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News

Voices The readers write .............................................................................................................4 Street Talk We heard you have some news? ..............................................................................4 The Week in Review The news of the day, one day at a time..................................................6 Briefs Fighting I-183 now or later, cloud cover for solar, and the city’s accounting oops......6 Etc. Was it the worst of years? Cos it surely wasn’t the best.......................................................7 News The people and stories that defined our 2017 ................................................................8 Opinion Brooks: How to explain the Great Republican Tax Screw .......................................10 Opinion Ryan Zinke’s misguided war on Interior...................................................................11 Feature The year in photos: we’ll show you ours if you’ll show us yours..........................14

Arts & Entertainment

Arts Rearview mirror: A look back at Missoula’s year in arts.......................................20 Books Our critics recall their favorite pages of 2017 ..................................................21 Music A few of our favorite sings—the music we’ll remember from a year to forget .22 Film Rewind: Molly Laich counts down her favorite films of 2017.............................23 Movie Shorts Independent takes on current films .....................................................24 BrokeAss Gourmet First meal of the new year? Try a salade nicoise(ish) .................25 Happiest Hour It pretty much has to be champagne, right? ......................................27 8 Days a Week Betcha there are some New Year’s Eve celebrations in there ................28 Agenda Clark Fork Coalition seeks volunteers—will train!.........................................37 Mountain High Support would-be Olympians...........................................................38

Exclusives

News of the Weird ......................................................................................................12 Classifieds....................................................................................................................39 The Advice Goddess ...................................................................................................40 Free Will Astrology .....................................................................................................42 Crossword Puzzle .......................................................................................................45 This Modern World.....................................................................................................46

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

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STREET TALK

by Susan Elizabeth Shepard

This week’s issue is the Independent’s Year in Review.

What was the biggest local story of 2017?

What was the biggest thing that happened to you?

Phil Guay: Mountain Water. I think it’s good for the public to own the water supply. I’m from Butte, and I remember when the water system was privately owned there and the consequences that has. Water is such an incredible public resource and it ought to be owned and controlled by the public. For future generations: It’s the birth of a grandson.

Shea Mann: I would have to say after the election when the Missoula Rises community really came together, and they’ve been doing a lot this year that’s been very impactful to me, because it’s been nice to see we have like-minded folks around town that get together and use social media for something more important than just sharing selfies and food pictures. So tell us what this all means: I also graduated from the university this year with a degree in philosophy and history.

Joel Connolly: Gianforte. I thought it was absolute garbage that he got away with it as long as he did. The personal is political: Probably the election, again. Anything, really, that Trump did in the presidency was a big thing for me because it was just horseshit. Sorry.

Scott Dufner: Bobby Hauck. We’re anxiously optimistic that he’ll succeed. Excited and nervous at the same time. Maybe we’ll return to our glory days. Let your kids grow up to be Bobcats: Both my kids graduated from MSU this year, and I got a new job two months ago.

Big events.

Asked Tuesday afternoon at Imagine Nation Brewing

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Two thumbs up

Yes to this article! (“The Last Jedi is for lovers,” Dec. 22) I loved this movie. It might be my favorite. I was so intrigued by Kylo telling Rey to forget the past and start it all new. Which didn’t seem like a terrible idea, to be honest. This movie was so bomb. I can’t wait to see it again.

Erin M. Erickson facebook.com/missoulaindependent

Four thumbs...

Thank goodness. I love Molly Laich’s reviews and I feel exactly the same way about Star Wars. There is. No. Conflict.

Grace McNamee Decker facebook.com/missoulaindependent

Changing horses

I’ve been a Democrat all my life, but they too have succumbed to the addiction of dark money and less-than-honorable maneuvers (“The Dems’ own dark money,” Dec. 22). From now on I’m calling myself an independent. I’ve just had enough.

Mike McNamara facebook.com/missoulaindependent

Owning Bobby Hauck

In 25 years of writing as a hobby, there’ve been two topics about which I felt enough passion to write a book. One was Grizzly football and the other was child sexual abuse and victim-blaming in sexual violence.

While writing my football book, secretly my life was in crisis. After fleeing an abuser, counseling, training and volunteering for advocacy organizations provided a lifetime of knowledge on the complexities of sexual violence and society’s ignorance about the issue.

The controversy surrounding the return of Bobby Hauck as head football coach has driven a wedge between many in the community. People are stubborn in their perspectives. My book about sexual abuse is entitled Blindfolds and Pitchforks. People put on their blindfolds, clutch their pitchforks and vilify their perceived opposition, unwilling to budge.

Some don’t grasp how egregious it is that a woman was harassed for her petition against re-hiring coach Hauck. But, by and large, Griz fans see clearly that such behavior is unacceptable and not to be tolerated.

Athletic Director Kent Haslam stated, “There’s no room for harassment in Griz Nation … We can disagree with each other, but there is absolutely no reason to belittle and harass, and I absolutely condemn that behavior.”

Hauck followed up by saying, “Respect is a core value. We’re going to all treat each other with dignity and respect around here.

It’s a core value of this university. It’s a core value of this football program. It has to be

a core value within the fan base.”

Regarding past players getting into trouble, Hauck said, “…I recognize that when we were here before, we were not perfect … some of the players brought in by us in the past did not behave in a manner worthy of the Grizzly football uniform.”

As for his return being associated with sexual assault, he addressed the issue on college campuses stating, “I’m a father of three daughters and a collegeaged son, and I worry about all of them all of the time. We are going to do our best to address this issue and lead as a positive example.”

conscious by her boyfriend, then defended himself when the man came at him with an assault rifle. Wilson was acquitted due to self-defense, returned to UM, played multiple years in the NFL and had no problems after leaving Missoula.

Hauck responded to six of his players’ involvement in a burglary and student assault by promptly kicking all of them off the team permanently. Hauck was known as a strong disciplinarian. As for enrollment, it increased steadily while Hauck was at UM and continued to increase for two years after he left.

Hauck admitted mistakes, but now he has owned them and handled criticism with maturity and class.

Griz Nation does not support bullying or abuse. Griz Nation does not condone people waiting to pounce on any misstep to support misconceptions about Hauck, nor do we accept the use of falsehoods and misinformation to convict him in the court of public opinion.

Griz Nation is thrilled to welcome the Hauck family home to Missoula.

Welcome back, Bobby. Go Griz!

Stacy Coulter Missoula

“Griz Nation does not support bullying or abuse.

Griz Nation does not condone people waiting to pounce on Daines the destroyer any misstep Seldom-seen Sen. Steve Daines is running in Montana and hiding in D.C. From to support his beltway desk, like drone warfare, he relobs acts of destruction into Monmisconceptions motely tana.

Daines recently introduced the “Proabout Hauck, nor tect Public Use of Public Lands Act,” which proposes to abolish most Montana Wilderdo we accept ness Study Areas protected by the late Sen. Lee Metcalf ’s Montana Wilderness Study the use of Act. These areas are last, best wildlands carefully vetted by Sen. Metcalf, a far-sighted falsehoods and and much-loved statesman who recognized their value. misinformation Daines hides behind reports of some local opposition to these wildlands, and igto convict nores widespread local and national support for protection. In targeting the Blue him in the Joint and Sapphire WSAs in the Bitterroot, Daines leans on the parochial opinions of court of public Ravalli County Commissioners who advocate sacrificing these jewels. While focusing opinion.” on the local commissioners’ myopic antipaThere were zero reports of sexual assault by Griz players in Hauck’s time at the UM. Nearly three years after Hauck left, a student recruited by Hauck pleaded guilty to sexual assault. None of the other players implicated years later in sexual assault were Hauck recruits. I see no basis for blaming Hauck for later sexual assault issues.

The Jimmy Wilson matter received much negative press, but these are the facts: While in California, Wilson went to the aid of his aunt, who’d been beaten un-

thy to these national public wildlands, Daines ignores the fact that Sen. Lee Metcalf, the author of the act, was a Bitterroot local. The WSAs are his legacy, established just before he died.

Even if Sen. Daines does not value these special wild places, I would think he would respect senatorial courtesy and the legacy of Sen. Metcalf at least as much as the business-as-usual attitude of Ravalli County Commissioners.

Larry Campbell Darby

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WEEK IN REVIEW Wednesday, December 20 Snowbowl opens for the season with a foot of new snow. The mountain is fully open

by Christmas weekend.

Thursday, December 21 Missoula joins communities around the country in holding a vigil in Caras Park to remember 13 area homeless people who died in 2017.

Friday, December 22 Donald Trump signs into law the biggest tax overhaul in a generation, prompting a flurry of “taxmas” employee bonuses and wage raises by corporations including Wells Fargo, which somehow wasn’t already paying its employees $15/hour despite $21 billion annual net income.

Saturday, December 23 An upset child rushes out of the Roxy Theater, adult woman in tow, during a showing of Gremlins. The incident occurs moments after a line in the film asserting that Santa isn’t real.

Sunday, December 24

Bathroom bills

Fight now, or later?

Attorney General Tim Fox says a group of transgender plaintiffs shouldn’t be allowed to challenge the constitutionality of a proposed “bathroom bill” unless voters pass the ballot initiative I-183 next year, even as city governments across the state are joining the lawsuit brought by the ACLU. Fox’s office moved Dec. 8 to dismiss the ACLU suit in Cascade County District Court, calling it an “unprecedented” effort to strike down a citizen initiative before supporters even gather enough signatures to place the measure on the November 2018 ballot.

On its surface, the argument is about money.

The state claims it would waste “taxpayer resources” defending proposed laws, while the ACLU, in a response filed Dec. 21, argues that the real waste of time and money would be to allow voters to cast ballots for a law that is destined to be struck down in court.

But both sides also foresee consequences of the court’s decision that go beyond taxpayer expense. The public campaign alone for I-183, which seeks to prohibit trans people from using bathrooms corresponding to their gender identity, will expose trans people to months of “devaluing messages,” the ACLU claims. North Carolina saw a spike in calls to suicide hotlines in the weeks after its bathroom bill was passed, the plaintiffs note. They

say Montana could see a similar situation should the courts decline to intervene. “The purpose of this lawsuit is to save lives,” ACLU legal director Alex Rate wrote.

The state will face a difficult choice if the ACLU’s suit proceeds, because, as the AG’s brief acknowledges, the state isn’t obligated to defend the merits of proposed laws, potentially leaving I-183 “defenseless” in court. That’s likely to be an unappealing prospect for an office whose solicitor general, Dale Schowengerdt, made his name representing the Christian conservative firm Alliance Defending Freedom. While working for ADF in 2014, Schowengerdt lobbied a local city council in Kansas to oppose a nondiscrimination ordinance by telling them it could be used to protect trans people who assault women and children in restrooms.

But such fearmongering, echoed in pro-I-183 rhetoric by sponsor Montana Family Foundation, isn’t persuading local governments here. In December, the Montana League of Cities and Towns voted to intervene in the lawsuit on behalf of the plaintiffs, joining Missoula, Bozeman and Helena. The League, which represents 129 municipalities statewide, is concerned about the financial burden the initiative would place on local governments, Deputy Director Kelly Lynch says.

Those potential burdens were outlined in an October letter from Missoula Mayor John Engen that prompted the League’s involvement. They in-

clude the costs of reconfiguring public restrooms and defending local governments in court against alleged violations of I-183. But as Engen said when the lawsuit was filed, his concern about the initiative is about more than dollars and cents.

“And finally, this initiative is mean-spirited and is in direct opposition to Missoula’s values,” he said.

Derek Brouwer

Accounting errors

City says ‘Oops’

The news that the city books were plagued by a years-running, $3 million accounting error reached Mayor John Engen the day before he won reelection—a month and a half before it was disclosed to taxpayers.

Chief Administrative Officer Dale Bickell says he and Finance Director Leigh Griffing first outlined the problem to the mayor in a Nov. 6 meeting, after Griffing discovered it in late October. But it didn’t come to light publicly until a Dec. 20 presentation to City Council, by which point Bickell and Griffing could offer reassurances that the error would have only a small effect on city services.

Bickell blames the delay on the error’s complexity. “It took a long time to get the information together, because it spanned a number of years,” he says.

In a general sense, though, it isn’t hard to understand: Since 2013, the city didn’t realize it was

Fire destroys industrial tractor manufacturer Big Equipment’s 38,000-square-foot facility near Havre. The company’s owner declares the building a “total loss.”

Monday, December 25 Missoula International Airport records 4.1 inches of snow, the city’s second-highest Christmas Day snowfall since record keeping began in 1893, according to the National Weather Service.

Tuesday, December 26 All that snow seems somehow less magical as Missoulians trudge back to the work after the holiday weekend.

Signed, sealed, and delivered. The #TaxCutsandJobsAct will return more than $700 million to Montanans’ pockets. Thanks @realDonaldTrump for the early Christmas gift.” —Sen. Steve Daines, in a Dec. 22 tweet, after Trump signed the bill passed earlier in the week by Daines and other Republican senators

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Reimbursements for the purchases were sent to the wrong funds, making it appear that those accounts contained more revenue than they did.

No actual money was lost, but correcting the errors left five city accounts, including the $60 million general fund, short on ending fund balances, or rainy day funds. For years, the city had been working to build up reserves totalling 7 percent of the general fund, and anticipated that the balance was near its goal this summer. The actual figure is about $600,000, or just 1 percent, wiping out years of apparent progress.

Engen, in a memo he read to Council, wrote that the problem was discovered by finance staff during a reconciliation process for the city’s Capital Improvement Program accounts. Bickell and Griffing later described a rebuilding plan that involves delaying equipment replacement and vacancy savings.

The mayor’s political opponents tried to make hay out of another, less significant accounting error that arose during the municipal campaign. The 2018 budget resolution approved by Council omitted $25 million in approved spending, forcing councilmembers to re-vote on the budget—but not before Ward 4 candidate (now councilmember) Jesse Ramos used public comment to lambast the city for what he called an “Enron-level accounting error.”

Unlike the earlier error, this one comes with real budget ramifications. In a Dec. 26 interview with the Indy, Bickell provided more detail about potential hiring delays, saying that department heads each developed plans for potential savings after he met with them on Nov. 17 to explain the situation. Bickell points out five upcoming retirements in the police and fire departments whose replacements may be delayed as the city works to find an additional $1 million in savings in the current fiscal year.

The error began before Bickell or Griffing were in their current positions, but Bickell says the city could have caught the issue earlier if it had been conducting account reconciliations more frequently.

“It just hadn’t occurred on a timely basis for us,” he says.

Derek Brouwer

Renewables

Cloud cover for solar

On Dec. 13, renewable energy advocates filed suit against the Public Service Commission in Cascade County District Court over the commission’s decision to make major changes to the rate structures Northwestern Energy is required to employ with small renewable energy facilities. The plaintiffs—the Montana Environmental Information Center and Vote Solar along with renewable energy plant developer Cypress Creek Renewables—are disputing the commission’s decision to cut prices from $66 per megawatt hour to $31, and contract lengths from 25 years to 15.

The number of solar projects around the state in various stages of active development plummeted from about 100 to roughly a tenth of that, and that spells a significant loss of economic opportunity for the state, according to Cypress Creek Director of Market Development Casey May. “It is a long-term investment in the community,” May says. “The primary benefit comes in the form of property taxes that we would pay into the local communities where these projects would be situated.”

That’s in contrast to the property taxes that Northwestern pays, which expense the company is allowed to pass on to its customers.

May also says that the construction and maintenance of solar plants would require the hiring of local workers. “We would love to bring those jobs home and have Montanans doing that work,” May says. “There are regular intervals of maintenance that are required, as well as vegetative maintenance on the property.”

The PSC says the lower rates are a more accurate representation of a market in which energy prices have plummeted, and if those rates don’t support development, that’s not the commission’s concern. “This commission is not in the business of promoting the development or the construction of power plants that customers don’t need,” PSC spokesperson Chris Puyear says. “If the rate is too

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low for a project to be developed, that’s a signal that customers don’t actually need that electricity.”

The main contention of the lawsuit is the way the PSC calculated the rate and contract length.

“The capacity contribution we are making to the system and the grid is not being calculated in a way that honestly represents the value that our solar plants would provide to the greater electric system,” May says.

Two components of the suit address the commission’s perceived politics. One is the claim that the commission made decisions based on what it anticipated as reduced clean energy regulatory pressure from the current presidential administration—a claim to which the PSC readily admits in its own fact sheet about the rates, which seems to suggest justification for rolling back carbon reduction tariffs in the EPA’s movement toward repealing the Clean Power Plan. The other is the suit’s list of opinion columns and editorials written by members of the commision, presented by the plaintiffs as evidence of prejudice against renewable energy.

Puyear says the commission is only trying to provide consumers with the best rates it can.

“Those kinds of social public policy goals of economic development and employment and environmental impact, those are the domain of the Legislature. Our mandate is very clear. We’re to select the lowest cost resource to reliably serve customers.”

Susan Elizabeth Shepard

ETC. A wise person said at the end of last year: “Sad as it’s been, there’s still a very strong case for letting 2016 continue indefinitely.” That person knew what we all should know by now: Things can always get worse!

Once upon a time, some people believed that Barack Obama is a Muslim agent of the devil.

This year, those people got the keys to government. True, the Faustian bargain was made two Novembers ago, but now the payments have come due. In 2017, it passed as a comforting thought to fantasize that the national bargain wasn’t between voters and a pussy-grabber, but between the pussy-grabber and Vladimir Putin.

Cravenness spread like an infection. The trickledown came quickly in Montana, where a candidate assaulted a reporter, lied about it, and performed public contrition in front of supporters who had already rationalized his offense. At times the punishment seemed almost cosmic—hurricane after hurricane, a president tossing paper towels at the afflicted. But such thinking gives the cosmos too much credit. Five years after Sandy Hook marked an apparent pinnacle of senseless violence, we got a man with a gun in a gold-plated Las Vegas window.

But good things did happen in 2017. Richard Spencer got punched, for one. The occasional Whitefish resident was explaining Pepe the Frog to a reporter near the Trump inauguration protests when a bystander socked him in the face. Not only was it good to see a Nazi get punched, it also gave us an opportunity to see who was willing to go on record with the opinion that it’s wrong to punch Nazis. And speaking of memes, “Based Spartan,” neé John Turano, a man who dressed in a warrior costume alongside friends with Kekistan flags, was converted out of fascism at a June “free speech rally” in Portland, Ore., that convened the alt-right and antifa.

Some off-year electoral victories heartened progressives, two of the biggest of which happened in Montana when Billings put a Democratic Socialist on City Council and Helena elected a Liberian refugee as mayor. The #MeToo movement meant that some powerful men finally got fired for being horrible to women. Roy Moore is not a senator. And the tax bill has ensured that Generation Z will grow up to be Marxloving capitalism-destroyers. But maybe the best thing about 2017 is that we can no longer believe we’ve hit bottom. There is no bottom. The prospect is bracing. Onward!

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Remember when?

The people and stories that defined 2017 by the Indy staff

THE BODYSLAM HEARD ’ROUND THE WORLD

Greg Gianforte let the air out of his own congressional victory balloon on the eve of Montana’s special election by going all red-faced-angryfootball-coach on Guardian reporter Ben Jacobs. The assault overshadowed the Bozeman tech mogul’s win over Democrat-in-a-cowboy-hat Rob Quist, and Gianforte spent the subsequent months misleading investigators, ducking Jacobs’ interview requests and trying to keep his mugshot from going public. That is, when he wasn’t voting in lockstep with the Trump agenda.

MONEY TROUBLES IN HELENA Legislative Republicans acted like toddlers with scalpels this spring, cutting the state budget by more than $200 million while working to block most revenue enhancement bills. But slumping tax collections and a pricey fire season prompted Gov. Steve Bullock to drag lawmakers back for a November special session, where they proceeded to bicker over a private prison contract and sex designation changes on birth certificates. The budget is now balanced, but we’re still left wondering who voted for these yahoos, and why.

UPHEAVAL AT UM “The preacher man says it’s the end of time / And the Mississippi River she’s a goin’ dry / The interest is up and the stock market’s down / And you only

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get mugged if you go downtown.”

Preachers, not newspapers, can get carried away in their descriptions. But as you add up all the—how do we put it politely?—stuff that’s been going on under the M this year, well, you start sounding like a guy from a Hank Williams Jr. song. So rather than add it all up, we’ll put things another way. A year ago, when paid consultants were starting their journey toward replacing president Royce Engstrom, university budget czar Mike Reid suggested they find someone who can smile while he shakes your hand with one arm and “twist the knife” with the other. Interim president Sheila Stearns did a lot of hand shaking and not as much knifetwisting as she’d admittedly hoped.

Now, she’s on her way out, Reid is long gone (to some tiny college in Lake Tahoe) and Commissioner of Higher Ed Clay Christian has handed the hot potato to 38-year-old incoming president Seth Bodnar. Everyone quickly realized that Bodnar is a smiler. The coming year will tell whether he knows how to handle a knife.

the team lost to Montana State for the second year in a row, and a few days later, coach Bob Stitt’s time here was done. Oh, and safety Justin Strong was arrested for assault in Washington in October. How to finish off a rollercoaster of a year like that? By hiring back Bobby Hauck, a decision that seemingly the entire world outside of Griz Nation reacted to with chagrin.

There’s always a second chance for the prodigal son.

WOLVES AND GRIZZLIES AND ZINKE—OH MY!

HAUCK’S HOMECOMING photo by Alex Sakariassen

In the third game of the season, the Griz lost starting quarterback Reese Phillips to injury in a blowout win over Savannah State. A month later, their shiny new Champions Center training facility was revealed during Homecoming. A month after that,

The first three months of 2017 were tough for poor Ryan Zinke. As the Senate dithered over his confirmation as Secretary of the Interior, he found himself without much to do, opting to abandon his voting duties as Montana’s sole congressman in favor of—well, we’re still not sure what he was up to. But once he got the thumbs-up to join the ranks of Trump’s cabinet, he wasted little time trying to live up to the standards (OK, the optics) of his ostensible hero, Teddy Roosevelt. He rode a horse named Tonto to work, shoveled the steps of the Lincoln Memorial and stalked digital game with a plastic arcade shotgun in the Interior cafeteria.

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tional monuments in Utah, or his boasting about delisting Yellowstone’s grizzly bears, or his omission of any reference to climate change in his agency’s five-year strategic plan. No doubt, though, the Rough Rider would have admired Zinke’s ability to walk tall and carry a big … er, fly rod. Even if it was rigged wrong.

LEE BUYS THE INDY. LONG LIVE THE INDY! Remember April? Boy howdy, we do. We were still trying to acclimate to the unthinkable election of Donald Trump when the even more immediately unthinkable happened: Missoulian parent company Lee Enterprises announced its acquisition of our beloved Indy, setting off a storm of uncertainty and a rash of really quite clever “Dependent” jokes. Well, we’re happy to report that so far, so good.

We’re all still here, still doing the work we love, and still trying our damnedest to earn our readers’ trust with every issue. In a year that’s seen one altweekly effectively shuttered (Houston Press), another reduced to online-only (Village Voice), another sold off to shadowy investors (L.A. Weekly), another lose an esteemed veteran editor over budget cuts (OC Weekly) and yet another shut down entirely (Baltimore City Paper), we’re inclined to count our blessings, very much including the fact that we—and you—are still here.

WATER TO THE PEOPLE It’s time to reconsider who gets custody of the commons, those resources that belong to everyone, but that are generally exploited for profit: lands, minerals, water. Who should control Missoula’s, oh, for the sake of argument, let’s just say water? Well, after years of trying, it’s the city. While we’re still waiting—and waiting—for the specifics of how millions in legal expenses were spent, there’s no arguing that the people who drink, cook with and bathe in Missoula water have a bigger stake in its infrastructure than a foreign conglomerate that touches it only with lawyers.

FIRE ON THE MOUNTAINS Missoula’s tobacco smokers found their vice essentially redundant from August to October. Smoke from three nearby wildfires, along with scores of other burns throughout the Pacific

Northwest, rode the winds with unrelenting persistence, settling in the valleys and casting an eerie apocalyptic pall across the landscape. Frustrated citizens tried desperately to cope with MacGyver-esque inventiveness, affixing air filters to box fans and pedaling the sooty streets in facemasks. Missoula air quality specialist Sarah Coefield quickly

ready deriding it as a symbol of wasteful government spending, literally impaling the span on campaign posters with a Godzilla-size screw. The metaphorical messaging was too subtle to bring down the literal bridge, leaving the region stuck with a trail system stretching all the way from Hamilton to East Missoula, save for a four-block gap in midtown.

tirely transparently on a full-frontal social media attack on Engen’s character and the Trumpish disgruntlement of a vocal coterie of Triepke surrogates and supporters. Counter-attacks centered on the financial aftermath of Triepke’s divorce and apparently innocent overstay on the state welfare rolls ensured that the ugliness flowed both ways. We

“We may come to remember 2016 as the year that Missoula’s mayoral politics left small-town campaigning behind in favor of a more cut-throat variety. It was bound to happen sooner or later. How soon is now?” became a local celebrity, injecting much-appreciated humor (#nofilter jokes, etc.) and candor into her daily air quality reports. Her department even reached out to researchers at the University of Montana to gather health data in Seeley Lake, in the hopes of figuring out what, exactly, the long-term health implications of such a smoky summer might be.

CRIME GONE WILD This year’s Missoula-area crime blotter was unusually grisly and disturbing. January: A man and a woman are shot and killed in a Lolo cabin during a gun sale gone bad. The surviving witness says they shot each other. August: The FBI and local law enforcement find the bodies of two men killed in 2013 buried at a Frenchtown property and arrest a suspect. Weeks later, police find two partially dissolved bodies in the basement of a Montana home and arrest a couple. December: Cleaners find a box of bones in a shed, and a university anthropologist identifies the bones as belonging to three children, prompting Michigan investigators to explore a possible connection with the seven-year-old abduction of three young brothers.

BRIDGING THE DIVIDE The lavish, industrial-chic, $4.2 million pedestrian bridge over South Reserve opened in April. OK, maybe “lavish” isn’t fair—it’s just a bridge (a very nice bridge)—but by October, the mayor’s political opposition—Lisa Triepke and her campaign messengers at Spiker Communications—were al-

But even that last gap will soon be closed, thanks to a deal between the city and Montana Rail Link to create a new— and undoubtedly lavish—park.

RACE TO THE BOTTOM John Engen, Missoula’s longestserving mayor even before this year’s election, finally got some spirited competition in the form of challenger Lisa Triepke, who polled at 40.93 percent, holding Engen under 60 percent for the first time in his political career, even as he won comfortable re-election to his fourth term. But the race was notable less for its outcome, which never seemed in serious doubt, than for its tactics, which relied heavily and not en-

may come to remember 2016 as the year that Missoula’s mayoral politics left small-town campaigning behind in favor of a more cut-throat variety. It was bound to happen sooner or later. How soon is now?

DOWNTOWN’S CHANGING FACE It’s been a year of “out with the old, in with the new” in downtown Missoula, with Mayor John Engen painting a target on surface parking lots like a sniper on an ISIS fighter (Hooyah!

America!). The Battle of Missoula has been waged most fiercely on Front Street, where the framing of new Marriott hotel rooms is rising from the rubble of the Merc. But compared to the

rest of Front Street, the Merc is practically old news. Earlier this year, Engen tallied more than $500 million in planned or ongoing development along Front Street, stretching from the massive Riverfront Triangle development on downtown’s western edge (greenlighted this year) to the new Missoula College building on the east (which opened in the fall). Between the two, student housing, land-trust housing, a new library and more hotel renovations are already in progress or scheduled to take place over the next couple of years.

We’ll remember 2017 as the year downtown broke new ground. #RESIST! The year in Missoula activism belonged to Missoula Rises, a group founded by Erin Erickson after the 2016 presidential election. From erecting billboards calling out Steve Daines to calling out Steve Daines in person and showing up to rally, protest and educate on progressive causes, Missoula Rises members consistently made themselves heard.

They’ve learned to prepare for backlash, like that engendered by member Lisa Davey’s petition protesting the re-hiring of Bobby Hauck. Their work opposing repeal of the Affordable Care Act won the William M. Geary Advocate Award from Open Aid Alliance. And Missoula Rises will see one of its own—Ward 6’s Julie Merritt—seated on City Council next year. editor@missoulanews.com

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[opinion]

Blind spot How to explain the Great Republican tax screw

by Dan Brooks

Last week, Congress passed a tax package that will cut rates on corporations and the wealthy. “You all just got a lot richer,” President Trump told a table of fellow diners at Mar-a-Lago. In addition to slashing taxes on corporations and the wealthiest income bracket, the new law raises the threshold at which heirs pay taxes on inherited estates from $5.5 million to $11 million. The Tax Policy Center estimates that roughly 11,000 Americans who die this year will leave estates large enough to be taxed. Congress scrambled to cut rates on corporations, the wealthy and 11,000 inheritances before Christmas; meanwhile, the Children’s Health Insurance Program— which covers about 9 million poor children nationwide—remains unfunded.

I mention these statistics because the Republican Party made the tax package its No. 1 legislative priority at a moment when the people it benefits are having, if not their best year ever, then their most successful period in four generations. The Dow is at an all-time high. Corporate profits have reached levels not seen since the 1920s.

Wages paid for labor, on the other hand, have stagnated for the last 40 years. The gap between rich and poor is larger than it has been since the Gilded Age and, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, 21 percent of American children live in poverty.

Given these conditions, why did the GOP conclude that the country’s first priority is to make life easier for rich people and corporations? This strategy does not make sense from an economic perspective, given that they were winning already. Neither does it make sense from a political perspective. If you want to win elections, helping 11,000 heirs and heiresses—and a bunch of non-voting corporate entities— while offering a pittance to everyone who works for a living seems like a bad strategy.

It is tempting to argue that our representatives in Congress have been bought off. They have made helping corporations their top priority, not despite the historic success of the wealthy, but because of it.

The richer the rich get, the more outsized their influence on government. But I don’t think that’s what’s happening. I think our

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representatives in Congress have ignored people who work because they themselves are members of the investor class.

Take Montana’s congressional delegation, for example. We have three representatives in Washington: Jon Tester and Steve Daines in the Senate, and Greg Gianforte in the House of Representatives. Of those three, two are multimillionaires. Daines reported a net worth of between $9 million and $32 million in 2014. His former boss

“If you want to win elections, helping 11,000 heirs and heiresses—and a bunch of nonvoting corporate entities—while offering a pittance to everyone who works for a living seems like a bad strategy.”

Greg Gianforte is the richest member of the U.S. House, with a net worth of around $315 million.

Sen. Tester, by comparison, reported a net worth of $1.6 million in 2014. That makes him about 30 times richer than the median American, who reported a net worth of roughly $45,000 in 2014. But he is the poorest member of Montana’s congressional delegation by a factor of between five and 20, depending on how you figure Daines’ wealth. Tester was also the

only member from Montana to vote against the Republican tax bill, which he described as “shitty.”

Gianforte and Daines voted for it.

Daines held out for a while, demanding an increase in the tax deduction given to passthrough corporations—entities that pay no corporate income tax but pass their income on to their owners, who then pay taxes at the individual rate. Although Daines described these corporations as “Main Street businesses,” the vast majority of taxable pass-through income is made by partners in large law and accounting firms, entertainers, professional athletes and other high earners.

Like Trump, who left Washington for Christmas and was immediately surrounded by the richest people in America, Daines lives in a world of millionaires. His friends and associates don’t have bosses or fill out timesheets. Unless they work for him, people who work for a living are not a part of his day-to-day life. That goes doubly for Gianforte, who has not worked for a company he didn’t own since 1986.

When these people think about what Americans are like, how they suffer and what they need, they do not think of Americans with jobs.

This disconnect explains their votes.

It explains why they looked at an economy in which working people are falling behind and decided to give a boost to the heirs and investors who are pulling ahead. Gianforte and Daines are too rich to understand this country.

If that sounds like class war, it’s because it is. The multimillionaires of the United States are making war on those of us who work to survive, and they are winning. They are too rich to care about 99 percent of Americans—not intellectually, but viscerally, in their guts—and they will govern us accordingly until something terrible happens. Maybe it will happen to them. At this rate, though, it will happen to us first.

Dan Brooks writes about politics, culture and the utter supremacy of the rich at comatblog.net.

[opinion]

Man without a war Secretary Ryan Zinke is destroying the Interior

by U.S. Rep. Raúl M. Grijalva

During his confirmation hearing and throughout his time in office, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke has presented himself as an admirer of Teddy Roosevelt and a believer in conservation. But less than a year into his tenure, his leadership has produced an existential crisis at the Department of the Interior.

Zinke has surprised many with his willingness to support President Trump’s extreme environmental policies, including the recent attempt to erase most of two national monuments in Utah from the map.

Those policies have extended to the attempted dismantling of the Interior Department itself, which, as Zinke recently told Outside magazine, he plans to reorganize along the lines of a “military command.” He indicated to Congress earlier this year that this plan will include losing approximately 4,000 Interior staff and slashing the department’s budget by $1.6 billion.

This plan has not improved Interior’s already low staff morale, which Zinke damaged earlier this year when he claimed (inaccurately) that a large percentage of personnel were not loyal to “the flag.” To boost esprit de corps, he has installed a deer-hunting video game at headquarters and instituted “bring a dog to work day,” neither of which have had any effect on the underlying substantive reason employees are worried.

As part of his reorganization, Zinke intends to move the headquarters of several agencies more than a thousand miles from Washington, D.C., to be closer to what he calls “the front line.” As he describes it, these drastic moves will result in multiple agencies with different missions operating under what he calls a “Joint Management Agency” structure similar to a joint military command.

“That’s how we fight wars,” Zinke reportedly said in outlining his vision to employees at Alaska’s Denali National Park.

Tellingly, this is just part of the secretary’s broader attempt to militarize the department he now oversees. As the Washington Post reported in October, the former Navy SEAL demands that a DOI employee raise

a flag over the building whenever he enters his office in Washington and lower it when he leaves.

He should read the literature on military management theory more closely. A 2012 Army War College research paper titled “Leading Change: Military Leadership in Civilian Organizations” describes what Zinke is doing and why it fails. As the paper

“Despite his professed respect for military-style operational planning, Zinke is taking an enormous leap forward based on spotty personnel management theories and a hunch that it might work.” argues, military leaders who take civilian leadership positions late in their careers often find the transition jarring and confusing. Some expect the rest of the world to match their military experiences and are lost when it doesn’t happen.

Zinke insists on seeing our nation’s conservation and wildlife management agencies as military branches, which sometimes combine forces on particular mis-

sions, and himself as a general leading the fight. The fundamental difference in structures, purposes and operating cultures between Interior, which manages our national parks and natural resources, and the Pentagon, which fights terrorism and conducts military operations overseas, is lost on him.

The National Park Service, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Bureau of Land Management and other agencies manage our federal lands for balanced use and public enjoyment, but they follow different laws and mandates. There’s a reason you can drill for oil on BLM land but not in a national park. To order agencies with different priorities to work together on some vaguely defined “operational” basis is a recipe for confusion and inevitable staff attrition, though this might suit the Trump administration just fine.

It is impossible to criticize this on the merits because not only are there no merits, there seems to be no real plan. Neither Zinke nor his assistants have opened the specifics of their proposed reorganization to public or congressional input. It shouldn’t be too much to ask for Zinke to explain his thinking before he starts making irreversible moves.

Until that happens, we’re in the dark.

Zinke has provided no data to explain how the move will save time or taxpayer money.

It is not based on any demonstrated public demand. Despite his professed respect for military-style operational planning, Zinke is taking an enormous leap forward based on spotty personnel management theories and a hunch that it might work.

As the saying goes, if all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail. Sec. Zinke’s military career is impressive, but it did not provide him with the broad array of skills his current job demands. The secretary is not at war. He needs to retreat.

U.S. Rep. Raúl M. Grijalva, D-Arizona, is a contributor to Writers on the Range, the opinion service of High Country News (hcn.org). He is the second-most senior member of the House Natural Resources Committee.

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COMPELLING EXPLANATIONS – A Tesla showroom in South Salt Lake, Utah, was the nexus of four different arrests on Nov. 24, according to the Salt Lake Tribune, in which at least two of the suspects claimed to be part of the Tesla “family.” (The car company is named after inventor Nikola Tesla, not a family owner.) In the first arrest, a Tesla pulled up behind a Utah Highway Patrol car at a stoplight, and the officer noticed that Driver No. 1 was acting “suspicious.” When the officer pulled him over, the 24-year-old driver said a man he hardly knew gave him the car and keys to three other Teslas. When the officer and driver returned to the showroom, it had been burglarized, but Driver No. 1 explained that the burglary had occurred before he got to the dealership, so he felt he was allowed to take the vehicle and keys. Area officers were alerted, and 31-year-old Driver No. 2 led troopers on a short chase, until his Tesla’s battery died. Later, Driver No. 3, 19, was pulled over in West Valley, and finally Driver No. 4, a 27-year-old woman, was stopped at a liquor store and told police a man named Tesla had given her the car. “We are still trying to sort this out,” said South Salt Lake Police spokesman Gary Keller. “We actually have two people claiming their name is Tesla and a family member died and left them these cars. It’s one of those cases where you just have to scratch your head and say, ‘Really?’”

NEWS THAT SOUNDS LIKE A JOKE – Arielle Bonnici, 26, of Huntington, New York, responsibly arrived at the Northport Police Department and Village Justice Court on Dec. 4 to answer a summons issued in May for possession of marijuana. But before she could even park her car, Bonnici, who was on her phone, attracted the attention of officers by cutting off an unmarked police vehicle and wheeling into the spot reserved for the chief of police. The Long-Islander News reported that when officers approached the car and Bonnici rolled down her window, a cloud of marijuana smoke poured out, and she was promptly arrested for possession again, along with getting a ticket for using her cellphone while driving. She was able to kill two buds, er, birds, with one stone and appear before the court for both charges.

Meanwhile, in Newberry, South Carolina, 31-year-old Franklin Dell Hayes of Midlands appeared on Dec. 6 at his trial for his third charge of possession of methamphetamines. As the first day of the trial came to a close, The State reports, Hayes was ordered into custody, but when Newberry County sheriff’s deputies searched him before locking him up, they found ... 4 grams of meth in his pants pocket. Without knowledge of the new meth discovery, the jury sentenced Hayes to nine years in prison.

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QUESTIONABLE JUDGMENT – Popeye’s preferred diet of spinach to pump up his biceps had to be healthier than what a Russian man has been injecting. Kirill Tereshin, 21, from Pyatigorsk in southwestern Russia, concocts a dangerous muscle-enhancing solution of olive oil, lidocaine and benzyl alcohol and injects it into his arm muscles, resulting in “bazooka” arms that doctors say may become paralyzed or even have to be amputated. Tereshin has so far used 6 liters of the fluid, and his biceps measure 23 inches, but he plans to continue injecting until they reach 27 inches. “I would like to get more than 1 million subscribers on Instagram and to stop working,” Tereshin told the Daily Mail. He’s considering an offer to become a porn star. “I love to be recognizable.”

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WHAT COULD GO WRONG? – It was all fun and games until a drunk, naked man and his (also naked) companion crashed into a tree near La Grande, Washington, on Nov. 22. Washington State Patrol spokeswoman Brooke Bova told The Olympian that the couple were engaging in intercourse when the driver missed a curve and left the highway. The woman was hospitalized with broken bones, but her 3-month-old child was unhurt in the backseat. The driver, who has three prior DUI convictions, was charged with felony driving under the influence, vehicular assault and endangering a child.

AWESOME! – Male residents of Ringaskiddy in Ireland have at least one compelling reason to set down roots there: According to local lore, the nearby Pfizer plant, where Viagra is produced, emits “love fumes” that give men free erections. “One whiff and you’re stiff,” bartender Debbie O’Grady told The Times of London. Pfizer, however, disputes the tales, with a spokesperson saying: “Our manufacturing processes have always been highly sophisticated as well as highly regulated.” Still, locals speak of a baby boom after the plant opened in 1998, and men apparently regularly gather near the facility to inhale the fumes.

ANIMAL ANTICS – Dovey the Shar Pei, of Edmond, Oklahoma, might be just a bit jealous of the new baby at his owners’ home. But in a classic passive-aggressive move, he settled on stealing pacifiers. Scott Rogers and his wife noticed that binkies were disappearing, but it wasn’t until Dovey started vomiting and losing weight in early December that they tracked down the lost items. KFOR-TV reports that Dr. Chris Rispoli of Gentle Care Animal Hospital took an X-ray of Dovey’s stomach and saw what he thought were seven to nine pacifiers. But when Rispoli opened up Dovey to remove them, he found 21 binkies. Turns out, Dovey was taking the pacifiers off the kitchen counter. “We’ve had corn cobs and socks and panties and things like that, but never 21 binkies,” noted Rispoli.

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In May, Missoula’s Sunrise Saloon hosted “Extreme Midget Wrestling.” Some 150 spectators watched performers including King Midget and Little Outlaw, part of a touring troupe produced by Dallas-based Center Stage Entertainment. Ernie Lee, who founded Montana’s Little People of America chapter with his wife, Kelly, in 2002, says the show recalls the days of exploitative circus freak shows. But according to Center Stage Vice President Chris Penoyer, “These guys, they’re living their dream. They travel all around the U.S. They stay in nice hotels.

People want to take pictures with them, get autographs. They love it.” Photo by Amy Donovan.

he Indy’s Year in Photos issue is a longstanding tradition, a retrospective showcase for some of our contributing photographers’ best work (and, frankly, a bit of a break for our hard-working reporters in what’s typically a holiday-shortened and news-light work week). This year we decided to mix it up a bit and invite readers to submit their own photos taken throughout the year in and around Missoula, because 1) we can hardly be everywhere, and 2) in this Instagram-happy age, nearly everyone’s a photographer. The collection we’ve compiled here is a hybrid of photos that appeared in the Indy during the past 52 issues and photos submitted by readers, one of whom is going to win a free custom framing job courtesy of Frame of Mind.

And we like the reader-submitted results so much we’re going to do it again next year and shoot for an even bigger selection of Missoula moments. So crank up that camera and start clicking. If 2017 was any measure, 2018 will be over in the snap of a shutter.

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On the cover: John Haines, the photographer of this week’s cover image, says, “I am a hobbyist when it comes to photography, but I have learned to take my camera with with me at all times. ‘Calling Neptune’ was taken Sept. 13 in Plains during the Sheep Gap fire. I was on a small mountain behind my parents’ home watching the Missoula-based Neptune planes and a DC-10 lay down a 3-mile arc of retardant that helped save many homes and farmlands.”

View of the Moon Randolph Homestead’s annual Fall Gathering on Saturday, Oct. 7, 2017. Photo submitted by reader Brandon McMahon.

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In late November, Josh Vanek interviewed Missoula music scene stalwart John Brownell about his latest band, Protest Kids, which includes, from left, John Fleming, Ryan Farley, Brownell and Dan Strachan. “Making music with these guys is just so uncomplicated and fun,” Brownell said. “We all come from similar places musically and we have all played together in the past. There are no hard creative differences, no unrealistic expectations, no dictatorship.” Photo by Amy Donovan.

North Higgins Ave. at night, viewed from the peace sign on Waterworks Hill, Dec. 12, 2017.

Photo submitted by reader Huw Griffiths.

On Waterworks Hill, June 24, 2017. Photo submitted by reader Huw Griffiths.

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“I was taking photographs at the fair and saw these young ladies walking by, and I remember thinking that their hair matched the colors of the tents and awnings.” Western Montana Fair, Aug. 10, 2017.

Photo submitted by reader Neva Oliver.

“A global view of Missoula, looking across Brennan’s Wave on the Clark Fork to the Old Milwaukee Depot,” Nov. 18, 2017. Photo submitted by reader Harry Miller.

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It’s been a busy year for Bozeman creationist/tech millionaire Greg Gianforte, who followed an unsuccessful 2016 run for Montana’s governorship with a successful 2017 special election campaign for the House of Representatives seat that came open when President Trump appointed the incumbent, Ryan Zinke, as his Secretary of the Interior. Gianforte gained national attention when he assaulted a reporter on the eve of Election Day, but snuck out a victory regardless, and spent much of his first months in office trying to avoid having a booking photo taken and then released.

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“I was walking across the Van Buren footbridge and was struck by the patterns of all the locks attached to it.” June 18, 2017. Photo submitted by reader Neva Oliver.

“It was a cold day and the ice crystals in the air were just right that the sunset lit up the whole valley. I used the panorama function on my phone to scan a small swath of the valley to capture the amazing light.” Taken on the North Hills trails, Jan. 17, 2017, looking south across Missoula into the Bitterroot Valley.

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“A bronc rider struggles to hang on at the rodeo at this summer’s Western Montana Fair, Aug. 8, 2017.”

Photo submitted by reader Harry Miller

This shot of encroaching ice was taken Jan. 13, 2017, on Rattlesnake Creek. Photo submitted by reader David Loewenwarter.

“This is an iPhone picture I took with no filter, and it’s my favorite moment I captured this year! It was one of those first sunny spring days where it felt really great to play outside.

And it was the day that the kids I nannied and I taught their goat that jumping on the trampoline is way more fun than trying to eat it.” Photo submitted by reader Jessica Burbank.

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“On a summer night in downtown Missoula, Richard Clarke plays piano with his dog while girls stop by, planning the rest of their evening adventure.”

Photo submitted by reader Charlotte Nickel.

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Rear-view mirror A look back at Missoula’s art scene in 2017

by Erika Fredrickson

Silver Theater collapses In early February, a week before the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival, the ceiling of the Silver Theater collapsed under the weight of snow. No one was hurt, but the theater, which was purchased in 2015 by the Helen and Morris Silver Foundation, had been slated to serve as a major venue for the festival, and organizers had to scramble to find a new place to screen its films.

Last Lotto For the past five years, Rock Lotto has been a highly anticipated dead-of-winter benefit wherein musicians are randomly put together in bands for one-night-only performances to raise money for nonprofits. Rock Lotto V: The Final Countdown marked the final year for the event, and featured bands playing songs off 1986 albums, including Bon Jovi's Slippery When Wet, Madonna’s True Blue and Metallica’s Master of Puppets. Each band was also given a “secret” song to perform. The joke was on everyone, including the bands, when it turned out every band’s secret song was Europe’s “The Final Countdown.”

Lily Gladstone Lily Gladstone generated a lot of buzz in 2016 for her role as the pining rancher in Kelly Reichardt’s Certain Women. But it was in 2017 that Gladstone rode the wave of her accolades, attending red carpet events and award luncheons in Los Angeles and spending several weeks meeting with top film and television series executives. In Missoula, we still like to claim her as our own, but the actress belongs much more to the wider world than ever before, as evidenced by her nomination this month for best supporting actress by the London Film Critics Circle Awards alongside big names like Holly Hunter (The Big Sick) and Allison Janney (I, Tonya).

Art Park A long-awaited public sculpture park opened in April outside the Missoula Art Museum, featuring works by six artists on the theme of bicycles. The Art Park, a joint project between the MAM, Adventure Cycling and the city, spans Spruce

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The 4,000-capacity KettleHouse Amphitheater in Bonner opened in July with shows throughout the summer, including Ween.

Street between Higgins and Pattee, and includes a fancy public restroom called the Portland Loo. Amphitheaters everywhere On July 12, Lyle Lovett and his Large Band broke in the stage for the opening of the KettleHouse Amphitheater, located in Bonner on the banks of the Blackfoot River. The 4,000-capacity venue, a collaboration between the owners of the Top Hat Lounge and Wilma Theatre and KettleHouse Brewing Co., hosted several shows throughout the summer and into fall, including performances by Ween, Pat Benatar, Slayer, Tedeschi Trucks Band and Primus.

Meanwhile, Big Sky Brewing Co. unveiled its own new amphitheater, in collaboration with promoter Knitting Factory, and inaugurated the new stage with a performance by Trey Anastasio.

Big Sky’s major event, though, took place in August with Travelers’ Rest, a two-day festival curated by and featuring

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the Decemberists, along with acts including Belle & Sebastian and Sylvan Esso.

Basement life In January, the Palace Lounge, one of the few venues still hosting DIY shows, closed its doors to undergo remodelling as a billiards hall. The blow to the town’s independent scene spurred a handful of promoters to start the Basement Fund, an organization based out of the Zootown Arts Community Center.

The group hosted touring bands and local artists, and helped with big events like Camp Daze, a three-day music festival featuring favorites like Rozwell Kid, Vundabar and Great Grandpa.

Festival of the Dead Rumblings of discontent about Missoula’s Festival of the Dead started last year and resurfaced a few months prior to this fall’s activities. On social media, several activists called out the festival as cultural appropriation. Organizers responded by

meeting with some of the activists and cutting workshops that pulled directly from Mexican traditions (like decorating sugar skull cookies). But the issue continued to be contentious, with a few protesters showing up to various festival events, including the Festival of the Dead Parade. On parade day, the ZACC announced it would back out as fiscal sponsor of the festival going forward, but promised to help if others decide to take it on.

Roxy makeover On Aug. 9, in honor of its 80th anniversary, the Roxy officially lit up its new art-deco marquee—a vibrant red sign with bright yellow letters, glowing in fluorescent pinks and blues. The vintage sign, based on the Roxy’s original, provided the cherry on top to a handful of theater renovation projects this year.

Barb Theroux retires Barbara Theroux retired after 31 years of running Fact & Fiction, the storied down-

town independent bookstore. A major supporter of the literary community, she brought in countless authors for reading and signing events and was a major driver when it came to the Montana Book Festival, an event she’ll continue to work on.

In memoriam Peter Rosten, CEO and founder of MAPS Media Institute, died April 17. The filmmaker started MAPS in Darby in 2004 and built it into an award-winning program for young people to learn the technology and tools of the film trade.

Artist, filmmaker and writer Simone Ellis died July 18. She spent her early years making art with famous Beat writers. In Missoula, she served as president of Missoula Community Access Television and became an unofficial den mother to young and emerging Missoula artists, who spent time in her living room discussing art and politics. efredrickson@missoulanews.com

[books]

Page turners Our critics list their Top 5 books of 2017 My Absolute Darling, Gabriel Tallent: This beautifully written coming-of-age thriller centers on a 14-year-old girl named Turtle, who has to use the lessons her father taught her to escape his horrifying abuse. It’s a rare literary page-turner, though not recommended for anyone especially sensitive to issues of abuse.

Turtles All The Way Down, John Green: John Green continues to raise the bar on YA literature with this teen love story that had me uncontrollably weeping through the last two pages– and not because the ending is particularly happy or sad, but because it feels so real and true.

The Underworld, Kevin Canty: This may be the best work yet from Missoula’s Kevin Canty, who tells the stark story of the aftermath of an enormous mining disaster in a small town in Idaho during the 1970s. I hate to use the word powerful in a book review, but I can’t possibly think of a better one.

Dear Ijeawele, or a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: This short, simple book about how to raise feminist kids should be required reading for everyone on earth, men and women, parents or not. And it only takes about an hour to finish, so what’s your excuse, really?

We Were Eight Years in Power, Ta-Nehisi Coates: After you get woke on feminist issues by reading Adichie, read this essay collection that reflects on issues of race and politics. Some have been published in big magazines over the last eight years, but others are new, and all are good to have collected and onhand in your home for re-reading. (Sarah Aswell) Silence in the Age of Noise, Erling Kagge: A Norwegian adventurer/publisher’s ruminations on finding inner silence in the face of deafening, external distractions (mental and physical). It was a timely read for me, as the older I get, the less enthusiasm I have for daily communications-based rubbish, especially on social media.

No is Not Enough, Naomi Klein: An excellent breakdown of the Trump phenomenon and a rallying cry to get off our asses and do something about it. Klein is one of the rare writers who can make me think that maybe hope isn’t a useless concept.

American Wolf, Nate Blakeslee: Story of the politics surrounding apex predators in our part of the West, with the magnificent “most famous wolf ” of Yellowstone as a protagonist. It also offers more proof that Western politicians are the worst.

I’m Fine, But You Appear to be Sinking, Leyna Krow: Strange, disturbing, heartfelt stories from a wildly inventive Spokane writer. I struggle with some literary works of fiction, but this one was easy to like.

The Stranger in the Woods, Michael Finkel: The oddly inspiring story of a Maine hermit who evaded capture for more than 20 years. (Chris La Tray) You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me, Sherman Alexie: This harrowing memoir chronicles Alexie’s relationship with his complex and compelling mother, Lillian. The narrative meanders through childhood, Lillian’s death and the grief Alexie must navigate in his her absence.

Love and Trouble: A Midlife Reckoning, Claire Dederer: This is one of the smartest books I’ve read about love, desire, identity and longterm commitment. Dederer reckons with unwieldy midlife desires by reading her teenage journal entries to figure out who that girl was, and what became of her.

Abandon Me, Melissa Febos: On the surface, this book is about the author’s toxic and intoxicating relationship with another woman. Underneath, it’s a wildly intelligent examination of how we attach to others, and how and why we let go.

The Underworld, Kevin Canty: This novel tells the story of the 1972 Sunshine mine fires through a cast of down-to-earth, empathetic fictional characters. The story is riveting; the prose, lean and sharp; and the voice I could read for days.

Maple & Lead, Aaron Parrett: I wish for us all that we take time to read more short stories, specifically, these short stories, anchored in Montana, with characters who laugh and cry and try and fail and try again. (Melissa Stephenson) arts@missoulanews.com

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[music]

Our favorite sings Our (and your) Top 5 albums and live shows for 2017 2. Dreamdecay, YÚ: Another mind-cleanser from this great spacey, hardcore-y band from Seattle.

3. Rakta, III Technically a last-year release, but I got it this year and it’s a spooky, layered, pumping record by this great Brazilian trio.

4. Fantasy Suite, First Impression: I’m a sucker for well-executed and austere pop, and Fantasy Suite’s record is a total classic.

1. Lydia Loveless, Boy Crazy and Single(s): Altcountry spitfire couples prickly lyrics with hooky guitars in the power-pop nuggets comprising a great reissue package. Her spare take on Elvis Costello’s “Alison” is so emotionally naked, I almost feel dirty listening to it.

2. Old 97s, Graveyard Whistling: Thick slashes of chewy, punkish guitar provide spicy counterparts to a set of wry, potent songs that keep these Texas rockers firmly in their sweet spot. Like eating taco meat with a spoon.

3. JD McPherson, Undivided Heart and Soul: If Buddy Holly had lived and relocated to Motown, he might have sounded like this. Throwback songwriting and arrangements thickened up with Black Keys-style production make for a roots-rockin’ blend of rhythm and melody.

4. Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, The Nashville Sound: “Nobody here can dance like me, everybody’s clapping on the one and the three.” Intelligence and humor accompany Isbell’s shift from self-reflection into Springsteen-esque character studies and more upbeat country-rock.

5. Sarah Shook and the Disarmers, Sidelong: Best album of 2017 sounds like Tammy Wynette fronting the Ramones if they were talented hillbillies with moonshine breath. Kick-ass country with a protagonist proclaiming her badassery with hilarious and/or chilling images.

Favorite show of 2017: Veteran alt-country warriors Old 97’s showed an adoring Top Hat crowd how grown-ups do it, playing gimmick-free rock ’n’ roll (with a fill-in drummer!) while we sang every word to them. Rhett Miller’s tender reading of “Question” melted hearts and gave me the year’s biggest man-crush. (Ednor Therriault)

2. Perfume Genius, No Shape: This tender, celebratory album about love helps me feel happy when I want to feel happy and lets me feel sad when I want to feel sad.

3. Big Thief, Capacity: I didn’t think I wanted to listen to yet another indie rock outfit from Brooklyn ever again, but it turns out that I really, really do. “Mary” is the track of the year.

4. Lorde, Melodrama: Lorde is a pop superhero and her sophomore album is majestic in every regard.

5. Tyler, the Creator, Flower Boy: The best yet from a talented but complicated rapper who seems to be maturing both musically and personally (well, a little bit personally, maybe).

Favorite Show of 2017: I can’t believe that I’m saying this in a year where I saw my beloved P.J. Harvey live, but Julien Baker’s clear, bright, heartbreaking voice made for the most magical night of live music for me, at Missoula’s Top Hat. (Sarah Aswell) 1. Shahs, Vineland: While this album is awaiting a proper vinyl release, it came out digitally this year and blew my mind with how different and great a band they are.

1. Kendrick Lamar, Damn: I keep thinking that rap king Kendrick Lamar is peaking, and then he releases his next album and I’m like, “Nope, not yet.”

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5. Swamp Ritual, Sunchaser: Think of a heavy dose of green smoke pouring from a souped up van driving a little too fast on a desert highway.

Favorite show(s) of 2017: This is a toss-up between seeing the Plastic Harmony Band and Trumans Water at the ZACC; Shovels and Fantasy Suite at Freecycles; Big Business, Mahamawaldi and Jolly Jane at the Badlander, and this month, the Jesus Lizard doing a reunion show in New York. ( Josh Vanek) 1. Tyler, the Creator, Flower Boy: Here’s that unpopular opinion of this album being musically better and more socially relevant than Kendrick Lamar’s Damn.

2. Aldous Harding, Party: Lush, lush, lush beautiful minimalist music. “Imagining My Man” was my most listened to song this year, I’m sure.

3. Ariel Pink, Dedicated to Bobby Jameson: This entire album is like songs from different late1960s albums that make you feel as if you’re visiting a past world.

4. Richard Dawson, Peasant: Speaking of past worlds, this is an incredibly unconventional album and the equivalent of listening to a renaissance fair.

Choruses and cult-like drums abound.

5. Brockhampton, Saturation 1 - 3: Brockhampton released three albums this year. You can’t go wrong; the band knows how to make a hook.

Favorite show of 2017: Human Leather at the Union Ballroom for Camp Daze. (Ryan D’avid Carr)

1. Chastity Belt, I Used to Spend So Much Time Alone: Smart, quintessential NW postpunk/shoegaze album about dealing with the emotional rollercoaster of existence.

2. Pixx, The Age of Anxiety: Angular synth-pop in the vein of Grimes delivers timely commentary in a catchy vessel.

3. The War on Drugs- Deeper Understanding: An album I was highly anticipating, and it definitely delivered.

4. Kurt Vile & Courtney Barnett, A Lotta Sea Lice: A beautiful document of a beautiful musical friendship, with vocals calling and responding in a perfect way.

5. Caroline Keys, Mean to Stay: An amazing album from this Missoula-based artist isn’t easily pi-

geonholed. It’s somewhere between folk and country with an experimental bent, created by a top-notch team of local musicians. (Adelaide Every) Check out more Top 5 (and 10) music lists online at missoulanews.com. arts@missoulanews.com

[film]

Fun and woe A countdown of the best films of 2017

by Molly Laich

Jennifer Lawrence starred in Darren Aronofsky’s Mother!

Oh look, another year of cinema running around all crazy with its head cut off. Sex scandals everywhere, the Hollywood sign is on fire and, once again, my best-of list is filled with controversy, depravity and woe. Here are my favorite films from 2017 (notably incomplete—I’d loved to have seen P.T. Anderson’s Phantom Thread for example, but oh well). Let’s get to it: 5. Call Me by Your Name The world has yet to unleash director Luca Guadagnino’s sultry summer romance to a Montana theater near you, but get ready. I saw this last January at Sundance and I’ve been a gay teenager unfurling my heart and mind in Italy ever since. Timothée Chalamet and Armie Hammer re-educate us on how to eat a peach while offering further proof that American cinema has no idea how to do sexy. Hint: Lose the red lighting, 50 Shades. Your parents aren’t listening in the next room, you don’t need to blare the soundtrack. This movie knows how to linger in the silence.

4. The Florida Project A reader called me out last month for being too kind to the film’s psychopathic heroine. It’s true, when Hailey took sexy Craigslist pictures of her kid to help her hooking, I wrote that she acted out of love, but perhaps I was too generous. Building supervisor Bobby ( Willem Dafoe) and others live a stone’s throw from Disney World in director Sean Baker’s smart, beautifully shot and painfully long exploration of poor people on the fringes of society. Not one bit fun.

3. Detroit How come nobody gave a hoot about director Katherine Bigelow’s gritty horror show about riots in my hometown in the summer of 1968, the historical precursor of everything rotten about race relations between black people and our country’s

punch drunk police force? Are we that much a slave to trending hashtags, is #BlackLivesMatter so last year that we can’t scroll back to appreciate great cinema when we see it?

2. Mother!

Director Darren Aronofsky made a bizarre masterpiece with Mother! that people really, really hated.

One Vice writer called it “one of the worst films of the decade.” Oh really, in a decade that birthed 15 Pirates of the Caribbean movies? Consider the sound design alone and that’s a spurious claim. Whoever heard of a girl in a translucent slip and a mousy voice trapped in the house she built for an ungrateful poet, surrounded on all sides by an impossible field? I get it, where is the driveway? What is that wonderful yellow powder she takes like a drug, why’s Kristen Wiig shooting people in the head—a horror film with tits and the blood of dead babies dripping from mouths, I never! The conversation surrounding this movie really hurt my feelings. Films and Facebook don’t mix; they are like coke and vodka. Mother! is a dream turned nightmare.

1. Good Time The Safdie Brothers’ crime adventure gives us a bank heist gone wrong, followed by a Mountain Dew bottle’s worth of LSD down some poor Somalian’s throat and a crook so bad at life, we watch him fall thrillingly out of a window. See, I’m not all brimstone and vinegar. My favorite film of the year might feature yet another psychopathic grifter (Robert Pattinson with dyed blonde hair, Team Edward!), but it’s also a lot of fun!

6. The Killing of a Sacred Deer 7.

Get Out 8. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri 9. The Disaster Artist 10. (Write-in) Star Wars: The Last Jedi arts@missoulanews.com

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[film] become one with your triple organic popcorn. The Roxy hosts a New Year’s Eve run of Kung Fu classics Sun., Dec. 31, noon to midnight.

OPENING THIS WEEK ALL THE MONEY IN THE WORLD After her son is kidnapped, a desperate mother tries to convince his billionaire grandfather to pay the ransom. Rated R. Stars Charlie Plummer, Michelle Williams, Christopher Plummer and not Kevin Spacey. Nope, no Kevin Spacey in this movie, that’s for sure. Playing at the 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.

THE DISASTER ARTIST Tommy Wiseau’s The Room is the best worst movie of all time. But how exactly did this cinematic trainwreck get made in the first place? Rated R. Stars James Franco, Dave Franco and Seth Rogen. Playing Fri., Dec 29 and Sat., Dec 30 at the Roxy.

PITCH PERFECT 3 After winning the World Championship, The Bellas discover there aren’t any job prospects for a cappella singers outside of Where in the World is Carmen San Diego, and that show ended in 1995. Rated PG-13.

Stars Anna Kendrick, Rebel Wilson and John Lithgow.

Playing at the AMC 12 and the Pharaohplex.

NOW PLAYING

SOPHIE’S CHOICE (1982) Should I go see this movie or should I stay home?

No one has ever had to made a decision this difficult before! Rated R. Stars Meryl Streep, Kevin Kline and Peter MacNicol. Playing Wed., Jan. 3 at 7 PM at the Roxy.

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.

STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI A bold and evil empire takes what it wants and destroys those who stand in its way. Who will oppose this tide of darkness? So far it’s already bought Marvel, 20th Century Fox and Star Wars. Rated PG-13.

Stars Daisy Ridley, Mark Hamill and Carrie Fisher. Playing at the Missoula AMC 12 and the Pharaohplex.

DARKEST HOUR As the unstoppable Nazi forces roll across Western Europe, the new Prime Minster of Great Britain has to make the hardest decisions of his life. Rated PG13. Stars Gary Oldman, Lily James and Kristin Scott Thomas. Oldman sure loves being in movies with the word Dark in the title, doesn’t he? Playing at the Roxy.

DOWNSIZING There are a lot of really good reasons to get a divorce. Your husband irreversibly shrunk himself to 5 inches as part of a program to solve overpopulation, for example. Rated R. Stars Matt Damon, Kristen Wiig and Neil Patrick Harris. Playing at the AMC 12.

EDWARD SCISSORHANDS (1990) The film that launched a thousand games of “Edward Forty-Hands” is also a touching portrayal of misfits finding love in a pastel town. Who knew?

Rated PG-13. Starring Johnny Depp, Winona Ryder and Dianne Wiest. Screening at the Roxy Sat., Dec. 30 at 8 PM..

FATHER FIGURES It’s kinda like Mamma Mia, but instead of Amanda Seyfried trying to figure out if Pierce Brosnan, Colin Firth or Stellan Skarsgård is her real father, it’s Owen Wilson and Ed Helms doing the same with Terry Bradshaw, Christopher Walken and J.K. Simmons.

Did you know this is the 14th film James Franco has directed? I’m as surprised as anyone else.

The Disaster Artist opens at the Roxy.

Rated R. Also stars Glenn Close, Ving Rhames and Katt Williams. Playing at the Pharaohplex and the AMC 12.

FERDINAND He might look like a ferocious beast, but this bighearted 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 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. Showing at the Missoula AMC 12 and the Pharaohplex.

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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 Jack Black. 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.

KUNG-FU MARATHON In order to survive the Kung Fu Marathon, you must

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 through Thu., Dec. 28 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-todate movie times for theaters in the area. You can also contact theaters to spare yourself any grief and/or parking lot profanities.

[dish]

Salade Nicoise-ish

by Gabi Moskowitz

BROKEASS GOURMET

So, here’s what’s going on with me: I am way behind on my work.

Why am I so far behind on work, you ask? I am placing the blame squarely on last week’s awesome Moskowitz Family Chrismukkah Celebration. My family forced me to eat and drink way too much, give and receive some really wonderful gifts, and play one particularly raucous drinking game, and I just couldn’t get to my work.

So, with virtually no spare time, and approximately zero capacity (or willingness) to eat another crumb of carb-y, sugar-laden holiday food, I give you a salad that is quick to make, very satisfying and will hopefully give you a jump on your New Year’s resolution to eat better. Enjoy!

Serves 2-4 Ingredients 4 eggs 1/4 lb green beans, halved, ends trimmed 2 5-oz cans of tuna packed in olive oil 2 handfuls of cherry or grape tomatoes, halved 1/2 cup chopped black olives (nicoise or Kalamata work well) 1/4 medium red onion, very thinly sliced juice of 1/2 lemon extra virgin olive oil salt and freshly ground black pepper

Directions Hard-boil the eggs (or soft-boil them if you prefer).

While the eggs boil, bring 1 cup of water to a gentle boil in a frying pan (with a fitted lid) over high heat. Lower the heat to medium, add the green beans and cover.

Cook the green beans for 2 to 3 minutes, until they are tender.

Drain and run under cool running water.

Once the eggs are cooked, drain the pot and hold the eggs in their pot under cold running water.

Peel and rinse them and then slice the eggs in half, lengthwise.

To assemble the salad, arrange the eggs, green beans, tuna, tomatoes, olives and onion as pictured on two large plates (or one large platter).

Alternately, toss it all together in a salad bowl.

Just before serving, drizzle the salad with the lemon juice, drizzle liberally with olive oil and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Serve immediately.

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

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[dish] 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. $$-$$$ Nara Japanese/Korean Bar-B-Que & Sushi 3075 N. Reserve 327-0731 We invite you to visit our contemporary Korean-Japanese restaurant and enjoy its warm atmosphere. Full Sushi Bar. Korean bar-b-que at your table. Beer, Wine and Sake. $$-$$$ 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

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

Taco Sano Two Locations: 115 1/2 S. 4th Street West 1515 Fairview Ave inside City Life 541-7570 • tacosano.net Home of Missoula’s Best BREAKFAST BURRITO. 99 cent TOTS every Tuesday. Once you find us you’ll keep coming back. Breakfast Burritos served all day, Quesadillas, Burritos and Tacos. Let us dress up your food with our unique selection of toppings, salsas, and sauces. Open 10am-9pm 7 days a week. WE DELIVER. $-$$ 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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What you’re drinking: Champagne, of course, that most aspirational of drinks, and thus the perfect accompaniment to New Year’s Eve, when we ritually dismiss the disappointments of the past year (or celebrate its successes, if that’s how you roll) and make fruitless plans to do better—to be better, dammit!—in the year ahead.

How you’re drinking it: Fruitily, in a bellini. Or brunchily, in a mimosa. Or with vodka in a fizz. Or with absinthe and bitters in an Ingrid Bergman. Or with cranberry sauce in a sparkle. The internet is full of champagne cocktail recipes, at least one of which will surely suit your taste for the length of an evening, which is really all you need.

No actual person ever drinks champagne any other time of the year. It’s like the alcoholic

equivalent of a turducken. The only real rule is that you should really drink it from a flute.

Plastic flutes are fine. Aspiration is transient, permanence an illusion, and you’ll make less of a mess when you fling your empty plastic flute into the fireplace.

Which champagne are you drinking?

Hardly matters unless you’re trying to impress someone. If you’re trying to impress someone, ask them.

Where you’re drinking it: In good company and warm repose, we hope, ideally in a venue containing a fireplace. Please don’t drink champagne alone or outdoors in the cold. We honestly just can’t bear the thought of it.

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SUN | 8 PM Canadian electronic duo Zeds Dead headline the Wilma's New Year's Eve Party Sun., Dec. 31. Doors at 8 PM, show at 9. $49.50.

SUN | 9:30 PM Caroline Keys & the Lanesplitters perform at the UM Recital Hall as part of First Night Missoula Sun., Dec. 31 at 9:30 PM. Visit artsmissoula.org for admission buttons.

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SUN | 5 PM Joel Makeci & Family perform at the Public House as part of First Night Missoula Sun., Dec. 31 at 5 PM. Visit artsmissoula.org for admission buttons.

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nightlife Travis Yost provides the tunes at Draught Works Brewery 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 at the VFW. Catch the best in house DJs and music at 8 PM. 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.

Groove the night away at the Honeycomb Dance Party at Monk's. 9 PM. Free.

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Enjoy some reds while Carla Green Jazz provides the bluesy tunes at Ten Spoon Vineyard. So many colors! 6 PM. Free.

Raise funds to send Olympic hopeful Darian Stevens to qualifying meets across the country.

Beer, food and a screening of the ski film This is Home. MCT, 6 PM– 9 PM. $10.

nightlife Singer-songwriter Dan Dubuque performs at the Highlander Taproom at Missoula Brewing Co. 6 PM–8 PM. Free.

Stand-up comedian Zack Jarvis takes you on a historical and hilarious tour of Missoula Brewing Co. 6 PM. Free.

Tiny Plastic Stars and Maria Zepeda play the VFW at 9 PM. $3.

The Sunrise Saloon hosts a release party for J.Willis Photography's Men of Montana Calendar.

9 PM. Free.

Do you like your rock shaken, not stirred? Moneypenny plays the

Union Club. 9 PM. Free.

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Y2K at the Badlander brings you the best tracks from 2000–2010.

Make sure to wear your best velour tracksuit. 9:30 PM. Free.

Montana's most un-Googleable band, 406, returns to the Sunrise Saloon. 9:30 PM. Free.

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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.

I can't even get my brother to call me back, but the Frederico Brothers play Draught Works. 6 PM–8 PM. Free.

Wolf and the Moons howl up a good time at Imagine Nation Brewing from 6 PM–8 PM. Free.

nightlife Sandman the Rappin' Cowboy, had a very shiny show. It is at the Roxy, I really think that you should go! Chris Sand presents a special evening of music, film and poetry.

8:30 PM. Free.

Ring in the New Year with the live music of Unfortunate Cookie and fireworks at Lolo Hot Springs. 9 PM. Free.

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The Frederico Brothers play Draught Works Sat., Dec. 30 at 6 PM. Free. spects 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 most un-Googleable band, 406, returns to the Sunrise Saloon. 9:30 PM. Free.

Good crop o' Josh comin' in this year, I'll tell you what. Josh

Farmer Band plays the Union Club at 9:30 PM. Free.

Tom Catmull's Last Resort plays the Top Hat Lounge at 10:15 PM. Free.

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The 24th annual community-wide celebration of the arts returns. First Night Missoula showcases more than 70 performances in 25 venues throughout downtown Missoula, the University of Montana Campus and Southgate Mall.

12 AM–12 PM. Visit artsmissoula.org for a full list of events and activities. Admission buttons are $18/$15 advance.

Edgar Allan Kubrick provide the tunes at the Eagles' New Year's Eve Extravaganza. 7 PM. Free.

Canadian electronic duo Zeds Dead headline the Wilma's New Year's Eve Party. Doors at 8 PM, show at 9. $49.50.

Kick your way into 2018 with The Roxy's annual all-day-long New Yearﾒ s Eve marathon of classic Kung Fu Flicks. 12 PM. Free.

Start the year with a clean slate by setting a wooden mini van on fire. Burning Mini Van invites you to torch whatever represents that which you no longer want in your life. 9 PM. 201 E. Broadway.

Back to the Mother celebrates the launch of its worker owned co-op with a party at Free Cycles featuring the music of Ocelot Wizard, poetry and a live DJ. 4 PM–12 PM. Free.

Who's that writing? Russ Nasset & The Revelators open the seventh seal of music at the Union Club's New Year's Eve Party. 9:30 PM. Free.

King of the Double Consonant, Jeff Carroll plays Draught Works from 5 PM–7 PM. Free.

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

nightlife These crayon names are getting out of hand. Red Onion Purple plays Finn and Porter from 6 PM–8 PM. Free.

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Every Sunday is "Sunday Funday" at the Badlander. Play cornhole, beer pong and other games, have drinks and forget tomorrow is Monday. 9 PM. Sunrise Saloon's New Year's Eve Bash features the music of County Line. 9 PM. Free.

Missoula-made funk powerhouse Shakewell plays the Top Hat New Year's Eve Party. Doors at 9:30 PM, show at 10:15. $5.

Even though 2017 has been a burning dumpster of a year, I think we can all agree we still found time to have some fun here in the Garden City. We're a real party town to start with, but this year we went a little extra hard, no doubt to take our minds off all the awfulness in the world. It's what Missoulians do best, after all. But if you missed out on all the good times because you spent this past year locked in an underground bunker, eating canned beets and watching for the Black Swan event, there's still one chance to get in on the festive revelry before we all face whatever terrors 2018 brings with it.

First Night, Missoula's daylong celebration of community and the arts, features a treasure trove of events throughout downtown Missoula, the University of

Naomi Moon Siegel Montana Campus and Southgate Mall. This year's lineup includes

WHAT: First Night Missoula WHERE: Downtown Missoula, UM Campus and Southgate Mall WHEN: Sun., Dec. 31 Noon to Midnight HOW MUCH: Festival buttons are $18/$15 advance MORE INFO: artsmissoula.org

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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. Every Monday DJ Sol spins funk,

soul, reggae and hip-hop at the Badlander. Doors at 9 PM, show at 10. Free. 21-plus.

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

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.

The VFW's first Brunch Beats of 2018 features Amory and the Fox Den, Talus Orion and free pancakes. 2 PM.

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Step up your factoid game at Quizzoula trivia night, every Tuesday at the VFW. 8:30 PM.

Fundraising expert Kim Klein leads a daylong workshop on the ins and outs of raising money for a nonprofit organization. The Roxy. 9 AM–4 PM. $100. Email info@missoulacommunityfoundation.org for more info 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 Dixon Ski and Snowboard Club. 5 PM–8 PM.

nightlife The VFW's first Brunch Beats of 2018 features Amory and the Fox Den, Talus Orion and free pancakes. 2 PM. 18-plus until 10 PM. Free.

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I have had literal nightmares about this. Draught Works wants to help you keep your New Year's Resolution with a Wall Sit Challenge. My abs are crying just thinking about it. 6 PM. Free. All participants get a free beer with grand prize for the winner.

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

7 PM. Trivia answer: Mike Bossy.

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.

My DJ name is RNDM LTTRS. Join the Missoula Open Decks Society for an evening of music.

Bring your gear and your dancing shoes to the VFW at 8 PM.

Missoula Music Showcase features local singers and songwriters each week a the Badlander.

9 PM. Free.

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Thursday The Clark Fork Coalition is gearing up to engage students in river conversation education. A volunteer orientation discusses available opportunities while munching on free pizza. 5:30 PM. Email katie@clarkfork.org for more info or to RSVP. They said it was a weather balloon! A weather balloon! The Captain Wilson Conspiracy plays Draught Works. 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 Author James Lee Burke reads from his new novel Robicheaux at Fact and Fiction Books. 7 PM–9 PM. Free.

In 1833, artist Johann Carl Bodner traveled the Upper Missouri River, painting the people and places he saw. Lolo Community Center hosts a special presentation about Bodner's travel at 7 PM. Free.

nightlife 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. Every Thursday is Valencia Nights at the VFW. Catch the best in house DJs and music at 8 PM.

The Disaster Artist plays at the Roxy Thu., Jan 4., at 5:15 and 8 PM. 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 at the Badlander. 9 PM. Free.

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

Grown Comedy Stand-up Open Mic at the Union Club. Signup at 9:30 PM, show at 10. Free.

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We want to know about your event! Submit to calendar@mis-

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Agenda Ask just about any non-Montanan what they know about Missoula and most will give you a handful of change before briskly walking away. But those few who recognize that you're not a deranged lunatic demanding money will, of course, know Missoula from A River Runs Through It. And, honestly, if our main claim to fame is our beautiful rivers, we're doing pretty good.

Since 1985, the Clark Fork Coalition has been working to protect the vital waters of the Clark Fork Basin by educating and organizing community members. This winter, the CFC is gearing up for Snow and Tell, a hands-on education program aimed at Missoula's students, and the Coalition is looking for volunteers to help facilitate the programs. Volunteers will help in the field, keeping kids on task and out of trouble.

The CFC hosts the Education Volunteer

THURSDAY DECEMBER 28 Imagine Nation Brewing invites all nonprofit workers to celebrate the giving spirit with Nonprofit Appreciation Day starting at 5 PM. Work for a 501(c)3? Your first beer is half off.

THURSDAY DECEMBER 29 Listen, maybe don't visit Dr. Acula. There's a better way to get rid of your blood. Best Buy hosts a community blood drive from 11 AM–3 PM.

WEDNESDAY JANUARY 3 Missoula Rises work party meets every Wednesday at Imagine Nation Brewing. Get together, have a beer and write to our members of congress. 6 PM.

THURSDAY JANUARY 4 Climate Smart's first monthly meet-up of 2018 discusses how we can address climate impacts in the new year. Imagine Nation Brewing 5 PM–7 PM. The Clark Fork Coalition is gearing up to engage students in river conversation education. A volunteer orientation discusses available opportunities while munching on free pizza. 5:30 PM. Email katie@clarkfork.org for more info or to RSVP.

Orientation for anyone interested in helping out. Free pizza and drinks will be served while you chat with Coalition members about what's needed in keeping Missoula's famous rivers pristine.

—Charley Macorn

The Education Volunteer Orientation takes place on Thu., Jan. 4 at 5:30 PM at the Clark Fork Coalition Office.

Email katie@clarkfork.org for more information.

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 ith a bounty mountains and heavy snows every year, it's no wonder that the Big Sky state has produced dozens of athletes that have proudly represented the United States across the globe at the Winter Olympics. But while physical fitness and practice are important parts of getting ready for the Olympiad, competing to make the U.S. Olympic team is a very expensive proposition, as it turns out.

Skier Darian Stevens is looking to make her Olympic Dream a reality. Born and raised here in Missoula, Stevens cut her teeth skiing with the Missoula Freestyle Team before joining the National Team. Now, MFT is looking to raise funds to cover the multitude of expenses that come form traveling

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across the country, competing for a qualifying spot on the Olympic team.

The fundraiser includes a screening of the Faction Ski film This is Home, a silent auction, free beer and food. Help Darian Stevens reach for the stars while celebrating the long history of winter sports in Missoula.

—Charley Macorn The fundraiser for Darian Stevens takes place at the MCT Center for the Performing Arts Fri., Dec. 29 from 6 PM–9 PM. $10.

photo courtesy Darian Stevens

THURSDAY DECEMBER 28

TUESDAY JANUARY 2

Ski School Holiday at Snowbowl continues.

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Want to join in on all the winter recreation we so famous for, but can't tell a ski-board from a hole in the ground? Montana Snowbowl celebrates the New Year with half-priced beginners lessons. Visit montanasnowbowl.com for more information.

FRIDAY DECEMBER 29 Raise funds to send Olympic hopeful Darian Stevens to qualifying meets across the country at the MCT Center for the Performing Arts.

Beer, food and a screening of the ski film This is home. 6 PM–9 PM. $10.

MONDAY JANUARY 1 Kick off 2018 with a day hike through Traveler's Rest State Park. Meet at the visitor's center at 11 AM. Free. 406-273-4253 for more information.

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WEDNESDAY JANUARY 3 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 Dixon Ski and Snowboard Club.

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I’m a woman, and I recently made a new professional connection—a man who’s excited about my work.

We’re planning on doing a big important project together. I’m worried that he’s interested in me romantically (based on a few things he’s said).

I’m not interested in him in that way. What’s the right thing to say to get that across?

—All Business It’s tempting to get everything out in the open right away:“I’ve run the numbers on your chances of having sex with me, and they’re pretty close to the odds of your being crushed to death by a middle-aged dentist falling out of the sky.”

Informing a guy pronto that you aren’t romantically interested in him—though in somewhat kinder language—would be the right thing to do if he were just some persistent Tinder date you wanted to unload forever. But you’re hoping to have a continuing business relationship with this guy. So even if it were wildly obvious that he has the hots for you, the last thing you should do is mention that particular elephant in the room (not even while you’re pole-vaulting over steaming mountain ranges of elephant dung).

Cognitive psychologist and linguist Steven Pinker points out that “most social interaction” involves some conflicting goals—for example, when only one of two people is interested in ending the evening in the tool shed/sex dungeon. (Yes, sometimes the nightcap is a rubber hood.)

Pinker explains that “indirect speech”—not saying exactly what you think or want—is a way two people can maintain their relationship as it is (even when both suspect or are pretty sure that their desired outcomes are in sharp conflict). The sometimes tiny measure of ambiguity—uncertainty about another person’s goals—that is fostered by indirect speech does a big job. It allows the person who wants something the other doesn’t to save face, enabling the two to preserve their common ground.

So, your refraining from telling the guy that you aren’t interested (in so many words) allows him to cling to the ego-preserving possibility that you might be. If he goes direct on you—tells you he wants to sex up your business relationship— that’s when you likewise get explicit: Tell him straight out that you want to keep things strictly professional. However, this may not be necessary if you act in ways that say “just business!” Avoid going flirty in communicating with him, and schedule meetings for the utterly unsexiest times and places possible. Nobody ends up doing the walk

of shame because they had seconds on biscotti and one too many double espressos.

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There’s always been an attraction between this guy and me. I’ve been thinking of testing the waters with him romantically, but he recently mentioned that he freaks out when women cry. He says he just has no idea what to do. Well, I’m an emotional person—generally happy but also a big crier. Are we a bad match, or could I teach him to soothe me?

—Waterworks Most men are comfortable dealing with any leaky item—as long as it can be fixed with an adjustable wrench and a Phillips screwdriver.

If there’s a decoder ring for human emotion, it’s the female brain. Psychologist Simon Baron-Cohen finds that men, generally speaking, just aren’t as good as women at what’s called “theory of mind”—the ability to “infer what other people might be thinking or intending.” He explains that women, from childhood on, tend to be the “empathizers” of the species, driven to identify others’ “emotions and thoughts, and to respond with the appropriate emotions” (say, by hugging a teary-eyed person instead of treating them like a statue weeping blood).

In contrast with female “empathizers,” Baron-Cohen describes men as the “systematizers” of the species. This is a fancy way of saying they’re engineering-focused—driven, from a young age, to identify how inanimate stuff works and “derive the underlying rules that govern the behavior of a system.” However, these are “reliable” rules, like the law of gravity—“What goes up must come down”— nothing helpful for fathoming what the girlfriend’s got swirling around in her head when she suddenly goes all funeralface.

Typically, women believe “If he loved me, he’d figure it out.” Um, no. Not here in realityland. Assume most heterosexual men are sucky at emotional tea leaf reading. When you’re in boohooville (or on your way), tell a man what you’re feeling and how he could help—for example, by just listening and rubbing your back. In time, this may help him avoid reacting to the welling of that very first tear by diving behind the couch and yelling, “Incoming!

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This position 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. To apply, contact Personnel at (406) 675-2700 Ext. #1029. Tribal applications are also available at cskt.org.The closing date will be Open Until Filled.

CSKT IS A TRIBAL MEMBER PREFERENCE EMPLOYER Northwest Community Health Center (NWCHC) is looking add a team-oriented Registered Dental Hygienist (RDH) to its dental department. Applicant must have a current Montana Licensure. Full Job Description and to Apply http://northwestchc.org/jobs/.

PROFESSIONAL CENTER DIRECTOR – KICKING HORSE JOB CORP For the position of Center Director (a Department of Labor, and Tribal Council approved position), a minimum of five (5) years experience in program management and direction with a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration, Education, or Human Services and experience working with youth. This is a Testing Designated Position (TDP) in compliance with the Drug and Alcohol Policy. Employee is required to pass background investigation per PL–101-630. Starting wage $44.19. For more information or to apply contact the Tribal Personnel office in Pablo MT (406) 675- 2700 X 1029 or KHJCC at (406) 644- 2217.

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EMPLOYMENT POSITIONS AVAILABLESEE WEBSITE FOR MORE INFO Must Have: Valid driver license, No history of neglect, abuse or exploitation Applications available at OPPORTUNITY RESOURCES, INC., 2821 S. Russell, Missoula, MT. 59801 or online at www.orimt.org. Extensive background checks will be completed. NO RESUMES. EEO/AA-M/F/disability/ protected veteran status.

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PUBLIC NOTICES MNAXLP 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. Pursuant 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 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,

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, 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) IN THE JUSTICE COURT OF THE STATE OF MONTANA IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF MISSOULA BEFORE LANDEE N. HOLLOWAY, JUSTICE OF THE PEACE Case No.: CV-2017-3164 SUMMONS FOR POSSESSION BY PUBLICATION PROFESSIONAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT, INC., Plaintiff, v. GINGER N. WERSONICK, et al., Defendant. TO: Ginger Wersonick, 1661 Shindig Dr., #203 Missoula, MT 59808 YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer a Complaint filed in Justice Court, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to file your answer upon Plaintiff’s attorney, Thomas C. Orr, Thomas C. Orr Law Offices,

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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.

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MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No.: 2 Cause No.: DP-17-244 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF: CHRISTOPHER L. MALONEY, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the decedent are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to Charmaine Santorno, the Personal Representative, return receipt requested, at PO Box 414, Lolo, Montana 59847 or filed with the Clerk of the above Court. DATED this 14th day of December, 2017. /s/ Charmaine Santorno, Personal Representative

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

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

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By Rob Brezsny ARIES (March 21-April 19): “I need more smart allies, compassionate supporters, ethical role models, and

loyal friends, and I need them right now!” writes Joanna K., an Aries reader from Albuquerque, New Mexico. On the other hand, there’s Jacques T., an Aries reader from Montreal. “To my amazement, I actually have much of the support and assistance I need,” he declares. “What I seem to need more of are constructive critics, fair-minded competitors with integrity, colleagues and loved ones who don’t assume that every little thing I do is perfect, and adversaries who galvanize me to get better.” I’m happy to announce, dear Aries, that in 2018 you will benefit more than usual from the influences that both Joanna and Jacques seek.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): In the Scots language spoken in Lowland Scotland, a watergaw is a fragmented rainbow that appears between clouds. A skafer is a faint rainbow that arises behind a mist, presaging the imminent dissipation of the mist. A silk napkin is a splintered rainbow that heralds the arrival of brisk wind and rain. In accordance with the astrological omens, I propose we use these mysterious phenomena as symbols of power for you in 2018. The good fortune that comes your way will sometimes be partially veiled and seemingly incomplete. Don’t compare it to some “perfect” ideal. It’ll be more interesting and inspiring than any perfect ideal.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): In 2018, half-buried residues from the past will be resurfacing as influences in your life. Old dreams that you abandoned prematurely are ripe to be re-evaluated in light of what has happened since you last took them seriously. Are these good or bad developments? It will probably depend on your ability to be charitable and expansive as you deal with them. One thing is certain: To move forward into the future, you will have to update your relationships with these residues and dreams.

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PUBLIC NOTICES MNAXLP NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING THE MISSOULA COUNTY BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT will be conducting a public hearing at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, January 17, 2018 in the Missoula City Council Chambers, 140 W. Pine, Missoula, MT, on the following item: 1. A request by Kim and Colin McKearnan for a variance from Missoula County Zoning Regulations to allow the maximum floor area for a new events space to exceed the 2500 square foot maximum by 1000 square feet. The subject property, Tract A of Certificate of Survey 3554, is zoned C-C1 Neighborhood Commercial. The preliminary proposal is for an events barn that offers flexible rental space for activities which may include, but are not limited to meetings, weddings and reunions. The applicant has estimated the proposed structure will have a floor area of approximately 3500 square feet.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Poet Diane Ackerman tells us that human tongues, lips and genitals possess

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VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Experimental composer Harry Partch played one-of-a-kind musical instruments

that he made from objects like car hubcaps, gourds, aluminum ketchup bottles and nose cones from airplanes.

Collage artist Jason Mecier fashions portraits of celebrities using materials like noodles, pills, licorice candy, bacon and lipstick tubes. Given the astrological configurations for 2018, you could flourish by adopting a similar strategy in your own chosen field.Your most interesting successes could come from using things as they’re not “supposed” to be used.

You could further your goals by mixing and matching resources in unique ways.

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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): I wish I could make it nice and easy for you. I wish I could proclaim that the forces

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SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): In 2018, your tribe will be extra skilled at opening things that have been shut or

of darkness are lined up against the forces of light. I’d like to be able to advise you that the opening months of 2018 will bring you a showdown between wrong and right, between ugliness and beauty. But it just ain’t that simple. It’s more like the forces of plaid will be arrayed against the forces of paisley. The showdown will feature two equally flawed and equally appealing sources of intrigue. And so you may inquire, Libra, what is the most honorable role you can play in these matters? Should you lend your support to one side or the other? I advise you to create a third side. sealed for a long time: heavy doors, treasure boxes, rich possibilities, buried secrets, shy eyes, mum mouths, guarded hearts and insular minds.You’ll have a knack for initiating new markets and clearing blocked passageways and staging grand openings.You’ll be more inclined to speak candidly and freely than any other generation of Scorpios in a long time. Getting stuck things unstuck will come naturally. Making yourself available for bighearted fun and games will be your specialty. Given these wonders, maybe you should adopt a new nickname, like Apertura (the Italian word for “opening”), Ouverture (the French word for “opening”), Šiši (Yoruban), Otevírací (Czech), Öffnung (German) or Kufungua (Swahili).

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): I predict that the coming months won’t bring you the kinds of opportunities

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you were imagining and expecting, but will bring you opportunities you haven’t imagined and didn’t expect.Will you be alert and receptive to these sly divergences from your master plan? If so, by September of 2018 you will have become as smart a gambler as maybe you have ever been.You will be more flexible and adaptable, too, which means you’ll be better able to get what you want without breaking stuff and wreaking whirlwinds. Congratulations in advance, my daring darling. May your experiments be both visionary and practical. May your fiery intentions be both steady and fluidic.

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

NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE

neural receptors that are ultra-responsive. Anatomists have given unsexy names to these bliss-generating parts of our bodies: Krause end bulbs, also known as bulboid corpuscles. (Couldn’t they have called them “glimmering rapture hubs” or “magic buttons”?) In any case, these sweet spots enable us to experience surpassing pleasure.

According to my understanding of the astrological omens for 2018, Cancerian, your personal complement of bulboid corpuscles will be even more sensitive than usual. Here’s further good news:Your soul will also have a heightened capacity to receive and register delight.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Mise en place is a French term whose literal translation is “putting in place.”When used by professional chefs in a restaurant kitchen, it refers to the task of gathering and organizing all the ingredients and tools before beginning to cook. I think this is an excellent metaphor for you to emphasize throughout 2018. In every area of your life, thorough preparation will be the key to your success and fulfillment. Make sure you have everything you need before launching any new enterprise or creative effort.

ESTABROOK, the Personal Representative, return receipt requested, at 58 Lime Kiln Rd., Butte, MT 59701, or filed with the Clerk of the above Court.

The following described personal property will be sold at public auction to the highest bidder for cash or certified funds.

Proceeds from the public sale for said personal property shall be applied to the debt owed to Rent-a-Space in the amounts listed below (plus as yet undetermined amounts to conduct the sale): Space/Name/$$$/Desc 2214/Nicole Claussen/$343/furniture 3370/Shandel Weeks/$195/furniture SALE LOCATION: Gardner’s Auction Service, 4810 Hwy 93 S, Missoula, MT If anyone attending this meeting needs special assistance, please provide advance notice by calling Community and Planning Services at 2584657. Missoula County will provide auxiliary aids and services. For a complete legal description or additional information regarding the appeal you may contact Casey Drayton at the same number or by e-mail at cdrayton@missoulacounty.us.

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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Hungarian psychiatrist Thomas Szasz dismissed the idea that a person should be on a quest to “find himself” or “find herself.” “The self is not something that one finds,” he said. Rather, “it is something one creates.” I think that’s great advice for you in 2018, Capricorn. There’ll be little value in wandering around in search of fantastic clues about who you were born to be. Instead you should simply be gung-ho as you shape and craft yourself into the person you want to be.

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AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Is there anything about your attitude or your approach that is a bit immature or unripe? Have you in some way remained an amateur or apprentice when you should or could have become fully professional by now? Are you still a dabbler in a field where you could be a connoisseur or master? If your answer to any of these questions is yes, the coming months will be an excellent time to grow up, climb higher and try harder. I invite you to regard 2018 as the Year of Kicking Your Own Ass.

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PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): In 2018, one of your themes will be “secret freedom.” What does that mean?

The muse who whispered this clue in my ear did not elaborate further. But based on the astrological aspects, here are several possible interpretations. 1.You may have to dig deep and be strategic to access resources that have the power to emancipate you. 2. You may be able to discover a rewarding escape and provocative deliverance that have been hidden from you up until now. 3.You shouldn’t brag about the liberations you intend to accomplish until you have accomplished them. 4. The exact nature of the freedom that will be valuable to you might be useless or irrelevant or incomprehensible to other people.

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PUBLIC NOTICES MNAXLP 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 598077099 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 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE To be sold for cash at a Trustee’s Sale on April 24, 2018, 09:00 AM at the main entrance of Missoula County Courthouse located at 200 West Broadway Street, Missoula, MT 59802, the following described real property situated in Missoula County, State of Montana: Lot 2 of Section 1, Township 13 North, Range 23 West, P.M.M., Missoula County, Montana. Recording Reference: Book 337 of Micro at Page 2408 as known by street and number as: 3080 Petty Creek Road, Alberton, Montana 59820. More commonly known as 3080 Petty Creek Road, Alberton, MT 59820.

Margaret Morgan Bailey and Donald L. Bailey, as Grantors, conveyed said real property to Pinnacle Title & Escrow, LLC, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to World Alliance Financial Corp., by Deed of Trust on January 29, 2009, and filed for record in the records of the County Clerk and Recorder in Missoula County, State of Montana, on February 3, 2009 as Instrument No. 200902137, in Book 832, at Page 1168, of Official Records.The Deed of Trust was assigned for value as follows:Assignee: Reverse Mortgage Solutions, Inc. Assignment Dated: August 25, 2010 Assignment Recorded: September 20, 2010 Assignment Recording Information: as Instrument No. 201018109, in Book 866, at Page 202, All in the records of the County Clerk and Recorder for Missoula County, Montana Benjamin J. Mann is the Successor Trustee pursuant to a Substitution of Trustee recorded in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Missoula County, State of Montana, on December 1, 2017 as Instrument No. 201723957, in Book 990, at Page 15, of Official Records. The Beneficiary has declared a default in the terms of said Deed of Trust due to Grantor’s failure to make monthly payments beginning May 24, 2017, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan. By reason of said default, the Beneficiary has declared all sums owing on the obligation secured by said Trust Deed immediately due and payable. The total amount due on this obligation is the principal sum of $330,090.25, interest in the sum of $1,095.35, escrow advances of $548.93, other amounts due and payable in the amount of $2,166.54 for a total amount owing of $333,901.07, plus accruing interest, late charges, and other fees and costs that may be incurred or advanced. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the

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

Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds of this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale, and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation. The sale is a public sale and any person, including the Beneficiary, excepting only the Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by Trustee’s Deed, without any representation or warranty, including warranty of title, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an asis, where-is basis, without limitation, the sale is being made subject to all existing conditions, if any, of lead paint, mold or other environmental or health hazards. The sale purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th day following the sale. The Grantor, successor in interest to the Grantor, or any other person having an interest in the property, has the right, at any time prior to the Trustee’s Sale, to pay to the Beneficiary, or the successor in interest to the Beneficiary, the entire amount then due under the Deed of Trust and the obligation secured thereby (including costs and expenses actually incurred and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred and by curing any other default complained of herein that is capable of being cured by tendering the performance required under the obligation or to cure the default, by paying all costs and expenses actually incurred in enforcing the obligation and Deed of Trust with Successor Trustee’s and attorney’s fees. In the event that all defaults are cured the foreclosure will be dismissed and the foreclosure sale will be canceled.

The scheduled Trustee’s Sale may be postponed by public proclamation up to 15 days for any reason. In the event of a bankruptcy filing, the sale may be postponed by the Trustee for up to 120 days by public procla-

mation at least every 30 days. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Successor Trustee and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse.This is an attempt to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. Dated this 11th day of December, 2017.

Benjamin J. Mann, Substitute Trustee 376 East 400 South, Suite 300, Salt Lake City, UT 84111 Telephone: 801-355-2886 Office Hours: Mon.Fri., 8AM-5PM (MST) File No. 50810 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on April 16, 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: LOT 2 OF CRAFTSMAN PLACE, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA,ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF Mark Doty and Laura Doty, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to American Title Insurance Co., as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Bank One, NA, as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated on May 7, 2004, and recorded on May 20, 2004 as Book 732 Page 971 Document No. 200413678; Modification Agreement recorded March 23, 2007, Book 794 of Micro Records at Page 6. The beneficial interest is currently held by JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association. First American Title Company of Mon-

tana, Inc., is currently the Trustee.

The beneficiary has declared a default in the terms of said Deed of Trust by failing to make the monthly payments beginning July 1, 2016, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan. The total amount due on this obligation as of August 31, 2017 is $193,797.75 principal, interest totaling $9,246.70, escrow advances of $3,624.40 and other fees and expenses advanced of $7.00, 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

RESOLUTION NUMBER 2017 - 251 A RESOLUTION OF INTENT TO rezone a property from C-P1 (Public Lands and lnstitutions) to C-ll (Light lndustry), of the Missoula County Zoning Regulations, legally described as: Portion B of COS 2505, Section 1, T13N, R20W, P.M.M

CLARK FORK STORAGE will auction to the highest bidder abandoned storage units owing delinquent storage rent for the following unit(s): 12, 103, 117, 184. Units can contain furniture, clothes, chairs, toys, kitchen supplies, tools, sports equipment, books, beds, other misc household goods, vehicles & trailers. These units may be viewed starting 1/8/2018 by appt only by calling 541-7919. Written sealed bids may be submitted to storage offices at 3505 Clark Fork Way, Missoula, MT 59808 prior to 1/11/2018 at 4:00 P.M. Buyer’s bid will be for entire contents of each unit offered in the sale. Only cash or money orders will be accepted for payment. Units are reserved subject to redemption by owner prior to sale, All Sales final.

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: December 7, 2017 /s/ Kaitlin Ann Gotch 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 7th day of December, 2017, before me, a notary public in and for

WHEREAS, T6-2-201 M.C.A. authorizes the board of county commissioners to adopt zoning regulations; and WHEREAS, the board of county commissioners did adopt zoning regulations for Missoula County through the passage of County Resolution 2017-039; and WHEREAS, 76-2-202 M.C.A. provides for the establishment and revision of zoning districts; and WHEREAS, a notice of public hearing was advertised in the Missoulian on Nov.S and Dec.12,2017; and WHEREAS, a request to rezone the property legally described above to C-ll, Light lndustry, was reviewed by the Missoula Consolidated Planning Board at a public hearing held Nov.21,2017;and

WHEREAS, the Missoula Consolidated Planning Board on a unanimous vote recommended approval of the Madsen rezoning request;and WHEREAS, a hearing was held by the Missoula Board of County Commissioners on Dec. 14,2017, in order to give the public an opportunity to be heard regarding the request to rezone the property legally described above to C-ll, Light lndustry; and WHEREAS, the County Commissioners resolve to make a clear record of their intent to rezone the subject property.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE lT RESOLVED that the Missoula Board of County Commissioners will receive written protest for a period of thirty (30) days after the first publication of this notice on Dec. 31,2017, from persons owning real property within 300 feet of the boundary of the subject property;and FURTHER BE IT RESOLVED that the Missoula Board of County Commissioners will rezone the above-described property C-|1, Light lndustry, subject to application of any legal protest;and FURTHER, copies of the C-ll, Light lndustry, are available for inspection at the office of the Missoula County Clerk and Recorder and the Planning Office.

PASSED AND ADOPTED THIS 14 DAY OF December, 2017

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PUBLIC NOTICES MNAXLP said County and State, personally appeared Kaitlin Ann Gotch, 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/ Rae Albert Notary Public Bingham County, Idaho Commission expires: 9/6/2022 J P Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. vs Mark Doty 104027-1 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on April 19, 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: LOTS 1 AND 2 IN BLOCK 32 OF MONTANA ADDITION, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN THE CITY OF MISSOULA, MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO

THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF Anne E. (Nina) Duncan, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to U.S. Bank Trust Company National Association, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to U.S. Bank, National Association N.D., as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated on April 3, 2008, and recorded on May 2, 2008 as Book 818 Page 229 Document No. 200809853.The beneficial interest is currently held by U.S. Bank National Association as successor by merger to U.S. Bank National Association N.D. First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., is currently the Trustee. The beneficiary has declared a default in the terms of said Deed of Trust by failing to make the monthly payments beginning May 5, 2014, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan. The total amount due on this obligation as of November

2, 2017 is $118,398.82 principal, interest totaling $17,221.28, 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 27, 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 27th 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 Anne E. Duncan 103824-1

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RIVERSIDE SELF STORAGE Will auction to the highest bidder abandoned storage units owing delinquent storage rent. SILENT AUCTION Begins at 11AM Wednesday January 10th, ends at 11:30AM - 3645 Clark Fork Way Missoula, MT 59808.Units can contain furniture, clothes, chairs, toys, kitchen supplies, tools, sports equipment, books, beds, and other household goods. Buyers bid for entire contents of each unit offered in the sale. Only cash/money orders accepted for payment. Units reserved subject to redemption by owner prior to sale. ALL SALES FINAL.

RENTALS APARTMENTS 1 bed, 1 bath, Downtown, $595, coin-op laundry, off-street & carport parking, W/S/G Paid. NO PETS, NO SMOKING. Gatewest 728-7333 1 bed, 1 bath, Johnson & W. Central, $700, A/C, D/W, wood laminate flooring, newer building. W/S/G Paid. NO PETS, NO SMOKING. Gatewest 728-7333

2 bed, 1 bath, near Good Food Store,

FIDELITY 7000

Uncle Robert Ln #7 Uncle Robert Lane 2 Bed/1 Bath $825/Month Visit our website at

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2 bed, 1 or 2 bath, Cooper Street, $895, DW, AC, coin-op laundry, storage & off street parking W/S/G paid. NO PETS, NO SMOKING Gatewest 728-7333 2 Bed, 1.5 Bath Townhouse, Russell & W. Railroad, $850, D/W, newer appliances, W/D in unit, Covered carport & offstreet parking. S/G paid. Gatewest 7287333

MANAGEMENT SERVICES, INC.

251-4707

2 bed, 1 bath, S 3rd W, $895-905, A/C, DW,W/D hookups, flat top stove, storage & off street parking W/S/G paid. NO PETS, NO SMOKING. Gatewest 7287333

No Initial Application Fee Residential Rentals Professional Office & Retail Leasing Since 1971

www.gatewestrentals.com

210 Grant St. #4. 2 bed/1 bath, close to Milwaukee Trail, W/D hookups, DW $825. Grizzly Property Management 5422060

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

Grizzly Property Management, Inc. Our goal is to spread recognition of NARPM and its members as the ethical leaders in the field of property managment westernmontana.narpm.org

Lolo RV Park. Spaces available to rent.

W/S/G/Electric included. $495/month.

406-273-6034

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

Studio house for , $500. a Month, including utilities 406-830-0515

ROOMMATES Female college student looking for roommate January-May to share Missoula Northside town home: 2 bedroom, 1.5 bath, 2 level unit with washer/dryer. $400/month plus utilities.

Ready to show. Call 732.642.3599 or email srfeuerstein@gmail.com

OUT OF TOWN 108 W. Broadway #2. Studio/1bath, downtown, recently remodeled, W/D, DW, RENT INCENTIVE $950. Grizzly Property Management 542-2060

GardenCity

"Let us tend your den"

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Since 1995, where tenants and landlords call home.

2205 South Avenue West 542-2060• grizzlypm.com

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422 Madison • 549-6106 Finalist

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REAL ESTATE

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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 3625 Kingsbury. Pleasant View 3 bed, 3 bath on corner lot with 2 car garage. $269,900. Shannon Hilliard, Ink Realty Group.

239-8350 shannonhilliard5@gmail.com 450 Speedway- Fantastic corner lot with an adorable sweet little bungalow, with fully fenced yard! Close to University, Hiking Trails, Downtown and More! $165,000. KD 240-5227 PorticoRealEstate.com 6 Elk Ridge. 4 bed, 3 bath in gated Rattlesnake community with shared pool & tennis court. Many new upgrades. $795,000. Shannon Hilliard, Ink Realty Group 239-8350, shannonhilliard5@gmail.com 901 Defoe. Update 3 bed, 1 bath on Northside with basement, wrap around

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REAL ESTATE deck & large yard. $214,900. Shannon Hilliard, Ink Realty Group 239-8350. shannonhilliard5@gmail.com

LAND 13221 Old Freight. Approximately 11 acres in St. Ignatius with Mission Mountain views. $86,900. Shannon Hilliard 239-8350 shannonhilliard5@gmail.com NHN Raymond. Beautiful .43 acre on quiet street in the Rattlesnake.

$229,900.

239-8350 hilliard5@gmail.com

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Real Estate - Northwest Montana – Company owned. Small and large acre parcels. Private.Trees and meadows. National Forest boundaries.Tungstenholdings.com (406) 293-3714

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frontage. Main lodge with 9 guest rooms, restaurant, 6 guest cabins, gift shop, and owner’s cabin. $5,000,000 Shannon Hilliard 239-8350 shannonhilliard5 @gmail.comHomes Out of Town

Shade trees. $45,000. KD 240-5227 PorticoRealEstate.com

415 Central Avenue Hot Springs- Centrally Located on 4 Lots. Great Potential- Multiple Outbuildings-Mature Apple, Pear and Plum Trees as well as

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

406-259-4663

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Holland Lake Lodge. Located on 10.53 acres of USFS land with 1/4 mile of lake

Just A Couple Hours A Day!

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Routes are available in your area! $100 bonus after first six months!

For more information go to Missoulian.com/carrier or call 406-523-0494

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Real Estate With Real Experience

Cheers To The New Year!

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

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5995 Pelkey Dr

$65,000

Located in the popular Katoonah Lodges (a 55+ community), this home features 3 bedrooms, a full guest bath, and a master bath with a shower and a garden tub. There's even a double carport, a garden shed, and central air conditioning. Lot rent is $350/mo.

Call Vickie Amundson at 544-0799 for more information

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