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“We’ve made a lot of headway in getting our officers to understand what they’re dealing with,” Muir said. “So I think we’re more effective at dealing with particular situations, but that doesn’t resolve the issue communitywide. This is just something that affects us all in one way or another.”

At City Club Missoula’s February forum, three Missoula professionals with hands-on experience will discuss “Public Safety and the Issue of Mental Illness.”

Come share your comments and ideas regarding this sensitive subject.

"I learned a lot in the Depression. None of that is taught in any school district. We stress the value of owning your own business and the financial freedom that affords." Warren Miller

The program is a product of the Warren Miller Freedom Foundation http://www.warrenmiller.org/ , which Laurie Miller founded and runs, and which will commence at C.S. Porter Middle School in January.

City Club Missoula forums are open to everyone; you do not need to be a member to attend, however, reservations are required.

Trying to make large businesses or institutions more sustainable no longer seems to be a tough sell, based on discussion at Monday’s monthly City Club Missoula forum.

The speakers Nov. 17 will be Jeff Fee, president and CEO of St. Patrick Hospital; John Engen, Missoula mayor; James Foley, executive vice president at the University of Montana; and Jim Kenyon, senior manager of the Missoula Federal Credit Union.

How do we green up our institutions while we maintain the same levels of service to our customers?

"What we have here in Montana is something that’s really on a worldwide scale, is something remarkable. Unique. And it’s still intact. I think there are twelve eco-systems that are still intact and functioning worldwide and we have one of them here in our backyard. And so the worldwide organization really recognizes the importance of this," said Nature Conservancy Board Member, Cooper Burchenal.