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WHAT HAVE WE DONE? SEXUAL ASSAULT IN MISSOULA, THEN AND NOW THE THREE SISTERS OF WEEHAWKEN : A SMALL-BUDGET SISTERS ACT

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cover illustration by Kou Moua

News

Voices The readers write .............................................................................................................4 Street Talk The best and worst of Christmas media .................................................................4 The Week in Review The news of the day, one day at a time..................................................6 Briefs Rocking logs, prioritization run amok, and evictions at Skyview...................................6 Etc. Transparency for all!.............................................................................................................7 News What have we done? Sexual assault in Missoula, then and now.....................................8 News Coordinating city efforts to put the homeless in housing...............................................9 Opinion With Hauck’s return, past is past. Except the winning, obviously...........................10 Opinion Why are the new Bears Ears boundaries so perplexing?..........................................11 Feature After a decade of internal battle, legislative Republicans unite..............................14

Arts & Entertainment

Arts Three Sisters of Weehawken: small budget, strong women .................................18 Music Hell’s Belles carries the torch for AC/DC ..........................................................19 Art Jolene Brink and Linds Sanders plot Water Maps at E3 Convergence ..................20 Film Voyeur follows Gay Talese down a rabbit hole....................................................21 Movie Shorts Independent takes on current films .....................................................22 What’s Good Here Sidle up to the Trough.................................................................23 Happiest Hour Tart up your toddy with Shivelight shrubs ........................................25 8 Days a Week It’s not like you had other plans...........................................................26 Agenda John Floridis makes the rest of us look bad...................................................33 Mountain High A pop-up museum of outdoor gear ..................................................34

Exclusives

News of the Weird ......................................................................................................12 Classifieds....................................................................................................................35 The Advice Goddess ...................................................................................................36 Free Will Astrology .....................................................................................................38 Crossword Puzzle .......................................................................................................41 This Modern World.....................................................................................................42

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

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STREET TALK

by Alex Sakariassen

What’s your favorite holiday movie?

What’s your least favorite holiday music?

Zach Radford: National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, obviously. You could also say Die Hard. He proved his point with Spotify: Trans-Siberian Orchestra. It’s, like, violent Christmas music. Anxiety inducing.

Hauck’s return This guy is deplorable. I worked for UM following on the heels of the rape downplay exposure (“Does Missoula really want a return to Hauck?” Nov. 28). Are we sure we want to invite that former view of UM? Particularly since UM has been struggling ever since that time to make any sort of return to its former enrollment projections. I’m sure there are a whole bunch of football fans who might not care either way.

Sad message to our community’s women, who have been let down in the past by our UM athletics organization.

Joseph Grady facebook.com/missoulaindependent

Too much baggage Sam Ward: The Grinch. Dr. Seuss’ version, not the Jim Carrey one. Ever heard of Frog Marley? I bought a CD when I was younger called A Very Froggy Christmas or something like that. It was all croaking. I was very disappointed.

Haley Baldwin: The Holiday, with Cameron Diaz and Jude Law. Pipe down, Bieber: I don’t like new celebrity Christmas albums. I just like the old stuff.

Micael Albonico: I like Seven Brides for Seven Brothers. My family watches it all the time. Another for the anti-pop movement: Weird covers of old Christmas songs, I guess, like popped-out versions.

Uh, no. Let’s look to the future. Not the past. I’m pretty sure that there are other coaches out there who would do great and don’t have the baggage and shitty personality that Hauck brings to the table.

Vini Stafford facebook.com/missoulaindependent

It’s draining students UM has a decent sexual harassment/assault information program now. However, I wouldn’t blame any incoming freshmen females for choosing another school. So watch our enrollment erode even further down the drain.

Jane Tremper East facebook.com/missoulaindependent

Give Hauck a chance I agree there was a downside to his tenure here. But the fans didn’t seem to care as long as he was winning. I do believe in redemption, though. The climate is much different in 2017-18 than it was in the 2000s. If he is hired, I think he’s smart enough to “know the score.” I don’t see him stonewalling any student reporters again. That came to an end when Dennison intervened.

Alan Johnson facebook.com/missoulaindependent

“Act like”

these years despite many decisions with which I strongly disagreed. However, my trust in and loyalty to the university were betrayed this past week by the decision to hire Bobby Hauck as the football coach. I believe many faculty, staff and alumni share this feeling of betrayal. Bobby Hauck, more than any other person, was responsible for the culture of impunity with respect to sexual harassment and assault by athletes that led to a federal investigation, the firing of

“I ask that Commissioner Clay Christian refuse to approve Bobby Hauck’s contract, and that our new president, Seth Bodnar, clearly state that educational excellence and a safe learning environment for all students are the guiding values of this university.”

I say bring him back and let the adult football players act like law-abiding citizens.

Raise your children right in the first place.

Jim Andersen facebook.com/missoulaindependent Hannah Doerner: Probably The Grinch. The old Grinch. The cartoon. Baby, please (don’t) come home: Mariah Carey. I can’t handle her.

Asked Tuesday afternoon at Clyde Coffee

Trust betrayed I have been closely associated with the University of Montana for over 40 years: as a student with three UM degrees, as an employer who hired dozens of UM graduates, and for the past seven years as a teacher in the Honors College, philosophy department and ecological restoration program.

The university holds a special place in my heart, and I have defended it throughout

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multiple high-level university employees, the precipitous decline in student enrollment and the widespread perception that the university was unsafe for women. That he has now been rehired clearly reveals the priorities of this university. The gladiator football culture that values winning no matter the cost is clearly more important than the educational mission of the university.

On the day he was hired, the university announced the termination of 30 lecturers

[Editor’s note: those termination notices were later rescinded] dedicated to the education of students. It is unclear how many more faculty and staff will be terminated in the near future. The recent completion of the obscenely luxurious Washington Grizzly Champions Center merely reconfirms where the university’s priorities lie. There have been heartening reports over the past year of a rapid cultural shift in the treatment of women.

Clearly, this long-awaited and muchneeded cultural turning point has not yet reached the University of Montana. I ask that Commissioner Clay Christian refuse to approve Bobby Hauck’s contract, and that our new president, Seth Bodnar, clearly state that educational excellence and a safe learning environment for all students are the guiding values of this university. Only then can the long, hard task of restoring confidence begin once again.

Patrick Burke Missoula

Oppose I-183 As someone who has lived, gone to school, and worked in Montana for the last 18 years, there are many things that I love about this state. Chief among those are a strong sense of community and how we care for our neighbors. The kindness we show to strangers is known throughout the country—just ask anyone who has visited our beautiful state. It is because of this kindness that I would like to ask you, one Montanan to another, to please oppose Initiative 183.

This initiative has been proposed for the sole purpose of keeping transgender Montanans from being able to use our public spaces, such as libraries, parks, even our schools. Transgender individuals do not only exist in the vacuum of politics, they are our friends, family, neighbors and coworkers. Trans Montanans live and work alongside us every day, and I-183 directly denies them the freedom, dignity and privacy that the rest of us take for granted.

Not only is I-183 an act of discrimination that does not align with Montana values, it will be a huge financial burden on our local governments, schools and taxpayers. The writers of the initiative estimate that $545,699 in general funds will be spent in the first four years alone, with no indication of what the long-term costs will be.

This money could be spent much more wisely than on blatant discrimination.

I hope that you will join me in protecting the freedom, dignity and privacy of all Montanans by opposing I-183. We are too strong, too smart and too kind to allow such a discriminatory and hateful initiative to become law under the Big Sky. Sadie Viergutz Missoula

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WEEK IN REVIEW Wednesday, November 29 The Missoula City Council votes to hold a public hearing on a proposed ordinance that would restrict people’s ability to live in RVs in the city, due largely to concerns about sewage disposal. The bill would not affect people living in cars.

Thursday, November 30 At a Department of Public Health and Human Services public hearing, dozens of medical marijuana providers and patients testify that the department’s proposed rules to regulate the industry would be impossible for small dispensaries to comply with.

Friday, December 1 The University of Montana sends a letter to roughly 30 lecturers saying their employment will end in May without renewal. UM’s faculty union threatens to file an unfair labor practices complaint, and UM rescinds the notifications within hours.

Saturday, December 2 The U.S. Senate passes a tax reform bill in the wee hours of the morning. Sen. Steve Daines is a yes vote, while Sen. Jon Tester criticizes the hastily written bill and votes no.

Timber traditions

Rocking the logs The sharp slap of wet feet echoed off the walls of the Grizzly Pool, a near-constant refrain that let up only at the sound of a loud splash and a chorus of cheers. The owner of those feet, Amber Larsen, perched atop a plastic log. Moments earlier, her male opponent had been poised across from her, the two squared off like foil-less fencers on a balance beam. After splashing down, he bobbed back up from the water, and Larsen, in the parlance of her sport, victoriously took the fall.

The Dec. 2 event marked Missoula’s entry into the world of competitive Key Log Rolling, named for the Minneapolis-based company that produces the synthetic logs that UM’s recreation department acquired two years ago. Larsen, a member of the nationally ranked Flathead Valley Community College Logger Sports Team, said the competition first took shape last spring when, during a visit to Minneapolis, she was told Key Log was looking for schools to host qualifying events for a national collegiate Key Log championship in spring 2019.

“This is our time to prove it, to prove we have

a pretty solid support base and we have a lot of people that want to do this,” said Amber Auld, Larsen’s fellow event coordinator and a member of the UM Woodsman Team.

“We deserve to have a qualifier next year,” Larsen added. “I think that’s the point we’re trying to make.”

The Saturday competition drew 15 participants, all from woodsman teams at UM, Flathead Valley, the University of Idaho and UM-Western in Dillon, as well as a handful of spectators. Key Log draws its name from the early timber days, when workers occasionally had to remove a “key log” from the head of a logjam. The sport bears more than a passing resemblance to burling, a classic timbersport in which dueling competitors clad in spiked shoes attempt to roll each other off a real log. There were no spikes in the Grizzly Pool. Just bare feet, balance and the competitors’ unwavering focus on their opponents’ footwork.

UM’s Jace Frudden distinguished himself early with a unique tactic. In nearly every match, he leapt backward on the log with one foot, rocking the other end upward and sending his opponent scrambling for balance. His strategy worked until

the final round, when Larsen’s fleet-footedness proved too much for the trick. Larsen took the first fall, Frudden took the second, and, in a tense standoff that raised shouts from spectators, Larsen took the third. Larsen claimed first place, with Frudden placing second.

Third place went to Auld, who lost to Larsen following a string of timed-out draws that prompted the removal of two sets of ridges designed to slow and stabilize the Key Log. After handing out shirts and prizes, Auld seemed confident about the prospect of producing a national qualifier.

“We had representation from four schools here,” she said, “and I think we had more people than any of [Key Log’s] qualifiers so far.”

Alex Sakariassen

Worst laid plans

Prioritization under fire Faculty groups of seemingly all stripes are questioning the legitimacy of the controversial prioritization process used to rank University of Montana programs as interim President Sheila Stearns pre-

Sunday, December 3 Just two days after his hiring was announced, UM’s new football coach, Bobby Hauck, lands his first committed recruit in Max Morris, a tight end from Kalispell.

Hauck has a three-year contract with a $185,000 annual base salary.

Monday, December 4 Montana’s Attorney General announces the state is suing the maker of the drug OxyContin, saying the company concealed the dangers of opioid-based drugs. The Helena Independent Record reports that 700 Montanans have died from opioid overdoses since 2000.

Tuesday, December 5 After the president’s Monday announcement that he will shrink two national monuments in Utah, Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke defends his boss’ actions and says activists— and companies like Patagonia—who say Trump “stole” public land are lying.

Montanans deserve to keep their hard-earned dollars. @SenatorTester stop the show and vote in favor of Montana families, workers, and small business owners.” — Deleted Dec. 1 tweet

by Sen. Steve Daines as the Senate was debating a $1.5 trillion tax cut bill. Daines voted for the bill, which passed, after earlier public hesitation. The wealthiest 3.4 percent of Montana taxpayers will receive about half of the cuts, according to an analysis by state economists reported by the Billings Gazette.

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[news] pares to decide what to cut and what to punt to her successor during her final few weeks in office.

The process, conducted on an expedited timeline, prompted members of the administration and the campus task force in charge of prioritization to acknowledge its limitations at the outset. In recent days, however, task force members have doubted whether the effort has achieved even its most modest ambitions. Other critics are hinting at a legal challenge that, if successful, would invalidate the entire eight-month process.

The task force’s final report all but called the process a failure, stating that its design prevented members from locating “the most basic of inefficiencies or opportunities to restructure existing programs in ways that make our university more cost effective and dynamic.�

In the eyes of Paul Haber, task force member and University Faculty Association president, the findings, which placed 400-plus programs into ranked categories, are not reliable enough to prescribe lasting budget decisions. “It’s not that it’s without value, but it’s very rough, and to make any kind of significant resource reallocation decisions should be a deliberative process that’s going to take time,� Haber says.

He argues that incoming President Seth Bodnar will need to initiate further public discussions once he takes office in January. And UFA, the faculty union, urged similar delay in a scathing Dec. 3 statement about the administration’s treatment of lecturers, who were given notice of termination for a second time, only to have it rescinded in a 10 p.m.

Friday night email as the union was preparing a labor grievance. The statement referred to the interim status of top officials no fewer than eight times and called for Stearns to leave budget recommendations to Bodnar.

UM is already moving in that direction. Communications Director Paula Short says Stearns plans to present only recommendations to the Board of Regents in January. “The question is how specific her recommendations will be,� Short says.

But even those recommendations, to the extent they’re based on the task force’s work, could be nullified if professor Mehrdad Kia has his way. Kia staged a press conference Dec. 5 to publicize a lengthy records request submitted on his behalf by attorney Quentin Rhoades that challenges the task

force’s compliance with open meetings laws.

The request targets unnoticed meetings, missing agendas and minutes and the anonymity of peer reviewers who scored campus programs. Unless UM can produce that information, Rhoades argued, the task force recommendations should be disregarded in final decision making. Rhoades suggested that he and Kia would pursue a judge’s injunction to halt implementation of decisions informed by program rankings.

UM Legal Counsel Lucy France says her initial review indicates that the meetings in question would not have been subject to state public notice laws, and that the university did its best to be transparent. “They made this more public than they probably needed to,� she says.

Derek Brouwer

Moving money

Relocating Skyview The Westside residents who live at Skyview Trailer Park, a 34-lot court at 1600 Cooley St., catercorner to Hollywood Trailer Park, don’t know what they’re going to do. Calling himself a “very frustrated landlord,� park owner James Loran sent out six-month eviction notices in October, telling residents to be out by April 30, 2018, as the Missoulian reported at the time. Residents quoted by the paper expressed dismay about where and how they would afford to move. A month and a half later, the North Missoula Community Development Corporation’s Hermina Harold is hearing the same refrain. “Everybody I’ve talked to said they have no idea what they’re going to do,� Harold says. “A lot of people are trying to find places to move their trailer, but they most likely can’t move their trailer because [it’s] too old.�

Harold has been looking for ways to help NMCDC’s Skyview neighbors since the evictions were announced. She spoke with representatives from Neighborworks Montana and other service providers and concluded that the most helpful relief

BY THE NUMBERS Total tax credits claimed for donations to private school scholarships under a controversial state law passed in 2015, the legality of which is being challenged in court, according to the Department of Revenue. The law allows for $3 million in total annual credits.

$39,429

they could provide was emergency gap funding to offset moving expenses. In other words, cash.

NMCDC’s Skyview Eviction Fund has raised just shy of $1,000 in a month, which Harold plans to distribute evenly among residents who apply. Seven families have returned applications left on doorsteps so far, and Harold expects more to follow. Her goal, which she acknowledges is “lofty,� is to raise $10,000. “I think maintaining our community as an inclusive place for people of all incomes is really important to maintaining Missoula’s character.

Housing accessibility is a huge issue right now, and it’s getting worse,� she says.

Missoula has seen mass trailer park evictions before, including the redevelopment of so-called Felony Flats on South Third Street, which pushed families to campgrounds and other older (i.e., more affordable) parks such as Skyview and Hollywood.

Harold says she’s talked with one Skyview resident who moved there after the Third Street court closed. At a recent event that NMCDC organized to connect Skyview residents with area housing and service providers, one resident mulled moving across the street to Hollywood, which has had its own well-publicized management problems and resident evictions.

Harold says NMCDC plans to collect money for the fund through January. Interested persons can donate at gofundme.com/skyview.

Derek Brouwer

ETC. Last month, Commissioner of Political Practices Jeff Mangan put candidates and committees throughout Montana on notice: His office will be cracking down on detail.

The notice came in a decision on Missoula attorney Quentin Rhoades’ complaint against Mayor John Engen. Rhoades took issue with Engen’s 2017 campaign expenditure disclosures— specifically, the vagueness of entries like “rent� and “campaign services.� Mangan agreed, even broadening the critique to include entries for “postage.�

The Engen camp amended one such entry to “postage—320 stamps.�

A cursory glance at disclosure reports filed by past candidates suggests the use of broad descriptors like “campaign services� has been commonplace till now. But while campaigns and committees face a more stringent standard heading into 2018, the same can’t be said for those already elected, appointed or hired to state posts.

The Montana Department of Administration oversees several online transparency portals designed to deliver public access to state agency expenditures of taxpayer money. Here, detail is lacking.

For example, on Aug. 21, Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks recorded a $10,329 payment to the Boone and Crockett Club, and, on Oct. 23, a $3,115 payment to Alan Madison Productions.

The portal offers no additional information. We had to turn to FWP Chief of Staff Paul Sihler, who informed us that the $10,329 was for lodging, food and facility rental for wildlife attack response training. The $3,115 was for 35 copies of a hunter education video series.

Similarly, the Department of Justice paid $394.69 to American Flag and Banner in July, and recorded August and October payments of $509.75 and $4,893.90 to a vendor called Snow King. For what? Communications Director Eric Sell explains the first expense was for camera poles for crime scene vans. The second two were for lodging at the Snow King Hotel in Jackson Hole during the 2017 Eight States Chiefs Conference.

According to DOA spokesperson Amber Conger, Montana has twice won an A- rating from U.S. PIRG for government transparency. But if $250 spent by Engen demands more clarity than “event entertainment,� shouldn’t the same go for, say, the $6,177.12 paid by DOJ to “SHAMROCKGLA�? (It was for crime lab supplies from Shamrock Glass).

These transparency portals are subject to upgrades. Perhaps the next such can help us bag that elusive A+.

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What have we done?

Sexual assault in Missoula, then and now

by Susan Elizabeth Shepard

Bobby Hauck’s return to Missoula stirred up opposition, with women’s advocates pointing at the culture of Griz football as contributing to sexual assault on campus and in the city. Hauck himself said he’s been “saddened to see discussion of my potential return associated with the challenges this university has experienced on that issue” at his introductory press conference last Friday. Those “challenges” presumably refer to the federal inquiry into the handling of sexual assault cases by Missoula County and the University of Montana.

While his hiring has brought up the past, Hauck will return to the Missoula of 2017, not the Missoula of 2009. A number of things are different, whether due to changes instituted in response to the U.S. Department of Justice investigation, or the emerging shift in the national conversation about sexual assault. Here’s what’s changed in the law and in Missoula institutions over the last eight years.

gram for prosecutors and wrote a handbook on best practices for interacting with victims. The average processing time for sexual assault cases was slashed from 35 days to less than a day. The County Attorney’s secondary trauma program for prosecutors and law enforcement officers working sexual assault cases has received national recognition.

Both the Missoula Police Department and the university police also fulfilled agreements with the DOJ that, in part, required specialized sexual assault response training.

Legislation A previous handicap to prosecuting sexual assault cases was the discrepancy between the language in Montana law and the reality of assault. Last spring, state Sen. Diane Sands sponsored SB 29, one of several bills changing the laws regarding prosecution of sexual assault. SB 29 removed language that narrowly defined sexual assault in terms of “force” and created the crime of aggravated sexual intercourse without consent for cases in which force is used. Montana law now specifies that absence of consent by word or deed is sufficient absence of consent.

The law went into effect Oct. 1.

Prosecution The County Attorney’s office, under the supervision of Attorney General Tim Fox, met all the terms of its agreement with the Department of Justice last year. The county’s Special Victims Unit expanded and produced a handbook on best practices for handling sexual assault cases. The office also implemented a secondary trauma pro-

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One of the posters from this fall’s consent campaign by Make Your Move Missoula.

Campus Continuing a program first implemented in 2012, the university requires all incoming students to watch videos about sexual assault awareness and then take a quiz on the subject, a training known as PETSA (Personal Empowerment Through Self Awareness). Also required is an in-person bystander training at the university’s Student Advocacy Resource Center. The Campus SAVE Act, passed in 2013, now mandates that all federally funded institutions provide sexual violence prevention education.

“Athletes take the same prevention training as every other student as part of their NCAA Student Athlete Seminary,” university Student Advocacy Resource Center

Director Drew Colling writes in an email to the Independent.

The NCAA, partly in response to a sexual assault by Baylor University athletes, announced in August that it would require all athletes and athletic staff at member schools, including UM, to participate in annual sexual violence prevention education.

Education Make Your Move Missoula, the outreach arm of the county’s Relationship Violence Services, is the organization responsible for the bystander intervention campaign, launched in 2012. That effort, which includes the placement of eye-catching posters in public and campus bathrooms, was replicated around the country and received positive national media attention, says Prevention Program Coordinator Kelly McGuire. The newest Make Your Move campaign focuses on affirmative consent, and includes slightly racy radio ads in which couples negotiate intimate acts using the word “consent” in place of more explicit terms.

McGuire presents to middle school and high school-age students, but said that social-norms campaigns are aimed at adults, who aren’t the captive audience that students are. Adults are also more likely to respond to examples of positive, proactive behaviors than portrayals of negative ones.

“A lot of times people think rape prevention has to be super serious, and obviously rape is a really serious topic, but prevention of rape is more effective when it’s not super serious,” McGuire says. “I think the more we focus on the positive and teaching people concrete and healthy skills, the more likely we are to prevent rape.”

McGuire has been with the county since 2010. “When I started, we didn’t have a prevention program at all,” she says.

“We’ve come a really long way in terms of sexual violence prevention in Missoula.”

She credits the DOJ investigation with helping spur funding for the program. sshepard@missoulanews.com

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Priority: need Coordinating efforts to put the homeless in housing

by Derek Brouwer

Tim Lloyd, the chronically homeless man who died of hypothermia last month under the Northside pedestrian bridge, was nearly a success story for a city that’s trying to get serious about reducing homelessness.

A week before he died, Lloyd, 61, obtained a specialized housing voucher for homeless individuals with disabilities. The voucher enabled Lloyd to begin searching for an apartment on the private market while also receiving support services.

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effort has yet to show tangible results. The number of chronically homeless people, in particular, “hasn’t budged,” Reaching Home coordinator Theresa Williams says.

There are many reasons. One is that, in addition to well-known gaps in services, available services have been disjointedly administered. Homeless individuals had to navigate separate offices and applications just to place their name at the bottom of wait lists.

The new approach, known as “coordiON A SINGLE NIGHT IN JANUARY

Point-in-time survey estimates suggest that homelessness in Missoula is beginning to decline, but a city-wide effort launched in June to connect homeless individuals with housing services has already identified larger numbers.

Even so, Lloyd had spent years on the street without applying for the voucher, according to the Missoula Housing Authority, which operates the longstanding federally funded program. But in June, a coalition of agencies under the banner of Missoula’s 10-year Plan to End Homelessness rolled out an effort designed to reach people in Lloyd’s situation and help them attain housing more quickly.

It wasn’t quick enough for Lloyd, whose death, providers say, shows why they have to work together—and what’s at stake if the city doesn’t make progress on its 10-year plan.

Missoula had one of the state’s largest homeless populations in 2012, when the city finalized its plan to end homelessness by 2022, according to state point-in-time survey data. At the plan’s halfway mark, the

nated entry,” changes the process in two major ways: It streamlines how agencies identify homeless individuals and prioritizes who receives services based on need.

Providers liken it to an emergency room model: Everyone comes through the same front door, is triaged, and then placed on a master list according to how urgently they need housing.

Coordinated entry systems are not unique to Missoula. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development recently started requiring that its grantees adopt the approach. The change can be frustrating for providers at first, Williams says, since the individuals who now get priority are often the most challenging and take the most time to help.

“The old thinking was, ‘Why would I waste my time working with someone

that’s not ready, or they’re choosing [to be homeless], when I have someone who’s ready right here?’” Williams says.

By prioritizing the most vulnerable for housing, even as they’re frequently dealing with substance abuse or mental health issues, Missoula could also save money. A recent study in Bozeman found that eight chronically homeless people each incurred an average of $28,000 in public-private expenses annually. Once they were housed, their healthcare costs dropped by 73 percent.

Homeless individuals can now enter the system via the YWCA, the Salvation Army and the Poverello Center, and they are assisted through the process by “housing navigators.” Improved coordinated outreach since June has led to a better sense of the scope of homelessness in Missoula. The coordinated entry list is already larger than the 344 identified as homeless by the most recent HUD-mandated point-in-time survey, according to Williams. “We’re seeing collectively how big the issue is,” she says.

Yet available resources remain largely the same. The coordinated entry system has a goal of placing clients in housing within 90 days, but housing navigators can’t accomplish that without more housing options, more support services and more funding.

“It’s frustrating, because we don’t have options,” says Julie Clark, adult social services coordinator at the Salvation Army.

But coordinated entry is a first step.

Clark placed her first client in permanent supportive housing—the program Lloyd had been approved for—in the fall. Clark says the woman was assessed on June 21 and received one of the system’s highest vulnerability scores. She received a voucher on Aug. 15, and was able to move into an apartment on Oct.10.

Clark says without the “handholding” offered through the new system, the woman would almost certainly still be living out of cars or tents. dbrouwer@missoulanews.com

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Last week, the University of Montana announced that it would re-hire Bobby Hauck as its head football coach.

You may remember Hauck from 2003 to 2009, when he led the Griz to seven playoff appearances and went 5-2 against the MSU Bobcats. That’s probably all you remember. If anything can be said about these past few years, it’s that UM’s public image has become completely disassociated from anything having to do with violent assault.

I admit it looked bad for a while. Not many people know this, but in the years after Hauck left, UM football players Beau Donaldson and Jordan Johnson were charged with two separate rapes. This was under Hauck’s successor and former wide receivers coach, Robin Pflugrad.

Somebody actually wrote a book about it. If you don’t follow football, you can be forgiven for not knowing this piece of Griz sports trivia. Jon Krakauer’s Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town was released by obscure publisher Doubleday and quickly faded from memory, especially now that our town and its university are no longer under investigation by an obscure federal agency called the Department of Justice.

Here’s another trivia question that’s strictly for hardcore fans: Who is the only Griz coach to recruit a defensive player who was later acquitted of murder? The answer may surprise you: Bobby Hauck. Now a free agent in the NFL, safety Jimmy Wilson returned to the Griz in 2010 after a three-year hiatus, during which the jury in his second trial found that he had shot his aunt’s boyfriend to death only in self-defense.

Don’t beat yourself up if you couldn’t remember his name, though. Wilson was one of 12 Grizzly football players arrested on charges ranging from disorderly conduct to kidnapping and armed robbery while Hauck was head coach.

You can use that factoid to impress your friends at next year’s tailgates, but remember, football isn’t about obscure statistics. It’s about pride and tradition, the two forces that bond any successful

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college team to the community that surrounds it. During the Pflugrad era, the NCAA sanctioned the UM football program for various rules violations, including boosters offering free legal representation to players and paying their bail. Basically, they found Missoula guilty of loving football a little too much.

But is that really such a crime? It doesn’t seem so bad—especially compared with other crimes, examples of which I can-

“Prospective students no longer worry that attending UM will leave them vulnerable to violent assaults by enormous men whom our community exempts from the rule of law.� not think of right now. The important thing is that, in the court of public opinion, the University of Montana has been fully acquitted.

If you don’t believe me, just look at enrollment. This fall, the number of freshman at UM increased by 2 percent.

That’s a big improvement over the last six years, when freshman enrollment dropped by about 40 percent. This upward-trending data tell us that prospective students no longer worry that attending UM will leave them vulnerable

to violent assaults by enormous men whom our community exempts from the rule of law.

As we consider these broad statistical trends, it’s important to remember that no one can say why enrollment went down in the first place. Yes, a series of violent crimes culminated in high-profile arrests of two football players for rape and a nationally reported scandal involving federal law enforcement. Also, the Griz went 4-4 against the Bobcats. No one can say whether either fact affected enrollment. Did some national mania for football trivia make the American public especially aware of rape, murder and robbery? Or did poor television coverage detract from Bob Stitt’s heart-stopping win over North Dakota State in the 2015 season opener? The only thing we can say for sure is that people have forgotten the UM of the past.

Cities, college campuses and football teams have cultures, and those cultures change. Since Hauck left Missoula, the police department has spent hundreds of thousands of dollars complying with DOJ requirements. The university has cut millions from its instructional budget and, using unrelated funding, built impressive new facilities for its student-athletes. And the community—is it still the same culture that overlooked the off-field wrongdoing of its football players as long as they kept winning?

You tell me. When UM grad student Lisa Davey started a petition against re-hiring Hauck, the administrator of Griz fan forum Maroonblood.com posted a picture of her next to the comment, “Now seriously tell me this face hasn’t [performed a sex act] for food a few times in her life?�

Now that’s a community that has completely forgotten any connection between Grizzly football and sexual violence. All we have to do now is sit back and let everything go back to the way it was, back when we were winning.

Dan Brooks writes about politics, culture and institutional memory at combatblog.net.

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The shape of shrinkage Why the new Bears Ears boundaries are so perplexing

by Jonathan Thompson

The first thing you notice about the map showing President Donald Trump’s new boundaries for Bears Ears National Monument is shrinkage. The designation is reduced by 1.15 million acres, leaving just over 200,000 acres of monument divided into two big units and two tiny units. It’s shocking, but not surprising.

Look closer, however, and you’ll see something else: The proposed new boundaries are a little strange. And I suspect that even the most virulent antimonument Utahns will find the portions peculiar as well.

Imagine you’re the Interior lackey tasked with drawing the new boundaries.

You have to slash a bunch of acreage from the monument. You’ll want to make it appear, at least, as if the administration really cares about the “local control” Trump spoke so glowingly of in his shrinkage proclamation in Salt Lake City on Dec. 4. In San Juan County, Utah, that generally means opening public lands to unfettered access by motorized vehicles, livestock and extractive industries. Meanwhile, you’ll be quite aware that before the ink is dry on that proclamation, it’s going to get pummeled by a barrage of lawsuits. So you’ll need to make the boundaries legally defensible.

Starting from scratch, this would be a difficult job. But when it comes to Bears Ears, most of the work was already done a few years ago. During the Public Lands Initiative process, Republican Rep. Rob Bishop attempted to reach a “grand bargain” to end Utah’s land wars. In meeting after meeting San Juan County stakeholders hashed out a proposal for the county’s public lands, finally submitting a map including two National Conservation Areas: one covering all of Cedar Mesa and some surrounding areas, and another in Indian Creek, which is a popular rock-climbing area. From a conservationist’s point of view, the PLI proposal was sorely lacking, mostly because of the sensitive or valuable lands that were left unprotected. That was hardly surprising.

After all, the process was headed by San Juan County Commissioner Phil Lyman,

the same guy that was tossed in the clink for ushering Ryan Bundy and his gun-toting militia mob down Recapture Canyon among sensitive cultural resources on ATVs. If you’re a Trump administration official trying to meet the aforesaid objectives, however, the original PLI maps provide a pretty good blueprint. And yet, by the looks of things, those locally produced maps were largely ignored in the drawing of the new boundaries.

The locals had proposed blanketing with a conservation area all of Cedar Mesa, which is dense with archaeological sites and has always been the true heart

“Someone might want to remind Trump that a president is remembered not for what he destroys, but for what he creates.” of the effort to protect the cultural and natural landscapes of southeastern Utah.

Virtually all of the mesa, however, was left out of the Trump boundaries. Much of the land there is already protected by Wilderness Study Areas, making a monument somewhat redundant. That also makes it a no-brainer for inclusion in a Trump-altered monument, since access would not be lost, yet it still could count as monument-protected acreage, which could be useful in court. Instead, large swaths of land outside the WSAs or primitive areas—land containing archaeological sites and other valuable features—will again be open to oil and gas leasing, and

more vulnerable to motorized and other recreation, if the shrinkage stands.

Meanwhile, areas that the PLI process deliberately left unprotected, mostly because they’re popular for motorized recreation, were included in the Trump boundaries. One such area is Arch Canyon, which begins on Elk Ridge near the Bears Ears and empties into Comb Wash. It retained protection because it contains a number of archaeological sites, including a Chacoan “Great House” near its mouth and associated prehistoric “road” segments. Flannelmouth suckers, a threatened species, ply the water of the little stream here, as well. In the past, Arch Canyon has been a flashpoint of the motorized access debate, with locals vehemently opposing any effort to shut out ATVs and the like. Arch Canyon was pointedly left out of the PLI conservation areas for this reason. While monument status won’t automatically close the route to motorized vehicles, it certainly makes closure more likely, so it’s surprising that local motorheads aren’t bristling at the prospect of being “locked out” by monument officials.

It’s tempting to look for hidden motives in the shrunken boundaries’ peculiarities. Could Trump be setting the stage for Bishop to swoop back in with his PLI and save Cedar Mesa? Was the administration sloppy with its boundarydrawing because it secretly hopes to lose the coming court battle, thus preserving Trump’s power to declare his own national monuments? There’s probably no such strategy. Trump’s motive, as in so much of his policy, is to erase as much of Barack Obama’s legacy as he can. In this case, he’s unlikely to succeed. And when it comes to legacies, someone might want to remind Trump that a president is remembered not for what he destroys, but for what he creates.

Jonathan Thompson is a contributing editor at High Country News. He is the author of River of Lost Souls: The Science, Politics and Greed Behind the Gold King Mine Disaster.

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UNCLEAR ON THE CONCEPT – The Detroit Police Department got a little carried away on Nov. 9 while trying to address a persistent drug problem on the city’s east side. Two undercover special ops officers from the 12th Precinct were posing as drug dealers on a street corner when undercover officers from the 11th Precinct arrived and, not recognizing their colleagues, ordered the 12th Precinct officers to the ground. Shortly, more 12th Precinct officers showed up and the action moved to a house where, as Fox 2 News described it, a turf war broke out as officers from the two precincts engaged in fistfights with each other. An internal investigation is underway, and the police department has declined comment.

RUDE AWAKENING – A family in Vero Beach, Florida, were rudely awakened early on Nov. 11 when Jacob Johnson Futch, 31, climbed onto their roof to, as he later told authorities, carry out a meeting with an agent of the Drug Enforcement Agency. WPTV reported the family didn’t know Futch and called Indian River Sheriff’s deputies to say that someone was stomping on their roof, yelling and howling. When asked, Futch admitted injecting methamphetamines earlier that morning. He was charged with trespassing and held in the Indian River County jail.

THE CONTINUING CRISIS – An unnamed man in Frankfurt, Germany, called police 20 years ago to report his Volkswagen Passat missing, believing it had been stolen. In November, the car was found just where the driver had left it, according to Metro News—in a parking garage that is now scheduled to be demolished. Police drove the 76-year-old to the garage to be reunited with his car, which is unfit to drive, before sending it off to the scrap heap.

FLYING SOLO – Office workers at Cambridge Research Park in Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire, England, feared the worst as they rushed outside on Nov. 13 after watching a hot air balloon crash into a fence in their parking lot. Strangely, no one was in the basket of the balloon, although the gas canister was still running. Eyewitness Jack Langley told Metro News: “Either they had bailed out and jumped out before crashing or the balloon escaped from its mooring lines.” Cambridgeshire Police later discovered the balloon had taken off when the pilot got out of the basket to secure it to the ground.

BRIGHT IDEAS – Dunedin, New Zealand, police Sgt. Bryce Johnson told Stuff.nz that he’s seen people reading newspapers, putting on makeup and using their mobile phones while driving, but pulling over a driver who was playing bagpipes while driving, as he did on Nov. 15, was a first for him. “His fingers were going a million miles an hour,” Johnson said. The driver, who admitted to being a bagpipe player, said he was only doing “air bagpipe,” and a search of the car did not turn up the instrument. He was released with a warning, but Johnson urged other drivers to keep both hands on the wheel at all times.

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or the better part of the past decade, Montana Republicans have enjoyed comfortable majorities in the state Legislature.

Despite those majorities (or maybe because of them), GOP caucuses in the House and Senate have spent much of the past 10 years engaged in a bitter, and oftentimes very public, intra-party feud.

The fratricide started with the ugly 2007 session, which ended that April with lawmakers failing to pass a state budget, the only task the state constitution requires of them.

Prior to the start of the May 2007 special session to finish the budget work, a handful of self-described “solutions-oriented” Republicans—led by a littleknown sophomore representative from Conrad named Llew Jones—met with then-Gov. Brian Schweitzer’s staff at a cabin near Helena, where they hammered out a budget compromise.

Schweitzer, with the help of the so-called Log Cabin Republicans, secured the votes the governor needed in the Republican-controlled House to pass his budget deal, and only then did he call legislators to return to the capitol. The outcome of the 2007 special session was all but certain before it even started.

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When the dust settled after that five-day special session, Schweitzer claimed victory with most of his major budget proposals intact, and many Republicans left Helena bitter, licking their wounds and looking inward for a solution to their problem on the second floor.

Some Republicans decided the solution was to purge their party of fellow Republicans who were willing to negotiate with the Democrat upstairs, and over the course of the next 10 years a rift in the Montana GOP grew wide and deep as those on the hard-right pursued conservative purity in the Legislature.

Today, in the wake of this year’s special session to plug a $227 million hole in the state budget, there are now signs that the long-standing divide in the Montana GOP may be on the mend. Term limits are about to force many of the current crop of GOP leaders out of office, so this newfound spirit of cooperation may be tenuous. But for now, Republican legislators who were once staunch policy and electoral rivals appear to have laid down their arms.

A noteworthy piece of evidence of this fragile truce lies in the simple fact that majority Republicans in the House and Senate agreed with each other enough to

pass a series of measures to address the state’s budget crisis without forcing Gov. Steve Bullock to make draconian cuts to state government programs and agencies. And they did it in two days.

A PARTY DIVIDED “I think you did see what I would call rapprochements between the moderate end of the Republican spectrum and the conservative end of the Republican spectrum,” said Republican Rep. Jeff Essmann, of Billings.

Essmann was at the red-hot center of GOP infighting as president of the Senate in 2013. He presided over a session that saw Republican squabbling boil over onto the Senate floor after a series of leaked emails clearly defined the fissures within the caucus.

In those emails, Essmann, then-Majority Leader Art Wittich, R-Bozeman, and other Republican Senate leaders discussed plans to “purge” more moderate Republicans from the party in an effort to exact “agenda control” on the Legislature.

“The initial plan was they were going to purge the world of whoever they didn’t think was a ‘true conser-

vative,’” said Sen. Llew Jones, R-Conrad.

“There was no respect for the Main Street business Republicans in 2013.”

Jones is a self-described “solutionsoriented” lawmaker with a reputation as the Legislature’s shrewdest dealmaker.

Jones doesn’t like being referred to as “moderate”—he thinks it implies he’s not “conservative.”

“The Main Street business Republican tends to be a pretty conservative individual, spending-wise, tax-wise, even somewhat lifestyle-wise,” Jones said. “But the very skill set that allows them to run successful businesses allows them to solve problems. The crew that works on solving problems at the Legislature are the ones who get the work done. They aren’t extremely ideological, but they do get the work done. Those voices were largely ignored, or told, ‘Shut up, you don’t have a place in the party.’”

Getting work done means sometimes working with Democrats and other people who don’t agree with you, Jones said. It requires compromise.

As a sophomore representative in 2007, Jones was at the center of the group of Republicans who defied the conservative House leadership and hashed out a budget deal with Schweitzer.

As lawmakers packed up their desks at the end of the 2007 session, knowing they would soon have to return to finish the job, Jones approached the Republican chair of the powerful House Appropriations Committee. Jones wanted to know what the plan was for solving the budget crisis.

“He looked at me and said, ‘chaos,’” Jones said.

Jones was exasperated at what the top Republican on the most powerful budget committee had in mind for the inevitable special session: continued disruption and dysfunction—to the point that Montanans might lose faith in their government’s ability to function.

“I was unwilling to accept that,” Jones said. “Chaos is not a plan. We had to find a solution.”

That has made Jones, and the other Republican lawmakers who share his willingness to compromise, targets of conservative groups such as Americans for Prosperity, Western Traditions Partnership, the Montana Family Foundation and other so-called dark money groups that don’t disclose their donors.

The leak of the Senate leadership emails in 2013 gave the public its clearest view to date of the breadth and depth of the divide within the party, and it clearly drew the lines of division. What was once a private battle conducted behind closed doors emerged into open political warfare. On the House and Senate floors, Re-

“From ’07 until ’17, it was a time of fratricide and turmoil.

And then, in 2017, you have what might look like the beginning of a new dawn in Republican politics.” publicans fought each other over campaign disclosure laws, education funding, Medicaid expansion, water compacts and the state budget, among other issues.

After the 2013 session ended, members of the various GOP factions went to work supporting competing political action committees, raising and spending money against each other in an effort to defeat fellow incumbent Republican legislators in primary elections.

“2007 was the end of gentleman politics in Montana and the beginning of the dark times,” said Rob Cook, R-Conrad.

Cook, who won Jones’ open House seat in 2011, is now a battle-hardened veteran of the GOP civil war, having led the “responsible Republican” resistance in the House in 2013. Cook has also been on the receiving end of dozens of primary election attack mailers funded by outside political groups, and has de-

tories in the face of stiff Republican opposition, including Medicaid expansion, passage of a major campaign finance disclosure law and the ratification of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai water compact, to name a few.

Bullock achieved these policy wins, in part, by hammering out deals with a handful of House and Senate Republicans who were willing to negotiate with him and minority Democrats.

Members of the Montana Senate take up measures aimed at plugging the state’s $227 million budget shortfall during a two-day special legislative session in November.

For example, in the weeks leading up to the June 2014 Republican primary, Great Falls-based Montanans for Responsible Leadership, a political action committee allied with the moderate faction, spent $65,000 on direct mail targeting hard-line conservative candidates in 18 legislative races.

The Conservative Majority PAC, run by then-Senate President Jeff Essmann, spent $12,500 targeting lawmakers deemed “too liberal.”

Ronald Reagan’s eleventh commandment—“Thou shalt not speak ill of any fellow Republican”—was thoroughly out the window.

fended his seat against primary candidates recruited by fellow Republican lawmakers.

“From ’07 until ’17, it was a time of fratricide and turmoil,” Cook said. “And then, in 2017, you have what might look like the beginning of a new dawn in Republican politics.”

COOPERATION IS KEY Democratic Gov. Steve Bullock, elected to his first term in 2012, has never had a Legislature friendly to his agenda. Even so, Bullock has accomplished a handful of significant policy vic-

For a law to pass in Montana, at least 26 senators and 51 representatives have to vote for it on the floor. With the large GOP caucuses in the House and Senate divided into ideological factions, Republicans struggled to get even 51 votes of their own on major legislation.

Sen. Jon Sesso, D-Butte, was the minority leader in the House in the early years of the Republican breakdown. He remembers how challenging it was for Republican leaders to corral their caucuses following the 2010 Tea Party wave that swept Libertarian and hard-right lawmakers into legislatures throughout the nation.

“There were 68 Republicans in the House, but there were three different groups,” Sesso said of Montana’s 2011 session.

There were “alt-right guys” who came in on the Tea Party wave, and there were libertarian-leaning Republicans, Sesso said.

“In the middle were conservative Republicans you could talk to. They didn’t go really ideological all the time,” Sesso said.

Sesso was leading the 32 minority Democrats who, if they stuck together, were the largest single caucus in the room, given the divisions among Republicans. Sesso said he had a good working relationship with then-Speaker of the House Mike Milburn, R-Cascade. Between them, they figured out how to negotiate deals and move major legislation forward in a deeply divided House.

“We were able to get our 32 and the 20 [Republicans] who really wanted to get some stuff done, with the cooperation of Milburn, who was a pragmatic guy,” Sesso recalled.

Sesso and nearly everyone else interviewed for this story described how term limits—which went into effect in 1993— have limited legislators’ ability to build good relationships with fellow lawmakers, both within their own party and across the aisle. Those relationships, which take time to form, are key to honest negotiation and compromise in the Legislature.

Culbertson Republican Austin Knudsen, the current Speaker of the House, arrived on the 2010 Tea Party wave. Knudsen, who served two terms as speaker, is termed out of the House next year. He said building good relationships and trust can be difficult when lawmakers see each other for only 90 days every two years.

“You learn who you can trust, and you build those relationships whether you’re a Democrat or Republican. Term limits have absolutely killed us that way,” Knudsen said.

Cook said the nature of the House, which sees about 40-percent lawmaker turnover each session, makes building relationships difficult, and compromise even more challenging.

“New legislators arrive in Helena still heavily influenced by the stresses inherent in winning both a primary and a general election. The instrument of choice for winning these elections is the sound bite,” Cook said.

Sound bites are useful tools for framing broad, general philosophies, but they are deficient in defining how things actually get done, Cook said. The absence, during the election process, of meaningful discussion about how to turn ideology into law is what opens to intra-party feuding, Cook said.

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“Ideologically, Republicans are not vastly different. We all subscribe to a general philosophy of lower taxes, limited government and minimal necessary regulation,” Cook said. “Where we are different, however, is in our personal interpretation of the broader tenets of this ideology, and in our ability to formulate and execute a legislative solution that comports with our values and the values of our constituents.”

Knudsen acknowledged the disconnect between the election process and policy making that most newly elected representatives experience.

“In ’10, we came in 68-strong in the House, and those of us who just got there thought, ‘We’re going to rule the world!’” Knudsen recalled. “You come in with a chip on your shoulder, super conservative and no inkling about how the process actually works.”

By most accounts there was very little communication between hard-liners and moderates in the GOP caucus during the 2013 and 2015 sessions.

Knudsen said he shoulders some of that blame.

“I have to wear that one. I was the speaker,” Knudsen said.

As the 2017 session approached, Knudsen and Majority Leader Ron Ehli, R-Hamilton, worked out an informal agreement with the center-right faction ensuring a certain number of the moderates’ priority bills would make it to the House floor for debate.

According to news reports, the deal was an effort to heal the rift in the caucus.

“We had a meeting where we said we wanted to bury the hatchet,” Knudsen told MTN political reporter Mike Dennison ahead of the 2017 session.

“Purity is pretty tough to achieve in a political setting. It’s impossible to achieve. Political settings are meant to drive compromise.”

“For me, it’s all about bringing the [Republican] caucus together,” Ehli added.

The move seems to have paid off. By all accounts, GOP infighting in 2017 was minimal compared to previous sessions.

“You know, after three sessions in leadership, you learn,” Knudsen said.

A FRAGILE TRUCE Nobody knew quite what to expect heading into the Nov. 14 special session.

A $227 million budget shortfall loomed over the state, and Bullock had been unable to come to an agreement with Republicans on how to backfill it.

Without a deal in place, Bullock on Nov. 6 officially called legislators back to Helena.

In the halls of the capitol and in nearby restaurants and coffee shops, there seemed to be a consensus view that calling a special session without a water-tight deal already in place was risky.

“I think it is going to be a disaster,” one House Democrat confided to me in a text message in the days leading up to the special session, adding that Bullock “probably didn’t have a choice.”

The last time a governor called the Legislature back to Helena to deal with a budget mess was in 2007. That was a watershed moment for legislative Republicans, and drove a deep and lasting wedge between the conservative and more moderate wings of the party. The “Log Cabin” deal lit the fuse on a civil war that resulted in ugly primary campaigns, infamous “dark money”-funded attack mailers and backbiting that would define the party for the next decade.

Scott Sales was the Republican House Speaker during the 2007 legislative session. He’s now President of the Senate.

Sales, a staunch conservative, was opposed to the budget deal that Jones and other House Republicans negotiated with Schweitzer in 2007, but he said he didn’t get involved in the in-fighting.

“I sat out for ’11, and then I came back for what was the disastrous ’13 session,” Sales recalled in a recent interview.

Sales, who was elected to the Senate in 2012, sat behind Majority Leader Art Wittich on the Senate floor and had a front-row view of the dysfunction that defined the 2013 session.

“It was a train wreck,” Sales said. “The decorum was extremely poor. I had never seen anything like it.”

Sales said Republican primary battles in the two elections following the 2007 session had damaged the party and sown seeds of distrust among caucus members.

“There had been a lot of primarying between the more moderate factions trying to get rid of conservatives, and the conservatives to get rid of the moderates,” Sales said. “I looked at those results, and the incumbency trumped 99 percent of the time. Moderates lost one incumbent member of their coalition, and the conservatives lost one of theirs. But it wasn’t working.”

Sales said that in the end, the only thing Republican in-fighting seemed to accomplish was hard feelings.

Today, Essmann acknowledges that past efforts to unseat incumbent Republicans in primary races created a lot of “bad blood.” Essmann was president of a political action committee that campaigned against four incumbent Republicans in the 2014 primary election.

“The challenge for leadership going forward will be getting everyone to focus on what’s in everyone’s best mutual interest,” Essmann said. “Purity is pretty tough to achieve in a political setting. It’s impossible to achieve. Political settings are meant to drive compromise.”

Though Rob Cook doesn’t hold an official leadership position in the House, the Conrad Republican has served as the de facto leader of the center-right caucus in the House the past three legislative sessions. Cook has gone head to head with the more conservative faction of his party in the capitol and in the primary arena. Cook was a target of Essmann’s Conservative Majority PAC during the 2014 primary, and Cook gave money to PACs that worked to remove conservative incumbents.

Cook said he sees evidence that the intra-party warfare may be over.

“I think they are kind of tired of trying to beat us,” Cook said.

Cook said organized efforts by fellow Republicans to try to defeat incumbent GOP lawmakers may a thing of the past.

“I think that part of the Republican war may be on the shelf,” Cook said. “You can’t control somebody popping up in a race, but you can control the recruiting side. I don’t know that there’s going to be a lot of recruitments to run against incumbents.”

BREAKING BREAD

Republican Sen. Llew Jones (standing at left), of Conrad, discusses a bill on the floor of the Montana Senate during the November special session.

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Four and a half years after the climax of 2013’s GOP infighting, many of the lawmakers who were once on opposite sides of that bitter divide gathered at Helena’s Jorgenson’s Inn & Suites, a longtime encampment and watering hole for GOP lawmakers.

Essmann and Cook, who just a few years earlier had openly attacked each other in newspapers and primary campaigns, talked strategy for the 2017 special session that was about to get under way.

Republican legislative leaders new and old, fire-hardened veterans of the intra-party feud, and relative newcomers alike, all broke bread, told jokes and speculated about the special session’s outcome.

Everyone seemed to be on board with the talking points. If there was disagreement over the

Senate, and Cook is considering a run for the Public Service Commission. Knudsen and Cook, having served four terms in the House, have now known and served with each other for most the last eight years. Jones, Sales, and Sesso have served together in the House and Senate for most of the past 12 years. A decade ago, these lawmakers didn’t have the experience or relationships they have today. Now, even though they may not agree on many issues, they at least know they can trust each other.

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major points, it wasn’t voiced in my presence. If you hadn’t witnessed the bitterness that prevailed among many of these lawmakers during the past decade, you might never know it had existed at all.

“Who would have thought all it would take to unite Republicans is for Bullock to call us back for a special session?” joked one GOP lawmaker, to chuckles and nods from his comrades.

When the session ended a few days later, most Republicans agreed they’d done a good job.

“This little special session was really gratifying for me, as someone who has been in leadership over the last 10 years,” Sales said. “I really felt [that] as Republicans, we really worked well together, considered each other’s thoughts, what we wanted to get accomplished. There was a lot of coordination and compromise.”

Knudsen said he was “ecstatic” over the outcome of the two-day special session.

“It’s just because we stuck together as Republicans,” Knudsen said. “Quite honestly, it’s something I have not seen in the four sessions I’ve been up there.”

One apparent reason for the newfound spirit of cooperation among Republicans is that many of the key players have been around a while.

Sales’ and Sesso’s Senate terms extend to 2020. Jones is termed out of the Senate in 2018, but plans to run for his old House seat. Knudsen and Cook are both termed out of the House in 2018. Knudsen said he doesn’t plan to run for the

“The difference between this special session and past sessions [is that] the Republican leadership was actually involved when we had to disseminate information,” Cook said. “They actually knew what was going on. I think we bothered to reach out, so that we wouldn’t be feuding, and they came to the table. They accepted the offer. In the past, it had been so fractious they wouldn’t have done that.”

Knudsen said that, starting in the 2017 session, House Republicans learned that dealing with fellow Republicans, rather than taking a hard line against more moderate members of the caucus, creates a path forward.

“We learned we could all get together here and move as Republicans, and not move as conservative Republicans versus moderate Republicans.” Jones said one final reason that various Republican factions have started to treat each other with more respect is that they’ve finally gotten to know each other better.

“I’m always handy with numbers and spreadsheets and making stuff balance, but early on I hadn’t spent the time to understand their stories,” Jones said. “The more you can tell each other’s story, the easier it is to work with each other.”

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[arts]

Sisters act Three Sisters of Weehawken: small budget, strong women

by Sarah Aswell

F

or weeks, Rosie Ayers’ kids have been eating their cereal standing at the breakfast bar. The stools they usually sit on are gone, confiscated for their mom’s newest theater production, a reimagining of Anton Chekov’s Three Sisters called The Three Sisters of Weehawken.

The play’s set is being built by Ayers’ husband, Michael (a carpenter who also happens to be running the lights), and painted with leftover house paint supplied by Teresa Waldorf, the play’s main producer.

Ayers and Waldorf are staging the show this weekend at the Roxy, along with actors Salina Chatlain and Bridget Smith.

It’s the third time they’ll be producing a play together in Missoula, but far from the first time the group has collaborated over the past few decades in genres including traditional drama, sketch-writing and stand-up comedy. All have the experience and talent to land roles in bigger (and better-funded) theater productions, and they do: Waldorf and Chatlain both work at the Montana Repertory Theatre, while Ayers is a freelance theater director and teaching artist. But returning to their core group to perform is their true love and passion. And their low-budget, do-it-yourself production style is par for the course.

“We literally beg, borrow and steal,” Waldorf says.

For past productions, they created a waterfall with a water bottle and used a propeller hat as a stand-in for a helicopter. A flashlight has been transformed into a spotlight. In other words, they find the humor in their shoestring budget.

“For sound design once, we just took turns singing songs into the mic during set changes—‘Closer to Fine,’ ‘Islands in the Stream’—Ayers says. “[Design] is just not our focus. Our focus is amazing performances, amazing scripts and amazing directing.”

In 2008, when Waldorf first had the idea to stage the group’s first production, Wonders of the World, it was mostly out of frustration.

“I personally just got tired of waiting around,” she says. “You get to the point when you don’t want to say anymore, ‘I really wish I could play this role.’ You can say you really want to do more theater, that

photo by Amy Donovan

Three Sisters of Weehawken stars, from left, Rosie Ayers, Bridget Smith, Salina Chatlain and Teresa Waldorf.

you want to get paid, but waiting around isn’t going to get you anywhere. You get impatient and then you get brave.”

The result, slightly by accident, is an act of feminism. The all-woman troupe picks plays that feature multiple roles for strong leading women (though they’ve happily involved men in past productions) and they don’t rehearse late into the night or on weekends, to make sure their schedules take kids and family into account.

“It’s about taking control,” Waldorf says. “It’s about asking who you want to spend your time with, which scripts you do.

It’s about not giving your art away for free.”

Ayers recalls years in which she has directed plays with a baby latched to her breast. “I wanted to work with people who understood the value of working around a family life, while creating hilarious and important art,” she says. “When I’m not directing at regional theaters, I prefer to be in a project with one or all of them.”

The Three Sisters of Weehawken was written by award-winning contemporary playwright Deborah Zoe Laufer. Taking inspiration from both Chekov and Samuel Beckett, the story follows three aging sisters in Weehawken, New Jersey, who dream of returning to their childhood home of Manhattan. But decades pass without action, and the walls literally close in on the group, making for a funny but poignant 90 minutes about how to live a meaningful life.

Chatlain had been involved in an early reading of the play with Laufer at the Montana Repertory Theater’s playwright event, the Missoula Colony. She loved its dark wit. She loved that it contained four complex roles for women.

And she loved that they could get the rights without breaking the bank.

Like so many of their other projects, this one emerged simply because the group felt they needed it in their lives. In the past, the group—and theater itself—

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has helped Ayers through a miscarriage (her friends took her to see a show when she was too sad to stay home another day), Chatlain through a medical emergency, Smith through the loss of her mother, and, most recently, Waldorf through the loss of her husband, Rick.

The play goes up just a couple of weeks before the second anniversary of his death, and that’s not a coincidence. “[Theater] has been much more difficult,” Waldorf says, “and thank God I have it. I’ve learned so much about my anxiety and my grief through this experience. And that’s another piece of why I like having this control. I would not have gone into my first memorized show after the death of my husband with anyone but these guys.”

At this statement, the group (and the reporter) starts crying. It’s not unusual, they say, for rehearsal to be delayed by a blend of laughing fits and tears. This play, which at its core centers on the relation-

ship between sisters, informs the relationships of the actors. And the relationship of the actors makes the play come alive.

“At its base, the play is about the fear of change and the fear of loss, the fear of everything happening and nothing happening,” Waldorf says, paraphrasing a line from the script. “I am such a better actress, I’m more honest and more truthful, I’m less fearful, because of my life experiences and because of these women.”

“Some people say you should leave your personal life at the door, but we use it,” Ayers adds. “It heals us.”

And when you have such a strong script, bolstered by such powerful emotion, it’s easy to forget that the spotlight is a flashlight.

The Three Sisters of Weehawken stages at the Roxy Fri., Dec. 8, and Sat., Dec. 9, at 7:30 PM. $19/$16 advance. arts@missoulanews.com

[music]

They’re dynamite Hell’s Belles carries the torch for AC/DC

by Ednor Therriault

Few bands have traveled a rockier road than AC/DC. In 1980, singer Bon Scott died when he choked on his vomit after passing out from a night of heavy drinking. In the rock world, that’s classified as “death by natural causes.” His replacement, Brian Johnson, led a massive resurgence for the band, but was ousted in 2016 after his fried hearing kept him from touring. Longtime drummer Phil Rudd was busted in 2014 for possession of drugs and for allegedly arranging a murder. Founding member Malcolm Young was forced to retire from the band that same year due to the onset of dementia, which ultimately claimed his life last month. The band managed to limp through the final dates of 2016’s “Rock or Bust” tour with the help of Axl Rose and his Ethel-Merman-on-crank lead vocals, but AC/DC’s future is murky.

Thank heaven for Hell’s Belles. The all-woman tribute band brings the AC/DC catalog to crowds around the photo courtesy Rob Astle world, and these days they deliver the Adrian Conner performs as Angus Young in the AC/DC goods with more piss and vinegar than tribute band Hell’s Belles. the real thing. Formed in 2000 by a couple of Seattle rockers, the band has gone through the propulsive fury of the music. Fans throw the a few personnel changes over the years, but the devil horns and yell “Thunder!” when Conner cups a hand to her ear during “Thunderstruck.” She’s current lineup might be their most potent yet.

As with many bands, AC/DC’s twin focal points also a role model and between the hair-flinging are the singer and lead guitarist. Adrian Conner is histrionics and over-the-top mugging, she exhorts a dreadlocked fireballer playing the Angus Young the women in the crowd to pick up guitars and part, wielding the iconic Gibson SG, while leather- start rocking.

Saxon, who joined the band in 2011, prowls lunged singer Amber Saxon belts out songs from the two distinct eras of Australia’s most successful the stage with a cloth cab driver’s hat pulled down low over her jet black hair, looking and sounding band.

A big part of AC/DC’s sound is a relentless like a deranged Ann Wilson, if the Heart singer had Swiss watch of a rhythm section, and Hell’s Belles pursued a life full of biker bars and whiskey bengets it. One of the things that makes them the ders. But Saxon isn’t a menace—she exudes a “let’s cream of the tribute crop is their attention to mu- party” vibe, encouraging fans to chant and cheer, sical detail, and drummer Judy Molish and long- everyone celebrating the music of the world’s time bassist Mandy Leinenweber don’t miss a note. biggest pub band.

Other female AC/DC tribute bands like In AC/DC, the third leg of their monster rhythm tripod is the aforementioned Malcolm Young, and his AC/DShe and ThundHerStruck are out there, but part is ably performed by Lisa Brisbois and Sharon Hell’s Belles was the first and, many say, the best.

Just ask Angus Young himself. “The best AC/DC Needles, who alternate on Hell’s Belles’ tours.

Guitarist Conner pays homage to Angus cover band I’ve heard?” he told Blender magazine Young’s trademark schoolboy outfit, opting for in 2003. “There was an all-girl cover band in Amermadras skirts rather than Angus’ stovepipe shorts, ica, the Hell’s Belles.” Thanks to these hard-rocking and that jerky, busted-marionette strut that the women, AC/DC’s rock and roll will survive.

Hell’s Belles play the Dark Horse Fri., Dec. AC/DC leader has been doing for 45 years seems to come to her naturally. Her long dreadlocks whip 8, at 8 PM. $15. around like an octopus in a carnival ride as she arts@missoulanews.com stomps, leaps and writhes on the stage, driven by

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[art]

What if?

Water Maps imagines a fantastical history

by Melissa Mylchreest

A detail from a piece in Water Maps, an exhibit currently showing at E3 Convergence Gallery by artists Jolene Brink and Linds Sanders.

When visual artists Jolene Brink and Linds Sanders first teamed up to create a collaborative show, they weren’t quite sure where their common ground was. Sanders laughs when recalling the conversation: “Jolene said, ‘I like working with maps, historic documents and the history of Montana’ and I said, ‘Cool, I like painting whales and jellyfish.’” Despite the apparent lack of overlap, the duo knew they were on the right track. By latching onto Glacial Lake Missoula as a loose reference point, they let their imaginations run.

It seems appropriate, then, that their collaborative show, titled Water Maps, is a kaleidoscope of imagery in a wide variety of media including paperbased collage, encaustic, painting, ceramics and found object micro-installations. And while such an array of formats might initially sound disjointed or cluttered, the reality is the opposite: The show, at E3 Convergence Gallery, features historical maps, faint text, transparencies of images, washes of color and, yes, beautifully rendered sea creatures. It depicts a coherent if dreamlike world in which time and narrative are blurred.

This is where it becomes clear that Sanders’ and Brink’s styles are not so different after all: both traffic in a kind of art that isn’t tethered to one version of reality, but instead asks “What was here before us?” and also “What might we imagine here before?”

Brink, who had previously created installations using historical maps, is fascinated by what maps tell us about the past and ourselves. “This show is a lot like how I want to approach history,” she says.

“You have all these layers you can dig through, and we often see what we want to see. Living in Missoula, there’s this glacial lake in our very, very distant collective memory, and it was fun to see what materials we could use to illustrate that.” Many of

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Brink’s pieces are encaustic collages that overlay transparent layers of maps, texts and images to create compelling juxtapositions, and to draw attention to familiar local terrain in its historic context.

“I found the USGS map of Missoula in the 1920s,” she says, “and I was mesmerized by all these hand-drawn lines depicting places we know— Mount Jumbo, Hellgate Canyon.” By printing these maps as large as she could and then displaying portions of them, she allows the viewer to get lost in that same topography.

Sanders also works with collage, but she incorporates painted figures into her pieces as well, such as whales and rays, which, of course, might raise the eyebrows of the historically accurate among us.

But it’s that level of fantasy and imagination that makes the images so intriguing.

“I just decided to take it a step further,” Sanders says, “and say, yes, it’s a lake, but what if?

What if there were freshwater whales?” Certain pieces, such as Sanders’ “Fossil Song” really play with the ideas of geologic time, the sense of mystery and wonder we feel at what and who inhabited this valley before us, and what artifacts remain.

The addition of more current artifacts—old journals and notebooks that belonged to Sanders’ engineer grandfather, tiny glass bottles, ancient receipts, bits of copper wire—bring that sense of wonder and mystery up to the modern era. They augment the viewer’s sense that history is nothing more than layer upon layer of reality, each one shifting and evolving with the passage of time, which is just like the shifting and accumulating layers of sediment on the floor of a glacial lake.

Water Maps shows at E3 Convergence through December. arts@missoulanews.com

[film]

Peepshow Voyeur follows Gay Talese down a rabbithole

by Molly Laich

Gerald Foos, left, and Gay Talese are the subjects of the Netflix original documentary Voyeur.

Out of the blue, what shows up on our queues but the Netflix original documentary Voyeur. Directed by Myles Kane and Josh Koury, Voyeur shifts its focus between Gerald Foos, a man who owned and operated a hotel for decades in order to spy on its occupants, and Gay Talese, the renowned American journalist who’s made Foos the subject of his epic book. The filmmakers tell the story through clever re-enactment combined with Talese interviewing Foos, plus real-time observations of its subjects as the drama unfolds.

For me, every new documentarian stands in the shadows of Werner Herzog and Errol Morris.

These living legends know how to break the fourth wall with style and have made it an industry standard for all documentarians hereafter. Herzog’s narration is sweet nectar to a hummingbird, and when Morris shouts out to his subjects behind the Interrotron, sure he sounds like an asshole, but he’s making good points.

Kane and Koury, in contrast, enter their film with variable results. In one scene, Talese learns Foos’ seedy motel has been torn down. We hear the filmmakers’ voices off camera as they convince Talese to travel with them to the empty lot, because, “It will make a powerful image.” In the next scene we see the characters walking around idiotically in a field of grass. Do you see how they cut the wind from their own sails, and for what?

They are redeemed a little in the end, during a tense interview between Foos and Talese on the eve of the book’s release. Talese loses his temper and calls the filmmakers “camera men,” (sick burn!) lacking in journalistic integrity. Here, we get the briefest of shots of the men behind the camera, and whether Talese is right or just being a big baby is left for us to decide.

The first most interesting thing about Voyeur is what Gerald Foos allegedly did (I say allegedly because the veracity of his account will become fodder as the narrative unfolds, but never mind that now). I mean, holy cow, Foos bought a motel in Colorado in the 1960s, installed vents in the ceilings of each room and a series of corridors in the attic to move about in, and then not only did he spy on the occupants of each room for more than 30 years, he kept a detailed log of his findings, as though he were some kind of anthropologist instead of a deeply disturbed sex offender eligible for heavy prosecution under the law.

The second most interesting thing about Voyeur is Foos himself, who lives in a magnificent home that stores thousands or millions of dollars of memorabilia collected over the years. In spite of his icky habits, he has an affable enough personality and a sweet relationship with his second wife, Anita (she knew all about the snooping), though he ends the picture as a lumpy, uncomfortable-looking 83year-old man (which we learn from a birthday cake creepily presented by Anita).

Then we have the nonfiction author Gay Talese, a proud, meticulous man forever-clad in well-tailored suits. He too has a spacious home, filled to the brim with his collection of articles and other clippings from a career that spans six decades.

Finally, it’s interesting to observe whatever synthesis filmmakers Kane and Koury are attempting to make between the journalist and his subject.

And if that sounds like a damning with faint praise, I don’t mean it to. I still heartily recommend Voyeur on the strength of its subject matter, as it transcends any quibbles I have with the execution. arts@missoulanews.com

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[film] THE STAR Do you know what the story of the Nativity really needed? CGI camels voiced by Oprah Winfrey, Tyler Perry and Tracy Morgan. Rated PG. Also stars other people that should know better. Playing at the Missoula AMC 12.

OPENING THIS WEEK JUST GETTING STARTED An ex-FBI agent and an ex-mob lawyer in the Witness Protection Program have to put aside their petty golf course rivalry to fend off a mob hit. Even better, they’re played by Tommy Lee Jones and Morgan Freeman. Rated PG-13. Also stars Rene Russo and Joe Pantoliano and directed by the guy who made Tin Cup. Playing at the Missoula AMC 12 and the Pharaohplex.

NOVITIATE A young woman hears the call to join the Catholic Church. It turns out being a nun is a lot less fun than one would imagine. Rated R. Stars Margaret Qualley, Dianna Agron and Marco St. John. Playing at the Missoula AMC 12.

THE SQUARE What is art? Is it piles of sand in a museum? Is it a man acting like an ape in a fancy restaurant? Is it a museum curator losing his mind over a stolen phone? Rated R. Stars Claes Bang, Elizabeth Moss and Dominic West. The winner of the Palme D’or at the Cannes Film Festival plays at the Roxy Theater.

NOW PLAYING A BAD MOMS CHRISTMAS Total elapsed time between the original Bad Moms and this holiday-themed sequel: 15 months. Rated R. Stars Mila Kunis, Kristen Bell and Susan Sarandon. Playing at the Pharaohplex and the Missoula AMC 12.

COCO Inspired by Día de los Muertos, Pixar’s new film follows a young boy on his way to an otherworldly family reunion. I hope you have a box of tissues handy. Rated PG. Stars the voices of Anthony Gonzalez, Benjamin Bratt and Edward James Olmos. Playing at the Missoula AMC 12 and the Pharohplex.

DADDY’S HOME 2 It’s round two of Dad vs. Stepdad. I guess we’re all okay with Mel Gibson being in movies again. Rated PG-13. Also stars Will Ferrell, Mark Wahlberg and John Lithgow. Rated PG-13.

THIEF (1981) He’s an ex-con safecracker looking to make one last big score before leaving the life of crime behind forever. As we know from all other movies with similar premises, he’s sure to have smooth sailing through calm seas.

Rated R. Stars James Caan, Willie Nelson and Jim Belushi. That’s a grouping you don’t see every day. Michael Mann’s directorial debut plays at the Roxy Sun., Dec. 10 at 8 PM. “I think we're the only table with an Arnold Schwarzenegger wax statue centerpiece.” The Square opens at the Roxy Theater.

Playing at the Missoula AMC 12 and the Pharaohplex.

ELF (2003) Buddy, a human being raised in Santa’s workshop, makes his way to the Big Apple to find his birth father. Let’s be honest, casting Will Ferrell as James Caan’s son is pretty inspired.

Rated PG. Also stars Bob Newhart, Ed Asner and Zooey Deschanel. Playing Sat., Dec. 9 at 2 PM at the Roxy.

EYES WIDE SHUT (1999) If your partner wants to sleep with someone else, there are healthier ways of dealing with it than trying to infiltrate a secret society’s masked orgies. Rated R. Stars Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman and Sydney Pollack. Stanley Kubrick’s final film plays at the Roxy Sat., Dec. 9 at 8 PM. JUSTICE LEAGUE DC Comics’ premier super-team assembles to avenge the death of Superman while discovering how many of their mothers are named Martha.

Rated PG-13. Directed by Zack Snyder and Joss Whedon, and starring Henry Cavill’s CGI upper lip and J.K. Simmons as the reason Missoulians are legally obligated to see it in theaters. Playing at the Missoula AMC 12 and the Pharaohplex.

LADY BIRD Applying to college, auditioning for the school play and throwing yourself out of a moving ve-

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hicle to avoid a conversation with your mother.

High school never changes, does it? Rated R. Stars Saoirse Ronan, Laurie Metcalf and Odeya Rush. Playing at the Roxy and the Missoula AMC 12.

LAST STAND: THE VANISHING CARIBOU RAINFOREST Seriously, are there any ecosystems that humans aren’t screwing up beyond repair? Not Rated. Directed by Colin Arisman. Playing Thu., Dec. 7 at 6:30 PM at the Roxy.

MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS Agatha Christie’s Hercule Poirot races against time to uncover which of his 13 co-passengers is a murderer. Meanwhile, the list of suspects work to uncover how exactly you’re supposed to pronounce Hercule Poirot. Rated PG-13.

Stars Kenneth Branagh, Johnny Depp and Judi Dench. Playing at the Missoula AMC 12 and the Pharaohplex.

PLAYTIME (1967) Director Jacques Tati spent years making gloriously choreographed and nearly wordless comedies. This film is the greatest example of that. A lovably old-fashioned man careens and crashes through Paris. Not Rated. Also stars Barbara Dennek and Georges Montant.

Playing Mon., Dec. 11 at 7:45 PM at the Roxy.

THOR: RAGNAROK Marvel Comics’ god of thunder dives directly into the Guardians of the Galaxy’s zany pool of space adventure, hoping we’ll all forget how boring his previous movies were. Rated PG-13.

Stars Chris Hemsworth, his biceps and Tom Hiddleston. Playing at the Missoula AMC 12 and the Pharaohplex.

THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI Months after her daughter’s unsolved murder, a mom erected three signs to make sure the cops heard her. Burma-Shave. Rated R. Stars Frances McDormand, Woody Harrelson and Sam Rockwell. Playing at the Roxy.

WONDER A young boy with a facial deformity has to juggle not only being the new kid in school, but also starring in the third theatrical film in five months to have the word wonder in its title.

Rated PG. Stars Julia Roberts, Owen Wilson and Jacob Tremblay. Playing at the Missoula AMC 12 and the Pharaohplex.

Capsule reviews by Charley Macorn.

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

[dish]

photo by Parker Seibold

Sidle up to the Trough

by Callahan Peel

WHAT’S GOOD HERE

It’s lunch hour and the Trough is slammed. The baristas whiz around, taking lunch orders with one hand and pulling velvety espresso with the other.

The warmth of the room hits me as I leave the cold air and life-size cow sculpture outside.

I check out what’s on the waitstaff ’s trays: perfectly golden paninis and soups that smell better than a baby’s head. Waiters greet the regulars by name.

Mark Jones, the general manager, says the neighborhood has fully embraced what was once a convenience store and is now a full-service restaurant on Clements Road.

“I’ve run all sorts of restaurants, but this has got a totally different feel,” Jones says. “It’s kind of neat, because we have this residential area from Reserve Street to the west, in between the two rivers, and [the neighborhood] considers this ‘theirs.’”

Sit in the vintage white chairs, which might be

straight from your grandma’s house, at wooden tables topped with fresh flowers. Those are newish, but the business, or some form of it, has existed since before 1973.

Originally, this was Dale’s Dairy. In 2014, Carter and Susan Beck bought it and expanded service to include a small deli called the Trough, serving customers seven days a week. It evolved from that into a bigger idea: breakfast, lunch and dinner. The crowds have followed.

The menu offers a hodgepodge of family favorites, with a twist. Try the Big Beef, which Jones calls a “jacked-up French dip,” with horseradish cream cheese and Swiss. Also a don’t-miss: the Hickory BBQ burger—thick, juicy, piled with bacon, onion rings, coleslaw and a slather of sauce. Maybe ride a bike there, passing some of the last of Missoula’s rolling farmland, so you don’t feel so guilty about eating every one of the hand-cut fries.

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

Pleasant prices. Fresh ingredients. Artistic presentation.

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

“PROST!”

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

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

You work hard enough to prepare your Thanksgiving Day meal. Let Bernice’s take care of dessert. Our scratch-made pies, cheesecakes, rolls, and sugar cookies are the perfect finishing touches to make this year's feast complete! Be sure to grab a bag of our signature coffee too...dark, rich with notes of chocolate. Just what you need for a pajama day this season! Visit our website to view our extensive selection. www.bernicesbakerymt.com. $-$$

Biga Pizza 241 W. Main Street • 728-2579 Biga Pizza offers a modern, downtown dining environment combined with traditional brick oven pizza, calzones, salads, sandwiches, specials and desserts. All dough is made using a “biga” (pronounced bee-ga) which is a time-honored Italian method of bread making. Biga Pizza uses local products, the freshest produce as well as artisan meats and cheeses. Featuring seasonal menus. Lunch and dinner, Mon-Sat. Beer & Wine available. $-$$

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

Gluten-Free & Vegan NO PROBLEM

Bridge Pizza 600 S Higgins Ave. • 542-0002 bridgepizza.com A popular local eatery on Missoula’s Hip Strip. Featuring handcrafted artisan brick oven pizza, pasta, sandwiches, soups, & salads made with fresh, seasonal ingredients. Missoula’s place for pizza by the slice. A unique selection of regional microbrews and gourmet sodas. Dine-in, drive-thru, & delivery.

Open everyday 11am - 10:30pm. $-$$

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Yuletide Blend $10.95/lb.

BUTTERFLY HERBS Coffees, Teas & the Unusual

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BUTTERFLY 232 N. HIGGINS AVE • DOWNTOWN

Brooks & Browns 200 S. Pattee St. 721-8550 Brooks & Browns Bar & Grill is the place to relax and unwind while enjoying our New Feature Menu. Great selection of Montana Brews on tap! Come down as you are and enjoy Happy Hour every day from 4-7p and all day Sunday with drink and appetizer specials changing daily. Thursday Trivia from 7:30-9:30. Inside the Holiday Inn Downtown Missoula. $-$$ Burns Street Bistro 1500 Burns St. 543-0719 burnsstbistro.com We cook the freshest local ingredients as a matter of pride. Our relationship with local farmers, ranchers and other businesses allows us to bring quality, scratch cooking and fresh-brewed Black Coffee Roasting Co. coffee and espresso to Missoula’s Historic Westside neighborhood. Handmade breads & pastries, soups, salads & sandwiches change with the seasons, but our commitment to delicious food does not. Mon-Fri 7am 2pm. Sat/Sun Brunch 9am - 2pm. $-$$ Butterfly Herbs 232 N. Higgins 728-8780 Celebrating 45 years of great coffees and teas. Truly the “essence of Missoula.” Offering fresh coffees, teas (Evening in Missoula), bulk spices and

botanicals, fine toiletries & gifts. Our cafe features homemade soups, fresh salads, and coffee ice cream specialties. In the heart of historic downtown, we are Missoula’s first and favorite Espresso Bar. Open 7 Days. $ Doc’s Gourmet Sandwiches 214 N. Higgins Ave. 542-7414 Doc’s is an extremely popular gathering spot for diners who appreciate the great ambiance, personal service and generous sandwiches made with the freshest ingredients. Whether you’re heading out for a power lunch, meeting friends or family or just grabbing a quick takeout, Doc’s is always an excellent choice. Delivery in the greater Missoula area. We also offer custom catering!...everything from gourmet appetizers to all of our menu items. $-$$ Good Food Store 1600 S. 3rd West 541-FOOD The GFS Deli features made-to-order sandwiches, Fire Deck pizza & calzones, rice & noodle wok bowls, an award-winning salad bar, an olive & antipasto bar and a self-serve hot bar offering a variety of housemade breakfast, lunch and dinner entrées. A seasonally-changing selection of deli salads and rotisserie-roasted chickens are also available. Locally-roasted coffee/espresso drinks and an extensive fresh juice and smoothie menu complement bakery goods from the GFS ovens and Missoula’s favorite bakeries. Indoor and patio seating. Open every day 7am-10pm. $-$$ Grizzly Liquor 110 W Spruce St. 549-7723 grizzlyliquor.com Voted Missoula’s Best Liquor Store! Largest selection of spirits in the Northwest, including all Montana microdistilleries. Your headquarters for unique spirits and wines! Free customer parking. Open Monday-Saturday 9-7:30. $-$$$ Hob Nob on Higgins 531 S. Higgins • 541-4622 hobnobonhiggins.com Come visit our friendly staff & experience Missoula’s best little breakfast & lunch spot. All our food is made from scratch, we feature homemade corn beef hash, sourdough pancakes, sandwiches, salads, espresso & desserts. MC/V $-$$ Iron Horse Brew Pub 501 N. Higgins 728-8866 ironhorsebrewpub.com We’re the perfect place for lunch, appetizers, or dinner.

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

No matter what you are looking for, we’ll give you something to smile about. $$-$$$ Iza 529 S. Higgins • 830-3237 izarestaurant.com Local Asian cuisine feature SE Asian, Japanese, Korean and Indian dishes. Gluten Free and Vegetarian no problem. Full Beer, Wine, Sake and Tea menu. We have scratch made bubble teas. Come in for lunch, dinner, drinks or just a pot of awesome tea. Open Mon-Fri: Lunch 11:30-3pm, Happy Hour 3-6pm, Dinner M-Sat 3pm-close. $-$$

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[dish] Liquid Planet 223 N. Higgins • 541-4541 Whether it’s coffee or cocoa, water, beer or wine, or even a tea pot, French press or mobile mug, Liquid Planet offers the best beverage offerings this side of Neptune.

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

Extensive wine list, local beer on draft. Reservations recommended. Visit us on Facebook or go to Pearlcafe.us to check out our nightly specials, make reservations, or buy gift certificates. Open Mon-Sat at 5:00. $$-$$$

Liquid Planet Grille 540 Daly • 540-4209 (corner of Arthur & Daly across from the U of M) MisSOULa’s BEST new restaurant of 2015, the Liquid Planet Grille, offers the same unique Liquid Planet espresso and beverage bar you’ve come to expect, with breakfast served all day long! Sit outside and try the stuffed french toast or our handmade granola or a delicious Montana Melt, accompanied with MisSOULa’s best fries and wings, with over 20 salts, seasonings and sauces! Open 7am-8pm daily. Find us on Facebook at /LiquidPlanetGrille. $-$$

Rumour 1855 Stephens Ave. • 549-7575 rumourrestaurant.com We believe in celebrating the extraordinary flavors of Montana using local product whenever it's available. We offer innovative vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free, meat & seafood dishes that pair beautifully with one of our amazing handcrafted cocktails, regional micro-brews, 29 wines on tap or choose a bottle from our extensive wine list. At Rumour, you'll get more than a great culinary experience....You'll get the perfect night out. Open daily: restaurant at 4.00pm, casino at 10.30am, brunch sat & sun at 9.30am

Missoula Senior Center 705 S. Higgins Ave. (on the hip strip) 543-7154 themissoulaseniorcenter.org Did you know the Missoula Senior Center serves delicious hearty lunches every week day for only $4 for those on the Nutrition Program, $5 for U of M Students with a valid student ID and $6 for all others. Children under 10 eat free. Join us from 11:30 - 12:30 M-F for delicious food and great conversation. $

Sushi Hana 403 N. Higgins • 549-7979 SushiMissoula.com Montana’s Original Sushi Bar. We Offer the Best Sushi and Japanese Cuisine in Town. Casual atmosphere. Plenty of options for nonsushi eaters including daily special items you won’t find anywhere else. $1 Specials Mon & Wed. Lunch Mon–Sat; Dinner Daily. Sake, Beer, & Wine. Visit SushiMissoula.com for full menu. $$-$$$

The Mustard Seed Asian Cafe Southgate Mall • 542-7333 Contemporary Asian fusion cuisine.

Original recipes and fresh ingredients combine the best of Japanese, Chinese, Polynesian, and Southeast Asian influences. Full menu available at the bar. Award winning desserts made fresh daily , local and regional micro brews, fine wines & signature cocktails. Vegetarian and Gluten free menu available. Takeout & delivery. $$-$$$ Korean Bar-B-Que & Sushi 3075 N. Reserve 327-0731 We invite you to visit our contemporary Korean-Japanese restaurant and enjoy it’s warm atmosphere. Full Sushi Bar. Korean bar-b-que at your table. Beer and Wine. $$-$$$ Orange Street Food Farm 701 S. Orange St. • 543-3188 orangestreetfoodfarm.com Experience The Farm today!!! Voted number one Supermarket & Retail Beer Selection. Fried chicken, fresh meat, great produce, vegan, gluten free, all natural, a HUGE beer and wine selection, and ROCKIN’ music. What deal will you find today? $-$$$ Pearl Cafe 231 E. Front St. • 541-0231 pearlcafe.us Country French meets the Northwest. Idaho Trout with King Crab, Beef Filet with Green Peppercorn Sauce, Fresh Northwest Fish, Seasonally Inspired Specials, House Made Sourdough Bread & Delectable Desserts.

Pita Pit 130 N Higgins • 541-7482 pitapitusa.com Fresh Thinking Healthy Eating. Enjoy a pita rolled just for you. Hot meat and cool fresh veggies topped with your favorite sauce. Try our Chicken Caesar, Gyro, Philly Steak, Breakfast Pita, or Vegetarian Falafel to name just a few. For your convenience we are open until 3am 7 nights a week. Call if you need us to deliver! $-$$

Taco Sano Two Locations: 115 1/2 S. 4th Street West 1515 Fairview Ave inside City Life 541-7570 • tacosano.net Home of Missoula’s Best BREAKFAST BURRITO. 99 cent TOTS every Tuesday. Once you find us you’ll keep coming back. Breakfast Burritos served all day, Quesadillas, Burritos and Tacos. Let us dress up your food with our unique selection of toppings, salsas, and sauces. Open 10am-9pm 7 days a week. WE DELIVER. $-$$ Tia’s Big Sky 1016 W. Broadway 317-1817 • tiasbigsky.com We make locally sourced Mexican food from scratch. We specialize in organic marinated Mexican street chicken (rotisserie style) fresh handmade tortillas, traditional and fusion tamales, tacos, pozole and so much more. Most items on our menu are gluten free and we offer many vegetarian and vegan options. We also have traditional Mexican deserts, as well as drinks. Much of our produce is grown for us organically by Kari our in house farmer! Eat real food at Tia’s!

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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Tart up your toddy with Shivelight shrubs

HAPPIEST HOUR What you’re drinking: One of Missoula-based Shivelight Premium Beverage Company’s shrubs. I chose the Flathead Cherry shrub, but Bitterroot Apple & Cinnamon and Huckleberry are also available.

What’s a shrub? It’s vinegar you drink.

A shrub can be either a drink made with a flavored vinegar-based syrup, or the syrup itself. Mix a shrub with booze for a cocktail— either in small amounts as a flavoring or by the ounce as a mixer—or with fizzy water for a flavored soda.

How do you serve it? Shivelight was serving cocktails and sodas made with its shrubs at this year’s Indy Sip, and the Flathead Cherry was my favorite of the trio. I bought a bottle to make vinegary cherry sodas at home.

The bottle suggests one part shrub to seven parts sparkling water for a soda, and I basically just eyeballed the amount in a glass. It makes for a tart and fruity beverage—a nice change if you don’t like sickly-sweet sodas. There are several cocktail recipes on Shivelight’s website, and my drinking partner made the Antique, a drink composed of the shrub, bourbon and bitters. “A good alternative to a whisky sour,” was his verdict, though he suspects it might work better with vodka or rum. I’d bet the Apple & Cinnamon would make a cozy fit with whiskey and probably a nice addition to a toddy.

What’s “Shivelight”? It’s “Old English for the rays of sun that pierce a forest canopy,” according to the company’s website. Shivelight shrubs are made by pressing fruit with Montana honey, then adding raw apple cider vinegar.

Where do you get it? The Good Food Store and Grizzly Liquor, or online at shivelight-

beverage.com. $12 for an 8 oz. bottle. Shivelight will also be available at the MADE Fair on Sunday, Dec. 10, at the Adams Center.

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

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THU | 12/7 | 7 PM Big Gigantic plays the Wilma Thu., Dec. 7.

Doors at 7 PM, show at 8. $28/$25 advance.

TUE | 7 PM The live storytelling of Tell Us Something returns to the Wilma Tue., Dec 12.

Doors at 6 PM, show at 7. $10/$8 advance.

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FRI | 9 PM The Jeff Austin Band plays the Top Hat Fri., Dec. 8. Doors at 9 PM, show at 10. $15.

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THU | 12/14 | 10 PM

FRI | 7 PM Bradley Warren Jr. plays the VFW Fri., Dec. 8. 7 PM–9 PM. Free.

Federally insured by NCUA

Jerry Joseph performs an intimate show at the Top Hat Thu., Dec. 14. Door at 9 PM, show at 10. $15/$12 advance.

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Thursday Dan Dubuque provides the soundtrack at Draught Works from 6 PM–8 PM. Free.

The University Center Game Room hosts a billiards and table tennis tournament at 5 PM. $25 entry.

Weave a winter-inspired wreath for your home at a MUD workshop at Home ReSource. 6 PM. $45/$40 advance.

More info and registration at mudproject.org.

John Floridis and Imagine Nation Brewing present a benefit performance for Missoula Youth Homes, Inc. Music from 5:30 PM–7:30 PM. Donations.

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

725 W. Alder. 6:30 PM–8 PM.

nightlife Huge colossal? Considerable enormous? Nope. Big Gigantic plays the Wilma. Doors at 7 PM, show at 8. $28/$25 advance.

A Christmas Carol continues at the MCT Center for the Performing Arts. Are we sure it isn't just an undigested bit of beef, a blot of mustard, a crumb of cheese or a fragment of underdone potato? 7:30 PM $20–$25.

All those late nights watching gameshow reruns are finally paying off. Get cash toward your bar tab when you win first place at trivia at the Holiday Inn Downtown. 7:30–10 PM. Mix a glass of red with the bluesy jazz of Chuck Florence, David Horgan and Beth Lo at Plonk Wine Bar. 8 PM–11 PM. Free.

Valencia Nights features the best in house music at the VFW every Thursday. 8 PM. Free.

Andrea Harsell & Luna Roja provide the tunes at the Sunrise Saloon. 8:30 PM. Free.

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

Andrea Harsell provides the festive soundtrack at Missoula Brewing Co. 6 PM–8 PM. Free.

There is no Captain Wilson Conspiracy, and even if there was, it wouldn't be playing at Ten Spoon Winery at 6 PM tonight. Free.

The Salamanders provide the tunes at Family-Friendly Friday at the Top Hat. 6 PM–8 PM. Free.

Performed and run by students, Studio Works is an innovative and experimental dance from new and seasoned choreographers. PARTV Center. 6:30 PM and 8:30 PM. $5.

nightlife I think it's time we start looking for our new cultural touchstone. A Harry Potter-themed Yule Ball hosted by the Student Involvement Network gets you in the holiday spirit. University Center Ballroom.

7 PM–10 PM. Free.

Bradley Warren Jr. and Breakfast for Dinner mix Nashville Americana with deep fried funk at the VFW. 7 PM–9 PM. Free.

AC/DC tribute band Hell's Belles plays the Darkhorse Fri., Dec. 8 at 8 PM. $15.

A Christmas Carol continues at the MCT Center for the Performing Arts. Are we sure it isn't just an undigested bit of beef, a blot of mustard, a crumb of cheese or a fragment of underdone potato?

7:30 PM $20–$25.

Rosie Ayers, Salina Chatlain, Teresa Waldorf and Bridget Smith star in The Three Sisters of Weehawken, a reimagining of the classic about smart siblings and the dumb-dumbs in their lives. The Roxy Theater. 7:30 PM. $16.

Get shook all night long by AC/DC tribute band the Hell's Belles at the Dark Horse. 8 PM. $15.

The Jeff Austin Band plays the Top Hat. Doors at 9 PM, show at 10. $15.

Have you been naughty this year? Dead Hipster's I Love the '90s Dance Party takes you back to a time when all you wanted for Christmas was a Nintendo 64.

Doors at 9 PM. $3.

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Traff The Wiz plays Monk's. We hear he is a whiz of a wiz if ever a wiz there was. 9 PM. $7.

Paydirt plays the Sunrise Saloon at 9:30 PM. Band in Motion keeps on rolling at the Union Club. 9:30 PM. Free.

Merry Bassmass everyone! Celebrate the chunkiest of holidays with Nerdskull, Animal Treats and more at the VFW. 10 PM. Free.

joyful noise

I'm not saying Christmas has the best music compared to other holidays, but I am saying it does have the most music. No other holiday heralds its arrival with a sudden and unexpected deluge of Yuletide music quite the way Christmas does. Christmas albums, either religious or secular, seem to have such a WHAT: Missoula Gay Men's Chorus 2017 Christmas Cabaret

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

9 PM. Free.

WHERE: The University Center Ballroom

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

shockingly deep well to draw from while other holidays get stuck with a handful of catchy novelty tunes. And despite songs like “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” being on par with songs like “The Monster Mash,” we seem to be more forgiving of the goofy Christ-

WHEN: Sat., Dec. 9 from 5 PM–9 PM. HOW MUCH: $50–$55

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mas songs. Maybe it's because this time of year is one where forgiveness just comes with the territory. Or, more likely, it's because we are suckers for tradition.

Speaking of tradition, the 16th Annual Missoula Gay Men's Chorus Christmas Cabaret features an evening of the holiday songs you want to hear. Performed by the immensely talented chorus, the special presenta-

tion includes newer classics like Mariah Carey’s “All I Want For Christmas Is You” and traditional fare like “Silent Night.” The Cabaret kicks off with a no-host cocktail hour at 5 PM, with music at 6. While you listen to those classic holiday tunes, you can enjoy a three-course dinner, with options of sirloin steak, wild salmon and eggplant parmesan.

—Charley Macorn

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Saturday Little Red Truck's 3rd Annual European Christmas Market features over 100 vendors and live music. Missoula Fairgrounds.

10 AM–4 PM. Nevermind the bollocks, here's author James Greene reading his new book Brave Punk World at Shakespeare & Co. 1 PM. Come in and know me better, man! Catch a matinee of A Christmas Carol at the MCT Center for the Performing Arts.

2 PM. $20–$25.

Get your picture taken with Mr. and Mrs. Claus while enjoying food, wine and beer at the Public House. All proceeds will go to support the Cash Hyde Foundation. 2 PM–7 PM. Donations.

Missoula's Gay Men's Chorus brings an evening of holiday cheer to its annual Christmas Cabaret. University Center Ballroom. Doors at 5 PM, show at 6. $55. (See Spotlight) Join MASC Studio on an adventure to Whoville. The Grinch is

Spotlight In the late 1970s, filmmakers Werner Herzog and Errol Morris decided they were going to exhume the grave belonging to the mother of depraved serial killer Ed Gein. This wasn't just a fun bonding activity.

The duo was hoping to prove the theory that Gein had previously dug up his mother, as he had in other nearby cemeteries. As neither Herzog or Morris had any intention on doing this legally, they decided to meet in WHAT: We Did It Ourselves Documentary Film Festival WHERE: The Top Hat WHEN: Sun., Dec. 10. Door at 6:30 PM, show at 7:30.

HOW MUCH: Free.

the dead of night with shovels.

Herzog showed up while Morris got cold feet and stayed home.

Herzog was so furious at being stood up, he swore that if the Morris ever finished his next film (something that required the ability to see things through to the end), Herzog would eat his shoe.

Morris finished the film in ques-

back to his old tricks and is looking to disrupt the holiday circus.

How the Grinch Stole Circus features aerial performances, fire and dance. $10/$5 kids.

Doors at 5:30 PM, show at 6.

Accordion player and storyteller Bex Bushkin performs at Imagine Nation Brewing from 6 PM– 8 PM. Free.

Take a dip in the music of Geoffrey Lake at Draught Works. 6 PM–8 PM. Free.

nightlife A Christmas Carol continues at the MCT Center for the Performing Arts. Are we sure it isn't just an undigested bit of beef, a blot of mustard, a crumb of cheese or a fragment of underdone potato? 7:30 PM $20–$25.

Rosie Ayers, Salina Chatlain, Teresa Waldorf and Bridget Smith star in The Three Sisters of Weehawken, a reimagining of Chekhov's classic play. The Roxy Theater. 7:30 PM. $16.

Dolce Canto presents Light, Beauty, Peace. UM Music Recital Hall. 7:30 PM. $18.

Winter sure is a drag. The kings and queens of the Imperial Sovereign Court of the State of Montana host Sinister Snow-flakes, a frozen drag celebration. Doors at 8 PM, show at 9. $5.

Missoula Community Radio hosts The Rock 'N Roll Toy Drive features Brute Finesse, Cory Fay, Judith Gap and more. Union Hall Upstairs. 8 PM. Bring an unopened toy or $6.

Away, away, away rode the Cold Hard Cash Show, but now the tribute to the Man in Black at the Top Hat. Doors at 9:30 PM, show at 10. $10.

Absolutely Dance Party at the Badlander, which gets rolling at 9 PM. Free.

Russ Nasset & the Revelators open up the seventh seal of rockabilly at the Union Club.

9:30 PM. Free.

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tion and Herzog followed through on his bizarre promise.

He cooked and ate his shoe, an activity he used as an excuse to make a short documentary film.

There are worse reasons to make a short documentary, I suppose.

Speaking of which, while none of this event’s documentaries are about eating shoes (to my immediate knowledge), the We Did It Ourselves Documentary Film Festival does feature seven short documentaries made this semester in Film Studies’ Documentary Production class at the University of Montana. Subjects for these docs include Missoula’s parkour community, a woman’s running group, the Native American smudging tradition and more. So while these budding filmmakers might not have made plans to unearth any bodies, the cultures and peoples they uncover are just as interesting.

—Charley Macorn

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Sunday Join MASC Studio on an adventure to Whoville. The Grinch is back to his old tricks and is looking to disrupt the holiday circus.

How the Grinch Stole Circus features aerial performances, fire and dance. $10/$5 kids. Doors at 12:30 PM, show at 1.

Come in and know me better, man! Catch a matinee of A Christmas Carol at the MCT Center for the Performing Arts. 2 PM. $20– $25.

Retired army officer Elizabeth Barrs hosts a reading and discussion of Standing Down: From Warrior to Civilian at Bayern Brewing. 4 PM. Free.

Open Mic Night at the Missoula Senior Center lets you sing, tell a story or just be part of the audience. 6 PM–8 PM. Free.

Bah! Humbug! A Christmas Carol continues at the MCT Center for the Performing Arts. 6:30 PM. $20–$25.

The We Did It Ourselves Documentary Film Festival features seven short documentary films created this semester by UM students. The Top Hat. 7 PM. Free.

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Mike and Olga play Draught Works from 5 PM–7 PM. Free.

Missoula's HomeGrown Comedy sends stand-up champion Clinton Lawson on his way with an all-star roast at the Roxy Theater. 7:30 PM. Concession purchase for admission. Leave the kiddos at home for this one.

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

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

Get your photo taken with Old Saint Nick at Lolo Hot Springs. 4 PM–6 PM. $5.

Stand-up comedian Clinton Lawson says goodbye to Missoula with a roast at the Roxy Theater Sun., Dec 10 at 7:30 PM. Two-drink minimum.

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Monday Sip a fancy cocktail for a cause at Moscow Monday at the Montgomery Distillery. A dollar from every drink sold is donated to a local organization. 12 PM–8 PM. Prepare a couple of songs and bring your talent to Open Mic Night at Imagine Nation Brewing. Sign up when you get there.

Every Monday from 6–8 PM.

nightlife Cash for Junkers provides the soundtrack at the Red Bird Wine Bar. 7 PM–10 PM. Free.

DJ Sol spins funk, soul, reggae and hip-hop at the Badlander.

Show at 10. Free. 21-plus.

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

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The live storytelling of Tell Us Something returns to the Wilma.

This special installment has local Missoulians sharing their true personal stories around the theme "Getting Away With It." Doors at 6 PM, show at 7. $10/$8 advance.

nightlife The International Choral Festival's Bella Armonia Youth

Chorale, the Missoula Mendelssohn Club and University of Montana Choirs join to present Joyeux Noel, featuring the world premiere performance of Jake Runestad's Winter Stars. St. Anthony Parish. 7:30 PM. $20/$15 student.

Here's a trivia question for you.

Why don't we call it the Thomas Mar Beagher? Trivia at the

Thomas Meagher Bar every Tuesday. 8 PM. Free.

Step up your factoid game at Quizzoula trivia night, every Tuesday at the VFW. 8:30 PM. Free. What would-be assassin pleaded guilty to trying to kill Gerald Ford on today's date in 1975? Answer in tomorrow's Nightlife.

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Wednesday Take a bike ride and then brew a good cup of joe with the early birds of Coffee Outside MSLA. Beans will be provided, but bring your own brewing method to make a cup of coffee with other caffeineloving cyclists. Caras Park. 7:15 AM. The Mo Club Christmas party features raffles, prizes and Christmas carols. The Missoula Club. 4 PM. Free.

Every Wednesday is Community UNite at KettleHouse Brewing Company's Northside tap room. A portion of every pint sold goes to support local Missoula causes. This week raise a glass for Youth Dynamics. 5 PM–8 PM. Britchy plays Great Burn Brewing's holiday potluck party. 6 PM. Free.

Downtown Dance Collective hosts a special two-week holiday class that teaches you the basics of Argentine Tango. Visit tangoconnectionsmissoula.com for more info and registration. $15 for both days.

The slam is back! Poetry Slam brings ver-

bal prowess and lyrical acrobatics and maybe some haiku to E3 Convergence Gallery. 7 PM. Email e3gallery@ e3gallerymissoula.com to sign up.

nightlife Win big bucks off your bar tab and/or free pitchers by answering trivia questions at Brains on Broadway Trivia Night at the Broadway Sports Bar and Grill. 7 PM. Trivia answer: Sara Jane Moore.

A Christmas Carol continues at the MCT Center for the Performing Arts. Are we sure it isn't just an undigested bit of beef, a blot of mustard, a crumb of cheese or a fragment of underdone potato? 7:30 PM $20–$25.

Every Wednesday is Beer Bingo at the Thomas Meagher Bar. Win cash prizes along with beer and liquor giveaways. 8 PM. Free.

Kraptastic Karaoke indulges your need to croon, belt and warble at the Badlander.

9:30 PM. No cover.

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Thursday UM School of Media Arts hosts a showcase of narrative, experimental and animated movies from undergraduate and graduate students at the Roxy. 4 PM. Free.

Last Resort frontman Tom Catmull plays a solo show at Draught Works from 5 PM– 8 PM. Free.

Say "yes and" to a free improv workshop every Thursday at BASE Missoula.

Free and open to all abilities, levels and interests. 725 W. Alder. 6:30 PM– 8 PM Sip yuletide refreshments and enjoy the music of John Floridis at E3 Convergence Gallery. 100 percent of the proceeds will benefit the Missoula Food Bank. 7 PM. $15 suggested donation.

nightlife I think it might have fought Mothra at some point. Butter Beehemoth plays the VFW from 7 PM–9 PM. Free.

A Christmas Carol continues at the MCT Center for the Performing Arts. Are we sure it isn't just an undigested bit of beef, a blot of mustard, a crumb of cheese or a fragment of underdone potato? 7:30 PM $20–$25.

All those late nights watching gameshow reruns are finally paying off. Get cash toward your bar tab when you win first

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place at trivia at the Holiday Inn Downtown. 7:30–10 PM. Valencia Nights features the best in house music at the VFW every Thursday. 8 PM. Free.

Bob Wire slides into the Sunrise Saloon for your dancing pleasure. 8:30 PM. Free.

Singer-songwriters Jerry Joseph and Steve Drizos perform an intimate show at the Top Hat. Doors at 9 PM, show at 10. $15/$12 advance.

Is it big? Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's not small.

No, no, no. Groove the night away at the Honeycomb Dance Party at Monk's. 9 PM. Free.

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

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All I want for Christmas is a functioning government.

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John Floridis Traditionally, December is the time to give back. Maybe it has something to do with the string of feel-good family holidays running from late November to late December. Maybe it's a holdover from the feeling we develop as kids, hoping three weeks of being on our best behavior would sway Santa Claus into overlooking all the terrible stuff we did through the year. Whatever our reason for helping those less fortunate this time of year, it's important to remember that it doesn't matter why you do good, it's just that you do it.

Singer-songwriter John Floridis is spending the month of December traveling Montana with his guitar, playing a series of benefit concerts for charities and nonprofits across the

THURSDAY DECEMBER 7 Celebrate two years of Climate Smart Missoula's work to address climate change in our community with a celebration at Imagine Nation Brewing. 5 PM–8 PM.

FRIDAY DECEMBER 8 John Floridis and Imagine Nation Brewing present a benefit performance for Missoula Youth Homes, Inc. Music from 5:30 PM–7:30 PM. Donations.

SATURDAY DECEMBER 9 A percentage of all net sales at Barnes & Noble between 10 AM and 4 PM go to support Families First Children's Museum.

state. This week alone the charitable crooner will be performing in Missoula as well as Bozeman, Helena and Hamilton. Here in the Garden City, Floridis performs Fri., Dec. 8, at 5:30 p.m. at Imagine Nation Brewing to benefit Missoula Youth Homes and Thu., Dec. 14 at 7 p.m. at E3 Convergence Gallery to beneift Missoula Food Bank. Thanks for giving back, John. You're making us all look bad.

—Charley Macorn John Floridis Winter Benefit Concerts run throughout December. Visit johnfloridis.com for a full list of cities and dates.

Get your picture taken with Mr. and Mrs. Claus while enjoying food, wine and beer at the Public House. All proceeds will go to support the Cash Hyde Foundation. 2 PM–7 PM. Donations.

Missoula Community Radio hosts a star-studded rock show to benefit Montana families in need.

The Rock 'N Roll Toy Drive features Brute Finesse, Cory Fay, Judith Gap and more. Union Hall Upstairs. 8 PM. Bring an unopened toy or $6.

THURSDAY DECEMBER 14 Sip yuletide refreshments and enjoy the music of John Floridis at E3 Convergence Gallery. 100 percent of the proceeds will benefit Missoula Food Bank. 7 PM. $15 suggested donation.

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

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quick inventory of the basement of my family home would reveal the following: an ancient pair of Telemark skis, various bicycle parts, helmets, old cowboy hats and five saddles, despite the fact that we haven’t owned a horse in at least a decade. Outdoor gear is an important part of my family history, and where we concentrate most of our hoarder tendencies.

Rachel Gross, a fellow with the Davidson Honors College at the University of Montana, wrote her doctoral dissertation on the history of outdoor gear, from buckskin to Gore-Tex, and how material possessions shape the outdoor experience. Now, she and UM undergraduate researchers are putting together a pop-up museum at Imagine Nation Brewing where Missoulians can share their old outdoor gear and the memories that come along with it.

“The goal of this pop-up museum is to invite enthusiasts to reflect on their consumer practices and the values they bring to outdoor sports like fishing,

—Margaret Grayson The Outdoor Gear Pop-Up Museum runs from 4 PM to 8 PM on Saturday, Dec. 9 at Imagine Nation Brewing. Free.

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Get a free wax for your skis or snowboard when you purchase a cider at Western Cider between 4 PM–8 PM.

Tie flies with the friendly folks from IFlyFishMonana and the Missoulian Angler at Draught Works. 6 PM. Free.

Emily Jensen leads a workshop to help women become more confident when working on their bicycle at Free Cycles. 6 PM–8 PM. BYOBike.

Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative hosts a conservation film double feature at the Roxy, followed by a panel of wildlife biologists and other experts. 6 PM. $9.

SATURDAY DECEMBER 9 Need a little inspiration to get out of bed on the weekend? Come join Run Wild Missoula's Saturday morning runs at the Runner's Edge at 8 AM. Open to all skill levels.

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backpacking, and climbing,” the event page says.

The pop-up museum is a community event that relies on locals to bring in personal items to display.

So bring your favorite gear and a story to share about it, or just stop by to peruse other people’s stuff and breathe in all the nostalgia. Gross and her team are also looking for objects to launch a larger museum exhibit in western Montana in the next couple years, so contact her at rachel.gross@umontana.edu for more information on how to get involved.

WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 13 Take a bike ride and then brew a good cup of joe with the early birds of Coffee Outside MSLA. Beans will be provided, but bring your own brewing method to make a cup of coffee with other caffeine-loving cyclists. Caras Park. 7:15 AM

THURSDAY DECEMBER 14 Each year, the Audubon Christmas Bird Count mobilizes over 72,000 volunteer bird counters in North America. Join their number by getting out and counting birds. Visit mtaudubon.org for more information and instructions on bird counting.

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WEDDING DURESS I’ve been living with my highschool sweetheart (from 20 years ago) for two blissful years.

However, he’s still married to his ex (though they’ve been separated for 10 years). Every dollar he has goes into the business he’s building or child support, so I’m paying all the bills.

I want to get married and start a family, but beyond his not being divorced, he doesn’t want to marry again or have children ... at this time. He says this could change in the future.

—Clock’s Ticking It actually isn’t surprising that you’ve managed to maintain hope—even as your loverman stops just short of tackling you at weddings to keep you from catching the bouquet. Brain imaging studies by anthropologist Helen Fisher and her colleagues find that our love for another person is not merely a feeling. In fact, as she put it in a talk, love is “a motivation system; it’s a drive; it’s part of the reward system of the brain.”

Fisher further explains in her book Why We Love: “When a reward is delayed, dopamine-producing cells in the brain increase their work, pumping out more of this natural stimulant to energize the brain, focus attention, and drive the pursuer to strive even harder to acquire a reward.” (Welcome to the factory where “Only him!” gets made.)

In reality, there are probably a number of love-worthy aspiring Mr. Minivans out there.

However, you’re blind to this because getting your boyfriend to hubby up (and daddy up) has become a goal, energizing the human motivational system and all of its neurochemical enablers.

Psychologically, the more momentum you gain in pursuing something the less interest you have in exploring whether it even makes sense. Physiologically, surging dopamine and other neurochemicals basically become punks giving rational thought a beat-down so you can keep mindlessly chasing your goal.

To drag rational thought into the mix, pause the misty mental footage of this guy someday “putting a ring on it” and put some numbers on your chances—Vegas bookiestyle. Things to factor: How likely is he to come around on the marriage thing? Babies?

And if there’s a chance he’d agree to make some, how likely is it to happen before your ovaries put out the “Sorry, We’re Closed” sign?

Express the odds in percentages—as in,

“He’s X percent likely to do Y”—basing your guesses on his prior behavior, values, etc. Lay out the percentages visually, by drawing a pie chart. That pie chart, for example, is a picture of how likely it is that the only way you two will ever have a baby is if some sleepless new parent drops by and accidentally leaves one of their triplets on your couch.

HOW I MET YOUR SMOTHER My boyfriend recently ended things, saying he wasn’t ready to be tied down. His mother adores me and keeps calling and saying he loves me and to just be patient. Should I be talking to her at all? Is this normal behavior for a 32year-old man’s mom?

—Confused Stalkers usually want to date you or chain you to a radiator in their basement, not force you to choose between the calla lilies and the “Winter Blessings” wedding centerpiece.

Though his mom’s busybodying is weirding you out, it’s actually an example of a common dynamic that evolutionary psychologists call “parent-offspring conflict.” Not surprisingly, parents and children often have competing interests. In fact, evolutionary biologist David Haig explains that parent-offspring conflict starts in the womb. For instance, moms-to-be sometimes get gestational diabetes when their little hog of a fetus puts out a hormone to mess with the mom’s blood glucose—allowing him to suck up not only his share of nutrients but a bunch of his mother’s share, too.

What’s in Mommy Meddlingest’s interest?

A nice, emotionally stable woman, just the ticket to her becoming a grandma—sooner rather than later—and not just to newborns that bark. But what’s in Sonny Boy’s interest?

Well, maybe an endless string of sexfriends.

If his mom’s calls make you uncomfortable, set boundaries—kindly! (Say you appreciate her efforts but prefer that she stop intervening.) Ironically, it’s parents keeping lovers apart that tends to bring them together (the “Romeo and Juliet effect”)—as opposed to the tack his mom’s taking: Yes, someone’s rented the apartment directly across from yours, and they’re waving at you.

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sonal Representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the decedent are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to JULIE ANN JIMENEZ, Personal Representative, return receipt requested, at 2687 Palmer Street, Suite D, Missoula, Montana 59808, or filed with the Clerk of the above Court. I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of Montana that the foregoing is true and correct. DATED this 20TH day of November, 2017. /s/ Julie Ann Jimenez, Personal Representative DARTY LAW OFFICE, PLLC /s/ H. Stephen Darty, /s/ Stefan Kolis, Attorneys for Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT MISSOULA COUNTY Cause No.: DV-17-598 Dept. No.: 1 Leslie Halligan Notice of Hearing on Name Change In the Matter of the Name Change of Salinsiri Phunghan, Petitioner. This is notice that Petitioner has asked the District Court for a change of name from Salinsiri Phunghan to Salinsiri Cole.The hearing will be on 12/20/2017 at 11:00 a.m.The hearing will be at the Courthouse in Missoula County. Date: November 14,2017, /s/ Shirley E. Faust, Clerk of District Court By: Molly A. Reynolds, Deputy Clerk of Court Montana Fourth Judicial District Court, Missoula County Cause No.: DV-17-1134 Dept. No.: 2 Robert L. Deschamps, III Notice of Hearing on Name Change of Minor Child In the Matter of the Name Change of Tobi Lynn Whiteman Runs Him, Erin Birdinground, Petitioner.This is notice that Petitioner has asked the District Court to change a child’s name from Tobi Lynn Whiteman Runs Him to Tobi Jo Not Afraid.

The hearing will be on 01/02/2018 at 11:00 a.m.The hearing will be at the Courthouse in Missoula County. Date: November 22, 2017. /s/ Shirley E. Faust, Clerk of District Court By: /s/ Cady Sowre, Deputy Clerk of Court Montana Fourth Judicial District Court, Missoula County Cause No.: DV-17-1135 Dept. No.: 2 Robert L. Deschamps, III Notice of Hearing on Name Change of Minor Child In the Matter of the Name Change of Rio Bailey Lafranier, Erin Birdinground, Petitioner. This is notice that Petitioner has asked the District Court to change a child’s name from Rio Bailey Lafranier to Rio Bailey Not Afraid. The hearing will be on 01/02/2018 at 11:00 a.m.The hearing will be at the Courthouse in Missoula County.

Date: November 22, 2017. /s/ Shirley E. Faust, Clerk of District Court By: /s/ Cady Sowre Deputy Clerk of Court Montana Fourth Judicial District Court, Missoula County Cause No.: DV-17-1139 Dept. No.: 1 Notice of Hearing on Name Change In the Matter of the Name Change of Amanda Kannianen Allison, Petitioner.

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Date: 11/24/2017 /s/ Shirley E. Faust, Clerk of District Court MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 1 Cause No. DP-17-286 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF JACK TURNER MEENACH, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Raymond P.Twite has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named estate.All persons having claims against the Deceased are required to present their claims within four (4) months after the date of the first publication of this Notice or their claims will be forever

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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY

By Rob Brezsny ARIES (March 21-April 19): You may get richer quicker in 2018, Aries—especially if you refuse to sell out.

You may accumulate more clout—especially if you treat everyone as your equal and always wield your power responsibly. I bet you will also experience deeper, richer emotions—especially if you avoid people who have low levels of emotional intelligence. Finally, I predict you will get the best sex of your life in the next 12 months—especially if you cultivate the kind of peace of mind in which you’ll feel fine about yourself if you don’t get any sex at all. P.S.:You’d be wise to start working on these projects immediately.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): The members of the fungus family, like mushrooms and molds, lack chlorophyll, so they can’t make food from sunlight, water and carbon dioxide.To get the energy they need, they “eat” plants.

That’s lucky for us. The fungi keep the earth fresh. Without them to decompose fallen leaves, piles of compost would continue to accumulate forever. Some forests would be so choked with dead matter that they couldn’t thrive. I invite you to take your inspiration from the heroic fungi, Taurus. Expedite the decay and dissolution of the worn-out and obsolete parts of your life.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): I’m guessing you have been hungrier than usual. At times you may have felt voracious, even insatiable. What’s going on? I don’t think this intense yearning is simply about food, although it’s possible your body is trying to compensate for a nutritional deficiency. At the very least, you’re also experiencing a heightened desire to be understood and appreciated.You may be aching for a particular quality of love that you haven’t been able to give or get. Here’s my theory: Your soul is famished for experiences that your ego doesn’t sufficiently value or seek out. If I’m correct, you should meditate on what your soul craves but isn’t getting enough of.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): The brightly colored birds known as bee-eaters are especially fond of eating bees and wasps. How do they avoid getting stung? They snatch their prey in mid-air and then knock them repeatedly against a tree branch until the stinger falls off and the venom is flushed out. In the coming weeks, Cancerian, you could perhaps draw inspiration from the bee-eaters’ determination to get what they want. How might you be able to draw nourishment from sources that aren’t entirely benign? How could you extract value from influences that you have be careful with?

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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): The coming months will be a ripe time to revise and rework your past—to reconfigure the consequences that emerged from what happened once upon a time. I’ll trust you to make the ultimate decisions about the best ways to do that, but here are some suggestions. 1. Revisit a memory that has haunted you, and do a ritual that resolves it and brings you peace. 2. Go back and finally do a crucial duty you left unfinished. 3. Return to a dream you wandered away from prematurely, and either re-commit yourself to it, or else put it to rest for good.

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VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): The astrological omens suggest that now is a favorable time to deepen your roots and bolster your foundations and revitalize traditions that have nourished you. Oddly enough, the current planetary rhythms are also conducive to you and your family and friends playing soccer in the living room with a ball made from rolled-up socks, pretending to be fortune-telling psychics and giving each other past-life readings, and gathering around the kitchen table to formulate a conspiracy to achieve world domination. And no, the two sets of advice I just gave you are not contradictory.

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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): In accordance with the long-term astrological omens, I invite you to make five longterm promises to yourself.They were formulated by the teacher Shannen Davis. Say them aloud a few times to get a feel for them. 1. “I will make myself eminently teachable through the cultivation of openness and humility.” 2. “I won’t wait around hoping that people will give me what I can give myself.” 3. “I’ll be a good sport about the consequences of my actions, whether they’re good, bad, or misunderstood.” 4. “As I walk out of a room where there are many people who know me, I won’t worry about what anyone will say about me.” 5. “I will only pray for the things I’m willing to be the answer to.”

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SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): To discuss a problem is not the same as doing something practical to correct it. Many people don’t seem to realize this.They devote a great deal of energy to describing and analyzing their difficulties, and may even imagine possible solutions, but then neglect to follow through. And so nothing changes.The sad or bad situation persists. Of all the signs in the zodiac, you Scorpios are among the least prone to this disability.

You specialize in taking action to fulfill your proposed fixes. Just this once, however, I urge you to engage in more inquiry and conversation than usual. Just talking about the problem could cure it.

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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): As far back as ancient Egypt, Rome and Greece, people staged ceremonies

to mark the embarkation of a new ship.The intention was to bestow a blessing for the maiden voyage and ever thereafter. Good luck! Safe travels! Beginning in 18th-century Britain and America, such rituals often featured the smashing of a wine bottle on the ship’s bow. Later, a glass container of champagne became standard. In accordance with the current astrological indicators, I suggest that you come up with your own version of this celebratory gesture. It will soon be time for your launch.

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PUBLIC NOTICESMNAXLP barred. Claims must either be mailed to Christian, Samson & Jones, PLLC,Attorneys for the Personal Representative, return receipt requested, at 310 W Spruce Street, Missoula, MT 59802, or filed with the Clerk of the above Court. I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of Montana the foregoing is true and correct.

DATED this 14 day of November, 2017. /s/ Raymond P. Twite, Personal Representative for the Estate of Jack Turner Meenach /s/ Kevin S. Jones, Attorney for Personal Representative NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE THE FOLLOWING LEGALLY DESCRIBED TRUST PROPERTY TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE. Notice is hereby given that the undersigned Successor Trustee will, on March 13, 2018 at the hour of 11:00 AM, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, the interest in the following described real property which the Grantor has or had power to convey at the time of execution by him of the said Deed of Trust, together with any interest which the Grantor or his successors in interest acquired after the execution of said Deed of Trust, to satisfy the obligations thereby secured and the costs and expenses of sale, including reasonable charges by the Successor Trustee, at the following place: On the front steps of the Missoula County Courthouse, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802 John A. “Joe” Solseng, a member of the Montana state bar, of Robinson Tait, P.S. is the duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to the Deed of Trust in which Sara Lerback, as joint tenants with rights of survivorship and Anthony Lerback, as joint tenants with rights of survivorship, as Grantor, conveyed said real property to Western Title & Escrow as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mountain West Bank, N.A., beneficiary of the security instrument, said Deed of Trust which is dated July 7, 2008 and was recorded on July 7, 2008 as Instrument No. Book 822 of Micro Records at Page 658, of official records in the Office of the Recorder of Missoula County, Montana.

The Deed of Trust encumbers real prop-

erty (“Property”) located at 2045 CHICKADEE DRIVE, MISSOULA, MT 59808 and being more fully described as follows: LOT 9, BLOCK 4, EL MAR ESTATES PHASE 3,A PLATTED SUBDIVISION OF MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF. The beneficial interest under said Deed of Trust and the obligations secured thereby are presently held by Carrington Mortgage Services, LLC. The Beneficiary has declared the Grantor in default of the terms of the Deed of Trust and the Promissory Note (“Note”) secured by said Deed of Trust due to Grantor’s failure to timely pay all monthly installments of principal, interest and if applicable, escrow reserves for taxes and/or insurance as required by the Note and Deed of Trust. The default for which foreclosure is made is grantors’ failure to pay when due the following sums: monthly payments totaling $88,959.62 beginning March 1, 2012 through October 5, 2017; plus late charges of $3,402.46; fees of $1,365.00; plus paid recoverable balance of $7,556.29; less unap-

Bitterroot Mini Storage 6415 Mormon Creek Road, Lolo, MT 59847 Will auction to the highest bidder abandoned storage units owing delinquent storage rent for the following units but not limited to: 9, 15, 16, 18, 28, 33, 48, 49, 64, 66, 76, 78, 79, 85, 87, 89, 113, 114, 115, 117. Units contain misc. household goods, furniture, toys, clothes, tools and other misc. items. We will hold a live auction starting at 1:00PM on Friday, December 15, 2017. Payment will be due immediately at acknowledgement of winning bid.

Buyers bid will be for entire contents of each unit offered in the sale. Only cash or money orders will be accepted for payment. Unit must be emptied by buyer at least 10 business days from day of sale. Units are reserved subject to redemption by owner prior to sale. All sales are final. Please contact Grizzly Property Management, Inc. at (406) 542-2060 or rentals@grizzlypm.com with any questions.

plied funds credit of $847.04; together with title expense, costs, trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees incurred herein by reason of said default; any further sums advanced by the beneficiary for the protection of the above described real property and its interest therein; and prepayment penalties/premiums, if applicable. By reason of said default, the beneficiary has declared all sums owing on the obligation secured by said trust deed immediately due and payable, said sums being the following, to wit: $163,792.95 with interest thereon at the rate of 6.37500 percent per annum beginning February 1, 2012; plus escrow balance of $12,037.40; plus late charges of $3,402.46; plus corporate advance of $1,365.00; plus expense advance of $7,556.29; plus additional escrow of $954.29; less unapplied balance of $847.04; together with title expense, costs, trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees incurred herein by reason of said default; any further

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will auction to the highest bidder abandoned storage units owing delinquent storage rent on Wednesday, December 20 at 11:00 a.m. Units can contain furniture, clothes, chairs, toys, kitchen supplies, tools, sports equipment, books, beds & other misc. household goods. A silent auction will be held Wednesday, December 20 at 7648 Thornton Drive, Missoula, MT 59808. Buyer's bid will be for entire contents of each unit offered in the sale. Only cash or money orders will be accepted for payment. Units are reserved subject to redemption by owner prior to sale. All Sales final.

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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): You may feel quite sure that you’ve gotten as tall as you’re ever going to be.

But that may not be true. If you were ever going to add another half-inch or more to your height, the near future would be the time for it.You are in the midst of what we in the consciousness industry call a “growth spurt.”The blooming and ripening could occur in other ways, as well.Your hair and fingernails may become longer faster than usual, and even your breasts or penis might undergo spontaneous augmentation. There’s no doubt that new brain cells will propagate at a higher rate, and so will the white blood cells that guard your physical health. Four weeks from now, I bet you’ll be noticeably smarter, wiser and more robust.

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AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): You come into a delicatessen where you have to take a numbered ticket in order to get waited on. Oops. You draw 37 and the counter clerk has just called out number 17. That means 20 more people will have their turns before you. Damn! You settle in for a tedious vigil, putting down your bag and crossing your arms across your chest. But then what’s this? Two minutes later, the clerk calls out 37.That’s you! You go up to the counter and hand in your number, and amazingly enough, the clerk writes down your order. A few minutes later, you’ve got your food. Maybe it was a mistake, but who cares? All that matters is that your opportunity came earlier than you thought it would. Now apply this vignette as a metaphor for your life in the coming days.

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PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): It’s one of those bizarre times when what feels really good is in close alignment with what’s really good for you, and when taking the course of action that benefits you personally is probably what’s best for everyone else, too. I realize the onslaught of this strange grace may be difficult to believe. But it’s real and true, so don’t waste time questioning it. Relish and indulge in the freedom it offers you. Use it to shush the meddling voice in your head that informs you about what you supposedly SHOULD be doing instead of what you’re actually doing.

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PUBLIC NOTICESMNAXLP sums advanced by the beneficiary for the protection of the above described property and its interest therein; and prepayment penalties/premiums, if applicable. Due to the defaults stated above, the Beneficiary has elected and has directed the Trustee to sell the above-described property to satisfy the obligation. Notice is further given that any person named has the right, at any time prior to the date last set for the sale, to have this foreclosure proceeding dismissed and the Deed of Trust reinstated by making payment to the Beneficiary of the entire amount then due (other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred) and by curing any other default complained of herein that is capable of being cured by tendering the performance required under the obligation or to cure the default, by paying all costs and expenses actually incurred in enforcing the obligation and Deed of Trust, together with Successor Trustee’s and attorney’s fees.

If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Successor Trustee and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. Dated: October 25, 2017 /s/ John A. “Joe” Solseng John A. “Joe” Solseng, a member of the Montana state bar,Attorney of Robinson Tait, P.S., MSB #11800 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE To be sold for cash at a Trustee’s Sale on January 19, 2018, 09:00 AM at the main entrance of Missoula County Courthouse located at 200 West Broadway Street, Missoula, MT 59802, the following described real property situated in Missoula County, State of Montana: Lot 117 of MANSION HEIGHTS, Phase III, a platted subdivision in the City of Missoula, Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded Plat thereof.

More commonly known as 245 Mansion Heights Drive, Missoula, MT 59803.Andrea L. Moore, as Grantor, conveyed said real property to Stewart Title of Missoula County, Inc., as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for Mann Mortgage, LLC, its successors and assigns,

by Deed of Trust on September 16, 2008, and filed for record in the records of the County Clerk and Recorder in Missoula County, State of Montana, on September 22, 2008 as Instrument No. 200821789, in Book 826, at Page 973, of Official Records.

The Deed of Trust was assigned for value as follows: Assignee: New Penn Financial LLC d/b/a Shellpoint Mortgage Servicing Assignment Dated: June 29, 2017 Assignment Recorded: June 29, 2017 Assignment Recording Information: as Instrument No. 201712792, in Book 982, at Page 50, All in the records of the County Clerk and Recorder for Missoula County, Montana Benjamin J. Mann is the Successor Trustee pursuant to a Substitution of Trustee recorded in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Missoula County, State of Montana, on May 11, 2017 as Instrument No. 201707944, in Book 978, at Page 802, of Official Records.The Beneficiary has declared a default in the terms of said Deed of Trust due to Grantor’s failure to make monthly payments beginning December 1, 2015, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan. By reason of said default, the Beneficiary has declared all sums owing on the obligation secured by said Trust Deed immediately due and payable.

The total amount due on this obligation is the principal sum of $313,552.31, interest in the sum of $33,751.17, escrow advances of $0.00, other amounts due and payable in the amount of $19,993.23 for a total amount owing of $367,296.71, plus accruing interest, late charges, and other fees and costs that may be incurred or advanced.The

Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantor. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary, the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust. Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds of this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale, and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation. The sale is a public sale and any person, including the Beneficiary, excepting only the Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by Trustee’s Deed, without any representation or warranty, including warranty of title, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis, without limitation, the sale is being made subject to all existing conditions, if any, of lead paint, mold or other environmental or health hazards. The sale purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th day following the sale. The Grantor, successor in interest to the Grantor, or any other person having an interest in the property, has the right, at any time prior to the Trustee’s Sale, to pay to the Beneficiary, or the successor in interest to the Beneficiary, the entire amount then due under the Deed of Trust and the obligation secured thereby (including costs and expenses actually incurred and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred and by curing any other default complained of herein that is capable of being cured by tendering the performance required under the obligation or to cure the default, by paying all costs and expenses actually incurred in enforcing the obligation and Deed of Trust with Successor Trustee’s and attorney’s fees. In the event that all defaults are cured the foreclosure will be dismissed and the foreclosure sale will be canceled. The scheduled Trustee’s Sale may be postponed by public proclamation up to 15 days for any reason. In the event of a bankruptcy filing, the sale may be postponed by the Trustee for up to 120 days by public proclamation at least every 30 days. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Successor Trustee and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse.This is an attempt to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. Dated this 1st day of September, 2017. /s/ Benjamin J. Mann Substitute Trustee 376 East 400 South, Suite 300 Salt Lake City, UT 84111 Telephone: 801355-2886 Office Hours: Mon.-Fri., 8AM5PM (MST) File No. 49518 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE To be sold for cash at Trustee’s Sale on March 20, 2018, at 10:00 a.m., on the front (south) steps of the Missoula County Courthouse located at 200 W. Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802, all of Trustee’s right, title and interest to the following-described real property situated in Missoula County, Montana: Tract B of Certificate of Survey No. 5689, located in the East half of Section 1, Township 13 North, Range 20 West, P.M.M., Missoula County, Montana, and the Southwest Quarter of Section 6,Township 13 North, Range 19 West, P.M.M., Missoula County, Montana.

Excepting Therefrom Tracts A-1, C-1, Portion “A” and Portion “B” of Certificate of Survey No. 5891, located in the East Half of Section 1, Township 13 North, Range 20 West, P.M.M., Missoula County, Montana.

The remaining property is more fully de-

scribed as Tract B-1 of Certificate of Survey No. 5891, located in the East half of Section 1, Township 13 North, Range 20 West, P.M.M., Missoula County, Montana, and the Southwest Quarter of Section 6,Township 13 North, Range 19 West, P.M.M., Missoula County, Montana. Scott G. Cooney, as Grantor, conveyed the real property to Stewart Title of Missoula, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Missoula Federal Credit Union, by Trust Indenture dated March 16, 2007, and recorded that same date in Book 793, Page 1088, records of the Missoula County Clerk and Recorder. The original Trust Indenture included all of Tract B of Certificate of Survey No. 5689. Partial reconveyances subsequently were recorded, releasing what is now Tracts A-1, C-1, Portion A and Portion B of Certificate of Survey No. 5891. A Substitution of Trustee designating Kevin S. Jones as Successor Trustee was recorded June 30, 2017, in Book 982, Page 163, Document No. 201712905, records of the Missoula County Clerk and Recorder.The default of the obligation, the performance of which is secured by the aforementioned Trust Indenture, and for which default of this foreclosure is made, is for failure to pay the monthly payments as and when due. Pursuant to the provisions of the Trust Indenture, the Beneficiary has exercised, and hereby exercises, its option to declare the full amount secured by such Trust Indenture immediately due and payable. There presently is due on said obligation the principal sum of $1,321,167.69, plus interest totaling $81,015.60, late fees of $5,599.05, and expenses of $15,560.60, for a total amount due of $1,423,342.94, as of November 14, 2017, plus the costs of foreclosure, attorney’s fees, trustee’s fees, escrow closing fees, and other accruing interest and costs. The Beneficiary has elected, and does hereby elect, to sell the above-described property to satisfy the obligation referenced above.

The Beneficiary declares that the Grantor is in default as described above and demands that the Trustee sell the property described above in accordance with the terms and provisions of this Notice.

DATED this 15th day of November, 2017. /s/ Kevin S. Jones,Trustee STATE OF MONTANA))ss. County of Missoula) On this 15th day of November, 2017, before me, the undersigned, a Notary Public for the State of Montana, personally appeared Kevin S. Jones,Trustee, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the within instrument, and acknowledged to me that he executed the same. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal the day and year first above written. /s/ Christy Shipp NOTARY PUBLIC for the State of Montana Residing at Missoula, MT My Commission Expires May 07, 2021 (SEAL) NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on March 22, 2018, at 11:00 AM at the Main Door of the Missoula County Courthouse located at 200 West Broadway in Missoula, MT 59802, the following described real property situated in Missoula County, Montana:The East 5 feet of Lot 34, all of Lots 35 and 36 in Block 50 of Car Line Addition, and the West 5 feet of Lot 37 in Block 50 of Car Line Addition No. 3, a platted subdivision in Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded plat thereof.

TOGETHER WITH the South 8 feet of the vacated alley lying adjacent and North of the herein described lots. AND TOGETHER WITH an easement for common driveway as described in Book 340 of Micro Records at Page 1320.

RECORDING REFERENCE: Book 606 of Micro Records at Page 1775. Patrick Hays and Beverly Hays, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to First American Title Company of Montana, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Heritage Bank, as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust on March 11, 2004, and recorded on March 12, 2004 as Book 727 Page 1509 Document No. 200406534. The beneficial interest is currently held by U.S. Bank National Association. First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., is the Successor Trustee pursuant to a Substitution of Trustee recorded in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Missoula County, Montana.The beneficiary has declared a default in the terms of said Deed of Trust by failing to make the monthly payments beginning December 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 October 27, 2017 is $58,533.34 principal, interest totaling $17,152.59 escrow advances of $11,428.90, plus accruing interest, late charges, and other costs and fees that may be advanced.The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors.

If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary, the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust.

Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds of this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation. The sale is a public sale and any person, including the beneficiary, excepting only the Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks).

The conveyance will be made by Trustee’s Deed without any representation or warranty, including warranty of Title, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an asis, where-is basis, without limitation, the sale is being made subject to all existing conditions, if any, of lead paint, mold or other environmental or health hazards. The sale purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th day following the sale. The grantor, successor in interest to the grantor or any other person having an interest in the property, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, may pay to the beneficiary or the successor in interest to the beneficiary the entire amount then due under the deed of trust and the obligation secured thereby (including costs and expenses actually incurred and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred and thereby cure the default. The scheduled Trustee’s Sale may be postponed by public proclamation up to 15 days for

any reason, and in the event of a bankruptcy filing, the sale may be postponed by the trustee for up to 120 days by public proclamation at least every 30 days. THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Dated: November 3, 2017 /s/ Rae Albert Assistant Secretary, First American Title Company of Montana, Inc. Successor Trustee Title Financial Specialty Services PO Box 339 Blackfoot ID 83221 STATE OF Idaho )) ss.

County of Bingham ) On this 3rd day of

November, 2017, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Rae Albert, know to me to be the Assistant Secretary of First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., Successor Trustee, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same. /s/ Kaitlin Ann Gotch Notary Public Bingham County, Idaho Commission expires: 07/29/2022 US Bank National Association vs Beverly Hays Patrick Hays 100072-2

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This super clean 4 bedroom, 2 bath home sits on a corner lot. Hardwood floors throughout the main level are in great condition, and it is move in ready. A large deck wraps around the front and side of the home, and there are two entrances to the main level.The basement has a large bedroom with full egress and a walk-in cloet. The laundry area, a full bath, and workshop benches with 220 wired in are also located in the basement. Detached single car garage with opener, and off-street parking. A new sewer connection was completed in November of 2017.

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Welcome to 5067 Cache Court, a 2 bed/2 bath 1,164 square foot, two story family home located in Canyon Creek Village. Desmet Elementary School District. Fenced backyard. Located in a quiet boulevard. Please text/call Rebecca Donnelly at 406.546.0067 or Cole Bergquist at 406.544.9817, or talk to your agent, for more property info including: 3d interactive walkthrough virtual tour, google maps, associated documents and contact info.

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This cute and cozy 2 BD/1BA brick cottage has been updated and well maintained. Enjoy the efficient floor plan, attached 1 car garage, and nicely landscaped and fenced backyard. Centrally located with quick and easy access to downtown or the University. Updates include new vinyl windows throughout, keyless entry, and a new tile walk-in shower. Operated as a successful vacation rental for the past 4 years, this home is great for an investor or owner-occupant.

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RENTALS APARTMENTS 1 bed, 1 bath, Cooper Street, $725, DW, AC, coin-op laundry, storage & off street parking W/S/G paid. NO PETS, NO SMOKING Gatewest 728-7333

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438 Washington St. 1 bed/1 bath, downtown, HEAT PAID, coin-ops, cat? $750 Grizzly Property Management 542-2060

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509 S. 5th St. E. #4. 2 bed/1 bath, two blocks to U, coin-ops, shared yard $725.

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2 bed, 1 or 2 bath, Cooper Street, $895, DW, AC, coin-op laundry, storage & off street parking W/S/G paid. NO PETS, NO SMOKING Gatewest 728-7333

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237 1/2 E. Front St.“A” Studio/1 bath, downtown, HEAT PAID, coin-ops on site $625.

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2300 McDonald #2. 1 bed/1 bath, new flooring and paint, close to shopping and parks $650.

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303 E. Spruce #5. 1 bed/1 bath, downtown, coin-ops, cat? $600. Grizzly Property Management 542-2060

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waukee Trail, W/D hookups, DW $825.

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422 Madison • 549-6106 Finalist

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JONESIN’

REAL ESTATE

CROSSWORDS

By Matt Jones

HOMES 1702 Bancroft. 2 bed, 1 bath brick cottage with single garage and nicely landscaped fenced yard. $215,500. Shannon Hilliard, Ink Realty Group 239-8350 shannonhilliard5@gmail.com 1728 Ernest. Updated 4 bed, 3 bath with attached one car garage & large fenced backyard. $305,000. Shannon Hilliard, Ink Realty Group 239-8350. shannonhilliard5@gmail.com 2755 Lower Lincoln Hills Dr. - Easy jaunt to downtown It’s a nature paradise in town with a magical trail leading up to the fabulous home and land. 3 Bed 1 Bath $399,000 KD 240-5227 3625 Kingsbury. Pleasant View 3 bed, 3 bath on corner lot with 2 car garage. $269,900. Shannon Hilliard, Ink Realty Group.

239-8350 shannonhilliard5@gmail.com

7000 Guinevere • $344,800

450 Speedway- Fantastic corner lot with an adorable sweet little bungalow, with fully fenced yard! Close to University, Hiking Trails, Downtown and More! $165,000. KD 240-5227 PorticoReal Estate.com 6 Elk Ridge. 4 bed, 3 bath in gated Rattlesnake community with shared pool & tennis court. Many new upgrades. $795,000. Shannon Hilliard, Ink Realty Group 239-8350, shannonhilliard5@gmail.com

BRAND NEW! Large lot and landscape. 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom home in newer part of Upper Linda Vista.

Move in ready!

901 Defoe. Update 3 bed, 1 bath on Northside with basement, wrap around deck & large yard. $214,900. Shannon Hilliard, Ink Realty Group 239-8350. shannonhilliard5@gmail.com

KEN ALLEN REAL ESTATE 800 Kensington Suite 205 406-239-6906

Homes: 450 Speedway- Solid stucco-sided home has great floor plan and is convenient to downtown, mountain trails, river, UM, and more. ... ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................$165,000 2883 E Fork Road- 2 bedroom 1 bath home is located up the scenic East Fork with incredible access to fishing, hunting & public lands galore. ..............................................................................................................................................................................................$225,000 415 Central Ave- Hot Springs Centrally Located on 4 Lots. Great Potential- Multiple Outbuildings. Mature Shade, Apple, Pear & Plum Trees ...................................................................................................................................................................................................$45,000 607 Overlook Way Easy living awaits you in wonderful 3 bedroom 2 bath South Hills home. Light pours in huge picture windows of open living dining area ....................................................................................................................................................................$295,000

Townhomes/Condos 616 Toole- Modern new townhome will be finished late Spring or early Summer. This wonderful home features 3 bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms and bonus room in daylight basement.................................................................................................................................$350,000 618 Toole- Modern new townhome will be finished late Spring or early Summer. This wonderful home features 3 bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms and bonus room in daylight basement.................................................................................................................................$350,000 620 Toole- Modern new townhome will be finished late Spring or early Summer. This wonderful home features 3 bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms and bonus room in daylight basement.................................................................................................................................$350,000 622 Toole- Modern new townhome will be finished late Spring or early Summer. This wonderful home features 3 bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms and bonus room in daylight basement.................................................................................................................................$350,000 2101 Dearborn #13 If you are looking for a gorgeous, affordable condo, this might be it. Centrally located near the mall and the bike path is right outside your door. PRICE REDUCED...........................................................................................................................$129,000 2025 Mullan Rd #306 River facing unit takes full advantage of southern exposure to let in light during short winter days.

PRICE REDUCED ..............................................................................................................................................................................$227,500 1400 Burns St #3- One-bed unit, no income restrictions, Burns Street Commons makes owning your own home possible. ....$109,000

Featured: 2101 Dearborn #13 If you are looking for a gorgeous, affordable condo, this might be it. Centrally located near the mall and the bike path is right outside your door. $134,000 PRICE REDUCED $129,000

2025 Mullan Rd #306 River facing unit takes full advantage of southern exposure to let in light during short winter days. $249,000 PRICE REDUCED $227,500

"You're the Toppings"–get a pizza the action.

ACROSS 1 Put on ___ of paint 6 Carmaker based in Munich 9 Former world power, for short 13 It's formed by small droplets and shows white rings (unlike its colorful rainy counterpart) 15 "Go team!" cheer 16 Part of some organs 17 As an example 18 Party table item 20 Peace offering 22 Dir. opposite of WSW 23 Get up (get on up!)

24 Lout 25 "Just a sec" 27 Homer Simpson exclamation 28 Scone topper 29 August, in Avignon 30 Frolicked 33 Mary, Queen of ___ 34 Kitchen gadgets that really shred 37 Faker than fake 38 Gadget

39 Bygone Italian money 40 According to 41 Marshawn Lynch and Emmitt Smith, e.g.

44 Latent 47 Reznor's band, initially 48 Pickled vegetable 49 Fin. neighbor 50 Scale on a review site that determines if movies are "Certified Fresh" 53 Amateur broadcaster's equipment, once 55 Treat table salt, in a way 56 Sherlock Hemlock's catchphrase on "Sesame Street" 57 Shady tree 58 Grade that's passing, but not by much 59 1040 IDs 60 Go slaloming 61 Collect together

DOWN 1 Be able to buy 2 "Gangsta's Paradise" rapper 3 Monstrous, like Shrek 4 None of the ___ 5 Subdue, with "down" 6 "___ City" (Comedy Central series) 7 'Til Tuesday bassist/singer Aimee 8 Question of choice 9 Network merged into the CW in 2006 10 Sneaky way into a building

11 Racecar mishaps 12 Feels contrite 14 Monitor-topping recorders 19 "What have we here?"

21 Increased, with "up" 26 Tied, in a way 28 Baby kangaroo 30 "Same Kind of Different As Me" actress Zellweger 31 I strain?

32 "End of discussion" 33 Touchtone keypad button 34 Gossip sessions, slangily 35 BoJack of an animated Netflix series 36 Lymphatic mass near a tonsil 37 Some stuffed animals 41 Part of the eye with rods and cones 42 Ramona's sister, in Beverly Cleary books 43 Put emphasis on 45 Flight info, briefly 46 Computer network terminals 47 "The Book of Henry" actress Watts 48 Make shadowy 51 Cereal partner 52 Home of Warhol's "Campbell's Soup Cans," for short 54 Some city map lines, for short

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REAL ESTATE WE BUY HOMES! CASH! Close in as little as 1 day.Any Condition, Local company Call Willow Homes LLC Subject to title. 406-239-8102

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CONDOMINIUMS

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

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

MANUFACTURED HOMES For Sale 2- 2012 16x80 mobile homes in great condition $43,900 delivered and set up within 150 miles of Billings.

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NHN Raymond. Beautiful .43 acre on quiet street in the Rattlesnake. $229,900. Shannon Hilliard, Ink Realty Group 239-8350 shannonhilliard5@gmail.com Real Estate - Northwest Montana – Company owned. Small and large acre parcels. Private.Trees and meadows. National Forest boundaries.Tungstenholdings.com (406) 293-3714

Holland Lake Lodge. Located on 10.53 acres of USFS land with 1/4 mile of lake frontage. Main lodge with 9 guest rooms, restaurant, 6 guest cabins, gift shop, and owner’s cabin. $5,000,000 Shannon Hilliard 239-8350 shannonhilliard5@gmail.com

HOMES OUT OF TOWN 415 Central Avenue Hot Springs- Centrally Located on 4 Lots. Great Potential- Multiple Outbuildings-Mature Apple, Pear and Plum Trees as well as Shade trees. $45,000. KD 240-5227 PorticoRealEstate.com

“You gotta love where you live!”

For location and more info, view these and other properties at:

www.rochelleglasgow.com

Rochelle Glasgow Office: 406.728.8270 Cell:(406) 544-7507 • glasgow@montana.com

I

bring 28 years of real estate experience, knowledge of financing, honesty and integrity to my business to help buyers and sellers make sound decisions for their future.

My career in real estate is a lifestyle for me, rather than a job that I go to everyday. I balance my life with my love of the outdoors that includes hiking, canoeing, camping, backpacking and skiing. Here in Montana we love the seasons and utilize them to the fullest. We are truly lucky to live in a beautiful place and an amazing town! My motto for my clients is “You gotta love where you live!” And Missoula offers all the requirements to love where you live.

#306 in Mullan Heights.

River view 1337 sq.ft condo features 2 master bedrooms, 2 baths and 1/2 guest bath. Granite counters, laundry area, new cherry laminate flooring in living room.

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$227,500

Lot 4 Idle Ranches, Clinton • $99,900 Missoula's premiere trout fishing stream, Rock Pat McCormick Creek, provides the setting for this level, 1.4 Real Estate Broker Real Estate With Real Experience acre parcel with 360 degree views of the valley pat@properties2000.com mountains. Bring your builder or set up your 406-240-SOLD (7653) Yurt and enjoy all the amazing amenities Properties2000.com

18740 E. Mullan, Clinton

$279,500

Charming 2 bedroom, 1 bath home on 1.37 acres. 4 car garage & large barn. Apple tree, 2 plum trees & underground sprinklers. Permitted & approved septic in place & ready for a mobile home. MLS#21707610

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