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News

Voices The readers write .................................................................................................4 Street Talk Who needs a hug?.........................................................................................4 The Week in Review The news of the day—one day at a time ......................................6 Briefs Hot wheels, aging out at the Senior Center, and conservation’s long game .......6 Etc. Requiem for an old bag of bricks .............................................................................7 News Are UM’s buyout plans all they’re cracked up to be? ............................................8 News Battling beavers at California Street ......................................................................9 Opinion Kim Dudik shows the lege how it’s done.......................................................10 Opinion Remember what tops the food chain .............................................................11 Feature Need a hug? Lauren Venaglia can help ............................................................14

Arts & Entertainment

Arts Ladyfire stokes the flames at the Black Mountain kiln ..........................................22 Books The voodoo poetry of Mark Gibbons’ Imitation Blues.....................................23 Theater Controlling chaos in UM’s Noises Off..............................................................24 Film Hulu’s Handmaid’s Tale improves on Atwood’s classic ......................................25 Movie Shorts Independent takes on current films.......................................................26 Starters The poke bowl craze hits Higgins ...................................................................27 Happiest Hour Single barrel at The Badlander............................................................29 8 Days a Week The Mother of Calendars compels you................................................20 Agenda An International Workers’ Day screening of Salt of the Earth.........................37 Mountain High Revisiting Bud’s Place.........................................................................38

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News of the Weird ........................................................................................................12 Classifieds....................................................................................................................C-1 The Advice Goddess ...................................................................................................C-2 Free Will Astrology.....................................................................................................C-4 Crossword Puzzle .......................................................................................................C-7 This Modern World.....................................................................................................C-8

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STREET TALK

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by Derek Brouwer and Kate Whittle

Asked Monday afternoon at the Dram Shop This week’s feature spotlights a new cuddle therapy business in Missoula. Would you pay to cuddle with someone, and why or why not? Follow-up: What famous person or public figure do you think is in need of a good cuddle?

Paul York: Definitely I wouldn’t pay to cuddle with someone. It wouldn’t feel right. It’d feel creepy. Rock hard: I’m not sure I want to answer that. Dwayne Johnson. I didn’t want to pick anyone on the political spectrum.

Elise Barrie: Yes, I would, because cuddles are good for people. What year is it?

Jessica Simpson. No one seems to care about her anymore. She probably could use it.

Ryan Belski: I guess only if I couldn’t get someone to cuddle with me without paying them, but I probably would, because it’s the most comforting thing there is. Saw this coming: Donald Trump. He just seems so angry all the time.

Abhishek Chatterjee: I probably wouldn’t pay someone to cuddle with me, because I have cats that I cuddle with. It’s very good, they’re very soft cats. I mean, you can’t approximate the softness of cats as a human being. That’s the reason. Otherwise, I think there’s nothing wrong with it. Poli-sci prof, here: This is just so obvious. I think many powerful people need a cuddle. Or maybe they don’t. They get too many cuddles, and they take cuddles for granted. I didn’t consider that hypothesis.

Meredith Stoner: I would because I’m a psychology student, so I would be totally into experiencing a new form of therapy.

It’s only been 100 days, OK? Sean Spicer. He just seems like he’s on edge all the time. He can’t quite put his words together.

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What’s good for vets I have accessed health care through Veterans Affairs since 2002. Greg Gianforte’s obvious disdain for the VA troubles me. Within the first day of his nomination for Montana’s House seat he bashed it as the poster child for poor health care that should be privatized. I am aware of its shortcomings but the last thing I and the majority of veterans want is to see it privatized.

Sen. Tester works tirelessly to make the system function better for veterans.

The solution is a blend of VA and private providers made possible through the Veteran’s Choice program. It continues to improve, thanks in large part to Tester, Secretary of Veterans Affairs David Shulkin and the many professional and dedicated VA employees. My recent experience with the Choice program proved excellent.

Sen. Tester needs a partner in the House of Representatives who will work with him, not against him, to strengthen veterans’ health care. Gianforte, a member of the rich elite, does not understand working Montanans’ needs or our lives. Candidate Rob Quist, on the other hand, has had his own direct experiences with the difficulty of accessing health care, and will provide Tester with the partner he needs to continue improving veterans’ health care.

Pat Tucker Hamilton

Keep it clean Montana Public Radio KUFM reported on April 18 that Missoula and Bozeman rank nationally 9th and 12th, respectively, for new business creation.

A panel of start-up businesses at the recent Missoula gathering of the Montana High Tech Business Alliance said that “a big reason they’re thriving is because of the great quality of life here.”

Not all Montanans will remember the condition of our natural environment in the early 1970s. Air and water quality around the state had been degraded by industries employing no environmental controls. Montana citizen activists heightened awareness of environmental issues, and now our Constitution says: “The state and each person shall maintain and improve a clean and healthful environment in Montana for present and future generations.”

An important citizen oversight body tasked with maintaining our environment is in danger of being eliminated.

SB 337 would abolish the Board of Environmental Review. As an example

of what would be lost, the Board “has authority and duty to adopt all rules to implement the Clean Air Act of Montana.” Please contact Gov. Bullock and urge him to veto this bill that would degrade our Montana quality of life.

Gary Matson Milltown

Socialism again, huh?

We have a job opening for the person best qualified to represent Montana in the hugely important position of U.S. Congressman. As such, the candidate must speak for all Americans, not just Montanans. The applicant must have insight into state and national issues as

“Our land and water are so much cleaner than before the passage of the clean air and water acts and the creation of the EPA in 1970.

Why would we want to return to smog-filled skies and toxic rivers?”

well as international. This election is of particular importance with our congressional seat essential to retaining Republican party advantage. Therefore our candidate’s priority must be far above that of personal aspirations or financial gain. This is not simply a “popularity contest.” We seek competency, knowledge, values and dedication for the huge responsibilities of this key office.

Montana’s average wage is at the bottom. Rob Quist’s ability to manage a business or money is lacking. We have major financial problems in Congress such as costly social issues with health care, education, the handicapped and elderly, crime and drug afflictions to name a few.

Greg Gianforte has a proven track record of being a highly successful businessman bringing modern technology, opportunity, wealth and jobs to Montana. His objectives are to further help people better their lives and increase economic security. He recognizes the need to change policies in Washington, D.C., especially those of rogue agencies overreaching their authority, bypassing Congress and inflicting intrusive rules and regulations. We need to restore our resource industries of timber, mining and energy, which were destroyed by unwarranted rules and restrictions. Our abundant water supply must be available for agriculture. It is the private sector with profitable production (not government) that provides for education, health care, roads and other services. It even finances our government, but over-dependency on that ultimately leads to socialistic Third World status. Greg Gianforte is applying for the job of making government more efficient and citizen-friendly. Let’s hire Greg Gianforte, promoting him from successful businessman to U.S. Congressman, where he can help lead our country back to prosperity and security.

Clarice Ryan Big fork

Ignore the résumés I urge all Montanans to remain politically involved. Are you happy with Trump’s cabinet appointees? Do you want a new congressman who will support his agenda? Our land and water are so much cleaner than before the passage of the clean air and water acts and the creation of the EPA in 1970.

Why would we want to return to smog-filled skies and toxic rivers? Family planning and legal abortion help decrease poverty, improve education and improve public health.

Do we really want to vote for someone who wants to intrude in our personal lives and take away a couple’s ability to decide how many children they have? If you voted for Trump, evaluate what he is doing and don’t defend his actions merely because you previously voted for him. Do we want a congressman who will support Trump’s tax reductions for the rich while the middle class struggles? Many recent letters are contrasting the resumes of our two candidates in the special election. I think it is more important to look at the candidate’s values and what policies they will support or resist.

That is why my vote will be for Rob Quist.

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WEEK IN REVIEW Wednesday, April 19 The Western Montana Fair announces that this August’s event will offer free admission. The fair’s 2017 motto is “Wagon Wheels & Ferris Wheels.” Time will tell if that will be more memorable than last year’s intriguing slogan, “It’s In Your Jeans.”

Thursday, April 20 Missoula Mayor John Engen files to run for reelection this fall. Former Missoula County Public Schools trustee Lisa Triepke is the first challenger to file to run against him.

Friday, April 21 The Montana House endorses a bill that would raise the state fuel tax to 6 cents on gasoline and 2 cents on diesel, thereby raising funds for bridge and highway repair. The bill awaits the governor’s approval.

Saturday, April 22 Term-limited Rep. Ellie Hill, D-Missoula, announces via Facebook that she’ll be taking a break from the Legislature after serving four sessions in the House. She also endorses the woman who will run to fill her vacancy: Missoula City Councilwoman Marilyn Marler.

Aging out

Seniors face growing pains At the Missoula Senior Center, 11:40 a.m. is the height of the lunch rush. About two dozen people line up to pay a few bucks at the register and go through the lunch line. One woman holds her hands behind her back, clutching a free meal voucher from Missoula Aging Services. Executive Director Michelle Hastings greets almost everyone by name. “Hi Jan,” she says to one woman. To another: “How’s your back treating you?”

On any given day, the senior center hosts meals, pinochle games, AARP driving courses, exercise classes and dances. But membership has been dwindling quickly, from 1,200 in 2010 to about 400 today. Hastings says that as the Greatest Generation ages out of the senior center, baby boomers aren’t signing up to replace them.

“Baby boomers have a different outlook, they have different activities,” Hastings says. “Boomers are out there bike riding and skiing, a lot of them are still working, raising kids, raising grandkids.”

Or, as Missoula Aging Services CEO Susan Coller

puts it, “Baby boomers don’t want to go into a senior center.”

Coller says that across the country, intergenerational community centers are filling the role of senior centers. As an extreme example, she points to the sleek Salvation Army Kroc Center in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho.

The 12-acre complex includes a golf course, climbing wall, pools, day camps and a church. Kroc Center advertisements for gleaming gymnasiums full of smiling, activewear-clad families are a far cry from the low-key Missoula Senior Center, where quilts adorn the avocado-colored walls and an amateur banjo player plucks away on the stage while people finish their lunch.

Last summer, the senior center’s board of directors determined they had about two years of operating funds left. On April 18, the center’s membership voted 66–62 to sell the building and find a new location.

Hastings says she believes they have ample time to find a new location, and agrees with Coller that some kind of multigenerational complex with more activities would keep an active membership engaged.

A few years ago, Missoula Parks and Recreation pitched the idea of partnering with the Senior Center on a new facility next to Currents Aquatics Center.

Parks and Rec Director Donna Gaukler describes the proposal as a “multi-generational, fully accessible community center in which we can collaboratively host special events, wellness, cultural and educational programs, daily healthy lunches, and more.”

But, she says, no funding has been identified for such a project. Hastings says the most obvious source would be a voter-approved bond, but she doesn’t think a new bond would pass in the wake of the pricey park, schools and library bonds that have been approved in recent years. Nevertheless, Hastings is trying to be optimistic.

“These things take time,” she says. “But I’m very excited about opportunities that we can more clearly develop as we progress.”

Kate Whittle

Resistance report

Conservation’s long game Someday, the political winds will shift. Bill Cunningham uttered these words amid the hum of roughly two-dozen people at downtown Missoula’s Public House on a recent Thursday night. He’d

Sunday, April 23 Former white supremacist Christian Picciolini gives a talk on the University of Montana campus. Picciolini details how he left behind his racist family, started a band that toured with Joan Jett and founded an antiracism nonprofit.

Monday, April 24 Media outlets tour the completed first phase of construction at Fort Missoula Regional Park.

The massive complex includes the 5,000square-foot Bella Vista Pavilion for all your soccer tournament bbq needs. The public is invited to scope out the park on Sat., April 29.

Tuesday, April 25 In a move that probably has nothing to do with competing against a venue that rhymes with “ShmettleHouse Shmamphitheater,” Big Sky Brewing releases plans for a new stage and upgraded amphitheater. The brewery says it will be ready in time for its first big summer concert: Trey Anastasio.

As good Montanans, we want to show good hospitality to people. What can be more fun than to spend an afternoon shooting the little rodents?”

—Republican congressional candidate Greg Gianforte, defending his scheduled prairie dog hunt with Donald Trump Jr. to the Associated Press.

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[news] driven to town from his Choteau home with a carousel’s worth of slides, like a neighbor in an ‘80s sitcom come to rehash his latest vacation. Instead of some tropical paradise, though, Cunningham was here to share his exploits in some of the state’s wildest corners—tracts the longtime outfitter and wilderness advocate says are under threat from an administration that is “completely stacked� against progressive agendas. “I think the fact that Trump is doing everything he can to overturn and destroy the Obama legacy has got people genuinely alarmed,� Cunningham says, “and that goes from climate change all the way down to our public lands.�

Cunningham’s pictorial tour of wilderness study areas is the latest in a string of spring events put on by the Flathead-Lolo-Bitterroot Citizen Task Force, a group dedicated to fostering citizen input on national forest plan revisions in western Montana. Cunningham, who has advocated for and trekked through wilderness alongside luminaries like Stewart Brandborg, sees the task force as poised to muster strength from the rise in activism touched off by Trump’s victory. “More people are going to get involved. It’s just like voter turnout in an election. When there’s a high voter turnout, progressives win. When there’s a low voter turnout, progressives lose.�

Task force cofounder Mike Bader believes that part of the group’s appeal is also tied to developments in wilderness politics in Montana. The task force has gained attention in recent months for its criticism of Sen. Jon Tester’s Blackfoot Clearwater Stewardship Act, the product of a years-long collaboration among wilderness organizations, industry reps and wildland user groups. The bill would add 80,000 acres to the Bob Marshall Wilderness Complex, but compromises with snowmobilers and mountain bikers affecting 5,000 acres in the Monture Creek drainage have generated mixed—even heated—reactions within the conservation community. “You can keep splitting the baby until it has no limbs and eventually no life, and everybody says, ‘Well, this will be the last time,’� Bader says. “That’s nice, but there is no next time. I think that’s what’s driving the interest.�

Despite that current “friction,� as Bader calls it, the task force did not interfere last Thursday as Cunningham invited Montana Wilderness Association field director Zack Porter to briefly explain the Blackfoot-Clearwater collaboration. Jake Kreilick, an-

other task force cofounder and restoration coordinator for the WildWest Institute, says they may disagree with groups like MWA on the appropriate mechanisms for roadless area protection—given current political majorities, Kreilick and his fellows prefer the forest plan revision process over congressional legislation—but the group is keeping a civil tongue for now, and hoping the shift predicted by Cunningham comes soon. “Unless we have forest plans that are as good as we can possibly get them,� Cunningham says, “we’re not going to have a solid base for legislation down the road.�

Alex Sakariassen

Hot wheels

Fighting (for) the 1 percent To understand Missoula attorney John Bennett, start with his cars.

First, the silver ‘08 Ferrari Spider. It’s a head-turner that he won’t park in public, so he queues up some photos on his phone while sipping coffee at Meagher Bar. Bennett is a regular here—it’s next door to his law office.

As he swipes the screen to display a photo of the car’s Montana license plate, the word “GIANNI�—the Italian form of his name—appears. Bennett obviously isn’t Italian, “but I wish I were,� he concedes.

Then there’s the red ‘67 Fiat Dino Spider, a two-seat convertible, Bennett’s favorite ride. It doesn’t bear Ferrari’s prancinghorse badge, but Bennett says both the engine and the body have ties to the legendary automaker. “It’s basically a Ferrari, but I didn’t have to pay classic Ferrari prices,� he says.

That kind of savvy is how Bennett has made his living for the last two decades. He’s the guy that rich people nationwide, but mostly from California, seek out so they can avoid paying sales tax on luxury cars and RVs by registering them in Montana. Bennett has turned this loophole into a cottage industry—and a lucrative one. His firm sets up LLCs for hundreds of clients each year, saving them as much as $42,000 in taxes on a $500,000 vehicle.

On this day, though, Bennett is frustrated. He has just returned from Helena, where he and the lobbyist he hires every two years have been unable to deter lawmakers from, in his words, “killing the golden goose.�

BY THE NUMBERS Annual property tax increase on a $200,000 home (and good luck finding one of those) if a Missoula County Public Schools operations levy passes.

Mail-in ballots are due to the county elections office by May 2.

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Desperate for revenue, Gov. Steve Bullock and state legislators want a cut of the mostly legal tax-evasion industry. House Bill 650, which was headed to Bullock’s desk at press time, would impose an additional 1 percent registration fee on cars and motorhomes with sticker prices exceeding $150,000. State fiscal analysts expect the so-called Ferrari tax to bring in $5 million annually. Bennett says lawmakers don’t understand his clients.

Bennett realizes that opposing a 1 percent luxury tax on toys for the ultra-rich isn’t the most sympathetic negotiating position, so he keeps his arguments pragmatic. Rather than generate revenue, Bennett says, the Ferrari tax will drive clients to other tax havens, since Montana will no longer be the “low-cost option.� The $2 million in out-of-state money his firm directed to state coffers last year would be in jeopardy, he argues.

Tax-free vehicle registration has been scrutinized by other states, and not everyone plays the game aboveboard. Bennett says he does. He even manages a separate company that stores his clients’ new cars in a Montana storage unit until their home state’s “sales tax test period� expires. And for years, Bennett says, he has worked to craft a reputation for “no bullshit or spin� in Helena.

While Bennett says the Ferrari tax won’t put him out of business—he’ll just hire some staff in other “lowcost� states—he finds lawmakers’ proposal this session unsettling. The goose may not be cooked, but Bennett is starting to feel the heat. “I’m a little frustrated that they didn’t call me [first],� he says.

Derek Brouwer

ETC. At this writing, the Merc is mostly demolished, hollowed-out, a giant broken Easter egg in the middle of downtown filled with bricks and rubble.

It is as we all feared: Missoula is ruined.

Indeed, now that Mayor John Engen has smashed the Merc to smithereens—probably riding the wrecking ball himself, a la Miley Cyrus— nothing remains of the Missoula that we all once held so dear. After all, what is Missoula without a defunct and demolished department store? Just another town with shining rivers, forested mountains and farmers markets clogged with strollers and chard? Just a valley-like depression for addicts to litter with dirty syringes? A place where corporate media outlets occasionally buy formerly spunky alt-weeklies? Is Missoula just a place where the scenic university campus grows quieter every year as enrollment decreases? Is it a place where the population is still growing anyway?

Wait a minute‌ Missoula is all of those things. And no single building or business can lay claim to singularly defining this town. New York City without the World Trade Center is a New York City that has suffered a grievous loss. But is it any less essentially New York City?

The forces that create long-term change in a community—economics, climate change, culture— are bigger and more unstoppable than any developer from Bozeman. Managing those changes is harder than planting yard signs with slogans like “Save the Merc.� (Or, as also circulated on Facebook, “Pave the Merc.�) In the early 20th century, when the Merc was ostensibly in its heyday, Missoula was a markedly different place. In the 1960s, college students arrived via passenger train and stepped out onto the depot platform to greet a valley filled with pollution from all the lumber mills. Strangely, no one’s yet posted “Bring Back the Mill Pollution� yard signs. But the mills shaped the community we share today every bit as much as our quaint downtown did.

At this stage in American history, Missoula is benefitting from a rise in popularity of small, walkable communities swimming in craft booze and accessible outdoor attractions.

Some beloved institutions may crumble. New ones may yet arise. Sometimes the wrecking ball wins, but perhaps the Merc’s destruction will illuminate what remains around its absence: a vibrant, living city.

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Exit plans Are UM buyouts a ‘win-win-win’? Not so fast.

by Derek Brouwer

Any buyouts offered to University of Montana faculty and staff will likely be limited to those whose academic programs or departments are targeted for downsizing, the Montana University System’s human resources director says.

Such an approach could put senior and junior faculty at odds, and may strain a process that faculty union leaders hoped could offer an alternative to mass layoffs as UM prepares to cut its budget by millions over the next two years.

“It gets more sensitive the more specific the buyout becomes,” says University Fac-

It could just as easily become a lose-lose.

McRae tells the Indy that for early retirement incentives to be effective, they must align closely with the university’s downsizing goals, which Stearns has signaled will target specific academic offerings and services. Otherwise, he says, “you lose the whole point of what this is about.”

That means only faculty in certain academic programs and support staff in certain sectors would receive buyout offers.

“That’s indeed a question for the university and I don’t think they’ve gotten there yet, but to me, I think it has to be depart-

photo by Catherine L. Walters

Faculty and staff at the University of Montana have expressed hope that voluntary buyouts could ease the pain of downsizing.

ulty Association spokesperson Lee Banville.

“How do you not turn this into, ‘Senior faculty retire now or junior faculty lose their jobs,’ which could be a very destructive conversation to have.”

UM President Sheila Stearns and Commissioner of Higher Education Clayton Christian began discussing buyout options just weeks after Stearns took over as interim president in December, as the Indy first reported.

The proposal gained momentum last week when university system officials made a deal with the governor’s office and lawmakers to earmark $2 million from 9-1-1 dispatch funds to cover “faculty termination costs” at UM. MUS spokesperson Kevin McRae described the proposal, which cleared the state Senate, as a potential “win-win-win,” the Missoulian reported.

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ment by department,” McRae says.

McRae is part of a group of MUS and UM administrators who are hammering out legal and logistical questions related to the proposal, dubbed the Voluntary Early Retirement Incentive Program, or VERIP. (A separate UM working group administered an anonymous survey to faculty and staff last month.) He says the commissioner’s office and Stearns’ staff are working as “one big team” on the project. UM Communications Director Paula Short says the team’s discussions are still in “very early stages.”

Administrators have not yet approached the University Faculty Association about details of a proposal. But a highly “strategic” incentive package is a far cry from the typical, broad-based approach that faculty union officials assumed would take place, in which

buyouts are offered to any faculty or staff members who meet age or employment criteria. Contacted last week, UFA President Paul Haber told the Indy his sense is that offers would not target specific areas on campus.

If they did, “We would certainly look at it very hard,” Haber wrote in an email.

A timeline announced by Stearns this spring calls for program “prioritization” over the summer, with cuts to be recommended in September. McRae says no buyout offers would be made until that analysis is complete.

Even if the buyout proposal dies, or finds few takers, UM would still be able to use the $2 million legislative earmark to help pay costs associated with layoffs. State employees are entitled to a sick leave payout upon termination, which McRae says can cost more than $25,000 for a veteran faculty member.

The state allocation could pay costs associated with eliminating approximately 80 positions, but McRae says the $2 million figure was reached without a particular layoff target in mind. And, in fact, the amount may not be enough.

“It will help substantially. Whether it will cover it all, we don’t know,” McRae says.

Montana universities are poised to absorb a $4.7 million cut for each of the next two years. They will also not receive millions in inflationary adjustments. Legislators, however, have been more willing to ante up state funds that they know will be used to reduce costs at UM, McRae says.

“They expect to see action,” he says.

“Legislators see this will go toward action.”

As of press time, even that was uncertain. The bill containing the legislative earmark, Senate Bill 294, appeared to be taken hostage during negotiations between Gov. Bullock and Republicans over infrastructure funding and was not yet scheduled for a House vote in the Legislature’s waning moments.

If the bill dies, the university system— or its tuition-paying students—will be covering the cost of layoffs. dbrouwer@missoulanews.com

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Battling beaver One man’s fight to protect a threatened Missoula levee

by Alex Sakariassen

Sidestepping shreds of toilet paper and what appears to be part of a discarded condom, Pat Brook navigates the riverbank below the California Street footbridge looking for sign. It’s not hard to find—the jagged stumps of nibbled-off branches, the dark pockets and depressions visible along the far waterline. All seem to bolster Brook’s assertion that the in-town stretches of the Clark Fork are teeming with beaver.

A manila envelope back in his office at Missoula’s Wastewater Division (where he works as collections operations and maintenance manager) contains all manner of research on the species. Up until six years ago, though, Brook says, he’d never given beaver a second thought.

“Why would I?” The answer is Hurricane Katrina. After New Orleans’ levees failed in 2005, FEMA and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers began reevaluating other levees across the country, identifying deficiencies and tasking local officials with fixing them. When Missoula’s time came in 2011, the feds found that beavers were burrowing into a portion of the levee stretching from California Street to Russell. Their directive: Get rid of the beavers. And so, over the past six years, Brook has trapped 21 beavers near the California Street footbridge with the help of Dave Wallace, a Kila-based private contractor who specializes in wildlife control and removal.

“Let’s face it, you’re right on a primary corridor there,” Wallace says. “Basically, trapping is just preventative maintenance.”

Even so, Brook hates to call what they do trapping. It’s a practice he doesn’t support. “I mean, what’s the word I’m looking for? Barbaric?” From day one, he’s bucked the advice he says he received from Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks to simply kill the critters. Instead, he’s insisted on releasing the captured beavers at either Kelly Island or Fort Missoula, the two sites that FWP, which issues his permits, instructed him to use for relocation. Keeping the beavers alive carries an additional $50-per-beaver charge, and Wallace says Missoula is “the only place [in the state] where that’s carried out.” Brook sees it as money well spent.

“It sucks, but I gotta do it,” he says.

“There’s a reason I’m here doing it, but I’d rather leave them alone.” According to Brook, the city’s bill for beaver relocation since 2011 totals $15,023.03.

Beavers are a common enough problem in floodplain management that they’ve earned prominent mention in the Army Corps’ levee owner’s manual. Left unmitigated, their burrows can contribute to the erosion of streambanks and levees, particularly during high-water events. The California Street levee protects a swath of land from Sherwood Street to the Clark Fork that includes the Greyhound bus station,

point rumors that the city was paying to trap, kill and skin beaver were already swirling. He’s sensitive to the concern, especially given his own anti-trapping leanings. But with a mandate from FEMA to protect the levee, he thinks relocation is the best—if not the only—option.

“There’s people everywhere,” Brook says of the riverbanks around California Street. “There’s a lot of things I can’t do. I don’t want to hurt a kid, I don’t want to hurt a dog, and that’s what’s going to happen if you come up with these other methods that have been tried in other places, like electrified wire.”

photo by Alex Sakariassen

For the past six years, the Missoula Wastewater Division’s Pat Brook has been trapping and relocating beaver along the California Street levee.

Blue Ribbon Auto and the Sherwood trailer court. Brook says that any deficiency in the levee could put residents and businesses in that area—identified by FEMA floodplain maps as having “reduced flood risk”—on the hook for federal flood insurance.

City officials haven’t exactly been keen to discuss their approach to the beaver problem, fearful of how the trapping might play with the public. In fact, Brook found himself at the center of a dust-up in early April after two women confronted Wallace while he was setting cages. Brook says the situation escalated rapidly, drawing in both Missoula police and FWP. Brook didn’t hear about the incident until later, at which

The April incident has made increased public awareness inevitable. So Brook is now crafting a new plan, one that calls for installing large beaver-resistant rocks, or rip-rap, along the threatened stretch of levee. The project will have “a hefty pricetag,” he says, and would have to get the OK not just from city administrators, but from the feds as well.

“I don’t know if the Army Corps of Engineers is going to allow it, if FEMA is going to allow me to do this for a long-term solution or not. I do know, hey, I can always fall back on catch and relocate.” asakariassen@missoulanews.com

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[opinion]

How it’s done Missoula Rep. Kim Dudik did Montanans proud in Helena

by Dan Brooks

By the time you read this, Montana’s 65th Legislature will likely have completed its 2017 session. Lawmaking season is always a lively time for this column, thanks to a reliable stream of stunt bills and weird ideas. This year did not disappoint.

Sen. Keith Regier, R-Kalispell, proposed a bill to forbid Montana courts from applying Sharia law. Sen. Cary Smith, R-Billings, wanted to create a uniformed state militia. Rep. Forrest Mandeville, R-Columbus, sponsored a bill to lift restrictions on keeping domestic foxes as pets. None of these bills became law, which is bad news for my Islamophobic fox army, but probably good for the state as a whole.

Our forefathers would likely agree.

They seem to have set up the Montana Legislature in such a way as to discourage lawmaking. Our House and Senate meet for just 90 days every two years, suggesting that the architects of our government hoped they would do as little as possible. But the short legislative calendar also reflects an ideal that modern politics have made quaint: the citizen-legislator. No one can make a career out of Montana’s legislative branch. There’s just not enough to do.

I mention this because one of Missoula’s delegates to the state house embodied the role of the citizen-legislator this year. While her colleagues were submitting fantastic proposals to thwart ISIS and have a fetus declared president, Rep. Kim Dudik quietly went 13 for 19 sponsoring necessary, practical bills. That’s a higher success rate than anyone else in the Legislature. And she did it not by seeking out polarizing positions that would get her name in the newspaper, but by applying her expertise to bipartisan reform.

Dudik is an attorney, and many of the bills she sponsored this year had to do with reforming the code of Montana. Her proposals patched holes in the state’s anti-bullying laws, revised definitions of sexual assault and restructured the office of the public defender. Much of her work had to do with children, addressing issues

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from foster care to abuse court to human trafficking. Were it not for her efforts, children might have been an underserved constituency this year.

The 2017 session saw legislators stick up for oil producers when Rep. Alan Redfield, R-Livingston, proposed a tax on electric vehicles. It saw Rep. Barry Usher, R-Roundup, stand up for drivers by trying to ban bicycles from country roads. These bills made headlines and burnished their sponsors’ reputations for being the kind

“It’s not ideologues who make government work. It’s people like Kim Dudik, who are more interested in solving problems than in pursuing some absolute vision of their political beliefs.” of down-home, no-nonsense folks you hope never to meet in real life, but the injustices they sought to correct were dubious at best.

Meanwhile, Dudik worked for a bloc of Montanans who don’t even get to vote.

I am not a religious man, but her record in this year’s session brings to mind Matthew 25:40, in which that famous apostle describes Christ’s attitude at the hour of judgment: “Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these

brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.” While certain of her colleagues pursued the interests of landlords and auto dealers, Dudik was looking out for the least of these.

I was going to say that Dudik’s fellow legislators should learn from her example, but they probably shouldn’t. In a just world, Dudik would be celebrated in newspapers across the state by better journalists than me. In this world, she has not garnered many headlines. Jayme Fraser did a fine job describing her successes in a story for the Missoulian last week, but for the most part, informed tinkering to produce bipartisan reforms is not how you get famous in Helena.

Better to float a bunch of crazy ideas.

Propose a new time zone exclusively for Montana, as Sen. Ryan Osmundson, R-Buffalo, did with SB 206. Stand up for voters’ right to bring a gun to the post office, as Rep. Randy Brodehl of Kalispell did with HB 246, or drink a beer while driving, as Rep. Daniel Zolnikov, R-Billings, proposed with HB 206. None of these bills stood much chance of becoming law, and even if they did, they wouldn’t have materially improved anybody’s life. But they got their sponsors in the newspaper, impressing some ideologues along the way.

It’s not ideologues who make government work, though. It’s people like Dudik, who are more interested in solving problems than in pursuing some absolute vision of their political beliefs. She belongs to a tradition of practical lawmaking that has waned in our era of politics as entertainment, but remains as vital to good governance as it ever was.

Dudik doesn’t need to be famous across the state. I suspect she would do her work just as well if no one ever heard about it. But Missoula should know what she’s been up to, because she does it better than just about anyone in Helena. We should send her back there every chance we get.

Dan Brooks writes about politics, culture and the dream of fetal gun ownership at combatblog.net.

[opinion]

Food chain fail In the wild, humans aren’t at the top of the heap

by Christopher Ketcham

In the next few weeks, as the bears wake up from their snowy hibernation into the lengthening days of spring, I’ll head into grizzly country to interview a couple bruins for a piece in a national magazine. Actually, though, I’m hoping they’ll just tell me to screw off.

A while back, much was written about the killing of a grizzly sow in Yellowstone National Park after she made an unfortunate decision: She mauled a man named Lance Crosby to death for coming too close to her two cubs. The sow, nicknamed Blaze, then fed on poor Lance, and apparently was joined by her family. Then, satiated, she cached the cadaver in forest litter for a later snack.

What was not discussed in the news stories was the bears’ need to eat.

While we may lament the loss of Crosby (about whom I know nothing), we cannot lament the fact that a hungry grizzly sometimes needs extra meat. Meat is meat, Homo sapiens or otherwise, and in the Northern Rocky Mountains, the grizzlies offer a lesson for the majority of mankind that has forgotten this fact. Thank God for places on earth where our species can still get schooled in the food chain. The Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, where the aboriginal North American predators still hold sway, returns us to the natural system of nourishment: The one who eats shall also be eaten. The early worm gets the bird in the end.

Recreationists, accustomed to roaming the aisles at the supermarket in search of easy prey, learn their biological context in wild country like this. That’s what matters.

I was down in the Everglades recently and saw a sign that said, “Fish at your own risk.” This was beautiful, but also shocking, because the National Park Service didn’t mince words. It had surrendered the landscape to the alligators. We think of fishing as the lackadaisical work of Huck Finn along the riverbank—a lazy, loafing and halfasleep activity ideal for a summer swel-

ter. Then, bang, an alligator surges up from the murky waters of the mangroves and swallows whole an innocent American.

A jogger on her usual route across the swamp trails of Florida stops to dangle her toes in the water, and all

“The Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, where the aboriginal North American predators still hold sway, returns us to the natural system of nourishment: The one who eats shall also be eaten.”

that’s left is the swish of a Nike shoe.

Praise the jaws of the wild for teaching us a few things: Don’t be stupid, don’t think you’re the top of things. Be humble, be small, realize that you’re just a morsel in the eternal swirl of heaping, recycling death and flesh and life, reborn in the intestines of this or that. In

this case, a cold-eyed reptile that probably doesn’t like the taste of shoes.

For the sake of the grizzlies, we should place a sign on the stone arch entrance to Yellowstone reminiscent of that found in the necropolis of the Catacombs of Paris: “Stop! You are entering the empire of death.” Henceforth it should be park policy that anyone killed by animals should be honored as food: “Jim Moaneysworth, of Bankersville, Connecticut, was eaten here by a grizzly, and his cadaver was subsequently fed on by wolves, coyotes, ravens and assorted native worms, and his flesh will be assimilated into the soil, ultimately to invigorate the producer plants of the biome. We thank him, and we invite any visitor to help out the park’s wildlife by following his example. Signed, Dan Wenk, Superintendent, Yellowstone National Park.”

Generally, the subspecies Homo Americanus is afraid of the wild. He is concerned about the effects it might have on his health. Walking in the backcountry, for example, has long been shown to cause a debilitating freedom of thought. Studies reveal that fresh air damages our ability to sit for long periods in front of a screen.

But the most terrifying specter facing Homo Americanus is the prospect of property damage. Send out one bear with a penchant for mauling automobiles and we could see a spectacular drop in visitation to Yellowstone, leading to a net benefit to bears, the park’s other wild things, and the vast complexity of its ecosystem.

We might even see the establishment of a foot-traffic-only policy in the park, given the severity of the risk from car-chewing grizzlies. Let us hope that grizzlies get a taste for nibbling on property. It might save them.

Christopher Ketcham is a contributor to Writers on the Range, the opinion service of High Country News (hcn.org ). He writes frequently about the West.

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[offbeat]

TRAINING DAY – June 2016 police raid on David Jessen’s Fresno County (California) farmhouse caused a $150,000 mess when sheriff’s deputies and Clovis Police Department officers “rescued” it from a trespassing homeless man—with the massive destruction leading to Jessen’s lawsuit announced in March. The misdemeanant helped himself to an ice cream bar, some milk and half a tomato, but was otherwise “unarmed”; however, by the time the police standoff ended, the “crime scene” included more than 50 cop cars, a SWAT team (and backups), two helicopters, standby ambulances, a police robot and a crisis negotiation team. Windows, walls and wrought-iron doors were destroyed; tear gas and a “flash bomb” were employed.

(Jessen suspects that the farmhouse’s isolation enticed police to decide that it presented an excellent training opportunity.)

COMPELLING EXPLANATIONS – “Pro-choice” activist Jessica Farrar, a Texas state legislator, introduced a bill in March to create consistency between the state’s rigorous regulation of women’s reproductive functions and those of men (regulation which, by the way, in either case she calls “invasive” and “unnecessary”). Because Texas’s anti-abortion laws highlight “procreation” as a crucial government interest, she believes male use of erectile-dysfunction drugs should be regulated as abortion is. Under her bill, individual use of Viagra or similar drugs must be preceded by “counseling” similar to that required by abortion laws, and since male masturbation involves the “wasting” of precious sperm cells, it, too, would require “beforehand” counseling.

CRIME REPORT – At a time of growing awareness that some people seem almost addicted to their cellphones and instant 24/7 communication, police in Brookfield, Wisconsin, released surveillance photos of a woman in the act of robbing banks on March 25 and 27—while standing at teller counters and talking on the phone during the entirety of each episode. Acting on a tip from the photos, police arrested Sarah Kraus, 33, on March 28.

College activist Pablo Gomez Jr., 22, was arrested in Berkeley, California, in March and charged with the brutal stabbing death of an elementary school teacher. Gomez, a senior at University of California, Berkeley, is well-known on campus for insisting on a gender identity for which (as an example) the pronoun “he” is an inappropriate reference. (Hence, “they” was charged with what is so far the only homicide in Berkeley this year.)

Paul Perry Jr., 39, sound asleep behind the wheel of his car, with motor running, at 6 a.m. on April 2, was in no position to talk his way out of a DUI ticket, but did offer a gentle challenge to the Youngstown, Ohio, police officer. Several times, according to the police report, Perry offered to “thumb wrestle” the officer to get out of the ticket. From the report: “Perry was advised officers would not thumb-wrestle him.”

LEADING ECONOMIC INDICATORS – The eight elite Ivy League universities are better thought of as “hedge fund(s) with classes,” according to a March report by the activist Open The Books, and thus there is little reason for taxpayers to have given them the more than $41 billion in grants and entitlements they received over a recent six-year period. The schools are already legendary for their $119 billion “endowments” (based on donations from alumni and aggressive investment). Those endowments are enough, according to Open The Books, that (assuming donations continue to arrive at the same pace) schools could provide free tuition to every student in the eight schools—in perpetuity. (Even if no new donations are made, the eight schools could provide such free tuition for 51 years.)

IRONIES – Federico Musto was suspected recently by Wired.com of audaciously inventing academic credentials to help land his job as CEO of the company Arduino (a circuit-board manufacturer popular in the computer industry among coders creating, among other things, robots and motion detectors). Arduino’s work is “open source”—creating hardware that others, by design, can exploit and modify for their own loftier projects. It might thus be said that Musto’s claimed academic “accomplishments” (his so-called MBA from New York University and claimed Ph.D. from MIT) are themselves the product of his having “open-sourced” his own, previously modest curriculum vitae.

BRIGHT IDEAS – In January, local government and sexual-assault critics unveiled a consciousness-raising exhibit on Mexico City’s trains: a plastic seat onto which is subtly molded contours of a male body, except with genitals sharply exposed. (Men supposedly have been spotted absentmindedly lowering themselves onto the seat only to leap up in shock.) A note on the floor by the body reads (in Spanish): “It’s uncomfortable to sit here, but that’s nothing compared to the sexual violence suffered by women on their commute.”

THE FOREIGN PRESS – Village police in Bangladesh arrested Yasin Byapari, 45, in January on the complaint of his wife—after she had learned that she was not, as he had told her, his second spouse, but rather the 25th of his 28. (Police found him at the home of No. 27.) The accuser said she had, through sleuthing, tracked down 17 of her “competitors.”

A male schoolteacher reported in February that he had been kidnapped by four women near Lupane, Zimbabwe, drugged with a beverage and sexually assaulted, in what appears to be a return of the “sperm bandits” said to operate in the area; previously, police set up roadblocks and arrested three women with 31 condoms full of semen.

Thanks This Week to Jim Weber, Stan Kaplan, and John Smith, and to the News of the Weird Board of Editorial Advisors.

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These pets may be adopted at Missoula Animal Control 541-7387 HAWK•

Hawk is a 3-year-old male Brown Tabby. He is a very social and vocal boy. He’ll call you over so you can shower him with your adoration. Hawk’s favorite affection giving activity involves rubbing against your legs in a figure eight pattern. He loves being petted, but really doesn’t enjoy being picked up. Hawk definitely enjoys the safety and comfort of “his space” which at this point is the giant tower cage in our lobby.

HAYDEN• Hayden is an approximately 12year-old female cat. This older lady is a lovely silver Tabby. She is friendly and curious with a settled and relaxed personality. Hayden was found as a stray on someone’s front porch in very rough shape. She has come a long way to recovering her health, and this dignified lady is searching for a forever home that can help her live out the remainder of her days in the lap of luxury.

BALOO•Baloo is an 8-month-old male shorthaired Manx. He is a bit shy, but very affectionate. When everything going on around him starts to quiet down for the day, he comes out of his shell and loves to snuggle. All this young man needs is a bit of time and attention, and before you know it, he’ll be the confident, percocious cat that will light up your days and keep you entertained always.

DEMPSEY• Dempsey is a 3-year-old male Pit Bull/Lab mix. He loves playing with other dogs and getting human attention. Dempsey enjoys playing with plush toys, has no idea how to play fetch, will perform a few basic commands when treats are readily available, and gets distracted easily when there are other dogs to play with. He has great leash manners. Dempsey would make a great family dog.

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MONSTER• Monster is a 5-year-old male Blue Nose Pit Bull/American Bulldog. His name does not describe him well, as he is anything but a monster. This strong but lovable boy came to the shelter as a stray, with no identification outside of this rather ill-fitting name. Monster loves to go for walks, and hang out with staff at the shelter while we clean in the morning. He is a social and easy going boy when off leash.

CALLAGHAN• Callaghan is a 6-year-old male black and white tuxedo cat. He came to the shelter having lived a long time as a trailer park stray. When Callaghan first came to the shelter, he was dirty, scarred, and scratched. He had ear mites, an ulcerated eye, and very unhappy teeth.

It’s amazing what a little care can do. Callaghan is now fit as a fiddle. He loves to recieve ear and chin scratches, as well as full body petting.

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He is hoping for an active family who can help him learn how to be a good doggy citizen. He is working on house-training and may let himself out of the yard if unattended. Come fall in love with this bouncy bundle of joy! Visit myhswm.org for more information!

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CECIL• Cecil is a sweet, friendly three-yearold black kitty who came to us as a stray and is now looking for his forever home! This big, handsome man is already neutered, is box-trained, and loves attention! Cecil’s green eyes captivate, and they catch every action going on around him as he prowls. Come fall in love with Cecil at Humane Society of Western Montana: 5930 Hwy 93 South!

BANDIT• Handsome 9-year-old Bandit is super loyal. This responsive guy is a fetching MACHINE, but he’s game for any fun activity with his family and other dogs! Bandit would prefer a life without livestock or cats. Bandit is cautious around new people and children and would appreciate a patient adult family to help him manage his worries. Bandit is house-trained and ready to go home!

CHESTNUT• 5-year-old Chestnut enjoys people but doesn’t really need them. You’ll appreciate Chestnut’s ability to entertain herself, but also her interest in receiving love when the time is right! Chestnut is looking for a barn home where she can prowl on her own and get love every now and then! Chestnut is a longtime resident of HSWM, so we are waiving her adoption fee! Call 406.549.3934 to learn more!

ANNABELLE• Annabelle is quite a little cutie, at just 20 pounds, and a sensitive soul, as well! 5-year-old Annabelle would love an adult family to help socialize her and create positive interactions with new friends and the world!

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SIDNEY• Sidney is beautiful 8-year-old British Short Hair cross with the most adorable jutting chin. Sidney loves pets, but prefers to choose her own adventure, rather than have you call the shots. She enjoys her toys and loves catnip! Sidney is part of our Senior for Senior program, so her adoption fee is reduced to help her find her forever home! Visit myhswm.org to learn about Sidney & other adoptable cats!

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n a quiet afternoon in Missoula, two people hop into bed together.

“OK, let’s try the Sideways Hug,” says Lauren Venaglia. Venaglia, the cuddler, wears comfy sweats and a gray cardigan, and moves around the bed with an easy grace, directing cuddle-ee Alexis Baker in a gentle voice. Baker obliges, sitting up while Venaglia clasps her in an embrace from the side. Ambient music plays softly from a small speaker.

“OK, now let’s try the Gemini,” Venaglia says. The two lie down on the bed, face one another, entwine their legs and giggle. The scene—unfolding in Venaglia’s tidy bedroom—resembles a highly intimate yoga session.

Venaglia practices cuddle therapy, a service that provides platonic touch and emotional support to paying customers.

Cuddling has already made inroads in Portland and New York City, but it’s new to Montana, and Venaglia hopes to estab-

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make me feel loved without wanting anything more,’ and then it hit me that there had to be other people like me who go through moments when they just need a no-strings-attached hug.”

Cuddle therapists cater to that desire by allowing clients to explore emotional issues while being held. The website Certified Cuddlers describes the service this way: “What we offer is a safe space for every human to feel respected, accepted, and loved as they are. We work hard to create an atmosphere that is akin to a chosen family.”

The Cuddlist, an online clearinghouse for cuddling services, features dozens of professional cuddlers nationwide. (New York and California have Cuddlist’s highest concentrations of cuddlers, and the cuddlers closest to Montana are in Washington and Colorado.) Online sites Cuddle Comfort and the Snuggle Buddies allow registered users to connect with professional cuddlers.

Cuddle therapy is an informal, self-regulated profession, but the benefits of nurturing physical contact are well documented. Lauren Venaglia used The Snuggle Party Guidebook, which includes activities, prompts and suggestions, as a reference to help plan Garden City Cuddle Co.’s group gatherings.

“My mom would not hold my hand when I was a child because she was afraid people would think we were lesbians.” lish the state’s first brick-and-mortar cuddle therapy office in Missoula.

Baker, for one, is already sold on cuddling’s benefits.

“I’m really excited to see businesses like this … bringing attention to this as a useful service,” she says. “It’s getting it out there that human contact is important for your health, both mental and physical.”

While Venaglia acknowledges that cuddle therapy might seem trivial to the uninitiated, the 27-year-old does indeed view it as a path to emotional healing. Venaglia believes cuddling can save lives.

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hough the New York Times writes that cuddle parties became popular more than a decade ago, cuddle therapy is a relatively recent concept. In Portland, Oregon, entrepreneur Samantha Hess launched her one-woman business, Cuddle Up to Me, in 2012. In a 2016 Huffington Post article, Hess said she was inspired after reading about two men at the Portland Saturday Market: One was giving away free hugs, but he was outdone by another man offering “Deluxe Hugs” for $2. The piece quotes Hess: “When I saw this, my first thought was, ‘I would pay someone to just hold me and

A few years ago, Venaglia came across an article about Cuddle Up to Me and found the idea intriguing.

“I’m the type of person that people tell their very deep thoughts and feelings to quickly,” Venaglia says. “I’ve just seen a theme in a lot of people, when they open up to me, that most of their issues and problems and pain are surrounding not feeling loved or cared for, and feeling lonely.”

Last fall, Venaglia entered a contest through Portland-based certifiedcuddlers.com and won a free cuddling certification course (standard cost: $300). The course teaches dozens of different snuggling positions, from the leg-weaving Gemini to the Mama Bear, where the seated cuddler envelops the seated client from behind. Certified cuddlers also learn how to forestall any confusion about the nature of their service. Venaglia meets potential clients for coffee to suss out what they’re after.

“If they are looking for something sexual, I can let them know I don’t provide that,” Venaglia says. “And during a session, if sexual energy does start bubbling up, it’s just [about] guiding them back to a platonic place.”

In February, after completing the course, Venaglia launched Garden City

Venaglia founded Garden City Cuddle Co. to provide a safe space for platonic, nonsexual touch, which research shows has mental and physical health benefits. Venaglia demonstrates gentle head compression with friend Alexis Baker in Venaglia’s home.

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“I’ve just seen a theme in a lot of people, when they open up to me, that most of their issues and problems and pain are surrounding not feeling loved or cared for, and feeling lonely.”

Cuddle Co. For now, Venaglia does house calls and practice sessions with friends and acquaintances while saving up to open a dedicated cuddling office sometime this summer. (In the meantime, Venaglia also works for Missoula’s Summit Independent Living.)

A cuddle session can comprise any kind of nurturing activity the client seeks, from watching a movie together to holding hands and walking around a park. Venaglia says clients sometimes feel a little awkward at first, but often start to relax within a few minutes. They also usually

Lauren Venaglia and Michael Beers hug as Arlan Bergoust (left) and Darin Austin bow to one another during a group activity called “hug, handshake, zen bow.” The icebreaker is designed to help participants practice identifying and following physical cues.

Participants at Venaglia’s Cuddle Co. snuggle party at BASE Missoula relaxed, cuddled and napped together after group activities.

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open up about whatever is on their mind.

Talk therapy is an important component of cuddling.

And the benefits, Venaglia says, go both ways.

“This whole time I’m just putting all of my energy toward them and focusing on them and staying present with their feelings and what’s going on. So it can be a really nice clearing of the mind. It can be really meditative.”

Venaglia is currently seeing about five recurring clients, and has 12 signed up for group cuddle parties. Private sessions cost $1 per minute, and can last from 30 minutes to three hours.

And if it seems odd to commodify an activity like cuddling, just think for a moment of all the people in the world who may not have access to safe, nurturing, friendly touch on a consistent basis: single people, the elderly, people who work strange hours, people with disabilities.

Venaglia sees this work as especially crucial in a state like Montana, where depression and suicide have been a plague for decades. In 2014, Montana had the highest suicide rate in the United States, according to the American Association of Suicidology.

Venaglia sees cuddle therapy as a way to reach out to people who might be on the edge. “For me, bringing professional cuddling to Montana and expanding eventually to more rural areas, I think will really help communities,” Venaglia says.

Anne Harris, a Missoula-based licensed clinical professional counselor, says she believes that cuddling can provide an avenue of support for mental health care. Though cuddling is currently an informal, self-regulated profession, Harris says that doesn’t diminish its value.

Clinical counseling sometimes uses touch therapy, Harris says, most often in group settings where, for example, one person might stand back-to-back with another while role-playing a difficult scenario.

Such supportive touch complements attentive listening.

“A lot of good therapy is turning back to one of the most important things that happens: developing rapport and good communication with someone by doing good listening,” Harris says.

Harris, who met Venaglia through mutual friends, says cuddle or touch therapy also has promise for soothing lonely, upset people, especially in settings like hospice care.

“Lauren’s being a brave pioneer to bring that service to Missoula,” Harris says.

Harris also agrees with Venaglia that humans, as a highly social species, need physical and emotional affection to survive.

A series of famous Harvard studies of overcrowded Romanian orphanages in the 1990s found that neglected orphans, desperate for human contact, suffered from underdeveloped brains and often had trouble forming attachments to their adoptive families.

Decades of research has shown that oxytocin, nicknamed the “cuddle hormone,” is released when people bond socially or physically. Oxytocin is also crucial to facilitating childbirth and nursing, according to a 2007 study published in Psychological Science.

The importance of cuddling babies is well understood—the World Health Organization strongly recommends that new moms and babies cuddle as much as possible—but Venaglia observes that cuddling acceptance often decreases with age. Loneliness among adults is commonly reported, including a 2010 AARP survey in which 40 percent of adults reported feelings of loneliness and isolation—up from 20 percent in 1980.

Psychologists refer to lack of physical closeness as “skin hunger.” Adults suffering from skin hunger demonstrate depression, anxiety and an increase in physical health problems, according to an Arizona State University study.

Venaglia’s own family was far from affectionate.

“My mom would not hold my hand when I was a child because she was afraid people would think we were lesbians,” Venaglia remembers.

Venaglia discovered Buddhism as a teenager and still looks to the Dalai Lama as a source of inspiration—especially in videos where he chats with his longtime friend, the Archbishop Desmond Tutu. In a 2015 video, for instance, the two spiritual leaders hold hands, laugh and tease each other. The Dalai Lama even playfully slaps Tutu. It’s a display that would be highly unusual among straight-identified men in Western culture.

“They’ll hold hands, and eye gaze, and say these meaningful things to each other, and I love them,” Venaglia says. “For my whole life that’s kind of been my source of figuring out how to heal and be healthy.”

Lately, Venaglia has been practicing the Buddhist “hugging meditation,” in which two people hold each other and breathe in and out three times. Buddhist writer Thich Nhat Hanh says of the meditation: “With the third breath, we are aware that we are here together, right now on this earth, and we feel deep gratitude and happiness for our togetherness.” ( Venaglia once dated a Buddhist monk, and says it can be awkward to make out with someone who’s so intensely mindful. “I have a little pop in my jaw and

he was like, ‘Oh, your jaw pops,’” Venaglia says. “I was like, ‘What? You’re not supposed to say that.”)

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n some ways, cuddling is an ideal small business: Overhead is low and Venaglia can build a client base with in-home visits before committing to an office space—Venaglia envisions something downtown, decorated as a “magical bedroom” with soft lighting and a comfortable queen-size bed. After completing the Certified Cuddlers course, Venaglia took a business plan to the Missoula branch of the Montana Small Business Development Center, where Regional Director Jennifer Stephens helped outline realistic goals. Stephens says she hears pitches from all kinds of unusual small startups, but she’s impressed with Garden City Cuddle Co.’s vision.

“I’m not a therapist or a scientist, but it’s a clinical need—people have a need to interact with each other,” Stephens says.

“And for some reason, at this point in time people are acknowledging that they’re not getting enough affection. Like, a hug.

That’s what Lauren’s offering.”

One of Venaglia’s clients, Miles Kinney, is a shy, reserved man who speaks hesitantly until he gets excited about something. For the past few years, he’s worked the overnight shift at the front desk of a Missoula hotel. He says he watches a lot of YouTube videos to stay awake.

“Working nights, you have little to no social life,” Kinney says. “I wake up at 2 p.m. most days, and I’m usually very timid, very withdrawn. So, it’s hard for me to develop friends normally.”

Kinney knows Venaglia through mutual friends, and he signed up for his first cuddle session in early March. As a grown

“Cuddling and being close with people, since I didn’t get that from my own family, is something I’ve always gotten from friends,” Venaglia says.

man, Kinney says, he doesn’t feel like he can ask friends and family for emotional or physical support.

“I do find it hard to connect with people,” Kinney says. “I know it hurts me more than it probably hurts anyone else, because it does close you off.”

He met with Venaglia for a half-hour cuddle one recent Thursday evening before meeting friends at a bar. Kinney says romantic interactions make him nervous, and it put him at ease that Venaglia doesn’t allow tickling, hair pulling or hands on “swimsuit areas.”

After just a brief cuddle, he says, “I was chatting it up with everyone else there,” Kinney says. “I just felt a lot more

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energetic, my mind was a lot more open, I just felt more like sharing.”

Baker, who’s also been cuddled by Venaglia privately and in group sessions, agrees that social expectations attached to masculinity can be a barrier to asking for affection. Before Baker—a trans woman— transitioned in college, she had to be cautious about expressing platonic affection: “I’ve seen firsthand just how much that is looked down on by all the dude-bros,” she says.

The tables turned after she transitioned. “People seemed more willing to make contact with me, and it was also more permissible for me to make contact with other people. Whereas before, filling

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a male societal role, I had to be extremely vigilant of showing physical comfort around other guys, and also not being perceived as a creep for wanting to just hold someone and it not have to lead to anything more than just cuddling.”

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enaglia says that friends and cuddle clients often bring up their deepest insecurities with little prompting. But Venaglia is more guarded. Venaglia grew up in Billings in a family that demonstrated the opposite of warmth and affection.

“I have a pretty rough childhood story,” Venaglia says. “I’ve come a long way from those roots of total—what’s the

word—dysfunctional? A very dysfunctional world. It’s a blessing and a curse to come from a really rough place like that.”

Venaglia—who prefers the pronoun “they”—does say they’ve been diagnosed with anxiety, persistent depressive disorder and complex PTSD stemming from long-term trauma. At age 14, Venaglia was mugged on the street by masked robbers.

Afterward, Venaglia took a self-defense course that was life-changing.

“For the first time I was taught that I was allowed to have boundaries, and I was allowed to have a bubble, and when people entered my bubble I was allowed to see that as a red flag and defend myself,” Venaglia says.

Even as Venaglia learned to say “no,” they also learned how to seek out close friendships for comfort and safe touch, which can be hard for many people to do.

Asked what that healing journey was like, Venaglia is at a bit of a loss to explain it.

“I don’t know—I’ve been very lucky that I just have an innate emotional intelligence, and that’s been awesome,” Venaglia says.

For Venaglia, the cuddle business is all about fostering an understanding of how people can respect each other’s physical and emotional boundaries while still reaching out for help. After experiencing the most toxic kinds of relationships, Venaglia wants to help teach people what a positive relationship can feel like.

“I’ve had to heal so much, and I can help other people to do the same,” Venaglia says. “Without me really meaning for it to happen, it’s shaped me into a healer, and that’s become my calling in life.” arts@missoulanews.com

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by Erika Fredrickson

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he crew on Black Mountain has been taking turns feeding a wood-fired kiln 24 hours a day, and by the time I get up there, they’ve been doing that for seven days straight. Some of them pull 12-hour night shifts and at dawn climb into their trucks to get some sleep. Others drive the 20 minutes back into Missoula to run errands or tend to families or work before returning to the mountain for more stoking and stirring.

It’s late Sunday morning, and three women mill around the blazing beast. Eva Champagne and Grace Brogan slide the heavy, metal covers off the two front holes of the kiln, shove logs inside, and then cover the holes back up. Nonda Gaylord stands at the top preparing to add more wood to the back vents. They listen for a healthy crackle and, hearing it, look satisfied. “Let’s do another,” Brogan says a few minutes later, and they load two more logs inside, keeping their eyes on a nearby digital pyrometer as it rises and falls, locating the kiln’s Grace Brogan, left, and Eva Champagne feed the kiln at Black Mountain. ambient temperature at somewhere Ladyfire developed out of a conversa- and then we’d be, like, ‘Wait, what do we between 2,000 and 2,100 degrees.

The wood-fired kiln is run by the Clay tion about gender roles. So far, all the want to do? We can decide.’”

Ceramic art has a long and glorious Studio of Missoula, a ceramics center and wood-fire residents at the Clay Studio have gallery on Missoula’s Westside. It’s known been men, and that naturally leads to situ- history in Montana. The Archie Bray in as an anagama, meaning “cave kiln,” ations where men are the kiln bosses and Helena is one of the most coveted places which is a style of firing pottery that dates everyone else—including a lot of women— in the nation for ceramicists to work, and the University of Montana has a storied back to 5th century Japan. It’s 8 feet wide, ends up following instructions.

“A lot of women who had been firing history in the art. Artists including Peter 5 feet tall and 20 feet long, made of stone and brick, and it features a chimney at the here and at other [wood-fired] kilns en- Voulkos and Rudy Autio created a buzz far end from which flames sometimes joyed doing it and were looking for an op- in the international ceramics community, spew. When the metal doors are opened, portunity to have more of a leading role,” and there’s also a vast number of women —Adrian Arleo and Shalene Valenzuela, you can catch a glimpse of the shelves in- Brogan says.

At this, Gaylord grins and says, “Being to name a few—who have developed side filled with ceramic works that, by this point, are completely engulfed in glow- the ’60s feminist I am, can we just cut to shining reputations in the medium.

Champagne, also, has earned a lot of the chase? We got tired of the boys.” ing, near-white heat and sparkling ash. praise for her work. She has fired kilns Brogan and Champagne laugh.

The kiln was built into the side of the “It’s not anti-men, though,” Brogan in Bali, Denmark and the Virgin Islands, mountain in 2007, and it’s usually fired just a couple of times a year, overseen by says. “The current resident, Chris [Drob- but Ladyfire is her first experience with the studio’s rotating cast of wood-fire res- nock], has been really helpful and has the Clay Studio kiln. Though a lot of the idents. But this particular firing is un- been up here a lot and welcomed. But mechanics are the same wherever you usual: It’s an all-women community firing there were a few times when we’ve caught go, every kiln is different, and a lot of cedubbed “Ladyfire”—and it’s the first of its ourselves saying, ‘Chris, what should we ramicists say it takes at least five firings do?’ And he’d make a recommendation, to get to know a kiln. kind in Missoula.

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years. They’re voluptuous works, seared in purples and oranges—a result of fire, not glaze. She says she enjoys all the wood-firings, but Ladyfire provides a new dynamic.

“I think it’s fabulous,” she says. “We have had such a wonderful time. It’s exciting for the ladies to do this, and we’ve also renewed a lot of old friendships. Everyone has come together. And it has a different feel to it.”

Melissa Mylchreest (who sometimes writes for the Indy) is one of the Ladyfire organizers and is often on long shifts for firings.

She enjoys splitting logs and keeping the fire going, and her time spent with the kiln over the last few years has given her confidence in handling the machine.

“Whether or not there actually is male dominance around the wood kiln, there’s definitely a perception that it is very much a malecentric form of ceramics,” she says.

“In part, that’s because it takes a lot of physicality, long hours and photo by Amy Donovan heavy lifting.”

Mylchreest says some women in the group have sometimes been “I don’t have the sense of fluency that frustrated when their knowledge of woodmost of these women have up here,” firing was overlooked. But she also says Champagne says. “I feel very much a the idea behind Ladyfire isn’t just about tourist about this kiln, right now.” gender—it’s about giving the ceramics By noon, the women have begun to community a chance to fire outside of an feed the kiln from the top, careful to avoid instructional environment. disturbing the ceramic pieces inside. They “One of the things Ladyfire was intercheck the damper on the chimney to ex- ested in was kind of proving the point that periment with airflow, pulling out a brick you can fire that kiln as a community withor two to bring the temperature up higher. out the leadership of a resident at the stuCheryl Tandy, a ceramicist who owns dio,” she says. “We have a knowledge base the land on which the kiln sits, shows up to that’s years and years and years deep and check on the food situation. Some people it just so happens that a lot of those people call her “the den mother,” for all the sup- that have been firing for a long time up port and meals she brings to the firings. The there are women. This provides them the house she shares with her husband, located opportunity to be hands-on and troua few minutes from the kiln, is filled with bleshoot, and make changes and learn ceramics she’s collected from Clay Studio from it. People don’t learn if they just defer residents. But she’s also an accomplished to somebody all the time. More than it ceramicist in her own right and a master at being a gender thing, it’s about a commuwood-fire, though she would never say so. nity of people firing with confidence.”

Proof is in her studio, though, which is lined with vessels she’s fired in the kiln over the efredrickson@missoulanews.com

[books]

Made wild The voodoo verse of The Imitation Blues

by Melissa Stephenson

You know that feeling you get when you buy daddy-o and Old Glory and Jesus and cobalt-blue something local to support the community, then you skies. To turn the pages is to follow a guide who discover it’s actually something you need, something reminds you to look for the beauty beyond your you want, and it’s damn good to boot? I felt that beer can.

I admit I’m a demanding reader. I do not want pleasure times 10 when I picked up Mark Gibbons’ to feel like the words in a poem were grown under latest poetry collection, The Imitation Blues.

I’d heard Gibbons read a time or two before, fluorescent lights, in some college office, collected most recently and most notably at Charlie B’s on a between classes. I do want to be charmed, sung to, Sunday afternoon with a few other local poets. and then? Punched in the gut.

There are a good dozen poems in this collection What struck me hearing his work out loud is the lyrical nature of his verse. He has the beat of the that would make me ugly cry if I tried to tell you Beats, the loose, come-and-go rhyme of an early about them now, in person. “Spaghetti Matador” tells the harrowing tale of a son railing Bob Dylan dream song and the against his drunk father and makauthenticity of someone who ing peace. “Digging the Dark,” for decided long ago to honor truth the late poet Ed Lahey, had me so and vulnerability and tell the mesmerized that I read the final ego to take a hike. line five times over: “the joy in Gibbons makes poetry look despair is what I’m digging for.” easy. I’m enough of a part-time A poem about a mother’s sewing poet myself to know that poetry basket and another about her last is, in fact, pretty far from easy. bath worked some kind of drillMany of the poets I grew up readand-tap voodoo into my bones. ing in school show how hard it is The poem “Smelly Business” capto write something true. Gibbons tures the death of a beloved cat— grew up stumped by these poets a cat the narrator’s wife believes as well. In “I Should Have Played is his dead father returned. I the Piccolo” he writes, “For years won’t spoil it for you, but it gut/ I never thought / Myself a poet— ted me in a way that brings to / I didn’t understand / Most of the mind “The Dog” by Gerald Stern, poetry I’d read / Or care to deor “Traveling Through the Dark” code it.”

by William Stafford. Only pure This is why, I believe, poetry The Imitation Blues Gibbons. Pure magic. collections tend to sell about as Mark Gibbons Paperback, Foothills Publishing The book itself is the kind of well as snow boots in Belize.

104 pages, $16 beautiful artifact you don’t much The Imitation Blues, on the other hand, is to pedantic poetry what a freshly sev- see on the shelves these days. Local artist Susan Carlered animal heart is to a love emoji: the raw and real son created the cover image, and Chris La Tray designed it. What a treat to find so much local talent versus a copy of a copy of a thing long forgotten.

There’s irony in what makes this collection tick. conspiring to create a collection of poems. The pages By riffing on those who have influenced him, Gib- are stitched together at the spine with black thread, bons amplifies his own unmistakable voice—the like a wound healed, or healing.

Stifling my urge to recite each poem aloud was voice that hooked me before I saw his words on the printed page. These poems pay homage to musicians the only difficult thing about reading this collection. including Leonard Cohen, Ray Charles and the Bea- The rollicking cadence and natural sounds beg to be tles, among others, in one of the collection’s final born as you read, the words piling up in your throat, poems, “Turn the Radio On.” You can feel Gibbons pushing their way past teeth, tongue and lips into the harvesting the world around him for inspiration, and world from which they came.

I would read them out loud to you, if you’d like, delivering to the page an entirely fresh beast: his though why settle for my imitation when you can witown sound.

“Carnal” is the word that describes that sound, ness the real deal?

Mark Gibbons reads from Imitation Blues at and the images it conveys. What a delight to read about “forty years of steamy / bed vapors” in the Fact & Fiction Fri., April 28, and at Shakespeare poem “Ablaze”—dedicated to the late poet Jack & Co. Wed., May 3, at 7 PM each night.

Gilbert and the great Pam Gibbons (Gibbons’ wife).

These poems are made of curse words, insights, arts@missoulanews.com

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[theater]

Wrong turns Controlling chaos in UM’s Noises Off

by Erika Fredrickson

photo by Cathrine L. Walters

The School of Theatre & Dance presents Michael Frayn’s 1982 British farce Noises Off.

Michael Frayn’s Noises Off is a play within a play in which each plate of sardines, each faulty door knob and each bottle of whiskey is crucial to the unfolding action. “Unfolding” doesn’t really describe the process, though—that’s too tidy a word for this play.

From the audience’s perspective, Noises Off looks like pure chaos, a series of accidents and misunderstandings that feels—even more than your garden-variety farce—like a toppling house of cards.

Noises Off opens with a last-minute dress rehearsal for the first act of Nothing On, a farce produced by a dysfunctional theater company and directed by a sarcastic womanizer. The second act of Noises Off is the first act of Nothing On again, only this time we watch it being performed from backstage at the Theatre Royal in Ashton-under-Lyne, where the cast’s personal dramas come to a boil—mostly in wordless slapstick. The final act is Nothing On yet another month later, and this time we watch the production as audience again, as it fully implodes. At this point, we are familiar enough with the first act that it’s funny when everything goes wrong.

The University of Montana production, directed

by Pamyla Stiehl, is cast well in every role. In particular, Dillon Westhoff nails Gary Lejeune’s maddening inarticulateness, and Ryson Sparacino plays the condescending director Lloyd Dallas in the charmingly sleazy vein of an Alan Rickman character. Veteran actor David Mills-Low deftly disappears into the oblivious, hard-drinking Selsdon. But it’s Natalie Johnston’s portrayal of Brooke Ashton that stands out.

Ashton is a diva who is terrible at acting, but intent on sticking to the script, even as Nothing On falls apart around her. As characters miss their cues and props go missing, Brooke just keeps on going. “You can’t even get the door open,” she says, in dramatic

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exasperation, to the empty space where Gary would have been if he’d gotten there on time.

It’s easy to overplay airheads and divas, but Johnston is convincing even when she doubles down on the stereotypes. She also commits to physical comedy in a way that not all of the cast is willing or able to do. When her contact lens pops out, she fumbles down the stairs in a hilariously exaggerated Carol Burnett way. When she runs into doors, you could swear she actually cracks her head open.

Also noteworthy is Alessia Carpoca’s set, which must have been logistically challenging: It has to fully rotate for the second act, and it has to fall apart in strategic ways. Carpoca also somehow makes it look both professional and like something a second-rate theater troupe might build. In a designer’s note, she described it as a “Tudor-style home that was last updated in the ’90s with a Laura Ashley sense of décor.”

So, deliberately cheesy.

From an actor’s perspective, this play is ridiculously fun. (I played Poppy in a production before it was ever so slightly updated in 2000.) Translating that fun to the audience is harder than it looks. Gags sometimes run over other gags, and the pacing gets thrown off. At a recent Sunday matinee, some of the action felt a little loose and muddied in the second act. Still, I don’t know if it’s possible to make every single gag land—there are so many balls in the air.

Mostly, the UM cast did what mattered most in this comedic marathon: They made people laugh really hard.

Noises Off continues at the Montana Theatre in UM’s PARTV Center Thu., April 27–Sat., April 29, at 7:30 PM, and Sun., April 30, at 2 PM. $20. efredrickson@missoulanews.com

[tv]

Future shock Hulu’s Handmaid’s Tale improves on Atwood’s classic

by Molly Laich

Elisabeth Moss stars in The Handmaid’s Tale.

For the sake of this particular conversation, forget everything I’ve said about television being an inferior (to cinema) storytelling medium. It turns out that with a story as complex and rich as Margaret Atwood’s 1985 dystopian novel The Handmaid’s Tale, a well-produced 10-episode series may be the best way to do the book’s world proper justice.

And never mind what I’ve said about the paradoxically apolitical nature of many dystopian stories, whereupon the viewer projects her own ideological reasons for how the world was ruined.

The Handmaid’s Tale is very plainly a condemnation of right-wing religious extremism and a cautionary tale about what happens when women’s reproductive rights and other basic civil liberties are suspended by a theocracy. (I will stop short of sagely echoing the refrain about the novel’s newfound relevance—we get it.)

The Handmaid’s Tale imagines a near future where vague environmental forces have rendered the population less fertile, and a series of terrorist attacks (maybe) have toppled American democracy as we know it in favor of the totalitarian church state of Gilead. We meet our heroine, Offred (Elisabeth Moss), after she’s been kidnapped and forced into her role as a handmaid in the church’s caste system.

The show oscillates between her new life of reproductive servitude and the life she lived before, with her friends, husband and daughter. In these flashbacks, we get unsettling glimpses of just how the world went to hell. One day, they’ve drained every woman’s bank account, and the next day soldiers are shooting protesters in the street.

Beyond the poignant political undertones, series creator Bruce Miller has given us a near-perfect television drama. In both style and tone, The Hand-

maid’s Tale reminds me of Syfy’s reboot of Battlestar Galactica, which I intend as a compliment. And fans of the book can be comforted in the knowledge that Atwood worked closely with the show’s creators as a consulting producer. (Look out for her cameo in episode one, when she slaps a sassy handmaid in the head.) When I read the book several years ago, I thought about what a terrible handmaid I would make, and I reassured myself that a takeover like this couldn’t happen in America. It would take too many soldiers to keep everyone in line. But Atwood’s story is less about the logistics than it is about the psychology of Offred, and how it would feel to have everything that makes you free and human systematically stripped from you.

The show does the novel great justice, and even improves on the source material as it updates with the times. We get black characters, for instance. (In the book, all non-white persons are sent off somewhere, but unless the story expanded to depict these deportations, we’d have a show with only white people, and that’s a little too much to bear.) And it’s one thing to read about the bizarre mating rituals of the handmaids and the barren mistresses they serve, but to see it performed is a different experience altogether. Finally, much of Atwood’s original prose has been preserved in voiceover and dialogue, with a few updated “fucks” to remind us that Offred used to be cool, and possibly to give us hope that she could be again.

The Handmaid Tale’s first three episodes dropped this week, with the rest to follow on Wednesdays thereafter. Pace yourself and watch them as they’re released, like the television gods intended. arts@missoulanews.com

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[film] GIFTED After the suicide of his math-obsessed sister, a man discovers his 7-year-old niece has the same gift for numbers her mother did. Rated PG-13. Stars Chris Evans, Lindsay Duncan and Jenny Slate. Playing at the Missoula AMC 12 and the Pharaohplex.

OPENING THIS WEEK THE CIRCLE Based on the novel by David Eggers. A young tech worker finds herself rocketing up the corporate ladder at a powerful internet company where secrets and privacy are the enemy.

Rated PG-13. Stars Emma Watson, Tom Hanks and John Boyega. Playing at the Missoula AMC 12 and the Pharaohplex.

GOING IN STYLE Three retired steelworkers decide to rob the bank that canceled their pensions. That seems fair. Rated PG-13. Stars Morgan Freeman, Alan Arkin and Michael Caine.

Playing at the Missoula AMC 12 and the Pharaohplex.

FRANTZ The Great War is over, and a bereft German woman who lost her fiancé to the war discovers she’s not the only person visiting her dearly departed’s grave. Rated PG-13. Stars Paula Beer, Pierre Niney and Cyrielle Clair.

Playing at the Roxy.

HELLRAISER (1987) Deciding that the earthly pleasures of the flesh weren’t cutting it for him anymore, a man summons sadomasochistic demons with a sinister puzzle box who are definitely going to ignore his safeword. There are somehow eight sequels to this one, and none of them half as good as the original.

Rated R. Stars Doug Bradley, Andrew Robinson and Clare Higgins. Playing Sat., April 29 at 8 PM at the Roxy.

THE ZOOKEEPER’S WIFE During the Nazi invasion of Poland, the steward of the Warsaw Zoo does whatever she can to hide those targeted by the invading army. Rated PG-13. Stars Jessica Chastain, Johan Heldenbergh and Goran Kostic. Playing at the Roxy.

NOW PLAYING BEAUTY AND THE BEAST A tale as old as time, an intelligent woman falls in love with an angry, well-dressed French water buffalo in a haunted castle.

Rated PG. Stars Emma Watson, Dan Stevens and Emma Thompson. Playing at the AMC Missoula 12 and the Pharaohplex.

BORN IN CHINA Disney ventures into the wilds of China to document the lives of the animals that call it home. Rated G. Directed by Chuan Lu. Playing at the Missoula AMC 12.

THE BOSS BABY Older children sometimes feel jealousy toward new siblings. Of course most newborns aren’t high-powered executive spies. Are we sure this isn’t a 30 Rock joke? Rated PG. Stars the voice talents of Alec Baldwin, Steve

Well, at least I’m not working at Yahoo. The Circle opens at the Missoula AMC 12 and Pharaoplex.

Buscemi and Lisa Kudrow. Playing at the AMC Missoula 12 and the Pharaohplex.

DIRTY DANCING (1987) In the summer of ‘63 a spoiled rich girl falls in love with her working-class dance instructor and has the time of her life. Rated PG13. Stars Patrick Swayze, Jennifer Grey and Jerry Orbach. Playing Wed., May 3 at 7 PM at the Roxy.

THE FATE OF THE FURIOUS You’ve seen the last seven movies in this franchise, I doubt this one is a big departure from fast cars, exotic locals and beefy hunks punching each other. Rated PG-13. Stars Vin Diesel, Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham.

Playing at the Missoula AMC 12 and the Pharaohplex.

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THE FITS (2015) While training to be a boxer, a young tomboy becomes entranced by a dance troupe. As she struggles with fitting in, the dancers suddenly begin to suffer from fainting spells.

See? Exercise leads nowhere good. Not Rated. Stars Royalty Hightower, Alexis Neblett and Lauren Gibson. Playing Thu., April 27 at 7 PM at the Roxy.

GET OUT Chris is pretty worried about visiting his girlfriend’s parents due to his uncertainty about how they’ll react to their daughter’s interracial relationship. That and their neighborhood has a sinister history of young black men disappearing.

Rated R. Daniel Kaluuya, Allison Williams and Stephen Root star in Jordan Peele’s directorial debut. Reopening at the Missoula AMC 12.

PHOENIX FORGOTTEN A group of teenage UFO-hunters discover something truly terrifying: they’re in a PG-13 found-footage horror film. Stars Chelsea Lopez, Florence Hartigan and Justin Matthews.

Playing at the Missoula AMC 12.

UNFORGETTABLE It’s okay to be stressed following a break up, but that doesn’t mean you should try to kill your ex-husband’s new fiancée. Rated R. Stars Katherine Heigl, Rosario Dawson and Cheryl Ladd. Playing at the Missoula AMC 12.

Capsule reviews by Charley Macorn.

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

[dish]

HAPPY SPRING Khao Soi, Korean Tacos, Green Curry

NEW RED BEAN AND HONEY DEW BOBAS

ENJOY HAPPY HOUR Mon – Fri, 3 to 6 & SAKE SATURDAYS

photo by Charlie Wybierala

Fishy business at The Poke

by Kate Whittle The owners of The Poke Sushi Bowl had a hunch that the popular Hawaiian dish—poke—might go over well in Missoula. They just didn’t know how well.

“We planned for 150 people, and we got 300 people,” says Annie Kirk, co-owner of the new restaurant, which opened April 19 in the Hammond Building a few doors down from the Wilma.

Poke bowls have been a staple for years in Hawaii, where they’re often consumed out of plastic cups at gas stations or beachside shacks. Poke bowls usually feature a base of rice topped with bright veggies and bite-sized chunks of fresh, sushi-grade raw fish (“poke”—pronounced poh-kay—means “to slice or cut” in Hawaiian), all doused in ponzu sauce (a blend of citrus juice, soy sauce and sesame oil). Kirk first tried the dish while honeymooning in Hawaii a few years ago.

“We thought, this would be great in Missoula,” she says.

Poke is similar to ceviche, but where ceviche is a tart, spicy, chopped-fish salsa suited to scooping with tortilla chips, poke features a richer, more balanced flavor profile and makes for a great light lunch.

It’s also trendy. Bon Appetit devoted a sizeable portion of its January issue to poke recipes.

STARTERS

In Missoula, Kirk opted for three protein options: ahi tuna, shrimp and tofu. The fish bowls will set you back $10 without add-ins, and the tofu bowls are $8. From there, decide if you want brown rice, white rice or salad greens as a base. Sides and toppings include crab, avocado, cucumber, dried seaweed, ginger and masago roe. Ask for a drizzle of one of the housemade aiolis or a ponzu-like “sweet Hawaiian” dressing over the top.

Kirk, who has more than 15 years of experience as a restaurant server, says she’s still learning the ropes of operating a fast-casual joint. And there’s an inherent challenge to selling fresh fish several hundred miles from the nearest tuna fishery: Her supplier flies in ahi once a day, and once she’s out, she’s out.

“So that was our biggest hurdle so far,” Kirk says.

“But now I have an idea of what I need to stock for: Order triple the food.”

The Poke Sushi Bowl is openly daily from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Starters is a periodic column profiling new food businesses, trends and restaurants in and around Missoula. Send tips to editor@missoulanews.com.

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[dish] Asahi 1901 Stephens Ave 829-8989 asahimissoula.com Exquisite Chinese and Japanese cuisine. Try our new Menu! Order online for pickup or express dine in. Pleasant prices. Fresh ingredients. Artistic presentation. Voted top 3 People’s Choice two years in a row. Open Tue-Sun: 11am-10pm. $-$$$

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

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

Order Online Lunch & Dinner 406-829-8989 1901 Stephens Ave Order online at asahimissoula.com.

Delicious dining or carryout.

Chinese & Japanese menus.

ALL DAY

MONDAY & THURSDAY SATURDAY NIGHT

SUSHI SPECIALS Not available for To-Go orders

Butterfly Herbs 232 N. Higgins 728-8780 Celebrating 44 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. $

It’s a done deal! No foolin’. Bernice’s Bakery will be introducing a new owner June 1st!

Christine and Marco have spent the last 15 years stewarding the development and sustainability of one of Missoula’s iconic businesses. Congratulations to Marco and Christine! And, congratulations to the new owner Missy Kelleher. When purchasing cakes for Graduation and treats Mother’s Day (or just a sunny day pop-in) we want to see you. Come in and say hello or good-bye.

Follow that up by a “hello” to Missy in June as you snag your favorite treat or a cup o’joe. Bernice’s Bakery Keepin’ Missoula Sweet $-$$

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. $-$$

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 timehonored Italian method of bread making. Biga Pizza uses local products, the freshest produce as well as artisan meats and cheeses. Featuring seasonal menus. Lunch and dinner, Mon-Sat. Beer & Wine available. $-$$

Good Food Store 1600 S. 3rd West 541-FOOD The GFS Deli features made-to-order sandwiches, Fire Deck pizza & calzones, rice & noodle wok bowls, an award-winning salad bar, an olive & antipasto bar and a self-serve hot bar offering a variety of housemade breakfast, lunch and dinner entrées. A seasonally-changing selection of deli salads and rotisserie-roasted chickens are also available. Locally-roasted coffee/espresso drinks and an extensive fresh juice and smoothie menu complement bakery goods from the GFS ovens and Missoula’s favorite bakeries. Indoor and patio seating. Open every day 7am-10pm $-$$

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

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

Grizzly Liquor 110 W Spruce St. 549-7723 grizzlyliquor.com Voted Missoula’s Best Liquor Store! Largest selection of spirits in the Northwest, including all Montana micro-distilleries. Your headquarters for unique spirits and wines! Free customer parking. Open Monday-Saturday 9-7:30. $-$$$

Burns Street Bistro 1500 Burns St. 543-0719 burnsstbistro.com We cook the freshest local ingredients as a matter of pride. Our relationship with local farmers, ranchers and other businesses allows us to bring quality, scratch cooking and fresh-brewed Black Coffee Roasting Co. coffee and espresso to Missoula’s Historic Westside neighborhood. Handmade breads & pastries, soups, salads & sandwiches change with the seasons, but our commitment to delicious food does not. Mon-Fri 7am - 2pm. Sat/Sun Brunch 9am - 2pm. $-$$

Hob Nob on Higgins 531 S. Higgins • 541-4622 hobnobonhiggins.com Come visit our friendly staff & experience Missoula’s best little breakfast & lunch spot. All our food is made from scratch, we feature homemade corn beef hash, sourdough pancakes, sandwiches, salads, espresso & desserts. MC/V $-$$ Iron Horse Brew Pub 501 N. Higgins 728-8866 ironhorsebrewpub.com We’re the perfect place for lunch, appetizers, or dinner. Enjoy nightly specials, our fantastic beverage selection and friendly, attentive service. Stop by & stay awhile! No matter what you are looking for, we’ll give you something to smile about. $$-$$$

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[dish] Iza 529 S. Higgins 830-3237 izarestaurant.com Local Asian cuisine feature SE Asian, Japanese, Korean and Indian dishes. Gluten Free and Vegetarian no problem. Full Beer, Wine, Sake and Tea menu. We have scratch made bubble teas. Come in for lunch, dinner, drinks or just a pot of awesome tea. Open Mon-Fri: Lunch 11:30-3pm, Happy Hour 3-6pm, Dinner M-Sat 3pm-close. $-$$ Liquid Planet 223 N. Higgins 541-4541 Whether it’s coffee or cocoa, water, beer or wine, or even a tea pot, French press or mobile mug, Liquid Planet offers the best beverage offerings this side of Neptune. Missoula’s largest espresso and beverage bar, along with fresh and delicious breakfast and lunch options from breakfast burritos and pastries to paninis and soups. Peruse our global selection of 1,000 wines, 400 beers and sodas, 150 teas, 30 locally roasted coffees, and a myriad of super cool beverage accessories and gifts. Find us on facebook at /BestofBeverage. Open daily 7:30am to 9pm.

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

Open 7am-8pm daily. Find us on Facebook at /LiquidPlanetGrille. $-$$ Missoula Senior Center 705 S. Higgins Ave. (on the hip strip) 543-7154 themissoulaseniorcenter.org Did you know the Missoula Senior Center serves delicious hearty lunches every week day for only $4 for those on the Nutrition Program, $5 for U of M Students with a valid student ID and $6 for all others. Children under 10 eat free. Join us from 11:30 - 12:30 M-F for delicious food and great conversation. $ The Mustard Seed Asian Cafe Southgate Mall 542-7333 Contemporary Asian fusion cuisine.

Original recipes and fresh ingredients combine the best of Japanese, Chinese, Polynesian, and Southeast Asian influences. Full menu available at the bar.

Award winning desserts made fresh daily , local and regional micro brews, fine wines & signature cocktails. Vegetarian and Gluten free menu available. Takeout & delivery. $$-$$$ Korean Bar-B-Que & Sushi 3075 N. Reserve 327-0731 We invite you to visit our contemporary KoreanJapanese restaurant and enjoy it’s warm atmosphere. Full Sushi Bar. Korean bar-b-que at your table. Beer and Wine. $$-$$$

Orange Street Food Farm 701 S. Orange St. 543-3188 orangestreetfoodfarm.com Experience The Farm today!!! Voted number one Supermarket & Retail Beer Selection. Fried chicken, fresh meat, great produce, vegan, gluten free, all natural, a HUGE beer and wine selection, and ROCKIN’ music. What deal will you find today? $-$$$

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Pearl Cafe 231 E. Front St. 541-0231 pearlcafe.us Country French meets the Northwest. Idaho Trout with King Crab, Beef Filet with Green Peppercorn Sauce, Fresh Northwest Fish, Seasonally Inspired Specials, House Made Sourdough Bread & Delectable Desserts. Extensive wine list, local beer on draft. Reservations recommended. Visit us on Facebook or go to Pearlcafe.us to check out our nightly specials, make reservations, or buy gift certificates. Open Mon-Sat at 5:00. $$-$$$

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

Call if you need us to deliver! $-$$ Sushi Hana 403 N. Higgins 549-7979 SushiMissoula.com Montana’s Original Sushi Bar. We Offer the Best Sushi and Japanese Cuisine in Town.

Casual atmosphere. Plenty of options for non-sushi eaters including daily special items you won’t find anywhere else. $1 Specials Mon & Wed. Lunch Mon–Sat; Dinner Daily. Sake, Beer, & Wine. Visit SushiMissoula.com for full menu. $$-$$$

Taco Sano Two Locations: 115 1/2 S. 4th Street West 1515 Fairview Ave inside City Life 541-7570 • tacosano.net Home of Missoula’s Best BREAKFAST BURRITO. 99 cent TOTS every Tuesday. Once you find us you’ll keep coming back. Breakfast Burritos served all day, Quesadillas, Burritos and Tacos. Let us dress up your food with our unique selection of toppings, salsas, and sauces. Open 10am-9pm 7 days a week. WE DELIVER. $-$$

Westside Lanes 1615 Wyoming 721-5263 Visit us for Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner served 8 AM to 9 PM. Try our homemade soups, pizzas, and specials. We serve 100% Angus beef and use fryer oil with zero trans fats, so visit us any time for great food and good fun. $-$$

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photo by Derek Brouwer

Where you’re at: The owners at Missoula’s new cidery seem a little dazed right now. Five years ago, they planted 4,500 apple trees in the Bitterroot Valley in the hopes of someday opening a cidery, and now here they finally are with a menu and a space and a small crowd of thirsty customers. The Western Cider Co., located on the Clark Fork next to the California Street footbridge, is fresh with white paint and spring sunbeams, which is the perfect kind of light to catch to illuminate tables full of sparkling drink.

Matthew LaRubbio and Michael Billingsley, who co-own the cidery with Jon Clarenbach, both admit it all feels “totally surreal.”

What you’re drinking: As many kinds of ciders as you like, which means you should get a flight. The bartender will arrange your six ciders (chosen from a menu of 11) from driest to sweetest, and that’s the way you should drink them. Once you’ve sipped them like some kind of fancy connoisseur, you should definitely mix the glasses up and do a blind taste test to see how well you listened to the bartender’s description of their flavors.

Our favorites: Not all the ciders are made with local orchard apples, but the Heirloom and the Hewe’s Rouge are. They’re also the driest and (IMHO) most delicious.

LaRubbio says the Hewe’s Rouge is a “cider drinker’s cider” because it’s made from true cider apples (the kind that are so astringent they make you pucker.) The Aronia Rose, made with aronia berries and rose petals, somehow manages to taste like roses and be enjoyable. Also of note is the limited batch of wild-fermented Great Bear cider, created in honor of the late Chuck Jonkel and made with apples culled from trees valleywide by the Great Bear Foundation. It’s a little funky, but in a good way—just like the town it comes from.

Where to go: 501 N. California St., next to the California St. footbridge.

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

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SAT | 10 PM | TOP HAT Blues duo Hillstomp mixes rockabilly with a dash of punk rock at the Top Hat Sat., April 29. Doors at 9:30 PM, show at 10. $7.

THU | 4/27 | 9 PM | VFW Solar-powered rock group Trapdoor Social plays the VFW Thu., April 27 at 9 PM. $5

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THU | 5/4 | 10 PM | TOP HAT Producer and songwriter Phutureprimitive plays the Top Hat Thu., May 4. Doors at 9:30 PM, show at 10. $15.

WED | 7 PM | ZACC Denver's Homebody unveils its lo-fi surf rock at the ZACC Below Wed., May 3 at 7 PM. $5

THU | 5/4 | 9:30 PM | WILMA Polson's Off In The Woods plays a special show at the Wilma as part of Craft Beer Week Thu., May 4, at 9:30 PM. Free.

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Silver Park hosts the Zoo Town Surfers Gear Swap and Social.

Local experts will be on hand for all of your kayaking, rafting and surfing questions. 4 PM–8 PM.

The ZACC hosts the closing reception for the Last Best Print Fest.

Enjoy live music from the Girls Rock Camp. Bring your own light colored t-shirt to be printed with the GRC logo. 3:30 PM–8:30 PM. Free.

nightlife Keema & the Keepsakes serve Americana with a bluegrass twist at Draught Works Brewery. 6 PM–8 PM. Free.

Say “yes and” to a free improv workshop every Thursday at BASE. Free and open to all abilities, levels and interests. 725 W. Alder. 6:30 PM–8 PM. Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award and Poets’ Prize Award winner Robert Wrigley reads from his new collection at Shakespeare & Co. 7 PM. All those late nights watching gameshow reruns are finally paying off. Trivia at the Holiday Inn Downtown. 7:30–10 PM. UM’s School of Theatre & Dance presents a raucous glimpse at backstage life and the perils inherent in the production process in Michael Frayn’s Noises Off. Montana Theatre in the PARTV Center. 7:30 PM. $20.

Pinot noir meets Trio Noir when the terrific threesome plays Plonk Wine Bar. 8 PM–11 PM. Free.

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

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

Trapdoor Social is a lot like the superhero Birdman. Both are powered by the sun and both kick ass.

The solar-powered rock group from L.A. plays the last night of Rooster Sauce’s VFW Residency.

9 PM. $5.

I have seen the light! Russ Nasset & the Revelators open the seventh seal of rockabilly roots at the Union Club. 9:30 PM. Free.

Start spreading the news! There’s karaoke today. Sing your heart out at the Broadway Bar’s karaoke. 9:30 PM. Free.

Andrea Harsell & Luna Roja’s high energy, feel good music returns to the Top Hat. 10 PM. Free.

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See crickets fed to big fuzzy spiders at the tarantula feeding at the Missoula Butterfly House and Insectarium every Friday at 4 PM. $4 admission.

nightlife Bring an instrument or just enjoy the tunes at the Irish Music Session every Friday at the Union Club from 6–9 PM. No cover.

The Salamanders release their second album full of family friendly rock with a special, allages party at Family Friendly Friday at the Top Hat. 6 PM. Free.

Geoff Lake plans to “absolutely demolish Pink Floyd’s Comfortably Numb.” You won’t know what hit you. Ease your pain at Missoula Brewing Co. 6 PM–8 PM. Free.

Missoula poet Mark Gibbons reads from his newest collection The Imitation Blues at Fact & Fiction. 7 PM. Free.

Author Neltje reads from North of Crazy, her memoir about her life as a Doubleday publishing heir, artist, cattle rancher and entrepreneur at Shakespeare & Co. 7 PM. UM’s School of Theatre & Dance presents a raucous glimpse at

Intimate Curses provide a night of music at the VFW Fri., April 28 at 9 PM. Free. backstage life and the perils inherent in the production process in Michael Frayn’s Noises Off. Montana Theatre in the PARTV Center. 7:30 PM. $20.

I don’t think we’re in Kansas anymore. Take a trip somewhere over the rainbow when the Wizard of Oz opens at the MCT Center for the Performing Arts. 7:30 PM. $20-$25.

Arts & Above concludes its residency at Downtown Dance Collective with an evening of text, music, film and, of course, dance.

7:30 PM. $15/$12 advance.

The Dancing Plague of 1518, Intimate Curses and other bands that sound like they were caused by witchcraft play a night of music at the VFW. 9 PM. Free.

Spotlight The idea came to Shannon and Bob Lukes, the owners of Missoula

WHAT: Brewmazing Race WHERE: Missoula Brewing Co. WHEN: Sat., April 29 at 11 AM. HOW MUCH: $20 per person MORE INFO: highlanderbeer.com

Brewing Co., while watching one of their favorite TV shows, The

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Missoula’s Locksaw Cartel starts with danceable funk and rhythm and blues, and then navigates through multiple genres at the Top Hat. Doors at 9:30 PM, show at 10. $5.

Band in Motion keeps on moving with blending musical styles and infectious dance grooves at the Union Club. 9:30 PM. Free.

planet beer Amazing Race. Both being big fans of the globetrotting CBS competition, they wished there was a way to recreate the travel, excitement and thrills of the hit program here in Missoula.

The answer was to host their own competition. The Brewmazing Race is a four-hour foot race, starting in the Highlander Taproom of Missoula Brewing Co., that takes thirsty racers across Missoula in a series of challenges and events.

Teams of two start in the Highlander Taproom for a physical challenge before being bussed off to undisclosed locations across the city representing seven faux continents. There the contestants will engage in more Amazing Race style challenges with a distinctly Missoula twist. The details are being kept a secret, but participants should expect to be up on their beer trivia and beer tasting skills to succeed. The top three teams win prizes, with the first place champions walking away with $200 in cash as well as a dozen growler fills.

— Charley Macorn

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Saturday Happy Craft Beer Week, everyone! Celebrate the brews that make Missoula famous with a weeklong celebration spanning the city. Visit missoulabeer week.com for a full schedule of events and activities.

Celebrate two years of craft brews with Imagine Nation Brewing’s anniversary party. The day long festivities feature readings, panels, and live music by Red Onion Purple and Canta Brasil.

10 AM–8 PM. Free.

Missoula Brewing Co. kicks off Beer Week with the Brewmazing Race. Entry is $20 per person and the festivities kick off at 11 AM. Race to highlander beer.com for more info and registration. (See Spotlight) Join Missoula Parks and Recreation for the grand opening of the Fort Missoula Regional Park.

Live music, a vintage carnival and more await. 12 PM–4 PM. Kick off Missoula’s downtown festival season with the Down the Hatch Fest at Caras Park. Enjoy good music, cold beer and the single most Missoula thing ever: fly fishing. 12 PM–6 PM. Free.

Non-fiction writer Sayantani Dasgupta and memoirist Elizabeth Sloan, both Idaho residents, are joined by Denver-based poet and UM alumna Alicia Mountain at Shakespeare & Co. 1 PM. Dress in your finest vintage attire and join Free Cycles for its first

UM’s School of Theatre & Dance presents Noises Off. Montana Theatre in the PARTV Center.

7:30 PM. $20.

Seersucker Ride, a four-mile bike parade to the Fort. Cruiser bikes are available if you need one, but bring your own seersucker suit. 1 PM. Free.

Grammy-nominated singer and songwriter Darrell Scott brings his soulful bluegrass to the Hamilton Performing Arts Center. 8 PM. $36.

nightlife Tonight’s folk rock at Draught Works is brought to you by the Letter B. 6 PM–8 PM. Free.

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

The Clay Studio of Missoula’s Potsketch 2017 features drawings and ceramic artworks from local, national and international artists. All artwork is part of an auction to raise funds for the Clay Studio facilities and programs.

Bid while enjoying the live music by the Captain Wilson Conspiracy and guest auctioneer Jeff Medley. 6 PM–10 PM. $50-$60.

Bob Wire and the Bob Wire Trio featuring Bob Wire play maximum honky tonk at the Bitter Root Brewery. 6 PM–8:30 PM. Free.

See the award-winning films fresh off a prestigious film festival in Alberta at the Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour at the UC Theater. 7 PM. $18.

War Pony & the Pool Boys, Panther Car and Ocelot Wizard play at Monk’s. 21-plus. 9 PM. Free.

Panther Car, above, joins War Pony & the Pool Boys and Ocelot Wizard at Monk's Sat., April 29, at 9 PM. Free.

Arts & Above concludes its residency at Downtown Dance Collective with an evening of text, music, film and, of course, dance. 7:30 PM. $15/$12 advance.

How’s this for a horse of a different color? The Wizard of Oz continues at the MCT Center for the Performing Arts. Shows at 2 PM and 7:30 PM. $20-$25

Portland, Ore., blues duo Hillstomp mixes rockabilly with a dash of punk rock at the Top Hat. Doors at 9:30 PM, show at 10. $7.

Get down and dance to the music of the Country Boogie Boys at the Sunrise Saloon. 9:30 PM. Free.

The Joan Zen Band continues its breakneck performing pace with a feel-good show at the Union Club. 9:30 PM. Free.

Pender, Cairns, Fantasy Suite and Neutral Colors perform at Free Cycles to raise funds for Camp Daze.

7 PM–11 PM. No cover, but bring cash for donations.

We’re all a little mad here. Dress up in your finest Wonderland apparel for a night of DJs at the Mad Hatter’s Dinner Ball at Lolo Hot Springs. 7 PM. Free entry.

Your Montana Wilderness needs you now more than ever. Forest Service funding for Wilderness and wildlands continues to decrease. We need your help to keep these wild places accessible and preserved in their original state.

Sign up today for a six-day volunteer vacation. Projects start mid-June and run through September.

selwaybitterroot.org/2017-volunteer-trail-work info@selwaybitterroot.org (406)880-1927

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Happy Craft Beer Week, everyone! Celebrate the brews that make Missoula famous with a weeklong celebration spanning the city. Visit missoulabeerweek.com for a full schedule of events and activities.

Happy Craft Beer Week, everyone! Celebrate the brews that make Missoula famous with a weeklong celebration spanning the city. Visit missoulabeerweek.com for a full schedule of events and activities.

Wanna swap that old Members Only jacket for something more fashionable? BASE Missoula hosts a clothing swap from 12 PM–3 PM. UM’s School of Theatre & Dance presents Michael Frayn’s Noises Off. Montana Theatre in the PARTV Center. 2 PM. $20.

nightlife The Kimberlee Carlson Trio provides the jazz soundtrack at Draught Works. 5 PM–7 PM. Free.

Don’t sleep on this one. Insomnia Plague eases you into the work week at Missoula Brewing Co. 6 PM–8 PM. Free.

How about a little live theater, Scarecrow? The Wizard of Oz continues at the MCT Center for the Performing Arts. Shows at 2 PM and 6:30 PM. $20-$25.

Wheel of Sci-fi, turn, turn, turn. Give us the schlock for which we yearn.

Enjoy Tandem donuts while watching randomly chosen science fiction at the Roxy Theater. 7 PM. $8.

Every Sunday is “Sunday Funday” at the Badlander. Play cornhole, beer pong and other games, have drinks and forget tomorrow is Monday. 9 PM. Just a small town girl, living in a lonely world! She took the midnight train to Kaleidoscope Karaoke at the Press Box. 9:30 PM.

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Sip a fancy cocktail for a cause at Moscow Monday at the Montgomery Distillery. A dollar from every drink sold is donated to a local organization. 12 PM–8 PM. The Missoula Vet Center hosts T’ai Chi for Veterans with Michael Norvelle every Monday from 3 PM–4 PM. Free for veterans.

Former military members are invited to the Veterans for Peace Western Montana Chapter meeting, which will work to inform and advocate about peace issues. Meets at the Jeannette Rankin Peace Center, 519 S. Higgins Ave., on the first Monday of every month at 4 PM. Visit veteransforpeace.org to learn more.

WordPlay! offers opportunity for community creativity. Word games, poetry, free writing and expansion all happen in Ste. 4 of the Warehouse Mall at BASE. Open to all ages and abilities every Mon. at 4 PM.

Mansfield Library screens the only blacklisted movie in American history. Salt of the Earth, a neorealist story about zinc miners in New Mexico, shows at the UC Theater. 6:30 PM. Free.

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Last Resort frontman Tom Catmull plays a solo set at the Red Bird Wine Bar. 7 PM–10 PM. Free

New York Times bestselling author Jean Hanff Korelitz reads from The Devil and Webster, her new novel about a university in crisis at Shakespeare & Co. 5:30 PM. Prepare a couple of songs and bring your talent to Open Mic Night at Imagine Nation Brewing. Sign up when you get there. Every Monday from 6–8 PM. Bingo at the VFW: The easiest way to make rent since keno. 245 W. Main. 6:30 PM. $12 buy-in.

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

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

Live in SIN at the Service Industry Night at Plonk, with DJ Amory spinning and a special menu. 322 N. Higgins Ave. 10 PM to close.

Just ask a server for the SIN menu. No cover.

Spotlight

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Since 1877, Fresh Air programs have brought close to two million inner-city children from New York City to rural and suburban homes across the United States for twoWHAT: A reading from Two Weeks Every Summer WHO: Tobin Miller Shearer WHERE: Fact and Fiction WHEN: Wed., May 3 at 7 PM. HOW MUCH: Free.

week summer vacations. These programs, which continue today, aimed primarily at African-American and Hispanic children, were originally intended by progressives of the era to expose these children to the world

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photo courtesy Fresh Air Program

outside their urban life. From Maine to Montana, the Fresh Air programs have certainly done that. But during the years between 1939 and 1979,

when the American racial justice landscape was changing, the programs became more about serving the interest of the religiously minded

white hosts, than about the marginalized children.

Tobin Miller Shearer, University of Montana History professor and current director of the AfricanAmerican Studies program, having spent years tirelessly uncovering the history of the Fresh Air programs, finally releases his results, Two Weeks Every Summer: Fresh Air Children and the Problem of Race in America. Shearer researched and wrote his new book without access to the organization’s official archives. Having dug into correspondence, journals and publications from that time, as well as interviews with the children, hosts and administrators who went through the program, Shearer shows the complex realities of America's history with race.

— Charley Macorn

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photo courtesy William Munoz

UM School of Theatre and Dance presents new works in choreography and lighting in the Open Space in the PARTV Center Tue., May 2, at 7:30 PM. $9.

Happy Craft Beer Week, everyone! Celebrate the brews that make Missoula famous with a weeklong celebration spanning the city. Visit missoulabeer week.com for a full schedule of events and activities.

Shootin’ the Bull Toastmasters helps you improve your public speaking skills with weekly meetings at ALPS in the Florence Building, noon–1 PM. Free and open to the public. Visit shootinthebull.info for details.

It’s Mule-Tastic Tuesday, which means the Montana Distillery will donate $1 from every cocktail sold to a local nonprofit organization. 12–8 PM. The Blind Low Vision Support Group meets every second Tuesday of the month at Summit Independent Living. Meetings are held from 1PM–2:30 PM.

nightlife The 1,000 Hands For Peace meditation group uses ancient mudras for cleansing the heart. Meets Tuesdays at 5:30–6:30 PM at Jeannette Rankin Peace Center. Donations accepted.

Dust off that banjolin and join in the Top Hat’s picking circle, 6–8 PM every Tuesday. All ages.

Learn the two-step at country dance lessons at the Hamilton Senior Center, Tuesdays from 7–9 PM. $5. Bring a partner. Call 381-1392 for more info.

The Unity Dance and Drum African Dance Class is sure to teach you some moves you didn’t learn in junior high when it meets Tuesdays from 7 to 8:30 PM at the Missoula Senior Center. $10/$35 for four classes. Email tarn.ream@umontana.edu or call 549-7933 for more information.

Mike Avery hosts the Music Showcase every Tuesday, featuring some of Missoula’s finest musical talent at the Badlander. 8 PM. Free.

UM School of Theatre & Dance presents new works blending choreography and lighting at the Open Space in the PARTV Center. 7:30 PM. $9.

Put on your dancing shoes and get yourself down to the Top Hat for a Square Dance, featuring old-time stringband music by The Beet Tops. All abilities welcome. 8 PM. Free.

Step up your factoid game at Quizzoula trivia night, every Tuesday at the VFW. 8:30 PM. Free. Our trivia question for this week: What baseball player ended his 2,130 consecutive game streak on today’s date in 1939? Answer in tomorrow’s nightlife.

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Thursday

The En Plein Air Coffee Club mixes coffee and biking every Wednesday at the Missoula Art Park. The beans are free, but BYO camp stove and water.

8 AM–9:15 AM. Head to therethere.space/coffeeclub for more info.

Happy Craft Beer Week, everyone! Celebrate the brews that make Missoula famous with a weeklong celebration spanning the city. Visit missoulabeer week.com for a full schedule of events and activities.

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turing himself, DJ T-Rex and a rotating cast of local DJs projecting a curated lineup of music videos on the walls every Thursday at the Badlander. 9 PM. Free.

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

Happy Craft Beer Week, everyone! Celebrate the brews that make Missoula famous with a weeklong celebration spanning the city. Visit missoulabeer week.com for a full schedule of events and activities.

Painful inflammation and stiffness of the joints can interfere with everyday tasks, but those living with arthritis can find support at Summit Independent Living. The Arthritis Support Group meets every first Thursday of the month, from noon-1 PM.

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At the Phish Happy Hour you can enjoy Phish music, video and more at the Top Hat every Wednesday at 4:30 PM. But I know you’ll show up at 4:20.

Free. All ages.

Climate Smart’s monthly meet up gives you the opportunity to learn, connect and get involved.

This month learn about opportunities for sustainability in local food. 5 PM–7 PM. Free.

Every Wednesday is Community UNite at KettleHouse Brewing Company’s Northside tap room.

A portion of every pint sold goes to support local Missoula causes.

This week, support the Max Wave. 5 PM–8 PM.

Say “yes and” to a free improv workshop every Thursday at BASE. Free and open to all abilities, levels and interests. 725 W. Alder. 6:30 PM–8 PM.

Knock knock? Who’s there? Missoula’s Homegrown Stand-Up Comedy open mic at the Union Club. I don’t get it. Sign up at 9:30 PM. Show at 10 PM. Free.

All those late nights watching gameshow reruns are finally paying off. Get cash toward your bar tab when you win first place at trivia at the Holiday Inn Downtown. 7:30–10 PM.

Start spreading the news! There’s karaoke today! You don’t need to be a veteran of the Great White Way to sing your heart out at the Broadway Bar. 9:30 PM. Free.

Wednesday Night Brewery Jam invites all musicians to bring an instrument and join in. Imagine Nation Brewing Co. 6–8 PM. Free.

Denver’s Homebody unveils its lofi surf rock at the ZACC Below. Locals Tiny Plastic Stars and Tormi open the show. 7 PM. $5 Got two left feet? Well, throw them away and head down to Sunrise Saloon for beginners’ dance lessons. 7 PM. $5.

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

The Road House of dance movies. Patrick Swayze and Ferris’s sister get it on in Dirty Dancing. Wed., May 3, at 7 PM at the Roxy.

1609 W. Broadway Ave. 7 PM. Trivia answer: Lou Gehrig.

Grand ideas are welcome but hemlock tea is frowned upon at the Socrates Cafe, an informal meeting to discuss philosophy using the Socratic method. Missoula Public Library, the first Wednesday of every month at 7 PM. Tobin Miller Shearer reads from his new book about the Fresh Air program that brought inner city kids to rural and suburban homes for two-week summer vacations. 7 PM. Free. (See Spotlight) If you’re ale-adept or slick on stouts, put yourself to the test at

Beer Geek Cage Match Trivia at the Dram Shop. 7 PM–9 PM. Call 406-540-4303 to sign up.

UM School of Theatre and Dance presents new works blending choreography and lighting at the Open Space in the PARTV Center.

7:30 PM. $9.

Make your way down the Yellow Brick Road to catch the Wizard of Oz at the MCT Center for the Performing Arts. 7:30 PM. $20-$25.

Make your way down the Yellow Brick Road to catch The Wizard of Oz at the MCT Center for the Performing Arts. 7:30 PM. $20$25.

Kris Moon hosts and curates a night of volcanic party action fea-

The Copper Mountain Band gets your boots scooting and your hands clapping at the Sunrise Saloon. 9 PM. Free.

Phantastic Bay Area producer and songwriter Phutureprimitive plays the Top Hat. Doors at 9:30 PM, show at 10. $15.

Polson’s Off In The Woods plays a special show at the Wilma as part of Craft Beer Week. 9:30 PM. Free.

We want to know about your event! Submit to calendar@missoulanews.com at least two weeks in advance of the event.

Don’t forget to include the date, time, venue and cost. This space for rent.

Get up onstage at VFW’s open mic. Half-price whiskey might help loosen up those nerves. 8 PM. Free.

Seattle acoustic duo the Alkis bring their distinctive sound to Bitter Root Brewery Thu., May 4, at 6 PM. Free.

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Agenda In 1947, 10 Hollywood writers and directors were convicted on charges of contempt of Congress and jailed after they refused to answer any questions about their affiliation with the American Communist Party.

Among them was Herbert Biberman, best known at the time for directing the mystery Meet Nero Wolfe and the romantic musical New Orleans.

While the rest of the Hollywood Ten turned to pseudonyms to continue their post-prison careers, Biberman began working independently to direct a film based on the 1951 strike against the Empire Zinc company in Grant County, New Mexico. That film, Salt of the Earth, cast actual miners and their families who had participated in the long and crucial strike. It took a strong pro-union, anti-corporation stance and bred controversy from the beginning.

Vigilantes frequently shot at the crew, lead actress Rosaura Revueltas was deported to Mexico and small airplanes would occasionally buzz the set. The Hollywood Reporter sensationally claimed the film was made “under direct orders of the Kremlin.” Salt of the Earth became the only film blacklisted by the U.S. government dur-

SATURDAY APRIL 29 March in solidarity with the People’s Climate March in Washington, D.C. Meet at the northeast corner of Higgins Bridge and march to the XXXXs. 1 PM.

MONDAY MAY 1 Sip a fancy cocktail for a cause at Moscow Monday at the Montgomery Distillery. A dollar from every drink sold is donated to a local organization.

12 PM–8 PM. The Missoula Vet Center hosts T’ai Chi for Veterans with Michael Norvelle every Monday from 3 PM– 4 PM. Free for veterans.

Former military members are invited to the Veterans for Peace Western Montana Chapter meeting, which will work to inform and advocate about peace issues. Meets at the Jeannette Rankin Peace Center, 519 S. Higgins Ave., on the first Monday of every month at 4 PM. Visit veteransforpeace.org to learn more.

ing the height of McCarthyism. It was the last film Biberman would every direct. The film, however, took on a life of it's own after the story of the government's suppression of the film spread.

Salt of the Earth, with its message of standing by what's right even when the world's against you, inspired audiences of unionists, feminists and Mexican-Americans across the world.

—Charley Macorn Mansfield Library hosts a special screening of Salt of the Earth at the University Center Theater on International Workers’ Day, Mon., May 1, at 6:30

Mansfield Library screens the only blacklisted movie in American history. Salt of the Earth, a neorealist story about zinc miners in New Mexico, shows at the UC Theater. 6:30 PM. Free.

TUESDAY MAY 2 Shootin’ the Bull Toastmasters helps you improve your public speaking skills with weekly meetings at ALPS in the Florence Building, noon–1 PM. Free and open to the public. Visit shootinthebull.info for details.

It’s Mule-Tastic Tuesday, which means the Montana Distillery will donate $1 from every cocktail sold to a local nonprofit organization. 12–8 PM.

The Blind Low Vision Support Group meets every second Tuesday of the month at Summit Independent Living. Meetings are held from 1PM–2:30 PM. The 1,000 Hands For Peace meditation group uses ancient mudras for cleansing the heart. Meets Tuesdays at 5:30–6:30 PM at Jeannette Rankin Peace Center. Donations accepted.

WEDNESDAY MAY 3 NAMI Missoula hosts a free arts and crafts group for adults living with mental illness every Wednesday at 2 PM. Every Wednesday is Community UNite at KettleHouse Brewing Company’s Northside tap room. A portion of every pint sold goes to support local Missoula causes. This week, support the Max Wave. 5 PM–8 PM. Grand ideas are welcome but hemlock tea is frowned upon at the Socrates Cafe, an informal meeting to discuss philosophy using the Socratic method. Missoula Public Library, the first Wednesday of every month at 7 PM.

THURSDAY MAY 4 Painful inflammation and stiffness of the joints can interfere with everyday tasks, but those living with arthritis can find support at Summit Independent Living. The Arthritis Support Group meets every first Thursday of the month, from noon-1 PM. Climate Smart’s monthly meet up gives you the opportunity to learn, connect and get involved. This month learn about opportunities for sustainability in local food. 5 PM–7 PM. Free.

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

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hen it comes to conservation, there was no one else like William Robert “Bud” Moore.

His adventures in the wild, starting with a frightening encounter with a grizzly bear at a young age to his years as chief of fire and aviation for the U.S. Forest Service and beyond, are the stuff of Montana legend. Having served as a district ranger, a fur trapper and a wilderness advocate, leaving only to serve in the United States Marines during World War II, Bud's experiences stretched as wide as the wildernesses he inhabited and enjoyed. Bud not only preached the morality and ideals of protecting nature, but also lived in harmony with the natural world.

The new documentary, Bud's Place, directed by filmmaker George Sibley, explores his adventurous life, using Bud's own words as the basis of the story.

Bud's Place screens at the public meeting of the Traveler’s Rest Chapter of the Lewis & Clark Trail Heritage Foundation. Traveler's Rest Chapter President Ritchie Doyle is excited to screen the film, having seen it for the first time during its sold out premiere a the University Center Theater in February. “We're also going to have Bud’s son, Bill Moore, to introduce the film and talk about his father’s interest in history,” he says, “especially about Lewis and Clark's expedition.”

—Charley Macorn Bud's Place screens at the Lolo Community Center Thu., May 4, at 7 PM. Free.

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THURSDAY APRIL 27 Silver Park hosts the Zoo Town Surfers Gear Swap and Social. Local experts will be on hand for all of your kayaking, rafting and surfing questions. 4 PM–8 PM.

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Join Missoula Parks and Recreation for the grand opening of the Fort Missoula Regional Park. Live music, a vintage carnival and more await. 12 PM–4 PM.

See crickets fed to big fuzzy spiders at the tarantula feeding at the Missoula Butterfly House and Insectarium every Friday at 4 PM. $4 admission.

Dress in you finest vintage attire and join Free Cycles for a four-mile bike parade. Cruiser bikes are available if you need one, but bring your own seersucker suit. 1 PM. Free.

SATURDAY APRIL 29

See the award-winning films fresh off a prestigious film festival in Alberta at the Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour at the UC Theater. 7 PM. $18.

Start your spring with a trip to Brown’s Lake and the upper Blackfoot to view waterfowl, raptors, Sandhill Cranes and other birds with Five Valleys Audubon. Bring a lunch and meet in the northwest corner of the Adams Center parking lot. 7:45 AM. Free.

You’ll be bright-eyed and bushy-tailed after Run Wild Missoula’s Saturday Breakfast Club Run,

WEDNESDAY MAY 3 The En Plein Air Coffee Club mixes coffee and biking every Wednesday at the Missoula Art Park. The beans are free, but BYO camp stove and water. 8 AM–9:15 AM. Head to therethere. space/coffeeclub for more info.

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Sensual Wisdom is testing the Missoula/Hamilton market, to see if this area is ready for Relationship Coaching for Couples. Please access our anonymous survey by calling 406-369-2202 or writing jade@sensualwisdom.com. You will be entered in a drawing for a complimentary introductory session ($90 Value) upon contact. We very much appreciate your input and support.

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Above average knowledge of agency programs and of grant writing processes and best practices; knowledge of budgeting principles. Above average knowledge of developing and maintaining interpersonal relationships.

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By Amy Alkon GREED BETWEEN THE LINES I love my boyfriend; however, I feel bad that he never buys me presents. He did when we were dating, and he buys himself extravagant stuff. But he got me nothing for my birthday and only some trinkets for Christmas because I made a stink. When I’ve brought up the gifts issue, he’s implied that I’m materialistic. However, what matters to me is not the cost but that he’s thinking of me. Is my desire for gifts somehow shallow?

—Coal Digger Once again, it’s Christmas. Ooh, ooh, what’s that under the tree?! Once again ... it’s the floor.

Many men sneer at the importance their ladies place on getting gifts from them, deeming it a sign of female emotional frailty. What these men aren’t taking into account is that the differences that evolved in male and female psychology correspond to differences in male and female physiology.To put this another way, women—disproportionately—are into getting gifts from romantic partners for the same reason men—disproportionately—are into watching strippers. (“All the better to pass one’s genes on with, my dear!”)

Because, for a woman, sex can lead to pregnancy (and a hungry kid to drag around), female emotions evolved to act as a sort of alarm system, making a woman feel crappy when there are signs a man’s commitment may be waning.

(Wanting to feel better makes her take corrective action—pressing him to put up or get out.) However, a man’s being willing to give gifts suggests a willingness to “invest” (beyond 2.6 minutes of foreplay and a teaspoon of sperm).

Accordingly, evolutionary behavioral scientist Gad Saad believes that gift-giving evolved as a “distinctly male courtship strategy.” Though women do give gifts to romantic partners, they tend to wait ’til they’re in a relationship and then do it to “celebrate” being together. Saad’s research finds that men, on the other hand, “are much more likely to be tactical in their reasons for offering a gift to a romantic partner”—like, in the courtship phase, to get a woman into bed. (Of course, if a woman wants to get a man into bed, she doesn’t need to give him a present to unwrap; she just starts unbuttoning her top.)

Explain the science to your boyfriend.You don’t have a character deficiency; you just want him to show his love in the way that works for you.That’s what people who love each other do—

even if they, say, believe the gift of their side salad at dinner should be gift enough. Besides, you aren’t demanding, “‘Tiara of the Week!’ or I’m gone!” You’d just like occasional little “thinking of you” prezzies and somewhat bigger ones on Official Girlfriend Holidays (birthdays, anniversaries, etc.). Ultimately, these are not just gifts but messages that making you happy is worth an investment of money and effort—beyond what he’s been putting in to run out and get his wallet wired shut just in time for your birthday.

EMPLOYMENT SKILLED LABOR Construction Labor & Foreman Construction company seeks competent construction workers to work on buildings, remodels and other Missoula-area construction projects. Experience in working on relevant projects and using equipment is essential. Full job description at Missoula Job Service. employmissoula.com Job #10282193 Driller’s Assistant Water well DRILLER’S ASSISTANT is needed ASAP! This is a VERY physical job, and requires a high level of stamina.

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WUSSY GALORE My fiancée and I were driving my drunk friend home from a party. He was saying rude things to her, but I knew he was just wasted and didn’t mean them, so I didn’t say anything. I thought my fiancée would also shrug it off, but she was mad and hurt that I didn’t stand up for her. Is it that big a deal? Couldn’t she have stood up for herself?

—Middleman Yes, there’s actually more to being an ideal partner to a woman than being able to unhook a bra with your teeth.

A woman today may be perfectly capable of defending herself—with her big mouth or her big pink handgun. However, she has an emotional operating system pushing her to go for men who show an ability and a willingness to protect her.This comes out of how, over millions of years of evolution, certain ladies’ children were more likely to survive and pass on their mother’s genes (and the psychology that rides along). Which children? Those whose mothers chose men who’d do more in an attack than, well, effectively crawl under the car seat and wish all the awfulness would stop.

Your fiancée probably still feels resentful and maybe even thinks less of you for how you basically showed all the testosterone-driven fortitude of a geranium. Consider what grandpas everywhere call “having character”: doing the right thing—even when that kinda stinks for you. If, in looking back, you would’ve done things differently, tell your fiancée.

Then pledge that going forward, you’ll be that kind of guy—and protecting the person who means most to you won’t involve pushing your girlfriend toward the grizzly bear so you’ll have more time to make a run for it.

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The South Dakota Unified Judicial System is accepting applications for a Court Reporter in Winner, SD. Salary is $21.68–$22.76 per hour, depending on experience; plus additional compensation per page for transcripts, and a 5% salary increase after successful completion of CRR. Preference will be given to candidates who possess a RPR (Registered Professional Reporter) certification. Benefits: paid health insurance, life insurance, generous leave, paid holidays, retirement, no state income tax, and low cost of living. Duties: performing stenographic work in recording and transcribing verbatim circuit or magistrate court proceedings, hearings and conferences. Requires graduation from high school and an NCRA accredited/certified Court Reporting School; or an equivalent combination of related education and experience. OPEN UNTIL FILLED. Successful completion of a criminal background investigation is required for employment. REQ #7919

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The Good Food Store has openings for: • Deli Service Manager- FT • Deli Cook (PT) • Meat and Seafood- PT&FT • Deli Cook- FT & PT

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If you enjoy working for a local business with strong roots in the community and a friendly staff, we invite you to apply.

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PUBLIC NOTICES MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT MISSOULA COUNTY Cause No. DP-17-79 Cause No. DP-17-79 Dept. No. 1-Leslie Halligan NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF MICHAEL FRANCIS JOHN MANTHEY aka MICHAEL F. MANTHEY, DECEASED. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the decedent are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to CAROL ANN CAMPBELL, Personal Representative, return receipt requested, at 2620 Connery Way, Missoula, Montana 59808, or filed with the Clerk of the above Court. I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of Montana that the foregoing is true and correct. DATED this 7th day of April, 2017. /s/ Carol Ann Campbell, Personal Representative DARTY LAW OFFICE, PLLC /s/ H. Stephen Darty, Attorney for Personal Representative Montana Fourth Judicial District Court Missoula County Cause No.: DV-17-256 Dept. No.: 4 Notice of Hearing of Name Change In the Matter of the Name Change of Paisley Schuman, Petitioner. This is notice that Petitioner has asked the District Court for a change of name from Paisley Loren Schuman to Paisley Loren Miles. The hearing will be on 05/02/2017 at 3:00 p.m. The hearing will be at the Courthouse in Missoula County. Date: 3/29/17. /s/ Shirley E. Faust, Clerk of District Court By: /s/ Molli Zook, Deputy Clerk of Court MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 4 Cause No. DP-17-96 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MAT-

TER OF THE ESTATE OF VERN L. GUENTHER, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned have been appointed as Co-Personal Representatives of the above named Estate. All persons having claims against the said deceased are required to present their claims within four (4) months after the date of the first publication of this Notice or said claims will be forever barred.

Claims must either be mailed to JODI GUENTHER and LINDA TOSTRUD, the Co-Personal Representatives, return receipt requested, c/o Goodrich & Reely, PLLC, 3819 Stephens Avenue, Suite 201, Missoula, Montana 59801, or filed with the Clerk of the above-entitled Court.

DATED this 17 day of April, 2017 /s/ Jodi Guenther, Co-Personal Representative /s/ Linda Tostrud, Co-Personal Representative GOODRICH & REELY, PLLC 3819 Stephens Avenue, Suite 201, Missoula, Montana 59801 Attorneys for Co-Personal Representatives By: /s/ Shane N. Reely, Esq. MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Cause No.: DP-17-3 Dept. No.: 3 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF: HAMPTON JAY BRAND, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed as Personal Representative of the abovenames estate.All persons having claims against that said deceased are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims be forever barred.

Claims must either be mailed to Jayson E. Brand, the Personal Representative, returned receipt requested, at P. Mars Scott Law Offices, P.O. Box 5988, Missoula, Montana 59806 or filed with the Clerk of the above Court. DATED this 30th day of March, 2017 /s/ Jayson E. Brand Personal Representative

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MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 1 Probate No. DP-17-94 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF DONALD G. LACHMAN, 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 Jennie Carol Karr, the Personal Representative, return receipt requested, c/o Boone Karlberg P.C., P. O. Box 9199, Missoula, Montana 59807-9199, or filed with the Clerk of the above-entitled Court. I declare, under penalty of perjury and under the laws of the state of Montana, that the foregoing is true and correct. DATED this 14th day of April, 2017, at Missoula, Montana. /s/ Jennie Carol Karr BOONE KARLBERG P.C. By: /s/ Thomas H. Boone, Esq. P. O. Box 9199 Missoula, Montana 59807-9199 Attorneys for Jennie Carol Karr, Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 4 Probate No. DP-17-57 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF: ELTON WILLIAM BETHKE, 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 (4) months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to Evonne Smith Wells, attorney for the Personal Representative, return receipt requested, at PO Box 9410, Missoula, Montana 59807 or filed with the Clerk of the above-entitled Court. DATED: March 28th, 2017. /s/ Jennifer Bethke Larson, Personal Representative DATED this 28th day, March, 2017. WELLS & McKITTRICK, P.C. /s/ Evonne Wells, Attorneys for Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No.: 1 Robert L. Deschamps, III Cause No.: DP-17-69 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN RE THE ESTATE OF: JAN H. HAUSER, Deceased.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Mary S. Hauser, 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 Mary S. Hauser, Personal Representatives, return receipt requested, c/o Timothy D. Geiszler, GEISZLER STEELE, PC, 619 Southwest Hig-

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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY

By Rob Brezsny ARIES (March 21-April 19): I have misgivings when I witness bears riding bicycles or tigers dancing on their hind legs or Aries people wielding diplomatic phrases and making careful compromises at committee meetings. While I am impressed by the disciplined expression of primal power, I worry for the soul of the creature that is behaving with such civilized restraint. So here’s my advice for you in the coming weeks: Take advantage of opportunities to make deals and forge win-win situations. But also keep a part of your fiery heart untamed. Don’t let people think they’ve got you all figured out.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): “One of the advantages of being disorderly,” said author A. A. Milne, “is that one is constantly making exciting discoveries.” I wouldn’t normally offer this idea as advice to a methodical dynamo like you. But my interpretation of the astrological omens compels me to override my personal theories about what you need. I must suggest that you consider experimenting with jaunty, rambunctious behavior in the coming days, even if it generates some disorder. The potential reward? Exciting discoveries, of course.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): According to my reading of the astrological omens, it’s time for you to take a break from the magic you have been weaving since your birthday in 2016. That’s why I’m suggesting that you go on a brief sabbatical. Allow your deep mind to fully integrate the lessons you’ve been learning and the transformations you have undergone over the past eleven months. In a few weeks, you’ll be ready to resume where you left off. For now, though, you require breathing room.Your spiritual batteries need time to recharge. The hard work you’ve done should be balanced by an extended regimen of relaxed playtime.

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CANCER (June 21-July 22): Apparently, a lot of kids in the UK don’t like to eat vegetables. In response, food researchers in that country marketed a variety of exotic variations designed to appeal to their palate. The new dishes included chocolate-flavored carrots, pizza-flavored corn and cheese-andonion-flavored cauliflower. I don’t recommend that you get quite so extreme in trying to broaden your own appeal, Cancerian. But see if you can at least reach out to your potential constituency with a new wrinkle or fresh twist. Be imaginative as you expand the range of what your colleagues and clientele have to choose from.

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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): In speaking about the arduous quest to become one’s authentic self, writer Thomas Merton used the example of poets who aspire to be original but end up being imitative.

“Many poets never succeed in being themselves,” he said. “They never get around to being the particular poet they are intended to be by God. They never become the person or artist who is called for by all of the circumstances of their individual lives. They waste their years in vain efforts to be some other poet.

They wear out their minds and bodies in a hopeless endeavor to have somebody else’s experiences or write somebody else’s poems.” I happen to believe that this is a problem for non-poets, as well. Many of us never succeed in becoming ourselves. Luckily for you, Leo, in the coming weeks and months you will have an unprecedented chance to become more of who you really are.To expedite the process, work on dissolving any attraction you might have to acting like someone other than yourself.

a tightrope that spanned the gorge near Niagara Falls. His cable was three and a quarter inches c across in diameter, 1,100 feet long and 160 feet above the Niagara River. Once he made the entire crossing VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): On numerous occasions, French acrobat Charles Blondin walked

by doing back flips and somersaults. Another time he carried a small stove on his back, stopped midway to cook an omelet, and ate the meal before finishing. Now would be an excellent time for you to carry out your personal equivalent of his feats, Virgo. What daring actions have you never tried before even though you’ve been sufficiently trained or educated to perform them well?

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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Ready for some subterranean journeys? They may not involve literal explorations of deep caverns and ancient tunnels and underground streams. You may not stumble upon lost treasure and forgotten artifacts and valuable ruins. But then again, you might. At the very least, you will encounter metaphorical versions of some of the above. What mysteries would you love to solve? What secrets would be fun to uncover? What shadows would you be excited to illuminate? get a chance to sip a heart-reviving tonic? Why spoil your appetite by loading up on non-nutritious e tually hors d’oeuvres when a healthy feast will be available sooner than you imagine? I advise you to suppress SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Why would you guzzle mind-clouding moonshine when you will even-

your compulsion for immediate gratification. It may seem impossible for you to summon such heroic patience, but I know you can. And in the long run, you’ll be happy if you do.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): “You’ll always be my favorite what-if.” Many years ago, I heard that phrase whispered in my ear. It came from the mouth of a wonderful-but-impossible woman. We had just decided that it was not a good plan, as we had previously fantasized, to run away and get married at Angkor Wat in Cambodia and then spend the next decade being tour guides who led travelers on exotic getaways to the world’s sacred sites. “You’ll always be my favorite what-if ” was a poignant but liberating moment. It allowed us to move on with our lives and pursue other dreams that were more realistic and productive. I invite you to consider triggering a liberation like that sometime soon.

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you love, as well as the wise intensity with which you love them. From an astrological perspecg periences tive, now is an excellent time to upgrade your appreciation and adoration for the whole world and CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): I’d love to see you increase the number of people, places and ex-

everything in it. To get you in the mood, I’ll call your attention to some unfamiliar forms of ardor you may want to pursue: eraunophilia, an attraction to thunder and lightning; cymophilia, a fascination with waves and waviness; chorophilia, a passion for dancing; asymmetrophilia, a zeal for asymmetrical things; sapiophilia, an erotic enchantment with intelligence.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): You could go online and buy an antique Gothic throne or a psychedelic hippie couch to spruce up your living room. For your bathroom, you could get a Japanese “wonder toilet,” complete with a heated seat, automated bidet and white noise generator. Here’s another good idea: You could build a sacred crazy altar in your bedroom where you will conduct rituals of playful liberation. Or how about this? Acquire a kit that enables you to create spontaneous poetry on your refrigerator door using tiny magnets with evocative words written on them. Can you think of other ideas to revitalize your home environment? It’s high time you did so.

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PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Among America’s 50 states, Texas has the third-highest rate of teenage pregnancies. Uncoincidentally, sex education in Texas is steeped in ignorance. Most of its high schools offer no teaching about contraception other than to advise students to avoid sex. In the coming weeks, Pisces, you can’t afford to be as deprived of the truth as those kids. Even more than usual, you need accurate information that’s tailored to your precise needs, not fake news or ideological delusions or self-serving propaganda. Make sure you gather insight and wisdom from the very best sources.That’s how you’ll avoid behavior that’s irrelevant to your life goals. That’s how you’ll attract experiences that serve your highest good.

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gins, Suite K, Missoula, Montana 59803 or filed with the Clerk of the above Court. DATED this 29 day of March, 2017. GEISZLER STEELE, PC. By: /s/ Timothy D. Geiszler, Attorneys for the Personal Representative. I declare under penalty of perjury and under the laws of the state of Montana that the foregoing is true and correct. DATED this 29 day of March 2017. /s/ Mary S. Hauser, Personal Representative NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 12/13/06, recorded as Instrument No. 200631950 Bk-788 Pg-1219, mortgage records of MISSOULA County, Montana in which Phillip W. Starkel and Jodi J. Starkel was Grantor, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. was Beneficiary and Alliance Title and Escrow Corp. was Trustee.

First American Title Insurance Company has succeeded Alliance Title and Escrow Corp. 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 2 of Sunnyside Park, Phase II, a platted subdivision in Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded Plat thereof. By written instrument recorded as Instrument No. 201701509 B 973 P 1367, beneficial interest in the Deed of Trust was assigned to U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee for Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust 2007-WFHE2, Asset-Backed Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2007-WFHE2. 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 07/01/16 installment payment and all monthly installment payments due thereafter. As of February 14, 2017, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $214,862.71.This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $204,830.68, 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 June 30, 2017 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 non-monetary 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 USA-Foreclosure .com. Starkel, Phillip W. and Jodi J. (TS# 7023.117729) 1002.290484-File No. NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 06/18/08, recorded as Instrument No. 200814959 B: 821 P:1138, mortgage records of MISSOULA County, Montana in which Lester J. Silverthorne was Grantor, Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., solely as a nominee for Golf Savings Bank, successors and assigns was Beneficiary and Insured Titles was Trustee. First American Title Insurance Company has succeeded Insured Titles as Successor Trustee. The Deed of Trust encumbers real property (“Property”) located in MISSOULA County, Montana, more particularly described as follows: Lot 3 and 4 in Block 90 of School Addition, a platted subdivision in the City of Missoula, Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded Plat thereof.

By written instrument recorded as Instrument No. 201312931 B: 915 P: 697, beneficial interest in the Deed of Trust was assigned to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.. 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 11/01/16 installment payment and all monthly installment payments due thereafter. As of March 10, 2017, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $141,706.59.

This amount includes the out-

standing principal balance of $136,160.63, 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 Missoula County Courthouse, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802, On the Front Steps, City of Missoula on July 20, 2017 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 non-monetary 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

USA-Foreclosure.com. Silverthorne, Lester J. (TS# 7023.118189) 1002.290903-File No. NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on August 11, 2017, at 11:00 AM at the Main Door of the Missoula County Courthouse located at 200 West Broadway in Missoula, MT 59802, the following described real property situated in Missoula County, Montana: Lot 14 of MALONEY RANCH, PHASE VI, a platted subdivision in Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded plat thereof.

Dawn Wahl, as Grantor, conveyed said real property to Title Services, Inc., as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. (“MERS”) as nominee for Mann Mortgage, LLC, as Beneficiary by Deed of Trust dated on April 23, 2007 and recorded on April 27, 2007 as Book 796 Page 95 under Document No. 200710053. Modification Agreement recorded November 8, 2012, Book 903, Page 541 under Document No. 201222064. The beneficial interest is currently held by Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae).

First American Title Company of Montana, Inc. is the Successor Trustee pursuant to a Substitution of Trustee recorded in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Missoula County, Montana.The beneficiary has declared a default in the terms of said Deed of Trust by failing to make the monthly payments beginning November 1, 2016, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan. The total amount due on this obligation as of March 5, 2017 is $376,269.34 principal, interest totaling $6,838.35 late charges in the amount of

PUBLIC NOTICES $331.20, escrow advances of $3,497.57, and other fees and expenses advanced of $1,030.00, plus accruing interest, late charges, and other costs and fees that may be advanced.The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary, the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust. Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds of this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation.The sale is a public sale and any person, including the beneficiary, excepting only the Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by 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:April 3rd, 2017 /s/ Rae Albert Assistant Secretary, First American Title Company of Montana, Inc. Successor Trustee Title Financial Specialty Services PO Box 339 Blackfoot ID 83221 STATE OF Idaho)) ss. County of Bingham) On this 3rd day of April, 2017 before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Rae Albert, know to me to be the Assistant Secretary of First American Title Company of Montana, Inc. , Successor Trustee, known to

me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same. /s/ Kaitlin Ann Gotch Notary Public Bingham County, Idaho Commission expires: 07/29/2022 Seterus vs WAHL 101270-2 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on August 15, 2017, at 11:00 AM at the Main Door of the Missoula County Courthouse located at 200 West Broadway in Missoula, MT 59802, the following described real property situated in Missoula County, Montana: LOT 2 OF HAGESTAD ADDITION, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF IN BOOK 31 OF PLATS AT PAGE 7. CONSTANCE J HAGESTAD and DANIEL R HAGESTAD, as Grantors, 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 NOMINEE FOR GUILD MORTGAGE COMPANY, A CALIFORNIA CORPORATION, as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust on November 28, 2011, and recorded on December 2, 2011 as Book 886 Page 493 Document No. 201120266.

The beneficial interest is currently held by Guild Mortgage Company, A California Corporation.The beneficiary has declared a default in the terms of said Deed of Trust by failing to make the monthly payments beginning April 1, 2016, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan. The total amount due on this obligation as of June 1, 2017 is $332,922.47 principal, interest totaling $18,490.22 and other fees and expenses advanced of $6,376.66, plus accruing interest, late charges, and other costs and fees that may be advanced. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary, the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust. Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds of this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation.The sale is a public sale and any person, including the beneficiary, excepting only the Trustee, may bid at the sale. The

bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by Trustee’s Deed without any representation or warranty, including warranty of Title, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis, without limitation, the sale is being made subject to all existing conditions, if any, of lead paint, mold or other environmental or health hazards. The sale purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th day following the sale.

The grantor, successor in interest to the grantor or any other person having an interest in the property, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, may pay to the beneficiary or the successor in interest to the beneficiary the entire amount then due under the deed of trust and the obligation secured thereby (including costs and expenses actually incurred and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred and thereby cure the default. The scheduled Trustee’s Sale may be postponed by public proclamation up to 15 days for any reason, and in the event of a bankruptcy filing, the sale may be postponed by the trustee for up to 120 days by public proclamation at least every 30 days. THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Dated: March 23, 2017 /s/ Rae Albert Assistant Secretary, FIRST AMERICAN TITLE COMPANY OF MONTANA, INC. A MONTANA CORPORATION Trustee Title Financial Specialty Services PO Box 339 Blackfoot ID 83221 STATE OF Idaho)) ss. County of Bingham) On this 23 day of March, 2017, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Rae Albert, know to me to be the Assistant Secretary of FIRST AMERICAN TITLE COMPANY OF MONTANA, INC., Trustee, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same. /s/ Shannon Gavin Notary Public Bingham County, Idaho Commission expires: 01/19/2018 GUILD MORTGAGE COMPANY vs CONSTANCE J HAGESTADDANIEL R HAGESTAD 101875-2 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on August 17, 2017, at 11:00 AM at the Main Door of the Missoula County Courthouse located at 200 West Broadway in Missoula, MT 59802, the following described real property situated in Missoula County, Montana: TRACT A OF CERTIFICATE OF SURVEY NO. 1269, LOCATED IN LOT 1, BLOCK 1, WILLOWS ADDITION TO THE CITY OF MISSOULA, MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA Philip K Schrumpf,

as Grantor, conveyed said real property to Fidelity National Title Group, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. (“MERS”), as nominee for Nationstar Mortgage LLC, DBA Greenlight Loans, its successors and/or assigns, as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust on October 29, 2013, and recorded on November 5, 2013 as Document No. 201321575.

The beneficial interest is currently held by Nationstar Mortgage 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 beginning October 1, 2016, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan. The total amount due on this obligation as of February 1, 2017 is $102,763.99 principal, interest totaling $2,033.85 late charges in the amount of $150.39, escrow advances of $466.80 and other fees and expenses advanced of $44.00, plus accruing interest, late charges, and other costs and fees that may be advanced. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary, the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust. Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds of this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation.The sale is a public sale

and any person, including the beneficiary, excepting only the Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier checks). The conveyance will be made by Trustee 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 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 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 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: March 30, 2017 /s/ Kaitlin Ann Gotch Assistant Secretary, First American Title Company of Montana, Inc. Successor Trustee Title Financial Specialty Services PO Box 339 Blackfoot ID 83221 STATE OF Idaho)) ss. County of Bingham) On this 30 day of March, 2017, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Kaitlin Ann Gotch, know to me to be the Assistant Secretary of First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., Successor Trustee, known to

me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same. /s/ Rae Albert Notary Public Bingham County, Idaho Commission expires: 09-06-2022 Nationstar Mortgage LLC vs Philip K Schrumpf 102925-1 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on August 17, 2017, at 11:00 AM at the Main Door of the Missoula County Courthouse located at 200 West Broadway in Missoula, MT 59802, the following described real property situated in Missoula County, Montana: TRACT C OF CERTIFICATE OF SURVEY NO. 5635, LOCATED IN THE NORTHWEST ONEQUARTER OF SECTION 24, TOWNSHIP 12 NORTH, RANGE 19 WEST, PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN MONTANA, MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA.TOGETHER WITH AN EASEMENT FOR RIGHT OF WAY FOR ROAD PURPOSES AS CONVEYED IN BOOK 107 OF MICRO RECORDS AT PAGE 69. J Dollene Fiester and Kenneth M Fiester, as Grantors, conveyed said real property to Insured Titles , as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for AHM Mortgage, as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust on November 23, 2004, and recorded on November 29, 2004 as Book 744 Page 87 Document No. 200433268.The beneficial interest is currently held by Nationstar Mortgage LLC. First

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American Title Company of Montana, Inc., is the Successor Trustee pursuant to a Substitution of Trustee recorded in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Missoula County, Montana.The beneficiary has declared a default in the terms of said Deed of Trust by failing to make the monthly payments beginning January 1, 2011, 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 January 6, 2017 is $191,505.66 principal, interest totaling $68,597.46 late charges in the amount of $62.11, escrow advances of $19,538.69, and other fees and expenses advanced of $264.00, plus accruing interest, late charges, and other costs and fees that may be advanced. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary, the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust.

Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds of this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale and late charges, if any.

Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to sat-

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isfy 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

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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 OB-

TAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Dated: March 24, 2017 /s/ Rae Albert Assistant Secretary, First American Title Company of Montana, Inc. Successor Trustee Title Financial Specialty Services PO Box 339 Blackfoot ID 83221 STATE OF Idaho)) ss. County of Bingham) On this 24 day of March, 2017, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Rae Albert, know to me to be the Assistant Secretary of FIRST AMERICAN TITLE COMPANY OF MONTANA, INC., Trustee, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same. /s/ Shannon Gavin Notary Public Bingham County, Idaho Commission expires: 01/19/2018 Nationstar Mortgage LLC vs J Dollene FiesterKenneth M Fiester 102777-1 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on August 3, 2017, at 11:00 AM at the Main Door of the Missoula County Courthouse located at 200 West Broadway in Missoula, MT 59802, the following described real property situated in Missoula County, Montana: Lot 6 of WILDROSE, a platted subdivision of Missoula County, Montana, according to the official plat of record in Book 19 of Plats at Page 53.WESLEY B SWALLING, as Grantor, conveyed said real property to Western Title & Escrow, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Mountain West Bank, N.A., corporation, as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust on July 15, 2009, and recorded on July 16, 2009 as Book 843 Page 1243 under Document No. 200917601. The beneficial interest is currently held by SunTrust Mortgage, Inc. First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., is the Successor Trustee pursuant to a Substitution of Trustee recorded in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Missoula County, Montana.The beneficiary has declared a default in the terms of said Deed of Trust by failing to make the monthly payments beginning November 1, 2016, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan. The total amount due on this obligation as of April 1, 2017 is $129,464.39 principal, interest totaling $3,236.64 escrow advances of $486.42, and other fees and expenses advanced of $165.98, plus accruing interest, late charges, and other costs and fees that may be advanced. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary, the

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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: March 20, 2017 /s/ Rae Albert Assistant Secretary, First American Title Com-

pany of Montana, Inc Successor Trustee Title Financial Specialty Services PO Box 339 Blackfoot ID 83221 STATE OF Idaho)) ss.

County of Bingham) On this 20th day of March, 2017, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Rae Albert, know to me to be the Assistant Secretary of First American Title Company of Montana, Inc, Successor Trustee, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same. /s/ Shannon Gavin Notary Public Bingham County, Idaho Commission expires: 01/19/2018 SunTrust Mortgage Inc vs SWALLING 100304-2 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on August 8, 2017, at 11:00 AM at the Main Door of the Missoula County Courthouse located at 200 West Broadway in Missoula, MT 59802, the following described real property situated in Missoula County, Montana: LOT 6 IN BLOCK 3 OF EL MAR ESTATES PHASE II,A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF. JONATHAN M LOW and SARA LOW, as Grantors, conveyed said real property to First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. (“MERS”), as nominee for Guild Mortgage Company, a California Corporation, its successors and assigns, as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust on July 2, 2012, and recorded on July 2, 2012 as Book 896 Page 524 Document No. 201212247. The beneficial interest is currently held by Guild Mortgage Company, A California Corporation.The beneficiary has declared a default in the terms of said Deed of Trust by failing to make the monthly payments beginning August 1, 2016, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have

NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE Summit Property Management will auction to the highest bidder the contents of an abandoned storage unit, due to delinquent storage rent. A silent auction will be held Tuesday, May 23rd at 11:00 am until noon, at 2704 W Broadway. Buyers will bid for the entire contents of the unit. No cash or personal checks accepted. The winning bid must have payment in cashier’s check or money order to the Summit Property office by 5 pm. Units are reserved subject to redemption by owner prior to sale.

406-549-3929

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

Proceeds from the public sale for said personal property shall be applied to the debt owed to Rent-a-Space in the amounts listed below (plus as yet undetermined amounts to conduct the sale): Space/Name/$$$/Desc 2256/Ricky Olson/$269/furniture 3377/Michael Bragg/$287/misc 4131/Tiana Kelberg/$264/furniture SALE LOCATION: Gardner’s Auction Service, 4810 Hwy 93 S, Missoula, MT

www.gardnersauction.com SALE DATE/TIME: Wed, May 10, 2017 @ 4:30 PM (check website for details) TERMS: Public sale to the highest bidder. Sold “AS IS”, “WHERE IS”.

Cash or certified funds.

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 February 1, 2017 is $184,839.33 principal, interest totaling $4,416.10 late charges in the amount of $338.52, and other fees and expenses advanced of $804.75, plus accruing interest, late charges, and other costs and fees that may be advanced. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary, the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust.

Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds of this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale and late charges, if any.

Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation. The sale is a public sale and any person, including the beneficiary, excepting only the Trustee, may bid at the sale.

The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by Trustee’s Deed without any representation or warranty, including warranty of Title, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis, without limitation, the sale is being made subject to all existing conditions, if any, of lead paint, mold or other environmental or health hazards. The sale purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th day follow-

ing 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: March 21, 2017 /s/ Rae Albert Assistant Secretary, First American Title Company of Montana, Inc. Trustee Title Financial Specialty Services PO Box 339 Blackfoot ID 83221 STATE OF Idaho)) ss.

County of Bingham) On this 21 day of March, 2017, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Rae Albert, know to me to be the Assistant Secretary of First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., Trustee, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same. /s/ Shannon Gavin Notary Public Bingham County, Idaho Commission expires: 01/19/2018 GUILD MORTGAGE COMPANY vs JONATHAN M LOWSara Low 102587-1

Missoula Storage, LLC dba Missoula Self Storage,

Mullan Mini Storage

Formally American Mini Storage will auction to the highest bidder abandoned storage units owing delinquent storage rent for the following units 105, 122, 125, 230, 235, 405, 408, 411, 413, 420, 422, 430, 447, and 502.

Units can contain furniture, clothes, chairs, toys, kitchen supplies, tools, sports equipment, books, beds, & other misc household goods. These units may be viewed May 16th, 17th and 18th 2017 at 3:00pm each day.

Written sealed bids may be submitted in the drop box or in person at 2505 Railroad St W prior to 5/18/17 at 5:00pm. Buyers bids will be for the entire contents of each unit offered for 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.

Will auction to the highest bidder abandoned storage units owing delinquent storage rent for the following units: 76, 79, 161, 188, 225. Units can contain furniture, clothes, chairs, toys, kitchen supplies, tools, sports equipment, books, beds,& other misc household goods. These units may be viewed starting Tuesday, April 25, 2017. All auction units will only be shown each day (4/25 – 2/27) from 2pm – 4pm. Written sealed bids may be submitted to storage office at 2855 Mullan Road, Missoula, MT 59808 prior to Friday 4/28 at 4pm. Buyers 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.

RENTALS APARTMENTS 11270 Napton Way 2C. 3 bed/1 bath, HEAT PAID, central Lolo location, lots of interior updates. $925. Grizzly Property Management 542-2060

1315 E. Broadway #4. 2 bed/1.5 bath, close to U, coin-ops, storage, pets? $850. Grizzly Property Management 542-2060 1324 S. 2nd Street West â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bâ&#x20AC;?. 3 bed/2 bath, central location, single garage, W/D. $1100. Grizzly Property Management 542-2060 205 ½ W. Kent Ave. Studio/1 bath, central location, shared W/D, near U. $600. Grizzly Property Management 542-2060

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EQUAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITY All real estate advertising in this newspaper is sub-

2205 ½ South Avenue West. 3 bed/1 ž bath, all utilities included. $1225. Grizzly Property Management 542-2060

ject to the Federal and State Fair Housing Acts, which makes it illegal to advertise any preference, limitation, or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status or national origin, marital status, age, and/or creed or intention to make any such preferences, limitations, or discrimination. Familial status includes children under the age of 18 living with parents or legal custodians, and pregnant women and people securing custody of children under 18. This newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate that is in violation of the law. Our readers are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised in this newspaper are available on an equal opportunity basis.

To report discrimination in housing call HUD at toll-free at 1-800-877-7353 or Montana Fair Housing toll-free at 1-800-929-2611

722 ½ Bulwer St. Studio/1 bath, just remodeled, shared yard, single garage, central location. $575.

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DUPLEXES 2306 Hillview Ct. #3. 2 bed/1 bath, South Hills near Chief Charlo School. W/D hookups, storage. $650 Grizzly Property Management 542-2060 2423 55th St. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Aâ&#x20AC;?. 3 bed/1 bath, South Hills, single garage, W/D hookups $950. Grizzly Property Management 542-2060 3909 Buckley Place. 2 bed/1 bath, single garage, W/D hookups, close to shopping. $775. Grizzly Property Management 542-2060

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1845 South 9th West. Updated triplex with 4 bed, 2 bath upper unit and two 1 bed apartments in basement. $470,000. Shannon Hilliard, Ink Realty Group. 2398350 shannonhilliard5@gmail.com

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2 Bdr, 3 Bath,Wye area home on a 0.6 acre lot. $265,000. BHHSMT Properties. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com

3 Bdr, 2 Bath, Huson home on 5.5 acres. $425,500. BHHSMT Properties. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com

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20 Goes on 22 Lightning McQueen's pal 23 ___ kwon do 25 "To ___ is human ..."

26 Freezer bag brand 27 Draw 29 Novelist Turgenev 31 180â&#x2C6;&#x17E; from WSW 32 Salad dressing with a light, woody taste?

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46 Makes use (of) 47 Thomas of "Reno 911!"

48 Largest inland city in California 52 Either T in "Aristotle" 53 Sail poles 56 Read a QR code, e.g.

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REAL ESTATE

3 Bdr, 2.5 Bath, River Road home. $267,500. BHHSMT Properties.

For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com 3 Bdr, 3 Bath, Farviews home on a 0.25 acre lot. $350,000. BHHSMT Properties. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com

9745 Glacier Lily

More than 35 years of Sales & Marketing experience. JAY GETZ • @ HOME Montana Properties • (406) 214-4016 • Jay.Getz@Outlook.com • www.HOMEMTP.com

CONDOS Pinnacle Townhomes. Modern 3 bed, 2.5 bath with private fenced

$272,000

3 bed, 2 bath, wonderful home only 10 min from town with a country feel. Awesome views, lg fenced lot on .69 acres. Master suite with a huge walk in closet and roomy bathroom. The family rm has access to the large fenced back yd, hot tub on the back patio.

702A Charlo

$195,000

3 bed. 1.5 bath, Northside town home, built in 1997.

Small fenced backyard with deck, no grass to mow! Laminate flooring on main floor, and new carpet on steps and upstairs hallway. Tile in both baths, attached single garage.

No HOA dues.

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

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yard & double garage on Charlo Street. $289,900. Shannon Hilliard, Ink Realty Group 239-8350 shannonhilliard5@gmail.com Uptown Flats #101. 1 bed, 1 bonus room, 1 bath close to community room. $193,500. Anne Jablonski, Portico Real Estate 546-5816. anne@movemontana.com Uptown Flats #301. 814 sf one bedroom plus bonus room. $184,000. Anne Jablonski, Portico Real Estate 546-5816 anne@movemontana.com Uptown Flats #308. 612 sf one bedroom facing residential neighborhood. $159,000. Anne Jablonski, Portico Real Estate 546-5816 anne@movemontana.com

COMMERCIAL Holland Lake Lodge. Lodge with restaurant, gift shop & Montana liquor license on 12 acres of USFS land. $5,000,000. Shannon Hilliard, Ink Realty Group 239-8350. shannonhilliard5@gmail.com

OUT OF TOWN 3 Bdr, 1 Bath, Target Range home. $285,000. BHHSMT Properties.

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

NHN STONE STREET

Amazing 2.52 acre parcel in Orchard Homes! This flat parcel has great views, frontage on an irrigation fed pond, and city sewer is close. If you're needing a little more room for gardens, animals, a shop, or all the above, come take a look. $174,900

MANUFACTURED For Sale 2- 2013 16x80 mobile homes in great condition $43,900 delivered and set up within 150 miles of Billings. 406-259-4663

LAND FOR SALE 18.6 acre building lot in Sleeman Creek, Lolo. $129,900. BHHS Montana Properties. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 2396696, or visit www.mindypalmer.com NHN Weber Butte Trail. 60 acre ranch in Corvallis with sweeping Bitterroot views. $675,000.

Shannon Hilliard, Ink Realty Group 239-8350. shannonhilliard5@gmail.com Real Estate - Northwest Montana – Company owned. Small and large acre parcels. Private. Trees and meadows. National Forest boundaries. Tungstenholdings.com (406) 293-3714

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834 sf Modern Condo Close to Downtown

MLS # 21703058 Priced at $193,500 A MUST SEE CONDO - LOTS OF UPGRADES! Close to Downtown Missoula at 801 N. Orange St. Go to MoveMontana.com for photos and more details. Or call Anne or Tony.

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955 7th Street • $180,900 Well-loved 1 bed, 1 bath with custom woodwork, separate studio, landscaped yard, deck & new garage.

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Call Matt at 360-9023 for more information