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The University of Montana released a 96page climate action plan earlier this year detailing its ambitious plan to be carbon neutral in 10 years. While such a bold step deserves praise, it also warrants a little scrutiny. We break down four key elements of the plan, analyzing potential problems and highlighting possible solutions to making that 2020 goal a reality ......................................14
News Letters Drugs, climate change and immigration........................................................4 The Week in Review Censorship, wildfires and a head butt....................................6 Briefs Ice cream, Blackfoot recreation and tinctures.................................................6 Etc. An invention too good to be true rings false......................................................7 Up Front EPA faces new questions about Libby cleanup ..........................................8 Up Front Proposed Woodchuck deal raises public access concerns.........................9 Ochenski Seeking answers, dispelling myths in the Beartooths ...........................10 Writers on the Range Why our environmental laws are failing .............................11 Agenda A visit from the Latino Farmers Cooperative of Louisiana. ........................12
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Arts & Entertainment Flash in the Pan How and why to roast green chile...............................................18 Happiest Hour Melody Turner ................................................................................19 Ask Ari Powder power..............................................................................................20 8 Days a Week Feeling a little green ......................................................................21 Mountain High Run for Wishes...............................................................................29 Scope Collage artist finds an outlet for Great War interest .....................................30 Noise The Tattle Tails, The Stolen Sweets, Carrie Rodriguez and Best Coast .........31 Books Graff sidesteps politics in The Price of Liberty .............................................32 Film Preposterous plot twist undermines Kids’ promise ........................................33 Movie Shorts Independent takes on current films..................................................34
Exclusives Street Talk ..................................................................................................................4 In Other News..........................................................................................................13 Classifieds ...............................................................................................................C-1 The Advice Goddess ..............................................................................................C-2 Free Will Astrolog y................................................................................................C-4 Crossword Puzzle ..................................................................................................C-9 This Modern World..............................................................................................C-15 PUBLISHER Lynne Foland EDITOR Skylar Browning PRODUCTION DIRECTOR Joe Weston CIRCULATION & BUSINESS MANAGER Adrian Vatoussis ARTS EDITOR Erika Fredrickson PHOTO EDITOR Chad Harder CALENDAR EDITOR Ira Sather-Olson STAFF REPORTERS Jessica Mayrer, Matthew Frank, Alex Sakariassen COPY EDITORS Samantha Dwyer, David Merrill ART DIRECTOR Kou Moua PRODUCTION ASSISTANTS Jenn Stewart, Jonathan Marquis ADVERTISING SALES MANAGER Carolyn Bartlett ADVERTISING REPRESENTATIVES Steven Kirst, Chris Melton, Sasha Perrin, Alecia Goff SENIOR CLASSIFIED REPRESENTATIVE Tami Johnson CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING REPRESENTATIVE Teal Kenny ADMIN & ADVERTISING COORDINATOR Marie Noland EDITORIAL INTERN Cameron Rasmusson FRONT DESK Lorie Rustvold CONTRIBUTORS Ari LeVaux, George Ochenski, Nick Davis, Andy Smetanka, Jay Stevens, Chris LaTray, Ednor Therriault, Katie Kane, Ali Gadbow, Azita Osanloo, Cathrine L. Walters, Anne Medley, Jesse Froehling
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STREET TALK
by Chad Harder
Asked Tuesday afternoon near the University Center.
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This week the Indy analyzes the University of Montana’s effort to be carbon neutral by 2020. What steps have you taken to reduce your carbon footprint? Follow up: What would you like to see local or federal governments do to help combat climate change?
Allysa McGill: Well, I do a lot of biking, walking and busing, and in general I do pretty good at not using a car. Well-trained: Let’s get Amtrak rolling back through Missoula, and a way better organized bus system. We could also use a bigger Park-N-Ride; it’s always crammed and parking around the university sucks.
Peter Wolf: The biggest thing would have to be power usage. I’ve really tried to cut back. Unfortunately, I haven’t really succeeded, but I’m trying to be more efficient. Deadline deal: We need a national energy policy, now. Because we depend on oil, and because it’s a natural resource, we need to start to think about what’s next. We can’t wait until there’s one year of oil left, and an energy policy would really help that happen.
Mike Braun: I’m an academic, so I’ll really have to mull this over, but I walk a lot. I live out of town so it’s always tough, but I try to walk a lot. Moving the masses: We need a better and more comprehensive public transportation system, like the trains they have in Europe.
Criticizing Plan C Cap and trade went nowhere. The proposal to allow the Environmental Protection Agency to impose heavy-handed regulations on greenhouse gases was a flop. So what’s Plan C for the Obama administration’s quixotic crusade against affordable American energy? Well, this one’s the most dangerous idea yet. President Obama’s new proposal, found in his 2011 budget, is to prohibit American oil and natural gas companies from deducting their taxes paid to foreign governments from their U.S. income taxes. It’s been long established in U.S. tax policy that American companies are allowed a credit for foreign taxes paid against their domestic income taxes. If we didn’t allow that, American companies would pay twice for the same income, essentially pricing them out of most foreign markets. It would put us at an insurmountable competitive disadvantage with companies from other countries. President Obama’s proposal targets only oil and gas companies, and appears to be a thinly veneered attempt to restrict the energy supply in this country. This will ratchet up costs and force us to turn to foreign energy sources while alternative energy options develop over the next four to five decades. The economic consequences of this proposal will be severe. Thousands of American jobs will be handed to foreign competitors. The stability of our energy supply will be threatened as we lose a huge share of the global energy market. If the president’s first two command-and-control approaches to address climate change were bad, this one’s ten times worse. Take action—call Sens. Baucus and Tester and tell them to kill this proposal! Jocelyn Galt Missoula
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Liz Roosa Millar: I try to walk, bike when I can, and I have a scooter that gets 100 mpg—it’s so much fun to ride. Greater good: I’d really like the government to encourage people to be more efficient by retrofitting houses, using more efficient HVAC systems, utilizing solar power and forcing us to buy Energy Star appliances.
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Although I live in Maryland and not Montana, I feel a strong connection to the state because one of my sons spent two summers there playing minor league baseball, and because Montana, like Maryland, experienced the same trauma of having to fight the drug legalization movement. We discovered drug paraphernalia being sold in 31 outlets in our county just outside Washington, D.C. Another
young mother who was a stay-at-home attorney and I co-sponsored a bill to close the shops in Maryland. We won a unanimous vote to pass the bill in 1980. Because the shops were providing funds to the drug legalizers to pay for their pro-drug work, they literally came out of the woodwork when they started to see us speak at PTA meetings, on radio and TV, at Elks’ meetings and county council meetings. These outlets also sold books and magazines that claimed “mar-
Today’s “ marijuana is so potent, even the kids have nicknamed it ‘skunk’!
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Robert L. DuPont, first director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, has said marijuana harms every major system of the body, including the brain, lungs, reproductive and immune systems. Make no mistake, the legalization movement is using the “medical” marijuana movement to achieve full legalization. Just this last year, we documented 18 nations, including our own, that link marijuana use to depression, psychosis and schizophrenia. Today’s marijuana is so potent, even the kids have nicknamed it “skunk”! In 1960, marijuana contained 4 to 6 percent of the ingredient that produces the “high.” Today, it goes as high as 47.5 percent. To bring attention to the strength of marijuana and the need for legislators to help stop the so-called “medical” marijuana industry, we developed a Skunk Award that is given to any legislator who introduces, supports or signs a “medical” marijuana bill. I urge the citizens of Montana to stand tall and motivate your friends, neighbors and relatives to say “no” to socalled “medical” pot. We did get to know a lot of Montana folks because our son lived with a “host” family during the season. In fact, his host was a radio broadcaster and he became our guide around the area. I hope he sees this and helps spread the word throughout your beautiful state. Joyce Nalepka President Drug-Free Kids: America’s Challenge Silver Spring, Md.
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ijuana was a harmless drug” that “helped you drive more safely,” made colors brighter, etc. In many of the shops, paraphernalia was sold out the front door and drugs out the back! The founder of the pro-legalization movement under the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML), Keith Stroup, wrote a letter to the editor of High Times magazine that stated: “There is no particular evidence that even those few young people who smoked a great deal of marijuana hurt themselves, academically or otherwise.” NORML has little regard for the truth.
Many of us Americans don’t agree with the way our federal government is handling the illegal immigration problem. We live in a country where the government is supposed to be the voice of its people, as well as do the bidding of its people. But lately the federal government is doing exactly the opposite. If you’d like to see something done about the illegal immigration problem, please write to Sens. Tester and Baucus, and Rep. Rehberg. Please do not be complacent. It’s up to us to do our part. Many of us Americans want things to change but are so complacent we do nothing to make our wishes and desires happen. Please don’t allow that to happen in this situation. Ryan D. Bennett Hopewell, Va.
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The Montana Supreme Court takes up an appeal filed by a man convicted of killing Forrest Clayton Salcido at the California Street Foot Bridge in 2007. Anthony St. Dennis was sentenced to 100 years in prison for the murder. His attorney asserts Montana’s Office of the Public Defender did not provide an adequate defense during St. Dennis’ initial trial.
• Thursday, July 29 Missoula County Public Schools officials listen to feedback from a special committee appointed to review proposed changes to the district’s publications policy. Superintendent Alex Apostle maintains the changes are legally necessary, while 11 of the 15 committee members recommend against the possible censorship.
• Friday, July 30 Police arrest Missoula transient Jade Gunhammer for felony assault with a weapon after he allegedly assaulted another local transient with a cane. The victim suffered minor injuries during the altercation, which took place at around 11 p.m. at Burger King on East Broadway.
• Saturday, July 31 Firefighters get a handle on the 900-acre Dominic Point Fire, which started burning 12 miles northeast of Hamilton. The containment frees up resources to fight three new blazes sparked overnight by lightning in the Bitterroot National Forest.
• Sunday, August 1 Ryan P. Olds is arrested at his home in Missoula on charges of felony assault on a peace officer, resisting arrest and partner family member assault after allegedly head butting a police officer in the face. Sgt. Bob Bouchee with the Missoula Police Department says the officer was responding to a domestic disturbance and sustained minor injuries.
• Monday, August 2 Missoula City Council votes 9–2 to raise the minimum fine imposed on violating city ordinances from $25 to $30. Ward 4’s Lyn Hellegaard and Ward 5’s Renee Mitchell voted against the increase. The change takes effect in January.
• Tuesday, August 3 Ryan Michael Gordon is booked into the Missoula County Detention Center on charges of misdemeanor negligent endangerment after crashing his car into a yard during a high-speed race with another vehicle through Missoula. Law enforcement says Gordon was driving 55 mph in a 25 mph zone.
Students moving this fall into the University of Montana’s Aber Hall may sleep better knowing more than 100 of the dormitory’s old mattresses have been replaced.
Summer Scooping up happy At first, the 15 parents, children, tie-dyed teens and dogs in Bonner Park maintain a wary distance from the big bright-yellow truck with the Montana “CONEBOY” license plate, its bullhorn speaker blaring “Don’t Stop ’Til You Get Enough.” Some are mulling flavor options, but others simply aren’t sure there’s really free Big Dipper ice cream, purchased for 100 people by Community Medical Center’s “Random Act of Community” campaign. “Do you take debit cards?” one hopeful/nervous guy with wife and child asks. His day: made. The ice cream isn’t always free, but since April 16, “Coneboy” has been all over town. Big Dipper owner Charlie Beaton and general manager Bryan Hickey have long dreamed of a second Missoula location (a franchise in Helena opened in April); instead they now have several dozen, depending on when and where the truck stops. The “ice cream man,” of course, has been
around forever, but Big Dipper’s truck is more a product of the current upscale food cart revolution. “Charlie actually got the idea from the Van Leeuwen trucks in New York City,” says Hickey, who has 50-50 equity with Beaton in the venture. “They’re basically doing gourmet ice cream in an ice cream truck, rather than like, popsicles.” The truck only does cones, dishes and premade ice cream sandwiches (with chocolate chip or molasses cookies, both from Bernice’s Bakery); regulars know that it always carries cookie dough, even when Big Dipper’s store does not. “I’ve pulled up to plenty of playgrounds where I just feel like a rock star with the little kids,” says 22year-old driver Justin Cimerone Morley. Except, that is, when kids whose parents aren’t with them realize this is no two-bit Good Humor truck, literally: a child-sized scoop is $1.75. That’s when the free samples come in handy. “Big samples,” Morley admits. “I mean, what are we doing if we’re not a happy maker on an ice cream truck?” Jason Cohen
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Bonner Mill Stimson sues over cleanup As Stimson Lumber Company prepares to tackle cleanup efforts at its shuttered Bonner Mill this September, the company is instigating another round of legal wrangling. The Oregon-based company filed a lawsuit against the property’s former owner July 26 in Missoula District Court seeking to recoup costs of excavating a contaminated cooling pond and berm that extends from the mill into the Blackfoot River. Testing conducted by the Montana Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) unearthed unhealthy concentrations of hydrocarbons and PCB’s in cooling pond sediments. Health experts say the chemical, which was outlawed in this country in 1979, may cause cancer and skin and liver damage in humans. In 2008, DEQ found Stimson responsible for excavation costs. The Montana Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a lawsuit against the company in December 2008, aiming to force Stimson to remove the berm. In February this year, Stimson pledged
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more than $6 million toward clearing out 85,000 cubic yards of toxic byproducts—about 8,500 dump trucks of waste—that linger in and around the old mill. Stimson now asserts that it’s getting stuck with a tab that it didn’t wrack up. The company’s lawsuit states the site’s former owners, Anaconda Company and Champion International Corporation, which was subsequently acquired by International Paper Company, leaked PCBs into the environment. According to the suit, when Stimson bought the Bonner site from Champion/IPC in 1993, industrial chemicals were visibly pooling on site. At the time, Stimson stipulated in the purchase agreement that Champion/IPC clean the visible chemical spills before the deal closed. Stimson now says IPC should be held liable for a portion of remediation costs. “IPC has been unjustly enriched as a result of Stimson’s act of incurring more than its fair share of this liability,” alleges the lawsuit. IPC’s communications director Patty Neuhoff says the company is looking into Stimson’s allegations. “We’re reviewing the complaint and evaluating the claims,” she says. Stimson attorney Stephen R. Brown, who is based in Missoula, says the company isn’t trying to stall remediation efforts. And DEQ attorney Katherine Haque-Hausrath says cleanup is still on track to begin this fall. “DEQ’s position is that legally it wouldn’t affect the cleanup,” she says. Jessica Mayrer
Blackfoot Calmer waters upriver The future of a 34-year-old public access agreement between Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks (FWP) and Blackfoot River property owners has remained uncertain for most of the year. But FWP finally met residents halfway July 14 by approving their request for an annual option to cancel the agreement if their written concerns over poor recreation management aren’t adequately addressed. “We got a pretty reasonable agreement,” says landowner Jerry O’Connell. “Not perfect, but good.” The final agreement now circulating for landowner signatures is the fifth version to emerge from ongoing renewal discussions since mid-April. O’Connell says previous drafts submitted to FWP came back to landowners with unacceptable word changes or entire stipulations stripped out. He’s still worried the Blackfoot River Recreation Management Plan takes precedence over the agreement.
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“We wanted to make sure that the agreement was consistent with the overarching umbrella document of the Blackfoot Plan that was adopted earlier this year,” FWP Park Manager Lee Bastian says of the delays. “We were just making sure the corridor agreement fell within those guidelines and was within the scope of that plan.” The push for approval came in early July as activity on the Blackfoot began to pick up.
Landowners noted an increase in recreational activity on upper reaches of the river well above previous years. “We’d normally see maybe one or two inner tubers maybe in August,” O’Connell says. “Now we saw 30 or 40 of them in the first 10 days of July…That is basically seeing what we feared, that the Whittaker Bridge and downstream style of social recreation has moved up at least to Roundup.” There’s been a considerable increase in the “idiot level” of river users this year too, O’Connell says. He remembers an evening in mid-July when five people and three dogs exited the river on his property near Ninemile Prairie and approached his house. “They asked, ‘Are we near Johnsrud yet?’” O’Connell recalls. “You’re 14 miles short of Johnsrud, dude.” O’Connell adds he ended up driving the group back to their vehicle. It was 8:30 p.m., he says, and all of them were shivering. Alex Sakariassen
Health Tinctures take a fall John Goicovich and Elaine Sheff have spent the last 14 years perfecting herbal remedy recipes in
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their basement lab at Meadowsweet Herbs. But a host of federal regulations pulled the plug on their wholesale operation this summer, and the duo has already begun stocking tinctures from out-of-state suppliers. “The ruling is not clear about what is or is not going to be enforced,” Goicovich says of the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Current Good Manufacturing Practices for dietary supplements. “For a small business, they have to ask if it’s worth complying on a bunch of maybes and the discretion of an inspector…We didn’t want to make tinctures for the man, I guess.” The new regulations stem from the 1994 Dietary Supplement and Health Education Act (DSHEA), which granted the FDA authority to establish practices for manufacturing herbal medicines. The FDA issued its final ruling in June 2007, and those standards went into effect for smaller businesses like Meadowsweet this June. According to the FDA, compliance with the regulations would cost such stores an additional $46,000 a year. “It’s just cost prohibitive for small companies,” Goicovich says. “Only the largest of herbal companies or pharmaceutical companies…would be able to comply to that.” Sheff says the store is allowed to sell off tinctures made before a late June deadline, but the supply will only last into the fall. All told, Meadowsweet will lose 135 products from its line. Katrina Farnum, a local caregiver and owner of Garden Mother Herbs, says she uses Meadowsweet’s tinctures on a daily basis either for herself or her clients. Numerous Missoula businesses like the Good Food Store carry the brand. Buying from nonlocal suppliers is “money we could be keeping in the local economy,” Farnum says. “One thing we might see is the cost of those kinds of things go up if companies have more regulations put on them,” Farnum says. “They have to spend more money in production, and we’ll probably see those costs as consumers.” Goicovich and Sheff choose to ignore the negatives. They’ve refocused their efforts on educating Missoulians on making home remedies. Sheff has turned a summer course in wildcrafting into a monthly winter class. Goicovich says they’re stocking more equipment and bulk herbs. “Now it’s time to let those go,” Sheff says of the tinctures, “and move on to just doing it in a different way.” Alex Sakariassen
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Camper killed, as well as two injured, during a grizzly bear attack at a campground near Yellowstone National Park on July 28. Officials with Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks later euthanized the adult female responsible, and the bear’s three cubs were transported to ZooMontana in Billings.
etc. The doors at B&R Check Holders at the high-traffic intersection of Brooks and Russell have been locked since July 26. The large sign that once enticed passing cars with offers of instant money for the weekend or help with holiday shopping doesn’t give an explanation for the closing. Two smaller signs taped to the payday loan office—“Your home for fast cash”—refer customers to a 1-800 number for existing loans, and apologize for any inconvenience. Long story short: Daddy ain’t getting a new pair of shoes thanks to B&R—or, for that matter, getting a 300 percent annual interest rate on a short-term loan. It’s surely just coincidence that B&R closed its Missoula location—as well as storefronts in Great Falls, Billings and Butte—just one week after Secretary of State Linda McCulloch announced I-164, an initiative that caps the rates of payday lenders, garnered enough signatures to make the November ballot. If the initiative passes, businesses like B&R will no longer be allowed to charge upwards of 400 percent. I-164 calls for the industry to limit its interest rates to 36 percent. Repeated requests for comment from Eric Graning, owner of the Denver-based B&R Check Holders, went unreturned. But Graning, who still owns 19 B&R locations in Wyoming, Colorado, Idaho and California, has been outspoken on the issue of payday legislation. In a “message to the people in Colorado” on the company website, he decried the state’s efforts to similarly cap interest rates at 36 percent. “I have listened to the arguments against our industry for years, but I feel people are misled and misunderstand our industry,” he writes. “Please consider this: B&R Check Holders charges a $30 fee for a $300 cash advance for 2 weeks. This is a FEE for providing a valuable and popular service. It is nothing more than that.” Graning compares B&R’s “fees” to charges for withdrawing cash at an ATM, and says if the Colorado legislation passes it will put thousands of people out of work. His argument apparently prevailed: Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter recently signed a compromised bill that, based on the legislature’s fear of job losses in the payday loan industry, caps interest rates at 45 percent and allows plenty of leeway for businesses to charge additional fees. The law goes into effect Aug. 11. The Montana ballot initiative offers less wiggle room for compromise. It either passes with the 36 percent cap or it doesn’t. B&R’s recent move would appear to show how some believe the electorate will vote.
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Groundhog day EPA faces new questions about Libby cleanup by Jessica Mayrer
Two boat docks extend from Libby’s Riverfront Park into the Kootenai River. It’s a grassy, cool spot in the shadow of the Cabinet Mountain Range. Picnic tables and pavilions host summer festivals, weddings and musical performances. The scene appears idyllic, yet beneath the surface lays the epicenter of the country’s deadliest Superfund site. Ten years after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) arrived to clear asbestos contaminated vermiculite from this tiny town, eight years after Libby was
lights just how badly the EPA has botched the cleanup here, Sullivan says. It’s also why Libby’s newly formed advocacy group, Citizens for a Healthy Community and Environmental Justice, of which Sullivan is a member, voiced its opposition when the EPA announced in May its formal record of decision (ROD), itemizing final plans to remediate two of eight contaminated areas in Libby this fall. The first phase involves removing soil and capping contamination in the 17-acre parcel that includes Riverside Park.
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placed on the nation’s Superfund list and one year after the EPA declared a public health emergency here, the deadly mineral still lingers in homes, soil and in the lungs of locals. Health officials estimate 400 people have died from asbestos-tainted vermiculite pulled from Libby’s Rainy Creek mine since the turn of the 20th century. Between 1963 and 1990, when W.R. Grace & Co. ran the operation, the company used a 17-acre parcel surrounding what’s now Riverfront Park as an export plant to stockpile the mineral before shipping it across the country to be used as garden composting material and insulation in homes. In June, two concertgoers at Riverside Park discovered vermiculite flakes in a plot of land used for parking adjacent to the venue. Libby residents went ballistic; they knew the mineral was present and say they’ve unsuccessfully lobbied the EPA since at least 2005 to finish its containment efforts on the weedy patch of land. “They just ignored it,” says Libby resident Gordon Sullivan, who served two years as a technical adviser for the Libby Area Technical Assistance Group (LATAG), which aims to incorporate citizen input into the cleanup discussion. The Riverside Park discovery high-
“They’re trying to get out of here as fast as they can,” says Sullivan. After so many years of alleged cleanup, residents remain frustrated by visible contamination and, moving forward, the fact that there’s still no risk assessment measuring the long-term health risks of exposure to amphibole asbestos, otherwise known as “Libby asbestos.” Ultimately, neither residents nor the EPA know what, if any, amount of the mineral is safe. Without that data, Sullivan and others say there’s no way of grasping how effective EPA’s past and future actions will be—making any ROD premature. Sullivan claims the agency has cut corners in the past and if it cuts corners now, the long-term effects could be, if imaginable, even more disastrous. It’s not just locals sounding the alarm. Stephen J. Nesbitt from the EPA’s Office of Inspector General—an oversight branch within the agency—told a Senate Committee in 2008, “We found that EPA has neither planned nor completed a risk and toxicity assessment of the Libby amphibole asbestos to determine the safe level of human exposure. Thus, EPA could not be sure that the ongoing Libby cleanup is sufficient to prevent humans from contracting asbestos-related diseases.”
Weeks after the EPA announced its plans to move ahead with final remediation efforts, members of Montana’s congressional delegation contacted the agency seeking assurances EPA is committed to completing the task at hand. Rep. Denny Rehberg wrote in a June 29 letter addressed to the regional director of the EPA’s Superfund Remedial Program: “Many in Libby believe their questions haven’t been adequately answered, particularly in regards to whether EPA will return to Libby if future evidence reveals that vermiculite exists in areas deemed safe.” The EPA subsequently fenced off the area near Riverside Park where vermiculite was found in June. The agency also responded to Rehberg’s letter July 15, stating it will continue reviewing data as it becomes available and remedy future problems as they arise. EPA Superfund Redevelopment Manager Victor Ketellapper acknowledges questions remain unanswered. But after hauling out 700,000 cubic yards of contaminated soil and performing remediation on 1,262 homes, he says the agency is making progress. “What we don’t know is if what we’re doing right now is sufficient to be protective of human health for long-term exposure,” he says. “And we don’t know if what were doing now is going to result in a complete cleanup or if there’s some additional cleanup work that we need to do. But we do know what we’re doing now is reducing risk, and making the area more protective of human health.” Ketellapper says much of the risk assessment holdup can be attributed to challenges relating to Libby’s brand of asbestos. “This type of research, this type of work, I don’t think has been done, particularly at this scale, anywhere before,” he says. “There’s a lot of new science being done in understanding asbestos exposure.” According to Ketellapper, the agency aims to have a risk assessment available by 2012. The EPA has stated it will not go forward with its final remediation efforts in residential areas without the data. Residents say every month they go without answers just adds to the disaster. “I’m getting real tired of driving past Asa Wood Elementary School knowing that there’s .038 fibers per cubic centimeter under a swing set and wondering if 372 kids are safe,” Sullivan says. jmayrer@missoulanews.com
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Tough sell Proposed Woodchuck deal raises public access concerns by Alex Sakariassen
To many in the Woodchuck Creek development southeast of Lolo, Baldy Mountain epitomizes a powerful connection to the surrounding landscape. On a clear day the summit offers a view north to Missoula and the Mission Mountains and south along the Bitterroot Range. This corner of the Sapphire Mountains, part of the least developed wildlife corridor in the Bitterroot Valley, teems with wildlife, attracting a wide range of hunters and casual hikers. The roughly 80 landowners in the Woodchuck have worked hard to protect it, from turning in poachers to dousing lightning fire starts.
Legacy Project, the single largest land purchase the international nonprofit has ever made. Phase 1 alone cost TNC nearly $150 million in money borrowed from the private sector, and the organization has since transferred more than 150,000 acres to federal and state agencies to recoup expenses. “From the get-go we’ve been saying our goal is to protect the land’s conservation values either with public ownership or private ownership with a conservation easement,” says Caroline Byrd, TNC’s western Montana program director. “[The Baldy Mountain sale] would be our first public out-sale of the Legacy Project.”
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Baldy Mountain, southeast of Lolo, is at the center of a land deal between The Nature Conservancy and MPG Ranch. Local residents worry that if the deal goes through without public input, they’ll lose access to the area.
“Our community is just constantly interacting with Baldy Mountain,” says Woodchuck landowner Allen Byrd. “It’s overwhelming how important that mountain is to us.” Which is why those residents—who formed the grassroots group Friends of Baldy late last month—have openly questioned a proposed land sale near Baldy that could alter public access to the mountain and surrounding area. MPG Ranch, a 6,200acre swath of private conservation property just below the Woodchuck development, approached The Nature Conservancy (TNC) last November with a proposal to purchase 1,440 acres of Legacy Project land. The sale, now months into negotiation, would place Baldy Mountain in private hands. To Byrd and his fellow residents, that news came as an unpleasant surprise. “Nobody really asked us, nobody promised us anything,” Byrd says. “In some ways I feel like we’ve been looked over. It just seems like one day, poof, all of a sudden there were negotiations happening.” TNC acquired the acreage in question from Plum Creek Timber Company in December 2008 as part of Phase 1 of the
Byrd says TNC will sell the property for its appraised value, but would not comment on the amount or how it compares to the price TNC paid in 2008. Woodchuck residents care more about changes in public access than sales figures. In particular, by purchasing the TNC tracts, the ranch will completely surround a large plot of land held by the Department of Natural Resources and Conservation (DNRC), to which the public is legally entitled access. That access lies at the root of Friends of Baldy’s desire for more involvement in the sale discussions. “Word got around to different folks, and people asked, ‘What can we do? How can we ensure our access to that state land?’” Allen Byrd says. “Typically I don’t meddle in private affairs. I totally support private land rights…but because the state section is in the equation of this and the sale influences the access, I think that bumps it into the public realm.” A July 26 media statement from MPG Ranch Manager Philip Ramsey states the ranch plans to offer public access to the land through “limited recreational activities and educational tours.” Yet Ramsey says hikers will retain the unlimited access to
the property they’ve enjoyed during both Plum Creek and TNC’s ownership. “We don’t have any plans to keep people from hiking up to Baldy or to use the ranch for hiking around,” Ramsey says. “If someone wants to hike through the ranch, we’ve never had a problem with that.” The fact the ranch may soon flank portions of state land in the Woodchuck may lead to another deal for MPG. To maintain cohesive land ownership, the DNRC frequently sells isolated holdings through its land banking system. The money is then used to purchase more profitable land to hold in trust for public schools. Earlier this year, the DNRC actually analyzed its own potential purchase offer for TNC’s Woodchuck holdings. Tony Liane, area manager for the DNRC’s Southwest Land Office, says the department has no concerns over MPG’s emergence as an interested buyer. “ We h a d g i v e n T h e N a t u r e Conservancy no indication that we wanted first rights or any rights on purchase of land down there,” Liane says. From Ramsey’s view, the formation of and fears behind Friends of Baldy are unfounded. Through funding from Jump Trading, an American financial technology firm in Chicago, MPG has already started a series of restoration projects and wildlife studies headed by local biologists. The goal in approaching TNC about an acquisition was “to keep it from being developed,” Ramsey says. “A major motivation of wanting to get that land is that it needs a ton of restoration work,” Ramsey says. “The logging operation in there has spread weeds all over the place. The roads are carpeted by knapweed and mullen.” Byrd isn’t entirely convinced. There’s too much at stake, he says, to trust anything that isn’t set in writing. MPG’s property lies directly in the path of a vital wildlife corridor between the Bitterroot and Sapphire mountains. MPG may state publicly it has no intentions of subdividing the property or impeding public access, but what happens if the ranch goes bellyup and the property is sold off to someone who will? “I think we can start calming the fears by having face-to-face conversations with TNC, ourselves and with MPG Ranch,” he says. And until they see some assurances in writing, Friends of Baldy intends to keep asking questions. asakariassen@missoulanews.com
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Seeking answers, dispelling myths in the Beartooths A Book of Verses underneath the Bough, A Jug of Wine, a Loaf of Bread— and Thou Beside me singing in the Wilderness— Oh, Wilderness were Paradise enow! —The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, 1889 translation Our backpacks were ready, boots snow-sealed and we were drinking coffee prior to embarking for the Beartooth Wilderness last week when I opened the morning paper. The lead story was of a grizzly bear killing and partially eating a tent camper and mauling two others in the Soda Butte Campground, about a mile from where we had intended to hike to a troutfilled lake where I had previously camped. Good judgment took precedent over familiarity and we decided to go into the wilderness from the north side instead. And there, while we enjoyed the paradise of wilderness, myths were vanquished while other questions arose. We took the Lakes Fork of Rock Creek trail that begins in a verdant green valley and follows the river high into the mountains to a series of beautiful alpine lakes. Our first surprise came when we reached the parking area. Although it was mid-week, there were 31 cars, trucks and stock trailers at the trailhead. As we finished loading our packs we took note of the license plates. The slim majority were Montanans, but there were vehicles from all over the U.S. Unlike the Beartooth Plateau, which provides immediate access to the stunning vistas surrounding Granite Peak, we mistakenly thought this little trail would be the path less traveled. Nonetheless, we shouldered our packs and hit the trail, knowing we still had miles to go before camp. Our next surprise came at the information display where, for some unknown reason, there was no trail register. I thought it odd since, without a register, the Forest Service has no idea how many people are actually using the wilderness, how long they’ll stay, or where they’re from. Without that data, one might reasonably wonder how the agency can determine its priorities for budgeting time, money and employees. It’s even stranger when you consider that every non-wilderness Forest Service campground requires completion of just such information for all users. But we came to find that which wilderness provides—solitude, beauty and a landscape determined by the hand of nature— and so left policy pondering behind and followed the stream uphill for miles, accompanied by the nearly continuous cacophony of sparkling waters rushing over giant boulders
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in a roaring whitewater symphony. We met at least 30 people heading out and stepped aside for horse and llama packers, greeted day hikers and backpackers, and noted the assortment of kids, young adults, middleaged and elderly folks in all manner of physical condition. And thus, another wilderness myth devised by its political opponents was
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exposed—that only young and “in shape” people can access wilderness. We had earlier eyed a lovely meadow in a flat area where the stream settled down, but a cow and calf moose were grazing there while a huge bull moose lay nearby in the shadows, his enormous rack still covered in soft velvet. As most folks know, moose with calves can be very protective, so we opted to continue upstream and leave the moose family to enjoy their chunk of wilderness. The next morning we hit the trail again and, in very little time, arrived at a lake backed by jagged granite peaks that perfectly described the “bear’s teeth” for which the wilderness was named. It was apparent that powerful microbursts had frequently rushed down from the frozen heights, leaving thousands of trees blown down. Some might point to this as a useless loss of “resources,” but that night a rainstorm rolled through and by morning,
dozens of beautiful Boletus edulis mushrooms had popped from the needle-laden ground. We enjoyed the delicious bounty, marveling at nature’s efficient and constant recycling of nutrients without need of man’s interference. We left on Saturday and were surprised to count more than 50 people going in. Again, we noted the wide diversity of shapes and ages, including a party with an obviously developmentally disabled teenager doing just fine at least four miles in from the trailhead. At trail’s end, almost twice as many vehicles were crammed into the parking lot as before and it was clear that Americans from all over the nation love wilderness and are more than willing to hike or ride a horse to enjoy it. Which brings us to the moral of the story. If so many people are using wilderness, why isn’t the Forest Service tracking it and apportioning its limited resources accordingly? Do we really need more multimillion dollar “visitor centers” with videos and highly developed campgrounds instead of nature? Or is it simply the agency’s misdirected focus on revenue production? Second, why does the myth concerning wilderness users persist? Politically motivated and patently false, anyone who takes the time will see that wilderness is not just for the young and fit. This truth, undeniably, is self-evident. And finally, given that those who love and use wilderness come from all across our nation, what makes Sen. Jon Tester—or any other politician or special interest group— think local interests should be the determining factor in designating or managing these national treasures? Given the use our wilderness areas are getting, why push quid pro quo legislation that demands mandatory timber harvests as a condition of designating new wilderness? Why not simply have the courage and commitment to formally designate wilderness for its own sake? Perhaps the answers to these perplexing questions will be forthcoming. Or perhaps not. Regardless of the muddled condition of wilderness politics in Montana for the last two decades, it’s worth remembering that men and women of conviction and foresight once set these areas aside for future generations. And thanks to them, we can still, as did Omar Khayyam nearly a thousand years ago, take a loaf of bread, a jug of wine and a loved one and enjoy our wilderness paradise. Helena’s George Ochenski rattles the cage of the political establishment as a political analyst for the Independent. Contact Ochenski at opinion@missoulanews.com.
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Cross examination Why our environmental laws are failing by Eric Jantz
Ask most people about how the environmental laws in this country get implemented, and you’re likely to meet with a blank stare. No one really knows the details, but the BP oil spill—combined with less publicized leaks from the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant—signal to most people that the system isn’t working. I’m a practicing environmental lawyer, and I’ll be the first to admit that our nation’s environmental law framework is dense and arcane. I’ll also be among those to second-guess whether it’s working. I suspect that one of the biggest problems can be summed up in the words “agency deference.” Agency deference is the judicial doctrine that found its legs with the U.S. Supreme Court case Chevron v. NRDC in 1984. It precludes judges from revisiting decisions made by an administrative agency except in the most extreme circumstances. It’s also the doctrine that makes it nearly impossible for there to be any independent review of decisions made by agencies, some of which have become more like industry enablers than hard-nosed regulators. Although it may not have been the Supreme Court’s intent, the Chevron case effectively gives administrative agencies nearly unlimited power over whether a community is subjected to pollution. Statistics bear this out. At the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit, for example, agency decisions are overturned only 1.5 percent of the time. Other federal circuits report similarly dismal numbers. In other words, no one is watching the watchmen. In a perfect world, where regulatory agencies are serious and neutral and where regulators are never influenced by politics, turning life-and-death decisions over to a class of technocrats might have made sense. But in the real world, regulatory agencies are more often than not under
substantial pressure from elected officials to acquiesce to demands from regulated industries. These agencies are also often staffed by bureaucrats who anticipate plum jobs in the industries they regulate once their government pensions have vested. The BP oil explosion and resulting leak in the Gulf of Mexico is a case in point. The now well-documented coziness between
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regulators and the regulated industry resulted in an environmental catastrophe that has cost millions of dollars, ruined countless businesses and harmed a vast ocean ecosystem. So what to do? There are probably many legitimate solutions to the problem, from getting big money out of politics to abolishing corporate personhood. But three concrete things can be done immediately. First, the federal and state governments should adopt what’s known as the precautionary principle. It would require a polluter to prove that an activity, though risky, would not harm the environment. Using the precautionary principle would relieve pollution-impacted communities of the current burden of proving that a polluting activity was so risky and dangerous it should not have been attempted. Second, state and federal judges ought to once again assume their review authori-
ty over administrative agencies. Even in light of the Chevron decision, our federal Constitution and all state constitutions give the judicial branch the authority to review the actions of the other branches of government to make sure they’re in line with the governing laws and constitutional provisions. Reviewing courts should carefully scrutinize agency decisions and act aggressively in revisiting agency decisions that put communities at risk. If expertise is the issue, then judges who have technical backgrounds should be recruited and appointed to the bench. Alternatively, judges could specialize in particular areas of administrative law and develop a deep understanding of the technical issues in that area, just as practicing lawyers do. Finally, the judiciary needs to abandon what’s almost become a cult of the technocrat. Instead of throwing up their hands and relying on the “expertise” of agency bureaucrats, judges should begin to respect the expertise of the people who live in communities affected by a polluting industry. Members of communities impacted by polluting industry know who’s been sick in their neighborhoods and when they got sick. They know which water sources are discolored and smell bad. They know whose child has had a recent asthma attack. This kind of knowledge should not be subordinated to the knowledge brought in by hired guns with lots of letters after their names—although it usually is. These suggestions meant to strengthen judges to do the right thing are by no means a panacea. But I think they’re a good place to start to make environmental laws mean something on the ground. Eric Jantz is a contributor to Writers on the Range, a syndication service of High Country News (hcn.org). He is an attorney with the New Mexico Environmental Law Center in Santa Fe, N.M.
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Since 2008, the Latino Farmers’ Cooperative of Louisiana (LFCL) has helped provide lowincome Latinos in New Orleans with the chance to grow, market and sell sustainable food in an urban setting. Kathia Duran, executive director of the cooperative, helped sprout the idea for the organization in part because she noticed a lack of Latino vendors at local farmers’ markets in the New Orleans area. In its first year alone, the nonprofit proved extremely fruitful. For instance, members of the co-op grew 800 pounds of produce on a vacant lot in the Central City neighborhood—a spot that’s now a community garden. Other accolades include the fact that in 2008, members
peddled their fruits and veggies a total of 56 times at eight regional farmers’ markets. You’ll be able to learn more about the LFCL and its programs this week when Garden City Harvest presents a talk on the issue with Duran and food scholar Claire Menck. If you consider yourself a locavore, I’m guessing you ought to find plenty of food for thought at this presentation. –Ira Sather-Olson
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entrance. This week features free pizza and pop. Call 728-5818 or visit www.al-anon.alateen.org.
Climate change skeptics need not apply: Confront the root causes of climate change with creative conflict (and no mediation) by heading to a weekly meeting of Northern Rockies Rising Tide, an environmental/social justice organization which meets this and every Thu. at 6 PM at Break Espresso, 432 N. Higgins Ave. Free to attend. Visit northernrockiesrisingtide.org.
SATURDAY AUGUST 7 If you have compulsive-eating problems, seek help and support with others during a meeting of Overeaters Anonymous, which meets this and every Sat. at 9 AM in Room 3 in the basement of First United Methodist Church, 300 E. Main St. Free. Visit oa.org.
SUNDAY AUGUST 8 Missoula is a bona fide bike town. If you don’t have one already, you’ll be able to build your own recycled recumbent or four-wheel bike after you volunteer for two hours at Missoula Free Cycles, 732 S. First St. W., on Sundays at a TBA time. Call 800-809-0112 to RSVP.
MONDAY AUGUST 9 Veterans can find support with trained facilitator Chris Poloynis every Mon. at 2 PM, when PTSD group Spartans Honour meets at the Missoula Veterans Affairs Clinic, 2687 Palmer St. Free. Call 829-5400. Those looking to control their eating habits can get support from others during a meeting of Overeaters Anonymous, which meets this and every Mon. at 5:30 PM in the basement classroom number 3 of First United Methodist Church, 300 E. Main St. Free. Visit oa.org. If you’re 18 or under and your life has been affected by someone else’s drinking, get support with others by joining the Alateen 12-Step Support Group, which meets this and every Monday at 7 PM at First United Methodist Church, 300 E. Main St. Free, use the alley
The talk “Growing Stronger: Using Urban Agriculture to Build Resiliency in the Latino Community following Hurricane Katrina” is Sunday, Aug. 8, at 7 PM at UM’s Urey Lecture Hall. Free. Visit gardencityharvest.org.
TUESDAY AUGUST 10 You can fight for peace in many different ways, but how about knitting for it? Find out when the group Knitting for Peace meets every Tue. from 1–3 PM at the Jeannette Rankin Peace Center, 519 S. Higgins Ave. Free. Call 543-3955. Missoula’s YWCA, 1130 W. Broadway, hosts weekly support groups for women every Tue. at 6:30 PM, where groups for Native women and children meet as well. New group members with children are asked to arrive at 6:15, without kids at 6:25. Free. Call 543-6691. Those who have problems with anorexia or bulimia can find a shoulder to lean on during a meeting of Anorexics and Bulimics Anonymous, which meets this and every Tue. at 7:30 PM in the Memorial Room of St. Paul Lutheran Church, 202 Brooks St. Free. E-mail abamissoula@gmail.com.
WEDNESDAY AUGUST 11 Enjoy a local brew and support a local organization during the Kettlehouse Northside Tap Room’s Community U-NITE Pint Nights, which occur this and every Wed. from 5–8 PM at the tap room, 313 N. First St. W. Free to attend. A portion of proceeds from each pint sold goes to a different nonprofit organization each week. Visit kettlehouse.com.
THURSDAY AUGUST 12 Climate change skeptics need not apply: Confront the root causes of climate change with creative conflict (and no mediation) by heading to a weekly meeting of Northern Rockies Rising Tide, an environmental/social justice organization which meets this and every Thu. at 6 PM at Break Espresso, 432 N. Higgins Ave. Free to attend. Visit northernrockiesrisingtide.org.
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I N OTHER N EWS Curious but true news items from around the world
CURSES, FOILED AGAIN - When two men tried to rob a 69-year-old woman sitting in her car in South Daytona, Fla., one of them smashed a hole in her windshield with a semiautomatic handgun, but the weapon fell through the hole into the driver’s lap. Carol J. Costello grabbed the gun and pointed it at the suspect, who fled to his getaway vehicle. She copied down the license number before it pulled away. The gunman also dropped a cell phone, which had pictures of him that Costello identified, leading police to Raymond Lewis Shepard, 25. The second robber wasn’t named. Police identified Terrance Mitchell as one of two men who stole security cameras from a homeimprovement store in Waterloo, Iowa, because the store’s security camera recorded the theft. DISASTER RESPONSE - Initial cleanup of China National Petroleum Corp.’s oil spill in the Yellow Sea (400,000 gallons) was hampered by inadequate equipment, according to Chinese news media. “We don’t have proper oil clean-up materials,” an official with the Jinshitan Golden Beach Administration Committee told the Beijing Youth Daily newspaper, “so our workers are wearing rubber gloves and using chopsticks.” In the aftermath of British Petroleum’s oil spew in the Gulf of Mexico (94 million to 184 million gallons—so far), a worker on the oil rig that caught fire and exploded, sparking the disaster, told a government panel investigating the accident that the general safety alarm was routinely kept on silent mode to avoid waking the crew with late-night sirens and emergency lights. “They did not want people woke up at 3 a.m. from false alarms,” chief electronics technician Mike Williams said. FACE JOBS - Chinese companies are hiring white people to pose as employees or business partners to impress clients and officials. To have a few foreigners hanging around means a company has prestige, money and connections to do business abroad, according to Zhang Haihua, author of Think Like Chinese, who explains: “Because Western countries are so developed, people think they are more well off, so people think that if a company can hire foreigners, it must have a lot of money and have very important connections overseas. So when they really want to impress someone, they may roll out a foreigner.” Some companies hire Caucasians for a few hours a day to sit near a window where clients and customers can see them. The mostly male posers, typically outof-work models and actors or English teachers, can earn as much as 2,000 yuan (about $300) for a day’s work, which requires them to be white, smile and look good in a suit. Vaseline introduced an application for Facebook in India that lets users lighten their profile pictures. Bollywood actor Shahid Kapur is promoting the download, which is designed to promote Vaseline’s line of skin-lightening creams for men. Ads depict him with his face divided into dark and fair halves. HOW DEMOCRACY WORKS - Ieshuh Griffin announced that she’s running for the Wisconsin Assembly as an independent candidate with the slogan “NOT the whiteman’s bitch” under her name on the ballot. The state allows candidates who aren’t Republicans or Democrats to add a five-word statement of purpose on the ballot to explain their candidacy. The state Government Accountability Board, which administers state election laws, rejected Griffin’s slogan, however, ruling that it was derogatory. Griffin vowed to sue the board, whose six members of the board are former judges and white, for infringing on her freedom of speech. “I’m not making a derogatory statement toward an ethnic group,” Griffin told the board. “I’m stating what I’m not.” Shane Falk, a staff attorney for the board, said Griffin, who describes herself as a “30ish” community activist, is free to use the phrase “NOT the whiteman’s bitch” in her campaign literature and ads. Debate in the Taiwanese legislature on how to review the Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement signed by Taiwan and China opened with ruling and opposition lawmakers pushing and shoving each other, exchanging blows and throwing objects at each other, including garbage cans, tea cups and a timer. Two legislators wound up in the hospital, one with a broken rib. WHEN GUNS ARE OUTLAWED - An Ontario court sentenced David Birch, 25, to four months in jail for assaulting his ex-wife with poutine. The court heard that after the two argued at a business in Timmins, Birch dumped the poutine—French fries, gravy and cheese curds—over the woman’s head, then snatched her purse and fled. WHEN BULLETS ARE OUTLAWED - Authorities in Rockingham County, N.C., charged Lonnie Irvin Pinnix, 38, with shooting his wife in the back with toilet paper. Sheriff’s officials said Pinnix told them he loaded the gun with toilet paper instead of bullets, then shot Darlene Pinnix, 55, because she wouldn’t leave when he ordered her to. She was treated at the hospital for a powder burn. MENSA REJECTS OF THE WEEK - Two men put about four gallons of methanol in a 55-gallon barrel in the parking lot of a shop that builds and services race cars in Sedro-Woolley, Wash., then they sat on top and lit it. “Apparently, it was supposed to slide across the parking lot like a rocket,” Fire Chief Dean Klinger said. “Instead, it blew up.” Both men were hospitalized with severe burns. OVEREXAGGERATION OF THE WEEK - When the Massachusetts Legislature released a list of the state’s 1,000 greatest places, hoping to promote tourism, the Boston Herald pointed out that some of the sites don’t exist anymore, some are closed to the public and some are listed in the wrong towns. What’s more, the list, which took a special commission 19 months to compile, actually has only 996 places. Tourism officials acknowledged mistakes were made but insisted they did their best. WHY THEY CALL IT DOPE - When Vaughn Ray Jones Jr., 28, tried to enter the Cleveland County, Okla., courthouse, deputies staffing the security checkpoint said that among the belongings he put in a tray was a bag of marijuana. Deputies Steve Lucas and Jacob Wheeler tried to arrest Jones, but he ran away. The next day, Lucas and Wheeler observed Jones return to the checkpoint, this time wearing a hat, apparently to avoid being recognized. “It wasn’t a very good disguise,” Lucas said after he and Wheeler took Jones into custody.
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s the U.S. Senate recently prepared to vote on legislation to fight climate change, Zack Porter stood in front of Montana Sens. Max Baucus and Jon Tester and posed a simple question: Why can’t you do what the University of Montana has already done? Porter was referring to the university’s new climate action plan, which calls to make the campus carbon neutral by 2020. “I told them that the University of Montana has embarked on a mission to achieve carbon neutrality,” says Porter, former president of UM’s Climate Action NOW group. “I told them that we’re working toward it right now on campuses in Montana. When is the whole state going to catch up? When is the nation going to catch up?” Porter’s question went unanswered. Days after his visit, the Senate couldn’t come up with a resolution. Without the 60 votes needed, and despite efforts from lobbyists like Porter, national climate legislation was dead in the water.
While national and international climate change action has been frustratingly slow, small-scale plans are being hatched at campuses nationwide. For UM, the first real push came in 2007 when President George Dennison signed the American College and University Presidents’ Climate Commitment (ACUPCC), pledging the school to climate change action. In accordance with that commitment, UM students, faculty and staff conducted an extensive catalogue of all campus greenhouse gas emissions and released the 2008 Greenhouse Gas Inventory Report. This April, UM took it one step further, unveiling its first climate action plan. The detailed, 96-page document offers a multitude of solutions, some involving huge investment costs and others requiring a wholesale shift in how the university conducts its business. Though the plan was coauthored primarily by Cherie Peacock, UM’s sustainability coordinator for the Office of Sustainability, and Erica Bloom, the sustainability coordinator for the Associated Students of the University of
Montana (ASUM) Sustainability Center, it involved a mass of consultants: technical and educational groups made up of engineering, forestry, conservation, alternative energy, business and transportation experts from on and off campus, plus student environmental groups. The plan suggests sharp greenhouse gas reductions, with the ultimate goal to make UM carbon neutral in 10 years. Meeting the plan’s target won’t be easy. In fact, some critics question the university’s approach to reaching the goal. With those concerns in mind, we analyze UM’s more complex challenges, and detail possible solutions—some of which the university is already considering.
GREEN BUILDING THE PLAN: A month after the climate action plan became public, UM finished construction on its first designated green building. The Payne Family Native American
Center is a striking 300,000 square-foot, $8.6 million structure designed with two distinct qualities: It uses American Indian culture as inspiration for the architecture, and it’s built according to sustainable standards of Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design (LEED), a thirdparty certification system created by the nonprofit U.S. Green Building Council. The Native American Center received a LEED gold rating—the second highest designation next to platinum—in green design categories like water efficiency, energy and atmosphere, materials and resources, and indoor environmental quality. It’s built with a ground source cooling and heating system that uses the storage capacity of the soil to cool the center in the summer and heat it in the winter. The building itself is framed with steel and uses structural insulated panels (SIP) made of plywood and foam from Belgrade, Mont. Recycled sunflower shells comprise the interior walls, larch wood spans the floors, and 12 pine poles reclaimed from the Blackfoot River support the mezzanine.
UM’S GOAL OF CARBON NEUTRALITY BY 2020 MAY SOUND GREAT, BUT KEY ELEMENTS OF THE PLAN COULD PROVE PROBLEMATIC. by Erika Fredrickson
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This artist rendering shows a proposed building for UM’s College of Technology (COT). Like all future UM structures, the building would be constructed according to Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design (LEED) standards, a certification program popular with green building projects.
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your project for green power and that [money] just goes to an agency that develops green power. That one seems to me a bit like a point chase.” One of the bigger issues with LEED is that it certifies materials like timber that often have to be shipped from far away— a problem that UM met honorably by getting local wood despite forgoing rating points. Though there are signs of improvement, LEED has a reputation for certifying materials that are costly and quite often don’t take into account the climate and resources of individual places. In other words, a building in Montana shouldn’t be certified in the same way one would be in, say, the fluctuating humidity of Mississippi.
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Zack Porter, former president of UM Climate Action NOW, recently met with Sens. Max Baucus and Jon Tester about national climate change legislation. “I told them that the University of Montana has embarked on a mission to achieve carbon neutrality,” says Porter.
The center represents the university’s emphasis on green building. In 2009, UM established a policy that any new campus structure needed to be built at least to LEED silver certification. The climate action plan adds to that policy, suggesting all existing UM buildings be brought up to “stringent energy efficiency standards” through LEED EBOM (Existing Buildings, Operation, and Maintenance) certification. THE ISSUES: Constructing more buildings, green or not, increases greenhouse gas emissions. Almost a third of greenhouse gases worldwide can be attributed to the construction and building sectors. UM’s climate action plan points out that energy consumption for building-related infrastructure “results in the largest climate impact attributed to the University of Montana.” In addition, the university’s 2008 Greenhouse Gas Inventory Report found a steady increase in emissions since 2000, and it attributes part of that rise directly to construction of new campus buildings. President Dennison has received strong criticism for squeezing more buildings onto campus than any other UM president, adding 1.3 million square feet over the last 20 years. Eliminating even more open space—whether it is the University Golf Course or grassy squares between buildings—also leaves a lot to be desired.
A more immediate problem may be UM’s reliance on LEED certification. In April, Pritzker Prize-winning architect Fr a n k G e h r y — d e s i g n e r f o r t h e Guggenheim Museum in Spain, among others—told Bloomberg Businessweek and PBS, “A lot of LEEDs are given for bogus stuff. A lot of the things they do really don’t save energy.” Fred Bernstein, architect critic and contributor to The New York Times, backed Gehry up in his May design blog by writing, “Far too often, LEED gives eco-cred to buildings that, in many cases, shouldn’t have been built.” He offers the example of Las Vegas’ CityCenter Complex, which consists of up to 18 million square feet of air-conditioned rooms in the Mojave Desert. Bernstein’s point: There are no square footage limits for LEED, which means buildings can be excessive, or use more material than necessary even though the material is considered sustainable. Other aspects of the LEED point system are questionable. Jobe Bernier, a LEED certified architectural designer for A&E Architects in Missoula, helped designer Eric Simonsen and architect Daniel Glenn on the Native American Center. He supports LEED, in general, but says some of the criticisms are well founded. “There definitely are ways to manipulate the system,” Bernier says. “You can do things like get points for a green power purchase where you have funds in
THE SOLUTIONS: It’s hard to argue against UM updating old or building new structures, especially when it comes to something as culturally and functionally important as the Native American Center. Modern facilities are an essential part of a university’s ability to beckon new students. If UM does continue erecting new buildings or renovating the old ones according to LEED standards, follow-up is key. Missoula green builder and consultant Steve Loken says it’s a mistake to think the LEED brand is all you need. “It’s important that people don’t just assume that when you get the gold LEED rating you’ve fulfilled your goals for energy efficiency,” he says. “You have to commission a follow-up afterward to make sure that the application of energy conserving measures work. Because sometimes they don’t.” However, LEED is not the only answer for UM. In fact, building green doesn’t require a third-party ratings system at all. Though Montana is starting to catch up with incorporating energy efficiency standards into statewide building codes, progressive states like Oregon, California and Massachusetts have requirements that surpass, in some cases, LEED’s. UM could choose any of those state’s standards as a model instead. Such a decision would allow UM to still hire good local businesses like A&E to do the work, and avoid paying extra for LEED certification. It would also allow for more flexibility to use local materials and site-specific mechanical designs, instead of focusing on the items that gain LEED points. LEED is a brand, and, in that sense, it makes for good PR. But UM can do better by marketing itself as a leader in innovative, local-centric customized building that goes beyond what’s required in LEED’s broad list of qualifications. What better place to begin working toward that goal than a higher learning institution full of students interested in working on energy technology projects?
accounting for 31.6 percent of total greenhouse gas emissions in the areas of air travel, commuting and the university’s fleet of vehicles. UM’s climate action plan has already begun to implement important transportation solutions such as incentives for students, faculty and staff to walk, ride a bike or bus to school, and ensuring fleet vehicles are compact, hybrid or use biodiesel. For air travel, UM is looking toward purchasing “high quality” carbon offsets to balance out the extra emissions that can’t be mitigated otherwise. In general, buying offsets means UM will fund projects that actively reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The plan suggests working with companies like Clear Sky Climate Solutions, a local group with two Montana projects underway: one that deals with rangeland and another with dairy methane. By purchasing carbon offsets, UM can keep emitting carbon through air travel because they are balancing those emissions by supporting carbon sequestration projects elsewhere. THE ISSUES: Experts aren’t sold on the concept of buying carbon offsets. National companies have made a business out of selling carbon offsets with the driving incentive of making money—not helping the environment—without much oversight. A
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THE PLAN: Transportation is one of the biggest carbon emitters on UM’s campus,
The Native American Center received a LEED gold rating in green design categories, but critics of the third-party certification system say it’s deeply misleading.
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study in the peer-reviewed journal Climate Policy found just 60 percent of the carbon-offset projects it looked at actually provided evidence that they were reliable. Steve Running, regent professor of ecology in UM’s School of Forestry, is among the skeptics. “When you buy an airline ticket you can pay something like an extra $25 and supposedly buy a carbon offset for your flight,” says Running, who did not contribute to the climate action plan. “That’s a completely unregulated market and nobody really knows whether it truly off-
offset for carbon sequestration in grasslands, how do you continue to monitor carbon cycles in an exact way so that emissions and sequestration is always in balance? “What I worry about is that carbon offsets give people a false sense of accomplishment,” says Running. “If everyone flying around is generating the emissions that they are, we’ve got to face up to that. We may decide that we’ll stay home more often and we may decide that we’ll learn to live with it, but not facing up to the true numbers doesn’t help in decision making at all.”
being saved by the project, and therefore the offset isn’t exact. But unlike blindly buying offsets from just any national company, investing in specific, direct emissions projects as a partnership with environmental trusts cuts down on potential smoke and mirrors. Even better, Peacock says she would like to see carbon offsets used for local projects that would be both easily quantifiable and have positive impacts on the community. Cutting corners, she says, is not part of UM’s plan. “There’s a lot we’re learning about the carbon offset world,” says Peacock.
“What I worry about is that carbon offsets give people a false sense of accomplishment.” —Steve Running, regent professor of ecology at UM
sets the carbon emissions that you bought it for.” A 2008 study from the congressional watchdogs at the Government Accountability Office (GAO) ranked forestation and agricultural carbon sequestration projects— like Clear Sky Climate Solutions’ rangeland project—near the bottom of a list for “very credible” carbon offsets. That’s because measuring how much carbon is sequestered over long periods of time in a rangeland or forest is tricky. You could buy an offset that plants trees, but what happens when those trees burn in a fire or die from other means? If you buy an
THE SOLUTIONS: Cherie Peacock, one of the primary authors of UM’s plan, is already working to address concerns about carbon offsets. She gives the example of The College of the Atlantic in Bar Harbor, Maine, one of the first carbon neutral colleges in the United States. The college achieved its goals with some carbon offsetting, including funding a specific program in Portland, Ore., in which traffic lights are retimed so cars aren’t idling and congestion is diminished. It’s still not easy to calculate the exact numbers of emissions
“There’s a difference between carbon offsets and renewable energy credits. For carbon offsetting, it’s got to be a project that would not have happened if we had not funded it or somehow gotten involved. It also has to be calculated and then certified. And if you purchase it and sell that as an offset, then it’s retired; it can’t get counted more than once.” Carbon offsets might be UM’s only solution for transportation emissions. President Dennison says, at a minimum, the university must purchase equipment and products for day-to-day campus business like computers, athletic gear, med-
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A poplar plantation at Missoula’s water treatment plant uses sewage effluent for irrigation and could, eventually, help fuel UM’s proposed biomass plant. Current plans for the plant are focused on using fuel from the school’s Lubrecht Forest 45 miles away, but the plantation is a mere three miles from campus and would use less diesel.
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ical supplies and furniture that often is acquired through less than green means. “We rely on trains, airplanes and trucks to get the equipment and products that we need to use in our operations because none of it is available locally,” Dennison says. In this case, Dennison points out that alternative transportation is a systemic issue that requires more than a climate plan to solve. Unwilling to sit back and wait for transportation systems to change, he strongly suggests the university community get involved in the political process of transportation legislation so there is a premium put on using alternatives. “There are so few options right now, nationally,” Dennison says. “There’s work going on, but it’s going to take a while and we need to be pushing as hard as we can to get the policy developments that will allow us to make progress.”
BIOMASS THE PLAN: The climate action plan lists four renewable energy generation options for campus: wind, solar thermal, solar photovoltaic and a biomass plant. Bob Duringer, UM’s vice president of administration and finance, took a long look last December at the cost-effectiveness of all four options and decided biomass was a major key to UM achieving its goals. In March, he visited biomass plants in Canada and interviewed several companies before settling on one called McKinstry, which has an office in Missoula. A biomass plant for UM would generate both heat and energy for the school using woody biomass—excess wood from beetle kill, thinning projects and harvest scraps—most of which would be collected from UM’s own Lubrecht Experimental Forest. The plant is projected to reduce the school’s consumption of natural gas by 60 percent. THE ISSUES: UM has not fine-tuned the details, but Duringer says the biomass plant will cost between $10 million and $13 million and take from 15 to 18 months to build. It’s a steep price for any project and Duringer still has to bring the idea to the Board of Regents to get approval for the huge initial costs. It’s also important to consider from where the fuel for a biomass plant will be harvested. The farther the distance between a biomass plant and its source of fuel, the more diesel you use to haul the wood. As the main source of UM’s fuel, Lubrecht is a 45-mile drive from Missoula, so the transportation energy used for that has to be docked off any gains UM makes with producing biomass energy. There is also the issue of perception when it comes to forest management and pollution. Several articles, including a July 5 story in the Washington Post, accused biomass proponents of using the
biomass and air quality, but he says he hopes people can see the advantages of biomass. “Especially in the West, it’s not if it’s going to burn, it’s when, where and how you burn it,” he says. “We can do this in a way that really minimizes that pollution emission and that’s a better place for it to be.”
technology as an excuse to cut more trees—and release more greenhouse gases—just to make more money. Another dilemma surrounding biomass energy in recent months concerns the fact that burning biomass also releases more C02. A study commissioned for the Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources by the Manomet Center for Conservation Science concluded that use of even sustainably harvested forest biomass would increase C02 emissions 3 percent over coal-fired power by 2050. Along with C02 release comes the release of particulate into the air, which can sit as smog in the valley for days. That is a hot topic for Missoula, a city already dealing with poor air quality. THE SOLUTIONS: Despite the high costs for building a biomass plant, one selling point of renewable energy is that it eventually pays for itself. “The money you save by not using natural gas then goes to the debt you had incurred from borrowing money,” Duringer says. “So it’s almost a self liquidating situation.” The details of making biomass energy at UM more efficient is complicated—but offers some very real solutions. Biomass expert Dave Atkins works with a multistate program called Fuels for Schools and Beyond, a partnership between the USDA Forest Service State Private Forestry and the Bitterroot Resource Conservation and Development Area, Inc. His job is to figure out the logistics for schools, hospitals and other institutions that want to build a biomass plant; specifically, how big the plant will be and where the fuel will come from. Lubrecht Experimental Forest will use more diesel than something closer, says Atkins, but the forest is still within an energy efficient radius for UM. That means the energy produced by the biomass plant exceeds the energy spent in the diesel it takes to harvest and transport it there. Energy savings, according to Atkins and other UM researchers, don’t change much between a transport distance of 45 miles and 80 miles. Still, UM’s goal is to reduce the use of fossil fuels like diesel. In that light, other options exist. Steve Running and UM graduate student Heath Carey have been working on a project with the city on a poplar plantation that’s watered with treated sewage effluent at Missoula’s water treatment plant just three miles away. The poplars are a decade away from being a viable fuel source, but eventually they could be harvested in batches, dried and fed into UM’s biomass plant. “When you put treated sewage effluent on a tree farm, the trees are getting water and nutrients and they just grow like weeds,” Running says. “We could have co-generating heating sources that could use those trees as a heating source.” Atkins also has ideas to address the biomass distance problem. One would
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Steve Running, regent professor of ecology in UM’s School of Forestry, says the climate action plan needs to extend beyond campus. “I think people need to have a sufficient change in their own philosophy and behavior such that they then start demanding that of the politicians,” he says.
be to create more urban forests in Missoula like the poplar grove. Specifically, Atkins would like to see alder groves planted around town because alders would not only be a great wood source, they also add nitrogen to the soil for other agricultural purposes. Local trees that die from ice storms or other conditions could be used in the plant, and even more trees could be grown on nearby farms and ranches that have fallow or marginal land to offer. In addition, forest management projects that happen in nearby forests at Blue Mountain or Pattee Canyon always yield leftover wood, which could be a supplemental biomass source. In regard to the negative perception of forest management, the solution might lie in the natural supply and demand of economics. Woody biomass is basically comprised of leftover pieces and dead, otherwise unusable material, so it doesn’t sell for much. That means harvesting whole forests for biomass wouldn’t be smart economics. “If you’re going to do a treatment, whether it’s for wildlife habitat, wood production or reducing fire hazard,” says Atkins, “you’re going to want to get as much value as you can. You’re going to sell logs to sawmills that are paying more, or round wood to a manufacturer. Biomass energy is the janitor that comes along and cleans up the leftovers. It would
be against anyone’s personal interest to cut down just anything for biomass.” The aforementioned Massachusetts study that claims biomass would release more C02 than coal also includes some important stipulations that are key to UM’s success with biomass. The study says a plant that uses biomass for both heat and electricity—and not just one or the other—would produce “significant carbon emission reductions.” UM plans to build a plant that does exactly that. What the Massachusetts study leaves out is that biomass burned in a plant is usually going to burn one way or the other—whether it’s burned in slash piles or incinerated in a forest fire. Even if it sits dying in a forest, it’s still releasing carbon emissions. So why not use it in a biomass plant? Plus, adds Atkins, studies like these shouldn’t just focus on coal or biomass plant emissions, but the whole process of obtaining material for energy: The emissions for harvesting biomass are far less than the emissions from harvesting coal. Pollution might be an issue, but if the biomass plant is engineered correctly, that slash and dead wood could be burned in a high quality combustion system, which cuts down on smoke and includes bag filters for particulate matter. That’s less smoke and particulate than slash burning or forest fires. Atkins expects there will be discussions about
THE PLAN: Any solid climate action plan calls for direct energy efficiency and conservation measures, and UM’s is no exception. Before any large-scale projects like the biomass plant will be implemented, the plan calls for energy efficiency upgrades, lighting retrofits, optimized heating, air conditioning and ventilation systems, and improved natural cooling projects like planting trees to create shade. Already, UM has gone through energy audits and started retrofit projects to make sure a biomass plant would only provide energy for buildings with maximum efficiency. Another aspect of the plan calls for behavioral changes. One group of UM students has started a social marketing group that evaluates how to encourage peers to make eco-conscious choices on campus, such as taking shorter showers and not wasting electricity. THE ISSUES: To the extent that UM’s climate action plan is about reducing its carbon footprint, all the shorter showers and light bulb changes are absolute no-brainers. How to connect individual action with national policy, however, is something climate action plans often neglect, even though legislation would make green technology more accessible and less costly. Author and activist Derrick Jensen has notably criticized green projects and campaigns that focus on individual action as opposed to large-scale political change. In the July/August 2009 issue of Orion he wrote: “Consumer culture and the capitalist mindset have taught us to substitute acts of personal consumption (or enlightenment) for organized political resistance. An Inconvenient Truth helped raise consciousness about global warming. But did you notice that all of the solutions presented had to do with personal consumption—changing light bulbs, inflating tires, driving half as much—and had nothing to do with shifting power away from corporations, or stopping the growth economy that is destroying the planet?” The fact that climate action plans are still not impacting national policy might mean there’s some element missing from them, giving merit to criticism coming from activists like Jensen: If we green every single campus in the U.S., will that lead to greener transportation systems, or drive corporations to pursue biomass
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instead of coal, or, most importantly, spur the U.S. government to finally pass meaningful climate legislation? THE SOLUTIONS: In a short statement at the end of UM’s climate plan it states: “We intend to expand opportunities for students to engage with climate mitigation and adaptation, both through campus initiatives and work with organizations at the national and international levels.” The one paragraph section goes on to suggest helping students seek climate change internships, procure travel funding for conferences and learn more about how to engage in “real-world problem-solving, and become part of a larger national/international network working to understand and respond to global climate change.” While this is a step in the right direction, it should be more than an afterthought. UM already does an admirable job incorporating climate action and sustainability into its curriculum. For instance, a program called The Green Thread gives faculty the resources to incorporate green ideas into the classroom. UM also developed a Climate Change Studies minor in just the last year, which is one of the first of its kind in the nation. But some on campus would like to see the lessons learned from these programs used to affect larger changes. “I think people need to have a sufficient change in their own philosophy and behavior such that they then start demanding that of the politicians,” says Running. “For all the climate science that we’ve put out over a good number of years, we still don’t have politicians ready to make difficult votes. That just guarantees the emissions track will keep marching upward. So the only way the politicians are going to get guts is for a larger fraction of society to start hammering away on them, and say, ‘You vote these sort of policies in or we’ll vote you out. Take your pick.’” Zack Porter agrees with pushing the country toward climate solutions, and he says UM’s plan is not about just changing light bulbs. Though it’s easy to point out what more needs to be done, he says UM’s achievements in just the last year reflect a walk-the-talk attitude. “This climate action plan is just the kind of demonstration project we need to show our legislators why legislation dealing with energy is so important and how effective it can be,” Porter says. Even after lobbying in D.C. and watching legislation opportunities go nowhere, he’s adamant about universities with plans like UM’s aggressively putting their ideas in the spotlight. “The climate action train has left the station,” Porter says. “It has certainly left the station in other parts of the world and it’s starting to leave the station on a small scale across the United States, especially on college campuses. It’s time for legislation to do the same.” efredrickson@missoulanews.com
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How and why to roast green chile FLASHINTHEPAN The annual green chile harvest has begun, which means the smell of roasting green chile will soon permeate the American southwest. The fragrance of chile smoke is sweet and earthy, like incense, but serious potency lurks in the pungent scent of those blackened skins. It’s the smell of chemical heat. Green chile comes from the first harvest, in July, of the New Mexico chile, a type of long green chile pepper that has flourished in New Mexico after Spaniards imported chile seeds from South America. Since then, chile has burrowed deeply and inextricably into the New Mexican palate. The two forms of chile, red and green, both come from the same plant. Green chile is harvested while red chile is allowed to vine-ripen into a deep shade of red. These two forms of chile are processed in completely different ways and have dramatically different flavors. Red chiles are sun-dried and woven into decorative ristras, which hang around looking pretty until the chile is needed. Green chiles, which are still fleshy and full of life at the time of harvest, are flame-roasted in propane-fired steel tumblers, liberating that seductive wind-born New Mexican nerve agent: green chile smoke. Although New Mexicans have been enjoying roasted green chile in summertime for as long as they’ve had chile, it’s only with the advent of modern preservation techniques—freezing and canning— that green chile has become a dominant player in New Mexican food. Red chile has been New Mexico’s culinary lifeblood for years, and done much to forge the identity of this region, but it isn’t indigenous to New Mexico. Foods made from dried red chile, from Moroccan harissa to Thai red chili sauce, are found in many countries on most continents. And while cooks in other regions could roast and eat their chiles when green, they don’t. The addition of chopped green chile to a cheeseburger creates one of the most beloved local delicacies. Or it can be combined with tomatoes, onions and garlic into a simple, chunky sauce full of green flavor and watery heat. This sauce is added to
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Las Cruces lineage. Northern growers of niche chiles like Santa Cruz and Espanola are prone to dismiss these southern varieties for having lost their flavor as breeders focused on more commercially important factors like size, yield, resistance and mellow heat. Somewhere along the way, the commercial varieties lost their green flavor as well. Cognizant of this dilemma, researchers at the New Mexico Chile Institute in Las Cruces have collaborated with Biad Chile to develop the NuMex Heritage 6-4. It isn’t the sexiest name, but it’s supposedly got five times the flavor of the average Hatch chile. While the hair-splitting will continue in dusty New Mexican think-tanks over which chile is best, it’s actually the roasting, more than the variety, that’s responsible for the magic of green chile. And the good news is, you don’t need a big metal propane-fired roaster to roast chiles on a domestic scale. Nor do you need the newest-fangled variety of chile; you can roast any chile you might have growing, though fleshy chiles are superior. In the average American market, where you won’t have Sandias or Joe Parkers to choose from, a combination of jalapenos and Anaheims will create a nice approximation. Photo by Ari LeVaux Preheat the oven on broil, with a bakUniversity in Las Cruces, began breeding a chile with ing pan or skillet in the oven. Make a lengthwise slit the heat and flavor of a jalapeno, the size of a bell in each chile to allow steam to escape, and then pepper, and traits like disease and drought resistance place the chiles on the hot pan under the broiler, that would enhance commercial production. In 1917 about 4 inches from the heat. Start checking on the he released his masterpiece: the New Mexico No. 9. chiles after about three minutes. As they begin to Many variations created by several breeders fol- blister, turn them. Keep checking every two minutes lowed. The New Mexico No. 6, released in 1950, was until the skins are burnt and blistered all the way aimed at middle-American palates by dispensing around. Remove the chiles, place them in a bowl, entirely with the chile’s trademark heat. It worked. and cover with a damp towel. After they’ve cooled No longer scared of chemical burns, millions of new to room temperature, pull or rinse off the peels. If chile eaters emerged from America’s woodwork. it’s a hot chile and your audience isn’t especially Some of these No. 6 seeds found their way to south- heat tolerant, consider cleaning out the seeds and ern California, where they took hold and became internal membranes. Your roasted chile is now ready for use. Chop it up known as the Anaheim pepper. While California went on to produce a sizeable chile industry, the nation’s and add it to your cheeseburger, scramble it into some leader continues to be New Mexico. And most of the eggs, or stuff it into a chicken and bake it. The use of state’s chiles are grown in the lower Rio Grande val- roasted green chile with non-New Mexican ingredients ley, especially around Hatch, just north of Las Cruces. is a young art, so go ahead and experiment. Put it in Sandia, Rio Grande, Joe Parker and the foot-long coconut curry or on pizza. This is how you become a Big Jim are just some of today’s popular varieties in the part of green chile taking over the world. most other local dishes, from enchiladas to burritos to huevos rancheros. In New Mexico’s mountainous north, many subvarieties of chile have adapted over the years to the specific climates and soils of their home valleys. This kind of haphazard selective breeding managed to produce some wonderful chiles, like the Espanola and Santa Cruz varieties, but also some crops of irregularly shaped chile that were vulnerable to disease. Chile evolution took a turn to the more scientific in 1907, when Dr. Fabian Garcia, at New Mexico State
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Black Cat Bake Shop 2000 West Broadway (next to Noodles Express) • 542-9043 Come try Missoula's newest coffee house & bakery. Try our signature buttery morning buns, scones, cinnamon rolls, huckleberry coffee cake, & organic artisan breads. We also offer a variety of cakes, French pastries, & full coffee menu. (Banquet room available for morning meetings.) Tues Sat. $-$$ Blue Canyon Kitchen 3720 N. Reserve (adjacent to the Hilton Garden Inn) 541-BLUE www.bluecanyonrestaurant.com We offer creatively-prepared American cooking served in the comfortable elegance of their lodge restaurant featuring unique dining rooms. Kick back in the Tavern; relish the cowboy chic and culinary creations in the great room; visit with the chefs and dine in the kitchen or enjoy the fresh air on the Outdoor Patio. Parties and special events can be enjoyed in the Bison Room. Hours: Tavern hours Monday-Saturday 3pm-11pm, Sunday 3pm-10pm . Dining Room hours Monday-Saturday 5pm-10pm, Sunday 4pm-9pm. $$-$$$
The Bridge Pizza Corner of S. 4th & S. Higgins Ave. 542-0002 A popular local eatery on Missoula's Hip Strip. Featuring handcrafted artisan brick oven pizza, pasta, sandwiches, soups, & salads made with fresh, seasonal ingredients. Missoula's place for pizza by the slice. A unique selection of regional microbrews and gourmet sodas. Dine-in, drive-thru, & delivery. Open everyday 11 to late. $-$$ Butterfly Herbs 232 N. Higgins • 728-8780 Celebrating 38 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. $ Ciao Mambo 541 S. Higgins Ave. • 543-0377 Ciao Mambo, at the end of the Hip Strip on 4th and Higgins, serves up fresh, classic, immigrant style Italian food seven days a week. Terrific service and an exten-
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juice, smoothies, organic espresso and dessert. Enjoy your meal in our spacious seating area or at an outdoor table. Open every day 7am - 10pm. $–$$
Cold Stone Creamery Across from Costco on Reserve by TJ Maxx & Ross 549-5595 Cold Stone Creamery offers the Ultimate Ice Cream Experience. Ice Cream, Ice Cream Cakes, Shakes, and Smoothies the Way You Want It. Come in for our weekday specials. Get Gift Cards any time. Remember, it's a great day for ice cream at Cold Stone Creamery. $-$$
Hob Nob on Higgins 531 S. Higgins 541-4622 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. We also offer catering. www.justinshobnobcafe.com MC/V $-$$
Doc's Gourmet Sandwiches 214 N. Higgins Ave. 542-7414 Doc's is an extremely popular gathering spot for diners who appreciate the great ambiance, personal service and generous sandwiches made with the freshest ingredients. Whether you're heading out for a power lunch, meeting friends or family or just grabbing a quick takeout, Doc's is always an excellent choice. Delivery service within a 3 mile radius.
Indulge Bakery 700 SW Higgins Ave. 544-4293 indulgebakery.wordpress.com Now open! Enjoy international flavors from baci di dama to pizzelles, gourmet cupcakes, scones and decadent cinnamon rolls. Specialty breads hot and fresh between 3 and 5pm daily. Open M-F 7am-6:30pm; Sat. 9am-4pm See us on Facebook! Call to find out more (406)523-3951. $
Food For Thought 540 Daly Ave. 721-6033 Missoula's Original Coffeehouse/Cafe located across from the U of M campus. Serving breakfast and lunch seven days a week. Also serving cold sandwiches, soups, salads, with baked goods and an espresso bar till close. WE DELIVER On Campus & to the area between Beckwith, Higgins & 5th Street. Delivery hours: M-F 11-2. $-$$
Iron Horse Brew Pub 501 N. Higgins 728-8866 www.ironhorsebrewpub.com We're the perfect place for lunch, appetizers, or dinner. Enjoy nightly specials, our fantastic beverage selection and friendly, attentive service. Not matter what you are looking for, we'll give you something to smile about. $-$$
HAPPIESTHOUR Melody Turner scope out Montana’s largest brewer.
Who she is: Melody has worked the taproom at Big Sky Brewing Co. since November 2002, slinging samples, filling growlers and ringing up merchandise. Over the years she’s accumulated an impressive number of dedicated regulars.
Her favorite beer: Big Sky IPA. “I like big flavor,” she explains. “Plus, I like the antelope. I’m an antelope hunter.”
Her secret: “The one thing that has always worked for me is using people’s names,” she says. “If I use it immediately, chances are I’ll always remember it.”
Iza Asian Restaurant 529 S. Higgins Ave. 830-3237 www.izarestaurant.com All our menu items are made from scratch and we use no MSG products. Featuring dishes from Thailand, Japan, Indonesia, Korea, Nepal, and Malaysia. Extensive hot and ice tea menu including bubble tea. Join us in our Asian themed dining room for a wonderful IZA experience. Open Mon-Sat, lunch 11:302PM and dinner 5PM-close. $-$$
Case in point: On a recent Saturday, Melody knows the name of almost every patron inside the taproom. When a welldressed couple pops in for a pre-wedding sample just as Melody’s preparing to close, she greets them by name—and hooks ’em up.
Good Food Store 1600 South 3rd West 541-FOOD Our Deli features all natural made-to-order sandwiches, soup & salad bar, olive & antipasto bar, fresh deli salads, hot entrees, rotisserie-roasted free-range chickens, fresh
Jakers 3515 Brooks St. • 721-1312 www.jakers.com Every occasion is a celebration at Jakers. Enjoy our two for one Happy Hour throughout the week in a fun, casual atmosphere. Hungry? Try our hand cut steaks, small plate menu and our vegetarian & gluten free entrees. Special senior menu & a great kids’ menu. For reservations or take out call 721-1312. $$-$$$
Who she serves: Big Sky attracts basically two groups of people—locals who love the free samples and specialty brews only available in the taproom (current specialty brews include a Double IPA and a pilsner called Weekend at Bernie’s), and tourists looking to
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Front Street Pasta & Wraps 247 W. Front Street 728-6655 Can't decide? Front Street Pasta and Wraps has something to satisfy every craving. We have everything from giant wraps to wok tossed dishes. Spicy peanut sauce goes great with just about everything. Vegetarian friendly menu is great for the non-meat eater. And now you can enjoy a cold beer or a glass of wine with your meal. So step off the beaten path of Higgins and ride into Front Street Pasta and Wraps. Just next to the Carousel on West Front Street. Open M-F, 10am-8pm. $
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Biggest difference between working in a bar and working a taproom: “Two things,” she says. “One, I rarely have to deal with drunks. Two, I’m home by quarter to eight. It’s a great job.” Where and when to find her: The brewery is located at 5417 Trumpeter Way, and is open from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. every weekday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday, and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday. You can test Melody’s ability to remember your name during her usual Wednesday, Thursday and Friday shifts, or on some weekends. —Skylar Browning Happiest Hour celebrates western Montana watering holes. To recommend a bar, bartender or beverage for Happiest Hour, e-mail editor@missoulanews.com.
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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. $$-$$$ Liquid Planet 223 N. Higgins Ave. • 541-4541 From Latté to Lassî, Water to Wine, Tea Cup to Tea Pot, Liquid Planet has the best beverage offering this side of Neptune -- with a special focus on all-natural, organic, and sustainability. Their distinctive and healthy smoothie menu is worth the visit too! Quick and delicious breakfast and lunch is always ready to go; pastries, croissants, bagels, breakfast burritos, wraps, salads, and soups. Open 8 am to 10 pm daily. $-$$ Orange Street Food Farm 701 S. Orange St. • 543-3188 Don't feel like cooking? Pick up some fried chicken, made to order sandwiches, fresh deli salads, & sliced meats and cheeses. Or mix and match items from our hot case. Need some dessert with that? Our bakery makes cookies, cakes, and brownies that are ready when you are. $-$$ Paul’s Pancake Parlor 2305 Brooks • 728-9071 (Tremper’s Shopping Center) Check out our home cooked lunch and dinner specials or try one of 17 varieties of pancakes. Our famous breakfast is served all day! Monday is all you can eat spaghetti for $8.50. Wednesday is turkey night with all of the trimmings for $7.75. Eat in or take-out. M-F 6am-7pm, Sat/Sun 7am-4pm. $–$$. Pearl Café & Bakery 231 E. Front St. • 541-0231 Country French Specialties, Bison, Elk, Fresh Fish Daily, delicious salads and appetizers. Breads and desserts baked in house. Reservations recommended for the warm & inviting dining areas, or drop in for a quick bite in the wine bar. Now, you may go to our website Pearlcafe.US to make reservations or buy gift certificates, while there check out our gorgeous wedding and specialty cakes. Open Mon-Sat at 5:00. $$-$$$ Red Robin 2901 Brooks Street • 830-3170 www.redrobin.com Half the price, twice the fun! Halfy Hour at the Southgate Mall Red Robin®! Half price bar drinks Monday – Friday, 4-6 p.m. and Monday – Saturday, 9-10 p.m. Enjoy a drink with one of our insanely delicious Gourmet Burgers, Bottomless Steak Fries. Or, snack on one of our shareable starters with friends! $-$$ Scotty’s Table 131 S. Higgins Ave. 549-2790 Enjoy the best patio dining in Missoula with our seasonal menu of classic Mediterranean and European fare featuring the freshest local ingredients. Come in for happy hour Tues-Friday 5:00- 6:30. Serving lunch Tues-Sat 11:00-2:30, and dinner seven nights a week 5:00-close. Beer and Wine available. $$-$$$
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Sean Kelly’s 130 West Pine • 542–1471 Located in the heart of downtown. Open for Lunch and Dinner, featuring a Sat.-Sun. Brunch 11-2pm. Great Fresh food With Huge Portions. Featuring locally produced specials as well as international cuisine and traditional Irish fare. FULL BAR, BEER, WINE, MARTINIS, 100% SMOKE FREE. "Where the Gaelic and the Garlic Mix!" $-$$ The Stone of Accord 4951 N. Reserve St. • 830-3210 Serving Award Winning Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinners 7 days a week! All of your favorite Irish classics, plus a daily selection of Chef's specialties. A fully stocked bar, wine and liquor store and the Emerald Casino make The Stone of Accord the perfect place for an enjoyable meal. 6:30am-2:00am $-$$ NOT JUST SUSHI Sushi Hana Downtown offering a new idea for your dining experience. Meat, poultry, vegetables and grain are a large part of Japanese cuisine. We also love our fried comfort food too. Open 7 days a week for Lunch and Dinner. Corner of Pine & Higgins. 549-7979. $$–$$$ Ten Spoon Vineyard + Winery 4175 Rattlesnake Drive 549-8703 • www.tenspoon.com Made in Montana, award-winning organic wines, no added sulfites. Tasting hours: Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, 5 to 9 pm. Enjoy a Rocky Mountain summer high with Albert, vineyard dog, who says “bring a picnic ~ I’ll share.” $$ Westside Lanes 1615 Wyoming 721-5263 Visit us for Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner served 8 AM to 9 PM. Try our homemade soups, pizzas, and specials. We serve 100% Angus beef and use fryer oil with zero trans fats, so visit us any time for great food and good fun. $-$$
HAMILTON Spice of Life 163 S. 2nd St. Hamilton 363-4433 Spice of Life welcomes you to the Bitterroot’s best locavore dining experience. Serving up fresh and fun food in a conscientious manner. For lunch try one of our hand made burgers from Lolo Locker or one of our fabulous fresh salads. Dinner selections include natural beef which contains no growth hormones or antibiotics ever, sustainable seafood selections and pasta dishes made from Montana wheat from Pasta Montana. Quench your thirst with beer from right here in Hamilton or try one of our reasonably priced yet fantastic wine selections. Children’s menu available. No reservations. So come as you are to Spice of Life! 163 S 2nd St. Hamilton, MT. Lunch: Mon - Fri 11:00 to 2:00 Dinner: Tues - Sat 5:00 to 9:00. 363-4433.
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ASKARI Powdered power Dear Flash, I’ve always been frustrated by the fact that garlic leaves are too tough to eat. They have great flavor, and I hate to see it go to waste. Well, this year I did an experiment with my garlic crop: After harvest, I began drying thin-sliced portions of the plant, including the leaves and stems. Then I ran the dried bits through a coffee grinder. The resulting powder sprinkles easily on food and gives a great garlic taste! I love it! Now I’m wondering how far I can take this, as I gaze at my stash of harvested plants drying in my garage. I’m thinking of using the rest of the stalks, and the roots, too. Any thoughts on my research? —Powderhound
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enough for year-round consumption, I would recommend leaving the harvested plants intact for about a month, which allows the bulbs to fully cure into a form that will store until next June. Unfortunately for your powder stash, once you allow them to cure like this the roots and stalks and remaining leaves will wither and lose their pungency, and won’t be much good for grinding into powder. But if you attempt to powder your plants now, while they’re still green, you’ll risk losing your root crop to early spoilage. And that’s not really much of a choice. But I suspect you have a small crop—why else would you be going to such extreme contortions to preserve as much garlic material as you can? If so, go ahead and powder it, because if you have any garlic cloves left by October you’ll probably be planting every clove you can salvage, in hopes of a larger crop next year. I know I would. Send your food and garden queries to flash@flashinthepan.net.
Arts & Entertainment listings August 5 – August 12, 2010
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Heidi Meili Steve Fetveit Dreadlocks search for a source of water. Michael Franti plays with Spearhead at the Wilma Theatre Wed., Aug. 11., and Thu., Aug. 12, at 8 PM nightly. $40/$37 advance at Rockin Rudy’s and online at ticketfly.com, with a limited number of two-day tickets for $66.
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Kids go wild with games, arts/crafts, music, dancing, a climbing wall, the spectrUM Discovery Science Center, and plenty more fun during Missoula Parks and Rec’s Kidsfest 2010, which runs from 11:30 AM–3:30 PM at Caras Park. Free to attend, with most activities also free. Call 721-PARK. Artists in Missoula looking to go beyond a normal canvas are invited by the City of Missoula Public Art Committee to apply for the Traffic Signal Box Art Project–Phase III, a project designed to enhance Missoula by creating art on traffic signal boxes. Submittals
are due Aug. 20. Visit ci.missoula.mt.us /index.aspx?NID=899 for an application and more info. Sop up the sights of a true DIY Missoula institution during an open tour of the Zootown Arts Community Center, which runs from 1–2 PM at the ZACC, 235 N. First St. W. Free. RSVP by e-mailing Hanna at info@ zootownarts.com. End your afternoon with a fine glass of fermented grape juice when the Missoula Winery hosts its tasting room from 4–7 PM at the winery, 5646 W. Harrier. Free to attend, but the wine costs you. Call 830-3296 and visit missoulawinery.com.
nightlife Mick Croon croons at your glass of fermented grape juice when he plays jazz and blues at 5
PM at the Ten Spoon Winery, 4175 Rattlesnake Drive. Free. Call 549-8703. Those in Kalispell get down in downtown during Thursday!Fest, which features food, a beer/wine garden, Farmers’ Market, arts/crafts, kids activities and music by Barnyard Riot from 5–7:30 PM on Third St. East, between Main St. and First Ave. E. Free. Visit downtownkalispell.com. It’s time for dinner and a summer show with hundreds of your fellow friends during Downtown ToNight, which features food, kids’ activities, and music from Sho Down end your event info by 5 PM on Fri., August 6, to calendar@missoulanews.com. Alternately, snail mail the stuff to Calendar Overlord c/o the Independent, 317 S. Orange St., Missoula, MT 59801 or fax your way to 543-4367.
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starting at 5:30 PM at Caras Park. Free. Call 543-4238 and visit missouladowntown.com. Climate change skeptics need not apply: Confront the root causes of climate change with creative conflict (and no mediation) by heading to a weekly meeting of Northern Rockies Rising Tide, an environmental/social justice organization which meets this and every Thu. at 6 PM at Break Espresso, 432 N. Higgins Ave. Free to attend. Visit northernrockiesrisingtide.org. Aesthetically pleasing functionality is yours to explore when Missoula artist Justin Anthony presents mixed media sculptures of functional lights, weather vanes and toys, during a Whitefish Gallery Nights opening from 6–9 PM at The Walking Man Frame Shop & Gallery, 305 Baker Ave. in Whitefish. Free. Call 863-ARTS and visit whitefishgallerynights.org for a complete list of openings. Stick a little blue in your brew when the W.C. Worth Blues Players play—you guessed it—blues at the Bitter Root Brewery, 101 Marcus St. in Hamilton, at 6 PM. Free. Call 363-PINT. Whimsical pieces featuring clay mixes with text, found objects, paint and recycled paper when Stumptown Art Studio, 145 Central Ave. in Whitefish, presents Bird’s Eye View, a collaborative show between artists Carolyn Churchouse and Kristie Caratelli during a Whitefish Gallery Nights opening from 6–9 PM at the studio. Free. Visit stump townartstudio.org. Jam out with a fine glass of wine and your best chops when Kevin Van Dort hosts the Musicians’ Jam at the Missoula Winery, which runs this and every Thu. starting with signups at 7 PM at the winery, 5646 W. Harrier. Free to spectate, and to sign up. Call 830-3296. A nuclear family in 1953 meets menopause and Vienna sausages, among other things, during a performance of David Mills-Low’s Is It Hot?, starting at 7 PM at the Opera House Theatre in Philipsburg, 140 S. Sansome St. $17/$9 children 12 and under. Call 859-0013 for tickets and visit operahousetheatre.com. Celebrate those who were part of the “tree army” when the Rocky Mountain Museum of Military History, Building T-316 at Fort Missoula, presents the 75th anniversary of the Civilian Conservation Corps in Montana, which begins at 7 PM at the museum. Free. Features former CCC Corpsman Bernard Claus, as well as Stan Cohen, author of The Tree Army: A Pictoral History of the CCC, 1933-42. Call 549-5346. Leisure suit plus beer goggles not r e q u i r e d : Tr i v i a l B e e r s u i t , Missoula’s newest trivia night for the layperson, begins with sign ups at 7:45 PM and trivia at 8 PM at the Brooks and Browns Lounge, at the Holiday Inn–Downtown at the Park, 200 S. Pattee St. Free. Includes $7 pitchers of Bayern beer, prizes like a $50 bar tab, and trivia categories that change weekly. E-mail Katie at kateskins@gmail.com.
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Get down with some oil and acrylic works when The Gallery at Fourth and Oak, a new gallery located at 615 Oak St., presents a First Friday opening reception of work by artists Laura Blaker and Nancy Seiler, which runs from 5–9 PM at the gallery. Free. Call 413-6807.
SPOTLIGHT derby day Missoula’s legion of rollerskating badasses has finally done it. In just one year, the Hellgate Rollergirls have grown from a lofty idea into our city’s first and only women’s flat track roller derby league. On Friday, you’ll get to see these derby dames laced up and in action when they hold their first public bout, an intra-league exhibition between two teams with the aptly oppositional monikers of the “Angels” and the “Devils,” If, by chance, you’re a newbie to roller derby, you should know this: It’s a fullcontact sport. While I won’t get into the nitty-gritty details—check out derby girl Ali Gadbow’s Indy cover story from May 6 for the full rundown—here are some pointers. Keep your eyes on the jammer. She’s the derby dame with a star on her helmet who will be scoring points by skating past her team’s “blockers,” as well as any opposing players. As this hapWHAT: Hell’s Gate Open roller derby bout WHO: Hellgate Rollergirls WHEN Fri., Aug. 6, at 7 PM WHERE: 812 Toole Ave. HOW MUCH: $7/$2 with one bag of nonperishable food items
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pens, you should expect to see other derby girls trying to knock the jammer—and others—down. In fact, the bout itself should look similar to the picture here, which was taken during the Rollergirls’ open house in May. Once their game finishes up, you should plan to stick around the track for live tunes by Trainsong, TSMF, Victory Smokes and others. This is just the tip of the roller wheel. Friday’s exhibition game is part of a two-day fundraiser that benefits the nonprofit roller derby league, as well as the Missoula Food Bank. Other events coinciding with the bout include a car show in the parking lot of the Warehouse Mall on Friday and Saturday, as well as a pin-up contest/pageant on Saturday afternoon. More music is on tap as well, and starts at noon Saturday inside the Rollergirls’ Toole Avenue headquarters, with sets by bands like Vera and Bird’s Mile Home, along with Johnny Cash cover tunes by headliners the Cold Hard Cash Show.
MORE INFO: hellgaterollergirls.com
Enjoy the flow of it all with a musical in two movements when the Port Polson Players Summer Theatre presents a performance of That’s the Poop at 8 PM at the John Dowdall Theatre, on the Polson Golf Course, off Hwy. 93. $18/$17 students and seniors. Call 883-9212 for reservations and visit portpolson players.com. Just make sure you don’t have blues intolerance: Bernice’s Bakery, 190 S. Third St. W., keeps the bread flowing and puts blues on tap during Blues and Bread VI, a first Thursday event from 8–10 PM featuring blues music by MudSlide Charley, as well as filled sourdough hard rolls for $1. Free to attend. Missoula Food Bank gets 25 cents from every hard roll sold. Call Marco at 728-1358. Brandi Carlile keeps her acoustic axe on ice when she plays folk rock and pop rock at the Wilma Theatre at 8 PM. $23/$20 advance at Rockin Rudy’s and online at ticketfly.com. The Ian McFeron Band opens. Now’s your time to juggle a beat with your feet in a cavernous setting when DJ DC rocks the AmVets Club with hits starting at 9 PM. Free. Women give a thumbs up to spirits during Ladies’ Night at the Silver Slipper Sports Bar and Grill, 4063 Hwy. 93 S., which features half-off
drinks for women and occurs this and every Thu. starting at 9 PM at the bar. Free. Call 251-5402. Join several hundred people and revel in the glory of debauchery when cheap well drinks and laptopfueled hip-hop, crunk, electronic, pop and mashed-up tunes hit the Badlander every week where Dead Hipster DJ Night gets booties bumpin’ at 9 PM. $3. She’s the enchantress with the mostest: Austin, Texas’ Carrie Rodriguez brings the twang when she plays Americana and roots music with opener Andrea Harsell at 9 PM at the Top Hat. $19/$16 advance at griztix.com or by calling 243-4051. Women celebrate their womanhood with cheap libations and a bit o’ karaoke with help from the band Party Trained during Ladies’ Night and Live Band Karaoke at Harry David’s Bar, 2700 Paxson St. Ste. H, this and every Thu. at 9:30 PM. Free to attend. Call 830-3277. Dance with a cougar or two, or not, every Thu. at 10 PM when the James Bar, 127 W. Alder St., hosts The Social Club, featuring DJ Fleege spinning an expansive array of tech house and progressive electro dance tunes. Free.
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Don’t expect a war on aesthetics when artist Peter Keefer presents Images of the Great War, an exhibit of collage drawings based on the political/military participants most involved in the “Great War” of 1914–1918, with a First Friday opening reception from 5–8 PM at the Missoula Art Museum, 335 N. Pattee St. Free. Call 728-0447. (See Scope in this issue.)
—Ira Sather-Olson
Nate Hegyi, lead singer/songwriter of Wartime Blues, keeps the folk and Americana flowing free when he plays with a rotating cast of friends this and every other Thu. at the Old Post, 103 W. Spruce St., at 10 PM. Free.
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A doctor finds himself in a delicate situation with his patient during Philipsburg’s Opera House Theatre production of The Girl in the Freudian Slip, with a performance at 2 PM at the theater, 140 S. Sansome St. $17/$9 children 12 and under. Call 859-0013 for tickets and visit operahousetheatre.com. Yet another opportunity to support local farmers and artists arrives during the Jocko Valley Farmers’ Market, which features local produce, goods, live music as well as a barbecue dinner and runs from 4–8 PM this and every Fri. off Hwy. 93 in Arlee, between Rick’s Kustom Kut and The Hangin’ Art Gallery. Free to attend. E-mail Deb at star@ blackfoot.net.
If it’s outside, they painted it. The Dana Gallery presents a First Friday gallery reception for The 2010 Western Montana Paint Out, which features work created outdoors in July by 16 artists with the reception running from 5–8 PM at the gallery, 246 N. Higgins Ave. Free. Call 721-3154. Local artist Nancy Erickson wants you to keep an eye on her aesthetically pleasing tigers, wolves and bears during a First Friday opening reception for an exhibit of her large scale fabric art—one piece is 9 feet long—with the reception running from 5–9 PM at Montana Art & Framing, 709 Ronan St. Free. Keep those pajamas on during a First Friday opening reception for work by local artist ladypajama, which also features work by Josh Ludwick, as well as open participation performance art, from 5–11 PM at The Ceretana Studios, 801 Sherwood St. Free. Includes music at 9 PM by The Infernal Machine. Nature gets a bit of nurturing through photography when local photographer Sarah Ross presents her work during a First Friday opening reception at Frankie’s Mercantile, 223 W. Front St., starting at 5 PM. Free. Explore the aesthetics of identity when local art slingers Jonathan Marquis and Cathryn Sugg present Patterns of Identity, an exhibit of works presented during a First Friday opening reception from 5–7 PM at The Catalyst, 111 N. Higgins Ave. Free. (See Spotlight in this issue.) Enjoy the artistic offerings of your favorite coffee slinger, or cupcake baker, when Bernice’s Bakery presents its annual Employee Art Show, featuring paintings, pottery, photography and fashion, from 5–8 PM at the bakery, 190 S. Third St. W. Free. The Western Montana Community Center, 127 N. Higgins Ave. Ste. 202, presents a First Friday opening reception for work by Sequoia Raymond starting at 5 PM. Free. Totally awesome: Betty’s Divine, 521 S. Higgins Ave., presents a Rock ‘n Roll piñata display inspired by Total Fest, and rock music in general, with a reception from 5–8 PM at Betty’s. Free, music, wine and cookies. These piñatas will be smashed during Total Fest’s record swap.
This ought to be totally wicked. Taco Del Sol, 422 N. Higgins Ave., presents a retrospective of Total Fest pictures and posters from artists including Tom Dewar, Andy Kemmis, Nicole Vanek, Dane Hansen and Chris Fuller, with a First Friday reception starting at 5 PM. Free.
Get under the influence of something whimsical when local artist Kip Herring hosts a First Friday opening reception for his work from 5–9 PM at his studio in The Warehouse Mall, 725 W. Alder St. #13. Free. Three of his paintings will be up for silent auction that night. Visit truthseekerart.com.
Enjoy a stroll through an artistic wonderland of sorts when Claws Salon, 101 S. Higgins Ave. # 10, presents Wonderland in Missoula, a walking art show featuring an array of wonderland characters, from 5–8 PM at the salon. Free.
Peruse the works of Missoula’s youngest crop of artistic taste makers when students of Primrose Montessori present their works of art during a First Friday opening reception from 5–8 PM at the Families First Children’s Museum, 225 W. Front St. Free. Call 541-PLAY.
He paints for those with paws. The Monte Dolack Gallery, 139 W. Front St., presents a First Friday painting session with Monte Dolack, who is creating a piece for AniMeals, from 5–8 PM at the gallery. Free. Patrons can also bid on the piece that evening, or throughout the month by visiting animals.com or dolack.com. Call 549-3248.
It’s all about portraits and more portraits when Yellowstone Photo, 321 N. Higgins Ave., presents portrait style photography by Scott Breum Photography, with a First Friday opening reception from 5–8 PM at the shop. Free, with light refreshments.
You’ll have more fun than a barrel of un-medicated Republicans when Zoo Mountain Natural Care, 345 W. Front St., presents a First Friday opening reception featuring the work of six homegrown artists, plus music by Luau Cinder, from 5–9 PM. Free.
Realism meets abstraction in landscape form when artist Laura Way Wathen presents a series of her paintings during a First Friday opening at Art City, 407 Main St. in Hamilton, from 5–8 PM. Free. Call 363-4764.
Enjoy an awesome artistic burn when Buttefly Herbs, 232 N. Higgins Ave., presents new paintings and wood-burnings by local artist Cindi Vick, from 5–8 PM. Free.
Bust a move with some improvisational movers during “Seeds in the Streets,” a First Friday performance with Turning the Wheel of Missoula which starts with interested participants meeting at 5:15 PM at the XXXXs on N. Higgins Ave. Free to participate. You’ll warm up for 20 minutes with facilitators, and then move through the streets until 7 PM. Wearing solid spring colors is encouraged. Call 830-3285.
Let local artist Kelly Loder guide you toward an artistic utopia when she presents her work during a First Friday opening reception from 5–8 PM at the Top Hat. Free. Music by Mark Hundley begins at 6 PM. The oddities of Montucky and the old and new of Missoula get a shout out when Ednor Therriault signs Montana Curiosities: Quirky Characters, Roadside Oddities & Other Offbeat Stuff, and Philip Maechling and Stan Cohen sign Missoula Then and Now, from 5–7 PM at Fact & Fiction, 220 N. Higgins Ave. Free. Call 721-2881.
Don’t get salty during The Clay Studio of Missoula’s Soda Salt National V, a national juried exhibition by Julia Galloway that features work by Christa Ann Ames, Nicolas Darcourt, Tim Sherman and several other artists, and is featured during a First Friday opening reception from 5:30–9 PM at the Clay Studio, 1106 Hawthorne St. Unit A. Free. Call 543-0509.
She keeps aesthetic allergies at bay: Local artist Dorothey O. Myers presents Floral Expressions, a series of floral-based acrylic works featured during a First Friday opening reception at Computer Central, 136 E. Broadway St., from 5:30–7:30 PM. Free. Cellar Door peers through the door to your dirty mind when they play the Blacksmith Brewing Co., 114 Main St. in Stevensville, at 5:30 PM. Free. Call 777-0680. Find the beauty between the fine wood, or the photograph, during Unveiled: Revealing the Beauty Within, a First Friday opening reception of woodworking pieces by Andy Chidwick, along with photos by
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Sherry Chidwick, with the reception running from 6–9 PM at River’s Mist Gallery of Fine Art, 317 Main St. in Stevensville. Free. Also features watercolor pieces by Michael Zielinski. Call 777-0520. Check out some rockin’ hot rods, or enter your own for others to peruse, during Hot Rod Lewey’s Rockin and Rollin Car Show, a benefit for the Hellgate Rollergirls and the Missoula Food Bank that begins with registration at 6 PM at the parking lot of The Warehouse Mall, 725 W. Alder St. Free to attend/$25 to register your car. The car show begins again Saturday at 8 AM with registration, and culminates in a car awards ceremony at 4 PM. Visit hellgate rollergirls.com.
John Floridis croons softly at your fermented grape juice when he plays the Ten Spoon Winery Tasting Room, 4175 Rattlesnake Drive, at 5 PM. Free. Help support the Daly Mansion Preservation Trust during A Vintage Affaire, a fundraiser celebrating the mansion’s 100th anniversary that features a connoisseur wine auction, gourmet food stations, as well as trip auctions, starting at 6 PM at the mansion, 251 Eastside Highway between Corvallis and Hamilton. $100. Call 363-6004 Ext. 3 to RSVP, or visit dalymansion.org. Enjoy the fruits of visual complexity when The Frame Shop & Gallery, 325 Main St. in Hamilton, presents a First Friday opening reception for
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Soak up some non-moving pictures when Sheryl Akagi presents Simplicity, a series of photographs taken during travels abroad on display during a First Friday opening reception from 6–8 PM at the Downtown Dance Collective, 121 W. Main St. Free. Call 541-7240.
The Lifers play hide-and-seek with your windshield wipers when they play the Eagles Lodge, 2420 South Ave. W., at 8 PM. Free. Call 543-6346.
Dance like there’s a circus in your pants during Renegade Dance Circus, an outdoor dance circus performance downtown in the parking lot behind Butterfly Herbs, which begins at 6:30 PM. Free. Dancers, performance artists, spectators, fire spinners, jugglers and others are invited to participate.
Don’t drink too much cactus juice or you’ll be too hungover to make it to The Just Another Hangover Comedy Tour, which features comedians Scot Shields and Heneghen and begins at 8:30 PM at Harry David’s, 2700 Paxson St. Ste. H. $10. Call 830-3276. Be thankful the freedom to speak includes the freedom to sing when you sidle up to the mic at karaoke night at the VFW, kicking off at 9 PM. Free.
Carla Green, Jim Chilcote and Jim Wallace let the butter slide sweetly between your bread when they play The Keep, 102 Ben Hogan Drive, at 7 PM. Free.
If you liked Tolkien’s mines of Khazad-dum, you’ll love tunneling through the AmVets Club, where DJDC rocks dance music to slay orcs to at 9 PM. Free.
Check out some derby dames battling it out on the rink during the Hellgate Rollergirls’ Hell’s Gate Open, an exhibition game that features MC’ing by DJ Kris Moon and begins at 7 P M at the Hellgate Rollerg irls’
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Drink the Kool-Aid during the First Friday walking art show featuring wonderland characters at Claws Salon, 101 S. Higgins Ave. #10, Fri., Aug. 6, starting at 5 PM. Free.
Headquarters, 812 Toole Ave. $7/$2 and one bag of non-perishable food items. Music by Trainsong, TSMF, Victory Smokes and others follows at 9:30 PM. Visit hellgaterollergirls.com. (See Spotlight in this issue.) Absorb a youth opera based on a Greek myth when the Montana Lyric Opera’s (MLO) Western Montana Summer Opera Festival continues with a performance of Pandora’s Box by the MLO Summer Youth Opera Camp, starting at 7 PM at UM’s Music Recital Hall, in the Music Building. $10, with tickets available at the door and online at mtopera.org Explore the married life of two adults with Down syndrome during the Big Sky Film Series screening of Monica & David, at 7:30 PM at the Wilma Theatre. Free. Wartime Blues gives warhawks a reason to chillax when they play folk rock and Americana at 7:30 PM, outside at the Old Post, 103 W. Spruce St. Free. Chris Lane butters up your biscuits when he plays folk blues and Americana at the Symes Hotel in Hot Springs, 209 Wall St., at 8 PM. No cover, but pass-the-hat donations welcome. Exercise your friendly side when you check out LeRoy Bell and His Only Friends, who play at 8 PM at the Missoula Winery and
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Blvd., 5318 W. Harrier, this and every Fri. at 9 PM. Free. Bust a smooth move to sizzling hip-hop and Top 40 tracks when The Tallest DJ in America spins tunes at 9 PM at The Underground, in the basement of the Elks Lodge, 112 N. Pattee St. Free. Enter from the southwest basement entrance. Belt out a few bars of somethin’ sweet at Karaoke by Figmo at Joker’s Wild Bar and Restaurant, 4829 N. Reserve St., which features “Brain Strain” trivia and “Scaryoke Karaoke” and begins at 9 PM. Free. Go ahead and fork over some cold cash to see some slick songsters dressed in black when The Cold Hard Cash Show—a Johnny Cash cover band—plays the Badlander at 9 PM. $5. ir8prim8 will never get irate when you bust a smooth move to his breakin’ grooves when he DJs an array of electronic music at 9 PM at the Palace. Free. Stop tangoing with a mango and get thee to see Russ Nasset and The Revelators when they play Rockabilly and country at the Union Club at 9:30 PM. Free. The Whiskey Rebellion won’t be shimmying around with a shiv when they play outlaw
country at The Sunrise Saloon and Casino, 1805 Regent St., at 9:30 PM. Free. Call 7281559. He lives to spin: DJ Dubwise just can’t stop the dance tracks once they start at 10 PM at Feruqi’s. Free. Call 728-8799. Step away from the saccharine when Portland, Ore.’s The Stolen Sweets sweetens you with swing and jazz at 10 PM at the Top Hat. $5. (See Noise in this issue.) Cure that fondue hangover with a musical sermon from Tom Catmull and The Clerics, who play Americana and roots music at Sean Kelly’s at 10 PM. Cover TBA.
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Peruse sculptures, stained glass pieces, bird houses, pottery, candles and other items during the Sandpiper Art Gallery’s 39th annual Outdoor Art Festival, which runs from 10 AM–5 PM on the Polson Courthouse lawn, 106 Fourth Ave. E. in Polson. Free to attend. Call 883-5956. Witness outdoor sculptures in a nursery setting during the sixth annual Outdoor Sculpture Exhibit, which features work by 19 Montana artists including Brad Allen, Kate Davis, Kenton Pies, George Ybarra and others and opens at 10 AM at Caras Nursery and Landscape, 2727 S. Third St. W. Free. The exhibit runs through Oct. 30. The Hellgate Rollergirls continue their Hell’s Gate Open fundraiser with music from noon–8 PM from DJ Jimmy, Vera, Formerly Known As, Bird’s Mile Home, and the Cold Hard Cash Show, all at the Hellgate Rollergirls Headquarters, 812 Toole Ave. $7/$2 and one bag of non-perishable food items. A pin-up contest pageant also occurs at 3 PM at the headquarters and features judging by Mayor John Engen. (See Spotlight in this issue.) The woolen warriors of Missoula’s Stitch ‘N’ Bitch needlework circle bring the world to drink every Sat. at 2 PM in Liquid Planet’s conference room. Free. BYO yarn and needles, and check out missoulaknits.blogspot.com. A nuclear family in 1953 meets menopause and Vienna sausages, among other things, during a performance of David Mills-Low’s Is It Hot?, starting at 2 PM at the Opera House Theatre in Philipsburg, 140 S. Sansome St. $17/$9 children 12 and under. Call 859-0013 for tickets and visit operahousetheatre.com.
nightlife Sip on some well fermented spirits when Ten Spoon Vineyard and Winery hosts its wine tasting room, which runs from 5–9 PM, with last call at 8:30 PM, at the winery, 4175 Rattlesnake Drive. Free to attend, but the wine costs you. Call 549-8703. Slowly But Shirley aren’t about giving you a swirly when they play the Blacksmith Brewing Co., 114 Main St. in Stevensville, at 5:30 PM. Free. Call 777-0680. Absorb a youth opera based on a Greek myth when the Montana Lyric Opera’s (MLO) Western Montana Summer Opera Festival continues with a performance of Pandora’s Box by the MLO Summer Youth Opera Camp, starting at 7 PM at UM’s Music Recital Hall, in the Music Building. $10, with tickets available at the door and online at mtopera.org The Lifers play hide-and-seek with your windshield wipers when they play the Eagles
Lodge, 2420 South Ave. W., at 8 PM. Free. Call 543-6346. The Bigfork Summer Playhouse, 526 Electric Ave. in Bigfork, presents Fiddler on the Roof, with a performance at 8 PM at the playhouse. $20–$15 depending on seats. Visit bigforksummerplayhouse.com for tickets and a complete schedule of shows. Keep yourself sandwiched between The Little Big Band when they play Celtic music at the Symes Hotel in Hot Springs, 209 Wall St., at 8 PM. No cover, but pass-the-hat donations welcome. Hell’s yes: Heavy metal supergroup Hellyeah shreds you a new one when they play with openers A New Revolution and Kryterium at 8 PM at the Wilma Theatre. $30/$28.50 advance at Rockin Rudy’s and online at ticketfly.com. Solid Sound Karaoke proves that music can also be a liquid or a gas, but never plasma, at Westside Lanes at 8:30 PM. Free. Call 541-SING. Don’t drink too much cactus juice or you’ll be too hungover to make it to The Just Another Hangover Comedy Tour, which features comedians Scot Shields and Heneghen and begins at 8:30 PM at Harry David’s, 2700 Paxson St. Ste. H. $10. Call 830-3276. Veer away from that cliff so you can make it to the Missoula Outdoor Cinema’s screening of Thelma & Louise, at 8:57 PM on the lawn of Head Start School, 1001 Worden Ave. $5 suggested donation. Call 829-0873 and visit missoulaoutdoorcinema.org. Here’s your chance to get freaky on the dance floor. AmVets Club offers up DJDC and his dance music to the hungry horde at 9 PM. Free. DJs Kris Moon and Monty Carlo are guaranteed to keep you dancing to an assortment of hip-hop, electronic and other bass-heavy beats ‘til the bar closes during Absolutely at the Badlander at 9 PM. Free. DJ Bionic keeps the remixes and mash-ups flowing while you shake it when he plays at 9 PM at The Underground, in the basement of the Elks Lodge, 112 N. Pattee St. Free. Enter from the southwest basement entrance. Put down the aspartame and get your kicks with The Wild Coyotes, who play classic rock and country at 9 PM at the Lumberjack Saloon, off Hwy. 12 and one mile up Graves Creek Road near Lolo. Free. Visit lumberjacksaloon.com. Bowling commingles with a laser light show and some DJ tunage from Kaleidoscope Entertainment every Fri. and Sat. at 9:30 PM at Five Valleys Bowling Center, 1515 Dearborn Ave. Free. Call 549-4158. The Whiskey Rebellion won’t be shimmying around with a shiv when they play outlaw c o u n t r y a t Th e S u n r i s e S a l o o n a n d Casino, 1805 Regent St., at 9:30 PM. Free. Call 728-1559. See if you can become a star under the spotlight at Sean Kelly’s open mic night, hosted by Mike Avery every Sat. at 9:30 PM. Free. Call 542-1471 on Sat. after 10 AM to register. DJ Dubwise supplies dance tracks all night long so you can take advantage of Sexy Saturday and rub up against the gender of your choice at 10 PM at Feruqi’s. Free. Call 728-8799. Just remember to mind your glowsticking manners during Youphoric Nights at the Palace, which features DJs DRE and Chachi spinning house and progressive trance, starting at 10 PM at the Palace. Free. Fort Collins, Colo.’s Euforquestra gets funky with your fishnets when they play a mix of world beat, Afro-beat and funk at the Top Hat at 10 PM. $5.
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BERNICE’S BAKERY 190 S. 3rd West, 728-1358 You've enjoyed their delicious cupcakes, buttery warm croissants, and fueled your day on their strong coffee. That's right! This First Friday Bernice's Bakery would like to show you their other-worldly talents at the Annual Employee Art Show. Come by to grab a snack, a cup of joe and enjoy everything from paintings, pottery, photography, and fashion, 5-8 pm.
ETERNAL SPRINGS HEALING 180 S. 3rd West, 240-6182 All Are Invited! First Friday, August 6th • 5-9 pm. Book Signing: Finding Eagle- A Journey into Modern-Day Shamanism by: Marge Hulburt. Also featuring Artist David Keast & Whitefish pianist Haley Madison Metcalfe . Eternal Springs Healing Center • 180 S. Third St. W. • Next to Bernice's Bakery, on the Hip Strip • www.eternalsprings.net • 406.240.6182
BETTY’S DIVINE 521 S. Higgins, 721-4777 Have you ever wondered what the inside of rock and roll looks like... The guts, the psyche, the idealism? It looks a lot like a piñata! Total Fest IX First Friday at Betty’s offers your first foray into Total Absorption. Total bands, Total art, Total swill, Totalitarianism. Put your head inside it. The noise swells. The bat whistles by your ear. Join us. Wine and treats. 5-8pm.
HEALTHY HUMMINGBIRD 141 S. 3rd West, 204-4487 Please join Healthy Hummingbird Massage & Art Center for our August First Friday celebration. This month we're proud to feature the works of Artist, Christina Welch. First Friday, August 5th from 5-8 pm.
BUTTERFLY HERBS 232 N. Higgins, 728-8780 Join us at Butterfly Herbs for our August First Friday celebration where we will feature new paintings and wood burnings from Cindy Vick. From 5–8 pm at Butterfly Herbs, 232 N. Higgins Ave. CATALYST 111 S. Higgins, 542-1337 Cathryn Sugg and Jonathan Marquis both have an identity and so do you. Sometimes it seems our identities are patterned after existing phenomena like a sexy cowgirl or a bad ass super-hero, but more likely it's something less fantastic. Where do these patterns come from, and how and when do we assume them? Sugg and Marquis don’t claim to have the answers, but they encourage you to join them in exploring these questions at an exhibition of their artwork. It seems in this slippery and relative reality, all we can do is ask and explore these questions. The works of art in this exhibition are reflections of this exploratory process. First Friday at the Catalyst. Opening reception First Friday Aug 6th 5-7 pm. Through Aug 30th.
HIGHLAND WINDS 1520 S. 7th St. W., 541-7577 Cards are collectibles? Sometimes, yes. This First Friday, Highland Winds Art Studio/Gallery will feature its growing collection of cards capturing Missoula and Montana. Come browse! Located three houses west of Russell on 7th Street. 1520 S. 7th St. W., Missoula. 541-7577. First Friday hours: 3-8 pm.
MISS ZULA’S 111 N. Higgins, 541-7376 Photography by Juan de Santa Anna. Beater Patrol. Rainbows of rusting color....From my youth to present day I have loved the old ones....even though they bring the destruction of our planet. Please join us from 5-8 pm. MONTANA ART & FRAMING 709 Ronan St., 541-7100 Montana Art & Framing presents Nancy Erickson, " Quilted Works 1999-2009," August and September with accompanying First Friday gallery nights, August 6th and September 3rd from 5-9 pm. The exhibit includes over 14 pieces, "some-never- beforeseen-in- Missoula, " made of painted and sewn fabric, consisting of wolves, a tiger, and of course, bears. Most of the works are large scale measuring 4 to 7 feet wide. The gallery is located at 709 Ronan Street in Missoula. For information call 541-7100 THE GALLERY AT 4TH & OAK 615 Oak St., 544-0388 or 370-1254 Hours: Open August 6th and by appointment. (One block south of 3rd and RR tracks) Laura Blaker and Nancy Seiler celebrate their new studio/gallery. Laura is showing 28 more oil paintings in her 100 paintings in a year project. Nancy unveils big, bold acrylics. See ad, this page. www.LauraBlakerFineArt.com www.NancySeiler.com
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Just when you thought there weren’t enough farmers’ markets, along c o m e s t h e Ta r g e t R a n g e Community Farmers’ Market, which features an array of local products and runs from 10 AM–1 PM at the parking lot of Target Range School, 4095 South Ave. W. Call Todd at 531-0877.
Yet another opportunity to peruse local arts and crafts hits Missoula during the Carousel Sunday Market and Festival, which runs from 1–5 PM this and every Sun. at the New Park parking lot, between A Carousel of Missoula and the Caras Park pavillion. Free to attend. If your chakras have been a little backed up lately, clear ‘em out during Table Time with Alternative Healers, an intuitive healing and energy balancing workshop from 2–4 PM at the Open Way Mindfulness Center, 702 Brooks St. Free. Call Janit at 207-7358.
nightlife Snag yourself a nice spot and enjoy a night of pops and light classics when the Missoula Symphony Orchestra presents its annual “Symphony in the Park” concert, which begins at 7 PM at Caras Park. Free. Call 721-3194. Garden City Harvest presents “Growing Stronger: Using Urban Agriculture to Build Resiliency in the Latino Community in New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina,” a talk with Kathia Duran of Latino Farmers Cooperative of Louisiana and food scholar Claire Menck, which begins at 7 PM at UM’s Urey Lecture Hall. Free. Visit gardencityharvest.org. (See Agenda in this issue.) Euchre is one of those games that goes great with beer because you can tell what the cards look like even if your vision is a little blurry. See what I mean, or try to anyway, tonight at Sean Kelly’s just-for-fun Euchre Tournament at 8 PM. Free. Don’t be a pop hater: Brooklyn’s The Tattle Tales plays power pop and pop punk at 8 PM at the Zootown Arts Community Center, 235 N. First St. W. $5, all ages. Locals The Hardagains and Candy Land Liberation Front open. (See Noise in this issue.) Kick off the latter hours of your day of rest when the Badlander’s Jazz Martini Night welcomes saints and sinners alike with jazz DJs and jazz bands starting at 9:30 PM. Free. This week: jazz from the Front Street Jazz Group and DJ Mermaid.
self value Few things are more important in determining how we perceive ourselves and how we behave than our identity. Take myself as an example. I’ve foolishly made this whole writing business a major aspect of my character, which consequently requires me to drink too much and maintain an unwarranted sense of self-importance.
Sugg and Marquis—whose art is pictured here, left to right, respectively—both have a flair for fascinating contrasts. As a grad student at UM, Sugg built a reputation for her distinctive style involving drawWHAT: Patterns of Identity exhibit
Kid Traxiom and Friends shred supa hard—on their laptops, that is— when they play an array of electronic music at 9 PM at the Badlander. Free. All royalty gets irie during Royal Reggae Night, which features reggae, dancehall and hip-hop remixes spun by an array of DJs starting at 9 PM at the Palace. Free. ings, paintings, sewn fabrics and commentary on the everyday dichotomies of life. Marquis, on the other hand—who, in the interest of full disclosure, works on the Indy’s production team—has recently been experimenting with large-scale paintings that investigate relationships between religious figures and comic book characters. It’s an intertwining of the sacred and pulpy, if not profane. Their exhibit promises to be an engaging exercise in exploring the self, with plenty of issues for us to examine along the way. Of course, when navigating a subject as volatile as our character, answers aren’t always forthcoming. But that doesn’t mean that the questions aren’t worth asking.
WHO: Cathryn Sugg and Jonathan Marquis WHERE: The Catalyst Café WHEN: Fri., Aug. 6, 5–7 p.m.
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Spartans Honour meets at the Missoula Veterans Affairs Clinic, 2687 Palmer St. Free. Call 829-5400.
nightlife The Missoula City Band plucks, toots and emanates an assortment of sounds for your pleasure when they practice this and every Mon. until Aug. 9 from 7–9 PM in the band room at Sentinel High School, 901 South Ave. Free. Call Gary at 728-2400 Ext. 7041 and visit missoulacityband.org. Let those jazz hands fondle your wineglass when David Horgan and Beth Lo play jazz favorites at the Red Bird Wine Bar, 111 N. Higgins Ave. Ste. 100, from 7–10 PM. Free.
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Veterans can find support with trained facilitator Chris Poloynis every Mon. at 2 PM, when PTSD group
Alcohol and bowling go hand over foot during Monday Madness at Five Valley’s Bowl, 1515 Dearborn Ave., which features $1 bowling after
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The Broadway’s Tuesday Night Comedy takes place every Tue. at 9 PM and is followed by dancing with tunes from the Tallest DJ in America. $5/$3 students. Call 543-5678.
I’m certainly not the only one who harbors identity-based oddities: It’s a universal phenomenon. Artists Cathryn Sugg and Jonathan Marquis are keenly aware of that fact. So much so that they’ve made it the focus of Patterns of Identity, their upcoming exhibit that explores the myriad influences on our identity—like the glamorous role models of popular culture—and the process by which we fuse these elements together in our selves.
If you’re 18 or under and your life has been affected by someone else’s drinking, get support with others by joining the Alateen 12-Step Support Group, which meets this and every Monday at 7 PM at First United Methodist Church, 300 E. Main St. Free, use the alley entrance. This week features free pizza and pop. Call 728-5818 or visit www.al-anon.alateen.org.
MONDAY
Sean Kelly’s invites you to another week of free Pub Trivia, which takes place every Tue. at 8 PM. And, to highlight the joy of discovery that you might experience while attending, here’s a sample of the type of question you could be presented with. Ready? Here’s one for you reggae fans: What famous reggae group takes its name from a British social security form for unemployment benefits? (Find the answer in the calendar under tomorrow’s nightlife section.)
9 PM as well as $1.25 Coors Light cans this and every Mon. at the bowling center. Free to attend. Call 549-4158. Take a load off with your laboring friends during the Badlander’s Service Industry Night with some indie pop, Americana and indie folk when Austin, Texas’ Sunset plays with Portland, Ore.’s Dave Daniels at 9 PM at the Badlander. $5/free for members of the service industry. Kick off your week with a drink, some free pool and an array of electronic DJs and styles for das booty during Milkcrate Mondays with the Milkcrate Mechanic at 9 PM every week, at the Palace. Free. Men drink on the cheap and can enjoy a game of pigskin, as well as karaoke, during Men’s Night at Harry David’s Bar, 2700 Paxson St. Ste. H, this and every Mon. at 9:30 PM. Free to attend. Call 830-3277.
TUESDAY
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Enjoy a corndog, a carnival ride, music, a rodeo, a demolition derby and plenty more during the Western
Montana Fair & Rodeo, which begins today at the Western Montana Fairgrounds, 1101 South Ave. W., and runs from 11 AM–10 PM each day through Sat., and finishes off on Sun. from 11 AM–8 PM. Admission is free on Tuesday/other days vary in price depending on age from $6–free. Visit westernmontanafair.com for a complete schedule and admission prices. Call 721-3247.
nightlife See if your buzzed mind can correctly guess what family of animalia the epihippus came from during Buzz Time Showdown Trivia, which features free trivia—along with drink specials—and runs from 6–9 PM this and every Tue. at the Lucky Strike Bar, 1515 Dearborn Ave. Free to attend. Call 549-4152. Follow your dreams of becoming the next Willie Nelson during an open mic/jam night hosted by Louie Bond and Teri Llovet every Tue. at the Brooks and Browns Lounge at the Holiday Inn–Downtown at the Park, 200 S. Pattee St., from 7–10 PM, with sign-up at 6 PM. Free. E-mail terillovet@hotmail.com. Pencil in some time for a political thriller when Keir Graff reads and signs copies from his novel The Price
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Shake yer booty to some hip-hop and enjoy a drink special or two during Hip-Hop Tuesday with Wapikiya Records, which features DJ B Mune spinning beats starting at 9:30 PM at Harry David’s Bar, 2700 Paxson St. Ste. H. Free. Call 830-3276. Sho Down just might cut a rug with your cookie cutter when they play country at The Sunrise Saloon and Casino, 1805 Regent St., at 9:30 PM. Free. Call 728-1559. Javier Ryan shreds your jalapeños with his axe when he plays originals, acoustic covers and maybe some folk-hop at the Top Hat at 10 PM. Cover TBA.
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Your weekly lunch date with almost everyone comes at 11 AM at Caras Park during Out to Lunch, which features food vendors, kids’ activities and music this week by the Full Grown Men. Free. Call 543-4238 and visit missouladowntown.com.
nightlife Enjoy a local brew and support a local organization during the Kettlehouse Nor thside Tap Room’s Community U-NITE Pint Nights, which occur this and every Wed. from 5–8 PM at the tap room, 313 N. First St. W. Free to attend. A portion of proceeds from each pint sold goes to a different nonprofit organization each week. Visit kettlehouse.com. A tale of a young Japanese woman and her love for an American naval officer awaits when the Montana Lyric Opera continues its 2010 Western Montana Opera Festival with a performance of Giacomo Puccini’s Madama Butterfly, with a performance at 7 PM at the Montana
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cal revue that starts at 8 PM at the Whitefish Performing Arts Center, 600 E. Second St. in Whitefish. $37/$30/$25/$18 for students. Call 862-SHOW or visit alpinetheatreproject.org for tickets.
Theatre, in UM’s PARTV Center. $39/$29/$19 depending on seats. Visit mtopera.org for tickets or call 541-9233. Hump day isn’t just for binge drinking anymore. It’s also a day for playing games of chance with other likeminded booze lovers when Sean Kelly’s presents Hump Day Bingo, this and every Wed. at 8 PM. Free. Call 542-1471.
Alaska’s Bearfoot would rather you not run barefoot over that dry ice when they play bluegrass the Top Hat at 9 PM. $18 plus fees online at griztix.com or by calling 243-4051. Women celebrate their womanhood with cheap libations and a bit o’ karaoke with help from the band Party Trained during Ladies’ Night and Live Band Karaoke at Harry David’s Bar, 2700 Paxson St. Ste. H, this and every Thu. at 9:30 PM. Free to attend. Call 830-3277.
Michael Franti and Spearhead bring the peaceful revolution to your booty and your soles when they play their first of a two-night show with openers Flobots at the Wilma Theatre at 8 PM. $40/$37 advance at Rockin Rudy’s or online at ticketfly.com. There is also a limited number of two-day tickets for sale for $66. The Missoula City Band toots it up with help from Jay Straw when they perform their final summer concert at Bonner Park, on the corner of Hastings and Ronald Avenues, at 8 PM. Free. Call 728-2400 Ext. 7041 and visit missoulacityband.org. Enjoy a comedy with a southern touch when the Port Polson Players presents a performance of The Dixie Swim Club at 8 PM at the John Dowdall Theatre, on the Polson Golf Course, off Hwy. 93. $18/$17 students and seniors. Call 883-9212 for reservations and visit portpolsonplayers.com. Get down to a story about a dog, the couple that adopts her, and the drama that ensues during the Stumptown Players rendition of A.R. Gurney’s Sylvia, with a performance at 8 P M at Whitefish’s O’Shaughnessy Center, 1 Central Ave. $18, with tickets available by calling 871-6447. You can pick your friends, and you can pick your nose, but neither will help you emit that high lonesome sound every Wed., when the Old Post Pub hosts a Pickin’ Circle at 9 PM. Free. The answer to this week’s trivia question: That band is the UK’s UB40, and the social security form they take their name from is titled the “Unemployment Benefit, Form 40.”
Brandi Carlile gets cozy with her axe when she plays the Wilma Theatre Thu., Aug. 5, at 8 PM. $23/$20 advance at Rockin Rudy’s and ticketfly.com.
The tenets of women’s lib broadens to include cheap drinks and DJs spinning dance tracks when Feruqi’s hosts Ladies’ Night every Wed. at 9 PM. Free. Be sure you’ve downed enough pitchers of PBR in order to have the courage to sing “Right Round” by Flo Rida (believe me, the beer helps), during Kraptastic Karaoke at the Badlander at 9 PM. Free. Don’t ever worry about getting into a sing-off during Combat Karaoke, which runs this and every Wed. at Deano’s Casino on North Reserve, 5550 N. Reserve St., starting at 9 PM. Free. Sho Down just might cut a rug with your cookie cutter when they play country at The Sunrise Saloon and Casino, 1805 Regent St., at 9:30 PM. Free. Call 728-1559. Go ahead and get horny with some horns when The Dirty Dozen Brass Band gets dirty when they play jazz, funk, soul and jam at 10 PM at the Top Hat. $15/$13 advance at Rockin Rudy’s. Kung Fu Kongress opens.
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It’s time for dinner and a summer show with hundreds of your fellow friends during Downtown ToNight, which features food, kids’ activities and music from Victory Smokes starting at 5:30 PM at Caras Park. Free. Call 543-4238 and visit missouladowntown.com.
Just say “bahhh” when Jonathan Warren and the Billy Goats play a mix of folk, bluegrass, rock, blues and Americana at the Bitter Root Brewery, 101 Marcus St. in Hamilton, at 6 PM. Free. Call 363-PINT. Jam out with a fine glass of wine and your best chops when Kevin Van Dort hosts the Musician’s Jam at the Missoula Winery, which runs this and every Thu. starting with signups at 7 PM at the winery, 5646 W. Harrier. Free to spectate, and to sign up. Call 830-3296.
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Celebrate rhyme and stanza with some Western poets during a celebration and poetry reading from the anthology New Poets of the American West, starting at 7 PM at Fact & Fiction, 220 N. Higgins Ave. Free. Call 721-2881. Get down to a story about a dog, the couple that adopts her, and the drama that ensues during the Stumptown Players rendition of A.R. Gurney’s Sylvia, with a performance at 8 PM at Whitefish’s O’Shaughnessy Center, 1 Central Ave. $18, with tickets available by calling 871-6447. Michael Franti and Spearhead bring another peaceful revolution to your booty and your soles when they play their second show of a two-night run with openers Flobots at the Wilma Theatre at 8 PM. $40/$37 advance at Rockin Rudy’s or online at ticketfly.com. There is also a limited number of twoday tickets for sale for $66. Take a journey through song when the Alpine Theatre Project presents Rogers & Hammerstein’s A Grand Night for Singing, a musi-
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Sho Down just might cut a rug with your cookie cutter when they play country at The Sunrise Saloon and Casino, 1805 Regent St., at 9:30 PM. Free. Call 728-1559. If you see some renegades dressed up as circus freaks on First Friday, dancing around in the parking lot behind Butterfly Herbs, don’t be alarmed. In fact, you ought to join this crew of artists, jugglers and dancers. They’ll be participating in what they call a Renegade Dance Circus, which officially starts at 6:30 PM. From what I can tell, it ought to be pretty damn cool. That’s because it’ll feature people like Adelaide the Mermaid from the FayRay artist collective, as well as local DJs like the Milkcrate Mechanic and Mikee Sev. So kick up your merrymaking heels and join the party, or just stand back and watch in awe. Meantime, keep me in the loop of similar events—circus-themed or not— by heeding our deadlines and sending your event info by 5 PM on Fri., Aug. 6 to calendar@missoulanews.com. Alternately, snail mail the stuff to Calendar Overlord c/o the Independent, 317 S. Orange St., Missoula, MT 59801 or fax your way to 543-4367. You can also submit stuff online. Just head to the arts section of our website and scroll down a few inches and you’ll see a link that says “submit an event.”
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This weekend, old trees and unspoiled streams are yours for the taking. Or, more precisely, the taking in. You can soak up the splendor Sat., Aug. 7, and Sun., Aug. 8, when the Montana Chapter of the Sierra Club heads 30 miles west of town for the Great Burn Old Growth Western Red Ceders Backpack, a 10-mile roundtrip overnight backpacking trip up the West Fork of Fish Creek, in the Great Burn Roadless Area. Besides seeing stunning peaks, lush meadows and old-school western red cedar trees—some of which are rumored to be up to 500 years old—you’ll have plenty of time to take a swim in the creek, or let your fly rod go wild trying to catch a westslope cutthroat trout. This trip is free, but space is limited, and a liability signature is required, so e-mail trip leader Bob Clark at bob.clark@sierraclub.org ASAP to RSVP. Once you’ve clicked “send,” make sure you’re ready to head outside, since I’ve got a restoration outing in store for you on Thu., Aug. 5. Specifically, from 5:30–8:30 PM, you can join the Missoula Ranger District and Lolo Restoration Committee for a field trip to check out and discuss potential restoration treatments for the still-in-development Marshall Woods Restoration Project. Free. Meet at the Rattlesnake Trailhead at 5:30 PM for a walk through the project area, and prepare to share your thoughts on topics including fuels reduction, stream bank restoration and invasive weed treatment. Call Tami at 329-3731. If you’re yearning for yet another way to give back, you can be a super steward during the UM Wilderness Institute’s fifth trip to the Ten Lakes Wilderness Study Area in the Kootenai National Forest. This week’s trip takes you to the Whitefish Divide Trail, and runs Fri., Aug 6–Tue., Aug. 10. Once there, mapping and monitoring weeds is what’s in store, as well as a bit of inventory of campsites, roads, trails and critters. The views are also marvelous, from what I hear. Visit www.cfc.umt.edu/wi to sign-up or call 243-5361. Better yet, stick around town and get lost in the milky-ness of the Milky Way Galaxy on Fri., Aug. 6, at 10 PM when the Blue Mountain
Observatory hosts another public observation night. Free. Visit www.physics.umt.edu/bluemountain for directions and call 243-5179 for weather/cancellation updates. Afterwards, slip into a short coma so you can rise with the birds for when the Five Valley’s Audubon Society leads an all-day trek to Glenn Lake in the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness, starting with a meet-up at 7 AM at Rosauers parking lot. Free. Bring lunch, plenty of H2O, and count on getting your birding on with Western Tanagers, Clark’s Nutcrackers and Mountain Bluebirds. Call Larry at 549-5632. You could also sprint it up for a good cause on Sat., Aug. 7, during Run for Wishes, a 3.25-mile race that benefits the Make-A-Wish
the Swan Ecosystem Center’s third annual Bear Fair on Sat., Aug. 7, aims to celebrate the ursine. It includes bear-a-riffic presentations about living with bears and bear management, and even features a good old bear pepper spray demo, from 11 AM–3 PM at the Hungry Bear Steak House in the Swan Valley, on Hwy. 83 between mile markers 38 and 39. Free including bratwurst, beer and beverages from noon–1:30 PM. RSVP requested by calling 754-3137. Your kid gets a tour of organic delights, and can also meet a farm animal or three, during the Missoula Children and Nature/Garden City Harvest youth field trip to the PEAS Farm, which runs from 1–3 PM Sat., Aug. 7, at the farm, 3100 Duncan Drive. Free, but you’ll have to accompany your kid, so don’t just push them out of your car, okay? RSVP by calling Jason at 239-5524. These geezers aren’t aimless, I swear: Missoulians on Bicycles takes a trip to someplace to eat a certain something on Sun., Aug. 8, during its Geezer Ride to Some Restaurant Somewhere, a 10–14 mile ride that departs at 10 AM from the Greenough Park parking lot, on the corner of Monroe and Locust streets. Free. Call Gayle at 240-9279. Even if you don’t have post-Missoula Marathon depression, Run Wild Missoula wants any and all runners who participated in the race to check out the seminar So You Ran Your First Marathon or Half Marathon. Now What?, a talk with those who have made running a part of their everyday life that begins at 7 PM Mon., Aug. 9, at Runner’s Edge, 325 N. Higgins Ave. Free. Visit runwildmissoula.org. While we’re on the subject of heavy breathers, why not join the Run Wild Missoula Trail Running Class, which, pardon the pun, runs each and every Thu. from Aug. 12 until Sept. 30 at 5:30 PM at Momentum Athletic Training, 214 1/2 Main St. The class is geared towards people interested in getting an intro Photo by Chad Harder to trail running, or for those training for races like the Sentinel Hill Climb. $50/$25 Run Wild Missoula members. Register at Foundation and begins with day-of registration from 7–8:30 AM at the runwildmissoula.org. Rattlesnake School playground, off of Mountain View Drive. The race folFinally, figure out how to orientate yourself in the right direction lows promptly at 9 AM and will whisk you through city streets and trails. when you’re deep in the backwoods during REI Missoula’s Map $15–$10 depending on race category. Visit runmt.com/cal1.html for a and Compass Basics class, which starts at 7 PM Thu., Aug. 12, at downloadable registration form, or stop by Runner’s Edge, 325 N. REI, 3275 N. Reserve St. Ste. K-2. Free. Visit rei.com/stores/72 to RSVP. Higgins Ave. Call Pam with questions at 214-6896. Until then, keep your bear goggles on. Although bears can sometimes get a pretty bad rap—that recent calendar@missoulanews.com mauling incident near Yellowstone Park probably didn’t help much—
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Collage artist finds a doorway into the Great War by Erika Fredrickson
A year after he started the series he put it aside and von Bernstorff, who with fellow spies attempted to buy up Peter Keefer holds up an old World War I aerial photograph depicting French soldiers traversing some rather moved on to other ones: collages of California and New American armaments so the British and French couldn’t desolate ground, while German soldiers hide waiting for Mexico, digital photographs and a skull series, to name a have them. They couldn’t buy them up fast enough, says them in the trenches. “There’s not a tree, there’s not a few. In 2003, about 20 years after he put the WWI series Keefer. The United States was making so many weapons bush, there’s not a piece of grass,” says Keefer. “It’s just on hold, he moved to Missoula and discovered The Book the Germans couldn’t make a dent in the supply. “I have a bunch of stories and shell holes. It looks like the names of people like that filed away moon.” and each one is as interesting or The local collage artist is more than the other one,” Keefer inspired by the landscape of says. “I have a never-ending supply. WWI—not just the literal landI could do this series from now ’til scape of 400 miles of trenches doomsday and never finish.” from the east coast of France to Keefer also began adding Switzerland, but also by the quotes to each WWI piece—not anatomy of individual battles and necessarily quotes of the person he the stories of individual characnamed the piece after, but quotes ters who populated “the war to “from the trenches” or from politiend all wars.” cians that resonated with the artist. Keefer’s mixed-media collage For instance, a piece named after series, Images of the Great War, Strauss incorporates a quote from a does evoke wartime, but not in field doctor who has no relation to the same gray bleakness the aerial the composer: picture does. His pieces contain sharp lines and shapes that seem to emulate the clunky structures “The chief trouble now is the of war machines. The colors and dreams—not exactly dreams either, textures also appear industrial but right in the middle of an ordiand warlike, and even when he nary conversation the head of a incorporates vivid colors, like red, Boche that I have bayoneted, with its the pieces still embody a certain horrible gurgle and grimace comes harshness or violence. But his sharply into view…Yes, it was abstract style makes the pieces unpleasant amputating those men’s into engaging emotional renderlegs, and we had to sharpen a knife ings: They imitate Keefer’s imagifrom a man’s kit for it, but what nation of war rather than abiding could one do otherwise?…But the by the rules of realism. worst of all are the dying faces that “[World War I] is a foil for come to me of the men of the comwhat I do,” says Keefer. “This is a mand—the men I could not bear to visualization of the source materisee die—men whose letters I had al. I’m turning what I read and censored, so I knew all about them what I do in art into what I have and their homes and worries and here.” dependents.” Keefer wasn’t always drawn to history. Up until college, it was As fascinated as he is with the a subject that seemed devoid of stories of World War I, Keefer is intriguing narrative. equally determined to show the “I hated history in school,” absurdities of it. Keefer himself says Keefer. “Just hated it. What served stateside in the Marine do they teach you? Dates and Corps during the Korean War, testnumbers. And they expect you to ing tactical nuclear weapons. He memorize them and spit them Peter Keefer’s collage exhibit at MAM, Images of the Great War, depicts abstract por- understands war’s appeal, he says, back like you know something.” traits of World War I, like ”Richard Strauss,” pictured above. The local artist has but he also sees it as one of the worked on the series since 1981 when he first started reading books about the batDuring junior college he took tles of the “war to end all wars.” “This is a visualization of the source material,” says most horrifying undertakings a history of architecture class and Keefer. “I’m turning what I read and what I do in art into what I have here.” humans pursue. recalls that his professor refer“I really don’t mean to be tied to enced a number of texts from the World War I period. The Exchange, where he began reading through the World War World War I,” he says. “I really just like to draw. But it turns class piqued his interest, but it wasn’t until over a decade I section and finally revived his collage project. out I’m sort of hooked on it so I have a real purpose in “The more books I read the more interested I got,” he mind when I don’t have any reason or want for a purpose. later when he ran across a book called European History 1870-1914 that he became engrossed in the subject. The says. “The main thing I gained was how absolutely horrif“I want people to realize how stupid war is,” he adds. book ended up being a far cry from a bone-dry text of ic it was. This was the worst of the worst because it was the “I want to appeal to intellect to try and change the world. dates. Keefer was especially attracted to the photographs first fully mechanized war: tanks, planes, machine guns, It’s not going to happen, but I’m trying.” dreadnoughts. They never had any of that stuff before.” and details of battle lines accompanying the stories. Peter Keefer presents an artist reception and Keefer named his artwork after famous people of the gallery talk about Images of the Great War at the “I started doing some drawings,” he says. “I can’t tell you why; I just did. I took mostly pieces of old oil on can- time period like Winston Churchill, Sigmund Freud and Missoula Art Museum, Friday, August 6, 5–8 PM. Free. vas, abstract brush strokes. I did a bunch of drawings and German composer Richard Strauss. He named them after historical figures like German ambassador Count Johann named them after names I’d found in this book.” efredrickson@missoulanews.com
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The Tattle Tales Moon Glasses Hang Up Records/SP
The Tattle Tales’ MySpace motto is: “Pop is not a dirty word.” I don’t think it’s a dirty word either, though it still depends on how you slice it. On the New York City-based band’s new EP, Moon Glasses, the load of power pop punk gives songs an easy-listening sparkle. “Maybe There’s No Point” seems a bit, uh, pointless considering it doesn’t ask anything new. Still, it’s a nice less-than-30 second intro to a record full of slightly more interesting points and questions. “Feelin’ All Dave Mustain” sticks out as the best track of all, mostly because of its reference to the Megadeth lead guitarist in an otherwise standard lament about breaking up. “She’s Smiling,” feels like a mid-episode song for former WB show “The OC.” “The
The Stolen Sweets Sleepytime in Chinatown self-released
The Stolen Sweets’ second album is suspiciously free of phonograph pops and hisses. That’s about the only evidence that, while listening to the album, you didn’t slip through a wormhole tucked between your couch cushions into the 1930s. If you pucker at the notion of vintage music, allow The Stolen Sweets’ sugary-smooth three-part vocal harmonies to sooth your sour impressions. Inspired by Depression-era radio stars the Boswell Sisters, this Portland,Ore.-based band delivers that music to the
Carrie Rodriguez Love and Circumstance R.E.D.
Remember how Ugly Kid Joe covered “Cat’s in the Cradle”? I do, wish I didn’t. Remember what they did next? You don’t. Music nerds believe cover albums are best left to those in career twilight, but Carrie Rodriguez is apparently not receiving the “Nerds, News, and Nudes” circular. Her third full-length, Love and Circumstance, is all retreads. A respected fiddle player, Rodriguez showcases her vocals on the John Hiatt penned opener, “Big Love.” Her voice is a demure, wispy lilt that cracks when you need it to and energetically expands along with the played-out crescendo, like a Jane’s Addiction B-side. Her other choices will excite music cultists who know who really writes Lyle Lovett’s songs. Richard
Best Coast Crazy for You Wichita
All the joy of singing in the shower, or in the drunk tank for that matter, derives from the echoy acoustics. (And also maybe from the special effects of alcohol, but let’s talk reverb for the moment.) Phil Specter understood reverb. So did the Beach Boys. Now we have Best Coast’s Crazy for You, proving that reverb truly lives on the beach: Frontwoman Bethany Cosentino pitches her sexy,
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OC” isn’t a dirty word either, by the way: Bands like The Shins and Band of Horses have all made it on the show for equally angsty pop-perfect tunes. Lead singer Christian Stefos embraces sticky sweet harmonies that evoke monster ballads of the late-1980s Bad English era, which is easy for some of us to appreciate for nostalgia’s sake. The EP shows expertise, though more Dave Mustain storylines would give it a little more kick. (Erika Fredrickson) The Tattle Tales plays the Zootown Arts Community Center Sunday, August 8, at 8 PM, with Candy Land Liberation Front and The Hardagains. $5. modern recession with inspired vocal arrangements supported by brisk acoustic guitar, double bass and drums. Longtime Northwest musician Pete Krebs, a friend and collaborator of late indie icon Elliott Smith, mixes his own silky singing with that of bandmates Lara Michell, Erin Sutherland and Jen Bernard like cream into coffee. And the results are just as tasty. The songs periodically slink around in coy flirtation, while elsewhere they brazenly charge forward. Sometimes, they do both in the same song with expertly coordinated tempo changes. This album caught me off guard with its cheerful, toe-tapping infectiousness. It makes me want to don a fedora and sip aged bourbon in a smoky speakeasy. I imagine that’s exactly the response The Stolen Sweets is after. (Cameron Rasmusson) The Stolen Sweets plays the Top Hat Friday, August 6, at 10 PM. $5.
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Thompson? Yep. Townes Van Zandt? Indeed. Hank Sr.? Goodness. “I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry” with noodling guitar is as unnecessar y as it is unsatisfying. These songs aren’t performed poorly—the band is tight—they’re merely mundane. Perhaps live, tracks like “Wide River to Cross” and “I’m Not for Love” will lose the studio sheen. Under any circumstance Rodriguez kicks the tutsifruitsy out of modern country screechers like Carrie Underwood. Does she do the same to the likes of Raitt and Ronstadt? I’d love it if she did. (Jason McMackin) Carrie Rodriguez plays the Top Hat Thursday, August 5, at 9 PM, with Andrea Harsell. $19/$16 advance. raspy voice into the echo chamber and out comes bliss. Like a more melodious Kim Shattuck, Cosentino projects sun-sick slacker ennui like a master, but her “oohs” and “aahs” are straight out of the best 1960s summer grooves. Bobb Bruno’s surfy guitar and jingling percussion back her up with syncopated beats that encourage body motion: You might even do the pony if you can remember the steps. The lyrics derive from that particular catalogue that sounds sweetest in full sun: phrases like “walkin’ away/talkin’ all day,” “honey/so fine” and “I want you.” It’s pop haiku—the better to magnify the tension between California dreamer and West Coast brat—with the slurred “I have fun” and the soaring repetition of “I hate sleepin’ alone” that makes “When I’m With You” this summer’s best song. (Ali Gadbow)
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Thrill seeker Graff sidesteps politics in The Price of Liberty by Jay Stevens
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Wyoming. There’s a detention center being built, completely un-self-aware. He’s cocky and brazen, and a ostensibly to house terrorists. But there aren’t enough dimwit, never seen without wraparound sunglasses, terrorists, and the center is too far away from a major even at night. His father, Dave, doesn’t let him have any airport or federal court to be practical. Conspiracy the- responsibility over their company’s operations (wisely orists posit the building is for domestic dissidents, but so), and Shane plays video games at work. During an early and especially lovely and awkreally it’s a boondoggle for a well-connected government contractor, which remorselessly takes advantage ward scene in which Shane crashes an important busiof its cost-plus contract. Everything goes well until a ness dinner hosted by his father, he ogles a waitress in the steak restaurant: “She secretary in the office discovshowed him her teeth proers the padded accounting fessionally, but she really numbers. Is this the story of didn’t put anything into it, another corrupt, Bush-era making him realize that she government contract gone didn’t know who he was,” bad? No; it’s the premise for observes Shane. “It occurred former Missoula author Keir to him that some of his Graff ’s latest political-themed employees probably wore thriller, The Price of Liberty. their Fetters and Son windThis is Graff ’s third politibreakers out on the town, cal thriller. The first, My Fellow too, so she wouldn’t necesAmericans, was released dursarily know that he was the ing the Bush years, and its boss. Well, one of the bossdystopian world of kidnapes.” He’s a buffoon, working ping and torture of Americans out his childish interpretaby Homeland Security agents tion of the world. perfectly summed up the paraFetters’ later rampage is noia created by a government birthed in a fistfight at the that instigated rendition, warlocal watering hole. There rantless domestic spying and he’s too aggressive in hitting waterboarding. My Fellow on Jack McEnroe’s new Americans was written in an romantic interest and local era when a presidential advilibrarian, Molly Porter. Jack sor baldly told a New York The Price of Liberty slugs Shane (much to the joy Times reporter, “When we act, Keir Graff of the bar regulars: “Every we create our own reality.” hardcover, Severn House Publisher time I think they don’t make Graff backed away from his flir- 256 pages, $28.95 ’em like they used to,” says tation with futuristic-themed books with his second book, One Nation Under God, a one old-timer to Jack, “some young son-of-a-gun up psychological thriller set in a plausible present about and proves me wrong”), and Shane slinks out, vowing the conservative evangelical movement and right-wing revenge. When Shane discovers that Jack’s ex-wife is domestic terror. It, too, reflects its time, aptly anticipat- going to blow the whistle on Fetters and Son, much of ing the paranoid conservative backlash around the his motivation for kidnapping Kyla and the kids stems 2008 election. Birthers. The Tea Party movement. from that need for revenge against Jack. Shane uses Clumsy cries of “socialism” and promises to “go Galt.” them as bait to lure Jack into a trap. A showdown Graff ’s books were refreshingly biting and political in a ensues. In Bill Ott’s Booklist review of The Price of media environment otherwise devoid of biting political Liberty, Graff says his latest is the conclusion of a postentertainment. Politics is only a backdrop for the action in The 9/11 political thriller trilogy (a “thrillogy”?). If so, that’s Price of Liberty, which focuses on Jack McEnroe, a for- a shame. This book feels more like a Western—with its mer offshore roughneck whose ex-wife, Kyla, is the sec- squint-eyed morally ambiguous loner white hat in a retary who discovers the crooked accounting sheets. shootout with the crazy son of the town’s richest The son of the local contractor, Shane Fetters, snaps man—than any kind of political satire. It’s almost as if when he finds out Kyla knows his father’s cooking the Graff wants to put politics behind him. And that, too, books; he goes on a mini killing spree and kidnaps Kyla seems to fit the times. Instead of sweeping change in and Jack’s children. Jack, the epitome of the Western the nation’s capitol, we got wonkish insider debates cowboy archetype—an honest, tough and misunder- on health care and bank bailouts. That’s enough politicking to put anyone asleep. However, rendition, stood loner—has to save the day. While political and social commentary is dulled in assassination programs and warrantless wiretapping The Price of Liberty, the book is Graff ’s tautest yet. It’s persist. Wars drag on. There’s still a need for edgy an almost seamless thriller, a page-turner. The best fea- social commentary. Keir Graff reads from The Price of Liberty at ture of the book is the villain, Shane Fetters. In a new move for Graff, the book is partly told from Fetters’ Fact & Fiction Tuesday, Aug. 10, at 7 PM. Free. point of view, which allows Graff to flex a talent also not yet seen in his previous novels: humor. Fetters is arts@missoulanews.com
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I’m not a lesbian, so when I tell you that watching their dad without the knowledge of their moms, we’d Julianne Moore play one in The Kids Are All Right is have ourselves some conflict, or at the very least some unbelievable at best and insulting to lesbians at worst, tension. The moms are initially surprised their children feel free to scoff and roll your eyes. But at one point I kept them out of the loop, but they don’t seem espewas a landscaper, and so when I tell you that watching cially concerned, even when son and daughter seek out Moore play one in this film was insulting to landscap- further contact with Paul. Yeah, they see through his Jack Johnson-ish façade, but Paul manages to squelch ers, you’d best believe it. The usually dependable Moore is horribly miscast any awkwardness. He even hires Jules to landscape his as Jules, the co-star of this modern-day family indie backyard. drama. What’s worse is that she seems to realize it early Which brings us back to Moore as the lesbian on. While Moore is enough of a professional not to landscaper. From here on out (and we are only about totally mail in the performance, even a stellar supporting cast and an interesting premise can’t save the film from slowly sinking as it sails into port. Moore alone isn’t to blame. She’s the victim of a script that simultaneously asserts how normal a non-traditional family unit can function and then swiftly undercuts the idea with a preposterous plot twist. Because that twist comes relatively early on and doubles as the film’s only real conflict, the result is a mess. I cringed often, laughed seldom. Jules is married to Nic, played by Annette Bening in Come to mammas! what seems like her first leading role in years. They have two teenage children who are 45 minutes in), The Kids Are All Right rapidly disintehalf-siblings, thanks to each of the women giving birth grates. Without giving too much away, just know that using the same anonymously donated sperm. The kids Jules’ foray into landscaping evolves into other are curious about Mr. Sperm Donor, and so once sister ridiculous ventures. There’s nothing subtle about the Joni (Mia Wasikowska) turns 18, they’re able to track twist, a sort of desperate-lesbian-housewives thing, down their father in what appears to be just a matter of and the laziness of both the writers and actors is days. It’s a scenario we’ve seen in dozens of other exposed in clunky scene after clunky scene. What’s movies and after-school specials on TV, with varying worse is that Moore never escapes the “I’m-a-straightdegrees of emotional conflict as the offspring meet woman-playing-a-lesbian-look-at-me!” vibe. That is their biological parents. not a vibe we should be feeling in 2010. Moore is a Fortunately in this film, the meeting of father and better actor than that. children is refreshingly drama free. Dad is Mark Ruffalo, In this film, at least, Bening is better. She keeps a late 30-something bachelor who runs an organic things from completely drowning thanks to a sharp farm, owns his own restaurant, rides a motorcycle and performance in which her character must balance the always appears to have last shaved three days ago. Yeah, demands of her job as a doctor with the ever-evolving he’s that guy. Conveniently, he also lives within miles of shift in family dynamics as the dad enters the picture. At his newfound spawn in San Francisco. times it feels like Nic is parenting two teenagers as well Ruffalo plays the dad, Paul, with ease—perhaps too Jules, who has never really found her professional easily. He lives a life of comfort, charming every woman niche. There is no shortage of exasperation on Nic’s he interacts with as he slowly meanders through what part—in one of the film’s best scenes she calls out Paul should be a stressful life (I know people who run farms as an interloper, to which he has no response. Also, in and I know people who run restaurants. There’s a rea- stark contrast to Moore, Bening appears comfortable in son I don’t know anyone who does both). That mellow her character. self-confidence permeates the first meeting with his Now I’m exasperated. The Kids Are All Right kids. Joni is enchanted—she can’t believe that her dad squanders some major potential here. Maybe I should is such a hunk. Fifteen-year-old Laser ( Josh just be glad that Moore didn’t break out the atrocious Hutcherson) is more ambivalent. Southie accent from last season’s guest appearances on Both kids—especially Joni—are more than all right “30 Rock.” As a native Bostonian, that would have been in these initial scenes with Paul as they play curious one straw too many. skeptics. There are some wonderfully awkward The Kids Are All Right continues at the Wilma moments, highlighted by the first phone conversation Theatre. when Paul tells Joni, “I love lesbians.” You’d think that because Joni and Laser seek out arts@missoulanews.com
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Scope OPENING THIS WEEK STEP UP 3D Essentially dance porn for fans of “America’s Best Dance Crew” and “So You Think You Can Dance.” By “dance porn” we mean the plot matters only in that it moves the aforementioned fans quickly from one mind-blowing dance scene to the next. Carmike 10: 1:30, 4:15, 7:05 and 9:35. Pharaohplex in Hamilton: 7 and 9, with an additional Sat.–Sun. and Wed. show at 3 and no 9 show on Sun. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: 12:05, 2:35, 5:05, 7:35 and 10. THE OTHER GUYS The latest incarnation of the Buddy Cop Film stars nerdy Will Ferrell and hotheaded Mark Wahlberg as mismatched NYPD partners fighting endless taunting from coworkers and, presumably, crime. Carmike 10: 1, 4, 7:30 and 10. Village 6: 1:30, 4:10, 7 and 9:30. Pharaohplex in Hamilton: 7 and 9, with an additional Sat.–Sun. and Wed. show at 3 and no 9 show on Sun. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: noon, 1, 2:30,
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THE SORCERER’S APPRENTICE Nicolas Cage lets his hair down, literally, as a contemporary wizard in the Big Apple who handpicks nasal-voiced college dude Jay Baruchel so he can teach him how to kick enemies to the curb with phantasmagorical weapons like plasma bolts. Carmike 10: 1 and 4. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: 12:55, 3:55, 6:55 and 9:35 with an additional Fri.–Sat. show at midnight. TOY STORY 3 Tom Hanks, Tim Allen and the rest of this 3-D animated pack are at a loss when they find out their buddy Andy is going to college to do “adult stuff.” Thankfully though, this team of toys finds another set of adorers at a daycare. Carmike 10 in 2-D: 1:45, 4:10, 7:15 and 9:40. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: 1:10, 4:10, 6:40 and 9:20 with an additional Fri.–Sat. show at midnight. THE TOOTH FAIRY Dwayne Johnson plays a cynical hockey player who has no qualms about dispelling myths to eager ears, but everything changes when he gets
“So, that’s your idea of gun control?” The Other Guys opens Friday at the Carmike 10.
3:30, 5, 6:15, 7:30, 9 and 10, with an additional Fri.–Sat. show at midnight. Entertainer in Ronan: 4, 7 and 9.
NOW PLAYING CATS & DOGS: THE REVENGE OF KITTY GALORE Much like Hot Tub Time Machine and Babies, the title of this movie pretty much tells you everything you need to know. In this case, all our cute pets are part of a high-level espionage war that somehow involves Jeff Goldblum. Carmike 10: 1, 4, 7 and 9:15. Village 6 in 2-D: 1:15, 4:15, 7:15 and 9:20. Pharaohplex in Hamilton: Sat.–Sun. and Wed. at 3 only. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: 12:15, 12:45, 3, 5:05, 7:15 and 9:35 with an additional Fri.–Sat. show at midnight. Mountain Cinema in Whitefish: 4:15, 7:15 and 9:15 with an additional Fri.–Sun. show at 1:30. CHARLIE ST. CLOUD High School Musical stud Zac Efron stars in this romantic drama about showcasing a contemplative and shirtless Zac Efron for millions of teenage moviegoers. Oh, and he can see his dead brother. Carmike 10: 1:35, 4:05, 7 and 9:30. Pharaohplex in Hamilton: 6:50 and 9:10, with an additional Sat.–Sun. and Wed. show at 3 and no
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Pharaohplex in Hamilton: 6:50 and 9:10, with an additional Sat.–Sun. and Wed. show at 3 and no 9:10 show on Sun. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: 1:05, 4, 7 and 9:40 with an additional Fri.–Sat. show at midnight. GROWN UPS Adam Sandler, Chris Rock, David Spade and others are old chums from grade school who reunite for a weekend after their basketball coach dies. Soon enough, they realize that being a boy is much more fun than being an adult with responsibilities. Village 6: 1:35, 4:05, 7:30 and 10. INCEPTION Director Christopher Nolan (The Dark Knight and Memento) offers up a strong cup of surrealism in this sci-fi thriller that follows subconscious secret stealer Leonardo DiCaprio as he tries to clear his bad rep with a Herculean task—to plant thoughts into people instead of ripping them off. Carmike 10: 1, 4:15 and 7:30. Village 6: 1, 4:15 and 7:30. Pharaohplex in Hamilton: 7 only, with an additional Sat.–Sun. and Wed. show at 3. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: noon, 3:10, 4:50, 6:10, 8:20 and 9:20 with an additional Fri.–Sat. show at midnight. Mountain Cinema in Whitefish: 4, 6:50 and 9:35, with an additional Fri.–Sun. show at 1:15. Showboat Cinema in Polson: 4, 6:50 and 9:30.
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Beezus, reach the big screen. Can Ramona help save the family home? Can Beezus help her? Can John Corbett (“Sex in the City,” “Northern Exposure”) be any more charming as the kids’ father? Village 6: 1 and 7. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: 12:05 and 2:25. SALT Just a few weeks after the U.S. government captured a real-life crew of clandestine Cold War-style Russian spies, Angelina Jolie conveniently stars in this big budget thriller as a CIA operative accused of being a Cold War-style Russian spy. Carmike 10: 1:45, 4:20, 7:15 and 9:40. Village 6: 4 and 9:20. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: 12:10, 2:35, 5:10, 7:35 and 9:55, with an additional Fri.–Sat. show at midnight. Mountain Cinema in Whitefish: 4, 7 and 9, with an additional Fri.–Sun. show at 1:15. SOLITARY MAN Critics appear to love Michael Douglas’ turn as a charming celebrity car salesman who’s burned his wife, daughter and lover one too many times. His last chance at redemption comes in the form of escorting his lover’s daughter to a college interview at his alma mater. Susan Sarandon, MaryLouise Parker and Jesse Eisenberg also star. Wilma Theatre: nightly at 7 and 9, with no shows Sat., Wed. and Thu., and Sun. matinees at 1 and 3.
summoned to the joyous job of sticking money under the pillows of toothless children. Carmike 10: Tue. only at 10 AM. THE TWILIGHT SAGA: ECLIPSE Who knows if good things come in threes, all I know is that this third installment of the popular series features more pale faced vamps hungry for blood, some killings in the Emerald City, and an epic—epic—struggle for a lady between a werewolf and a vampire. Carmike 10: 7 and 9:45. Stadium 14 in Kalispell: 9:15 only, with an additional Fri.–Sat. show at midnight. Capsule reviews by Skylar Browning and Ira Sather-Olson
. Moviegoers be warned! Show times are good as of Fri., Aug. 6. Show times and locations are subject to change or errors, despite our best efforts. Please spare yourself any grief and/or parking lot profanities by calling ahead to confirm. Theater phone numbers: Carmike 10/Village 6–541-7469; Wilma–728-2521; Pharaohplex in Hamilton–961-FILM; Stadium 14 in Kalispell–752-7804. Showboat in Polson, Entertainer in Ronan and Mountain in Whitefish–862-3130.
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HOME INVASION IS WHERE THE HEART IS A girl in my college accounting class came to my mom’s house, where I live, to study with me for a test. While she was there, burglars broke in, made us strip to our underwear, then bound and gagged us. We were tied in chairs, back to back, but were able to hold hands. (We weren’t hurt, and my mom came home and untied us a couple hours later.) I’ve always been attracted to this woman, but she has a boyfriend. However, our experience intensified my crush. Are feelings generated in a trauma legitimate? Should I make my feelings known? —Rope Burns Sorry I took so long answering your question, but I got abducted by aliens, and they didn’t have Wi-Fi on the mothership. If you’ll believe me, I’ll believe you—and forget that your question sounds like the script to a G-rated porno: You both strip down, get tied up and then the crooks leave and your Mom comes in with a plate of cookies and a box-cutter. It is possible that danger amped up your feelings of attraction. The intuitive explanation is that you bonded over a shared scary experience. It’s hypothesized by researchers (but not yet well supported by evidence) that there’s “misattribution of arousal”: mistaking revved-up feelings from a scary situation for feelings of attraction. Anthropologist Helen Fisher speculates in Why We Love that “danger is novel to most of us” and “novelty elevates levels of dopamine –the chemical associated with romantic love.” (That was your brain on accounting...this is your brain on drugs.) You can make your feelings known to this girl, but you for sure shouldn’t make an announcement. (Announcements are for lost dogs, fire drills and airplane gate changes.) Proclaiming your interest will not only be embarrassing for both of you, she’s sure to tell you what you already know—that she has a boyfriend—and leave it at that. Instead, take her out for drinks and try to kiss her afterward. She can always turn you down, and you can always blame it on the alcohol and go back to being study buddies. Act like it isn’t a big deal, and it shouldn’t be (avoid the temptation to lean over your textbook and ask, “Get tied up here often?”). Then again, if she likes kissing you, she might end up “confused” about her relationship—which is the gateway drug to maybe ending it and seeing if there’s anything “legitimate” with you. If girlfriendpoaching is against your principles, you
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SWEPT OFF HER FEED I’ve been dating a woman for three months, but told her that I don’t ever see getting serious with her. Initially, she seemed fine with keeping things casual, but lately, she’s been teasing me, asking how long we have to date before I change my Facebook relationship status from “single” to “in a relationship.” Hers says “single,” but I get the feeling that if I changed mine, she’d change hers pronto. —Socially Networked This friend of a friend of a friend “friended” me on Facebook. Okay, fine, I friended him back. A few days later, barely awake, I signed on Facebook to the announcement “Josh Fakename is in an open relationship.” Don’t know the guy, never met the guy, but at least I don’t have to wonder whether he’s having sex with multiple partners. Welcome to the Too Much Information Age. People sign up for Facebook or start blogging and tweeting without giving much thought to what their personal privacy policy will be. Because a button exists for them to give out information, they go ahead and do it. But, this isn’t the doctor’s office, where keeping secrets can cause death or other serious side effects. Facebook is a cesspool of illadvised revelations, with some privacy settings, and just like in an arrest, you have the right to remain silent and should probably use it more often than not. You’ve already informed your, uh, insignificant other of your relationship status. If your feelings are unlikely to change, gently make that known so she doesn’t hang around nursing false hope. While you’re at it, you might change your relationship status on Facebook to the default—not yet filled out. In the future, you can provide it on a need-to-know basis, like when the dinner party host wonders if there’s a plus-one, and when you’re ordering at Starbucks: “I’ll have a tall Americano and my life partner here will have a grande mocha with whip.”
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YOU’LL TRANSFORM LIVES! Habilitation Assistants You make a difference every moment by taking our adult clients with developmental disabilities on community outings, assisting them to live as independently as possible, and also perform personal care as needed. Experience preferred, but not required if you are ready to learn new talents to open doors of learning and opportunities for our consumers. MDSC is a non-profit entity that offers the following: •Regular evening and graveyard shifts available.•Relief staff openings offering more flexible hours. •Extensive new hire and continuous training provided. •Benefits available for regular shifts for as little as 24 hours per week. •We offer one of the most competitive benefit packages in the area! •Opportunities for advancement. •Work in beautiful home setting. Must have High School Diploma or equiv., pass background check and drug screen, and have valid MT Driver’s License. If interested, apply at 1005 Marshall St., Missoula. Questions? Call Misty at 728-5484, ext. 130. EOE.
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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY By Rob Brezsny ARIES (March 21-April 19): The ancient Greek god Dionysus did not, in fact, encourage people to get sloppy drunk, lose control and do stupid things. His preference was that they free themselves from their inhibitions by imbibing moderate amounts of alcohol. With this medicinal spur, they might get unstuck from their worn-out old behavior patterns and invite refreshing doses of wildness into their lives. Healing was the intention, not craziness and frenzy. It is true that if someone was not willing to escape their rigidity—if they clung to their hidebound attitudes and refused to open up to the call of self-transformation—Dionysus might lure them into reckless inebriation. Keep these thoughts in mind in the coming weeks, Aries. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): In her 1960 song “This Bitter Earth,” Dinah Washington sings, “If my life is like the dust that hides the glow of a rose/What good am I, heaven only knows.” I bring this to your attention, Taurus, because you now have the power to prove once and for all that your life is NOT like the dust that hides the glow of a rose. So please get out there and reveal the glory of the world you inhabit. Draw out and enhance the radiance of people you encounter. By week’s end, you may be able to say, as Washington does in the final line of the song, “This bitter earth may not be so bitter after all.” (Hear the song here: tinyurl.com/BitterEarth.) GEMINI (May 21-June 20): More than one-third of adults under 35 confess that right after making love, they tweet or text-message or check their Facebook pages. In the coming week, I strongly advise you not to do that or anything remotely like that. You should give your best, brightest, most focused attention to every phase of every adventure you have. The foreplay and the aftermath are just as important to the total revelation as the height of the action. This is a time in your long-term cycle when you can’t afford to scrimp on completion and closure and resolution.
CANCER (June 21-July 22): August is Banish Your Superstitions Month, Cancerian. To celebrate this auspicious festival, purge yourself of every irrational belief and unfounded fear you can stand to live without. But also keep in mind that you may have to keep a crazy delusion or two, at least for a while. You’ve become so used to your chronic anxiety that it might be risky to get rid of it all at once. So proceed deliberately, casting off one false belief today and another quaint fallacy tomorrow and a third rotten figment of your imagination next week. By September 1, you may be surprised to see how high you’ve ratcheted up your level of fearlessness.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): For a special episode of her TV talk show, Oprah Winfrey wanted a stage set that was fabricated out of chocolate. It took workers 1,400 hours to construct it. When the day came to unveil the decadent monument, Oprah offered her audience members the chance to tear it apart, eat it, and take it home as plunder. They dismantled it in half an hour. Let this be a cautionary tale, Leo. I dearly hope that the creation you’re beginning to work on will endure for a long time and continue to provide meaning and pleasure far past the time it makes its initial splash. Build your baby to last.
EMPLOYMENT PROFESSIONAL CASE MANAGERS. Work with adults with severe and disabling mental illness. Duties are link, refer, educate, advocate, coordinate services, intervene, manage and monitor. Apply psychological knowledge and understanding to the development of an Individual Treatment Plan for each client. Set up services, coordinate services, link with other agencies, review treatment plan progress, intervention success, and keep treatment team members informed and involved in the treatment process of each client. Monitor and assist clients with daily living skills including but not limited to, assistance with shopping, monitoring symptoms related to medications, assistance with budgeting and/or payee services, teaching skills that support independence, monitoring health, and monitoring contact with the family members. Responsible for carrying a crisis phone on a weekly rotation with other case managers. Must have 1 year of full time cumulative experience working for clients with mental illness. #9947106. Missoula Workforce Center 7287060 HELP DESK SUPPORT. Glacier Bancorp, Inc. Full Time MondayFriday 8-5. Occasional weekend work. GBCI offers an extensive benefits package. Salary DOE. Take calls from GBCI employees who are experiencing system problems. Diagnose, determine solutions, and help callers restore system operations. Installing pre-approved software remotely for Bank Employees. Use remote control,
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): New Age author Bob Frissell wrote a book called Nothing in This Book Is True, But It’s Exactly How Things Are. It contains a host of seemingly far-fetched theories about UFOs, crop circles, ascended masters, earth changes and monuments on Mars, all of which adds up to a beguiling Theory of Everything about the hidden nature of reality. I see your life right now as having resemblances to this curious tome. If I had to give a title to the next chapter of your story, it might be “Nothing That’s Happening Will Make Much Sense Until It Has Finished Happening, Whereupon It Will Yield a Burst of Insight about the Big Picture of Your Destiny.”
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): One of the best ways to cultivate your own radiant brilliance or native talent is to look for excellence in other people. So if you suspect there’s some half-hidden or partially dormant reservoir of genius within you—a mother lode of intelligence that you have not been fully successful in tapping into—I suggest you make it a point to identify the genius in everyone you know. Whether it’s your cousin’s knack for flower arrangement or your co-worker’s telepathic capacity to read the moods of people she wants something from, you can fuel your own luminosity by noticing and appreciating others’.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Imagine you and I and a bunch of our friends are seven years old. We’re playing the rough game “King of the Mountain” on a huge pile of dirt. Since there are some girls among us, we’ve changed the name of the game to “Awesome Magic Boss of the Mountain.” Today, you’re the strongest one, warding off all challenges to your authority, pushing away everyone who tries to knock you off your place at the top. It’s like you have extra power you’ve never displayed before; as if you’re drawing on reserves of determination and stamina that were previously unavailable. I believe this is a metaphorically accurate portrayal of your actual life right now.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): My Sagittarius friend Lisa dreamed she was at a party with Jon Carroll, a writer she admires. In the dream, she managed to join a circle of people with whom he was conversing. Twice she tried to insinuate her way into the conversation with comments she thought were flattering to Jon. But he ignored her. Finally she opened an oversized picture book she had with her and showed him a striking photo of a huge nest containing a speckled, glittery dragon’s egg. This caught his eye. He took her by the arm to a table where they pored over this fascinating image together. Learn from Lisa’s dream, Sagittarius. To captivate the attention of the people you’re interested in, appeal not to their vanity but to their imagination.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Homeboy Industries is an organization in East Los Angeles that helps former gang members find jobs. One of its most successful programs has trained over a hundred ex-cons as solar panel installers. That’s the kind of dramatic conversion I’d like to see you make in your own life, Capricorn—getting face to face with the most messed-up part of yourself and conspiring to transform it into something brighter and more useful. Now would be an excellent time to dive into that worthy project.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): I’m all in favor of you pumping up your yearning and stoking the fires of your ambition and fantasizing in explicit detail about a fantastic dream—on one condition: The object of your craving has to be real and achievable. It can’t be an impossible idol or remote delusion, nor can it be an escapist distraction. The longing you feel must empower you, not demoralize you. The vision that gets you activated each morning must be something you can actually manifest by carrying out a detailed, step-by-step master plan. If you’re willing to satisfy these provisions, you have my go-ahead to get more than a little wild with desire.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): When you try to communicate with a baby, you get nowhere if you talk as you normally do. Nor can you rely on your usual assumptions about human behavior as you read the baby’s verbal cues and body language. There’s a similar principle at work when you interact with animals: You have to speak a different language. And that brings us to your current challenge, Pisces. Life is currently sending you signals that will remain incomprehensible if you insist on interpreting them from the viewpoint of a rational adult. To decipher the encrypted code, you’ll have to get into a mindset that is equal parts child, animal and angel. Go to RealAstrology.com to check out Rob Brezsny’s EXPANDED WEEKLY AUDIO HOROSCOPES and DAILY TEXT MESSAGE HOROSCOPES. The audio horoscopes are also available by phone at 1-877-873-4888 or 1-900-950-7700.
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PUBLIC NOTICES CITY OF MISSOULA NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The Missoula City Council will hold a public hearing on August 23, 2010, at 7:00 p.m. in the City Council Chambers, 140 West Pine, Missoula, Montana, to consider a resolution of the Missoula City Council levying and assessing a special assessment and tax on the lots, pieces and parcels of land situated within special lighting districts of the City of Missoula, Montana, to defray the cost of street lighting in special lighting districts during the fiscal year 2011 in accordance with sections 7-12-4301 through 4354, Montana Code Annotated. For further information, contact Marty Rehbein, CMC, City Clerk at 552-6078. If you have comments, please mail them to: City Clerk, 435 Ryman, Missoula, MT 59802. /s/ Martha L. Rehbein, CMC City Clerk CITY OF MISSOULA NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The Missoula City Council will hold a public hearing on August 23, 2010, at 7:00 p.m. in the City Council Chambers, 140 West Pine, Missoula, Montana, to consider a resolution to levy a special assessment and tax upon all property situated within the pooled sidewalk curb, gutter and alley approach bonds series 2010 of the city of Missoula, Montana, in the total amount of $885,000 excluding debt service to defray the cost of installing sidewalks, curbs, gutters and alley approaches pursuant to resolution number 7539 awarding sale of bonds. For further information, contact Missoula County Government
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The Missoula City Council will conduct a public hearing on the following item on Monday, August 23, 2010, at 7:00 p.m., in the Missoula City Council Chambers located at 140 W. Pine Street in Missoula, Montana: Carmike Cinemas/3620 Mullan Rd Conditional Use Request from Carmike Cinemas, represented by WGM, for a Conditional Use approval at 3620 Mullan Rd, zoned C1-4 Neighborhood Commercial. The property is legally described as COS 3914 in Section 18 of Township 13 North, Range 19 West P.M.M (Map S). The applicants request the Conditional Use in order to expand the existing theater by adding two
large format screens, 800 additional seats, associated bicycle and vehicular parking and pedestrian facilities. Your attendance and comments are welcomed and encouraged. The request and case file are available for public inspection at the Office of Planning and Grants, 435 Ryman Street. Please call 2584657 for further assistance. If anyone attending any of these meetings needs special assistance, please provide 48 hours advance notice by calling 258-4657. The Office of Planning and Grants will provide auxiliary aids and services.
Marty Rehbein, CMC, City Clerk at 552-6078. If you have comments, please mail them to: City Clerk, 435 Ryman, Missoula, MT 59802. /s/ Martha L. Rehbein, CMC City Clerk CITY OF MISSOULA NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The Missoula City Council will hold a public hearing on August 23, 2010, at 7:00 p.m. in the City Council Chambers, 140 West Pine, Missoula, Montana, to consider a resolution levying assessments on property situated within Special Improvement District Number 544 (Rattlesnake Valley Sewer Project) of the City of Missoula, Montana, in the total amount of $2,028,089.77 excluding debt service, to defray the cost of making the improvements in said special improvement district pursuant to resolution number 7444 creating said district. For further information, contact Marty Rehbein, CMC, City Clerk at 552-6078. If you have comments, please mail them to: City Clerk, 435 Ryman, Missoula, MT 59802. /s/ Martha L. Rehbein, CMC City Clerk CITY OF MISSOULA NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The Missoula City Council will hold a public hearing on August 23, 2010, at 7:00 p.m. in the City Council Chambers, 140 West Pine, Missoula, Montana, to consider a resolution levying assessments on property situated within Special Improvement District Number 545 (Phillips Street Traffic Calming Project) of the City of Missoula, Montana, in the total amount of $19,999.71 excluding debt service, to defray the cost of making the improvements in said special improvement district pursuant to resolution number 7435 creating said district. For further information, contact Marty Rehbein, CMC, City Clerk at 552-6078. If you have comments, please mail them to: City Clerk, 435 Ryman, Missoula, MT 59802. /s/Martha L. Rehbein, CMC City Clerk CITY OF MISSOULA NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The Missoula City Council will hold a public hearing on August 23, 2010, at 7:00 p.m. in the City Council Chambers, 140 West Pine, Missoula, Montana, to consider a resolution levying assessments on property situated within Special Improvement District Number 546 (Pattee Creek Drive Traffic Calming Project) of the City of Missoula, Montana, in the total amount of $15,500 excluding debt service, to defray the cost of making the improvements in said special improvement district pursuant to resolution number 7441 creating said district. For further information, contact Marty Rehbein, CMC, City Clerk at 552-6078. If you have comments, please mail them to: City Clerk, 435 Ryman, Missoula, MT 59802. /s/ Martha L. Rehbein, CMC City Clerk IN THE TRIBAL COURT OF THE CONFEDERATED SALISH AND KOOTENAI TRIBES, PABLO, MONTANA Cause No. 10-0272-NC IN RE THE CHANGE OF NAME OF Alishon Dre Kelly. NOTICE is hereby given that a Hearing will be held in the above Courjt on the 16th day of August, 2010, at 10:00 a.m. on the petition of Alyssa Nememay to change the name of the Minor Child, Alishon Dre Kelly to Ali Dre Nenemay. At any time before the hearing, written objections may be filed with the Court by any person. DATED this 7th day of July, 2010. /s/ Cara Croft, Clerk of Court By: Chelsi Camel, Deputy Clerk of Court
MISSOULA COUNTY GOVERNMENT FLOODPLAIN DEVELOPMENT PERMIT APPLICATION The Office of Planning & Grants has received a floodplain application from Linda White to work within the Lolo Creek floodplain. The project is located at 12744 Ottomar Lane in Lolo, Section 35, Township 12N, Range 20W and includes the construction of a new garage. Copies of the full applications are available for review in the Office of Planning and Grants in City Hall. Written comments from anyone interested in County floodplain permit application # 11- 01 may be submitted prior to 5:00 p.m., August 23, 2010. Address comments to the Floodplain Administrator, Office of Planning & Grants, 435 Ryman, Missoula, MT 59802 or call 2584841 for more information. MISSOULA COUNTY GOVERNMENT INVITATION TO BID SILVERTIP HOUSING INC. is requesting Sealed Bids for the construction of a complex of buildings providing 115 units of affordable rental housing. The project is funded in part by the City of Missoula’s award of a federal Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP) grant in the amount of $5 million dollars by the Montana Department of Commerce. The City of Missoula is partnered with Silvertip Housing Inc. for this project. Drawings are available Friday, July 23, 2010. Parties interested in receiving a Request for a Sealed Bids Solicitation Package for a total deposit of $300, with $270 being refundable, please contact GAVIN hanks encompass, Silvertip Project Manager Jennifer Clary, at jenn@encompassdesigninc.com or call 406543-1477 or FAX 406-543-1486 at their offices at 300 W. Broadway STE 4, Missoula, MT 59802. Sealed Bids are due no later than 2 p.m. on Tuesday, August 17, 2010 at the Missoula Office of Planning and Grants (OPG), 435 Ryman Street, and will then be read aloud at said office at 2 p.m. on August 17, 2010. Late bids or bids postmarked, but received after, the deadline will not be accepted. A Pre-Bid Conference for General Contractors will be held on Wednesday, July 28, 2010 at 2 p.m. in the Jack Reidy Room adjacent to City Council Chambers at 140 W. Pine. Attendance is strongly recommended but not mandatory. Anyone attending the Pre-Bid Conference or the Bid opening or any other meeting associated with this bid is requested to notify GAVIN hanks encompass at 406543-1477 in advance. The contract is being funded with federal funds and is subject to all applicable federal laws including but not limited to Davis-Bacon Federal wage rates. If you would like to request special accommodations in order to participate fully in the meeting, please contact Nancy Harte at OPG, 406-258-4657 or nharte@co.missoula.mt.us. Persons using a TTY device may contact the Montana Relay Service by dialing 711. MISSOULA COUNTY GOVERNMENT NOTICE OF HEARING TARGET RANGE SEWER & WATER DISTRICT - ANNUAL ASSESSMENT The Missoula Board of County Commissioners will conduct a Public Hearing on Wednesday, August 11, 2010, at 1:30 p.m. in Room 201 of the Missoula County Courthouse Annex, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802 for the purpose of obtaining public comment on initiating a $23.90 per dwelling unit assessment for resi-
dences within the Target Range Sewer & Water District for the operations costs of said District for Fiscal Year 2011. This hearing constitutes compliance with 7-13-2307 M.C.A. Hearing on Protest to Levy of Tax. Any property owner situated within the District may appear and protest the levy of the tax or any matter pertaining thereto. The Commissioners will conduct the Public Hearing at their regularly scheduled Weekly Public Meeting on Wednesday, August 11, 2010, at 1:30 p.m. in Room 201 of the Missoula County Courthouse Annex, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802. Any person wishing to be heard on the matter may submit written or other materials to the Commissioners and/or speak at the hearing. Comments may also be submitted any time prior to the hearing by mail or personal delivery to the Commissioners at their offices in the Missoula County Courthouse, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802; or by fax at (406) 7214043; or by e-mail at bcc@co.missoula.mt.us Additional information may be obtained by contacting Jim McDonald, Target Range Sewer & Water District President, at (406) 880-6117; or Dale Bickell, Missoula County Chief Administrative Officer, at (406) 258-4229 or by e-mail at dbickell@co.missoula.mt.us. DATED THIS 26th DAY OF JULY 2010 BY ORDER OF THE MISSOULA COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT MISSOULA COUNTYDept. No. 3 Cause No. DP10-110 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF PRISCILLA WELLS CONNELL, a/k/a Priscilla W.. Connell,, 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 MARK STEVEN CONNELL, the Personal Representative, return receipt requested, c/o Reely Law Firm, P.C., 3819 Stephens Avenue, Suite 201, Missoula, Montana 59801, or filed with the Clerk of the above-entitled Court. DATED this 23rd day of July, 2010. /s/ Mark Steven Connell,, Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Case No. DV-10-885 Dept. No. 4 Douglas G. Harkin ORDER SETTING HEARING IN THE APPLICATION OF LEIGHA MICHELLE WRIGHT, Petitioner, FOR CHANGE OF HER NAME TO LEIGHA MICHELLE CLAIRMONT. Petitioner, Leigha Michelle Wright, by and through her counsel of record, Del Post of Datsopoulos, MacDonald and Lind P.C., has moved this Court to grant her Petition for Name Change. The Court orders: The hearing on the Petition for Name Change filed in this case is set at the following date and time subsequent to August 2, 2010: August 17, 2010 at 1:30 p.m. The hearing will be at the Courthouse in Missoula County. DATED this 30th day of June, 2010. /s/ Douglas G. Harkin, District Court Judge MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Cause No. DV-10-925 Dept. No. 1 Ed McLean Notice of Hearing on Name Change In the Matter of the Name Change of Robert J.T. WilsonMayer . This is notice that Petitioner has asked the District Court for a change of name from Robert James Tyler WilsonMayer to Robert James Tyler Wilson. The hearing will be on 8/25/2010 at 1:15 p.m. The hearing will be at the Courthouse in Missoula County. Dated 7/13/2010. /s/ Shirley E. Faust, Clerk of District Court By /s/ Diane Overholtzer, Deputy Clerk of Court MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA
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COUNTY Dept. No. 3 Cause No. DP10-105 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF RAINER J. NIEDERBERGER, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THE First Community Bank has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the Deceased are required to present their claims within four (4) months after the date of the first publication of this Notice, or their claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to Christian, Samson and Jones, PLLC, Attorneys for the Personal Representative, return receipt requested, at 310 West Spruce, Missoula, MT 59802 or filed with the Clerk of the above Court. Dated this 20th day of July, 2010. CHRISTIAN, SAMSON & JONES, PLLC /s/ Kevin S. Jones MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 3 Cause No. DV10-740 Honorable John W. Larson, Presiding. ALIAS SUMMONS FOR PUBLICATION. CURTIS J. NETZLEY, Plaintiffs, vs. DOUGLAS D. MEYERS, Defendant. THE STATE OF MONTANA SENDS GREETINGS TO DOUGLAS D. MEYERS, Defendant above-named. You are hereby summoned to answer the Complaint in this action which is filed in the office of the Clerk of this Court, a copy of which is hereby served upon you, and to file your answer and serve a copy thereof upon the Plaintiff’s attorney within 20 (twenty) days after the service of this Summons, exclusive of the date of service; and in case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint. That this cause of action is brought by the Plaintiff seeing recovery of damages from a motor vehicle accident in which you were involved in February of 2009. WITNESS my hand the seal of said Court this 16th day of July, 2010. /s/ SHIRLEY E. FAUST Clerk of Court (SEAL) By /s/ Amy M. Day, Deputy Clerk MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 3 Probate No. DP10-82 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN RE THE ESTATE OF ZELMA DOROTHY TURNER, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the abovenamed estate. All persons having claims against the decedent are required to present their claims within four (4) months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to Charles L. Turner, the Personal Representative, return receipt requested, at P.O. Box 5433, Missoula, Montana 59806, or filed with the Clerk of the above Court. Dated this 30th day of July, 2010. /s/ Charles L. Turner P.O. Box 5433 Missoula, MT 59806 MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 4 Cause No. DP10-106 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF MARGARET SWEARINGEN, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the said decedent are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to Katherine Jean Sterbenz, 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 19th day of July, 2010. /s/ Katherine Jean Sterbenz, Personal Representative GIBSON LAW OFFICES, PLLC /s/ Nancy P. Gibson, Attorney for Personal Representative AMENDED NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Pursuant to 71-1-301, et seq. of the Montana Code Annotated, the undersigned hereby gives notice of a trustee’s sale to be held on the 12th day of October, 2010, at 11:00 o’clock a.m., on the steps of the Courthouse of Missoula County located at 200 West Broadway, Missoula, Montana, of the following described real property located in Missoula County, Montana: SEE ATTACHED EXHIBIT “A”. Henry M. Getz, as Grantor, conveyed the abovedescribed real property, and then
improvements situated thereon, if any, to First American Title, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Gateway Community Federal Credit Union, a credit union authorized to do business in Montana, who was designated as Beneficiary in a Deed of Trust dated January 31, 2007 and recorded on February 8, 2007, File No. 200703229 in book 791 of Micro Records at Page 1250 of the official records of Missoula County, Montana (“Deed of Trust”). Dan G. Cederberg, a licensed Montana attorney, is the Successor Trustee pursuant to a Substitution of Trustee dated May 18, 2010 and recorded in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Missoula County, Montana. Henry M. Getz has defaulted in the performance of the said Deed of Trust and associated Promissory Note by failing to make the monthly payments due in the amount of $539.53 for the month of August, 2009 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 of loan. As of May 18, 2010, the sum of $5,395.30 is past due. As of May 18, 2010, the principal balance due was the sum of $47,117.83 principal plus $3,515.06 accrued interest, with interest continuing to accrue on the principal at the rate set out in the Promissory Note, which is 10.0% per annum, and other fees and expenses that may be advanced. The Beneficiary may disburse any amounts as may be required to protect Beneficiary’s interest. If Beneficiary elects to make such disbursements, sum paid shall become additional indebtedness secured by the Deed of Trust. In accordance with the provisions of the Deed of Trust and Promissory Note, the Beneficiary has elected to accelerate the full remaining balance due under the terms of the Deed of Trust and Promissory Note and has elected to sell the interest of Henry M. Getz, the original Grantor, his successors and assigns, in and to the aforedescribed property, subject to all easements, restrictions, encumbrances or covenants existing of record or evident on the property at the time of sale to satisfy the remaining obligation owed. Beneficiary has directed Dan G. Cederberg, as Successor Trustee, to commence such sale proceedings. Those with an interest in the property and who appear from the public record to be entitled to notification of these proceedings are: Occupants, 5840 LaVoie Lane, Missoula, MT 59808 Henry M. Getz, 4091 MT Hwy 200, Trout Creek, MT 59874-9505 Henry M. Getz, 5840 LaVoie Lane, Missoula, MT 59808 Montana Community Development Corporation, 110 East Broadway, 2nd Floor, Missoula, MT 59802 Successor Trustee is unaware of any party in possession of claiming right to possession of the subject property other than those persons noticed herein. DATED this 11th day of June, 2010. /s/ Dan G. Cederberg, Successor Trustee STATE OF MONTANA ):ss. County of Missoula) This instrument was acknowledged before me on the 11th day of June, 2010, by Dan G. Cederberg, Successor Trustee (SEAL) /s/ Susan Marshall Notary Public for the State of Montana Residing at Missoula, Montana My commission expires 17 March 2011 EXHIBIT “A” A TRACT OF LAND LOCATED IN THE NORTH ONE-HALF OF THE SOUTHWEST ONE-QUARTER AND A PORTION OF LOT 3 AND SECTION 31, TOWNSHIP 14 NORTH, RANGE 20 WEST, P.M.M., MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT A POINT ON THE WEST BOUNDARY OF SAID SECTION 31 AND SAID LOT 3 WHICH POINT BEARS SOUTH 0º02’15” WEST, A DISTANCE OF 444.85 FEET FROM THE WEST ONE-QUARTER CORNER OF SAID SECTION 31, THENCE EAST A DISTANCE OF 1233.28 FEET TO A POINT ON THE EASTERLY BANK OF AN EXISTING IRRIGATION CANAL; THENCE ALONG SAID EASTERLY CANAL BANK FOR THE NEXT THREE COURSES, SOUTH 0º30’45” WEST A DISTANCE OF 166.08 FEET, SOUTH 15º31’45” WEST, A DISTANCE OF 57.80 FEET AND SOUTH 26º12’ WEST, A DISTANCE OF 208.50 FEET; THENCE LEAVING SAID EASTERLY CANAL BANK AND RUNNING WEST A DISTANCE OF 1124.53 FEET OT A POINT ON THE WEST BOUNDARY OF SAID SECTION 31 AND SAID LOT 3; THENCE NORTH 0º02’15” EAST ALONG SAID WEST BOUNDARY AND GENERALLY ALONG THE MIDDLE OF A LANE A DISTANCE OF 408.84 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGIN-
NING. RECORDING REFERENCE BOOK NO. 76 OF MICRO RECORDS AT PAGE 368. EXCEPTING THEREFROM A TRACT OF LAND LOCATED IN THE NORTH ONE-HALF OF THE SOUTHWEST ONE-QUARTER AND A PORTION OF LOT 3 OF SECTION 31, TOWNSHIP 14 NORTH, RANGE 20 WEST, P.M.M., MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA AND BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS CERTIFICATE OF SURVEY NO. 277 MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 4 Cause No. DP10-107 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF MARCIA ANN LONGACRE, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Darol Longacre has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the Deceased are required to present their claims within four (4) months after the date of the first publication of this Notice or their claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to Christian, Samson & Jones, PLLC, Attorneys for the Personal Representative, return receipt requested, at 310 West Spruce, Missoula, MT 59802, or filed with the Clerk of the above Court. Dated this 21st day of July, 2010. CHRISTIAN, SAMSON & JONES, PLLC /s/ Jeffrey T. Dickson, Attorney for Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 4 Cause No. DP10-98 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF MARY CAROLYN STEENSON BRETZ, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned 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 Robert Steenson and Geoffrey Steenson, the Personal Representatives, return receipt requested, at c/o Sullivan, Tabaracci & Rhoades, P.C., 1821 South Avenue West, Third Floor, Missoula, MT 59801, or filed with the Clerk of the above Court. DATED this 18th day of June, 2010. /s/ Robert R. Steenson, Personal Representative /s/ Geoffrey E. Steenson, Personal Representative MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 4 Probate Case No. DP-10-99 NOTICE TO CREDITORS In the Matter of the Estate of MARGARET GOBEO, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the abovenamed estate. All persons having claims against the decedent are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to the Personal Representative, Bruce Gobeo, return receipt requested, at PO Box 3915, Missoula, Montana 59806, or filed with the Clerk of the above Court. DATED this 22nd day of July, 2010. /s/ Bruce Gobeo, Personal Representative, PO Box 3915, Missoula, Montana 59806 MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Probate No. DP-10-100 Dept. No. 4 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN RE THE ESTATE OF ADOLPH PETER JENSEN, 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 (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 Carol Wekkin, Personal Representative, return receipt requested, in care of Datsopoulos, MacDonald & Lind, P.C., Attn: Del M. Post, 201 West Main Street, Suite 201, Missoula, MT 59802 or filed with the Clerk of the above court. DATED this 8th day of July, 2010. /s/ Carol M. Wekkin, Personal Representative NOTICE OF SALE UNDER MONTANA DEED OF TRUST Deed of Trust: Dated November 15, 2007 Grantor: Avtonom Martushev, 106 Viewpoint Drive, Hamilton, Montana
PUBLIC NOTICES 59840 Original Trustee: First American Title Company of Montana, Inc. P.O. Box 596, Hamilton, Montana 59840 Beneficiary: First Security Bank of Missoula P.O. Box 393 Hamilton, Montana 59840 Successor Trustee: Christopher B. Swartley Attorney at Law Christopher B. Swartley, PLLC P.O. Box 8957 Missoula, Montana 59807 -8957 Date and Place of Recordation: November 19, 2007, as Document No. 596965, Records of Ravalli County, Montana; and Modification recorded February 11, 2008 as Document No. 600026. The undersigned hereby gives notice that on the 19th day of October, 2010, at the hour of 10:10 a.m. in front of the Ravalli County Clerk and Recorder’s Office, 215 South Fourth Street, Suite C, Hamilton, Montana, Christopher B. Swartley, as Successor Trustee under the above-described instrument, in order to satisfy the obligation set forth below, has elected to and will sell at public auction to the highest bidder, for cash, lawful money of the United States of America, payable at the time of sale to the Successor Trustee, the interest of the above-named Trustee, Successor Trustee, and Grantor, and all of its successors and assigns, without warranty or covenant, express or implied, as to title or possession, in the following described real property: Lot 10A, Amended Subdivision Plat No. 610028, being a portion of Lots 8, 9, 10, and 11, Block 4, Home Acres Orchards No. 3, Ravalli County, Montana, according to the official recorded plat thereof. Subject to easements and encumbrances of record. The defaults for which this foreclosure is made are the failure of the above-named Grantor, and all of its successors and assigns, to pay when due the monthly interest payments provided for in the Deed of Trust for the months of June, 2009 through December, 2009, in the total amount of Six Thousand Five Hundred Sixty and 07/100ths Dollars ($6,560.07); together with late charges in the amount of Three Hundred Twenty-seven and 98/100ths Dollars ($327.98); together with taxes and assessments for the year 2009. The loan matured on January 9, 2010.. The sum owing on the obligation secured by the Deed of Trust is One Hundred Thirty-nine Thousand Eight Hundred Sixty-one and 15/100ths Dollars ($139 ,861. 15) in principal, plus interest thereon at the rate of Eight Percent (8 .00%) from and after the 8th day of June, 2009 to May 21, 2010, in the amount of Eleven Thousand Five Hundred Fifty-six and 75/100ths Dollars ($11 ,556 .75, plus per diem interest thereafter at the rate of Thirty and 65/100ths Dollars ($3 0.65), plus all costs, expenses, attorney’s and trustee’s fees as provided by law. DATED this 25th day of May, 2010. /s/ Christopher B. Swartley Christopher B. Swartley, Successor Trustee Christopher B. Swartley, PLLC P.O. Box 8957 Missoula, Montana 59807 -8957 STATE OF MONTANA( :ss. County of Missoula This instrument was acknowledged before me on the 25th day of May, 2010, by Christopher B. Swartley, Trustee. (SEAL) /s/ Roxie Hausauer Notary Public for the State of Montana. Residing at Lolo, Montana. My commission expires January 6, 2013. NOTICE OF SALE UNDER MONTANA DEED OF TRUST Deed of Trust: Dated September 4, 2008 Grantors: Avtonom Martushev and Alexsey Martushev, doing business as Tomka and Sons 106 Viewpoint Drive Hamilton, Montana 59840 Borrowers: Avtonom Martushev and Tatiana Martushev 106 Viewpoint Drive Hamilton, Montana 59840 Original Trustee: First American Title Company of Montana, Inc. P.O. Box 596 Hamilton, Montana 59840 Beneficiary: First Security Bank of Missoula P.O. Box 393 Hamilton, Montana 59840 Successor Trustee: Christopher B. Swartley Attorney at Law Christopher B. Swartley, PLLC P.O. Box 8957 Missoula, Montana 59807 -8957 Date and Place of Recordation: September 11, 2008, as Document No. 608139, Records of Ravalli County, Montana; and Modification recorded September 24, 2008 as Document No. 608591. The undersigned hereby gives notice that on the 19th day of October, 2010, at the hour of 10:00 a.m. in front of the Ravalli County Clerk and Recorder’s Office, 215 South Fourth Street, Suite C, Hamilton, Montana, Christopher B. Swartley, as Successor Trustee under the above-described instrument, in order to satisfy the obligation set forth below, has elected to and will sell at public auction to the highest bidder, for
cash, lawful money of the United States of America, payable at the time of sale to the Successor Trustee, the interest of the above-named Trustee, Successor Trustee, and Grantor, and all of its successors and assigns, without warranty or covenant, express or implied, as to title or possession, in the following described real property: A tract of land located in and being a portion of the SW 1/4 of Section 36, Township 8 North, Range 21 West, P.M.M., Ravalli County, Montana and being more particularly described as Parcel B2, Certificate of Survey No. 592493-F. Subject to easements and encumbrances of record. The defaults for which this foreclosure is made are the failure of the above-named Grantor, and all of its successors and assigns, to pay when due the full balance of principal as provided for in the Deed of Trust for the months of June 2009 through August 2009, in the total amount of Nine Hundred Twenty-seven and 58/100ths Dollars ($927 .58); together with late charges in the amount of One Hundred Eleven and 51/100ths Dollars ($111 .51); together with taxes and assessments owed for the years 2008 and 2009. The sum owing on the obligation secured by the Deed of Trust is Forty-five Thousand Nine Hundred Ninety-eight and 87/100ths Dollars ($45 ,998 .87) in principal, plus interest thereon at the rate of Eight Percent (8 .00%) from and after the 4th day of May, 2009 to May 21, 2010, in the amount of Three Thousand Eight Hundred Fifty-one and 35/100ths Dollars ($3 ,851 .35), plus per diem interest thereafter at the rate of Ten and 08/100ths Dollars ($10 .08), plus all costs, expenses, attorney’s and trustee’s fees as provided by law. DATED this 25th day of May, 2010. /s/ Christopher B. Swartley Christopher B. Swartley, Successor Trustee Christopher B. Swartley, PLLC P.O. Box 8957 Missoula, Montana 59807 -8957 STATE OF MONTANA :ss. County of Missoula This instrument was acknowledged before me on the 25th day of May, 2010, by Christopher B. Swartley, Trustee. (SEAL /s/ Roxie Hausauer Notary Public for the State of Montana. Residing at Lolo, Montana. My commission expires January 6, 2013 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 08/26/04, recorded as Instrument No. 200424502, Bk 738, Pg 1157, mortgage records of Missoula County, Montana in which James Andrew Mercer and Rebecca Lyn Mercer, as joint tenants was Grantor, Montana Mortgage Company was Beneficiary and Insured Titles, LLC was Trustee. First American Title Insurance Company has succeeded Insured Titles, LLC as Successor Trustee. The Deed of Trust encumbers real property (“Property”) located in Missoula County, Montana, more particularly described as follows: Lot 4 of Homestead Acres, a platted subdivision in Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded plat thereof. By written instrument recorded as Instrument No. 200429941, Bk 741, Pg 1529, beneficial interest in the Deed of Trust was assigned to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.. Beneficiary has declared the Grantor in default of the terms of the Deed of Trust and the promissory note (“Note”) secured by the Deed of Trust because of Grantor’s failure timely to pay all monthly installments of principal, interest and, if applicable, escrow reserves for taxes and/or insurance as required by the Note and Deed of Trust. According to the Beneficiary, the obligation evidenced by the Note (“Loan”) is now due for the 02/01/10 installment payment and all monthly installment payments due thereafter. As of June 2, 2010, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $129,848.38. This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $124,454.95, 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 October 13, 2010 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 USAForeclosure.com. (TS# 7023.74958) 1002.159876-FEI NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 01/11/07, recorded as Instrument No. 200701747, Book 790, Page 1285, mortgage records of Missoula County, Montana in which Randie M. Pringle was Grantor, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. was Beneficiary and Alliance Title and Escrow Corp was Trustee. First American Title Insurance Company has succeeded Alliance Title and Escrow Corp as Successor Trustee. The Deed of Trust encumbers real property (“Property”) located in Missoula County, Montana, more particularly described as follows: A tract of land located in the SE 1/4 of Section 7, Township 15 North, Range 22 West, P.M.M., Missoula County, Montana, being more particularly described as Tract D of Certificate of Survey No. 1816. Beneficiary has declared the Grantor in default of the terms of the Deed of Trust and the promissory note (“Note”) secured by the Deed of Trust because of Grantor’s failure timely to pay all monthly installments of principal, interest and, if applicable, escrow reserves for taxes and/or insurance as required by the Note and Deed of Trust. According to the Beneficiary, the obligation evidenced by the Note (“Loan”) is now due for the 08/01/08 installment payment and all monthly installment payments due thereafter. As of June 3, 2010, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $368,193.44. This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $321,336.14, 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 October 15, 2010 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 USAForeclosure.com. (TS# 7023.00671) 1002.111968-FEI NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain
trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 11/17/05, recorded as Instrument No. 200530907, Book 764, Page 891, mortgage records of Missoula County, Montana in which Michele D. Peasley, a married man, as sole and Separate property was Grantor, New Century Mortgage Corporation was Beneficiary and Title Services was Trustee. First American Title Insurance Company has succeeded Title Services as Successor Trustee. The Deed of Trust encumbers real property (“Property”) located in Missoula County, Montana, more particularly described as follows: Lot 4 in Block 1 of Alff Addition, a platted subdivision in Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Book 4 of Plats at Page 49. By written instrument recorded as Instrument No. Book 840, Page 845, beneficial interest in the Deed of Trust was assigned to Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc. Trust 2006-NC2. 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 01/01/09 installment payment and all monthly installment payments due thereafter. As of June 7, 2010, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $161,104.87. This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $135,787.68, plus accrued interest, accrued late charges, accrued escrow installments for insurance and/or taxes (if any) and advances for the protection of beneficiary’s security interest (if any). Because of the defaults stated above, Beneficiary has elected to sell the Property to satisfy the Loan and has instructed Successor Trustee to commence sale proceedings. Successor Trustee will sell the Property at public auction On the front steps of the Missoula County Courthouse, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802, City of Missoula on October 18, 2010 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 USAForeclosure.com. (TS# 7777.28990) 1002.124551-FEI NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 06/10/05, recorded as Instrument No. 200514158, Book 754, Page 463, mortgage records of Missoula County, Montana in which Anirban Mitra, a married man was Grantor, JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. was Beneficiary and Insured Titles, LLC was Trustee. First American Title Insurance Company has succeeded Insured Titles, LLC as Successor Trustee. The Deed of Trust encumbers real property (“Property”) located in Missoula County, Montana, more particularly described as follows: Lot 10 of Canyon View Two, a platted subdivision in Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded plat thereof. By written instrument recorded as Instrument No. Book 817, Page 336, beneficial interest in the Deed of Trust was assigned to Chase Home Finance LLC. 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 12/01/07 installment payment and all monthly installment payments due thereafter. As of June 11, 2010, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $211,436.57. This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $165,696.52, 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 October 25, 2010 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 USAForeclosure.com. (TS# 7037.15442) 1002.89743-FEI NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 04/12/05, recorded as Instrument No. 200508822, Book 750, Page 1455, mortgage records of Missoula County, Montana in which J. Terry Amble and Diann R. Amble was Grantor, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. was Beneficiary and Alliance Title and Escrow Corp. was Trustee. First American Title Insurance Company has succeeded Alliance Title and Escrow Corp. as Successor Trustee. The Deed of Trust encumbers real property (“Property”) located in Missoula County, Montana, more particularly described as follows: Lot 12 in Phase II of Crestview Heights Phase II, III and IV, a platted subdivision in the City of Missoula, Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded plat thereof. By written instrument recorded as Instrument No. 200827436, Bk 830, Pg 1024, beneficial interest in the Deed of Trust was assigned to U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee for the holders of Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust Inc., Asset-Backed Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2005-WF2. 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 02/01/09 installment payment and all monthly installment payments due thereafter. As of June 15, 2010, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $285,999.29. This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $256,730.19, 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 October 25, 2010 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 USAForeclosure.com. (TS# 7023.19163) 1002.105664-FEI NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 06/21/06, recorded as Instrument No. 200615377 Bk 777 Pg 750, mortgage records of Missoula County, Montana in which Benjamin D. Williamson was Grantor, Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. solely as nominee for Mann Mortgage LLC D/B/A Mann Mortgage was Beneficiary and Title Services, Inc. was Trustee. First American Title Insurance Company has succeeded Title Services, Inc. as Successor Trustee. The Deed of Trust encumbers real property (“Property”) located in Missoula County, Montana, more particularly described as follows: Lot 11 in Block 2 of El Mar Estates Phase IV, a platted subdivision in Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded plat thereof. By written instrument recorded as Instrument No. Bk. 855 Micro Records, Pg. 984, beneficial interest in the Deed of Trust was assigned to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.. Beneficiary has declared the Grantor in default of the terms of the Deed of Trust and the promissory note (“Note”) secured by the Deed of Trust because of Grantor’s failure timely to pay all monthly installments of principal, interest and, if applicable, escrow reserves for taxes and/or insurance as required by the Note and Deed of Trust. According to the Beneficiary, the obligation evidenced by the Note (“Loan”) is now due for the 11/01/09 installment payment and all monthly installment payments due thereafter. As of June 17, 2010, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $220,956.87. This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $207,624.83, 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 October 27, 2010 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 USAForeclosure.com. (TS# 7023.70934) 1002.147964-FEI NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Reference is hereby made to that certain trust indenture/deed of trust (“Deed of Trust”) dated 02/14/08, recorded as Instrument No. 200803358, Bk 813, Pg 453, mortgage records of Missoula County, Montana in which William P. Corette Jr., a married man was Grantor, Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., solely as nominee for Wachovia Mortgage Corporation was Beneficiary and Pinnacle Title and Escrow was Trustee. First American Title Insurance Company has succeeded Pinnacle Title and Escrow as Successor Trustee. The Deed of Trust encumbers real property (“Property”) located in Missoula County, Montana, more particularly described as follows: Lots 15 and 31 of Sorrel Springs, a platted subdivision in Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded plat thereof. By written instrument, beneficial interest in the Deed of Trust was assigned to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.. Beneficiary has declared the Grantor in default of the terms of the Deed of Trust and the promissory note (“Note”) secured by the Deed of Trust because of Grantor’s failure timely to pay all monthly installments of principal, interest and, if applicable, escrow reserves for taxes and/or insurance as required by the Note and Deed of Trust. According to the Beneficiary, the obligation evidenced by the Note (“Loan”) is now due for the 03/01/10 installment payment and all monthly installment payments due thereafter. As of June 17, 2010, the amount necessary to fully satisfy the Loan was $418,937.92. This amount includes the outstanding principal balance of $406,312.82, 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 October 27, 2010 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 USAForeclosure.com. (TS# 7023.75349) 1002.161658-FEI NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE To be sold for cash at Trustee’s Sale on November 23, 2010, at 10:00 a.m., on the front (south) steps of the Missoula County Courthouse, all of Trustee’s right, title and interest to the followingdescribed property situated in Missoula County, Montana: Parcel 1A of Certificate of Survey No. 5692 located in the N 1/2, NE 1/4 of Section 14, Township 13 North, Range 19 West, Principal Meridian, Montana, Missoula County, Montana. TOGETHER WITH a private access easement as disclosed
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PUBLIC NOTICES by Certificate of Survey Nos. 2996, 3664, 4063 and 4183 and an existing driveway as shown on Certificate of Survey No. 590. ALSO TOGETHER WITH an easement for below ground utilities over Parcel 2 of Certificate of Survey No. 4819 as granted in Book 566 of Micro at Page 418. Rattlesnake 1A, LLC, as Grantor, conveyed the real property to Stewart Title, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Whitefish Credit Union, as Beneficiary, by Trust Indenture recorded August 1, 2008, in Book 824 of Micro at Page 41, records of the Missoula County Clerk and Recorder. A Substitution of Trustee designating Kevin S. Jones as Successor Trustee was recorded July 15, 2010, in Book 862, Page 1145, Document No. 201013455, records of the Missoula County Clerk and Recorder. The default of the obligation, the performance of which is secured by the aforementioned Trust Indenture, and for which default of this foreclosure is made, is for failure to pay the monthly payments as and when due. Pursuant to the provisions of the Trust Indenture, the Beneficiary has exercised, and hereby exercises, its option to declare the full amount secured by such Trust Indenture immediately due and payable. There presently is due on said obligation the principal sum of $592,791.80, plus interest at a rate of 6.25% totaling $71,442.05, for a total amount due of $664,233.85, as of July 16, 2010, plus the costs of foreclosure, attorney’s fees, trustee’s fees, escrow closing fees, and other accruing costs. The Beneficiary has elected, and does hereby elect, to sell the abovedescribed property to satisfy the obligation referenced above. The Beneficiary declares that the Grantor is in default as described above and demands that the Trustee sell the property described above in accordance with the terms and provisions of this Notice. DATED 16th day of July, 2010. /s/ Kevin S. Jones, Trustee. STATE OF MONTANA )) ss. County of Missoula) On this 16th day of July, 2010, before me, the undersigned, a Notary Public for the State of Montana, personally appeared Kevin S. Jones, Trustee, known to me to be he person whose name is subscribed to the within instrument, and acknowledged to me that he executed the same. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set me hand and seal the day and year first above written. (SEAL) /s/ Christy Shipp, Notary Public for the State of Montana, Residing at Missoula, Montana My Commission Expires 5/7/2013 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on October 1, 2010, at 11:00 o’clock A.M. 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 13 IN BLOCK 1 OF KLAPWYK ADDITION NO 2, AS 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 . Mary Ann Sutton, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to First American Title Insurance Company, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to All Pacific Mortgage Company, as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated January 3, 1994 and Recorded on January 10, 1994 at 4:10 o’clock P.M., in Book 403 of Micro Records, page 287. The beneficial interest is currently held by JPMorgan Chase Bank NA successor in interest to Washington Mutual Bank f/k/a Washington Mutual Bank, FA, successor in interest to Washington Mutual Home Loans, Inc f/k/a Homeside Lending, f/k/a BancBoston Mortgage Corporation. Charles J. Peterson, is the Successor Trustee pursuant to a Substitution of Trustee recorded in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Missoula County, Montana. The beneficiary has declared a default in the terms of said Deed of Trust by failing to make the monthly payments due in the amount of $570.16, beginning October 1, 2008, 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 May 7, 2010 is $26,709.56 principal, interest at the rate of 3.125% now totaling $1,960.80, late charges in the amount of $72.16, escrow advances of $5,905.30, and other fees and expenses advanced of $4,819.62, plus accruing interest at the rate of $2.29 per diem,
late charges, and other costs and fees that may be advanced. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary, the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust. Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds of this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation. The sale is a public sale and any person, including the beneficiary, excepting only the Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by Trustee’s Deed without any representation or warranty, including warranty of Title, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis, without limitation, the sale is being made subject to all existing conditions, if any, of lead paint, mold or other environmental or health hazards. The sale purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th day following the sale. The grantor, successor in interest to the grantor or any other person having an interest in the property, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, may pay to the beneficiary or the successor in interest to the beneficiary the entire amount then due under the deed of trust and the obligation secured thereby (including costs and expenses actually incurred and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred and thereby cure the default. The scheduled Trustee’s Sale may be postponed by public proclamation up to 15 days for any reason, and in the event of a bankruptcy filing, the sale may be postponed by the trustee for up to 120 days by public proclamation at least every 30 days. THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Dated: May 24, 2010. Charles J. Peterson, Successor Trustee. MACKOFF KELLOGG LAW FIRM P.O. Box 1097 Dickinson, ND 58602-1097. STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA)) ss. County of Stark) On May 24, 2010, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Charles J. Peterson, 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. Stephanie L. Crimmins, Notary Public, Stark County, North Dakota. Commission expires: 12/24/2014. Wamu V. Sutton 41816.527 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on October 4, 2010, at 11:00 o’clock A.M. at the Main Door of the Missoula County Courthouse located at 200 West Broadway in Missoula, MT 59802, the following described real property situated in MISSOULA County, Montana: LOT 14 OF CANYON VIEW TWO, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION LOCATED IN MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF MARC J. FAHLSING AND JULIE A FAHLSING, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to Stewart Title of Missoula County, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to U.S. Bank National Association, ND, as Beneficiary, by DEED OF TRUST DATED MARCH 7, 2005 AND RECORDED MARCH 11, 2005 IN BOOK 749, PAGE 34 UNDER DOCUMENT NO. 200505680. The beneficial interest is currently held by US BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION ND. Charles J. Peterson, is the Successor Trustee pursuant to a Substitution of Trustee recorded in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of MISSOULA County, Montana. The beneficiary has declared a default in the terms of said Deed of Trust by failing to make the monthly payments due in the amount of $1,186.01, beginning November 1, 2009, 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 15, 2010 is $170,000.00 principal, interest at the rate of 6.95% now totaling $8,329.82, late charges in the amount of $404.42, escrow advances of
$976.90, suspense balance of $-313.99 and other fees and expenses advanced of $110.57, plus accruing interest at the rate of $32.37 per diem, late charges, and other costs and fees that may be advanced. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary, the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust. Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds of this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation. The sale is a public sale and any person, including the beneficiary, excepting only the Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by Trustee’s Deed without any representation or warranty, including warranty of Title, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis, without limitation, the sale is being made subject to all existing conditions, if any, of lead paint, mold or other environmental or health hazards. The sale purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th day following the sale. The grantor, successor in interest to the grantor or any other person having an interest in the property, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, may pay to the beneficiary or the successor in interest to the beneficiary the entire amount then due under the deed of trust and the obligation secured thereby (including costs and expenses actually incurred and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred and thereby cure the default. The scheduled Trustee’s Sale may be postponed by public proclamation up to 15 days for any reason, and in the event of a bankruptcy filing, the sale may be postponed by the trustee for up to 120 days by public proclamation at least every 30 days. THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Dated: May 27, 2010. Charles J. Peterson, Successor Trustee, MACKOFF KELLOGG LAW FIRM P.O. Box 1097 Dickinson, ND 58602-1097. STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA)) ss. County of Stark) On May 27, 2010, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Charles J. Peterson, 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. Stephanie L. Crimmins, Notary Public, Stark County, North Dakota, Commission expires: 12/24/2014 Fmc V. Fahlsing 41722.134 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on October 4, 2010, at 11:00 o’clock A.M. 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: UNIT 46 IN BUILDING #6 OF THE VILLAGE AT ELK HILLS, A RESIDENTIAL CONDOMINIUM SITUATED ON THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED REAL PROPERTY IN MISSOULA, MONTANA, TO WIT: A PORTION OF THE VILLAGE AT ELK HILLS BEING A PORTION OF THE SOUTHEAST ONE-QUARTER OF SECTION 6, TOWNSHIP 12 NORTH, RANGE 19 WEST, P.M.M. CITY OF MISSOULA, MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, AND BEING DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: COMMENCING AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF ELK HILLS- PHASE 1, A RECORDED SUBDIVISION IN MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, THENCE S.88°15’00”W., ALONG THE SOUTHERN BOUNDARY OF SAID ELK HILLS- PHASE 1, 232.18 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING: THENCE CONTINUING S.88°15’00”W., 90.82 FEET; THENCE S.84°20’45”W.,169.73; THENCE S.05°31’30”E., 152.30 FEET; THENCE S.84°00’00” W., 100.00 FEET; THENCE S.40°00’00”W., 50.00 FEET; THENCE S.15°00’00”E., 125.00 FEET; THENCE S.67°04’30”E., 123.64 FEET; THENCE S.61°51’24”E 204.56 FEET; THENCE S.48°05’43”E., 189.96 FEET; THENCE N.22°47’57”E.,
187.34 FEET; THENCE NORTHERLY 175.24 FEET ALONG THE ARC OF A TANGENT CURVE WITH A RADIUS OF 924.93 FEET; THENCE N. 76°35’13”W., 50.07 FEET; THENCE N.62°59’29”W., 170.81 FEET; THENCE N.04°46’56”W., 183.86 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING TOGETHER WITH A 1/45TH INTEREST IN THE COMMON ELEMENTS AND AN EXCLUSIVE RIGHT TO USE THE LIMITED COMMON ELEMENTS APPURTENANT TO THIS UNIT, AS SAID COMMON ELEMENTS AND LIMITED COMMON ELEMENTS ARE DEFINED IN THE DECLARATION OF UNIT OWNERSHIP FOR THE VILLAGE AT ELKS HILL Lisa J. Evans, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to Title Services, Inc, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to ABN AMRO Mortgage Group, Inc, as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated December 10, 2004 and recorded on December 16, 2004 in Book 745, Page 110 as Document No. 200434993. The beneficial interest is currently held by CitiMortgage, Inc. by merger to ABN AMRO Mortgage Group, Inc. Charles J. Peterson, is the Successor Trustee pursuant to a Substitution of Trustee recorded in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Missoula County, Montana. The beneficiary has declared a default in the terms of said Deed of Trust by failing to make the monthly payments due in the amount of $682.81, beginning February 1, 2010, 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 May 17, 2010 is $80,619.18 principal, interest at the rate of 5.625% now totaling $1,710.39, late charges in the amount of $100.20, escrow advances of $-790.17, and other fees and expenses advanced of $7.00, plus accruing interest at the rate of $12.42 per diem, late charges, and other costs and fees that may be advanced. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary, the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust. Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds of this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation. The sale is a public sale and any person, including the beneficiary, excepting only the Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by Trustee’s Deed without any representation or warranty, including warranty of Title, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis, without limitation, the sale is being made subject to all existing conditions, if any, of lead paint, mold or other environmental or health hazards. The sale purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th day following the sale. The grantor, successor in interest to the grantor or any other person having an interest in the property, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, may pay to the beneficiary or the successor in interest to the beneficiary the entire amount then due under the deed of trust and the obligation secured thereby (including costs and expenses actually incurred and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred and thereby cure the default. The scheduled Trustee’s Sale may be postponed by public proclamation up to 15 days for any reason, and in the event of a bankruptcy filing, the sale may be postponed by the trustee for up to 120 days by public proclamation at least every 30 days. THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Dated: May 26, 2010 Charles J. Peterson, Successor Trustee. MACKOFF KELLOGG LAW FIRM P.O. Box 1097 Dickinson, ND 58602-1097 STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA)) ss. County of Stark) On May 26, 2010, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Charles J. Peterson, 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.
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Stephanie L. Crimmins, Notary Public, Stark County, North Dakota. Commission expires: 12/24/2014. Citimortgage V . Evans 41926.913 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on September 13, 2010, at 11:00 o’clock A.M. 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 24 IN BLOCK 1 OF WAPIKIYA NO. 1, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN THE CITY OF MISSOULA, MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF Ethan Siegel and Sonnie Atwood, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to Title Service, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to National City Mortgage a division of National City Bank, as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated May 8, 2007 and recorded on May 11, 2007 in Book 797, Page 86 as Document No. 200711490. The beneficial interest is currently held by PNC MORTGAGE A DIVISION OF PNC BANK, NA SBM TO NATIONAL CITY MORTGAGE A DIVISION OF NATIONAL CITY BANK. Charles J. Peterson, is the Successor Trustee pursuant to a Substitution of Trustee recorded in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Missoula County, Montana. The beneficiary has declared a default in the terms of said Deed of Trust by failing to make the monthly payments due in the amount of $1,340.99, beginning January 1, 2010, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan. The total amount due on this obligation as of April 16, 2010 is $198,133.81 principal, interest at the rate of 6.50% now totaling $4,822.14, late charges in the amount of $160.98, and other fees and expenses advanced of $72.00, plus accruing interest at the rate of $35.28 per diem, late charges, and other costs and fees that may be advanced. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary, the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust. Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds of this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation. The sale is a public sale and any person, including the beneficiary, excepting only the Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by Trustee’s Deed without any representation or warranty, including warranty of Title, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis, without limitation, the sale is being made subject to all existing conditions, if any, of lead paint, mold or other environmental or health hazards. The sale purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th day following the sale. The grantor, successor in interest to the grantor or any other person having an interest in the property, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, may pay to the beneficiary or the successor in interest to the beneficiary the entire amount then due under the deed of trust and the obligation secured thereby (including costs and expenses actually incurred and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred and thereby cure the default. The scheduled Trustee’s Sale may be postponed by public proclamation up to 15 days for any reason, and in the event of a bankruptcy filing, the sale may be postponed by the trustee for up to 120 days by public proclamation at least every 30 days. THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Dated: May 5, 2010 /s/ Charles J. Peterson Successor Trustee MACKOFF KELLOGG LAW FIRM P.O. Box 1097 Dickinson, ND 58602-1097 STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA )) ss. County of Stark) On May 5, 2010, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Charles J. Peterson,
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/ Stephanie L. Crimmins, Notary Public Stark County, North Dakota Commission expires: 12/24/2014\ Pnc V. Siegel 41230.580.
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/ Stephanie L. Crimmins, Notary Public Stark County, North Dakota Commission expires: 12/24/2014 Citimortgage V. Lorash 41926.901.
NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on September 17, 2010, at 11:00 o’clock A.M. 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 3A OF DAWN ACRES NO. 3, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF Dawn E. Lorash and Stephen W. Lorash, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to First American Title, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Community BankMissoula, Inc, as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated on May 4, 2004 and recorded on May 10, 2004 in Book 731, Page 1396 as Document No. 200412535. The beneficial interest is currently held by CitiMortgage, Inc.. Charles J. Peterson, is the Successor Trustee pursuant to a Substitution of Trustee recorded in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Missoula County, Montana. The beneficiary has declared a default in the terms of said Deed of Trust by failing to make the monthly payments due in the amount of $1,174.26, beginning October 1, 2000, 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 May 02, 2010 is $146,256.44 principal, interest at the rate of 5.875% now totaling $5,751.94, late charges in the amount of $1,043.52, escrow advances of $1,085.07, and other fees and expenses advanced of $291.00, plus accruing interest at the rate of $23.54 per diem, late charges, and other costs and fees that may be advanced. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary, the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust. Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds of this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation. The sale is a public sale and any person, including the beneficiary, excepting only the Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by Trustee’s Deed without any representation or warranty, including warranty of Title, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis, without limitation, the sale is being made subject to all existing conditions, if any, of lead paint, mold or other environmental or health hazards. The sale purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th day following the sale. The grantor, successor in interest to the grantor or any other person having an interest in the property, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, may pay to the beneficiary or the successor in interest to the beneficiary the entire amount then due under the deed of trust and the obligation secured thereby (including costs and expenses actually incurred and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred and thereby cure the default. The scheduled Trustee’s Sale may be postponed by public proclamation up to 15 days for any reason, and in the event of a bankruptcy filing, the sale may be postponed by the trustee for up to 120 days by public proclamation at least every 30 days. THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Dated: May 10, 2010 /s/ Charles J. Peterson Successor Trustee MACKOFF KELLOGG LAW FIRM P.O. Box 1097 Dickinson, ND 58602-1097 STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA ) ) ss. County of Stark )On May 10, 2010, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Charles J. Peterson,
NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on September 20, 2010, at 11:00 o’clock A.M. at the Main Door of the Missoula County Courthouse located at 200 West Broadway in Missoula, MT 59802, the following described real property situated in Missoula County, Montana: TRACT C OF CERTIFICATE OF SURVEY NO. 4748, LOCATED IN THE SOUTHWEST ONE-QUARTER OF SECTION 2, TOWNSHIP 13 NORTH, RANGE 19 WEST, P.M.M., MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA. Charles Eubank and Gwen KnightEubank, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to Insured Titles, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Sytems, Inc, as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated March 19, 2004 and recorded March 19, 2004 at 4:32 o’clock P.M. in Book 728, Page 548, as Document No. 200407358. The beneficial interest is currently held by The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, National Association fka The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A. as sucessor to JP Morgan Chase Bank as Trustee. Charles J. Peterson, is the Successor Trustee pursuant to a Substitution of Trustee recorded in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Missoula County, Montana. The beneficiary has declared a default in the terms of said Deed of Trust by failing to make the monthly payments due in the amount of $3,578.48, beginning September 1, 2009, 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 May 29, 2010 is $374,417.71 principal, interest at the rate of 10.625% now totaling $32,888.20, late charges in the amount of $6,297.23, escrow advances of $4,957.21, and other fees and expenses advanced of $3,136.10, plus accruing interest at the rate of $108.99 per diem, late charges, and other costs and fees that may be advanced. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary, the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust. Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds of this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation. The sale is a public sale and any person, including the beneficiary, excepting only the Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by Trustee’s Deed without any representation or warranty, including warranty of Title, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis, without limitation, the sale is being made subject to all existing conditions, if any, of lead paint, mold or other environmental or health hazards. The sale purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th day following the sale. The grantor, successor in interest to the grantor or any other person having an interest in the property, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, may pay to the beneficiary or the successor in interest to the beneficiary the entire amount then due under the deed of trust and the obligation secured thereby (including costs and expenses actually incurred and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred and thereby cure the default. The scheduled Trustee’s Sale may be postponed by public proclamation up to 15 days for any reason, and in the event of a bankruptcy filing, the sale may be postponed by the trustee for up to 120 days by public proclamation at least every 30 days. THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Dated: May 11, 2010. /s/ Charles J. Peterson, Successor Trustee, MACKOFF KELLOGG LAW
PUBLIC NOTICES FIRM P.O. Box 1097 Dickinson, ND 58602-1097 STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA)) ss. County of Stark) On May 11, 2010, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Charles J. Peterson, 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/ Joan Meier, Notary Public Stark County, North Dakota Commission expires: 02/23/2013 Gmac / Eubank. NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on September 24, 2010, at 11:00 o’clock A.M. 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: LAND SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF MISSOULA IN THE STATE OF MT: LOT 4 OF MODERIE LOTS, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF. Jack C. Westre, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to Title Source, Inc, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc, as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated on January 27, 2007 and recorded on February 15, 2007 in Book 792, Page 28 as Document No. 200703753. The beneficial interest is currently held by Deutsche Bank National Trust Company as Trustee for GSR Mortgage Loan Trust 2007-OA1, Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2007-OA1. Charles J. Peterson, is the Successor Trustee pursuant to a Substitution of Trustee recorded in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Missoula County, Montana. The beneficiary has declared a default in the terms of said Deed of Trust by failing to make the monthly payments due in the amount of $1,254.70, beginning January 1, 2010, 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 May 15, 2010 is $453,729.08 principal, interest at the rate of 6.625% now totaling $13,760.12, late charges in the amount of $1,254.80, escrow advances of $917.01, expenses advanced of $461.00, plus accruing interest at the rate of $82.35 per diem, late charges, and other costs and fees that may be advanced. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary, the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust. Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds of this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation. The sale is a public sale and any person, including the beneficiary, excepting only the Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by Trustee’s Deed without any representation or warranty, including warranty of Title, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis, without limitation, the sale is being made subject to all existing conditions, if any, of lead paint, mold or other environmental or health hazards. The sale purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th day following the sale. The grantor, successor in interest to the grantor or any other person having an interest in the property, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, may pay to the beneficiary or the successor in interest to the beneficiary the entire amount then due under the deed of trust and the obligation secured thereby (including costs and expenses actually incurred and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred and thereby cure the default. The scheduled Trustee’s Sale may be postponed by public proclamation up to 15 days for any reason, and in the event of a bankruptcy filing, the sale may be postponed by the trustee for up to 120 days by public proclamation at least every 30 days. THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION
OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Dated: May 17, 2010 Charles J. Peterson, Successor Trustee, MACKOFF KELLOGG LAW FIRM P.O. Box 1097 Dickinson, ND 58602-1097. STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA )) ss.County of Stark ) On May 17, 2010, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Charles J. Peterson, 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. Stephanie L. Crimmins, Notary Public, Stark County, North Dakota. Commission expires: 12/24/2014 Litton V. Westre 41462.822 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on September 27, 2010, at 11:00 o’clock A.M. 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: SITUATE IN MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, TO WIT:LOT 1 OF LOLO VIEW ACRES ADDITION, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF. TAX MAP OR PARCEL ID NO. : 2168303 Russell C. Parrish and Mary Renae Parrish, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to I.R.E. Processing, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Beneficial Montana Inc., dba Beneficial Mortgage Co., as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated November 25, 2005 and recorded on December 1, 2005at 11:29 o’clock a.m. in Book 765, Page 225 under Document Number 200531823.. The beneficial interest is currently held by Beneficial Montana Inc., dba Beneficial Mortgage Co.. Charles J. Peterson, is the Successor Trustee pursuant to a Substitution of Trustee recorded in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Missoula County, Montana. The beneficiary has declared a default in the terms of said Deed of Trust by failing to make the monthly payments due in the amount of $1,442.18, beginning July 30, 2008, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan. The total amount due on this obligation as of April 30, 2010 is $160,452.79 principal, interest at the rate of 10.050% now totaling $31,030.02, late charges in the amount of $327.81, expenses advanced of $8,087.84, plus accruing interest at the rate of $44.18 per diem, late charges, and other costs and fees that may be advanced. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary, the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust. Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds of this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation. The sale is a public sale and any person, including the beneficiary, excepting only the Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by Trustee’s Deed without any representation or warranty, including warranty of Title, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis, without limitation, the sale is being made subject to all existing conditions, if any, of lead paint, mold or other environmental or health hazards. The sale purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th day following the sale. The grantor, successor in interest to the grantor or any other person having an interest in the property, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, may pay to the beneficiary or the successor in interest to the beneficiary the entire amount then due under the deed of trust and the obligation secured thereby (including costs and expenses actually incurred and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred and thereby cure the default. The scheduled Trustee’s Sale may be postponed by public proclamation up to 15 days for any reason, and in the event of a bankruptcy filing, the sale may be postponed
JONESIN’ C r o s s w o r 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: May 18, 2010. Charles J. Peterson, Successor Trustee, MACKOFF KELLOGG LAW FIRM P.O. Box 1097 Dickinson, ND 58602-1097. STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA)) ss. County of Stark) On May 18, 2010, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Charles J. Peterson, 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. Stephanie L. Crimmins, Notary Public, Stark County, North Dakota. Commission expires: 12/24/2014 Hsbc V. Parrish 41472.293 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on September 27, 2010, at 11:00 o’clock A.M. 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: TRACTS 12A AND 12B OF CERTIFICATE OF SURVEY NO. 1810, LOCATED IN AND BEING A PORTION OF THE SOUTHWEST ONEQUARTER OF SECTION 28 AND THE SOUTHEAST ONE-QUARTER OF SECTION 29, TOWNSHIP 13 NORTH, RANGE 20 WEST, P.M.M., MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA. AND TRACT A OF CERTIFICATE OF SURVEY NO. 877, A TRACT OF LAND LOCATED IN AND BEING A PORTION OF THE SOUTHEAST ONE-QUARTER OF SECTION 29, TOWNSHIP 13 NORTH, RANGE 20 WEST, P.M.M., MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA. TOGETHER WITH PORTION 13B OF CERTIFICATE OF SURVEY NO. 945, LOCATED IN AND BEING A PORTION OF THE SOUTHEAST ONE-QUARTER OF SECTION 29, TOWNSHIP 13 NORTH, RANGE 20 WEST, P.M.M., MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA. Paul A. Ronaldo and Angela J. Prince, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to First American Title Company, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to H&R Block Mortgage Corporation, as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated October 10, 2006 and recorded November 30, 2006 at 9:35 o’clock A.M. in Book 788, Page 111, as Document No. 200630842. The beneficial interest is currently held by Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. as Trustee for Option One Mortgage Loan Trust 2007-1 Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 20071. Charles J. Peterson, is the Successor Trustee pursuant to a Substitution of Trustee recorded in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Missoula County, Montana. The beneficiary has declared a default in the terms of said Deed of Trust by failing to make the monthly payments due in the amount of $2,156.02, beginning June 1, 2007, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan. The total amount due on this obligation as of April 29, 2010 is $212,475.30 principal, interest at the rate of 10.45% now totaling $66,524.97, late charges in the amount of $815.01, escrow advances of $8,038.31, and other fees and expenses advanced of $8,909.15, plus accruing interest at the rate of $60.83 per diem, late charges, and other costs and fees that may be advanced. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary, the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust. Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds of this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation. The sale is a public sale and any person, including the beneficiary, excepting only the Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by Trustee’s Deed without any representation or warranty, including warranty of Title, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis, without limitation, the
sale is being made subject to all existing conditions, if any, of lead paint, mold or other environmental or health hazards. The sale purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th day following the sale. The grantor, successor in interest to the grantor or any other person having an interest in the property, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, may pay to the beneficiary or the successor in interest to the beneficiary the entire amount then due under the deed of trust and the obligation secured thereby (including costs and expenses actually incurred and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred and thereby cure the default. The scheduled Trustee’s Sale may be postponed by public proclamation up to 15 days for any reason, and in the event of a bankruptcy filing, the sale may be postponed by the trustee for up to 120 days by public proclamation at least every 30 days. THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Dated: May 18, 2010 Charles J. Peterson, Successor Trustee. MACKOFF KELLOGG LAW FIRM P.O. Box 1097 Dickinson, ND 58602-1097 STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA)) ss. County of Stark) On May 18, 2010, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Charles J. Peterson, 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. Joan Meier, Notary Public, Stark County, North Dakota. Commission expires: 02/23/2013 Ahm/prince 41537.203 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on September 27, 2010, at 11:00 o’clock A.M. at the Main Door of the Missoula County Courthouse located at 200 West Broadway in Missoula, MT 59802, the following described real property situated in Missoula County, Montana: LOT 14 OF THE RIDGE, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN THE CITY OF MISSOULA, MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF Michael J. Gotta and Marie T. Gotta, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to Stewart Title of Missoula County Inc, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc, as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated March 10, 2003 and recorded on March 14, 2003 in Book 701, Page 560 as Document No. 200308782. The beneficial interest is currently held by JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association successor in interest to Washington Mutual. Charles J. Peterson, is the Successor Trustee pursuant to a Substitution of Trustee recorded in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Missoula County, Montana. The beneficiary has declared a default in the terms of said Deed of Trust by failing to make the monthly payments due in the amount of $1,741.90, beginning January 1, 2010, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan. The total amount due on this obligation as of APRIL 27, 2010 is $265,018.64 principal, interest at the rate of 5.875% now totaling $6,341.70, late charges in the amount of $522.40, other fees and expenses advanced of $80.40, plus accruing interest at the rate of $42.66 per diem, late charges, and other costs and fees that may be advanced. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary, the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust. Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds of this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation. The sale is a public sale and any person, including the beneficiary, excepting only the Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by Trustee’s Deed without any representation or warranty, including
warranty of Title, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis, without limitation, the sale is being made subject to all existing conditions, if any, of lead paint, mold or other environmental or health hazards. The sale purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th day following the sale. The grantor, successor in interest to the grantor or any other person having an interest in the property, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, may pay to the beneficiary or the successor in interest to the beneficiary the entire amount then due under the deed of trust and the obligation secured thereby (including costs and expenses actually incurred and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred and thereby cure the default. The scheduled Trustee’s Sale may be postponed by public proclamation up to 15 days for any reason, and in the event of a bankruptcy filing, the sale may be postponed by the trustee for up to 120 days by public proclamation at least every 30 days. THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Dated: May 20, 2010. Charles J. Peterson, Successor Trustee. MACKOFF KELLOGG LAW FIRM P.O. Box 1097, Dickinson, ND 58602-1097. STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA)) ss. County of Stark) On May 20, 2010, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Charles J. Peterson, 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. Stephanie L. Crimmins, Notary Public, Stark County, North Dakota. Commission expires: 12/24/2014. Wamu V. Gotta 41916.474 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on September 7, 2010, at 11:00 o’clock A.M. 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: Lots 9 and 10 in Block 53 of School Addition, a platted subdivision in Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded plat thereof. Phil Barnett, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to First American Title Insurance Co., as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to ABN Amro Mortgage Group, Inc, as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust Dated May 17, 2007 and Recorded May 22, 2007 at 12:40 o’clock P.M. in Book 797, Page 1194, under Document No. 200712598. The beneficial interest is currently held by CitiMortgage Inc., successor by merger to ABN AMRO Mortgage Group, Inc.. Charles J. Peterson, is the Successor Trustee pursuant to a Substitution of Trustee recorded in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Missoula County, Montana. The beneficiary has declared a default in the terms of said Deed of Trust by failing to make the monthly payments due in the amount of $1042.72, beginning October 1, 2007, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan. The total amount due on this obligation as of April 25, 2010 is $141,593.68 principal, interest at the rate of 6.25% now totaling $23,443.46, late charges in the amount of $1,355.01, escrow advances of $4,632.12, and other fees and expenses advanced of $4,741.90, plus accruing interest at the rate of $24.25 per diem, late charges, and other costs and fees that may be advanced. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary, the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust. Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds of this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation. The sale is a public sale and any person, including the beneficiary, excepting only the Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by Trustee’s Deed without any representation or warranty, including warranty of Title, express or implied, as
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PUBLIC NOTICES the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis, without limitation, the sale is being made subject to all existing conditions, if any, of lead paint, mold or other environmental or health hazards. The sale purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th day following the sale. The grantor, successor in interest to the grantor or any other person having an interest in the property, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, may pay to the beneficiary or the successor in interest to the beneficiary the entire amount then due under the deed of trust and the obligation secured thereby (including costs and expenses actually incurred and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred and thereby cure the default. The scheduled Trustee’s Sale may be postponed by public proclamation up to 15 days for any reason, and in the event of a bankruptcy filing, the sale may be postponed by the trustee for up to 120 days by public proclamation at least every 30 days. THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Dated: April 30, 2010 /s/ Charles J. Peterson Successor Trustee MACKOFF KELLOGG LAW FIRM P.O. Box 1097 Dickinson, ND 58602-1097 STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA )) ss. County of Stark) On April 30, 2010, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Charles J. Peterson, 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/ Joan Meier Notary Public Stark County, North Dakota Commission expires: 02/23/2013 Citimortgage Inc V Barnett 41926.440 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Monday, the 27th day of September, 2010, at the hour of 11:00 a.m., at the front door of the Missoula County Courthouse, located at 200 West Broadway, Missoula, Montana 59802, Martin S. King, Attorney at Law, Successor Trustee, in order to satisfy the obligations set out below, has been directed to sell and has elected to sell at public auction to the highest bidder, for cash, payable at the time of sale, and without warranty or covenant, express or implied as to title, possession, encumbrances, condition, or otherwise, the interest of the Successor Trustee, Martin S. King, and of the Grantor BETH M. ZEILER, in and to the following described real property, situated in Missoula, Montana, to wit: LOT 11A of Car Line Addition, Block 57, Lots 10A and 11A, an amended subdivision in Missoula County, Montana, according to the official plat thereof. The Real Property or its address is commonly known as 2415 Ernest Avenue, Missoula, MT 59801. Said sale will be made in accordance with the statutes of the State of Montana, including The Small Tract Financing Act, Mont. Code Ann. 71-1-301, et seq., and the terms and provisions of: that certain Deed of Trust recorded February 7, 2007, in Book 791 of Micro Records at page 1220, Document No. 200703199 in the records of the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Missoula County, State of Montana, wherein BETH M. ZEILER is Grantor, FIRST INTERSTATE BANK is the named Beneficiary, and STEWART TITLE OF MISSOULA, INC. is the named Trustee; that certain Appointment of Successor Trustee dated March 25, 2010, and recorded May 11, 2010, in the records of the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Missoula County, Montana, as Document No. 201008937, wherein the Beneficiary substituted Trustee Stewart Title of Missoula, Inc. with Martin S. King, attorney at law, as Successor Trustee. This foreclosure is made because the Grantor, BETH M. ZEILER has defaulted in the terms of said Deed of Trust and the corresponding Promissory Note in that she has failed to make monthly payments when due on the Promissory Note secured by the Deed of Trust. That the principal sum now owing on the obligation secured by said Deed of Trust is the sum of Two Hundred Fifteen Thousand Six Hundred Twenty-three and No/100 Dollars ($215,623.00), together with interest at the note rate, until the date of sale. That on the date of sale, presuming no other payments are made and that the sale is not postponed, there will be due and owing the sum of Two Hundred Fifteen Thousand Six Hundred Twentythree and No/100 Dollars ($215, 623.00) in principal; Fourteen Thousand Six Hundred Twenty-five and 45/100 Dollars ($14,625.45) in interest; and Six Hundred Twenty-four and 06/100 Dollars ($624.06) in late fees, One Thousand One Hundred
Eighty-one and 11/100 Dollars ($1,181.11) in escrow reserve shortfalls and Forty-five and No/100 Dollars ($45.00) in other fees, totaling the sum of Two Hundred Thirty-two Thousand Ninety-eight and 62/100 Dollars ($232,098.62), together with costs and expenses of foreclosure and related trustee fees, costs and attorney fees allowable by law. DATED this 24th day of May, 2010. /s/ Martin S. King, Successor Trustee STATE OF MONTANA):ss). County of Missoula). On the 24th day of May, 2010, before me, the undersigned a Notary Public for the State of Montana, personally appeared Martin S. King, Attorney at Law, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the within Notice of Trustee’s Sale as Successor Trustee, and acknowledged to me that he executed the same as such Successor Trustee. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal the day and year in this certificate first above written. (SEAL) /s/ Rhonda M. Kolar, Notary Public for the State of Montana, Residing at Missoula My commission expires: January 24, 2012
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: May 17, 2010 Charles J. Peterson, Successor Trustee, MACKOFF KELLOGG LAW FIRM P.O. Box 1097 Dickinson, ND 58602-1097. STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA)) ss. County of Stark) On May 17, 2010, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Charles J. Peterson, 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. Stephanie L. Crimmins, Notary Public, Stark County, North Dakota, Commission expires: 12/24/2014 Gmac V. Cooksey 41965.264
NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on September 24, 2010, at 11:00 o’clock A.M. 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 42 OF PHANTOM HILLS, PHASES 1 & 2, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF Richard J. Cooksey and Susanne W. Cooksey, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to Insured Titles, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc, as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated May 31, 2006 and recorded on May 31, 2006 in Book 775, Page 640 as Document No. 200612677. The beneficial interest is currently held by GMAC Mortgage, LLC. Charles J. Peterson, is the Successor Trustee pursuant to a Substitution of Trustee recorded in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of MISSOULA County, Montana. The beneficiary has declared a default in the terms of said Deed of Trust by failing to make the monthly payments due in the amount of $1,561.26, beginning January 1, 2010, 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 May 30, 2010 is $299,760.96 principal, interest at the rate of 6.25% now totaling $9,294.84, late charges in the amount of $390.30, escrow advances of $2,001.99, and other fees and expenses advanced of $2,575.00, plus accruing interest at the rate of $51.33 per diem, late charges, and other costs and fees that may be advanced. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary, the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust. Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds of this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation. The sale is a public sale and any person, including the beneficiary, excepting only the Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by Trustee’s Deed without any representation or warranty, including warranty of Title, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis, without limitation, the sale is being made subject to all existing conditions, if any, of lead paint, mold or other environmental or health hazards. The sale purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th day following the sale. The grantor, successor in interest to the grantor or any other person having an interest in the property, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, may pay to the beneficiary or the successor in interest to the beneficiary the entire amount then due under the deed of trust and the obligation secured thereby (including costs and expenses actually incurred and attorney’s fees) other than such
Notice That A Tax Deed May Be Issued To: Edward Weinman Missoula County Treasurer Judith Weinman. Pursuant to section 15-18-212, Montana Code Annotated, notice is hereby given: 1. As a result of a property tax delinquency a property tax lien exists on the real property in which you may have an interest. The real property is described on the tax sale certificate as: Subdiv.-LCA LEWIS AND CLARK ADD Lot- 028 12N 17W 27 LEWIS AND CLARK ADD, LEWIS AND CLARK ADD, LEWIS&CLRK LOT 28 OF LEWIS & CLARK ADDITION, SUID # 5852754. Parcel No. 5852754. The real property is also described in the records of the Missoula County Clerk and Recorder as: LOT 28 OF LEWIS & CLARK ADDITION, A PLATTED SUBDIVISION IN MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF. 2. The property taxes became delinquent on November 30th, 2006. 3. The property tax lien was attached as the result of a tax sale held on July 18th, 2007. 4. The property tax lien was purchased at a tax sale on July 18th, 2007, by Missoula County whose address is 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802. 5. The lien was subsequently assigned to Montana Land Project, LLC, whose address is P.O. Box 1952, Great Falls, MT 59403, and a tax deed will be issued to it unless the property tax lien is redeemed prior to the expiration date of the redemption period. 6. As of the date of this notice, the amount of tax due, including penalties, interest, and costs, is: Tax: $1,355.75. Penalty: $27.14. Interest: $434.90. Costs: $483.16. Total: $2300.95. 7. The date that the redemption period expires is 60 days from the giving of this notice. 8. For the property tax lien to be redeemed, the total amount listed in paragraph 6 plus all interest and costs that accrue from the date of this notice until the date of redemption, which amount will be calculated by the County Treasurer upon request, must be paid on or before the date that the redemption period expires. 9. If all taxes, penalties, interest, and costs are not paid to the County Treasurer on or prior to the date the redemption period expires, or on or prior to the date on which the County Treasurer will otherwise issue a tax deed, a tax deed may be issued to Montana Land Project, LLC, on the day following the date on which the redemption period expires or on the date on which the County Treasurer will otherwise issue a tax deed. 10. The business address and telephone number of the County Treasurer who is responsible for issuing the tax deed is: Missoula County Treasurer, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802, (406) 258-4847. Further notice for those persons listed above whose addresses are unknown: 1. The address of the interested party is unknown. 2. The published notice meets the legal requirements for notice of a pending tax deed issuance. 3. The interested party’s rights in the property may be in jeopardy. Dated this 29th day of July, 2010. Montana Land Project, LLC Notice That A Tax Deed May Be Issued To: Angela Bessette Missoula County Treasurer Lee C. Gordon. Pursuant to section 15-18-212, Montana Code Annotated, notice is hereby given: 1. As a result of a property tax delinquency a property tax lien exists on the real property in which you may have an interest. The real property is described on the tax sale certificate as: Subdiv.-URL URLIN ADD Lot- 011 Block- 098 13N 19W 15 URLIN ADD, URLIN LOTS
11 & URLIN ADD, URLIN LOTS 11 & 12, W2 OF 13 BLK 98 OF URLIN’S ADDITION 15-13-19, SUID #865000. Parcel No. 865000. The real property is also described in the records of the Missoula County Clerk and Recorder as: LOTS 11, 12 AND THE WEST _ OF LOT 13 IN BLOCK 98 OF URLIN’S ADDITION, IN THE CITY OF MISSOULA, MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED PLAT THEREOF. 2. The property taxes became delinquent on November 30th, 2006. 3. The property tax lien was attached as the result of a tax sale held on July 18th, 2007. 4. The property tax lien was purchased at a tax sale on July 18th, 2007, by Missoula County whose address is 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802. 5. The lien was subsequently assigned to Montana Land Project, LLC, whose address is P.O. Box 1952, Great Falls, MT 59403, and a tax deed will be issued to it unless the property tax lien is redeemed prior to the expiration date of the redemption period. 6. As of the date of this notice, the amount of tax due, including penalties, interest, and costs, is: Tax: $2,761.28. Penalty $55.23. Interest: $878.88. Costs: $505.54. Total $4,200.93. 7. The date that the redemption period expires is 60 days from the giving of this notice. 8. For the property tax lien to be redeemed, the total amount listed in paragraph 6 plus all interest and costs that accrue from the date of this notice until the date of redemption, which amount will be calculated by the County Treasurer upon request, must be paid on or before the date that the redemption period expires. 9. If all taxes, penalties, interest, and costs are not paid to the County Treasurer on or prior to the date the redemption period expires, or on or prior to the date on which the County Treasurer will otherwise issue a tax deed, a tax deed may be issued to Montana Land Project, LLC, on the day following the date on which the redemption period expires or on the date on which the County Treasurer will otherwise issue a tax deed. 10. The business address and telephone number of the County Treasurer who is responsible for issuing the tax deed is: Missoula County Treasurer, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802, (406) 258-4847. Further notice for those persons listed above whose addresses are unknown: 1. The address of the interested party is unknown. 2. The published notice meets the legal requirements for notice of a pending tax deed issuance. 3. The interested party’s rights in the property may be in jeopardy. Dated this 29th day of July, 2010. Montana Land Project, LLC
notice. 8. For the property tax lien to be redeemed, the total amount listed in paragraph 6 plus all interest and costs that accrue from the date of this notice until the date of redemption, which amount will be calculated by the County Treasurer upon request, must be paid on or before the date that the redemption period expires. 9. If all taxes, penalties, interest, and costs are not paid to the County Treasurer on or prior to the date the redemption period expires, or on or prior to the date on which the County Treasurer will otherwise issue a tax deed, a tax deed may be issued to Montana Land Project, LLC, on the day following the date on which the redemption period expires or on the date on which the County Treasurer will otherwise issue a tax deed. 10. The business address and telephone number of the County Treasurer who is responsible for issuing the tax deed is: Missoula County Treasurer, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802, (406) 258-4847. Further notice for those persons listed above whose addresses are unknown: 1. The address of the interested party is unknown. 2. The published notice meets the legal requirements for notice of a pending tax deed issuance. 3. The interested party’s rights in the property may be in jeopardy. Dated this 29th day of July, 2010. Montana Land Project, LLC
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Notice That A Tax Deed May Be Issued To: Edmond G. Alexander Missoula County Treasurer Valley Homes, L.L.C. Bitterroot Valley Bank Dba Clark Fork Valley Bank Pursuant to section 15-18212, Montana Code Annotated, notice is hereby given: 1. As a result of a property tax delinquency a property tax lien exists on the real property in which you may have an interest. The real property is described on the tax sale certificate as: 15N 21W 34 NW4 NE4 LESS VALLEY HOMES 1 & 2 SW4 NE4 NE4 LESS TR 1 COS 5472 34-15-21, SUID #3292907. Parcel No. 3292907. The real property is also described in the records of the Missoula County Clerk and Recorder as: NW_NE_ and SW_NENE_ of Section 34, Township 15 North, Range 21 West, P.M.M., Missoula County, Montana. LESS AND EXCEPTING THEREFROM those portions described in the plat of Valley Homes Mobile Home Park, those portions described in the plat of Valley Homes Mobile Home Park No.2, the portions conveyed to the State of Montana for the Right-of-way of Highway 1-90, ALSO EXCEPTING THEREFROM Tract 1 of Certificate of Survey No. 5472 located in the Northeast one-quarter of Section 34, Township 15 North, Range 21 West, P.M.M., Missoula County, Montana. 2. The property taxes became delinquent on November 30th, 2006. 3. The property tax lien was attached as the result of a tax sale held on July 18th, 2007. 4. The property tax lien was purchased at a tax sale on July 18th, 2007, by Missoula County whose address is 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802. 5. The lien was subsequently assigned to Montana Land Project, LLC, whose address is P.O. Box 1952, Great Falls, MT 59403, and a tax deed will be issued to it unless the property tax lien is redeemed prior to the expiration date of the redemption period. 6. As of the date of this notice, the amount of tax due, including penalties, interest, and costs, is: Tax: $2,420.90. Penalty: $48.46. Interest: $768.11. Costs: $513.90 Total $3751.37. 7. The date that the redemption period expires is 60 days from the giving of this
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Notice That A Tax Deed May Be Issued To: James E. Robertson. Missoula County Treasurer Associates Financial Services Company of Montana, Inc. Rollin Welch c/o Browning & Kaleczyc The Rustics, Inc. Galusha, Higgins & Galusha Milodragovich Dale Steinbrenner & Binney, P.C. Michael J.T. Patton. Pursuant to section 15-18212, Montana Code Annotated, notice is hereby given: 1. As a result of a property tax delinquency a property tax lien exists on the real property in which you may have an interest. The real property is described on the tax sale certificate as: 20N 17W 01 PLAT A, PARCEL 002, PT GOV LT 2, PT SW4 NE4 PLAT A 15.6AC, SUID #806304. Parcel No. 806304. The real property is also described in the records of the Missoula County Clerk and Recorder as: G.L.O. LOT 2 AND THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER (SW_NE_) OF
SECTION 1, TOWNSHIP 20 NORTH, RANGE 17 WEST, P.M.M., MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA. EXCEPTING THEREFROM THOSE PARCELS DESCRIBED IN BOOK 124 OF DEED RECORDS AT PAGE 523, BOOK 180 OF DEED RECORDS AT PAGE 318, BOOK 188 OF DEED RECORDS AT PAGE 371, BOOK 219 OF DEED RECORDS AT PAGE 420, BOOK 39 OF MICRO RECORDS AT PAGE 405, BOOK 40 OF MICRO RECORDS AT PAGE 1384, BOOK 61 OF MICRO RECORDS AT PAGE 568, BOOK 64 OF MICRO RECORDS AT PAGE 1013, BOOK 79 OF MICRO RECORDS AT PAGE 753, BOOK 79 OF MICRO RECORDS AT PAGE 1217, BOOK 83 OF MICRO RECORDS AT PAGE 1023, BOOK 91 OF MICRO RECORDS AT PAGE 1024, BOOK 94 OF MICRO RECORDS AT PAGE 940 AND BOOK 123 OF MICRO RECORDS AT PAGE 709. FURTHER LESS AND EXCEPTING THEREFROM TRACT 1 OF CERTIFICATE OF SURVEY NO. 3520, LOCATED IN THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER (NW_NE_) OF SECTION 1, TOWNSHIP 20 NORTH, RANGE 17 WEST, P.M.M., MISSOULA COUNTY, MONTANA. RECORDING REFERENCE: BOOK 404 OF MICRO RECORDS AT PAGE 298. 2. The property taxes became delinquent on November 30th, 2006. 3. The property tax lien was attached as the result of a tax sale held on July 18th, 2007. 4. The property tax lien was purchased at a tax sale on July 18th, 2007, by Missoula County whose address is 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802. 5. The lien was subsequently assigned to Montana Land Project, LLC, whose address is P.O. Box 1952, Great Falls, MT 59403, and a tax deed will be issued to it unless the property tax lien is redeemed prior to the expiration date of the redemption period. 6. As of the date of this notice, the amount of tax due, including penalties, interest, and costs, is: Tax: $1,689.19. Penalty: $33.78. Interest: $638.11. Costs: $589.26. Total: $2,950.34. 7. The date that the redemption period expires is 60 days from the giving of this notice. 8. For the property tax lien to be redeemed, the total amount listed in paragraph 6 plus all interest and costs
that accrue from the date of this notice until the date of redemption, which amount will be calculated by the County Treasurer upon request, must be paid on or before the date that the redemption period expires. 9. If all taxes, penalties, interest, and costs are not paid to the County Treasurer on or prior to the date the redemption period expires, or on or prior to the date on which the County Treasurer will otherwise issue a tax deed, a tax deed may be issued to Montana Land Project, LLC, on the day following the date on which the redemption period expires or on the date on which the County Treasurer will otherwise issue a tax deed. 10. The business address and telephone number of the County Treasurer who is responsible for issuing the tax deed is: Missoula County Treasurer, 200 West Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802, (406) 258-4847. Further notice for those persons listed above whose addresses are unknown: 1. The address of the interested party is unknown. 2. The published notice meets the legal requirements for notice of a pending tax deed issuance. 3. The interested party’s rights in the property may be in jeopardy. Dated this 29th day of July, 2010. Montana Land Project, LLC
CITY OF MISSOULA NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The Missoula City Council will hold a public hearing on August 9, 2010, at 7:00 p.m. in the City Council Chambers, 140 West Pine, Missoula, Montana, to consider an ordinance of the Missoula City Council amending chapter 12.44 Missoula Municipal Code entitled “cemeteries” amending sections 12.44.060 and 12.44.070 to provide that cemetery revenues be deposited into the city's general fund and designated for the provisions of cemetery services. For further information, contact Brentt Ramharter, Finance Director at 552-6108. If you have comments, please mail them to: City Clerk, 435 Ryman, Missoula, MT 59802. /s/ Martha L. Rehbein, CMC City Clerk
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We named him Toby because he came from Toby Lane, but we could just as easily have named him Mellow as a description of his personality. This gentle giant loves everyone and would make a great pet.
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He tried camping and the whole “survivor” thing… you know… living off the land. Things weren’t going very well and he was losing weight rapidly. It might be fine for a weekend, but not a lifestyle.
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Fortunately for Clover someone noticed she was starving. A good Samaritan took her in and tried to give her a home but the other two cats weren’t as understanding and things deteriorated from there. So she came to AniMeals. Everyone knows that a 4-leaf clover brings the finder good luck and fortune.
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back and small car port. RV hookups behind garage. 40x49 Quoncet shop with 200 amp service, air compressor, snap on car lift, crane, water. $259,900. MLS#10002960. Janet 240-3932 or Robin 240-6503. riceteam@bigsky.net. Montana Preferred Properties. 333 Knowles street-Missoula. 5B/3BA New: Roof, Furnance, AC, 2 gas FP, 209K. Realtor 544-8570 4 bed, 1. 5 bath, 3 car garage and basement. Guest or rental set up ( 1977 Marlette). 2 seperate Kitchensand lots of room to stretch! This would make a great primary/ or vacation
home! 208 N Christisen Rd, Darby. $325,000. MLS#10005332. Janet 240-3932 or Robin 240-6503. riceteam@bigsky.net. Montana Preferred Properties. 4 Bed/3 Bath/ Double Garage. Lovely home with views on 1 acre. So close to town yet out in the country. New roof, wood floors, 2 decks, large master, formal dining room, 2 fireplaces. $309,900 • MLS 10005140. 2475 Humble, Missoula. Pat McCormick, 240-SOLD (7653). pat@properties2000.com Attractive townhome on Clark Fork River, close to trails. Newly painted
interior, new flooring, end unit! 2 Bed, 1.5 Bath, Garage and Basement. 1401 Cedar St. #17, Missoula. $127,100. MLS#10001861. Rochelle Glasgow @ Prudential Missoula Properties. 544-7507 AWARD WINNING HISTORIC HOME IN MISSOULA’S HISTORIC RIVERFRONT NEIGHBORHOOD. Beautifully updated 3 Bdr/2 Bath home within walking distance of Downtown Missoula, the Clark Fork River and UM. $399,000. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696 or visit...
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Beautiful 3B/2.5b home, upgraded/remodeled, level corner lot with sm shop & garden shed. Take a drive…2319 Garland $209,900 / Realtor 544-8570 Beautiful 3br/3ba home in a beautiful setting in desirable Lincoln Woods neighborhood close to walking trails, parks, wilderness area, Rattlesnake Creek. 327-8787 porticorealestate.com Beautiful custom built 3 bed, 2 bath home with hardwood floors, radiant heat, tongue & groove wood ceilings, tile countertops. Very private setting with great views only 30 minutes from Missoula. $314,900. MLS#10003067.
Janet 240-3932 or Robin 240-6503. riceteam@bigsky.net. Montana Preferred Properties. Charming 6-plex across the street from Orange Street Food Farm, parks, and within easy biking or walking to the University and downtown. Very nice neighborhood and well maintained units. Low vacancy rate. 234 Edith, Msla. MLS#10004704. $379,900. Lara Dorman, Realtor, GRI. (406) 5315582 laradorman@aol.com COUNTRY LIVING! 2 bed 2 bath home on large landscaped lot, garden area in rural setting
$229,900. Call Ken Allen Real Estate 239-6906 BRAND NEW 3 bedroom home ready to move in. Priced in the mid $160,000’s. Call Ken Allen Real Estate 239-6906. EXECUTIVE HOME ON 1.03 ACRES IN THE LOLO CREEK VALLEY. 4 Bdr/3 Bath, Main floor master suite, great room, family room & rec room, formal and casual dining rooms, great mountain and valley views. $575,000. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, Text Mindy20 to 74362, or visit...
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REAL ESTATE Fantastic Opportunity for income qualified first time homeowners, great 2bdr. condo along the river, attached single car garage, bonus room, pets allowed, 1401 Cedar St #12 & #5 porticorealestate.com
schools, shopping, and the Bitterroot River. $469,000. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, Text Mindy12 to 74362, or visit....www.mindypalmer.com
FISH THE BLACKFOOT RIVER FROM YOUR BACK YARD. Beautifully landscaped 4 Bdr/2 Bath home on 1.2 acres on the Blackfoot River just 1015 minutes from Missoula. Open floor plan, great deck with hot tub overlooking the river and much more. $475,000. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 2396696, Text Mindy11 to 74362, or visit..
Great Investment Property near Downtown Missoula, this triplex is in fantastic shape, close to St Pats, Nice neighborhood. Live in it, rent the other 2 Units! 518 W Alder, 327-8787 porticorealestate.com
www.mindypalmer.com Five pine studded acres, gorgeous guesthouse, patio, sidewalks, paved drive, trees, and fencing. 6 bed/4 bath/3 car garage. 3231 Big Flat Road, Missoula. $1,295,000. MLS#900288. JoyEarls@windermere.com 531-9811 GORGEOUS HANDCRAFTED HOME IN 3.3 ACRES ON PETTY CREEK. 3 Bdr/2.5 Baths, Main floor master suite, great room, gorgeous kitchen, hardwood floors, heated double garage, with guest quarters, and great views. $595,000.Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, Text Mindy8 to 74362, or visit...
www.mindypalmer.com GORGEOUS SETTING ON 16.5 ACRES. Beautifully updated 3 Bdr/2 Bath Potomac area home. Great floor plan, large deck and covered porch, very private and quiet setting, tons of wildlife, trees and pasture. $239,000. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, Text Mindy15 to 74362, or visit...
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Home and guest house on 2 leased lots. Guest house is 1050 sq. ft., 2 bed, 1 bath. Borders state land. Snow mobile, cross crounty ski, hunt or hike right from your door. 1.5 miles from Seeley Lake for boating and fishing. 6 miles from Cottonwood Lakes. Hot tub included and carport. 0 Morrell Ck Rd. $167,000. MLS#10002415. JoyEarls@windermere.com 531-9811 Immaculate & tastefully remodeled home upgraded trim, lighting & fixtures. 3 Bed, 2 Bath, Garage. Custom blt wd floors grace the upper bedrooms. Fab tiled bath w/deep Jacuzzi tub, heated tiled flr. Mstr bed has huge walk in closet, blt in desk. Bk yd fully fenced, mature trees, garden area, shed. www.2325quail.com.
2325 Quail Dr., Missoula. $235,000. MLS#10005051. Rochelle Glasgow @ Prudential Missoula Properties. 544-7507 Immaculate home in great neighborhood. 2 bdrms, 2 bth, family room, sauna, nice yard, Vintage touches, hardwood floors, everything’s in fantastic condition! 135 Kensington 3278787 porticorealestate.com Log cabin with no close neighbors. Beautiful views of flint Creek, Mission, Rattlesnake & Sapphire Ranges. $99,900 MLS# 10003618. Janet 240-3932 or Robin 240-6503. riceteam@bigsky.net. Montana Preferred Properties. MAKE AN OFFER! 2002 Atlantic home w upgraded energy package. Over 1700 sq. ft. of living space. 3 Bed, 2 Bath, 3 Car Garage. Very nice floor plan. Large detached 28 x 40 heated shop, easy access. All on 20 treed acres w views! 36201 Berthoud, Potomac. $229,900. MLS#10002286. Rochelle Glasgow @ Prudential Missoula Properties. 544-7507 New land/home package in Riverwalk Estates —all on one level
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with nearly 2000sf on a large corner lot . 30+ acres of easements to enjoy Grant Creek and Clark Fork tributaries. No steps, concrete entrances with covered porch & patio. 3 bed/2 bath/double garage. 6605 Kiki Court W., Missoula. Starting at $299,970. MLS#903596. JoyEarls@windermere.com 531-9811 Nice, 2bdrm, 2 bonus rooms, fireplace, family room, walkout-daylight basement, spacious home in South Hills close to Chief Charlo, updated kitchen, backyard oasis, 327-8787 porticorealestate.com
One of a Kind Listing, Nine Mile Schoolhouse with all the charm, romance and history one would expect. Unlimited possiblities an outstanding property. 327-8787 porticorealestate.com Peaceful 3bed/2bath treetop retreat, nestled in the woods on Cedar Ridge, yet is just 15 minutes from downtown Missoula. 9625 Cedar Ridge Rd. 327-8787 porticorealestate.com PRICE REDUCED! Wonderful 5 Bedroom, 2 Bathroom home on large lot with fruit trees and garden area.
Joy Earls SOLD 6/10 333 Martin Lane $249,900 • MLS# 10000160
SOLD 5/10 321 Speedway Avenue $219,900 • MLS# 10001025
SOLD 3/10 4666 Scott Allen Drive $399,900 • MLS# 907272
SOLD 1/10 2904 Tina Ave #203 $145,000 • MLS#980145
SOLD 12/09 6549 Kiki Court, Msla $299,900 • MLS#808566
SOLD 11/09 1852 S. 8th West $179,900 • MLS#904867
SOLD 10/09 737 Evans, 1 block to U $399,870 • MLS#902594
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Grant Creek Log home 26+ private acres $449,000 Located just 15 minutes from downtown Missoula! The main house is a 3 bd, 2 bath, 3 story log home, with completely renovated bathrooms, newer 3 car open garage with tons of storage built above it and a small guest cabin! mls#10001348 www.11815benchroad.com
435 Mount • $203,900 2325 Quail Dr., Missoula
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1401 Cedar St. #17 Msla $127,100 2 Bed, 1.5 Bath, garage. Attractive townhome on Clark Fork River, close to trails. Newly painted interior, new flooring, end unit! MLS# 10001861
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Robin Rice Janet Rice 240-3932 missoularealestate4sale.com 240-6503 REDUCED • 3 bed, 2 bath, 2 car garage • 32435 Bible Lane, Alberton • Deck in private backyard • Close to river & outdoor recreation • $179,900 • MLS#10004303
PRIVACY • 5 bed, 5 bath, 3 car garage • Beautiful home in excellent condition • Private with patio, deck & fire pit • Abundant wildlife nearby • $369,900 • MLS#10004463
ROMAN CREEK ON PROPERTY • 3 bed, 2 bath, 2 car garage • 15 acres with pond • Great horse property • Garage has apartment / rent $525 • $319,900 • MLS#10004041
HORSE PROPERTY • 3 acres fenced & ready for horses • 3 Bed / 2 Bath / 24x18 outbuilding • Great views and easy access • 499 Grandview, Stevensville • $179,000 • MLS# 10002488
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Right across from lovely Rose Park. This home has had many upgrades including remodeled kitchen featuring Hickory Cabinets, Brazilian Hickory laminate flooring throughout, all new stainless steel appliances. New blinds in the living room and solid core doors in all the main level rooms. The new roof was put on in May. The yard features a nice array of perennials. There is parking in the rear under the carport and a shed for extra storage. Call Mary Marry for a showing today.
Flathead Lake Views • $164,000 This land would be a good alternative energy (sun/wind) lot. An RV hookup is already in place and waiting for your temporary home while you build. Additional acreage available.
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140 Arrowhead Dr. • $220,000 Great opportunity for sweat equity. Large home on a large lot in the Wapikiya area. 3/2 baths, living room AND family room on main floor.
1527 S. 4th St. W. • $225,000 Quintessential Missoula! Recycled maple floors, antique bath fixtures, kitchen made for company. Dining room opens onto extensive decking and a gardener's fantasy yard with outbuildings, perrenials, privacy. Lots of unique touches; Art Deco Vibe.
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514 W. Spruce St. • $269,000 1920’s era house has been revamped while retaining all of its original charm. Updated electrical, plumbing, handicapped accessible bath, security alarm, offstreet parking, underground sprinklers, and air conditioning in harmony with original bullseye woodwork, mahogany flooring, high ceilings, and all right downtown on West Spruce. Zoned B2-2 for a variety of commercial or residential uses. MLS#10001940
912 Defoe • $174,900 3 bedroom two full bath home with GIGANTIC shop/garage. Brand new carpet just installed. Come take a look!
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Meticulously landscaped with retractable awning over back patio. $223,000. MLS#10003652. 3 Kasota, Missoula. Pat McCormick, 240-SOLD (7653). pat@properties2000.com Spacious, light-filled Upper Rattlesnake Home, 2 Fireplaces, 2 Bedrooms & 2 Bonus Rooms, 2 Baths, a really nice big backyard with patio. #8 Columbine 327-8787 porticorealestate.com PRICE REDUCTION! Wonderful single level home in quiet neighborhood near Rattlesnake Creek. 2 bed, 2 bath, 2 car garage. 3624 Creekwood, Missoula. $249,900. MLS#10003714. Pat McCormick, 240-SOLD (7653). pat@properties2000.com SINGLE LEVEL LIVING JUST A SHORT WALK TO DOWNTOWN STEVI. 4 Bdr/3 Bath, great room, open floor plan, double garage, unobstructed views of the Bitterroot Mountains, great yard. $219,900. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 239-6696, Text Mindy16 to 74362, or visit...
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SPECTACULAR BITTERROOT VIEWS. Gorgeous 3 Bdr/2 Bath Stevensville area home on 10 acres. High ceilings, beautiful hardwood floors, fireplace, spacious master bedroom, deck with hot tub, and much more. $489,000. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @ 2396696, Text Mindy19 to 74362, or visit...
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Stately 4 bedroom, 3.75 bath home on 5+ acres in an area of beautiful
homes on Snowdrift Lane. Radiant floor heat with 8 zones including garage & hot water. Build a barn & bring your horses. Enjoy the patio, barbecue and gaze at mountains or 360’ views! 9132 Snowflake Court. $599,900. MLS#10004165. JoyEarls@windermere.com 5319811 Sweet Target Range Home, Open floor plan, fireplace, hardwood refinished, 4Br, 3Ba, Bonus Rooms, huge lot, fruit trees, gardens 4220 South Ave 327-8787 porticorealestate.com UNDER CONSTRUCTION 3 bed 2 bath home Centrally Located. Priced under appraisal at $165,900. Call Ken Allen Real Estate 239-6906 Unique log home on 26+ private acres, bordering FS, min. to Snowbowl, hiking, 15 min to dwntwn. 3 Bed, 2 Bath, 3 carport, w/tons of storage above. Separate guest house on property. www.11815benchroad.com. SELLER WILL LOOK AT ALL OFFERS. They are motivated to sell! 11815 Bench Rd, Missoula. $449,000. MLS#10001348. Rochelle Glasgow @ Prudential Missoula Properties. 544-7507 Unique Lower Rattlesnake home near Bugbee Nature Area, 3Brm, 4Ba, Tree-top views, Lots of upgrades like granite countertops and lots of gorgeous wood throughout, 327-8787 porticorealestate.com View or list properties for sale By Owner at www.byownermissoula.com OR call 550-3077
Cute and Spacious Home! Quick sale in Pleasantview area. 2story, 3bdrm, 2.5bath. Large floorplan, mature garden. Close to Hellgate Elementary and shopping. 3008 Mary Jane $223,000. (406) 546-2307
MANUFACTURED HOMES 2 bdrm 2 bath manufactured home. Addition for possible den or office. Shop & extra space in dbl garage. Zoned for multifamily or commercial. $124,900. MLS#906610. Janet 2403932 or Robin 240-6503. riceteam@bigsky.net. Montana Preferred Properties. .80 Acres close to Turah, level parcel with a Creek. Shop, Power, Septic, Well. Set up for a manufactured home, or build! $119,900 / Realtor 544-8570
LAND FOR SALE 3.5 ACRES BARE LAND ON PETTY CREEK. Gorgeous bare land parcel straddling Petty Creek. Septic, well, and utilities in place. Gorgeous building spot with mountain, creek, and valley views. Custom builder available. $149,000. Prudential Montana. For more info call Mindy Palmer @239-6696, Text Mindy0 to 74362, or visit..
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