 12 Backcountry aficionado Brian Story talks about skiing in the Missions and the Bitterroots as part of the December Rocky Mountaineers meeting. Trail Head, 221 E. Front St. 7 PM. Learn more at rockymountaineers.com. calendar@missoulanews.com

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I think Missoula ought to do more boasting about its animal care. I’ve lived in towns where feral cats ran rampant and the underfunded animal shelters were cage-lined concrete garages overpowered by bleach fumes. By contrast, Missoula’s wayward cats and dogs are taken in by the city and two wellestablished shelters. The Humane Society of Western Montana, located on the south edge of town on Highway 93, boasts a 98-percent adoption rate. If you’ve ever adopted a critter from them, you likely

know why. It’s a clean, cheerful place full of bigeyed creatures who seem perfectly aware that you could be their ticket to a nice home, and volunteers who are good at matching you with just the right personality. Looking for a puppy to become your adventure buddy? Want a cuddly kitty to come home to? They’ll hook you up.

The Humane Society does its good work with volunteer power, and orientations are coming up on Dec. 6 and 7. Not-so-fun but important stuff like cleaning and office work needs to be done, and of course, the animals need daily doses of clinically studied methods of stress prevention. Like ear scratches and belly rubs. This sounds tough, but someone has to do it.

—Kate Whittle The Humane Society of Western Montana seeks volunteers for duties like dog walking, cat socializing, cleaning, office work and more. 5930 Highway 93 S. Orientations are Dec. 6 at 5 PM and Dec. 7 at 11 AM. Apply first at myhswm.org.

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UM students can safely engage in discussion on some heavy topics at Bridging Dialogues Across Cultures, a guided event that covers race, gender, sexual orientation, class, religion and ability. 4-6 PM, Phyllis J. Washington College of Education and Human Sciences Room 241. Held on Nov. 7 and 21 and Dec. 5.

Seeking all concerned citizens who want to develop a new worldview, a new Tribal Wisdom and Deep Ecology Discussion Group will chat about environmental ethics and living in relationship to the earth. Meets Sundays at 4 PM at a home in Missoula. Call Louisa at 214-2410 for location and details.

The UM Climate Action Now Meeting is out to save the day, promoting sustainability and environmental action. UM FLAT, 633 Fifth St. E. Now meeting at 6 PM. Honor your connection to the earth and the glorious array of life on it during the Children of the Earth Tribe Song and Chant Circle at the Jeannette Rankin Peace Center. 519 S. Higgins, enter through back alley door. 7:30-9 PM. Free will offering.

Pass the naan at the UM School of Journalism’s fundraiser dinner to send students abroad to Pune, India to study environmental issues related to overpopulation. Sean Kelly’s. 6-8 PM. $20, includes four Indian-style recipes and live entertainment. Email umtoindia@yahoo.com or head over to Sean Kelly’s for tickets.

FRIDAY DECEMBER 6

MONDAY DECEMBER 9

Give and receive empathy with Patrick Marsolek during Compassionate Communication, a nonviolent communication weekly practice group, at the Jeannette Rankin Peace Center, 519 S. Higgins Ave. Noon. Free.

Come on down for Moscow Monday at the Montgomery Distillery, 129 W. Front St., where the distillery redistributes the wealth. (It ain’t called Wall Street Wednesday, amiright?) $1 from every drink sold is donated to a different non-profit each Monday. Family friendly, from noon–8 PM.

Let’s make Jasmine tea and sticky buns a new holiday tradition after the Chinese Christmas High Tea fundraiser with Chef Wang Hao, a fundraiser presented by New Hong Kong Chef and Seedlings of Change. Raffle tickets are for sale, too. 2009 Brooks St. 6 PM, with raffle drawing at 7:30. Check out seedlingsofchange.org to learn more about SOC.

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SATURDAY DECEMBER 7

Early childhood professionals can check out the New Provider Orientation at Child Care Resources, where you’ll learn about the rules and regs of getting licensed to take care of kiddos. 105 E. Pine St. 12:302:20 PM. Free. Register at childcareresources.org/registration or call 728-6446.

If you’re having trouble paying for daycare for the little ones, Missoula’s Child Care Resources offers scholarships. New guidelines mean a family of three can earn up to $2,386 per month to potentially qualify. Call 406-728-6446 or visit childcareresource.org to learn more.

The Missoula Patriots host a Christmas potluck dinner, with music and a singalong. Roast ham and beverages are provided, so bring a salad, side or dessert. Valley Christian School Cafeteria, 2526 Sunset Lane. 6:30 PM. Non-perishable food donations for Mission 3:16 are requested.

Loretta Vizzutti presents Standing Light, the first of three Creativity For Life gift-making workshops, for anyone facing illness and loss. Living Art of Montana, 725 W. Alder St., Ste. 17. Free. Call 549-5329 or visit livingartofmontana.org to learn more.

The Bitterroot Public Library hosts an Origami Lantern Folding class with artist Karen Coombs. 7-8 PM. Class are free, but register ahead of time so there’ll be enough supplies at 363-1670.

Learn about maintaining healthy relationships at Co-Dependents Anonymous, which meets at 11:30 AM on Saturdays at the Fourth D Alano Club, 1500 W. Broadway. Contact Koryn for more information at 493-4431.

THURSDAY DECEMBER 12 The UM Climate Action Now Meeting is out to save the day, promoting sustainability and environmental action. UM FLAT, 633 Fifth St. E. Now meeting at 6 PM.

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MOODY CALL Ten months ago, while studying abroad, I had one wonderful night with a girl.

We kissed and danced the night away. She lives in Brazil, but we've communicated regularly via Skype and email. I've never felt such a strong connection. Recently, I asked what she wanted, and she said to be together in the same country. We started imagining that, and she became extremely attached, wanting reassurance about our future that I couldn't yet give. I confessed to feeling guilty about causing her emotional strain. She flipped, seeming like a totally different person. She said it wasn't the first time someone had worried about how attached she was and said she'd start being more distant with me. Angry, I briefly blocked her on my phone so I wouldn't communicate anything rash. She later complained about her texts bouncing back, and I explained what I'd done and why. She lost it, saying she was "sick of this" and "done."

That was two weeks ago. Should I attempt reopening communication? I feel I'm missing the opportunity of a lifetime if I don't.

—International Love Here's a woman who flips out when you worry aloud that you aren't making her happy fast enough. The prospect of being with someone who does this is the "opportunity of a lifetime" the way Hurricane Sandy was the vacation opportunity of a lifetime, complete with the chance to swim in the Jersey shore's finest restaurants and mingle with celebrities (well, wave to Sean Penn if a disaster recovery photo op took his rowboat past the roof of your motel).

A long-distance relationship is a relationship that's miles from reality. Much of its power comes from what's missing. For example, there are a lot of blanks left by "seeing" somebody by Skype and email.

Nature (and human nature) abhors a vacuum, so you fill the blanks with your projections of who the person is, drawn from romantic memories and hopes of who you'd like them to be. The love you feel may, in part, be a love of how your conversations make you feel about you: that you're witty, charming, and a great romancer. And of course, love that's out of reach tends to have the strongest pull, a la Romeo and Juliet. Frankly, if their families hadn't basically been the Crips and the Bloods with linguini and instead had been all "Hey, you crazy kids, be home by curfew," it probably would have been a matter of weeks before Juliet was sneaking out behind the palazzo with Marcello and then Luigi.

You find out whether you can have a life with a woman by experiencing her day to day—seeing whether she chases you around with a cleaver when you forget to wash a glass or when you draw the line at picking up ladyproducts at the drugstore.

You could propose living in the same place for a month—after getting in touch to tell her how wrong you were. (This is basically catnip for women, and whether you were actually wrong about anything is immaterial.)

But consider all that goes into a relationship with someone from another country (travel expenses, residency permits, and difficulty finding work and even getting a work permit). Maybe it makes sense to deem what you had as "one wonderful night with a girl"—before you get to Brazilian customs and find yourself answering "Do you have anything to declare?" with "Yes, I think I'm making a big mistake."

THE BLURT LOCKER I've been on two dates with a woman, and she's agreed to a third. We kissed on the second date and have been talking every night, but she seems to be playing it a little cool (letting me do all the calling, etc.). Perhaps I should also play it cool, but I'm dying to tell her I like her. Is there a magic number of dates you have to go on before it's okay to do that?

—Bitten Tongue There are solutions that cause more problems than they solve, like giving your car a car bra, which traps moisture underneath and eventually leads to two-tone paint. (And besides, what happens if your car doesn't have a bra, someone sees its nipples and it gets embarrassed?) Announcing that you like someone you've gone out with twice is another one of these problemcausing solutions. If this woman is at all ambivalent (a healthy way to feel early on), telling her you like her wouldn't make her like you, but it might make her uncomfortable enough to flee. So, go ahead and say those "three little words"—as long as they're "You free Friday?" Rest assured; she knows you like her. Because you're still around, because you're calling every night, and because when you kissed her, you apparently didn't spit afterward, wipe your hand across your mouth, and say "Eeeuw!"

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Many rewarding experiences await you by assisting severely intellectually and developmentally disabled adult clients live healthy and well-meaning lives in our group home settings. It’s challenging and fun to help clients with daily tasks, take them into the community, and help them prepare meals, do laundry and house cleaning.

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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY

By Rob Brezsny ARIES (March 21-April 19): Sometimes I think too fast and too much. My logic gets sterile. My ideas become jagged and tangled. When this happens, I head off to Turtle Back Hill for a hike through the saltwater marsh. The trail loops around on itself, and I arrive back where I started in about 15 minutes. Sometimes I keep walking, circumambulating four or five times. Going in circles like this seems to help me knit together my fragmented thoughts. Often, by the time I'm finished, my mind feels unified. I recommend you find your own version of this ritual, Aries. From what I can tell, you need to get rounder and softer.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): In the mid-19th century, French art was dominated by the government-sponsored Salon, whose conservative policies thwarted upcoming new trends like Impressionism. One anti-authoritarian painter who rebelled was Camille Pissarro. "What is the best way to further the evolution of French art?" he was asked. "Burn down the Louvre," he replied. The Louvre, as you may know, was and still is a major art museum in Paris. Judging from your current astrological omens, I surmise that you might want to make a symbolic statement equivalent to Pissarro's. It's time for you to graduate from traditions that no longer feed you so you can freely seek out new teachers and influences.

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GEMINI (May 21-June 20): "Lead us not into temptation, and deliver us from evil," is a request that Christians make of God when they say the Lord's Prayer. If we define "temptation" as an attraction to things that feel good even though they're bad for you, this part of the prayer is perfectly reasonable. But what if "temptation" is given a different interpretation? What if it means an attraction to something that feels pleasurable and will ultimately be healthy for you even though it initially causes disruptions? I suggest you consider experimenting with this alternative definition, Gemini. For now, whatever leads you into temptation could possibly deliver you from evil.

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CANCER (June 21-July 22): "You get tragedy where the tree, instead of bending, breaks," said the philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein. But you don't have to worry about that outcome, Cancerian.

The storm might howl and surge, but it will ultimately pass. And although your tree may bend pretty far, it will not break. Two weeks from now, you won't be mourning your losses, but rather celebrating your flexibility and resilience. Congratulations in advance!

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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): It's a perfect time to start reclaiming some of the superpowers you had when you were a child. What's that you say? You didn't have any superpowers? That's not true. Before you entered adolescence, you could see things and know things and feel things that were off-limits, even unknown, to most adults. You possessed a capacity to love the world with wild purity. Your innocence allowed you to be in close touch with the intelligence of animals and the spirits of the ancestors. Nature was so vividly alive to you that you could hear its songs. Smells were more intense. The dreams you had at night were exciting and consoling. Your ability to read people's real energy—and not be fooled by their social masks—was strong. Remember?

Feeling a bit "Under the weather"?

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VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Not all darkness is bad. You know that. Sometimes you need to escape from the bright lights. It can be restorative to sit quietly in the pitch blackness and drink in the mystery of the Great Unknown. The same is true for silence and stillness and aloneness. Now and then you've got to retreat into their protective sanctuary. Dreaming big empty thoughts in the tranquil depths can heal you and recharge you. The magic moment has arrived for this kind of rejuvenation, Virgo.

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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): In the movie Clueless, the character played by Alicia Silverstone describes someone as a "full-on Monet." What she means is that the person in question is like a painting by the French Impressionist artist Claude Monet. "From far away, it's OK," says Silverstone. "But up close, it's a big old mess." You may still be at the far-away point in your evaluation of a certain situation in your own life, Libra. It appears interesting, even attractive, from a distance. When you draw nearer, though, you may find problems. That doesn't necessarily mean you should abandon it altogether. Maybe you can fix the mess so it's as engaging up-close as it is from far away.

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SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Your power animal for the coming months is the Bateleur eagle of Africa. In the course of searching for its meals, it covers about 250 square miles every day. It thinks big. It has a spacious scope. I hope you get inspired by its example, Scorpio. In 2014, I'd love to see you enlarge the territory where you go hunting for what you want. Fate will respond favorably if you expand your ideas about how to gather the best allies and resources. As for this week, I suggest you get very specific as you identify the goals you will pursue in the coming months by exploring farther and wider.

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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): The standard dictionary says that "righteous" is a word that means virtuous and highly moral. The slang dictionary says that "righteous" describes someone or something that's absolutely genuine and wonderful. Urbandictionary.com suggests that "righteous" refers to the ultimate version of any type of experience, especially "sins of pleasure" like lust and greed. According to my analysis, the coming week will be jampacked with righteousness for you. Which of the three definitions will predominate? It's possible you will embody and attract all three types.

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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): In the dreams you're having at night, Capricorn, I bet you're traveling through remote landscapes in all kinds of weather. Maybe you're recreating the voyage of the Polynesian sailors who crossed hundreds of miles of Pacific Ocean to find Hawaii 1,500 years ago. Or maybe you're hiking through the Darkhad Valley, where the Mongolian steppe meets Siberia's vast forests. It's possible you're visiting places where your ancestors lived or you're migrating to the first human settlement on Mars in the 22nd century. What do dreams like this mean? I think you're trying to blow your own mind. Your deep self and your higher wisdom are conspiring to flood you with new ways of seeing reality.

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AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): It wouldn't be too extreme for you to kiss the ground that has been walked on by people you care about deeply. And it wouldn't be too crazy to give your special allies the best gifts ever, or compose love letters to them, or demonstrate in dramatic fashion how amazed you are by the beautiful truths about who they really are. This is a unique moment in your cycle, Aquarius—a time when it is crucial for you to express gratitude, devotion, and even reverence for those who have helped you see what it means to be fully alive.

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PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): In a letter to F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway described his vision of paradise. It would have a trout stream that no one but him was permitted to fish in.

He'd own two houses, one for his wife and children and one for his nine beautiful mistresses.

There'd be a church where he could regularly confess his sins, and he'd have great seats at an arena where bull fights took place. From my perspective, this is a pretty vulgar version of paradise, but who am I to judge?

I suggest you draw inspiration from Hemingway as you come up with your own earthy, gritty, funky fantasy of paradise. It's an excellent time for you to get down to earth about your high ideals and dreamy hopes.

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PUBLIC NOTICES Cassie R. Dellwo MACKOFF KELLOGG LAW FIRM 38 Second Ave E Dickinson, ND 58601 Ph: (701) 2271841 Fax (701) 227-4739 Attorney for the Plaintiff CDellwo@mackoff.com MT Bar #11880 IN THE JUSTICE COURT OF MISSOULA COUNTY, STATE OF MONTANA SUMMONS FOR PUBLICATION Cause No. CV2013-44222 Lakeview Loan Servicing, LLC Plaintiff, -vs- Carol L Sprano; Anna Azure; and any person in possession, Defendants. THE STATE OF MONTANA TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANT ANNA AZURE: You are hereby summoned to answer the Complaint in this action, which is filed in the office of the Clerk of this Court, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to file your Answer and serve a copy thereof upon the Plaintiff’s attorney within ten (10) 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. This action relates to an eviction and subsequent possession upon the following described real property in the County of Missoula, State of Montana: LOT 2 OF ORCHARD GARDEN SUBDIVISION, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN THE CITY OF MISSOULA, MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF. TOGETHER WITH A 15 FOOT WIDE PRIVATE SEWER AND PRIVATE UTILITY SERVICE EASEMENT AS SHOWN ON LOT 1 OF THE PLAT OF ORCHARD GARDEN, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA. WITNESS my hand and seal of said Court, this 15th day of November 2013. (SEAL OF THE COURT) /s/ Karen A. Orzech, Judge of the Justice Court Dated this 13th day of November, 2013. MACKOFF KELLOGG LAW FIRM Attorneys for Plaintiff 38 Second Ave E Dickinson, ND 58601 Tel: (701) 227-1841 MT BAR ID#11880 By: /s/ Cassie R.

Dellwo, Attorney Attorney for the Plaintiff MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT Dept. No. 3 Cause No. DP-13-232 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN RE THE ESTATE OF FELICIA GARLAND SULLIVAN, Deceased.

Terry J. Sullivan has been appointed Personal Representative. Creditors of the Estate shall present their claims within 4 months after the date of the first publication of this Notice or be forever barred. Terry J. Sullivan, 4908 Rattlesnake Drive, Missoula, MT 59802 MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY PROBATE NO. DP-13-231 DEPT. NO. 3 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF LEE ANDREW TORGRIMSON aka LEE A. TORGRIMSON, 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 Cara A. Torgrimson, the Personal Representative, return receipt requested, c/o Morales Law Office, P.C. at 422 West Spruce S., PO Box 9311, Missoula, MT 59807, or filed with the Clerk of the above Court. DATED this 19th day of November. 2013. /s/ Cara A. Torgrimson, Personal Representative c/o Morales Law Office, P.C. 422 W. Spruce St., PO Box 9311, Missoula, MT 598079311 MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Department No. 2 Cause Probate No. DP-11-139 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF ALEXANDER A. GEORGE, 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 Penelope M. George, the Personal Representative, return receipt requested at GEORGE LAW OFFICES, PLLC, 210 North Higgins Avenue, Suite 234, Missoula, Montana 59802 or filed with the Clerk of the above-entitled Court.

DATED: November 22, 2013 /s/ Penelope M. George, Personal Representative Personal Representative’s Attorney: GEORGE LAW FIRM, PLLC, 210 N. Higgins Ave., Suite 234, Missoula, Montana 59802 MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 1 Cause No. DP13-223 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF PATRICIA WAGNER, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned have been appointed Co-Personal Representatives of the above-named Estate. All persons having claims against the said 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 DOMINIQUE ROBINSON and ROBERT D. ROBINSON, the CoPersonal Representatives, return receipt requested, c/o Reely Law Firm, P.C., 3819 Stephens Avenue, Suite 201, Missoula, Montana 59801, or filed with the Clerk of the above-entitled Court.

DATED this 12th day of November, 2013. /s/ Dominique Robinson, Co-Personal Representative /s/ Robert D. Robinson, Co-Personal Representative REELY LAW FIRM, P.C. 3819 Stephens Avenue, Suite 201, Missoula, Montana 59801 Attorneys for the Personal Representatives. /s/ Shane N. Reely, Esq.

MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 2 Robert L. Deschamps III Cause No. DP-13-235 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN RE THE ESTATE OF RICHARD M. LEONARD, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Jeffery Leonard 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 be mailed to Jeffery Leonard, Personal Representative, return receipt requested, c/o Timothy D. Geiszler, GEISZLER & FROINES, PC, 619 Southwest Higgins, Suite K, Missoula, Montana 59803 or filed with the Clerk of the above Court. DATED this 22nd day of October, 2013. GEISZLER & FROINES, PC /s/ Timothy D. Geiszler, Attorneys for the Personal Representative. I declare under penalty of perjury and under the laws of the state of Montana that the foregoing is true and correct. DATED this 22nd day of October, 2013 /s/ Jeffery Leonard, Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 3 Probate No. DP12-46 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF THEODORE D. ANTWEILER, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the abovenamed Estate. All persons having claims against the said deceased are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of this Notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to DEAN C. ANTWEILER, the Personal Representative, return receipt requested,in care of Thiel Law Office, PLLC, 315 West Pine, PO Box 8125, Missoula, Montana 59807 or filed with the Clerk of the above-entitled Court.

DATED this 20th day of November, 2013. THIEL LAW OFFICE PLLC Attorney for Personal Representative /s/ Matthew B. Thiel MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 4 Probate No. DP13-228 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF DAN WACHSMUTH, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representatives of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the said estate are required to present their claim within four (4) months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to Vickie Blake, return receipt requested, c/o Worden Thane PC, PO Box 4747, Missoula, MT 59806 or filed with the Clerk of the above-entitled Court. Dated this 31st day of October, 2013. /s/ Vickie Blake, Personal Representative. I declare under penalty of perjury and under the laws of the State of Montana that the foregoing is true and correct. /s/ Vickie Blake WORDEN THANE PC Attorneys for Personal Representative /s/ Matthew J. Cuffe Notice of Public Hearing The Homeword Board of Directors will hold their quarterly board meeting on Tuesday, December 10, 2013, from 3:30 – 5:30 pm at 1535 Liberty Lane, Ste 114. This meeting is open to the public. For further information, contact Kellie Battaglia, Homeword Operations and Program Director, at 532-4663 x12. If you have comments, please mail them to: Homeword, 1535 Liberty Lane, Ste 116A, Missoula, MT, 59808-2026.

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 06/27/07, recorded as Instrument No. 200717008 Bk-800 Pg1213, mortgage records of Missoula County, Montana in which Donald R.

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PUBLIC NOTICES Foreman and Markay Foreman was Grantor, Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. solely as nominee for Affiliated Financial Group, Inc., its successors and assigns was Beneficiary and Western Title & Escrow was Trustee.

First American Title Insurance Company has succeeded Western Title & Escrow as Successor Trustee. The Deed of Trust encumbers real property (“Property”) located in Missoula County, Montana, more particularly described as follows: Lot 31 of Stillwater Addition at Maloney Ranch Phase I, a platted subdivision in Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded Plat thereof. By written instrument recorded as Instrument No. 201208765 B: 893 P: 1242, beneficial interest in the Deed of Trust was assigned to Bank of America, N.A., Successor by Merger to BAC Home Loans Servicing, LP FKA Countrywide Home Loans Servicing, LP. Beneficiary has declared the Grantor in default of the terms of the Deed of Trust and the promissory note (“Note”) secured by the Deed of Trust because of Grantor’s failure timely to pay all monthly installments of principal, interest and, if applicable, escrow reserves for taxes and/or insurance as required by the Note and Deed of Trust. According to the Beneficiary, the obligation evidenced by the Note (“Loan”) is now due for the 07/01/12 installment payment and all monthly installment payments due thereafter. As of October 3, 2013, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $231,783.96. This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $205,479.57, plus accrued interest, accrued late charges, accrued escrow installments for insurance and/or taxes (if any) and advances for the protection of beneficiary’s security interest (if any).

Because of the defaults stated above, Beneficiary has elected to sell the Property to satisfy the Loan and has instructed Successor Trustee to commence sale proceedings. Successor Trustee will sell the Property at public auction on the front steps of the Missoula County Courthouse, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802, City of Missoula on February 12, 2014 at 11:00 AM, Mountain Time. The sale is a public sale and any person, including Beneficiary and excepting only Successor Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding at the sale location in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by trustee’s deed without any representation or warranty, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis.

Grantor, successor in interest to Grantor or any other person having an interest in the Property may, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, pay to Beneficiary the entire amount then due on the Loan (including foreclosure costs and expenses actually incurred and trustee’s and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred. Tender of these sums shall effect a cure of the defaults stated above (if all non-monetary defaults are also cured) and shall result in Trustee’s termination of the foreclosure and cancellation of the foreclosure sale.

The trustee’s rules of auction may be accessed at www.northwesttrustee.com and are incorporated by the reference.

You may also access sale status at www.Northwesttrustee.com or USAForeclosure.com. (TS# 7021.16986) 1002.251093-File No. NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 11/24/93, recorded as Instrument No. Book 398 Page 2032 and modified on 1/31/06 under AF# 200602265, mortgage records of MISSOULA County, Montana in which James W. Royan, A Married Man As His Sole and Separate Property was Grantor, Montana Mortgage Company was Beneficiary and Insured Titles, Inc. was Trustee. First American Title Insurance Company has succeeded Insured Titles, Inc. as Successor Trustee. The Deed of Trust encumbers real property (“Property”) located in MISSOULA County, Montana, more particularly described as follows: Lot 11 and the North 10 feet of Lot 12 in Block 1 of Mosby’s Leisure Highlands Addition No. 5, a platted subdivision in the City of Missoula, Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded plat thereof. Recording reference in Book 225 at Page 475 Micro Records By written instrument recorded as Instrument No. Book 577 Page 0274, beneficial interest in the Deed of Trust was assigned to The Chase Manhattan Bank F/K/A Chemical Bank. Beneficiary has declared the Grantor in default of the terms of the Deed of Trust and the promissory note (“Note”) secured by the Deed of Trust because of Grantor’s failure timely to pay all monthly installments of principal, interest and, if applicable, escrow reserves for taxes and/or insurance as required by the Note and Deed of Trust.

According to the Beneficiary, the obligation evidenced by the Note (“Loan”) is now due for the 07/01/13 installment payment and all monthly installment payments due thereafter. As of October 16, 2013, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $57,775.47. This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $55,203.26, plus accrued interest, accrued late charges, accrued escrow installments for insurance and/or taxes (if any) and advances for the protection of beneficiary’s security interest (if any). Because of the defaults stated above, Beneficiary has elected to sell the Property to satisfy the Loan and has instructed Successor Trustee to commence sale proceedings. Successor Trustee will sell the Property at public auction on the front steps of the Missoula County Courthouse, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802, City of Missoula on February 20, 2014 at 11:00 AM, Mountain Time. The sale is a public sale and any person, including Beneficiary and excepting only Successor Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding at the sale location in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by trustee’s deed without any representation or warranty, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis.

Grantor, successor in interest to Grantor or any other person having an interest in the Property may, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, pay to Beneficiary the entire amount then due on the Loan (including foreclosure costs and expenses

actually incurred and trustee’s and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred. Tender of these sums shall effect a cure of the defaults stated above (if all non-monetary defaults are also cured) and shall result in Trustee’s termination of the foreclosure and cancellation of the foreclosure sale.

The trustee’s rules of auction may be accessed at www.northwesttrustee.com and are incorporated by the reference.

You may also access sale status at www.Northwesttrustee.com or USAForeclosure.com. (TS# 7037.104324) 1002.258811-File No. NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 01/09/08, recorded as Instrument No. 200800671 and Modified on 3/18/2013 under auditor’s file no.

201305291, mortgage records of MISSOULA County, Montana in which Billy C Balentine, A Single Person was Grantor, Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. solely as nominee for Golf Savings Bank, Its successors and assigns was Beneficiary and First American Title Company of Montana, Inc. was Trustee. First American Title Insurance Company has succeeded First American Title Company of Montana, Inc. as Successor Trustee. The Deed of Trust encumbers real property (“Property”) located in MISSOULA County, Montana, more particularly described as follows: Lot 37 in Block 4 of El Mar Estates Phase I, a platted Subdivision in Missoula County, Montana, according to the Official recorded plat thereof. By written instrument recorded as Instrument No. 201217903, beneficial interest in the Deed of Trust was assigned to JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, successor by merger to Chase Home Finance LLC. Beneficiary has declared the Grantor in default of the terms of the Deed of Trust and the promissory note (“Note”) secured by the Deed of Trust because of Grantor’s failure timely to pay all monthly installments of principal, interest and, if applicable, escrow reserves for taxes and/or insurance as required by the Note and Deed of Trust.

According to the Beneficiary, the obligation evidenced by the Note (“Loan”) is now due for the 04/01/13 installment payment and all monthly installment payments due thereafter. As of October 15, 2013, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $244,619.65. This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $236,190.73, plus accrued interest, accrued late charges, accrued escrow installments for insurance and/or taxes (if any) and advances for the protection of beneficiary’s security interest (if any). Because of the defaults stated above, Beneficiary has elected to sell the Property to satisfy the Loan and has instructed Successor Trustee to commence sale proceedings. Successor Trustee will sell the Property at public auction on the front steps of the Missoula County Courthouse, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802, City of Missoula on February 19, 2014 at 11:00 AM, Mountain Time. The sale is a public sale and any person, including Beneficiary and excepting only Successor Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding at the sale location in cash or cash

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equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by trustee’s deed without any representation or warranty, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis.

Grantor, successor in interest to Grantor or any other person having an interest in the Property may, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, pay to Beneficiary the entire amount then due on the Loan (including foreclosure costs and expenses actually incurred and trustee’s and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred. Tender of these sums shall effect a cure of the defaults stated above (if all non-monetary defaults are also cured) and shall result in Trustee’s termination of the foreclosure and cancellation of the foreclosure sale.

The trustee’s rules of auction may be accessed at www.northwesttrustee.com and are incorporated by the reference.

You may also access sale status at www.Northwesttrustee.com or USAForeclosure.com. (TS# 7037.103577) 1002.253989-File No. NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 01/26/07, recorded as Instrument No. 200702634, Bk. 791, Pg. 655, mortgage records of Missoula County, Montana in which Mark W. Knight and Laura A. Knight, husband and wife was Grantor, Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., solely as nominee for Home123 Corporation was Beneficiary and First American Title Insurance Company was Trustee.

First American Title Insurance Company as Successor Trustee. The Deed of Trust encumbers real property (“Property”) located in Missoula County, Montana, more particularly described as follows: Lot 55-B of Snider Addition, a platted subdivision in Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded plat thereof. By written instrument recorded as Instrument No. 200807848, Bk. 816, Pg. 1024, beneficial interest in the Deed of Trust was assigned to HSBC Bank USA, National Association as Trustee for Deutsche Alt-A Securities Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2007-AR3.

Beneficiary has declared the Grantor in default of the terms of the Deed of Trust and the promissory note (“Note”) secured by the Deed of Trust because of Grantor’s failure timely to pay all monthly installments of principal, interest and, if applicable, escrow reserves for taxes and/or insurance as required by the Note and Deed of Trust. According to the Beneficiary, the obligation evidenced by the Note (“Loan”) is now due for the 01/01/08 installment payment and all monthly installment payments due thereafter. As of October 17, 2013, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $994,172.33. This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $599,322.54, plus accrued interest, accrued late charges, accrued escrow installments for insurance and/or taxes (if any) and advances for the protection of beneficiary’s security interest (if any).

Because of the defaults stated above, Beneficiary has elected to sell the Property to satisfy the Loan and has instructed Successor Trustee to commence sale proceedings. Successor Trustee will sell the Property at public auction on the

front steps of the Missoula County Courthouse, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802, City of Missoula on February 24, 2014 at 11:00 AM, Mountain Time. The sale is a public sale and any person, including Beneficiary and excepting only Successor Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding at the sale location in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by trustee’s deed without any representation or warranty, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis.

Grantor, successor in interest to Grantor or any other person having an interest in the Property may, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, pay to Beneficiary the entire amount then due on the Loan (including foreclosure costs and expenses actually incurred and trustee’s and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred. Tender of these sums shall effect a cure of the defaults stated above (if all non-monetary defaults are also cured) and shall result in Trustee’s termination of the foreclosure and cancellation of the foreclosure sale.

The trustee’s rules of auction may be accessed at www.northwesttrustee.com and are incorporated by the reference.

You may also access sale status at www.Northwesttrustee.com or USAForeclosure.com. (TS# 7777.26264) 1002.97599-File No. NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 11/19/98, recorded as Instrument No. 199831230 Vol 563 Pg 243, mortgage records of Missoula County, Montana in which Pamela J. Walzer, a single person was Grantor, Norwest Mortgage, Inc. was Beneficiary and Insured Title was Trustee. First American Title Insurance Company has succeeded Insured Title as Successor Trustee. The Deed of Trust encumbers real property (“Property”) located in Missoula County, Montana, more particularly described as follows: Lots 7 and 8 in Block 58 of School Addition in the City of Missoula, Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded Plat thereof. Beneficiary has declared the Grantor in default of the terms of the Deed of Trust and the promissory note (“Note”) secured by the Deed of Trust because of Grantor’s failure timely to pay all monthly installments of principal, interest and, if applicable, escrow reserves for taxes and/or insurance as required by the Note and Deed of Trust. According to the Beneficiary, the obligation evidenced by the Note (“Loan”) is now due for the 06/01/13 installment payment and all monthly installment payments due thereafter. As of October 15, 2013, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $64,003.89. This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $57,462.58, plus accrued interest, accrued late charges, accrued escrow installments for insurance and/or taxes (if any) and advances for the protection of beneficiary’s security interest (if any).

Because of the defaults stated above, Beneficiary has elected to sell the Property to satisfy the Loan and has instructed Successor Trustee to commence

sale proceedings. Successor Trustee will sell the Property at public auction on the front steps of the Missoula County Courthouse, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802, City of Missoula on February 24, 2014 at 11:00 AM, Mountain Time. The sale is a public sale and any person, including Beneficiary and excepting only Successor Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding at the sale location in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by trustee’s deed without any representation or warranty, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis.

Grantor, successor in interest to Grantor or any other person having an interest in the Property may, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, pay to Beneficiary the entire amount then due on the Loan (including foreclosure costs and expenses actually incurred and trustee’s and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred. Tender of these sums shall effect a cure of the defaults stated above (if all non-monetary defaults are also cured) and shall result in Trustee’s termination of the foreclosure and cancellation of the foreclosure sale.

The trustee’s rules of auction may be accessed at www.northwesttrustee.com and are incorporated by the reference.

You may also access sale status at www.Northwesttrustee.com or USAForeclosure.com. (TS# 7023.107762) 1002.259179-File No. NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on January 13, 2014, at 11:00 o’clock A.M. at the Main Entrance of the First American Title Company of Montana located at 1006 West Sussex, Missoula, MT 59801, the following described real property situated in Missoula County, Montana: LOT 36 OF THE RIDGE TWO, A PLATTED SUBDVISION IN THE CITY OF MISSOULA, MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF Barbara J Olds, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to Insured Titles, LLC, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated May 25, 2005 and recorded May 31, 2005 in Book 753, Page 824 under Document No. 200512880. The beneficial interest is currently held by Green Tree Servicing LLC. First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., is the Successor Trustee pursuant to a Substitution of Trustee recorded in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Missoula County, Montana. The beneficiary has declared a default in the terms of said Deed of Trust by failing to make the monthly payments due in the amount of $1,648.83, beginning October 1, 2010, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan. The total amount due on this obligation as of August 1, 2013 is $335,996.38 principal, interest at the rate of 3.250% now totaling $31,894.72. late charges in the amount of $659.40, escrow advances of

$15,211.59 plus accruing interest at the rate of $29.92 per diem, late charges, and other costs and fees that may be advanced. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary, the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust. Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds of this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation. The sale is a public sale and any person, including the beneficiary, excepting only the Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashiers checks). The conveyance will be made by Trustee’s Deed without any representation or warranty, including warranty of Title, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis, without limitation, the sale is being made subject to all existing conditions, if any, of lead paint, mold or other environmental or health hazards. The sale purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th day following the sale. The grantor, successor in interest to the grantor or any other person having an interest in the property, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, may pay to the beneficiary or the successor in interest to the beneficiary the entire amount then due under the deed of trust and the obligation secured thereby (including costs and expenses actually incurred and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred and thereby cure the default.

The scheduled Trustee’s Sale may be postponed by public proclamation up to 15 days for any reason, and in the event of a bankruptcy filing, the sale may be postponed by the trustee for up to 120 days by public proclamation at least every 30 days. THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Dated: September 5, 2013 /s/ Lisa J Tornabene Assistant Secretary, First American Title Company of Montana, Inc. Successor Trustee Title Financial Specialty Services P.O. Box 339 Blackfoot ID 83221 STATE OF Idaho ))ss. County of Bingham ) On this 5th day of September, 2013, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Lisa J Tornabene, know to me to be the Assistant Secretary of First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., Successor Trustee, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same. /s/ Dalia Martinez Notary Public State Idaho County Bingham Commission expires: 2/18/2014 GreenTree v Olds 42072.066 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on January 17,

PUBLIC NOTICES 2014, at 11:00 o’clock A.M. at the Main Entrance of the First American Title Company of Montana located at 1006 West Sussex, Missoula, MT 59801, the following described real property situated in Missoula County, Montana: Lot 47 of HELLGATE MEADOWS, PHASES 1 AND 2, a platted subdivision of Missoula County, Montana, according to the official plat of record in Book 25 of Plats at Page 56 Leigh E. Bitney, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to Charles J. Peterson, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc, as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated on August 8, 2006 and recorded on August 10, 2006 on Book 780 and Page 1020 as Document No. 200620128. The beneficial interest is currently held by U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee, as successor in interest to Bank of America, National Association, as Trustee, successor by merger to LaSalle Bank National Association, as Trustee for Residential Asset Mortgage Products, Inc., Mortgage Asset-Backed Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2007-RS1. First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., is the Successor Trustee pursuant to a Substitution of Trustee recorded in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Missoula County, Montana. The beneficiary has declared a default in the terms of said Deed of Trust by failing to make the monthly payments due in the amount of $1,321.06, beginning April 1, 2011, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan. The total amount due on this obligation as of September 27, 2013 is $171,100.00 principal, interest at the rate of 7.5% now totaling $32,995.49, late charges in the amount of $1,550.63, escrow advances of $8,583.71, and other fees and expenses advanced of $2,042.75, plus accruing interest at the rate of $35.16 per diem, late charges, and other costs and fees that may be advanced. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary, the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust. Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds of this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation. The sale is a public sale and any person, including the beneficiary, excepting only the Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made

by Trustee’s Deed without any representation or warranty, including warranty of Title, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, whereis basis, without limitation, the sale is being made subject to all existing conditions, if any, of lead paint, mold or other environmental or health hazards.

The sale purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th day following the sale. The grantor, successor in interest to the grantor or any other person having an interest in the property, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, may pay to the beneficiary or the successor in interest to the beneficiary the entire amount then due under the deed of trust and the obligation secured thereby (including costs and expenses actually incurred and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred and thereby cure the default. The scheduled Trustee’s Sale may be postponed by public proclamation up to 15 days for any reason, and in the event of a bankruptcy filing, the sale may be postponed by the trustee for up to 120 days by public proclamation at least every 30 days. THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Dated: September 11, 2013 /s/ Dalia Martinez Assistant Secretary, First American Title Company of Montana, Inc. Successor Trustee Title Financial Specialty Services PO Box 339 Blackfoot ID 83221 STATE OF Idaho ))ss. County of Bingham) On this 11th day of September, 2013, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Dalia Martinez, know to me

to be the Assistant Secretary of First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., Successor Trustee, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledge to me that he executed the same. /s/ Lisa J Tornabene Notary Public Bingham County Idaho Commission expires: Nov 6, 2018 Suntrust Vs. Bitney 41531.702 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on January 21, 2014, at 11:00 o’clock A.M. at the Main Entrance of the First American Title Company of Montana located at 1006 West Sussex, Missoula, MT 59801, the following described real property situated in Missoula County, Montana: LOT 584 OF PLEASANT VIEW HOMES NO. 5, PHASE II, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF. Laura S. Jeszenka and Bryan M. Jeszenka, as Grantor(s), to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated May 5, 2011 and recorded May 6, 2011 in Book 877 Page 322 under Document No 201107507. The beneficial interest is currently held by Guild Mortgage Company a California Corporation. First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., is the Trustee.

The beneficiary has declared a default in the terms of said Deed of Trust by failing to make the monthly payments due in the amount of $1,105.43, beginning May 1, 2013, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan. The total amount due on this obligation as of September 1, 2013 is $200,232.73 principal, interest at the rate of 5.0% now totaling $4,160.17, late charges in the amount of $405.75, and other fees and expenses advanced of $510.52, plus accruing interest at the rate of $27.43 per diem, late charges, and other costs and fees that may be advanced. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary, the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust. Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds of this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation. The sale is a public sale and any person, including the beneficiary, excepting only the Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by Trustee’s Deed without any representation or warranty, including warranty of Title, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis, without limitation, the sale is being made subject to all existing conditions, if any, of lead paint, mold or other environmental or health hazards. The sale purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th day following the sale. The grantor, successor in interest to the grantor or any other person having an interest in the property, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, may pay to the beneficiary or the successor in interest to the beneficiary the entire amount then due under the deed of trust and the obligation secured thereby (including costs and expenses actually incurred and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred and thereby cure the default.

The scheduled Trustee’s Sale may be postponed by public proclamation up to 15 days for any reason, and in the event of a bankruptcy filing, the sale may be postponed by the trustee for up to 120 days by public proclamation at least every 30 days. THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Dated: September 19, 2013 /s/ Dalia Martinez Assistant Secretary, First American Title Company of Montana, Inc. Successor Trustee Title Financial Specialty Services PO Box 339 Blackfoot ID 83221 STATE OF Idaho ))ss. County of Bingham) On this 19th day of September, 2013, before me, a notary public in

JONESIN’ C r o s s w o r d s and for said County and State, personally appeared Dalia Martinez, know to me to be the Assistant Secretary of First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., Successor Trustee, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledge to me that he executed the same. /s/ Lisa J Tornabene Notary Public Bingham County, Idaho Commission expires: Nov 6, 2018 Guild Vs. Jeszenka 41291.895 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on January 21, 2014, at 11:00 o’clock A.M. at the Main Entrance of the First American Title Company of Montana located at 1006 West Sussex, Missoula, MT 59801, the following described real property situated in Missoula County, Montana: LOT 15 OF ORCHARD PARK PHASE I, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF. Charles A. Hill, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to Insured Titles, LLC., as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to ABN AMRO Mortgage Group, Inc, as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated July 18, 2003 and recorded on July 23, 2003 in Book 712, Page 838 under Document No 200326742. The beneficial interest is currently held by CitiMortgage, Inc. successor in interest to ABN AMRO Mortgage Group, Inc. First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., is the Successor Trustee pursuant to a Substitution of Trustee recorded in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Missoula County, Montana. The beneficiary has declared a default in the terms of said Deed of Trust by failing to make the monthly payments due in the amount of $887.96, beginning March 1, 2013, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan.

The total amount due on this obligation as of September 8, 2013 is $92,149.85 principal, interest at the rate of 5.25% now totaling $2,914.90, late charges in the amount of $221.06, escrow advances of $394.99, and other fees and expenses advanced of $934.95, plus accruing interest at the rate of $13.25 per diem, late charges, and other costs and fees that may be advanced. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary, the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust. Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds of this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation. The sale is a public sale and any person, including the beneficiary, excepting only the Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by Trustee’s Deed without any representation or warranty, including warranty of Title, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis, without limitation, the sale is being made subject to all existing conditions, if any, of lead paint, mold or other environmental or health hazards. The sale purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th day following the sale. The grantor, successor in interest to the grantor or any other person having an interest in the property, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, may pay to the beneficiary or the successor in interest to the beneficiary the entire amount then due under the deed of trust and the obligation secured thereby (including costs and expenses actually incurred and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred and thereby cure the default. The scheduled Trustee’s Sale may be postponed by public proclamation up to 15 days for any reason, and in the event of a bankruptcy filing, the sale may be postponed by the trustee for up to 120 days by public proclamation at least every 30 days. THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO

COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Dated: September 11, 2013 /s/ Dalia Martinez Assistant Secretary, First American Title Company of Montana, Inc. Successor Trustee Title Financial Specialty Services PO Box 339 Blackfoot ID 83221 STATE OF Idaho ))ss. County of Bingham) On this 11th day of September, 2013, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Dalia Martinez, know to me to be the Assistant Secretary of First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., Successor Trustee, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledge to me that he executed the same. /s/ Lisa J Tornabene Notary Public Bingham County, Idaho Commission expires: Nov 6, 2018 Citimorgage Vs. Hill 42011.626 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on January 3, 2014, at 11:00 o’clock A.M. at the Main Entrance of the First American Title Company of Montana located at 1006 West Sussex, Missoula, MT 59801, the following described real property situated in Missoula County, Montana: LOT 10 IN BLOCK 2 OF REHDER HOMESITES, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF John S. Knutson and Sandi Knutson, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to First American Title, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated April 27, 2007 and recorded April 30, 2007 in Book 796, Page 330 as Document No. 200710288. The beneficial interest is currently held by Ocwen Loan Servicing, LLC. First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., is the Successor Trustee pursuant to a Substitution of Trustee recorded in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Missoula County, Montana. The beneficiary has declared a default in the terms of said Deed of Trust by failing to make the monthly payments due in the amount of $1,021.27, beginning June 1, 2012, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan.

The total amount due on this obligation as of September 2, 2013 is $238,451.38 principal, interest at the rate of 3.87500% now totaling $12,345.32, late charges in the amount o f$102.12, escrow advances of $10,360.55, and other fees and expenses advanced of $4377.15, plus accruing interest at the rate of $25.31 per diem, late charges, and other costs and fees that may be advanced. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary, the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust. Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds of this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation. The sale is a public sale and any person, including the beneficiary, excepting only the Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding in

cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made

by Trustee’s Deed without any representation or warranty, including warranty of Title, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis, without limitation, the sale is being made subject to all existing conditions, if any, of lead paint, mold or other environmental or health hazards. The sale purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th day following the sale. The grantor, successor in interest to the grantor or any other person having an interest in the property, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, may pay to the beneficiary or the successor in interest to the beneficiary the entire amount then due under the deed of trust and the obligation secured thereby (including costs and expenses actually incurred and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred and thereby cure the default. The scheduled Trustee’s Sale may be postponed by public proclamation up to 15 days for any reason, and in the event of a bankruptcy filing, the sale may be postponed by the trustee for up to 120 days by public proclamation at least every 30 days. THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Dated: August 26, 2013 /s/ Dalia Martinez Assistant Secretary, First American Title Company of Montana, Inc. Successor Trustee Title Financial Specialty Services P.O. Box 339 Blackfoot ID 83221 STATE OF Idaho ))ss. County of Bingham ) On this 26th day of August, 2013, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Dalia Martinez, know to me to be the Assistant Secretary of First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., Successor Trustee, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same. /s/ Lisa J Tornabene Notary Public Bingham County, Idaho Commission expires: Nov 6, 2018 Gmac Vs. Knutson 41207.791

Trail St. Properties will auction to the highest bidder abandoned storage trailer owing delinquent storage rent. Trailer contains household goods including lots of gun shell casings. This trailer may be viewed starting Friday, December 6, 2013. Bids will be accepted at Trail St. Properties located at 1710 Trail St. Missoula until Friday, December 6, 2013 at 1:30 P.M. Buyers bid will be for entire contents. Only cash or money orders will be accepted for payment. Trailer is reserved subject to redemption by owner prior to sale. All sales are final.

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"Magazine Racket"–we've got some issues.

by Matt Jones

ACROSS

1 La Jolla campus, briefly 5 Glasgow citizen 9 Better qualified 14 A or E, or an IOU for that matter 15 "American Gothic" setting 16 Divide the pie 17 "___ do better than that!"

18 Handlebar feature 19 1980's White House name 20 Magazine that summarizes the contents of some cookies?

23 "Upstairs at Eric's" duo 24 Electronic surveillance gp.

25 Noah's project 26 Pelican State sch.

27 Captain Kirk's journal 29 Job in "The Santaland Diaries" 32 Magazine that stops you from dancing to a Madonna hit?

38 First words of "Baby Got Back" 39 Plumb of "The Brady Bunch" 40 "What now?!"

41 Magazine that shouldn't try to fit into an elevator?

44 Do some quilting 45 "Licensed to ___" (Beastie Boys album) 46 "Solve for x" subj.

47 Blind rage 49 Olive ___ (Popeye's lady) 50 "Blueberries for ___" (kiddie lit classic) 53 Magazine that draws readers to it 52 times a year?

58 Earth tremor 59 ___-Seltzer 60 Cold War org.

61 1983 comedy with the line "Kenny, don't paint your sister!"

62 Factual 63 "Let's Get ___" 64 Not all there

65 Programming language designed by Larry Wall 66 Book-lined retreats

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1 Bring into one 2 Drink with marshmallows 3 Cable movie channel that used to have an exclamation point 4 Body shop concern 5 Enlists 6 Chick of jazz 7 Boo-boo 8 "Lights out" music 9 Ed who voiced Carl in "Up" 10 Not the best bedmate 11 "The Mod Squad" role 12 "Behold!" to Caesar 13 King: Sp. 21 Invisible 22 Herb in poultry rubs 26 "Idiocracy" actor 27 Video game segment 28 Tandoor, for one 30 ___ Bizkit 31 Baby horse 32 ___ for "victory" 33 Cheers at a bullfight 34 Cave in 35 Movie holder 36 Uma, in "The Truth About Cats and Dogs" 37 180 degrees from SSW 42 Arena section 43 Feature of subscription-only websites 48 Gin game 49 Liam's "Schindler's List" role 50 Footwear for a frozen lake 51 "Good Eats" host Brown 52 City on the Rhone 53 Prefix with nautical 54 Long ride?

55 "Deadwood" lawman Wyatt 56 "Gold" getter in a 1997 film 57 City west of Tulsa 58 T-shirt size lineup, for short

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PUBLISHER’S NOTICE

EQUAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITY

All real estate advertising in this newspaper is subject to the Federal and State Fair Housing Acts, which makes it illegal to advertise any preference, limitation, or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status or national origin, marital status, age, and/or creed or intention to make any such preferences, limitations, or discrimination. Familial status includes children under the age of 18 living with parents or legal custodians, and pregnant women and people securing custody of children under 18. This newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate that is in violation of the law. Our readers are hereby informed that all dwellings ad2 vertised bedroom, 1 bath are $615, in this newspaper availablecoinon opan equal laundry, storage, off-street opportunity basis. To report disparking, H/W/S/G No crimination in housing call HUDpaid. at toll-free Pets, No Smoking.

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REAL ESTATE

montanaheadwall.commissoulanews.com • December 5 – December 12, 2013 [C9]

REAL ESTATE HOMES FOR SALE 11689 Stolen Rock Court. 5 bed, 3 bath, 2 car garage on 3.15 acres. $315,000. Betsy Milyard, Montana Preferred Properties.

880-4749. montpref@bigsky.net 1807 Missoula Avenue. Lovely Bavarian-style 3 bed, 2 bath in Lower Rattlesnake. Mount Jumbo views & 2 car garage. $309,000. Pat McCormick, Properties 2000. 240-7653. pat@properties2000.com 1944 S. 8th W. 2 bed, 1 bath on two lots. Wood floors, garden & front deck. $158,000. Pat McCormick, Properties 2000. 2407653. pat@properties2000.com

1845 B West Central. 3 bed, 1.5 bath on quiet cul-de-sac. Large, open kitchen, patio & garage.

No HOA dues! $150,000.

Rochelle Glasgow, Prudential Missoula 728-8270 glasgow@montana.com 2025 Mullan Road. Mullan Heights Riverfront Condos. Large secure units with affordable HOA dues.

Starting at $149,900. Betsy Milyard, Montana Preferred Properties. 8804749. montpref@bigsky.net 2272 South 10th West. 3 bed, 1 bath bungalow with wood floors, basement, 2 car garage

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Anne Jablonski, Portico Real Estate 546-5816. annierealtor@gmail.com Burns Street Commons 1400 Burns St. #15. $159,9000. 3 bedroom, 1 bath.

Coveted 3 bedroom home in the Burns St. Commons, next to the Burns St. Bistro and the Missoula Community Co-op. KD: 2405227 porticorealestate.com Condo With Views 1545 Cooley, Apt C. 2 bed, 1 bath Westside condo close to downtown, Burns Street Bistro & Missoula Community Co-op.

$128,500 MLS# 20134747 KD 240-5227. porticorealestate.com Northside Condo 1545 Cooley St #C. MLS# 20134747.

2 bedroom 1 bath Condo. Views of the North Hills. $128,500.

KD: 240-5227 porticorealestate.com Uptown Flats #103. 1 bed, 1 bath with W/D, patio and handicap accessible features. $120,000. Anne Jablonski, Portico Real Estate 546-5816. annierealtor@gmail.com Uptown Flats #210. 1 bed, 1 bath modern condo on Mis-

soula’s Northside. $149,000.

Anne Jablonski, Portico Real Estate 546-5816. annierealtor@gmail.com Uptown Flats #306. 1 bed, 1 bath top floor unit with lots of light. W/D, carport, storage & access to exercise room. $162,000. Anne Jablonski, Portico Real Estate 546-5816. annierealtor@gmail.com Uptown Flats. Upscale gated community near downtown. All SS appliances, carport, storage and access to community room and exercise room plus more.

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dered on two sides by Forest Service land. $750,000. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com

LAND FOR SALE 160 acres in Grant Creek bor-

921 Pullman • $195,000

1965 Raymond. 4 bed, 2 bath Rattlesnake home with 2 kitchens & 3 garages. $339,000. Anne Jablonski, Portico Real Estate 546-5816. annierealtor@gmail.com 2607 View Drive. 3 bed, 2 bath ranch-style home in Target Range. Hardwood floors, fireplace & 2 car garage. $239,500. Anne Jablonski, Portico Real Estate. 546-5816. annierealtor@gmail.com 3 Bdr, 1 Bath, Central Missoula home. $214,900. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com 3010 West Central. 3 bed, 1 bath on 5 acres in Target Range. Borders DNRC land. $499,900. Properties 2000.

Pat McCormick 240-7653. pat@properties2000.com 606 North Avenue West. 3 bed, 2 bath with finished basement & 2 car garage. $255,000.

Rochelle Glasgow, Prudential Missoula 728-8270. glasgow@montana.com

Duplex On Northside Each has 2 bedrooms, 1 bath with fenced yards.

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UPTOWN FLATS Mullan Heights Riverfront Condos $144,900 - $249,900 Under new ownership! 1 and 2 bedrooms. Large units, nice finishes, secure entry, secure U/G parking, riverfront, affordable HOA dues and much more. Owner financing comparable to FHA terms available with as little as 3.5% down!

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716 South 6th West. 3 bed, 2 bath with wood floors, fireplace, basement, large fenced yard & single garage. $259,900. Pat McCormick, Properties 2000. 240-7653 pat@properties2000.com 925 Cleveland. 1 bed, 1.5 bath Slant Street home with fenced backyard, gas fireplace & single garage. $189,900. Pat McCormick, Properties 2000. 2407653. pat@properties2000.com FIND YOUR WAY HOME! David Loewenwarter, Prudential Montana Real Estate, 406.241.3321 Lewis and Clark Area Home!

839 W Central. $220,000 MLS# 20136229. 2 bedroom, 2 bath. Double detached garage and many other sweet features. KD: 240-5227 porticorealestate.com

CONDOS/ TOWNHOMES 1 Bdr, 1 Bath, University District condo. $210,000. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com

[C10] Missoula Independent • December 5 – December 12, 2013

Classic 1950's with refinished hardwood floors,arched doorways and built-ins.

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1845 B West Central $155,000 3 bed, 1.5 bath 2 story townhome with open floor plan on quiet cul-de-sac. AC, UG sprinklers, patio & garage.

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REAL ESTATE 53 acres overlooking Missoula in the South Hills. Utilities and septic approved. $927,500. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com East Missoula Lot At 559 Speedway (Next Door) $55,000.

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Frenchtown area, 14.9 Acres, existing well, adjacent to Forest Service land. $225,000. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com Near Riverfront Park. 1265 Dakota #B. To-be-built, 3 bed, 2 bath with 2 car garage. Lot: $55,000. Pat McCormick, Properties 2000.

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2 building sites with Clark Fork River views. $65,900. Pat McCormick, Properties 2000. 2407653 pat@properties2000.com NHN Ryans Lane Tract B. 103+/- treed acres with year-round creek near

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$259,900 716 South 6th West Inviting 3 bed, 2 bath in Central Missoula Arched doorways, cove ceilings & wood floors Fireplace, finished basement & upper level Large fenced yard, deck & single garage

Evaro Hill. $517,250. Betsy Milyard, Montana Preferred Properties 541-7355. milyardhomes@yahoo.com

$799,000. Rochelle Glasgow, Prudential Missoula 728-9270. glasgow@montana.com

Noxon Reservoir Avista frontage lots near Trout Creek, MT. Red Carpet Realty 728-7262 www.redcarpet-realty.com

OUT OF TOWN

COMMERCIAL Great place to run your business and either live on-site or rent out for a supplemental income stream. $265,000. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com

3 Bdr, 1 Bath Alberton home. $130,000. Prudential Montana.

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

Prudential Montana. For more

info call Mindy Palmer @ 2396696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com 3 Bdr, 2 Bath, Stevensville area home on 6+ acres. $325,000.

Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 2396696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com 5 Bdr, 3 Bath, Florence area home on 3.2 acres. $575,500.

Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 2396696, or visit... www.mindypalmer.com

MORTGAGE & FINANCIAL

Guild Mortgage Company. 1001 S Higgins Suite A2, Missoula.

Cell: 406-370-8792 or Office: 258-7519

EQUITY LOANS ON NONOWNER OCCUPIED MONTANA REAL ESTATE. We also buy Notes & Mortgages. Call Creative Finance & Investments @ 406-721-1444 or visit www.creative-finance.com

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Looking for a local mortgage lender? Call Lisa Holcomb, Loan Officer at

HISTORIC STENSRUD BUILDING. Renovated 1890’s building with 95% original hardware.

Residential or commercial zoning.

Lovely opportunity.

Pat McCormick Real Estate Broker Real Estate With Real Experience

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

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