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News

Voices The readers write .............................................................................................................4 Street Talk Fighting the patriarchy for Father’s Day .................................................................4 The Week in Review The news of the day, one day at a time..................................................6 Briefs Milltown memories, putting convicts in homes, and the city buys out a developer ....6 Etc. Matt Rosendale’s Father’s Day alibi .....................................................................................6 News Book Exchange employees quit over handling of harassment complaints....................8 News How did Kathleen Williams do it?.....................................................................................9 Dan Brooks It’s bike season now, suckers. Time to die. .............................................................10 Writers on the Range Pushing back against mining’s fast-track ............................................11 Feature Welcome to Missoula’s new garbage war ...................................................................14

Arts & Entertainment

Arts The allure of skateparks in an internet world......................................................18 Music Kanye’s West ......................................................................................................19 Books Alecia Mountain’s bold truths...........................................................................20 Film Disobedience: Great sex, boring movie ..............................................................21 Movie Shorts Independent takes on current films .....................................................22 BrokeAss Gourmet Herb pesto pizza with asparagus and eggs. Mmmm… summery ......23 Happiest Hour The Meagher Bar’s Summer Breeze. Don’t pour it through your hair......25 8 Days a Week All blurbs and no play make Brad a dull boy ...........................................26 Agenda The 2nd annual World Refugee Day soccer tournament..........................................33 Mountain High Bob Ward’s 101st Birthday Block Party .............................................34

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

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STREET TALK

by Michael Siebert

Father’s Day is Sunday, June 17. Who’s your favorite pop-culture father figure?

What are you doing to dismantle the patriarchy?

Shelby Blum: [Author] John Green — he would make a great dad.

Wordplay: Just kind of viewing everyone as equal. I hope that would be a common thing. Making it an “equal-archy.”

David Schacht: Caitlyn Jenner.

Anthropocene empowerment: I assistant-teach about climate change in Brooklyn. We have climate experts come in every week. We only have women experts of color.

Emi Okitsu: Homer Simpson.

Fair enough: I’m not like an active person.

Overloaded

Wow. Powerful. (“Institutionalization, eugenics, and the legacy of the Boulder River School,” June 7.) I’m a case manager and will be serving individuals with developmental disabilities under these cuts. Case managers will have caseloads as large as 70 people to serve under these cuts. Me and one other case manager will be serving Ravalli County. This story touched and informed me.

Rebecca Loren Merfeld facebook.com/missoulaindependent

Asked Monday afternoon at Liquid Planet Grille.

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I believe there should be absolutely no restriction so long as someone is not a felon or mentally unfit! (“Writers on the Range: Finding common sense among firearm fans,” June 6.) Back in the day, you could buy a castle if you had enough money and put cannons in the windows. Another thing the left seems to forget is that it’s not a matter of arming ourselves so that we can fight the government. It’s the fact that we own firearms that we haven’t had to

Paper patriots

I just read about the attack on the family-run Bitterroot Star (“Libel suit continues to strain the Bitterroot Star, Jan. 11). The Star and its owners have done so much for our communities in getting the real word out. The paper comes out every Wednesday and is free. The owners, Michael and his wife, Victoria, have been active in community affairs for years. These attacks on our media, our CIA, our FBI, and the gradual abuse and destruction of our Constitution are all part of the overall problem we now have in this country.

We have dark money pouring in from out of state pushing out the good and putting in the bad. Our forefathers who wrote the Constitution would be shocked to see how their words are being twisted and abused. It is not right that we, the American people, are put in a position to have to protect ourselves against these narcissistic monsters, who will stop at nothing to take from others but not pay their share.

I guess while we were looking at the beauty of people and countryside, evil moved in. We are going to have to all hold hands and hang on to fight this.

Thank you, Michael and Victoria, for all you have done for our state and, ultimately, our country.

Kate Gervais Corvallis

Friggin’ offensive

Emma Flynn: I like Jess’s dad from New Girl. Helping others: Just doing my best to support my friends who are also dismantling the patriarchy.

Crooked logic

I wanted to tell you how disappointed I was to have you put a foulmouthed woman in your paper (“Street Talk: Your Missoula confessions, true and otherwise,” May 10). She should be on skid row, not the farmers market street. I am sure I am not the only one who doesn’t like that foul talk in my home.

Janise Green Polson

“Congratulations rednecks, you got away with it again.”

fight the government. If the firearms were taken away, can you imagine how much worse the corruption in the government would already have encroached on our lives? We’re already having a hard enough time with crooked Hillary and the crooked FBI and the crooked Department of Justice and the crooked police department, and if we didn’t have the Second Amendment to protect the rest of our liberties, we would have no liberty at all.

Douglas Miller facebook.com/missoulaindependent

See above

There is nothing unreasonable about reasonable gun regulation. We can have regulation and guarantee fundamental rights at the same time.

Christopher Shelley facebook.com/missoulaindependent

The tender bar

As someone who has worked security and observed hundreds of similar interactions, I can tell you sober bartenders are not in the business of picking fights with drunk patrons (“Mo Club bartender pleads self defense, found not guilty,

June 7). If they were, they would not last 10 minutes. I feel sorry for the bartender, who most likely lost a lot of money defending himself in court — although if I were to hear that the Mo Club chipped in to help its employee with legal fees, I would be pretty impressed.

RJ Dieken facebook.com/missoulaindependent

Same old

Of course. There is a long “tradition” of beating up, threatening, even killing those of us in the LBGTQ community here, and no one is ever held responsible for it. Congratulations rednecks, you got away with it again.

Ren Frank facebook.com/missoulaindependent

Team Tester

Sen. Tester deserves a big thank you for rising above the partisan gridlock of Washington and delivering for Montana.

Not only has Jon gotten 15 of his bills signed this Congress alone, but he did so working with both parties and an unconventional president. Jon has proven that he is willing to work with anyone, from any party, if it will help Montana.

You don’t have to take it from me — Jon’s nine bills to help veterans, his bills to improve government transparency and his work to help rural lenders in Montana say everything you need to know about his work ethic!

Now, a wealthy real estate developer from Maryland is trying to unseat Tester. Matt Rosendale is Montana’s insurance commissioner, and has run for five different political offices in Montana over the last eight years. Rosendale has even said in campaign speeches that he doesn’t think his current job as state auditor, or his position on the Montana Land Board, matters.

If Matt Rosendale can’t be trusted to even do the job he currently has before scrambling to get a promotion, how can he be trusted to work for us in Washington? Rosendale has lied about key parts of his biography — such as claiming he’s a rancher, even though he’s never actually owned any cattle — and it seems like everything he does is just to serve himself or position himself better to climb the political ladder.

Jon Tester has more work ethic and dedication to Montana than Matt Rosendale has in his pinky finger. I’ll be voting for Jon this November because he has never stopped fighting for us.

Jim Fleischmann Missoula

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WEEK IN REVIEW Wednesday, June 6 Out to Lunch, the seasonal weekly event where downtowners can get their foodtruck fix, opens for the summer. Outdoor diners can visit Caras Park Wednesdays from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. for their midday fuel.

Thursday, June 7 Missoula Police say a claim that a gang is attacking minorities in the vicinity of the California Street footbridge is unsubstantiated, though violence has occurred in the area. The claim stems from a widely circulated Instagram post.

Friday, June 8 Splash Montana opens for its thirteenth season. The park features three waterslides, a large pool and legions of screaming middle-schoolers.

Saturday, June 9 St. Ignatius school buses and a garage that houses them test positive for methamphetamine contamination. An owner of the bus company was recently arrested on charges of meth possession and intent to distribute.

Paths to prosperity

What easement?

How much is 200 feet of dirt path along the Clark Fork worth?

The City of Missoula may soon spend $326,000 to buy a half-acre lot fronting the river to settle an easement disagreement with a local developer who wants to build condos over a short stretch of undeveloped trail.

The land is one of two parcels located between the Creekside Apartments on East Broadway and Hellgate Park. City documents describe the land deal as an “opportunity to complete a key connection” of riverfront trail that extends east along the Clark Fork’s northern shore.

But the proposal to buy the land comes out of a dispute between the city and the land’s current owner, BTW Inc., owned by Missoula developer Brian Walker, over the validity of a trail easement on the property. The dispute emerged after Walker submitted plans to city staff to construct a seven-unit condo project that would impede the path, according to agenda documents provided to Missoula City Council, which reviewed the proposal on June 13.

The city attorney’s office was unable to estab-

lish that an easement exists, even though the parcel was created by a Missoula County subdivision in the 1970s that included an easement. Rather than go to court, which city staff wrote would be “costly,” the city drafted a settlement agreement to purchase the land.

Extending the trail corridor in question — the paved portion is known as Ron’s River Trail — is listed as the second-highest-priority project in the city’s Long Range Transportation Plan. It’s currently used by residents to access the 3.8-acre Hellgate Park and could eventually become a transportation route between East Missoula and downtown Missoula.

The settlement agreement requires City Council approval. The purchase would be funded initially by a state loan. The loan would be repaid with revenue from the eventual sale of the property, after open-space funds secure the easement.

City staff write that the city has already received interest from private parties and that the Missoula Housing Authority may be interested in placing an affordable-housing project there.

BTW, Inc., acquired deed to the land in December 2016, according to county property records, and paid $3,690 in property taxes last year. The state land appraisal for tax purposes was $142,000.

The city declined to comment for this story because staff hadn’t officially presented the proposal to the City Council by the time this issue went to press. Walker did not return a call for comment.

Derek Brouwer

Prison-to-housing pipeline

Coming home

When convicts are released from a Montana prison, one of the first things on their minds is housing. And while it can be difficult even for people with clean records to find shelter in Missoula, that goes double for residents who’ve spent time behind bars. Unsympathetic landlords and difficulty collecting application materials can quickly spell homelessness.

Missoula County and Human Resource Council District XI have teamed up to launch a pilot program designed to assist ex-convicts in just that predicament. The program was awarded a $153,000 grant from the state Board of Crime Control, which will fund two new positions with the HRC and a rental-assistance subsidy.

Kate Ybarra, project coordinator at the HRC, says a significant number of people who seek hous-

Sunday, June 10 The Missoula Pro XC bike race closes a weekend of all-ages competition. Durango, Colorado native Howard Grotts wins both the cross-country mountain bike and shorttrack races.

Monday, June 11 The body of Robert Kalanick, 26, is discovered close to the train tracks near Orange Street and Van Buren. Kalanick was hit by a train. Police say it’s unclear if his death was accidental.

Tuesday, June 12 The Blackfeet Nation secures a $471 million settlement after decades-long negotiations with the Interior Department over water rights. Tribal representatives say the money will assist with irrigation upgrades and land acquisition.

... spend any length of time traveling around Montana, and you will understand what all that “purple mountain majesties” is all about. You’ll soon be wrapping yourself in the flag and yelling, “America, fuck yeah!” with an absolute and non-ironic sincerity that will take you by surprise.”

—Anthony Bourdain’s “Field Notes” from the Montana episode of Parts Unknown filmed in 2016. Bourdain died by suicide on June 8.

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[news] ing in Missoula, particularly young people, are coming out of homelessness or have some sort of criminal history. Many former inmates are released into homelessness in Missoula County.

These factors create a need not only for housing, but for resources like financial and nutritional assistance.

The Supportive Housing Pilot program was created to take advantage of resources allocated by a bill passed during the 2017 state legislative session.

Senate Bill 65 created the grant program that awarded the funds to Missoula County and earmarked $400,000 for projects around the state. Proposals were due in January, and Missoula County secured the grant in March.

The program will be administered by the Human Resource Council, which will hire a reentry case manager and a housing services coordinator. The case manager will work with probation and parole officers to help connect former offenders with “wraparound services” like job training and behavioral health support, says Missoula County grants administrator Erin Kautz. The latter position will largely work with property managers and landlords to ease their concerns about renting to ex-convicts, as well as create and manage a risk-mitigation fund for property owners concerned about potential damages from prospective tenants.

“The main thing we’re trying to prevent is homelessness,” Kautz says. “Basically, we’re just looking for ways to stabilize people.”

The two new positions will each pay $15 per hour plus benefits, with the grant’s remaining $37,500 going toward rental assistance subsidies for 15 qualifying individuals. All beneficiaries of the program will be referred by parole and probation officers, and walk-in applicants won’t be accepted. It’s not yet clear if the funding is renewable beyond the program’s first year.

Michael Siebert

Milltown State Park

Banks for the memories

The confluence of the Clark Fork and Blackfoot rivers, six miles east of Missoula, has been many

things to many people — a dam, a Superfund site, a reservoir, an ice rink, a fishkill, a fishing pond and now, after decades of cleanup and construction, Montana’s newest state park.

To preserve an oral history of these ebbing and flowing identities, the Bonner Milltown History Center and the Historical Museum at Fort Missoula have partnered to create the Milltown Memories Project, which will host a booth at the opening of the new 500-acre Milltown State Park on June 23.

Judy Matson, codirector of the History Center, recalls one recent memory: “We floated through the confluence on a fall evening in 2014. We put in at Weigh Station. The river was lazy and we had to maneuver around some sinker logs that lined the banks.

When we passed the last I-90 bridge and the rivers joined, it was amazing to realize that the project that we had been working on for 12 years was actually a reality. Strangely, we couldn’t quite remember where the dam had been as we floated by the bluff.”

The dam was built in 1908 by Butte copper king William Clark to power the nearby timber mills that kept his mine shafts buttressed, and when those mining areas flooded that same year, toxic sediment washed downriver from Silver Bow Creek and settled on the reservoir bed behind the dam. Drinking water tests discovered heavy metal contamination in the 1980s, and the Milltown Reservoir was declared part of the Clark Fork River Superfund Complex, which stretches all the way upstream to the Berkeley Pit. Not all the memories are as toxic as the soils, and in his recorded recollection for the memory project, Jimmie Willis remembers Milltown as a

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good place to be a kid in the 1930s and ’40s, at least after you plowed the snow off the frozen reservoir.

“And then the river had different channels and the Hellgate River, I always call it the Hellgate, had air holes, remember those? And you’d hit them with the back of your skate and set a match and whoosh, flames’d shoot up. Yeah, the gas was in there,” Willis said.

In 2008 the Clark Fork was rerouted to drain the reservoir, and excavators clawed apart the dam and spent years scraping the soils, which were hauled upriver to the Opportunity waste repository. Then came landscaping, native plant reintroduction and trail building on the confluence’s four banks.

Since it’s bisected by rivers, the park, which is divided into six noncontiguous units, can be a little confusing to navigate. The grand opening will be held on the north bank of the Clark Fork just downriver of the confluence. There’s also a lookout point and trails in the hills on the south side of the Clark Fork, as well as trails along the north banks of both rivers.

For those looking to record their own brief anecdotes about Milltown, Matson says to look for the white tent at 7501 Juniper Drive.

Hunter Pauli

ETC. Happy Father’s Day to all the dads out there, but especially to #1 Montana dad candidate Matthew Rosendale.

Rosendale, also the state GOP’s newly minted challenger to Sen. Jon Tester, pulled out of a debate against his fellow flat-topper that was scheduled by the Montana Broadcasters Association for June 17 in Whitefish. “This debate was scheduled and organized without any input or agreement to attend from our campaign — and it was scheduled on Father’s Day,” Rosendale comms director Shane Scanlon told the Billings Gazette. “We didn’t agree to attend since Matt is spending the day with his wife and sons, and he’s not moving that around nor should he.”

If the name Scanlon rings any bells, that’s because he’s the former Gianforte campaign flack who dutifully blamed the bell-ringing of Guardian reporter Ben Jacobs on the reporter. Scanlon’s now-infamous post-body slam, pre-election night statement accused Jacobs of initiating the scuffle by grabbing Gianforte’s wrist — a claim the Montana’s lone U.S. Congressman admitted was untrue after he’d won the special election.

Scanlon’s Father’s Day alibi for Rosendale is holding up just as well. NBC Montana — A Sinclair-owned station — reported that Rosendale had personally confirmed his debate participation to the company the week before. They even quoted him as saying, “You’ll see me in Whitefish,” before adding that he hoped Tester wouldn’t be able to “control this thing and keep other parties from participating.”

After bailing on the debate, Rosendale promptly headed to Washington, D.C., to spend time with his … donors. The campaign tweeted photos of the candidate palling with Vice President Mike Pence and Sen. Steve Daines, and the Associated Press reported that lobbying firm the Keelen Group would host a fundraiser for him on Thursday, June 14. That should give Rosendale just enough time to fly home to Glendive to spend Father’s Day with his wife and three sons.

He should be lauded for his commitment to family values at least as much as for his commitment to donors. If voters can agree on anything, it’s that no man should have to sacrifice fundraising dollars to hone his talking points, and no politician should be forced to work on Father’s Day. Thanks, Matt, for standing up for male politicians everywhere. Enjoy your day off.

Vickie Beebe

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Discomfort zone Book Exchange employees quit in numbers

by Susan Elizabeth Shepard

Five more employees gave notice Eight Book Exchange employees have store employees that raising that issue is quit in the last two weeks in reaction to why Torrez, who had worked at the store soon after, including Abbey Nelson, who says she quit when Rami Haddad asked what those employees say is inappropriate since 2002, was fired in that meeting.

His departure shook the staff, and if she would be interested in a managehandling of sexual-harassment complaints regarding one of the store’s owners. Three then, on May 21, Rebecca Haddad wrote ment position. “I just asked what they women who have worked at the store, in- a note in the store’s logbook regarding were going to do about the sexual-hacluding one who just quit, told the Inde- employees’ clothing, instructing them rassment business, and they said, ‘What do you mean? We’re not going to do pendent that they were closely followed or to dress more modestly: anything.’” Nelson says Rami defended inappropriately touched by Nabil Haddad, Re: Appropriate Business Attire. Please his father by saying that no allegations the husband of the store’s owner and keep in mind that you represent this store. of harassment had ever arisen during manager, Rebecca Haddad.

Miranda Keenan and Melanie In recent years clothing has become more Nabil’s time at the University of MonSourbeer told the Independent about in- & more revealing. While this may be the tana, where he was a professor of psycidents in 2014 and 2016, respectively, “fashion,” let’s face it, most [of] the popu- chology from 1976 to 2013 and served when they say Haddad grabbed or lation is neither supermodel slender nor as department chair for 14 years.

Tucker went public with her slapped their buttocks. Both experience by posting a photowomen reported the incidents to graph of Rebecca Haddad’s clotha manager, and afterwards, they ing note on her Facebook wall on say, Nabil Haddad behaved differJune 5, the day after her last Book ently around them in a way they Exchange shift. At press time the interpreted as punishment for post had 181 shares. having reported the incidents.

Two days later, on June 7, Rami In March, store manager Kyle Haddad and his brother Ian, who McAfee watched Nabil follow a operates the Liquid Planet outlet inyoung female customer around side the Book Exchange, met with the store for an extended period photo by Amy Donovan an attorney, Rami Haddad told the of time with his phone in his hand. A few days later, former em- From front to back: Former Book Exchange em- Independent. On Friday, June 8, the ployee Sunshine Tucker says, ployees Sunshine Tucker, Miranda Keenan and Haddad brothers responded to an Nabil closely followed her around Melanie Sourbeer say the store’s owners failed email from the Independent by sayto address employee complaints about working that an independent investigathe store for an hour, and she sus- place harassment. tion had been initiated “to pected that he took photos of her from behind after she heard his phone able to carry off these “fashions” attractively. determine the specific nature of the allemake a noise. Tucker says she was fright- … Skin tight leggings, lycra, and other tight- gations.” The statement says the brothers ened, and she shut herself in the store fitting attire invite stares, so if customers and found their mother’s dress code note inrestroom to escape. Another store em- others are staring (this includes me) we appropriate and apologized for it. “We have also recently become aware of allegaployee corroborates Tucker’s account, ARE, but NOT in admiration! tions of behavior that could be inappropriand Tucker provided the Indy with text messages she sent to friends while she Tucker understood the note to be Re- ate or that may have made others feel was hiding in the bathroom. becca Haddad’s response to the allega- uncomfortable. We, as owners, were not Tucker told longtime Book Ex- tions against her husband, and to blame made aware of these allegations until rechange employee and manager Stephen employee dress for any inappropriate ac- cently. As of today, we are hearing of new Torrez, who is described by other em- tion on Nabil’s part. Tucker submitted her allegations posted online which we were ployees as popular and trusted, about resignation the next day and told Rami also previously unaware of,” they wrote. the incident.

Haddad, Rebecca and Nabil’s son, the “Because the allegations are against a famIn early May, during what Torrez said store’s de facto HR person, that if she had- ily member, we recognize the potential he expected to be a tense meeting with n’t already been planning to quit pending perception that we have a bias. Accordthe Haddads about disagreements over her imminent move from Missoula, she ingly, we are having a non-family member store schedules and the computerized in- would have quit after seeing the note. who is a legal professional run an indeventory system, Torrez raised concerns Rami hadn’t seen the note when Tucker pendent investigation.” about how sexual-harassment complaints mentioned it, she said, but after reading were handled. It is widely believed among it, he removed it from the log. sshepard@missoulanews.com

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Primary surprise How did Kathleen Williams pull off the win?

by Alex Sakariassen

Perhaps most tellingly, Williams Something unexpected happened aggressive populist,” Saldin says, while shortly before 8:30 p.m. on June 5. Kier, “to the extent there’s a playbook out took a big chunk of the vote in Missoula Billings attorney John Heenan, a pre- there for how a Democrat is successful in County, not only limiting Kier’s homesumed frontrunner in the five-way Dem- the state of Montana,” followed it. field lead to fewer than 500 votes, but ocratic U.S. House primary, lost his Williams, meanwhile, ran on style and besting him in 19 of the county’s 52 comfortable lead. But the candidate substance, exhibiting a soft touch, but not precincts. The Clinton, Petty Creek and who surged ahead of him wasn’t his so soft as to be easily dismissed. The ap- Potomac areas all swung heavily for Williams, as did portions of Frenchtown fiercest rival from the previous five peal turned out to be broad.

“Williams wasn’t winning every- and central Missoula. Missoulians’ familmonths. No, Missoula’s Grant Kier was trailing by roughly 800 votes. It was where, but if she wasn’t winning, she iarity with Williams was no accident.

Kathleen Williams, a three-term state was typically coming in a strong second Markhoff says the city was critical to the lawmaker from Bozeman, who’d pulled place, and she didn’t have any of the big campaign’s strategy from day one. into the lead.

As Kier fell further behind, Heenan and Williams settled into a tight race over a long night. The Associated Press called the race for Williams just before 4 a.m. By morning, Flathead contender Jared Pettinato was calling to congratulate Williams on her surprise victory.

Heenan tweeted his supporters to rally behind graphic by Eric Dietrich her, including a link to Williams’ online fundrais- Missoula U.S. House candidate Grant Kier won his home county by fewer than 500 votes. ing page.

How did she do it? While there was important counties where she fell flat,” Williams attended a Missoula Moms Deno public polling during the primary to Saldin says. “Heenan and Kier both did.” mand Action vigil the weekend before Williams won a swath of rural coun- the election. indicate which way voters might lean, In addition to health care and gun Heenan and Kier outraised Williams three ties across eastern, central and northtimes over — $968,000 and $772,000, re- western Montana with numbers large control, one of Williams’ central camspectively, to Williams’ $286,000 — and and small — Lincoln with 402 votes, paign themes was to carry on the tradispent far more, too. Heenan even Chouteau with 172, Wibaux with 8 tion set by Jeannette Rankin, the stumped at screenings of the documen- — and locked down her home county of nation’s first female member of Contary Dark Money at Sundance and the Big Gallatin with 54.44 percent of the vote. gress and Montana’s only female conSky Documentary Film Festival this She kept Heenan in check in the Great gressional representative to date. Saldin spring. The film featured Heenan in his Falls area as well, tying his 3,444 votes suspects that narrative had particular role on the legal team that prosecuted for- in Cascade County. That was one of the resonance among Democrats, regardless areas that Williams’ campaign watched of gender, following Hillary Clinton’s mer state lawmaker Art Wittich. defeat in the 2016 presidential election.

Rob Saldin has a few theories on particularly closely on election night.

“For Democrats, that’s a lingering “We put a fair amount of our televiwhat he calls Williams’ “remarkable achievement.” A political science profes- sion budget into the Great Falls media source of both frustration and disapsor at the University of Montana and co- market,” says Andrew Markhoff, pointment, tinged with the sense that host of Montana Public Radio’s weekly Williams’ campaign manager, “so we there was something unfair about it, “Campaign Beat” program, Saldin be- had hopes that that was going to pay off given that she did win the popular lieves Williams staked out an effective ide- in Cascade County and thought that vote,” Saldin says. ological turf between Heenan and Kier. would be a good test case of how well Heenan came across as the “Sanders-style our message was resonating.” asakariassen@missoulanews.com

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Death ride No more Mister Nice Bike

by Dan Brooks

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It’s bicycle season in Missoula, and that means one thing: time to ride off the sidewalk and into the street without looking, blow some stop signs and dart across as many lanes of traffic as I can before hopping the curb again to slam into a knot of tourists. If no tourists are available, I will settle for a dumpster. I just want to crash into something. For you see, I am a cyclist, and I have no regard for safety — even my own.

It’s not that I am ignorant. I know the rules of driving in Missoula: Maintain an 18-inch following distance.

When the light turns red, only drivers who saw it change can legally continue through the intersection. At an uncontrolled intersection, the driver who is from here has the right of way. These laws are familiar to me, but I choose to break them, because as the only person in traffic not encased in a two-ton steel box, I simply do not care what happens.

That’s an exaggeration, of course. I do care about some things. It is my sincere desire, for example, to cause as many accidents as possible. When I pull my bike out of storage, release any air that has become trapped in the tires and water the geraniums growing in my helmet, it’s with one goal in mind: to ride as recklessly as I can, ideally to the point of extinguishing all life on earth.

Lately we’ve been making progress on that front. By “we,” I mean the cabal of wealthy cyclists who run this city. Our big project this summer is construction — ubiquitous, lane-closing construction that never ends but is somehow also never announced.

I don’t want to “toot my own horn” — bicycle slang for silently riding into a pedestrian from behind — but I came up with an innovation this year that is going to change the way we think about construction. Ready? If you’re building a house or knocking down a landmark building and replacing it with a Marriott or whatever, and you’re not doing anything to the actual road surface, block off the street anyway. Just store pipes there or something. You’ll find that this

one weird trick can turn any development into road work.

No need to thank me — knowing that I have contributed to the larger project of cycling is thanks enough. That project, of course, is to shut down automobile traffic in Missoula completely.

With lane closures on Front Street, Main, Pattee, Van Buren and pretty much every

“When I pull my bike out of storage, release any air that has become trapped in the tires and water the geraniums growing in my helmet, it’s with one goal in mind: to ride as recklessly as I can, ideally to the point of extinguishing all life on earth.” block of Orange between Sixth Street and the interstate, we’re basically there already. We had to spend millions of dollars and pull a lot of strings, but that’s fine. If there’s one thing that can be said of people who ride bicycles, it’s that we’re all rich and politically influential.

We’ve leveraged our resources to start construction projects on every major artery between Russell Street and Hellgate Canyon. We’ve even blocked the bike trail. What can I say? We’re ni-

hilists. Soon Missoula will be a car trap with one way in and no way out, and Phase One of our plan will be complete.

The original Phase One was to secretly disable the turn signals on every automobile in town. That proved unnecessary. Our new Phase One is to make it impossible to travel through Missoula by car, forcing everyone to ride bicycles. That will pave the way — i.e., tear up the way, regrade it and cover it with chip seal that will need to be torn up again next spring — for Phase Two, which is to force everyone to ride bicycles directly into one another and die.

Think of the beautiful sounds! At first nothing — no motors, no stereos blasting, only the gentle squeaking of un-lubricated gears. Then, as the bicycles converge, the satisfying slap of rider against rider, like hitting a side of beef with a ham.

Everyone will smash together. People from all walks of life will collide. The goateed fiftysomething who once drove his Super Duty to Wing Street will pedal directly into the farmers market mom who, bereft of her Outback, must cram Braeden and Caydence into the basket of her fixie before they all die.

That last part is really important — the part where they die. As a lifelong cyclist, I love to watch new riders writhe in agony, thrashing against the ground in a vain attempt to beat sensation back into their broken limbs. Sure, it’s senseless. It’s a sick perspective that denies all values except pain and discourtesy, but that’s what riding a bicycle is all about. Soon you will join me in our wild ménage with death, especially now that the warm weather is finally here.

You might say I’m a maniac, but that’s what they said about every historical visionary/maniac. The question is not whether I value human life or even its dignified end. I don’t. The only question is, which one of you drives a truck rugged enough to stop me?

Dan Brooks is on Twitter at @DangerBrooks.

[opinion]

Bad actors Pushing back against mining’s fast track

by Brian Moench

Utah is world-famous for the breathtakingly beautiful landscapes of its national parks — places like Arches, Zion and Canyonlands. But our unique vistas aren’t the only things that can take your breath away: Air pollution is a major Utah problem.

During the winter inversion season, Salt Lake City can suffer the worst air quality of all of our nation’s major cities; when the air pollution is that serious, it’s comparable to active first-hand smoking.

The nearby Kennecott copper mine is a big reason why, as it’s far and away Utah’s largest source of toxic pollution.

For several years, Kennecott, a subsidiary of the multinational mining giant Rio Tinto, has hurt the health of Utah’s families. It has done so by violating the mine’s federal production limits, which were put in place in 1994 to curb particulate matter pollution and protect public health. The mine has also severely contaminated nearby groundwater and the Great Salt Lake, to the point where water treatment will be required indefinitely.

For years, groups like Utah Physicians for a Healthy Environment have pushed for better oversight of mining operations.

Now this group is worried about the industry’s plans to make mining in the state even easier. Federal officials are considering a proposal to add mining to the list of sectors covered by federal legislation that grants funds and speeds up infrastructure projects. The law is called Fixing America’s Surface Transportation, a.k.a. FAST41, passed in 2015.

How can mines qualify — the way roads and bridges do — as community “infrastructure?” Mines produce vast quantities of waste, much of it hazardous waste that must be managed forever. Even with modern technology, water pollution, enormous waste-rock piles, heavy-metal-laden dust and toxic spills are the norm.

Worse, the decision on whether to allow mining projects to be fast-tracked is being made behind closed doors, without any involvement from the citi-

zens who will be most affected by it. But you can bet those closed doors have been open to mining lobbyists.

Some might say that we should trust the mining industry to do the right thing, but Utahans need to bear in mind that the chairman of the National Mining Association board, Phillips S. Baker Jr., was recently branded a “bad actor” by the state of Montana for his former company’s failure to clean up old mine

When special interests seek special favors from government, they often disguise it with euphemisms, calling it ‘reform.’

But to the mining industry, ‘reform’ simply means elbowing the public out of the way.” messes. And Montana is hardly a hotbed of environmental extremism.

When special interests seek special favors from government, they often disguise it with euphemisms, calling it “reform.” But to the mining industry, “reform” simply means elbowing the public out of the way. We need more, not less, oversight to reduce the damage and public costs imposed by mining.

Americans are still saddled with the General Mining Law, passed in 1872, which still governs today’s mining industry. The

law — a relic from the days of Manifest Destiny — leaves communities exposed to harmful pollution in perpetuity and makes taxpayers liable for cleanup costs. Bringing this outdated law into the 21st century should be a top priority. Proposals offered

by New Mexico Democratic Sen. Tom Udall and Arizona Democratic Rep. Raúl Grijalva are a step in the right direction.

Every year, in a Toxic Release Inventory, states and counties are ranked for their overall environmental contamination by the Environmental Protection Agency. Invariably, the winners of those dubious honors are home to places like Kennecott that host large mining operations. In fact, it is because of Kennecott that Utah always ranks in the top three most toxic states. Heavy metals found in mine waste are linked to a long list of serious, chronic disorders, like brain damage, heart disease, cancer and premature death. The medical research is definitive in saying that there is no safe level of exposure to air pollution: All of it causes harm, even at levels far below the EPA’s standards. There is no safe level of exposure to the heavy metals in mining dust.

In addition, most heavy metals do not degrade and cannot be destroyed.

The longer a mining operation continues, the more these toxic substances accumulate in our air, water and soil — and our exposure steadily increases.

Therefore, it requires the utmost care to ensure that risks are minimized and that the public is fully involved in how decisions on permits are reached.

I trust that the Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council — the body composed of representatives from the numerous federal agencies that will rule on this proposal — will perform due diligence. Public health must not be sacrificed for the benefit of the mining industry.

Brian Moench is a contributor to Writers on the Range, the opinion service of High Country News (hcn.org ). He is a medical doctor and board president of Utah Physicians for a Healthy Environment.

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IT’S A DEAD LANGUAGE – In Charleston, South Carolina, Cara Koscinski and her whole family were looking forward to her son Jacob’s May 19 graduation party. The Post and Courier reported he had excelled in his Christian-based homeschool program, earning a 4.79 GPA and the summa cum laude distinction, an honor Koscinski included in the wording on the cake she ordered online from her local Publix store. When the software informed her “profane/special characters (are) not allowed,” Koscinski made clear that phrase was Latin, meaning “with the highest distinction,” and even included a link to a website explaining it. Still, when the cake arrived, it read: “Congratulations Jacob! Summa --- laude Class of 2018.” Jacob was embarrassed, and Koscinski had to tell her 70-year-old mother why the store had censored the word. Publix offered to remake the cake, but as Koscinski noted, “You only graduate once.”

IRONIES – Police officers in North Ridgeville, Ohio, were sure the man who called them at 5:26 a.m. on May 19 to report being followed by a pig was impaired and hallucinating. But sure enough, the Associated Press reported, officers on the scene found a completely sober man, walking home from the Elyria Amtrak station with a pig trailing behind him. The department’s Facebook page reported that Patrolman Kuduzovic wrangled the oinker into the back seat of his cruiser and later secured it in the station’s dog kennels, where the owner later retrieved it. “Also,” the post noted, “we will mention the irony of the pig in a police car now so that anyone that thinks they’re funny is actually unoriginal and trying too hard.” Touché.

OOPS! – Lyons, New York, resident Jesse Graham, 53, must have been surprised when deputies of the Wayne County Sheriff’s Department appeared at his door on May 11. WHEC TV reported that Graham, a fugitive wanted by the Mooresville (North Carolina) Police Department, had apparently accidentally dialed 911, summoning the deputies himself. Graham was charged with being a fugitive from justice and possession of marijuana, and he awaits extradition to North Carolina.

In Lawrence, Kansas, architecture students designed a new bike rack for the Prairie Acre Ribbon Classroom, the first outdoor classroom at the University of Kansas. The metal rack features the letters P-A-R-C, but viewed from another vantage point, they spell C-R-A-P. Social media lit up after a photo was posted May 13, including, “It’ll make a fine bike rack. Crap a diem!” Project PARC KU responded: “The photograph shown is not the intended vantage point, nor is it the message of our project,” but at press time, the university had not announced any action, according to the Wichita Eagle-Beacon.

ANGER MANAGEMENT – Frustration with the cable company boiled over in Ridgewood, New Jersey, on May 7, when a dispute between an Optimum employee and a woman left the cable worker stranded on high. While the employee was in an elevated bucket working on lines, northjersey.com reported, a 59-year-old woman turned off the truck and “took utility property” before walking away, making it impossible for the worker to lower the bucket. Ridgeview police charged the woman with harassment, false imprisonment, disorderly conduct and criminal trespassing.

Dymund Ellis, 19, was charged with stabbing and killing her roommate, Jace Trevon Ernst, 25, in North Las Vegas, Nevada, after a May 4 argument. According to North Las Vegas Police, Ellis became upset after Ernst repeatedly talked while she tried to watch a TV show, telling him to “shut up.” When he responded with an expletive, she went to the kitchen for a knife, reported Fox News. Police said Ellis had threatened Ernst with a knife about 10 times in the last couple of months, but he had been able to get the knife away from her. Ellis told an officer that “she has anger problems and she just got extremely upset tonight.”

LEAST COMPETENT CRIMINALS – Comrades in arms Mike Mulligan, Michael Martin and Emma St. Claire made the mistake of leaving their burglary booty visible in their car in Nevada City, California. So on May 16, when they were stopped by a Grass Valley Police officer, the prosthetic arm officers spotted pointed the finger at them as the perpetrators of a Nevada County home burglary the previous week. On its Facebook page, the Nevada County Sheriff’s Office described the limb as “the exact arm that was stolen in the burglary.” All three were booked into the Wayne Brown Correctional Facility in Nevada City, Fox News reported, and the arm has been returned to a “very appreciative owner.”

Deputy Henry Guzman with the Broward County Sheriff’s Office in Florida made his first mistake when he shoplifted — three days in a row — from a Lauderdale Lakes Walmart. His second, and perhaps more devastating, mistake was wearing his uniform while doing so. Guzman, a 13-year veteran of the department, stole DVDs and “Star Wars” action figures valued at about $200, WSVN reported.

He was arrested on May 21 and charged with three misdemeanor counts of petty theft.

WHAT A CROCK! – As it negotiated a roundabout in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland, a dump truck filled with manure lost its balance on May 21 and tipped over, spilling its load onto a Peugot 208 with the driver inside. A witness said he “couldn’t believe anyone got out alive,” but the male driver was able to crawl through the pile of excrement and was unhurt, if stinky, Metro News reported. The car, however, “was crushed,” according to a Police Scotland spokesman.

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t reads almost like City of Missoula v. Mountain Water: A corporate goliath with an iron grip on an essential Missoula service. Annual profits that could plug the University of Montana’s budget shortfall and still leave millions for shareholders. Former U.S. attorney Bill Mercer, who represented the Carlyle Group, defending the corporate monopoly, circling witnesses like a shark. And a sympathetic underdog who is undeterred and eager to fight.

But the fight playing out now in Missoula isn’t over a precious, life-giving resource. It’s over trash — the roughly 180,000 tons of it the city and county dump into the local landfill every year.

Republic Services, a publicly traded company that operates in 40 states, handles the largest portion of Montanans’ trash. The company’s slogan, “We’ll handle it from here,” takes on particular meaning in Missoula County, where Republic owns every stage of the disposal process, from collecting garbage in the alley to storing it at the company’s regional landfill on the Northside. In no other urban area of Montana does a company enjoy this sort of monopoly, a circumstance born from state law, industry trends and city-county history. Your trash cannot legally escape Republic’s hands, and your government has no say over how much Republic charges you to handle it.

Missoulians will win if the state lets him compete (and forces Republic to start competing) for our business.

If he succeeds, Johnson’s “unprecedented” campaign — that’s Republic’s word for it — could upend the garbage industry in Missoula and statewide. The choice probably sounds simple. What could competition bring to Missoula besides better, cheaper service?

Republic says it might just turn the whole system into a dumpster fire.

‘Doesn’t smell right’

Johnson says he knew very little about the garbage industry when he decided to start hauling trash in 2006. Then

The five-member Public Service Commission acts as the gatekeeper for garbage haulers in any Montana market, a function intended to keep streets safe and lend stability to an industry that requires operators to make big investments in equipment. About 45 active private Montana carriers have received “certificates of public convenience and necessity” issued by the PSC to haul trash in various parts of the state, according to PSC data. Hauling companies reported about $122 million in revenue in 2016, the Indy’s tally of annual reports filed with the PSC found, of which $44.6 million was attributable to Republic Services’ collection operations. Another $12.6 million landed in Republic’s cof-

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photo courtesy L&L Site Services

Lance Johnson started his Belgrade-based construction-debris collection company, L&L Site Services, in 2007. After winning the right to haul residential and commercial trash in Gallatin County in 2016, he wants to expand into Missoula County.

Waste management, like clean water, seems destined to become one of the defining global environmental crises of the young century, yet industrialized systems have a way of putting our garbage out of sight and mind.

Unlike drinking water, where publicly owned utilities serve nearly 90 percent of people with piped water, waste management in the United States is a booming $70 billion industry. Municipally managed trash collection and disposal operations accounted for only 20 percent of industry revenue in 2016, according to figures published by the Waste Business Journal.

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Parallels between Missoula’s new garbage war and the protracted Mountain Water fight go only so far. For one thing, the city of Missoula wants nothing to do with it. And the David taking on Republic’s Goliath doesn’t have nearly the resources the city brought to bear in wresting control of the water system from corporate control. He’s a slight Bozeman man, a Navy engineman turned garbageman named Lance Johnson.

Where the water war was won with an argument for public stewardship of public resources, Johnson isn’t trying to return trash cans to the people. He just wants some of them for himself, and he thinks

in his late 20s, Johnson had just graduated with a mechanical engineering degree from Montana State University, which he paid for by joining the Navy.

While working as a mechanic at Montana Kubota in Bozeman, Johnson heard contractors complain about the difficulty of getting debris hauled away from work sites.

He and a co-worker saw a business opportunity. They created L&L Site Services to offer same-day hauling of the construction debris being generated by Gallatin Valley’s pre-recession building boom.

They had no idea they’d need permission from the state to start driving their trucks, Johnson says.

fers from other sources, primarily its Missoula landfill. (The state’s next-largest waste management company, Montana Waste Systems in Great Falls, reported $7.4 million in combined revenue.)

L&L obtained a limited certificate in 2007 to haul construction waste in Gallatin County and around Big Sky, but Johnson soon began eyeing residential and commercial collection as a larger, more stable business. To make inroads in those sectors, Johnson would have to go back to the PSC to prove that 1) his company was fit to do the work, 2) there was a need for services that existing carriers couldn’t or wouldn’t meet, and 3) his busi-

ness wouldn’t hurt existing carriers in a manner “contrary to the public interest.”

Others had succeeded before. In a key case in the 1990s, the PSC allowed a new hauler into the Bozeman market after hearing testimony from 40 witnesses who outlined then-extant hauler Three Rivers Disposal’s pattern of unreliable service and poor customer service, including instances in which Three Rivers told complainants that if they were unhappy with their service, they were free to haul their garbage to the landfill themselves.

Johnson couldn’t muster testimony showing that the current haulers — the city of Bozeman and Republic Services — weren’t up to snuff, and in 2011 his ap-

customers, thanks, he says, to L&L’s small-business style and emphasis on customer service.

“Even though they’re lowballing me, my honest, good rate — the more [customers] hear about it, the more they support me,” Johnson says. “It’s the service level [Republic] can’t compete with.”

Perhaps his biggest coup was the contract for Belgrade School District. In 2016, L&L put in a bid similar to what Republic had been charging the district, but Republic undercut the bid by half. District officials, suspicious that Republic was trying to “buy” the contract, chose L&L despite the higher price, saying Republic’s bid “just doesn’t smell right,” the Belgrade News reported.

porate company that’s running it maybe for the wrong reasons,” Johnson says. “It’s for the money. … [Republic has] to answer to stockholders. [They] have to prove to them that [Republic is] making money.

If it’s driven by money, customers aren’t taken care of the way they should be.”

‘Garbage wars’

Missoula’s garbagemen shouted at city commissioners as the commissioners prepared to vote. “You want to kick us out into the street,” one said, as quoted in the Daily Missoulian in 1957. “We are being dealt a very bad injustice,” another yelled.

The commissioners didn’t care. They wanted “all the people in Missoula to be

requiring that residential garbage be removed by a licensed hauler, Missoulian articles from the time indicate. Small licensed haulers divvied up the city into districts so no one would be subject to the “competition and chance” that could threaten their success. In 1957, with the city seemingly “led around by the nose of eight or ten garbagemen” (as one resident had warned), the city commission decided to issue an exclusive citywide contract by bid and selected a bidder who wasn’t part of the MGHA. The problem was that the winning bidder didn’t yet have a state permit from the Public Service Commission (then the Montana Railroad Commission), which subsequently sided with the MGHA

A Bozeman businessman is trying to bust Republic Services’ Missoula trash monopoly. It might get messy.

by Derek Brouwer

photo by Amy Donovan

Republic Services, a publicly traded company with operations in 40 states, is the largest garbage company in Montana. The company has a monopoly over garbage collection and disposal in Missoula County.

plication was rejected. He returned to the PSC again in 2015, this time armed with testimony from a disgruntled Republic Services driver who told commissioners that his own company was providing substandard service and unsafe working conditions. L&L got its certificate.

Republic, Johnson says, did what it could to ensure its newfound competition got a chilly reception. The company approached large customers with discounts and contract offers in what Johnson considered an attempt to lock up the market before L&L’s trucks hit the road.

His business grew anyway, to 4,000-plus

Emboldened, Johnson is looking across the Continental Divide to Missoula, where the opportunity to expand seems even greater — if he can convince the state to crack Republic’s monopoly. In Gallatin County, Republic already faced competition from the county-run service and hauled its trash to a county-owned dump, for which Republic pays tipping fees. None of those “checks and balances,” as Johnson calls them, exist in Missoula County. Even if he wins the right to haul trash here, he’d have no choice but to take it to Republic’s dump and pay Republic for the privilege.

“What I’ve seen over here, I see over there, too,” Johnson says. “It’s one big cor-

served,” and if that meant angering the handful of garbage haulers who’d formed a virtual monopoly in the city, so be it.

“We want to find out once and for all if we are getting our money’s worth,” said then-mayor James A. Hart.

You have to go back decades to find a time when Missoula’s garbage service wasn’t a monopoly. Ironically, Mayor Hart’s stand against the so-called Missoula Garbage Haulers Association would end up setting the stage for the power Republic enjoys here today.

Citing trash in the streets and the intent to start a city-owned landfill, the city commission in 1953 passed an ordinance

haulers, ruling that “carriers who are providing the public with satisfactory and adequate service should be protected against undesirable or unnecessary competition.” Commissioners refused to issue a new permit, allowing Missoula’s garbagemen to consolidate their power into a new conglomerate called City Disposal. City Disposal opened its own private dump, and the city dump closed.

The city’s garbagemen were still prone to drama and infighting, but industry economics had a way of bringing them back together. “Two Survivors Remain After Missoula’s ‘Garbage Wars’” read a 1972 headline in the Missoulian. That

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“Your trash cannot legally escape Republic’s hands, and your government has no say over how much Republic charges you to handle it.” story was accompanied by a cartoon depiction of an anthropomorphized garbage truck with its jaws spread wide.

A few years later, City Disposal gobbled up the last straggling competitor, and then it was gobbled up in 1979 by a national corporation, Browning-Ferris Industries, according to Max Bauer, Jr., City Disposal’s former general manager. BFI was later acquired by Allied Waste, and Allied was acquired by Republic in 2008 for $6.24 billion.

As if to underscore the lineage, Bauer, whose family started two of Missoula’s early hauling operations and opened the landfill, retired as Republic’s Montana general manager several years ago.

As time went on, however, Montana

lawmakers grew uncomfortable with the law that protected entrenched garbage-industry interests statewide.

Unlike other utility rates — say, water or electricity — garbage-collection rates are not set or monitored by the state. In 1983, research presented to lawmakers showed that Montana was the only state to act as a garbage-biz gatekeeper without also regulating rates. Rather than seize more oversight, legislators decided to make it easier for upstart haulers to enter the market by allowing the PSC to consider the benefits of competition as a factor in reviewing garbage-hauling applications.

That’s how, 33 years later, Johnson was able to challenge Republic in Gallatin

County. At the hearing for his application, PSC commissioners heard testimony from an Oregon garbage-industry representative who testified that the typical profit margin for a disposal company in her state is 8 to 12 percent. Republic Services earned a 41 percent profit margin in Montana in 2014 (it was 21 percent in 2017, according to the company). Commissioners voted 3–2 to let Johnson haul trash, writing that Republic’s profits were “unreasonably high” and that the public would benefit from competition.

But even as Johnson seeks to expand into Missoula, his Gallatin County permit is still tied up in court. In May of this year, just days before L&L’s hearing on its Missoula permit, Republic appealed the

PSC’s earlier ruling to the Montana Supreme Court. The company argues that the commissioners are trying to regulate garbage rates under the guise of encouraging competition.

‘Rules of the game’

Some Missoulians know Glenda Bradshaw as the woman who keeps a hard hat and safety glasses on hooks in her Northside office, where she manages the largest corporate garbage enterprise in the state.

Others know her as the businesswoman who opened Clyde Coffee on the Hip Strip.

Bradshaw started Clyde in 2015, shortly after completing a return to school at the University of Montana. She’d planned to transition from a career at FedEx to one in accounting. Instead, she opened her own business. The venture was based on thorough market research, including a 60page business plan informed by her firsthand studies of other area coffee shops. “I would sit at all times of the day at competitors and literally just count customers,” she told the Missoulian when Clyde opened.

Bradshaw may manage a monopoly, but she also understands competitive mar-

photo by Amy Donovan

The regional landfill operated by Republic Services has attained “World Class” status, an internal performance benchmark attained by fewer than 10 percent of Republic’s landfills.

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ketplaces. And she says Johnson and PSC commissioners are playing with fire. While Republic’s complete control over Missoula County garbage is an exception statewide, so is the new situation in Gallatin County, where multiple for-profit haulers are competing for the same customers.

“I feel like it’s a very short-sighted, one-dimensional argument that the PSC is trying to push, and that is that free-market capitalism is always better, that competition is always better. And I say to them, what we have created, which does not look like that system, is way better.” Bradshaw oversees hauling divisions in Billings, Bozeman and Missoula from the company’s state headquarters on Rodgers Street. Republic runs 23 trucks in its Missoula division with 42 Teamster-affiliated drivers. The rest of its 70-plus Missoula employees handle other aspects of operations, maintenance, a small call center and the landfill.

Vertical integration, or ownership of each stage of a supply chain, is key to Republic’s corporate strategy, according to the company’s Securities and Exchange Commission disclosures. In its annual report, under the header “price increases,” the company states that it seeks to secure increases “necessary to offset increased costs, improve our operating margins, and earn an adequate return on our substantial investments.” The biggest threat to price hikes, the report continues, is competitors.

While Johnson argues that competition would keep prices in check and improve garbage collection, Bradshaw says the security of a captive market has allowed Republic and its predecessors to invest in high-quality service. She counts the ways: Trash collection ranks as one of the most dangerous jobs in the country, yet Republic has never had a truck roll over, or crash at an intersection, or kill anyone in Montana. Bradshaw says the state pays only $.75 in workers-compensation claims to Republic employees for every $1 the company pays into the fund. Its Missoula landfill has attained “World Class” status within the company, an internal designation based on safety, density, customer satisfaction and other criteria that fewer than 10 percent of Republic’s landfills have met, company environmental engineer Jake Paetsch says.

And Republic provides a curbside recycling program — a service L&L found unprofitable and discontinued in Gallatin County.

But Bradshaw says the biggest benefit of Republic’s local monopoly — and of all Montana haulers without trash-collecting competition — is that it enables the company to serve hard-to-reach rural customers. When setting its rates, Republic uses revenue from its more-efficient urban

routes to subsidize prices in rural areas, where cost-per-pickup can be much higher.

Practically speaking, new competitors don’t have to do that. When applying for his Gallatin County permit in 2015, Johnson explained to commissioners that he would start his business by “cherry-picking” certain areas to service. (Last month, he told commissioners in Missoula that his earlier use of that word haunts him, and that he offers service to anyone who requests it, without advertising in particular neighborhoods.) Still, by making the “unprecedented” move to “step on someone else’s permit,” L&L threatens to start a race to the bottom and introduce “pricing chaos,” Bradshaw says. She says rates in Gallatin County have remained static since L&L entered that market, but that if the PSC grants L&L a permit for Missoula County, it will be

surprise reelection defeat after three terms in office, spoke on behalf of the 24,000 rural Missoula County residents whom she feared would bear the brunt of a new garbage war. Curtiss was also asked if she’d heard any complaints about Republic’s trash service during her years as a county official. “The only complaint is who is going to pick up the dead deer?” she said, adding that Republic was happy to haul away roadkill if it was lying along a company route. Republic then called Linda McCarthy, head of the Missoula Downtown Association. Had she ever received complaints about garbage service from businesses in the city center? McCarthy said she hadn’t.

The onus was on L&L to prove to the PSC that Missoula County has an unmet need for better garbage service, and Cur-

In one representative affidavit, the Thomas Meagher Bar complained about the company’s refusal to pick up its dumpster one week because it was frozen to the ground under “seemingly standard winter conditions.”

To Johnson’s disappointment, only eight of his affidavit-signing witnesses came to the hearing, two of whom were roommates of the employee who collected affidavits. Johnson had met with Missoula mayor John Engen about his plans, but the city opted not to endorse “one private business over another,” communications director Ginny Merriam says. L&L’s somewhat slim showing gave Republic’s attorney, Mercer, an opening to ridicule L&L’s witnesses as Republic’s most “powerful proof ” that a trash competitor isn’t needed in Missoula County.

photo by Amy Donovan

Later this year, the Public Service Commission will rule on whether to allow competition into the Missoula County garbage market.

headed further down a road toward de facto deregulation, at which point, she says, customers on the margins tend to lose.

Then, too, the most powerful player in garbage may decide to start playing hardball. Any Missoula hauling competitor would have no choice but to pay to use Republic’s landfill — if the company lets them.

Republic isn’t making any promises.

“If the rules have changed, then we’ll play by the new rules of the game,” Bradshaw says.

‘It’s that easy’

L&L’s hearing before the PSC began on May 21 and lasted three long days.

When Republic opened its case near the end of the second day, the company’s attorneys called county commissioner Jean Curtiss as their first witness.

Curtiss, just two weeks away from a

tiss and McCarthy struck at the heart of that argument. If rural residents aren’t complaining, and downtown businesses aren’t complaining, is it possible that Republic really does “compete against ourselves,” as Bradshaw told the commission? That maybe the corporate goliath is actually a “poster child” for corporate responsibility?

Both companies came armed with lists of witnesses who pledged to testify that their garbage service was either substandard or excellent. In fact, Johnson’s first move when scoping Missoula County was to hire someone to go doorto-door, asking people how they felt about their trash provider. The result is a collection of roughly 100 affidavits signed by residents and local businesses that say they aren’t satisfied with Republic. Some complain of poor customer service, high prices and missed pickups.

Nonetheless, at least three commissioners expressed skepticism at Republic’s demand that the PSC, in commissioner Brad Johnson’s words, “protect an unregulated monopoly.” Commissioners Roger Koopman and Tony O’Donnell at times waxed poetic with witnesses about the commissioners’ faith in the free market.

But no one boiled down L&L’s argument better than witness Kathy Brodie, a partner at Ron’s Auto Refinishers. “At this point, they can charge us whatever they want.” she said. “I believe that Republic could use some competition. It’s that easy.”

Johnson will learn later this summer whether the PSC thinks what was good for Gallatin County is good for Missoula County. If the commissioners do rule in his favor, the ensuing battle for Missoula’s trash is almost certain to raise a stink. dbrouwer@missoulanews.com

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[arts]

Sharkbit The allure of skateparks in an internet world

by Erika Fredrickson

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n a recent Sunday afternoon at the Mobash skatepark under the Orange Street bridge, my 5-yearold daughter stood on my tattered old skateboard, gripped my hands and let me roll her across the flat concrete at the edge of the bowl. Other girls, a few years older, sped past us, and a few dropped into the bowl with fearless ease. The occasion, an event called Girls on Shred, was part of a series hosted by longtime Missoula skateboard shop Board of Missoula and led by the shop’s Samantha Veysey Gibbons, with the aim of encouraging girls to get on boards early, build confidence and take on an activity that has been pretty dude-centric since its origin. There were boys there, too, and fortysomething men and women who had grown up street skating in an era when skateparks were nonexistent, or at least rare. In those days, skateboarders got cited for jumping stairs in front of downtown banks, and “Skateboarding is not a crime” stickers read like calls to arms. The Girls on Shred event, in contrast, felt like a blissful, sunny day at the playground. Inclusive. Family-friendly. Innocuous.

The history of skateboarding and, in particular, the history of the skateparks at which shredding pioneers first created the sport’s rules of etiquette (and broke them) is easy to romanticize. The skateboarding culture of the 1980s is especially compelling because it developed in the hands of kids disenchanted with the Reagan era and fueled by a soundtrack of punk rock and hardcore. The 2017 documentary Blood and Steel: Cedar Crest Country Club, which has its Missoula premiere at the Roxy on June 21, chronicles the creative, aggressive evolution of what might be considered the golden age of skateboarding. Footage shows boys doing tricks on ramps while their friends look on, mouths agape, eyes wide.

Specifically, the documentary captures the scene that developed around a large metal skatepark built in the woods of Cedar Crest Country Club in Centerville, Virginia — a seemingly unlikely location for an activity that was widely viewed as barbaric at the time. While straight-laced golfers putted around the course, skaters at the park were blasting Minor Threat and dropping into the half-pipe, sometimes three, four and five at a time. There were rules, but there

was also room for chaos, and out of the chaos a culture of music and art was built.

As one of the film’s former Cedar Crest skaters puts it, it was “a sanctuary. It was a place of peace and a place of rage.”

In Montana during the 1980s and 1990s, skaters were more isolated from the broader culture, but they were still tuned in through magazines like Thrasher and skate-centric zines such as NRG and Mental Violence. And when they came across each other, Montana skateboarders found an instant connection.

“Being on the fringe in a small town in Montana, pre-internet, it was like once you found that fringe, it was powerful,” says Missoula photographer and skateboarder Andrew Kemmis.

Several of those Missoula skateboarders, including Kemmis and Board of Missoula owner Chris Bacon, grew up to found the Montana Skatepark Association, which built Mobash, and has raised more than $1 million to help fund skateparks across the state. Most recently, MSA raised almost $51,000 at their annual On Deck skateboard art auction. That money is going to a new skatepark in Hamilton, which should be finished by fall. MSA and Pearl Jam’s Jeff Ament, who also funds Montana skateparks, are also working on a new park with the skateboarding community of Livingston.

“It’s a million miles away from what anybody who grew up skating in Montana thought we would be, ever,” Kemmis says. “It went from getting chased off the campus of the University of Montana to being welcomed by the city of Missoula and the state of Montana.”

Skateparks still give rise to culture, but it’s a different kind of culture now. Today skateboarding is more mainstream, which means the people doing it come from a variety of backgrounds and bring wide-ranging interests with them. Not everyone’s listening to skate punk anymore, but skateboarding still binds people together. Type #mobash on Instagram and you’ll find plenty of videos showing people doing tricks and sharing the thrill of launching themselves onto a deck and barreling across the concrete. (Just 20 years ago, if you wanted to capture your tricks on video, you’d need to be either sponsored or have access to one of those bulky VHS cameras.)

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photo by Andy Kemmis

The Montana Skatepark Association has raised more than $1 million to help fund skateparks across the state.

What’s more remarkable than social media posts, though, is that a skatepark can only be experienced offline. In that sense, going to a skatepark for the afternoon can be akin to an act of rebellion.

Studies show that people often respond to surges in technology by going the other direction, embracing tactile activities and finding real-life spaces to interact with others. Mobash is an example of that.

“To me, it’s like just having that meeting ground, that clubhouse vibe, you know you have a place to go,” Bacon says.

“That really helps. It grows organically on its own, and instead of just always meeting up at a different spot, people go there and it becomes its own little world.”

Kemmis says that Montana’s skatepark scene is distinctive due to its isolation from big-city culture.

“We’re the frontage road of the highway of the world. It’s like we’re on our own program,” he says. “Everyone here is nicer and more down-to-earth, and so skateparks in Missoula, Stevensville, Havre, Glendive, Big Sandy, create this thread where everyone feels welcome.”

That’s true during Girls on Shred day, too. That day, after taking a ride around the park, my daughter and her friend sat on her skateboard to watch the action.

Everything was fine until a runaway skateboard smacked her in the shin. She started crying, and someone handed her a cold can of LaCroix, which she held against the injury. Kim Peterson, MSA board member, came up, smiled, and told her, “You got your first shark bite.”

“Shark bite?” my daughter said, her voice still quavering. But she was clearly intrigued by the idea. Later, she went home and told everyone about it, showing off the rosy bruise with pride. You could tell the idea of the shark bite felt deliciously dangerous to her. She spent the next few days on the skateboard, balancing in the grass and on the carpet, telling me (though I already know) how to flip the board by stomping on the tail.

She’s learning the language of the clubhouse, and she wants to go back.

Blood and Steel screens at the Roxy Thu., June 21, at 7 PM. efredrickson@missoulanews.com

[music]

Kanye’s West Nowhere is right next door

by Dan Brooks

Remember when Kanye West was fun? “Man, I swear she fine, homes. / Why she always lying, though? / Telling me they diamonds / when she know they rhinestones,” he rapped on “Slow Jamz,” using the audacious slant rhymes to cut the vulnerable message. That’s the Kanye we fell in love with: the Kanye of 2004. You know — back when he was 27 years old.

Kanye turned 41 last week, and he sucks now.

My evidence for this claim is ye, the new 24minute album that was supposed to be a burst of raw creative energy and turned out to be a trickle of half-assed solipsism. Even Pitchfork gave it a 7.1. Pitchfork! It’s like your mother saying your new haircut looks expensive.

“Just say it out loud to see how it feels,” he says on “I Thought About Killing You.” It’s the album’s first track and its longest, beginning with two and a half minutes of drumless spoken word. This boring self-indulgence suggests that Kanye forgot the crucial second part: Say it out loud and see how it feels, sure, but then work on it until it feels better.

The worst thing about ye’s bullshit is that it was supposed to be the album he made by getting away from all the bullshit. For its release, he flew almost 90 celebrities, critics and radio programming executives to the Diamond Cross Ranch outside Jackson, Wyoming. Kanye has retreated to Jackson Hole often in the two years since he released The Life of Pablo, a period marked by a cancelled tour and a brief hospitalization for psychiatric observation. The listening party emphasized the remoteness, authenticity, and sheer western-ness of the location. Speakers were set up around a campfire, and the event began with a brief wood-chopping demonstration. I am not kidding.

This aesthetic is familiar to fans of Justin Timberlake, who released his own western-themed album, Man of the Woods, in February. Like Kanye, Timberlake presented his new affinity for the West as a return to a more focused creative process. The woods, wherever that is, became to him what

Walden Pond was to Thoreau: a rejection of the corrupt world.

This construction of the West is both negative and ephemeral. Neither Kanye nor Timberlake seems to have permanently reinvented himself. It would be funny if Kanye stuck to the theme of his release party and became more and more country over the next few years, with his professed affinity for Donald Trump as the terrifying start. I suspect, though, that his escape to Wyoming is not an artistic turn. It seems more like a gesture of artistic seclu-

sion. Both ye and Man of the Woods present the West as the place you go to get away from everything — a weird message for those of us who live here.

What if the rural West were not an alternative to real life but a version of it? Kanye’s trip to Wyoming to recover from his breakdown reminds us how narrow the geography of popular culture has become. There’s New York, Miami, Chicago and L.A.. Anywhere else is a vacation, remote from the things of this world.

The most embarrassing aspect of ye’s release event might be that Jackson Hole is the airport Panera of western towns. Surely it is the place in Wyoming that least resembles Wyoming. That Kanye made it a symbol of his escape from gross modernity tells us how firmly modernity has him in its grasp. I bet he could make a great album in the American West. First, though, he would have to venture out from his idea of it. arts@missoulanews.com

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[books]

Good at leftovers Bold truths in Alicia Mountain’s book of poems

by Sarah Aswell

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So much poetry feels a little too elevated — too or alien-ness, and that this helps her see and removed from the average person’s everyday life, process the world in a fresh way. This otherness almost as if the poet herself is humble-bragging is present in all of the poems, even the ones that about her abstract life of simple tasks and deep don’t mention things we traditionally associate with being gay. contemplation.

To be clear, Mountain doesn’t see her otherNot so in Alicia Mountain’s first collection, High Ground Coward. From the first pages, she ness as a bad thing: many of the poems, like “Little pairs the mundane with the pristine, creating Rectangular Earths,” are a celebration of it, or simpoems that are highly relatable but also filled with ply a rumination about the beauty of it.

Layered beneath that sentiment are queer poinsight and epiphone, infusing everyday moments with a poet’s powers of reflection. In between litical angles, such as references to the HIV/AIDS brooding ruminations and life quandaries are tiny, epidemic, which are sometimes as subtle as her normal slices of life, perfectly captured, like: “NPR choice of words or the turn of a phrase.

The result is a collection of poems that are in the kitchen and a woman who is impressed / frank and often funny and every time I make the salad that fluctuate dizzyingly bedressing.” tween reality and reflection, That normalcy is even a concrete ideas and whimsy. bit shocking and uncomfortWith a strong ear for beautiful able at first. For example, one language, Mountain at times of the first poems, “Drive indulges the reader with Thru,” is about getting fast lovely, traditional, and/or abfood at Wendy’s while also stract lines of description. But thinking about family and within a beat, she returns you about desire. It contains the to earth, with lines that can line “There is a Dave Thomas make you laugh out loud, like for each of us,” which should this one from “Sunday Polarsound incredibly corny but ized Lenses”: “Fantasizing works. Mountain captures a through an hour of names for pretty universal experience a future DJ self leaves me (so well that you can taste the where it/always has — Frosty and burger) and makes Drugdealer Boyfriend.” you see it in a different light, High Ground Coward Mountain’s writing is acand she doesn’t mind at all Alicia Mountain cessible and challenging at placing herself in a drive-thru paperback, University of Iowa once, a feat that is captured in line. Another poem, “In the Press another poem, here: Paint,” discusses the movie 100 pages, $19.95 Space Jam in one breath and I’m not funny at parties, but I’m good communication in the next. at leftovers.

These poems were enough to win Mountain I have a sense of ids and their jars the 2017 Iowa Poetry Prize and secure publication wearing label-glue residue. through the University of Iowa Press. They are also When I am in love, I am good with enough to establish Mountain, a 2015 MFA gradulaundry, ate of the University of Montana creative writing bad about eyes on the road. program, as one of the most exciting emerging But December is not an accident voices in poetry. waiting to happen, Mountain’s talent for pairing the everyday It is a ditch. with the extraordinary isn’t the only remarkable We have already rolled. thing about the collection. It’s also a fantastic and unabashed queer text. Just as Mountain is proud High Ground Coward shines because Mounand vulnerable and honest about her thoughts on fast food, she’s also candid and frank (even tain seems just as adept at looking outward as she brash) about issues of sexuality. What makes this is at looking inward — and not at all frightened to collection so outstanding is Mountain’s skill at do either. relaying that the queer experience is about so much more than sex, that it’s a state of otherness arts@missoulanews.com

[film]

Fake tension The heavy hand of Lello’s Disobedience

by Molly Laich

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Rachel Weisz, left, and Rachel McAdams star in Disobedience.

There’s a moment in Disobedience about 45 minutes in that really highlighted for me just how little I cared. Our protagonist Ronit (Rachel Weisz) says, “There’s no point in my being here!” and I’m thinking, “Totally, Ronit! These people are snobs, go change that flight back home you keep limply alluding to and let’s call this movie early.” How great would it be if midway through a film you weren’t enjoying, the characters just threw up their hands and said, “To hell with it!”? Of course, that never happens.

Disobedience begins with a revered rabbi addressing his congregation, until he abruptly drops dead. Next, we cut to Ronit, who has an English accent but lives in New York City as a hip photographer. We see her bone a stranger in a bathroom stall (movie language for “this girl does what she wants, but her life is empty”), and then — is she ice skating? That sounds insane, but my memory tells me the next scene is a closeup of her face as she drolly ice skates.

Now Ronit’s at her childhood home in London, where she’s greeted at the door by Dovid (Alessandro Nivo), a high-ranking rabbi in his own right who seems surprised and not entirely happy to see her. Dovid’s wife Esti (Rachel McAdams) enters the kitchen, and we tediously infer through unexciting dialogue that the three of them were close in the past, but now things are weird. Next, we figure out that the dead rabbi is Ronit’s father, that Ronit must have been “disobedient” in her youth, that she absconded to the states, that no one likes her at this funeral and that her father seemed to have erased the memory of ever having had a daughter.

I wasted a good quarter of this movie trying to figure out what exactly Ronit had done to warrant

so much disapproving whispering. I figured it must have been something gay (because there are two women kissing on the movie poster), but could that really be the whole story? I like knowing as little as possible about a picture before going in (if I had it my way, you’d put a blindfold on me, spin me around the room and lead me to a mystery theater every time.). Disobedience lingers for some time in that space of fake tension, where the characters have the whole story but the audience has just arrived. Anyway, I’d have saved myself a lot of pain if I’d just read IMDb’s brief synopsis: “A woman returns to the community that shunned her for her attraction to a childhood friend. Once back, their passions reignite....” and so on.

My heart really sank when I learned the picture was directed by Chilean filmmaker Sebastian Lello, whose 2017 best foreign film winner, A Fantastic Woman, left me psychotically underwhelmed. Let the record show that I gave Disobedience a fair shake and still hated it before learning that it was made by one of my least favorite working directors.

On the upside, Disobedience is a full two shades better than Lello’s last picture. Once again, he pits a strong protagonist against awful people just to watch them squirm (“Being married, well, that’s the way it should be!” an uptight lady says, straight to Ronit’s face.), but Lello is at least a tad subtler this time, and the performances are better.

Finally, there’s a truly great sex scene nestled right in the middle of 114 minutes of unrepentant boringness. Pro tip: In the near future, when this movie is streaming, skip to the 65-minute mark.

Disobedience opens at the Roxy Fri., June 15.

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[film] The courier carrying the Southgate 9’s schedule was gored by a bison in Yellowstone Park. Visit amctheatres.com for updated showtimes.

OPENING THIS WEEK DISOBEDIENCE After the death of her estranged father, a New York photographer returns to the Orthodox Jewish community that shunned her for decades because of her childhood attraction to a female friend. If you think they're mad about what happened when she was a kid, just wait until they see what she gets up to now! Rated R. Stars Rachel Weisz and Rachel McAdams. Playing at the Roxy. (See Film) FIRST REFORMED While preparing his church for its 250th anniversary, a solitary parish pastor finds himself plunged into a crisis of faith when the wife of a radical environmentalist pleads for his help. Rated R. Directed by Paul Schrader and starring Ethan Hawke and Amanda Seyfried. Playing at the Roxy.

INCREDIBLES 2 It's been 14 years since we last saw Mr. Incredible, Elastigirl and the rest of the family battle evil on the big screen. Now the family of superheroes returns to face their greatest threat: a market saturated with too many comic book movies. Rated PG. Stars the voices of Craig T. Nelson, Holly Hunter and Bozeman's Sarah Vowell. Playing at the AMC 12, the Southgate 9 and the Pharaohplex.

SUPERFLY Wait a minute, they remade the 1972 blaxploitation crime classic Super Fly? Are there any movies left that haven't been remade yet? Rated R. Stars Trevor Jackson, Lex Scott Davis and Big Boi. Playing at the AMC 12.

TAG After playing the same game of tag for 30 years, a group of lifelong friends face the real possibility that they might have to finally grow the hell up. Rated R. Stars Ed Helms, Hannibal Buress and Jon Hamm. Playing at the AMC 12, the Southgate 9 and the Pharaohplex.

NOW PLAYING ACTION POINT Johnny Knoxville tries to recapture the glory days of Jackass by getting thrown around in this tale of a theme park owner battling back against safety regulations. Rated R. Also featuring Chris Pontius and CTE. Playing at the Southgate 9.

ADRIFT Two free spirits steer their love boat right into the path of a devastating hurricane because the human spirit is better at triumphing in adversity than it is at spending a week alone on a boat with your boyfriend. Rated PG13. Stars Shailene Woodley and Sam Claflin. Playing at the Pharaohplex and the Southgate 9.

AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR After 10 years and 18 movies, Marvel Studios' greatest heroes finally band together to battle the approaching threat of Thanos, a purple spaceman with maybe ten minutes of screen time in the MCU before this. Oh snap! Rated PG-13. Stars a bunch of dudes named Chris, Benedict Cumberbatch's ridiculous American accent and not Jeremy Renner. Playing at the AMC 12 and the Southgate 9.

BLADE RUNNER (1982) You're in a desert, walking along in the sand when you

“Look at that line. I should have known China Buffet would be packed on Father’s Day.” Incredibles 2 opens at the AMC 12, the Pharaohplex and the Southgate 9. see a tortoise. You reach down and flip it over on its back. Its belly starts baking in the hot sun. But you're not helping because Ridley Scott's sci-fi noir classic is back on the big screen. Rated R. Stars Harrison Ford, Sean Young and Rutger Hauer. Playing Wed., June 20 at 8 PM and Sun., Jun 24 at 2:30 PM at the Roxy.

HEREDITARY All I got from my grandmother was my blue eyes and my pear shape. Thank goodness I didn't get the horrible family curse. Rated R. Stars Toni Collete, Milly Shapiro and Alex Wolf. Playing at the Pharaohplex and the AMC 12.

BLOOD AND STEEL: CEDAR CREST COUNTRY CLUB (2017) Punk music and underground skateboarding smashed together at D.C.'s famed Cedar Crest Country Club in the1980s. Using a vast collection of archival videos and interviews with the legends that cut their teeth there, this documentary explores the famed venue and its legacy. Not Rated. Directed by Michael Maniglia. Playing Thu., June 21 at 7 PM at the Roxy.

HOTEL ARTEMIS Catch a bullet while robbing someone blind? Make your way to the secret members-only emergency room exclusively for criminals. I'm glad Congress's legislation to repeal-and-replace Obamacare found second life as a film script. Rated R. Stars Jodie Foster, Jeff Goldblum and Sofia Boutella. Playing at the Pharaohplex and the AMC 12.

SHOW DOGS A rough and tumble police Rottweiler and his human handler go undercover at a snooty dog show to nab some panda-nappers. You wouldn't think someone would want to make Miss Congeniality meets Turner & Hooch, but here we are. Rated PG. Stars Will Arnett, Ludacris and Shaquille O'Neal. Playing at the AMC 12.

SOLO: A STAR WARS STORY A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away we got a Star Wars movie every three years. Now we're getting at least two a year, including this prequel about a young Han Solo pulling off a heist. Rated PG-13.

Star Alden Ehrenreich, Donald Glover and Emilia Clarke. Playing at the AMC 12, the Southgate 9 and the Pharaohplex.

BOOK CLUB A group of lifelong friends, played by Diane Keaton, Jane Fonda, Candice Bergen and Mary Steenburgen, rediscover the romance in their lives after reading Fifty Shades of Grey. This can't be a real movie, can it? Rated PG-13. Also stars other people that should have known better. Playing at the Southgate 9.

IF I LEAVE HERE TOMORROW: A FILM ABOUT LYNYRD SKYNYRD With rare interviews and never-before-seen footage, the story of how some good ol' boys from the swamps of Florida changed the world. Big Sky Film Series screens this in-depth documentary about the Southern rock legends for free on Sun., June 17 at the Top Hat. Doors at 6 PM, show at 7.

CONCERT FOR GEORGE (2002) Olivia Harrison, Eric Clapton and a who's who of music legends came together to celebrate the life and music of Beatle George Harrison. This documentary follows the star-studded tribute. Not Rated. Directed by David Leland. Playing Thu., June 14 at 8 PM at the Roxy.

MEN IN BLACK (1997) A hotshot cop is recruited by a no-nonsense senior agent to join the unofficial government agency tasked with protecting the Earth from the scum of the universe. Luckily, he makes this look good. Rated PG-13. Stars Will Smith, Tommy Lee Jones and Rip Torn. Playing Sun., June 17 at 2:30 PM at the Roxy.

STUART LITTLE (1999) When the Littles go to an orphanage to adopt a new family member, they leave with a charming mouse.

I bet all the parentless human children at the orphanage were totally fine with that. Rated PG. Stars Michael J. Fox, Geena Davis and Hugh Laurie. Playing at the Roxy Sat., June 16 at 2 PM.

OCEAN’S 8 Danny Ocean's estranged sister attempts to pull off the heist of the century at New York City's star-studded annual Met Gala, and she's doing it with a 73 percent smaller crew than her brother. Suck it, George Clooney. Rated PG-13. Stars Sandra Bullock, Cate Blanchett and Rihanna. Playing at the AMC 12, the Pharaohplex and the Southgate 9.

VALLEY GIRL (1983) Steeped in the excessive pink-clad culture of the San Fernando Valley, this good girl finds herself torn between a narcissistic boyfriend and a punk from Hollywood. Gag me with a spoon. Rated R. Stars Deborah Foreman, Nicholas Cage and Michael Bowen. Playing Sat., June 16 at 9 PM at the Roxy.

RBG Ruth Bader Ginsburg has developed a breathtaking legal legacy while becoming an unexpected pop culture icon. Follow her journey in this mindful documentary. Rated PG. Directed by Betsy West and Julie Cohen. Playing at the Roxy.

Capsule reviews by Charley Macorn.

CRY-BABY (1990) Director John Waters took a high-throttle trip back to the '50s in this tale of a dreamy juvenile delinquent and his forbidden world of rockabilly music. Rated PG. Stars Johnny Depp, Iggy Pop and Polly Bergen.

Playing Mon., June 18 at 8 PM at the Roxy.

DEADPOOL 2 The sequel to the highest grossing R-rated film of all time brings Marvel's merc with a mouth into a collision course with Cable, a cyborg from the future who isn't played by Dolph Lundgren, as was promised in the last movie. This is completely unacceptable. I want to speak to your supervisor. Rated R. Stars Ryan Reynolds, Josh Brolin and Ricky Baker. Playing at the AMC 12, the Southgate 9 and the Pharaohplex.

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SOMEONE YOU LOVE: THE HPV EPIDEMIC (2014) Human Papilloma Virus is widespread, misunderstood and potentially dangerous. Attend this documentary and get the inside scoop (and a free screening for HPV). Not Rated. Directed by Frederic Lumiere. Playing Thu., June 21 at 7 PM at the Roxy.

Planning your trip to the local cinema? Get up-todate listings and film times at theroxytheater.org, amctheatres.com and pharaohplex.com to spare yourself any grief and/or parking lot profanities.

[dish]

Herb pesto pizza with asparagus

by Gabi Moskowitz

BROKEASS GOURMET

So, basically, I went to the farmers market and then turned my purchases into a pizza. The herbs, garlic, cheese, vegetables and eggs are all locally grown and fresh. If you’re avoiding dairy, the cheese can easily be omitted — it’ll be just as delicious.

Serves 2-3 INGREDIENTS flour for dusting and rolling 1/2 recipe pizza dough 1 handful cilantro 1 handful flat-leaf parsley 3 tbsp olive oil 2 cloves garlic, peeled 1/8 cup raw almonds salt and pepper to taste 1/2 cup grated white cheddar or mozzarella cheese 6 stalks asparagus 1 tomato, thinly sliced 2-3 eggs DIRECTIONS Preheat oven to 475 degrees F. Lightly dust a

baking sheet or pizza pan with flour and set aside.

Place herbs, olive oil, garlic and almonds in a food processor or blender and puree into a slightly chunky pesto. Season with salt and pepper to taste.

To shave the asparagus, lay a stalk on a cutting board and carefully run a vegetable peeler over the length of the vegetable, creating a thin strip. Continue until all that is left is as thin strip of asparagus and repeat with remaining asparagus. Set aside with other pizza ingredients.

On a lightly floured surface, use a rolling pin to roll pizza dough into a 12-inch circle. Transfer to prepared baking sheet.

Spread pesto over dough, leaving a 1-inch border. Sprinkle with cheese. Crack eggs over cheese.

Top with shaved asparagus and tomato slices. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes, or until crust is crisp and browned on the edges.

Sprinkle with red chili flakes, if desired.

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] Bernice’s Bakery 190 S Third St W 728-135 6am - 8pm daily. A Missoula gem since 1978, now serving lunch seven days a week from 11 - 4pm. Featured items: scratch-made soups, salads, sandwiches and more. Bernice's is known for its scrumptious desserts including cupcakes, pastries, cookies, and cakes. Gluten-free and vegan options available. A must-have for the coffee lover in your life? A bag of Bernice's signature blend locally roasted with love. Check us out on Facebook, Instagram or visit our website at www.bernicesbakerymt.com $-$$ Biga Pizza 241 W. Main Street 728-2579 Biga Pizza offers a modern, downtown dining environment combined with traditional brick oven pizza, calzones, salads, sandwiches, specials and desserts. All dough is made using a “biga” (pronounced bee-ga) which is a time-honored Italian method of bread making. Biga Pizza uses local products, the freshest produce as well as artisan meats and cheeses. Featuring seasonal menus. Lunch and dinner, Mon-Sat. Beer & Wine available. $-$$ Bridge Pizza 600 S Higgins Ave. 542-0002 bridgepizza.com A popular local eatery on Missoula’s Hip Strip.

Featuring handcrafted artisan brick oven pizza, pasta, sandwiches, soups, & salads made with fresh, seasonal ingredients. Missoula’s place for pizza by the slice. A unique selection of regional microbrews and gourmet sodas. Dine-in, drivethru, & delivery. Open everyday 11am 10:30pm. $-$$

2230 McDonald Ave, Missoula, MT 59801 Sunday–Thursday 2–9PM Friday & Saturday 12–9PM

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Butterfly Herbs 232 N. Higgins 728-8780 Celebrating 46 years of great coffees and teas. Truly the “essence of Missoula.” Offering fresh coffees, teas (Evening in Missoula), bulk spices and botanicals, fine toiletries & gifts. Our cafe features homemade soups, fresh salads, and coffee ice cream specialties. In the heart of historic downtown, we are Missoula’s first and favorite Espresso Bar. Open 7 Days. $ Chameleon Mobile Kitchen Bonner @ 8340 Hwy 200 (old Milltown Market) Wednesdays - Fridays.

Seeley @ 3102 Hwy 83 (Boy Scout Rd) Saturdays & Sundays 214-1372 Our menu features slow-roasted meats and fresh seasonal veggies paired with diverse sauces and salsas made from scratch. Tacos, burritos, hot sandwiches, bowls and pasta. We also offer daily specials, seasonal drinks, and housebaked goods. We are fully equipped and selfcontained for on-site public and private events and offer drop-off catering. Call ahead for pickup. Online menu available on Google Maps.

Open Tues - Thurs 11:30 am - 10 pm, Fri & Sat 11:30 am - midnight, closed Sunday and Monday. $-$$ Doc’s Gourmet Sandwiches 214 N. Higgins Ave. 542-7414 Doc’s is an extremely popular gathering spot for diners who appreciate the great ambiance, personal service and generous sandwiches made with the freshest ingredients. Whether you’re heading out for a power lunch, meeting friends or family or just grabbing a quick takeout, Doc’s is always an excellent choice. Delivery in the greater Missoula area. We also offer custom catering!...everything from gourmet appetizers to all of our menu items. $-$$ Good Food Store 1600 S. 3rd West 541-FOOD The GFS Deli features made-toorder sandwiches, Fire Deck pizza & calzones, rice & noodle wok bowls, an award-winning salad bar, an olive & antipasto bar and a self-serve hot bar offering a variety of housemade breakfast, lunch and dinner entrées. A seasonally-changing selection of deli salads and rotisserie-roasted chickens are also available. Locally-roasted coffee/espresso drinks and an extensive fresh juice and smoothie menu complement bakery goods from the GFS ovens and Missoula’s favorite bakeries. Indoor and patio seating. Open every day 7am-10pm. $-$$ Grizzly Liquor 110 W Spruce St. 549-7723 grizzlyliquor.com Voted Missoula’s Best Liquor Store! Largest selection of spirits in the Northwest, including all Montana micro-distilleries. Your headquarters for unique spirits and wines! Free customer parking.

Open Monday-Saturday 9-7:30. $-$$$ Hob Nob on Higgins 531 S. Higgins 541-4622 hobnobonhiggins.com Come visit our friendly staff & experience Missoula’s best little breakfast & lunch spot. All our food is made from scratch, we feature homemade corn beef hash, sourdough pancakes, sandwiches, salads, espresso & desserts.

MC/V $-$$ Iza 529 S. Higgins 830-3237 izarestaurant.com Local Asian cuisine feature SE Asian, Japanese, Korean and Indian dishes. Gluten Free and Vegetarian no problem. Full Beer, Wine, Sake and Tea menu. We have scratch made bubble teas.

Come in for lunch, dinner, drinks or just a pot of awesome tea. Open Mon-Fri: Lunch 11:30-3pm, Happy Hour 3-6pm, Dinner M-Sat 3pm-close. $$$

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[dish] 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. $ Mo’ Dogs 617 S. Higgins Ave. 926-1094 mo-dogs.com Mo’ Dogs – Missoula’s premier Gourmet Sausage and Specialty Hot Dog Restaurant. From our Old Fashioned Frank to our tropical “Aloha” or traditional “Chicago” we have something for everyone.

Our sauces, slaws and all-meat Angus Chili are house-made daily. Missoula Family owned and operated – we look forward to seeing you! $-$$ 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 KoreanJapanese 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 reserva-

tions, or buy gift certificates. Open Mon-Sat at 5:00. $$-$$$

Summer Breeze at Thomas Meagher Bar

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

HAPPIEST HOUR

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

What you’re drinking: The Summer Breeze is one of a handful of new cocktails that debuted at the Thomas Meagher Bar last weekend. Others include the bourbonbased B.L.T. (bourbon, lemon and tonic) and a concoction of olive brine and Montgomery Distillery vodka called the Quick and Dirty.

What’s in it: It’s a mix of Ketel One Botanical Grapefruit & Rose vodka, orange juice and cranberry juice. There’s a nice orange garnish on the rim. It’s a relatively unassuming drink, but its lack of flourish is arguably its best feature — no excess fruits to navigate, no swizzle sticks. You can consume it entirely with a straw.

How’s it taste? A name like “Summer Breeze” demands maximum refreshment,

and this drink delivers. The rose flavor is prominent but in no way overwhelming. The juices almost completely eliminate any alcohol burn, making it supremely drinkable. It’s just as good sipped as it is slammed, making it ideal for those sweltering downtown nights that are just around the corner.

What it costs: $7.50 — a veritable bargain in a town becoming obsessed with spendy cocktails.

Where to get it: Thomas Meagher Bar, 130 W. Pine St. —Michael Siebert Happiest Hour celebrates western Montana watering holes. To recommend a bar, bartender or beverage for Happiest Hour, email editor@missoulanews.com.

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Chris Botti plays with Missoula Symphony Orchestra at Big Sky Brewing Company Fri., June 15.

Doors at 6 PM, show at 7:30. $30.75–$92.50.

Slim 400 plays the Badlander Wed., June 20. Doors at 9 PM, show at 10. $15/$12 advance. photo courtesy Christian Adison

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Sol Seed plays the Top Hat Fri., June 15 at 10:15 PM. Free.

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Annalisa Rose plays the VFW Wed., June 20. 7 PM–10 PM. Free.

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Thursday Missoula Insectarium feeds live crickets to one of its hungry predators at 3:30 PM every Thursday. $4.

through the Garden City’s past.

Head to missouladowntown.com to register. 5:30 PM–7:30 PM. $10.

indie sounds of Luke Dowler & the Lucky Breaks. 5:30 PM–8:30 PM. Free. Visit missouladowntown.com for more information.

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

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Learn the basics of the fiery Bachata at the Summer of Dance at the Downtown Dance Collective. Jennifer Corbin takes you through the steps. 6 PM–8 PM. $20. Register online.

Unseen Missoula takes you on historical guided walking tours

Downtown ToNight features live music, good food and a beer garden every Thursday in Caras Park. This week rock out to the

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 Musician and bicyclist Ben Weaver plays the Top Hat. 8 PM. Free.

I’m assuming it’s just easier to re-

paint the highway with a flashlight. NightLiner plays the Sunrise Saloon. 8 PM. Free.

My DJ name was stolen from a better DJ I had murdered. Join the Missoula Open Decks Society for an evening of music. Bring your gear and your dancing shoes to the VFW at 7 PM.

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Friday 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.

Teams of two to six people compete in crazy challenges for prizes and more in a 24-hour adventure.

Gather your team and visit cotopaxi.com/questival for more info and registration. $50.

See 500 airplanes from across the country come to Missoula at the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association's first Montana fly-in. Visit aopa.org for more info and registration.

Radius Gallery opens I would like to be the air, a group art show featuring Courtney Blazon, Randi O’Brien, Mel Griffin and Deborah Schwartzkopf, with a reception from 5 PM to 7 PM. Runs through Sat., July 14.

nightlife Have a beer with the board and staff from Montana Watershed Coordination Council at Highlander Beer. Music provided by Dan Dubuque. 5:30 PM–7:30 PM. Free.

Larry Hirshberg provides the tunes at Ten Spoon Vineyard. 6 PM–8 PM. Free.

Canta Brasil provides the bossa nova soundtrack at Imagine Nation Brewing. 6 PM–8 PM. Free.

Arrowleaf celebrates the release of its new EP with a release party at Free Cycles with Faith Elliott and New Old Future. 7 PM. Free.

Ben Yturri provides the soundtrack at Break Espresso. 7 PM–9 PM. Free.

I would like to be the air opens at Radius Gallery Fri., June 15 with a reception at 5 PM. Free.

Double Trouble, Trouble Maker, Wicked and Dragon Slayer crush cars at the Monster Truck Nationals at Missoula Fairgrounds. Pit party at 5 PM, mayhem at 7. $15/$10 for the kiddos.

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Grammy Award-winning trumpeter Chris Botti plays with Missoula Symphony Orchestra at Big Sky Brewing Company. Doors at 6 PM, show at 7:30. $30.75– $92.50.

The Matt Stivers Band plays the Sunrise Saloon at 9:30 PM. Band in Motion keeps on moving at the Union Club at 9:30 PM. Free.

And they say it’s impossible to plant your own Sun. Sol Seed plays the Top Hat at 10:15 PM. Free.

Spotlight

free bird

Not that long ago, anyone doubting the impact of Southern rock icons Lynyrd Skynyrd needed only to take a trip to literally any venue where live music was playing. No matter what genre, no matter what part of the world and no matter what time of day it was, at some point, someone would definitely call out for “Free Bird!” But now as millennials move away from ironically shouting out song titles instead of developing original personalities for themselves, the best way to see Skynyrd’s legacy is to hear it from the people who lived it.

If I Leave Here Tomorrow: A Film About Lynyrd Skynyrd goes deep into the lives of the band’s members with never-before-scene archival footage and interviews. Tracking the band from their early days as high school rebels jamming in garages to the tragic plane accident that shocked the world, this documentary captures the lives of true originals better than a loud drunk at rock show ever could.

—Charley Macorn

WHAT: Big Sky Film Series presents If I Leave Here Tomorrow: A Film About Lynyrd Skynyrd WHERE: The Top Hat WHEN: Sun., June 17 at 7 PM. HOW MUCH: Free MORE INFO logjampresents.com

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

Stock up on farm-direct food every Saturday at the Clark Fork Market. Vendors from across Western Montana converge in the Riverside Parking Lot next to Caras Park. 8 AM–1 PM. Do you know your farmer? Missoula Farmers Market features hot coffee, sweet treats and fresh, locally grown veggies. Circle Square by the XXXX. 8 AM– 12:30 PM. Free.

Celebrating its 20th year, the Missoula People’s Market features an amazing assortment of artists, crafts and community. W. Pine

and Higgins. 9 AM. Free.

Soft Landing Missoula hosts the second annual World Refugee Day Soccer Tournament at Fort Missoula. Open to all players ages 18-plus, the first game starts at 10 AM. A party follows the tournament with food, dancing and entertainment. Head to softlandingmissoula.org for more info and registration.

Poet Derek Hann reads from his new chapbook The Blessings of Life. Fact & Fiction. 10 AM. Get your weekend started with a round of disc golf at Granite Peak Folf Course. 10 AM. Free. Visit lolohotsprings.com for more info and registration.

The Clay Studio of Missoula celebrates its 20th birthday with the

music of Western Union, all-ages activities and food trucks. 3 PM– 7 PM. Free.

See 500 airplanes from across the country come to Missoula at the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association's first Montana fly-in.

Visit aopa.org for more info and registration.

Bob Ward’s celebrates the company’s 101st anniversary with a block party from 5 PM to 9 PM featuring food and drink and an outdoor screening of the film Mountain at approximately 9:30 PM. Free.

Unseen Missoula takes you on historical guided walking tours through the Garden City’s past.

Head to missouladowntown.com to register. 5:30 PM–7:30 PM. $10.

nightlife Wolf & the Moons howl up a good time at Draught Works from 6 PM–8 PM. Free.

Travis Yost plays Ten Spoon Vineyard from 6 PM to 8 PM. Free.

2016 National Parks Arts Foundation Artist-in-Residence Russell James provides the tunes at Great Burn Brewing. 6 PM–8 PM. Free.

Oh no, my sweater! The Loose String Band plays Imagine Nation from 6 PM–8 PM. Free.

Betray your pals at the house on the hill, settle the island of Catan and cure a pandemic at Board Game Night at Retrofix Games. 6 PM–10 PM. Double Trouble, Trouble Maker,

Wicked and Dragon Slayer crush cars at the Monster Truck Nationals at Missoula Fairgrounds. Pit party at 5 PM, mayhem at 7. $15/$10 for the kiddos.

Bob Wire & The Bob Wire Trio slide into the Sunrise Saloon for your dancing pleasure. 9 PM. Free.

DJ Kris Moon completely disrespects the adverb with the Absolutely Dance Party at the Badlander, which gets rolling at 9 PM, with two-for-one Absolut Vodka specials until midnight. I get the name now. Free.

That’s it, I’ve had enough. Tom Catmull’s Last Resort play the Union Club. 9:30 PM. Free.

Milltown Damn plays the Top Hat, allows me to use a swearword in print. 10:15 PM. Free.

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The Highlander Beer Taphouse hosts the most Missoula event imaginable. Buzzed Yoga lets you practice your flow while enjoying cold beer. Bring photo identification and $10 every Sunday this summer. 11 AM. Montgomery Distillery hosts Spirits & Spokes 2018. See vintage and custom motorcycles while

you enjoy a sidecar. That’s a cocktail, right? 12 PM–6 PM.

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

Basses Covered uncovers an evening of music at Draught Works. 5 PM–7 PM. Free.

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

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Monday How many bands are formed each year here in the Garden City? And of them, how many last longer than a year? Would it surprise you to learn that the Missoula's longest-running band was formed before Montana even became a state? In 1865, three years before the Last Best Place would become the 41st state in the Union, the Missoula City Band was formed under the initiative of John Barnicort. This, by the way, was only five years after the first permanent white settlement was established in the Missoula Vally.

Through both world wars, the Great Depression and 24 governors, the City Band has provided summer music for generations of Missoulians since its inception.

Gary L. Gillett, the band's current director since 1993, digs deep into the long-running piece of the Garden City's history with his new book, The Missoula City Band. Drawing from previously unseen photos and articles from old newspaper clippings, city archives and oral histories, the book presents the entertaining and illuminating history of our city's musical cornerstone.

—Charley Macorn

Sip a fancy cocktail for a cause at Moscow Monday at the Montgomery Distillery. A dollar from every drink sold is donated to a local organization. 12 PM–8 PM.

nightlife Prepare a couple of songs and bring your talent to Open Mic

Night at Imagine Nation Brewing. Sign up when you get there.

Every Monday from 6–8 PM. Singer-songwriter Tom Catmull plays Red Bird Wine Bar from 7 PM–10 PM. Free.

Singer-songwriter Nicki Bluhm plays the Top Hat. Doors at 7:30 PM, show at 8. $17.

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

Motown on Mondays puts the so-u-l back into Missoula. Resident DJs Smokey Rose and Mark Myriad curate a night of your favorite Motor City hits at the Badlander. 9 PM. Free.

WHAT: The Missoula City Band reading WHO: Gary L. Gillett WHEN: Thu., June 21 at 7 PM WHERE: Fact & Fiction HOW MUCH: Free

Nicki Bluhm plays the Top Hat Mon., June 18. Doors at 7:30 PM, show at 8. $17.

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Tuesday Every Tuesday is Walk With a Doc Day at Grizzly Peak. A health professional discusses their speciality while walking with the group. 9 AM–10 AM. Free.

lenges and ethical issues arising from increased exposure of wilderness areas on social media. Opportunity Resources. 7 PM.

Looking for a new steed? The City of Missoula bike auction takes place at Gardner’s Auction.

Viewing starts at 9 AM, auction at 4:30 PM.

Milana Marsenich reads from The Swan Keeper, her new historical fiction book about Montana at Fact & Fiction. 7 PM. Free.

Missoula Farmers Market’s Tuesday Evening Markets kick off the season from 5:30 PM– 7 PM. North Higgins by the XXXX.

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I guess it really is a beautiful day in the neighborhood. Jeff Medley, Josh Farmer and Roger Moquin perform the entirely of the Mister Rogers album Won’t You Be My Neighbor? The Roxy. 5:30 PM and 7 PM. $7/$5 Roxy members.

Join the REI Outdoor School for a bike maintenance class at the Highlander Taphouse every Tuesday this summer. It’s a demonstration class, so no need to bring your bike. 6 PM. RSVP at rei.com.

Play ball! The Missoula Osprey play the first home game of the season against those jerks from Helena. Ogren Park at Allegiance Field. 7 PM. Visit milb.com for a full schedule and ticketing.

The Montana Wilderness Association hosts a presentation and discussion on the chal-

The only thing I want to know the answer to is why we don’t call it the Meagher Beagher. Trivia Night at Thomas Meagher Bar lets you show off that superior intellect of yours. 8 PM. Free.

Folk singer-songwriter Andrea von Kampen plays the Top Hat at 8 PM. Free.

Step up your factoid game at Quizzoula trivia night, every Tuesday at the VFW. 8:30 PM. Free. This week’s trivia question: What game had its first officially recognized match on this date in 1846? Answer in tomorrow’s Nightlife.

This next song is about drinking a LaCroix in your Subaru with your dog. Missoula Music Showcase features local singers and songwriters each week at the Badlander. 9 PM. Free.

Andrea von Kampen plays the Top Hat Tue., June 19 at 8 PM. Free.

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Wednesday Enjoy a hot beverage after a bike ride with Coffee Outside MSLA. Bring your mug to Brennan’s Wave from 7:15 AM–8:15 AM every Wednesday. Free. Visit pedalmissoula.org for more info.

Out to Lunch features the live music of local favorites plus a variety of food and drink from more than 20 venders in the riverfront setting of Caras Park. This week catch the music of Basses Covered. 11 AM–2 PM. Free.

Deedie Runkel signs copies of her memoir Scone by Scone: Tales from an Inkeeper’s Life at Fact & Fiction. 5 PM. 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 quaff a brew for 4Missoula. 5 PM–8 PM. Drink & Draw at Western Cider invites a true Missoula legend to serve as model for a live drawing sessions. Betty’s Divine lends the former Desmond’s Menswear mannequin to the cidery for a night of art. 5:30 PM–7 PM.

Nahko and Medicine for the People play the Wilma Wed., June 20. Doors at 7 PM, show at 8. $30/$27 advance.

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: Baseball

wrecking ball Duane Raider. 7:30 PM. Concessions purchase for admission.

Nahko and Medicine for the People play the Wilma. Doors at 7 PM, show at 8. $30/$27 advance.

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

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Singer-songwriter Annalisa Rose plays the VFW. 7 PM–10 PM. Free.

Look at all those double consonants! Revelators frontman Russ Nassett plays a solo show at Great Burn Brewing from 6 PM to 8 PM. Free.

Missoula’s HomeGrown Comedy Showcase/Open Mic brings seasoned stand-up comedians and bright-eyed newbies to the Roxy Theater. This month’s headliner is comedy

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

9:30 PM. No cover.

Strike up the band! The Missoula City Band Summer Concert Series features the best local musicians performing in the open air of the Bonner Park Bandshell. 8 PM. Free.

Rapper Slim 400 plays the Badlander with Fat Trap, Koshir and the Peacoat Gang. Doors at 9 PM, show at 10. $15/$12 advance.

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Primus plays the KettleHouse Amphitheater Thu., June 21. Doors at 5:30 PM, show at 7. $49.50/$39.50 advance.

Missoula Insectarium feeds live crickets to one of its hungry predators at 3:30 PM every Thursday. $4.

Show your pride at Queers & Beers, a monthly gathering of Missoula’s LGBTQ+ community at Imagine Nation Brewing. DJ Jessi Jaymes spins the gayest hits. 5 PM–8 PM. Free.

Unseen Missoula takes you on historical guided walking tours through the Garden City’s past. Head to missouladowntown.com to register. 5:30 PM–7:30 PM. $10.

nightlife All aboard the Hamburger Train! Primus

plays the KettleHouse Amphitheater with support from Mastodon and JJUUJJUU. Doors at 5:30 PM, show at 7. $49.50/$39.50 advance.

Downtown ToNight features live music, good food and a beer garden every Thursday in Caras Park. This week rock out with Marshall Catch. 5:30 PM–8:30 PM. Free.

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

Say “yes and” to a free improv workshop every Thursday at BASE. Free and open to

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all abilities, levels and interests. 725 W. Alder. 6:30 PM–8 PM Missoula Folklore Society celebrates the retirement of Professor Vicki Watson with a Contra Dance from 7 PM to 10 PM at the Senior’s Center with live music from the Contradictions. All dances taught and called. Donations.

Music to my ears! Gary Gillett reads his new book History of the Missoula City Band at Fact & Fiction. 7 PM. (See Spotlight) Toronto’s psych rock masters Hot Garbage play the ZACC Below with local support form Charcoal Squids, Fuuls and Crypticollider. 7:30 PM. $5.

My DJ name was stolen from a better DJ I had murdered. Join the Missoula Open Decks Society for an evening of music. Bring your gear and your dancing shoes to the VFW at 7 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.

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

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SATURDAY, JUNE 16 Soft Landing Missoula hosts the second annual World Refugee Day Soccer Tournament at Fort Missoula. Open to players ages 18-plus, the first game starts at 10 AM. A party follows the tournament with food, dancing and entertainment. Head to softlandingmissoula.org for more info and registration.

There are currently over 22 million refugees in the world. That number may seem shocking, but it’s even more shocking to learn that this is the highest number of displaced people ever seen in our history. We observe World Refugee Day on June 20 to honor the determination, strength and courage of the millions of people across the world who are forced to flee their homelands due to the threat of persecution, conflict and violence.

To recognize World Refugee Day, Soft Landing Missoula, the organization that has stepped up to help 45 refugee families find new homes in and around Missoula, hosts the Second An-

nual World Refugee Day Cup. This round-robin 7-on-7 soccer tournament aims to strengthen our community and help those most in need. Every team is guaranteed to play at least two matches.

A community celebration follows the final game at 5 PM with refreshments and a performance

by Djebe Bara Community Dance and Drum.

—Charley Macorn The Second Annual World Refugee Day Cup starts at 9 AM at the soccer fields at Fort Missoula on Sat., June 16. Visit softlandingmissoula.org/soccer-tournament for more info and registration.

TUESDAY, JUNE 19 Raise a Grateful Glass at Western Cider. A dollar from every drink sold goes to support Montana Conservation Corps. 12 PM–9 PM Prepare for the June 23 Water is Life March with a sign-making workshop. 5 PM–8 PM. Free, but

bring a dish for the potluck after. Butterfly on a Rudder, 701 Stephens.

Help the Clark Fork Coalition gather data on river use by attending a volunteer training at 6 PM at the Madison Street footbridge.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 20 Yikes. We really need to stop using single-use straws. Learn why at a special presentation at Bayern Brewing. 5:30 PM–8:30 PM.

THURSDAY, JUNE 21 The American Cancer Society screen the film Someone You Love: The HPV Epidemic and offers free HPV screenings at the Roxy. 7 PM. Free.

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 At the age of 16, the Minnesota-born Robert C. Ward ran out of money on his way to the Klondike. This being 1901, Ward’s story isn’t uncommon. The promise of gold that drew more than 100,000 prospectors from across the globe to northwestern Canada created by far more poverty than it did millionaires. But luckily for Mr. Ward, he didn’t go broke on the side of a frozen mountain. His journey to Canada ended in Missoula. Instead of returning home, however, he instead stayed in the Garden City, and 16 years later, he was married, the father to eight children and opening up his own business. That little shop, which was an outlet for

Ward’s lifelong love of the outdoors, is celebrating its 101st anniversary this week.

Bob Ward’s kicks off a second century of outdoor recreation with a block party featuring beer and wine, food trucks and an outdoor screening of the Willem Dafoe-narrated documentary Mountain.

—Charley Macorn Bob Ward’s Birthday Block Party Celebration starts Sat., June 16 at 5 PM, with the outdoor screening of Mountain at approximately 9:30 PM. Free.

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SATURDAY, JUNE 16 Sandy Perrin from Missoula County Extension hosts a soil science workshop for gardeners at Moon-Randolph Homestead. 10 AM–12 PM. $10/$5 for MUD Members.

Brook Tanner and the Wild Skies Raptor Center explores the regal lives of those feathered predators of the sky. West Shelter at Frenchtown Pond State Park. Call 406-542-5500 for more info and to RSVP. 7 PM. Free.

Bob Ward's celebrates the company's 101st anniversary with a block party from 5 PM–9 PM featuring food and drink and an outdoor screening of the outdoor documentary Mountain at approximately 9:30 PM. Free.

TUESDAY, JUNE 19 Folf it up! Join Missoula Parks & Rec for Folf

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in the Parks. This week make your way to Fort Missoula Regional Park for 9-holes of fun. 5 PM. Greet the sun under the sun at Yoga in the Park. This week bring $3 and your exercise mat to Greenough Park. 6 PM–7 PM. The Montana Wilderness Association hosts a presentation and discussion on the challenges and ethical issues arising from increased exposure of wilderness areas on social media.

Opportunity Resources. 7 PM.

THURSDAY, JUNE 21 Celebrate the first day of summer with a daylong trip to learn about post-fire vegetation with the Montana Native Plant Society. Call 406-261-2542 for more info and to RSVP. 9 AM–3 PM.

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THE ARF OF READING PEOPLE

I’m a woman who judges potential boyfriends by whether dogs like them. My friends think I’m crazy, but I’m convinced that my dog picks up on who a person really is. Is there any research on whom animals are drawn to?

—Muttperson Dogs have proved useful for sniffing out drug stashes, dead bodies and IEDs. How great would it be if you could dispatch your German shepherd Tinker Bell into a bar or party to sniff out the human minefields? “Naw ... skip this dude. Serious intimacy issues.”

People will swear that their dog is a great judge of character — focusing on the, oh, two times he growled at someone they despise but conveniently forgetting all the times he snuggled up to their sociopathic ex.The reality is, research does not support dogs (or even chimps) having what they’d need to assess a person’s character — a sophisticated cognitive ability humans have called “theory of mind.”

Theory of mind describes being able to guess the mental states of others — to infer what they’re thinking or intending. For example, when you see a man across the street get down on one knee in front of a woman, theory of mind leads you to figure he’s about to ask her something — and it probably isn’t, “Could I borrow a pen?”

That said, the gutsy little purse Cujo that growls at some Mr. Skeevy probably isn’t doing it out of the blue. Dogs do seem able to read even subtle aspects of human body language — like our tensing up upon approaching somebody we dread talking to — and they may respond in kind.

However, dogs’ perception of people and the world is dominated by their exceptionally powerful sense of smell — estimated to be between 10,000 and 100,000 times more powerful than ours, according to anthrozoologist and Dog Sense author John W.S. Bradshaw.

In other words, though dogs can’t read a person’s mind, they may be able to smell what’s on it — or rather, the chemical messengers released by what’s on it. For example, doggy cognition researcher Alexandra Horowitz explains in Inside of a Dog that adrenaline (triggered when a person’s afraid or angry) “is unscented to us, but not to the sensitive sniffer of the dog.”

Additionally, Bradshaw points out that the types of people dogs are socialized with — women, men, men with beards, people wearing different kinds of clothes — make a difference in whom dogs snuggle up to and whom they snarl at.

So, no, your dog is not a leg-humping background-checker. But she can help you see something important about men — if you look at how a potential boyfriend treats her: with patience or annoyance. And as I often advise, it’s also important to put some time (and a lot of observation) between thinking a guy is really awesome and seeing whether he actually is. It’s tempting to believe you’ve found everlasting love, just as it’s tempting to believe that your dog is some sort of crystal ball for reading character — and not responding to how some guy just kneaded all the stuff together for homemade liverwurst and then wiped his hands on his pants.

NIGHTLIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL

My boyfriend thinks there’s something wrong with me because of how much I sleep. I’ve always needed to sleep a lot (like, nine hours). I’ve been tested for everything, and I’m fine. Do some people just need more sleep? How do I get him off my back?

—Duvet-Covered Okay, so you’re the love child of Rip Van Winkle and a log.

Studies on identical twins suggest that our “sleep duration” (how long we tend to sleep) is between 31 and 55 percent “heritable” — which is to say factory-installed, driven by our genes.

Beyond your boyfriend not being tuned in to the genetics, there’s a little-known feature of our immune system — basically the psychological version of that plexiglass partition in liquor stores in bad neighborhoods — that may be causing him to worry about your sleepathons. In addition to warrior cells being sent out by our immune system to attack bodily invaders, such as viruses, psychologist Mark Schaller’s research suggests we have a psychological warning system — the “behavioral immune system” — to help us avoid being exposed to disease in the first place.

This warning system gets triggered by, among other things, atypical behavior — for example, sleeping far more than most people. To get your boyfriend off your case, you might tell him that being adequately rested is actually associated with lower risk of heart disease, obesity and psychiatric problems. In fact, it’s even associated with less risk of early mortality --— despite the things your boyfriend probably yells in bed: “Hey! Hey! You still alive? Should I call 911?”

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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY

By Rob Brezsny ARIES (March 21-April 19): According to my analysis of the astrological omens, you would be wise to ruffle and revise your relationship with time. It would be healthy for you to gain more freedom from its relentless demands; to declare at least some independence from its oppressive hold on you; to elude its push to impinge on every move you make. Here’s a ritual you could do to spur your imagination: Smash a timepiece. I mean that literally. Go to the store and invest $20 in a hammer and alarm clock. Take them home and vociferously apply the hammer to the clock in a holy gesture of pure, righteous chastisement. Who knows? This bold protest might trigger some novel ideas about how to slip free from the imperatives of time for a few stolen hours each week.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Promise me that you won’t disrespect, demean or neglect your precious body in the coming weeks. Promise me that you will treat it with tender compassion and thoughtful nurturing. Give it deep breaths, pure water, healthy and delicious food, sweet sleep, enjoyable exercise and reverential sex. Such veneration is always recommended, of course — but it’s especially crucial for you to attend to this noble work during the next four weeks. It’s time to renew and revitalize your commitment to your soft warm animal self.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Between 1967 and 1973, NASA used a series of Saturn V rockets to deliver six groups of American astronauts to the moon. Each massive vehicle weighed about 6.5-million pounds. The initial thrust required to launch it was tremendous. Gas mileage was seven inches per gallon. Only later, after the rocket flew farther from the grip of Earth’s gravity, did the fuel economy improve. I’m guessing that in your own life, you may be experiencing something like that seven-inches-per-gallon feeling right now. But I guarantee you won’t have to push this hard for long.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Mars, the planet that rules animal vitality and instinctual enthusiasm, will cruise through your astrological House of Synergy for much of the next five months. That’s why I’ve concluded that between now and mid-November, your experience of togetherness can and should reach peak expression.

Do you want intimacy to be robust and intense, sometimes bordering on rambunctious? It will be if you want it to be. Adventures in collaboration will invite you to wander out to the frontiers of your understanding about how relationships work best.

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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Which astrological sign laughs hardest and longest and most frequently? I’m inclined to speculate that Sagittarius deserves the crown, with Leo and Gemini fighting it out for second place. But having said that, I suspect that in the coming weeks you Leos could rocket to the top of the chart, vaulting past Sagittarians. Not only are you likely to find everything funnier than usual; I bet you will also encounter more than the usual number of authentically humorous and amusing experiences. (P.S.: I hope you won’t cling too fiercely to your dignity, because that would interfere with your full enjoyment of the cathartic cosmic gift.)

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): According to my analysis of the astrological omens, a little extra egotism might be healthy for you right now. A surge of super-confidence would boost your competence; it would also fine-tune your physical well-being and attract an opportunity that might not otherwise find its way to you. So, for example, consider the possibility of renting a billboard on which you put a giant photo of yourself with a tally of your accomplishments and a list of your demands. The cosmos and I won’t have any problem with you bragging more than usual or asking for more goodies than you’re usually content with.

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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): The coming weeks will be a favorable time for happy endings to sad stories, and for the emergence of efficient solutions to convoluted riddles. I bet it will also be a phase when you can perform some seemingly clumsy magic that dispatches a batch of awkward karma. Hooray! Hallelujah! Praise Goo! But now listen to my admonition, Libra:The coming weeks won’t be a good time to toss and turn in your bed all night long thinking about what you might have done differently in the month of May. Honor the past by letting it go.

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SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): “Dear Dr. Astrology: In the past four weeks, I have washed all 18 of my underpants four times. Without exception, every single time, each item has been inside-out at the end of the wash cycle. This is despite the fact that most of them were not inside-out when I threw them in the machine. Does this weird anomaly have some astrological explanation? – Upside-Down Scorpio.” Dear Scorpio:Yes. Lately your planetary omens have been rife with reversals, inversions, flip-flops and switchovers. Your underpants situation is a symptom of the bigger forces at work. Don’t worry about those bigger forces, though. Ultimately, I think you’ll be glad for the renewal that will emerge from the various turnabouts.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): As I sat down to meditate on your horoscope, a hummingbird flew in my open window. Scrambling to herd it safely back outside, I knocked my iPad on the floor, which somehow caused it to open a link to a Youtube video of an episode of the TV game show Wheel of Fortune, where the hostess Vanna White, garbed in a long red gown, revealed that the word puzzle solution was USE IT OR LOSE IT. So what does this omen mean? Maybe this: You’ll be surprised by a more-or-less delightful interruption that compels you to realize that you had better start taking greater advantage of a gift or blessing that you’ve been lazy or slow to capitalize on.

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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): You’re in a phase when you’ll be smart to bring more light and liveliness into the work you do. To spur your efforts, I offer the following provocations. 1. “When I work, I relax. Doing nothing makes me tired.” – Pablo Picasso. 2. “Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don’t recognize them.” – Ann Landers. 3. “Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.” – Aristotle. 4. “Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.” – Scott Adams. 5. “Working hard and working smart can sometimes be two different things.” – Byron Dorgan. 6. “Don’t stay in bed unless you can make money in bed.” – George Burns. 7. “Thunder is good, thunder is impressive; but it is lightning that does the work.” – Mark Twain.

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AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): “There isn’t enough of anything as long as we live,” said poet and short-story writer Raymond Carver. “But at intervals a sweetness appears and, given a chance, prevails.” My reading of the astrological omens suggests that the current phase of your cycle is one of those intervals, Aquarius. In light of this grace period, I have some advice for you, courtesy of author Anne Lamott: “You weren’t born a person of cringe and contraction. You were born as energy, as life, made of the same stuff as stars, blossoms, breezes. You learned contraction to survive, but that was then.” Surrender to the sweetness, dear Aquarius.

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PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Between you and your potential new power spot is an imaginary ten-foothigh, electrified fence. It’s composed of your least charitable thoughts about yourself and your rigid beliefs about what’s impossible for you to accomplish. Is there anything you can do to deal with this inconvenient illusion? I recommend that you call on Mickey Rat, the cartoon superhero in your dreams who knows the difference between destructive destruction and creative destruction. Maybe as he demonstrates how enjoyable it could be to tear down the fence, you’ll be inspired to join in the fun.

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PUBLIC NOTICESMNAXLP INVITATION TO BID Notice is hereby given that the Missoula Department of Public Works is soliciting bids for the construction of the West Harrier Storm Drainage project.

Sealed bids will be received at the Missoula County Department of Public Works office, 6089 Training Drive, Missoula, Montana, until 3:00 p.m. local time on July 6th, 2018, and will then be opened and publicly read immediately thereafter for the furnishing of all labor, equipment and materials for construction of the West Harrier Storm Drainage Project. DESCRIPTION OF WORK: The project is located in the Missoula Development Park in the area west of Trumpeter Way, north of Expressway, and south of West Harrier in Missoula, Montana. The work generally includes installation of storm drain piping and manholes with associated surface restoration and grading along the alignment of the storm drain, and related work in accordance with the plans and specifications.

COMPLETION OF WORK: All work shall be substantially complete within 45 calendar days after the commencement date stated in the notice to proceed. Construction will be completed during fall of 2018 with the earliest date of the notice to proceed anticipated on or about September 24th, 2018. OBTAINING CONTRACT DOCUMENTS: A complete set of the contract documents will be furnished to the contractors making application therefore from WGM Group, Inc., 1111 East Broadway Street, Missoula, MT 59802, upon non-refundable payment of $50.00 (plus shipping) by company check, cashier’s check, or bank money order (cash cannot be accepted). BID SECURITY: Each bid shall be accompanied by bid security made payable to Missoula County in an amount of ten percent (10%) of the bidder’s maximum bid price and in the form of cash, a cashier’s check, certified check, or bank money order drawn and issued by a national banking association located in Montana or by any banking corporation incorporated under the laws of Montana; or a bid bond (on form attached if a form is prescribed) issued by a surety authorized to do business in Montana meeting the requirements of Paragraph 5.01 of the general conditions. The bid security shall identify the same firm as is noted on the bid proposal forms. The bid bond shall act as a guarantee that the bidder, if his bid is accepted, will promptly execute the contract, secure payment of worker’s compensation insurance, and furnish a satisfactory faithful performance bond in the amount of 100 percent of the contract price and a payment bond in the amount of 100 percent of the contract

price. CONTRACTOR’S REGISTRATION: Montana law requires all contractors to register with the Department of Labor prior to submitting their bid. Forms for registration are available from the Department of Labor and Industry, P.O. Box 8011, 1805 Prospect Ave., Helena, Montana 59604-8011. Information on registration can be obtained by calling 1-406-444-7734. All laborers and mechanics employed by the contractor or subcontractors in performance of the construction work shall be paid wages at rates as may be required by law. The contractor must ensure that employees and applicants for employment are not discriminated on the basis of race, ancestry, color, physical or mental disability, religion, national origin, sex, age, marital or familial status, creed, ex-offender status, physical condition, political belief, public assistance status or sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, except where these criteria are reasonable bona fide occupational qualifications. BIDS TO REMAIN OPEN: The bidder shall guarantee the total bid price for a period of 60 calendar days from the date of bid opening. Proposals must be sealed and marked “West Harrier Storm Drainage, opening July 6, 2018”, and marked “Sealed Bid” with the contractor’s name and address, and be addressed to: Missoula County Department of Public Works 6089 Training Drive Missoula, MT 59808.

Facsimile bids will not be accepted.

WEST HARRIER STORM DRAINAGE INVITATION TO BID 00100-2. WAGE RATES: The Contractor shall not pay less than the latest Montana labor standards provisions minimum wage rates as determined by the Department of Labor and Industry. A copy of the ap-

plicable wage rates are attached as part of the specifications in Section 00910. PRE-BID CONFERENCE: Prospective bidders are encouraged to attend a pre-bid conference at the office of WGM Group, 1111 East Broadway, Missoula, MT, 59802 on June 28, 2018 at 2:00 p.m. local time.

This pre-bid conference will be a joint meeting with the County and the engineer. PROJECT ADMINISTRATION: All questions relative to this project prior to the opening of bids shall be directed to the engineer.

It shall be understood, however, that no specification interpretation will be made by telephone, nor will any “or equal” products be considered for approval prior to award of contract. The engineer for this project is: WGM Group, Inc., 1111 East Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802, with questions addressed to Jeff Smith, P.E. (406)728-4611. Successful contractors and vendors shall be required to comply with all Missoula County Business Licensing requirements.

Missoula County reserves the right to waive informalities, to reject any and all bids, and, if all bids are rejected, to re-advertise under the same or new specifications, or to make such an award as in the judgment of its officials, best meets the County’s requirements. Without limiting the foregoing, it is expressly stated that final award of the Contract is contingent upon securing appropriate financing. Any objections to published specifications shall be filed in written form with the Missoula County Department of Public Works prior to the bid opening on July 6, 2018. Missoula County provides accommodations for any known disability that may interfere with a person’s ability to participate in any service, program, or activity of the County. To request

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MONTANA FOURTH JUDICAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. 2 Cause No. DP18-114 Hon. Robert L. Deschamps III Presiding. IN RE THE ESTATE OF KELLY F. HANSEN, Deceased. NOTICE TO CREDITORS. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named estate.

All persons having claims against the said Deceased are required to present their claims within four months after the date of first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to Personal Representative Chantal Hansen-Fuller, certified mail, return receipt requested, 3212 Bowdish Road, Spokane Valley, WA 99206 or filed with the Clerk of the above-entitled Court. DATED this 21st day of

May, 2018. /s/ Chantal HansenFuller Personal Representative.

MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT MISSOULA COUNTY Cause No. DP-18-46 Dept. No. 1 - Leslie Halligan. NOTICE TO CREDITORS. IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF DOUGLAS G. ROBERT, 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 NANCY LOUISE ROBERT, the Personal Representative, return receipt requested, at 2687 Palmer St., Ste. D, Missoula, Montana 59808, or filed with the Clerk of the above Court. I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of

Montana that the foregoing is true and correct. DATED this 21st day of May, 2018. Nancy Louise Robert, Personal Representative Montana Elder Law, Inc. Stefan Kolis, Attorney for Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY. Cause No. DG-18-34 Dept. No.: 1 NOTICE OF HEARING. IN MATTER OF THE GUARDIANSHIP OF: H.P., A minor child. CODY PFLAUM NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, a hearing upon the Verified Petition for Appointment of Guardians filed in this matter on May 4, 2018 will be held in said Court and Courtroom in the Missoula County Courthouse, 200 W. Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802 on the 18th day of July, 2018, at 11:00am at which time all interested persons may appear and object. DATED this 24th day of May, 2018. Del M. Post Attorney for Petitioner

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MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY. Cause No. DG-18-35 Dept. No.: 1 NOTICE OF HEARING. IN THE MATTER OF THE GUARDIANSHIP OF: L.P., A minor child. CODY PFLAUM NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, a hearing upon the Verified Petition for Appointment of Guardians filed in this matter on May 4, 2018 will be held in said Court and Courtroom in the Missoula County Courthouse, 200 W. Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802 on the 18th day of July, 2018, at 11:00am at which time all interested persons may appear and object. DATED this 24th day of May, 2018. Del M. Post Attorney for Petitioner MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Department No. 3 Cause No. DP-18-139 Hon. John W. Larson Presiding NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN RE ESTATE OF GAROLD EUGENE CROUCH, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the said Deceased are required to present their claims within four months after the date of first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to Ray Charles McKinley, the Personal representative, Return Receipt Requested, c/o Skjelset & Geer, P.L.L.P., P.O. Box 4102, Missoula, Montana 59806, or filed with the Clerk of the above-entitled Court.

DATED this 25th day of May, 2018. /s/ Ray Charles McKinley Personal Representative /s/ Douglas G Skjelset Attorneys for the Estate

MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 4 Cause No. DP-18-138. NOTICE TO CREDITORS. IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF: FRED JOSEPH FORTUNE, Deceased.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Diane Phelps and David Fortune have been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the deceased are required to present their claims within four (4) months after the date of the first publication of this Notice, of their claims will be forever barred.

Claims must either be mailed to Jones & Associates, PLLC, Attorneys for the Personal Representative, return receipt requested, at 2625 Dearborn Avenue, Ste. 102A, Missoula, MT 59804, or filed with the Clerk of the above Court. We declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of Montana the foregoing is true and correct. Dated this 29 day of May, 2018 /s/ Diane Phelps, Co-Personal Representative. /s/ David Fortune, Co-Personal Representative. /s/ Kevin S. Jones, Attorney for Personal Representative.

MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 4 Probate No. DP-18-136. NOTICE TO CREDITORS. IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF L. JACK LYON, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the under-

signed has been appointed Personal Representative of the abovenamed estate. All persons having claims against the said deceased are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to Kendal L. Lyon, the Personal Representative, return receipt requested, c/o Boone Karlberg P.C., P. O. Box 9199, Missoula, Montana 59807-9199, or filed with the Clerk of the above-entitled Court. I declare, under penalty of perjury and under the laws of the state of Montana, that the foregoing is true and correct. DATED this 22 day of May, 2018, at Louisville, Colorado. Kendal L. Lyon Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Probate No. DP-18-145 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF INGRID E. HOLLIDAY, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named estate.

All persons having claims against the said deceased are required to present their claims within four (4) months after the date of the first publication of this Notice or said claims will be forever barred.

Claims must either be mailed to Anne U. Holliday Jones, Personal Representative, return receipt re-

MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. 4 Cause No. DP18-87 Hon. Karen S. Townsend Presiding NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN RE THE ESTATE OF VERYL P. JOHNSON, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the said Deceased are required to present their claims within four months after the date of first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to Robert W. Johnson, the Personal Representative, return receipt requested, c/o Skjelset & Geer, P.L.L.P., P.O. Box 4102, Missoula, Montana 59806, or filed with the Clerk of the above-entitled Court. Dated this 4th day of June, 2018. /s/ Robert W. Johnson Personal Representative /s/ Suzanne Geer Attorneys for the Estate

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PUBLIC NOTICES MNAXLP quested, in care of Douglas Harris, Attorney at Law, P.O. Box 7937, Missoula, Montana 59807-7937 or filed with the Clerk of the abovenamed Court. Dated this 30th day of May, 2018. /s/ Anne U. Holliday Jones Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT, MISSOULA COUNTY. Dept. No. 3. Probate No. DP-17-146. NOTICE TO CREDITORS. IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF GLORIA RAE JONES, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed personal representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the said deceased are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to Miva VanEngen, the attorney for the Personal Representative, return receipt requested, at 1800 S. Reserve St., Suite C-2, Missoula, Montana 59801, or filed with the Clerk of the above-enti-

tled Court. DATED this 11th day of June, 2018. /s/ Miva VanEngen.

MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT, MISSOULA COUNTY. Dept. No. 3. Probate No. DP-17-146. NOTICE TO CREDITORS. IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF GLORIA RAE JONES, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed personal representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the said deceased are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred.

Claims must either be mailed to Miva VanEngen, the attorney for the Personal Representative, return receipt requested, at 1800 S. Reserve St., Suite C-2, Missoula, Montana 59801, or filed with the Clerk of the above-entitled Court. DATED this 11th day of June, 2018. /s/ Gregg Cooney, Personal Representative, Miva VanEngen, Attorneys for Personal Representative

MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No.: 3 Cause No.: DP-18-117 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF: RICHARD HERBERT BRUCE, a/k/a Richard H. Bruce 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 Betty Sexton-Redman, the Personal Representative, return receipt requested, at c/o Bjornson Jones Mungas, PLLC, 2809 Great Northern Loop, Suite 100, Missoula, MT 59808, or filed with the Clerk of the above Court. Dated this 7th day of June, 2018. /s/ Betty Sexton-Redman, Personal Representative /s/ Craig Mungas, Attorneys for Betty Sexton-Redman, Personal Representative

MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 1 Cause No.: DP-18-154 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF: HARRY E. HOILAND, 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.

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232 N. HIGGINS AVE • DOWNTOWN

MAUSER• Mauser is an active man whose favorite activities include anything where he can fetch a stick! Not only is he a big bundle of love, but he is one smart cookie too! Come meet this handsome man Wed-Fri 1-6pm and Sat-Sun 125pm!

MAX AND REX• Max and Rex are a tiny pair with a big personality! These two love to snuggle up with their person and play with toys!

Max prefers stuffed animals and Rex is all about anything that squeeks! They are used to an active household and love to go for walks, fetch, and Max is even up for a swim! Come meet this adorable couple during our open hours, Wed-Fri from 1-6pm and Sat-Sun from 12-5pm!

Missoula 406-626-1500 william@rideglaw.com

Garry Kerr Dept. of Anthropology University of Montana

JAKE• This boy is one active lovebug! Jake's looking for someone to show him the ropes and give him a gentle introduction to the rest of the world! His favorite thing is to play with other dogs - and even played with a ferret in his previous home! He is quite the snuggler and can't wait to get out and exercise! Come meet this handsome guy during our open hours, Wed-Fri 1-6pm and Sat-Sun 12-5pm! missoulanews.com • June 14–June 21, 2018 [43]