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News
Voices The readers write .............................................................................................................4 Street Talk Holiday giving...........................................................................................................4 The Week in Review The news of the day, one day at a time..................................................6 Briefs Award-winning water, UM gets prioritized, and suing Earth First!.................................6 Etc. A plague of sweaters.............................................................................................................7 News Where the city’s proposed RV ordinance hits the road...................................................8 News Our wish list for Montana’s celebrity set..........................................................................8 Opinion For Roy Moore supporter Matt Rosendale, only the ‘R’ matters .............................10 Opinion Rick Bass is wrong about threats to Cabinet-Yaak grizzlies......................................10 Feature With winter camping, there’s a right way and a freeze way ..................................14
Arts & Entertainment
Arts How to make a perfectly awful movie..................................................................18 Art The surrounding sounds of Jesse Blumenthal’s Transmission Park.....................19 Music Welcome to the war on Christmas music..........................................................20 Film The Killing of a Sacred Deer is too good for its season ......................................21 Movie Shorts Independent takes on current films .....................................................22 BrokeAss Gourmet It’s almost time for monkey bread .............................................23 Happiest Hour Rattlesnake Creek Distillery releases Reserve Malt Whiskey .............25 8 Days a Week It’s not like you had other plans...........................................................26 Agenda Gun violence vigil at Paxson elementary........................................................35 Mountain High The Missoula Adult Tag League meets up.........................................36
Exclusives
News of the Weird ......................................................................................................12 Classifieds....................................................................................................................37 The Advice Goddess ...................................................................................................38 Free Will Astrology .....................................................................................................40 Crossword Puzzle .......................................................................................................45 This Modern World.....................................................................................................46
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STREET TALK
by Susan Shepard
What’s your favorite charity to support over the holidays? Which notable Montanan’s stocking would you fill with a lump of coal?
Mandie Satterlee: I really enjoy the Dan Fox Foster Care and Child Bridge. Both of them are childoriented, and I think during the holidays we all think of family, and kids that don’t have homes really need that. Taking their lumps: The University of Montana. Looking at going back to school, I’m trying everything I can do to not go back to the U of M, because I just don’t want to support the entity. And I know that’s kind of taboo in missoula.
Cathryn Tilly: Well, when I see the Salvation Army dinger, I put money in there, and any money for animals in the little dog houses anywhere. The Humane Society or Animeals. Unfortunately, he loves coal: Zinke. He’s mostly concerned with opening all the land for development or extraction of some kind without thought, and the whole thing of letting you go into a national refuge and spread lead shot is reprehensible beyond all—I can't even explain, I'm so pissed off at him. He can burn it under his rear.
Peggy Gilmour: The Food Bank, and Goodwill, if you consider that a charity. I think it is. He might like coal, too: Gianforte. He thinks he understands about Montana, but he really doesn’t. He doesn’t really get it. He plays to what he thinks people like, but it’s not really him.
Deryk Bramwell: I support the charities I normally support, so, for example, I’m a member of the Montana Wilderness Association. Congressman, get a shovel: Gianforte. Attitude, behavior and lack of thoughtfulness as to the consequences of policies being pursued.
Asked Tuesday afternoon at Book Exchange
Palestine via Helena
It is difficult to drive by Hill Park in Helena and see the empty space once occupied by the Daughters of the Confederacy fountain and not feel a sense of the sad and useless nature of its removal (“The real history lesson behind Helena’s Confederate monument,” Sept. 21). Designed by a Northern architect, given to the city in a “spirit of union,” and gratefully accepted by the city, why, after 100 quiet years, has it come to be seen as a monument to racism? Is it so wrong that women of the South honor their fallen dead? The ferocious civil war that resulted in the end of human slavery in the Americas has been fought and dearly paid for with the lives of hundreds of thousands of Americans from both sides, and not the least the life of the president himself, who fervently desired Americans to proceed “with malice towards none.” It is a great disservice to that man, and to those soldiers and citizens alike who gave the “last full measure of devotion” that their sacrifice is not honored. The fountain as an object of beauty could just as easily have been rededicated to the spirit of union with which it was originally presented. It could have been embraced as a monument to strength, community and the power of reconciliation. Instead, that high ground was surrendered and an important opportunity missed. It is particularly disturbing that in these tumultuous times, with so many avenues for involvement in human affairs relevant to change and the ability to move forward, Helena has found it worthwhile to eliminate that old fountain. Who knew that evil could hide in cold stone, especially when so much present evil reveals itself through living flesh and blood? The war against Iraq, birthed in lies, is such a thing. We live in the shadow of that deceit to this day, twisting slowly in political oblivion, trying with little success to right the floundering ship. Yet the ability of people to adjust to absurd circumstances can never be underestimated. Accepted as a fact of modern life, our war goes on in unreal other-places as dramatic productions of heroism and salvation, America saving the day, all the while decimating cultures, leveling cities, creating enemies and obliterating budgets. This militarism is white supremacy. War is racism. A glaring example is the massive prison camp at Gaza, Palestine. Here, two million people are savaged with violence and humiliation, year after year, with nary a sound of protest from the “civilized” world. We have learned to live with slow-motion genocide, and our flatulent response is the destruction of a monument that says “Confederacy”? Meanwhile, the plight of the Palestinians under a racist Israeli regime, supported as it is with American firepower and massive amounts of American money, crushes without mercy the aspirations of the native Arabs for self-
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determination. Israel continues to expand and expropriate land with cold brutality. Americans continue to pay and look away. This would seem an obvious and critical target in the struggle against racism, especially for Native Americans, who must see a reflection of their own suffering in the faces of their indigenous brothers and sisters in Palestine living under the boot heel of Israeli apartheid. Elements of this same juggernaut have reduced Yemen to famine and despair, driven poor Burmese into the mud of Bangladesh, reduced Syria, Iraq and Libya into a bloody and ponderous instability, bomb Afghanistan into whatever comes before the stone age, and force the migration of millions of refugees onto the shores of nations that simply do not deserve it. These conflicts are driven, with no obvious concern for the tragic consequences, by a
“Maybe the Stars and Stripes should fly there now, upside down, or maybe that place should remain empty as a testament to what fear looks like when it masquerades as principle.” dominant American/Israeli desire to reshape the Middle East more to their liking. They roll destructively through countries, disrupting millions of lives forever. In this context, removing a beautiful old fountain from a park in Helena seems little more than a weak, pathetic attempt to avoid reality. Maybe the Stars and Stripes should fly there now, upside down, or maybe that place should remain empty as a testament to what fear looks like when it masquerades as principle. It is a hollow sanctimony that solves nothing. There are fights to fight, but looking back and erasing history carved in stone is not one of them. We have our day, and there is no lack of opportunities to stand for justice. Let the dead lie. Our responsibility is to the living. Will Boland Helena
Umm, bless you too?
I would hope the unnamed author of the Nov. 30 Etc. column was only making a crude attempt at comedy when he compared Nazis with Nordic folks having lunch at a local bistro. If that’s not the case, then I can excuse his opinions as just another ignorant hypocrite, spreading his “batshit ideas.” God bless you this holiday season, and may you reap the reward that you sow. Joseph Petrusaitis Hamilton
‘Food park’ crisis
Great Falls is facing a crisis that looms over the horizon, threatening the community, its property values, air quality and aquifer reserves. The Canada-based company Friesen Foods is proposing the construction of a multispecies slaughterhouse called the Madison Food Park. When it is in full operation it will produce more than 100,000 pounds of animal waste and millions of gallons of wastewater a day while using 3.5 million gallons of fresh water from the Madison Aquifer. Along with the waste it produces, hundreds of trucks will clog the highways every week. The “Food Park” is designed to use state-of-the-art green technology by capturing gases that are released in the multiple lagoons and converting them into energy for the building. Overflow from these lagoons will be sprayed on local fields. People unfortunate enough to live nearby are susceptible to respiratory infections, headaches, nausea, diarrhea, nosebleeds, earaches, lung burns and even miscarriages and permanent brain damage in children. Don’t take my word for it. Ask the people of North Carolina and they will tell you about the smell and the health problems they experience. Not only does this have health implications, but it opens Montana up to future projects that threaten our natural resources. The citizens of Great Falls should not be the only people concerned. It affects all of Montana and reduces our Big Sky Country to a potential dumping ground for waste, selling out our lands to other countries ultimately exploited for their gain. The Great Falls community showed up in numbers to voice their concerns at a City Council meeting in November. All they heard in response was lack of transparency concerning the complete details of the mega-slaughterhouse from Friesen Foods. A recent online poll shows over 75 percent disapproval rate from Montanans. Jeff Blatnick Billings
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WEEK IN REVIEW Wednesday, Dec. 6 A Missoula federal court judge tosses out former Ravalli County Treasurer Valerie Stamey’s $20 million lawsuit against her former bosses and the Bitterroot Star, writing that her claims are “fatally defective as a matter of law.”
Thursday, Dec. 7 UM faculty members who sent a letter objecting to the hiring of Griz football coach Bobby Hauck receive a reply from an athletics department administrative assistant telling them to focus on their jobs.
Friday, Dec. 8 Members of the UM cabinet hold a marathon public forum ahead of President Sheila Stearns’ program prioritization recommendations. Chief Marketing Officer Mario Schulzke offers his own head to the guillotine (though not quite in those words).
Saturday, Dec. 9 In an interview with the Associated Press, Blackfeet Chairman Harry Barnes rebuffs Interior Sec. Ryan Zinke’s idea of declaring the Badger-Two Medicine a national monument, but adds that the tribe is open to a co-management strategy for the area.
Gold stars
A win for water
Missoula can officially call its acquisition of Mountain Water “award-winning.” At least its financing arrangement is. Last week the city accepted Bond Buyer’s Deal of the Year award, Small Issuer division, for pulling off the purchase. Chief Administrative Officer Dale Bickell attended a gala dinner in New York along with Finance Director Leigh Griffing to accept the award on the city’s behalf. The glass trophy was sitting in Bickell’s office on Monday, and had yet to be announced by the city. So how did the seemingly endless utility aquisition end up winning a national award from a trade paper that covers municipal finance? It was a combination of the significance of the purchase and its complexity. “Water really controls the future of a community, and being able to do that locally, like every other city in Montana, is so important here,” Bickell says. “The unique part was the whole acquisition process, and how this transaction morphed over time. Our underwriter and our bond counsel and our financial advisers all suddenly went from this traditional financing to being expert witnesses in a condemnation case.”
The crux of the deal was the city’s private financing arangement, through Barclays, for a shortterm bond issuance of $138 million—an amount that includes roughly $25 million in contingencies that the city expects to evaporate once litigation is finally complete. One challenging aspect of the deal was finalizing the purchase price before the purchase was completed. “We had to be able to provide the funding prior to actually having legal ownership,” Bickell says. “To the bank, that’s a huge deal, because that’s their collateral.” The utility pays for itself from rate revenues, and it’s a profitable business. The bond issuance won’t impact local taxes aside from the loss of tax revenues from properties previously owned by Mountain Water, the 10 largest of which were worth nearly $1.5 million in tax revenue to the city in 2016. Now that the utility is city owned and not subject to corporate imperatives, its profits will be reinvested. “We’re doing more with the amount of money the utility was collecting on its rates than the utility was. And it’s just because we are not shipping money out to investors,” Bickell says. “You look at all of the cash that was going out of that utility that was going into the pockets of the parent
companies, all that money is staying here now.” There will, however, be a downside to being flush with cash to improve the water system. “This town is going to be a mess this summer,” Bickell says, “with all of the construction and a bunch of water main projects.” Susan Elizabeth Shepard
DAPL redux
Can you sue an idea?
Nearly a year has passed since the protest camps near North Dakota’s Standing Rock Sioux Reservation disbanded. But over the past few months, the owners of the Dakota Access Pipeline have rekindled the fight, targeting environmental groups with a lawsuit that the American Civil Liberties Union and other free speech organizations argue could stifle advocacy nonprofits “across the political spectrum.” The suit, filed by Energy Transfer Equity and Energy Transfer Partners this fall, levels allegations of fraud, defamation and racketeering against a host of organizations including Greenpeace, the Sierra Club, Earthjustice and 350.org. These groups, the DAPL owners contend, were part of a “criminal enterprise” that used misinformation to incite violence and en-
Sunday, Dec. 10 The Missoula County Sheriff’s Office recovers a trailer stolen several days earlier from veteran Tim Gardipee. The trailer’s contents, including a custom treaded wheelchair donated to Gardipee by the Wounded Warrior Project, are reported intact.
Monday, Dec. 11 Commissioner of Political Practices Jeff Mangan finds that the Montana Democratic Party failed to properly report the beneficiaries of more than $377,000 in expenditures during the 2016 election. Conservatives will probably still argue that the office is biased against them.
Tuesday, Dec. 12 The Citizens United Political Victory Fund endorses Montana Auditor Matt Rosendale’s 2018 challenge against Sen. Jon Tester, adding to a list of national supporters that includes— as Rosendale boasted on Twitter this fall— Steve Bannon.
Forty years of D.C. paralysis has frozen our access and use of public lands. It’s time to keep public lands in public hands.” —Montana Sen. Steve Daines, in a statement explaining why he’s introduced a bill to release 449,500 acres of Wilderness Study Areas in Montana.
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[news] courage the public to pressure pipeline financiers into withdrawing support. “Under [Energy Transfer Partners’] theories, ordinary political speech that runs counter to a corporation’s business interests could expose the speaker to enormous, unwarranted liability,� the ACLU countered in a Dec. 11 amicus brief calling for the case’s dismissal. “Public campaigns, routine fundraising appeals, conversations with allies, and vindication of legal rights in court could all be targeted.� Perhaps the most bizarre aspect of the litigation is Energy Transfer Partners’ choice to list Earth First! among the defendants. According to court filings, papers were served to the Florida office of the Earth First! Journal. But as journal editor Ryan Hartman pointed out last week, Earth First! is not a legal entity with a formal structure or leadership. Rather, it’s a social movement, one that utilizes direct action to defend the environment. As Hartman said in an Earth First! Journal post on Dec. 5, “You can’t sue an idea.� Like the DAPL protest, which inspired Missoulians to rally in solidarity and donate supplies to the camps, Earth First! has a strong connection to western Montana. Downtown Missoula served as homebase for Earth First! Journal in the late 1980s, and local Earth First!ers regularly published an environmental newsletter called Wild Rockies Review into the early 2000s. Earlier this month, a 26-issue digital archive of that newsletter went live at wildrockies.info. Jim Coefield, a Montana Earth First!er in the 1980s and ’90s who helped compile the archive, agrees that Earth First! is not, and never has been, an organization in the traditional sense. “It was an idea that linked people together,� Coefield says. “Maybe an ‘extended affinity group’ might be one way to look at it, using the activist lingo. Anyone could purport to belong to Earth First!� Whether the issue was wolves or wilderness, Coefield says Earth First!ers of his day recognized that to elevate the debate, you had to demand public attention. He sees the DAPL protest as an obvious parallel. And in Energy Transfer Partners’ litigation, he sees another parallel. “This current lawsuit against Earth First! is nothing more than another attempt at, ‘How can we fracture the environmental movement and suppress dissent?’� Alex Sakariassen
Follow the money
UM’s budget mysteries
Hundreds of University of Montana programs had their futures drafted Dec. 12 by outgoing president Sheila Stearns, but their specific fates remain uncertain as long as another mystery lingers: How much cost-cutting does UM need to do? “Beats me, man,� says an exasperated Paul Haber, the University Faculty Association president who sat on the program prioritization task force that culminated in Stearns’ recommendations and has negotiated labor issues with administrators in recent months. Stearns is promising only “broad-strokes� clarity sometime in January, just as she steps down. In the meantime, she offers a bit of assurance: Her administration does not intend to trigger retrenchment, the lengthy process by which UM could terminate faculty. As recently as late October, interim Provost Beverly Edmond told the Missoulian that the administration hadn’t ruled out the retrenchment option. Stearns says she views retrenchment as a last resort budget-balancing option, and that the university’s financial outlook simply isn’t yet clear enough for her to determine whether retrenchment is “absolutely essential.� Taking retrenchment off the table is the latest tea leaf suggesting that the university’s budget deficit isn’t as urgent as many feared after Stearns launched a breakneck prioritization exercise and suggested publicly that 2018-2019 would see steep cuts to bring staffing in line with a reduced student body. “The sense that I’ve got, but it’s just vague, is that we look to be in pretty good shape going into 2019,� Haber says. Haber expresses frustration that the financial picture was so murky as prioritization participants sought to make recommendations that could be incorporated into budget decisions. Usually, a campus committee discusses the next year’s budget in monthly meetings, but the group has met only twice since interim Vice President for Administration and
BY THE NUMBERS
$64.8 million Asking price for the 119,500-acre Diamond Cross Ranch in southeastern Montana, owned by Mars candy heir Forrest Mars Jr. until his death last year. The ranch sold for an undisclosed price on Dec. 1 to an LLC called Heal Holdings. Finance Rosi Keller took over in September. Next year’s budget was not discussed in detail at those meetings, according to minutes provided to the Indy. Stearns blames the financial fuzziness on the state budget, which didn’t crystallize until after a special session last month. She says that delay forced her to rethink what she could accomplish this year, and potentially puts more difficult decisions on incoming President Seth Bodnar’s desk. “I was also not going to be foolhardy and pronounce decisions when I did not have what I believed was the full picture the university needed to make those decisions,� Stearns says. Several rounds of faculty buyouts and staff severance offers since summer will likely offset some portion of the budget hole. Nearly 100 employees signed up for severance offers this month, on top of the dozen or so senior faculty who had already accepted buyouts. The Missoulian reports that Stearns indicated the high staff interest in severance offers may reduce the number of lecturers UM will cut loose. Stearns wrote in her prioritization report that “we must reduce costs through more strategic deployment of faculty� in several fields, including education, world languages and the humanities. But it may be up to Bodnar to decide what that statement really means. Derek Brouwer
ETC. Whether the blame rests with National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation or Bridget Jones’s Diary, the Ugly Christmas Sweater party has become an institution. There are no fewer than 10 such events advertised for the week ahead in the Missoula area. They range from Ugly Christmas Sweater skates at Glacier Ice Rink to a charity benefit to a night with free cajun food at Larry’s Six Mile Tavern in Huson. Each event is an occasion to don that bedazzled or appliqued holiday nightmare you bought “as a joke� at the thrift store. One of the dumber side effects of the Ugly Christmas Sweater’s longevity (and it does seem like this quasi-ironic holiday tradition is here to stay, like White Elephant gift exchanges and “Die Hard is a Christmas movie�) is price gouging at thrift stores. Starting in late November, seemingly every secondhand and thrift store sets aside a rack just for holiday sweaters and outfits, marking them up at a premium. At Goodwill, that might mean $8 instead of $4, but at Missoula’s notoriously overpriced (and excellent!) Secret Seconds, that can mean up to $50 for a green-and-red ensemble. Price tags with notes like “Retails for $300!� are outright insulting to bargain-seeking shoppers, especially when the sale price is $80. And who cares what it retails for? It’s not new, and nothing in a thrift store should cost $80. It’s a thrift store, not eBay. Even at the Bargain Corner, normally a place where vintage finds remain reasonably priced, there are sweaters priced up to $35 on the racks. We don’t begrudge charitable enterprises for trying to make seasonal hay, but can’t they just keep it to Halloween? It’s almost enough to send you to Amazon, where $35 is more than enough to get a new sweater from the single-purpose company Ugle Fair Isle, or a solid down payment on a Slayer sweater. But please, don’t do that. Brand-new, purposebought ugly sweaters are the lamest way to meet a party’s dress code with the minimum possible effort. They’re a Christmas version of a tuxedo printed on a T-shirt. The “edgy� ones are even worse, like bad Spring Break joke tees with a holiday theme. The pleasure of the Ugly Christmas Sweater dies in the absence of earnestness—the willingness to stop being cool and just wear something goofy is part of what makes dressing for the occasion fun. Embrace your inner Mark Darcy and wear the sweater wholeheartedly.
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Mean streets Where the proposed RV ordinance hits the road by Derek Brouwer
The camper, parked on an unnamed and unlit road, is nearly invisible in the night, but the woman who steps out of it wants to be seen. Debee Keep, 61, has lived alone inside this 32-foot trailer, an old fifth-wheel Kit Companion, since September 2016. She emerges in a black peacoat with a tye-dyed backpack, asking to speak inside a reporter’s car so she can warm up. The door lights reveal Keep’s sparkling blue eyeshadow and stylish dark hair. She was a cosmetologist in one of her past lives. Keep usually tries to maintain a low profile. She can’t afford to be seen by passersby, like the man in an Xterra who cruises past twice in five minutes, or the man she says makes eyes each morning while walking his dog. It takes just one person to complain, Keep says, then the police will come knocking again, and she’ll have to find another spot to set up. She’s already done it 18 times in the last 15 months. But Keep does want to be seen by the members of Missoula City Council, which will hold a public hearing Dec. 18 on changes to a city ordinance that targets camper-dwellers like her. She wants to be seen not as a nuisance, or a lawbreaker, or an eyesore, but as she appears under the dome lights of a warm car at night: a woman who feels like a shadow of herself, but not a shadow. “I want to have a home. I want to be normal,” Keep says. “I’m not a criminal for being homeless.” She has been breaking the law. City code bans sleeping overnight in vehicles in the public right of way, and state law prohibits parking on streets for more than five consecutive days. It’s difficult to prove whether someone is sleeping inside a camper, so a city working committee on urban camping has pushed revisions that would make it easier to crack down on what it claims is a small number of problem individuals. But the changes could make life even harder for people like Keep. “This ordinance may put more folks at risk of losing their shelter, and does not address or alleviate the affordable housing crisis we are facing in Missoula,”
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says Poverello Center Director of Operations Kristen Border Patton. Keep became homeless after an eviction cost her her public housing voucher. She received her circa-1990 camper from a friend two weeks later. Her life quickly became a game of whack-a-mole as she was forced to haul her Companion around town every few weeks with the help of a truck owner. Keep says she tries to be a “good neighbor” by having a company dump her sewage tank, properly disposing of her trash, not parking too close to residences and introducing herself to adjacent property owners. Inevitably, though, some-
that she and police officers look for ways to connect the camper dwellers they meet with homeless services, which she acknowledges aren’t always available. They don’t issue fines or tow vehicles. Still, she believes that a prohibition on camping on city streets is necessary to maintain public safety and health, and that the city’s compassionate approach to enforcement won’t create unintended hardships. “We’re trying to find that balance between helping the property owners and helping the people who are homeless find a solution,” she says. The balancing act doesn’t always lead
photo by Celia Talbot Tobin
Since becoming homeless in September 2016, Debee Keep has been forced to move her camper 18 times after neighbors complained that she was parked in the street.
one complains, like the man she says asked if he would need to “put a bomb” under the camper to get her to leave. “All I want is my 32 feet,” Keep says. The ordinance changes aren’t designed to hurt Keep, who, like most camping homeless, moves along when asked to, city compliance officer Charmell Owens says. The revised prohibition—which would ban “occupying” an RV without adjacent property owner permission—targets what Owens calls the “one percent” of cases in which a camper creates a public health hazard or neighborhood disturbance and refuses to cooperate with police. Owens says the current rule is enforced only when residents file complaints, and
to good outcomes. Westside resident Miranda Avery used to have a camper parked on her block occupied by a man whom residents came to watch over as a neighbor. One night several years ago, though, a passerby saw the man urinating in the grass and complained to the city. Police made him move, and Avery says that within a week or so neighbors learned that he had died outside a former Safeway on Broadway. Keep dreads a similar fate. “It’s really stressful for me. It’s hard for me,” she says. “Sometimes I get to the point where I don’t know where to go.” dbrouwer@missoulanews.com
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Wish list Holiday gifts for Montana’s celebrity set by the Indy staff
This time of year, in an annual newscycle soft spot between old news and new, we traditionally publish a last-minute gift guide. But we’re not doing that this year, because what the world needs now is hardly more shopping aids. If you’re still stuck for a critical gift this late in the game, you might as well just lean into the spirit of the season and ask Alexa. Instead, we decided to imagine the perfect stocking stuffers for some high-profile Montanans who’ve kept us in news this year. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke Hardly a week goes by when Ryan Zinke doesn’t wind up as the punchline of his own bad joke. The latest example came just last week, when Outside called out the former congressman for rigging his fly rod wrong. (The magazine then claimed Zinke’s office blocked one of its editors from a conference call about national monument shrinkage.) As chuckle-inducing as Zinke’s attempts to flaunt his Montana bona fides with cowboy hats and arcade hunting games may be, they have the collective effect of making him look less like a seasoned outdoorsman than a clueless dude from a paperback Western. So, to remind the Whitefish homeboy of his roots this holiday season, we propose booking him a guided fly-fishing pack trip in the Bob Marshall Wilderness. Media-free, of course. We’d hate for him to have to bar more press from his teleconferences after he hops in the saddle backwards. Kevin and Kyle Washington and all University of Montana football boosters What do you get for the guys who have everything? And who give you anything, like a beautiful new Champions Center, as long as you field a winning football team? Why, whatever they want. Fellas, you already know what’s keeping your stockings warm, and it’s a toasty Bobby Hauck, a man who shoulders both a revered football legacy and at least some responsibility for the university’s plummeting undergraduate enrollment. Regardless of whether or not the rumors are true (that deep-pock-
eted boosters wanted Hauck back even more than they wanted Stitt gone), this is what they’re getting. So it’s nice that big donors and regular Montes alike get to spend the holiday season fantasizing about this time next year, when—perchance to dream—they’ll still be making plans to tailgate deep into the FCS playoffs. Incoming UM President Seth Bodnar We thought a conductor’s hat might make the perfect welcoming gift for a guy who seems determined to get everyone at UM on board the optimism train, but we figure a former executive in GE’s locomotive business and board member of a nonprofit called the Positivity Project probably already has one. Next we poked around Amazon in search of some book-length manifesto on the importance of the humanities, which could come in handy as the new
president tries to punch the tickets of UM’s angsty professors. We found some, but then realized Seth has probably already read them. We also considered putting a big bow around a box of Cards Against Humanity. (Seth, not yet 40 years old, seems so bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, after all, and everyone loves card games.) But we’re frankly spooked by the thought of what might happen to campus once Seth’s tenure is tainted by cynicism (even though it’s only a matter of time). So we decided to gift Seth with a purely practical tool: a scalpel. Cut smart, Mr. President.
Missoula Rises founder Erin Erickson Over the last year, local activist Erickson and her fellow Missoula Rises members have built a prominent progressive movement out of a Facebook group, showing up for rallies, panel discussions and phone call campaigns on a regular basis. One of the things they’ve been most vocal about? The lack of direct constituent contact from Sen. Steve Daines and Rep. Greg Gianforte. So to Missoula Rises we
gift an in-person meeting with the Republican faction of Montana’s congressional delegation of no less than 90 minutes. They’ll have to listen to your concerns about health care, gun violence, reproductive rights and public lands, and they can’t “accidentally” kick you off, like on a tele-town hall. We think being in a room with either of those guys is a weird thing to want, but hey, it’s what you’ve been asking for all year. Merry Christmas. editor@missoulanews.com
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Man of conviction For Montana’s Roy Moore supporter, the ‘R’ is all that matters by Dan Brooks
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Last week, Montana State Auditor and Republican candidate for U.S. Senate Matt Rosendale doubled down on his endorsement of Alabamian and fellow Senate candidate Roy Moore. As of press time, this endorsement does not appear to have swung the election. Perhaps it made a difference; maybe Moore would have lost by a wider margin had he merely been an accused pedophile and not an accused pedophile endorsed by Montana’s state auditor. Since Tuesday night, however, we can add “non-predictive” to “morally questionable” and “tactically dubious” on our list of descriptors of Rosendale’s endorsement. Eight women accused Moore of making sexual advances toward them when they were teenagers and he was in his thirties. One was 14 at the time of the alleged incident. These allegations come from multiple sources and are backed by substantial evidence reported in major newspapers, including the Washington Post. But Rosendale doesn’t believe them. “You are innocent until proven guilty,” he told Jon Arneson on the Voices of Montana radio show last week. “And if folks have come forward—whether it is Judge Roy Moore or whether it is anyone else—and they have evidence to convict someone of a crime, then they should go through the legal process and do so.” It’s a curious position that admits no middle ground between seeing a man convicted of a crime and endorsing him for Senate. We’re not talking about whether Roy Moore should go to jail. We’re talking about whether he should join the world’s greatest deliberative body. Surely Rosendale’s sense of character is more nuanced than “endorsed until proven guilty.” His policy is especially convenient in this case, since Moore cannot be convicted in a court of law. Although Alabama abolished its statute of limitations on sex crimes committed against victims under the age of 16, the new law only applies to crimes committed after 1985. Moore’s accusers say he assaulted them between 1977 and 1980. It’s plausible that
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Rosendale is unaware of this aspect of Alabama code—although it has featured prominently in news reports—but the fact remains that he is withholding judgment until the impossible happens. There is literally no circumstance in which he wouldn’t endorse Moore. Eight women, dozens of corroborating sources, and the newspaper that broke Watergate say Moore preyed on young girls, but Rosendale maintains a healthy skepticism. Maybe he doesn’t think Nixon did it either, since he never went to trial.
“Rosendale is a party man, less interested in the content of government than in making sure his side wins control of it.”
All this makes for questionable epistemology, but it is even more dubious as politics. On first blush, it is hard to say whom Rosendale is trying to impress with these statements. The National Republican Senatorial Committee, apparently less of a stickler for due process, withdrew its support for Moore shortly after the allegations came out. So did Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. As someone who hopes to join the Senate as a Republican, Rosendale might reasonably court these people’s favor. Instead, he hitched his star to another candidate in Alabama—a
man who was twice removed from that state’s supreme court for ethics violations, and whose own party regards him as a sex offender. What was his calculus? Did he believe it would all pay off when Moore won and… funded Rosendale’s campaign? Did he expect Moore to somehow become Senate majority leader and, in gratitude, appoint him to an influential committee? Rosendale’s statements on this issue suggest that he does not know which side his bread is buttered on, if he is even prepared to believe in the existence of bread and butter without a jury trial. His position seems dumb intellectually, dumb politically and, in retrospect, dumb as a prediction. But I do not think the Montana state auditor is dumb. Though it’s true that he convincingly faked it on the radio. In the same interview, he praised Moore’s record of service in a way that suggested he was not aware of the judge’s ethics violations. Yet Rosendale’s belligerently counterintuitive take on this issue sent a message: This man will support the Republican in the race no matter what. In the Midwest, we used to call such voters yellow-dog Democrats: people who would vote for a yellow dog if it appeared on the ballot with a (D) next to its name. Tuesday’s result suggests that Alabama contains a substantial minority of mallpervert Republicans. Rosendale made it clear that if he could vote in Alabama, he would have been among them. He is a party man, less interested in the content of government than in making sure his side wins control of it. All his friends are jumping off a bridge, and by God, he will line up along the rail. Maybe that’s mainly stupidity, but I think we should take it as strategy. Rosendale sent a message to the Republican voters of Montana last week, telling them who he is and what he is willing to do. Even without a trial, I think we ought to believe him. Dan Brooks writes about politics, culture, and how you can’t really prove anything at combatblog.net.
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Missing the target Rick Bass is dead wrong on threats to Cabinet-Yaak grizzlies by Mike Garrity
Rick Bass’ recent article claimed a proposed hiking trail is the biggest threat to the Cabinet-Yaak grizzly bear population in the Kootenai National Forest (“Path of least resistance,” Oct. 19). He’s dead wrong on that assertion, as one need only consider how many grizzly bears there are in the Bob Marshall Wilderness Area, which has some of the most heavily used trails in Montana. The new trail that Bass wants Missoulians to help fight is in the Cabinet-Yaak ecosystem. Bass stated that one of his primary concerns is that if the trail is built, the Forest Service might have to close some logging roads to create secure habitat for grizzlies in other areas. It’s a mystery why Bass would be against closing some logging roads, since there are plenty of roads in the Yaak, and even Bass admits that “vast parts of it have been clearcut to hell and back.” It is, however, true that the CabinetYaak grizzly bear population needs all of the support it can get. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s population estimates in its annual Cabinet-Yaak grizzly bear monitoring reports dropped from 47 bears in 2007 to 41 bears in 2014. In other words, the eight years of published monitoring reports document a 13 percent population decline. Mortality rates are extremely high, and the population is failing every target for recovery. In fact, a federal court recently ruled that the Fish and Wildlife Service must consider whether the Cabinet-Yaak grizzly bear should be uplisted to “endangered” rather than “threatened” status. The Cabinet-Yaak is beautiful country with lush, thick forests that provide great hiding cover for grizzly bears. But the Kootenai National Forest also has a lot of
big trees that the timber industry and Forest Service want to clearcut. Clearcutting not only removes hiding cover for grizzlies, but logging roads are built to get the timber out. Grizzlies are most often killed near roads. As the statistics show, the reason the Cabinet-Yaak grizzly bear population continues to fall is not because of hikers, but
“As the statistics show, the reason the Cabinet-Yaak grizzly bear population continues to fall is not because of hikers, but because of way too many logging roads and clearcuts.” because of way too many logging roads and clearcuts. What Bass didn’t mention was that he is on the board of directors of the Yaak Valley Forest Council, which routinely supports more logging roads and clearcuts in the Cabinet-Yaak. In one recent case, the Yaak Valley Forest Council joined with F.H.
Stoltze Land and Lumber Company and the Idaho Forest Group to file declarations in federal court supporting an enormous logging and road-building project in the Kootenai Forest called the East Reservoir project. They are represented by an attorney who works for the American Forest Resource Council, which is a timber industry group. That logging project, which Bass and the Yaak Valley Forest Council support, occurs in an area that is occupied by Cabinet-Yaak grizzly bears. The logging project authorizes commercial logging on 8,845 acres, including clearcutting on 3,458 acres, while rebuilding 175 miles of logging roads and bulldozing in an additional nine miles of permanent new logging roads. The project will also add an additional 13 miles of unauthorized user-created roads to the legal road system and re-open nine miles of previously closed motorized trails. Supporting this massive logging and roads project is completely inconsistent with supporting Cabinet-Yaak grizzly bears. If Rick Bass and the Yaak Valley Forest Council really cared about the CabinetYaak grizzly bears, they wouldn’t be fighting a hiking trail. Instead, they would join us—instead of undermining us—in fighting the biggest threat to the grizzlies’ existence, which is the Forest Service’s plan to spend millions subsidizing the timber industry to clearcut the remaining forests and bulldoze more logging roads in habitat that’s critical for grizzly recovery. Mike Garrity is the executive director of the Alliance for the Wild Rockies.
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[offbeat] CELEBRATING 70 YEARS ON BIG MOUNTAIN
PEOPLE DIFFERENT FROM US – Chengdu, China, street barber Xiong Gaowu offers a most unusual service at his roadside location in Sichuan province. For $12, Xiong will scrape the inside of his customers’ eyelids using a straight razor, according to Reuters. Xiong suggests being “gentle, very, very gentle” when performing eyelid shaving, or “blade wash eyes,” as the technique is known in Mandarin. A Chengdu ophthalmologist, Qu Chao, says shaving may unblock moisturizing sebaceous glands along the rim of the eyelid, leading to a more comfortable and refreshed feeling. “If he can properly sterilize the tools that he uses, I can see there is still a space for this technique to survive,” Qu added. UNCONTAINED EXCITEMENT – Traffic slowed to a crawl on I-95 in Palm Beach County, Florida, on Nov. 21 as President Trump’s motorcade arrived for the Thanksgiving holiday. Author and sportswriter Jeff Pearlman was among the delayed drivers, but things turned weird when “these people (kept) getting out of the car dancing,” he posted in a Twitter video. WPTV reported that Pearlman recorded the people two cars in front of him emerging from their car and twerking on the highway, then jumping and dancing around enthusiastically before getting back in the vehicle. COMPULSION – A 35-year-old Indian man employed a unique method for dealing with his depression: swallowing metal. Maksud Khan was rushed to surgery at Sanjay Gandhi Hospital in Satna, Madhya Pradesh, India, after developing severe abdominal pains, according to Metro News. An endoscopy showed that Khan had “coins, nails and nut-bolts in his stomach,” said Dr. Priyank Sharma, who led the surgical team. In late November, surgeons removed 263 coins, 100 nails and other metal items, including razor blades and dog chains, from Khan’s stomach. His family had no idea he had been ingesting metal, and Khan promised doctors he would never eat metal again.
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UNCLEAR ON THE CONCEPT – In Iowa, autumn is breeding season for deer, when the animals can get a little wacky and try to cross roadways. It’s also the time of year when the Iowa Department of Transportation begins fielding questions from drivers asking why deer crossing signs aren’t erected at safer spots for deer to cross. “This sign isn’t intended to tell deer where to cross,” the Iowa DOT helpfully posted on its Facebook page on Oct. 24, according to the Des Moines Register. “It’s for drivers to be alert that deer have been in this area in the past.” State Farm Insurance reports that Iowa drivers have the fourth-highest likelihood in the U.S. of hitting a deer. Coincidence? Rocky, an enterprising 7-month-old border collie in Devon, England, took the command “bring the sheep home” a little too literally in early November when he herded nine sheep into his owner’s kitchen. “I was in the kitchen and heard a noise,” Rocky’s owner, Rosalyn Edwards, told the BBC. “I turned around and the sheep were just standing there. It was funny at the time, but then there was quite a lot of wee, poo and mud everywhere.” The sheep stood around for a few minutes, then allowed themselves to be shown out the front door. IRONY – As elder members of the First United Methodist Church in Tellico Plains, Tennessee, gathered on Nov. 16 to discuss the recent church shooting in Sutherland Springs, Texas, one of those present asked if anyone had brought a gun to church. One man spoke up and said he carries a gun everywhere, reported WATE-TV, and produced the gun, emptying the chambers before passing the weapon around. When the owner got the gun back, he replaced the magazine and recharged the chamber—accidentally squeezing the trigger and shooting himself in the hand and his wife in the abdomen. Both victims were taken by helicopter to the University of Tennessee Medical Center for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries. LAST WISHES – On Oct. 10, Richard Lussi, 76, of Plains Township, Pennsylvania, succumbed to heart disease. But before he died, he made sure his family knew there was one thing he wanted to take with him: a cheesesteak from Pat’s King of Steaks in Philadelphia. “No onions because they’ll come back to haunt me!” Lussi told his family. So the day before Lussi’s funeral, his son, John, grandson, Dominic, and two friends drove to Philly, where they ate cheesesteaks and bought two extra for Lussi’s casket. John told The Philadelphia Inquirer that the funeral director advised not putting the sandwiches in the coffin until after the viewing, “because people would take them.” Pat’s owner Frank Olivieri Jr. said he was flattered and proud that his cheesesteaks were held “so dear” by someone. “Maybe it’s a bribe for St. Peter,” he added. IN YOUR OWN BACKYARD – Lisa Cramps moved into a new home in Mitcheldean, Gloucestershire, England, this fall and quickly discovered a mysterious manhole cover in her backyard. Rather than ignore it, Cramps dug up the cover and unearthed a World War II-era bunker underneath. Neighbors informed Cramps that the shelter pre-dates her house and originally had two stories, with the upper level partially above ground. “It’s very exciting to find this in our garden,” Cramps told Metro News. “I love Second World War history, and my mission now is to find out exactly why it’s here.” Send your weird news items with subject line WEIRD NEWS to WeirdNewsTips@amuniversal.com
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hen it comes to camping, there’s no avoiding at least a little bit of misery. Between unpredictable elements, equipment malfunctions, wild animals and biting bugs, chances are good things won’t go smoothly all the time. I’ve backpacked in pouring rain using a garbage bag as a rain jacket. I recall one night huddling inside my sleeping bag sure I was about to get fried as thunder shook the ground and lightning lit my tent like an alien ship coming in for landing. Earlier that evening, a large moose had waded across the lake with her baby, walked right into our camp and proceeded to charge me and six fellow campers, even after we all hid behind the same tree like a bunch of goons in a silent movie. This is the kind of misadventure I can get behind. In my experience, the miserable (and frightening) moments pass, the sun comes up, every-
thing dries out, and eventually you find yourself contentedly sitting around a cozy campfire, feeling grateful. But then there’s winter camping. Winter camping is something I never really believed in. I knew people did it, but I couldn’t fathom the appeal. Why would you purposefully spend days in freezing weather with no reprieve? Why not just rent a Forest Service cabin and get the most out of the season? Surely it was a masochist’s sport, if not pure affectation. The first and only time I camped in winter was in 2006, when I was a graduate student in the University of Montana’s environmental studies program. I had spent my whole first semester in warm classrooms, writing papers and discussing policy. It was a lot of indoor time, and I liked that. But I needed a few extra credits, so I signed up for a field study course during the winter break. I would learn about animal tracking, carnivore conservation projects and winter ecol-
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ogy. I was ready to be outdoors. I was sure I could handle it. I had grown up backpacking in Montana’s wilderness. I’d be ahead of the curve. The winter field studies course was taught through Northwest Connections (now called Swan Valley Connections), an organization focused on the confluence of local knowledge and conservation science as a way to preserve the landscape and livelihood of the Seeley-Swan Valley. Our class lived for two weeks in a cabin that was rustic, but quite comfortable. We spent hours learning to read topographic maps. We stomped around in a nearby field drawing marten tracks in our journals and studying the needles and cones of conifers. In the evenings we made dinner together while a John Prine album played in the background and then capped off the night with drinks around a roaring fire. It was really nice. But a week into the course, the spell was broken: We were told to prepare for three
nights camping in the snow. We assembled our backpacks, strapped on snowshoes and began the trek from Lindbergh Lake into the snowy beyond. As we trudged through the deep snow, my backpack rubbing a raw patch on my hip, I pushed back my gnawing concerns. The sun shone on the sparkling landscape, where we saw several types of tracks—snowshoe rabbit, squirrel, coyote—and eventually caught a glimpse of a marten popping in and out of the snow drifts. On Jocko Ridge we unhooked our backpacks and surveyed our surroundings. I’d worked up a bit of a sweat hiking in, and as I stood there, finally at our campsite, I could feel my skin ice over. One of the winter field studies leaders, Steve Lamar, instructed us to pack down the snow with our snowshoes so we could set up tents and a kitchen area. And as we worked, he reminded us not to let our bodies overheat or underheat.
The whole time we worked, I remember feeling greedy for just a little more warmth, so I’d move a little faster and let myself sweat, then regret it every time I stood still. I paid special attention to Lamar’s request that we drink lots of water. Normally I’m not especially good at staying hydrated, but the specter of hypothermia compelled me. When we finished setting up, we ate some food, drank more water and then, though it was still early evening, I crawled into my sleeping bag next to my two tent mates just to fight the chill. I was on the edge of warmth as I drifted off to sleep, but then the nagging feeling of needing to go to the bathroom woke me up. I climbed out of my sleeping bag and zipped open the tent to air so frozen I gasped. I slipped my headlamp and snowshoes on and followed the same packed-down trail everyone else had been using to go relieve themselves. And then I had to get up two more times that night to do it again. There were a few people in our group who already had winter camping skills, and their annoying Boy Scout fervor made it clear that they were eager to use them. Others seemed to be taking the challenge in stride. And then there were a few of us who were counting the minutes until we could get off the mountain. The second night, when we built a bonfire, we got to bask in a wall of heat, though I could still feel the chill on my back. As a tribute to winter, someone read passages from Barry Lopez’s Arctic Dreams, and it, like the fire, was temporarily comforting: “Once in his life a man ought to concentrate his mind upon the remembered earth. He ought to give himself up to a particular landscape in his experience; to look at it from as many angles as he can, to wonder upon it.” That’s a great idea, in theory. But as I downed more water and headed to my cold tent, I wasn’t at all sure that, for me, winter was the right time to give myself up to the landscape. As for winter camping, I never did it again. I hadn’t thought much about that trip until recently, a decade later, when the topic of winter camping came up and I said, “I’m glad I did it, but I’d never do it again.” But then I started wondering if maybe I’ve missed something—if I had, unlike Barry Lopez, been looking at it from just one angle. So, I decided to talk to people who love winter camping as much as I loathe it. First I tracked down Lamar, who has since retired as an instructor at Swan Valley Connections. I hadn’t talked to him in a decade, and he didn't remember me, but he was enthused to talk about winter camping.
“I think people need to realize that even though they’ve done a lot of camping in the summer, winter camping’s a whole different activity,” he told me. “I always enjoyed camping in the wintertime. You get to see country very few people see. You get to see tracks—sometimes lynx and wolverine. I did a lot of camping in the backcountry, and for weeks didn’t see another soul. And that’s a pretty special experience.” Lamar has a charming drawl and a laid-back demeanor, but his teaching style is no-nonsense. He’s been winter camping for 40 years, and most of his experience
ing to the younger, more cynical me up on Jocko Ridge. “I’ve been in some tough conditions winter-wise, but if everyone kind of stays positive and takes it as a challenge and decides to have a good time no matter what, that makes a huge difference.” The next person I talked to was Missoula-based photographer Chris Chapman. His Instagram is full of enticing all-season shots, but his wintry Glacier Park landscapes are particularly striking. There’s Lake McDonald shimmering with ice crystals and reflecting white peaks in the distance. Mammoth Hot Spring
on the boundary of Sequoia National Park and Inyo National Forest. And he wanted to do it in the dead of winter. “He was really into Maine winters and snowshoeing,” Chapman says. “So when he asked if I wanted to go, I said, ‘Sure. I like winter!’” Of course liking winter and camping in winter are two different things, and Chapman soon found that out. The pair set up a base camp where they spent the first night, waking in the morning to 14 inches of fresh snow. They packed up their gear and snowshoed to the trailhead, a spot to which you can drive in
pair walked for two minutes before Chapman’s friend fell sideways and disappeared into a puff of snow. “All I could see was his hand, and I’m like, ‘I think we’re done here.’ And we went back down the mountain and gave up on that.” Chapman’s next major foray into winter camping was a journey into Yellowstone National Park’s Lamar Valley with his brother on a quest to take photographs. They wore Sorel boots—a proper form of footwear for your average winter activity but, as it turned out, inadequate for the winter adventure they had
“Once in his life a man ought to concentrate his mind upon the remembered earth. He ought to give himself up to a particular landscape in his experience; to look at it from as many angles as he can, to wonder upon it.” —Barry Lopez, Arctic Dreams
relates to survival strategies in the doublewhammy of winter and wilderness. Talking with him brought back memories of all the tips and tricks I’d learned, which I’d let the miserable moments overshadow. We learned how to stay dry and what materials to avoid (cotton), how to bury our water bottles upside down in the snow to keep the lid from freezing and the water from turning to ice. We learned to add hot water to our water bottles and put them inside our sleeping bags at night. And we learned Lamar’s No. 1 message: Drink lots of water to stave off hypothermia and eat more food than usual to help keep your body warm. Plus, he added, “I think attitude is important,” and I felt like he was speak-
swirling with steam and snow. A midnight shot of stars glimmering above fog layered on a frozen landscape. And the photo that most caught my eye: a tent nestled in the snow with smoke curling from its chimney. The wood stove is a winter camping game changer, but Chapman didn’t start out warming his toes in the lap of such luxury. In fact his first winter camping experience turned into a near-death scenario. It was 1992 and he was in photography school at the Brooks Institute in California when a friend from Maine called him up. He wanted Chapman to join him in summiting California’s Mount Whitney, the highest peak in the contiguous United States, which rises
the summer, but that takes several hours to reach in five feet of snow. “By the time we got up there, I was so dehydrated,” Chapman says. “I hadn’t eaten enough, I hadn’t drunk any water. I was starting to lose my shit. I was getting hypothermic to the point where I was sweaty and starting to feel warm. And then I just lost all ability to take care of myself.” Chapman remembers wanting to curl up and go to sleep, which is dangerous when you have hypothermia. His friend kept him awake, set up their tent and stuffed Chapman into a sleeping bag, then gave him food and water. “I woke up the next day to another couple feet of snow, feeling good,” Chapman says. Renewed and ready to go, the
taken on. A few days in, the temperature dropped to 40 below, and all the sweat in their boots turned them into ice blocks. That chilled-to-the-bone iciness crept into their bodies and even their campfire couldn’t warm them. Adjustments to equipment and clothing have brought Chapman much closer to a kind of winter camping that not only spares him the misery (and potentially fatal consequences), but is, in fact, pretty comfortable. For one, he’s traded in the Sorels for a pair of Steger mukluks made by an Arctic explorer out of Ely, Minnesota. They’re made of moose hide, and are both warm and breathable. They are best in dry winter environments.
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inter camping takes know-how, or at least good cold-weather sense, no question, but there’s also no getting around the difference that proper gear makes—the difference between a why-the-hell-did-I-do-this nightmare and a night, or nights, to remember. The internet is full of must-have winter camping checklists and hacks—have fun with those YouTube winter bushcraft videos—but whatever else you may want and need to have along, here’s our highly selective and entirely non-exhaustive list of winter camping necessities for when you want to leaven your cold with at least a modicum of comfort. TENT This is the biggie, of course. Chris Chapman alternates between 10x10 and 12x12 versions (dude’s got a family) of the Prairie Tent, made by Colorado-based Ellis Canvas Tents (elliscanvastents.com), with a stove jack. It’s made of relatively lightweight waterresistant 7 oz. canvas, sets up fast with three external poles (or without, if you’ve got a tree to hang it from), and has tons of headroom. Alternately—and arguably better for setting up in deep snow due to its internal frame, Minnesota-based Snowtrekker Canvas Tents (snowtrekkertents.com) makes a full line of winter-camping tents out of the same 7 oz. canvas. (It should go without saying that these aren’t backpacking setups, but we’re going to say it anyway: These tents are for walk-ins, canoe-camping, horsepacking and car-camping.) STOVE You can’t hot-tent without a stove, and plenty of companies make them. Chapman camps with an Alaskan Deluxe Package from Oregon’s Kni-Co Manufacturing (kni-co.com), a 32-pound set-up with a 5-inch stovepipe and mountable table and water heater. He says it toasts his tent right up. WOOD AND AN AXE Sure, you could scavenge, and go right ahead if you’re into fiddling with downfall that’s probably wet. But since weight isn’t much of an issue, we recommend just taking dry wood with you. You don’t have to try to prove anything. You’re just trying to start a fire. And you don’t need us to tell you how to find an axe. SOCKS Not to sound like your mom here, but get yourself some real socks. Thick, warm, wool socks. Your sock needs will depend on how long you plan to stay out, and the stove is magic for drying wet socks, but still, take as many pairs as you can carry. Nothing changes the tenor of podiatric pleasure like warm, dry socks. HOT CHOCOLATE This should require no explanation. A BOOK Or a game. Depends what kind of solitude you’re after and whom you plan to enjoy it with, but either way, the stove requires only so much feeding, and it’s going to be a long, dark, cozy night. Enjoy it.
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“As I downed more water and headed to my cold tent, I wasn’t at all sure that, for me, winter was the right time to ‘give myself up to the landscape.’” But the key change for Chapman was switching from cold camping to hot tenting. He uses a light canvas tent made by Ellis Canvas Tents in Durango, Colorado, outfitted with a wood-burning steel Kni-Co stove with an attached tank for heating water. The whole kit takes about 10 minutes to set up, and he’s used it to camp comfortably in Glacier when the temperature was 20 below outside the tent, and 65 degrees inside. The technology frees him up from worrying about breaking a sweat. “Sweat freezes and it makes you all the more cold, but knowing that you have a warm base camp to go into and dry out, you can just go for it during the day,” Chapman says. “It’s a setup I can take in my canoe, in my car, I can tie it onto a toboggan and pull it into the backcountry with skis or snowshoes. It’s definitely a bulkier, heavier setup. But once you get to camp and set it up, it’s cush.” My brother, Leif, got into winter camping after reading a book called Snow Walker’s Companion: Winter Trail Skills from the Far North. It was written by Alexandra and Garrett Conover, two guides who specialize in traditional snowshoe and canoe trips. For his entire adult life, Leif has been cultivating survival skills, like starting winter fires with a bow drill in the backyard while the rest of us sprawled on couches inside the house drinking beer like college kids are supposed to do. (Though Leif did that,
too.) Among our group of friends, Leif was considered to be the person you want to be hanging out with when the apocalypse comes. So it was no surprise to any of us that after reading the book, he contacted the Conovers to see if they needed an apprentice. That’s how he ended up on a 60-day, 400-mile winter trek across Quebec’s frozen George River and into the remote reaches of Labrador. That was in 2002, and at the time I thought it was cool that Leif was having this extraordinary excursion, but it definitely didn’t appeal to me. I assumed there must be a heavy dose of misery involved, which, in my imagination, could easily turn in a Shackleton situation complete with runaway ice floes and hunger so fierce you might eat your dogs. My suspicions were confirmed when Leif returned and showed us photos of his sixperson crew wind-whipped on the snowy tundra. He’d gotten frostbite on his face (superficial damage, but still!) and there was also footage of him after he fell into a hidden pit in the snow. He was lucky. It was a dry air pocket and his companions pulled him out. I knew he’d enjoyed the adventure, I just didn’t know how. So recently, I sat down with him over a cup of coffee and asked him. He told me the crew took everything they needed with them—no caches— which they pulled on toboggans and sleds. The Conovers had learned how to
camp from old-timers in Maine and from indigenous Canadians who live in wintry conditions. Everyone wore layers of wool and breathable wind-proof materials that have worked for ages for people who live in cold climates. Setting up camp required some labor: cutting down poles for the tents, chopping firewood, chipping ice for water, laying boughs on the tent floors to create insulated padding. They dug a hole in the snow for the wood stove so the heat would rise into the tent. After all that work was complete, Leif ’s version of winter camping starts to sound pretty luxurious. It took just 15 minutes after starting the fire for the space to get warm, and eventually it was a toasty 80 degrees inside the tents. They cooked a type of bread called bannock on the stove every night, along with a one-pot noodle or lentil dish. And for breakfast, they fried the bannock dough in bacon grease to make savory donuts. On layover days, they’d turn one of the tents into a private bath with a hot water tub that turned the space into a steam room filled with the smell of pine boughs. “I was rarely cold,” Leif says. “On a cold night you might wake up and feel cold and move around for a minute to get warm. But I slept very well.”
Sure, there was that frostbite and the fall into a hole, but for Leif those were small matters in the scheme of a pretty spectacular—and comfortable—adventure. And what he learned on that outing, he brought back to Montana. Now, his winter outings always include a sled and a wood stove. He tells me you can pack the sled with far more items you’d ever be able to take on a summer backpacking trip: bottles of wine, board games, meats and cream, musical instruments, even a chair. Isn’t that called glamping? I tease him. “It’s traditional,” he says. “People have been living in these winter environments, trapping and hunting and exploring, for hundreds of years. They’ve developed these methods and tools that are necessary to do the type of work they need to do. And that turns out to be a really comfortable way to go out in the winter.” Which is a pretty convincing case for winter camping. With the skills I learned 10 years ago, I know how to survive in the cold. But the promise of a warm tent filled with wine and board games is just the kind of vision that might lure me back out onto the frozen landscape again. efredrickson@missoulanews.com
“It’s definitely a bulkier, heavier setup. But once you get to camp and set it up, it’s cush.”
missoulanews.com • December 14–December 21, 2017 [17]
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Perfectly bad Tommy Wiseau’s The Room and the importance of being earnest by Charley Macorn
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here is a bounty of perplexing weirdness in 2003’s The Room, an independent film produced by the eccentric and mysterious Tommy Wiseau. Wiseau, who also wrote, directed and starred in the film, is responsible for every single one of them. Characters yell things like “Leave your stupid comments in your pocket!” before storming out of a scene. Groups of men wearing tuxedos toss around a football next to a roadway. A murderous drug dealer shows up briefly, is dragged off and then is never mentioned again. But it’s the part where one character orders a “half Canadian bacon with pineapple, half artichoke with pesto and light on the cheese” pizza that really drives home just how legendarily bad the movie is. Not only is that just a really weird pizza topping to order, but, when it finally arrives, it’s just a plain cheese pizza. If the characters are upset, or, in fact, care that their complex, three-topping, two-sauce order was wrong, they don’t mention it. The Room’s nonsensical plot, baffling dialogue and anatomically questionable sex scenes are among the worst ever put to film. And since its release, The Room quickly and deservedly rose through the ranks (or dropped into the toilet, depending on how you look at it) to take its throne as the best worst movie ever made. Adult Swim once ran the film in its entirety instead of its regularly scheduled programming as an April Fools joke. This year’s The Disaster Artist, which stars
James Franco and was adapted from a memoir about the making of The Room, written by Wiseau’s costar, Greg Sestero, is getting serious Oscar buzz. But at the center of it all is a bad movie that has something going for it a lot of other films don’t. The best thing about The Room is its earnestness. It is, in fact, impossible to make a movie this bad on purpose. And many filmmakers have tried. Hollywood and its bargain basement cousins have been using bad actors and questionable plots for years in an attempt to tap into the cult fervor that films like The Room generate. The Syfy Channel has trotted out at least one new movie in the faux-bad Sharknado series every year since 2013. Sharknado, produced by the Asylum, a studio famous for its mockbuster cash-ins like Transmorphers and Atlantic Rim, is the antithesis of movies like The Room. Wiseau cast working actors looking for their big break. The Sharknado franchise features the likes of Jerry Springer and disgraced former congressman Anthony Weiner. It was always supposed to be a joke. But The Room was supposed to be a real movie; Wiseau aspired to be the next James Dean. You can’t recreate that kind of misguided drive, no matter how many ironic cameos you cram into your movie. After The Room became the bad movie, Wiseau started leaning into it. He popped up in 2015 as the villain in Samurai Cop 2: Deadly Vengeance, a self-aware
No words can accurately describe how baffling this scene is. The Room screens at the Roxy Sat., Dec. 16, at 8 PM.
sequel to Samurai Cop, which was an actual so-bad-it’s-good movie. Another project, The Neighbors, is a sitcom released on Hulu in 2015 that, on paper, should have been identical to The Room. It was written and directed by Wiseau, and he stars in it as two different characters. It’s full of bad actors bumbling around, speaking nonsense inside an impenetrable plot. But Wiseau is in on the joke now, and the elements that make The Room so entertain-
ing to watch when they’re meant to be taken seriously are just annoying and boring when they’re bad on purpose. Wiseau and Greg Sestero are teaming up again for a new movie featuring comedian Paul Scheer. He’s a big Sharknado fan. We aren’t likely to have another movie of The Room’s same distinct essence again, at least not from Wiseau. And that’s, in a way, what makes it such a gem. It’s the strange energy he brought
to every bewildering frame that gives the movie its power. The Room isn’t a cult classic because of all its crazy parts. As misguided as it was, its appeal comes down to sincerity. Wiseau reached for the stars and failed spectacularly. There’s something to be celebrated there. The Room screens at the Roxy Sat., Dec. 16, at 8 PM. calendar@missoulanews.com
Looking for some new blood for your bad movie night? Check out this list of movies that are truly so bad they’re good. Birdemic: The first half of this movie is a bland romantic comedy about a generic business man and a Victoria’s Secret lingerie model falling in love. The second half of the movie is about poorly animated clip-art birds attempting to destroy civilization. Best of the Worst: The scene where the main characters talk about how much they all love Al Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth. Fateful Findings: Director Neil Breen stars as a vigilante hacker who is the only person who can save the world from the evils of big business and the government. Best of the Worst: The grand fi-
nale where dozens of senators and bankers hilariously kill themselves after being exposed by superhacker Breen. Samurai Cop: He’s a samurai, he’s a cop, he’s battling concrete-chinned Robert Z’Dar. Best of the Worst. Star Matt Hannon cut his long luxurious hair after principal shooting wrapped, but was brought back to do extensive reshoots in the fakest wig production could find.
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[18] Missoula Independent • December 14–December 21, 2017
Troll 2: There’s not a single troll to be found in this movie. Instead, a city of vegetarian goblins
start turning poor tourists into plants so they can devour them. Best of the Worst: How do you stop your family from eating a tainted dinner that will turn them all into shrubbery? Peeing on it of course. Nothing But Trouble: Dan Aykroyd wasn’t allowed to direct any more movies after turning in this gross, unsettling movie that might as well just be Texas Chainsaw Massacre for Yuppies. Best of the Worst: Dan Aykroyd’s penis-nosed judge is joined by the Digital Underground, including Tupac Shakur, for a musical number.
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Art of noise The surrounding sounds of Transmission Park by Sarah Aswell
photo courtesy Jesse Blumenthal
Part of the installation Transmission Park at the UC Gallery.
For a small area around the University Center Gallery, you can’t hear any Top 40 songs playing on 102.5 Mountain FM. What you hear instead over that particular frequency is people walking around Jesse Blumenthal’s sculptural installment, Transmission Park. Part of Blumenthal’s exhibit is a radio transmitter that locally overpowers the local FM station and replaces it with the sounds of movement and exploration: buzzes and clicks and fuzz and pops and stomps and zings and pows. “It’s a felony,” Blumenthal, an MFA graduate student, explains of the override, “but it’s a funny law that isn’t really enforced.” This playful little trick—which isn’t mentioned or explained anywhere at the exhibit—is about communication, awareness, environment, technology and art, and it’s a perfect point of entry into Blumenthal’s exhibit, which feels a lot like a room in Willy Wonka’s Chocolate Factory. Strange sculptures sporting gramophone horns and ’80s-era car stereo speakers emit alien sounds, which intensify, pop or disappear as you walk around the space. Electrical cords snake everywhere, with no attempt made to hide them, while woodblock prints of Morse code march along the wall. Even the artist’s statement that greets you at the door is technical and audiobased: It’s a device from a singing greeting card that has been reprogrammed to explain the exhibit. Finally, near the center of the room, is a raised black platform with a red ramp. As you stomp around on it (after stomping is enthusiastically suggested by the nearby gallery attendant), guitar pickups and other devices create sounds, which are then warped and changed through other devices, like amplifiers and speaker splitters. The result is delightful and odd and just a little creepy, just like everything in the space. Blumenthal is no stranger to radio, technology or sculpture. With a BFA from the University of Massachusetts-Amherst and extensive training in welding, metalwork and blacksmithing, the lifelong
artist has a long work history showcasing sculpture, from the terrain at Crested Butte Mountain Resort (which he designed) to commercial sculptures for play and parks (he made the giant tree structure at the playground in Whitaker Park). He has also been involved in community radio for many years, including a seven-year stint as a DJ and volunteer at KBUT in Crested Butte. He is now on the board of directors at Missoula Community Radio 105.5 FM, where he also hosts a show on Tuesdays from 2 to 4 p.m. “I’ve worked in community radio for a long time, and it seems to bridge other technologies,” he says. “Technology has shifted around it, but we’re still in the age of radio. There are more radio stations than there have ever been, and there are physical radio waves that are transmitted all around us all the time. I want to build awareness of your movement, to think of these layers of entertainment and art and communication in the ‘Now’ age.” Blumenthal sees radio as a constant presence in recent history as well as a creator of history, and that history’s span is visually represented by the sculptures in Transmission Park, from those gramophone horns and car speakers to a deconstructed boom box from the ’90s. “I think sound is a really an interesting physical element that exists around us at all times,” he says, “and we don’t often notice it. In Transmission Park, the sound is amplified and distorted and translated through both passive and active means. The intent is not to drive [visitors] to a particular thing, but to raise questions about our environment, about how we’ve gotten to this point through industrial capitalism. I’m not looking for the answer to be objective. I think it’s particularly subjective.” Transmission Park is on display weekdays until Dec. 19 at the UC Gallery, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Free. arts@missoulanews.com
missoulanews.com • December 14–December 21, 2017 [19]
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Seasonal subtext Taking a second look at beloved Christmastime standards by Ednor Therriault
“I really can’t stay” Look at this pocket watch and count backward from ten. “Say, what’s in this drink?” I don’t know. Say, does this handkerchief smell like chloroform? “But maybe just a cigarette more” Try this one. I got it from a jazz musician. Okay, “Baby It’s Cold Outside” isn’t as overtly sinister as all that, but the song’s lyrics, read in the context of our #metoo zeitgeist, are inappropriate at best, heinous and predatory at worst. The debate rages about whether or not a song written in 1944 should be viewed through the lens of its era, or should be shunned as a cretinous abomination. Rather than add gasoline to that fire, I’m pointing the Big Finger of Historical Judgment at a few other beloved holiday songs. Let’s start with “The Christmas Song,” written by Mel “The Velvet Fog” Torme. First off, there’s the title. It displays the same level of imagination that gave us the Red Delicious Apple and Big Mountain. “Chestnuts roasting on an open fire…” Stop right there, Mr. Fog. Although chestnuts can be found here in the temperate zone, open fires are forbidden in Missoula through most of the winter, thanks to the poor air quality created by our frequent inversions. “Tiny little tots with their eyes all aglow / Will find it hard to sleep tonight.” No kidding. They’re scared shitless because Uncle Richard told them the terrifying story of Krampus again. Thanks, Dick. How about the old children’s favorite, “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer”? Although the 1964 stop-motion TV special still holds up (I can’t get enough of Yukon Cornelius), the song itself traces the arc of textbook bullying. The other reindeer single out Rudolph’s deformity and ostracize him from their social strata, laying the groundwork for what could have been a lifetime of self-loathing and a downward spiral into ungulate alcoholism (known in the Yukon as “cariboozing”). Instead, a bearded white man intervenes, offering Rudolph the marquee slot in his reindeer team. Rudolph giddily accepts the invitation, the bullies do a one-eighty now that their victim has become famous, and everybody lives happily ever after. Or do they? Somehow Santa failed to mention to Rudolph that he would be an indentured servant, surrendering his freedom in exchange for shelter, a lifetime supply of Purina Reindeer Chow and the nonstop nose-shaming from Dasher, Dancer, and the other resentful reindeer whose dreams he crushed on his way to the front. Oh yeah, he’ll go down in history, all right. As a chump. Let’s pivot to another Rudolph song, “Run Rudolph Run” by Chuck Berry. It’s all about our favorite reindeer fulfilling the Christmas wishes of a little
girl and boy. Harmless fun, right? Let’s dig a little deeper. Santa asks the boy what he’d like to find under the tree. “All I want for Christmas is a rock and roll electric guitar.” Cool. But when he asks the girl the same question, she says, “A little baby doll that can cry, sleep, drink and wet.” What, a girl can’t want an electric guitar? Wait till Andrea Harsell hears about this. And there’s another issue at play here. In every case, Rudolph goes “whizzing like a shooting star” or “whizzing like a Saber jet.” That’s a lot of whizzing. Maybe we should have some of that whiz drug-tested. I mean, come on! This character flies all around the world in one night! Gotta be some performanceenhancing going on there. Santa, don’t make us call the ASPCA on your jolly ass. Speaking of drugs, you’d be hard pressed to find a wilder psychedelic trip than “Frosty the Snowman.” There was definitely some magic in that old silk hat they found, and by magic, I mean top-shelf acid.
And by old silk hat, I mean the backpack of that kid you met at the Widespread Panic concert. Racing around town, buck naked, goading the cops, while waving around a broomstick and singing, “Let's run and we'll have some fun before I melt away”? Who among us hasn’t been there? Sounds like the initiation ceremony for the Merry Pranksters. Thumpity thump thump, indeed. Come to think of it, the theme of drugs seems to wind its way through a lot of Christmas carols, if you look at the lyrics in the right—ahem—frame of mind. Take “O Christmas Tree,” for instance. If you simply substitute weed for a fir tree, it all becomes obvious, man. “O Christmas Tree / Much pleasure thou can’st give me.” This is some dank bud, yo. “O Christmas Tree / Thy candles shine so brightly.” I just cleaned my bong. “O Christmas Tree / How richly God has decked thee.” Did I already say this is dank bud? Was that out loud? I might be better off just enjoying a silent night. arts@missoulanews.com
[20] Missoula Independent • December 14–December 21, 2017
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New Greek classic The Killing of a Sacred Deer is the season’s secret by Molly Laich
Colin Farrell stars in The Killing of a Sacred Deer.
It’s December in America, which means Christmas and endings and bitterly cold weather. For cinephiles like me, December is cramped and frantic with big-deal movies the studios have been sandbagging and then spoon-feeding us for the award ceremonies. I complain every year, but this time around I’m especially bothered. Did you catch Monday morning’s uninspired Golden Globe Nominations? Leading the fray are Spielberg’s The Post and Guillermo del Toro’s The Shape of Water, films that won’t reach big cities until Christmas, and lord knows when they’ll trickle into Montana. I’m sure they’re great and all, but that’s not the point. The point is, don’t worry for now about the movies you “need” to see this season. The chorus of talking heads doesn’t care about truly original works of cinema. For example, this week’s The Killing of a Sacred Deer. The Greek writer and director Yorgos Lanthimos got everyone’s attention last year with his black comedy The Lobster, about a dystopian world where unwed people are sent off to a singles’ colony to find mates, or else they’re turned into animals. Like The Lobster, Sacred Deer is intrinsically odd. From its frequent use of fisheye lenses to the curious cadence in which the actors speak (never mind the things they talk about), you get the persistent impression that something’s off. As with The Lobster, you can expect a similarly loose tethering to the rules of reality, but beyond that, it’s important to go into this new movie with a clean palate. You might laugh nervously in parts of Sacred Deer, but it’s decidedly not a comedy. Lanthimos favors sadism over mercy by delivering the most taut and squirmy psychological horror of 2017. (And don’t forget, this is the year we got Darren Aronofsky’s controversial masterpiece Mother!)
Colin Farrell stars as a successful surgeon named Stephen in a hospital on a very high floor with pane glass windows looking out onto a skyline I don’t recognize (the film was shot in Cincinnati, but it’s hard to picture these characters in Ohio, or really anywhere on this planet). We see Stephen rendezvous with a teenage boy named Martin (Barry Keoghan) at a perfectly ordinary diner that still manages to drip with Lynchian weirdness. Afterward, Stephen presents Martin with an expensive watch followed by a nervous hug. What the hell is going on between these two? Is this an affair, blackmail or worse? At home, we meet Stephen’s picture-perfect family, headed by Anna (Nicole Kidman) and their children Kim and Bob (Raffey Cassidy and Sunny Suljic). Anna is also a doctor, but more than that, she maintains a beautiful figure, takes excellent care of the children and runs the household with shrewd efficiency. Women like this rarely go unpunished, and this is a horror film with a first act featuring a nice nuclear family, so I don’t know, you tell me, do you think the kids and their mother are going to be OK? Lanthimos and co-writer Efthymis Filippou have adapted the story from the ancient Greek play Iphigenia at Aulis by Euripides. That might be a spoiler to audiences more literate than myself; I know that I couldn’t see what was coming. I weep for this film, which is so strange, scary and perfect, yet audiences thus far have seemed disappointingly underwhelmed by its secrets. Best of all is Keoghan’s unsung performance as Martin. ( Just watch how he eats spaghetti!) Dripping with sincerity and brilliance, Keoghan’s work is forced to exist in the same universe that gave the specifically untalented Ansel Elgort a Golden Globe nomination for Baby Driver. I can’t even. arts@missoulanews.com
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[film] 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.
OPENING THIS WEEK FERDINAND He might look like a ferocious beast, but this big-hearted softy just proves you can’t judge a bull by its cover. Rated PG. Stars the voices of John Cena, Kate McKinnon and Gina Rodriguez. Playing at the Missoula AMC 12 and the Pharaohplex. THE GREATEST SHOWMAN P.T. Barnum might be best known for coining the phrase “there’s a sucker born every minute,” but the life of the famed circus founder still has a few surprises up its sleeve. Rated PG. Stars Hugh Jackman, Zac Efron and Zendaya. Opening Tues., Dec 19 at the Missoula AMC 12. JUMANJI: WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE It took them 22 years, but Jumanji is finally getting a sequel without any of the original cast. Didn’t they learn their lesson with Zathura? Rated PG-13. Stars Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, Kevin Hart and Nick Jonas. Opening Tues., Dec. 19 at the Missoula AMC 12. THE KILLING OF A SACRED DEER The only thing scarier than a psychological horror film about a surgeon’s past coming back to haunt him is the phrase “from the director of The Lobster.” Rated R. Starring Colin Farrell, Nicole Kidman and Bill Camp. Playing at the Roxy. (See Film) THE MAN WHO INVENTED CHRISTMAS Sure, A Christmas Carol has been adapted thousands of times in the last century and a half, but what lead Charles Dickens to pen his most enduring tome in the first place? Rated PG. Stars my future husband Dan Stevens, Christopher Plummer and Jonathan Pryce. Playing at the Pharaohplex for one week only. STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI A bold and evil empire takes what it wants and destroys those who stand in its way. So far it’s already bought Marvel and Star Wars. Rated PG-13. Stars Daisy Ridley, Mark Hamill and Carrie Fisher. Playing at the Missoula AMC 12 and the Pharaohplex.
THE ROOM (2003) This definitely isn’t the similarly titled Brie Larson movie from a few years ago. That movie was great. This one is the best worst movie ever made. Rated R. Stars Tommy Wiseau, Greg Sestero and framed pictures of spoons. Playing Sat., Dec 16 at 8 PM.
You can use this page of the paper as a blanket while you’re camped out for tickets. Star Wars: The Last Jedi opens at the Missoula AMC 12 and the Pharaohplex.
NOW PLAYING A CHRISTMAS STORY (1983) Take a nostalgic trip back to a simpler time when the most you had to worry about was if Santa was going to put a weapon under your tree or not. Rated PG. Oh fudge. Stars Peter Billingsely, Melinda Dalton and Darren McGavin. Playing Sat., Dec 16 at 2 PM. 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. DIE HARD Yippee Ki Yay, festive revelers! You think spending the holiday with your family is rough? This cop is trapped in a skyscraper with an army of dangerous crooks. Rated R. Stars Bruce Willis, Alan Rickman and Reginald VelJohnson. Playing Thu., Dec 21 at 7 PM at the Roxy. DOCUMENTARY SHORTS The Roxy screens documentary shorts about the famous World War II battles of Midway Island, Butte’s Berkeley Pit, the beauty of seatrekking and ocean plastic pollution. Not Rated. Starting Mon., Dec 18 at the Roxy at 7 PM.
[22] Missoula Independent • December 14–December 21, 2017
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. 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. LADY BIRD Applying to college, auditioning for the school play and throwing yourself out of a moving vehicle 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. 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
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. 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. 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.
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Christmas Monkey Bread by Gabi Moskowitz
BROKEASS GOURMET
Will I be stripped of my Nice Jewish Girl status if I tell you that the Moskowitz family actually has some pretty sweet Christmas traditions? We are spiritually, religiously and culturally Jewish and so do the usual Chinese-food-and-a-movie thing on Christmas eve along with all the other Israelites in my hometown of Santa Rosa, California. But after that, it’s Moskowitz Secular Christmas Time. After our chop suey and egg rolls, we head back to my parents’ house, where my mom gives us all special Christmas eve pajamas. We all put on our new pajamas, sip spiked eggnog and and listen to my father play the piano (Do you hate me for my nauseatingly nuclear family yet? Hope not.) In the morning, we exchange presents and eat an extravagant breakfast, courtesy of my mom, consisting of mimosas, coffee, eggs, bacon and monkey bread— a lovely, sticky, caramel-y combination of fluffy biscuits, cinnamon, melted brown sugar and butter. Lots of butter. Most people make monkey bread using canned biscuits, and though it’s delicious any way you make it, I wanted to give it a shot using a fresh egg-y yeasted bread dough. The result: scrumptious. Like one big brown-sugary cinnamon roll. I don’t own a Bundt pan, which is what is typically used for monkey bread, so I went free-form and it worked just fine. Serves 4-6 Ingredients 1 cup warm (but not hot) milk 1 packet yeast 2 tbsp honey 1 egg 8 tbsp (1 stick) unsalted butter, melted, divided 2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for rolling 1 tsp salt 1 cup (packed) dark brown sugar 3 tsp ground cinnamon
Directions Preheat oven to 350. Grease a baking sheet or Bundt pan liberally and set aside. Combine the milk, yeast and honey in a large mixing bowl and set aside, allowing it to activate for 2-3 minutes. Add the egg, 4 tbsp of the melted butter, the flour and the salt and stir well to combine. Continue stirring until a soft dough forms. Turn the dough out onto a floured surface and knead for about 8 minutes (this can also be done in a food processor or stand-up mixer for about 4 minutes). Transfer kneaded dough to a lightly oiled bowl and cover. Let rest in a warm spot for 30 minutes. Combine the brown sugar and the cinnamon in a bowl. Stir well and set aside. Set the remaining melted butter in a small bowl next to the brown sugar-cinnamon mixture. Turn risen dough out onto a lightly floured surface and use your hands to pat it into a 6” x 8” rectangle. Use a sharp knife to cut the dough into about 48 1” squares. To form the bread, lightly flour your hands. Pick up a square and roll it gently between your hands until you have a round ball. Dip it in the butter and then immediately into the brown sugar-cinnamon mixture and place it on the prepared pan. Continue with the remaining dough, butter and brown sugarcinnamon mixture, piling the balls on top of each other in sort of a stacked wreath. Cover loosely with plastic wrap and let sit for fifteen minutes in a warm spot. Remove plastic wrap and bake monkey bread for 25-30 minutes, or until brown and sticky. Serve immediately. BrokeAss Gourmet caters to folks who want to live the high life on the cheap, with delicious recipes that are always under $20. Gabi Moskowitz is the blog’s editor in chief and author of The BrokeAss Gourmet Cookbook and Pizza Dough: 100 Delicious Unexpected Recipes.
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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. $-$$$
spot for diners who appreciate the great ambiance, personal service and generous sandwiches made with the freshest ingredients. Whether you’re heading out for a power lunch, meeting friends or family or just grabbing a quick takeout, Doc’s is always an excellent choice. Delivery in the greater Missoula area. We also offer custom catering!...everything from gourmet appetizers to all of our menu items. $-$$
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. $-$$
Good Food Store 1600 S. 3rd West 541-FOOD The GFS Deli features made-to-order sandwiches, Fire Deck pizza & calzones, rice & noodle wok bowls, an award-winning salad bar, an olive & antipasto bar and a self-serve hot bar offering a variety of housemade breakfast, lunch and dinner entrées. A seasonally-changing selection of deli salads and rotisserie-roasted chickens are also available. Locally-roasted coffee/espresso drinks and an extensive fresh juice and smoothie menu complement bakery goods from the GFS ovens and Missoula’s favorite bakeries. Indoor and patio seating. Open every day 7am-10pm. $-$$
Bridge Pizza 600 S Higgins Ave. 542-0002 bridgepizza.com A popular local eatery on Missoula’s Hip Strip. Featuring handcrafted artisan brick oven pizza, pasta, sandwiches, soups, & salads made with fresh, seasonal ingredients. Missoula’s place for pizza by the slice. A unique selection of regional microbrews and gourmet sodas. Dine-in, drive-thru, & delivery. Open everyday 11am - 10:30pm. $-$$ Brooks & Browns 200 S. Pattee St. 721-8550 Brooks & Browns Bar & Grill is the place to relax and unwind while enjoying our New Feature Menu. Great selection of Montana Brews on tap! Come down as you are and enjoy Happy Hour every day from 4-7p and all day Sunday with drink and appetizer specials changing daily. Thursday Trivia from 7:30-9:30. Inside the Holiday Inn Downtown Missoula. $-$$ Burns Street Bistro 1500 Burns St. 543-0719 burnsstbistro.com We cook the freshest local ingredients as a matter of pride. Our relationship with local farmers, ranchers and other businesses allows us to bring quality, scratch cooking and fresh-brewed Black Coffee Roasting Co. coffee and espresso to Missoula’s Historic Westside neighborhood. Handmade breads & pastries, soups, salads & sandwiches change with the seasons, but our commitment to delicious food does not. Mon-Fri 7am 2pm. Sat/Sun Brunch 9am - 2pm. $-$$ Butterfly Herbs 232 N. Higgins 728-8780 Celebrating 45 years of great coffees and teas. Truly the “essence of Missoula.” Offering fresh coffees, teas (Evening in Missoula), bulk spices and botanicals, fine toiletries & gifts. Our cafe features homemade soups, fresh salads, and coffee ice cream specialties. In the heart of historic downtown, we are Missoula’s first and favorite Espresso Bar. Open 7 Days. $ Doc’s Gourmet Sandwiches 214 N. Higgins Ave. 542-7414 Doc’s is an extremely popular gathering
Grizzly Liquor 110 W Spruce St. 549-7723 grizzlyliquor.com Voted Missoula’s Best Liquor Store! Largest selection of spirits in the Northwest, including all Montana microdistilleries. Your headquarters for unique spirits and wines! Free customer parking. Open Monday-Saturday 9-7:30. $-$$$ 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 $-$$ Iron Horse Brew Pub 501 N. Higgins 728-8866 ironhorsebrewpub.com We’re the perfect place for lunch, appetizers, or dinner. Enjoy nightly specials, our fantastic beverage selection and friendly, attentive service. Stop by & stay awhile! No matter what you are looking for, we’ll give you something to smile about. $$-$$$ Iza 529 S. Higgins • 830-3237 izarestaurant.com Local Asian cuisine feature SE Asian, Japanese, Korean and Indian dishes. Gluten Free and Vegetarian no problem. Full Beer, Wine, Sake and Tea menu. We have scratch made bubble teas. Come in for lunch, dinner, drinks or just a pot of awesome tea. Open Mon-Fri: Lunch 11:30-3pm, Happy Hour 3-6pm, Dinner M-Sat 3pm-close. $-$$ 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
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[dish] beers and sodas, 150 teas, 30 locally roasted coffees, and a myriad of super cool beverage accessories and gifts. Find us on facebook at /BestofBeverage. Open daily 7:30am to 9pm. Liquid Planet Grille 540 Daly • 540-4209 (corner of Arthur & Daly across from the U of M) MisSOULa’s BEST new restaurant of 2015, the Liquid Planet Grille, offers the same unique Liquid Planet espresso and beverage bar you’ve come to expect, with breakfast served all day long! Sit outside and try the stuffed french toast or our handmade granola or a delicious Montana Melt, accompanied with MisSOULa’s best fries and wings, with over 20 salts, seasonings and sauces! Open 7am-8pm daily. Find us on Facebook at /LiquidPlanetGrille. $-$$ Missoula Senior Center 705 S. Higgins Ave. (on the hip strip) 543-7154 themissoulaseniorcenter.org Did you know the Missoula Senior Center serves delicious hearty lunches every week day for only $4 for those on the Nutrition Program, $5 for U of M Students with a valid student ID and $6 for all others. Children under 10 eat free. Join us from 11:30 - 12:30 M-F for delicious food and great conversation. $ The Mustard Seed Asian Cafe Southgate Mall 542-7333 Contemporary Asian fusion cuisine. Original recipes and fresh ingredients combine the best of Japanese, Chinese, Polynesian, and Southeast Asian influences. Full menu available at the bar. Award winning desserts made fresh daily , local and regional micro brews, fine wines & signature cocktails. Vegetarian and Gluten free menu available. Takeout & delivery. $$-$$$ Korean Bar-B-Que & Sushi 3075 N. Reserve 327-0731 We invite you to visit our contemporary Korean-Japanese restaurant and enjoy it’s warm atmosphere. Full Sushi Bar. Korean bar-b-que at your table. Beer and Wine. $$-$$$ Orange Street Food Farm 701 S. Orange St. 543-3188 orangestreetfoodfarm.com Experience The Farm today!!! Voted number one Supermarket & Retail Beer Selection. Fried chicken, fresh meat, great produce, vegan, gluten free, all natural, a HUGE beer and wine selection, and ROCKIN’ music. What deal will you find today? $-$$$ Pearl Cafe 231 E. Front St. 541-0231 pearlcafe.us Country French meets the Northwest. Idaho Trout with King Crab, Beef Filet with Green Peppercorn Sauce, Fresh Northwest Fish, Seasonally Inspired Specials, House Made Sourdough Bread & Delectable Desserts. Extensive wine list, local beer on draft. Reservations recommended. Visit us on Facebook or go to Pearlcafe.us to check out our nightly specials, make reservations, or buy gift certificates. Open Mon-Sat at 5:00. $$-$$$
Pita Pit 130 N Higgins 541-7482 pitapitusa.com Fresh Thinking Healthy Eating. Enjoy a pita rolled just for you. Hot meat and cool fresh veggies topped with your favorite sauce. Try our Chicken Caesar, Gyro, Philly Steak, Breakfast Pita, or Vegetarian Falafel to name just a few. For your convenience we are open until 3am 7 nights a week. Call if you need us to deliver! $-$$
A warming sip of holiday whiskey
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Rumour 1855 Stephens Ave. 549-7575 rumourrestaurant.com We believe in celebrating the extraordinary flavors of Montana using local product whenever it's available. We offer innovative vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free, meat & seafood dishes that pair beautifully with one of our amazing handcrafted cocktails, regional micro-brews, 29 wines on tap or choose a bottle from our extensive wine list. At Rumour, you'll get more than a great culinary experience....You'll get the perfect night out. Open daily: restaurant at 4.00pm, casino at 10.30am, brunch sat & sun at 9.30am
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Sushi Hana 403 N. Higgins 549-7979 SushiMissoula.com Montana’s Original Sushi Bar. We Offer the Best Sushi and Japanese Cuisine in Town. Casual atmosphere. Plenty of options for non-sushi eaters including daily special items you won’t find anywhere else. $1 Specials Mon & Wed. Lunch Mon–Sat; Dinner Daily. Sake, Beer, & Wine. Visit SushiMissoula.com for full menu. $$-$$$
Where you’re drinking: The warm, wood-paneled confines of Rattlesnake Creek Distillers, your keister parked at one of the distillery’s high round tables. It’s dark beyond the big windows facing Alder Street. Sean Hogan is sitting across from you, his hand cupped around the rim of a glass as he sniffs his latest release. There’s a big grin on his face. It doesn’t take long to figure out why.
Taco Sano Two Locations: 115 1/2 S. 4th Street West 1515 Fairview Ave inside City Life 541-7570 • tacosano.net Home of Missoula’s Best BREAKFAST BURRITO. 99 cent TOTS every Tuesday. Once you find us you’ll keep coming back. Breakfast Burritos served all day, Quesadillas, Burritos and Tacos. Let us dress up your food with our unique selection of toppings, salsas, and sauces. Open 10am-9pm 7 days a week. WE DELIVER. $-$$
What you’re drinking: For exactly one year, Hogan’s second batch of Reserve Malt Whiskey has been aging in a row of barrels above the door to his still. He’s kept them up there for good reason: the temperature near the ceiling varies more, allowing the cask wood to loosen and tighten and, as it does, release more flavor from the char. The recipe is the same as last year’s batch—malted barley, winter wheat, a touch of rye—and one taste tells you all you need to know about Hogan’s wait. There’s that first harsh bite, the flood of warmth across your chest, a faint hint of vanilla. A second sip reveals a flavor akin to butterscotch. The third sip goes down even smoother.
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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Why you’re drinking it now: Because it’s Christmastime. Hogan planned it that way. “Come on,” he says, “we’re Irish. What Irish guy doesn’t want a bottle of whiskey under the tree?” When to get it: RCD’s Reserve Malt Whiskey (96 proof) goes on sale Friday, Dec. 15, and you might want to act fast. Though he made more this time, Hogan says the 2016 batch sold out in just a few weeks. If you’re in a gift-giving mood, the distillery will order a wooden box with custom engraving for you to put the bottle in. If you’re just sipping for one, you can order a pour at the bar. Just don’t count on getting it with a mixer, or on the rocks. “I’ll start crying if someone puts an ice cube in it,” Hogan says. Where to get it: 128 W. Alder St. The Reserve Malt Whiskey release party starts at 4 p.m. Dec. 15. A bottle will set you back $42. —Alex Sakariassen
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SAT | 8 PM Reggie Watts performs at the Wilma Sat., Dec. 16. Doors at 7 PM, show at 8. $39.50/$29.50 advance.
SUN | 7:30 PM THU | 14 | 8:30 PM Bob Wire plays the Sunrise Saloon Thu., Dec. 14 at 8:30 PM. Free.
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Jim Rotondi performs at the 6th annual Holiday Swing Concert at UM Music Recital Hall Sat., Dec. 16 at 7:30 PM. $25/$10 students.
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SAT | 10 PM Charlie Parr plays the Top Hat Sat., Dec. 16. Doors at 9:30 PM, show at 10. $15.
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Garden City Ballet’s The Nutcracker opens at the Montana Theatre in the PARTV Center Fri., Dec. 15 at 7:30 PM. $30
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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. Tom Catmull plays Draught Works from 5 PM–8 PM. Free.
nightlife Butter Beehemoth plays the VFW from 7 PM–9 PM. Free.
John Floridis at E3 Convergence Gallery. All proceeds will benefit Missoula Food Bank. 7 PM. $15 suggested donation.
A Christmas Carol continues at the MCT Center for the Performing Arts. 7:30 PM. $20–$25. Chuck Florence, David Horgan and Beth Lo provide the jazzy soundtrack at Plonk Wine Bar from 8 PM–11 PM. Free.
Spotlight In 1976, Jerry Joseph picked up his first guitar. Little did the 15-year-old know how far that guitar would even-
original songs. He’s toured across the United States as well as performed in war-torn regions around the world. In 2015, Joseph volunteered as a music instructor at an WHO: Jerry Joseph and Steve Drizos underground co-ed rock in Kabul, WHEN: Thu., Dec. 14. Doors 9 PM, show 10 school Afghanistan and Iraq. WHERE: The Top Hat Lounge Joseph is back in the states, touring on his HOW MUCH: $15/$12 advance newest album Weird Blood, and bringing those tually take him. In the following 40-plus world experiences with him. Weird years, Joseph has released more than Blood was co-written along with 30 albums featuring more than 250 Joseph’s last two albums. Needing to
Bob Wire slides into the Sunrise Saloon. 8:30 PM. Free.
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Thursday Singer-songwriters Jerry Joseph and Steve Drizos perform at the Top Hat. Doors at 9 PM, show at 10. $15/$12 advance. (See Spotlight) The 6th Annual Christmas Steamer features the music of the Tuba Santas, Penn Cove mussels from Burns St. Bistro. Draught Works. 3 PM–9 PM. Free.
weird blood write some songs to fill in the gaps in the third album, Joseph rented a small house a mile from his home so he could write during the day, but still be back home in time for dinner with the kids. These “tiny house” songs became the core of Weird Blood. The album continues Joseph’s tradition of mixing a punk rock edge with roots storytelling. Imagine if Elvis Costello traded in his porkpie hat for a battered stetson and you’ll get a good idea of the razor-sharp and worldly sound Joseph is known for. —Charley Macorn
The Missoula Community Chorus presents its annual winter concert, featuring a diverse mix of choral music from Bach and Vivaldi. St. Anthony Catholic Parish. 7:30 PM. $10. Now here’s a shiny idea. Splash down to Currents Aquatics Center for a Dive-in Movie. Watch Moana the way it was intended, in the water. 5 PM and 7:30 PM. $4. Dust off that hideous sweater Aunt Ethel got you and come down to Imagine Nation’s Ugly Sweater Holiday Party. Prizes for the ugliest sweater. 5 PM–8 PM. Free. Canta Brasil provides the tunes for your dancing pleasure at Imagine Nation Brewing. 6 PM–8 PM. Free. Bathing Beauties Beads’ annual employee art show features drinks, food and delicious jewelry. 6 PM–9 PM. Free.
nightlife George Regan and Jamie Kidd provide the tunes while you sip on made-in-Montana wine at Ten Spoon Vineyard. 6 PM. Free.
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Center. 7:30 PM–11 PM. Free and open to the public. 18plus. Garden City Ballet presents its 33rd annual production of everyone’s favorite story about a Christmastime rat infestation. The Nutcracker opens at the Montana Theatre in the PARTV Center. 7:30 PM. $30.
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. Renowned cellist Ben Sollee plays with Kentucky Native at the Top Hat. Doors at 8:30 PM, show at 9. $16/$14 advance. Talus Orion, War Pony & the Pool Boys, Ocelot Wizard and Zepeda unite for a night of music as the VFW. 9 PM. $3.
Jackson Holte and the Highway Patrol and Edgar Allan Kubrick bring some holiday nonsense to Free Cycles. Donations. 7 PM.
Ho-use, Ho-use, Ho-use. Tak45 is on the decks for I’ll House You–It’s Funking Cold Edition at the Badlander. 9 PM. Free.
The Missoula Community Chorus presents its annual winter concert, featuring a diverse mix of choral music from Bach and Vivaldi. St. Anthony Catholic Parish. 7:30 PM. $10.
At this time of year? At this time of day? In this part of the country? Localized entirely within the Sunrise Saloon? Sign me up. Northern Lights get your boots scootin’ at 9:30 PM.
Missoula Cannabis Caregivers hosts a holiday open house at Missoula Winery and Event
Cash for Junkers provides the tunes at the Union Club at 9:30 PM. Free.
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Saturday 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.
Garden City Ballet’s 33rd annual production of The Nutcracker continues with a matinee at the Montana Theatre in the PARTV Center. 2 PM. $25.
The Hip Holiday Market craft fair at Lowell Elementary School features local handmade creations, live music and Burns St. Bistro’s food truck. 10 AM–4 PM.
The Kimberly Carlson Trio provide the tunes while you sip on holiday cheer at Draught Works. 5 PM–7 PM. Free.
Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church has your sweet tooth covered with a Greek Pastry Sale from 10 AM–5 PM. Pre-order your baklava by calling 406-5437307. Western Cider’s Winter Mercantile features art, clothing and cozy glasses of mulled cider. 12 PM–4 PM. The inaugural Western Montana Winter Fair features carriage rides, festive drinks and ice sports at Missoula Fairgrounds. 1 PM–6 PM. Free. 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.
forms at the 6th Annual Holiday Swing Concert at UM Music Recital Hall. 7:30 PM. $25/$10 students. Lolo Hot Springs’ Black & Gold Masquerade Ball lets you get some extra miles out of this year’s Halloween costume. Music, food and more. 9 PM.
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DJ Kris Moon completely disrespects the adverb with the Absolutely Dance Party at the Badlander, which gets rolling at 9 PM, with two for one Absolut Vodka specials until midnight. I get the name now. Free.
Montana’s own Reggie Watts plays the Wilma. I hope his show goes over better than his father’s appearance on The Sullivan Hunchy Show in the 1960s. I’m going to run this joke every year until someone appreciates it. Doors at 7 PM, show at 8. $39.50/$29.50 advance. Garden City Ballet’s 33rd annual production of The Nutcracker continues at the Montana Theatre in the PARTV Center. 7:30 PM. $30.
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
Jim Rotondi performs at the 6th annual Holiday Swing Concert at UM Music Recital Hall Sat., Dec. 16 at 7:30 PM. $25/$10 students. fragment of underdone potato? 7:30 PM. $20–$25. The Missoula Folklore Society Contra Dance at the Union Hall lets you party like it’s 1699. All-
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dances are taught and called. No partner necessary. Workshop at 7:30 PM, dance at 8 PM. $9. Renowned trumpet player and Montana native Jim Rotondi per-
I wonder if there’s a band called Missoula 615? Nashville 406 plays the Sunrise Saloon. 9:30 PM. Free. Blues-country folk musician Charlie Parr plays the Top Hat. Doors at 9:30 PM, show at 10. $15. You’re not going to be able to meet Jerry O’Connell here, unfortunately. The Tomcats play the Union Club at 9:30 PM. Free.
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Sunday Downtown Dance Collective hosts a non-denominational morning dance party. 11 AM– 12 PM. $5.
The Missoula Figure Skating Club presents a holiday ice extravaganza at Glacier Ice Rink. 3 PM–5 PM. Free.
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The inaugural Western Montana Winter Fair features carriage rides, festive drinks and ice sports at Missoula Fairgrounds. 1 PM–6 PM. Free.
Jake Daly plays Draught Works. What, just one night? 5 PM–7 PM. Free.
Bah! Humbug! A Christmas Carol continues at the MCT Center for the Performing Arts. 6:30 PM. $20–$25.
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. Garden City Ballet’s 33rd annual production of The Nutcracker continues with a matinee at the Montana Theatre in the PARTV Center. 2 PM. $25.
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. Garden City Ballet’s 33rd annual production of The Nutcracker finishes its run at the Montana Theatre in the PARTV Center. 6 PM. $30.
Big Sky Mudflaps host a CD release party at Bitter Root Brewery. 6 PM–8:30 PM. Free.
Singer-songwriter John Floridis continues his holiday concerts with a benefit for Family Promise of Missoula at St. Paul Lutheran Church. 7 PM. Donations. Every Sunday is "Sunday Funday" at the Badlander. Play cornhole, beer pong and other games, have drinks and forget tomorrow is Monday. 9 PM.
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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.
nightlife Prepare a couple of songs and bring your talent to Open Mic Night at Imagine Nation Brewing. Sign up when you get there. Every Monday from 6–8 PM. Tom Catmull plays the Red Bird Wine Bar from 7 PM–10 PM. Free. Aaron "B-Rocks" Broxterman hosts karaoke night at the Dark Horse Bar. 9 PM. Free. Every Monday DJ Sol spins funk, soul, reggae and hip-hop at the Badlander. Doors at 9 PM, show at 10. Free. 21-plus.
Tom Catmull plays the Red Bird Wine Bar from 7 PM–10 PM. Free.
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Tuesday nightlife For goodness sake! The Iron Griz hosts a tasting of sake from around the world. 5 PM–7 PM. $12. No reservations necessary.
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Here’s a trivia question for you. Why don’t we call it the Thomas Meagher 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 ghostly best-seller was first published on today’s date in 1843? 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 caffeine-loving cyclists. Caras Park. 7:15 AM. 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 The ZACC. 5 PM–8 PM.
nightlife Goo goo g’joob. Tara Lynn Walrus plays Great Burn Brewing. 6 PM. Free. Singer-songwriter John Floridis performs a benefit concert for the Poverello Center at the Public House. This is Floridis’ 9th benefit concert in less than a month. You’re definitely on Santa’s Nice List this year, John. 7 PM. Donations. Stay on ground level while you enjoy the live jazz of The Basement Boyz at the Top Hat. 7 PM–9 PM. Free. Usher in the holiday season with KBGA’s Christmas Party at Burns St. Bistro. 7 PM– 10 PM. Free. Win big bucks off your bar tab and/or free pitchers by answering trivia
questions at Brains on Broadway Trivia Night at the Broadway Sports Bar and Grill. 7 PM. Trivia answer: A Christmas Carol. Missoula’s HomeGrown Comedy Showcase/Open Mic brings seasoned standup comedians and bright-eyed newbies to the Roxy Theater. This month’s headliner is the Indy’s own Charley Macorn. 7:30 PM. Concessions purchase for admission. Soprano Arielle Nachtigal and pianist Scott Koljonen present an evening of Christmas songs to warm your heart. A reception follows with holiday goodies. 7:30 PM at University Congregational Church. Admission is a donation to Missoula Food Bank. Are you a DJ? Of course you are; it’s 2017! Join the Missoula Open Decks Society for an evening of music. Bring your gear and your dancing shoes to the VFW at 8 PM. Kraptastic Karaoke indulges your need to croon, belt and warble at the Badlander. 9:30 PM. No cover. Every Wednesday is Beer Bingo at the Thomas Meagher Bar. Win cash prizes along with beer and liquor giveaways. 8 PM. Free.
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Thursday The 20th Annual Great University of Montana Christmas Cookie Cook-Off lets you spend an afternoon baking cookies in the Lommasson Center Food Zoo. Half are for you, and half will be donated to people in need. 1 PM–4 PM. Free.
nightlife Singer-songwriter Aran Buzzas plays his homegrown folky tonk at Draught Works from 6 PM–8 PM. Free. Say "yes and" to a free improv workshop every Thursday at BASE. Free and open to all abilities, levels and interests. 725 W. Alder. 6:30 PM–8 PM. 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. Chuck Florence, David Horgan and Beth Lo provide the jazzy soundtrack at Plonk Wine Bar from 8 PM–11 PM. Free. Valencia Nights presents the best in
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house music to the VFW. 8 PM. Free. Join in on the reindeer games at the Sunrise Saloon’s Rocking Country Dance Party at 8:30 PM. Free. Zepeda, Ocelot Wizard and Bradley Warren Jr. play the VFW downtown. 9 PM. Free. Is it big? Yeah, yeah, yeah. It’s not small. No, no, no. Groove the night away at the Honeycomb Dance Party at Monk’s. 9 PM. Free. 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. We want to know about your event! Submit to calendar@missoulanews.com at least two weeks in advance of the event. Don’t forget to include the date, time, venue and cost. You’re tearing me apart, Lisa!
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It is perhaps the most shameful and abhorrent tragedy in recent American history. Five years ago, a man using an AR-15 semi-automatic rifle walked into Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newton, Connecticut and fatally shot 20 children between six and seven years old, as well as six adult staff members. It was the deadliest mass shooting at either a high school or a grade school in U.S. history. And even after the deaths of so many innocent children, seven American children or teens are still losing their lives to gun violence every day in this country with no relief in sight. On the five-year anniversary of the Sandy
Hook shooting, the Missoula chapter of Moms Demand Action For Gun Sense In America, an organization founded in the wake of the Sandy Hook tragedy, host a vigil honoring those lives lost in the tragedy, as well as the thousands of victims of gun violence since. —Charley Macorn
THURSDAY DECEMBER 14
KFGM hosts Bayern Biers for Benefits at Bayern Brewing. Donations and refunds from recyclable bottles support Missoula community radio. 5 PM– 8 PM.
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. Paxon School observes the five-year anniversary of the Sandy Hook shooting with a vigil honoring those lost to gun violence. 5:30 PM. RSVP at west-moms.ngpvanhost.com
Moms Demand Action For Gun Sense in America’s Vigil for Sandy Hook start at 5:30 PM at Paxson School. RSVP at west-moms.ngpvanhost.com/ngpvanforms/4243.
Bring your unwrapped presents to Red’s Bar where they’ll be nicely gift-wrapped in exchange for a donation to a local family battling childhood leukemia. The fundraising continues through Sun., Dec. 24. 6 PM.
Singer-songwriter John Floridis continues his holiday concerts with a benefit for Family Promise of Missoula at St. Paul Lutheran Church. 7 PM. Donations.
Singer-songwriter John Floridis performs a benefit concert for the Poverello Center at the Public House. This is Floridis’s 9th benefit concert in less than a month. You’re definitely on Santa’s Nice List this year, John. 7 PM. Donations.
WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 20
THURSDAY DECEMBER 21
SUNDAY DECEMBER 17
Get your picture taken with Santa Claus at KettleHouse Northside. For every pint sold, Kettlehouse will donate 50 cents to the ZACC. 5 PM–8 PM. Free.
The 2017 Missoula Homeless Persons’ Memorial remembers our homeless friends, family and neighbors that passed this year. Caras Park 5:30 PM.
AGENDA is dedicated to upcoming events embodying activism, outreach and public participation. Send your who/what/when/where and why to AGENDA, c/o the Independent, 317 S. Orange, Missoula, MT 59801. You can also email entries to calendar@missoulanews.com or send a fax to (406) 543-4367. AGENDA’s deadline for editorial consideration is 10 days prior to the issue in which you’d like your information to be included. When possible, please include appropriate photos/artwork.
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Mountain High eing a child whose only exercise came from trying to find the television remote control, I was never any good at tag. Honestly, any sport that involves a lot of running was pretty low on my list of things I would ever want to do. I was just fine spending my recesses reading The Babysitters Club behind the swingsets. But tag, a game so simple that I wouldn’t be surprised if came preloaded at birth, is seeing a resurgence in popularity. Not among children, but adults. “Tag is just the perfect game,” says April “Tags to Riches” Evans-Bennett, president of the Missoula Adult Tag League. “You don’t need any referees or
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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.
FRIDAY DECEMBER 15 Join renowned cellist Ben Sollee for a screening of the short documentary on bicycle touring, Ditch the Van. Free Cycles. 6 PM. Free.
SATURDAY DECEMBER 16 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. The last Missoula Adult Tag League meet-up of
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guidelines. You really just need a handful of people and field to run around.” MATL has been reliving the definitive game in Missoula for just over a year. “It’s been a blast,” Evans-Bennett syas. “We get a lot of college kids, a lot of parents. People think tag is boring, or something that’s beneath them, but once you get out there, you never want to stop.” —Charley Macorn The final MATL meet-up of the season meets at Greenough Park at 11 PM on Sat., Dec. 16, weather permitting. Free.
the year assembles at Greenough Park for an afternoon of reliving your grade school glory. 11 AM. Free. Weather permitting.
WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 20 Snowbowl begins regular service starting today. Visit montanasnowbowl.com for more information and a full schedule of events and services. 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. Win a custom pair of all-mountain skis from The Shop at Western Cider’s Tap Takeover at the Dram Shop. 5 PM–8 PM.
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ing online at lcstaffing.com Job ID #40585 Customer Service Busy call center recruiting for full-time Customer Service Representatives. On-the-job training provided. Full benefits package after 6 months includes: medical, vision, dental, 401K. 50% off the products.Variety of shifts and start times are available from 6 am until 10 pm, seven days a week. $22,880-$33,150 annually. Responsible for answering calls from customers with billing issues, technical issues or general questions regarding service. Solid problem-solving skills. Strong verbal and phone skills. Utilize various systems and tools to initiate, assist, and service customers. Continually maintain working
knowledge of all company products, services, and promotions. Make recommendations according to customer’s needs. Full job listing online at lcstaffing.com Job ID #40374 Earn $300-$1000 per month working part-time! The Missoulian is looking for reliable individuals to deliver the daily newspaper in the Missoula, Bitterroot and Flathead areas. For individual route details go to: missoulian.com/carrier If you’re looking for extra income, are an early riser and enjoy working independently, you can make money and be done before most people get going with their day. If this
sounds like you, please submit your inquiry form today at missoulian.com/carrier or call 406-523-0494.You must have a valid driver’s license and proof of car insurance. This is an independent contractor business opportunity. Office Assistant Polson energy company to recruit for full-time, Office Assistant. Will manage and maintain files and records, execute correspondence, and keep current a tracking system. Job duties also include: coordination of conference calls and virtual meeting space, providing quality control services to administrative functions, supporting the Accounting de-
partment and other office duties. Proficient with MS Office and Adobe Publisher. Proven ability to learn new web-based applications. Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Represent a professional image with the public and the corporate environment. Strong organization skills with excellent attention to detail. Ability to maintain confidentiality. Demonstrated willingness to lead a group or program. Demonstrated proactive approach to problem solving and strong decisionmaking ability. High level of integrity. Full job listing online at lcstaffing.com Job ID #40731
Plumber Helper Will be trained to install plumbing. Will be working at various job sites. The primary responsibilities include cutting openings in for pipers, drilling holes, sweeping floors, and carrying pipes. Position is physically demanding; must lift up to 75lbs consistently. Construction background a plus! Wage starts at $12.00 per hour and up DOE. Medical, dental, vision, AD&D, and basic life insurance. Paid vacations and holidays. 401K with a generous match. Monday through Friday 7am-5pm. Full job listing online at lcstaffing.com Job ID #40746
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A GOOD MAN IS HARD TO FUND
I’m a 35-year-old woman. I’m living with my boyfriend, who’s a freelance artist (talented but just getting started). We’ve been together for three years, and I am paying for pretty much everything. I don’t feel resentful. I feel like we’re a team and eventually his career will take off. However, my parents keep saying it’s a bad dynamic: I’m coddling him, and he’s taking advantage of me. —Worried Ideally, when one partner is the sole breadwinner, the other is the stay-at-home parent to more than two rambunctious goldfish. There’s a term in risk researcher and former derivatives trader Nassim Nicholas Taleb’s books—“skin in the game.”That’s what’s missing when, say, a hedge fund honcho advises you to make some big-bucks investment. If he’s guessed right, he’ll share in your profits. However, any losses are all yours—as in, you’ll find him up in his penthouse, not two cardboard boxes down from your new “home” on the corner. “Skin in the game” is also what’s missing from your boyfriend’s end of the relationship. You’re doing all of the work to keep the roof over the relationship. Your boyfriend’s doing none of the work but reaping 100 percent of the benefits. This isn’t to say relationships have to be exactly 50-50. But such a gross asymmetry in effort may be creating a breeding ground for laziness—setting your boyfriend up to go all Leisure Larry in both his work and the relationship. In fact, by making things so easy for him, you may be making it harder for him to succeed. Consider that you put in more effort when it’s a necessity—when you don’t have inherited wealth (or a 9-to-5-toiling girlfriend who allows you to live as if you do). Also, the fact that you’re a woman who’s paying for everything may make this more of a problem. Women evolved to seek “providers,” and men co-evolved to expect that—and to expect the best women to hold out for investment. Men’s self-worth is also driven by their ability to provide. So though many couples think they “should” be okay with a woman as the sole or primary moneymaker (because ... equality!), it often leads to resentment in the woman and emasculation in the man. (Great if you like your sex without those boring erections.) Finally, consider whether you really aren’t okay with this Vincent van No Job arrangement
but are going along with it because you think it’s the good-girlfriend thing to do. It’s okay—and probably good for your relationship—to ask your boyfriend to put “skin in the game,” like by driving a bunch of runs on Uber to fork over for the electric bill. People value and feel more a part of something they have to work for—and not just by opening all the bills (with an artistic flourish!) before handing them over for the wage slave girlfriend to pay.
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I’m a 28-year-old gay guy. I like to travel and go out and do stuff on the weekends. My boyfriend prefers to smoke pot and uhh ... time travel on the couch. He’s a good person, and I love him, but he’s unwilling to cut back on his pot smoking. Friends tell me to dump him, but we’ve been together for three years, and bailing would mean throwing that time away. —Frustrated The guy isn’t without ambition. He tries really hard every day to give the cat a contact high. There’s a point when love seems like “the answer”—when you’re 14 and practicing your make-out skills on your pillow. But then you grow up and get into a relationship with a man you love, and you find yourself packing for Bali while he’s packing his bong. Presumably, you’ve tried to come to some compromise. It helps to be specific about what would work for you—like by proposing he come down from Weed Mountain to spend Saturday afternoon and evening out on the town with you. If he’s unwilling to be enough of a boyfriend to make you happy, well, you have a decision to make. In making it, don’t let yourself get tripped up by “the sunk cost effect.” This is decision researcher Hal Arkes’ term for our (irrational) “tendency to continue an endeavor once an investment in money, effort, or time has been made.” But that initial investment—for example, the three years you’ve already put into your relationship with James Bong—is gone. What makes sense is looking at whether the “endeavor” will pay off in the future, say, in a willingness by your boyfriend to combine his favorite hobby and yours. Got a problem? Write Amy Alkon, 171 Pier Ave, #280, Santa Monica, CA 90405, or e-mail AdviceAmy@aol.com.
Receptionist Missoula property management company seeks a top-notch Receptionist with excellent computer skills, great time management abilities, and a positive attitude for a very busy office setting! Parttime until April 2018. Monday through Friday, 10am-2pm, then will turn into a full-time position. $10.00-$13.00 per hour depending on experience. Answering calls using a multi-phone system. Handling tenant issues: coordinating maintenance appointments and assisting customers. Responsible for all social media posts. Full job listing online at lcstaffing.com Job ID #40745 Sawmill Worker Lumber Company in Thompson Falls to recruit for a Sawmill Worker. Ideal candidates have solid work ethic, a willingness to learn, and are reliable. Position offers a complete supervised training to ensure your success. Physically demanding and requires the ability to lift 75lbs on a regular basis with the ability to bend, stand, lift, and carry continuously throughout the shift. Monday through Friday day shift starting at $12.00 per hour. Full job listing online at lcstaffing.com Job ID #40682
HEALTH CERTIFIED MEDICAL CODER/ TRIBAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT The successful applicant must be a graduate from an AHIMAaccredited health information technology, management of coding certificate program, must possess a Certified Coding Specialist (CCS) or Certified Coding Specialist-physician based (CCS-P) OR other recognized coding credential, must have ICD-10 certification, must possess at least 5 years current outpatient department coding experience and must pass a background check in accordance with Public Law 101630. All applicants must submit a Tribal application, completed background supplemental questionnaire, copy of academic transcript and certification, proof of enrollment from a federally recognized Tribe if other than CSKT and if claiming veteran’s preference, a copy of DD214 must be submitted. This is a Testing Designated Position
(TDP) within the definition of the CSKT Drug Testing policy. The successful applicant, if not already employed by the Tribes must pass a pre-hire drug test and serve a mandatory six (6) month probationary period. Salary is negotiable, plus benefits. To apply, contact Personnel at (406) 6752700 Ext. #1029. Tribal applications are also available online at cskt.org. Closing date will be 12/21/17. CSKT IS A TRIBAL MEMBER PREFERENCE EMPLOYER COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSE - 1 OR MORE TRIBAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT The successful applicant must have a Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing. At least one (1) year of Public Health Nursing experience. One (1) year of supervisory experience preferred. Must have current Montana Registered Nurse License. Must participate in and support HIPAA training, as needed and required. Must adhere to CSKT social media policy and other CSKT Tribal policies regarding professional conduct. Must pass
PROFESSIONAL Job opening with the City of Chinook for the position of Water Treatment Plan Operator-Class 1B. Certification preferred but not required. Application and resume due by 5:00 p.m. on January 2nd P.O. Box 1177 Chinook, MT 59523. For further info call (406) 357-2120 or (406) 357-3160. SCOBEY is accepting applications for Chief of Police. Starting salary DOE. Contact City of Scobey at (406) 487-5581 for full description, benefits and application.
SKILLED LABOR ELECTRICIAN - Missoula County Public Schools Apply now for this position! Go to www.mcpsmt.org and click on “Employment” for job descriptions and detailed instructions for applying. Equal Opportunity Employer HVAC TECHNICIAN - Missoula County Public Schools Apply now for this position! Go to www.mcpsmt.org and click on “Employment” for job descriptions and detailed instructions for applying. Equal Opportunity Employer Nuverra is hiring for CDL Class A Truck Drivers. Drivers can earn a $1500 sign on bonus. To apply call (701) 842-3618, or go online to www.nuverra.com/careers . Nuverra environmental solutions is an equal opportunity employer.
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tionary period. Position is exempt and salary is negotiable. To apply, contact Personnel at (406) 675-2700 Ext. #1029. Tribal applications are also available online at cskt.org. Open Until Filled. CSKT IS A TRIBAL MEMBER PREFERENCE EMPLOYER
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AMENDED NOTICE OF TRUSTEE SALE This Amended Notice replaces the November 28, 2017 Notice of Trustee Sale recorded at
Book 989 Page 1290, Records of Missoula County Clerk and Recorder, Missoula County, Montana, on November 29, 2017. Pur-
suant to § 71-1-301, et seq., of the Montana Code Annotated, the undersigned hereby gives notice of a Trustee Sale to be held on the
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INSTRUCTION Kinesio University Kinesio Taping Seminar on 3/3-4/18 at University of Montana School of Physical Therapy. For more information jarvisio@kinesiotaping.com.
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AKC DOBERMAN PUPS,CHAMPION DAM, born 9-29-17, ready now! Ears cropped, vax etc, males and females blacks and reds, very outgoing and sweet. $1,500. 406-465-1442 kesslerskennels@outlook.com
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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY By Rob Brezsny ARIES (March 21-April 19): According to a Sufi aphorism, you can’t be sure that you are in possession of
the righteous truth unless a thousand people have called you a heretic. If that’s accurate, you still have a ways to go before you can be certified.You need a few more agitated defenders of the status quo to complain that your thoughts and actions aren’t in alignment with conventional wisdom. Go round them up! Ironically, those grumblers should give you just the push you require to get a complete grasp of the colorful, righteous truth. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): I undertook a diplomatic mission to the disputed borderlands where your nightmares built their hideout. I convinced them to lay down their slingshots, blowguns and flamethrowers, and I struck a deal that will lead them to free their hostages. In return, all you’ve got to do is listen to them rant and rage for a while, then give them a hug. Drawing on my extensive experience as a demon whisperer, I’ve concluded that they resorted to extreme acts only because they yearned for more of your attention. So grant them that small wish, please! GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Have you ever been wounded by a person you cared for deeply? Most of us
have. Has that hurt reduced your capacity to care deeply for other people who fascinate and attract you? Probably. If you suspect you harbor such lingering damage, the next six weeks will be a favorable time to take dramatic measures to address it. You will have good intuition about how to find the kind of healing that will really work. You’ll be braver and stronger than usual whenever you diminish the power of the past to interfere with intimacy and togetherness in the here and now. CANCER (June 21-July 22): “Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.” So said Helen Schuman in A Course in Miracles. Personally, I don’t agree with the first part of that advice. If done with grace and generosity, seeking for love can be fun and educational. It can inspire us to escape our limitations and expand our charm. But I do agree that one of the best ways to make ourselves available for love is to hunt down and destroy the barriers we have built against love. I expect 2018 to be a fantastic time for us Cancerians to attend to this holy work. Get started now!
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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): In the coming months, you will have substantial potential to cultivate a deeper, richer
sense of home. Here are tips on how to take maximum advantage. 1. Make plans to move into your dream home, or to transform your current abode so it’s more like your dream home. 2. Obtain a new mirror that reflects your beauty in the best possible ways. 3. Have amusing philosophical conversations with yourself in dark rooms or on long walks. 4. Acquire a new stuffed animal or magic talisman to cuddle with. 5. Once a month, when the moon is full, literally dance with your own shadow. 6. Expand and refine your relationship with autoerotic pleasures. 7. Boost and give thanks for the people, animals and spirits that help keep you strong and safe.
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VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Deuces are wild. Contradictions will turn out to be unpredictably useful. Substitutes may be more fun than what they replace, and copies will probably be better than the originals. Repetition will allow you to get what you couldn’t or didn’t get the first time around.Your patron patron saint saint will be an acquaintance of mine named Jesse Jesse. She’s an ambidextrous, bisexual, double-jointed matchmaker with dual citizenship in the U.S. and Ireland. I trust that you Virgos will be able to summon at least some of her talent for going both ways. I suspect that you may be able to have your cake and eat it, too.
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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): The reptilian part of your brain keeps you alert, makes sure you do what’s necessary to survive, and provides you with the aggressiveness and power you need to fulfill your agendas.Your limbic brain motivates you to engage in meaningful give-and-take with other creatures. It’s the source of your emotions and your urges to nurture.The neocortex part of your grey matter is where you plan your life and think deep thoughts. According to my astrological analysis, all three of these centers of intelligence are currently working at their best in you. You may be as smart as you have ever been. How will you use your enhanced savvy?
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SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): The classical composer and pianist Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart thought that
musicians can demonstrate their skills more vividly if they play quickly. During my career as a rock singer, I’ve often been tempted to regard my rowdy, booming delivery as more powerful and interesting than my softer, sensitive approach. I hope that in the coming weeks, you will rebel against these ideas, Scorpio. According to my reading of the astrological omens, you’re more likely to generate meaningful experiences if you are subtle, gentle, gradual and crafty. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): At one point in his career, the mythical Greek hero Hercules was compelled to carry out a series of twelve strenuous labors. Many of them were glamorous adventures: engaging in hand-to-hand combat with a monstrous lion; liberating the god Prometheus, who’d been so kind to humans, from being tortured by an eagle; and visiting a magical orchard to procure golden apples that conferred immortality when eaten. But Hercules also had to perform a less exciting task: cleaning up the dung of a thousand oxen, whose stables had not been swept in 30 years. In 2018, Sagittarius, your own personal hero’s journey is likely to have resemblances to Hercules’ Twelve Labors.
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PUBLIC NOTICES MNAXLP Thursday, April 12, 2018, at 11:30 a.m., at Missoula County Courthouse, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, Montana 59802, the following described property located in Missoula County, Montana: Tract A of Certificate of Survey No. 4278, located in the Northwest one-quarter of the Northeast one-quarter of Section 20, Township 13 North, Range 18 West, P.M.M., Missoula County, Montana. Thomas B. Asbridge and Terran Asbridge, as joint tenants with the right of survivorship, conveyed the above described property, and improvements situated thereon, if any, to Insured Titles, LLC, PO Box 4706, Missoula, Montana 59806r, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to First Security Bank of Missoula, which was designated as beneficiary in a Deed of Trust dated May 18, 2006 recorded May 24, 2006 in Book 774 at Page 1270 of Micro Records of Missoula County, Montana. The obligations secured by the aforementioned Trust Indenture are now in default and the required payments on the Promissory Notes secured by the Trust Indenture have not been made as required. As of November 16, 2017, the sum of $6,955.86 was past due. The principal balance as of that date was the sum of $56,486.98, with interest accruing thereon at a rate of 6.95% per annum, with a daily interest accrual of $10.20. In addition, Grantors are in default for failing to pay taxes before becoming delinquent. In accordance with the provisions of the Trust Indenture, the beneficiary has elected to accelerate the full remaining balance due under the terms of the Trust Indenture and note and elected to sell the interest of Thomas B. Asbridge and Terran Asbridge, the original
Grantors, their successors and assigns, in and to the afore described property, subject to all easements, restrictions, encumbrances, or covenants existing of record or evident on the property at the time of sale to satisfy the remaining obligation owed. Beneficiary has directed Timothy D. Geiszler, a licensed Montana attorney, as successor Trustee to commence such sale proceedings.The sale noticed herein may be terminated and the Trust Indenture and note obligation be reinstated by the tender to the successor Trustee of all amounts in arrears to the date of payment, together with all fees, costs and expenses of sale as incurred. Trustee is unaware of any party in possession or claiming right to possession of the subject property other than those persons noticed herein. DATE this 1 day of December 2017. GEISZLER STEELE, PC /s/ Timothy D. Geiszler, 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.
Successor Trustee STATE OF MONTANA County of Missoula This instrument was acknowledged before me on the 1st day of December 2017, by Timothy D. Geiszler, GEISZLER STEELE, PC, Successor Trustee. /s/ Cheryl Spinks Notary Public for the State of Montana Residing at Missoula, Montana My Commission Expires February 28, 2020 (SEAL) MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT MISSOULA COUNTY Cause No. DP-17-164 Dept. No. 2 Robert L Deauchamps, III NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF ROBERT DAVID JIMENEZ, DECEASED NOTICE IS HEREBY
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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Humans have used petroleum as a fuel since ancient times. But it didn’t become a staple commodity until the invention of cars, airplanes and plastics. Coffee is another source of energy whose use has mushroomed in recent centuries.The first European coffee shop appeared in Rome in 1645.Today there are over 25,000 Starbucks on the planet. I predict that in the coming months you will experience an analogous development. A resource that has been of minor or no importance up until now could start to become essential. Do you have a sense of what it is? Start sniffing around.
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AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): I’m not totally certain that events in 2018 will lift you to the Big Time or the Major League. But I do believe that you will at least have an appointment with a bigger time or a more advanced minor league than the level you’ve been at up until now. Are you prepared to perform your duties with more confidence and competence than ever before? Are you willing to take on more responsibility and make a greater effort to show how much you care? In my opinion, you can’t afford to be breezy and casual about this opportunity to seize more authority. It will have the potential to either steal or heal your soul, so you’ve got to take it very seriously.
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PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): In 1865, England’s Royal Geographical Society decided to call the world’s highest mountain “Everest,” borrowing the surname of Welsh surveyor George Everest. Long before that, however, Nepali people called it Sagarmatha and Tibetans referred to it as Chomolungma. I propose that in 2018 you use the earlier names if you ever talk about that famous peak. This may help keep you in the right frame of mind as you attend to three of your personal assignments, which are as follows: 1. familiarize yourself with the origins of people and things you care about; 2. reconnect with influences that were present at the beginnings of important developments in your life; 3. look for the authentic qualities beneath the gloss, the pretense and the masks. Go to RealAstrology.com to check out Rob Brezsny’s EXPANDED WEEKLY AUDIO HOROSCOPES and DAILY TEXT MESSAGE HOROSCOPES. The audio horoscopes are also available by phone at 1-877-873-4888 or 1-900-950-7700.
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PUBLIC NOTICES MNAXLP GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the decedent are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to 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-17-1136 Dept. No.: 4 Karen Townsend Notice of Hearing on Name Change In the Matter of the Name Change of Tyler Regar, Petitioner. This is notice that Petitioner has asked the District Court for a
change of name from Tyler Albert Regar to Tyler Albert Shumaker.The hearing will be on 01/09/2018 at 3:00 p.m. The hearing will be at the Courthouse in Missoula County. Date: 11/29/2017 /s/ Shirley E. Faust, Clerk of District Court By: /s/ Molly A. Reynolds 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. This is notice that Petitioner has asked the District Court for a change of name from Amanda Kannianen Allison to Amanda Sisu Kannianen. The hearing will be on 01/03/2018 at 11:00 a.m.The hearing will be at the Courthouse in Missoula County. Date: 11/24/2017 /s/ Shirley E. Faust, Clerk of District Court MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 2 Probate Case No. DP-17-285 NOTICE TO CREDITORS In the Matter of the Estate of GENE BOUCHER, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Steven L. Boucher has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named estate.All persons having claims against the said Deceased are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed, return receipt requested to: Steven L. Boucher, Personal Representative, Estate of Gene Boucher, c/o Katherine Holiday, Esq., Carmody Holiday Legal Services, PLLC, PO Box 8124, Missoula, MT 59807 or filed with the Clerk of Court. DATE: December 8, 2017. Respectfully submitted, Carmody Holliday Legal Services, PLLC /s/ Katherine C. Holiday MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No.: 3 John W. Larson Cause No.: DP-17-299 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN RE THE ESTATE OF: GLENN A. HACKER, JR., Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Joanna M. Gutierrez has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named estate.All persons having claims against the decedent are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to Joanna M. Gutierrez, Personal Representative, return receipt requested, c/o Timothy D. Geiszler, GEISZLER STEELE, PC, 619 Southwest Higgins, Suite K, Missoula, Montana 59803 or filed with the Clerk of the above Court. DATED this 28 day of November, 2017. GEISZLER STEELE, PC. By: /s/ Timothy D. Geiszler,Attorneys for the Personal Representative. I declare under penalty of perjury and under the laws of the state of Montana that the foregoing is true and correct. DATED this 14th day of November, 2017. /s/ Joanna M. Gutierrez, Personal Representative NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE OF
REAL PROPERTY NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by LINDY M. LAUDER, as successor Trustee, of the public sale of the real property hereinafter described pursuant to the “Small Tract Financing Act of Montana” (Section 71-1-301, et seq., MCA). The following information is provided: THE NAME OF THE GRANTORS, ORIGINAL TRUSTEE, THE BENEFICIARY IN THE DEED OF TRUST, ANY SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO THE BENEFICIARY OR GRANTORS, ANY SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE, AND THE PRESENT RECORD OWNER IS/ARE: Grantors: Bridget Laird and David F. Batchelder (“Grantors”) Original Trustee: First American Title Co. Successor Trustee: Lindy M. Lauder, an attorney licensed to practice law in the State of Montana (the “Trustee”) Beneficiary: First Interstate Bank (the “Beneficiary”) Present Record Owner: Bridget Laird and David F. Batchelder THE DESCRIPTION OF THE PROPERTY COVERED BY THE DEED OF TRUST IS: The real property and its appurtenances in Missoula County, Montana, more particularly described as follows: TRACT 3A OF CERTIFICATE OF SURVEY NO. 6014, A TRACT OF LAND LOCATED IN AND BEING A PORTION OF THE SOUTH ONE-HALF OF SECTION 20, TOWNSHIP 17 NORTH, RANGE 15 WEST, P.M.M., MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA. RECORDING DATA: The following instruments and documents have been recorded in the Clerk and Recorder’s Office in Missoula County, Montana. Deed of Trust to secure an original indebtedness of $175,000.00, dated June 15, 2015, and recorded June 15, 2015, as Document No. 201509838, Book 945, Page 721, records of Missoula County, Montana; and Substitution of Trustee dated October 31, 2017, and recorded November 3, 2017, in Book 988, Page 1290, under Document No. 201722432, records of Missoula County, Montana.THE DEFAULT FOR WHICH THE FORECLOSURE IS MADE IS: Nonpayment of monthly installments of $1,477.29 due under the Promissory Note dated June 15, 2015, which is secured by the Deed of Trust. The borrower is due for a portion of the August, 2017 payment and for each subsequent monthly payment. THE SUMS OWING ON THE OBLIGATION SECURED BY THE DEED OF TRUST AS OF APRIL 11, 2017 ARE: Principal: $159,585.96 Interest: Interest continues to accrue at a rate of 6.000% per annum. As of October 30, 2017 the interest balance is $1,390.35, and interest accrues at the rate of $26.23 per day. Late fees: $50.00 The Beneficiary anticipates and intends to disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the real property, and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts or taxes are paid by the Grantors or successor in interest to the Grantors. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary, the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligation secured by the Trust Indenture. Other expenses to be charged
against the proceeds of the sale include the Trustee’s and attorney’s fees, and costs and expenses of sale. THE TRUSTEE, AT THE DIRECTION OF THE BENEFICIARY, HEREBY ELECTS TO SELL THE PROPERTY TO SATISFY THE AFORESAID OBLIGATIONS. THE DATE, TIME, PLACE AND TERMS OF SALE ARE: Date: March 29, 2018 Time: 1:00 p.m., Mountain Standard Time or Mountain Daylight Time, whichever is in effect. Place: Crowley Fleck PLLP, 305 S. Fourth St., Suite 100, Missoula, MT 59807-7099 Terms: This sale is a public sale and any person, including the Beneficiary, and excepting only the Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid in cash. The conveyance will be made by Trustee’s Deed. The sale purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th day following the sale. Dated this 7 day of November, 2017. /s/ Lindy M. Lauder LINDY M. LAUDER Trustee STATE OF MONTANA) :ss. County of Missoula) This instrument was acknowledged before me on November 7, 2017, by Lindy M. Lauder, as Trustee. /s/ Roxie Hausauer (SEAL) Notary Public for the State of Montana Residing at: Lolo, Montana My commission expires: January 6th 2021 File No.: 034156-000090
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
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 described 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,
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PUBLIC NOTICES 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 as-is, where-is basis, without limitation, the sale is being made subject to all existing conditions, if any, of lead paint, mold or other environmental or health hazards. The sale purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th
day following the sale. The grantor, successor in interest to the grantor or any other person having an interest in the property, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, may pay to the beneficiary or the successor in interest to the beneficiary the entire amount then due under the deed of trust and the obligation secured thereby (including costs and expenses actually incurred and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred and thereby cure the default.The scheduled Trustee’s Sale may be postponed by public proclamation up to 15 days for any reason, and in the event of a bankruptcy filing, the sale may be postponed by the trustee for up to 120 days by public proclamation at least every 30 days. THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Dated: 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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The Northwest section of the Southgate Triangle District offers a surprising enclave of well-established, quiet residential neighborhoods that were primarily established in the 1950's. As Missoula's commercial enterprises have grown around these borders, it's not surprising that these regions are perhaps one of the city's best kept secrets. Rather than race to and fro along the corridors, take the time to peel off from the main roads, and you'll find a real treat waiting for you when you discover what 2407 Agnes Avenue has to offer! Mindy Palmer BHHS Montana Properties - Missoula 406-239-6696
This home was last used as a senior care facility. The garage has been converted to 3 bedrooms and a large bathroom. Price has been reduced to reflect that a remodel was started in one of the bathrooms and needs to be completed. There are separate entrances for the upper and lower levels. Large rooms, two fireplaces and a nice mature yard. Scott Muller • Red Carpet Realty 406-880-0852
Ideal home in central location close to shopping, work and parks. The home features newer roof, electrical service and windows. There are probably hardwood floors under the carpet. The large windows offer ample natural light while the trees provide privacy. The home is on a 9100 Sq. Ft. lot, that includes fencing, mature landscaping and is flat for trampolines and swingsets. Did I mention the double car garage? The lower level has great ceiling height, two bedrooms, bath and family room with pool table.You won't want to miss out on this wonderful home. Patrick McCormick • Properties 2000 406-728-8850
RENTALS APARTMENT 1 bed, 1 bath, Downtown, $595, coin-op laundry, off-street & carport parking, W/S/G Paid. NO PETS, NO SMOKING. Gatewest 728-7333
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2 Bed, 1.5 Bath Townhouse, Russell & W. Railroad, $850, D/W, newer appliances, W/D in unit, Covered carport & off-street parking. S/G paid. Gatewest 728-7333
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210 Grant St. #4. 2 bed/1 bath, close to Milwaukee Trail, W/D hookups, DW $825. Grizzly Property Management 542-2060
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DUPLEXES 2 bed, 1 bath (duplex) w/ garage, near Good Food Store, newly remodeled, front & back yard, W/D hookups & off street parking. S/G paid. NO PETS, NO SMOKING. Gatewest 728-7333 211 S. 4th Street East #1. 3 bed/1 bath, close to U, W/D hookups $1050. Grizzly Property Management 542-2060 2300 McDonald #2. 1 bed/1 bath, new flooring and paint, close to shopping and parks $650. Grizzly Property Management 542-2060 509 S. 5th St. E. #4. 2 bed/1 bath, two blocks to U, coin-ops, shared yard $725. Grizzly Property Management 5422060
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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
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REAL ESTATE 3625 Kingsbury. Pleasant View 3 bed, 3 bath on corner lot with 2 car garage. $269,900. Shannon Hilliard, Ink Realty. 239-8350 shannonhilliard5 @gmail.com 450 Speedway- Fantastic corner lot with an adorable sweet little bungalow, with fully fenced yard! Close to Univer-
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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
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Located in one of Missoula’s premiere 55+ communities! Manufactured home, located on a quiet cul-de-sac, sits on a large leased lot with mature trees. Enjoy summer evenings on the spacious covered deck (with a hot tub!). This 3 bedroom 2 bath home also features new flooring, a master bath, and vaulted ceilings. Lot Rent $350/month. Call Matt Rosbarsky at 360-9023 for more information
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