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RYAN ZINKE WOULDN’T MAKE THE SAME MISTAKE TWICE, WOULD HE?

The stories that went missing this year— and the threads that connect them

by Paul Rosenberg

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News

Voices The readers write .............................................................................................................4 Street Talk Have you heard the news?.......................................................................................4 The Week in Review The news of the day, one day at a time..................................................6 Briefs Swaney’s swan song, case management by contract, and firefighters relax..................6 Etc. With a new prez, it’s back to business at UM......................................................................7 News The headstone battle that just won’t die..........................................................................8 News Why Greg “Slammer” Gianforte’s mugshot matters........................................................9 Opinion Ryan Zinke wouldn’t make the same mistake twice, would he?..............................10 Opinion Public land is for more than recreation ....................................................................11 Feature Project Censored: the biggest—and most underreported—stories of the year .......14

Arts & Entertainment

Arts The Smith brothers bring Walking Out to the Montana Film Festival .................20 Film Super Dark Times explores a bygone era............................................................21 Art The ongoing self-portrait of Pamela Caughey........................................................22 Comedy Chris Kattan talks SNL, head bobs and making mistakes .............................23 Movie Shorts Independent takes on current films .....................................................24 BrokeAss Gourmet Chiles rellenos............................................................................25 Happiest Hour Lake Missoula Tea Company’s 5th anniversary .................................27 8 Days a Week The mother of calendars commands you...........................................28 Agenda How Missoula lost its summer .......................................................................37 Mountain High Pray for snow (by partying)...............................................................38

Exclusives

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

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

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STREET TALK

by Derek Brouwer

What national story or issue this year didn’t get enough attention, and why?

How about locally?

Maxwell Evans: As much press coverage as this would get, the shooting in Las Vegas needs to be brought up to legislators at the federal level to figure out a way to prevent those crimes. Election season: There needs to be more information about the candidates running for mayor and City Council. I know there’s candidate forums going on, but I’d like to know more.

Anna Stagg: A lot of the riots and protests going on get bad media coverage, but not enough covering the deeper importance.

Even the football protests. I haven’t heard a ton about it. Don’t worry, it’s not on the chopping block: The Trump administration is doing cuts to national monuments. One of those monuments is in Montana.

Shannon Fischer-Kendro: Republicans will try again next year to repeal Obamacare. I just hope it doesn’t get ignored in between.

Whenever they try to sneak it in, we need to make sure it’s not going to get through.

Missing classes: The state of our university right now. It has gotten a lot of attention, but it hasn’t carried over into what it’s actually doing to students trying to plan their schedules. It’s a really big challenge to ensure you’re going to get your degree in four years.

Sierra Pannell: Gianforte punched this newscaster, but after that there was nothing. “You broke my glasses!” is all I heard.

Maybe that’s my bad. Pray for Montana? I know a lot of people were upset about the forest fires and how they didn’t get any coverage nationally. I don’t know if it does any good or not to have it on TV.

Morgan Sarmento: A majority of what I see either bashes Trump or doesn’t focus on the issue. I think we need more coverage of the issues. Show me the cuts: I don’t know any of the teachers that are getting cut at UM. The university should do more to publicize it. I have to dig to find information, and sometimes I don’t have time.

Asked Tuesday at the University Center

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No confidence Lisa Triepke and I served together on our local school board for many years. During that time I have been a friend and supporter of hers, and I have been the target of her anger and hostility. These are some of my observations during the years that we served together: Mrs. Triepke did not understand the important line that separates the role of the administrators that run a school and the proper role of a school’s Board of Trustees. As a result she frequently came across as critical, unsupportive and someone who tried to micromanage others.

When Mrs. Triepke was critical of work performed by other trustees, administration or staff, she often spoke about the lack of transparency in things that she did not fully understand, yet rarely could she suggest constructive ways of improvement.

I witnessed multiple meetings where Mrs. Triepke became so angry that she left before the meeting was concluded, and at one of the meetings she issued an inappropriate expletive at a person when she left.

Mrs. Triepke did not take responsibility for her actions. When she made procedural mistakes, errors or made accusations that were incorrect, she moved on and pretended they never happened.

During board meetings, I observed other behaviors of Mrs. Triepke that were discourteous and unprofessional, especially when she came to a meeting seemingly unprepared. For example, rather than notify the school administration prior to a meeting that she had specific concerns about a topic, she would ask questions whose answers required research and/or were very complicated.

It seemed to me like they were “gotcha” moments rather than productive critique. These uncomfortable and unproductive episodes could have been easily mitigated with a little forethought, understanding of process and respect for her peers.

I have been a longtime supporter of strong women in our community, in politics, the workplace and especially in the field of education. Having the right person in the right position is important in any organization, and I feel it is necessary for everyone to step up and do their best to contribute to the community in which we live.

As someone who has worked with Lisa Triepke for many years, I have observed her temper, lack of leadership skills, poor decision-making ability, even cronyism. These are some very

basic requirements we expect from our civic leaders. While she did have moments of quiet listening and insightful questions during her tenure as a school board member, Mrs. Triepke is certainly not qualified to run an organization of any size, much less a great place like Missoula.

Robert Carter Missoula

Friendly advice I have had wonderful positive encounters with employees at UM (“UM releases fall enrollment numbers showing another overall drop,” Sept. 27). As a parent of a sophomore who is thriving both socially and academically, I applaud UM! It is an accepting community of helpful people.

“As a parent of a sophomore who is thriving both socially and academically, I applaud UM! It is an accepting community of helpful people.”

However, I’m from California. You need to get out and advertise, recruit, sell your high points! We from California will come. The Western Undergraduate Exchange scholarship makes attendance affordable. Enrollment will climb, without a doubt.

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Unwilding America The Bob Marshall, Scapegoat, Selway-Bitterroot, Absaroka-Beartooth and our other protected wildernesses are sacred to Montanans of all stripes.

Except, apparently, Congressmen Greg Gianforte, who just voted to effectively repeal the Wilderness Act. This stealth attack on the Wilderness Act comes in the form of H.R. 3668, the Sportsmen’s Heritage and Recre-

ational Enhancement (SHARE) Act, introduced by Rep. Jeff Duncan of South Carolina. It would affect every wilderness in the nation, including all of Montana’s wilderness gems.

The SHARE Act would turn the Wilderness Act on its head, allowing endless habitat manipulation and modification, including logging, chaining, herbicide spraying and myriad other offenses under the guise of “wildlife conservation,” or for providing hunting, fishing and recreational shooting experiences.

The SHARE Act would also allow the construction of “temporary” roads, dams and other structures in Wilderness, again under the guise of benefiting hunting, angling, recreational shooting, or wildlife conservation. And all such projects would be exempt from any environmental review or public scrutiny under the National Environmental Policy Act—in essence making Wildernesses some of the least-protected of all public lands.

The bill is being pushed at the behest of the Safari Club International and a few like-minded groups that are upset that Wildernesses around the country aren’t managed like game farms—an approach Montanans roundly rejected at the ballot box not long ago. Not satisfied with the rich diversity of life our wildernesses hold, or with the special experiences that wilderness provides, these groups want wilderness managed solely to benefit their idea of hunting and to favor the species they want to shoot.

Even if it means building a road or a dam, clearcutting a forest, or wiping out native predators to meet their hunting or angling goals.

Montanans who love our wildest, best places and don’t want them degraded for a selfish few should contact Rep. Gianforte and urge him to remove the wilderness-gutting provisions from the SHARE Act before it’s too late.

George Nickas Conservation Director Wilderness Watch Missoula

Racism redux The reason racism was (sort of ) forced under a slimy rock for the past 40 or 50 years was because educated, compassionate, liberal people actually stood up and said, “Enough!” (“Racism hasn’t gone anywhere. It’s everywhere,” Sept.

28.) Somewhere we let the other side get their voice back. The side that glories in ignorance and disdains education.

A very sad and frightening time for our country.

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WEEK IN REVIEW Wednesday, September 27 State auditor and 2018 Republican Senate candidate Matt Rosendale says at the Montana Insurance Summit that he isn’t counting on Congress to repeal and replace Obamacare, and is instead focusing on statewide measures.

Thursday, September 28 A Great Falls man is charged with burglary and criminal mischief after reportedly getting friends and a U-Haul to help him “move” stuff—out of a house that isn’t his.

Friday, September 29 A U.S. Department of the Interior report says Fort Peck tribal police violated the civil rights of 29 people they arrested in order to “put them out of sight” before the 2013 Wild Horse Stampede.

Saturday, September 30 Former UM creative writing professor and author William Kittredge receives a lifetime achievement award at the Montana Book Festival. Kittredge taught at the university for 28 years.

Here today...

Swaney takes her leave Two years ago, citizen Ruth Swaney stood before Missoula City Council and urged the city to stop recognizing Columbus Day. Doing so, she said, would have lasting significance for native residents, including her.

Two years later, on Oct. 2, Swaney sat behind the council table reminding her peers and the public that Oct. 9, the newly recognized Indigenous Peoples Day approaches. Earlier in the meeting, Swaney had knelt during the recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance in solidarity with nationwide protests against racism and police brutality.

And then she announced her departure, from City Council and from Missoula. It was an aside, more or less, before she circled back to the holiday she had fought for.

“I will be relocating out of Missoula and returning home to North Dakota,” Swaney said. “So I will be making a transition over the next month.

I have really enjoyed my time here in Missoula, and also want to acknowledge that our beautiful city is in the traditional homelands of the Salish and Kalispell people, so as we celebrate Indigenous Peoples Day, please keep that in mind.”

Councilmembers thanked Swaney, Missoula’s

first Native American woman on council, for her contributions. “You’ve brought things in front of us that we need to listen to and take action on,” councilmember Jon Wilkins said.

Swaney plans to take a job in the tribal education department of the Mandan, Hidatsa & Arikara Nations, of which she’s a member, the Missoulian reported.

Swaney’s announcement comes barely a month before the November municipal election, in which she’s running unopposed. It’s too late to remove her name from the ballot, elections administrator Rebecca Connors says. Ballots have already been certified and printed. And because a state law enacted this year pushed forward the deadline for write-in candidates to register, no other candidate is eligible to stage a last-minute campaign. That means Swaney is guaranteed to keep the seat to which she was appointed in January, even after she’s moved out of state and become ineligible to serve.

Once Swaney submits a resignation letter, council will begin yet another appointment process for the Ward 2 seat, City Clerk Marty Rehbein says. Whoever is chosen will fill the seat until the next municipal election—in 2019—leaving the ward without an elected representative for three years running.

The timing is particularly unfortunate for Jack Metcalf, who recently withdrew his candidacy for the seat. Metcalf has been eyeing elected office, having vyed with Swaney for the earlier appointment, but didn’t want to challenge his friend Swaney in an election. She had a job application pending as the filing period closed, Metcalf says, so he decided to file in case she dropped out.

Swaney didn’t get that particular position, and he withdrew.

Metcalf isn’t sure if he’ll seek appointment again.

“I think I’d have a better chance at an election than City Council appointing me,” he says.

Derek Brouwer

Case management

Cutting health care Budget cuts to the Department of Public Health and Human Services continue to have serious impacts on Montana’s mental health centers.

The Independent has previously reported on how Western Montana Mental Health Center and Sunburst Community Service Foundation are dealing with the loss of state funds and about three times those losses in matching federal dollars. 3 Rivers is the most recent Missoula-area mental health

Sunday, October 1 At least 20 Missoulians are among the crowd in Las Vegas when a man in a highrise opens fire on the crowd at a country music festival. No Missoulians are among the reported 59 killed and 527 injured.

Monday, October 2 Author Stephen King and his son Owen deliver a sold-out talk at UM’s Dennison Theatre as part of a tour to promote their new co-written book, Sleeping Beauties.

Tuesday, October 3 Snow falls overnight on Montana’s Hi-Line, leaving about 10,000 customers without power. Havre receives 15 inches, and winds uproot and damage trees. Police shut down non-emergency travel in the city for the day.

So, do you know what a grizzly bear, Canadian lynx, sage grouse and pallid sturgeon all have in common? They taste like spotted owl.” —Rep. Greg Gianforte, addressing the Montana Association of Counties Sept. 18. On a somewhat related note, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced last week it will consider delisting Northern Continental Divide grizzlies next year.

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[news] center to look at staffing reductions in the face of budget cuts, but instead of layoffs, the center plans to eliminate case managers as employee positions and reinstate them as independent contractors.

The attempted transition has not been smooth. According to two case managers who spoke with the Independent, 3 Rivers informed them last week that they would be laid off effective 11:59 p.m. on Sept. 30, and would have the opportunity to return to work as independent contractors on Oct 1. “I had wanted to leave the last time they changed our employment status and decided to only pay us for billable units,� says case manager Christine Sanders. In August, she says, case managers were told that they had to be at 100 percent productivity, meaning they would no longer be paid for time spent doing tasks not billable to Medicaid, like driving to see clients or doing paperwork.

When offered the opportunity to take the layoff, Sanders accepted, only to be told it was no longer on offer—there hadn’t been time to set up a way to bring the case managers back on board as independent contractors. So, faced with starting the following week without case managers, 3 Rivers rescinded the layoff, for the time being.

Another case manager was concerned about the increased tax and insurance burden managers would shoulder as contractors. “You’d have to have your professional liability insurance, you’d also want general liability and bodily damage insurance. To transport clients you’d have to have commercial insurance on your vehicle,� the manager says. “That could be written off, but you have to pay that up front.�

Effectively, she says, case managers would be dealing with a pay cut of close to $4 an hour once the additional costs of doing business as independent contractors were factored in. Those costs would manifest as savings for 3 Rivers, which would no longer be responsible for case managers’ payroll taxes or workers compensation insurance.

In an email to the Independent, 3 Rivers coowner Shea Hennelly described the change as an effort to avoid outright layoffs. “While we are losing our current case managers as employees, it’s our hope that they will take us up on our offer to become their clients.

Only three staff have said they do not want to be self-employed, as that is what independent con-

tractor means, and we understand that. It’s a big change, and not a good fit for everyone. We are hopeful for the future and trying to remain optimistic that this storm will pass.�

At press time, a case manager informed the Independent that a sample contract had been presented to case managers in a Tuesday afternoon meeting.

Susan Elizabeth Shepard

End of the watch

Firefighters relax at last John Stevens can breathe. The past four months of his life are a blur—not a tidy list of named fires like on the commemorative pint glass beside him on Saturday, but a jumble of place names and sweat-streaked memories. His summer started in San Carlos, Ariz., on a June deployment with the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes’ Mission Valley Helitack. Stevens didn’t expect to return a month later to a Montana already in the throes of an historic fire year. “When I left home, it was green and raining here,� he said. “We got back and it was on.�

Missoula Brewing Company’s taproom was jam-packed with wildland firefighters Sept. 30, all of them reconnecting with friends, meeting each other’s families and cheering the end of a long, fraught season.

For some, it began back in April, when Shawn Faiella and his Lolo Hotshots started their 80 hours of training before shipping off briefly to Missouri for flood-relief work. For others, the season had only just ended. Paytyn Wheeler and Shyla Stevenson, both from the Ninemile Ranger District, were still working the Sheep Gap fire in mid-September when five pieces of equipment were burned over. “We’d have still been there if we hadn’t gotten called out earlier in the day to a different fire,�

Wheeler said.

Pilot Earl Longden, with Billings Flying Service, had flown Sheep Gap that day, the burnover prompting his reassignment from the Cub fire

BY THE NUMBERS Days between Missoula’s last 90degree day of the season, Sept.

12, and Missoula’s first measurable snow, Oct. 3, when the National Weather Service reported .10 inches of snow, the earliest recorded snow in the city since 1983.

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just 20 miles away. Technically, Longden’s season wasn’t over yet when the brewery’s party started.

His crew’s contract wasn’t set to end until Oct. 8.

They started June 6. “We worked everywhere,� Longden said. “Started out in Santa Fe, then went to Cedar City [Utah] on the Brian Head fire, which was a big fire. Then we went to Reno. I don’t remember what fire that was.�

Robert Lindig confessed he didn’t have any harrowing tales from 2017. Just lingering fatigue.

He’d cut his early deployment to the Southwest short to come back and take care of his kids. It’s not easy balancing a major fire season with parenting, he said, single or otherwise. Firefighting takes its toll in ways the public doesn’t see. He recalled the Ninemile district bringing in a physical therapist to talk to staff in September—“Snap-tember,� as the firefighters call it, because “the end of fire season is close, but you’ve been running hard.� The deaths of two firefighters on the Lolo National Forest brought an emotional weight to the past few months too. “We all mourn when somebody dies,� Lindig said, “but when there’s a fatality on your forest, it’s even more personal.�

Those tragedies weren’t far from Faiella’s mind as he scanned the room, searching for thoughts on what it meant to be among the celebrated. “It’s a huge risk that we take every day to go out and work in the environment we work in,� he said. “That everyone’s here and made it through the season, I think that for me is the most important thing.�

Alex Sakariassen

ETC. The Rhodes Scholarship, among the most prestigious awards for university students, evaluates candidates according to four main areas: scholastic attainment, energy to use one’s talents fully, moral character and instinct to lead.

It is not hard to see why Seth Bodnar, as a young West Point valedictorian, was selected to receive the scholarship in 2001. Today his rÊsumÊ contains nearly every strain of elite American pursuit: Bodnar has two master’s degrees from Oxford, has commanded military units overseas, and most recently worked as an executive in the locomotive logistics industry. He’s not yet 40 years old.

It is slightly harder to see how Bodnar was selected Oct. 3 as the next University of Montana president. He’s the first since 1966 not to hold a Ph.D., and aside from teaching economics courses for a few years at West Point, he has no work experience in higher education.

But the “nontraditional� candidate rose to the top of a pool of more than 90 candidates, apparently propelled in part by the strong impression he made while auditioning for a UM deanship last year. He also offered a peculiar package as someone whose main calling card is experience in business, yet who promises not to run UM like one.

In his candidate forum, Bodnar attempted to resolve that contradiction by saying that the skill he brings is leadership—what he called the “people development business.� He spoke forcefully but in generalities. He referred to at least six different things as “tremendous.�

Bodnar also benefited from a lackluster lineup of “traditional� candidates. Lawrence Pettit, the state’s first higher education commissioner and now a consultant on university searches, grades the crop of finalists C+. “The pool lacked anyone who had meaningful experience at a university equal to or above the University of Montana in status and mission,� he says.

By comparison, the search that produced Montana State University’s Waded Cruzado featured three finalists who had doctorates and held senior positions at doctoral universities larger than MSU, including the University of North Carolina.

That UNC candidate, Steven Leath, is now the president of Auburn University.

Everyone in Missoula is eager for UM to leave its disastrous recent past behind. In that pursuit, Commissioner Clay Christian and the Board of Regents have decided to gamble with its future.

Chair Fran Albrecht described Bodnar as a “transformational� and “visionary� leader who can “reenvision� UM in the face of its many challenges.

But before he can re-envision the university— whatever that means—Bodnar will have to prove he can run one.

Garrett Smith

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Gravely mistaken The headstone battle that the city just can’t kill

by Derek Brouwer

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August marked one year since Missoula City Cemetery Director Ron Regan convinced his volunteer and elected overseers to spend $18,340 so he could start selling headstones and engraving columbarium walls. The plan, as city councilmember John DiBari concluded at the time, seemed like a “no-brainer,” since revenue from those services would offset the initial cost in only four years.

Regan got his plotting machine ($11,785) and flew to a training with a couple of other staff members ($6,555). But a year later, the only death date they’d inscribed was the one on Regan’s plan, which had become so controversial and time-consuming that one cemetery board member declared his priority was simply to “lay to rest” the dispute.

The pun wasn’t intentional, if the tone of the gravestone fight is any indication. For months, Missoula’s private monument vendors have publicly fumed that the city was encroaching on their business, even hiring attorneys to send the city a “cease and desist” letter and threaten legal action.

The cemetery board and Missoula City Council thought they settled the issue Sept.

18, when council voted to scale back Regan’s original plan. The cemetery agreed to abandon headstone sales and engraving, but adopted a new requirement that all stones be installed by city staff. The proposal passed after Mayor John Engen broke a 5-5 tie.

But local monument businesses aren’t relenting, while the cemetery is left with a machine that can’t be used for its intended purpose.

Bob Jordan, owner of Garden City Monument Services, says Regan has been “deceitful” in his pursuit of new services, misleading city council about the project and its effect. Where Regan describes his goal as providing more options and better prices to cemetery customers, Jordan sees a rogue director looking to generate revenue.

Jordan says Regan “slid in” the plotter request when he first asked the city for funding, and it’s true that the request received little discussion, including an opening remark from councilmember Jon Wilkins asking what a plotter is.

The cemetery’s initial plan was to source monuments from an out-of-state

vendor. City staff could then “set,” i.e., install the monuments, providing cemetery customers with a “one-stop shopping” experience. Staffers would use the plotter to create stencils for columbarium tiles and inscribe death dates onto pre-made stones. Regan told council that tile inscriptions would generate $1,000 annually, and death date inscriptions on cemetery-sold headstones would yield another $8,000 in new annual revenue.

“When we approved the plotter, we felt that was a fiscally responsible thing to do for cemetery operations,” councilmember Bryan von Lossberg says.

Regan’s claims. The records convinced Seeberger that Regan had a point.

Yet Jordan, with 45 years of experience in the business, questions whether city staff can handle monuments any better. He says setting stones has never been a profit center for his business, and that the city’s foray into installation will force him to pass on hundreds of dollars in additional costs to customers.

Regan says that’s untrue, but he’s reluctant to otherwise respond to critics in the business community.

“I’m not going to throw mud for a story,” he says. “Facts are facts. We went through due process.”

photo by Catherine L. Walters

City cemetery officals say they didn’t think their plan to sell headstones would be controversial. Local dealers say the city was asking for a fight.

Von Lossberg says his view hasn’t changed, even though last month’s compromise leaves the cemetery without the bulk of its anticipated revenue. Regan maintains that the $18,340 he’s spent on the project was worth it because the plotter can help produce signage around the cemetery, in addition to just inscribing columbarium niche walls.

“This thing does more than I’ll probably be able to master,” he says.

Now the battle turns to who should install headstones. Stone setting has long been a sore spot between Regan and local monument companies, whose work, Regan has claimed, was often deficient. Having joined the cemetery board during the recent dispute, chair Kim Seeberger says she reviewed minutes from every board meeting since 2005 in search of evidence of

That process stretched for months, over at least a half-dozen public meetings,

by Jordan’s count. He’s weighing his next steps as city staffers prepare a fee schedule that he and other monument businesses will be subject to. During previous discussions, Jordan says, he offered to list the city’s new plotter for sale in an industry magazine in an attempt to recoup the cost.

The city wasn’t interested.

That’s in part because Regan’s plan for city-sold headstones has only one foot in the grave. Cemetery staffers are now recording the names and numbers of customers who inquire about purchasing headstones. If they can prove that public demand exists, they say, they might try again. dbrouwer@missoulanews.com

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1,000 words Why the Gianforte mugshot matters

by Alex Sakariassen

On Aug. 25, Montana Congressman in Montana, and prompted Gallatin Alan Doane, who amended it to bar Greg Gianforte had his mugshot taken County’s Lambert to request an opin- the release of mugshots without a at the Gallatin County Detention Center. ion from Attorney General Tim Fox de- court order or the permission of the The photo was taken after a protracted claring mugshots confidential criminal mugshot subject. Doane explained his legal battle ended with Justice Court justice information. Fox declined to amendment in committee by comparJudge Rick West ordering Gianforte to do so in December 2015. ing booking photos to revenge porn, submit to the same booking process as The issue isn’t unfamiliar to Jim claiming that mugshots can ruin lives.

“There’s a person at home, I other people charged with a crime. don’t even know him, but I Rather than settle the issue, howwould know him if he walked in ever, that mugshot launched anthe door,” Doane said Jan. 25, other round of judicial wrangling “because I’ve seen his picture when Gallatin County Attorney plastered all over the Billings Marty Lambert declined to release it Gazette and the local newspaper to the press, leaving its disseminaat home. And then a couple tion as a matter for District Judge months later, he was found not Holly Brown to decide. guilty of all the charges against Seven media outlets petitioned him.” the court for the mugshot, and the The bill was voted down 45 to Bozeman Daily Chronicle quoted 55 in February. court clerks Aug. 28 saying that a Rickman today says the Legisruling from West would take at least lature is just one avenue for detwo weeks. Lambert told the Indy finitive guidance. An opinion on Oct. 2 that Gianforte’s attorneys from the attorney general would had filed responses to all seven peoffer a solution, as would a court titions and did not object to the case directly addressing the issue. mugshot’s release. Brown received Rickman cites an MNA survey of the requests Oct. 3. As of press time, state newspapers that revealed no ruling on the mugshot’s release roughly 85 percent of counties had been issued.

If and when Gianforte’s bookand municipalities already release ing photo is made public, it will booking photos to the media. doubtless wind up as fodder for Still, the issue remains unsettled.

“In some ways this is such an attack ads in his 2018 re-election outlier,” says Montana Standard campaign. Newspapers across the editor David McCumber, whose state will certainly run it, if for no paper is among those seeking Giother reason than to complete the anforte’s mugshot. “How often do story of the congressman’s elecyou get a situation where the tion-eve assault on Guardian rephoto by Alex Sakariassen mugshot involves a congressman? porter Ben Jacobs and subsequent But the issue to us is the same as conviction. But the battle to Rep. Greg Gianforte is at the center of a secure the photo’s release has public-records fight in Gallatin County. This with any mugshot taken after a felony arrest or even a misdeunderscored a bigger issue in is not his mugshot. meanor arrest. We feel like those Montana, one that many thought was resolved more than a year ago. Rickman, president of the Montana should be a matter of public record.”

As for why journalists would work When it comes to mugshots, which Newspaper Association. MNA and sevportion of the state Constitution pre- eral other organizations, including the so hard for a single photo, Rickman vails: the individual’s right to privacy Montana Association of Chiefs of Po- says the answer goes to the core of or the public’s right to know? lice, sought a solution during the 2017 what the press does, regardless of GiIn fall 2015, District Judge Jon Legislature, lobbying for House Bill anforte’s political status.

“The photo helps tell the story,” Oldenburg came down on the side of 236, which would have codified Oldthe latter, ruling that Park County enburg’s decision and added booking Rickman says. “Photography in jourmust release the booking photo of a photos to the list of criminal justice in- nalism is essential. It always has been. registered violent offender charged formation that state law considers … That’s why it’s important to us.” with aggravated assault. Oldenburg’s public. Rickman says the bill was “hiorder set the precedent on the issue jacked” by House Judiciary Chairman asakariassen@missoulanews.com

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Affordable housing has easily been an issue since 2012.

Despite Engen saying Missoula has an affordable housing problem but “not a housing crisis,” he also admits Missoula hasn’t developed housing policies or invested in housing - in recent Missoula Current on-camera interview.

From 2012 to 2016 Missoula’s median home price rose from $209,700 to $255,000. The MOR already reports it’s at about $270,000 this year.

Told the press that the City’s attorneys estimated the Mountain Water lawsuit would cost $400,000 in legal fees.

The actual bill came to almost 20 times that.

Over 40 lawyers have donated to the re-election campaign including lawyers from out-of-state.

Promised during a Talk Back radio interview, “I’m not increasing my income.” Has taken over $30,000 worth in pay raises, not to mention benefits over his tenure.

Income sits at about $86,534 a year plus over $20,000 in benefits. Claims Missoula to be affordable. The average Missoulian makes just over $40,000 a year, not enough to afford the price of an average Missoula house.

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[opinion]

In plane sight Would Ryan Zinke make the same mistake twice?

by Dan Brooks

Back in June, newly minted secretary of the Interior Department, former Montana congressman and secret past member of the Navy SEALs Ryan Zinke chartered a flight from Las Vegas to Kalispell for $12,375. That’s about $12,000 more than it would have cost to fly coach, and we paid for it. Taxpayers footed the bill for Zinke to fly on a private jet co-owned, through a holding company, by Jay Nielson, who is an executive vice-president of the oil and gas exploration firm Nielson & Associates.

That was this summer. The story came out last week, which was unfortunate timing for Zinke. It coincided with the news that Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price spent more than $400,000 chartering private jets for his own travel this year—a story that ended in Price’s resignation.

There are only two words for that: bad luck. It’s a shame that news of Zinke spending taxpayer dollars to fly on a private jet owned by an executive in an industry with which his department works closely broke just now. It looks bad. Longtime readers of this column know that Commander Zinke is innocent, though. There has to be more to this charter-jet story, because I refuse to believe that a decorated veteran and 1.1 term congressman could act so, well, dumb.

Here is the itinerary at issue, according to the Washington Post. The night before he came to Las Vegas, Secretary Zinke spoke at a dinner in Lake Tahoe organized by the Rule of Law Defense Fund, a policy organization for Republican state attorneys that’s supported by the Koch brothers.

The next day, he flew commercial from Reno to Las Vegas and appeared in Pahrump, Nev.—which is about as large as it sounds—to announce a routine grant from Congress to rural communities. Hours later, he delivered what the Post describes as a “motivational speech” to the Vegas Golden Knights professional hockey team.

That night, he took the $12,375 charter flight from Vegas to Kalispell—a short drive from his home in White-

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fish, where he presumably went to sleep under a giant cowboy hat. The next day, he spoke at a meeting of the Western Governors Association.

That meeting and the Pahrump appearance were the official business portions of the trip. The other stuff, including the Rule of Law Defense Fund dinner and Zinke’s speech to the Golden Knights, would be properly classed as political activities. The

“If Zinke were deliberately organizing his official itinerary so as to make taxpayers cover travel expenses for his political fundraising, he would disguise it better.”

hockey team is owned by Bill Foley, chairman of Fidelity National Financial. Between its employees and associated political action committees, Fidelity donated just under $200,000 to Zinke’s congressional campaigns.

This is not the first time Zinke’s official trips for the Department of the Interior have coincided with political events. One of his first trips to Montana as secretary brought him to a Snow Removal Crew Meet & Greet at Mammoth Hot Springs, where he briefly addressed park staff before continuing to the Big Sky Resort for a

fundraiser for the 2020 re-election campaign of Republican Sen. Steve Daines.

It all fits together a little too neatly, which is how you know Secretary Zinke is innocent. If he were deliberately organizing his official itinerary so as to make taxpayers cover travel expenses for his political fundraising, he would disguise it better. To believe Zinke was abusing his travel privileges, you’d have to believe he was making the same mistake twice.

In the 1990s, back when he was an officer on SEAL Team 6, Zinke was cited for improperly billing the Navy for travel to Montana. He had to repay $211 in expenses for a trip he ostensibly took to scout training sites in Montana and eastern Washington—a trip that also involved time off to work on his family home. According to the New York Times, officials said they became suspicious because Zinke had no reason to be looking for training sites at the time, and because he “requested reimbursement for excess baggage even though he was traveling alone.”

Why would a man whose Navy career was marked by improper billing of travel expenses go on to improperly bill travel expenses as a member of Donald Trump’s cabinet? It just doesn’t make sense.

You know the public, though.

Quick to find fault with members of our armed services, newspapers and readers alike will relish this opportunity to undermine the troops. As one of the dwindling minority of Americans who believe that veterans deserve respect, I look forward to the rest of this story: the part that reveals Secretary Zinke did nothing wrong, and that having taxpayers spend the price of a used Honda Civic to fly him on a private jet belonging to an oil executive was the only way to associate with those Western governors. The alternative is just too dumb to believe.

Dan Brooks writes about politics, culture and the real story beneath the “facts” at combatblog.net.

[opinion]

More than recreation Hunt highlights the importance of national forests

by Sarah Jane Keller

The evening before bow season opened in southwest Montana, I loaded up a bike trailer with camping gear and pedaled into a heavily timbered valley near Bozeman. Arriving at a hillside of very old Douglas firs well past dark, I hastily made camp as irrational fears of bears and people started to creep over me.

Later that night, something stomped on the branches outside my tent. I grabbed my bear spray and tried to stay calm. Then I heard a bull elk let loose a chilling bugle. Seconds later, more eerie whistles erupted from far up the valley.

As I settled back to sleep, fear turned to satisfaction. I was finally living out my bow-hunting fantasy: a solitary camp, eavesdropping on animals and anticipating sneaking into the woods before first light to search for deer or elk. Given a choice, I’d have been hunting deeper in the wilderness. But what I really needed last fall was a place that could accommodate a bum knee and a frenzied work schedule. So I found a familiar, hard-working valley in the Custer Gallatin National Forest and hoped that other archers would overlook its game trails, buck rubs and hidden meadows.

Despite the noisy bulls the night before, the first day passed quietly without the appearance of any elk or deer. On the misty second morning, I walked a gravelly ridge and enjoyed how deep the clouds had sunk into the glacier-carved valley.

I almost missed the two buck deer grazing the edge of a meadow.

Crouching behind a ponderosa pine, I took off my boots and pack for maximum stealth, waited for the deer to turn away and started stalking them.

Several hours later, those deer were still weaving through the forest.

I’d been within shooting range of them many times, but either brush obscured them or one would turn my way, making it impossible to draw my bow.

My task seemed impossible. Ungulates practice their survival skills

every day—as prey animals, they have to be alert—but this was my first attempt at being a close-range predator. Small details suddenly demanded all my attention. Shifts in the breeze, the rustle of my jacket, a sniffle or the snap of a twig could trigger the deer’s fine-tuned flight instincts. The hunt hinged on restraining my reflexes and letting everything line up perfectly.

“Public land is the essence of freedom, an invitation to exercise a primal form of self-sufficiency and, in the process, connect with an ecosystem.”

Finally, both deer stopped moving. From behind a skinny fir sapling, I could see only fragments of their ears and antlers. They seemed to be watching my tree, which didn’t so much hide me as break up my shape.

I reminded myself that animals look for movement. Simply breathing too deeply felt precarious.

After a while, the deer bedded down, unaware of the predator now standing 10 steps away. I no longer felt like an interloper, but simply another animal capable of melting into

the forest. Had the stalk failed at this point, I’d still have found something I came for: a heightened way of experiencing these woods.

It’s these moments during hunts—and subtler ones, too—that make me ferociously loyal to the idea of public land. When you’re a hunter, a national forest becomes much more than a recreation destination. It becomes a place to transcend the separation between modern humans and nature, if just for a morning.

In this way, public land is the essence of freedom, an invitation to exercise a primal form of self-sufficiency and, in the process, connect with an ecosystem. The gut-level connection to public land that many hunters have gives me hope that the ongoing movement to transfer or privatize it will ultimately fail. As a natural resources journalist, I report on the land-transfer movement, and do so fairly. But as a hunter, I can’t stand the idea of losing my public lands, should states sell them off.

Eventually, the deer stood, breaking my trance, and continued grazing. Soon after that, I lost them as they hurried across a trail. I feared they were long gone, but caught up with them in a small meadow flanked by willows.

This time, I knew I had a shot.

Muscle memory took over as I drew the bow, aimed and released the arrow. It hit behind the buck’s shoulder, and I watched anxiously for a few long seconds as he bounded into the conifers, then fell. As I anticipated his last breath, I felt the weight of ending a life, then a rush of gratitude toward him and the land around me. This anonymous corner of national forest would feed my husband and me through the winter, making it just as invaluable to me as any famous wilderness or national park. And just as worthy of protection.

Sarah Jane Keller is a contributor to Writers on the Range, the opinion service of High Country News (hcn.org ). She writes in Montana.

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AUDACIOUS – Kristi Lyn Goss, 44, former administrative assistant to the Garland County (Arkansas) judge, went all out when she racked up about $200,000 worth of debt on the county credit card between 2011 and May 2016, according to the Hot Springs Sentinel-Record. Among the many items Goss purchased on the county’s account were tickets to Arkansas Razorbacks games, sequined throw pillows and a tuxedo for her dog. Goss pleaded guilty on Sept. 11 to six felony fraud counts; her sentencing is scheduled for Nov. 22. Garland County Judge Rick Davis issued a statement at Goss’s arrest noting that he had “inherited” her from a former judge.

IT’S COMPLICATED – As Hurricane Irma bore down on Florida in early September, the Pasco County Sheriff’s Office announced that registered sex offenders, who would not be able to shelter with other citizens, “need someplace to go just like any other citizen.” The Tampa Bay Times reported that sex offenders were directed to Wiregrass Ranch High School in Wesley Chapel. Pasco County Sheriff’s spokesman Kevin Doll noted that offenders found in other shelters where children were present were subject to arrest, but said the predator shelter would welcome offenders from other counties. In nearby Polk County, officials were not so generous, telling sex offenders, “If you are a predator, find somewhere else to go,” and announcing that they would be checking IDs at the door and arresting anyone with an outstanding warrant.

CAMPAIGN FOLLIES – Incumbent mayoral candidate Charles Pender erected his campaign signs in Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, on Aug. 30, but when he woke up on Aug. 31, he found that they had been vandalized—with hot dogs. CBC News reported that someone had cut round holes in the signs and inserted hot dogs to look as if Pender was smoking a cigar. Pender called it “minor mischief” but noted that the signs are expensive. He called the police, but he feels it’s unlikely the frank bandit will be caught. He hopes to turn the incident into a good laugh with a “bun-raiser” later in the election season.

COMPELLING EXPLANATIONS – Lisa Faye Stout, 53, came up with an unusual scapegoat for the mess police officers found in her room on Sept. 10 at New Castle, Indiana’s Raintree Inn, according to the Muncie Star Press. Vampires had “destroyed everything,” Stout told the officers, who were responding to reports that she had shown up in the hotel bar wearing no pants or undergarments. The front desk clerk also said Stout spit on her and threatened to kill her. As she was taken into custody, Stout spit some more and threatened to “slice” officers’ throats. Stout was charged in Henry County court with two counts of battery by bodily waste, intimidation and criminal mischief.

RECALCULATING ... – Well, it WAS dark ... Gabriel Bishop of Sellersville, Pennsylvania, put all his faith in his car’s GPS system on the evening of Sept. 9, even as it directed him to follow a bike path running alongside the Lehigh River in Easton. According to Lehighvalleylive.com, when the path led under a low bridge, Bishop realized his mistake and tried to back up, but ended up rolling his car into the river. Easton police reported that Bishop was uninjured, but he did receive citations for multiple traffic offenses.

SMOOTH REACTIONS – A movie stuntman in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England, put his skills to work when a potential buyer of his Mercedes Benz tried to take off with the car on Sept. 13. The Telegraph reported that Matt Spooner met the “buyer” and gave a test drive in the car, but the thief wouldn’t get out and started to take off. So, Spooner told reporters, “I ran round to the front and asked him politely to step out. I then ended up on the front of the vehicle and it began to move.” The driver entered a highway, but when he finally slowed down, Spooner let go and “skidded off to the side of the curb,” suffering cuts and bruises to his face. While Spooner creates stunts for film crews, he advises, “It’s a bad plan to do them yourself.”

EXPLOITATION 101 – Jerry Sargeant, 39, of Cheltenham in Gloucestershire, England, who claims on his website to be able to cure cancer via Skype, has been convicted in Westminster Magistrate’s Court of violating the U.K.’s 1939 Cancer Act, which prohibits advertising services that “offer to treat any person for cancer.” The Daily Mail reports that Sargeant, who calls himself “The Facilitator,” says he discovered his talent for “Star Magic” when he saw a woman’s soul fly out of her body during a car accident in Romania. He also claims to have flown to Alpha Centauri on a spaceship and returned to Earth just minutes later. Sargeant’s healing sessions cost 90 pounds for 15 minutes, but he told police that appointments can go up to an hour because “you can’t put a time on magic.” He will be sentenced on Nov. 8.

LIFE IMITATES CARTOONS – The Fremont (California) Police Department responded late on Sept. 17 to a Safeway store where 39-year-old Adam Kowarsh, armed with a French baguette, was on a rampage. According to SFGate, workers told Kowarsh he needed to pay for his items and leave the store, but when one employee tried to calm him, Kowarsh responded by pushing him and then hitting him across the face with the baguette. The Safeway employee was unhurt, but Kowarsh was charged with suspicion of battery and a parole violation.

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The missing stories—and the patterns connecting what you didn’t see

by Paul Rosenberg, Senior Editor, Random Lengths News illustrations by Anson Stevens-Bollen

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n America, we commonly think of press freedom and censorship in terms of the First Amendment, which focuses attention on the press itself and limits on the power of government to restrict it. But the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, drafted in the aftermath of World War II, presents a broader framework. Article 19 reads:

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Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers.

By highlighting the right to receive information and ideas, Article 19 makes it clear that press freedom is about everyone in society, not just the press, and that government censorship is only one potential way of thwarting that right.

That’s the perspective that has informed Project Censored from the beginning, more than 40 years ago.

Even though Project Censored’s annual list focuses on specific censored stories, the underlying issue has never been isolated examples. It serves to highlight how far short we fall of the fully informed public that a healthy democracy requires—and that we all require in order to live healthy, safe, productive, satisfying lives. It’s the larger patterns of missing information, hidden problems and threats that should really concern us. Each Project Censored story provides some of that information, but the annual list also helps shed light on these broader patterns of what’s missing.

During the 1972 election, Woodward and Bernstein were reporting on the earliest developments in the Watergate scandal, but their work was largely isolated, despite running in the Washington Post.

They were covering Watergate as a developing criminal case; it didn’t become a political story until after the election.

That’s a striking example of a story gone missing, and it helped contribute to the founding of Project Censored by Carl Jensen, who defined censorship as “the suppression of information, whether purposeful or not, by any method — including bias, omission, underreporting or self-censorship—that prevents the public from fully knowing what is happening in its society.”

In the current edition’s introduction, Andy Lee Roth writes, “Finding common themes across news stories helps to contextualize each item as a part of the larger narratives shaping our times.” He goes on to cite several exam-

ples spanning the top 25 list: four stories on climate change, six involving racial inequalities, four involving courts, three on health issues, “at least two stories” involving the Pentagon, three on government surveillance and two involving documentary films produced by the Shell Oil Co. Roth goes on to say, “There are more connections to be identified. As we have noted in previous Censored volumes, the task of identifying common topical themes within each year’s

to live by together. With that thought in mind, here is Project Censored’s Top 10 List for 2016-17.

1. Widespread Lead Contamination Threatens Children’s Health and Could Triple Household Water Bills After President Barack Obama declared a federal emergency in Flint, Mich., based on lead contamination of the city’s water supply in January 2016, Reuters re-

across the United States had levels of lead poisoning more than double the rates found in Flint at the peak of its contamination crisis. Of those, 1,100 communities had lead contamination rates “at least four times higher” than Flint.

In Flint, 5 percent of children screened high blood lead levels. Nationwide, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimate that 2.5 percent of all U.S. children younger than 6— about 500,000 children—have elevated blood lead levels.

But there’s a deeper infrastructure problem involved, as Farron Cousins reported for DeSmogBlog in January 2017.

“Lead pipes are time bombs” and water contamination is to be expected, Cousins wrote. The U.S. relies on an estimated 1.2 million miles of lead pipes for municipal delivery of drinking water, and much of this aging infrastructure is reaching or has exceeded its lifespan.

In 2012, the American Water Works Association estimated that a complete overhaul of the nation’s aging water systems would require an investment of $1 trillion over the next 25 years, which could triple household water bills. As Cousins reported, a January 2017 Michigan State University study found that, “while water rates are currently unaffordable for an estimated 11.9 percent of households, the conservative estimates of rising rates used in this study highlight that this number could grow to 35.6 percent in the next five years.”

Cousins concluded, “While the water contamination crisis will occasionally steal a headline or two, virtually no attention has been paid to the fact that we’re pricing a third of United States citizens out of the water market.”

2. More Than Six Trillion Dollars in Unaccountable Army Spending

story list and across multiple years transforms the reader from a passive recipient of information into an active, engaged interpreter. We invite you to engage with this year’s story list in this way.”

That’s excellent advice. But to get things started on the top 10 stories, three main themes are clearly evident: first, threats to public health; second, threats to democracy, both at home and abroad; and third, an out-of-control military.

But don’t let these patterns blind you to other patterns you may see for yourself. Even individual stories often involve different overlapping patterns—environmental destruction and an out-of-control military, for example, or public health and infrastructure concerns. These patterns don’t just connect problems and issues, they connect people, communities and potential solutions as well. A shared understanding of the patterns that hold us down and divide us is the key to developing better patterns

porters M.B. Pell and Joshua Schneyer began an investigation of lead contamination nationwide, with shocking results. In June 2016, they reported that although many states and Medicaid rules require blood lead tests for young children, mil-

lions of children were not being tested.

In December 2016, they reported on the highly decentralized data they had been able to assemble from 21 states, showing that 2,606 census tracts and 278 zip codes

Pell and Schneyer’s neighborhood focus allowed them to identify local hotspots “whose lead poisoning problems may be obscured in broader surveys,” such as those focused on statewide or countywide rates. They found the problems in communities that “stretch from Warren, Pennsylvania, … where 36 percent of children tested had high lead levels, to ... Goat Island, Texas, where a quarter of tests showed poisoning.”

What’s more, “In some pockets of Baltimore, Cleveland and Philadelphia, where lead poisoning has spanned generations, the rate of elevated tests over the last decade was 40 to 50 percent.”

In January 2017, Schneyer and Pell reported that, based on their previous investigation, “From California to Pennsylvania, local leaders, health officials and researchers are advancing measures to protect children from the toxic threat.

They include more blood-lead screening, property inspections, hazard abatement and community outreach programs.”

In 1996, Congress passed legislation requiring all government agencies to undergo annual audits, but a July 2016 report by the Defense Department’s inspector general found that the Army alone has accumulated $6.5 trillion in expenditures that can’t be accounted for over the past two decades.

As Dave Lindorff reported for This Can’t Be Happening!, the DoD “has not been tracking or recording or auditing all of the taxpayer money allocated by Congress—what it was spent on, how well it was spent, or where the money actually ended up.” The Army wasn’t alone.

“Things aren’t any better at the Navy, Air Force and Marines,” he added.

The report appeared at a time when

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“politicians of both major political parties are demanding accountability for every penny spent on welfare. … Ditto for people receiving unemployment compensation,” Lindorff wrote. Politicians have also engaged in pervasive efforts “to make teachers accountable for student ‘performance,’” he added. Yet, he observed, “the military doesn’t have to account for any of its trillions of dollars of spending … even though Congress fully a generation ago passed a law requiring such accountability.”

In March 2017, after Trump proposed a $52 billion increase in military spending, Thomas Hedges reported for the Guardian that “the Pentagon has exempted itself without consequence for 20 years now, telling the Government Accountability Office that collecting and organizing the required information for a full audit is too costly and time-consuming.”

The most recent DoD audit deadline was September 2017, yet neither the Pentagon, Congress, nor the media seem to have paid any attention.

given precise instructions for production of fake al-Qaeda films, and that the firm’s output was approved by former General David Petraeus—the commander of the coalition forces in Iraq—and on occasion by the White House. They reported that the United States used contractors because “the military didn’t have the inhouse expertise and was operating in a legal ‘grey area.’”

The reporters “traced the firm’s Iraq work through U.S. Army contracting censuses, federal procurement transaction records and reports by the Defense Department’s inspector general, as well as

(2013), a 5-4 conservative majority in the Supreme Court struck down a key provision requiring jurisdictions with a history of violations to “pre-clear” changes. As a result, changes to voting laws in nine states and parts of six others with long histories of racial discrimination in voting were no longer subject to federal government approval in advance.

Since Shelby, 14 states, including many southern states and key swing states, implemented new voting restrictions, in many cases just in time for the election. These included restrictive voter-identification laws in Texas and

Ari Berman, author of Give Us the Ballot: The Modern Struggle for Voting Rights in America, was foremost among a small number of non-mainstream journalists to cover the suppression efforts and their results. In May 2017, he reported on an analysis of the effects of voter suppression by Priorities U.S.A, which showed that strict voter-ID laws in Wisconsin and other states resulted in a “significant reduction” in voter turnout in 2016, with “a disproportionate impact on African-American and Democraticleaning voters.” Berman noted that turnout was reduced by 200,000 votes in

2016, the topic of “gutting” the Voting Rights Act did not arise once during the 26 presidential debates prior to the election, and “[c]able news devoted hours and hours to Trump’s absurd claim that the election was rigged against him while spending precious little time on the real threat that voters faced.”

5. Big Data and Dark Money behind the 2016 Election When Richard Nixon first ran for Congress in 1946, he and his supporters used a wide range of dirty tricks aimed at smearing his opponent as pro-Communist, including a boiler-room operation generating phone calls to registered Democrats, which simply said, “This is a friend of yours, but I can’t tell you who I am. Did you know that Jerry Voorhis is a Communist?” Then the caller would hang up.

3. Pentagon Paid PR Firm in the United Kingdom for Fake Al-Qaeda Videos Concern over Russian involvement in promoting fake news during the 2016 election is a justifiably hot topic in the news. But what about our own involvement in similar operations? In October 2016, Crofton Black and Abigail FieldingSmith reported for the nonprofit Bureau of Investigative Journalism on one such very expensive—and questionable—operation. The Pentagon paid a British PR

firm, Bell Pottinger, more than $660 million to run a top-secret propaganda program in Iraq from at least 2006 to December 2011. The work consisted of three types of products: TV commercials portraying al-Qaeda in a negative light, news items intended to look like Arabic TV, and—most disturbing—fake al-Qaeda propaganda films.

A former Bell Pottinger video editor, Martin Wells, told the Bureau that he was

Bell Pottinger’s corporate filings and specialist publications on military propaganda.” Black and Fielding-Smith also interviewed former officials and contractors involved in information operations in Iraq.

Documents show that Bell Pottinger employed as many as 300 British and Iraqi staff at one point, and its media operations in Iraq cost more than $100 million per year on average. It’s remarkable that an operation on this scale has been totally ignored amid so much focus on “fake news” here in the United States.

4. Voter Suppression in the 2016 Presidential Election The 2016 election was the first election in 50 years without the full protection of the Voting Rights Act, first passed in 1965. In Shelby County v. Holder

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North Carolina and English-only elections in many Florida counties, as well as last-minute changes of poll locations and changes in Arizona voting laws that had previously been rejected by the Department of Justice before the Shelby decision.

Wisconsin. Donald Trump won the state by just over 22,000 votes.

Nationwide, the study found that the change in voter turnout from 2012 to 2016 was significantly impacted by new voter-ID laws. In counties that were more than 40 percent African-American, turnout dropped 5 percent with new voter-ID laws, compared to 2.2 percent without. In counties that were less than 10 percent African-American, turnout decreased 0.7 percent with new voterID laws, compared to a 1.9 percent increase without. As Berman concluded, “This study provides more evidence for the claim that voter-ID laws are designed not to stop voter impersonation fraud, which is virtually nonexistent, but to make it harder for certain communities to vote.”

As Berman noted in an article published by Moyers & Co. in December

In 2016, the same basic strategy was employed, but with decades of refinement, technological advances, and much more money behind it. A key player in this was right-wing computer scientist and hedge-fund billionaire Robert Mercer, who contributed $13.5 million to Trump’s campaign and also funded Cambridge Analytica, a data analytics company that specializes in “election management strategies” and “psychographic” microtargeting—based on thousands of pieces of data for some 220 million American voters—as Carole Cadwalladr reported for the Guardian in February 2017. After Trump’s victory, Cambridge Analytica’s CEO Alexander Nix said, “We are thrilled that our revolutionary approach to data-driven communication has played such an integral part in President-elect Trump’s extraordinary win.”

Cambridge Analytica’s parent company, Strategic Communication Laboratories, was more old-school prior to recent elections across Europe, Africa and the Caribbean. In Trinidad, it paid for the painting of graffiti slogans purporting to be from grassroots youth. In Nigeria, it advised its client party to suppress the vote of its opposition “by organizing anti-poll rallies on the day of the election.”

Now they’re able to micro-target their deceptive, disruptive messaging.

“Pretty much every message that Trump put out was data-driven” after Cambridge Analytica joined the campaign, Nix said in September 2016. On the day of the third presidential debate, Trump’s team “tested 175,000 different ad variations for his arguments” via Facebook.

This messaging had nothing to do with Trump’s or Mercer’s views, and everything to do with how the targeted would respond. In a New Yorker profile, Jane Mayer noted that Mercer argued that the 1964 Civil Rights Act was a major mistake, a subject not remotely hinted at during the campaign.

“Suddenly, a random billionaire can change politics and public policy—to sweep everything else off the table—even if they don’t speak publicly, and even if there’s almost no public awareness of his or her views,” Trevor Potter, former chair of the Federal Election Commission, told Mayer.

With the real patterns of influence, ideology, money, power and belief hidden from view, the very concept of democratic self-governance is now fundamentally at risk.

ing antibiotic resistance around the world, according to an assessment issued by the European Public Health Alliance, which served as the basis for Davies’’ news report,” Projected Censored explained. One strain of drug-resistant bacterium that originated in India in 2014 has since spread to 70 other countries.

Superbugs have already killed an estimated 25,000 people across Europe, thus globally posing “as big a threat as terrorism,” according to a UK National Health Service Chief Medical Officer Dame Sally Davies.

chemotherapy and care of pre-term infants—“will become more difficult or even too dangerous to undertake,” according to Margaret Chan, head of the World Health Organization.

“Although the threat of antibiotic-resistant microbes is well documented in scientific publications, there is little to no coverage on superbugs in the corporate press,” Project Censored noted. “What corporate news coverage there is tends to exaggerate the risks and consequences of natural outbreaks—as seen during the Ebola scare in the U.S. in 2014—rather than reporting on the preventable spread

cording to the Navy’s October 2015 environmental impact statement, including: • A 778 percent increase in number of torpedoes • A 400 percent increase in air-to-surface missile exercises (including Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary) • A 1,150 percent increase in drone aircraft • An increase from none to 284 sonar testing events in inland waters species like humpback whales, blue whales, gray whales, sperm whales, Steller sea lions and sea otters. The num-

8. Maternal Mortality a Growing Threat in the U.S.

6. Antibiotic Resistant “Superbugs” Threaten Health and Foundations of Modern Medicine The problem of antibiotics giving rise to more dangerous drug-resistant germs (“superbugs”) has been present since the early days of penicillin, but has now reached a crisis, with companies creating dangerous superbugs when their factories leak industrial waste, as reported by Madlen Davies of the Bureau of Investigative Journalism in September 2016. Factories in China and India— where the majority of worldwide antibiotics are manufactured—have released

“untreated waste fluid” into local soils and waters, leading to increases in antimicrobial resistance that diminish the effectiveness of antibiotics and threaten the foundations of modern medicine.

“After bacteria in the environment become resistant, they can exchange genetic material with other germs, spread-

“It is, and has been for quite some time now, well known in the scientific community that the Navy’s use of sonar can damage and kill marine life,” Jamail reported.

“With little oversight on Navy training activities, the public is left in the dark regarding their environmental impacts, including especially how Navy operations impact fish in the North Pacific and marine life at the bottom of the food chain,” Project Censored noted. “There has been almost no coverage of these impacts in the corporate press.”

“At the heart of the issue is how to motivate pharmaceutical companies to improve their production practices.

With strong demand for antibiotics, the companies continue to profit despite the negative consequences of their actions,” Project Censored noted. “The EPHA assessment recommended five responses that major purchasers of medicines could implement to help stop antibiotic pollution. Among these recommendations are blacklisting pharmaceutical companies that contribute to the spread of superbugs through irresponsible practices, and promoting legislation to incorporate environmental criteria into the industry’s good manufacturing practices.”

Superbugs are especially threatening modern medicine, in which a wide range of sophisticated practices—organ transplants, joint replacements, cancer

of superbugs by irresponsible pharmaceutical companies.”

Once again, it’s not just a problem of suppressing a single story, but two overlapping patterns—the biological problem of superbugs and political economy problem of the corporate practices that produce them so wantonly.

7. The Toll of U.S. Navy Training on Wildlife in the North Pacific The U.S. Navy has killed, injured or harassed marine mammals in the North Pacific almost 12 million times over a five-year period, according to research conducted by the West Coast Action Alliance and reported by Dahr Jamail for Truthout. This includes whales, dolphins, porpoises, sea lions and other marine wildlife including endangered

ber was tabulated from the Navy’s Northwest Training and Testing environmental impact statement and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Letter of Authorization for the number of “takes” of marine mammals caused by Navy exercises.

“A ‘take’ is a form of harm to an animal that ranges from harassment, to injury and sometimes to death,” Jamail wrote.

“Many wildlife conservationists see even ‘takes’ that only cause behavior changes as injurious, because chronic harassment of animals that are feeding or breeding can end up harming, or even contributing to their deaths if they are driven out of habitats critical to their survival.”

As the Alliance noted, this does not include impacts on “endangered and threatened seabirds, fish, sea turtles or terrestrial species” due to Navy activities, which have expanded dramatically, ac-

The U.S. maternal mortality rate is rising, while it’s falling elsewhere across the developed world. Serious injuries and complications are needlessly even more widespread with shockingly little attention paid.

“Each year, over 600 women in the U.S. die from pregnancy-related causes and over 65,000 experience life-threatening complications or severe maternal morbidity,” Elizabeth Dawes Gay reported, covering an April 2016 congressional briefing organized by Women’s Policy Inc. “The average national rate of maternal mortality has increased from 12 per 100,000 live births in 1998 to 15.9 in 2012, after peaking at 17.8 in 2011.”

“The U.S. is the only nation in the developed world with a rising maternal mortality rate,” Rep. Lois Capps stated at the meeting.

“Inadequate health care in rural areas and racial disparities are drivers of this maternal health crisis,” Project Censored

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summarized. “Nationally, African American women are three to four times more likely than white women to die from pregnancy-related causes, with rates even higher in parts of the U.S. that Gay characterized as ‘pockets of neglect,’ such as Georgia, where the 2011 maternal mortality rate of 28.7 per 100,000 live births was nearly double the national average.

The Alliance for Innovation on Maternal Health has developed safety bundles of ‘best practices, guidelines and protocols to improve maternal health care quality and safety,’” Gay wrote. “These ‘bundles’ include equipping hospital labor units with a fully stocked cart for immediate hemorrhage treatment, establishing a hospital-level emergency management protocol, conducting regular staff drills and reviewing all cases to learn from past mistakes, among other things.”

More broadly, Kiera Butler reported for Mother Jones that doctors rarely warn patients of the potential for serious injuries and complications that can occur following birth.

“Women have a right to make informed decisions about their bodies and serious medical situations; however, when it comes to birth and its aftereffects, Butler found that doctors simply are not providing vital information,” Project Censored summarized. Many state laws require doctors to inform women of the potential complications and dangers associated with delivery, but none require them to discuss potential long-term problems, including the fact that some complications are more prevalent in women who give birth vaginally, rather than by C-section.

“All told, according to a 2008 study by researchers at the California HMO Kaiser Permanente, about one in three women suffer from a pelvic floor disorder (a category that includes urinary incontinence, fecal incontinence, and prolapse), and roughly 80 percent of those women are mothers,” Butler reported. “Women who deliver vaginally are twice as likely to experience these injuries as women who have a cesarean or who have not given birth. For one in 10 women, the problem is severe enough to warrant surgery.”

“The corporate news media have paid limited attention to maternal mortality and morbidity in the U.S.,” Project Censored notes. There have been scattered stories, but nothing remotely close to the sort of sustained coverage that is warranted.

9. DNC Claims Right to Select Presidential Candidate A key story about 2016 election has mostly been ignored by the media—a

class-action lawsuit alleging that the Democratic National Committee broke legally binding neutrality agreements in the Democratic primaries by strategizing to make Hillary Clinton the nominee before a single vote was cast. The lawsuit was filed against the DNC and its former chair, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, in June 2016 by Beck & Lee, a Miami law firm, on behalf of supporters of Bernie Sanders.

A hearing was held on suit in April 2017, in which DNC lawyers argued that neutrality was not actually required and that the court had no jurisdiction to assess neutral treatment.

As Michael Sainato reported for the Observer, DNC attorneys claimed that Article V, Section 4 of the DNC Charter—which instructs the DNC chair and staff to ensure neutrality in the Democratic presidential primar-

ies—is actually “a discretionary rule” that the DNC “didn’t need to adopt to begin with.” In addition, DNC attorney Bruce Spiva later said it was within the DNC’s rights to “go into back rooms

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like they used to and smoke cigars and pick the candidate that way.” Sainato also reported that DNC attorneys argued that specific terms used in the DNC charter—including “impartial” and “evenhanded”—couldn’t be interpreted in a court of law, because it would “drag the Court ... into a political question and a question of how the party runs its own affairs.”

Jared Beck, representing the Sanders supporters, responded, “Your Honor, I’m shocked to hear that we can’t define what it means to be evenhanded and impartial. If that were the

case, we couldn’t have courts. I mean, that’s what courts do every day, is decide disputes in an evenhanded and impartial manner.” Not only was running elections in a fair and impartial manner a “bedrock assumption” of democracy, Beck argued earlier, it was also a binding commitment for the DNC: “That’s what the Democratic National Committee’s own charter says,” he said. “It says it in black and white.”

Much of the reporting and commentary on the broader subject of the DNC’s collusion with the Clinton campaign has been speculative and misdirected, focused on questions about voter fraud and countered by claims of indulgence in “conspiracy theory.” But this trial focuses on documentary evidence and questions of law—all publicly visible yet still treated as suspect, when not simply ignored out of hand.

As Project Censored notes, “[E]ven Michael Sainato’s reporting—which has consistently used official documents, including the leaked DNC emails and courtroom transcripts, as primary sources, has been repeatedly labeled ‘opinion’—rather than straight news reporting—by his publisher, the Observer.”

10. 2016: A Record Year for Global Internet Shutdowns In 2016, governments around the world shut down internet access more than 50 times, according to the digital

rights organization Access Now, “suppressing elections, slowing economies and limiting free speech,” as Lyndal Rowlands reported for the Inter Press Service.

“In the worst cases internet shutdowns have been associated with human rights violations,” Rowlands was told by Deji Olukotun, of Access Now. “What we have found is that Internet shutdowns go hand in hand with atrocities,” Olukotun said.

Kevin Collier also covered the report for Vocativ, noting that Access Now uses a “conservative metric,” counting “repeated, similar outages”—like those which occurred during Gabon’s widely criticized Internet “curfew”—as a single instance. The Vocativ report included a dynamic map chart, designed by Kaitlyn Kelly, that vividly depicts Internet shutdowns around the world, month by

month for all of 2016, as documented by Access Now. “Many countries intentionally blacked out Internet access during elections and to quell protest. Not only do these shutdowns restrict freedom of speech, they also hurt economies around the world,” Project Censored notes.

“TechCrunch, IPS and other independent news organizations reported that a Brookings Institution study found that Internet shutdowns cost countries $2.4 billion between July 2015 and June 2016”—a conservative estimate according to the study’s author, Darrell West.

As Olukotun told IPS, one way to stop government shutdowns is for Internet providers to resist government demands. “Telecommunications companies can push back on government orders, or at least document them to show what’s been happening, to at least have a paper trail,” Olukotun observed.

In a resolution passed in July 2016, the U.N. Human Rights Council described the Internet as having “great potential to accelerate human progress.” It also condemned “measures to intentionally prevent or disrupt access to or dissemination of information online.”

On July 1, 2016, the U.N. Human Rights Council passed a nonbinding resolution signed by more than 70 countries lauding the Internet’s “great potential to accelerate human progress,” and condemning “measures to intentionally prevent or disrupt access to or dissemination of information online.” It noted that, “the exercise of human rights, in particular the right to freedom of expression, on the Internet is an issue of increasing interest and importance.”

Yet, “understanding what this means for Internet users can be difficult,” Azad Essa reported for Al Jazeera in May 2017.

Advocates of online rights “need to be constantly pushing for laws that protect this space and demand that governments meet their obligations in digital spaces just as in non-digital spaces,” he was told by the U.N.’s special rapporteur on freedom of opinion and expression, David Kaye.

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Into the woods Walking Out features in the third annual Montana Film Festival

by Erika Fredrickson

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couple of weekends ago, Missoula’s Hip Strip was swarming with revelers. On Saturday, Sept.

23, Ear Candy Music hosted its 20th anniversary party, complete with corn dogs and live music. A block away, people crowded into the Senior Citizens Center parking lot to watch an outdoor screening of Pee-wee’s Big Adventure in celebration of the Roxy Theater’s 80th anniversary. The Pee-wee audience got a quick glimpse of the Roxy’s new marquee, but it was Sunday when the arthouse theater officially lit up its restored neon sign to a round of “ooh!” and an impromptu chorus of children singing “Happy Birthday.”

The Roxy staff is still riding that high as it gears up to host the Montana Film Festival. In its third year, the event has been pared down to a nicely curated selection of films, all of which seem to have received warm if not enthusiastic reviews. And there are some particularly anticipated (at least by the Indy staff ) films on deck. Lucky, the story of a 90year-old atheist who has outlived and outsmoked his peers, stars the beloved and recently deceased Harry Dean Stanton (and includes a cameo from David Lynch). Beach Rats is a coming-of-age story set on the boardwalks of Brooklyn.

And Super Dark Times, which we review this week (see Film), has been described by festival curators as a fusion of River’s Edge, Stand by Me and ’80s slasher flicks.

Perhaps most anticipated by local audiences is the latest film by Andrew and Alex Smith, Walking Out, the story of a kid from Texas who travels to rural Montana to go hunting with his dad. The Smith brothers, known for Winter in the Blood and The Slaughter Rule, grew up in Missoula and made the film based on a David Quammen story. In advance of the screening, we spoke to Andrew about the film.

How do you relate personally to the themes in Walking Out? Andrew Smith: The themes seem fairly inescapable for myself and Alex.

Sometimes we don’t even realize we’re attracted to stories about the complicated

Josh Wiggins, left, and Matt Bomer star in Alex and Andrew Smith’s new film, Walking Out.

and sometimes conflicted relationships between fathers and sons. That stems from not knowing my own father in my lifetime—he died when we were six. I think that we find ourselves gravitating to stories that connect to that sense of trying to know someone. And that’s a fairly deep seam we keep exploring.

How did you come across the David Quammen story?

AS: We had read it when we were teenagers, in part because our stepfather, Bill Kittredge, was instrumental in getting this short story published in a literary journal. That was in the 1980s. David was living in Missoula and working as a bartender and he knew Bill. Many years later, in the late ’90s, I was at the Sundance Lab, and Alex and I met another fellow, a filmmaker named Rodrigo Gar-

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cia. He found out we were from Montana … and upon meeting us said, “Hey do you guys know the story Walking Out?” We were like, “Yeah!” And he said “I love that story. I’ve always wanted to make a film of it. You guys should write it.” In 2012, we started talking about making the script and we got David on board …

When Rodrigo decided he couldn’t make the film because he had a full schedule, he permitted us to take it over.

man and near the Crazy Mountains. We wanted to be faithful to the story, and of course there’s great film resources there.

How did you decide where in Montana to shoot this film?

AS: I don’t think David’s story necessarily had any place names, except it begins with the train rocking into Livingston. The boy arrived by train. So we always knew we wanted it to be shot around Livingston. We shot it in the Paradise Valley, in the Hyalites west of Boze-

Some of the reviews of Walking Out called it a “man vs. nature” movie. I don’t know if you agree with that or not, but I wonder, with that kind of epic theme, what pitfalls do you try to avoid as a filmmaker.

AS: The idea of “versus” anything is something that we tried to avoid. IFC films has definitely chosen to emphasize

Well, it looks beautiful.

AS: Thank you! We always say we audition the mountains as much as we audition the actor. We had a great location scout who spent weeks with us auditioning and casting the mountains. So it is a character.

the survival struggle aspect of the story, which makes sense because it does deliver on that level. It is a harrowing story of how you get out of a situation that seems impossible. But I think that actually the “versus” idea, which means “against,” is turned into “for” or “with” in this film. In other words, it is about surviving by understanding nature. This story was attractive to me in part because of what it has to say about how we in the West inherit these expectations of how to live with the wilderness, how we make good use of it and also ensure its own survival by linking ours to it.

The Montana Film Festival takes place at the Roxy Oct. 5–8. Walking Out screens Sun., Oct. 8 at 6 pm. Visit montanafilmfestival.org. arts@missoulanews.com

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Past perfect Super Dark Times explores a bygone era

by Molly Laich

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Charlie Tahan stars in Super Dark Times.

What a great title we have in Super Dark Times, brought to us by first-time director Kevin Phillips from an original screenplay by Ben Collins and Luke Piotrowski. The film capitalizes on some of our collective, marketable nostalgia for bygone eras. We saw this phenomenon in last year’s Netflix series Stranger Things (Indiana, 1980s) and this summer’s indie Landline (Manhattan, 1995). On its surface, Super Dark Times reminds me most of the Stephen King reboot, It (currently back at No. 1 at the box office), which features a gang of tweens in 1980s Maine.

I’d heard a lot of promising rumors about Super Dark Times, set comfortably in the mid 1990s, during the economic boon of Bill Clinton, before everything became terrible in the wake of Columbine and 9/11. In the end, the movie came through on its promises, but I’m not gonna lie— the first 20 minutes had me worried. To quote Annie Wilkes from Misery: “The swearing, Paul.” As in, I know that’s how teenagers talk, but do we have to be so literal? Why so goddamn much of it?

Chief among the kids are high school sophomore Zach (Owen Campbell) and his best friend Josh (Charlie Tahan). Later, they get mixed up with an archetypal fat kid named Daryl (Max Talisman) and his 8th grade friend, Charlie (Sawyer Barth).

There’s a pretty girl named Allison on the periphery (Elizabeth Cappuccino) and, of course, a gaggle of bullies who wait around on street corners for the precious chance to torture our heroes. Are these clichés or foundational storytelling elements?

It all depends on how you use them.

Without giving too much away, here are the basics: It’s fall in a sleepy, upstate New York community, where kids ride bikes, stand perilously on bridges and raid liquor cabinets in the unsupervised twilight between when school ends and parents return from

work. (And how beautifully shot these autumn scenes are!) Josh’s older brother joined the Marines and left behind a treasure trove of pornography, stale marijuana and a really sharp samurai sword. Introduce a weapon, and now the rest of the movie hinges on the classic question, “What could go wrong?”

Much like It, Super Dark Times features teenage naivety already in progress, only to have that innocence interrupted by a series of violent, life-altering events. But It is a garbage movie because it’s beholden to too many masters. The filmmakers had to be faithful to fans of the book, feature kids doing dark shit (but not too dark) and, all the while, cast a wide enough net to yield a return on its big-budget investment. Super Dark Times deftly sidesteps all of those pitfalls, and instead gives us a perverse and strange exploration of real horror, via the unsteady, ill-equipped perspective of doltish teenagers. (Remember, this is high school carnage before we were used to it.)

The sexuality in Super Dark Times stacks on top of the violence awkwardly, and in inconvenient ways. For Zach, his feelings of guilt and longing are inextricably linked, and lord knows what’s going on in Josh’s head. The movie features young people, but don’t let that confuse you; this isn’t written for a YA demographic. That doesn’t preclude intelligent teenagers from getting the gist. At its heart, though, Super Dark Times works best for a 30-something audience who remembers what life was like before and are mired by the truth that we can never return.

Super Dark Times screens as part of the Montana Film Festival at the Roxy Sat., Oct. 7, at 9 PM. This screening is free. Visit theroxytheater.org for more info on festival passes.

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by Sarah Aswell

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A little over a year ago, Pamela Caughey’s home burned to the ground in the Roaring Lion Fire near Hamilton. Before evacuating, the artist only had about 45 minutes to decide what to take, and she chose, among a few other things, as many of her unfinished paintings as she could load.

Everything else was lost, including all of her personal property, decades of art (including her husband’s sculptures, pushed too far back in a corner to get to), and one of the family’s two cats that they couldn’t find.

The year of rebuilding—buying a new home, establishing a new studio, getting new art supplies—was exhausting and emotional, but it didn’t hold her or her family back. She’ll always remember July 31, 2016, “like you would a birthday,” she says.

“Sometimes it comes to the sur- Pamela Caughey’s “Red Quadratic” is part of the Radius face, and sometimes it dives deep Gallery’s new group show, Mind Fields.

“I knew I could have sold it, but it hadn’t come down,” she says. “There have been things in my life far worse than the fire, though, and in comparison, alive yet,” she explains. “I stayed up that night until 2 a.m. finishing it. I took some things away. I added it was nothing.”

Caughey rescued a few scorched, warped tools a red square, vibrant and saturated, followed by a from the burn site for some of her art, along with smaller one. Finally, it was done. It took me 30 ash, which she integrated into some of her paints. years to learn that in art, there’s nothing that needs (“Fire is the death of something, and to turn that to be left unfinished once you know yourself into beauty is my aesthetic,” she says.) Fire is ap- enough.”

The result is a 36-by-36 inch encaustic, heavily parent in her work, but no more so than other landmarks in her life—like the loss of her parents layered and textured with circles and squares. Amid or the mental breakdown she had while studying the quiet bustle of the piece float two deep red to be a biochemist when she knew in her heart squares—and it’s clear the piece wouldn’t have been finished without them. that’s not what she wanted to be.

What could art this abstract mean? They are all “I’m not very religious,” she says, “but sometimes I think if God wants you to do something, self-portraits of Caughey.

And for Caughey, the self-portrait gets more he’ll take away other things until you realize what complex and more interesting, more ugly and remains is what you want to do. ” Caughey’s work is abstract: careful but free, more beautiful, with each year, and each success patterned but imperfect, beautiful and ugly all at and failure.

“One thing that kept coming back to me after once. She works mainly in encaustic painting, encaustic monotype and cold wax oil painting. All the fire was, thank god I’m an artist, because I can three processes are time and labor-intensive, espe- go into my studio and express myself through my cially because Caughey’s pieces are often quite materials,” she says. “I’ve experienced the highs large. They involve mixing wax with colored pig- and lows, the gains and losses, but I’ve gotten ments and resins, manipulating the wax with tools through and survived, and my art benefits. Every and then, in some cases, transferring them onto mark isn’t pretty, but I can transform it into something I love.” different media, like paper.

Pamela Caughey’s art is part of Mind One of the works, currently showing at Radius Gallery, is called “Red Quadratic,” which Caughey had Fields, a group show at Radius Gallery, which pulled unfinished from her old studio before the fire. runs through Nov. 4.

It sat untouched for months until a visitor remarked arts@missoulanews.com that it looked done. Caughey knew that it wasn’t.

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Laughing it off Chris Kattan talks about SNL, head bobs and making mistakes

by Sarah Aswell

just a dance competition, and I don’t think I’ll do a reality show again. Otherwise I had a great time.

Chris Kattan has been in dozens of movies and televisions shows, but it’s most likely that you know him from his eight seasons on Saturday Night Live, from 1996 to 2003, where he played reoccurring characters like Mr. Peepers, Mango and gay Hitler. Specifically, everyone knows him as one of the Roxbury Guys, along with Will Farrell, who wore a bad suit and bobbed his head rhythmically to the one-hit wonder, “What is Love?”

Just over 20 years since the Roxbury Guys debuted, Kattan is still passionate about comedy, though he’s seen more struggles and less leading roles than some of his cast mates. Since his stint on SNL ended, he has been busy, though he’s also dealt with chronic pain tied to a long-ago neck injury, prescription medicine struggles tied to the neck injury and some minor run-ins with the law, tied to the prescription medicine. Most recently, he appeared on Dancing with the Stars, though he was the first to be eliminated, after doing the cha-cha-cha to, of course, “What is Love?”

We chatted with Kattan ahead of his stand-up comedy stop at Monk’s next week.

You’re relatively new to performing stand-up comedy. How did you approach writing stand up for the first time, and what have you learned?

Chris Kattan: I started to do stand up about five years ago, but I’ve been doing sketch and improvisational comedy since I was 19 in a group called the Groundlings back in Los Angeles. It’s been interesting being new to stand up, because I’m not a person who is good at telling jokes. I’m not good at writing punchlines. I’m better at doing characters and improvisation. It’s pretty helpful to have those improvisational skills—like last night I did my set and then just talked with the audience, and it is much better than my material.

The best thing about doing a standup tour is going to new places and seeing the real world. I have so many fans, but living in Los Angeles, I never knew about them. They know my characters, like

Your father was an actor and comedian as well – how did that affect you, and when did you know you wanted to be a comedian, too?

CK: He was one of the founders of the Groundlings, so I used to go watch him on the weekend when I was like 8 years old. I got to see Phil Hartman. I got to see Paul Reubens and the creation of Pee-wee [Herman]. I got to see their process, and how much they failed before they succeeded, how they shaped and toned a character.

After that, I moved from L.A. to Bainbridge Island in Washington State. In my new school, I asked if I could perform at a pep assembly and I did an impression of Pee-wee Herman and interviewed some teachers as a character, and that became my thing. That’s what made me popular. I had found my niche.

Chris Kattan, who was a cast member on Saturday Night Live from 1996 to 2003, only recently started doing stand-up comedy.

Mango and Mr. Peepers and the Roxbury Guy. They want to see the head bob.

Does it bother you that you still get asked to do the head bob, after 20 years?

CK: I don’t mind doing the head bob. I don’t have to do it; I can do it any time I want. That’s the beauty of doing something that became a fixation in the media. It’s an honor in a way—yes, I’ll do it during the show for people who pay to see me, but I don’t have to do it every time someone asks me on the street.

What are you working on these days – I heard you’re coming out with a book?

CK: The book is called Baby Don’t Hurt Me, and it will be out next summer.

It’s an autobiography, mostly stuff from behind the curtain on SNL and my experiences on the show. There will be a lot of, Wow, oh my god, that’s crazy! Nothing negative, just interesting things that other people haven’t talked about.

I’m also the voice of Bunnicula, which is an animated series on Cartoon Network. The second season is coming soon. I’m working on a couple projects that are called Untitled right now, which doesn’t sound exciting but they will be.

You’ve recently opened up about your neck problems and related pain medication issues – how are you doing?

CK: I feel great. I don’t take the pain medication anymore. I broke my neck

about 18 years ago and had four surgeries. To heal, it takes three or four months each time and you have to take a lot of stuff, go through physical therapy. I didn’t tell people about it because I wanted to work, and then I had to deal with people talking about how I looked and how I was behaving, because they didn’t know.

It was damned if I do, damned if I don’t.

I went on Dancing with the Stars, and the judges should have been told that I had broken my neck on the first episode, but it wasn’t mentioned, which was really messed up. I was pretty stiff, and a couple of those judges are really quite stupid. They made me look like a decrepit person and that was unfair. I forgot that it was a reality show, and not

What do you love about comedy?

CK: That it’s a healer. Especially nowadays, people want to take a break from politics and hurricanes and volcanoes and white supremacy and North Korea. You can either watch political satire, or you can watch something like what I do: characters that you can laugh at any time. I think comedy is needed more than ever. I’m blessed and happy to be one of the people who can provide it.

What advice would you give to someone just getting started in comedy?

CK: It’s OK to make mistakes. You’ll never get better if you don’t make mistakes. Really, you get some of the best ideas when you go further and further into making more mistakes. Also, give yourself your own space and place of silence where you can think in your own world. Trust your instincts, and don’t let other people control your ideas. Make sure that this is what you want to do, and that you do it for the love of it.

Chris Kattan performs at Monk’s Thu., Oct. 5, at 8 PM. $25. 18-plus. arts@missoulanews.com

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[film]

OPENING THIS WEEK BATTLE OF THE SEXES What’s better than winning a tennis match against a sexist jackass? Doing it in front of the whole world, obviously. Based on the true story of Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs. Rated PG13. Stars Emma Stone, Steve Carell and Sarah Silverman. Playing at the Missoula AMC 12.

BLADE RUNNER 2049 You’re in a desert, walking along in the sand, when all of a sudden you look down and see a tortoise. The tortoise lies on its back, its belly baking in the hot sun. But you’re not helping because the’ve finally made a sequel to Blade Runner and you’ve got to get tickets. I can’t wait to watch a hundred different director’s cuts of this one. Rated R. Stars Harrison Ford, Ryan Gosling and Jared Leto. Playing at the Missoula AMC 12 and the Pharaohplex.

MONTANA FILM FESTIVAL This year’s films include unlucky goats, killer tampons and more estranged dads than you can shake a stick at. Head to montanafilmfestival.org for a full list of films and screenings at the Roxy.

THE MOUNTAIN BETWEEN US A bride-to-be and a busy surgeon charter a private flight to get them home when weather delays commercial airlines. Too bad they didn’t know about their sudden and unplanned layover on the side of a frozen mountain in the middle of nowhere. Rated PG-13. Stars Kate Winslet, Idris Elba and Dermot Mulroney. Playing at the Missoula AMC 12 and the Pharaohplex.

MY LITTLE PONY: THE MOVIE The equestrian gang from Friendship is Magic gets a big-screen adventure, much to the delight of little girls and adults wearing fedoras the world over. Rated PG, presumably for horse play. Stars the voices of Emily Blunt, Tara Strong and Liev Schreiber. Playing at the Missoula AMC 12.

NOW PLAYING AMERICAN MADE If the CIA ever asks you to fly an airplane full of cocaine to Panama in an attempt to get dirt

“Hey, aren’t you the guy from Only God Forgives? I hated that movie!” Ryan Gosling stars in Blade Runner 2049, opening at the Missoula AMC 12 and the Pharaohplex.

on deadly cartels, it would probably be in your best interest to just say no. Rated R. Stars Tom Cruise, Sarah Wright and Lola Kirke. Playing at the Missoula AMC 12 and the Pharaohplex.

C.M. RUSSELL AND THE AMERICAN WEST Explore the life, artistry and impact of Charles M. Russell in this MontanaPBS film about the iconic artist. I hope it covers his soup can phase. That was him, right? Not Rated. Playing at the Wilma on Fri., Oct. 6 at 6 PM as part of the Big Sky Film Series.

FLATLINERS Remember that Julia Roberts movie from 27 years ago about a group of med students monkeying around with near-death experiences?

Good news, it’s finally getting that soft reboot sequel we’ve all been waiting for! Rated PG-13.

Stars Ellen Page, Diego Luna and Kiefer Sutherland, reprising his original role, and collecting a paycheck. Playing at the Missoula AMC 12.

GRAND ILLUSION (1937) French soldiers grapple with their class differences after being captured and held in a World War I German prison camp. Not Rated. Stars Jean Gabin, Pierre Fresnay and Erich von Stroheim. Playing Mon., Oct. 9 at 7 PM at the Roxy.

HOME AGAIN She’s a recently separated single mom, trying

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to live her own life. That’s why she lets three young handsome hunks move into her house to help with chores. That’s right, chores. What other reason could it be? Rated PG-13. Stars Reese Witherspoon, Nat Wolff and Michael Sheen. Playing at the Missoula AMC 12.

IT There’s an evil clown caked with makeup and sporting unnaturally colored hair threatening everything we hold dear, so take your mind off politics with a trip to the movies to see this new Stephen King adaptation. Rated R. Stars Bill Skarsgård, Jaeden Lieberher and Sophia Lillis. Playing at the Missoula AMC 12 and the Pharaohplex.

KINGSMAN: THE GOLDEN CIRCLE Superspy Eggsy Unwin is back to battle the forces of chaos. This time he’s getting some help from his brash American counterparts.

Rated R. Stars Taron Egerton, Colin Firth and Channing Tatum. Playing at the Missoula AMC 12 and the Pharaohplex.

THE LEGO NINJAGO MOVIE They’re ninjas, they’re made of Lego and they’re in a two-hour toy commercial you’re going to have to shell out 50 bucks on to see with your family. Rated PG. Stars the voices of Dave Franco, Justin Theroux and Jackie Chan.

Playing at the Missoula AMC 12 and the Pharaohplex.

THE PRINCESS AND THE FROG (2009) The classic fairy tale gets a Jazz Age makeover in this story of love, cooking and adventure in the bayou. It’s also the third Disney animated film in nine years to feature a person of color protagonist who spends most of the movie turned into an animal. Rated G. Starring the voices of Anika Noni Rose, Bruno Campos and Keith David. Playing at the Missoula AMC 12.

SCANNERS (1981) A man with frighteningly destructive telepathic abilities gives a whole new meaning to splitting headache in this delightfully gruesome and cerebral film from the king of body horror, David Cronenberg. Rated R. Stars Michael Ironside, Patrick McGoohan and an image that’s spawned a million gifs. Playing Thu., Oct. 12 at 7 PM at the Roxy 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]

Chiles rellenos

by Gabi Moskowitz

BROKEASS GOURMET

This is a great dish to make when you’re still kind of coming to terms with the fact that summer is over.

It has bold fall flavors, sure. Melty, sweet onions melded with the classic autumn combination of white beans and kale, yeah. But it’s delivered in a spicy, summery poblano pepper vehicle. It's like July in your mouth.

Another great thing about this dish is that not only does it not require deep-frying, as classic chiles rellenos recipes do, but you also don’t have to preroast the poblanos. By cooking them slow and low in the oven with their filling inside, the peppers naturally soften while the filling finishes cooking and the flavors become well integrated.

Also, please note that while this is super-delicious with cheese, if you are avoiding dairy, you could definitely stir in some canned, pureed pumpkin in place of the cheese for a tasty vegan version.

I like to serve this with a green salad and a dollop of Greek yogurt or sour cream on top.

Serves 2 Ingredients 2 poblano chiles 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil 1 clove garlic, minced 1/4 medium onion, sliced thinly 4 leaves kale (either dinosaur or curly), destemmed and sliced thinly 1 15-oz. can cannellini beans, drained and rinsed a pinch each of salt and pepper 1/2 cup shredded Monterey jack or mozzarella cheese Directions Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F.

Cut a V shape slit in the top of each poblano about 1 inch at the top, going in as you get down to the pointy tip at the bottom of the poblano.

Gently remove the seeds from inside of the poblano and discard.

Set the prepared poblanos aside.

Finely chop the V-shaped cut-out from the poblano and set it aside.

Heat the olive oil in a large frying pan over medium heat and add the chopped poblano, along with the garlic, onion and kale.

Cook, stirring occasionally, for about five minutes, until the onion is soft and the garlic is very fragrant.

Stir in the beans and cook for about two minutes.

Season with the salt and pepper (go easy on the salt, as you’ll be adding cheese).

Remove from heat and scrape the kale-bean mixture into a mixing bowl.

Let the mixture cool in the bowl for about 10 minutes.

Stir in the shredded cheese.

Divide the kale-bean-cheese mixture between the prepared poblanos, using clean hands to pack it into their middles.

Place poblanos open-end-up on an ungreased baking sheet.

Roast for 27 to 30 minutes, until the cheese is bubbly and brown and the poblanos have softened quite a bit.

Let cool slightly, then serve.

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

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[dish] 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. $-$$$

BOBA TEAS: LAVENDER, HONEYDEW, ROASTED GREEN TEA & MORE!

CURRIES, BENTO BOXES, NOODLES & STIR-FRYS

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

Gluten-Free & Vegan NO PROBLEM

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. Come in and say hello or goodbye. 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. $-$$

Biga Pizza 241 W. Main Street 728-2579 Biga Pizza offers a modern, downtown dining environment combined with traditional brick oven pizza, calzones, salads, sandwiches, specials and desserts. All dough is made using a “biga” (pronounced bee-ga) which is a time-honored Italian method of bread making. Biga Pizza uses local products, the freshest produce as well as artisan meats and cheeses. Featuring seasonal menus. Lunch and dinner, Mon-Sat. Beer & Wine available. $-$$

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

COFFEE SPECIAL

Guatemala Antigua COFFEE FOR

FREE THINKERS SINCE 1972

Italian Roast 10.95/lb

BUTTERFLY HERBS

BUTTERFLY HERBS

232 N. HIGGINS • DOWNTOWN

232 N. HIGGINS AVE • DOWNTOWN

COFFEES, TEAS AND THE UNUSUAL

Coffees, Teas & the Unusual

Bridge Pizza 600 S Higgins Ave. 542-0002 bridgepizza.com A popular local eatery on Missoula’s Hip Strip. Featuring handcrafted artisan brick oven pizza, pasta, sandwiches, soups, & salads made with fresh, seasonal ingredients. Missoula’s place for pizza by the slice. A unique selection of regional microbrews and gourmet sodas. Dine-in, drive-thru, & delivery. Open everyday 11am - 10:30pm. $-$$ Brooks & Browns 200 S. Pattee St. 721-8550 Brooks & Browns Bar and Grill has the best patio in town, relax and unwind with great food and a selection of Montana Brews on tap. Come down as you are and enjoy Happy Hour each day from 4-7p and all day Sunday with drink and appetizer specials!

Thursday is Trivia Night from 7:30-9:30p and we have Live Music each Friday. Inside the Holiday Inn Downtown Missoula. $-$$ Burns Street Bistro 1500 Burns St. 543-0719 burnsstbistro.com We cook the freshest local ingredients as a matter of pride. Our relationship with local farmers, ranchers and other businesses allows us to bring quality, scratch cooking and fresh-brewed Black Coffee Roasting Co. coffee and espresso to Missoula’s Historic Westside neighborhood. Handmade breads & pastries, soups, salads & sandwiches change with the seasons, but our commitment to delicious food does not. Mon-Fri 7am 2pm. Sat/Sun Brunch 9am - 2pm. $-$$

Butterfly Herbs 232 N. Higgins 728-8780 Celebrating 45 years of great coffees and teas. Truly the “essence of Missoula.” Offering fresh coffees, teas (Evening in Missoula), bulk spices and botanicals, fine toiletries & gifts. Our cafe features homemade soups, fresh salads, and coffee ice cream specialties. In the heart of historic downtown, we are Missoula’s first and favorite Espresso Bar. Open 7 Days. $ Doc’s Gourmet Sandwiches 214 N. Higgins Ave. 542-7414 Doc’s is an extremely popular gathering spot for diners who appreciate the great ambiance, personal service and generous sandwiches made with the freshest ingredients. Whether you’re heading out for a power lunch, meeting friends or family or just grabbing a quick takeout, Doc’s is always an excellent choice. Delivery in the greater Missoula area. We also offer custom catering!...everything from gourmet appetizers to all of our menu items. $-$$

Good Food Store 1600 S. 3rd West 541-FOOD The GFS Deli features made-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. $-$$

Grizzly Liquor 110 W Spruce St. 549-7723 grizzlyliquor.com Voted Missoula’s Best Liquor Store! Largest selection of spirits in the Northwest, including all Montana microdistilleries. Your headquarters for unique spirits and wines! Free customer parking. Open Monday-Saturday 9-7:30. $-$$$ Hob Nob on Higgins 531 S. Higgins • 541-4622 hobnobonhiggins.com Come visit our friendly staff & experience Missoula’s best little breakfast & lunch spot. All our food is made from scratch, we feature homemade corn beef hash, sourdough pancakes, sandwiches, salads, espresso & desserts. MC/V $-$$ Iron Horse Brew Pub 501 N. Higgins 728-8866 ironhorsebrewpub.com We’re the perfect place for lunch, appetizers, or dinner.

Enjoy nightly specials, our fantastic beverage selection and friendly, attentive service. Stop by & stay awhile!

No matter what you are looking for, we’ll give you something to smile about. $$-$$$

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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 Korean-Japanese restaurant and enjoy it’s warm atmosphere. Full Sushi Bar. Korean bar-b-que at your table. Beer and Wine. $$-$$$

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

Lake Missoula Tea Company’s 5th anniversary

HAPPIEST HOUR

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. $-$$

photo by Susan Elizabeth Shepard

What you’re drinking: The Sweet Colombian at Lake Missoula is a black tea with almost no bitterness. Have it without any milk or sugar and the natural sweetness comes through. “There’s nothing added, it’s just a straight black tea with a sweet tone to it,” says tea barista/leaftender Lauren Donat.

It’s the smoothest black tea I’ve tasted, with just a little astringency at the end.

Why you’re drinking it: Times are stressful, times are hard, the news never stops coming. It’s getting cold outside. Don’t you want to sit in a nice, warm, aromatic shop and relax? Without getting too jacked up on coffee? A nice, pleasant cup of tea hits the spot. Donat presents me with a lovely cup and saucer and a small glass pot on the side containing the extra. I take a deep breath and feel safe and calm.

Where it comes from: Colombia. As in the home of fictional coffee mascot Juan

Valdez. Turns out they grow tea there, too, on just one farm in the Andean Mountains. Lake Missoula has partnered with that farm’s sustainable division, Bitaco, to distribute their tea in the western U.S. Now they use Colombian Black to make their house chai and Andean Princess for some of their fruity iced tea blends. Owner Jake Kreilick says he’s excited to serve the Cacao Kisses blend, which has cacao husks and nibs blended in for a dark chocolately bite.

When you’re drinking it: Anytime at Lake Missoula (136 E. Broadway St.), or Thursday, Oct. 5, from 7 to 9 p.m., when Lake Missoula is throwing itself a fifth anniversary party at the Public House (130 E. Broadway).

Several of their Colombian partners—Santiago, Andres and Juan—will be there to give a talk and slideshow about Bitaco’s sustainability practices and present a tasting of five Colombian teas.

—Susan Elizabeth Shepard

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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FRI | 10:15 PM The Brothers Gow play the Top Hat Fri., Oct. 6 at 10:15 PM. $5.

WED | 9 PM Pigeons Playing Ping Pong play the Top Hat Wed., Oct. 11. Doors at 8:30 PM, show at 9. $15/$12 advance.

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WED | 8 PM Tech N9ne plays the Wilma Wed., Oct. 11.

Doors at 7 PM, show at 8 PM. $35/$32 advance.

SUN | 9 PM Highly Suspect plays a sold out show at the Top Hat Sun., Oct. 8. Doors at 8 PM, show at 9 PM.

THU | 10/5 | 8 PM The Ambulanters play the ZACC Thu., Oct. 5. 8 PM. $5.

SAT | 8 PM Moon Taxi plays the Wilma Sat., Oct. 7.

Doors at 7 PM, show at 8. $20.

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Artist Casey Schanchner’s exhibit Contrapposto opens with an artist reception at the University Center Art Gallery. 4 PM– 6 PM. Free.

Edwin Johnson provides the soundtrack at Draught Works Brewery. 6 PM. Free.

The Montana Film Festival kicks off at the Roxy Theater with four days of special screenings. Visit montanafilmfestival.org for a full schedule of films and times. $25 for a full festival pass.

The Tease Burlesque Revue brings a heaping helping of glamour and music to the Wilma. Doors at 7 PM, show at 8. $15.

Lee Silliman presents a History of the American Bison, covering origins, natural enemies, bison art and the importance of bison in Plains Indian culture. Lolo Community Center. 7 PM. Celebrate the 5th anniversary of Lake Missoula Tea Company with a Colombian Tea tasting at the Public House. 7 PM–9 PM. $5 suggested donation.

Trivia at the Holiday Inn Downtown. 7:30–10 PM. What is love? Baby, don’t hurt me. Go from a night at the Roxbury to a night in Missoula. Saturday Night Live alumnus Chris Kattan performs at Monk’s Bar. 8 PM. $25. (See Comedy) Nebraska’s The Ambulanters ambulate into the ZACC for a night of booming midwest emo with Butte’s A River Runs Thru It and Charcoal Squids. 8 PM. $5.

Chuck Florence, David Horgan and Beth Lo provide the jazz at Plonk Wine Bar. 8 PM. Free.

Heavy instrumental rock fusion band TAUK plays the Top Hat. Doors at 8:30 PM, show at 9. $14/$12 advance.

Honeycomb Dance Party at Monk’s. 9 PM. Free.

Kris Moon hosts a night of volcanic party action Badlander.

9 PM. Free.

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

The Montana Film Festival continues at the Roxy. Visit montanafilmfestival.org for a schedule of films and times. $25 for a festival pass.

Stevensville’s Scarecrow Festival features pumpkin carvings, live music, a straw maze and other awesome autumn activities.

Stevensville Main Street. 4 PM. No crows allowed.

nightlife Support your regional avalanche forecast with the Pray for Snow Party at Caras Park. Beer, raffles and the music of Shakewell. All proceeds directly fund avalanche advisories and education. 5 PM– 10:30 PM. (See Mountain High.)

Just what happened when we became a state? Ken Egan, Jr reads from his new book Montana 1889 at Fact & Fiction. 5:30 PM–7 PM. Andrea Harsell provides the bootstomping soundtrack at Missoula Brewing Co. 6 PM–8 PM. Free.

Enjoy made-in-Montana wine and live, local music by Luna Blue at Ten Spoon Vineyard. 6 PM. Free.

Pride Rock comes to life on the MCT stage. The Lion King Jr. opens at the MCT Center for the Performing Arts. 7 PM. $5–$10.

The University of Montana choral concert season-opener features performances by all of the UM choirs. Hear lilting Irish lullabies, grand baroque choruses and electrifying spirituals as the talents of hundreds of UM musicians kick-off the new season. 7:30 PM. $11.

Astronomers guide audiences at the Payne Family Native American Center Star Gazing Room through the journey of NASA’s Cassini spacecraft to Saturn.

6:30 PM and 8 PM. $6.

The Lolo Creek Band flood into the Eagles Lodge for a night of music. 8 PM. Free.

kins, pumpkins, pumpkins. 606 Stallion Lane. 12 PM–5 PM.

nightlife

Drop Culture is back at the Badlander featuring resident DJ

Mark Myriad and special guest Smokey Rose on the decks. 9 PM. Free.

Monk’s hosts a night of dancing and body painting and more dancing at the Disco Bloodbath Pre-Party featuring performances

by WARDO and Louie Meisner.

9 PM. Free.

Ignore the warning signs! Mudslide Charley crashes into the Union Club for a night of music.

9:30 PM. Free.

On their way back to the West Coast, San Diego rockers the Brothers Gow play the Top Hat at 10:15 PM. $5.

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The Montana Film Festival continues at the Roxy. Visit montanafilmfestival.org for a full schedule of films and times. $25 for a full festival pass.

The Clark Fork Market features farm-fresh produce, live music and delicious food every Saturday in the Riverside Parking Lot below the Higgins Avenue Bridge. 8 AM–1 PM. Yoga and Beer: The two cornerstones of Missoula. The Yoga Spot and the Sweat Shop host yoga every Saturday morning at Imagine Nation Brewing.

Class and a beer for $8.

10:45 AM. Turner Farm’s annual Pumpkin Festival returns for a day of pump-

Hakuna Matata! The Lion King Jr. continues as the MCT Center for the Performing Arts. 3 PM and 5 PM. $5–$10.

Celebrate the full harvest moon and another season gone by at the Moon-Randolph Homestead’s 17th Annual Fall Gathering. Enjoy soup, cider and beer, and live music from Scrapyard Lullaby. 4 PM–10 PM. $15/$12 advance.

Hellgate Roller Derby takes on the Gallatin Roller Girlz for the final home bout of the season. A pre-event match between junior teams starts at 4:30 PM, with the main event at 7. Missoula Fairgrounds. $10.

Old Sap bids a fond farewell to the Garden City with his last performance before heading east.

Say goodbye at Imagine Nation Brewing from 5 PM–8 PM. Bluesman Pat Mckay plays Missoula Brewing Co. 6 PM. Free.

Andre Floyd provides the blues while you enjoy the reds of Ten Spoon Vineyard. 6 PM. Free.

Jeff Carroll, king of the double consonant, provides the tunes at Draught Works. 6 PM. Free.

It’s really sad that they’re being driven out of business by Asteroid Uber. Moon Taxi plays the Wilma. Doors at 7 PM, show at 8. $20.

Spotlight Charley grew up in the small town of Deer Lodge, where having prison guards for parents had absolutely no negative WHAT: Write Your Own Obituary Workshop impact on Charley's psyche, self-worth or anxiety.

WHERE: Zootown Arts Community Center After graduating from Powell County High School WHEN: Tue., Oct. 10 and Thu., Oct. 12 at 6 PM (home of the Fighting WarHOW MUCH: Free dens), Charley attended the University of Montana, MORE INFO: zootownarts.org where it took them 10 years to get a bachelor's degree. Then, despite passed away last week after being trampled not being able to use commas, Charley took in a horse fighting accident. Born in Missoula, a job at the Missoula Independent, where they Charlotte Gayle Macorn, known as Charley to their friends and as “that thieving fat weirdo” to their enemies, peacefully

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UM Opera Theater hosts an evening of wine and song. Missoula Winery and Event Center.

7 PM. $15.

The Lolo Creek Band flood into the Eagles Lodge for a night of music. 8 PM. Free.

Oi to the world! Under the Influence, Time to Kill and Shot Stereo light a powder keg of punk at Monk’s. 9 PM. $5.

Kaleidoscope Karaoke at the VFW kicks off at 9:30 PM. Dusk provides tunes for your dancing at the Union Club.9:30 PM. Free.

Sweatshop Sneakers blend hip hop, reggae and spoken word at the Top Hat. 10:15 PM. Free.

dearly departed “worked” until their untimely death.

In lieu of flowers, Charley's family requests you send donations to the C.G. Macorn Institute for Equine Pugilism, or attend the Write Your Own Obituary Workshop at the Zootown Arts Community Center.

Taught by Richard Fifield and Kia Liszak, this workshop helps the writer construct compelling short form autobiographies. Just like Charley's coffin, space is limited, so RSVP by calling 406-5497555.

—The late Charley Macorn

First Friday The Missoula Monster Project ends its run at the ZACC with a closing reception for the monstrous menagerie of art. 4 PM– 6 PM. E3 Convergence Gallery hosts an opening reception for Ella Watson’s Eons, Epics, and Epochs. Cold wax and oil paint reveal vibrant metaphors for live. 5 PM–9 PM.

Gallery 709 presents Fiber Finesse, a showcase of the latest fiber art by established and emerging artists. 5 PM–9 PM. Get a sneak peek at the items from Spontaneous Construction up of the for auction at a preview at the Florence Building. 5 PM–8 PM.

Gallery Night at Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices hosts the seasonal landscapes and bird paintings of Karen M. Jorgenson.

5 PM–8 PM. Shakespeare & Co. hosts the photography of Antonia Wolf. 5 PM–8 PM. Betty’s Divine hosts the handmade space age clocks of Anna Moura.

5 PM–8 PM.

Bathing Beauties Beads hosts the work of local jewelry designer Bethany Stanbery from 5 PM–8 PM. FrontierSpace Gallery hosts its annual benefit auction in the alley between Pine and Spruce. 5 PM–9 PM.

Wife and husband photographers Jessica and Lido Vizzutti blur the line between personal and professional life in Sleep Deprived Parents: Double Vision at La Stella Blu. 5 PM–8 PM.

Explore some new flavor trends while enjoying the psychedelic art of Peter Chinikaylo and music of John Floridis at the Montana Distillery. 5 PM– 8 PM.

The Artists’ Shop hosts an opening reception for Necessary Ornaments, an exhibition of paintings and hand-pressed monoprints by Gigi Don Diego. 5 PM–8 PM.

Aaron Windell displays photos from his globe-spanning trip Around the World in 50 Days at Lake Missoula Tea Co. 5 PM–9 PM.

The Public House hosts the artwork of painter and sculptor Steve Wellman. 5:30 PM–8 PM.

Draught Works Brewery hosts the reclaimed material turned art of B. MartinNez. 5 PM–8 PM.

Rez Made, a group exhibition featuring 14 student-photographers from Two Eagle River School on the Flathead Indian Reservation in Pablo, documents the student’s trip to New York City. Missoula Art Museum. 5 PM–8 PM. Gecko Studios hosts Ms. Leather Legs, an array of painting constructions by April Werle. 5 PM– 8 PM.

painting by Steve Wellman

Mind Fields: an Inter-Cranial Exhibit opens at Radius gallery, featuring the work of eight local and regional artists. 5 PM–8 PM. Glacier Sotheby’s International Realty hosts the artwork of Dee Bandow. 5 PM–8 PM. Sydney Seyfert, Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner showcases the work of several local artists at her downtown practice at 265 West Front Street from 5 PM–9 PM.

Forest Spirits, featuring the wood carvings of Joseph Smith, opens with a reception at Bernice’s Bakery. 5 PM–8 PM.

Ceramic artists George McCauley and Phil Mahn display the results of their exploration into lowfire wood firing process at the Clay Studio. 5:30 PM–9 PM.

My Other Tiger, a group art show featuring the work of Anne Cruikshank, Anne Yoncha, Marlo Crossiffiso and Elisha Anne Harteis, opens with a reception at Zootown Brew. 6 PM–8 PM. The IO Society’s First Friday features the work of Elizabeth Wipperman, RemBrandt Miller and Janj. 801 Sherwood St. 6 PM–9 PM.

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Sunday The Montana Film Festival continues at the Roxy. Visit montanafilmfestival.org for a full schedule of films and times. $25 for a full festival pass.

Be prepared! The Lion King Jr. ends its run at the MCT Center.

2 PM. $5–$10.

nightlife Believe me, this is the best house. So luxurious. Top House

plays Draught Works from 5 PM–7 PM. Free.

Take your first steps to stardom at Open Mic Night at the Missoula Senior Center hosted by Michael Dean. Call 406-5465195 for more info. 6 PM–8 PM. $5.

The 18-piece Ed Norton Big Band plays the Missoula Winery from 6 PM–8 PM. $9. Visit missoulawinery.com.

VonCommon Vondays returns with the short films of Elisha Harteis, Skye Grace Bennett, Ken Grinde, Big White Moon Pictures and Alex Wolfe at the Roxy Theater. Free.

Grammy nominated Highly Suspect plays the Top Hat. Hope you locked down your tickets, because this one is sold out. Doors at 8 PM, show at 9 PM.

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Monday nightlife Prepare a couple of songs and bring your talent to Open Mic Night at Imagine Nation Brewing. Sign up when you get there.

Every Monday from 6–8 PM. Bingo at the VFW: The easiest way to make rent since keno.

6:30 PM. $12 buy-in.

Caroline Keys, Jeff Turnman and Gibson Hartwell provide the soundtrack at Red Bird Wine Bar. 7 PM–10 PM. Free.

What was this summer’s wildfires, smoke and heat like for our native birds and wildlife? Amy Cilimburg of Climate Smart Missoula shares her insights at the next meeting of Five Valleys Audubon at Gallagher Business Building. 7 PM. Free.

A panel of experts, including North Korean defector Y. Kang, discuss geopolitics, instability and the nuclear weapons crisis on the Korean Peninsula. UC Theater. 7 PM. RSVP at umt.edu/mansfield.

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Dancing Plague of 1518 plays the ZACC Below with Bombshell Nighlight, Uroi Urod and Crypticollider. 8 PM. Free.

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

Kaleidoscope Karaoke at the VFW kicks off at 9:30 PM. Live in SIN at the Service Industry Night at Plonk, with DJ Amory spinning and a special menu. 10 PM to close.

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Tuesday nightlife Dust off that banjolin and join in the Top Hat’s picking circle, 6 PM. The way things are going in the world, it might be a good idea to have one of these ready.

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Workshop at the ZACC starts at 6 PM. Free. Register online at zootownarts.org.

Fairly Modest Records host a night of music at the ZACC Below, featuring the music of Tea Wiggs, Jeremy Bursich and Daniel. Doors at 7 PM, show at 8. $5.

Clarinetist and Director of the UM School of Music, Maxine Ramey performs an evening of masterworks and chamber music at the Music Recital Hall at 7:30 PM. $12/$8 students.

Unlike the creature of lore, this Gryffin doesn’t have a beak, but he does have some pretty dope beats. Catch the soul-fused electronic producer at the Top Hat. Doors at 8 PM, Show at 9 PM. $18/$15 advance.

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 was President Warren G. Harding’s middle name? Answer in tomorrow’s Nightlife.

Check out the hook while my DJ revolves it. Kaleidoscope Karaoke at the VFW kicks off at 9:30 PM.

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Wednesday nightlife Community UNite at KettleHouse Brewing’s Northside tap room.

A portion of every pint sold goes to the Narles Layne Foundation.

5 PM–8 PM. Wednesday Night Brewery Jam invites all musicians to bring an instrument and join in. Yes, even you with the tuba. Hosted

by Geoffrey Taylor at Imagine Nation Brewing Co. 6–8 PM. Free.

Brains on Broadway Trivia Night at the Broadway Sports Bar and Grill. 7 PM. Trivia answer: Gamaliel.

Tech N9ne r3turns t2 the Wilma.

Doors at 7 PM, show at 8 PM. $35/$32 advance.

opens at the Masquer Theatre in the PARTV Center at 7:30 PM. $16/$14 students.

Are you a DJ? Bring your gear and dancing shoes to the Missoula Open Decks Society Meeting at the VFW. Signups at 7 PM, show at 8. Free.

Get up onstage at VFW’s open mic, with a different host each week. 8 PM. Free.

Author Amy Pearson reads from her new book of poetry 100 Days of Solitude, based on her time spent in the Bob Marshall Wilderness. Shakespeare & Co. 7 PM.

Pigeons Playing Ping Pong perform from the prime phunk playbook and promise precipitous pleasure at the Top Hat. Doors at 8:30 PM, show at 9. $15/$12 advance.

As You Like It, the play that dumb-dumb anti-Stratfordians claim as proof Shakespeare wasn’t who he said he was,

Kraptastic Karaoke indulges your need to croon, belt and warble at the Badlander. 9 PM. No cover.

Trivial Beersuit at Press Box. 8:30 PM.

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Thursday Djebe Community Drum and Dance immerses you in the dancing and drumming of many countries at Barn Movement Studio Thursdays at 6 PM. $5 donation.

Crazy Dog Band plays Draught Works from 6 PM–8 PM. Screaming Females? What, are the Beatles here? No, grandpa!

That’s a stupid joke! Indie-rock heroes Screaming Females play the Union Hall with Street Eaters.

7 PM. $12/$10 advance.

Trivia at the Holiday Inn Downtown. 7:30–10 PM. The truest poetry is the most feigning.

William Shakespeare’s As You Like It continues at the Masquer Theatre in the PARTV Center. 7:30 PM. $16/$14 students.

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Kris Moon hosts a night of volcanic party action at the Badlander. 9 PM. Free.

Honeycomb Dance Party at Monk’s. 9 PM. Free.

Sing. Kaleidoscope Karaoke at the VFW kicks off at 9:30 PM.

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[36] Missoula Independent • October 5–October 12, 2017

Agenda The Lost Summer of 2017 is still fresh in our minds. This year's fire season was one of the most devastating in Montana history.

Over 1 million acres went up in smoke.

And that smoke kept Montanans across the state locked inside during the most beautiful time of the year.

But while we humans got through the summer by binging on Netflix and pretending we lived in Silent Hill, Montana's diverse wildlife didn't have the benefit of not living in the middle of a forest fire. How did our birds and wildlife deal with a million acres of their home burning? Where did all the creatures go? And more importantly, what happens if next year's fire season is just as bad?

Climate Smart Missoula's Executive Director Amy Cilimburg shares her research on these issues at the next Five Valleys Audubon meeting. Having spent years monitoring Montana birds, Cilimburg will explain how our changing climate led to this awful fire season,

THURSDAY OCTOBER 5

TUESAY OCTOBER 10

Start your day with Yoga for Everyone at Missoula Senior Center at 9 AM. $4.

Start your day with Yoga for Everyone at Missoula Senior Center at 9 AM. $4.

This month’s Climate Smart meet-up focuses on transportation and sustainability. Bring and share your ideas at Imagine Nation Brewing. 5 PM–7 PM.

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.

FRIDAY OCTOBER 6 Start your day with Yoga for Everyone at Missoula Senior Center at 9 AM. $4.

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.

SUNDAY OCTOBER 8

WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 11

The monthly LGBTQ Spirituality Group meets to discuss queer perspectives on spirituality at the Western Montana Community Center. 3-4 PM.

The Women’s Health and Wellness Fair at The Women’s Club Health and Fitness Center features blood pressure and spinal screenings, bra fittings, foot scans and more. 9 AM–6:30 PM. Free.

MONDAY OCTOBER 9 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.

photo courtesy of the BLM

and offer ideas about current local climate resiliency and mitigation efforts.

—Charley Macorn Five Valley Audubon's presentation with Amy Cilimburg takes place on Mon., Oct. 9, at 7 PM in the UM Gallagher Business Building, room 123.

Free and open to all.

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

What was this summer’s wildfires, smoke and heat like for our native birds and wildlife? Amy Cilimburg of Climate Smart Missoula shares her insights at the next meeting of Five Valleys Audubon at Gallagher Business Building. 7 PM. Free.

NAMI Missoula hosts a free arts and crafts group for adults living with mental illness 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 Narles Layne Foundation. 5 PM–8 PM.

THURSDAY OCTOBER 12 Start your day with Yoga for Everyone at Missoula Senior Center at 9 AM. $4.

Forward Montana brings the candidates for City Council together for a forum at the Badlander. 6 PM–8 PM.

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

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t’s that time of year. The leaves start changing, there’s a chill in the air and as much as we all want to revel in the beauty of fall, we also can’t help but turn our sights forward—and snow-ward.

After a summer as full of fire and brimstone as this one, some cold weather and precipitation of the skiable sort would be just the thing to clear our heads.

It doesn’t seem too far off, either. Snowbowl’s Facebook page posted a photo on September 15 featuring a dusting of snow on the treetops. So do what you’ve gotta do, people. Invent a snow dance. Wear your pajamas inside out. Wash your car. (For me, the tried-and-true way to bring on a snowstorm is to drive home for Thanksgiving without my winter tires on. I’ll be doing my part.)

If you want to get communal with your winter high hopes, you can head down to Caras Park on Friday for the 11th annual Pray for Snow Party.

There’ll be food, Big Sky brews, a raffle and music

—Margaret Grayson The West Central Montana Avalanche Foundation’s Pray for Snow Party starts at 5:30 PM on Friday, Oct. 6 at Caras Park.

FRIDAY OCTOBER 6

TUESAY OCTOBER 10

Support your regional avalanche forecast with the Pray for Snow Party at Caras Park. Beer, raffles and the music of Shakewell. All proceeds directly fund avalanche advisories and education. 5 PM–10:30 PM.

Need to get in your steps? Mountain Walk, a no-stress, friendly group hike takes you through the Blue Mountain Recreation Area. Meet in the parking area at 10 AM.

SATURDAY OCTOBER 7 Enjoy the changing colors of fall with a tree identification tour with the Missoula Autumnal Court starting at Silver Park. 12 PM.

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by (who else?) Shakewell.

But the event, which benefits the West Central Montana Avalanche Center, is also a good time to remember that winter fun comes with certain risks.

Montana has had avalanche fatalities in nine of the last 10 winter seasons, according to avalanche.org. WCMAC does avalanche education, from recognizing avalanche conditions to learning to use transceivers, and avalanche forecasts for the Bitterroot, the Snowbowl area and the Seeley Lake area. Buy a beer for the people who just want you to ski and ride safe.

WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 11 Looking to gear up for your outdoor adventures? The University of Montana’s Outdoor Program hosts a used outdoor gear sale in the University Center Atrium. 12 PM–5 PM.

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By Amy Alkon LOATHE STORY My boyfriend who dumped me says he wants to be friends (talk to me, see me sometimes), but I’m not ready for that because I’m still in love with him. A female co-worker said that if he can be friends, he was never in love with me to begin with—that if he’d really loved me, he’d hate me now. Is this true?

—Feeling Worse!

According to your office Socrates, “How do I love thee? Let me count the ways” should be answered with “I slashed your tires. I sprinkled a strong laxative in your latte. And I’m looking forward to chasing you down the street while waving highly realistic replicas of medieval weapons...”

Romantic love actually comes in two flavors—“passionate” and “companionate”—explains social psychologist Elaine Hatfield. Passionate love is the initial “wildly emotional,” lusty kind that wanes over time.

Companionate love, on the other hand, involves “friendly affection and deep attachment”—deep appreciation for who somebody is and what they do and believe in—and tends to have more staying power.

The difference between the two is best illustrated in relation to what we’ll call “car trouble.” Passionate love is what leads to the physics problem of how to have sex in a Porsche in your driveway (because going inside and doing it in the foyer instead would take too long). Companionate love likewise gets two people working out a physics problem in a car; however, it’s trying to collectively muster the NASAlevel intelligence required to install an infant car seat.

Companionate love does sometimes lead to “I hate you! I hate you”-style loathing, but typically just when there’s been a betrayal. But sometimes what people call love is really an unhealthy dependency with sparkly hearts painted on it—one person using the other as a sort of human grout, to fill the empty spaces in themselves so they can take a shortcut to feeling whole. In this situation, “I’m nothing without you!” really does feel like the case, and who doesn’t hate a person who makes them feel like nothing?

However, real love doesn’t suddenly curdle into hate. If the respect and the “wow, you’re an amazeballs person” and all the rest was there, that remains as a base—even when the relationship tanks.

Even so, this doesn’t necessarily mean you should convert your ex into your BFF. What you should do with respect to your ex—now and in the future—is whatever works for you, when it works for you.This may mean never seeing or speaking to your ex again—despite any “love becomes

hate!” urging from your co-worker that you owe him a scolding phone call:“If you’d ever really loved me, you’d want the best for me now—the best undetectable poison money can buy!”

PI IN THE FACE Not to brag, but I’m a very intelligent woman with probably too many degrees. I’m always thrilled when a guy says he’s seeking “a smart woman.” However, a guy who initially said that just stopped dating me because he finds my intelligence “emasculating.” Do all men feel this way? Am I supposed to dumb it down to find a partner?

—Smarts Men don’t mind being corrected by a woman if it’s “Oooh, yes ... a little more to the right”—not “I think you meant ‘whom,’ but hey, no judgments.”

The reality is, intellectually average women tend to have an easier time finding a partner. In research by social psychologist Lora E. Park, men imagining their hypothetical ideal partner expressed interest in a woman of high intelligence—even higher than their own. However, when they were in the same room with a woman and they were were told she scored far better on a math test (getting 90 percent correct versus their 60 percent), the men were less interested in exchanging contact info or planning a date with her.

Park and her colleagues speculate—per research by evolutionary psychologists reflecting women’s preference for male partners who are higher-achieving than they are—that being intellectually “outperformed” by women leads men to experience “diminished feelings of masculinity.”

(Understandable—as nothing quite ignites romance like needing to coax your date out from under the couch:“Why are you hiding?

I promised not to hurt you with my mind!”)

The answer for you, as a very smart woman, isn’t dumbing down; it’s being selective about the men you date (while recognizing that there are brainiacs working as, say, cabinetmakers). Assuming you aren’t chasing guys away by lording over them— “Well, hello ... intellectual earthworm!”— it’s probably best to narrow your search parameters to the highly intelligent: men who won’t feel like their IQ test results, in comparison with yours, would read something like “Water every other day, and place in indirect sunlight.”

Got a problem? Write Amy Alkon, 171 Pier Ave, #280, Santa Monica, CA 90405, or email AdviceAmy@aol.com.

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EMPLOYMENT search and resolution using various tools and systems. Full job listing online at lcstaffing.com Job ID #40374 Earn $300-$1000 per month working part-time! The Missoulian is looking for reliable individuals to deliver the daily newspaper in the Missoula, Bitterroot and Flathead areas. Call 406-5230494.This is an independent contractor business opportunity.

General Fence Builder LC Staffing is working with a full-service fence company to recruit for laborers to assist with building custom fences. This position starts October 16th and will last about 4 weeks until the snow starts. The job site is in Alberton; candidates must have reliable transportation to the job site every day.There is a gas credit incentive for full-time employees. This position pays $11-$12 per hour depending on previous fence building experience. This job is ideal for someone looking to make extra cash without a long-term commitment. Enjoy a three-day weekend; this position has a schedule of Monday through Thursday with 10 hour shifts.

Full job listing online at lcstaffing.com Job ID #40478 Laundry Attendant LC Staffing is partnering with Missoula health services to recruit for a full-time/permanent employee for the environmental service laundry department. The laundry attendant works as a part of the laundry team. Duties include: sorting soiled linen, washing soiled linen and processing clean linen for distribution to all user departments. Customer service-type communication with health care professionals, coworkers, and patients. Efficient time management.Ability to be on feet all day; standing, walking, and stooping. This job is physical; must have the ability to push cart or vacuum, carrying and lifting up to 50lbs. Full job listing online at lcstaffing.com Job ID# 39667 Laundry Worker LC Staffing is partnering with a busy commercial laundry business with recruiting for a laundry production worker! This is an opportunity for a permanent position following a successful probationary period as an LC Staffing employee to ensure a good fit for you and the business.What will YOU be doing in this role: Sorting soiled and clean laundry. Filling washers and dryers. Folding, pressing, and packaging the laundry.

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PUBLIC NOTICES MNAXLP IN THE JUSTICE COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA MISSOULA COUNTY COURTHOUSE, ROOM 302 200 WEST BROADWAY, MISSOULA, MT 59802 CAUSE NO. CV-20172115 SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION PLUM PROPERTY MANAGEMENT, LLD, PLAINTIFF, v. SUMMER HUNTER, AND ALL OTHER TENANTS, DEFENDANT. THE STATE OF MONTANA TO: Summer Hunter 720 Turner St., Unit #D Missoula, MT 59802 STATEMENT OF OBJECT OF ACTION: The above-captioned action is a Cause of Action against you relating to the possessory interest that you claim in the real property located at 720 Turner St., Unit #D, Missoula, MT 59802. Plaintiff demands relief which consists partially of excluding you from said possessory interest. YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Complaint in this action which is filed in the office of the above-entitled Justice of the Peace, a copy of which is herewith served upon you. In the event you deny any or all of the material facts stated in the complaint, you must file your written answer together with a $30.00 answer fee for each Defendant with the above-entitled

Court, and serve a copy of your answer upon the Plaintiff or attorney at the address shown on the Complaint.The answer must contain a denial of any or all of the material facts stated in the Complaint that the Defendant believes to be untrue, and also a statement, in plain or direct manner, of any other facts constituting a defense.

Any matter not denied shall be deemed admitted. If you fail to answer or assert a counterclaim within ten (10) days after the service of the Complaint and Summons, the Plaintiff may request entry of default judgment against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint. DATED Sept. 13, 2017 /s/ Landee N. Holloway, Justice of the Peace Joan E. Cook LAW OFFICE OF JOAN E. COOK 2423 Mullan Road Missoula, MT 59808 (406) 543-3800 office@cooklaw.com Attorney for Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY DEPT. NO. 2 PROBATE NO. DP-17-243 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF: JOHN PAUL LOGAN, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that LOIS IRENE GRANT

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Claims must either be mailed to the above-named as the attorney of record for the Personal Representative, return receipt requested, or filed with the Clerk of the above Court. DATED this 20th day of September, 2017. /s/ JOAN E. COOK Katherine C. Holliday (MT Bar #9965) Carmody Holliday Legal Services, PLLC PO Box 8124, Missoula, MT 59807 tel. 406.830.3327 katie@carmodyhollidaylaw.com Counsel for Plaintiff MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY CAUSE NO. DV-17-737 DEPT. NO 1 LESLIE HALLIGAN SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION PLUM PROPERTY MANAGEMENT, LLC, MANAGER ON BEHALF OF 1421 EATON STREET, INC. PLAINTIFF, v. NICOLE STEVENSON F/K/A NICOLE PASTIAN, DEFENDANT. THE STATE OF MONTANA TO: NICOLE STEVENSON F/K/A NICOLE PASTIAN 1421 Eaton St., Unit #33, Missoula, MT 59801 The above-captioned action is a Cause of Action against you is to in part foreclose a lien upon the real property located at 1421 Eaton St., Unit #33, Missoula, MT 59801.

A lawsuit has been filed against you. Within 21 days after service of this summons on you or (42 days if you are the State of Montana, a state agency, or a state officer or employee), you must serve on the plaintiff an answer to the attached complaint or a motion under Rule 12 of the Montana Rules of Civil Procedure. Do not include the day you were served in your calculation of time.The answer or motion must be served on the plaintiff or plaintiff’s attorney, if plaintiff is represented by an attorney, whose name and address are listed above. If you fail to re-

spond, judgment by default will be entered against you for the relief demanded in the complaint. You also must file your answer or motion with the court.WITNESS my hand and seal of said Court, this 19th day of September, 2017.

SHIRLEY E. FAUST, CLERK OF DISTRICT COURT By: /s/ Cady Sowre, DEPUTY CLERK MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT MISSOULA COUNTY Cause No. DP-17-232 Dept. No. 4 Karen S. Townsend NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF MADELYN VICTORIA REYES, 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 DARLENE M. LOPEZ, Personal Representative, return receipt requested, at 2687 Palmer Street, Suite D, Missoula, Montana 59808, or filed with the Clerk of the above Court. I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of Montana that the foregoing is true and correct. DATED this 8th day of September, 2017. /s/ Darlene M. Lopez, Personal Representative DARTY LAW OFFICE, PLLC /s/ H. Stephen Darty, Attorney for Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Cause No. DP-17-209 Dept. No. 1 Hon. Leslie Halligan Presiding. NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN RE THE ESTATE OF FAYE ELLEN GABRIEL, 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 RONALD E. GABRIEL, the Personal Representative, Return Receipt Requested, c/o Skjelset & Geer, PLLP, PO Box 4102, Missoula, Montana 59806 or filed with the Clerk of the above-entitled Court. DATED this 17 day of August, 2017. /s/ Ronald E. Gabriel, Personal Representative SKJELSET & GEER, P.L.L.P. By: /s/ Suzanne Geer for Douglas G. Skjelset Attorneys for the Estate STATE OF MONTANA ):ss.

County of Missoula) I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of Montana that the foregoing is true and correct. SIGNED this 17 day of August, 2017. /s/ Ronald E. Gabriel, Personal Representative SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN TO before me this 17 day of August, 2017. /s/ Suzanne Geer Notary Public for the State of Montana Residing at Stevensville, Montana My Commission Expires October 2, 2020 MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Cause No. DP-17-227 Dept. No. 2 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF CONNIE BOWMAN, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named estate. All person having claims against the said decedent are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to Martha Hicks, Personal Representative, return receipt requested, c/o GIBSON LAW OFFICES, PLLC, 4110 Weeping Willow Drive, Missoula, Montana 59803, or filed with the Clerk of the above-named Court.

Dated this 28 day of August, 2017. /s/ Martha Hicks, Personal Representative By: /s/ Nancy P. Gibson, Attorney for Personal Representative

MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Cause No.: DV-17-870 Dept. No.: 1 Leslie Halligan Notice of Hearing on Name Change In the Matter of the Name Change of Ethan Hunter Walker, Petitioner.

This is notice that Petitioner has asked the District Court for a change of name from Ethan Hunter Walker to Ethan Hunter Elliott. The hearing will be on 10/25/2017 at 1:30 p.m.The hearing will be at the Courthouse in Missoula County. Date: September 8, 2017. /s/ Shirley E. Faust, Clerk of District Court By: /s/ Michael Evjen, Deputy Clerk of Court MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Department No. 3 Cause No. DP-17-51 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF DANNY JOSEPH LODWIG, Deceased.

Danny Joseph Lodwig of 2010 Trail Street, Apt. E., Missoula, Montana 59801, died on September 22,2016. Decedent’s creditors are hereby notified that all claims against the estate will be forever barred unless presented to the personal representative through his counsel of record, Rochelle Loveland at 2709 Highland Dr., Missoula, Montana 59802, or to the Probate court and the personal representative within 4 months of publication of this notice. DATED this 18th day of September, 2017. /s/ Rochelle Loveland, Attorney for Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Department No. 4 Cause Probate No. DP-14-61 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF IRENE E. MOSIER, 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 Richard K. Mallick, the Personal Representative, return receipt requested at GEORGE LAW OFFICES, PLLC, 210 North Higgins Avenue, Suite 234, Missoula, Montana 59802 or filed with the Clerk of the above-entitled Court.

DATED:April 4th, 2014 /s/ Richard K. Mallick Personal Representative’s Attorney: GEORGE LAW FIRM, PLLC, 210 N. Higgins Ave., Suite 234, Missoula, Montana 59802 MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY DEPT. NO. 1 PROBATE NO. DP-17-237 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF MARY C. TYVAND, 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 JOHN PATRICK DOWDALL, the Personal Representative, return receipt requested, at c/o Worden Thane P.C., P.O. Box 4747, Missoula, MT 59806-4747, or filed with the Clerk of the above Court. DATED this 8th day of September, 2017. /s/ John Patrick Dowdall c/o Worden Thane P.C. P.O. Box 4747, Missoula, Montana 59806-4747 WORDEN THANE P.C. Attorneys for Personal Representative By: /s/ Gail M. Haviland, Esq. MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY DEPT. NO. 2 PROBATE NO. DP-17-235 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF ROBERT J. ROSENGREN, a/k/a Robert Joel Rosengren Deceased.

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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY

By Rob Brezsny ARIES (March 21-April 19): You wouldn’t expect a five-year-old child to paint a facsimile of Picasso’s Guernica or sing Puccini’s opera, La Boheme. Similarly, you shouldn’t fault your companions and you for not being perfect masters of the art of intimate relationships. In fact, most of us are amateurs. We may have taken countless classes in math, science, literature and history, but have never had a single lesson from teachers whose area of expertise is the hard work required to create a healthy partnership. I mention this, Aries, because the next seven weeks will be an excellent time for you to remedy this deficiency. Homework assignments: What can you do to build your emotional intelligence? How can you learn more about the art of creating vigorous togetherness?

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): In accordance with the astrological omens, I invite you to slow down and create a wealth of spacious serenity. Use an unhurried, step-by-step approach to soothe yourself. With a glint in your eye and a lilt in your voice, say sweet things to yourself. In a spirit of play and amusement, pet and pamper yourself as you would a beloved animal. Can you handle that much self-love, Taurus? I think you can. It’s high time for you to be a genius of relaxation, attending tenderly to all the little details that make you feel at ease and in love with the world.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): “If an angel were to tell us something of his philosophies, I do believe some of his propositions would sound like 2 x 2 = 13.” So said the German scientist Georg Christoph Lichtenberg (1742-1799). Now maybe you don’t believe in the existence of angels, and so you imagine his idea doesn’t apply to you. But I’m here to tell you that an influence equivalent to an angel will soon appear in your vicinity. Maybe it’ll be a numinous figure in your dreams, or a charismatic person you admire, or a vivid memory resurrected in an unexpected form, or a bright fantasy springing to life. And that “angel” will present a proposition that sounds like 2 x 2 = 13.

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CANCER (June 21-July 22): Unless you have an off-road vehicle, you can’t drive directly from North America to South America. The Pan-American Highway stretches from Prudhoe Bay in northern Alaska to Ushuaia, Argentina—a distance of about 19,000 miles—except for a 100-mile patch of swampy rainforest in Panama. I’d like to call your attention to a comparable break in continuity that affects your own inner terrain, Cancerian—a grey area where two important areas of your life remain unlinked. The coming weeks will be a favorable time to close the gap.

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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Based in Korea, Samsung is a world leader in selling smartphones and other information technology. But it didn’t start out that way. In its original form, back in 1938, it primarily sold noodles and dried fish. By 1954, it had expanded into wool manufacturing. More than three decades after its launch as a company, it further diversified, adding electronics to its repertoire. According to my reading of the astrological omens, the next 10 months should be an excellent time for you to do the equivalent of branching out from noodles and dried fish to electronics. And the coming six weeks will be quite favorable for formulating your plans and planting your seeds. phase.You still have a bit more work to do on tearing down the old stuff that’s in the way c building of where the new stuff will go. So I recommend that you put an “Under Construction” sign outside VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): In my opinion, you’re not quite ready to launch full-tilt into the re-

your door, preferably with flashing yellow lights. This should provide you with protection from those who don’t understand the complexity of the process you’re engaged in.

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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): You’re a good candidate for the following roles: 1. a skeptical optimist who is both discerning and open-minded; 2. a robust truth-teller who specializes in interesting truths; 3. a charming extremist who’s capable of solving stubborn riddles; 4. a smooth operator who keeps everyone calm even as you initiate big changes; 5. an enlightened game-player who reforms or avoids games that abuse beauty’s power. skating Olympics star Apolo Anton Ohno published his autobiography at age 20.The rascal e Speed occultist Aleister Crowley produced an “autohagiography.” To understand that odd term, keep in

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Actress and author Carrie Fisher wrote three autobiographies.

mind that “hagiography” is an account of the life of a saint, so adding “auto” means it’s the biography of a saint penned by the saint himself. I’m bringing up these fun facts in the hope of encouraging you to ruminate at length on your life story. If you don’t have time to write a whole book, please take a few hours to remember in detail the gloriously twisty path you have trod from birth until now. According to my reading of the astrological omens, the best way to heal what needs to be healed is to steep yourself in a detailed meditation on the history of your mysterious destiny.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): If you go to the Historical Museum of the Palatinate in Germany, you will see a jug of wine that was bottled in 1687. In accordance with astrological omens, Sagittarius, I suggest that you find a metaphorical version of this vintage beverage—and then metaphorically drink it! In my opinion, it’s time for you to partake of a pleasure that has been patiently waiting for you to enjoy it. The moment is ripe for you to try an experience you’ve postponed, to call in favors that have been owed to you, to finally do fun things you’ve been saving for the right occasion.

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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): If a late-night TV talk show called and asked me to be a guest,

say no. If People magazine wanted to do a story on me, I’d decline. What good is fame like that? g I’dIt might briefly puff up my ego, but it wouldn’t enhance my ability to create useful oracles for you.

The notoriety that would come my way might even distract me from doing what I love to do. So I prefer to remain an anonymous celebrity, as I am now, addressing your deep self with my deep self. My messages are more valuable to you if I remain an enigmatic ally instead of just another cartoony media personality. By the way, I suspect you’ll soon face a comparable question. Your choice will be between what’s flashy and what’s authentic; between feeding your ego and feeding your soul.

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AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): A Canadian guy named Harold Hackett likes to put messages in bottles that he throws out into the Atlantic Ocean from his home on Prince Edward Island.

Since he started in 1996, he has dispatched over 5,000 missives into the unknown, asking the strangers who might find them to write back to him. To his delight, he has received more than 3,000 responses from as far away as Russia, Scotland and West Africa. I suspect that if you launch a comparable mission sometime soon, Aquarius, your success rate wouldn’t be quite that high, but still good. What longrange inquiries or invitations might you send out in the direction of the frontier?

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PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): “Intensify” is one of your words of power these days. So are “fortify,” “reinforce” and “buttress.” Anything you do to intensify your devotion and focus will be rewarded by an intensification of life’s gifts to you. As you take steps to fortify your sense of security and stability, you will activate dormant reserves of resilience. If you reinforce your connections with reliable allies, you will set in motion forces that will ultimately bring you help you didn’t even know you needed. If you buttress the bridge that links your past and future, you will ensure that your old way of making magic will energize your new way.

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of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the decedent are required to present their claim 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 AMY M. SCOTT SMITH, the Personal Representative, return receipt requested, at c/o Worden Thane P.C., P.O. Box 4747, Missoula, MT 59806 or filed with the Clerk of the above Court. DATED this 12th day of September, 2017. /s/ Amy M. Scott Smith, Personal Representative c/o Worden Thane P.C. P.O. Box 4747, Missoula, Montana 59806-4747 MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 3 Hon. John W. Larson Probate No. DP-17-228 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF CONNIE LOUISE PETERSON, A/K/A CONSTANCE PETERSON, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that JEFFREY A. PETERSON 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 JEFFREY A. PETERSON, the Personal Representative, return receipt requested,in care of Thiel Law Office, PLLC, 327 West Pine, PO Box 8125, Missoula, Montana 59807 or filed with the Clerk of the above-entitled Court. DATED this 13 day of September, 2017.

THIEL LAW OFFICE PLLC Attorney for Personal Representative /s/ Matthew B.Thiel MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 3 Probate No. DP-17-167 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF: SYLVIA H. SELK, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the under-

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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 KIM D. POWERS, Personal Representative, Return Receipt Requested, c/o Skjelset & Geer, PLLP, PO Box 4102, Missoula, Montana 59806 or filed with the Clerk of the above-entitled Court. DATED this 25th day of August, 2017. /s/ Kim D. Powers, Personal Representative SKJELSET & GEER, P.L.L.P. By: /s/ Suzanne Geer for Douglas G. Skjelset Attorneys for the Estate STATE OF MONTANA ):ss. County of Missoula) I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of Montana that the foregoing is true and correct. Signed this 25 day of August, 2017. /s/ Kim D. Powers, Personal Representative SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN TO before me this

25 day of August, 2017. /s/ Suzanne Geer Notary Public for the State of Montana Residing at Stevensville, Montana My Commission Expires October 2, 2020 MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No.: 1 Cause No.: DP-17-199 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN RE THE ESTATE OF: DONALD MONT FINLEY, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Scott Laisy, 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 Scott Laisy, Personal Representative, return receipt requested, c/o Timothy D. Geiszler, GEISZLER STEELE, PC, 619 Southwest Higgins, Suite K, Missoula, Montana 59803 or filed with the Clerk of the above Court. DATED this 6 day of September, 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 6 day of September 2017. /s/ Scott Laisy, Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No.: 1 Robert L. Deschamps, III Cause No.: DP-17231 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN RE THE ESTATE OF: IRENE PATRICIA MORRIS, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Janet K. Schiller and Brian P. Morris, have been appointed Co-Personal Representatives 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 Janet K. Schiller and Brian P. Morris, Co-Personal Representatives, return receipt requested, c/o Timothy D. Geiszler, GEISZLER STEELE, PC, 619 Southwest Higgins, Suite K, Missoula, Montana 59803 or filed with the Clerk of the above Court.

DATED this 30 day of August, 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 30 day of August, 2017. /s/ Janet K. Schiller, Co-Personal Representativen I declare under penalty of perjury and under the laws of the state of Montana that the foregoing is true and correct. DATED this 1st day of September, 2017. /s/ Brian P. Morris, Co-Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No.: 3 Cause No.: DP-17-252 John W. Larson NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN RE THE ESTATE OF: JOHN T. DOVE, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Carla Hvid, 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 Carla Hvid, Personal Representative, return receipt requested, c/o Timothy D. Geiszler, GEISZLER STEELE, PC, 619 Southwest Higgins, Suite

K, Missoula, Montana 59803 or filed with the Clerk of the above Court. DATED this 26 day of September, 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 26 day of September 2017. /s/ Carla Hvid, Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY PROBATE NO. DP17-155 DEPT. NO. 3 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF CHARLES GRUHN, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Melanie Gruhn Newton 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 the notice or said claims will be forever barred.

Claims may be mailed to Howard Toole, the attorney for Melanie Gruhn Newton, return receipt requested, at the address of PO Box 8774, Missoula, Montana 59807, or filed with the Clerk of the aboveentitled Court. DATED this 19 day of September, 2017. /s/ Melanie Gruhn Newton, 10 Clearview Dr., Randolph, NJ 07869 Personal Representative PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE’S ATTORNEY: /s/ Howard Toole, PO Box 8774, Missoula, MT 59807 406-728-4682 MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Probate No.: DP-17213 Dept. 1 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN RE THE ESTATE OF: WARD LEE FORBES, Deceased.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Lynn Forbes 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 Lynn Forbes, Personal Representative, return receipt requested, c/o Christopher W. Froines, FROINES LAW OFFICE, Inc., 3819 Stephens Ave., Suite 301, Missoula, Montana 59801 or filed with the Clerk of the above Court. DATED this 18 day of December, 2017. FROINES LAW OFFICE, Inc. By: /s/ Christopher W. Froines, Attorney for the Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY, STATE OF MONTANA Cause No.: DP-17-238 Department No. 3 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF LUKE MEARS, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named estate. If any person or organization has a valid claim against said estate, the claim must include the basis of claim, the amount claimed, the name and address of claimant. Mont. Code Ann. §72-3-804(1). Creditors must make claim within four months from the date of the first publication of this notice or be forever barred. Mont. Code Ann. §72-3801. Claims must either be mailed to the Personal Representative at the address named below, Certified mail requested, or filed with the Clerk of the above Court.

DATED this 18th day of September, 2017. /s/ Katherine Mears, PO Box 16362, Missoula, MT 59808

PUBLIC NOTICES MNAXLP Notice of Close of Regular Voter Registration Notice is hereby given that regular* registration for the Municipal General Election to be held on Tuesday, November 7, 2017 will close at 5:00 p.m., on Tuesday October 10, 2017. Ballots will be automatically mailed on Wednesday, October 18, 2017 to Active Electors only. *Note: Voters who miss the Close of Registration deadline may late register for the Municipal General Election at: The Elections Center (Missoula Fairgrounds Election Center, 1101 South Avenue West, Building #15, Missoula, MT 59801) from October 11, 2017 through November 6 , 2017. Between noon and the close of business on the day before Election Day, voters can complete & submit a voter registration card, but they will need to return to the local election office on Election Day to pick up and vote a ballot. Same day voter registration is also available at the Elections Center on Election Day – November 7, 2017. All active and inactive electors of Missoula County Montana are entitled to vote in said election. **Note: Inactive electors may reactivate by appearing at the Elections Center in order to vote, by requesting an absentee ballot in any election, or by notifying the County Election Administrator in writing of the elector’s current address in the county. Persons who wish to register and who are not presently registered may do so by requesting a form for registration by mail or by appearing before the County Election Administrator at the Missoula County Courthouse at 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802 from September 17, 2017 through September 27, 2017. Starting September 28, 2017 through November 7, 2017 the Election Administrator’s Office will be located at the Missoula Fairgrounds Elections Center 1101 South Ave West, Building #15, Missoula, MT 59801. An application for voter registration properly executed and postmarked on or before the day regular registration is closed must be accepted as a regular registration for 3 days after regular registration is closed. For more information visit our Current Election webpage at www.MissoulaVotes.com or contact the Elections Office at (406) 258-4751. DATED this 12th Day of September, 2017 /s/ Bradley Seaman Missoula County Election Supervisor Run Dates: September 17, September 24, & October 1, 2017. This notice must be published in a newspaper of general circulation 3 times in order to notify individuals of the close regular registration and the availability of late registration.

Notice of Election: Municipal General Election Notice is hereby given that Missoula County will hold a Municipal General Election on Tuesday November 7, 2017 via mail ballot for the following items: Municipal General Election: Missoula City Council Member Ward 1 (Vote For One) Ward 2 – 4yr Term (Vote For One) Ward 2 – 2yr Term (Vote For One) Ward 3 (Vote For One) Ward 4 (Vote For One) Ward 5 (Vote For One) Ward 6 (Vote For One) Missoula Mayor Missoula Municipal Court Judge The election will be conducted solely by mail ballot. Ballots will be mailed to all eligible/active registered voters no later than October 18, 2017, and must be returned by each voter, by mail to the Missoula County Election Administrator at the Missoula County Courthouse, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, Montana 59802, or in person at the Missoula County Election Center

Building #15 at 1101 South Avenue West, Missoula, Montana, 59801 during regular business hours (8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.), weekdays (exclusive of holidays), October 18, 2017 through November 6, 2017, or as described below. On Election Day, November 7, 2017, the following locations will be available for deposit of voted ballots: Missoula Fairgrounds Election Center, 1101 South Ave, W, Building # 15, Missoula, MT 59801 All Election services for November 7, 2017 Election will be located at the Fairgrounds.The Courthouse will only be available for ballot drop-off.

Missoula County Courthouse, 200 W Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802 Ballot drop-off only prior to and on Election Day. Cold Springs Elementary School, 2625 Briggs Street, Missoula, MT 59803 Paxson Elementary School, 101 Evans Avenue, Missoula, MT 59801 Franklin Elementary School, 1901 S 10th St West, Missoula, MT 59801 Lowell Elementary School, 1200 Sherwood, Missoula, MT 59802 Rattlesnake School, 1220 Pineview Drive, Missoula, MT 59802 University Center, 32 Campus Drive, Missoula, MT 59812 Missoula City Fire Station #4, 3011 Latimer, Missoula, MT 59808 Lewis & Clark Elementary School, 2901 Park Street, Missoula, MT 59801 These locations will be open from 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. on Election Day, and all ballots must be in the Elections Office, the Elections Center, or other drop-off location by 8:00 p.m. in order to be counted. All ballots will be tallied in the Counting Center – Building #35 at the Missoula County Fairgrounds on November 7, 2017. A qualified voter who will be absent during the time the election is being conducted may: A. Vote in person at the Missoula County Election Center as soon as the ballots are available on October 10, 2017 until noon November 6, 2017. B. Make a written request, signed by the applicant and addressed to the office of the Missoula County Election Administrator requesting the ballot be mailed to an address other than that which appears on the registration records.All ballots will be mailed no later than October 18, 2017. C.An elector may obtain a replacement ballot if their ballot is destroyed, spoiled, lost, or not received by the elector by personally appearing at the Elections Center at the Missoula County Fairgrounds. D. Ballots may be returned in person at the places of deposit listed above, or returned by mail. If returning by mail, please use $0.49 postage (or the thenprevailing first-class-postage price, if higher) or one Forever Stamp.

Postmark date does not apply; ballots returned by mail must meet the 8:00 p.m. Election Day deadline to be counted. Note:All electors, as defined in MCA 20-20-301, are those who reside within the City and are registered to vote by the close of registration on October 10, 2017. For electors who miss the close of registration deadline, electors may register late at the Elections Center (Missoula Fairgrounds Election Center, 1101 South Ave, W, Building # 15, Missoula, MT 59801) from October 11, 2017 through noon November 6, 2017. Same day voter registration is available at the Elections Center on Election Day – November 7, 2017. For questions or additional information contact the Elections office at 406-258-4751 or via website at www.missoulavotes.com. DATED this 12th Day of September, 2017 /s/ Bradley Seaman Missoula County Election Supervisor Notice of Sheriff’s Sale BANK OF

AMERICA, N.A., SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO BAC HOME LOANS SERVICING, LP FKA COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS SERVICING LP, Plaintiff, vs. JERRY R. ALLEN; DONNA M. ALLEN; ERIC SHAWN ALLEN; ROBIN LIN ALLEN, Defendants.

CAUSE NO. DV-13-460 To Be Sold at Sheriff’s Sale: TERMS: CASH, or its equivalent; NO personal checks. On the 11th day of October, 2017 at 10:00 a.m. at the front door of the Missoula County Courthouse, 200 W. Broadway, Missoula, County of Missoula, State of Montana, I am commanded to sell at public auction all of Defendants’ rights and interest to the below described property: Commencing at the Northwest 1/16 Corner of said Section 24, the true point of beginning; thence South 89 degrees 57 minutes 54 seconds East along the Northerly boundary of the Southeast 1/4 of the Northwest 1/4 of said Section 24, a distance of 665.95 feet; thence North 87 degrees 22 minutes 24 seconds East 665.62 feet to a point on the North-South Mid-section line of said Section 24; thence South 00 degrees 13 minutes 11 seconds West along said Mid-section line, a distance of 593.18 feet to the Northeast Corner of Tract A of Certificate of Survey 1124; thence the following (6) courses along the Northerly boundary of said Tract A; South 89 degrees 57 minutes 22 seconds West 216.96 feet; South 46 minutes 29 minutes 49 seconds West 105.55 feet; South 76 degrees 31 minutes 09 seconds West 158.55 feet; thence South 47 degrees 53 minutes 37 seconds West 109.18 feet; North 81 degrees 48 minutes 32 seconds West 584.60 feet; and North 89 degrees 57 minutes 50 seconds West 221.76 feet; thence North 00 degrees 02 minutes 38 seconds East 662.64 feet to the true point of beginning. Property address: 10250 Miller Creek Road, Missoula MT 59803. The abovedescribed property will be sold to the highest bidder to satisfy Plaintiff’s judgment, with interest and costs. **WE STRONGLY RECOMMEND ANYONE INTERESTED IN BIDDING ON ANY PROPERTY NOTICED FOR SALE RESEARCH THE OWNERSHIP OF THE PROPERTY THOROUGHLY PRIOR TO BIDDING** Dated this 17th day of September, 2017. /s/T.J. McDERMOTT Sheriff of Missoula County By: /s/ David L. Merifield, Deputy Benjamin J. Mann, MSB# 33833674 HALLIDAY, WATKINS & MANN, P.C. 376 E. 400 South, Ste. 300, Salt Lake City UT 84111 Telephone (801) 355-2886 File #47577 Attorneys for BOA NA | HWM File #47577 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 07/16/14, recorded as Instrument No. B: 931 P: 102 201409979, mortgage records of Missoula County, Montana in which Nathan Michaels and Allison Lawrence joint tenants was Grantor,American Federal Savings Bank 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 15 of CHEYENNE LANE, a platted subdivision in Missoula County, Montana, according to the Official recorded Plat thereof.

Beneficiary has declared the Grantor in default of the terms of the Deed of Trust and the promissory note (“Note”) secured by the Deed of Trust because of

Grantor’s failure timely to pay all monthly installments of principal, interest and, if applicable, escrow reserves for taxes and/or insurance as required by the Note and Deed of Trust. According to the Beneficiary, the obligation evidenced by the Note (“Loan”) is now due for the 03/01/17 installment payment and all monthly installment payments due thereafter.

As of August 3, 2017, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $210,104.08.This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $202,555.97, 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 December 13, 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. Michaels, Nathan and Lawrence, Allison (TS# 7883.20300) 1002.292345-File No. NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE THE FOLLOWING LEGALLY DESCRIBED TRUST PROPERTY TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE. Notice is hereby given that the undersigned Successor Trustee will, on January 17, 2018 at the hour of 11:00 AM, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, the interest in the following described real property which the Grantor has or had power to convey at the time of execution by him of the said Deed of Trust, together with any interest which the Grantor or his successors in interest acquired after the execution of said Deed of Trust, to satisfy the obligations thereby secured and the costs and expenses of sale, including reasonable charges by the Successor Trustee, at the following place: On the front steps of the Missoula County Courthouse, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802 John A. “Joe” Solseng, a member of the Montana state bar, of Robinson Tait, P.S. is the duly appointed Trustee under

and pursuant to the Deed of Trust in which Sara Lerback, as joint tenants with rights of survivorship and Anthony Lerback, as joint tenants with rights of survivorship, as Grantor, conveyed said real property to Western Title & Escrow as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mountain West Bank, N.A., beneficiary of the security instrument, said Deed of Trust which is dated July 7, 2008 and was recorded on July 7, 2008 as Instrument No. Book 822 of Micro Records at Page 658, and was rerecorded on July 11, 2008 in Book 822 of Micro Records at Page 984, of official records in the Office of the Recorder of Missoula County, Montana. The Deed of Trust encumbers real property (“Property”) located at 2045 CHICKADEE DRIVE, MISSOULA, MT 59808 and being more fully described as follows: LOT 9, BLOCK 4, EL MAR ESTATES PHASE 3, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION OF MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF.The beneficial interest under said Deed of Trust and the obligations secured thereby are presently held by Carrington Mortgage Services, LLC. The Beneficiary has declared the Grantor in default of the terms of the Deed of Trust and the Promissory Note (“Note”) secured by said Deed of Trust due to Grantor’s failure to timely pay all monthly installments of principal, interest and if applicable, escrow reserves for taxes and/or insurance as required by the Note and Deed of Trust. The default for which foreclosure is made is grantors’ failure to pay when due the following sums: monthly payments of $86,409.78 beginning March 1, 2012 through September 23, 2017; plus late charges of $3,351.47; plus paid recoverable balance of $6,922.98; plus other fees of $1,365.00; less unapplied funds credit of $847.04; together with title expense, costs, trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees incurred herein by reason of said default; any further sums advanced by the beneficiary for the protection of the above described real property and its interest therein; and prepayment penalties/premiums, if applicable. By reason of said default, the beneficiary has declared all sums owing on the obligation secured by said trust deed immediately due and payable, said sums being the following, to wit: $163,792.95 with interest thereon at the rate of 6.37500 percent per annum beginning February 1, 2012; plus escrow balance of $12,006.94; plus late charges of $3,351.47; plus corporate advance of $1,365.00; plus expense advance of $6,922.98; less suspense balance of $847.04; together with title expense, costs, trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees incurred herein by reason of said default; any further sums advanced by the beneficiary for the protection of the above described property and its interest therein; and prepayment penalties/premiums, if applicable.

Due to the defaults stated above, the Beneficiary has elected and has directed the Trustee to sell the above-described property to satisfy the obligation. Notice is further given that any person named has the right, at any time prior to the date last set for the sale, to have this foreclosure proceeding dismissed and the Deed of Trust reinstated by making payment to the Beneficiary of the entire amount then due (other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred) and by curing any other default complained of herein that is capable of being cured by tendering the performance required

under the obligation or to cure the default, by paying all costs and expenses actually incurred in enforcing the obligation and Deed of Trust, together with Successor Trustee’s and attorney’s fees. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Successor Trustee and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. Dated: September 7, 2017 /s/ John A. “Joe” Solseng John A.“Joe” Solseng, a member of the Montana state bar,Attorney of Robinson Tait, P.S., MSB #11800 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on January 11, 2018, at 11:00 PM 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 A46 Of Windsor Park, Phase III, A Platted Subdivision In Missoula County, Montana, According To The Official Recorded Plat Thereof. KARLA TECCA and VINCENT TECCA, as Grantors, conveyed said real property to Stewart Title, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to (“MERS”) Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., solely as a nominee for Quicken Loans Inc., as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated on April 20, 2007, and recorded on April 20, 2007 as Book 795 Page 1176 Document No. 200709481. A loan modification agreement was recorded on May 5, 2014 in Book 928 of Micro Records at Page 131 as document number 201405808.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 January 1, 2017, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan. The total amount due on this obligation as of August 31, 2017 is $226,684.21 principal, interest totaling $6,365.81 late charges in the amount of $91.50, escrow advances of $2,860.48, suspense balance of -$600.00 and other fees and expenses advanced of $1,959.64, 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: August 25, 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 25th day of August, 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 Seterus vs TECCA 100866-3 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on January 11, 2018, at 11:00 AM at the Main Door of the Missoula County Courthouse located at 200 West Broadway in Missoula, MT 59802, the following described real property situated in Missoula County, Montana: ALL OF LOT 7 IN BLOCK 2 OF PLUMMER ADDITION, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF, ON FILE AND OF RECORD IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK AND RECORDER OF MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, AS RECORDED IN BOOK 8 OF PLATS AT PAGE 11. LESS THAT PORTION MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT THE MOST SOUTHERLY POINT OF LOT 7, WHICH POINT IS DUE NORTH 142.72 FEET FROM THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF SAID PLUMMER ADDITION; THENCE DUE NORTH 50.00 FEET; THENCE N.73°24`W., 136.90 FEET TO A POINT ON KRYSTY DRIVE, SAID POINT BEING COMMON TO LOTS 6 AND 7; THENCE S.55°49`E., 158.59 FEET ALONG THE SOUTHERLY LOT LINE OF LOT 7 TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. Joshua B. Barnhart, as Grantor, conveyed said real property to Title Services Inc., as Trustee, to secure an

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obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration systems. Inc., solely as nominee for Opportunity Bank of Montana., its successors and assigns, as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust on September 17, 2015, and recorded on September 17, 2015 as Book 951 Page 161 Document No. 201517678.The beneficial interest is currently held by FREEDOM MORTGAGE CORPORATION. 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 February 1, 2017, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan.The total amount due on this obligation as of August 28, 2017 is $250,081.04 principal, interest totaling $5,958.74 late charges in the amount of $328.40, escrow advances of $2,858.54, and other fees and expenses advanced of $64.00, 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: August 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 30th day of August, 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.

(SEAL) /s/ Rae Albert Notary Public Bingham County, Idaho Commission expires: 9-6-2022 Freedom Mortgage Corporation vs Joshua B. Barnhart 103986-1 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on January 19, 2018, at 11:00 AM at the Main Door of the Missoula County Courthouse located at 200 West Broadway in Missoula, MT 59802, the following described real property situated in Missoula County, Montana: 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: September 6, 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 6th day of September, 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/ Kaitlin Ann Gotch Notary Public Bingham County, Idaho Commission expires: 07/29/2022 GUILD MORTGAGE COMPANY vs CONSTANCE J HAGESTADDANIEL R HAGESTAD 1018753 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on January 25, 2018, at 11:00 AM at the Main Door of the Missoula County Courthouse located at 200 West Broadway in Missoula, MT 59802, the following described real property situated in Missoula County, Montana: LOT 16 OF SUNRIDGE VILLAGE, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF. APN#: 3086504 Christina M Rees and Ryan Rees, as Grantors, conveyed said real property to Insured Titles, LLC , as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. (“MERS”), as Designated Nominee for First Security Bank of Missoula,A Division of Glacier Bank, Beneficiary of the Security Instrument its successors and assigns, as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated on November 19, 2015, and recorded on November 19, 2015 as Book 954 Page 185 under Document No. 201521902.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

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make the monthly payments beginning December 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 October 1, 2017 is $254,661.09 principal, interest totaling $8,754.02 late charges in the amount of $239.95, escrow advances of $3,215.65, and other fees and expenses advanced of $677.42, 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: September 12, 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 12th day of September, 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: 9-6-2022 Suntrust vs Rees 104074-1 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on January 9, 2018, at 11:00 AM at the Main Door of the Missoula County Courthouse located at 200 West Broadway in Missoula, MT 59802, the following described real property situated in Missoula County, Montana: Lot 8 of Huson Heights, a platted subdivision in Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded plat thereof.

FORREST L. DYER III, as Grantor, conveyed said real property to Charles J. Peterson at Mackoff Kellogg Kirby & Kloster, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to PHH Mortgage Services, as Beneficiary,

by Deed of Trust dated on July 31, 2003, and recorded on August 1, 2003 as Book 713 Page 886 under Document No. 200328292. A Loan Modification Agreement was recorded June 04, 2007, Book 798

Page 955 under Document No 200713869; Modification Agreement recorded November 29, 2010, Book 869 Page 1265 under Document No 201023372; Modification Agreement recorded April 16, 2014in Book 927 Page 544 under Document No 201404821 The beneficial interest is currently held by PHH Mortgage Corporation a/k/a PHH Mortgage Services.

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 June 23, 2017 is $140,080.75 principal, interest totaling $1,847.59 late charges in the amount of $322.89, escrow advances of $1,096.25, other fees and expenses advanced of $328.20, 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: August 28, 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 28th day of August, 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 PHH Mortgage Corp. vs DYER III 100296-2

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1049 South 1st. 2 bed, 1 bath at the heart of it all. New roof & many other upgrades. $219,900. Shannon Hilliard, Ink Realty Group 239-8350. shannonhilliard5@gmail.com

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901 Defoe. Updated 3 bed, 1 bath with new flooring & deck, Near Northside pedestrian bridge. $214,900. Shannon Hilliard, Ink Realty Group. 239-8350, shannonhilliard5@gmail.com

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NHN Raymond. Beautiful .43 acre lot in quiet Rattlesnake neighborhood. $245,000. Shannon Hilliard, Ink Realty Group. 239-8350 shannonhilliard5 @gmail.com

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1 Feudal underlings 6 "Master of None" star Ansari 10 Give off 14 Ancient Greek public square 15 Meet head-on 16 Pre-stereo sound, for short 17 Little googly attachments stuck to a spiky hairdo?

19 McGregor of "Miles Ahead" 20 Resign 21 Laborious 23 Little doggo 24 Names in the news?

25 Gets there 28 A in French class?

30 Appt. on a business calendar 31 "Now I'm onto you!"

32 Like universal blood recipients 35 Beehive State college team 38 Marshy ground 40 "I Hated, Hated, Hated This Movie" author 41 Forage holder 42 Feature of some gyms 43 Game show contestant's stand 45 Running pro?

46 T-shirt size range, initially 48 Jocularity 49 "___ big deal" 51 Greek islanders 54 "Between My Head and the Sky" singer 55 Cocktail named for a Scottish

hero 56 Container for cash and carry 61 Natural skin cream ingredient 62 Formal dance full of angora fleece wearers?

64 "___ put our heads together ..."

65 Story element 66 Inventor of the first electric battery 67 Some deodorants 68 Pianist Dame Myra 69 Fundamental principle

DOWN 1 ___ Club (Wal-Mart offshoot) 2 Showbiz award "grand slam" 3 Architect Ludwig Mies van der ___ 4 Slushy coffee shop offering 5 Carpenter's sweepings 6 Not that many 7 Malik formerly of One Direction 8 Cooler filler 9 Piquant 10 Retired professor's status 11 Stay on the lawn and don't hit sprinklers, e.g.?

12 Seriously silly 13 Barbecue utensils 18 "Keystone" character 22 Lucasfilm's special effects co.

24 Grin and ___ 25 Free ticket, for short 26 Canton's state 27 Emo place to roll some strikes?

28 Violin strokes marked with a "v" 29 "___ say more?"

33 "Reckon so" 34 A/C measurement 36 Tesla founder Musk 37 On one's own 39 Some big shade sources 44 Professor McGonagall, in the Potterverse 47 Southeast Asian language that becomes a country if you add an S 50 Playroom container 51 Bond portrayer, still 52 John who married Pocahontas 53 Nature spirit of Greek myth 54 Suffix for pepper 56 Electrical units now called siemens 57 Some muffin ingredients 58 Indonesian island 59 Choir range 60 Bowie's rock genre 63 Soccer stadium shout

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Homes: 2725 Lower Lincoln Hills Energy-efficient home in Rattlesnake's Lincoln Hills. High ceilings, Solar home with so much natural light. ................$389,000 415 Central Ave Hot Springs Centrally Located on 4 Lots. Great Potential- Multiple Outbuildings. Mature Shade, Apple, Pear & Plum Trees. ............$45,000 607 Overlook Way Easy living awaits you in 3 bedroom 2 bath South Hills home. Light pours in huge windows........................................................$309,000 2636 Park St Sweet house in Lewis and Clark neighborhood is close to elementary school, UM, downtown, shopping, biking & hiking trails..........$275,000 1779-81 W Sussex Duplex on corner lot in great neighborhood. Close to Trempers, mall, parks, schools & bike trails...............................................$192,500 6301 Helena Dr. 4 bed, 2 bath on nearly 1/2 acre. Includes 12 fruit trees, blueberries, blackberries, raspberries & more. ...........................................$275,000 1522 Sherwood Sweet little 1940 West Side home. 2 bedroom 1 bath has new floors, paint, newer roof, siding & kitchen. ........................................$210,000 425 S 5th St W- Beautiful Victorian built in 1890 has absolute charm of yesteryear. Exterior brick work is glorious artwork. PRICE REDUCTION!...$625,000

Townhomes/Condos 2101 Dearborn #13 If you are looking for a gorgeous, affordable condo, this might be it. Centrally located near the mall and the bike path is right outside your door................................................................................................................................................................................................................$134,000 1400 Burns St #6 - Walk out your back door to a beautiful courtyard & hop to Burns Street Bistro for great coffee or an amazing meal. .......$115,000 1400 Burns St #16 - The Commons is a special place to call home. Three bedroom upper level unit is spacious, convenient & beautiful. .....$158,000 2025 Mullan Rd #306 River facing unit takes full advantage of southern exposure to let in light during short winter days. ..............................$249,000 801 N Orange- Uptown Flats #303 Third floor, south facing. 1 bed 1 bath..........................................................................................................$159,710 801 N Orange- Uptown Flats #301 Larger than most units in The Uptown Flats. 814 sf condo has one bedroom plus a bonus room. .......$184,000

Featured: 2725 Lower Lincoln Hills Energy efficient amazing home in Rattlesnake's Lincoln Hills. High ceilings in this Passive Solar home which is filled with so much natural light. $389,000

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JUST LISTED! OPEN HOUSE SUNDAY, 10/7 12-3PM 4355 DEVERAUX A $237,000 Come see this 4 bedroom, 2-1/2 bath home with amenities galore. Private backyard has beautiful landscaping, apple tree, trellis & patio. Covered front porch, family room, open kitchen and dining area & more.

Call Matt Rosbarsky at 390-9023 for more information.

$227,500

607 Overlook Way Easy living awaits you in this wonderful 3 bedroom 2 bath South Hills home. Light pours in the huge picture windows of the open living dining area. $309,000

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Mls# 21710636

4860 Jaiden Lane • $399,500 Linda Vista 5 bed, 3 bath with sweeping mountain views from a very private deck.

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901 Defoe Street • MLS# 21706759

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4423 Martindale • MLS# 21711691

Completely updated 3BD/1BA home in Missoula's Historic Northside neighborhood. Inside you will find new flooring throughout, fresh paint, and updated light fixtures. The kitchen boasts a brand new refrigerator. New furnace in 2015. Exterior improvements include a new roof in 2012 and a fantastic wraparound deck. Nice basement bedroom and wide hallway leading to a bonus room. Great house with a large yard and nice landscaping!

Quaint 3 bedroom, 2 bath townhouse in Hellgate Meadows.

Open main level floor plan, with master and laundry. Additional two bedrooms and full bath up. High ceilings, granite, detached double car garage, fenced yard with underground sprinklers.

Located within the coveted Hellgate elementary school district. Close to the North Reserve commercial corridor but offers a very comfortable neighborhood feel with wide streets and mature shade trees.

2 bedroom, 1 bathroom fully remodeled ADA accessible home that is ready for you! This adorable home has all new stainless steel appliances, granite counter tops and new flooring throughout the entire property. Other updates include arched doorways and cathedral ceilings

3BD/1BA, 1,920 sqft Shannon Hilliard • Ink Realty Group • 406-728-8270

3 bedroom, 2 bath, 1,468 sqft

2 bedroom, 1 bath, 842 sqft Rachael Orizotti Rixford • 406-490-9319 Burke Orizotti Real Estate, Inc.

Deke Tidwell • Properties 2000 • 406-544-7191

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