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Santa's Coming to Town

Wishing simply for “a pink present,” Madyson Fava stands mesmerized by Santa after a visit with him. KURT WILSON Cowboy Claus stirs some local horses as he makes his annual ride through Ovando. “Santa needs someone to help w...
Survival Guide: Running & Biking in Missoula's Winter

by gwen florio photos by linda thompson and michael gallacher You’ve seen these deranged people. When you’re inching along on the ice, bracing yourself against nearby buildings or vehicles, they cruise past, surefooted ...
Seeing is Believing

by jamie kellyillustrations by ken barnedt To plan for your night under the stars this winter, download the free astronomy software Stellarium at stellarium.com. Also, try Google Sky Map for Android or Star Walk for iPhone/iPad. To see the astronomical f...
A Non-traditional Dinner

by rob chaney If you got the same thing for a Christmas present every year, how long would it take to get annoying? And yet we let tradition dominate holiday dining. Every December, most of us pull a repeat of Thanksgiving with the turkey and potatoes. ...
Aerial Firefighting

by rob chaneyphotos by tom bauer Soaring along the jagged ridge of the Ninemile Divide, an automated voice announced the words most pilots dread to hear: “Pull up! Terrain!” Photo: Neptune Aviation’s BAe-146 retardant jet makes a test water drop i...
A Frontier Survivor

by kim briggeman “Slowly I plodded through the snow, really feeling warm, yet not knowing that my feet were freezing all the time. The intense cold acting on the trees made them give reports like pistol shots in all directions. The timber wolves were h...
Making it Work at the Made Fair

by joe nickellphotos by michael gallacher and linda thompson Like many of her fellow art school graduates, CarolLynn Lapotka arrived in adulthood unsure of how to transform her passions into a profession. From her youngest years, she knew that creativit...
Endearing Qualities

Robin Selvig’s heart, sense of humor leave impression on his players by bill speltz photos by josh parker and tom bauer There’s a photo floating around on Facebook of Robin Selvig lying horizontally in the arms of his f...
Happy Birthday Snowbowl

Celebrating 50 years by chelsi moyphotos by linda thompson and michael gallacher Slim Gore-Tex snow pants eventually replaced one-piece neon snowsuits, jeans and wool pants with suspenders. Ski ticket prices spiked as skiers flocked to the slopes. Sk...
Thirsty Missoula

fireside drinks by jenna cederbergphoto by michael gallacher Before accepting the possibility that the chills have done you in yet again, consider what a hot drink and fireplace might do to remedy the wintertime blues. In western Montana, a winter nigh...
PS

We march happily into another glorious western Montana autumn, following the lead of the University of Montana Marching Band. photo by michael gallacher ...
Jazz Birds

by joe nickell Professor Erick Greene has spent years recording the subtleties of a songbird’s serenade. In his office at the University of Montana recently he listens to the distinct spectrograms of five different lazuli buntin...
Co-workers & Friends Sunday Sisters

by betsy cohenphotos by linda thompson The mood in the car driving back to the Missoulian was sober, having just watched loved ones say goodbye to members of the Montana National Guard at Missoula International Airport in January 2010. During...
Marchi Angus Ranch

by lori grannisphotos by kurt wilson Initially, there was a lot of resistance to the breed in the U.S. because of aesthetics,” says Wagyu cattle rancher Jon Marchi. “People thought they looked like a dairy cow with horns.” Th...
Feels Like Home

by chelsi moyphotos by tom bauer The 83-year-old Italian Renaissance house on the corner of Gerald and Keith avenues has been home to five university presidents, a math professor, a doctor and countless numbers of University of Montana students. So it�...
Zemke's Wolfpack

by fritz neighbor Hub Zemke’s life was made for the movies. There’s really no other way to put it. Born in Missoula to German immigrants, Hubert Zemke was a standout boxer who was nicknamed “The Hub” by none other than legendary Missoulian sport...
Strokes to Victory with Coach Berkoff

by bill speltzphotos by kurt wilson In the first rays of the day, Missoula Aquatic Club swimming coach Dave Berkoff, right, talks with team members before practice begins. Berkoff, with his stopwatch constantly at hand, watches swimmers as ...
25 and counting

written by nick lockridgephotos by kurt wilson and dwan feary The University of Montana Grizzlies run out of the tunnel entering Washington-Grizzly Stadium on Oct. 18, 1986, for the first game in the new facility. “The neatest thing then,...
A Game-day Traditional: Bloody Mary

by jenna cederbergphoto by tom bauer The cocktail might be complicated, but the tradition is simple. Before University of Montana football fans head to their seats inside Washington-Grizzly Stadium, they reach for a Bloody Mary to get them ready for the...
Reading Montana

by barbara therouxphoto by kurt wilson This fall, two organizations that honor and promote authors and literature of the West will present conferences in Missoula from Oct. 5-8: the Western Literature Association and the Humanities Montana Festival of th...