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Cover photo courtesy of Steven Kornreich

News Voices/Letters Starbucks, Ankney and feral cats........................................................4 The Week in Review Last Best News, Jason Priest and Chris Hedges.........................6 Briefs HIV, organized labor and Monsanto....................................................................6 Etc. A bad day in court....................................................................................................7 News UM students campaign for a fossil fuel-free campus ............................................8 News Daines backs ban on abortion coverage through ACA..........................................9 Opinion Ravalli County’s accounting mess is no laughing matter ..............................10 Opinion The natural gas industry needs to come clean..............................................11 Feature Your Montana-made guide to the Sochi Olympics..........................................14

Arts & Entertainment Arts Behind the scenes of Freeload..............................................................................22 Music Dead Winter Carpenters, John Butler Trio and Dum Dum Girls ......................24 Books In That Dream, Native lit gets the spotlight......................................................25 Arts Old Minnesota band inspires Missoula art............................................................26 Movie Shorts Independent takes on current films .....................................................27 Flash in the Pan Garden mandala ...............................................................................28 Happiest Hour Laughing Grizzly .................................................................................30 8 Days a Week Sochi contractors are renovating our courthouse ..............................31 Mountain High Hiking the Pacific Crest Trail..............................................................37 Agenda Play the City Budget Game..............................................................................38

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

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STREET TALK

by Cathrine L. Walters

Asked Tuesday, Feb. 4, on the University of Montana campus, inside the UC. Will you watch the 2014 Winter Olympics? If so, what events are you most looking forward to?

Follow-up: There’s been a lot of talk about safety in Sochi and Russia’s readiness to host the games. How do you think the country will handle the pressure?

Kevin Joyce: Yes. I’m excited about nordic skiing because I’m a nordic skier.

There are some good female athletes on the American team to watch. Ground force: I did hear that Mitt Romney approved of their security … I imagine that Russia will have less qualms about forcefully enforcing a strict security policy.

Steven Reichelt: Of course. Shaun White in the slopestyle event for the first time!

(Editor’s note: White pulled out of the slopestyle competition Wednesday morning due to a wrist injury.) Ring of fire: I’m very curious to see what happens considering the whole area has been surrounded by terrorist attacks. But I don’t think it will be a pretty thing if somebody tries something.

Simon Dykstra: Yes. I really enjoy skiing and snowboarding and the halfpipe.

Speed skating as well. I watched the trials and it was crazy. Putin on the Ritz: I don’t think Russia is too worried about handling the safety—it’s more about publicity and image. I think one issue will be the gay rights aspect.

Tessa Zolnikov: Maybe. Probably the snowboarding events. Border patrol: I lived in Russia so I think they will highly militarize the entire zone. In any country there will be an elevated threat of terrorism no matter where the games are at.

There’s also been a lot of propaganda about how they will deal with any type of safety issues or terrorism, so I think the Olympians will be fine if they are smart about where they go and what they do.

Katya Joehnk: If I had a TV I would, but I will try to watch it online. Figure skating has been my favorite because of its similarity to ballet. Iron fist bump: I honestly think that they can do it and will pull it together. It seems like a show of strength to have the games at a location that will test their ability to defend it. If they do manage to have a safe Olympics, then it will show how strong they are as a country.

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Cat concerns

Coffee questions

I would like to share what I have experienced living in close proximity to a prolific feral cat population (see “Meow mess,” Jan. 30). I learned the hard way that one person’s good intentions can lead to a whole host of unwanted problems for an entire neighborhood.

Four years ago I moved to the outskirts of Missoula and realized my neighbor was feeding feral cats. At any time, I could look out the windows of my house and view dozens of cats waiting to be fed from her porch—she even provided birthing boxes. I got a whiff of what I was up against when spring arrived, the ground thawed and the stench of cat feces and urine began emanating from around the house like a witches’ brew gone bad. That year I watched as every flower pot and garden bed in my yard became a litter box. As a consequence, every dog within barking distance, when turned loose, would gather around my property to howl and growl at the ferals lurking under porches and vehicles. Just as troubling, I observed many litters of kittens born in the birthing boxes being released into the feral population.

From other neighbors I learned this was a long-standing colony that had plagued the neighborhood for years. A few conscientious people were already implementing TNR, or trap, neuter and release. So I got educated and learned to use a live trap. It took years, but with patience and persistence we prevailed. I am pleased to report the ferals that remain are spayed and neutered and the cat population has stabilized.

Even more encouraging, the balance of nature has returned to our neighborhood.

We now have a diversity of birds at our feeders. I recently saw a squirrel in the yard; the first one I have seen since moving in to the neighborhood. I no longer buy 50-pound sacks of lime for odor control, or cover my garden with rolls of plastic netting to keep the soil clean for planting vegetables. I sleep through the night without being awakened by cats mating and fighting. And the poisoning of cats seems to have stopped. It is a better neighborhood now.

I am very grateful to Missoula’s Animal Control for providing a humane place to take feral cats. No one wants to harm or euthanize a healthy cat. TNR is not a perfect solution, but it is currently the most humane option we have. But, there is no doubt, we need more tools county-wide to limit the size and scope of cat colonies.

And to the people who feed and maintain these colonies of cats: moderation would go along way in preventing problems from occurring. Be courteous to your neighbors and kind to the cats by spaying and neutering them. And please don’t take on more cats than you are allowed by law or property management.

Lucinda Hodges Missoula

Missoula needs a Starbucks? Paid in part with taxpayer money from “property tax assessments”? Missoula doesn’t have enough great coffee kiosks? What happened to supporting local businesses? (See “New Starbucks on deck, Jan. 23.)

This in a effort to “eradicate urban blight” in the city council-designated urban renewal district in the vicinity of Ruby’s Café and Taco del Sol, described by MRA Director Ellen Buchanan as a “big gray blob” in the middle of Missoula, as seen from the “M.” Perhaps if Buchanan looked closer (actually walked around blighted district III), she’d see there are already two very good local coffee bars amidst the blight: Florence Coffee and Liquid Planet (from which I have enjoyed buying and drinking many a great coffee over the years). Is the mission of the MRA and the city council to drive out local business? Shouldn’t that money go to supporting small business, rather than a chain or franchise?

Barbara Ross Missoula

“I got a whiff of what I was up against when spring arrived.”

Unleveled playing field When I read State Rep. Duane Ankney’s letter on lack of tax incentives to the fossil fuel industry, the first thing I thought was, “Huh?” (See “Letters,” Jan. 23.)

An Internet search showed how complicated this topic is. Still, it’s clear the fossil fuel industry—oil, gas and coal—has benefited more than any other energy source. In the 60 years from 1950 to 2010, fossil fuels reaped about $600 billion or 70 percent of total energy industry incentives, compared to 9 percent for renewables. While incentives for fossil fuels are mainly permanent provisions written into the tax code, those for renewables are time-limited initiatives.

This unleveled playing field creates artificially low fossil fuel prices.

Montana also offers its own subsidy, an 18-month oil and gas tax holiday for new wells. Industry pays no taxes when wells are most productive, and communities like Sidney are straining under infrastructure, education, law enforcement and other demands during the boom. Sen. Christine Kaufman, D-Helena, introduced SB 295, which would have removed the tax holiday, and directed the roughly $35 million annually to community oil and gas impact relief

and a renewable resources trust fund. Republicans killed it in committee. Instead, they passed SB 396, diverting U.S. mineral royalties from federal lands to an oil and gas impact fund, reducing our general revenue fund by $10 million annually.

Add to this the portending legacy of abandoned wells. In fossil fuel friendly Wyoming, companies are writing off low reclamation bonds, leaving the state to pick up the tab, estimated at $30,000 per well.

Ridiculously, Montana’s bonds are even lower with less incentive to reclaim wells. If you like Montana’s dubious distinction as home to the Berkeley Pit, our nation’s largest superfund site, you’ll love it when taxpayers pick up the tab for cleaning our groundwater, without benefit of the tourist attraction.

Claudia Narcisco Missoula

2014 to-do list As we move into 2014, we the people have some critical challenges. The success of our efforts will depend on total commitment from every element of our society, not just the “radical right” or the “radical left.” We can’t be complaisant, and allow ourselves to be governed by wealthy corporations. Every one of us needs to be fairly represented.

Here are some major matters that require our attention: The middle class continues to decline with median family income some $5,000 less than it was in 1999. More Americans, 46.5 million, are now living in poverty than at any time in our nation’s history.

Real unemployment is not 7 percent.

If one includes those who have given up looking for work and those who want fulltime work but are employed part-time, real unemployment is 13.2 percent.

Millions of college students are leaving school deeply in debt, while many others have given up on their dream of a higher education because of the cost.

Meanwhile, as tens of millions of Americans struggle to survive economically, the wealthiest people are doing phenomenally well and corporate profits are at an all-time high. In fact, wealth and income inequality today is greater than at any time since just before the Great Depression. One family, the Walton family with its Walmart fortune, now owns more wealth than the bottom 40 percent of Americans. In recent years, 95 percent of all new income has gone to the top 1 percent.

The scientific community has been very clear: Global warming is real. It is already causing massive problems and, if we don’t significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions, the planet we leave to our kids and grandchildren will be less and less habitable.

Let’s vow to work together this year, and really make things better.

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WEEK IN REVIEW

VIEWFINDER

by Cathrine L. Walters

Wednesday, January 29 Travis Leroy Falcon, 42, allegedly beats his Missoula housemate and then steals her car before being apprehended by Missoula County sheriff’s deputies. Falcon is charged with five felonies, including aggravated assault, theft and criminal possession of dangerous drugs.

Thursday, January 30 U.S. Interior Secretary Sally Jewell announces that two Montana tribes, the Confederated Salish and Kootenai and the Northern Cheyenne, have reached a deal with the federal government to begin a land buyback program that will return lands held in trust by the Interior Department to tribal ownership.

Friday, January 31 The Roman Catholic Diocese of Helena files for bankruptcy as it prepares to disperse $15 million among more than 300 adults who suffered childhood sexual abuse at the hands of Catholic priests, nuns and laypeople over the course of three decades in Montana.

Saturday, February 1 Ed Kemmick, a longtime Montana newspaper reporter, launches LastBestNews.com.

The independent news website is “dedicated to telling the story and covering the culture, people and places of Billings and Eastern Montana, with occasional forays into other parts of Montana and neighboring states.”

Sunday, February 2 State Sen. Jason Priest, R-Red Lodge, spends Super Bowl Sunday in the Yellowstone County Detention Facility after being arrested for suspected partner assault and resisting arrest. The lawmaker is the current chairman of the Senate Public Health, Welfare and Safety Committee.

Monday, February 3 Chris Hedges, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and anti-war activist, presents a lecture titled “Julian Assange, Bradley Manning, PRISM, Edward Snowden and National Security” at the University of Montana. Hedges uses the forum to criticize America’s history of war and domestic surveillance.

Tuesday, February 4 The Senate Foreign Relations Committee approves the nomination of Sen. Max Baucus to be the country’s next ambassador to China. The Montana Democrat now faces a vote in the full Senate.

Models at Blue Mountain Clinic’s seventh annual Off the Rack fashion show and fundraiser on Feb. 1 display provocative outfits designed

by Jace and Lou Laasko. The garments, made from found objects, metal and condoms, were later auctioned off for $850.

Film

A labor of love With snow thick on the streets, a few people shuffle out of the cold and into a dark room at the back of a restaurant to learn about the past and the future of organized labor. It feels like a clandestine union meeting— the kind mythologized in movies like Matewan and Hoffa—but it’s something else entirely. It’s opening night of the ninth annual Missoula Area Labor Film Festival at the Crystal Theatre.

“The goal of the festival, yes, is education for sure,” says Diane Keefauver, who is wearing a black-and-red International Workers of the World T-shirt and greeting guests at the door with fliers. “But also to activate people, to get them roused up.”

The Missoula Area Central Labor Council, a coalition of local unions and an AFL-CIO affiliate, is the sponsor of the weekend-long festival.

The first movie on the agenda is Strike, a 1925 Russian silent film about a factory worker strike triggered by the suicide of a worker. But silent films don’t draw a crowd like they used to and there are only 10 people in the audience when the film begins. At least one attendee says he is drawn to the old-school style.

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“I am interested in labor issues, I am an employer and a small contractor,” says Craig Menteer, who came specifically to watch Strike. “But I am also an actor and an artist and I wanted to see this Soviet realism type of film.”

Most of the festival’s attendees and volunteers are middle-aged or older, but there are exceptions. Rashid Ghafur, a 33-year-old Doc’s Gourmet Sandwich Shop employee, is there managing the projection equipment.

He feels the labor movement needs to do more to educate people, and cultural events are crucial to that effort.

“The majority of people are uneducated about the labor movement in the United States,” Ghafur says.

“Unions need to do a better job of educating young people, whether it be in community groups or in school.”

Besides Strike, the festival features a documentary about the Great Recession called Heist, Terry Gilliam’s dystopian classic Brazil and a documentary about worker cooperatives titled Shift Change: Putting Democracy to Work.

The festival’s organizers report that a total of 50 people attended the event over the course of the weekend.

Jimmy Tobias

Agriculture

Monsanto’s big move Last month’s revelation that seed giant Monsanto plans to establish a wheat-breeding research station on the outskirts of Great Falls touched off a statewide firestorm. Groups critical of Monsanto’s work with genetically modified organisms, or GMOs, called for the public to comment on a Cascade County rezoning proposal necessary for the construction to begin. Monsanto itself maintains that future work there would not involve GMOs but rather conventional wheat breeding.

“It’s important that the products are ultimately tested in the locations where they will be grown,” says Monsanto’s Kristin Schneider, “to ensure they meet the needs of the local farmers who desire to grow improved wheat varieties.”

Last spring, Monsanto announced it was consolidating wheat breeding research and development at a new Wheat Technology Center in Twin Falls, Idaho. The company reentered the wheat industry in 2009 after purchasing the Montana-based company WestBred.

WestBred regional manager Ryan Holt says the consolidation is primarily to “maximize efficiencies” and calls for moving an existing wheat-breeding station and test

[news] plots from Bozeman to Great Falls. Cascade County Planning Director Susan Conell says she expects to receive an operational statement from Holt in the next few days.

Monsanto insists that its focus with wheat in the nearterm is on conventional breeding. However, communications director Sara Miller says the company is in the early stages of renewing its biotech development, and Schneider adds that current efforts to breed wheat for increased yields and multiple herbicide tolerances “could serve as the foundation for new biotechnology traits.”

According to a U.S. Department of Agriculture database, Monsanto began growing glyphosate-tolerant wheat in Hawaii back in fall 2011. Glyphosate is an herbicide first brought to market by Monsanto as the weedkiller Roundup in the early 1970s. Between 1997 and 2005, Monsanto attempted to cultivate Roundup-resistant wheat similar to its Roundup Ready corn and soy on plots throughout the western U.S., including in Montana. The project, which generated widespread condemnation, was discontinued in 2005 but Monsanto expressed a desire to begin new Roundup Ready wheat trials last year. USDA records show Monsanto is currently growing glyphosate-tolerant wheat on 300 acres in North Dakota.

Conell says she’s only received one public letter so far regarding the rezone in Great Falls, but is quick to point out that the local chapter of national protest group March Against Monsanto is circulating a petition demanding that the city block the proposed construction.

Conell expects to be inundated with public comment “in another week or so.”

Alex Sakariassen

HIV

Federal funding cuts services HIV-prevention experts are warning that a federal funding decrease announced last month by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will significantly curtail their efforts to stop the virus from spreading in Montana.

“A lot of services are being cut,” says David Herrera from Missoula nonprofit FDH & Associates, which performed 220 HIV tests last year. “It’s only a matter of time before you see an increase in infections.”

Laurie Kops from the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services oversees distribution of federal HIV prevention funding to contractors such as FDH. She says the CDC’s January announcement has left 17 statewide nonprofits like FDH grappling with gutted budgets.

This year’s cut marks the second in two years. In 2012, HIV prevention and education funding in Montana totaled $1.2 million. This year, it’s down to just

$674,000. Kops says that the funding decreases are endangering even the most basic efforts.

“If we run out of (HIV) tests before the end of the year, then we are out of tests,” she says. “When you’re cut this much money, I don’t know what’s going to happen.”

The decrease comes in the wake of a June 2011 directive from the CDC to focus resources on regions with the highest per capita number of HIV infections. Montana, with roughly 21 new cases diagnosed annually, is considered a “low-incidence” state.

Missoula Open Aid Alliance Executive Director Christa Weathers notes that because philanthropic organizations are following the federal government’s lead and channeling resources to urban areas, HIV service organizations such as hers are finding themselves in increasingly precarious positions.

“We’re seeing HIV-prevention funding being cut from pretty much all directions,” she says.

Weathers says the problem is that while Montana has comparably fewer cases than, say, Seattle, HIV is still here. For example, she notes that between October and December, Missoula, Flathead and Lake county health officials diagnosed eight new HIV infections.

Medications for those diagnosed with the virus cost roughly $1,500 per month and are required for life to keep the disease in check. An HIV test runs $12.50. In light of those numbers, Weathers argues that the federal budget cuts are shortsighted.

“It’s much more affordable to prevent than to treat,” she says.

According to the CDC, one in four people infected with HIV don’t know they’ve contracted the virus.

Jessica Mayrer

Animals

Stuck in the doghouse In 2012, a Jefferson City dog breeder was convicted of 91 counts of animal cruelty after a law enforcement

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Record-breaking number of skiers and snowboarders at Montana Snowbowl on Feb. 1, surpassing an attendance record set in 2010. search of his property discovered malnourished malamutes crammed into feces-ridden kennels. The breeder is now appealing to the Montana Supreme Court, but the Humane Society of the United States asked last month that the judgment stand.

“There were animals who had no food, had no water,” says Humane Society Staff Attorney Aaron Green.

On Oct. 12, 2011, Jefferson County Sheriff ’s Department deputies found Mike Chilinski’s property littered with animals that were sick with Giardia and worms, and, according to legal filings, “suffered from wounds or other injuries, including missing or damaged ears ...”

The Fifth Judicial Court sentenced Chilinski in 2012 to five years in prison and required that he forfeit all of his 162 dogs. Chilinski’s appeal asserts that his conviction should be vacated and Montana’s animal cruelty law declared unconstitutional, because the statute’s language, which criminalizes causing pain or suffering to animals “without justification,” is vague.

Chilinski’s attorneys attempted to justify the conditions his animals were subjected to, telling the court in legal filings that the breeder’s business hit a slump and he found himself with more dogs than he could handle.

“Chilinski continued to care for them as best he could,” his attorneys argue, despite a “succession of economic, medical and kennel misfortunes.”

In response, the Montana Attorney General’s Office argues that the conditions on Chilinski’s property can’t be justified. In addition, the state says the law, which requires pet owners to provide sufficient food and water “to sustain the animal’s normal health” and prevents owners from “confining the animal in a cruel manner,” is not tough to grasp. “The animal cruelty statute provides a person of ordinary intelligence fair notice of the prohibited conduct,” says the state.

As for Green, he believes that it’s unlikely the Supreme Court will toss Montana’s animal cruelty statute, or grant Chilinski’s request to overturn the conviction. Rather, Green sees the appeal as a chance for justices to reinforce existing prohibitions.

“This is a great opportunity for the court to not only tell Mr. Chilinski but to tell any potential animal abuser in the state, that (they) will be punished,” he says. “If you abuse an animal in Montana, you will pay.”

Jessica Mayrer

ETC. Missoula County Deputy Attorney D. James McCubbin did not have a good day in court on Jan. 29.

McCubbin is the lead attorney on Missoula County’s long-running lawsuit against Sterling and SuzAnne Miller, the owners of Dunrovin Ranch in Lolo. The county first launched its case against the Millers in 2012 for failing to maintain an adequate septic tank and for failing to acquire the proper licensing for a construction project on their property. Since then, the Millers have complied with all of the county’s mandates. Despite their efforts, the county attorney’s office brought them to court last month to try to strip away Dunrovin’s legal designation as a guest ranch in order to more stringently regulate the business as a hotel or a bed and breakfast.

In court, a skeptical Judge Ed McLean peppered McCubbin with questions about the purpose of the continued case against the Millers.

“What I’m concerned about is what exactly the county’s interest in pursuing the Millers and Dunrovin Ranch is,” said McLean. “To me we’re beating a dead horse. We’re not trying to accommodate our citizens, we’re trying to enforce regulations and, by God, show people who’s boss.”

McLean is in the process of deciding the case.

The judge’s sentiments mirror the views of the Millers’ supporters, who believe the county is suffering from a terrible case of regulatory overreach. “In the face of this legal assault we must question how suing the Millers became a priority and whether or not there are better uses of the County’s legal resources,” wrote a group of local residents in a December letter to county leaders.

The most striking fact about McCubbin’s recent motion against the Millers is that he went ahead with it at all. In early January, Missoula City-County Health Department Director Ellen Leahy sent an email to county officials in which she recommended that the case be deferred.

“The remaining issue of guest ranch definition is a problem created by the Legislature which cannot be resolved by the parties to this litigation,” she wrote.

Despite her request, McCubbin took the Millers to court. He claims that the county is simply enforcing public health and safety rules. The Millers, who have spent more than $40,000 on their legal defense, see it differently. They call it “a vendetta.”

Residents are angry, a judge is annoyed and county regulators are getting a bad name. Perhaps it’s time to close this costly case.

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Divestment debut UM students campaign for a fossil fuel-free campus

by Jimmy Tobias

“We got the goods, dog,” says Erik Lillquist, a University of Montana sophomore.

“Let me see, let me see, let me see,” says Caitlin Piserchia, a junior, shifting excitedly in her chair at a corner table inside Food for Thought. Lillquist hands over his smartphone.

With phone in hand, Piserchia scrolls through an audited financial statement that contains detailed information about UM’s

for student activists in Pittsburgh last fall. “[Climate change] is the moral issue of our time in my mind. ... Just like any other moral issue you should do something about it if you have the means and the time.”

Piserchia, who also attended the Pittsburgh conference, says that fossil fuel divestment is no idle dream. She points out that nine college campuses, 22 municipalities and 20 religious organizations across

photo by Cathrine L. Walters

Caitlin Piserchia, Nick Engelfried and Erik Lillquist, left to right, meet with fellow students at a recent Reinvest Montana meeting. “It is a big national movement and we want to get on board and do our part,” says Lillquist.

endowment. Lillquist and Piserchia learn that the University of Montana Foundation, which manages the endowment and other fundraising initiatives, has more than $165 million invested in a wide variety of holdings, from bonds to index funds to private equity investments that specialize in the energy sector. You wouldn’t think a financial statement would elicit excitement, but when it comes to UM’s finances these students have big plans.

Lillquist, Piserchia and a group of fellow students and alumni have launched a campaign to convince university administrators to divest its endowment funds from companies that extract, process, transport and burn fossil fuels. The campaign, called Reinvest Montana, joins a growing national movement that hopes to pressure college campuses and municipalities to pull their money from companies whose products and practices promote climate change.

“It is a big national movement and we want to get on board and do our part,” says Lillquist, who was inspired to help launch a divestment movement in Missoula after he attended an environmental conference

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the country have already pledged to divest their money from fossil fuel enterprises.

The idea has picked up momentum in the last month alone, when 17 national foundations with $1.8 billion in assets publicly committed on Jan. 30 to fossil fuel divestment. A few days earlier, Jim Yong Kim, president of the World Bank, endorsed fossil fuel divestment during a speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, saying “through policy reforms we can divest and tax that which we don’t want, the carbon that threatens development gains over the last 20 years.”

Despite the national momentum, University of Montana Foundation officials are not on board.

“How, when an economy is so dependent on or related to fossil fuel, how in the world can you strip it out?” says Keith Kuhn, the foundation’s executive vice president of finance and operations. “You can’t. It is not like tobacco. It is not like South Africa. I understand and respect what is being asked for, but it is not a valid tactic when it comes to fossil fuel.”

Kuhn adds that UM’s endowment does

not use “social screens” and that it is already deeply entangled in fossil fuel stocks.

“Almost every pooled investment has some relationship or some holding in the fossil fuel industry,” he says.

The students behind Reinvest Montana are not deterred by such statements, and neither are a number of national organizations advising the campaign. The groups have plenty of experience confronting the slow pace of administrative change, says Lauren Ressler, an organizer with the Responsible Endowments Coalition.

“It definitely is a process and that is why the student divestment movement has really focused on a five-year timeline at most universities for the phase-out process,” she says. “That means giving the university five years to implement the divestment entirely in their portfolios.”

Ressler adds that cleaning out fossil fuel investments requires working with fund managers to find creative solutions, like developing fossil-free funds that promise returns that mimic more traditional investments.

“Right now there are a lot of new products emerging for investment managers,” Ressler says. “... There are many different funds that are developing these investment products, these new indices, that are available to [universities] and screen out fossil fuels from the get-go.”

With an organizing drive in the works and support from national groups like 350.org, Reinvest Montana is confident that it will eventually wrest a divestment commitment from UM’s financial custodians. The campaign also hopes to encourage reinvestment in local and sustainable enterprises.

“We want the university reinvesting in sustainable, Montana-based industries so that this money is going into industries that help our state transition to sustainability rather than into these largely out-of-state fossil fuel corporations,” says Nick Engelfried, a UM alumnus and environmental organizer who is working closely with the student activists. “... A big part of our strategy is showing that this is something that students want and that it will be important to prospective students deciding if they will come to school here.”

The group’s next biweekly meeting is on Monday, Feb. 10 at 7:30 p.m. at the UM FLAT. On Wednesday, Feb. 12, Reinvest Montana will ask the Associated Students of the University of Montana to pass a resolution in support of fossil-fuel divestment on campus. jtobias@missoulanews.com

[news]

Hyde and Steve Daines backs ban on abortion coverage through ACA

by Alex Sakariassen

Anderson says the stakes are “enormous” for women’s reproductive health care in the next few electoral cycles. Religious organizations have already challenged the Obama administration’s ability to enforce the ACA’s contraceptive mandate, prompting the U.S. Supreme Court last month to temporarily block the provision. More than 20 states have individually banned coverage of abortion by health care plans on the exchanges, a measure that Republican lawmakers in the Montana Legislature have tried twice. The first attempt was vetoed in 2011 by then-Gov. Brian Schweitzer. A similar bill in 2013 died in committee.

“At the national level, all it takes is a couple of Senate votes or a different president to suddenly have a ban of any insurance product covering abortion care,” Anderson says. “There’s a lot of rhetoric out there. No woman plans to have an abortion. But it is part of our health care if that’s where she finds herself to be.”

Anderson adds that Planned photo courtesy of the Office of Steve Daines Parenthood Advocates of Montana Rep. Steve Daines, who has consistently polled as the frontrunner in the 2014 Senplans to do “as much as we possibly ate race, voted last month for a controversial bill that would ban abortion coverage can to make sure Steve Daines does from new health insurance plans. not go to the U.S. Senate.” and President Barack Obama says he’ll veto funds to purchase abortion coverage riders Daines’ position against abortion has the measure if it ever does reach his desk. for those plans. The same goes for small attracted powerful allies in the past. The Even with its fate determined, HR 7 and businesses, which would only be eligible conservative nonprofit Susan B. Anthony what it represents is still primed to influ- for tax credits for employee insurance List endorsed Daines in 2012 and conence the 2014 Senate race in Montana due plans if those plans do not cover elective tributed $5,000 to his congressional camto one of its cosponsors: Rep. Steve Daines. abortion. paign. The nonprofit National Right to Democrats and pro-choice groups Life Committee spent an additional Proponents of HR 7 argue that tax credit subsidies offered to certain individu- have decried HR 7 as a propaganda-fueled $15,522 on third-party radio ads in 2012 als and small businesses through the ACA attack on women’s rights, and are quick supporting Daines’ candidacy. In addiequate to government spending in violation to point out that the ACA already contains tion, during his brief Senate challenge of the Hyde Amendment, a rider attached a provision requiring an extra monthly against Sen. Jon Tester—Daines later to the annual Health and Human Services surcharge to cover abortion—money that switched to the House race—the antiappropriations bill in 1976 that prevented insurers are then directed to segregate. abortion Concerned Women Political Acthe government from funding abortion Stacey Anderson, director of public affairs tion Committee threw its weight behind at Planned Parenthood Advocates of Mon- Daines. Politico quoted a spokesman for through Medicaid.

“Like the majority of Americans, Steve tana, says she isn’t sure what Republicans Concerned Women at the time explaining believes that taxpayer dollars should not be are trying to accomplish with the meas- the endorsement came after the PAC’s used to support abortion services,” Daines ure, unless the goal is to “dismantle” what president and CEO, Penny Nance, met spokesperson Alee Lockman said in an they already negotiated for in the ACA. Daines at a Washington, D.C., fundraiser.

“They’re saying even women’s own email response to questions this week. “He Concerned Women PAC’s legislative supported and voted for HR 7 because it money cannot be used for the health care arm, Concerned Women for America, sent codifies into permanent law the Hyde that they need,” she says. letters to members of Congress last month Daines’ office refers to the ACA-estab- supporting HR 7. So did the NRLC, which Amendment and other appropriations riders that prevent the utilization of federal tax- lished surcharge as an “accounting gim- claimed that “over one million Americans payer funds for abortions and closed the mick” that “does little to alleviate the fact are alive today because of the Hyde Amendloophole in the tax code that allowed for that taxpayer funds subsidize plans covering ment.” When asked, Lockman said she ‘subsidization’ of policies that include elec- abortion.” Lockman adds that part of the HR didn’t believe Daines had received any such 7 push is to bring more transparency to letters prior to his HR 7 vote. tive abortion coverage.”

The bill makes an exception for abor- which plans offer elective abortion coverage tions “if the pregnancy is the result of an act and how much those surcharges cost. asakariassen@missoulanews.com Republicans in the U.S. House last month passed a measure intended to ban abortion coverage from plans available through the Affordable Care Act. But House Resolution 7, the so-called No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act, appears destined to fail. The Senate is not expected to take up the resolution, which House Democrats have dismissed as a needless attempt by the GOP to pander to religious conservatives,

of rape or incest” or if the procedure is necessary in preserving the mother’s life.

Daines’ office downplays the ramifications of HR 7 on women in Montana, claiming it would have “no impact” on funding for current coverage and would only apply to insurance plans offered for 2015 and beyond. At that point, Montanans receiving subsidies through the ACA would be required to use private

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[opinion]

Strange days Ravalli County’s accounting mess is no laughing matter

by Dan Brooks

Three weeks ago, embattled treasurer Valerie Stamey announced that she had uncovered a criminal conspiracy among Ravalli County commissioners. She dropped this bombshell at a meeting where she was supposed to explain why her office had not produced a monthly financial report since September.

Stamey did not have any reports, nor did she mention them. She accused Commissioners JR Iman and Greg Chilcott of illegally selling tax liens, and then she left.

Fortunately, Tea Party activist, stalkinghorse Democrat and independent researcher of “drunk Indians” Jan Wisniewski was there to hand out printed copies of Stamey’s remarks.

The now-suspended treasurer has refused to speak to reporters ever since. She did, however, describe the alleged conspiracy to a meeting of the South Valley Pachyderm Club. You can watch a video of her 90-minute address on YouTube, and I urge you to do so—both for sheer force of incoherency and because of the strange moment that happens 32 seconds in.

Stamey begins her remarks with the Lord’s Prayer. When she gets to the part about “thy will be done on Earth,” she looks up and adds, “that’s where we are right now.” It’s a weird kind of joke, and nobody laughs. When they don’t, Stamey finishes up the prayer and spends the next hour and a half explaining herself.

Her explanation does not make a lot of sense, and we will not try to unravel it here.

Better forensic accountants than I will spend the next several weeks doing that. I’m more interested in the joke, and what it says about the strangest figure in the strangest story to emerge from Ravalli County in years.

Who takes religion seriously enough to open with the Lord’s Prayer but lightly enough to ad lib a joke midway through? I submit that the answer is “an extraordinarily impulsive person.” It explains why Stamey said whatever popped into her head even as she was leading a roomful of skeptical Re-

publicans in prayer, and it explains the bizarre details the public has learned about her over the last few weeks.

For example, we know that Stamey had no background in managerial accounting before she was made treasurer. County commissioners appointed her in a 3-2 vote over Ravalli tax lead Linda Isaacs. Ostensibly, Stamey got the job for her “enthusiasm,” but her main qualification seemed to be that she was a Republican precinct captain active in Tea Party politics.

“What’s baffling is not why Stamey acts the way she does but why the Ravalli commission didn’t see it coming.”

Immediately after she took office, the treasury stopped producing monthly reports. Several longtime employees quit after complaining that she was unqualified, while Stamey herself lambasted her coworkers for refusing to show her how the office operated. Last week, after she was placed on leave, auditors found more than $800,000 in undeposited property tax checks from November and December.

It all suggests that Stamey simply was not doing her job, apparently because she did not know how. Why, then, did she apply in the first place? Even such an enthusiast as she would have to realize that being the county treasurer would involve some heavy accounting. But she took the job anyway, and consequences be damned.

It’s the same mindset that might lead a person to, for example, double-cash a home

refinance check. Shortly after the treasury became so backlogged that Ravalli County fire departments began to run out of money, the Bitterroot Star reported that Stamey had suffered a default judgment in Greenville County, S.C., for cashing the same $18,000 check by mail and by phone.

Stamey had moved to Montana by the time that judgment was levied. A few months later, she took out a mortgage on her South Carolina home and subsequently defaulted.

It seems odd that a person would take out a mortgage she couldn’t afford on a home in which she no longer lived. As in the checkcashing fiasco, the consequences seem both disastrous and inevitable. But Stamey could not resist the easy money, the cash in hand.

Maybe that kind of impulsive behavior is what led her to appear before the Ravalli County commission not with a report on the progress of her office, but with news of a vast, ill-defined criminal conspiracy. We don’t know. It’s possible that the woman who has not produced a treasurer’s report since she took office looked at the books and saw something no one else did, but it seems unlikely.

It’s more likely that Stamey is saying what she can to draw her salary and put off disaster a little while longer. That is what the pattern of these last few weeks suggests.

What’s baffling is not why Stamey acts the way she does but why the Ravalli commission didn’t see it coming.

They put an erratic person in charge of the county’s money, and she has produced the most entertaining scandal in recent memory. She also may have cost taxpayers thousands of dollars and brought in the FBI to investigate her allegations. Ravalli County’s finances are in disarray, and it is not the impulsive Stamey so much as the irresponsible commission who is to blame.

That’s where we are right now.

Dan Brooks writes about politics, culture and lying at combatblog.net. His column appears every other week in the Independent.

photo by Alex Sakariassen

[10] Missoula Independent • February 6–February 13, 2014

[opinion]

Missed opportunity The natural gas industry needs to come clean

by Sarah Gilman

Shift more of the nation off coal-powered electricity and onto that supplied by natural gas, and what do you get? A significant reduction in the carbon emissions driving the alarming climatic shifts we already experience in our daily lives.

That’s the theory anyway, because natural gas produces about half the carbon dioxide that coal does when burned. This ongoing electricity switch may account for a significant portion of the overall decrease in U.S. greenhouse gas releases that’s occurred over the last few years.

But the climate benefits of natural gas hinge on just how much is leaking from the wells, pipelines, compressor stations and other infrastructure extracting and delivering the fuel. And what that amount is no one seems to know precisely.

We do know that methane, natural gas’ primary component, is a vastly more potent greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide. Some researchers think that as little as a 3 percent loss of methane from its production cycle could cancel out the emissions reductions achieved by moving from coal to gas. Recent studies certainly don’t stoke confidence. One published in The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences in November concluded that U.S. methane emissions were 1.5 times higher than previously thought, and that those for the oil and gas industry in Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas were five times higher.

You’d think the industry would fall all over itself to plug leaks and ensure its place in the U.S. clean energy pantheon. Presenters and attendees at an industry conference last summer certainly talked that talk; they beat the hey-enviro-hypocrites-we’rereducing-greenhouse-gases! drum at every opportunity. When President Obama made natural gas a key part of his climate strategy, energy companies and trade groups were more than happy to pile onboard. You might even think that the industry would

embrace Colorado’s landmark proposal to rein in fugitive methane emissions from oil and gas operations, announced last fall as part of a larger effort to tighten air quality rules. After all, doing so would make the industry’s recent concern about climate change seem more, well, genuine. Indeed, some of the state’s major operators— among them Noble, Anadarko and EnCana—supported the revision.

“If the formulas are safe, why must companies hide their composition, trade secret or not?”

But two major trade associations representing the industry in Colorado? Not so much.

In early January, the Colorado Oil and Gas Association and the Colorado Petroleum Association filed documents with the state’s Air Quality Control Commission arguing that it doesn’t have the authority to regulate methane and that doing so as proposed was inappropriate, unjustified and unfairly singled out the oil and gas industry for its greenhouse gas emissions. Moreover, they suggested that the parts of the rules that cracked down on emissions of volatile organic compounds, which contribute to the formation of lung-damaging, smog-making ozone, should apply only in parts of the state that have already been officially designated

as zones with significant air quality problems. Essentially, that would mean that energy companies could pollute more in areas with cleaner air.

“The Colorado Oil and Gas Association supports many aspects of the rule,” spokesman Doug Flanders said diplomatically in a statement. “We are committed to continuing the good work we have accomplished with state regulators to ensure our air stays clean while allowing this critical industry to responsibly develop oil and natural gas—a product each one of us are using right now.”

Sorry, guys, but you can’t have it both ways. If you want to claim that natural gas is a key part of the solution to climate change, you can’t expect the public to buy that all companies are going to voluntarily tackle the leak issue. “Responsibly” developing natural gas is going to take tight regulation to ensure that it’s a bridge fuel to a cleaner energy economy and not a bridge to nowhere.

As Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor John Deutch, who chaired the Obama administration’s panel evaluating the risks of fracking, has observed, the industry’s reluctance to be transparent about the chemicals used in the drilling process has hurt companies more than it’s helped them, exploding into a public backlash and a nationwide antifracking movement. If the formulas are safe, why must companies hide their composition, trade secret or not? “The industry, by saying, ‘We’re going to hold something back,’ is paying a cost,” Deutch recently told EnergyWire.

Now, it looks like it’s making a similar mistake with methane. I guess that’s another one to file under #missedopportunity.

Sarah Gilman is a contributor to Writers on the Range, a service of High Country News (hcn.org). She is associate editor of the magazine and tweets @Sarah_Gilman.

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[quirks]

CURSES, FOILED AGAIN - Police investigating a burglary in Iowa City, Iowa, identified Carloss D. Sanders, 20, as their suspect after they found a debit card issued to him at the scene and then followed a set of distinctive footprints from the back door through the snow to Sanders’ residence. (Cedar Rapids’ KCRG-TV)

BRAIN FREEZE - After two men got lost driving on rural roads east of Pincher Creek, Alberta, they ran

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off the road and into a ditch. Fearing they might freeze to death in the sub-zero weather, they removed the crashed vehicle’s seats and set them on fire, along with all of their personal belongings. As that fire died out, the men decided to burn the car. “They actually had two fires going,” RCMP Cpl. Jeffrey Feist said.

“Their car was completely consumed by fire.” In the morning, the men, both of whom had cellphones, discovered they were within walking distance of a nearby house and headed there to find help. Authorities who responded took the men to the hospital for treatment for minor burns and frostbite and arrested one for outstanding warrants. (Canada’s QMI Agency) Police reported that a man who built a fire to keep warm outside a house in Sisters, Ore., decided to stoke the fire by pouring gasoline on it. The resulting explosion severely burned four people. (Portland’s KPTV-TV)

BLAME HIPSTERS AND THE BOSTON RED SOX - Trendy facial hair is hurting the bottom line at Gillette, whose owner, Procter & Gamble, reported “seeing a slight decline in wet shaving incidence in the U.S. right now driven by fashion.” P&G Chief Financial Officer Jon R. Moeller also blamed sagging razor sales on Movember, an annual charity event whose participants raise awareness of prostate cancer by growing mustaches. Meanwhile, noting “increased shaving below the neck, particularly among younger men,” ages 18 to 24, P&G has begun marketing its new Gillette Body razor to meet “guys’ holistic shaving needs.” (Los Angeles Times) VEHICULAR CABARET - After two women having car trouble pulled into a gas station near Albany, Ore., police said that a barefoot woman approached and dropped her pants. She ran off but returned shortly, climbed onto the car’s hood and began jumping up and down until she caved in the windshield.

She then jumped down and ran across Interstate 5. The occupants called 911, and a state trooper arrested Victoria Dawn Lohmann, 24. (Portland’s KPTV-TV) SECOND-AMENDMENT FOLLIES - A man told police in North Charleston, S.C., that an unknown man shot him in the foot. When witnesses said they had seen the victim playing with a gun when it fired, the man admitted accidentally shooting himself. (Charleston’s WCIV-TV) David Counceller, 60, police chief of Connersville, Ind., accidentally shot himself in the leg at a gun shop while examining a handgun similar to the one he carries. He had compared the two Glocks and was putting his back into its holster when “it got tangled in my clothing” and fired, he explained, adding, “I need to pay more attention.” (Indianapolis Star) Chicago police said Joeann Smith, 52, accidentally shot and killed a 65-year-old relative during an argument about whether the weapon would fire when she pointed it at his face and pulled the trigger.

(Chicago Sun-Times) Dean Buckley, 59, was shooting at a water tower from his backyard target range in Paso Robles, Calif., but two shots missed and went into his neighbor’s house. When the neighbor complained, Buckley reportedly declared, “I can do anything I want on my own property” and fired three more rounds from his .45-caliber revolver. Police charged Buckley with felony discharge of a firearm with gross negligence. (San Luis Obispo’s The Tribune)

STRANGE CARGO - U.S. customs agents searching a vehicle belonging to a 56-year-old Arizona man crossing the border from Mexico at the Port of Nogales unzipped one of the man’s suitcases in the backseat and discovered a 48-year-old Thai woman hiding under his clothes. Their relationship was unclear.

(Phoenix’s KNXV-TV) PERILS OF PROGRESS - Kaveh Kamooneh spent more than 15 hours in jail after authorities arrested him for plugging his Nissan Leaf into an electrical outlet at a middle school in Chamblee, Ga., and drawing about a nickel’s worth of power. “He stole something that wasn’t his,” said police Sgt. Ernesto Ford, who ticketed Kamooneh 20 minutes after he admitted plugging in without the school’s permission. “A theft is a theft.” (Atlanta’s WXIA-TV) Electric cars are sparking “charge rage” in California’s Silicon Valley, where the number of electric vehicles being driven to work far exceeds the number of charging stations. As a result, some employees are unplugging other cars so they can charge theirs, creating animosity. “Having two chargers and 20 electric cars is worse than having no chargers and 20 electric cars,” said Pat Romano, CEO of ChargePoint, which operates an EV-charging network. (Associated Press)

UNSAFE SAFES - Police released surveillance footage showing a man enter a restaurant in Weymouth, Mass., and walk out carrying a 250-pound safe. “I’ve never even heard of something this brazen,” said Kevin Hynes, owner of Stockholders, after buying a new, heavier safe and bolting it to the concrete floor.

(Boston’s WBZ-TV) Jamal al-Jamal, 56, the Palestinian ambassador to the Czech Republic, was killed when he tried to open an old safe and it exploded. Embassy officials said the safe door appeared to have been booby-trapped.

Foul play wasn’t suspected because “no one had touched it for 20 to 25 years,” Palestinian Foreign Minister Riad Malki explained, adding that Jamal had just moved the safe from an old embassy building used by the Palestinian Liberation Organization in the 1980s. (BBC News)

GLUTEN-FREE LIVING - Students at Montreal’s McGill University won the $1 million Hult Prize to fund their project to produce insect-based, protein-rich flour to feed malnourished people in other countries.

“We will be starting with grasshoppers,” team captain Mohammed Ashour said, noting that ingredients will vary to accommodate local dietary customs. He added that in order to research the feasibility of their fiveyear plan to develop Power Flour, all team members have consumed “kilos” of insects, even one who identifies himself as a vegetarian. (ABC News)

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BREAKING rAD Whitefish phenom Maggie Voisin talks about growing up on the world’s biggest stage

by Alex Sakariassen

Whitefish’s Maggie Voisin, the youngest member of the U.S. Olympic team at 15, catches air during the 2013 FIS Slopestyle Skiing World Cup Qualifiers in Cadrona, New Zealand.

photo courtesy Oliver Kraus

Last month, Whitefish’s Maggie Voisin became not only the youngest athlete named to the 2014 U.S. Olympic team, but the youngest competitor the U.S. has sent to the Winter Games in more than four decades. Voisin began generating buzz in the freestyle skiing scene two years ago, and was named Slopestyle Rookie of the Year by ESPN in 2013. The Indy caught up with her a few days after her Jan. 25 silver medal run at the X Games in Aspen, Colo.

I learned my first 7203. I think why I progressed so much was because I reflected myself on my brothers. I didn’t want them to be better than me. It was always kind of a battle.

Did you have any freestyle heroes in the early years that pushed you to progress fast?

Indy: First off, congrats on the silver at the X Games.

What’s the attention like now when you go home? Do you feel like the resident star up at Whitefish?

MV: Definitely a little bit. I haven’t been home for a while, not since I was named to the team or went to the X Games. I came back for Christmas break and that’s when I did good at the [Mountain] Dew Tour and the Copper [Mountain] Grand Prix. I definitely started to get a little bit of attention, but I think coming home after the Olympics is going to be different.

What was it like hearing you were going to Sochi?

MV: I had to wait a day knowing that maybe I would get the third or fourth discretion slot. Monday was the day that I knew I was going to get the spot, and I had to wait all Sunday. That was a really long day. It was tough. I had to keep myself positive and tell myself, “It’s not over yet.

You still have a chance.” On Monday, I was actually driving to Aspen with my coach and he was like, “I have to pull over. I have a conference [call].” I was like, oh no, I know what this is about. So I just put in my music as loud as possible. I didn’t want to hear anything. I look over at him and he gives me the thumbs up. You can’t explain how exciting it is, and especially for me at such a young age, it’s such an honor, especially to be representing the U.S.

Maggie Voisin: Ha, thank you. It’s really exciting, yeah.

The switch 101 was nuts. What was going through your mind when you were coming up on the jump?

MV: That’s a pretty new trick for me, actually. I learned it the third day of training at X Games. I learned switch 9s2 last year, and they had been a pretty easy trick for me. So in my head, when I’m going off, I think just a little more set than a switch 9. For us, it’s only one more 180. That’s how I think about it. As you come off that lip, you just have to commit, from beginning to end.

How much practice went into it to get it down?

MV: Not much. It’s kinda funny. I was just sitting on the knuckle of that second jump one day, which is the jump that I did it on, and I was thinking, “Wow, I have the switch 9, and I think switch 10 would be easy.” It’s a trick I always wanted to do. I talked to my coach and said, “I want to do this in Sochi, I think this would be a great place to warm it up.” I did my first one that day and stomped it.

Voisin competes in the slopestyle finals of the 2014 Visa Freeskiing Grand Prix.

When did you set your sights on freestyle?

MV: I grew up with brothers. I was a tomboy, but I also was a figure skater, which is why I think I’m such a good spinner … My brothers convinced me to join freestyle and that first year when I think I was 10

photo courtesy Sarah Brunson

MV: Yeah. When I was 11 years old, I went to Windells Summer Camp and got to ski with Ashley Battersby and Dania Assaly. That’s when I was like, “These girls are so rad. I want to be just like them.” Then, this past year, Tiril [Sjastad Christiansen, a rookie,] won X Games; she’s been my new inspiration. She just jumped into the industry super strong and crushed it and I was like, “Dang, that’s how I want to jump into the industry.”

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Do you remember what song was playing when he gave you the thumbs up?

MV: No, not really. As much as I was trying to just listen to the music, I was like, “Oh no, oh no. What’s going on at that conference?” It was awesome.

What’s it like being the youngest on the team? Who do you hang out with?

MV: I’ve always kind of grown up with the older girls, so I have older friends and sometimes I have to remind myself that I’m 15. But my roommate Julia Krass, she’s actually going for the slopestyle as well and she’s

Faster, higher, stronger—and smarter 14 facts about the 2014 Winter Olympics to impress your friends 1. Andrija Vukovic, a 19-year-old member of the Serbian Alpine Ski Team, is a freshman at Rocky Mountain College in Billings.

2. The Sochi Winter Olympics cost Russia an estimated $51 billion, more than $40 billion over budget. It’s not only the most expensive Olympics ever, but you could pay for every other Winter Olympics combined—and probably have enough left to help the city of Missoula buy Mountain Water Co. 3. The 2014 Winter Olympics will feature eight new sports: ski slopestyle, ski halfpipe, snowboard slopestyle, snowboard parallel special slalom, women’s ski jumping, biathlon mixed relay, luge team relay and a figure skating team event.

4. Gary and Angelica di Silvestri, married cross country skiers representing the small Caribbean island nation of Dominica, trained in Big Sky this winter prior to flying to Sochi. The couple is funding their own expenses for the Winter Games, where Angelica will compete in the 10km women’s cross-country race and Gary the 15km men’s event. They are Dominica’s first-ever winter Olympians.

5. Seven gold medals handed out on Feb. 15, including the women’s super-G, will contain fragments of the giant meteor that struck Russia a year ago on the same date.

6. Whitefish’s Maggie Voisin is the youngest U.S. Winter Olympian since 1972. That year, two 14-year-old speed skaters, Kay Lunda and Connie Carpenter-Phinney, competed in Japan. Lunda placed seventh in the 500m, while Carpenter-Phinney finished seventh in the 1500m. Carpenter-Phinney, however, went on to win gold in cycling at the 1984 Summer Olympics.

7. Butte native and freestyle skier Bryon Wilson earned a bronze medal in the men’s moguls competition at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics.

Though Bryon didn’t qualify for this year’s games, his younger brother, Brad, will compete. (Read our interview with Brad on page 16.)

8. Looking to protest Russia’s deplorable human rights record? In Sochi, protesters are confined to a designated park south of the city in Khosta, and must have a Russian government permit to legally hold a demonstration.

9. Montana State University offers a “microcourse” led by research-level faculty that uses the Winter Olympics to teach students about sports nutrition, biomechanics and psychology.

10. Bozeman’s Heather McPhie competes in her second Olympics in women’s moguls, but her teammate, Hannah Kearney, is favored to win. Kearney took the gold in Vancouver in 2010.

11. NBC has scheduled more than 1,539 hours worth of coverage of the 2014 Winter Olympics across six different platforms. (Check out our viewing guide on page 18 for highlights.)

12. A group of Gallatin Valley residents launched Big Sky Committee for Games in an effort to bring the 2026 Winter Olympics to Bozeman. We’re not holding our breath. The group’s website, bozeman2026.com, refers to Big Sky Resort as “Big Ski Resort.”

13. All three Montana Olympians are competing in freestyle skiing events, which the U.S. has traditionally dominated. The U.S. has won more medals— 14—than any other country and sent at least two members to the podium in all but one Olympics since 1992.

14. The U.S. freestyle ski team will wear uniforms designed by The North Face, featuring a piece of a Himalayan suit worn on a Mount Everest expedition.

Bozeman’s Heather McPhie, who will compete for the second time in Olympic moguls, performs a “back layout” in Zermatt, Switzerland, in 2013.

photo courtesy Garth Hager

by Independent staff

16. I’ve known her for a really long time, so it’s going to be super fun having a great friend to be able to go with and both experience it together for the first time.

It has to be a pretty grownup world, medaling at the X Games and going to the Olympics. Do you get to do any 15-year-old stuff?

MV: Oh yeah. My coaches and my parents, they all know that I’m still 15 and they don’t want to take that life away from me. But for me, I’m really enjoying what I’m doing. When I go home is mostly when I get to remember that I’m still so young, just hang out with my friends and have that life too. My other life, my skiing life, I wouldn’t ask for anything else.

I love it.

This will be the first-ever slopestyle4 for the Olympics. What does it feel like to be part of that?

MV: It’s crazy. I know I’m going to look back on this year and the Olympics … and be like, wow, I made history there. And maybe be one of the first ones to podium. I’m so excited to show the world what our

sport’s about, because not many people know about it. What we do, it’s amazing and it’s fun.

Are you thinking much about what you’ll do at Sochi?

MV: I definitely have an idea. I saw the course, but I haven’t had a chance to really look at the rails and I definitely won’t know until I get there. I know that there are three jumps, so I kind of have an idea what I want to do on the jumps. But I’m keeping it pretty open until I get there, because you never know what you want to do until you hit the course and feel the flow to it.

Do you have any favorite runs or memories from Whitefish?

MV: My parents show me pictures from when I was skiing on the bunny hill, and I always remember when I first started skiing alone. But one of my favorite memories is probably when I did freestyle and did my first 720. I was with my brother and his best friend. We have an old aerial hill, which is usually where I learned all my tricks, and I remember being like, “I’m going to do a 720.” The boys are like, “No, no you’re not,” because they’d never done one either. But they all tried the 720 because I wanted to do it.

Did you stomp it first?

MV: No, sadly not. But I was the first one to attempt it, so I give myself credit for that.

After Sochi, is there anything you’re looking at as a longterm goal?

MV: I feel like I’m at the tippy-top right now, but I don’t know. There’s a lot more I want to do. For me, just because the Olympics is the top and X Games is the top, I definitely just want to keep personally progressing the sport of women’s freeskiing. I think that’s really important for me.

1 “switch 10” or “switch 1080” is a 1,080-degree spin—or three complete rotations—where the skier starts and lands backwards.

2 “switch 9” or “switch 900” is a 900-degree rotation where the skier goes off the jump backwards but lands forwards.

3 720 is a 720-degree rotation.

4Slopestyle is an event that combines various terrain park features, usually beginning with a series of rails and ending with a series of large jumps.

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FINISHING STRONG Butte’s Bradley Wilson arrives in Sochi after one wild ride

by Skylar Browning

Bradley Wilson could hardly contain his excitement after placing third in men’s moguls at the Lake Placid qualifying event in mid-January. The Butte native—and younger brother of 2010 Olympic bronze medalist Bryon—thought the podium finish had secured his spot in Sochi, and so he celebrated the completion of a lifelong dream.

There was only one problem: He hadn’t actually made the team yet.

Without knowing his spot in Sochi was still in question, Wilson notched a second straight podium finish less than a week later to officially punch his ticket to the Winter Olympics.

Wilson’s dramatic qualifying run follows an impressive ascent for the 22-yearold. He ended the 2011-2012 season with a gold medal at the Junior World Championships and Rookie of the Year honors in men’s moguls. He followed that in 20122013 with four World Cup podium finishes and his first career win in Japan. Now, he’s off to Sochi with teammate Patrick Deneen.

We caught up with Wilson—and Deneen, sort of—on the day before they left for Russia.

Bradley Wilson, shown here at the 2013 Visa Freestyle International, will try to follow in his brother Bryon’s tracks in Sochi.

Bryon won a bronze in men’s moguls in 2010. photo courtesy Eric Shramm

Indy: I know you’re busy. Am I catching photo courtesy Harald Marbler you at a good time?

Bradley Wilson: Yeah, we just drove into Denver from Steamboat, where we had a pre-Olympic training camp. We’re just staying at an airport hotel for the night and we leave in the morning for Munich, then we’re off to Sochi. I was just talking with Pat about how excited we are to get there.

More than a game Sports and politics will collide in Sochi, and that’s a good thing

by Jamie Rogers Last week I ate lunch with my friend, a fellow sports fan, who I’ll call George. The Olympics came up in our conversation, and we began prognosticating about Sochi. We didn’t talk about athletes or events or medalcontending nations, but rather about what sort of atrocities might befall these winter games.

For months, media has been reporting on the threat of terrorism in Sochi, rumors that anti-Western cells have already infiltrated the city and the Russian government’s we-got-it-under-control security policies. Last month, the United States announced its plan to station battleships in the Black Sea, should an immediate emergency response be required. And all of this on the heels of the Kremlin’s recently implemented policies criminalizing “homosexual propaganda,” essentially making it illegal, in Russia, to acknowledge that there are gay Russians.

At some point in the conversation, George put his sandwich down and shook his head and said, “I just wish we could keep politics out of it.”

I don’t mean to vilify George. His point of view has more to do with sports in general than the Olympics in particular, and he’s not alone in owning this opinion. In the age of Twitter and the 15-minutes

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sports-dedicated news cycle, I’ve heard the “let’s keep sports between the lines” argument pop up frequently. Just a few weeks ago, former Minnesota Vikings punter Chris Kluwe wrote a piece on Deadspin.com chronicling his experience as an employee of the NFL and as an advocate for marriage equality. He surmised that he lost his job because of the latter.

Pundits like ESPN’s Colin Cowherd responded in much the way I’d imagine George and so many others would: Kluwe was paid to play a game, not to stir controversy. He was a distraction and, if the Vikings front office fired him because of his advocacy, they were warranted in doing so.

But then what’s the point? If we neuter Kluwe’s ability to speak out for the disenfranchised and allow him only to kick oblong leather balls into the air, then we’re negating the power of sports.

And nowhere is this more true than at the Olympic Games. When the Hungarian water polo team beat the USSR 4-0 in the 1956 Melbourne Olympics, it didn’t matter that the Hungarians were advancing in the tournament or that they would go on to win gold. What mattered was that only two months before, in October, students in Budapest had incited a nationwide revolt against the Soviet puppet government in Hungary. The Soviets responded with air strikes and mass arrests.

More than 2,000 Hungarians were killed and the revolution was squashed. When the Hungarian water polo team jumped into the pool with the Soviets that December, winning the match meant everything.

Sports aren’t meaningful in a vacuum. Box scores and stat sheets aren’t compelling if we ignore the fact that human beings are behind the numbers. This is why I watch the Olympics. It’s why I’m happy the United States has included three openly gay athletes as part of its Sochi delegation. It’s why I hope we kick Russia’s ass on the slopes and across the ice. Sports are meaningful only as metaphor. Games only matter when you play for something.

Patrick Deneen?

BW: Yeah, he’s driving.

Patrick Deneen: [Inaudible. Sounds like he may be singing to the radio.]

Right on. So, be honest: When did you realize you’d made the Olympic team?

BW: I actually thought I made the team in Lake Placid. I thought the third place was good enough, so I skied with no pressure [during the last qualifier] at Val St. Come. But that podium I got at Val St. Come? That turned out to be pretty important. Without that second podium, it would have been up to the coach’s discretion and I maybe wouldn’t go. That second podium meant I automatically qualified.

Didn’t anyone let you know?

BW: No, and I’m pretty oblivious to that stuff.

I just try to go with the flow and ski. I wanted to place well, obviously, but I had no idea it was that important. I figure if I’m good enough to go, I go. If I’m not ready, I’m not ready.

What advice has Bryon offered?

BW: He told me to ski the moment, be in the moment, enjoy the moment. I mean, this could be a once-in-a-lifetime thing. Qualifying is the hard part.

Now, I just need to go have fun and ski.

How would you describe your mindset heading to Sochi?

You sound pretty carefree, no pressure.

BW: Exactly. That’s kinda where I want to be. There really isn’t pressure now. I’m an Olympian now—how cool is that? It’s like I said earlier—the hard part is over. The qualification process is so hard because there are only two spots and our whole team, my friends, are competing for these two spots, and everyone was skiing well. It’s not like it was easy.

you’ll see. But, overall, if you see me with a smile that means I did well.

Have you seen the Ralph Lauren sweater that you have to wear at the opening ceremonies?

BW: Oh God. I have. Are you just imagining me in it right now?

Let me put it this way: It doesn’t seem like the sort of thing you could wear around Butte.

BW: You will definitely not see me wearing that around Butte, I can tell you that. It is pretty cool, though. It’s such a signature outfit. You earned it. It may not be quite my style, but I’m definitely glad to have it.

There have been reports of political issues and safety concerns with Sochi. Do you think about those things at all? Do you have any friends or family traveling to the games?

BW: My parents are going. I’m not worried about myself, but I definitely have thoughts for them. I want to make sure they have everything they need and that they’re okay. I think the security will be really solid and hopefully everything goes smoothly.

Has it been a whirlwind since you secured And is your brother going? a spot?

BW: No, he’s going to stay here in the States BW: When I got the second podium, there and keep training. were only three of us that had secured a spot—me, Pat and Hanna [Kearney]–with the [Loud noise in the car] two podiums. It was a whirlwind as far as reBW: Oh, what the—? ally hoping my brother qualified [through one of the coach’s discretion spots]. We were BW to PD: You good? I think you’re good. photo courtesy Jen Desmond staying up late, trying to figure out if they were going to let him in. Unfortunately, they Wilson needed two podium finishes in the last two qualifying events to punch his ticket to Sochi. Here, he You okay? You parking the car or something? didn’t. It was kinda weird because I ex- launches off a jump during the 2013 Sprint U.S. Freestyle Championships.

PD: That was scary. pected him to go. When I heard that he BW: No, we just drove over some spikes or didn’t, I don’t know … I was so excited that I quali- BW: This past week at Steamboat we were able For those watching at home when you compete, what something. Hopefully they were pointed the right way. fied but also so disappointed that they didn’t choose to work on the little things we haven’t had a chance should we look for from you? In other words, what’s him to go. to work on. When you start the year, there’s just going to be the key for you to end up with a medal That might be the only thing that slows you down on the way to Sochi. competition after competition and there’s not like your brother?

That must be tough to balance the mixed emotions. much time to train. Steamboat gave us the chance BW: I’m going to need a fast time because my DD [deBW: [Laughs] Right? No, we’re fine. This isn’t going BW: We’ve talked about it. He’s so excited for me. to get some of those things dialed in. I got gree of difficulty] is a lot lower than some of the other to stop us. We’re good to go.

He was so good about it and supportive, which makes what I wanted to get done, done, and I’m at a level competitors. I’m hoping to make up those points with it easier. It’s not like he held me back from being now where I feel I can just go to Sochi and ski my speed. I’m going to throw my best DD on top—a 1 The “double full” is a backflip with two excited. double full1, which will be one of the highest tricks 360-degree spins. my run.

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MUST-SEE TV Your handy Olympic viewing guide Thursday, Feb. 6

7:00 p.m.– Bozeman’s Heather McPhie competes in the women’s moguls qualification round starting at 7 a.m., but you’ll have to watch it live online. NBC will cover the event during its three-hour (tape-delayed) prime-time segment, the only Olympics broadcast of the day.

Friday, Feb. 7

6:30 p.m. – Catch the Olympic Opening Ceremony on NBC. The torch will finally arrive in Sochi after an epic, perilous and slightly ridiculous trip around the world, during which it traveled underwater, into space and to the North Pole.

Saturday, Feb. 8

1:30 p.m. – The men’s individual 10km biathlon kicks off on NBC. You don’t like the biathlon? Just read Sarah Aswell’s essay on page 19, and you may have a newfound appreciation for the sport and Norwegian legend Ole Einar Bjørndalen.

7:00 p.m. – The women’s moguls finals could offer McPhie another shot at Olympic glory after a disappointing disqualification during the 2010 games. The event will be broadcast (tape-delayed) during primetime on NBC, but you can catch it live online at 11 a.m.

Sunday, Feb. 9 5 p.m. – Men’s downhill alpine skiing, traditionally one of the Winter Games’ highest rated events, kicks off this NBC primetime segment.

Monday, Feb. 10

Don’t want to wait for the tape-delay broadcast?

NBCOlympics.com will stream all events live.

7:00 p.m. – Men’s moguls, including both the qualifying rounds and the finals, take up a big chunk of NBC’s (tape-delayed) prime-time broadcast. Butte native Bradley Wilson begins the qualifying round at 7 a.m., if you want to watch online.

Tuesday, Feb. 11

2:00 p.m. – Watch Maggie Voison, the 15-year-old wunderkind from Whitefish, take part in her first Olympic competition when NBC airs the women’s slopestyle qualification round on tape delay. Want to catch Voisin live? Qualifying begins Monday at 11 p.m.

7:00 p.m. – The women’s slopestyle finals happen live at 2 a.m., but will be part of NBC’s (tape-delayed) prime-time schedule. If Voison makes the cut, Montana—and the nation—will be tuned in to watch the nation’s youngest Olympian since 1972.

photo by Alex Sakariassen

Instant analysis When it comes to the Winter Olympics, we’re all experts

Thursday, Feb. 13

3:30 a.m. – Dominica cross-country skier Angelica di Silvestri, who trained in Big Sky prior to Sochi, competes in the women’s 10km live on NBCSN. The following day her husband, Gary, takes part in the 15km at 3 a.m., also live on NBCSN.

Saturday, Feb 15.

5:00 a.m. – Wake up early and catch a Cold War throwback when the United States and Russia face off in men’s hockey on NBCSN, live.

Thursday, Feb. 20

8:00 a.m. – The women’s figure skating free skate is an audience favorite, and this year the USA’s aptly named Gracie Gold is leading the charge to bring home top honors.

10 a.m. – The women’s hockey gold medal game will be broadcast live on NBC. The USA is favored to win gold.

Friday, Feb. 21

3:00 p.m. – If you are a member of Missoula’s illustrious curling club, you will need to turn your dial to CNBC to catch the men’s curling gold medal final. FYI: CNBC carries almost all of the curling coverage this year.

Sunday, Feb. 23

4:30 a.m. – The men’s hockey gold medal game airs live on NBC bright and early, so get up, grab some coffee and tune in. Or just watch the replay on NBC at 9:30 AM. 7:30 p.m. – After 18 days of intensity, sportsmanship and Bob Costas sitting next to a fireplace, it all comes to an end with the closing ceremony on NBC.

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by Ben Fowlkes The last time the Winter Olympics hit, I found myself in a bar in Wisdom, watching the games on TV with some self-styled ski jumping “experts.” What luck. It was bitterly cold outside but indoors we sat in reverent silence, hovering over our whiskeys as we watched one stoic European after another coast down the long, icy ramp and into the bright Canadian sky.

“His head is up way too high,” one of the experts would say.

“Only 118 meters?” the other would exclaim as Janne or Jakub or whoever came sliding to a stop at the bottom of the hill. “Shoot, he won’t even medal with that.”

What an education I got that afternoon.

First, I learned that ski jumping is all about aerodynamics and speed, and that a positive mental attitude doesn’t hurt either. I also learned, courtesy of my new friends, that becoming an expert on ski jumping really is just as simple as watching it on TV for an hour or so every four years.

Because who’s to say you’re wrong, especially in a place like Wisdom?

That’s the beauty of the Winter Olympics: Almost no one has a clue what

they’re talking about, which makes it the perfect topic of conversation for people who like to pretend they know stuff. By the time the broadcast moved on to speed skating, I was doing it too.

“You call that drafting?” I’d scoff at some poor German as he rounded the track looking like a lost seal in his skintight black suit.

“Shani Davis is going to eat your lunch, pal.”

It felt good. It felt right. Maybe I hadn’t even thought about speed skating since the last Olympic Games, but I was comforted by the knowledge that no one else had either. We could be ignorant together, and there’s no camaraderie quite like that which exists between idiots feigning intelligence in a group setting.

The only trouble is that sometimes you run into a person who actually does know a thing or two about these sports. Man, is that ever annoying.

Have you ever talked to an actual Dutch person about speed skating? Here’s some advice: don’t. At the last Winter Olympics they had a record-setting skater disqualified for switching lanes at the wrong time. It was nothing less than a national tragedy. News reports there showed people—we’re talking

full-grown adults—looking absolutely distraught in the streets. You’d have thought Heineken had gone bankrupt.

Or what about the Canadians and curling?

As someone who’s lived through the experience, I don’t recommend getting stuck in Vancouver and trying to convince a Canadian locksmith to leave the warm glow of his TV on the day of the World Curling Championships.

It’s like asking a Brazilian to give you a ride to the airport during the World Cup finals.

That’s why I prefer how we do it in the United States, where we have no particular area of expertise or interest when it comes to the Winter Olympics. Most of us are only even aware of these sports in brief stretches to begin with. During that time we can be armchair experts together, theorizing about luge conditions and regurgitating figure skating sound bites as if we actually know what any of it means.

We don’t have to understand it to enjoy it.

We just need to get a safe distance away from those who do understand it, since they’ve been waiting four years to drone on endlessly about this stuff. Trust me, you don’t want to get caught in the middle of that. You might accidentally learn something.

A mile in his boots It’s not the thrill of victory, but the glory of participation that elevates obscure Olympic sports

by Sarah Aswell You know you’ve gotten yourself into a bad situation when you’re breathing so hard that you can’t aim your gun. And yet there I was, sprawled out in the January snow, rifle in hand, skis strapped to my feet. Each time my lungs struggled for air, the tiny metal target 50 yards in the distance bobbed in and out of my rifle’s sight.

Miss. Hit. Miss. Miss. Miss.

I had done a lot of stupid things for free T-shirts in my past, I told myself as I struggled to put my wet gloves back onto my numb hands, but this was by far the stupidest. I was participating in the 2012 Seeley Lake Challenge Biathlon, a combination of crosscountry skiing and target shooting. It had seemed like a good idea when I signed up weeks earlier from the comfort of my own home, probably while wearing fuzzy socks and sipping hot tea. It was a short course, geared toward beginners, with firearms experts onsite to help participants who didn’t regularly shoot.

It was the biathlon’s equivalent of a “fun run,” but at the moment I wasn’t having much fun.

On your right, shouted one of my competitors as she zoomed by me in a blur of neon spandex. In another moment, she disappeared up a hill and into the trees. On your left! Another skier whipped past me as if the two of us were practicing wholly different forms of locomotion.

The first time I watched a biathlon was in 1998, during the Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan. I had joined my high school’s cross-country ski team, admittedly for social reasons, and we had gathered at a captain’s house to watch the men’s 10km sprint event. The flurry of jokes about a sporting event that mixed shooting and skiing quieted down as we watched Ole Einar Bjørndalen glide through the course, stopping almost casually—pop-pop-pop-poppop—to hit each of his shooting targets. All of the

Norwegian’s movements looked utterly effortless as he cinched the gold in 27 minutes, 16 seconds, with zero shooting penalties.

I didn’t know it at the time, but I was watching the undisputed best biathlete of all time, and one of

from a Winter Olympics punch line into a beautiful and awesome sport.

On your right!

On your left!

On your right!

photo courtesy Xu Liang

Athletes take shots in the women's 6km Biathlon of the 2012 Youth Winter Olympic Games in Seefeld, Austria.

the greatest winter Olympians ever. His form was powerful and perfect, and his economy of movement as he switched from skiing to shooting to skiing was a joy to watch. In that moment, the biathlon turned

As the Seeley Lake event wore on, I wasn’t just being passed by the other skiers, I was being lapped.

I may have been fondly remembering Bjørndalen’s gold-medal sprint, but I certainly wasn’t channeling it.

He’d won 11 Olympic metals—the second most of any winter Olympian in history. His glory was the result of total dedication, decades of hard work and a complete devotion to his sport and craft. My current experience was the result of mistakenly thinking that a biathlon would be 33 percent easier than a triathlon. And that it would look cool to wear a biathlon T-shirt to the gym. In the distance, I could hear the muted sound of gloved clapping as the winners were already approaching the finish line.

I finally started to enjoy myself when it started raining—a calming pitter-patter echoing in my hat that took me away from my panic and back to my surroundings. At around the same time, the last of the other skiers had passed me, leaving me alone in the woods, just concentrating on skiing.

The snow was wet but still good. I finally found my rhythm. The pressure was off. I was a skishooter!

By the time I made it to the finish line, there wasn’t a crowd to greet me. Just my husband, with a paper baggie containing my free T-shirt and a beer he had just pulled from a snowdrift. It wasn’t a gold medal, it wasn’t the glory of winning, yet it was glorious.

When I watched Bjørndalen ski in 1998, I gained an appreciation for the biathlon as a sport. But as I caught my breath in Seeley Lake, I finally had a full appreciation for the biathlete himself. Like so many things we see during the Winter Olympics, it was exponentially harder than it looked on television. That didn’t make it any less exhilarating.

Ole Einar Bjørndalen, now 40, says he will retire after competing in Sochi, his sixth Winter Olympics.

He’s not a favorite to place in the 10km sprint, but he’s told reporters that he’s not in it to win this time. “I think it’s fun to take part,” he told the Norwegian press. He’s absolutely right. I bet he’s also still very fun to watch.

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Leap of faith Behind the scenes of Freeload, a documentary about modern train hoppers

by Erika Fredrickson

Xmas shows off a bottle of trinkets he’s collected while hopping trains.

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Skaggs’ shoulder and ribs felt battered. “I ain’t end up falling through bridges in the middle of the t was 1 a.m. in Toledo, Ohio, on the morning of his 29th birthday, when Daniel Skaggs plum- good, man,” he recalls telling Skrappe. “I can climb night. But Freeload, a new film by Skaggs and Highmeted 25 feet from a train trestle into the up the bank, but I need you to carry my pack.” way Goat Productions about contemporary train hopMaumee River. He and his fellow traveler, Skrappe grabbed the waterlogged pack full of Go-Pro pers, required a hands-on approach in order to Skrappe, had been trying to hop a FedEx train to cameras and mics and an Olympus tape recorder. capture a culture that travels thousands of miles in Chicago. “We were running next to the train,” Skaggs They crawled back up the bank, away from view, and just days at a time. More specifically, it required Skaggs to uproot his life in Missoula and spend 18 says. “I was in the front. We started to cross over this walked back to the train yard. months riding the rails to shoot the film. trestle and all of a sudden the bridge is gone— If the final cut of the documentary is any there’s just a hole in it—and I’m falling.” indication, the behind-the-scenes challenges Besides his sleeping bag and clothes, Sk“In California we all said our weren’t for nothing. Freeload, which screens at aggs, aka “Skeeter,” had 30-plus pounds of camBig Sky Documentary Film Festival Feb. 21, era equipment on him, the weight of which goodbyes and I was basically the follows a handful of young travelers—anarchist immediately sunk him. “It didn’t really hit me punks, couples in love, brothers—through 42 until I hit the water what had happened,” Skat the fate of the characters states as they hitch rides on the rails, sleep in aggs says. “But all of a sudden I’m sinking to the dilapidated buildings and beg for change. It’s bottom of the river with my pack on, and I’m of Freeload for the next not a documentary about train hopping so struggling because I can’t get it off. I was drownmuch as it’s an intimate portrait of a few paring. I finally worked my right arm out of my ticular kids—including Skrappe and his brother pack. My main thing was getting to the surface 15 months” Xmas—who have chosen to reject a mainstream because I had no more air in my lungs. At the path for windy boxcars and dirty sleeping bags. same time I’m like, ‘I gotta get my pack. Other-Daniel Skaggs Skaggs came up with the idea for Freeload wise everything is fucked.’” several years ago after his own history with train When he surfaced, Skaggs recalls Skrappe “I was soaking wet,” Skaggs says. “And even hopping. “I got interested in riding trains because I had whispering loudly, “Skeeter! Skeeter!” from the river bank, trying to keep them from being spotted by the though it was June 21, I was freezing and in shock. been hitchhiking and I found out about this group of nearby drawbridge operator and the train policeman, Just then, a train pulled up and we climbed on. And people who were riding trains in the 21st century,” he aka “the bull,” who was already shining his flashlight within five minutes we were on our way to Chicago.” says. “I became obsessed with freight trains—with the Not many documentary filmmakers immerse culture, with the patches and the memorabilia and the near the river’s shore. “Hey motherfucker,” Skrappe themselves so deep in their subject matter that they rail enthusiasts. Everything about it.” whispered again. “Are you alive?”

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He says he also felt like the culture got a bad rap and he wanted to change that viewpoint.

“There is a stigma associated with this group of people that maybe they’re scary and dirty ... but the people I know that ride trains are just like people we all know,” he says. “They come from all different backgrounds, they have brothers and sisters and moms and dads and they have the same emotions that we do as basic humans. So with that, the story of Freeload came about to speak on these things.”

In 2010, Skaggs met University of Montana media arts students Ryan Seitz and Mather McKallor. They were all working at the Good Food Store in Missoula at the time, and Skaggs, a UM graduate, was also working as an organic vegetable farmer. Together, they started turning Freeload into a full-fledged project. They tapped another GFS coworker, noise musician Bryan Ramirez, to create a soundtrack.

“We went all in,” Seitz says. “Mather and I are big documentary film enthusiasts—Les Blank, the Maisel brothers, Allan King. I admire those filmmakers because they do direct cinema or cinéma vérité, letting the story unfold on its own. That’s what we wanted to do.”

They put together a crew, including producer Neil LaRubbio, and after successful campaigns with Kickstarter and Indiegogo, plus a backyard pig roast fundraiser, they started filming.

That’s where the project got tricky.

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For a while, Skaggs and another camera operator approached groups of train hoppers and followed them from town to town while Seitz and McKallor tailed them in a car so that they could meet up and collect the footage for editing. That lasted about three months until the logistics fell apart.

“We decided it just wasn’t feasible to do it that way because if I needed to … go 2,000 miles away, these guys can’t follow me,” Skaggs says.

The Highway Goat crew went to Seattle and set up shop, leaving Skaggs to gather all the equipment and set out on his own. He mailed footage back to Seattle as he filmed and kept traveling across the country.

“In California we all said our goodbyes and I was basically at the fate of the characters of Freeload for the next 15 months,” he says. “With [all the camera equipment in tow] it was the craziest type of traveling I’d ever done.”

Though Skaggs wasn’t new to train hopping, his filmmaking skills were amateur at best. Seitz says they had to review the footage and give Skaggs tips on how to make his shots better. The film shows the result: striking footage of oddball characters and boxcar-view landscapes.“It was a crash course in filmmaking,” Seitz says. “He was camera man and sound dude all by himself.”

Besides falling into the Maumee River, which happened toward the end of production, there were a couple other near disasters. In Portland, Ore., just two weeks into meeting and hanging out with Skrappe’s

embrace alternative lifestyles. And while Freeload doesn’t mask the more obnoxious aspects of the culture, it does humanize its characters in surprising and touching ways. Blackbird, for instance, goes to visit his grandmother, who sweetly packages up toothpaste and other essentials for his next journey. She knows she can’t change his mind about hopping trains, so she can either sever their relationship or choose to support him anyway.

Another scene shows Ponyboy philosophizing with his dad, resulting in some self-reflection about how the “freedom” of train hopping isn’t always what it’s cracked up to be. His dad, for his part, admits he’s a little jealous of Ponyboy’s lifestyle. In the end, the film gives the train hoppers a chance to pause and think about why they do what they do. It also gives viewers a chance to think about their own prejudices.

“The word hobo is such an iconic word,” Skaggs says. “It’s associated with American storytelling and it’s this giant slice of American history—people with sticks and bindles traveling across the countryside through cities. The sense of freedom of riding trains and traveling is very gripping. It’s exciting. But on the other hand it’s scary and lonely, so you can imagine the confusing complexity of those emotions.”

For Skaggs—and his crew, who came to know the characters during the editing process—it was a lifechanging project. They spent their savings on making the film. Several months into the production, Skaggs found himself wandering around with holes in his shoes and no money to replace them—until a railroad

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group of travelers, Skaggs got drunk and stole beer from a convenience store and brought it back to the train yard. The cops showed up to haul him off to jail and he found himself in a predicament: take his camera equipment to the jail where it might get lost, accidentally or otherwise, or leave it with his newfound companions? He decided on the latter. After being released six hours later, he nervously wandered through the city trying to track down Skrappe and the gang. He finally found them in the parking lot of a Fred Meyer.

“There were 10 train-riding kids sitting outside with their packs yelling at people and causing a ruckus,” Skaggs says. “And Skrappe, who is such a charismatic individual, comes running up [with] my pack. He was so proud that he had [kept it safe]. And we eventually formed a really strong bond.”

It’s easy to come to Freeload with some skepticism and annoyance. The kids who pass through Missoula in their brown, patchwork clothing and piercings, who travel in raucous packs with tag-along dogs—they’re not often welcomed even by those who

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worker named Bob offered up the pair he was wearing.

“It was difficult after a year of being in the trenches, living on the street with these people when I knew I didn’t really have to,” Skaggs says. “And there were a few times when I really didn’t want to do it anymore. I had come from graduating at the top of my class at the university, getting an award and operating my own farm, to putting myself out there on the street being judged every day by the populace. But it opened my eyes to so many things. For every shithead out there, there is a kind-hearted person. Yeah, there’s a lot of bad people and I saw some of that, too. But I saw more good than bad. Seeing the kindness that still exists with the human race in America, I can’t stress enough how great that was.”

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Even in its name, Dead Winter Carpenters captures that kind of Northwest Americana sound best suited for frosty nights sipping hard liquor with friends in some dimly lit but cozy-as-hell watering hole. The Lake Tahoebased band must feel at home in icy Montana, because the musicians come here often, even in the worst of winter, sometimes playing five or six shows across the state. The band appeals to a broad audience of bluegrass, country, oldtime and jam fans, and the quintet doesn’t delve into any one of those genres enough to pigeonhole itself beyond the vague and meaningless “Americana” tag.

Forget I even brought up that annoying Dead Winter Carpenters genre term, though, lest it dissuade you from The band shares songwriting credits, but it’s the two listening to Dead Winter Carpenters’ new sixsong EP, Dirt Nap. The EP is a nicely honed collection songs Daines wrote for the EP that provide the most filled with crisp fiddle and thumping bass, rich gang complexity. Besides “Easy Sleep,” he wrote “Colorado choruses and driving guitar riffs. These songs feature Wildfire,” which he performs as a duet with fiddler Jenni the usual country themes of whiskey and outlaws, but Charles. When Charles sings, “With a fire running it’s all repackaged into new narratives that somehow through your veins/ stepping in and out of time./ Stars don’t feel derivative. Songs about robbing and bootleg- come crashing and exploding/ as you let your barrels fly,” ging roll along like a smooth but familiar belly-warming it’s hard to tell what’s going on, but the mystery keeps nightcap. you hooked. The song also intertwines a counterintuitive A few songs, like the deceptively up-beat “Easy mixture of genres—elements of classic rock, Celtic, psySleep,” have a lyrical edge the others don’t. Guitarist chedelic and Texas country—that proves how wide open Bryan Daines sounds like he’s happy, even if the words that “Americana” genre can be. Rather than drowning in indicate a harsher reality, as in, “Sleeping comes real easy a generic style, the Dead Winter Carpenters take full adwhen you have no bills to pay/ and when no one gets in vantage of wide boundaries, and it pays off. (Erika your way./ But sleeping/ don’t come easy/ when the one Fredrickson) you want to be around/ only wants you nowhere to be Dead Winter Carpenters plays the Top Hat found.”

Wed., Feb. 12, at 10 PM. $5.

John Butler Trio, Flesh & Blood I’ve heard of a guitar being played with a violin bow. I’ve heard of a saw being played as an instrument. But I’ve not heard of a guitar being played with a saw, though I swear that’s what happens at the end of “Cold Wind,” the third track on John Butler Trio’s Flesh & Blood. It’s the most interesting detail on the new release. The album’s cover art is a raw collage of saws and other noisemakers, plus a fretboard hangs on the wall, dismembered from its body. The closer the trio gets to the danger and deconstruction that image promises, the better it gets.

Still, a lot of Flesh & Blood is in a safer register.

There’s a tug-of-war between the John Butler that picks away at an acoustic guitar, singing perhaps a bit too earnestly, and the John Butler that wields an elec-

tric guitar and spouts swagger. The former is John Mayer-esque, the latter delivers a style not unlike Anthony Kiedis at the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ peak. Lead single “Only One” exemplifies the safe approach, with a catchy rhythm and a saccharine lyrical hook where he sings, “To me you are the only one.” Skip backward one track, though, and you’ll find the centerpiece of the album, “Blame It On Me.” It’s a long, funky piece that mostly leaves vocals behind after the two-minute mark. As Butler lets his guitar rumble, purr, skronk, stutter and shriek through the rest of the song, you wonder why he’d do it any other way.(Kevin Dupzyk) The John Butler Trio plays the Wilma Wed., Feb. 12. Doors at 7 PM, show at 8. $26 at Rockin Rudy’s.

Dum Dum Girls, Too True Dum Dum Girls were in danger of getting repetitive, and the sun was in danger of getting kind of hot.

When I first heard “It Only Takes One Night,” the band’s numbed, reverberating pop sounded like the early ’60s drowning in a swimming pool, and I liked it. Then I heard it again and again, through two albums’ worth of variations, and I became concerned.

Kristin Welchez (alias Dee Dee Penny) evidently got concerned, too. On “Evil Blooms,” the second track of her daring new LP Too True, she sings “Why be good? Be beautiful and sad;/ it’s all you’ve ever had.” There’s a bitter defiance at work there, and

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Welchez mines it to satisfying effect on the rest of the album.

Too True retains all the stylistic hallmarks of earlier Dum Dum Girls except for the narrow composition.

It is less reverb pop and more new wave, bearing the same resemblance to the previous two albums as Siouxsie and the Banshees bore to the Ramones. It still sounds blown-out and dirty, but it is lyrically and tonally more sophisticated in a way that acknowledges the wider world rather than building a bubble within it. Hardcore fans may be disappointed, but they will also get a breath of fresh air. (Dan Brooks)

[books]

America, unedited In That Dream, Native lit gets the spotlight

by Kate Whittle

If you’re a product of the typical American educa- American literary education often excludes important tion system, you might have trouble naming a promi- Native writers, and that it’s controversial when it does, nent Native American author besides Sherman Alexie. like all the protests against Alexie’s work.

I came to That Dream hoping that it would be a But there’s a wealth of great narratives out there from Native writers and activists–they just need to be sought primer to an area of literature that I would like to know out. In University of Montana English professor David more about, but it’s a heady text that assumes the L. Moore’s book, That Dream Shall Have a Name: Na- reader is already well-versed with the authors Moore tive Americans Rewriting America, he draws from discusses. It’s probably fine for an upper-level Native dozens of Native voices, many of whom might not be Studies course, but the average reader would be better well known outside of Native Studies departments, to off finding the individual authors first. D’Arcy Mcexamine how they navigate identities and try to heal Nickle’s 1936 novel The Surrounded, an early hallmark wounds inflicted by centuries of genocide. His sources of modern Native literature, depicts a young half-Salish include Pequot Methodist minister William Apess’ man’s struggles on the Flathead reservation. Leslie Mar1830s work, late-1800s Northern Paiute activist Sarah mon Silko’s 1976 Ceremony, which explores the healWinnemucca, Depression-era Salish/Metis novelist D’Arcy McNickle and modern Laguna novelist Leslie Marmon Silko. (Moore also acknowledges that he’s a “eurowesterner,” aka white guy, and that his intent is to be “descriptive,” and not “prescriptive,” and so I should disclose that I am also a white person with the same intent.)

Moore says Native literature’s first goal is often just to assert that tribal cultures still exist and have a right to, despite a long history of oppression from the ruling American class. Even well-meaning movies and history books mistakenly erase contemporary Native existence-just think of the “last” part in Last of the Mohicans. “This American literary prototype does not acknowledge that an Indigenous presence remains after Leatherstockings, or Shane, or the Lone Ranger, or he who ‘Dances with Wolves’ rides off into the sunset,” Moore writes.

Native narratives, Moore says, break down binaries like “civilization and wilderness,” “indigenous and colonial.” All those influences mingle together. In the book, Moore uses an interview Alexie did with “60 Minutes” to illustrate the point. “So I just try to write about everyday Indians,” Alexie said, “the kind of Indian I am, who is just as influThat Dream Shall Have a Name enced by the ‘Brady Bunch’ as I am by my David L. Moore tribal traditions.” paperback, University of Nebraska Press 488 pages, $45 Moore identifies five themes running through American Indian stories, past and present: sovereignty, community, identity, authenticity and humor. It’s that last ingredient that’s ing process of a WWII veteran, is an important classic. often the delivery method for messages about the rest; And it’s beyond the scope of Moore’s book, but these while we’re laughing at frybread jokes, we’re empathiz- days there’s a lot of great Indian writers on the internet ing with the heavy stuff behind the punch lines. Moore dissecting modern culture, like Adrienne K. of the Nasays Native humor can be the “in-group tease,” asking, tive Appropriations blog.

While That Dream may be a lot to wade through “Can you shed your ego to identify with the community?” and, more broadly, the “out-group tease: Amer- if you’re unfamiliar with Moore’s sources, it’s still an important addition to the ever-growing field of Native ica, can you shed your story to identify with reality?”

Moore points out that Native narratives will always literary discussion. Tribal identity continues to evolve, reveal a truth about America that makes many people and so does the discussion about it. uncomfortable-our country, founded upon a lot of UM professor David Moore reads from That high-minded talk about liberty and equality, has often Dream Shall Have a Name: Native Americans provided anything but for indigenous people. “Their Rewriting America at Shakespeare and Co. Tue., centuries-long claims to natural justice have reminded Feb. 11, at 7 PM. Free.

America of both its wrongs and its ideals,” Moore says.

Perhaps this discomfort is part of why mainstream arts@missoulanews.com

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[art]

Trip backwards Old-school Minnesota band inspires Missoula art

by Melissa Mylchreest

An unattributed quote sprawls across the top of a range of work. “They’re abstract, and have enough room fan-made website: “Trip Shakespeare had a message for for many interpretations,” she says. the world ... but we forgot it.” Beneath the quote, an exThe exhibit, cold at the throat of want, features 15 cerpt from a 1998 Rolling Stone article extolls the “bril- artists—some known Missoula names like Adelaide liant, rococo-beat band Trip Shakespeare.” Further Every, Andy Kemmis, Jack Dempsey Boyd and Karen Shiinspection of the site reveals a seemingly endless rabbit moda, as well as artists Leutzinger admires but who don’t hole of photos, bios, lyrics, trivia, quotes and testimonies often, if ever, show their work. “About one third of them from people who say the band changed their life. One haven’t had a solo show,” she says. “I wanted to give review from The Minnesota Daily compares the band them the opportunity to create a piece without the stress to the Talking Heads, R.E.M. and Jefferson Airplane. that comes with creating a whole body of work.”

“Live Trip Shakespeare is an audio/visual orgasm,” the The exhibit pieces are still filtering in, but already reviewer writes. there’s a wide range of mediums and reactions to the But who was Trip Shakespeare? Who has ever even lyrical prompt. Works include felted wool chains that heard of them? hang from the wall, a light-up panel made of actual Trip Based in the Twin Cities during the late 1980s and Shakespeare cassette cases (remember those?), a handearly 1990s, the group quickly gained a rabid regional made book, small wall-hanging tableaus and other paintcult following. They weren’t just garage-rockers; found- ings, drawings, 3D sculptures and photographs. ing members include Harvard grads who studied EngJust to add one more angle to the show, Every, lish, anthropology, fine arts and environmental design. They wrote about complex social ills and told funny stories, designed elaborate melodies meant to elicit deep emotion in listeners. Their final release, Lulu, was hailed by one fan as “an album so steeped in worshipping beauty that no amount of criticism—positive or negphoto by Cathrine L. Walters ative—can mangle or tarnish its crystalline The Brink Gallery owner Jennifer Leutzinger hangs a piece by Jack brilliance.”

Dempsey Boyd for the upcoming group show cold at the throat of want.

But like so many small-scale, beloved bands, they shone brightly and then disappeared into who’s known as much for her visual art as for playing in the ether. Some bandmates slipped into anonymity, rock bands around town, will be performing “Spirit” at while others stepped into the spotlight. Members Dan the opening of the reception. Leutzinger says she is exWilson and John Munson later went on to form Semi- cited for this live performance, although she admits she sonic; Wilson wrote the lyrics to their ever-popular 1999 had an even loftier plan at one point. “It was the longest hit “Closing Time.” He has won Grammys for his song- of all long shots, but I emailed the lead singer of the writing work with Adele and the Dixie Chicks. band, Matt Wilson, to see if they’d come play,” she says.

But Trip Shakespeare itself faded out of the spotEven though the band surprised their fans by relight, and left in its wake a fanbase that, decades later, uniting—for two songs only—in December 2013, Wilstill talks about them as the best they’ve ever seen. One son told Leutzinger they weren’t ready to embark on a of these fans is Jennifer Leutzinger, owner of Missoula’s tour to Missoula. She says he expressed excitement Brink Gallery. “The energy that they had, their lyrics, about the project, though. And he said “Spirit” was altheir humor, their seriousness, their talent; you just ways his favorite. couldn’t help fall in love with them,” she says.

On the Trip Shakespeare website, an old photo of So when Leutzinger began mulling over the idea of a sweet-faced, long-haired Wilson is accompanied by a having an invite-only show at The Brink, Trip Shake- quote where he says, “You’ve rocked harder than you speare came to mind again. “I wanted a theme for the ever thought you could ... and you realized that it’s all invitational,” she says. “But I didn’t want it to be just down to getting some soul across and saying somesome adjective, or some word, like ‘love.’” One of her thing meaningful.” A thousand miles away and 20 years favorite songs by the band, “Spirit,” offered the perfect later, a handful of Missoula artists are looking to caplyrics for a prompt: “and the gate fell open/ wide to the ture that same kind of spirit. casket chains/ silver and white/ long was the life/ you will The Brink Gallery hosts a First Friday reception hold a weapon/ you will hold a weapon/ cold at the for cold at the throat of want Fri., Feb. 7, from 5 to throat of want/ silver and white.”

8 PM. Free.

Leutzinger admits the song is a bit dark, but she says she chose the lyrics to see if they would elicit a wide arts@missoulanews.com

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[film]

OPENING THIS WEEK BARBIE: THE PEARL PRINCESS In the 27th animated Barbie movie, I’m guessing she deals with menopause and Ken’s mid-life crisis. Starring the voices of Kelly Sheridan and Katie Crown. Rated G. Screening at Carmike 12 Sat., Feb. 8 and Sun., Feb. 9 at 11 AM. INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS A singer-songwriter dude in 1961 Greenwich Village wears neck scarves and tries to make it big. I think I saw this before on Your Dad, the Original Hipster. Starring Oscar Isaac, Carey Mulligan and John Goodman. Rated R. Carmike 12.

THE LEGO MOVIE The toys you grew up painfully stepping on now star in an action-packed animated adventure to stop an evil Lego tyrant from gluing the Lego world together. Starring the voices of Will Arnett, Elizabeth Banks and Craig Berry. Rated PG. Carmike 12, Pharaohplex.

THE MONUMENTS MEN FDR directs a platoon of handsome men to rescue classic art pieces from the Nazis in WWII Germany. Starring George Clooney, Matt Damon and Bill Murray. Rated PG-13. Carmike 12, Pharaohplex.

ROBOCOP Half-man. Half-cop. All action. Hollywood continues with its prime directive of inflicting remakes on us. Starring Joel Kinnaman, Douglas Urbanski and Abbie Cornish. Rated PG-13.

Carmike 12, Pharaohplex.

VAMPIRE ACADEMY Rose Hathaway is just your typical half-human, half-vampire teen, going to your typical private school full of sexy vampires. Sounds just like my high school. Starring Zoey Deutch, Lucy Fry and Danila Kozlovsky. Rated PG-13. Carmike 12, Pharaohplex.

NOW PLAYING AMERICAN HUSTLE Sexy, swindling, 70s-fabulous misfits led by a con man get involved with the FBI, in a story megaloosely based on the real Abscam sting operation.

Starring Christian Bale, Amy Adams and Bradley Cooper. Rated R. Carmike 12.

DALLAS BUYERS CLUB HIV-positive hustler Ron Woodroof helps AIDS patients get medication in 1985 Dallas. Starring Matthew McConaughey, Jennifer Garner and Jared Leto. Rated R. Carmike 12.

FROZEN A Nordic princess endeavors to find her sister and bring her back to their snowy kingdom. A

ing Mickey and The Scarf, a dark narrated by Takei. Wilma.

Mouse, Missing comedy George

PHILOMENA A cynical journalist sets out with an elderly woman to help find her long-lost son.

Rated PG-13. Starring Judi Dench, Steve Coogan and Sophie Kennedy Clark. Wilma.

RIDE ALONG A smart-alec security gard tags along with his fiance’s cop brother to prove his mettle, but he could be in for more than he bargained. Starring Ice Cube, Kevin Hart and Tika Sumpter.

Rated PG-13. Carmike 12, Pharaohplex.

THAT AWKWARD MOMENT Zac Efron, Michael B. Jordan and Miles “I guess they weren’t kidding about one-on-one instruction.” Vampire Academy opens Friday at Carmike 12 and the Pharaohplex.

Teller are three buddies trying to navigate whimsical talking snowman joins in the adven- LIVE ACTION OSCAR SHORTS confusing points in romantic relationships. Also ture, too. Starring the voices of Kristen Bell, Josh The shorts up for Academy Awards include starring Imogen Poots and Mackenzie Davis.

Cavedigger, about sandstone sculptor Ra Gad and Idina Menzel. Rated PG. Carmike 12.

Rated R. Carmike 12, Pharoahplex.

Paulette, Prison Terminal, about the death of a THE HOBBIT: THE DESOLATION OF SMAUG 100-percent more hot elf action is on tap in the convict, The Lady In Number 6, a 109-year-old Capsule reviews by Kate Whittle. second installment of the kids-book-turned- pianist and Holocaust survivor, and Pitääkö Mun giant-trilogy. Starring Martin Freeman, Ian McK- Kaikki Hoitaa? (Do I Have to Take Care of Every- Planning your outing to the cinema? Visit ellen and Richard Armitage. Rated PG-13. thing?), a comedic take on motherhood. Wilma. Arts at missoulanews.com to find up-toLONE SURVIVOR Carmike 12. date movie times for theaters in the area.

Mark Wahlberg stars as Marcus Luttrell, one of You can also contact theaters to spare yourself THE HUNGER GAMES: CATCHING FIRE Katniss Everdeen and boring ol’ Peeta are back the SEAL team members in the botched 2008 any grief and/or parking lot profanities. Theater for the second installment of the dystopian teen Operation Red Wings mission. And David Bowie phone numbers: Carmike 12 and Village 6 at fantasy. Starring Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutch- and Brian Eno wrote the theme song, cool 541-7469; Wilma at 728-2521; Pharaohplex in erson and Liam Hemsworth. Rated PG-13. beans. Also starring Taylor Kitsch and Emile Hamilton at 961-FILM; Showboat in Polson and Hirsch. Rated R. Carmike 12, Showboat, Entertainer in Ronan at 883-5603.

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JACK RYAN: SHADOW RECRUIT High-cheekboned CIA agent (and aren’t they THE NUT JOB all?) Jack Ryan must thwart a Russian plot to de- An ornery squirrel must get out of his shell to stroy the U.S. economy. Starring Chris Pine, raid Maury’s Nut Store for enough food to get Kevin Costner and Keira Knightley. Rated PG-13. through winter. Anticipate the acorniest of jokes.

Featuring the voices of Will Arnett, Katherine Carmike 12, Pharaohplex.

Heigl and Brendan Fraser. Rated PG. Carmike LABOR DAY 12, Showboat, Pharaohplex.

A single mom decides it would be a great idea to give a scary escaped convict a ride; heart- OSCAR-NOMINATED SHORTS: ANIMATION warming romance somehow ensues. Don’t try See the animated shorts up for awards this year, this at home, ladies. Starring Kate Winslet, Josh including Feral, about a wild boy who tries to Brolin and Gattlin Griffith. Rated PG-13. Carmike learn how to live in civilization, Get A Horse, a never-before-seen 1920s Disney piece featur12, Pharaohplex.

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With the days getting longer and seed catalogs replacing holiday cards in the mailbox, a gardener’s thoughts inevitably turn to that blank patch of dirt where, if all goes well, he or she will spend an inordinate amount of time this summer.

Why we do this is not a simple question. If all you want from your garden is food, there are much easier, dependable and less time-consuming ways to get them. If you like the exercise, the fresh air and the connection with the natural world, that’s another story.

A garden is like a toy farm. It’s anatomically correct, all the parts work, and it’s capable of delivering the same benefits, risks and intangibles of its big brother. On a farm these outcomes exist with greater intensity, including the feelings of joy, harmony and productivity, as well as the aches, pains and heartbreaking moments of desperation, futility and failure.

Josh Slotnick, a Missoula farmer, believes this work, while often challenging, makes you a better person. “Small groups doing humble labor with tangible results is a transformative experience,” he says.

His debut collection of poetry, HomeFarm (Foothills Publishing), is a glimpse into the life of a farmer. The highs and lows he traverses are so dizzying that the book could have been called Manure-Splattered Double Rainbow. But as bipolar as this lifestyle may seem, the farmers I’ve met seem to share a certain even keel, as one might hope from ship captains who steer valuable cargo through potentially stormy seas.

The introduction to Slotnick’s book offers an intriguing clue as to how it is that manual labor, done humbly, might help to give farmers—and gardeners, I like to think—this grounding, and make them better people.

He compares his vegetable farm to a mandala, a Buddhist tradition that’s part meditation device and part performance art. Tibetan monks periodically visit the University of Montana, Slotnick explains, and spend a week or so creating a 10-foot square painting out of carefully arranged grains of colored sand. The result, ornate and dazzling, is cheerfully tossed in the river upon completion. The making and letting go of the mandala is an embrace of impermanence, and of process over product, Slotnick explains, and he can relate. What was brown “homogenous topography” in the off-season is a diverse ecosystem by the end of July, he writes in the intro. A few months later it’s brown again.

“You can walk into the corn, over your eyes, and feel the humidity swell, and if you stop moving and stand rock still, the sound of bees fills your ears, the squash becomes an impenetrable sea of spiky green, the flowers, carrots, all of it, fill every sensory level, and then come fall, we mow it down and till it in— pour the sand into the river—and it’s a flat sameness once again.”

Between the periods of homogenous topography that define the growing season, Slotnick is fixing

FLASH IN THE PAN

things, moving miles of irrigation pipe, dealing with angry neighbors about a messy pig slaughter and haggling with a shaggy customer at the farmers market who wants to save a little beer money by bargaining the price of broccoli.

Slotnick’s shoulders were sore and burnt from moving sun-baked irrigation pipe in order to keep those broccoli plants alive, and the hipster’s attempt to knock him down 50 cents on a bunch not only annoys him but makes him wonder, in the poem “Triple Digits,” what it would be like to not care about water.

While he envies the people who can simply jump in the river on a hot day, Slotnick doesn’t appear ready to trade in those searing sections of irrigation pipe.

Carrying 50-foot lengths, one on each shoulder, is a meditation itself that recurs within the season-long mandala. On an evening moving pipe with his teenage son, it gives Slotnick an opportunity to reflect on the bittersweet fact that the nest will soon be empty.

How many evenings have you and I done this, while the sky goes pink to orange the mountains flatten to silhouette in the west we flop lines of pipe from one side of the mainline to the other juggle end caps, T’s and elbows soak the big squash for hours keep the seedbeds damp the mowed beds dry where I will till on Sunday If the dramatic, rigorous monotony of farming does in fact amount to a form of meditation, then some recent research on the effect of meditation provides a ray of insight into why farming—and gardening—can make you a better person. It has to do with the possible effects of meditation on the brain’s cortex.

A thinner cortex, in certain areas of the brain, correlates with lack of empathy and a greater risk of depression. There is evidence that people who meditate regularly have a thicker cortex, the outermost layer of the brain. Thus, it wouldn’t surprise me if farmers have thicker cortexes than the average pencil-pusher, like me. It could make farmers less susceptible to depression and more even-keeled.

Luckily I have my garlic patch to fall back on.

Planted six inches apart in fall, I harvest the next summer. Each spring I toss an assortment of seeds between the emerging garlic plants. Carrots, radicchio, amaranth, romaine, corn, melon—basically whatever seeds I have lying around. If the plants don’t belong, they die. The ones that live in the shade of the garlic plants take off in July when the garlic is pulled.

This garlic mandala comes and goes, leaving a stash of bulbs in its wake. Does it also make me a better person? I like to think so. It certainly makes me a happier person. Whether it’s because I have a thicker cortex, or because I just love garlic, is a question I’ll leave to the poets and scientists.

[dish] Bernice’s Bakery 190 South 3rd West 728-1358 Bernice's is committed to keepin' Missoula sweet and there is no better time to share our treasures than Valentines. Tempt her with an coffee crème profiterole. Hold her hand and share a Red Velvet Heart Cake.

Show the office how much you love 'em and get 'em a dozen roses. Rose cupcakes that is! Mini and full size.

Something to say? On February 14th from 7a in the morning Christine will be frosting large heart shaped cookies by hand with two designs to choose from and YOU CHOOSE YOUR MESSAGE. No additional charge. Just the cost of the cookie. What a better way to say I love you than to stop by Bernice's and buy one of Missoula's signature sweet treats for your sweetheart. xoxo bernice. bernicesbakerymt.com $-$$ Biga Pizza 241 W. Main Street 728-2579 Biga Pizza offers a modern, downtown dining environment combined with traditional brick oven pizza, calzones, salads, sandwiches, specials and desserts. All dough is made using a “biga” (pronounced bee-ga) which is a time-honored Italian method of bread making. Biga Pizza uses local products, the freshest produce as well as artisan meats and cheeses. Featuring seasonal menus. Lunch and dinner, Mon-Sat. Beer & Wine available. $-$$ Black Coffee Roasting Co. 1515 Wyoming St., Suite 200 541-3700 Black Coffee Roasting Company is located in the heart of Missoula. Our roastery is open Mon.–Fri., 7:30–4, Sat. 8-4. In addition to fresh roasted coffee beans we offer a full service espresso bar, drip coffee, pour-overs and more. The suspension of coffee beans in water is our specialty. $ The Bridge Pizza Corner of S. 4th & S. Higgins 542-0002 A popular local eatery on Missoula’s Hip Strip. Featuring handcrafted artisan brick oven pizza, pasta, sandwiches, soups, & salads made with fresh, seasonal ingredients. Missoula’s place for pizza by the slice. A unique selection of regional microbrews and gourmet sodas. Dine-in, drive-thru, & delivery. Open everyday 11 to 10:30 pm. $-$$ Brooks & Browns Inside Holiday Inn Downtown 200 S. Pattee St. 532-2056 This week at Brooks and Browns...2/7 & 2/8 Zoo Music Awards Showcase 6 pm-11:15 pm. 2/7 Jazz Showcase. 2/8 Blues Showcase. 2/11 Captain Wilson Conspiracy 6-9 pm. Sunday Funday (Happy Hour all day). Martini MONDAY ($4 select martinis). Have you discovered Brooks and Browns? Inside the Holiday Inn, Downtown Missoula. $-$$ Butterfly Herbs 232 N. Higgins 728-8780 Celebrating 41 years of great coffees and teas. Truly the “essence of Missoula.” Offering fresh coffees, teas (Evening in Missoula), bulk spices and botanicals, fine toiletries & gifts. Our cafe features homemade soups, fresh salads, and coffee ice cream specialties. In the heart of historic downtown, we are Missoula’s first and favorite Espresso Bar. Open 7 Days. $ Dickey’s Barbecue Pit 143 W. Broadway Downtown Missoula 203.1557 Taste why Dickey’s Barbecue is the world’s best barbecue since 1941! Try our 8 juicy hot pit smoked meats, like our southern pulled pork or our family recipe polish sausage. We even offer 11 home-style sides, like our creamy cole slaw and fried okra. Don’t forget we’re also your catering experts! Any event, any size – let Dickey’s do the cooking, and you can take the credit.

Graduation parties, weddings, office functions, you name it! Dickey’s Barbecue is the perfect catering choice for groups of all sizes – from 10 to 10,000!

Don’t forget-Kids Eat Free Sundays & everyone enjoys FREE ice cream every day! Dickey’s Barbecue. Seriously, Pit Smoked. Open 7 days a week. Offering a full liquor bar. $-$$

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Doc’s Gourmet Sandwiches 214 N. Higgins Ave. 542-7414 Doc’s is an extremely popular gathering spot for diners who appreciate the great ambiance, personal service and generous sandwiches made with the freshest ingredients. Whether you’re heading out for a power lunch, meeting friends or family or just grabbing a quick takeout, Doc’s is always an excellent choice. Delivery in the greater Missoula area.

We also offer custom catering!...everything from gourmet appetizers to all of our menu items. $-$$ El Cazador 101 S. Higgins Ave. • 728-3657 Missoula Independent readers’ choice for Best Mexican Restaurant. Come taste Alfredo's original recipes for authentic Mexican food where we cook with love. From seafood to carne asada, enjoy dinner or stop by for our daily lunch specials. We are a locally owned Mexican family restaurant, and we want to make your visit with us one to remember. Open daily for lunch and dinner. $-$$ The Empanada Joint 123 E. Main St. • 926-2038 Offering authentic empanadas BAKED FRESH DAILY! 9 different flavors, including vegetarian and gluten-free options. Plus Argentine side dishes and desserts. Super quick and super delicious!

Get your healthy hearty lunch or dinner here! Wi-Fi, Soccer on the Big Screen, and a rich sound system featuring music from Argentina and the Caribbean. Mon-Sat 11am-5pm. Downtown Missoula. $ Food For Thought 540 Daly Ave. • 721-6033 Missoula’s Original Coffehouse/Café located across from the U of M campus. Serving breakfast and lunch 7 days a week+dinner 5 nights a week. Also serving cold sandwiches, soups, salads, with baked goods and espresso bar. HUGE Portions and the Best BREAKFAST in town. M-TH 7am-8pm, Fri 7am-4pm, Sat 8am-4pm, Sun 8am-8pm. $-$$ Good Food Store 1600 S. 3rd West • 541-FOOD The GFS Deli features made-to-order sandwiches, a rotating selection of six soups, an award-winning salad bar, an olive & antipasto bar and a self-serve hot bar offering a variety of housemade breakfast, lunch and dinner entrées. A seasonally changing selection of deli salads and rotisserie-roasted chickens are also available. Locally-roasted coffee/espresso drinks and an extensive smoothie menu complement bakery goodies from the GFS ovens and from Missoula’s favorite bakeries. Indoor and patio seating. Open every day, 7am – 10pm. $-$$ Grizzly Liquor 110 W Spruce St. • 549-7723 www.grizzlyliquor.com Voted Missoula's Best Liquor Store! Largest selection of spirits in the Northwest, including all Montana micro-distilleries. Your headquarters for unique spirits and wines! Free customer parking. Open Monday-Saturday 9-7:30 www.grizzlyliquor.com. $-$$$ Heraldo's Mexican Food 116 Glacier Dr. Lolo, MT 59847 406-203-4060 HeraldosMexicanRestaurant.com Lunch and Dinner. Open 7 Days • Eat-in or Carry-out • Handmade Tamales • Burritos • Chimichangas • Flautas • Fajitas • Combo plates and MORE. See our menu at www.heraldosmexicanrestaurant.com. Order Your Holiday Tamales Now! Also sold year-round. Call for details. $-$$ Hob Nob on Higgins 531 S. Higgins • 541-4622 hobnobonhiggins.com Come visit our friendly staff & experience Missoula’s best little breakfast & lunch spot. All our food is made from scratch, we feature homemade corn beef hash, sourdough pancakes, sandwiches, salads, espresso & desserts. MC/V $-$$ Iron Horse Brew Pub 501 N. Higgins • 728-8866 www.ironhorsebrewpub.com We’re the perfect place for lunch, appetizers, or dinner. Enjoy nightly specials, our fantastic beverage selection and friendly, attentive service. Stop by & stay awhile! No matter what you are looking for, we’ll give you something to smile about. $$-$$$

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Laughing Grizzly HAPPIEST HOUR Ambiance: Laughing Grizzly owner Keegan Eisenstadt calls the establishment’s vibe “whimsical” and “silly.” Mardi Gras beads adorn a bison head above the fireplace and a massive, brightly lit wheel near the front door (think roulette) invites patrons to spin it to win a free drink. Be warned, however: In order to cash in on the drink, you’ll have to complete a task that’s dictated by the slot you’ve landed on, such as howling like a wolf in front of other patrons.

Jimmy John’s 420 N. Higgins • 542-1100 jimmyjohns.com Jimmy John’s - America’s Favorite Sandwich Delivery Guys! Unlike any other sub shop, Jimmy John’s is all about the freshest ingredients and fastest service. Freaky Fast, Freaky Good - that’s Jimmy John’s.

Order online, call for delivery or visit us on Higgins. $-$$

What you’re drinking: Local pours, including gin and vodka from Montgomery Distillery and Montana-made ales.

Specials: Tons to choose from here. There’s a $6 bottomless mimosa special on weekends between 8 a.m. and 2 p.m. As for Happy Hour, which runs Sunday through Thursday afternoons between 4 and 6, domestic drafts and well drinks run $2, while craft beers cost $3. On Thursday nights, the bar holds free alcohol tastings hosted by experts who discuss the history and composition of different libations.

About the owner: Eisenstadt rattles off all of these Laughing Grizzly specials with the enthusiasm of a man who aims to please. Eisenstadt, who’s also the CEO of the environmental consulting firm Clear Sky Climate Solutions, opened the establishment on Dec. 11 in the space that formerly housed Cyrus Skinner’s Steakhouse.

Iza 529 S. Higgins • 830-3237 www.izarestaurant.com Contemporary Asian cuisine featuring local, vegan, gluten free and organic options as well as wild caught seafood, Idaho trout and buffalo. Join us for lunch and dinner. Happy Hour 3-6 weekdays with specials on food and drink. Extensive sake, wine and tea menu. Closed Sundays. Open Mon-Fri: Lunch 11:30-3pm, Happy Hour 3-6pm, Dinner 5pm-close.

Sat: Dinner 5pm-close. $-$$

photo by Jessica Mayrer

What you’re eating: “Montana comfort food, with a little green chili kick,” says Eisenstadt, who used to live in New Mexico. Examples include the green chili cheeseburger ($9.95), which is served with your choice of fries, sweet potato fries, onion rings, veggies, cup of soup or house salad, and “Moose Drops” (also $9.95), which are deep-fried steak cubes served with sweet, citrusy or spicy dipping sauce.

How to find it: 2300 West Broadway, between Mullan Road and North Palmer Street.

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

Philly West 134 W. Broadwa 493-6204 For an East-coast taste of pizza, stromboli, hoagies, salads, and pasta dishes and CHEESESTEAKS, try Philly West. A taste of the great “fightin’ city of Philadelphia” can be enjoyed Monday - Saturday for lunch and dinner and late on weekends. We create our marinara, meatballs, dough and sauces inhouse so if “youse wanna eat,” come to 134 W. Broadway. $-$$

Le Petit Outre 129 S. 4th West • 543-3311 Twelve thousand pounds of oven mass…Bread of integrity, pastry of distinction, yes indeed, European hand-crafted baked goods, Pain de Campagne, Ciabatta, Cocodrillo, Pain au Chocolat, Palmiers, and Brioche. Several more baked options and the finest espresso available. Please find our goods at the finest grocers across Missoula. Saturday 8-3, Sunday 8-2, Monday-Friday 7-6. $

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

Lucky Strike Sports Bar. Casino. Restaurant 1515 Dearborn Ave. 406-549-4152 Our restaurant offers breakfast, lunch and dinner. Are you looking for Delivery without all the extra charges?

Call 549-4152 and talk to Jacquie or Judy for more details. You can also get lunch and Coffee from Bold Coffee in the parking lot. Come into the casino for your chance to play Plinko, Spin the Wheel, or Roll the Dice for machine play. Open Mon-Sun 7am-2am. $-$$

Romaines 3075 N. Reserve Suite N 406-317-1829 www.romainessalads.com We provide you with the convenience of delicious salads, sandwiches and soups. Our salads include over 30 wholesome ingredients. Our homemade soups change with the season as different ingredients become available.

If hearty sandwiches are your favorite, then visit Romaines for one of our braised meat sandwiches. We also have a Montana Hummus sandwich made from Montana grown garbanzo beans. At last, local, fresh, and healthy! $-$$

Missoula Senior Center 705 S. Higgins Ave. • 543-7154 (on the hip strip) Did you know that the Missoula Senior Center serves delicious hearty lunches every week day for only $6? Anyone is welcome to join us for a delicious meal from 11:30-12:30 Monday- Friday for delicious food, great conversation and take some time to find a treasured item or garment in our thrift shop. For a full menu and other activities, visit our website at www.missoulaseniorcenter.org.

Roxiberry Gourmet Frozen Yogurt Southgate Mall Across from Noodle Express 317.1814 • roxiberry.com Bringing Missoula gourmet, frozen yogurt, using the finest ingredients (no frozen mixes), to satisfy your intense cravings with our intense flavors. Our home-made blends offer healthy, nutritional profiles. We also offer smoothies, fresh-made waffle cones, and select baked goods (gluten-free choices available). Join Club Roxi for special offers. See us in-store or visit our website for information. $-$$

The Mustard Seed Asian Cafe Southgate Mall • 542-7333 Contemporary Asian fusion cuisine. Original recipes and fresh ingredients combine the best of Japanese, Chinese, Polynesian, and Southeast Asian influences. Full menu available at the bar. Award winning desserts made fresh daily , local and regional micro brews, fine wines & signature cocktails. Vegetarian and Gluten free menu available. Takeout & delivery. $$-$$$ Korean Bar-B-Que & Sushi 3075 N. Reserve 327-0731 We invite you to visit our contemporary Korean-Japanese restaurant and enjoy it’s warm atmosphere. Full Sushi Bar. Korean bar-b-que at your table. Beer and Wine. $$-$$$ Parkers’ Restaurant 32 East Front Street Exit 153, Drummond 406-288-2333 Find us on Facebook, Yelp or Foursquare. Offering over 125 different Burgers.

Parker’s burgers are ground fresh daily. We patty them 1/4 pound at a time. We also have 1/2 pound and pound burgers! Most burgers are available all the time too, except for seasonal items. We’re open Tuesday thru Saturday 11am to 8 pm. We’ve also got Steaks, Pastas, Salads, Daily Specials and NOT the usual variety of home made desserts. Private parties and catering available. $-$$ Pearl Cafe 231 East Front St. 541-0231 • pearlcafe.us Country French meets the Northwest. Idaho Trout with Dungeness Crab, Rabbit with Wild Mushroom Ragout, Snake River Farms Beef, Fresh

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Seafood Specials Daily. House Made Charcuterie, Sourdough Bread & Delectable Desserts. Extensive wine list; 18 wines by the glass and local beers on draft.

Reservations recommended for the intimate dining areas. Visit our website Pearlcafe.us to check out our nightly specials, make reservations, or buy gift certificates. Open Mon-Sat at 5:00. $$-$$$

Taco Del Sol 422 N. Higgins 327-8929 Stop in when you’re in the neighborhood. We’ll do our best to treat you right! Crowned Missoula’s best lunch for under $6. Mon.-Sat. 11-10 Sun 12-9. $-$$ Taco Sano 115 1/2 S. 4th Street West Located next to Holiday Store on Hip Strip 541-7570 • tacosano.net Once you find us you’ll keep coming back. Breakfast Burritos served all day, Quesadillas, Burritos and Tacos.

Let us dress up your food with our unique selection of toppings, salsas, and sauces. Open 10am-9am 7 days a week. WE DELIVER. $-$$ Ten Spoon Vineyard + Winery 4175 Rattlesnake Dr. 549-8703 www.tenspoon.com Made in Montana, award-winning organic wines, no added sulfites. Tasting hours: Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, 5 to 9 pm. Soak in the harvest sunshine with a view of the vineyard, or cozy up with a glass of wine inside the winery. Wine sold by the flight or glass. Bottles sold to take home or to ship to friends and relatives. $$ 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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nightlife Technophobes (that’s fear of arts and crafts) might want to steer clear of the reception for Denver artist Sarah Rockett’s Phobic, a multimedia drawing installation exploring how fear is perpetuated in American culture. UM Gallery of Visual Arts in the Social Sciences Building. Artist’s talk at 5:10 PM, followed by reception until 7 PM. (See Spotlight.)

February 6–February 13, 2014

Learn about Native peeps with “Cultural Customs of Indigenous People,” a presentation by Krista Kanenwisher at the Ravalli County Museum, 205 Bedford St. in Hamilton. 6 PM. The cool cats of Next Door Prison Hotel make like a canary at the Top Hat dinner show. 6 PM. Free, all ages.

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

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

The always-enthused jazzy outfit El-3OH! plays Draught Works, 915 Toole Ave., from 68 PM. No cover.

Leon Young warms your heart while stout warms your liver at the Bitter Root Brewery in Hamilton. 6-8:30 PM. The 2014 Wild Mercy Nature Writing Reading Series gets rolling with Camas magazine editors Melissa Wardlow and Caroline Stephens at the UM FLAT studio, in the alley at 633 S. Fifth St. East. 7 PM. Free.

You’ve seen the rest, now celebrate the Best of Northwest Filmmakers’ Festival, which screens a number of diverse and entertaining regional films. Roxy Theater. 7 PM.

Take your cue. Southern hip-hop outfit Rehab stops at the Palace Tue., Feb. 11, at 9 PM. $15, plus $5 surcharge for ages 18-20. Tickets at Rockin Rudys, 866-300-8300 and 1111presents.com.

THURSDAYFEB06 Hoist some suds and get down with young turks when American Falcon plays the first night of its rockin’ residency at the VFW, along with Swamp Ritual and Arrows to the Sun. 9 PM. $3/$5 for ages 18-20.

The ZACC’s Print Shop Orientation Class teaches peeps everything you need to know to use the print shop. In just two hours you’ll

be able to impress your friends and family with your knowledge in silk-screening, relief printing, and woodcut printing. Once you get the tour, you can work there during business hours. Limited to six people per month. $20.

To register call 549-7555.

Get hands-on with the MakerSpace Open Time/Project Development, hosted by instructor Jim, at the Missoula Public Library from noon-3 PM. Learn more about MakerSpace and its other weekly events at missoulapubliclibrary.org.

The Love Your Joints informational lunches take place at the Arthritis Foundation, 337 Stephens Ave, on Thursdays through Feb. from noon-1 PM. Registration is required, so hop to arthritis.org/montana to learn more.

The Thursday Young Artists After School Program gets the chilluns involved with all manner of art history and media. ZACC. 2:155 PM. $12/$10 for members. Ages 6-11. Call 549-7555 to learn more.

It ain’t the wallflower who gets to take home the cutie, so get out there on the floor for the Country Two-Step dance class with Cathy Clark of NW Country Swing. Sunrise Saloon, 1101 Strand Ave. Due to popularity, there’s now two levels: beginning two-step from 6:45 to 7:30, intermediate two-step from 7:45 to 8:30. Live band starting at 9.

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

519 S. Higgins, enter through back alley door.

7:30-9 PM. Free will offering.

Be amazed at the feats of Helen Keller after the Montana Repertory Theatre’s rendition of The Miracle Worker. Montana

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fear factor Fear has been a driving factor in American politics for a long time, going back to McCarthyism and the Communist witch hunt and on through the Cold War. These days, fear of terrorist attacks is ever-present when we get on a plane. Fear of mass shootings is present when we gather in a public place. Fear of the economy crumbling is present when politicians rail against “illegals” taking American jobs. Corporations and powerful government entities have taught us to fear the potential terrorist, the undocumented worker, the darker-skinned, the “other.” We’re often right to be cautious. But often, we need to question if we’re afraid for the right reasons, and if we’re letting fear control us.

Denver artist Sarah Rockett’s multimedia installation Phobic explores how “fear is perpetuated by routine social interactions that purposely devise invisible barriers, segregating individuals from unknown people, places and situations.” Rockett gives a talk about Phobic in the UM Gallery of Visual Arts on Thu., Feb. 6, followed by a reception.

Her work is described as “drawings in space,” warping, twisting shapes made out of everyday materials like wire, plastic and insulation foam, hotglued together and given titles like “Stranger Danger” WHAT: Sarah Rockett’s Phobic WHEN: Artist’s talk Thu., Feb. 6, at 5:10 PM WHERE: UM Gallery of Visual Arts in the Social Sciences Building HOW MUCH: Free

Theatre. Performances Jan. 30–Feb. 1 and Feb. 6 and 8 at 7:30 PM, plus 2 PM matinee on Feb. 1. $10$20. Visit montanarep.org.

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EVERY OTHER SATURDAY STARTING FEB. 8 Candy Rocket Fuel • 2PM

Delve into rocket fuel basics with this candy oriented rocket fuel sampling.

BEAM Robotics • 4PM

Explore Biology, Electronics, Aesthetics, and Mechanics by building simple little robots.

Arduino Workshop • 6PM

Build a variety of Arduino project in this guided workshop.

Free Community Days 2-7PM Tues & Wed Membership Days 2-7PM Thurs & Fri Maker Classes Noon - Close • Sat

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During Open Mic Night at Sean Kelly’s, local talented folks may titillate your eardrums. 8:30 PM. Free.

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

Tevas or Justin boots will all work just fine when Soul City Cowboys play rockin’ country tunes at the Sunrise Saloon, 1101 Strand Ave., at 9 PM. No cover.

Rockin’ Coloradoans the Jaden Carlson Band bring some of that Rocky Mountain chill up to the Palace, along with John Adam Smith. 9 PM. Free.

Slide on a blazer (don’t forget to roll up the sleeves) and drop some “In Soviet Russia” jokes at Missoula’s Homegrown Stand-Up Comedy at the Union Club. Sign up by 9:30 PM to perform. Free.

Brooklyn nine-piece “power funk army” Turkuaz marches its way into your heart at the Top Hat. 9:30 PM. No cover.

Ain’t nothing wrong with a little bump and grind—just be cool and ask first, lovelies. The Badlander hosts the Drop Culture Dance Party,

Sarah Rockett’s “Creature Feature”

and “Creature Feature.” Some have a rubbery texture and glisten in a way that might call to mind a gooey space creature or The Thing; others look like the black liquid containing the alien virus in “X-files.” They might look unsettling on first glance, but are really harmless. Perhaps there’s some greater message to be taken from that.

—Kate Whittle

featuring hot trax and a rotating cast of DJs. $1 well drinks from 9 PM to midnight; women get in free before 10.

FRIDAYFEB07 CASA of Missoula celebrates its 20th anniversary of advocating for kids with the Light of Hope Banquet, which includes silent and live auction, music and special guest Denise Juneau. DoubleTree Hotel, 100 Madison St. $75. Tickets available at casamissoula.org or 406-542-1208.

Art aficionados and downtown revelers alike can enjoy First Friday, wherein shops, cafes, bars and galleries host free art viewings for all to enjoy. Sometimes there’s totally excellent free wine and snax, too.

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

It’s double the pleasure, double the fun at the Zoo Music Awards Showcase this year, where ye olde John Q. Public gets to vote on the winners. Artists in electronic, country, rock, metal, punk, indie pop,

singer/songwriter, jazz, blues, psychedelic, hip-hop, bluegrass, funk and under-18 categories compete at venues including the Top Hat, Stage 112, Palace, Sean Kelly’s, Brooks and Browns, Monk’s and the Roxy. Fri., Feb. 7 and Sat., Feb. 8, from about 5 PM to bar time. Check out zoomusicawards.com for a full schedule and more info.

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

Precocious poet Matthew Kittel reads from his book, Meticulous Mind, at Fact and Fiction, 220 N. Higgins Ave. 5:30-7 PM. All the cool kiddos should check out Mismo Gymnastics’s Friday Night Children’s Party, where ages 5-plus play games and explore obstacle courses with guidance. 1900 W. Broadway St. 5:309:30 PM. $25/$20 for members, plus $10 for additional siblings. Limited to 80 kids, so zoom over to mismogym.com or call 728-0908 to sign up ahead of time.

Chilluns can play while Mom and Pop get their whiskey on with Family Friendly Friday at the Top Hat, 68 PM. No cover. Feb. 7 features the Whizpops!

Challenge our arts editor to do a pudding shot when The Ruins play Americana tunes at Feruqi’s, 318 N. Higgins Ave., from 6-9 PM. Free.

Show ‘em you can get along better than the Simpsons with the Joyful Connections Compassionate Communication Training for Families, a fun, playful workshop where you’ll learn about effective communication, gratitude and conflict resolution. (And couldn’t we all use a little primer in that?) Open Way Mindfulness Center, 702 Brooks St. Feb. 7 at 7 PM and Feb. 8 at 10 AM. $40 per person/$70 per couple. Call 443-3439 to learn more.

Esteemed poet Chris Dombrowski (and occasional Indy contributor, btw) reads at a UM Creative Writing Program and Ovalsponsored event from his latest works at the Dell Brown Room of Turner Hall at 7 PM. The We Are All evening hosted

by Unity Dance and Drum and Tarn Ream invites everyone to party down with African music, dance and food at the Missoula Senior Center, 705 S. Higgins Ave. 7-9 PM. Free. Main dishes provides, bring sides/drinks to share.

It’s hip to be rectangular at the Old Time Square Dance, where you and your buddies are invited to the Downtown Dance Collective’s First Friday shindig. Old-time stringband tunes provided by the Parallellograms. 8 PM. $5.

Crack some suds and dig the mellow kicks at Thunderground, a new dance night with Kris Moon and guests on Fridays in the basement of Stage 112, on the corner of Front and Pattee (aka the old Jolly Corks.)

9 PM. No cover, 21-plus.

The Copper Mountain Band digs up some pure country gold for y’all at the Sunrise Saloon, 1101 Strand Ave. 9 PM. No cover.

We’ll be getting wetter down where it’s better during Fishbowl Friday: Pre-Valentine’s Day Soiree with the Bassface Krew and DJs Como Se Va, KidTraxiom, Digifreq, Tempo Tantrum and Layln Tang, plus art from Tim Carpenter. 8 PM. No cover, plus $5 fishbowl drank special.

where ye olde John Q. Public gets to vote on the winners. Artists in electronic, country, rock, metal, punk, indie pop, singer/songwriter, jazz, blues, psychedelic, hip-hop, bluegrass, funk and under-18 categories compete at venues including the Top Hat, Stage 112, Palace, Sean Kelly’s, Brooks and Browns, Monk’s and the Roxy. Fri., Feb. 7 and Sat., Feb. 8, from about 5 PM to bar time. Check out zoomusicawards.com for a full schedule and more info.

Take home some neat trinkets and help peeps out with the Missoula Relay For Life Arts and Crafts Fair, at the Head Start School gym, 1001 Worden Ave. 8 AM-2 PM.

Paul Horton presents a one-day sustainability workshop with the Natural Step Framework. University Center room 332. $450; email paul@paulhortongroup.net or call 360-918-1079 to learn more.

See and describe the world in new ways with the Nature Writing Workshop led by authors Chris Dombroski and Jeff Gailus. Montana Natural History Center, 120 Hickory St. 9 AM-5 PM. $80/$70 MNHC members. Registration is required at montananaturalist.org or by calling 327-0405.

Renée Fleming stars in the lavish production of Dvorák’s fairy tale opera, Rusalka, in The Met: Live

in HD’s broadcast of the performance. Roxy Theater, 11 AM. $20/$18 for seniors/$15 for students and children. Visit mtlive.org for tickets.

The Five Valleys Seed Library hosts a Spring Dreaming Seed Swap with storytime and craft activities for kids at the Missoula Public Library, 11:30 AM-2 PM.

nightlife Funky reggae shindiggers Muzikata plays the Bitter Root Brewery in Hamilton from 6-8:30 PM. No cover.

Fun-loving unattached folks over 45 are invited to the Singles of

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

Keep your feet busy when Idle Ranch Hands play the Union Club at 9:30 PM. No cover.

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The UM School of Theatre and Dance kicks up their heels for the American College Dance Festival Benefit Concert, which features six original pieces of choreography.

Open Space in the PARTV Center.

7:30 PM on Friday and Saturday. $5 suggested donation.

Pull in a whole mess of tasty food and fun times with the ninth annual Hooked on Art, featuring an art market, Missoula Art Museum display, class taught by Bob Phinney, Bill Wilsonoff’s awardwinning chili, live music and more. Bonner School. 10 AM. Free.

Soul City Cowboys serve up rockin’ country for your boogying pleasure at Cowboy Troy’s, 2359 Hwy 93 in Victor. 8 PM. No cover.

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[calendar] Missoula dinner at Johnny Carino’s, 3630 N. Reserve St. 6 PM. Call Nancy with any questions at 2513330.

Russ Nasset keeps it fantastic at the Top Hat dinner show from 6-8 PM. Free.

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With all due respect, it’s gonna be a lot of Malarkey when they play Draught Works Brewery, 915 Toole Ave., from 6-8 PM. No cover.

Award-winning author David Abrams reads Fobbit, a novel based on his experiences in Iraq, at Grizzly Claw Trading Company in Seeley Lake. 7 PM.

Get elevated when reggae outfit Iration plays the Wilma, along

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Monte Dolack and Mary Beth Percival exhibit original acrylic and watercolor paintings celebrating the natural beauty around us at the Dolack Gallery.

5 PM. Oboe expert, barista, brother and photographer Clint Whittle displays Frozen Winter, a series displaying the chilly, wondrous beauty that is Montana, at the Western Montana Community Center, 127 Higgins Ave. Suite 202. 5 PM. Be there, or Calapatra will beat you up.

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Artists including Jack Dempsey Boyd, Natalie Christensen, Marlo Crocifisso, Adelaide Every and many more join in the group exhibit for cold at the throat of want, which prompted them to create works based on Trip Shakespeare lyrics. Brink Gallery. 5-8 PM. (See Art.) Treats and giggles are on tap, y’all, when B. MartiNez presents Spring Collection, including upcycled and reclaimed wood with mixed media.

Betty’s Divine. 5 PM. Dig into the creativity of Andrea Cross Guns when she presents artwork at the Loose Moose’s Grand Opening and First Friday reception, with tunes from Josh Farmer. 137 E. Main St. 5-8 PM. Artist Michael Angelo Fortin presents Chaos to Creation, a collection of works created after experiencing a stroke in 2013. 127 N. Higgins Ave., third floor. 5-8 PM.

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Straighten that bolo tie and get to stepping when Wild Coyote Band plays the Sunrise Saloon, 1101 Strand Ave., from 9:30 PM to close.

SUNDAYFEB09 The 18-piece Ed Norton Big Band puts some swing in the month’s second Sunday when it plays the Missoula Winery, 5646 Harrier Way, from 6–8 PM. $7.

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Careful which cup you’re dunking the brush into when Art on Tap comes to the Montgomery Distillery. An instructor leads this informal painting class from blank canvas to ready-to-frame artwork. 2 PM. $32. Call 406-317-1910 or email artontapmissoula@gmail.com to learn more.

Tell a cutie you choo-choo-choose ‘em when the The Tides Gallery hosts a Valentine’s Day card-making workshop with refreshments at Bathing Beauties Beads. 501 S. Higgins Ave. 5-8 PM. Free to hang out, $3 to make cards.

Hellgate Middle School student Sophia Mathis displays her oil and pencil works in conjunction with Hospice of Missoula at The Loft, 121 W. Main St. upstairs. 5 PM.

of The Miracle Worker. Montana Theatre. Performances Jan. 30–Feb. 1 and Feb. 6 and 8 at 7:30 PM, plus 2 PM matinee on Feb. 1. $10$20. Visit montanarep.org.

Dance on a dime with your sweetie when the Five Valley Accordion Association hosts a Valentine’s Day Dance at Jokers Wild, 4829 N. Reserve St. 1-4 PM. $4/$3 for members. To learn more, call 406240-9617.

What’s love got to do with it, anyway? Explore this at the group exhibit The love of__ is a root of all__, which gives several different takes on the “L” word. Reception at E3 Convergence Gallery, 229 W. Main St., from 5-9 PM. Includes tunes by Ron Dunbar and a fundraiser for the Poverello.

Bronze artist CM Jones exhibits wild, textural works at Prudential Montana Real Estate, 314 N. Higgins Ave. 5-8 PM.

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Be amazed at the feats of Helen Keller after the Montana Repertory Theatre’s rendition

Learn what precisely “woodblock photography” is and how it can be neat with Leah Grunzke’s exhibit Flora Montana, which portrays the greenery of western Montana. Her homemade nesting houses for bees will also be on display. Montana Natural History Center, 120 Hickory St. 4:30 PM.

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The UM School of Theatre and Dance kicks up their heels for the American College Dance Festival Benefit Concert, which features six original pieces of choreography.

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Consider contemporary takes on gussying up with Adornment 2: Expressions in Contemporary Jewelry at 4 Ravens Gallery, 248 N. Higgins Ave. Reception from 5-8 PM. Get lucky at the 13th Annual Collectors’ Resale Show, featuring art from notables like Rudy Autio, Ace Powell, Melora Neaves, Ansel Adams and many more. Dana Gallery, 246 N. Higgins Ave. Reception from 5-8 PM. Whip your hair back and forth and head over to Butterfly Herbs, where Alison Dillon displays Hair Portraits, paintings of pretty ‘dos. Reception from 5-8 PM. Get your love to keep you warm at the Show of the heARTS group exhibit, with Nancy Erickson, Stephanie Frostad, Janet Whaley and many more at Montana Art and Framing, 709 Ronan St. 5-9 PM. Make like a soccer fan and wave your scarf at the International Cup 2014, a cermanic exhibit of international artists that “explores the infinite possibilities of the idea of a cup.” Clay Studio of Missoula, 1106 Hawthorne St., unit A. Reception from 5:30-9 PM. Get hot to trot with empanadas, Argentine chocolate and dancin’ from Flamenco Montana at the Empanada Joint, 123 E. Main St. Performance starts at 5:45 PM. No cover.

Sorry, dudes, artist James Louks says The Party’s Over in a solo exhibit examining boom and bust culture in North Dakota. FrontierSpace, in the alley off Sean Kelly’s between Pine and Spruce Streets. 6-9 PM.

Some ivories are bound to be tickled at UM’s Celebrate Piano Series IV, featuring up-and-coming pianist Spencer Myer. UM Music Recital Hall. 3 PM. $20/$15 for seniors/$10 students. Proceeds go toward the School of Music’s Keyboard Benefit FUnd. Tickets available at umt.edu/music/pianoseries, the UMArts Box Office or at 406-243-4581.

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We be jammin, jammin, jammin in the ‘Root at the open mic, jam and dance hosted by Louie Bond and the Fort Owen Band at the Fort Owen Inn, 3854 Highway 93 in Stevensville. 4-8 PM. No cover.

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Draught Works, 915 Toole Ave. 5-7 PM. No cover.

Swing it, don’t fling it when Western Union Swing Band presents the real-deal country stuff at the Top Hat. Dance lesson at 6 PM, tunes from 7-9. No cover.

Close out the weekend in style at the Badlander’s Jazz Martini Night, with $4 martinis from 7:30

[calendar] at 6 PM with a line dance, followed by 7 PM two-step and 8 PM country cha-cha.

Singles of Missoula celebrates the birthdays of its fabulous members with dinner at El Cazador, 101 South Higgins. 6 PM. Call Nancy with any questions at 251-3330.

Tuesday night just got a whole lot more erotic as Captain Wilson Conspiracy plays jazz at Brooks and Browns, inside the Holiday Inn downtown. 6-9 PM. No cover.

Discover Native authors you should totes check out when UM professor David Moore reads from That Dream Shall Have a Name: Native Americans Rewriting America at Shakespeare and Co, 103 S. Third St. W. 7 PM. (See Books.)

The National Theatre Live presents Shakespeare’s intense political drama Coriolanus, starring Tom Hiddleston (aka the dude who was Loki in The Avengers). The Met: Live in HD broadcasts at the Roxy Theater at 7:30 PM on Feb. 4, 11 and 25. $16/$14 for seniors/$11 for students. Visit mtlive.org for tickets.

Sean Kelly’s invites you to another week of free pub trivia, which takes place every Tuesday at 8 PM. Here’s a question to tickle your brainwaves: What country has won the most World Men’s Curling Championships? (See answer in tomorrow’s nightlife.)

Under the neon moon. The UM School of Theatre and Dance presents the American College Dance Festival Benefit Concert in the Open Space in the PARTV Center. Fri., Feb. 7 and Sat., Feb. 8 at 7:30 PM. $5 suggested donation.

PM to midnight, plus live jazz and DJs. Starts at 8 PM with Front Street Jazz. Free.

MONDAYFEB10 Get a jolt of energy when Denver five-piece My Body Sings Electric plays Stage 112, 112 Pattee St., at 8 PM. $8, plus fees.

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Brush up on your skillz with the Bridge Group for beginners/those in need of a refresher course. Missoula Senior Center, Mondays at 1 PM. $1.25.

nightlife Keep your shiz together and for the love of God, quit accidentally yelling the answers at Super Trivia Freakout. Winners get cash prizes and shots after the five rounds of trivia at the Badlander. 9 PM. Free.

Captain Wilson Conspiracy gets jazzy while you stay snazzy at the Red Bird Wine Bar, 111 N. Higgins Ave. inside the Florence Building. 710 PM. No cover.

The Garden City is where it’s at when the Palace Lounge hosts Mondays in Missoula, with a rotat-

ing line-up of local musicians. 9 PM. No cover.

TUESDAYFEB11 Eleven local storytellers gather for another edition of Tell Us Something, this time with the Gwen Stefani-approved theme “What Are You Waiting For?” Top Hat. 6 PM. Free. Email psst.tell.us.something@gmail.co m to join in the fun.

Discover different approaches to raising kiddos at Empowered Parenting With Balanced View, which meets at Break Espresso from 7:158:15 AM Tuesdays.

UM sociology professor Teresa Sobieszczyk presents “Higher Education in Vietnam: A Fulbright Scholar’s Views of Their Achievements and Challenges” as part of the Mansfield Center’s Brown Bag Lecture series. University Center, room 333. 12:10-1 PM.

nightlife Put on your red shoes and dance at the Country Dance Lessons, Tuesdays at the Hamilton Senior Center. The shindig steps off

Say sayonara after Rehab stops at the Palace as part of its Farewell Tour. 9 PM. $15, plus $5 surcharge for ages 18-20. Tickets at Rockin Rudys, 866-300-8300 and 1111presents.com.

Hit the road, Jack, when Asheville rock outfit The FreeWay Revival plays the Badlander for a free show.

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WEDNESDAYFEB12 Shh, don’t tell anybody it’s February when poet Kåre Enga reads from his new collection, This and Every November, at Shakespeare and Co., 103 S. Third St. W. 7 PM. Stop on by for a mini session of the Body Code natural healing system at Meadowsweet Herbs, 180 S. Third St. W. 4-6 PM. No cost. To learn more, check out butterfly-transitions.webs.com or call Evelyn at 207-1370.

Here, lemme take a look under the hood for ya at Milkcrate Wednesday, where the Milkcrate Mechanic hosts a night of hot beats at the Palace. Free.

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[calendar] weekly Jazz Night. 6 PM. Free, all ages. Feb. 12 features the Trio Noir.

Hat. 9 PM. $5. See Music. (Trivia answer: Canada, natch.)

Rootsy Aussie jamsters John Butler Trio play the Wilma, along with Little Hurricane.

Doors at 7 PM, show at 8. $26. Tickets at Rockin Rudy’s, by calling 866-468-7624 or at knittingfactory.com. (See Music.)

THURSDAYFEB13 Stay true to your roots when one-manband John Adam Smith plays uplifting songs and West African rhythms at the Bitter Root Brewery in Hamilton from 6-8:30 PM. No cover.

Top Hat, along with Indubious. 10 PM. $26/$22 in advance. Tickets at Rockin Rudy’s, the Top Hat and tophatlounge.com. 18-plus.

Roosty reggae aficionados Satsand play chill tunes at the Palace, along with Ten Skip Stone. 9 PM. No cover.

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American Falcon swoops in to knock you out with their thighs for the Thursday night residency, throughout this month at the VFW. Doors at 9 PM, show at 10. $3/$5 for ages 18-20.

Ryan Bundy won’t make you eat crow at the Top Hat’s dinner show. 6 PM. Free.

Kingston, Jamaica’s Black Uhuru bring some of that island reggae warmth up to the

More events online: missoulanews.com Colorado’s Dead Winter Carpenters keep it cool when they play Americana at the Top

Sample a tasty trio of creative minds when Sheryl Noethe, Josh Slotnick and Alan Weltzien read and sign their poetry collections. Fact and Fiction, 220 N. Higgins Ave. 7 PM.

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Especially if you fly often, waking up in one corner of the country and going to bed in another is nothing remarkable at all. But we still have intrepid adventurers with the time and inclination to do things the hard way, who want to see what they can learn about themselves in the process. For some, the Pacific Crest Trail is the perfect challenge.

It stretches 2,650 miles from Mexico to Canada, clambering up California, Oregon and Washington, through ranges including the Sierra Nevadas and the Cascades. The Pacific Crest Trail Association website lists less than 3,000 people on the 2,600Miler List; its advice section is honest about the likelihood of injury, bad weather and necessary emotional resolve. Those who complete it can

boast bragging rights for life. One of the most recent books to center on the hike, Cheryl Strayed’s Wild, is about to be made into a movie.

Jordan Nelson, a 26-year-old who hiked part of the Pacific Crest last year, gives a presentation about it at the upcoming Rocky Mountaineers meeting on Feb. 11. He started in early July in Washington and finished in November in Southern California. The trip is a couple hours by plane; but you’ll have to find out from Nelson what more wonder it holds to do it by foot.

—Kate Whittle Jordan Nelson gives a presentation on hiking the Pacific Crest Trail as part of the February Rocky Mountaineers meeting at the Trail Head, 221 E. Front St, Tue., Feb. 11 at 7 PM. Learn more at rockymountaineers.com.

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FRIDAY FEBRUARY 7 The Cabinet Ridge Riders host the 23rd annual Snowmobile Poker Run, kicking off with a bonfire at 7 PM on Friday, followed by registration and ride at 8 AM on Saturday, on groomed trails up through Kootenai National Forest to the Cabinet Ridge Rider warming hut. Raffles and live auction after the ride. Evening activities and registration at Lakeside Resort in Trout Creek. Free to attend, $5 for a hand of poker. Call 406-8274458 to learn more.

from noon to 4:30 PM. $15, lunch and gear provided. Register at fwp.mt.gov, by following links to “Education” and “Becoming an Outdoors Woman.”

Or call Nancy at 406-827-8561.

The Family Snowshoe Trek introduces one and all to snowshoe basics at the lovely Holland Lake Day Use Area. 11 AM-3 PM. Gear is available, but you’ll have to register to make sure you can use it.

Suggested Donation $5/$15 per family. Visit SwanEcosystemCenter.org or call 406-754-3137 to learn more.

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Here’s just the ticket to cure cabin fever: Currents Aquatic Center’s outdoor rec team hosts Snowshoe Adventure and Hot Spring Soak junkets on Feb. 8, Feb. 22 and March 15. You’ll head up Lolo Pass and learn stuff like ascending and descending, reading topo maps, using GPS units and properly traversing snow banks. One must always properly traverse their snow banks. Afterward, you’ll stop at Lolo Hot Springs for a hot soak. To learn more, contact rec specialist Meg at 406-552-6271.

Award-winning journalist Hal Herring presents “Wilderness: Where We Have Come From and Where We’re Going” as part of the spring wilderness lecture series at UM Gallagher Business Building, room 122. 7:10-8:30 PM.

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

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The Peter Hale Memorial Race and Tour cruises a 22K loop through rolling terrain and challenging hills, with 1,000 feet of elevation change, starting from the Rich Ranch. 8:30 AM. $40 to compete, proceeds go toward the outdoorsy nonprofit Seeley Lake ROCKS. Check out seeleylakenordic.org for more info.

You’ll break trail fearlessly after the Becoming an Outdoorswoman Snowshoe Workshop, hosted

by FWP. Participants will learn how to travel surrounding forest in Thompson Falls. Morning class is 8:30 AM to 1 PM, or choose the afternoon class

WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 12 Get waxed at the Ski and Snowboard Maintenance Class, a one-hour hands-on clinic where you’ll use available tools and wax to learn how to keep your board or skis spiffy. UM Outdoor Program Workbench. $5. Register by the day before. Visit life.umt.edu/crec/outdoor to learn more.

Get the crew together for the Missoula Alpine Ski Race League, wherein four-person teams (including at least one woman) face off in head-to-head races.

Hosted by Snowbowl Wednesday evenings from Jan. 22–March 5 at 7 PM, with final race and party on March 7. Lots of prizes and Big Sky brew gear for the winners. $395 per team. To learn more, contact Jay Rutherford at jay.rutherford@gmail.com.

THURSDAY FEBRUARY 13 Kick back with the Montana Backcountry Alliance and Montana Wilderness Association for the ninth annual Backcountry Film Festival, showcasing the wonders of winter recreation. Roxy Theater. 6:30 PM. $10. Check out montanabackcountry.org.

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The first time I went to a city council meeting, I had absolutely no clue what was going on or how people understood the obtuse language and maps in the agenda. This was politics up close and personal, all right; but none of it seemed as dramatic or funny as “The West Wing” or “The Daily Show.”

Endless talk about zoning ordinances and budget allocations seemed deadly dull. I was there to learn how to cover city elections, so I had to get up to speed really fast; but I’ll wager that not many citizens ever even peek their head into council chambers. Municipal politics can seem as thrilling as watching paint dry; city elections tend to have the lowest turnouts. But this is crucial stuff; city governments determine things that affect how we live from day to day, from what water we drink to the location of new housing developments to how many potholes get fixed (or don’t.)

Politics can seem boring, but they don’t have to be. The city of Missoula is planning its budget for fiscal year 2015, and it’s asking for your input. The Every Voice Engaged nonprofit, which works to increase civic engagement (i.e., make people pay attention) is hosting the Interactive Budget Game at on Feb. 11 in the University Center ballroom, along with City Club Missoula. Other cities have put on similar events; San Francisco has the spiffy sfbud-

getczar.com site which was used to get public feedback for developing a transportation plan. Missoula’s is intended for residents to learn how tax dollars come in and then go out. It might not be as cool as winning a new car, but you might get a better insight into the way our fair city operates. And you’ll know better who to curse at when you hit a pothole.

—Kate Whittle The Interactive City Budget game is Tue., Feb. 11 in the University Center Ballroom, 6-9 PM. $5 suggested donation. Limited to 200 people, so register at strikingly.com/ mslabudgetgame.

[AGENDA LISTINGS] THURSDAY FEBRUARY 6 The Love Your Joints informational lunches take place at the Arthritis Foundation, 337 Stephens Ave, on Thursdays through Feb. from noon-1 PM. Registration is required, so hop to arthritis.org/montana to learn more.

Honor your connection to the earth and the glorious array of life on it during the Children of the Earth Tribe Song and Chant Circle at the Jeannette Rankin Peace Center. 519 S. Higgins, enter through back alley door. 7:30-9 PM. Free will offering.

FRIDAY FEBRUARY 7 Give and receive empathy with Patrick Marsolek during Compassionate Communication, a non-violent communication weekly practice group, at the Jeannette Rankin Peace Center, 519 S. Higgins Ave. Noon. Free.

SUNDAY FEBRUARY 9 Citizens who are passionate about the planet are invited to Earth As Lover, Earth As Self, a talking/healing circle hosted at a private Missoula home Sundays at 4 PM. Call Louisa at 406-830-6561.

MONDAY FEBRUARY 10 Sip a fancy soda for a cause at this edition of Moscow Monday at the Montgomery Distillery, 129 W. Front St., where the distillery redistributes the wealth. A dollar from every drink sold is donated to a different nonprofit or good cause each week. Family friendly, from noon–8 PM. The Northern Plains Resource Council and Sleeping Giant Citizens Council are asking Attorney General Tim Fox to “break up” with out-of-state coal corporations, via homemade valentines to be delivered on Feb. 14. Join ‘em at the Buttercup Market, 1221 Helen, to make valentines on Monday at 3:30 PM. Supplies will be provided.

Dr. P. Andrew Puckett presents “Missoula Medical Aid: Improving Health in Rural and Impover-

ished Communities in Honduras” as part of the UM spring lecture series, “Global Health in the Global South: Montana’s Mountains Beyond Mountains.” Gallagher Business Building, room 106. 6:30 PM. Learn about mental health services available in the Garden City with NAMI Missoula’s “From Illness to Wellness” discussion. Winds of Change/Aleph staff will speak at the Missoula Public Library at 7 PM.

TUESDAY FEBRUARY 11 Discover different approaches to raising kiddos at Empowered Parenting With Balanced View, which meets at Break Espresso from 7:15-8:15 AM Tuesdays.

UM sociology professor Teresa Sobieszczyk presents “Higher Education in Vietnam: A Fulbright Scholar’s Views of Their Achievements and Challenges” as part of the Mansfield Center’s Brown Bag Lecture series. University Center, room 333.

12:10-1 PM. As Bob Barker would say, come on down for the interactive city budget game hosted by Missoula City Council and the City Club Missoula. The night is designed to be a fun way for residents to learn how tax dollars are spent and how money gets allocated. University Center Ballroom, 6-9 PM. $5 suggested donation. Limited to 200 people, so register at strikingly.com/mslabudgetgame.

The Missoula Patriots Meeting hosts Kerry White, of Citizens For Balanced Use, speaking on taking back federal lands into state control. Valley Christian School, 2526 Sunset Lane. 7 PM.

THURSDAY FEBRUARY 13 Failings of the criminal justice system are up for discussion when Jon Gould, director of the Washington Institute for Public Affairs Research at American University, lectures at the UM Law School. 6:30 PM. Free/$25 for those seeking CLE credit. Visit mtinnocenceproject.org to learn more.

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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On a first date, the only person asking "So, are you two next?" should be a counterperson at Starbucks. The commitmentganza first date also goes against the three things I always say first dates should be: cheap, short, and local. That way, even if you and a guy hit it off like the Israelis and the Palestinians, you can probably stick it out for a polite 59 minutes of happy-hour drinks and then bail—in a way you can't if you've signed up for a wedding ceremony, a four-course sit-down dinner, and people you don't know crying on your sleeve and throwing up on your shoes.

Beyond this being the wrong venue for a first date, inviting a near stranger four months in advance has to come off weird and desperate. This far ahead, a guy has to wonder why there isn't another male soul in your life you could ask—and wonder who's next on your list if he says no, the wino living under the bus shelter?

(On a positive note, that guy would especially appreciate the open bar.) Also consider that there's a reason this guy hasn't asked you out, and it's probably that he isn't interested or isn't interested enough to date a woman he has to travel two hours to see. (A guy who'd date the 7 who lives around the block would probably need her to be a sexually gifted 11.5 to make up for the two-hour drive.)

But there is an upside in the rubble of all these downsides. If you can accept that you won't have a date for the wedding, you might find a date at the wedding by turning it into an opportunity to strike up conversations with interesting and possibly handsome strangers. Who knows, you might even meet a really great guy for you—one who gets that glimmer in his eye, realizing there's no better woman to invite on a first date to either his nephew's circumcision or his grandma's funeral.

POTTERY WILL GET YOU NOWHERE My boyfriend and I are attending a wedding next month, and he wants to buy the bride and groom a gift from their registry. However, I recently got into handmade pottery and thought it would be much more special to make a personalized gift—something totally unique, like a ceramic honey pot. Besides displaying our creativity more, it'd be cheaper, and there would be no shipping charges.

—Crafty A handmade ceramic honey pot seems like the obvious best gift—if the happy couple are Martha Stewart and Winnie-the-Pooh.

I, too, used to turn my nose up at gift registries, which I thought were a tool for the lazy and uncreative. It does seem that being a truly caring friend means putting real effort into gift giving, like by spending six months crocheting a couple an afghan out of cat hair rather than just rolling out of bed and mouse-clicking on something they've registered for at Bed Bath & Be-yawned.

But two business school professors, Francesca Gino and Francis Flynn, did a series of experiments to find out whether this is true. Lo and behold, they learned that gift recipients actually preferred the gifts they'd registered for, appreciating them more and finding them more thoughtful and even more personal. (Gift givers assumed the opposite to be true.) The gift givers' mistaken assumption seems to stem from what another researcher, Adam Grant, describes in his terrific book, "Give and Take," as a "perspective gap." We tend to interpret what another person would want by asking "What would I want?" rather than what would get us to the right answer: "What would THEY want?" In other words, though your pottery efforts may far surpass the artfulness of my macaroni assemblages, your boyfriend is probably on the right track in sticking with the registry.

So, keep on potting, but get them that monogrammed garlic press they say they want instead of what you want them to want: for you to save money on a gift and not have to pay for shipping.

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Read, write and communicate using English language sufficient to perform job. Ability to operate store equipment in assigned area (including but not limited to LRT, telephone, paging system, copiers, fax machines, computers, CCTV surveillance system, key cutting, panel saw, paint mixing computer, blind cutting, forklifts, pallet jacks, electric lifts, etc). Ability to move throughout all areas of the store; sales floor, receiving, register areas, lawn. Full job description at Missoula Job Service: employmissoula.com. Job# 9655295 Flatbed Drivers needed from the Missoula area. Home weekly to Bi-weekly • Top pay • Full benefits • New equipment • 2 years expe-

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PROFESSIONAL Banquets Manager Our business is seeking a Banquet Manager for our Food & Beverage operation. Please see our online listing for complete job duties and responsibilities. Our business is one of the nation’s leading hotel management and development companies, specializing in management and development of full service and limited service hotels nationwide. We are recognized as an innovative leader in the industry as an operator, employer, developer, and investor. In every business activity, Our business is focused on its vision - “To be recognized by our customers as the best in our business.” We are proud to be an EEO/AA employer M/F/D/V. We maintain a drugfree workplace, perform pre-employment substance abuse testing and criminal background screening. Full job description at Missoula Job Service: employmissoula.com.

Job# 9986574 Head Cashier The Head Cashier manages the front end activities by proactively visiting Customer Service, Returns Desk, Front Line Registers, Commercial Regis-

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The Head Cashier is mainly located behind the registers where they are positioned to proactively assist in potential customer assistance while maintaining visibility of the exit doors for security and loss prevention issues. The Head Cashier is also required to respond to all customer and employee generated EAS alarm activations per the training guidelines, greet and acknowledge customers in a friendly, professional manner and provide quick responsive service to maximize the customer’s shopping experience.

Coach cashiers in providing great customer service. Responsible for all other duties as assigned.Job RequirementsAbility to apply basic mathematical concepts such as adding, subtracting, multiplying, dividing and knowledge of weights and measures. Understand and respond appropriately to basic customer and employee inquiries.

Read, write and communicate using English language sufficient to perform job functions. Ability to operate store equipment in assigned area (including but not limited to LRT, telephone, paging system, copiers, fax machines, computers, key cutting, panel saw, paint mixing computer, blind cutting, forklifts. Full job description at Missoula Job Service: employmissoula.com. Job# 9655294

SKILLED LABOR Asphalt Roller Operator City: Missoula State: Postal/Zip Code: 59808 Job Description Summary This is a highly skilled position involving control and operation of the asphalt roller machine. * Thorough understanding of all aspects of the paving industry including preparatory work, grades, drainage, paving patterns, aggregate size, job specifications, oil consistencies, compaction and other details related to asphalt paving. * Operate paving equipment and control material taken into the paver. * Operator is responsible for the efficient working condition of the equipment and is expected to perform minor servicing and maintenance. Other duties as assigned per supervisor. Requirements To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disability to perform the essential functions. * Ability to follow verbal and written instruction. * Ability to do basic math. * Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed written or oral instructions. * Ability to work varying shift schedule including: Days, Nights, and Swing Shift. Education/Experience * High school diploma or general education degree (GED) required; and one to two years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience. $7.90 Hourly. Full job description at Missoula Job Service: employmissoula.com. Job# 9986507 Finish Blade Operator City: Missoula State: Postal/Zip Code: 59808 Montana New hires will be

required to join the local union. Job Title: Finish Blade Operator FLSA Status: Non-Exempt Summary This is a skilled position involving the safe and efficient operation of various types of construction equipment including but not limited to Loaders, Back Hoes, Track Hoes, Haul Trucks, Water Trucks, Etc. Qualifications To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.

The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disability to perform the essential functions. Education and/or Experience * High school diploma or general education degree (GED) is preferred. Previous heavy equipment operation experience or training is preferred. * Minimum two years finishing experience * GPS experience preferred Certificates, Licenses, Registrations * Valid driver’s license is preferred. $7.90 Hourly. Full job description at Missoula Job Service: employmissoula.com.

Job# 9986508 Heavy Equipment Operator ob Requisition ID: 56040 Job Type: Equipment Operator Work Time: Seasonal City: Missoula State: Postal/Zip Code: 59808 Montana New hires will be required to join the local union. Job Title: Equipment Operator FLSA Status: Non-Exempt Summary This is a skilled position involving the safe and efficient operation of various types of construction equipment including but not limited to Loaders, Back Hoes, Track Hoes, Haul Trucks, Water Trucks, Etc. Essential Duties and Responsibilities * Operate equipment safely and efficiently. * Responsible for safe slopes on excavations and proper barricading. Qualifications To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.

The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disability to perform the essential functions. Education and/or Experience * High school diploma or general education degree (GED) is preferred. Previous heavy equipment operation experience or training is preferred. Computer Skills * None Certificates, Licenses, Registrations * Valid driver’s license is preferred. $7.90 Hourly. Full job description at Missoula Job Service: employmissoula.com. Job# 9986509 Pipe/Utility Laborer Job Requisition ID: 56043 Job Type: Laborer Work Time: Seasonal City: Missoula State: Postal/Zip Code: 59808 Montana Job Title: Pipe Laborer FLSA Status:Non-Exempt Summary The General Laborer is responsible for safely performing a variety of construction duties to assist the highway, utility, grade crews or at various on-site plant locations.

This position involves various manual tasks. Essential Duties and Responsibilities Highway Laborer: 1.

Prepares ground surfaces for the road building process. Removes debris out of the construction path. 2.

Operates ground compactors, levels out and rakes dirt, sets string markers, and removes items within the area to be paved. Qualifications To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.

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skills, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disability to perform the essential functions. Education and/or Experience * High school diploma or General Education Degree GED is preferred.

Previous related experience in the construction field is a plus. * Minimum two years pipe experience in water and sewer * Experience with pipe lasers, grade rods and levels preferred * Trench safety and use of trench boxes are necessary Certificates, Licenses, Registrations * Standard Driver’s License is preferred. $7.90 Hourly. Full job description at Missoula Job Service: employmissoula.com. Job# 9986510

prehensive medical, dental, and disability benefits programs - Safety Bonuses - 401K and Profit Sharing - Health and wellness programs What we Offer You * A culture that values opportunity for growth, development and internal promotion * Highly competitive base pay * Comprehensive medical, dental and disability benefits programs. $7.90 Hourly. Full job description at Missoula Job Service: employmissoula.com. Job# 9986506

Rail Bridge EIT/Engineer Rail Bridge EIT/Engineer Primary responsibilities of this position will be structural design and detailing of railroad bridges, culverts, retaining walls and other structures. Additional duties include: assisting in geometric layout, selecting standard bridge elements, developing and checking design drawings, developing material lists and calculating quantities, reviewing construction submittals, evaluating and applying design procedures, and using specialized software (Microstation, AutoCAD, general structural analysis, specific design programs, MathCAD and Excel spreadsheets). Individual may work as project engineer on small projects or assist senior engineers on larger projects.

All work will be performed under the direct supervision of a licensed professional engineer. As part of this job, travel and/or temporary duty at other office locations may be required. Key Words: Railroad, Bridge, Structures, EI, EIT.. BSCE required, MSCE with emphasis in Structures strongly preferred. 0 years experience in bridge and structural design required, 2 years intern or professional experience preferred. Structural analysis, reinforced concrete and steel design college-level courses. Successfully passed Fundamentals of Engineering Exam (EI or EIT). PE Preferred.

Aptitude and demonstrated handson experience in Microstation or AutoCAD and general structural analysis programs. Strong computer skills required. Preference given to local candidates. Full job description at Missoula Job Service: employmissoula.com.

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Full job description at Missoula Job Service: employmissoula.com. Job# 2986151 CNA or PCA Employer is seeking to hire a CNA (Certified Nursing Assistant) or PCA (Personal Care Attendant) for the Missoula area. QUALIFICATIONS: Must be able to pass a background check and have a valid drivers license and own vehicle. Must be able to lift 20 lbs. Training is provided. DUTIES: Providing home health care services to clients. Traveling to homes and performing duties as needed for the individual. HOURS/DAYS: This is a part time, swing shift position.

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Job# 2986150 Traveling Phlebotomist We are committed to the diversity of our people, programs and services, and we are proud to be an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer, EEO/AA and M/F/D/V.Job Title: Traveling Phlebotomist Area of Interest: Biomedical Job Description: Traveling Phlebotomist Are you looking to make a difference in the job you do? From setting up the blood collection equipment at work sites, to putting a needle in a donor’s arm, as a Phlebotomist you will work all aspects of blood drives at high schools, offices & churches throughout Montana. In your first three months on the job, we will provide you with comprehensive, paid training on all aspects of whole blood collection techniques Be detail oriented all day, every day to ensure that the blood you collect meets regulatory requirements and can be safely transfused Stay flexible to work a highly variable schedule that includes early start times, late end times, overnight travel, & some Saturdays to meet the needs of our blood drive sponsors and donors.

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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY

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By Rob Brezsny

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): When songwriters make a "slant rhyme," the words they use don't really rhyme, but they sound close enough alike to mimic a rhyme. An example occurs in "The Bad Touch," a tune by the Bloodhound Gang: "You and me baby ain't nothing but mammals / So let's do it like they do on the Discovery Channel." Technically, "mammals" doesn't rhyme with "channel." I suspect that in the coming week you will have experiences with metaphorical resemblances to slant rhymes. But as long as you don't fuss and fret about the inexactness you encounter, as long as you don't demand that everything be precise and cleaned-up, you will be entertained and educated. Vow to see the so-called imperfections as soulful.

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CANCER (June 21-July 22): "Almost," writes novelist Joan Bauer. "It’s a big word for me. I feel it everywhere. Almost home. Almost happy. Almost changed. Almost, but not quite. Not yet.

Soon, maybe." I'm sure you know about that feeling yourself, Cancerian. Sometimes it has seemed like your entire life is composed of thousands of small almosts that add up to one gigantic almost.

But I have good news: There is an excellent chance that in the next 14 to 16 weeks you will graduate from the endless and omnipresent almost; you will rise up and snatch a bold measure of completeness from out of the ever-shifting flow. And it all kicks into high gear now.

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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): One of the chapter titles in my most recent book is this: "Ever since I learned to see three sides to every story, I'm finding much better stories." I'm recommending that you find a way to use this perspective as your own in the coming weeks, Leo. According to my analysis of the astrological omens, it's crucial that you not get stuck in an oppositional mode. It would be both wrong and debilitating to believe that you must choose between one of two conflicting options. With that in mind, I will introduce you to a word you may not know: "trilemma." It transcends a mere dilemma because it contains a third alternative.

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VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): In 1984, Don Henley's song "The Boys of Summer" reached the top of the Billboard charts. "Out on the road today / I saw a Deadhead sticker on a Cadillac," Henley sings wistfully near the end of the tune. He's dismayed by the sight of the Grateful Dead's logo, an ultimate hippie symbol, displayed on a luxury car driven by snooty rich kids. Almost 20 years later, the band The Ataris covered "The Boys of Summer," but changed the lyric to "Out on the road today / I saw a Black Flag sticker on a Cadillac." It conveyed the same mournful contempt, but this time invoking the iconic punk band Black Flag. I offer this tale to you, Virgo, as an encouragement to update the way you think about your life's mythic quest . . . to modernize your old storylines . . . to refresh and refurbish the references you invoke to tell people about who you are.

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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Food aficionado Michael Pollan says that Americans "worry more about food and derive less pleasure from eating" than people in other countries. If you ask them what their association is with "chocolate cake," they typically say "guilt." By contrast, the French are likely to respond to the same question with "celebration." From an astrological perspective, I think it's appropriate for you to be more like the French than the Americans in the coming weeks—not just in your attitude toward delicious desserts, but in regards to every opportunity for pleasure. This is one of those times when you have a license to guiltlessly explore the heights and depths of bliss.

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SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): In the Inuktitut language spoken among the Eastern Canadian Inuit, the word for "simplicity" is katujjiqatigiittiarnirlu. This amusing fact reminds me of a certain situation in your life. Your quest to get back to basics and reconnect with your core sources is turning out to be rather complicated. If you hope to invoke all of the pure, humble clarity you need, you will have to call on some sophisticated and ingenious magic.

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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): "What is the purpose of the giant sequoia tree?" asked environmentalist Edward Abbey. His answer: "The purpose of the giant sequoia tree is to provide shade for the tiny titmouse." I suggest you meditate on all the ways you can apply that wisdom as a metaphor to your own issues. For example: What monumental part of your own life might be of service to a small, fragile part? What major accomplishment of yours can provide strength and protection to a ripening potential that's underappreciated by others?

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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): "To burn with desire and keep quiet about it is the greatest punishment we can bring on ourselves," wrote the poet Federico García Lorca. I urge you to make sure you are not inflicting that abuse on yourself in the coming weeks, Capricorn. It's always dangerous to be out of touch with or secretive about your holy passions, but it's especially risky these days.

I'm not necessarily saying you should rent a megaphone and shout news of your yearnings in the crowded streets. In fact, it's better if you are discriminating about whom you tell. The most important thing is to not be hiding anything from yourself about what moves you the most.

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TAURUS (April 20-May 20): What is the single best thing you could do to fulfill your number one desire? Is there a skill you should attain? A subject you should study? A special kind of experience you should seek or a shift in perspective you should initiate? This is a big opportunity, Taurus.

You have an excellent chance to identify the specific action you could take that will lead you to the next stage of your evolution. And if you do manage to figure out exactly what needs to be done, start doing it!

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): "You know it's Saturday when you are wiping off vodka stains from your face with a marshmallow," testifies the woman who writes the Tumblr blog "French Fries Absinthe Milkshakes." I really hope you don't even come close to having an experience like that this week, Aries. But I'm worried that you will. I sense that you're becoming allergic to caution. You may be subconsciously wishing to shed all decorum and renounce self-control. To be clear, there's nothing inherently wrong with relaxing your guard. I hope you will indeed give up some of your high-stress vigilance and surrender a bit to life's sweet chaos. Just please try to find a playful and safe and not-too-insane way to do so.

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AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Back in 2002, three young men launched Youtube, in part motivated by a banal desire. They were frustrated because they couldn't find online videos of the notorious incident that occurred during the Superbowl halftime show, when Janet Jackson's wardrobe malfunction exposed her breast. In response, they created the now-famous website that allows people to share videos. I foresee the possibility of a comparable sequence for you, Aquarius. A seemingly superficial wish or trivial interest could inspire you to come up with a fine new addition to your world. Pay attention to your whimsical notions.

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PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): "I believe more in the scissors than I do in the pencil." That's what 20th-century author Truman Capote said about his own writing process. Back in that primitive pre-computer era, he scrawled his words on paper with a pencil and later edited out the extraneous stuff by applying scissors to the manuscript. Judging from your current astrological omens, Pisces, I surmise you're in a phase that needs the power of the scissors more than the power of the pencil. What you cut away will markedly enhance the long-term beauty and value of the creation you're working on.

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PUBLIC NOTICES Joan E. Cook LAW OFFICE OF JOAN E. COOK 2423 Mullan Road Missoula, MT 59808 (406) 543-3800 office@cooklaw.com Attorney for Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY DEPT. NO. 2 PROBATE NO. DP-1406 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF: JEAN DAVIS KOICH a/k/a JEAN LORRAINE KOICH, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Joan Cook 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 the above-named as the attorney and the Personal Representative, or filed with the Clerk of the above Court.

DATED this 23rd day of January, 2014. /s/ JOAN E. COOK

TION FOR GUARDIANSHIP OF MINOR CHILD AND PROTECTED PERSON IN THE MATTER OF THE GUARDIANSHIP AND CONSERVATORSHIP OF EGY, a Minor Child and Protected Person. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Petitioner Stephanie Potter (“Petitioner”) has filed in the above Court and cause a Petition for Guardianship and Conservatorship of Minor Child and Protected Person. For further information, the Petition, as filed, may be examined in the office of the clerk of the above Court. Hearing upon said Petition will be held in said Court at the courtroom in the courthouse at Missoula County in Missoula, Montana, on the 20th day of February, 2014, at 9:00 a.m., at which time all interested persons may appear and object. Service of this notice is being made in accordance with the attached Certificate of Service.

DATED this 28th day of January, 2014. REEP, BELL & LAIRD, P.C. /s/ Eric Henkel, Attorneys for Petitioner

THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF ROBERT CHARLES BROWN, 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 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 Kenneth Shipman, Personal Representative, return receipt requested, c/o GIBSON LAW OFFICES, PLLC, 4110 Weeping Willow Drive, Missoula, Montana 59803, or filed with the Clerk of the abovenamed Court. I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of Montana that the foregoing is true and correct. DATED this 9th day of January, 2014, in Superior, Montana. /s/ Kenneth Shipman, Personal Representative GIBSON LAW OFFICES, PLLC /s/ Nancy P. Gibson, Attorney for Personal Representative

MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Case. No. DV-14-27 NOTICE OF HEARING ON PROPOSED NAME CHANGE In the Matter of the Name Change of Stephanie Broadhead, Petitioner. PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT Petitioner, Stephanie Broadhead has petitioned the District Court for the Fourth Judicial District for a change of name from Stephanie Nichole Broadhead to Phoenix Jade Frost-Ulfhamr and the petition for name change will be heard by a District Court Judge on the 26th day of February, 2014 at 1:30 p.m., in the Missoula County Courthouse located at 200 West Broadway, in courtroom number 1. At any time before the hearing, objections may be filed by any person who can demonstrate good reasons against the change of name.

DATED this 16th day of January, 2014. /s/ Shirley E. Faust, Clerk of Court By: /s/ Darci Lehnerz, Deputy Clerk of Court

MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Cause No. DP-14-13 NOTICE TO CREDITORS In the Matter of the Estate of VERNON E. UNDERWOOD, 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 be either mailed to Bonnie Briggs, the personal representative, return receipt requested, c/o Hash, O’Brien, Biby & Murray, PLLP, Attorneys at Law, PO Box 1178, Kalispell, Montana 59901-1178, or filed with the Clerk of the above-entitled Court. DATED this 30th day of January, 2014. /s/ Bonnie Briggs, Personal Representative. Personal Representative’s Attorneys: Hash, O’Brien, Biby & Murray, PLLP By: /s/ C. Mark Hash

MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 2 Probate No. DP-14-16 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF ELIZABETH BURNS, Deceased.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned have been appointed CoPersonal Representatives 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 Linda Ault, Judith Andrews and James Burns, Co-Personal Representatives, 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. We declare, under penalty of perjury and under the laws of the state of Montana, that the foregoing is true and correct. DATED this 31st day of January, 2014, at Missoula, Montana. /s/ Linda Ault /s/ Judith Andrews /s/ James Burns BOONE KARLBERG P.C. By: /s/ Julie R. Sirrs, Esq. c/o Boone Karlberg, PC P. O. Box 9199 Missoula, Montana 59807 Attorneys for Linda Ault, Judith

MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Cause No. DG-14-6 Dept. 3 NOTICE OF HEARING ON PETI-

MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Cause No. DP-2014-1 Dept.

No. 2 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN

Andrews and James Burns, Co-Personal Representatives MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Cause No. DV-14-48 Dept.

No. 4 Notice of Hearing on Name Change In the Matter of the Name Change of Christopher Patrick Lim, Petitioner. This is a notice that Petitioner has asked the District Court for a change of name from Christopher Patrick Lim to Tristen Christopher Valentino. The hearing will be on 3/11/2014 at 1:30 p.m. The hearing will be at the Courthouse in Missoula County. Date: 1/27/2014 /s/ Shirley E. Faust, Clerk of District Court By: /s/ Susie Wall, Deputy Clerk of Court MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 1 Ed McLean Case. No. DV-14-25 NOTICE OF HEARING ON PROPOSED NAME CHANGE In the Matter of the Name Change of Timothy Lee Blumenthal, Petitioner. PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT Petitioner, Timothy Lee Blumenthal has petitioned the District Court for the Fourth Judicial District for a change of name from Timothy Lee Blumenthal to Fenris Forseti Ulfhamr and the petition for name change will be heard by a District Court Judge on the 26th day of February, 2014 at 1:30 p.m., in the Missoula County Courthouse located at 200 West Broadway, in courtroom number 1. At any time before the hearing, objections may be filed by any person who can demonstrate good reasons against the change of name. DATED this 16th day of January, 2014. /s/ Shirley E. Faust, Clerk of Court By: /s/ Darci Lehnerz, Deputy Clerk of Court MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 4 Probate No. DP-13-253 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF MARY M. MONAGHAN, 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 Tina Asby Hansen, the Personal Representative, return receipt requested, c/o Boone Karlberg P.C., P. O. Box 9199, Missoula, Montana 598079199, 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 28th day of January, 2014, at Missoula, Montana /s/ Tina Asby Hansen BOONE KARLBERG P.C. By: /s/ Julie R. Sirrs, Esq. P. O. Box 9199 Missoula, Montana 59807 Attorneys for Tina Asby Hansen MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Probate No. DP-14-11 Dept. No. 4 Judge Karen S. Townsend NOTICE TO CREDITORS In the Matter of the Estate of MARGARET A. CORSON, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-captioned estate.

All persons having claims against the Decedent are required to present their claims within four (4) months after the date of the first publication of this Notice or their claims will be forever barred. Claims must be mailed to JOANN BACHELLER, Personal Representative, return receipt requested, i care of her attorney, Amanda Beckers Sowden of Karell Dyre Haney PLLP, 175 North 27th Street, Suite 1303, Billings, Montana 59101, or filed with the Clerk of the above Court. DATED: January 30, 2014. /s/ Joann Bacheller, Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Probate No. DP-14-9 Dept.

3 NOTICE OF HEARING ON PETITION FOR FORMAL ADJUDICATION OF INTESTACY, DETERMINATION OF HEIRS AND APPOINTMENT OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF CODY YUHAS, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Petitioner Stephanie Potter (“Petitioner”) has filed in the above Court and cause a Petition for Formal Adjudication of Intestacy, Determination of Heirs and Appointment of Personal Representative. For further information, the Petition, as filed, may be examined in the office of the clerk of the above Court.

Hearing upon said Petition will be held in said Court at the courtroom in the courthouse at Missoula County in Missoula, Montana, on the 20th day of February, 2014, at 9:00 a.m., at which time all interested persons may appear and object. Service of this notice is being made in accordance with the attached Certificate of Service. DATED this 28th day of January, 2014. REEP, BELL & LAIRD, P.C. /s/ Eric Henkel, Attorneys for Petitioner NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE OF REAL PROPERTY NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by BENJAMIN P. HURSH, as Successor Trustee, of the public sale of the real property hereinafter described pursuant to the “Small Tract Financing Act of Montana” (Section 71-1-301, et seq., MCA). The following information is provided: THE NAMES OF THE GRANTOR, TRUSTEE, THE BENEFICIARY IN THE DEED OF TRUST, ANY SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO THE BENEFICIARY OR GRANTOR, AND THE PRESENT RECORD OWNER ARE: Grantor: GMP, LLC (the “Grantor”) Original Trustee: WESTERN TITLE & ESCROW (the “Trustee”) Beneficiary: FIRST INTERSTATE BANK (the “Beneficiary”) Present Record Owner: GMP, LLC THE DESCRIPTION OF THE PROPERTY COVERED BY THE DEED OF TRUST IS: The real property and its appurtenances in Missoula County, Montana, more particularly described as follows: Tracts 2 and 3 of Certificate of Survey No. 5496, located in the SW1/4 of Section 35, Township 12 North, Range 20 West, P.M.M., Missoula County, Montana The Real Property or its address is commonly known as 6418 Mormon Creek, RD, Lolo, MT 59847. The Real Property tax identification number is 3029106 & 1121103. RECORDING DATA: The following instruments and documents have been recorded in the Clerk and Recorder’s Office in Missoula County, Montana. Montana Deed

[C6] Missoula Independent • February 6 – February 13, 2014

of Trust dated February 24, 2006, and recorded February 27, 2006, under Recording No. 200604404, Book 769, Page 866, records of Missoula County, Montana. THE DEFAULT FOR WHICH THE FORECLOSURE IS MADE IS: Nonpayment of the monthly principal and interest payments due under the Promissory Note dated February 24, 2006, which is secured by the Deed of Trust; and, failure to maintain insurance, as required by the loan documents. THE SUMS OWING ON THE OBLIGATION SECURED BY THE DEED OF TRUST AS OF JANUARY 13, 2014 ARE: Principal: $ 893,033.37 Interest: $49,655.19 Late fees: $ 0 The Beneficiary anticipates and intends to disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the real property, and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts or taxes are paid by the Grantor or successor in interest to the Grantor. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary, the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligation secured by the Trust Indenture. Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds of the sale include the Trustee’s and attorney’s fees, and costs and expenses of sale. THE TRUSTEE, AT THE DIRECTION OF THE BENEFICIARY, HEREBY ELECTS TO SELL THE PROPERTY TO SATISFY THE AFORESAID OBLIGATIONS. THE DATE, TIME, PLACE AND TERMS OF SALE ARE: Date: June 6, 2014 Time: 11:00 a.m. Place: Crowley Fleck PLLP, 305 South 4th Street East, Suite 100, Missoula, MT 59801 Terms: This sale is a public sale and any person, including the Beneficiary, and excepting only the Trustee, may bid at the sale.

The bid price must be paid in cash.

The conveyance will be made by Trustee’s Deed. The sale purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th day following the sale. DATED: January 17, 2014. /s/ Benjamin P. Hursh Benjamin P. Hursh, Trustee STATE OF MONTANA )ss County of Missoula) This instrument was acknowledged before me on January 17th 2014, by Benjamin P. Hursh, as Trustee. /s/ Sierra C. Stief (SEAL) Notary Public for the State of Montana Residing at Missoula, MT My commission expires: Sept. 19, 2016 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 09/19/08, recorded as Instrument No. 200822676 BK 827 Pg 461, mortgage records of Missoula County, Montana in which Jack E. Jarvey, a single person was Grantor, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. was Beneficiary and Insured Titles, LLC was Trustee. First American Title Insurance Company has succeeded Insured Titles, LLC as Successor Trustee. The Deed of Trust encumbers real property (“Property”) located in Missoula County, Montana, more particularly described as follows: Lot 5 and the East 20 feet of Lot 6 in Block 16 of Low’s Addition, a Platted Subdivision in the City of Missoula, Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded Plat thereof.

Beneficiary has declared the Grantor in default of the terms of the Deed of Trust and the promissory note (“Note”) secured by the Deed of Trust because of Grantor’s failure timely to pay all monthly installments of principal, interest and, if applicable, escrow reserves for taxes and/or insurance as required by the Note and Deed of Trust. According to the Beneficiary, the obligation evidenced by the Note (“Loan”) is now due for the 07/01/13 installment payment and all monthly installment payments due thereafter.

As of December 5, 2013, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $57,851.87. This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $54,283.88, plus accrued interest, accrued late charges, accrued escrow installments for insurance and/or taxes (if any) and advances for the protection of beneficiary’s security interest (if any). Because of the defaults stated above, Beneficiary has elected to sell the Property to satisfy the Loan and has instructed Successor Trustee to commence sale proceedings. Successor Trustee will sell the Property at public auction on the front steps of the Missoula County Courthouse, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802, City of Missoula on April 15, 2014 at 11:00 AM, Mountain Time. The sale is a public sale and any person, including Beneficiary and excepting only Successor Trustee, may bid at the sale. The

bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding at the sale location in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by trustee’s deed without any representation or warranty, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis. Grantor, successor in interest to Grantor or any other person having an interest in the Property may, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, pay to Beneficiary the entire amount then due on the Loan (including foreclosure costs and expenses actually incurred and trustee’s and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred.

Tender of these sums shall effect a cure of the defaults stated above (if all nonmonetary defaults are also cured) and shall result in Trustee’s termination of the foreclosure and cancellation of the foreclosure sale. The trustee’s rules of auction may be accessed at www.northwesttrustee.com and are incorporated by the reference. You may also access sale status at www.Northwesttrustee.com or USAForeclosure.com. (TS# 7023.108046) 1002.261460-File No. NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 11/20/02, recorded as Instrument No. 200234954, Bk 693, Pg 1065, mortgage records of Missoula County, Montana in which Kenneth D. Mohler an unmarried man, and Christine F. Waylett an unmarried woman was Grantor, Montana Mortgage Company, a Montana Corporation was Beneficiary and Insured Titles, Inc. was Trustee. First American Title Insurance Company has succeeded Insured Titles, Inc. as Successor Trustee. The Deed of Trust encumbers real property (“Property”) located in Missoula County, Montana, more particularly described as follows: Lot 6 of Wheatgrass Acres, a Platted Subdivision in Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded Plat thereof. By written instrument recorded as Instrument No. 200632752, Bk 789, Pg 633, beneficial interest in the Deed of Trust was assigned to Wells Fargo Bank, NA. Beneficiary has declared the Grantor in default of the terms of the Deed of Trust and the promissory note (“Note”) secured by the Deed of Trust because of Grantor’s failure timely to pay all monthly installments of principal, interest and, if applicable, escrow reserves for taxes and/or insurance as required by the Note and Deed of Trust. According to the Beneficiary, the obligation evidenced by the Note (“Loan”) is now due for the 05/01/11 installment payment and all monthly installment payments due thereafter.

As of December 9, 2013, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $130,677.92. This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $106,323.88, plus accrued interest, accrued late charges, accrued escrow installments for insurance and/or taxes (if any) and advances for the protection of beneficiary’s security interest (if any). Because of the defaults stated above, Beneficiary has elected to sell the Property to satisfy the Loan and has instructed Successor Trustee to commence sale proceedings. Successor Trustee will sell the Property at public auction on the front steps of the Missoula County Courthouse, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802, City of Missoula on April 21, 2014 at 11:00 AM, Mountain Time. The sale is a public sale and any person, including Beneficiary and excepting only Successor Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding at the sale location in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by trustee’s deed without any representation or warranty, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis. Grantor, successor in interest to Grantor or any other person having an interest in the Property may, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, pay to Beneficiary the entire amount then due on the Loan (including foreclosure costs and expenses actually incurred and trustee’s and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred.

Tender of these sums shall effect a cure of the defaults stated above (if all nonmonetary defaults are also cured) and shall result in Trustee’s termination of

PUBLIC NOTICES the foreclosure and cancellation of the foreclosure sale. The trustee’s rules of auction may be accessed at www.northwesttrustee.com and are incorporated by the reference. You may also access sale status at www.Northwesttrustee.com or USAForeclosure.com. (TS# 7023.96546) 1002.262042-File No. NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 08/23/06, recorded as Instrument No. 200621607 Book 781 Page 1021, mortgage records of MISSOULA County, Montana in which Lloyd A. Carrell was Grantor, Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. solely as nominee for Mann Mortgage LLC, Its successors and assigns was Beneficiary and Western Title & Escrow was Trustee. First American Title Insurance Company has succeeded Western Title & Escrow as Successor Trustee. The Deed of Trust encumbers real property (“Property”) located in MISSOULA County, Montana, more particularly described as follows: Lot 4 in Block 5, Bellevue Addition No. 2, a platted subdivision in Missoula County, Montana, according to the official plat of record in Book 4 of plats at page 26 1/2 on file and of record in the Office of the County Clerk and Recorder of Missoula County, Montana. By written instrument recorded as Instrument No. 201224932, beneficial interest in the Deed of Trust was assigned to JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association.

Beneficiary has declared the Grantor in default of the terms of the Deed of Trust and the promissory note (“Note”) secured by the Deed of Trust because of Grantor’s failure timely to pay all monthly installments of principal, interest and, if applicable, escrow reserves for taxes and/or insurance as required by the Note and Deed of Trust. According to the Beneficiary, the obligation evidenced by the Note (“Loan”) is now due for the 08/01/13 installment payment and all monthly installment payments due thereafter.

As of December 17, 2013, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $177,217.62. This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $169,737.87, plus accrued interest, accrued late charges, accrued escrow installments for insurance and/or taxes (if any) and advances for the protection of beneficiary’s security interest (if any). Because of the defaults stated above, Beneficiary has elected to sell the Property to satisfy the Loan and has instructed Successor Trustee to commence sale proceedings. Successor Trustee will sell the Property at public auction on the front steps of the Missoula County Courthouse, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802, City of Missoula on April 28, 2014 at 11:00 AM, Mountain Time. The sale is a public sale and any person, including Beneficiary and excepting only Successor Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding at the sale location in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by trustee’s deed without any representation or warranty, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis. Grantor, successor in interest to Grantor or any other person having an interest in the Property may, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, pay to Beneficiary the entire amount then due on the Loan (including foreclosure costs and expenses actually incurred and trustee’s and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred.

Tender of these sums shall effect a cure of the defaults stated above (if all nonmonetary defaults are also cured) and shall result in Trustee’s termination of the foreclosure and cancellation of the foreclosure sale. The trustee’s rules of auction may be accessed at www.northwesttrustee.com and are incorporated by the reference. You may also access sale status at www.Northwesttrustee.com or USAForeclosure.com. (TS# 7037.104437) 1002.262253-File No. NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on March 10, 2014, at 11:00 o’clock A.M. at the Main Entrance of the First American Title Company of Montana located at 1006 West Sussex, Missoula, MT 59801, the following described real

property situated in Missoula County, Montana: Lot 6 and the East one-half of Lot 7 in Block 60 of SCHOOL ADDITION, a platted subdivision in the City of Missoula, Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded plat thereof Ken Sparks and Kendra Bear, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to Title Services, Inc., as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated January 27, 2009 and recorded February 2, 2009 in B832, P-996, under Document No. 200901965. The beneficial interest is currently held by Ocwen Loan Servicing, LLC. First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., is the Successor Trustee pursuant to a Substitution of Trustee recorded in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Missoula County, Montana. The beneficiary has declared a default in the terms of said Deed of Trust by failing to make the monthly payments due in the amount of $1,201.66, beginning February 1, 2012, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan. The total amount due on this obligation as of December 1, 2013 is $202,867.73 principal, interest at the rate of 5.50000% now totaling $21,385.63, escrow advances of $8,567.79, and other fees and expenses advanced of $7,491.14, plus accruing interest at the rate of $30.57 per diem, late charges, and other costs and fees that may be advanced. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary, the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust. Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds of this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation. The sale is a public sale and any person, including the beneficiary, excepting only the Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks).

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

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

JONESIN’ C r o s s w o r d s Commission expires: 2/18/2014 GMAC v Bear 41965.715 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on March 24, 2014, at 11:00 o’clock A.M. at the Main Entrance of the First American Title Company of Montana located at 1006 West Sussex, Missoula, MT 59801, the following described real property situated in Missoula County, Montana: LOT 7 OF KELLY ISLAND ESTATES, A PLATTED SUBDIVISON IN MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF Michael J Riska and Vicki L Riska, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., a Montana Corporation, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated March 12, 2009 and recorded March 17, 2009 in Book 835, Page 692 under Document No. 200905858. The beneficial interest is currently held by Guild Mortgage Company. The beneficiary has declared a default in the terms of said Deed of Trust by failing to make the monthly payments due in the amount of $2,152.90, beginning August 1, 2012, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan. The total amount due on this obligation as of December 11, 2013 is $375,559.71 principal, interest at the rate of 5.125% now totaling $28,285.63, late charges in the amount of $1,507.10, escrow advances of $5,361.52 and other fees and expenses advanced of $2,564.82, plus accruing interest at the rate of $53.47 per diem, late charges, and other costs and fees that may be advanced. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary, the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust. Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds of this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation. The sale is a public sale and any person, including the beneficiary, excepting only the Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by Trustee’s Deed without any representation or warranty, including warranty of Title, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis, without limitation, the sale is being made subject to all existing conditions, if any, of lead paint, mold or other environmental or health hazards. The sale purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th day following the sale. The grantor, successor in interest to the grantor or any other person having an interest in the property, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, may pay to the beneficiary or the successor in interest to the beneficiary the entire amount then due under the deed of trust and the obligation secured thereby (including costs and expenses actually incurred and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred and thereby cure the default. The scheduled Trustee’s Sale may be postponed by public proclamation up to 15 days for any reason, and in the event of a bankruptcy filing, the sale may be postponed by the trustee for up to 120 days by public proclamation at least every 30 days. THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Dated: November 13, 2013 /s/ Dalia Martinez Assistant Secretary, First American Title Company of Montana, Inc. Successor Trustee Title Financial Specialty Services PO

Box 339 Blackfoot ID 83221 STATE OF Idaho))ss. County of Bingham) On this 13th day of November, 2013, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Dalia Martinez, know to me to be the Assistant Secretary of First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., Successor Trustee, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledge to me that he executed the same. /s/ Lisa J Tornabene Notary Public State Idaho County Bingham Commission expires: Nov 6, 2018 Guild v Riska 41291.450 Trustee Sale No. MT08000006-13-1 APN: 5811614 Title Order No.: 8379127 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE THE FOLLOWING LEGALLY DESCRIBED TRUST PROPERTY TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE. Notice is hereby given that the undersigned Trustee will, on May 30, 2014 at the hour of 11:00 AM, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, the interest in the following described real property which the Grantor has or had power to convey at the time of execution by him of the said Deed of Trust, together with any interest which the Grantor his successors in interest acquired after the execution of said Deed of Trust, to satisfy the obligations thereby secured and the costs and expenses of sale, including reasonable charges by the Trustee, at the following place: on the front steps of the County Courthouse, 200 Weat Broadway, Missoula, MT First American Title Company of Montana, Inc. is the duly appointed Successor Trustee under and pursuant to the Deed of Trust in which Tanya N. Gonzales and Robert M. Gonzales, as joint tenants with rights of survivorship as Grantor, conveyed said real property to Flathead County Title Company as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as Beneficiary of said Deed of Trust which is dated August 31, 2005 and was recorded on November 18, 2005 as Instrument No. 200530699, in Book 764 , on Page 683, of official records in the Office of the Recorder of Missoula County, Montana. The Deed of Trust encumbers real property (“Property”) located at 101 COLONY CT, MISSOULA, MT 59803 and being more fully described as follows: LOT 9 IN BLOCK 3 OF HILLVIEW HEIGHTS NO.6, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN THE CITY OF MISSOULA, MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF. The beneficial interest under said Deed of Trust and the obligations secured thereby are presently held by VOLT Asset Holdings Trust XVI. The Beneficiary has declared the Grantor in default of the terms of the Deed of Trust and the Promissory Note (“Note”) secured by said Deed of Trust due to Grantor’s failure to timely pay all monthly Installments of principal, interest and if applicable, escrow reserves for taxes and/or insurance as required by the Note and Deed of Trust According to the Beneficiary, the obligation evidenced by the Note (“Loan”) is now due for the July 1, 2009 installment payment and all monthly Installment payments due thereafter. By reason of said default, the Beneficiary has declared all sums owing on the obligation secured by said Deed of Trust immediately due and payable. Said sums being the following: The unpaid principal balance of $134,764.14, together with interest thereon at the current rate of 8.12500% per annum from June 1, 2009, plus all accrued late charges, escrow advances, attorney fees and costs, and any other sums incurred or advanced by the Beneficiary pursuant to the terms and conditions of said Deed of Trust. Due to the defaults stated above, the Beneficiary has elected and has directed the Trustee to sell the above-described property to satisfy the obligation. Notice is further given that any person named has the right, at any time prior to five days before the date last set for the sale, to have this foreclosure proceeding dismissed and the Deed of Trust reinstated by making payment to the Beneficiary of the entire amount then due (other than such portion of the

principal as would not then be due had no default occurred) and by curing any other default complained of herein that is capable of being cured by tendering the performance required under the obligation or to cure the default, by paying all costs and expenses actually incurred in enforcing the obligation and Deed of Trust, together with Trustee’s and attorney’s fees. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. Dated: January 27, 2014 First American Title Company of Montana, Inc. Successor Trustee By: Lisa J. Tornabine ASSISTANT SECRETARY First American Title Company of Montana, Inc c/o TRUSTEE CORPS 17100 Gillette Ave, Irvine, CA 92614 949-252-8300 FOR SALE INFORMATION CONTACT: (714) 573-1965, Website for Trustee’s Sale Information: HYPERLINK “http://www. priorityposting.com” www.priorityposting.com First American Title Company of Montana, Inc. may be acting as a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained may be used for that purpose.

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CLARK FORK STORAGE will auction to the highest bidder abandoned storage units owing delinquent storage rent for the following unit(s): 23, 95, 127, 149, 228, 264, and 267. Units can contain furniture, cloths, chairs, toys, kitchen supplies, tools, sports equipment, books, beds, other misc household goods, vehicles & trailers. These units may be viewed starting 2/17-19, 2014 by appt only by calling 541-7919. Written sealed bids may be submitted to storage offices at 3505 Clark Fork Way, Missoula, MT 59808 prior to 2/20/2014 at 4:00 P.M. Buyer's bid will be for entire contents of each unit offered in the sale. Only cash or money orders will be accepted for payment. Units are reserved subject to redemption by owner prior to sale. All Sales final.

COPPERSTONE STOR-ALL will auction to the highest bidder abandoned storage units owing delinquent storage rent on February 25th, 2014, at 11:00 am. Units can contain furniture, clothes, chairs, toys, kitchen supplies, tools, sports equipment, books, beds & other misc. household goods.

A silent auction will be held Tuesday, February 4th, at 11:00 am at 8700 Roller Coaster Rd, Missoula, MT 59808. Buyer's bid will be for entire contents of each unit offered in the sale. Only cash or money orders will be accepted for payment. Units are reserved subject to redemption by owner prior to sale. All Sales final.

"Supplemental Outcome"–well, good for you.

by Matt Jones

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1 "___ have what she's having" (line from "When Harry Met Sally...")

4 Computer science pioneer Turing 8 Unlikely hero 14 Romantic lead-in 15 Oscar Robertson's nickname, with "The" 16 Audrey Tautou movie 17 Roasted on a skewer 19 Short-tempered 20 Win 21 "___ It Up" (Bob Marley classic) 22 Needing stitches 25 Built onto the house, maybe 30 Genre for B.B. King 32 Space or nautical prefix 33 Parkay product 34 Refuses to admit 36 Bust ___ (laugh really hard) 38 He followed Peyton as Super Bowl MVP 39 10 years ago 42 Neely of hockey 44 Sidekicks 45 Exactly so 48 "Now we're in for it!"

50 Tells a completely different story?

52 Stick or gel alternative 53 Did some birthday party work 56 Give a hoot 57 "Dirty Jobs" host Mike 58 "Aladdin" parrot 60 Rocky conclusion?

63 What the theme entries are full of 67 Stagecraft 68 Don Juan's mother 69 Homer's dad 70 Low poker pair 71 Site of the Taj Mahal 72 "Don't think so"

Last week’s solution

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1 Cartridge filler 2 "To Kill a Mockingbird" author Harper 3 Arced toss 4 Inspiration for Broadway's "Mamma Mia!" 5 Scales in the sky 6 "To do today" list 7 Bid silently 8 Make people wonder 9 "Labor ___ vincit" (Oklahoma's motto) 10 Oddball 11 Yodeling setting 12 Tatter 13 "L.A. Law" actress Susan 18 Epic poem with 9,896 lines 21 Coat fabric 22 Unknown, on a sched.

23 Cape-waving cheer 24 Go haywire 26 Lowest point on Earth's surface 27 Record label of Cee Lo Green 28 Toon collectible 29 Japanese carp 31 Filter through slowly 35 Imps 37 New Mexico arts mecca 40 "Curiouser and curiouser!" utterer 41 Company behind "Mega Man" and "Street Fighter" 42 Rookie reporter 43 You might say it when you get it 46 Stirrup's spot 47 Needle hole 49 Jazz legend Hancock 51 Aspen activity 54 Lorna of literature and cookies 55 Picky ___ 59 Strip in the Middle East 60 Echolocation user 61 Berlin wail 62 8 1/2" x 11" size, briefly 63 By means of 64 Mr. McKellen 65 Thunder's org.

66 Use thread

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call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com 3024 Elms Park Drive. 2 bed, 2 bath with 2 bonus rooms, gas fireplace, deck & single garage. $254,900. Vickie Honzel, Lambros Real Estate 531-2605. vickiehonzel@lambroera.com 4 Bdr, 2 Bath Central Missoula home. $190,000. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com 4005 Duncan Drive. 3 bed, 3 bath bordering open space in Upper Rattlesnake. Large windows with fantastic views. $535,000. Pat McCormick, Properties 2000. 240-7653, pat@properties2000.com 5 Bdr, 3 Bath, remodeled Central Missoula home. $285,000. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com

511 Spanish Peaks. 4 bed, 3 bath Mansion Heights home with 3 car garage. $769,000. Tory Dailey, Lambros Real Estate.

532-9229 tory@montana.com 524 Spanish Peaks Drive. 4 bed, 3 bath Mansion Heights home with 3 car garage near park & common area. $549,000. Tory Dailey, Lambros Real Estate 5329229 tory@montana.com 5454 Canyon River Drive. 6 bed, 4 bath with 3 car garage on Canyon River Golf Course. $550,000. Tory Dailey, Lambros Real Estate 532-9229 tory@montana.com

Beautiful home on Rattlesnake Creek. 4 bed, 3 bath with gourmet kitchen, fireplace and deck. $865,000.

Betsy Milyard, Montana Preferred Properties. 541-7355, milyardhomes@yahoo.com I can help you find your new home! Celia Grohmann @ Banana Belt Realty. 406-550-1014 • celiamontana@gmail.com.

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Lot 42 Jeff Drive. To be built 2 bed, 2 bath Hoyt home in Linda Vista with 3 car garage. $369,500. Tory Dailey, Lambros Real Estate 532-9229. tory@montana.com RE/MAX All Stars; combining local ownership, experienced agents, and the power of #1 RE/MAX. Complimentary real estate advice. Call 406-5428644

CONDOS/ TOWNHOMES 505 California. 3 bed, 2.5 bath stand-alone near Riverfront Trail.

No HOA fees. $289,000. Vickie Honzel, Lambros ERA Real Estate.

531-2605. vickiehonzel@lambrosera.com

Northside Condo 1400 Burns Unit #15, 3 bedroom 1 bath, with balcony and tons of light. $159,900. KD 240-5227 or Sarah 370-3995 porticorealestate.com Uptown Flats #210. 1 bed, 1 bath modern condo on Missoula’s Northside. $149,000.

Anne Jablonski, Portico Real Estate 546-5816. annierealtor@gmail.com

606 North Avenue West. 3 bed, 2 bath with finished basement & 2 car garage. $255,000.

Rochelle Glasgow, Prudential Missoula 728-8270. glasgow@montana.com 756 Angler’s Bend. 3 bed, 2 bath with 3 car gargage on East Missoula golf course. $465,332.

Tory Dailey, Lambros Real Estate.

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2607 View Drive. 3 bed, 2 bath ranch-style home in Target Range. Hardwood floors, fireplace & 2 car garage. $239,000. Anne Jablonski, Portico Real Estate. 546-5816. annierealtor@gmail.com 29203 Old Hwy 10 West. 4 bed, 2.5 bath on 3.39 acres on the Clark Fork River. $539,900.

Tory Dailey, Lambros Real Estate 532-9229 tory@montana.com 3 Bdr, 2 Bath, remodeled Central Missoula home. $298,500. Prudential Montana. For more info

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REAL ESTATE Uptown Flats #306. 1 bed, 1 bath top floor unit with lots of light. W/D, carport, storage & access to exercise room. $162,000. Anne Jablonski, Portico Real Estate 546-5816. annierealtor@gmail.com Uptown Flats #307. 1 bed, 1 bath top floor unit. $162,000.

Anne Jablonski, Portico Real Estate. 546-5816 annierealtor@gmail.com Uptown Flats. Upscale gated community near downtown.

All SS appliances, carport, storage and access to community room and exercise room plus more. Anne Jablonski, Portico Real Estate 546-5816. annierealtor@gmail.com www.movemontana.com

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Why Rent? Own Your Own 1400 Burns. Designed with energy efficiency, comfort and affordability in mind. Next to Burns Street Bistro and Missoula Community Co-op. Starting at $79,000. KD 240-5227 porticorealestate.com

MANUFACTURED HOMES 1790 Dukes. 3 bed, 2 bath in Katoonah Lodges, a 55+ community. Tory Dailey, Lambros Real Estate, 532-9229 tory@montana.com 2424 McIntosh Loop. Bright & airy 2 bed, 2 bath in 55+ community. Ramp, patio and single garage. $129,000.

Vickie Honzel, Lammbros ERA Real Estate. 531-2605 vickiehonzel@lambrosera.com

LAND FOR SALE 1265 #B Dakota. Riverfront parcel for to-be-built 3 bed, 2 bath with 2 car garage. $55,000. Pat McCormick, Properties 2000. 240-7653 pat@properties2000.com 160 acres in Grant Creek bordered on two sides by Forest Service land. $750,000. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com 53.5 acres overlooking Missoula. Utilities in place, septic approved. $927,500. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com

5402 Canyon River Road.

Canyon River Golf Course Lot. 15,901 sq.ft. $150,000. Vickie Honzel, Lambros ERA Real Estate 531-2605. vickiehonzel@lambrosera.com 910 Bandmann Trail. Over 1 acre on Canyon River Golf Course with 252 Clark Fork River frontage. $275,000. Vickie Honzel, Lambros ERA Real Estate 531-2605. vickiehonzel@lambrosera.com

East Missoula Lot At 559 Speedway (Next Door) $55,000.

4,800 square feet. Mature trees, sewer available. KD: 240-5227 porticorealestate.com NHN Frontage Road, Alberton.

2 building sites with Clark Fork

River views. $65,900. Pat McCormick, Properties 2000. 2407653 pat@properties2000.com NHN Old Freight Road, St. Ignatius. 40+ acre parcel with Mission Mountain views. $199,000.

Shannon Hilliard, Prudential Missoula 239-8350. shannon@prudentialmissoula.com NHN Old Freight Road. Approximately 11 acres with Mission Mountain Views. $86,900.

Shannon Hilliard, Prudential Missoula 239-8350. shannon@prudentialmissoula.com

NHN Raymond. .62 acre in Lower Rattlesnake bordering Missoula Open Space. $154,500. David Loewenwarter, Prudential Montana 241-3321. loewenwarter.com NHN Ryans Lane Tract B. 103+/- treed acres with year-round creek near Evaro Hill. $517,250.

Betsy Milyard, Montana Preferred Properties 541-7355. milyardhomes@yahoo.com Noxon Reservoir Avista frontage lots near Trout Creek, MT. Red Carpet Realty 728-7262 www.redcarpet-realty.com

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Beautiful Home On Rattlesnake Creek 4 bed, 3 bath with cathedral ceilings, wood floors, gourmet kitchen, jetted tub and river rock fireplace. Lovely 2nd floor deck overlooks creek.

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REAL ESTATE Rock Creek Acreage. 20 acres adjacent to Forest Service land. #349,900. Shannon Hilliard, Prudential Missoula 239-8350. shannon@prudentialmissoula.com

3 Bdr, 2 Bath, Stevensville area home on 6+ acres. $325,000.

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

OUT OF TOWN

3416 Lupine, Stevensville. 3 bed, 2 bath log-sided home with wraparound deck & Bitterroot views. $249,900. Tory Dailey, Lambros Real Estate 532-9229 tory@montana.com

1333 Juniper, Alberton. 5 bed, 3 bath on nearly 20 acres bordered by National Forest. $725,000. Tory Dailey, Lambros Real Estate 532-9229 tory@montana.com 210 Red Fox Road, Lolo. 4 bed, 2.5 bath on 2.59 acres along Bitterroot River. $480,000. Shannon Hilliard, Prudential Missoula, 239-8350. shannon@prudentialmissoula.com 243 Georgetown Lake Road.

One of the best locations on Georgetown Lake with large, comfortable home, smaller cabin, boat house and deeded lake frontage. $795,000. Pintlar Territories R.E. 406-859-3522 3 Bdr, 1 Bath Alberton home. $125,000. Prudential Montana.

For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com

4 Bdr, 3 Bath, Clinton area home on 1.6 acres. $298,500. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com 5 Bdr, 3 Bath, Florence area home on 3.2 acres. $575,500.

Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 2396696, or visit... www.mindypalmer.com 5 Bdr, 4 Bath, Stevensville area home on 10 acres. $649,000.

Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 2396696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com 575 Killdeer, Stevensville. 5 bed, 3 bath on 7.5 fenced acres.

Great mountain views. $335,000. Vickie Honzel, Lam-

bros ERA Real Estate 531-2605. vickiehonzel@lambrosera.com River Access 17430 SixMile, $285,000. Historic 3 bedroom, 1.5 bath home in great condition on stunning 12.51 acre setting with views, fruit trees, tons of gardening space and so much more! KD 240-5227 porticorealestate.com

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2923 Hilltop Drive $489,000

4 bed/4 bath with attached 3+ car garage, detached 3 car garage-shop with guest apt, on a beautiful park-like irrigated 1.7 acres.

Bitterroot Ranchette • 5 bed, 3 bath on 7.5 fenced acres • Hardwood, granite, tile & many more recent upgrades • Deck with mountain views • 2 car garage, hay barn

$535,000 4005 Duncan Drive Designed with the landscape in mind!

3 bed, 3 bath in Upper Rattlesnake has large windows for lots of natural light and mountain & valley views.

Gas fireplace, deck & two car garage.

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These pets may be adopted at Missoula Animal Control 541-7387 WILSON• Listen up, Lab lovers! Wilson is an older Chocolate Lab that would make an incredible pet for some lucky family. He's quiet and easy to handle, as well as having very good manners. This handsome guy makes every effort to please, and keeping a family happy would be a great job for him.

FRANK•Frank is a young cat who

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came from a feral colony, but somehow he got socialized and isn't actually feral at all! He's a handsome boy with extra toes, and he loves to play. He's a bit shyer than most cats his age, but he does enjoy attention from people (especially if it includes toys)!

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MADELINE•Madeline didn't have

PHILLY•This pup is full of energy and

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is so happy that he can hardly contain his love of life. Even though he loves to run and play, he also enjoys quiet moments with people. He's already housebroken, but he will need a bit of training to help him curb his enthusiasm.

FANCY•Fancy is a beautiful lady, and she is also quite affectionate with people.

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much success living on her own after getting separated from her family, so she was thin and frail when she was first brought to the shelter. Now, however, she is plump, has a lovely coat, and appreciates every bit of attention she gets. (Her adoption has also be sponsored.)

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SNOWFLAKE•This lady looks much

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more like a big snowball than a delicate snowflake, but she's still a lovely cat.

She has a quiet nature, but we have seen her having her playful moments. We know her personality would really blossom in a home where there were people to love her and make her happy.

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These pets may be adopted at the Humane Society of Western Montana 549-3934 SAMMI• Sammi is a quiet, peaceful girl, who likes laps and being brushed.

This five-year-old has a beautiful red-orange and white coat, and thinks she'd make the perfect Valentine kitty. And, her adoption fee is only $14 this month, in honor of the holiday! Come visit Sammi, and she'll steal your heart.

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ABBY• Abby is a lovely black-and-white girl who has a cute half-mustache! Because she's seven years old, she qualifies for the Seniors for Seniors program - but don't tell her that: She says "Senior? I'm barely middle-aged!" Abby is quiet and shy at first, but she loves pets and head-rubs, and has a sweet little meow.

SID•Sid is a handsome black boy with chubby cheeks that just beg to be scratched and smooshed. Sid was originally found in rough shape, but has since regained his strength and shine. He's shy, but once he trusts you he loves to be petted and snuggled. Sid would prefer a quiet home, where he can snooze in a sunny spot!

BELLA• Bella thinks she's a dog! She's

STUBBY•Stubby is a sweet Manx cat

AUGUSTINE•Augustine is a sweet oneyear-old calico who came to the shelter with eight tiny kittens, all of who have been adopted. It's Augustine's turn now!

She's affectionate, outgoing, and thanks to Blue Mountain Vet Clinic, she's spayed and ready to go home today. Come get her for $14, just in time for Valentine's Day!

(hence the name), whose owner passed away. With her gorgeous green eyes, she says, "Do you have a nice warm lap for me to sit on?" Although shy at first, she loves treats and gentle pats. Stubby's adoption fee has been sponsored, and she's just waiting for a quiet home to call her own!

happy to follow you on walks around the neighborhood, and loves to play. Come fill out a cat adopter survey, and find out if Bella is the perfect match for you. If she is, her adoption fee is only $14 this month!

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Special Sneak Preview "Beyond the Divide" formally titled "9 Pieces of Peace" The story of the Missoula peace sign, the meaning of peace, and the courage to find common ground.

Feb. 16th ª• 3 PM • The Wilma Theatre

Don’t miss The Whole Gritty City, a documentary feature film that tells the story of three New Orleans marching bands as they push to prepare for Mardi Gras parades, and three band directors battling for their students' lives and souls.

It shows lives stopped in their tracks by the violence of the streets, and the power of music to lift and sustain the survivors.

Feb. 22 • Noon • Top Hat